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JAPAN'S DECLINE.
Chicago Times-Herald.
Japaa is disappointing to the pro
phets. It has not yet appeared as a
meat factor In international politics,
though it was expected to be of vast
aid to Great Britain in enforcing the
"open door." It has not fulfilled the
predictions of its Industrial awakening
and Its conquest of the markets of the
world. In fact. Japan Is stagnant. De
velopment seems to have reached its
highest point.
This is the , impression that cannot
but be guthered from a reading of the
Japanese newspaper, though It must
be admitted that our information comes
from the English newspapers publish
ed th.ire and in China. The vernacular
press, more vainglorious, la not so pron
to admit Japan's- failure In its attempt
to rival the Western nations, but even
it contains evidence that all is not
well.
In the first place. Western political
institutions have not proved a success
in Japan. The limited monarchy which
" the Mikado himself, confident In the
ability of his subjects for self-government,
established, has not proved the
wisdom of the measure. Party govern
ment along Wf stern ideas is a failure.
To so great an extent Is this true that
party government has been practically
abolished, and the new Cabinet is
framed on non-partisan lines In accord
ance with the wishes of the sovereign.
There is a strong party for the dis
franchisement of the people. It is easy
to extend the ballot, but not so easy
to limit it. So there is no likelihood of
the success of such measures.
Japanese politics would put any Am
erican politician to blush. Ballot box
stuffing and bribery are carried to an
unprecedi uteJ extreme. For instance,
of 500 votes ciist in a precinct at a re
cent election, ic is estimated that 300
were secured by bribery. It Is estimat
ed that.one-haJf of the Japanese voters
are purchasable, which probably is a
much larger percentage than obtains
in the First Ward of the city of Chica
go. And the First Ward Is nonpareil.
The politicians are no better than the
voters. The spoils system is carried to
a great extreme. Civil service reform
does not exist. Offices are a matter of
barter and sale. Merit counts for lit
tle or nothing.
With such jondltlona It is no wonder
that the ronstant sir.tggle of the politi
cians lias led to the inauguration of
various socialistic schemes. The pro
posed government ownership of rail
ways, a pl.vi v.bich is well under way,
owes its adoption largely to a wish to
create new offices for the greedy Jap
anese office sifkevs.
In diplomacy the Japanese have been
a failure. Successful in war with
China and how could it fail to be suc
cessful, even with only a smattering of
Western meliiods, against a country
ruled by a weak-minded Emperor and
with a povtmr behind the throne intent
only upon making money at whatever
sacrifice of the national weal Japan
has shown herself unable to retain the.
fruits of that victory. Russia has out
manoeuvred her in Corea. The terri
tory gained by Russia and England in
China is better and more important
than that gained by Japan. Th.' Mika
do did the fighting. Like the bird in
the fable, he sang while the foxes pick
ed up the cheese.
And so in the controversy over the
partition of China and the struggle for
the Eastern trade. Japan, in spite of
its paramount interests, has been thrust
contemptuously aside ,and ignored. Her
only recourse is to fight ,and the Mika
do's statesmen know well enough what
would be the result of such a struggle.
In trade the Japanese are faring no
better. They have pirated some Ameri
can patents. They make some things
well, but are unable to keep pace with
American labor-saving machinery. The
threatened $5 bicycles, 1 cent a gross
matches and 78 cent watches have not
materialized. There are some who still
eay these things will happen. But they
have not, in spite of the cheapness of
Japanese labor and the fact that the
patent laws are purposely framed to en
courage pirating.
There ra an industrial crisis in Japan
today. The people are poor. The man
ufacturers and merchants are without
money. The banks are hard pressed.
Already there is talk of resort to social
istic methods for supplying the people
with work. But the treasury is be
coming empty and there is no money to
throw into such a bottomless pit.
There may come a time when the
Japansesc, more skilled in the realities
of Western life, may take a prominent
place in the world. But to the disin
terested observer that time seems
much farther distant than It did two
years ago,
COMMISSIONER'S SALE.
In pursuance to an order made in a
certain petition for the sale of land o
make assets in the office of the Clerk
of the Superior Court, In and for Wake
County, North Carolina, numbered 868,
and entitled: R. M. Horton, adminis
trator of Mary House, deceased,
against W. H.-Pollard et al., I will at
he Court House door, in Raleigh, N.
C, on Monday the th day of January,
1889, expose for sale the following de
scribed real estate:
Those two tracts or parcels of land,
situated In House Creek township,
Wake County, State of North Carolina,
west of the city of Raleigh, and partic
ularly described as follows: Beginning
at a pine stump on the Mill Hill, James
Hart's field's corner; thence west across
Crabtree Creek to a beach, near Its
northern branch; thence up the vari
ous courses of said creek 'to a beach,
near the mouth of Steep Hill branch;
thence up the various courses of said
branch to a beach, William Holmes'
corner, formerly Wiley House's cor
ner; thence north 70 degrees eaBt with
William Holmes' line to a hickory;
thence south 18 poles to James Hart's
field's corner on the banks of said
Crabtree Creek; 'thence to the begin
ning, containing 24 acres more or less.
.Also another tract of land adjoining the
same and others, beginning at the Wid
ow Hartsfield's coner, a hickory;
thence east wKTi her line 113
poles to a pine; thence south 88 poles 'to
pointers; thence east 23 poles to a hick
ory; Sion Hartsfield's corner; thence
north with his line to the Crab
tree, a sassafras corner; thence up uhe
various courses of said creek to its
junction with Richland's Creek, thence
up the various courses of e-.ild creek to
the beginning, containing 108 acres by
measurement.
Time of sale 12 o'clock noon. Terms
of sale, one-fourth of the purchase
price in cash and the balance at the
end of one year, with In erest at six
per cent from day of sale, title to be
retained until all the purchase price has
been pi Id.
K. M. HORTON.
1 : 'Commissioner.
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TALKING OF CHRISTMAS.
They're talking of the Christmas from
the morning to the night;
They're wondering wha it's going to
bring to rosy cheeks and bright.
They're peeping up the chimney in their
little gowns of white
Oh, they're weary for the Christmas in
the morning.
They've sent the word to Santa Claus
and told him what to bring:
"Just to fill our little s'tockin's with the
best of evr'thing!"
Oh, they wake you up from your slum
bers, and they make the welkin ring
They're weary for the Christmas in the
morning!
TWO OF A KIND.
rcrr--tLt -y -
This is the plea of an impecunious
Georgia editor:
"Be the weather fair or murky.
Good Lord, send a Christmas turkey;
For we thank Thee day and night
For a powerful appe'tlte!"
And still another rural contemporary
sings:
"All we want of earthly good
Is a dozen turkeys and a load of wood;
That's all on earih that we desire,
Save a little woman to light the fire!"
We called attention recently to a new
magazine, entitled The Michigan Lyre.
A rival publication has since reached
us from that State and, oddly enough,
it is called The Truth Teller.
THE POOR CHILDREN.
Poor folks don't have no Christmas
Just don't have none at all;
An' Brother Jim won't git no drum, an'
Sister Sue no doll.
'Cause since our mother went to where
they say the angels stay
They don't know where we're livin' at,
an' Santa's lost the way!
Poor folks don't have no Christmas, an'
all they got to do
Is stand an' see the boys an' be wlshin'
for 'em too!
But I bet you if our mother wuz livin'
here today.
She'd send a word to Santa Claus an'
tell him where we stay!
Atlanta Constitution.
BOOKER WASHINGTON WRITES.
Says It is an Injury to Give t!"i Ignorant
Race Unrestricted Suffrage.
Cincinnati, Dec. 8. Booker T. Wash
ington the negro leader, writes to the
Commercial Tribune, regarding the race
problem :
"It was unfortunate that my people
permitted themselves at the close of
the civil war to be led In such a whole
sa!. manner Into polities. In many
oa.sc!" responsibilities were accepted by
us which we were not equal to because
of lack of education and experience. I
do not believe that it is wise for the
government nor Just to the people
sought to be helped to confer unlimited
suffffrage upon any Ignorant, poverty
stricken, inexperienced people. I would
let the right to vote be interwoven with
the ability to acquire intelligence or
property or both. The feeling is very
strong in the South that since the ne
gro pays such a small proportion of
the tax to support the government he
should have little or no control in the
government.
The feeling also exists In some sec
tions that the negro wants to control
the white man. This is not true of the
black race as a whole. Unless the ne
gro gets into the hands of bad white
men he does not seek to control any
one except himself, and he has a pretty
hard task often to do that.
To my mind the way to remedy the
present evils is lor the negro not to get
discouraged. In the past I fear lie sets
too much store by politics.
In too many oases ho ! :s sought t'.ie
shadow rather than the substance. The
negro all over this country mui'l hocom
a large taxpayer, own property, possess
a high degree of industry, skill and
substantial character. We must p
our young people off the streets, keep
them out of barrooms and dens of
crime. The great bulk of our people
in the South are still in dense igno
rance; ignorance leads ;o idleness and
Idleness to crime.
The time has come when the best
white people and the best colored peo
ple in the South should get together for
counsel, advl.ee and sympthy. The ne
gro must not feel that the white man
who is his next-door neigh'bor is his
enemy simply because he is a Southern
white man.
PRITCHARD'S PLAN.
Atlanta Journal.
It Is stated that Senator Pritchard,
of North Carolina, will introduce early
in this session of Congress a resolution
to raise a committee to Investigate the
recent race troubles In that State.
The Demorcatic newspapers of North
Carolina treat Prltchard's threat light
ly. The white people of that State do
not fear either Federal investigation or
Federal interference. They have done
just what the white people of any other
Southern State would have done under
similar circumstances, and they have
no regrets for what they did to rid
th'eir State of the rule of Ignorance and
corruption;
A thousand Federal investigations
and as many Federal force bills would
not prevent the white people of North
Carolina from protecting their local
government and their homes at any
cost. We have no Idea that Congress
will adopt any such method as Pritch
ard proposes, but if It should its only
effect would be to intensify race feeling
in the South and to make the negro
problem still more difficult.
The best medicine you can take Is
that which builds, a solid foundation
for. health in pure, rich blood Hood's
Sarsaparilla. i-- .
BTOKT OP A 8 LATH.
To be bound hand and foot for,yeara
by the chains of disease is the worst
form of slavery. George D. Williams,
of Manchester, Mich., tells how such
a slave was made free. He says: "My
wife has been so helpless for five years
that she could not turn over in bed
alone. After using two bottles of Elec
tric Bitters, she is wonderfully improv
ed and able to do her work." This su
preme remedy for female disease quick
ly cures nervousness, sleeplessness,
melancholy, headache, backache, faint
ing and dizzv spells. This miracle
working medicine is a godsend to
weak, sickly rundown people. Every
bottle guaranteed. Only 50 cents. Sold
by all druggists.
FOR OVER FIFTY TE7ARS.
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has
been used for over fifty years by mil
lions of ' mothers for their children
while teething, wlthp erfect success. It
soothes the child, softens the gums, al
lays all pain, cures wind colic, and is
the besat remedy for Diarrhoea. It will
relieve the poor little suffer immediate
ly. Sold by druggists In every part of
the world. Twenty-five cents a bottle.
Be sure and ask for "Mrs. Winslow's
Soothing Syrup," and take no other
kind.
SPBCIAXi RATES VIA THE S. A. L.
FOR CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS.
On account of 'the Christmas holidays
the Seaboard Air Line will sell round
trip tickets from all -points South
of the Ohio and Potomac and east of
the Misslsippl rivers, at rate of one
and one-third fares for the round trip.
Tickets are to be sold 22 23, 24, and
25, also December 30 and 31. 1S08, Jan
uary 4, 1899, with exereme limit Janu
ary 4, 1899, iron-clad signature forms,
limited to continuous passage in each
direction, to be used.
Ticke.s for students of schools and
colleges, holding certificates signed by
superintendent, principal and president
will be sold December 16 to 23, 1899, in
clusive, wih final limit January 4. '99.
For further information in regard to
Mckefs and scedules call on H. S.
Leard, City Ticket and Passenger Agt.,
Raleigh, N. 'C. 'Phones No. 117, old
and new systems.
In canned tleliciousncs"-, aromatic Cof
fees, choice Teas, Mincemeats, Plum
Puddings, etc., thai will tickle tilt! p.al
ntcof the fiiitiilious, and wlict the appe
tite of the dainty, wc have in a profus"
ion of goo l things.
Wc can supply you through the holi
days with fresh Nuts, bigs, Pates anil
fresh Fruits of every description.
Try a p ickago of Stuffed Dates. They
are clvgaiit.
Fancy oil) paste board boxes of large
Malaga Raisins. California ripe Olives
Stic a b'. ttlc. French Cherries in Mar
ischinow wine. Wc arc still sending
out iailylnts of those
SELECT NORFOLK OYSTERS
anil would be glad to add your name to
our list of customers. Wc are fu'ly pre
pared for the holiday trade and invite
your inspection of our stock.
17. 1. Upchurch & Co.,
LEADING FANCY GROCERS,
121 Faycttcville Strect.vJ
Thonc 1692 : , , ft3
THE MERRY YULKTIDK.
Christmas time is coming.
Coming with a rush.
Coning with its gewgaws.
And its mud and slush.
Every night my d"arest
Comes home sad and pale,
Every niglu she lulls me
Some distressing tale
Tells me that she doesn't
Mean to shop again
Till the rush is over,
But next morning When
I have- kissed and left her
Standing in the door,
She, of course, forgets and
Tries her luck once more,
Cleveland Leader.
HE FOOLED THE SURGEONS.
AH doctors told Renlck Hamilton, of
West Jefferson. O., after suffering IS
months from Rectal Fistula, he would
die, unless a costly operation was per
formed; but he cured himself with five
boxes Buclen's Arnica Sulve, the surest
Pile cure on Earth, and the best Salve
in the World. 25 cents a box. Sold by
all druggists.
CONTINENTAL FIELD TRIALS.
Colonel R. Wins the Derby All-Ago
Stake Today.
Charlotte, N. C, Dec. S. A special
to the Observer from Lexington, N. ('.,
says:
The ConMnental Field-Trials 'Club be
gan its trials here Monday. Sixteen
dogs were entered In the Dei'by, which
was finished this evening, the re.-ulis
tiding: First, Colonel II., handled by
George Gray; second, Lid f Jingo.
handled by R. Cro.s; third, Count
Dountone, handled by Gray.
The All-Age stake will be run tomor
row, with' thirteen dogs entered.
JUST WHAT SHE NKKDHIJ.
"My appetite was very poor and 1
was so nervous I could not Bleep, t was
troubled with dyspepsia and whs verv
weak.. After I had taken a few bnttloH
of Hood's Sarsaparilla I could eat any
thing I wished, could sleep well, and
was much stronger'- Mrs. John J. Mar
tin, Warrenton, North Carolina.
Hood's Pills cures all liver ills. Easy
to take, easy 'to operate; reliable, sure.
26e.
CHRISTMAS i FOODS.
Dobbin
2,500 OF DRESS GOODS
Some a yard and less, many just right for Children's Dresses and
many full lengths of 5 and 6 yards. These are all measured and priced
way down less than half. Splendid v.ppoitunities for Christmas pres
ents, useful and suitable.
Balk Bulbs
CALL ON
J. L. O'QUINH & GO.
For Cut Flowers, Boquets, and Floral
Designs arranged in best stylo at short
notice. Also Palms, Ferns, and other
pot plants for tho house. Hyacinths,
Bulbs, Narcissus, Tulips, Crocus, Free
sias, Callas, Easter Lilies, and Chinese
Sacred Lilies, together with all other
seasonable bulbs. Vegetable Plants in
season, Shade Trees and Evergreens to
order at
J. L. Q'PNN&G's,
Corner Polk and Swain Sts.
OFFICE. TELEPHONE, 149 li.
RESIDENCE " 140 C.
RALEIGH. N. C.
Michigan Irish Potatoes
Arc large smothe and splendid. Going
rapidly at $1.80 for a 2 bus. bag, or !)l)c
for one bushel
Thicker Splint Goal.
Several cars in and more coming $5.35
per ton.
Pocahontas Lump Coal,
Now expected, next week. All want
ing Pocahontas should file orders for
delivery on arrival. $5.25 per ton.
Anthracite, Egg, Nut
a ud STOVE COAL, which lias been de
layed for want of vcssclls is at 'ait on
the road. !K)0 tons of it, .73 anil sVs CO
per ton.
WELL
He Sire Yor Gkt
TURNER'S
NC ALMANAC
Foil
1899.
The Old Remaiiei, Statu Stashaiid.
HF'The only up-to-date Almanac issned
containing the changes caused by the
late election of 18118. Contains a com
plete list of members of the now legisla
tion with their postoflicc addrcses.
For sale by A. WILLIAMS & Co.,
Booksellers, Raleigh, N. C.
NOTICE.
The cupartni'i'snip business heretofore
conducted under the firm nime of L. D.
Womhlo & Son, at the corner of Har
gett and Wilmington street, Raleigh,
N. C, has been this day dissolved. All
debts of ',he firm will be paid by L. I).
Womble, who will conduct the business
as retail grocer, at the present stand,
to whom all amounts owed the slid
linn will be paid.
I,. I. vo.nu.i:.
A. S. WOMHI.IO.
Dec6--Sd.
NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given that applica
tion will be made to the next General
Assembly of North Carolina 'to incor
porate the "People'n storage and Mer
cantile Company." i
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MNANT
01AS &
The Leading Furniture
mitt MP&m
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THOMAS fc CAMPBELL through the month of November, cut prices on al
their goods for the fall trade. They are now cut'iug these 'prises for their Christ
mas trade and are daily receiving large shipments of goods for the winter trado
as well as for Chrism as presents, which they arc offering at a big discount fro
regular prices.
The Popularity of the
Off .i-: .
' ' i- 'if;ya-
Trs by Wosd Heater,
is attested by the increasing sales every
year. Others like them why should not
you ? Another lot of those beautiful
banquet lamps $1.50 up. House furnish
ing goods and hardware of every de
scription. At
Lumsden's
SALE OF LAND.
By authority of a judgment of the
Superior Court in proceedings Sta:e vs.
Claude Rowland, as trustee, appointed
by the court, I will on Monday, the 28th
day of December 1S9S, at 12 o'clock a.,
at the court house door of Wake coun
ty, Raleigh, N. C, sell to the highest
bidder for cash) a (fact of land in
White Oak township near the town of
Apex and described as follows: Re
sinning with a stake in O. W. F. Rog
ers' line, running east 71 poles to a
stoke in said Rogers line thence north
3u poles to a stake and pointers to
Mrs. Wormack's line, thence west 71
poles to a stake and pointers in a small
branch, thence south .13 poles to be
ginning, containing 15 a cres more or
less, and registered in book ,"7, page Is;!,
and 14'., page 410. Said land being mort
gaged to the Slate of Norm Carolina
in lieu of bond by I.ucmda Kowl.md.
D. H. YOCNi;.
Trustee.
Nov. 24th. 189.
WANTED. Old dodos and hats, old
shoes and all knuls of second hand
goods bought and sold at Hams' Steam
Dye Works, East Hargett street, Ral
eigh, N. C. Suits cleaned, T5c. Cleaned
and Dyed $1.3.
--"I'M.
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Ferrall
Selling on Special Tables.
DOBBIN
& FERRALL
At TUCKER'S STORE.
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Dealers of North Carolina,
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Your Pliisician will , you its wisk
to always have a little good Whiskey
alior. the house in c;;.--c of u .-u 'l-.ler at
tack of iliiicr-s.
M
1 If VP, WII'sKF.Y i; 1
;liO(IOl yci.rs.l,l.Cl..iuUv.i;yi.Mrc
and highly recommended as a tonic and
stimulant.
Sold only by
AOHE WINE 00.,
Opposite Post Office,
Kalcigh, N. C.
VALUABLE LANDS FOR SALE.
On Tuesday. December 2?ih. 1S58, at
the court house door in Raleigh, N. C,
I will sell at public outcry the follow
ing lands belonging to the estate of the
late T. H. Rrklgers: 1st. His home
place, containing 109 acres, situate
about 'jmiie from the northeast corner
of ihe city of Raleigh, and adjoining
the lands formerly owned by Richard
Taylor, the lands of William F. Taylor,
L. T. Christmas and others.
2. A tract of about &:i acres in St.
Matthews' townships. Wake county,
known as T. !. Urhlgers' Hrown tract,
adjoining the lands of Geo. 1'artin and
R. G. Dunn.
Snt' made pursuant f powers confer
red noon nie by the will of T. B. Uridg
ers. dore-iSPil.
Hour of snle 12 m. Terms made
known on day of sole.
MARY 7U. CHRISTMAS,
Executrix o' T. H. Uridgers.
Nov, 2th, 1SD8.
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Send N.'cUii. description anil ,fo (10 for
examination aii'i O I A K . Is T.1 iCD re
port. Printed information about PATENTS
TR ADE MARKS, DESIGNS and bus .
ni-Fs before the Patent Office FREE. '
EUGEVE W. JOHNSON, Alton ev,
Established 1808 Warder Building
Opposite Patent Washington D. 0.
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