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Vol. XIX. Gastonia, X, C„ April 28, 1898,
BILL ARP WRITES ON WAR.
■ATM TU PWPLR WO MOT APPBAI
to ni! am «M«ina
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I»«Uo«« aimw TOM TV;
fl«kUH TkltTIM.
Ml Arp In Atlanta CoaitatuUou.
War la a big thing—so awful thing
—bat oar people do not Beam to be
very much concerned. They have
more curiosity iLian apprehension. The
great exet tenant la at Waahiogton,
aad even theca It la baaed not upou
fear or blood or suffering, but upoc
the straggle bstweon tba two crest
political parties—arhlch one shall get
ahead and what more Is the beat ooe
to get ahead end stay there. What
ever McKinley does or proposes to do
tba Democrats must Bght It aad vioe
versa. The success of the party la a
bigger thing then war. We have never
eeen Congress so bewildered, dome
are far Intervention, some lor recog
nition, some for aaaeutlou aud all for
revenge. Well street sees nothing but
the mooey that U la It. dome preach
ers are for peace at aay prior aad some
are bowling for war. Of oonrse tbe
army and navy want a Oghi, for that
la their professional business, and
given a obanoe for promotion. Then
there are tbe ad I loci and publishers
who most appear to be at fever heat
whether they feel so or not, for It le a
harvest tlaae for news and tba people
want tbe news and will buy tbe pa
per*. The farmer*, too, are affected
and ace atadylng wbal to plant Tor
proQt, and tba speculators In grain and
meat are building and bearing, ao
oordlng to tbalr faith.
But IU treat masse* or the Amen
can people, the toller* end consumer*,
who here nothing to (*ln and nothing
to loa* by • war, an look«r*-oa with
unconcern. They hare no ax to grind,
nor even a hatchet, bat still here a
feeble hope of more work end better
wages. Down her* at the South there
la do great latoreet exoept In lb* elUe*.
for our people never get any cun tract*
or government Jobe, end don't expect
any gain from a war with Spain. If
the materiel must coma trom over the
line, notwithstanding the marble end
the granite are at our doors. North
ern ooctractor* clean out oar rivers
and oar harbor* and all the profit goo*
away from home.
Oar miaohlevout people tell the ne
groes they have gut to go and do all
the lighting, for It la McKinley** war
and they all voted tor bit*. The boye
read to theta paragraph* from the
Northern paper* which aay that North
ern toldiers would die of fever 1a Cuba
lu a wreak, and that only Southern ne
groes can stand lb* climate. Lota of
them around her* are fixing to hide
out and have dons picked out their
oaoabmke. Clareooe, the drayman, is
a leader, a healer In election*, and be
say*: "I never vote for any war. I
ain’t gwlna to fight. 1 aiu’t done
nothin’ to nobody and oubody ain’t
done nothin ’ to me. I ain’t mad wld
nobody and bow can a man fight wld
ont be'* mad. Mr. Aker is an and Mr.
Crawford got me Into die scrape aud
dej nsna* git me ont. I wonder If day
Is gwlne to d* war?”
Imat Sunday I saw a gang uf negroes
standing around a preacher ana be
wan reading the big headlines of the
fxmjttlutlon to them. Tbtre Is a large
pictorial recruiting poster lo the poet
ofiVoe and they a thud off and look at It
with serious alarm. But they are not
going from these parts, ueither are lb*
white people going right now. Old
atan Ingram was a good fighter In the
last war and seemed to like the busi
ness and be aaya be wouldn’t mind go
ing If they will let him fight under
General Lea and wear gray clothe*.
My friend, CepUIn Dobbs, aaya be
will go along with Dr. Calboun and
will aklrmteb around awhile aud get
■lok and get the doctor to give him a
discharge et the eod of three mouths
and then be will come borne and draw
• E?*}00 *11 tk* reat of bis Ilf*.
Wall, If it baa to be « wmr Mr. Mo
Klnley bad better turn it over to Oea
eral Leo lo light it
Big things ere piling in on oa Just
now. Tbe Stats canvas for State of
fielala la nuw going ol sod getting red
hot and it takes overly all oar time to
kj*P up with that sod the wai too.
Maybe we will need another war gov
ernor and if we do Colonel Candler baa
had more experience in that line than
some other folks.
Colon* Renfro oocild taka ear* of
**• »*€to eoovicta aad march them to
thafrodtJoMllka old Joa Brown did
**• 900 eoartata In the penitentiary
whan Hhermaa oama along. Governor
Brown want down Unit wttb • wimq
Wmd of gray okrthas and mod# Urn
taka off thalretrlpea nod ba gave tlmm
*1 guna aad bad then* to elect their
oBoara and then make theta a speech
aod aald:
••Ocotlamw. Fallow Citiaaoa. Hol
<Um: It docao’t follow that bceaoac
yon arc eoovlota you art not patriot*.
Kow la tba mat opportunity of your
)Ivm_U> rad mm yotuo*TM and wipe
off tba d la grace from youre*vea and
your kindred. Tba aoamy la at your
doors aad you moat light bias—yaa I
THgU* MU tao law ana* foa uprw
▲ad they ballad thalr freedom with
a tout and tboy marched forth likt
now men, and that did Sgtit. Jo* ae.
OoL Benfroe ooold march tba 9.000
aagro eoovlota forth and under hla
tad tbejr, too, will dght.
Then ban 1* Urn aold wintry btat
‘b** «*« ®®r oouotry and
tiiWd oar rratt aad vaguUbta aud
pwalyaad our bopaa. Our mo* for
word paatoa an oot killed, but our
poUton an utterly proatratad. They
bin ooaaa out again aod f think will
make na a good mop. Two yuan ago
mlna wan killed down to the ground,
but thar eame op again and I never
had a better crop. Thla tads ma to
tMak that maybe eat down early and
aud thou they would make am fra it
■»* Uj *** ***** all
aorta of old otoMwa over bar Marvaehal
Kao) run vine that waa full or bade.
My aalgbban aooarad ap their baana
and beats, aud some of them spread
newspapers over tfcatr potatoes end
•area them. I was away do wo la
in Greensboro the coldest sight and It
was not cold eoongb there to kill any
thing. A few degrew of latitude
makes a great difference. Mr. Mar
bury, tbs weather man. foretold ue of
tide coming freese and 1 have great
faith In him. When the weather bo
re* *u Orel established we thought It
was a humbug, hut long obevivation
bee convinced the world that the
winds and the waves aud the weather
ate sot the mystery they aeed to be.
Science bee revealed their coareee end
their ohiuigrt end the telegraph tells
It tiu* many hoore beforehand. Tbs
scripture eaye: "The wind bloweth
where it lloteth end ye beer the sound
thereof, but ye oannot tell whenoe It
oometh or wbllher H goeth.”
Hat we oen tell oaw sod can fortify
against disasters on laud and perils on
the deep. Verily, there Is something
new under the sun.
I was ruminating about the classic
town of Greensboro, one of the oldest
towns In Uw Stete. What a beautiful
country surrounds Itl What pretty
roads end streets. Whet sttreotlv*
homes sod pretty mentions. What
wealth of lovely flowers t saw wis
terias there growing wild and bower
Ing upon old dead trees. Many of
these stalely antebellum mausioos
still have the tall fluted columns and
tbs parapet roofs that were so oommoo
In the olden time. I saw the old Cone
mansion sad the home where William
C. Dawson lived I went to oollege
with the Dswsuo boys, but they era
deed and left no sign. I heard their
tether make a speech lu IMA He was
lbs Ural Whig who ever represented
that district In Congress. He was
United B tales Scot tor lu 1*47. He
wee onivereally popular—kind, ooor
teoua end geo lie. big worked hie own
way from humble life np to many •mi
neat positions and never lost a friend.
Dawson oonoty was nutaad for him,
hot none was named for Toombs or
Stephen*. They were greeter states
men, bat they made enemies while
Dawson, hy hie exceeding courtesy aud
gentle manners, mud# frieuda. Young
mea, If you aspire to political honors,
you had better remember this: When
Stephen Girard was asked the secret of
hie euooaae, he regdlad: “Civility.”
The Luwl nil drralw.
J. i. Hall la AUaiiaa JonrnaL
There art certain symptoms by
which uatare
dread disease
anybody—even though you may not
know enough to plat ud a quarter
wheb you Bad It in the street—can
easily recognise and thereby diagnose
your own malady.
It you ban that tired foaling juat
attar carry lug the cooking atom up
stair* and trying for four boors to 01
on the pip*, it abowa beyond all shad
nw of a doubt that you are already a
hopeless ooosc motive, dyspeptic, and
liable at any mo meet to become a du
plax maolao. If, after walking nine
mile*, yon feel languid and want to sit
down. It shows that tbs roof of your
month needs a Daw ooat of metallic
Citnt aad ooal Ur. Uolaaa these warn
ft of nature are heeded aud the
proper repair* to the human machine
attended to the bottom la liable to
drop out of your prospect* and your
Ilf# become one prolonged melancholy
fake.
If your heart basts with a regular
sledge hammer stroke you should im
mediately be scared out of your nocks,
for your rth* are in danger of being
broken. If the beats are slow and
weak, yon should ha scared still more,
because there la do earthly telling
what la the matter with you.
If your eyelids become heavy about
midnight and yon fast a burning desire
not to do anything hut tumble In the
bad, only to bfoom* Instantly uoooo
aotous, you are truly treading upon
quicksand. That la, If you do any
treading at all.
Well people should stay op all night
and make no oomplaint. If you occa
sionally feel a certain goneness In the
pit of the stomach-a feeling which
canwM you to look upon an elaborate
aud juicy beefsteak as one of the moat
beautiful aad entrancing sight* in the
world (which It a horrible Illusion of
the optlo nerve) yon should instantly
ooosult an undertaker and let lb*
making of your will to tba lowest bid
■M
But all of these horrible conditions
sen bo easily and Ins lastly avoided by
a one-cent package of oar known-all
oeer-th* erostowad - never-tailed-* - tin
gle time liver pills. The reason we do
sot charge any more for the pills it
that we know yon will have to pay a
doctor’s bUl of aboat |19 every time
you take one, aad we don’t want to be
the least bit hard oa you.
Pm CImh at «u Matty.
(Marietta Km
Hr. HOixt. K. C.. April IS.—The
ottlMoa bent bad a Ural; tax ohaaa yea
tarday. A fox waa imported to ba eeeo
In tba alty llmlta yaateiday about 10:80
o'clock. In a abort time tba I porta
men from liOAdenrille brought Uialr
hounds to tba spot and a llraly ehaaa
fiad Aboat 90 hound* were In the
ohaaa. In a abort tl«a tba fox wal
oaptorod. It haa not baao long aloca a
deer was caught near tba aama piece.
Hr. A. P. Lenta ha* joat raoalrad
maobloery for a nrw roller mill. It
will ba la operation la lorn than thirty
days.
"A ward W> the wlaa la iuiboieot"
and a word from the wlaa ahonld be
aufftclant. bat you tak. who art tha
wlaa 7 Those who know. Tba uft
repeated axparlaeca of I matt worthy
pnoona may bo taken for knowledge.
Hr. W. II. Tarry aaya Ohamhaiialb'a
Ooogh Remedy gtrsa batter aetlefao
Uon than a ay other la tba market.
Ha haa beau la tba drug business at
Ktkton. Ky., for twaive rears; haa
sold baud rod* of bottles of thin remedy
••d nearly all other cough medleloea
monofaatarad, which cbowc ooncto
alvalr that Cbamberielo'a la the moot
aalwaotary to tha people, and la tba
beat. For aula by J. 1. (lurry A Oo.
trim hciobo.
Tkvea ef *•
The Coatini *f IruiOi Tlu Bob.
JutraUnonf Osrai ■•■UWaM* Ton
•ron>Moi*mcaM‘* Lot riiito*
.rniim,
«t Louis llxpubUc.
Spain ouca gsr* tba law lo tba
world—to-day mix standi b second-rate
power, witb a history of butohei lot
and oruelUes belli ad ber. HlaUiriana
have cUatol ber with tba eeml-yarW
le countries of Africa and ber page In
the book of the world ie blotted with
tbe record of bloody deeds seoli as no
Kuropaan country shows io (hams to
her fellows.
Boldly Uie Hit stands oat, vainly tba
Spaniards bars triad to bide it. All
Ute world know* the cruellies of Span
ish warfare and the barbarities prac
ticed to day In Uuba are but repeti
tions of tba conquest of Granada, of
Teru. of Mexico, and tba dual strag
gle of to-day for Cuba's freedom. AU
these are but tba landmarks on tba
bloody rued Spate baa traveled aloes
abe started on ber career of degrada
tion. There Is net io bar IM of war*
oaa to which aba nan point, saying It
baa baen moeompllabad without tbe
greatest enmity aud inhumanity. Tba
war In Cuba U terrible eaaugb sod yet
ocfupared with tba oooquast of Mexi
co and 1’aru It appear* puny In com
parison. The butcheries of Caban
reeooceotradoa aud the methods by
wbicb they are starred to death were
the methods that prey ailed when Plsar
ro made hi* Moody forage through the
laud of tba Incas In Para, only tbay
■com but small injuries bee Ida tba mur
der and cruelty of Plsar re'a campaign
and thestrugsl* tot Mexico’s freedom.
Tbe Cubans are armed aud helped by
many friendly bands—there war* nous
to suooor tba Inca* of Peru or tba
Mexicans. Cubaos hare money and
food, tba great United States mauds
ready to aid them, all those tba ethers
lucked.
The bloodiest blot no Spain’* record
la that of tJia loqualttoo. Soott and
many other greet writer* have told of
Lbs reign of religion* terror that bald
Spain from the Thirteenth Century.
Established to drive heresy from tba
empire. It was, In reality, ouly a da
volupmeot of a acbeme to Ox liis b»l
auoe of power mora Urmly In tbe hands
of certain rulers. The accuser and the
Judge were one man in this far-raeeb
iog society. Men from all walks of
Ufa were dragged up and tried, oft
limn btiof comlecaned ud toriuml
to view of the populace; at other times
secretly assassinated or i in prisoned and
never heard from again.
In Uia reign of Ferdinand and Isa
bella, the Inquisition waa mors s polit
ics! machine than during its former
Ilf*.
The histories of that day abound
with tales of the cruellies practiced.
Whale citira turned out in feaUaal at
tire to aee men cruel dad, to watoh
them walk ou bare of red-hot iron, sod
to aee women racked and gar ruled.
Tbe thumb-screw, the wheel and the
Iron maiden ware all to vatiled to tor
ture men and women. He who could
invent a new torture waa assured
wealth sod honor. And for 300 years
tba Empire of Castile and Aragon rev
elled in tbe Inquisition and lo the
cruelties prsotleed ou Its victims.
Other things came sod passed, but
this held on for thrse centuries, end
tbe levs of torture luhvrant Lu the
Spanish rabble to-day wan fostered by
the horrors of that period.
The oouquest of Ureneda coded In
January. 1493, at lbs time when Col
umbus waa starting on bln voyage to
discover tbe naw world. The struggle
agaloat tbe Moon marked the begin
ning of 8pain’s teoord of terrorization
lu other lauds except her own. Tim
Moors, with their rsflrved civilization,
bsd been for years harassed aod mur
dered, only their superior strength sod
equipment making It possible for them
to bold out as king aa they did. Whits
the oouquest was being waged 8pm
lab citizens laugbad at tbe prowess
their soldier srere making when they
saw the heads of ths slain Moon orna
menting spears oo the lows walls or
hebeh) Moorish women dragged naked
through tbe streets. Spain eooqoared
the unbelievers, but U ouet her dear,
both In soldiers sad moony.
Then cams tbe discovery of Ameri
ca by Columbus In tbe same year aod a
wider Bald wan opened for Spanish bar
barity. Unsuspecting natives were
either out down or Ukaa Into slavery,
children were slain and the Indian In
habitants of tha Cuban lalea were
dragged to a life of servitude in Eu
rope. AeUmewfut on the Spanish
General* extended their conquests.
io umium span ienu*a oral ncim
began Um Invasion of Fhru. Tbe rich
aod higblT-COltnrnd Iodlaul, with
lheir gold and ailvar Dlota, and bind
mim el lira, offend worthy marks for
Spaolih cupidity. Pisano bad all the
attribute* of a aoeoaetul butcher, be
ing the Illegitimate bob of e rich and
debouched nobleman and of e eoarn
peasant girl, rated la lb* llama of
TruxtUo and naming bla boyhood as a
•wlueherd. Io 1895 he sailed at the
heed of a squadron of orlmlnuls, ad
venturer* end tb* dreg* of the Huaa
leh eltlae to conquer Um Hew World.
The bMory ot that undertaking la
known to tb* world. Tb* expedition
landed *0 tbe shore* at Pare, profess
ing friendship tor the monarch nf tbe
oouetry, proootly captured bin and his
entire court Ot a banquet to which
they were Invltwd. At an eeuriuou*
prlo* tbe monarch bought Ida freedom
than, at Pliarro'e orders, be wae
strangled nod burnt and without mer
cy all who bed attended him wnr*
■tale, aa well aa hundred* of tonocent
nallvea
Plasm foanded an empire in Teru,
but wee himself murdered by hie own
brother In 1537. and Um records of
that Woody time are but ao eodler*
tale of mardm, pillage and amen. Tbe
reign of Hpata la Poru daring tb*
three following oenturle* grow more
•ever* *nn unbearable until tbe dr
■oeudaeu of tkue* wb* bad oooqeered
Um local Ihoaaaelvee east off Um Hpao
Wiyefeaned la 1M1 a odor Ueoerml
Am Martin began Um war which re
wiled la their Independence. Vo men
«T woe akowa the rebel* la tht» war
f°r freedom end there who Ml Into
apenliti bands were treated aa are the
Cubana to-day.
Puru. Mex loo wre captured
rrom the oetlvre, aod anfcMctad to a
century of domination which retailed
la revolution after revolution until
it**loo had growu to powerful that
faat falling Spain found ter tend* full
In trying to handle bar anruly captive.
The eoluay waa not allowed to man
“factore any article that oould be aup
plled liy the mother ooualry. book*
were prohibited erred* dtotaled and
the paople wore little betUr than
alavaa. Like the rule la Cub*. Hag-1
loo waa dominated by a Oort**, or In
sular parliament. In which Span lab
offloer* aataod admlulatored th* law*
to th* aallrc*. Governor Oeoaral Dob
Joa* Iturrigaroy proposed a junta,
similar to the present Cuban Autowo
mlat Cabinet, but Ilka Wovtar, be waa
deported In ISOS. Then other captains
ganaral took command, re oh man
crutl Ilian bit predecessor. for It was
area that ICasloo waa faat slipping
away from Spalo and tho latur'a Leg
favored pulley of extermination of all
opponent* waa triad. Insurgent chiefs
ware captured aod atrangled; other*
took their place. Morelos, the Mexi
can Waahlagtoa, was abol In IBM, and
Jftera of lighting followed. In 1831
the treaty of Cordova was mode, nod
tfa* Spanish troop* were ordered 10
evacuate Mexico. Years of trouble
between petty Mexican ralare followed
and In lflCfl the 8 pan Lb seat aa expo
dttioa from Havana to again subdue
the country.
Several years more of BffbUng fal
lowed. Thee Spain, with Franc* and
England, regained tbe dictatorship of
tbo province, but was forced out la
1861, and* few yeara later Max loo be
OMBI 4 IicpuWJc.
Uuattllan reigo In Cuba lie* teeu
well ventilated l»v our eentroversy
wltb tbe Dona. The slave trade, by
which tbe 8 pan Lb annually mad* mil
lions on tbe children sod grown aa
tlvea captured and cold by ter armed
force* waa forced oat of tbs Empire1*
grasp by tbe action of England In or
dering the Spanish rulers to prohibit
•lare traffic by proeLmaUou. Sinoe
It* early colonisation the Island baa
wagad a eontiusl fight for freedom, a
battle which bide fair to soon be ended
by tbe aid of tbe United State*.
3ueb la the history of Spain’s bar
barities. Such L tbe list of h*r cruel
ties. each an epoch which saw thous
and* of human Ilyas ended by the
* word, by fire aod by tbe horrors at the
!o<jui*UW>a.
A ter»« LM.
One of the must perplexing pruble cat
tbu confront the nulhortUae In ollle*
eud towns, m well m tbe Judges of
our eoerte, says tbe Oxford Ltdgtr, U
t&at of Uie youthful criminal—what
punishment (hall be meted out to tbe
buy of U or 13 yean who baa violated
tbe laws of tbe land. Io New York
and other States, tbe solution has been
found In the establishment of Reform
atories for tbe youtbfnl criminal, but
oar legislator)), in Ita wisdom, has not
seen Qt to provide a similar loatlts
llon.
The alternative is presented of turn
ing him loose free, upon the communi
ty, or eiee sending him to tbe com non
Jail of the county, or to tbe State
prison, where fay eewolatlou with tbe
hardened criminal of mature years, be
becomes steeped in crime, ana hie pan
uhment, wblob was Intended to deter
him from tbe commtutou of like of
fense* in tbs tutors, has had tbe effect
of hxrdeolug his eeualhilHIea and In
cresalng bis pioosneee for the perps
trxtloo of otbar crimes.
What we need is e solution that will
go to tbe root of the matter, by* pre
venting, If possible, tbe commlaaloo of
the crime. This can bo aocomplUbed
lo a large maaeora by tbo enactoeect of
laws, requiring ail children under a
stated age lo be in their homes by a
stated hour, unless in company with
parents. The Olumkautn, of New
York, says in this ooanectton: "It
was received ae hardly more than a
Joke, when a boat two years ago, the
eorfew was adopted by Lmooln. Neb.
But tbo mors meat bis spread, until
about three hundred cities, many of
them prominent ooee, are Mid to have
la trod need It. There is much agita
tion la favor of tbo federal adoption
of an otdlnuoee requiring all children
under fifteen to be In their botaee by 0
o'clock in enamor and by 8 o’clock lu
winter, unless thvy are accompanied
by their parents or have leave of ab
senoe. Tbe advocate* of the p|«n call
It tba moat important etap for mnniel
pel reform aims the dleoovery of
America. Tbe falling off in tba com
ber of at rests of the young nodoc able
system hat. In some cease, bean es
much as 76 per cent. There baa been
a great decrease In the number tent to
reform schools. Teaebsrs testify to
Improvement In punctuality and schol
arship. Home life bae been made bet
ter."
This subjeot it entitled to oar most
thoughtful consideration. A. Urge
number of the vUletUos of law i0 our
midst is oooSaod to tbo young. Home
of the gravest offence* known to tbo
criminal law, Including burgUrly and
arena, bare been committed recently
In our town by bow. hardly |D tbelr
teeoe, and In one rattaaae tbe culprit
was only 0 years ef age. If theta was
legislation a* sngfertsd, It wauld ae
doubt have a saintary effect.
TKI>AUIfMTIIM SATtM."
»*»lr Tueerwaitaaul A#MWMa
„ "»• otter oaMon." sold 7retorts E.
OowUrt to a Her rock Jfereid rear*
aaotaUre recently.-tea arbOratadita
dlEeraaom with otter nations as aaoh
aa tba United States. Wo are tte ar
bitrating nation, in tba Inat bnodrad
yaara tte Ualtat State# baa aetUad
dlopataa with otter rower* by arbttr*.
tlou oaora than 40 tlmaa.
"As 1 Mht recently la a magaalna
artlal*, war. logically epeultlog, la an
anarebroolsm. It belong* to olbar
•CM and otlwr ferae of oloUlntloa
than tboaa under which wo Ufa Its
bratnllty. cruelty tad lojimle* Jar
against tbe bumanlxlng teadeoci** of
tte nlnatooatb century. Wo ore ao
oustumod to look eiaowhar* ibac to
tte basardaof tte teUlaflald for the
solution of international problems, and
bar# laaraed that ttero era batter and
obaapar method* ot seeding oootrbv
onin* than lhone which depend upon
hoary artillery aod modi* gooa.
••Thar# la ao qoration bctwmu two
naUaaa, la my mind, which caaaot b*
settlnd by urtritratioa. If w* are right
our olaims will he acknowledged by
any lost tribunal; If wo aro wrong w*
■ball fall.
••Thereof# aarlona tba quaotioo tte
moro note then la far patient oocrid
•ration and onrofol argument. It Is
ebaapcr to hire lawyer* thna to build
bateioohloa aod bay big gun*. It doM
not ooat noarlr ball as moot; It does
oot moan Mandated, aorrow aod
ml**ry.M
CAJSO WOK IIT Tag UN1TBO ITATO*.
Horn Is a table wbtch ooven tome of
tte rue nils of arbitration.
1794—Great Britain, boundary dla
MM. contoodad that tba Hcbrodio
Blear wax really tte St Orel*.
1794—Grant Britain. *17 otaim*.
awarded to tte Untied State*.
1811 —MonheaeteTO boundary.
1814-Groat Britain, boundary.
1818—Great Britain for ala red car
ried away by British soldier* altar the
War of lb* ttofoiuttun, SUM.MO.
1839-Mexico claim* 1071.798.
Greet Britain olatmi $56,000.
1867— Maw Grenada claim* $345,81/7.
lDM-ChlUolakn* $49,000.
1860—Ocata Elea claim* $46,704.
1869— Ecuador claim* $91,799.
lStti-Beru claim* 131.960
1804 —Columbia claims $646,807.
UM-VcoacaalacUlios $1,953,610.
1868— Maxtoo claims 64.000.000.
1808— Peru claiasi $150,000.
1870— Brasil rial me 8100.740.
1871— 8paio claims $1.368883.
1871 -Great Britain, Ban Juan. laud.
1871-Groat Bn lain, Umova, for
depredation* of lb* Alabama aod other
cruiser* of the Confederate State*
fitted out in Great Britain. $16,600,000.
7874—Columbia olaims $13,401.
1885—Spain claims $46,004.
1809— Veneaul* olaims $141,600.
1803—Kcuado claims $40,000.
casks lost dt rn* u*rriu> statba.
There bavo been eeveu caaei is
Which tlw Halted States was defeated
In all her claims, and yet aeoepted tbe
rulluga with the' greatest poeslble
grace. They are as follows.
1704—Great Britain. Claims for
royalist losess during tbe War of tbe
Bevotalloo, $3,000,000.
1801—Portugal. Losa of Uia Vsited
Statue privateer, general /brmttroog,
destroyed in tbe harbor of Feyal.
1871—Great Itritslii. Claims of
British inbfsoU for property lost of
the Behelllon. $1,920,810.
1871—Oreat Britain. Claim* Hali
fax fisheries, $5,500,000
1880—Franc*. Claims for property
or Free oh ctuxens d retro red la the war
of tlw Hohellloo, $818,000.
1888—Denmark. BotterfleU claims.
180*—Qrsat Britain. Bering Bee
oootroverey.
•w'l Im It That Wax.
Mr. Joseph oa Daniel*, editor of Me
NfMt uad Ohttmr has bran In Waalv
Ingteo aerersl days. Tn bis latter In
la* Tuaaday’a paper he aaya that moa*
of Waablngto* people at* for war,
then add* the following.
■■Whether assay will go from this
olty Is eltogsther soother thing Am
order bee here Iteoed giving all gor
ernmeat dark* a guarantee that If
they enlist, thair posiUooi wlU h* hate
for (ham aad they can retorn to (hea>
when th* wet has ended. Talking
with ism very Intelligent dark* who
were saying that this was eery gener
ous oa Hi* part of the ro remanent,
I said to Mem: 'Bat it faitsiboit.
Instead of agreeing to bold th* posi
tion ope* It yoa go, Ooograai ought
to pass a law requiring eesry au who
has a position la tha goeerement to
aarreader it far th* time aad go to
the (mat. Title eerteialy ought to be
don* aa to eeery unmarried mas la M*
departments at Washington. Aa th*
dark* bare been gattiag bigger eateries
for lighter work thas outeldera, It la
noMlug but right that they should
ooto* oat of their bomb-proof positions
sod go to Cube aad support by arm*
tha gorerumaat that directly girea
, them brood and meek.' Strange to
aay set a dngte dark la heart a g en
dorsed Ml* flew of tbdr duty !"
Major Clasaant Dowd, nae of Ihe
Htatom moat dtellagwtebed cittern*,
died Friday morning!Sell, at Me bom*
la Charlotte. Mle teat satire work
was doe* oa Me "Ufa of Vance.”
For some yean to poor health, be de
clined rspbily f r aerrral montha peat,
and for the peat few week* It we*
knows that hka condition waa Impali
He waa M years old.
My wife has used Chamberlain's
Tain Balm for rheumatism with great
relief, aad I can recommend 1% aa a
apinodtd llelmant for rheamattem aad
other buseskuId us* Tor ahteh «n
her* found It ralaable.—W. 4, Carter.
Bed Crssk, If. T.
Mr. Curler is awe of Ms leading mar
ehaate of this riltaga and oaa af the
■ow premlaaat aeam la Ihle Ttotelty.
-W. O. Phlpato, JBdUoc Red Creak
Rtetld. For eats by J. R. Cun> * Ca.
8*oo» Omro Alas, who to mmM
ered In Sputa to to tbs Cot tow*
■Ultarr witter, Published tea fbUow
log artiste la £o Jt^oos of Madrid on
Xsrob 11 about tbo Malts of a war
tetawo kto ooaotoy sad tea Ualtod
Hem taw
“WM it to a dost in French atria,
or antll tbs first Mood to toed. or a
fight lotto death? Ia my opinion
naltbor oaa nor tea steer. If wa am
dteoaud qulokly wo teaU teas Cabs sad
tete tew’a" ter£«£
nwok la tea PbUtopians sod mSum
Uoablt tt home.
•'flat, auppoaa at tea hagteslac of j
tbo war wo slab tea whato Vaake*
fleet and oven bombard wtte snoaass
twoor teeao Tankas porta. WlH it
all sod there r Ob. oo. Tbs Amort
eons will not stead ft, and Urn nation
that from 1*61 to 1M* pat mama
sewn than a.000,000 settee, ntood
pawerfnt float*, spent •*,«».000.000
and tost nearly tea sum ■ meant, win
seek* snob efiorte than teat, la tf4U
Of alt M respect for Spanish patri
otism, 1 cannot bottom that Spain win
bo abts to stead against to.
If tears are tbaaa who believe us in
terrsnttea by Karopeia powara la
fsror of Spain, I do not.
“A Agbt to tbo daate ft will not bo.
sitter, because tbs timsrlssni oannot
oanaaar no witt so many mhos of
oaaao batwaon tea two osutotosi Wo
stey loot onr eolootea, but Spala wttl
Ttatain. Probably tbat tom. tboogb
Immediately dtoaeteoas, woald bo a
“Mow can any man of osasa teUsv*
tbat wo can do to tea Ualtod States
a tot tee Americas* osaaot dot* ns 1
fsltaotansnoansloal dream to Iblak
of a oonguee* of I si arises territory T
lam oot donbting tea ooeragt often
8p«tii»rd*. hot 1 believe all ostiaes of
Sereps together an not straw —nrg^
to sarsr afoot of load from tbo Ualtod
States.
“la brief, tbs United UUtsa will
not earns to ooa«aer ns bare, nattbor
absll we go to eonqasr team them.
Tka wboi« war will to red need to
this: The Yankees will provide tee
insurgents with arms aad ammuni
tion, blockade tea ports of Cuba, aad
Starr# to dsatb our army there, tbat
subsists now sxdastrvly oo Imported
food.
“What win to tea ruts of oar nary?
To break tea Moeksda ia order to pro
▼itdon our army aad in order to get
aosl for liooif; tootses I sappoao tbat
our^hlpa will not coma hack to coal
“That wlU to *11. At tbs start tbs
Ytakes* msy destroy our whole nsry
or ws may destroy their*, but lotto
long run tea/ will got the advantage.
All other ihiutu wiu to msra splscdes
of tbo war. The privateers on either
aid* will * mount to nothing to decid
ing wbara victory shall rust.
•»s Um Smhmm unr.
t«* Yol* World.
The cable yeaterdny snunuoocd the
arrival of theSpaolsb ships Vlaeaya aad
Oquendo at Cape Verd, teo days after
their departure frooe Porto filoo.
These are among the fastest eblpe la
theSpanish Kavy. Artisans convoy
to toe torpedo boat* wtilah they have
Joioed, they eusld uot reach Porto
ttloo again la lass than twelve or Sf
teeodaya. They are 1,700 oeflee trace
Havana—9» bDm fsrtbar thaa front
Hew York to tguaeaatowo.
With a forty-eight boar ultimatum
from thla country loepeadlag. done
this look as though Spate meana to
light V What it the “war scare”
which has caused a stagnation of trade
aad a suspension of enterprise—the
moat extraordinary illustration ever
given of the oowardloo of capital I
What are lbs facte ?
On Um 18 th of Haroh—that is thirty
eight days ago-the terrible now Span
ish armada left Cadis for OOba. It
has not yet arrived at Forto Bloc. It
la still at Cape Yard, serose Um At
lantic. os the coast of Africa. 4,700
albr frooe Havana.
The eU torpedo-boat destroyers have
not stirred treat Cedi*. Poor of
Spain's battleship* are laid up for re
pairs. Tbs rest of her navy te scat
tered over the worid.
Where Is the great navel Bgbt to be 7
W Kb rorto Kleo seized and Havana
captured or Mocbadad. iteaeM be
done by oar beetle short order, Spain
would have no ooel supply lor tor
eblpe co this eld* of the ooeaa. What
this Maaaa are hare leurasd frsmaar
iscsat eapertaao* with the Hew Or
leans. which, coming froaa Liverpool,
only 1,400 alto distant, was obliged
to put into Halifax for coal,
Tto Spanish baltle-ehlpi end era leers
cannot carry cool euoagh to fart theta
twenty-four home after arriving en
thlssUo. Tto torpedo- boots, have to
be supplied with, ooel d*Uy. Si no*
aoodera naval warfsie is a Matter of
COAL, COAL. COAL, tow eao Spain
pot(up e Ogbt tfwoeet prunpUy la
aMatng Havana nod Sac Juaa 1
WlUi this dona It weald be toeaeity
for the Spaeleb Seat to pom* over.
Should It do so it would fan a* easy
pray to on oomMaad agaadtaaa. with
no sod of ooel aad other supplies otoae
at toad.
warn, m tmu. U tbta tarriW*
wuh>| Itdatalurif » A ala*
ih» Ko*olar4# oai!*^riih,»La*tratol
nroMkMit of oar itaalm data Horn*
m«M drift ttatklato tbaaaa la a
waak.
Whr U.U “aoary Mine*** Why
tbatalk wC 400.000 frioatara ? Wbf
la bnttniaa of aay art aatyeet to a
tmpttf yalay t
Thara It no taaatlat tot It; hut lo
am wet mi fooilth tmr eaaaot ha
want ad away. It hakeem Uaaettra
aaat U it* ray lit raottya abort
‘srs
In
Mimaaaav
w*»i —*~--fr—r—
ItwoaU require some Nyethaou
power otdiyluttoa to tadkwtoaa la
ta* f"w tbaea lb mafia* otoad* lato
ih* hrt*ht path of poao*. UtUabjr
little, with ooaatkto ohoeks sad he£
tam. bat always pr—la* forward to
tho msieaeMT goal, wa tan at hat
eons fans to Caoa with war. Tbtra
way «(U to sowa means of ■a^ffi«*
tba drsad ooMsquecce. It h not *b
•otataly Impossible that, la tha shv
snth bear of the oriole, • way shall ba
opaoad for a*. But ao ordiaory mor
tal aaa lmtjflos aooh a thlaa at thb
moment. Look whsra he wtu. oo are
aaa of avaideaa* is dhntMt
A large wajarity of oar popohrtioa
has* ao iwootloal knowledge or expert
anooof war. To woot of ao, it pm
•onto ttarit ia allortaf aad rewaaUo
■»*» of toUaMry- Lika aowa too
iwagt of sxcttsaset, utokril oat leal
to* beamy at adrootan, It appeals to
the imagination aad sriwotates ovary
borote aadoaabtUooaUwttaot. War*
call tho gioriooa color oC tha onwadsa,
the I tie* at Aon, tha T'i~1id daade
of Agloeowrt aad Tmap. Wa aaa
oely tho poatle aid* of a tragedy that
has dtaeobad the oarih totEdaa*
nued tha oaatortaa with hwaalaUoa,
But war haa another aspect Hue
orafawlUar with thatnpnCaodtoay
Lr«j«a*arB.*ar
or etna bar ao*. the wife bar kaakaod.
tha wold bar lover, tho ehBd
Than are periods at aapai
la a prove.
the pomp. i _
oaeneo at tbs violate, I_ _
_ ynp
oa too Unabetd of toe wyeterioaa «o
waia wa are iwadia* natE^pwaai
or two the die w oar* wed Awerieaae
hate aa altoraallso. Wo stood toaatfc
«r aa bratkno. aa pahtoto. ao ktaawaw.
The «rat narataa na into a kawejwn
moo and ladawttabh aaaaa. Tbam
jaiSS^SSriSSSs
to wrath, Wm to tha ways ofthrift
aadpaaaatbiwoaoawan 1 tram Ha
bwImU l|||aya lamk to* tua. .
oarve, .nd^’aat frtt to* ftrttl£
Mdami to*worldwitTtorir imT
aardfary.