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VOL. VIII.
RALEIGH, N. C. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5. 1896-
NO. 12.
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IrlC NEWS EHTOMIZeUl
it Taalilnsten Jtma.
fll!?J.oInlCon':res3 library CommltteA fca3
XAhVi I n to investigato the accounts of
ir.fi ?Porrr.lf apatnst whom charges or
"regularities vroro made a year ago.
rniSTV"aeuernl Frederick C. Pen field at
Rerv iy?t informe l the Marino Hospital
p, : -"wu iae orate ueparcmenr, mat i
sht bttea offlelally declared free of
wrote Pn0r to tha dat0 oa WQlch h0
birtAier vct wa3 vcn against Prince 'Ytur
thi ,'S9uitto secure readmisston into
m i.1ropo,tan Clllb ln Washington, from
-h ho had been expelled.
Wfe yen(?zelan Boundary Commission is
preparing tho vast mass of evidence collect
ed by It for publication.
President Cleveland appointed John Henry
f er b3 JaJ ol the District Court
or the Western District of Askansa?.
???.retary ot tho Treasury has dis-
y.'t,Tl. V1.li,aTn B. Morliy. enzlnner ottbe
ino- i- at Denver. Col., forcolleot-
J P ''Heal as3jssments from Government
lu violtion of the civil service
Wv 3?IS ,'a'io has b-0Q under investigation
y the Civil Sorvice Commission.
xulIlls M- IIr,ret, a clerk in the office of the
Aajutant-General. War Department, was ar
l .at hi9 lesk for the theft ot ft valuable
k . ou OI rapa bclonsinir to Mr. Thian,
TTn ? er!c' Ho acknowledged his puilr.
yVm o ft 6errana and -was appointed under
wvu Service rules, from New York, in 1394.
i The President appointed Charles C. Nott.
J New York, now Jnclg of iho Court of
alms, to bo Chief Justice of tho Court of
Uaims.an l Charles B. Howry, of Mississippi,
;now au Assistant Attorney General, to be a
dude of the Court of Claims. Ju1ff Nott
Was bora in Schenectady. N. Y., in 1827.
L Seator Proctor said in WMshincton that
:either Mark H nnu nor himself would be
an the Cabinet to be announced by Major
McKinley.
The Com pi roller of the Currency hav re
ceived information of thw failure of the
Dakota National Bank of Sioux Vails, South
Dakota. The b.iui; has a capital of $50,0i:0,
and at tho time of the last report it had a
surplus of 50.00 ) and liabilities amounting
to 4230. 00. exclusive of stock. Bank Ex
aminer Firman has been p'aced in charge.
Domestic.
i Tho sreamboat John E. Mooro sank on
Homer Shoal. New York Harbor, but in
shallow water, so that the 150 persons oa
board, who took refuge on the top (leak,
Were easily rescued.
, A blizzard rased in North Dakofa. Busi
ness was suspended nd railroad traffic was
at a standstill.
Thu Brown University football team de
feated the Carlisle Indian School eleven in
New York City by the score of 42 to 12.
Walter B. Rue, ased sixteen, of Brooklyn,
was umpiring a football gamo when he was
caught in n scrimmage an I was killed.
Prohibitionists in the town of Alexis, 111. ,
blew up with dynamite a liquor saloon which
was operated without a license.
The United States gunboat Newport was
launched at Bath, Me., in tbi presence of a
large crowd. The oldest unmarried great
grand'iaughter of Commodore Perrj',victorof
Lake Erif, Miss La Farge, th daughter of
John La Farge, the wull known artist of New
York City, christened the vessel.
Alfred D:miol3, alias Frank Williams,
ch irged with burning J. D. Stringerfello.v'a
barn some months si nco. and who was ar
rested in Jacksonville, was lynched about
five miles north ot Gainesville, FJa., having
been taken from the custody of a deputy
sheriff.
Professor Witthaus found no knockout
drops in tho stomach of Frank P. Axbuckle,
ibe Denver mine owrer found dead at High
bridge Heights, New York City.
, Trofessor Benjamin Apthorp Gould, tho
distinguished astronomer, died at his resi
dence in Cambridge, Mass.. at the ago of
seventy-two. ,He was preparing to leave the
house in Iho' evening when ho fell down
stairs and receive I injuries lrom .which he
died two hours later.
Three men were fatally shot and several
others more or less seriously wounded in a
drunken riot at Duryea. Duryea 13 a small
mining village near Pittston, Penn. There
is a large colony of foreigners there who
work in the mines.
G. W. Nelson, leading tenor in the choir at
Thanttsglving service at the First Baptis
Church, Chattanooga, Tenn., dropped dead
in the choir. Apoplexy was tho cause ot hi3
death.
Henry A. Jones, known as the "Lightning
Calculator," died at Southlngton. Conn.,
aged sixty-six years. He could add in an
Instant columns of eight and ten figures as
quickly as he could pass hi3 hand over the
page.
John S. Bankin. a wealthy timber dealer
af Detroit. Mich., was found dead on Fitz
uiltiam Island, Georgia Bay, and it was
feared Thomas J. Austin, his companion,
was drowned.
Tho gun trial of tho United States battle
ship Oregon was highly successful, accord
ing to reports mane at San Francisco.
By the overturning of a gaoline lamp, an
explosion occurred at the residence of F. A.
Walker, Minneapolis, Minn. Mrs. Walker,
nor daughter Mabel, aged thirteen, and the
domestic, Mary Overland, were probably
fatally burned.
' J. Pierpont Morgan, Kidder, Peabodv 4
Co and others obtained control of the West
End Railroad in Boston with the reported
intention of chansing it to an elevated
road.
Major McKinlev and Garret A. Hobart sent
letters to the meeting of the Pennsyivania
Fea'e Society expressing their gratification
at the settlement ot the Venezuelan dispute.
The Rev. James Miller, of Bloomlngton,
III was mnrdered.mysteriously, in Dacatur,
111.
The Silver Democratic State Committee of
Kentucky decided to continue its con test for
tho electoral vote of the State.
; W J. Bryan visited Denver. Col., and was
received witn enthusiasm. Ho spoke several
tlme3 to large crowds.
J. K. Parks, of Boston, the organizer of the
Nail Trust, admitted that the combination
bad practically been dissolved.
Cbauncey M. Depew spoko before the Ver
mont Society of the Sons of the American
Revolution in Montpelier, Vt.
The annual Live Stock Show was opened
at Madison Square Garden, New York City.
, After an absence ot thirty years Richard
Jordan returned to his aged parents at Vine
land, N.J.
' a murder and suicide near Mayfleld, Ky.,
Js reported. T. B. Baker and his wife sep
arated some time ago, and Mrs. Baker had
Clnee instituted suit for divorce in the
Graves County Circuit Court. It is supposed
this provoked the tragedy. Baker, after
Inline his wife instantly turned the pistol
upon himself, shooting himself through the
hvart. t
I George W. G. Ferris, inventor and builder
Lt the Ferris Wheel, which was exhibited at
the Chicago World's Fair, died in Pittsburg,
jpenn.
I .
Foreign nnni.
. Atatnh from Manila 'says that the
V . 1
Sr?"...! - hodv of Philippine insurgents,
i.i. tmnn under fliajor AnoKa imve
whose losses and killed in wounded were
ardof 400 men.
Thanksgiving -aJ wv. -j
cans In
nuet at
ha Kftiserhof. Two hundred and
.v miMta wera Drt-soui
Embassador
riht who presided, made a brief speech, in
whYch he testified to the importance of the
Darts German-Americans had played in the
P?.Vr J f th United States. He then called
f at three cheers for Emperor William, which
1V1 " , trnnA will
were given wim wm; "v"-r
WAR DEPARTMENT WORK.
Secretary Umont Makes His An
1 nual Report.
STATE OF OUR FIGHTING FORCE.
Coast Defenses Belns Improved With
Great Rapidity More Artillerist
Needed Work at West Point is Highly
Commended .ew, Idea About Na
tional Guard Estimates for tlie Tear.
Washington, D. C. (Soe;ial). Secretary
Lamoal's report of the operations of the
War Dapartment for 1896 shows total" ex
penditures aggregating $51P3,2CC, of which
$13,505,063 wa3 for pay of the army, $1,483,
286 for subsistence, $2,867,464 for seacoast
defenses and $17,841,503 for river and har
bor improvements".
The unexpended appropriation turned
back into the Treasury at the end of last
year was $1,975,033, making, with two pre
vious years, more than $5,OJO.00O.
Much of the report is devoted to a detailed
exhibit of the work accomplished and now
under way on tho coast defenses.
On July 1, 1893, of our modern defense
but one higbpower gun was mounted. By
July 1 next seventy highpower breech-loading
guns and nincty-flvo breech-loading
mortars of modern design will bo iu position,
and by the following July 1 123 guns, 153
mortars. A battery of two or threo of
these guns takes tho placo of the former
pretentions fort, and is vastly more effective.
The subject of coat defenses is elaborate
ly discussed, and the statement is made that
theEndicott project, modified by the Engi
neer Corps, is ia a fair way to be carried out,
providing batteries and mines that nre cal
culated to protect American ports from any
fleet that could assail them.
Slocethe adoption of tho present coast
defense scheme 26,457,16J has been appro
priated, moro than one-third of which, was
provided lit the last session of Congress.
Tho armament of troops with the new
magazine arms wa3 completed in May, and
thd armory is turning out 125 rifles or car
riages per day. All the ammunition for
small -arms now mads is supplied with
smokeless powder of American manufacture.
But littlw change has occurred in the water
levels of Iho Great Lakes during the past
year, and as no wa:er has yet been drawn
for uso in the Ch.cago Drainage Canal, no
further facts can be given sis to the probable
effect of abstracting 10.000 cubio feet of
water per second from Lake Michigan. The
6ECK1.TATIY. DANIEL S. LA1IOXT.
importance of providing reliable data con
cerning tho probable effect of this and tho
opening of connecting channels is urged up
on Congress.
Tho army consists ot 25,426 offlcPr3 nnd
men, or 284 belo.v the legal maximum. Tue
effective field strength on October 31 was
23,382.
Secretary Lamoat calls attention to the
fact that moro lino officera are now serving
with their regiments than at any time since
the war.
Tha discipline of the troops wa3 never bet
ter than now. The trials by general courts
inartial decreased fifteen per cent, during
the year, and never has tho health of the
troops been so gooa.
Under the new i eruitlng system 8498 mea
were enlisted last yiar, one-halt at garri
son posts without expense. Desertion is de
creasing. Des-r.ers in 1883 numbered 3578,
in 1893 only 163 & and last year 1355.
The excellence in military exercises of the
corps of cadets at West Point has never been
surpassed, and the corps numbers 322, the
largest number ever attending at one time.
The thirty-five army officers assigued to
duty with tbe National Guard report steady
improvement. Camp3 of instruction were
held in thirty-one States and in several in
stance regular troops were encamped with
the militia. Tho National Guard aggregate
111,887 officers and men. To maintain this
force the States appropriate $2,8S0,000 and
the Government $400,000.
Investigation this year has shown serious
deficiencies in the arms and equipment of the
militia. Secretary Lamont recommends that
the Springfield rifle, calibre forty-five, be is
sued; that the States bo allowed to return to
the War Department obsolete arms.
Tho 310 Apache prisoners of Goronimo's
band at Fort Sill have reached a self-sup.
porting condition. Secretary Lamont recom
mends that the 36,000 acres they occupy bo
acquired by tho Government, and that they
then be placed nnder control of the Indfan
Bureau.
The estimates for the year ending June 30,
1898. for permanent deenses and Ueir arma
ment, amount to 810,432,208, in addition to
$2,500,000 required to meet contracts au
thorized by the Fortification uct of June
6, 1896.
Flood In Martinique.
Advices from Fort de France, capital of
tho island of Martinique, are to the effect
that heavy rains throughout the island have
caused all the streams to overflow their
banks an 1 Immense damage has been done
to property. A number of persons in the
interior, all of whom are believed to have
been Africans, have been drowned.
The Marblehead at Home.
The United States cruiser Marblehead
came into the Port of New York from a
twenty months' cruise in European waters.
Her presence in the Turkish port or Messina
lad to the release of an American missionary,
the Bey. Mr. Knapp.
Dollar Wheat in Sight.
May wheat has the call on the Exchange
at St. Louis, Mo. It started right In to break
a record, and by noon had touched 92o.,
the highest figure since 1391. Unless pre
vailing conditions are upset, dollar wheat
will soon no longer be a subject ol specula
tion. Cash wheat in the .New York market
bumped a dollar. No. 2 rod, the standard
grade, "free on board," got up to 99$ cents
a bushel, or one-half cent above any pre
vious price. The closing quotation was 99,
Thirty Killed In a Mine.
A despatch from Brestaa says that thirty
persons were killed in a colliery explosion
at Zengorze, Russian roiana.
CEORCIA'3 NEW SENATOR.
Alexander S. Clay Elected to Sacceod Gen
eral John I!. Gordon.
Alexander Stephens Ciay, who has just
been elected to the United States Senate
by the Legislature of Georgia, was a poor
boy, the son ol a poor farmer. He paid for
hi3 education with the money he earned, and
by tho same process educated himself in the
law. On his father's side Mr. Clay i3 of
Scotch descent. Hi3 great-graadfat her came
from Scotland in the middle of the last cen
tury and settled in Virginia. His grand
father came to Georgia and livod on a farm
In Washington County. His father wa3 a
Confederate eoldier. Senator-elect Clay was
graduated in law in 1876 nnd has been en
gaged in the practice ot his profession at
Marietta ever since. Ho has always been an
active Democrat and has been prominent in
Georgia politics for many years. In 1S84
Mr. Clay was elected to tho Legislature and
his ability was at once recognized. In 1883
he was .unanimously Speaker of the lower
House., Mr. Clay is a tree trader and a sil
ver man.
CLEVELAND'S NEW HOME.
The President Bays a Colonial Mansloa
in Frlnceton, N. J.
President Cleveland has decided to make
Princeton. N. J., his permanent homoaftor
March 4, 1 -.07. Profossor West returned to
Princeton from Washington, D. C, and
authorizad tho following statement for pub
lication: "President Cleveland has purchased the
re-idence of Mrs. Stldell, on Bayard avenue,
Princeton, and will make Princeton his
permanent homo soon afier the expiration of
uis term a3 Prasident. Negotiations looking
to this end have been in progress about
three weeks nnd wera consummated to-day
bytbe purenaseof the property.
"A number of reasons have attracted Pres
ident and Mrs. Cleveland to Prinseton. The
President's father was educated for the Pres
byterian ministry there. The quiet nnd in
dependent home life of the placa, its health
fulness, its convenience to New York, the at
tractions of a university society, as well as
other reasons, have been influential in form
ing this decision."
The Slldell mansion, purchased by Presi
dent Cleveland, is considered to be tne finest
place of residence fn Princeton. The houss
is a two-story stone building, in old colonial
style. There are steps on taree sides, with
five piliar3 in front. The building is forty
seven feet square, and there are five win
dows in front. A beautiful drive reaches
around tvro sides of the house. Tha wholo
property consists of five acres, and the yard
is shaded by pino and maple trees. It is
rumored $59,000 was the price paid. Tho
town and college are elated over tho news.
i WEYLEFt AGAIN A-F1ELD.
In Personal Command of 35,003 Men lie
Starts Alter Maceo.
Ha v asa. Cuba. (By Cable). Haptain
Gcneral Weyler left on the gunboat Legazpi
t midnight for Mariel to resume personal
command of the military operations inPinar
del Rio Province.
General Cahxto Ruiz, Chief ot Cavalry;
Dr. Justo Martinez, of the hospital corps,
and various staff officers and adjutants left
by rail for Artemisa to join General Woyler,
with his 35,000 men, in the field.
Indications point to an active resumption
ot operations and the continued crude perse
cution of tho rebels. More Havana volun
teers have boan ordered into active service
for Pinar del Rio, and are leaving Havana
daily by rail fcr Artemisa.
The military hospital reports show 10,835
Spanish soldiera ill in Havana alone. The
wounded are not included. Fourteen officers
and 433 privates, all sick, arrived by rail
from Cayajabos and Artemisa. The trans
port Bolivar arrived from Bahla, Honda and
other ports on the Pinar del Rio north coast
with eight officers and 210 privates 111.
SHAVED MEN FOR A LIVING.
Susan Ashley, Once a Ilfch Woman, Barlcd
at Westfleld. Mass.
Susan Ashley was buried at Westfleld,
Mass., a few days ago, so quietly that few
people knew about the plain little funeral.
Yet when she was born there, forty year ago.
the news had been sent out that a daughter
had been born to the Ashleys. one of iho
richest and roost influential families in Mass
achusetts. Her mother died, leaving her
$5,000,000.
Sho married J. C. White, once United
States Minister to Brazil, and spent the
honeymoon in Europe, living in luxury and
being presented to the Queen. Then husband
and wife became estranged and separated,
she resuming her maiden name and going to
Chicaao with, her daughter. Her torture
was swept away by bad investments, and to
make a living the ex-society leader opened a
shop on Madison street and hung out the
sign, "Lady Barber." It was u successful
enterprise, although Miss Ashley's relatives
were properly scandalized. Her daughter
Florence still carries on the business and
shaves all comers. -
Campanlnf, the Tenor, Dead.
Italo Campanini, the tenor singer, who was
well known in the United States, died near
Parma, Italy, a few days ago. He was born
at Parma in 1816.
Woman Baffles a Mob.
A woman in Richmond, Mo., held a mob
at bay which was bent on lynching two men
confined in a jail on tho charge of murder.
The woman was the Sheriff's wife.
Strange Weather Conditions.
Blizzards were reported in Minnesota, the
two Dakotas, Oregon and Manitoba. In Mis
sissippi, Texas and Kentucky destructive
wind storms were piecedpd by almost sum
mer warmth. Kansas had a modified bliz
zard. At th3 same time, in New York City
summer-like weather prevailed. November
27 was tho hottest of that date oa record, the
top point registered being 71.
Filibusters Tried.
The Competitor filibusters wore quietly
tried by court-martial ia Havana, Cuba, in
spite of official protests from Ifie United
States.
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ALEXAyDEE S. CI. AT.
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BUDGET OF ITEMS CIJLLED
FROM VARIOUS SOURCES.
A VJ'Iilto
s views ox a
Colored
s urpnanagc.
h'
"W. W. H." in an appest to tha
people of Charleston, S. 0., the South,
the North and the world at large, has
tho following to say concerning the
Colored-Orphanage of the a ewe cty:
"I am a white man free xom all
touch of race prejudice, a aan who
looks udOe -his v fellows 1 -tfifevery
nationality eolely from an individual
standpoint and recognizes merit
wherever he meets it, regardless of
"race, color, or previoua condition of
servitude." Indeed, with me, a man
who proves h;mself Buperior to ad
verse circumstances and makes a suc
cess of himself in spite of his environ
ments, is entitled to more appreciation
and respect than one who has merely
maintained his hold upon favorable
surroundings aud made tbe befct of
them. ' As with a man, so with a peo
ple. That nation which has struggled
up from the lowest plane of existence
to a comparative degree of culture and
refinement is worthy ot more glory
and applause, more sympathy and
good will than one which occupies a
loftier height by merely pushing to the
utmost more advantageous conditions.
There is no doubt that the Negro race
deserves more credit today
than any other nation in
the world. They started from
tbe lowest plane of humanity amid the
wild jungles of the least known conti
nent ou the globe, and many of the
tribes in Africa have not, as yet, risen
above the condition of their fathers.
But it is the American Negroes to whom
I particularly refer. Not only did
they onco dwell in African barbarism
liko tbeir brethren acioss the sea, but
they have passed through a long, long
night of servitudo and bondage calcu
lated to deprive them of even that de
gree of manhood and self-reliance
which they possessed in their native
land where tbey were at least free if
unenlighted, uninformed. Today they
6tand upon a pyramid, largely of their
own erection, whereiniies bnried the
lowliness, ignorance and superstition
of their patt, and can proudly, yet
humbly, challenge all history to pro
duce tbe parallel of their achievement.
They have crossed the Bed Sea into
Liberty; they are nearing the end
of their arduous journey through
the- Vilderness of Zion, and tbeir
advance guard can already ' catch
glimpses of the Promise Land
of Usefulness to the world and
Prosperity for Themselves into which
tbey will enter by and by not as the
rival of the white man, not as his ene
my, but as his friend, his co-operatcr,
his co-worker in the uplifting of the
world. Does not the Negro of Amer
ica, then, demand our sympathy and
support more than any other people oa
earth? Certainly the white men of tbe
South will not deny this when they re
flect that it was largely the labor of
the Negro in the ante-bellum years
which made possible the wealth, cul
ture aud refinement of our section to
day! We send vast sums of money
abroad, annually, to help educate and
redeem sinful and illiterate foreigners
(which is well) who can never yield us
anything in retnrn except in an indi
rect and general way, but are we not
neglecting to a culpable extent the
claims upon our bounty of a people
nearer home, a people to whom we owe
gratitude for labor in the past and to
whom we owe reparation for enforced
servitude through centuries now hap
piiy dead a people whoso interest is
ours, whose affection and whose trade
is ours, not in an indirect or general
but in a direct, personal and particu
lar way, and from tvhom we may
reasonably expect to receive tenfold
for every dollar expended in their be
hulf? White men of tbe South, let me,
a Southern born, Southern raised and
Southern educated white man like
yourself, urge you earnestly to think
seriously and without prejudice upon
these things.
"White men of the South, of the
North, of the world, there is one place
open at least for the physical protec
tion and moral, epiritual and intellect
ual enlightenment of these unfortun
ate, destitute and most miserable be
ings; it is the Jenkins Orphanage, 20
Franklin street, Charleston, 3. C,
founded in 1891 bv Ev. T). J. Jpti-
I kins, its present president, and it is
ordeal it has had to contend with since
its inception. It may have to sucenmb.
If you will come to its help at once,
this calamity will be averted. If you
could see the boys and girls at their
Btudie3 in the schoolroom and observe
the progress they are making and tbe
skill and patient, painstaking fidelity
of tbe teachers, you would not allow it
to be sacrificed if your assistance
would uphold it. If you could hear
the children singing in a body, religious
songs at the morning devotional exer
cises of the school, or if you could note
the polite, courteous, gentle bearing of
tbe orphans toward one another at all
times and under all circumstances, you
would be sure to say in your heart,
"This institution is a blessing to the
land ; it (shall not die. I will help keep
it alive. And you would immediately
perform the noblest act of your life by
contributing to its support.
-
The recent B. M. C. held at India
napolis was one of the most interest
ing sessions of tbe Odd Fellows. It
thowed remarkable management on
the rart of tbe officers who have the
business of the order in hand, and re
flected great credit upon tne race as
an example of our own organized ef
fort. Tbe treasury showed a cash ac
count of over 1 8,000, with real es
tate holdings in different States to the
extent of $1,500,000. There were 258
delegates present from all parts of the
otry, representing the race in ev
ery i;rr.-. pf life. It was remarked that
it was thelrjfit trwrvA,'r,orirea gath
ering ever seen. Tha next luetic
will bo held at St. Lotus, 3Jo.
James F. Needham, of Omaha, Neb.,
has held the position of discount clerk
in the city tax office of that city for 25
fears at a salary of SI. 500 cer year.
I
As Outlined by Gen. Grosvenor, of
Ohio, in an Interview.
HE IS NEAR TO WM. M'KINLEY.
The Closeness of Their Relation?
Gives Added Importance to Ills Ob
jections to the Dingley Bill Extra
Session Talk.
The Commercial-Tribune, of Cincinnati,
O., prints a loDg article sicned by General
Grosvenor, Congressman from the Eleventh
Ohio district, in which he outlines his views
as to the policy of the Republican party.
He says in tbe outset that he expresses bis
own views and docs not undertake to com
mit or represent any other member of the
party than himself. Furthermore, he does
not even consent to Liud himself to these
views should tho majority of his Republican
associates on tbe Ways and Means committee
dissent from them. He says:
"The question of the hour, it seems to me,
so far a it relates to economic legislation, is,
Ought tho Fifty-fourth Congress ia its clos
ing session to pass tbe Diugley bill, or should
that measure bo allowed to perlbh and tbe
Republican party move forward to the dis
charge ot the high duty imposed upon it by
the result of tho last election V
In these questions General Grosvenor takes
the position that although it might be well lt
tbe Dinclcy bill could be passed for tempo
rary relief and be followed immediately alter
the fourth of March in an extra session of
Congress by the passage of a proper per
manent measure, vet tbe passage of that ten
tative bill hinder and obstruct tbe passage of
a proper measure, and therefore should not
be attempted. He criticises the Dingley bill
for proposing ad valorem duties, which have
proven a standincr invitation to defraud tbe
Government. This was one creat delect of
the Wilson bill aai it should be remedied in
future legislation.
Another reason for the defeat of the Ding-
ley bill is that it does not meet tho require
ments of the St. Louis piattorm as a proteo
tive measure.
Ho says every Republican member of the
Wavs and Moans Committee has been re
elected and those members "dnrlng the time
which is to elapse between the first Monday
in December, and the fourth day ot March,
can formulate a tariff bill, predictxt upon the
principles of the McKinley law, with schedules
adapted to existing condition-, perfected and
all readv for passage within ten days after the
meeting of an extra session of Congress, and
then it there is patriotism ana Kepuoucanism
enough in the Senate it can be passed into a
law nul be ready for enforcement by the first
of Mav "
On tho other band let the Dingley law be
passed, founded, as it is, upone rors that are
oiganicand Incurable. Then let it run till De
cember. 1807. and let Congress" organize, ap
point committees, encounter the delays of
the holidays, attack a mass of incidental leg
islation nnd set about framing a permanent
tariff. In that case it would do well if it got
an untried measure through by September,
1896. in the midst of a campaign for Congress.
Meanwhile the country vould be flooded
with foreign importations, to the injury ot
home industries, tbe reduction of revenue
and a long train of consequent evils.
From General Grosvenor's relations to
President-elect McKinley it is generally be
lieved that tbeir views on this matter very
nearly coincide.
NO KATE WAR JUST NOW.
President Iloflman Says It Is Prema
ture to Talk of It, but It is Fos
lble.
That a renewal of the rate war from Balti
more to the South is or.ly a question of a
short time unless the management of tbe
Seaboard Air Line system and the Southern
Railway adjust the differences that exist be
tween them, is generally believed in Balti
more. When President Hoffman, of the
Seaboard company, was questioned In refer
ence to the prespective renewal of hostilities,
he would not commit nimseir. u iniima.
ted. however, that the Seaboard wculd begin
Blashinc rates again if the Southern persisted
in its nresent nolicv toward the Seaboard:
ibat is, denying the latter through passenger
service between Kew xorn ana jNew unoaus.
and running the line of steamers between
Baltimore and Norfolk in opposition to we
Bav Lino, which is owned by the Seaboard
Air Line.
I bav not outlined any policy as yet,'
said Mr. Hoffman. "I was in hopes that
when the negotiations for the transfer ot the
control of the property to the New York peo
ple fell through, the soutnern wouia De win.
ing to withdraw its objections to what are un
doubtedlv our riizhts and restore narmony.
If it does that, of course we will be satisfied
and tbe rate war averted, but if it ignores
our claims, as it has done, the responsibility
must be u ion the snouiaers oi me oouiuera
Railwav Company and not upon the Sea.
hoard Air T.inesvrtem. The Seaboard will
insist udod fair treatment and it it is denied,
we will take steps to enforce our rights. It
is premature, however, to talk of another
rate war. Fcr the present I will take no ac
tion."
Proposed Only Twice.
Beethoven never married. But It
was from no defect of sensibility that
the tribulations which were distrib
uted amonsr many successive house
keepers were not heaped upon tbe de'
voted head of a wife. If love be a dis
ease, Beethoven wras always ill, or at
best but convalescent. No less than
forty ladies, save four, has he Immor
talized by hi. i dedications to them. To
Bettina von Arnlm Goethe's Bettlna
for whom he long cherished a hope
less passion, he once said, after trying
over a composition
which he has Just
at for you; you in-
written, "I made that
BDired me with it. I saw it written In
your eyes;" and this is but a specimen
of the gallantries to which he was ad
dicted.
Twice at least te proposed on one
occasion to a lady who, as he found
to his mortification was already the
fiancee of his friend Hummel. That
marriage would have saved mm from
a good many worries, is certain enough;
for It must be allowed that, as Emil
Naumann delicately puts It, he "did
not possess any aptitude for household
management. Blackwood's Magazine.
REPUBLICAN PURPOSES
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ron stokixo rnurr.
The apple harvest brings up the sub
ject of the proper disposal ot the fruit
when gathered from the trees. The
apple crop will be large in many sec
tions of the country this year," and
prices will be likely to rule low for
the first part of tbe-winter, at least.
Much fruit will undoubtedly be stored
in the hope of a better price later on.
It is important, therefore, to adopt
6uch a plan of storage as will keep tbe
apples eound and plump, and in pos
session of the be&t possible flavor. A
cellar just moist enough to keep the
IDEAL APPLE THAIS..
fruit from evaporating any of its own
juices, and capable of being held at a
low temperature just above the chill
ing point is an almost ideal place for
the storing of apple?. 13 at tbe loca
tion is not all. Large quantities should
not be heaped together, nor should
apples be kept in barrels, bins cr boxes
where the air cannot circulate freely
through them. Any tendency toward
decay is 6ure to be augmented under
such circumstances. The accompanying
illustration is presented na affording
an economical and exceedingly practi
cal method of storing frnit. Trays
with slat bottoms, each three feet
equare, are supported, one above an
other, upon brackets that are nailed
to pieces of upright studding. A suc
cession of this studding with brackets
can extend along the whole side of tho
cellar, or upon two sides, if desired.
The trays can be madeas deep as de
sired, and the frnit can be heaped up
a little. In this way but a small quan
tity of fruit is kept in a mass, and the
air can circulate about each and every
apple. Each tray can bo removed to
a table if it is desired to look the fruit
over for the detection of incipient de-
cay,or when getting ready to pack for
mar net. sucn trays win last lor a
score of years, and can easily be made
ia the home workshop on rainy days.
New York Tribune.
SWEET POTATOES.
In this 1 include, says J. M. Rice,
of Oklahoma, the sugary, juicy varie
ties grown in tne ooutn, which, are
perhaps more properly, designated
yams, and I shall more especially refer
to the methods of raising in the drier
Southwest.
The people of the North have an ob
jection, or, perhaps, as with myself,
it was only a prejudice, against the
6Ugary, juicy varieties. For myself
and family, after becoming accustamed
to them, we very much prefer them,
but this is, of course, a matter of
taste, for both are good.
Our plan for a dry countrv is to
have the ground deeply plowed in the
winter, and then, alter a rain and be
fore planting time, to throw four fur
rows together, but aiming to overturn
all the soil, eo it is in width but three
furrows of our fourteen or sixteen inch
plows. These are gone over with hoe
and rake, leveling the top a little and
smoothing tne sides. A light ram is
preferred planting time, but we do
not always wait for it. The roots of
the plants being well dampened, they
are firmly set in the firm, loose soil,
and a little basin, holding a half-pint,
left around eacn plant. Yater is
poured in, filling the basin, and wheu
soaked away dry soil is drawn around
the plants. A little surface hand cul
tivation is given, then such cultivu
tion with tho horse cultivator, between
the ridges as is needed, and plowing
once with a stirring plow, throwing
the sides of the ridges to the centre,
then back again. Jtor part of our
ground we thus last year filled the
trenches with damp, cbafly ttraw,
tramping it in well, and, while all
were good, those from tbe mulched
ground were a little more even in size,
showing that the dry spells had not
affected the growth of a part.
Plants with heavy foliage and large
roots do best in a dry climate, so the
large sweet potatoes or yams succeed
best here.
THE CnOCCS AS A LAWS FLOWER.
rrettv in any place, tne crocus is
particularly attractive grown in the
lawn, when they do not appear as
having been planted tbero but as just
! hunnAnino in prime rin Vv rhftTifp. Of
: cour3eitwonldbeuseleEStoplantcrocus
m ft awn thafc ig cut earl ith a
(awn mower ; but farmers yards are
not generally kept in this way, ours
i6n't,-and it is a splendid place on the
south Fide of the house for these very
early and cheery blossoms. Tbe grass
being lei t undisturbed until the usual
I time to make hay, the crocuses have a
! chance to crow their leaves and riocn
i lhe bulbs, so they go oa and do well
. jor many jearp.
These bulbs can be planted any time
in the fall before the ground is frozen
' bard, but the earlier this work is done
' tue better, as then the bulbs have a
'"'"I1- " .
II I I . I M
chance to grow somo rools before be
ing frozen in for the winter. Putting"
them direcrly under the cod, us is of
ten advised, I havo never found very
successful. I prefer to cut small hole
into the turf with a sharp trowel, n
little larger than the crocus bulb and
about three inches deep, put in to)
bulb and fill up tbe hole with tomJ'
good garden soil. Sometimes a big
ger place is made and several bulbs set
out, leaving a little epaco betweeu
each bulb, but the single planting i
beft usually, I think. A wcll-growm
bulb will have e:gUt or ten blosEoma
aud make a fins bit of color in the
grass just beginning to grow green.
When tbe dead grass is very Jon,' in
the spring, the crocuses will show to
better advantage, if much of the brown
grass is pulled off, taking pains not to
tread on the points of the crocuscn
coming up. Alio next spring cner
planting, the little holes made iu the
grafs will show somewhat but very'
soon fill up, tbey look bigger than
tbey are, in the winter. If tbe lawn
is kept nicely mowu, crocuses ct out
as described will bloom well the first
spring after planting, but very spar
ingly after that. . Cutting oil th9.
green leaves injures them; tbey are.
however, well worth putting out each,
year. American Agriculturist.
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rXETIXlZEItS. !
t
The greatest saving on tho farm is'
in the ability to buy fertilizers that
are best adapted to tho soil. No two
farms are alike, and for that reason
no formula can be placed beforo
farmers that will provo Fatisfactory
to all. As the majority o! farmer
know but little of chemistry, it is dif
ficult to explain the action of chemi
cals in the coils, and their relation to
the growth of plants. It lias b:eu
but a short period sinco tho discovery,
was mado that tho changes iu tho toil
were duo to tho work of billions of'
bacteria, and that they are of various
kinds, operating under certain con
ditions which best conducted to their
efficiency as natural agents for con
verting the inert substanoo contained'
in the soils into plant food;, and thai
their work is best performed under
the influences of sunlight, air and
moisture, according to tbe work to ba
performed and the kind of plant food
which they naturally provide. Every
year the farmers are brought in con
tact with new theories which upECt
the old, and which they must consider.
knowledge proving of mcalcu'ablo ad
vantage in enabling them to u?o fer
tilizers judiciously, and to secure tho
best results ut the lowest cost.
Experiments show that fertilizers
abounding in nitrogen promote tha
growth of plants which havo abundant
and large foliage, giving that intensel
green tinge so noticeable in thrifty
and healthy plants, but nitrogen must
be reinforced by a proportionate sup-:
ply of potash in tho soil. Fruits and
plants which produce seeds in abun
dance requiro moro phosphoria acid
than that of potash, while root crops,
such as turnip", potatoes, beets, car
rots and parsnips are benefited by
potash. It is important, however, for
the farmer to know something of his
soil, as it may contain an ample sup
ply of potash or phosphoric acid, and
in suca cases ne win require more ni-;
trogen than mineral matter, All soils
which are fertile contain iiabstanccs
which the farmer need not procure,
aud he can effect a saving by using
only such as his soil may require. No
nitrogen is needed if the land has
been in clover, but the sou will bo
benefited by applications of phospho
ric acid and potash.
The fall is the season when lime can
be mo6t profitably used, and in pro
portion, its cost it gives better re
sults on most farm than any other
substance. It should alwiya be used
where a crop or cod is turned under,
as it not only contains within itfclf an
important substanco utilized by
plants, but assists in eflcctin; certain
chemical changes in tho soil by which
plant food is liberated from the bard
substances which otherwise could not
be rendered soluble. Lima his a ten
dency to go downwar Ip, anl In nco it
is only necessary to broadcast it on
tho surface of tho soil, lt has been
acknowledged by scientists and experi
menters that where limo has been used
and assisted by manure and fertilizers
the soil has given satisfactory results
with all kinds of crops, duo probably
to an alkaline condition of the soil be
ing moro favoraplo to tho work of tho
bacteria in changing tho fubstances
existing in the noil into plant food.
In applying fertilizers in tho fall, how
ever, the phosphates and potash silt
should be used, reserving tbo nitro
genous compounds for application ia
the spring. -Farmers' Friend.
Tat Apples Before Kctlrin j.
'Everybody ought to know that the
very best thing no can no is lo eat
apples just before going to bed. The
apple has remarkably efficacious
medicinal properties, lt is an excel
lent brain food, because it has moro
phosphorio acid in eatily digested
bhapo than other fruits. It excites
the action of tbe liver, promotes pound
and healthy sleep, aud thoroughly
disinfects the mouth. It helps tbo
kidnev secretions and prevents cal
culous growths, while it relieve indi
gestion and is one of the bxt preven
tives Known for diseases ol tho throat.
Xo harm can come to cveu a dclic?a
system by tbe eating of ripe and juicy
apples before retiring fcr tho night.
Bulletin of Fbarmacr.