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y Xmi, Coadoetod By taArie'W.iTinett ef the . . Charlotte; Bar. THE yEUXW-SErfVANTACT BE ; COMBS A'LAW.-It is" with' much ' pleasure that we. .have noted that the Legislature of our State has passed the ieltTW-JUirAnr o t ' Tt to a mnitra. LAW ffEPRTXEST. ; - cjusiing law Buouia ioavv puaea oaiD & unanimous vote, vve aouot ti-suen a thins has ever occiiiTed before Jn the history of. legislation J It la alt the more creditable to the present Legislature , The full text of the! act as passed and ratified is as follow s Section 1. That anv servant or emnlevp of anv railroad comcanv ODeratine in this State, who mholl (Riffor innirv m his TvrAn " r tha 4-V personal representative"' of nary- such servant or employer: who STiall suffer death in the courses of his services or mnlnvmnt with Halri rnmMiiitt iwr the negligence, carelessness, or ' incompe tency of any other servant, employe or agent of the company or by any oe .i feet in the machinery, ways or appli- Lances of .the-torn party, shall be entitled company. . - Sec. 2. -. That ; any contract or agree ment expressed or implied, made by any employe of saidi company to waive the benefit of the ; a oresaia section shall be null and vdid: Sec. 3. That this at shall be in force from and after Hs ratification. Under the foregoing act it.is now the law in this State that allthe employes of a railroad company, can in cases of injury byigtne negligence of any other employe, got the rights which have so long been denied them Dy court-maae law. ! It has been argued by the representa tives of the railroad .companies that the act referred to is !'class legislation." This is a Very specipus plea, but when it is analyzed there, is nothing in it. Class legislation, prwperly so called, is the passage of a statute which imposes certain burdens qr confers certain rights upon one class of citizens to the exclusion of others, j That principle has nothing to do with t,his Question, which is a question of righting wrongs; and while it is true thatjlt would have been more in accordance? with ideas of jus tice to have righted the wrongs en tirely, yet if that were not possible. It was still advisable jto right the wrong in so far as It could be done. In other words a law phouldfbe passed requiring the employers, whether railroad compa nier or others, to bej responsible to their emplnyes for acts b negligence com mitted by any other employe. It is well known that allreforms work grad ually and slowly, and the passing of this act applying the true principle to railroad ccmpanies is the first step in righting the wrong. Much credit is die to Mr. Hartness, the member from Iredell county, who introduced the bill and followed it up so closely, and alsd to Mr. B. R. Lacy and others who appeared before the committees and st forth so clearly the Justice of the law. CONVEYANCES FROM WIFE TO HUSBAND VOID.r-In the eye of the common law a married woman was a nonentity, a person incapable of con tracting, and especially was she Inca pable of contracting with her husband, since by the theory of this old law, a husband and a wife were deemed to be one person There was. therefore, no way by the com mon law for the hus band and wife to have any business transactions with 'each other. How ever, this fiction if the law that the husband and the !wife are one was found to be impracticable, and has long since been exploded. Under the consti tution o:' North Carolina they are es sentially two persons. The husband can sell or give tit his wife as h pleases, subject ortly to that restriction which the law places upon all sui h gifts and conveyances, that they must not be made in fraud of creditors. The law-makers have thought it still neces sary, however, to; exercise such guar dianship over married women, as that they are not allowed even at this time, to deal with the3r husbands without protection. Hence we have a statute, section 1S35 of Thei Code, which reads as follows: "No contract between a hus band and wife made during coverture shall be valid to effect or change any part of the real estate of the wife, or the accruing income thereof, for a longer time than three years next ensu ing the making of such con tract, or impair or change the body or capital of the personal estate of the wife, or the accruing income thereof, for a longer time than three years next ensuing the making of such contract, unless such contract shall be in writ ing, and he duly proved as is required for conveyances of land: and upon the examination of the wife separate and apart from her rmsband. as is now or may hereafter hf required by law in the probate of deeds of femmes covert, it shall appear to the satisfaction of such officer that the wife reely executed such contract, and freely consented thereto at the time of her separate ex amination, and that the same is not un reasonable or injurious to her. The certificate of the-, officer shall state his conclusions, and jshall be conclusive of the facts therein jstated; provided, that the same may be impeached for fraud as other judgments mav be." SYDNOR VS. j BOYD. There have not been a great tnany decisions in this State upon the ptatute above quoted, but the recent caise of Syndor vs. Boyd, decided by our c6urt in uecember last, and reported in the C6th S. E. 92, serves to emphasize the. meaning and orce of the statute. In the caee referred to our Supreme Court holds that an assign ment by the wife; to her husband of her in'erest In a life Insurance policy taken out by the husband, payable to the wife, ,is vrid because she was not privily ex amined and the officer did not adjudge that it was a proper contract, etc., for her to make in accordance with the sta'ute above quoted. We are not disposed to criticise the decision, for it pljaces a very reasonable construction upop. the statute. It may be welt enough, j however, for all per sons who have entered the marital re lation to take noi:e?-of this statute, and of the decision referred to. for the out come is that a great many of the sales and transfers made by the wife to the husband are absolutely void. Under the law referred to ;we suppose that If a wife Wished to (sell her husband a norse or any other article of personal property she ow tied at the time o her marriage, she c$uld not make a valid sale of it except by having the contract reduced to writing, and having her privy examination taken, and the ap proval of an ofijeer of the law as set f'th in the statute. V-ll of this is useless and cumbersome la. and it but shows us hqw important it is to have otjr old law In reference to the contracts iof married women rev olutionized, so hat they mav be able to make contracts as anv other per son. We have before calfed attention in these columnp to the fact that two. thirds of the States of the X'nion have abolished all these old and useless forms requiring! married women to be privily examined. Famous Landmark to Go. Sew York Letter to the Philadelphia Ledger. Another of New York's land-marks is about to disappear. The famous city prison, known all over the land since 1858 as 'The Toombs," is to be torn down to make room for a modern build ing. The new prison will face in Cen ter street, and Mil be 186 feet long 45 feet wide and 1$3 feet high. There will be four tiers of -ells on each floor. Each tier will accommodate forty prisoners. The cells will !e of steel. S feet long. 6 feet wide and $hi feet high. They, will be fitted with improved plumbing, arid will be perfectly ventilated. THE PI LUTE. Lincoln Journal, j I wrote a prettj- poem to my love - HWlth words "that rhymed, like bliss and kiss, i But when the Hnotypre set it up The prettiest jlines appeared like this: shrdlu cmfwyjt etaoin vbgkyq vbgxss I tolled with patience many a dreary day f , To write a sonnet to my lady's eyes, And "when thef printed page I sought . -v? to read. J; .. i .- --. I found this line to my surprise: 1 Xfiflff vbgkql shrdlu 123445C c mfwyp And often In my verse I find a line That I am sure I never penned, : And on the linotypre' head I call ' These dire Imprecations to descend THE WALEK ANKLWBILL THE; ZXTBCTS JOF ITS r FsUTFXSI OKS. A Baak Kay Ioan IU, jtapltal at Howisla- stead of to the ea? anient XtJasy Ihu Aatfltieaal lney. I tana, ta ;Xa ,Jala palred Capital aad Bt-trplna Bka JPay av Tax of Oaa-nfU -af 1 Par CeMs&ja Ba-1 . ton fbrOTerameat oaraata -A sak SCay Deposit Apprwd Bend lud lao 0O Her Cent, at Fet ifen InmvvW; 'The t resent nation fcl" bankfmgi sym tem was devised for O e use o! the nvi tional government in falsing sjtney to Conduct ne wax. . Te design was to force all banks" to ia ttwir entire caDitali to the govern ment. In, return, for rhesejlians the government gave to u-a d&bks umcea States bonds and then f pert nllted the banks , to issue 90 per c en t. Iof the par value of "the bonds In cuTt ney, the gov ernmen t holding .. the t bond s to - se cure the currency- . , '. ; . t On the 90 per cent.; crirrency Issue of rational banks a tot of 1 pr cent, was nlaced. ! . I i - On the currency Issue of any State 3 Dan-or any viu -a.,.- kv - "ff - tional banket tax .of 10 pel- jcent. vu placed. This 10 per cent., tax wai coume prohibitory. Therefore, evei-y baiik which desired to issue bank, notes br money must of necessity loan ' mon ey to the .government (buy bonds), and then issue currency, on the. bende. . " . When bonds were cheap and interest high, as was the case during and jfor mum time after the w, this jjlan wsrked well. For .example, witu a capital of $100,000. omitting, deposits, and considering the capital stock and the system only, we vould. have hi id. In 1S68 say: . ' $100,000 efxes 3 100. In- . 4 , terest 6,000 Circulation, 90 pr. ct. on par value $90,000 Deduct 5 pr. ct. redempr tion funj 1 4.500 T,oa.nable circulation .-$85,500 At 8 per ct. interest .. , , 6,840 Gross receipts Deduct 1 pr. ct. tax on circulation 900 Express charges, plates and agents' fees -20 Examinations 50. Total 970 Net reirsipts $100,000 & 8 pr. ct. inter est outside nat. bk .. 312,840 970 $11,870 "8.000 Profit on circulation I 3,870 Therefore, it paid to taie bonds and put out circulation. Taking now the same system and es timating on a basis of S .ser cf nt. still tas money is in parts of ..he Vest and South), we have with 4 pe.- ceat. bonds: 1100.000 fours & 130.S74, interest $ 4.000 00 Circulation, 90 pr. ct. on par $0.00C 00 ' Less 5 pr. ct. redemp. 4,50': 00 T-onnable circulation 8o,5C( 00 At 8 ter cent 6,840 00 Gross receipts Deduct 1 pr. ct. tax on circulation Annual cost redemption Exprtss charges, plates. agents' fees ' Examinations - Sinking fund, re-invested quarterly to liqui date premium on bonds . . 10,840 00 90 00 13' 00 1 00 4: oo 275 97 $1,373 91 -S ti.466 0:: Net r $1.".074 -oipts It S pe int . 10.469 5i) l.o? i n circulation This shows that in the lr:u r.-st rat? is with bonds at the $ 1.003 p. section where n r cent., anil a - ' estimated. there i.- an actual 1 ias to ;i bank on its circ ulaii- -n. The price of bounds usee is that of the 4 per cent. 19..". as sold February 1st. lS-6. With cheaper borfds and less inter est rate there would beo a little profit in circulation. On tin average, how ever, it is a close call whether any cir culation un-ier the present system vieirls a r.mtit or a lo-s to a bank. r-nnseouenv-manv banks have sOIJ" most of their bonds anl reduced their circulation to a minin-.u n. In order to remedy the difficulty above illustrated and to crive the banks a better chanc of protu ..:id the people more money. President Cleveland pro posed the single remedy of repealing the 10 per cent, tax on State bank cir culation. If Congress had done this. State banks could then issue money under such regulations as the State Legislatures might provide. Under this arrangement the money of each State would have to stand on Its own merits. The people of all the States seem to want a national money equally good in all parts of the Union. Nothing came of Mr. Cleveland's 10 per cent, repeal recommendation. Several bills are now before the con gressional committee on banking and currency. The most important of these Is the VValker bill. Stripping this bill ' f all details, it provides : (1) That a bank may loan its capital at home Instead of loaning it to the government. (2) Issue additional money equal to its unimpaired capital uni surplus. (3) Banks to pay a tax of 1-5 of 1 per cent, on this second issu in reiurn ror w hich the government superintends the issue of all the money and guarantees it. which the Comptroller sajs can be done without loss. (4) If more money is needed, a bank may deposit with the government ap proved bonds United States, State or county( approved by the Comptroller of the Currency) and issue 90 per cent, of par value of bonds, at 6 per cent, in terest. This would be an emergency issue and would naturally net be at tractive to banks or to the people, but might serve a good purpose in case of a pinch. They are in effect clearing house certificates and are issued thrcugh clearing houses provided for in the bill. The following comparative figures are copied from Mr. Walker's argument be fore the House on his bill. These relating to the national bank issue are made by a New York .broker to show profit on national bank circu lation and the other figures by Mr. Walker for comparison: THE WAY PROFITS ARE MADE TO APPEAR IN THE FIGURES OF THE BROKER: Money at 4 Per Cent. $100,000 5 per cent, bonds would yield per annum $ 5,000 00 $90,000 circulation loaned at 4 per cent, would yield per annum 3.600 00 8,600 00 Less tax on circula tion. 1 per cent. ..$ 900 00 Less sinking fund to retire premium on bonds, to be set aside each year, and improved at 4 per cent,,-'.., 1.423 00 Less expenses 100 00 2,423 00 Net Income witsVWircula tion. per annutui Net income wit hoi circu lation, by. loaning net cost of-bopds. $132,875 at 4 per cent, per annum.. 6,177 00 4,515 00 Increased income, per an num 1,662 00 Bonds cost: 113Ms less per cent, ac crued Interest 112 net. Percentage of Income realized on net cash investment. $100,000 5 per cent- bonds would oost .112,875 00 less circulation issued on same ; 90,000 00 Net cash Investment .... 22,875 00 income: Interest on $100,000 bonds 5,000 00 Less tax, sinking - fund, and expenses ....... at... 2,423 00 Net cash income 2.577 00 Or 1114 per -cent, on invest- ; ment of .......vw. .......... 22,8754$ SAME ST8TKM OF FIGURING AP PLIED TO THE "WALKER BILL. H. R., ' 171. ' . . Money at 4 Per aCent. tender Walker ; . Bia. K. R. 171). . - Investing $112,S75 ' is buying - legal-tender nou . $112J'5 CO Treasurer sets as e; W per . r . cent, in gold for irrent n-.- - dempUon fuhd. ItWSI 50 B&k-thi? issue against t assets reserve. notes zz 112,871 no Total. currency,' -ete. "tiZk.iXmjm U Profit on 1237,037 SO .-at 4, per T ceat--w.,...i.-,.'.:...'i.,.-i-.::J MSi 50 Deduct: ------- . r- - ) Interest -t Mt jU.b75 v V i ' : tovested ' per wnt!HT5 W . ? Tax on $112,675 reserve . ' ' .' - ' " notes 1-5 per eentA. CiSfe 75 5 ' " Expenses , .. ,-HKf 00 4,840 73 Increased. Bet cash": in- : -y -woine . ' 4,640 75 On an Investment of nothing.. . .4 Summing tip the cotnpanson pf .the present national banking system with that proposed In the Walker bill we get the - following result: -; -Ob present 'system: $100,000 capital, an issue of currency of $30,000. - On Walker ' frvstom 100 ranlt&L ka issne of currency of $200,000, includ ing: oapttal which Is available to loan tc the pebpte. v Also, under special conditions and at the discretion of the, controller an. ad ditional 'emergency Issue. The inten tion S to tve home, "banks a better chance rto-. make" mony. and. to the peo ple more money at a. cheaper- ratepf interest. It is in effect banking at home on the basis of home assets in stead of being compelled to bank in the money centres on United States bonds. It is the State banking system made national with the government guaran tee, of all bank notes and careful gov. ernmen tj Inspection. -..'' In the above, many features of the Walker bill are left out whieht do not re la re to the system. Provision, is made tor. existing banks to get onto the new yetem. Means for redemption are provided. The present green oacks are to be re tired, new ones to take the place to be redeemed by the banks not the gov ernment. All current redemption of notes in coin to be, done by the bank and not the government. v. And many other provisions relating to the working of the system rather than to the system "itself. . D. A. TOMPKINS. COLLECTIONS FOB GREECE- A Surcetlon by a Keeent Visitor The VroM vs. the Creaceat hriatlanity vs. .MoIim in i ned t&iii Kin Kreeciom vs. Blavery Grerk vs. Turk. Tj the Editor of the Observer j. The object of this letter Is to ask the pastors of your churches, regardless of creed, to appropriate the collections of Sunday morning. February 28th, to the c-.use of the Greeks now fighting be ause they believe what the Bible teaches instead o the Koran. It is true thev desire political as well as re lieious liberty. Nothing else could be expected of a people who produced Homer, Xenophon, Herodotus, Themis cles, Socrates, Plato Epamlnondos, Leonidas, Pericles. Alexander, etc. It was my inestimable privilege to ?pend nearly five months In Gieece very ecently. .1 cannot describe the na.u ral beauties of that classic land, every oart of which Lord Byron says, is "haunted holy ground." It is an Inspi ration to stand on one of the hills around the City of Patras and see the sunset behind the olive groves of Mis- silonghi, gilding at once the picturesque islands of "Ithaca, of Cephaloma, of Zante. of Leukas and the splendid mountain ranges of distant Atolia These islands rest,,-like beautiful mo saics, on the placid bosom of the blue Ionian sea. Far off on one side towers Parnassus. On the other side is an cient Erymanthos. Behind the city be yond the romantic Graeco- enitian castle, now almost a ruin, are ranges of mountains covered with vineyards and olive groves. The cities of Aegion, wlympla and Corinth are situated o:i plateaus almost as leautiful and even more suggestive of the history that ha made Greece the mother of civilization. Athens ia worthy to be the Capita! City of Hellas. Last summer I saw the . ull moon rise behind the violet crowned" Hymettus, while the water: of Salamis and Phaleron changed from azure to a royal purple under the mag ical influence of an Attie twilight. Standing among the matchless columns of the Parthenon, a -few hours-- mter. when the moonlight softened the rav ages of war and time and restored some of its pristine splendor. I heard from the lips of the American minister, the Hon. Kben Alexander, a tribute to the present King and Queen of Greece and a regret that the Turks had ever been allowed to bombard and partly demol ish the marble temples which crown the Acropolis. I'.ut this is not what I meant to write. I saw 1.000 widows and children, refu gees from Crete and Armenia, land in Patras whither they had betn sent from Athens because that city was full to overflowing. Every man and boy in the families of these refugees had been killed by the Turks. It was a homeless and exiled band of women and babies, absolutely dependent on Grecian char ity because they and theirs would not become apostates, one handsome, re fined looking Greek woman irom the Island of Crete, was wandering about the streets of Athens, leading her blind son of about 12. whose eyes had been deliberately punched out by Turkish bayonets, so that he could never fight against the Moslem crescent. Incidents like the following, which happened while I was there, are not without precedent. The Turks to the number of twenty to one attacked a body of Cre tans. After a bloody skirmish the Cre tans retreated in good order to their mountain fastnesses. Two brothers were among the Cretan officers. One was mortally wounded. When the or der to retreat came, the unhurt brother tried to carry the wounded one from the field. The dying man said: "Kiss me goodby. and then send a pistol shot through my brain. It is better to die by your hand at once than to be tortured to death by the Turks." With a prayer on his lips as the beloved head i rested on his arm, the brother knelt on the battlefie'd and obeyed the order. I cannot resist the impulse to plead for these brave people to my own home folks. Any contributions sent to me will be immediately forwarded to the rector of the University of - -ens with the request that the sum shall be hand ed to Queen Olga. I know that she visits the hospitals nearly every day In person. She is one of the most attract Ive and one of the ablest women on a European throne to-day. Although she was a Russian grand duchess, she Is very democratic, like Americans, and is naturally in thorough sympathy with her adopted country. CARRIE JL.JKINS HARRIS. 1607 Vermont Avenue, Washinton. D.C. D. C. IFor the Observer CONTENT. Why should the future trouble thee; Is not to-day thine own? Seek not the opening rose to see. Ere its first leaf has grown. Calm beauty of the star-lit sky Is thine, alone, to-night; Why, then, with curious heart decry To-morrow's dawning light? The mytery of unborn hours 'Tis best thou should not know; Breathe not upon June's blooming flowers December's chill of snow. The present hour alone is thine. The next belongs to God; Fear not. O heart, nor e'er repine, - Though dark the pathway trod. JOHN MARION WILEY. Wewahltchka, Fla., Feb. 17, 1897. Aa Object Xaasea. Rocky Mount Argonaut. An object lesson of the detriment bad roads are to a community Is given In a notice 1b the Charlotte Observer of the return of a resident of that city from a trip, to Chatham county, vrfcere be went to buy a farm.: The roads -were so dreadfully bad that he never reached the place he intended purchasing and so he gave up the Idea, of investing In a country where he would be a. virtual prisoner during the winter months. Our roads- are a disgrace: ;, to - civlniatioo. Change the road laws. Put the- con- vlcts to work helping to build up the State and enhance the values of our iarmmg lands tnsteaa or - compeuog" with our- farmers as they sjre doing t now. Let us set out of th rut : ,-1 dflAMEStTHE WfllTHdDS'4 J ' --fl -'. t ! TKK IAST "DAZB OT THE CIJSVKLAKIDI The Ceremonies to Be Gone Throng Wl CSjamnaaat Upoa a Change of Admlais- liaQmi fin a "the Oat-Geiag and CmiMug Fraaideats Conduct Themselves Oa tas 4t Day of Harea The Day Be- . f era tfca ' Iasiigai atloa Mrs, Cleveland .WUlBavUalbSw'SlcKialey talHaeWith I Her, aad Will Give the Coming- First Xjady oC the Land the Banes of UexOBa- perience. Correspondence ef the .Observer. ; Washington, uFeb. 27. When the new tenant, from Canton, takes formal pos session of the White Houses on the afternoon of the 4th of March, he will flnd the historical mansion prepared for his coming. For several weeks past there have beeji visible Indications -mi the rapidly approaching departure of the present occupant of the executive mansion. i - ' An outgolngl President has but little to carry away from; the White House but the personal effects of the members of his family. The furniture." bed ana table linen, dining-room and kitchen eoai omenta ace all provided by gener ous Uncle Sam, so that - the incoming President has but little more to bring with him than his predecessor has to carry away. At the White House, yesterday, I saw numerous large 'wooden .boxes. which one of the clerks said- were filled with , personal; books and papers-- be longing to Mr. Cleveland. Private -Secretary Thurborwho has superintended the packing up of his chiefs personal effects, says K has been the desire of the Presldentrto clear up alt. of the ex ecutlre business on hand so t iiat bis successor will have nothing coming unless it be a: few' pardon cases, which may be crowded' aside and such mesaeJ ures as may fail to receive the joint api nroval of Conarress and the President " So far as the official business of the Cleveland administration is coraeerne4, Mr. Thurber says It "Is practically com pleted up to date, and Mr. MeKlnley will have a clean set of new book in which to record such progress as Waj be made towards the new era Of pros perity. He will also be provided with new commission forms bearing the name of "William- MeKlnley, Sr." s that he may at once appoint his cabi net and such other members of his ad ministration necessary to expedite the public business. . These commission blanks have , already been prepared and are now; at the White House. Aa every one knows,- who has had the good fortune to receive a presidential com mission, these much-sought-after1 doc uments are handsomely engraved aral are headed with the full name;icrjf.!ih? President of the ITnitedSUktes. " '- No material chang in the official section of the mansion are expected The personnel of the clerical force will be practically the same's it has been for many years. The private secretary ind the confidential stenographer to th President of course come and go with each new administration.. - The ; omci furniture is the sanie-j jhi has ;geer; service during manxdinfttrattbn. There is a smeJl of vara! shn ana bain' throughout the mansion and I observe! that the "touching up" process1 Was bfef ing indulged in the private as well afc in the official apartments. Mrs. Cleveland is giving the prepara tion of the private apartment her per sonal attention. It is her desire that the new mistress of the mansion shall find everything,as bright and clean as a good nouseKeper can matce it. it i? true tnat some or tne carpets on stairs, and also in the State apartments are the worse for several years wear, but they will be replaced by selections by Mrs. MeKlnley. as there is provision made for the same in the general ap propriation bill It is not usual for the "First Lady of the Land to acquire much ho-usehoUl furniture, while she resides in the ex ecutive mansion, for the reason tha; the government furnishes the residence of its President. The Clevelanda ar; the first occupants of the White Hou" in many years to maintain in Washing ton a home independent of that pro vided for them by the government. Their pretty suburban home, "Wood ley," has enabled Mrs. Cleveland to ac cumulate many rare and beautiful ar ticles of interior house decoration-, ail of which arf -nntrMnfr packed and Tor. warded to the future home of the Cleve- lands at Princeton. It has been generally supposed that President Cleveland owned the "Wood- ley" property. Such is not the fact. He leased it for a specified period, and at the present time he is not the owner of any real estate in the city of Washing ton. .Notwithstanding the trials and teres of official life the Cleveland have found much pleasure ni the Captial City, and they have formed manv friendly ties, socially, whicft" wiU not be easily severed, after they retire to pri vate life. It is but natural that Mrs. Cleveland, or any other lady, who once presides over the White House, should feel some mjsgiMngs or reluctiance at taking leave of the national and so cial associations which cluster around the life of the President of the United States. At a recent luncheon given by Mrs. Cleveland to the wives of menSbers of the cabinet, the breaking up of the so cial and of the present administration was referred to with great frankness. accompanied by expressions of regret that the turn in the political tide is soon to wart these families far away from, the scenes of so many personal pleasures. The -ladies of the cabinet are intimately associated for four years, and they naturally form very strong at tachments try reason of being brought together under so many delightful and Inspiring circumstances. It was Mrs. Olney, the wife of the Secretary of State, who awakened the tender emo tions of her associates when (She feel- ngly recalled the warm frindships and the congenial associations of the past four years, soon to be separated and perhaps never to be renewed. The social side of public life in Washington has much to do with the success or failure an administration. Mrs. Cleveland has set the standard at its highest point, and while she may have equals, she cannot have a superior as "First Lady In the Land." There is something strangely pa thetic about the White House at this particular period. Out on the lawn, in front of the mansion, the workmen are engaged in putting the finishing touches, to the reviewing stand, from which the new President will review the inaugural parade. Provision is made on the stand for the retiring President and his im mediate friends, but the scene and the conditions are not attractive to ah out going executive, While the preparations are going on outside or the mansion, for the cele- oration ana gionncation of the new President, a different scene is being en acted within the histdric pile. It is usual for the outgoing President and his family to have everything in readi ness to take final leave of the mansion, when the President and the President elect start for the capitol. The day oe fore the inauguration the President and Mrs. Cleveland will entertain Major MeKlnley and wife at dinner. While the men talk over the affairs of state, the ladies discuss the domestic features of the occasion. There is no Inventory or papers of exchange transferred when one administration supersedes another. The steward of the White House, who Lis appointed by the President, renders an account to his successor, thus re lieving the ladies from that rather un attractive detail. At this an tl -inaugural dinner the in coming and the out-going executive ar range their programme for the ensuing day. It is aot unusual for an out-going President to make a few personal re quests of his successor, relative to the retention of certain persons in the pub lic or domestic service. An under standing is thus reached so that on the following day the formalities mav oro. ceed without interruption. It is customary for the - out-going President to have all of his personal effects out of the House before the new President returns from the capitol. It is also good form tor the .incoming: President to wait until he is formally inaugurated before he delivers any of bis personal effects or baggage at the. White House. .1 ' . - It i thefj custom for the President elect to caS at the executive mansion on the morning of the 4th of March and navy his respects to the President. hat formality is performed In the- Blue Par lor, where all official -presentations are maae to ; ui rremaent. - tb onvate secretaries H of boi - men are - present. and while the President and .his suc cessor are pre paring for , theiv ride to the capitoL,the private secretaries draw. apart and indulge in conversation ap propriate to tae ccasioaTe- lour norse -carriage sianaa oeiore:uie ooor. The President-elect, alts at the - left- hand of the President duna" the jour- ney to the capltol, but, returning. President-elect MeKlnley will occupy the right-hand side of the carriage and ex President Cleveland will sit at his left. In the meantime! the out-going Pres ident's family retire from the White House to the hornet of a near f rienu, and prepare to leave the city. The Cleve landa will go to Princeton at 3 o'clock the afternoon of the 4th. When the new President returns from the capitoL his successor accompanies him into the House, where they exchange avi few words. The latter takes a carriage in waiting at the south door and proceeds to join his family.1 The new President takes a hurried luncheon prepared tor him, and then goes out upon the re viewing stand to remain, there as long as the inaugural parade lasts. His fam ily and personal friends have in the meantime been poovided with seats on the reviewing stand close beside the new executive. While the procession is passing the front door of the mansion, expressmen and hotel porters are de livering the new President's trunks and other personal effects at the "back door. When the parade is over the President and his family then take formal pos session of the White House for four years. R. M. L. KELIGIOtS DEPAKTMKXT. By Key. J. C. Troy. PECULIAR PEOPLE. A man acting unlike an ordinary or average citizen is often, in derision, called peculiar, and yet, this is the very term applied by the Apostle Paul to Christians. In speaking of the work of Christ, in Titus 2:4, he says: "Who gave Himself for us that He might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto Himself a pe culiar people, zealous of good works." The" peculiarity of God's children Is seen in that: I. They are without iniquity. In them there is no want of rectitude in principle; no majlicious persecution of their fellows; no Injustices. Their lives are peculiarly free from all sin and immoralities. The Iniquitous man has no right to call on God. His iniquities have separated hJm from God (Isa. 69). God don't even hear the man who has iniquity in his heart. Such men are e'ntirely out of his hearing. If I knew one of this class was praying for me, I would ask him to please stop. Here is a church member who prays in pub lic, sings loud, has a class in Sunday school, leads the pra"er-meeting. prays, "O Lord, help us to love our' fellow -men as ourselveis," while at the very time he has in his mind a scheme to oust his brother from a certain posi tion, and before another month expires, it may be, does oust him, and gets the Job himself. What's the' difference be tween that man; and the one who at tempted to crack the Observer's safe and then set fire to the office? None. They are both villians. The hypocriti cal Christian may be the worst of the two. Iniquity of any kind cannot live in the heart of a child of God. Chris tians are beyond doubt peculiar people. They love not the world, and do not pattern after It in any particular, and this abstaining from the very appear ance of evil makes them so peculiar. The Christian (?) lawyer had won a notable case and received a large fee. The Jew lawyer had gained a similar victory, but did not charge so much for his services, but the former made the matter so plain that his fee was not exorbitant, but: righteous, that the Jewish lawyer, who thought that he had been serving God, said to his Christian brother in the law: "Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian." If you are a Christian, some one will call you peculiar. Be glad. II. They are purified. The dross in their carnal nat jre has been consumed, and now they shine, because pure gold is bound to shine; it was made to shine. I tell you, brethren and before God I believe it is the truth, that in the Church to-ftay there Is too much plated ware, and very thin plates at that. This world can never be brought to Christ until church members take off their robes of self-righteousness and put on the righteousness of Christ. They must become pure by daily asso ciation with the Lord Jesus. This text got hold of me yesterday. How much there is in it! Redeemed from all in iquity and purified unto Christ are the people entitled to the honor of being called peculiar. Are there any of this kind living in your neighborhood? If so. cultivate their acquaintance: you need such association. HI. They are zealous of good works. Now I admit that In this day good works abound, but there is not enough of the hidden lolnd. The writer of this little sermon fop- three years and- more nas cause to d proiounaiy graterui to his brethren in his Conference, the Odd Fellaws and Knights of Pythias for their love and cre of him in these days of affliction, but he knows, and we all known, that our zeal is often of the trumpet-blowinig and Fourth of July variety. We need to feed the hun gry. clothe tho naked, look after the sick, care for the orphan, and keep our selves unspotted, if we desire the com pliment: "peculiar people." It is all right to build churches, but the truth of the matter is that some of them are too fine for poor folks. Our zeal In hav Ing the finest church for our denomina tion, and the finest clothing for our selves and children is up-to-date, as they say. but how is it in the matter of personal work. A poor woman whose piety is without discount, lived in a. town among strangers. Though her cnurcn letter Aad been deposited and read, she lived" in the town for months, and two members of the congregation, old friends, called on her. She might as well have been in the Sandwich Isl ands. A young lady told me that she would go to church, but when she did attend she was not noticed because of the shabbiness of her attire. Now, I am acquainted with lots of sensitive people, and we are all that way, more or less, nut they need some attention. Especially shotald the Church I am speaking of the Church at large be diligent and generous in such works make the poor more content. "The poor ye have with 'you always," says the Savior. There are many angels of mercy but more are needed. If you want to be peculiar, live my text: God intends Christians for Christians' work Do it and be as good as you can. . JONAH. There is no little stir up ?rth due to the statement of the fa mous divine, Dr. Lyman Abbott, that the narrative Concerning Jonah's being j BW.aJ,wd hY the hig fish 18 a fable and J , , OI oie numor. some of his members think he ought not to nave saia it. Well, Dr. Abbot is not the only preacher In the world who is cutting up the Bible and taking out things that God put there, and after a while there, will be none left. The duke had his servant to read to him daily, and everything that his lord ship did not Uke he directed the ser vant to cut out. One mornine. being Biow to reaa, tne auKe said to him Hans, why don t you read?" "Please your honor," replied Hans, "it Is about all cut out.", So far as I am concerned, I try to believe it all. and if the narra tive in question, concluded with Jonah's turning, after being vomited out on the dry ground, and swallowing the whale. I would not be surprised, and would endeavor to believe it. Dr. Abbot and the other big preachers to the con trary notwithstanding. Jonah was kicker; so is Dr. Abbott; and nothing mis ciass oi men ao or say ever star xies me. xne tsirjie presents to us pic tures of all klinds of men. and the bad ones deserve bo less censure than men of a like character in this day. . Bad men and their wicked acts are held up in the Bible as examples to be avoid ed. Jonah was a -sullen, disobedient man, and God "punished him. Sooner or later Goa win do likewise with every bad man, whether in or out of the Church. When the word of the Lord came to Jonah the second time he went to the city of Nineveh and cried against it; the whole city repented' and God was merciful i and spared the people an exhibition iof his wrath. The wick edness in the :ciUes fs as great now as then. The mea of Nineveh repented at preaching or sucn a man as Jonah, while we have the i preaching- of the Son of God HtmselfJ and sinners con tinue to abound, and, as Dr.Barnett re marked the other day from his oulolt at Mt Airy, "They are not all outside of the Church." . ) People get mad with Dr. Abbot, because he doesn't believe the. book of Jsnah; yet they fall to be lieve the very words of Christ; and though they profess to do so, their Hve flatly-contradict such profession. A man who Is a Christian In fact Is al ways saying and living a life that these words describe: "For me to Mvo - is Chrit.r Do arott know anybody like that? i- - f i "The Salvation Army has opened : In Boston ; Wortongroen's Hotel, which; charges 5. Id and 15 centa for lodging-. 3 cents for supper, S cent for breakfast j and cents for dinner .A bath is tree, I out not OBUfaferyv. t '- THE MODERN JONATHAN WILD. t sv .:. -i -. - - A HTCnTBKK W TOM XMaiSVATVBM. Rla Behavior to- Bis Friend Heartfra Saggeets That Bis Beam Was Xe Da f harf by Softer Metal Thaa Iran or Steel Tha Great sCaa'a Xiaat Kxaloit I Bis Maxim aa ta Obtaialng Gxaataaaa i A legislator Find a Character ia an Old Book Who Baa Hla Caaaternart la tha ; General Asaembty of 1897.! To the Editor of th Observer: -' One afternoon during the senatorial contest at Raleigh, a western Repub lican, becoming disgusted with the tur moil around him, retired to the State Library for rest. While there he pick ed up a volume of Henry Fielding's works, published nearly 250 years ago, and read the following sketch of the character of Jonathan Wild, which the gentleman thinks should be entitled: "The picture of a Leading Populist of the State of North Carolina and an In timation as to the Manner of His Death." Read it; label ; it with the name of the man to whom you think it refers, and hang it upon; the walls of your home as a warning to your chil dren. We will now endeavor to draw the character of this great man, and, by bringing together those features as it were of his mind which lie scattered up and down in this history to present our readers with a perfect ; picture of gieatness: Jonathan Wild had every qualifica tion necessary to form a great man. As his most powerful and predominant pas sion was amoitton, so nature naa, un consummate- propriety, adapted all his faculties to the attaining those glorious ends to which this passion directed. He was extremely ingenious In invent ing designs, artful in contriving the means to accomplish his purpose, and resolute in executing them; for as the most exquisite cunning and most un daunted boldness qualified him for any undertaking, so was he not retained by any of those weaknesses which disap point the views of the mean and vulgar souls, and which are comprehended In one general term of honesty, which is a corruption of "honosty," a word de rived from what the Greeks call an ass. He Is entirely free! from those low vices of modesty and good nature, which, as he said, implied a total nega tion of human greatness, and were the only qualities which absolutely Yender ed a man incapable of making a con siderable figure in the world. As for what simple people call love, he knew not what it was. His avarice was immense, but it was of the rapacious, not of the tenacious kind; his rapaclousness was indeed so violent that nothing ever con tented him but the whole; for, however considerable the share was which his coadjutors allowed him of a booty, he was restless In Inventing means to make himself master of the smallest pittance reserved by them. He said laws were made for prigs (knaves) only, and to s-cure their property; they were never therefore more perverted than when their edge was turned against these, but that this generally happened through their want of sufficient dex terity. The character which he most valued himself upon, and which he principally honored in others, was that of hypocrisy. His opinion was that no one could carry priggism (knatery) very far without it, for which reason, he said, there was little greatness to be expected in a man who acknowledged his vices, but always much to be hoped from him who professed great virtues: wherefore, though he would not always shun the person whom he discovered guilty of a good action, yet he was never deterred by a good character, which was more commonly the effect of profession than of action; for which reason, he himself was very liberal of honest professions, and had as much virtue and goodness in his mouth as a paint, never in the least scrupling to swear by his honor, even to those who knew him best; nay, though he held good nature and honesty in highest contempt, he constantly practiced the affectation of both, and recommended this to others, whose welfare, on his own account, he vvished well to. He laid down several maxims as the cer tain methods of attaining greatness, to which. In his own pursuit of it, he con stant ry adhered: as: 1. Never to do more mischief to another than was necessary to the ef fecting of his purpose; for that mis chief was too precious a thing to lie thrown away. 2. To know no distinction of men from affection, but to sacrifice all with equal readiness of his own interest. 3. Never to communicate more of an affair than was necessary to the per son who was to execute it. 4. Not fo trust him who hath de ceived you. nor who knows he hath been deceived by you. 5. To forgive no enemy, but to be cautious and often dilatory in revenge. 6. Shun poverty and distress. 7. To maintain a constant gravity in countenance and behavior, and to af fect a wisdom on all occasions. 8. To foment eternal Jealousies in his gang, one of another. 9. Never to reward4 any one equal to his merits; but always to Insinuate that the reward was above it. 10. That all men were knaves or fools, and much the greater number a compo sition of both. 11. That a good name, like money, must be parted with, or at least greatly risked in order to bring the owner any advantages 12. That virtues, like precious stones, were easily' counterfeited; that the counterfeits in both cases adorned the wearer equally, and that very few had the knowledge or discernment suffici ent to dlnstinguish the counterfeit Jew el from the real. 13. That many men were undone by not golngfi deep enough in roguery; as in g.ming any man may be a loser who doth not play the whole game. 14-tvThat men proclaim their own vir tuesnis shopkeepers show their goods, in order to profit by them. 15. That the heart was the proper seat of hatred, and the countenance of affection and friendship. He had many more of the same kind, all equallylgood with these, and which were after his decease found in his study, as the twelve excellent and cele brated rules were in that of King Charles the First; for he never promul gated them in his lifetime, not having them constantly in his mouth, as some grave persons have the rules of virtue and morality, without paying the least regard to them In their actions; where as our hero, by a constant and steady adherence to his rules, in conforming everything he did to them, acquired at length a settled habit of walking by them, till at last he was in no danger of going Inadvertently out of the way; but by these means he arrived at that decree of greatness which few have equalled; none, we may say, have ex ceeded: for though it muBt be allowed that there have been some few heroes who have done greater : mischiefs to mankind, such as those who have be trayed the liberty of their country to others, or have undermined and over powered It themselves; or conquerors who have Impoverished, pillaged, sack ed, burnt and destroyed the countries and cities of their fellow-creatures, for no other provocation than that of glory, i. e., as the tragic poet calls it: "A privilege to kill, j A strong temptation to do bravely 111;" Yet, if we consider it in the light where in actions are placed In this line, "lae tius est. quoties magno : tibi constat honestum:" when we see our hero, without the least assistance or pre tence, settle himself at the head of a gang which he had not the shadow of right to govern; if we view him in maintaining absolute power and exer cising tyranny over a lawless crew. contrary to all law but . to that of his own will ; if we consider him setting up an open trade publicly, in defiance not only of the laws of hla country, but of the common sense of his i countrymen; if We see him first contriving the rob bery of others, and again defrauding the very robbers of that: booty which they had ventured their mecks to I ac quire, and which, without any hazard, they might have retained,: here sore he must aooear admirable, ana we may challenge not only the truth of history. but almost the latitude pi ncuoni w equal hla glory. j Now. In Wild everything- was truly great, almost without-alloy. as hi im perfections (for surely soma small ones he Kaaiwere onw . wen werv-i -10 denominate him a human sreatur.ti t watch none ever arrived at 'consummate excellence. - But surely his whole 1 be havior to bis friend Heartfree i?) is a convincing- proof that: thei true iron or steel greatness of his heart was noli de based ' by any softer' metal Indeed, while - greatness consLtt Jn power, pride, insolence, and dolng'aniachlei to mn II will r ' mmm ..vuv e , man and a great rogue are synonymous terras, so long- shall Wild stand unri valled on the pinnecle of GREATNESS. Nor must we omit here, as the finishing of his character, what indeed ought to be remembered on his tomb or his sta tue, the conrormuy aoove mentioned oi his death to his life, and that (Jonathan nriu ii.nat fti. all kin mlrhtv Mi ploits, was, what so few great men can accomplish nangea pj.ios "FK: ." was dead. -.. , i .... IBK CBXMS WAKJ r Aa Oatapnkea Wish far ba Tall af Tarkey Tha Fierce gkirsatafc af thelTangaard of That Last Engagement la the "Valley of Deelaiom." f Written for the Observer j The Cretan war, whatever phases it may assume, has peculiar significance, by reason of the fact that lnj the issue thereof Is likely involved, if not the obliteration, the dismemberment, of the Turkish Empire. The event thus hint ed is regarded as certain because prophesied. The Ottoman Empire is re garded as the exponent of the Eastern Antichrist which rose and was estab lished about the time of the Hegtra, A. D., 622. The invasion of Palestine by the Saracens under Caliph Omar In A. D. 637, and the domination by the Moslems from that time, of the pleas ant land, with the Mosque "of Omar standing in the place of the Jewish temple, is the "treading down of Jeru salem" of prophecy. The length of this treading down is 1,260 years, at the end whereof there will come In "the times of the Gentiles" and with that the con temporaneous return of "all ISraeJ'to "their own land." The Western Antichrist, or the Ro man papacy, was recognized by law, and became an established institution at the same time, and hence, the race of Papacy and Mohammedanism are apace on same ciate of beginning and ending. This adds interest to the East ern question. The termination" of the reign of the twin Antichrists is about to occur. It seems conceded among ex 1,260 years (the last half of the 2.520 positors that the end of this line of years of the abandonment of Israel and their dispersion among the nations, which last began about 623 B. C.) there will be a great war in Europe, involv ing more or less all the nations of the world, in which the "Euphrates shall be dried up" and the "Kings of the East" shall thereby return to Pales tine, which means, prophetically, that Turkey shall be destroyed, and her con trol of the Holv Land taken away, and the wn.v made clear for the Hebrew to i get possession of the Promised Land. So the downfall of anti-Christlanlsm. ' not yet in its personal form, is immi nent in the calendar of prophecy, and i time. But sychronizing .with that ! stupendous event, in the engagement ! of the nations in a great war In which ; the Turk must be a principal partici 1 nant and the Islam faith a sufferer. The great war is expected to take ' nlace on the grounds of the old Roman Empire the fourth beast of the ten ' horns. And since there is increasing expectancy that the last years of the present century will see these develop ments, because the lines of prophecy ; above referred to are thought to be endlne.- notice of the mobilization o armes in the East, and the hatred of the Turk, and evident common aesign of the powers to destroy Turkey and her anti-Christian methords and insti tutions is growing more and more acute. So that in the order of time and DroDhecv and in the anti-Turkish sentl ment prevalent, there seems to be a conspiracy of readiness for an event so plainly foretold. Whether It arises from righteous Indie-nation, or a faith in the truth of nrotjhecv. there Is in all Christendom an outspoken wish that Turkey should fall. The Observer correctly reflects the sentiment among civilized and Christianized nations throughout the world when it said in its issue of the 18th inst.: May the great over-ruling destlnv sruide the brave Grecians to victory and success, and" accomplish ere this war is ended, the dethrone ment and downfall of the unspeakable Turk. Notwithstanding the consideration that we know from history that Tur key has persisted in massacreing Chris tians, which knowledge in the abstract, and considered alone in the absence of any knowledge or concern we may have for prophecy, still I am constrain ed to believe that it is largely from the fact that Turkey has been so long re garded as the promoter of Antichrist in her propagation of Moslemism. and that Scripture prophecy Involving the fall of Antichrist to give way to ex pected events introducing the occur rences that open the golden age will be fulfilled in the destruction of that power from the face of the earth. In other words we are taught that the Scriptures demand the drying up of the Euphrates the distruction of the Turkish Empire and because of that fact we heartily (and we trust not. wickedly) desire that end. I can have no pleasure in contemplat ing the awful concomitants of an Ar mageddon. But I believe that the Cre tan war may be but the fierce skirmish of the vanguard of that last engage ment in the "valley of decision," in which Satan shall be cast to the ground and Antichrist In all Its forms the mystery that doth already work, and the personality of the Man of Sin, whether to be culminated In a Napo leon or not shall be destroyed by the brightness of the Messiah's coming. From these, as well as the ordinary reasons I feel greatly interested in the "Eastern question." I wonder if the operations initiated on the part of the Greeks and the Turks will enlarge till the powers of Europe, if not of the world, shall be Implicated with the re sult that at last the Turkish Empire shall go out, and the face of the old Roman Empire shall be Teduced to the kingdoms corresponding to the ten toes of the metallic image? We shall see. Very truly, JAMES J. OSBORNE. 'THE LAST TIMES. The Significance of the Grecian War Jnat Begun in the East. Written for the Observer. Momentous events, during the past twelve months, have taken place in the East. The- Armenian massacres, the riot at Constantinople, the war In Crete and other things have . startled the whole world. ' Well may they do so! They tell that we have passed through what the Scriptures call "latter days," which be gan in the Reformation. They tell that we have entered upon that period, call ed In the Word of God. the 'last times." One great characteristic of the. "last times" will be the destruction of the "false prophet," or Mohammedlsm. This will be broUght about by the death of the "sick man," or the dismemberment of the Turkish Empire. This Empire, being one foot of the great Image seen by Nebuchadnezzar, must in the "last times" be divided into five kingdoms. Four of these, as God tells us in Daniel 8:8. will be divided, viz: LThrace; 2, Macedonia and Greece; 3, Egypt and 4, Syria. The Scriptures also tell us that the power of the "false prophet,'v"or Mo hammedlsm, will continue for 1,260 years, though they do not tell us whether these are solar or lunar years, Neither do they- tell us when the power of the false prophet began. If it begun at the Heglra, or the night of Mahomet from Mecca to Me dina, which happened in July 622 A. D.. then 1260 years will bring us to July, 1882, the very month in which the English bombarded Alexandria, and the COMPLETE separation oi JSgypt from the Turkish Empire took place. If it began with the capture of Jeru salem by the Mohammedans, which happened in A D. 637, then 1260 years would Dring us to isa v, ana this very year may see another klnrdom of the four (viz: Macedonia and Greece with Crete) established.. : i If so. the other two will soon b also established, and the 1 dismemberment will be completed. Then, or soon after, will be the great tribulation ' "such as was not sinco the beginning of the world to this time." i - Often just before the rising' of the daily sun. red streaks like blood shoot athwart the eastern sky, and so- the bloody scenes now witnessed In the East 'may be the red streaks, the har bingers of the lining--ff the "San of Righteousness. f- .'.'--V- j; .?' . EJVAKr - " The Sooth CaroHn Hons of Repre-! sentative has passed the - graduated income tax WQ and the- bin requiring licenses for every business, profession, or calling, including- ministers : of the GcspeJ, and washerwomen. . ; NON - PARTISAN ELECTIONS. TBB "WAT THXT WOBK TS NEW YORK. Thing That the Plata People Are Getting . Tired Of Kot 8a Jalney Sow to Win ta a ., Breach, at Pnrariee Case A 'Cheeky Baa , ef B rooUyn M re. j Lease' Ictnre . at ' . - CMper Vnioa-r-Twa Thlaga That Always t ? '- Oo Togataev j 1-yvJfli Correspondence of tha Observer. - - - - NeW York, Feb. J. It Is not so easy ; for a woman to get damages for breach v breach of promise to marry as it used . to' bei Time was when a man paid at- '-, tentlons to a woman at hts-oeril If he did not intend to marry her. -Not so now.) A certain young man, after living , in !"taham a few years, returned to the -visage of his birth and straightway be- . gan to ''keep company" with a certain -young lady. He took her to prayer meeting and church, as well -r -ar- ,"": ties and shows, also out riding, and he went to see her evteninga and sat and sat. I He kept thialup for three years, and. of course, she and everybody else thought he .was dead In love with her. .. And I mayoe ne was. dui iv " proved. One day h became acquainted : with anotner young inujr : . , j village and In a year she was his bride. Then thei other gljr brought suit tor breach of nromlse and won it. That wns i in a lower court, nut wnat or that? Anybody can win a suit in -. lower court. What are sucn courta tor, anyhow, except to give employment to ' lawyers? Why doj they exist except to give; tna, oerenaans no pponu"j a new trial? Aa a matter of course, an onruxii wdi in ken in this case and the - decision of the lower court was revers- , ed by the high, xnen comes im irw exposition of the law in this State, as . laid down by the learned judge. It is to the feffect that no matter how much at- . tentjon a young man may ijr ; . . n mav iMuarie damages for breach of promise unless he proposes , i thii vAiinr -. marriage anu ia atvrijv. i"'",'5.? -man once said to the deserted girt: "If J it... t ,.,111 nWo frill hannv." But it does not appear that he asked her to be his wire.; lr sne ia as m . -v. - i. m -! tn h ti can make her happy yet. however, by getting off the earth. .-.: in r : NEW YOKKS iNUN-rAtvii ELECTIONS.; , j-u-.--.;, i nMi.iAn nf thoinew coastl- tution municipal (elections will in fu ture be held separately from State and national elctlons. IThe first election un--, der this provision Iwlll be held next No- , . T a i - mt ih name time members of the Assembly will be vot ed ror. i.iie i.cu lot. They made the new comrtituilon. It was quite like tneir ununun riy to pretend that they wew arrang ing for non-parttsan municipal elec- . tions and at the i same time make the election partisan by having assembly meh elected along with nni!lp&Lof fleers. I have sepn no protest against -fhiTTn any newspaper, which, it seems to me is very singular, especially as re- -gards the so-called Independent news- . papers. The newspapers seem -to be quite pleased at the idea of a nonr partisan" election. It Is a pleasant thing to think of, but it will never be -Loiitv mm ion as members of the Legislature are chosen at the same time . asflocal officers. The gentlemen who.,. . . . . v. n V, Air roll nn in - nave lust Bianeuinui ",T ..ii dependent citizens' movement will certainly discover that. In spite of all ?h"y can do, there will be a Democrat and a Republican ticket. On the Dem ocratic ticket will be the names t he Democratic candidates for the Legisla ture, and on .the Republican the Repub lican candidates.! That will give a par- . tisan character to the ?tZ$ no amount of t'non -partisan names on the ticket will change. WHAT MAKES THE PLAIN PEO I PLE TIRED. v The fact Is the people of New York. thl plain peoplej who work for wgej . and are not Invited to Bradley-Martin balls, are urea i oi " ,r" i . i enmshnv Or Other .Si" tain, aiiyuov. ,"u"'"" : ,. ii i though this is a Democratic city, it w a pecullr fact that when a on-Pf"-san" is named for a high office he Is usually a man who has always voted the Republican! ticket. Somehow or other the Republicans always refuse to vojte for any non-partisan who Is in the habit of voting for eDmocratic Gov ernors and Presidents. Somehow or other, all the Committees of seventy and committees of one hundredare com posed mostly of wealthy contribu tors to Republican campaign funds, men who prefer Republicans to Dem ocrats, even for) street-sweepers. They are loud in their talk of "reform: and speak volumes )n behalf of a city gov ernment conducted "on business prlnci pless " but somehow or other, altnougn the majority of the business men of this city are Democrats and the ma jority of its good men are also Demo crats true "reform" and a "business administration'1 can be had, it "eem"; only at the hands of Republicans. Now the plain people have had Just about enough of this Sort of thing. The plain people know that taxes are higher now than they ever were before, in spite of a 'reform" adm nistratlon, and that the . . ... ,m nr-nl 1 V rotten aS It city w'ttuwiii . . , i ever was, in sdlte of the fact that the i chief of the police department is a Re- publican, and sp is the district attorney j and so is the nayor, and 'business principles" prevail in the municipal ad- j ministration. We Americans are j mighty fickle, take us wherever you find us, in isingle communities, by J States, or as a nation, anu therefore the popular feellngi may change entirely j before next November, but I venture to say that if th election were held to day, no candidate on a "non-partisan ticket would have the ghost of a chance of election unless he was known to be a Democrat- 1 j " - ' , WILL BE TAUGHT A LESSON. J The feeling against the Republicans , is further intensified by their purpose. as expressed through their newspa- , pers, to consider the election of Mr, j MeKlnley as ai popular protest against free trade and in favor of a protective! tariff, rather than a protest against a debased (currency. The , BeP"b!ca.n I newspapers persist in blaming the Wil son bill, and that alone, for the- hard ( times. They persist In advocating si high tariff on j imports as the sole cure ; for the ills of the body politic. As to t reforming thefburrency. they have lit-; tie or nothing) to say. It looks very; much as If the people will be cheated Of the fruits Of their victor, and as , If the fight against 50-cent dollars will have to be fotight again: for the idear that McKlnleylzing the tariff wlU pro- luce good times tor everyuvuy y absurb, an4 unless times are. good; ne people wm uc , " noney of seme? sort, even If it is the oaa - . v, van r-m ia a lOnST ion. nuwoc;, J " , -.- i i .h Lt frtns-reasienat elec- li Lnt to teach j the RepUD- liuii to pipits . . .. tican party, that the majority of Ne, tforkers don't 1 think they ought to be( taxed to death tp provide a home mar-1 ket for the manufacturers. T,. CHEEKIEST IMAN IN NEW YORK. I It is surprising what great things can be accomplished In this world bv the Use of "pure gall." For the acquisi tion of wealth, for Instance, 'cheek without brains Is often more efficient . than brains without "cheek." Modes ty, the disinclination to "toot your own horn" will keep a man's noee to the . grindstone for ever and ever. Though a Very cheeky man Is not beloved by his fellows, he generally makes a pretty good hvng out of them. -.-"If I only had the cheek of so-and-so, I'd get along splendidly," is the envious plaint of pa; Thne reflections - are tient merit. .used by the mmm n TClrirldee. Eld-r idge la a Brooklyn mail. Brooklyn men hre not jrenownea ior tneir cneen, ut Eldridge stands forth to-day as thq Cheekiest man! in the Greater New, York. There is probably, not another jman in this part of the country who has the! pure jgatl to try to what feldrldget has been doing every day for three months.! Every day for. three months Eldridge has tn broad daylight , climbed one of the iron pillars of the Elevated! railroad, boarded a train -and , j ki. ia nt htisiness free of - riuucii -xv m I-1"- , , t charge j 1 When at last he was "eoilar- ted," which no was a "L . " I n niimail ofncials that , Z. tnrinr - economic.. And , ms waa lire"' - . they were so j tickled b the answer. land so appreciative or id Eoiunw, , (even daring; gall of Eldridge that they j TUSea lO pnflmr unit. uoa i.v.mftm TOT A KTfl WAR-. Mrs. Mary Ellen Lease Is with us i -i-t Gka 1lt forth tn Cnorier RJnion , the other night and denounced t the treaty or arbitration wim vreni, Britain-. ! She jwaa speaking to Irish- men. and she Tsaid that nntu ireiana was free we ought not-1 be friendly . with England, ior words to that effect, wonder why lis Is that people who" want In t . , n war nlarv TTnw. , ever the two usually go together In the actual experience oi nanuns u un to get the blessing of much flat money. JAVID, RUNCAN. J
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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Feb. 28, 1897, edition 1
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