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Charlotte Democrat.
CHARLOTTE. N. C.
The Situation Discussed.
Have Faith in the President.
The large vote in favor of "repeal" in
the House is taken as a death blow to
silver. And the masses of the industrial
classes honestly believe that this is a di.
rect hit at them. Hence these classes do
not, as a rule, share in the general return
of confidence seen in business circles. To
this extent harm is done, and as a farmer
myself I offer the following reflections :
The issue as it stood in the House (on
the Wilson bill) presented the naked
question of repeal, and the debate was
mainly in the absence of President Cleve
land and strongly bitter against him. On
the other band, the Senate bill by Mr.
Yoorhees, opens the question to a wide
discussion, and we begin to see it in a
new light. Meantime, Mr. Cleveland
himself has returned to Washington and
has been in close conference with the
Secretary of the Treasury, and leading
party friends; and already the sky is
brightening. 1, The President and his
Secretary both concur in some measure ot
relief after repeal, and strangely their
very first step is, while stopping silver
coinage under the Sherman law, to secure
the circulation of some $50,000,000 of idle
silver held as Beigniorage. 2, Also the
issue of silver certificates in lieu of nearly
$150,000,000 of Treasury notes. 3, They
both favoi the removal of the 10 per cent
tax on State bank issues, all which clearly
show that the administration is not un
qualifiedly against silver, and that Mr.
Cleveland has no great design against
either the people or the Democratic party.
On the other band it confirms the opinion
of the wisest and best men of all classes
and of all parties that the President is a
wonderfully able statesman and knowB
exactly how to deal with vital questions
in a brave, patriotic and business like
spirit. Now what was the vital issue
here ?
For many years it has been noted that
the extreme fluctuations of the price of
the two great money motals, gold and
silver, caused serious troubles in trade
and commerce, and largely retarded en
terprise and business. This was first
seriously felt in England after the great
Napoleonic wars. Scientific men easily
saw that the old idea of an arbitrary rule
to regulate the parity of the two stand
ards was an absurdity in itself, and full
of danger. England early (1816) decided
for a single standard and chose gold ; but
left the silver standard undisturbed in her
large dependencies in theEaBt. England
soon rallied from her exhaustion ; and by
means of her sound currency and her
marvelous progress in the protected in
dustries, she finally outstripped all her
rivals in both wealth and freedom. In
stead of gold enslaving the masses, Eng
land was the first of the European
countries to pass reform bills, emancipa
tion relief both religious and civic ; and
finally abolished her extreme (corn law)
protection in 1846. The other great com
mercial nations gradually but very cauti
ously followed her example, usually by
commercial custom rather than by statute
law. Even here in the United States
gold waavirtually made the standard as
far back as 1834 ; and during ull the fierce
and noisy struggles between "Old Hick
ory" and the United States Bank, nobody
thought of making Bilver a full legal
tender. It was used almost entirely as a
subsidiary (small change) coin. And
thus as a striking fact, the whole number
of silver dollars coined from the founda
tion of the government in 1789 up to 1878
89 years was only 8,000,000. This,
too, under the idea of a full parity of the
two metals. While, after the supposed
demonetization of silver, the coinage of
the same silver dollar in 15 years from
1878 up to 1893, reached the enormous
sum of $455,000,000.
But now bear in mind that after the
wonderful discovery of both gold and
silver on the Pacific slope, in Africa,
Australia and elsewhere, the two metals
again began to fluctuate often very
suddenly and rapidly just as the one
, metal or the other came to the front, and
just as the stock gamblers siezed upon one
or the other as the game of chance. This
forced other nations and countries to take
aotion. Germany and some others decided
square out for gold, which France, Italy
and a few lesser States, though fully re
cognizing the gold standard, adopted what
is known as the "Latin Union," as a safe
means of protecting their silver. But
India, China, Mexico, South America and
nearly all of the dark and dependent
countries of the world still clung to silver
as the traditional measure of value. And,
in the meantime, again two mighty events
had taken place directly affecting the sil
ver question. (1) The completion of the
Suez canal, with the aid of the mammoth
steamship, the trans continental railway,
the ocean cable, and othor like inventions,
soon brought the whole commercial world
together, and especially for the first time
brought the gold standard people in im-
. mediate business contact with the chief
silver countries referred to. (2) Just
before the eventful period of our great civil
war had come to a successful close for the
Union, and after a hey-day of inflation and
high prices, in 1873, Congress undertook
to arrange for funding and paying the
enormous national debt then hanging over
us. In some unhappy hour and in some
unfortunate way, Congress thought pro-
fer, in revising the innumerable statute
aws of the government, to change the
coinage and currency acts, and formally
adopted the gold standard, as , more con
sonant at the time with the commercial
spirit of the age and the patriotic impulses
of the commercial North. How this was
done, exactly ,and who was responsible,!
never fully appeared. One thing is cer
tain: The country at large hardly knew
the ohange had been made, and the people
all united in the heroic movement to re
sume spocie payments in 1878 9. In the
main, the masses were prosperous prices
well maintained and labor fairly rewarded.
But in the meantime, resumption was a
complete Buccess, government (now) gold
bonds went up enormously, and with the
aid of high protection, and lavish expendi
tures in pensions and endless other ways,
the prosperity, North, East, and West,
seemed unbounded. And now trusts and
combines grew up like mushrooms in a
night; millionaires were made by the thou
sand ; and for a time all "went merry as a
marriage bell." But after so long a time,
the discovery was made that a vast deal
ot the supposed prosperity of the people
was all a notion ; that the gains of labor
and farm products have no proportion to
those of the protected industries, the
holders of stock and bonds, and espec
ially the promoters of trusts and com-,
bines and more especially still the wild
and greedy speculators of Wall street
It was soon found, too, that owing
to the peculiar basis on which our
banking and financial system rested and
the ease with which capital could be con
centrated and cornered, the government
itself was sometimes used in the interest
of those controlling classes. At last
came the cry ot retrenchment and re
form, especially tariff reform, and finally
financial reform. Both movements were
halfhearted, so far aB the main leaders of
the two old parties were concerned. But
in the process of specie resumption, at
least one fact became patent and palpable,
and that was that with a single gold
standard the elasticity of the currency
was not equal to the growing extent of
settled territory, the increase of popula
tion and the immense spread of business.
Discontent arose and it was generally be
lieved to be due to some contraction of
the volume of money. And at first the
call was for greenbacks pure "fiat
money." Hence the rise of the Green
back party. But all sensible and really
honest people at a glance saw the danger
and folly of that sort of so called "cheap
money." And the Green backers lan
guished. But as the fact leaked out that
silver had been somehow demonetized,
the whole country seemed to rise to its
feet, and so the politicians quietly, as
early as l878,attempted to restore faith by
passing the Bland bill, providing for the
coinage of $2,000,000 a month, and this
is a part of the plan of resumption. And
so resumption went forward. But this
Bland measure gave the idea of "free and
unlimited coinage" of the silver metal,
and, on the other hand, awoke the first
symptoms of distrust of our credit and
currency both at home and abroad. I
can refer to two facts straight on this
line. A plain citizen of North Carolina,
then living abroad, wrote at once to his
agent here in Charlotte to call in all his
funds invested here and send them to Eu
rope : and when not colleoted.to require an
extension payable only in gold. In a short
time, this same thing was going on all
over the country: the railroad companies,
the trust companies and all others did it.
Nor was this done with any view of op
pression or extortion. It was an honest
belief of danger ahead. And sure enough
the honest outcry against the time and
method of demonetizing silver way back
in 1873, gathered force and at last orga
nized the farming and laboring classes
almost solidly in favor of the miscalled
"dollar of the daddies." Again the poli
ticians and the mere party leaders under
took to dally with this vital business is
sue. And when the high tariff Republi
cans in 1890 spread their sails for the Mc
Kinley bill, they "threw a tub to the
whale" in the now famous "Sherman
law." Many ill advised Democrats, es
pecially in the State and county conven
tions notably here in North Carolina
had committed themselves to the "Alli
ance demand" of "free silver," without a
single safeguard or restriction. All which
simply sank the Billion Dollar Congress
and the Harrison party to the bottom of
the political sea. But it also sank the
financial character and credit of the
United States government. An utter dis
regard of the rights and international
courtesies due other nations arrayed the
whole world against us; prices fell; diss
trust and insecurity underlie all move
ments; and finally, after the first flush ot
Democratic triumph, with a spurt in
prices, bad passed off, business began to
decline, and the President and bis very
able Secretary of the Treasury found
themselves face to face with the most
widespread panic the civilized world had
ever seen. Here was the profound
problem of a double or a single standard;
here was a clear want of circulation, and
yet 445 millions of silver idle in the
vaults of the Treasury. And here again
the chief leaders of the two old parties are
once more "dodging or hedging," or worse
still, seeking capital for themselves or
their parties. And here came the mar
shaled masses of the silver phalanx,
made up of all parties and sections,
notably of the impoverished West, and
the down-trodden, tax ridden farmers
and planters of the South, boldly "calling
for free and unlimited silver coinage" at
16 to l,a currency only a little over half
its actual value, and soon to decline still
further! Under this widespread, all pre
vailing, deep seated distrust and threat
ened ruin the strongest banks and busi
ness men trembled for safety, and thou
sands went down. And amid all this
desolation there was nothing more sad
and sorrowful than to see the large 'and
well earned fortune of the Hon. Charles
Foster, the able Secretary of the Treasury
under Pres. Harrison disappear ! And yet
there are men, and some great and good
men, who boldly charge that all this
doubt and distraction is the work of an
organized conspiracy of so-called gold
bugs, capitalists, bankers, brokers and
other business men, at the head ot which
these blinded partisans say stand Grover
Cleveland and John G. Carlisle for one
party, and Benjamin Harrison and
Charles Foster for the other.
In the midst of all this nonsense, mad
ness and folly, it seems to me that at
least one man rises to the supreme height
of statesmanship. Ever since I read of
his courageous course in crushing out
fraud and incompetency while mayor of
Buffalo and sheriff of Erie count)', and
afterwards as Governor of New York, I
determined to vote for him regardless of
party. 1 quietly did so in 1888 and
again in 1892. He may be at" heart a
single gold standard Democrat, or it may
be that he only views with just anger
and indignation the wickedness and
blindness of those who would seek to
lead this Anglo-Saxon people to the
poverty and degradation of India, Chiua
and Mexico by an unguarded single sil
ver standard. But in either case I trust
him above all others. And I trust him,
too, moreover, with only the more confi
dence because of bis overwhelming re
sponBibility, and that, too, although I am
myself a qualified bi metalist. But who can
see this complex subject in all its multiform
bearings, both at home and abroad, as
clearly as President Cleveland? And
who knows better than he the wide range
of debate and strife, if once this issue of
the standard is allowed to precede the
vote of repeal? With a clear trained
mind, he realizes that the attempt to
make a "cheap," a depreciated, or even a
doubtful money, lies at the beginning of
our financial troubles, and at least and
last hastened the catastrophe. And with
a true leading eye he saw that immediate
relief could only come through prompt
and unconditional repeal. With the first
fairly secured, all other issues can be
easily discussed. And I am over-rejoiced
that his party in the House has so over
whelmingly sustained him. That vener
able party has made many fatal mistakes,
but it has always stood for the constitu
tion and for the bi-metallism of the con
stitution. Such, too, is its platform. But
that platform also denounces the danger
ous "makeshift" of the Sherman law, and
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so demands repeal, and the restoration of
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with all needed "safe-guards." And there,
I. venture to say, stands Grover Cleve
land. But possibly be and be alone is so
posted and informed as to see a safe way
of reaching the desired goal.All good
men and every true Democrat should
cordially trust him. I speak only as an
aged citizen. I am out of active life and
party politics, but I see hope and safety
in the course here indicated. R. B. .
Xortb Carolina Ifews.
There is general complaint of grass in
the cotton fields. The cotton crop was
laid by as clean as it ever was but the con
tinned wet weather has produced an
abundant crop of grass which is very
troublesome to cotton pickers.
Southern Cabarrus county now has two
Mormon preachers working among the
people. They "are Mormons of the first
water and preach that doctrine. Their
names are C. E. Lay ton and Elder Ernest
A Griffin. The former is from Xayson.
ville, Utah, and the latter from Escalante,
Garfield county, Utah.
A note from Mr. Walter R. Thompson,
who is at the University, informs The
Landmark that there are, by actual count,
340 students there. A minister of the
gospel in this county has applied for a
position as storekeeper and gauger. In
his application to the collector he states
that he is a minister. StatesvilU Land
mark.
Wo have been handed an old paper, the
Hornets Nest, published in Charlotte in
1850. It is full of interesting and to us
curious items. Among other things we
notice an advertisement of the Paper
Mills near hear which were then operated
by George Mosteller, also Messrs. W. R.
& E. S. Edwards advertisement of the
Lincolnton Cupola Furnace. Lincoln
Courier.
Mr. R. J. Cobb left a stalk of cotton at
our office Saturday, to show how the wet
weather had been damaging the crop.
The stalk was well fruited with grown
bolls, but many of them had just cracked
open enough to take in the water and
cause the lint to rot. If the crop gener
ally has been served that way in this
county it is going to be very short,
Greenville Reflector.
Preparation for starling operations in
the new Trenton Cotton Mill at Gastonia,
are being pushed rapidly. The mill
building is completed, two boilers are
being placed and the remainder of the
equipment is daily arriving. The equip
ment will consist of 3000 spindles and the
product will be warps. The officers of
the company are : Geo. U. Reagan,
president ; T. C. Pegram, secretary and
treasurer, and Geo. Gray, superintendent.
The company organized by Mr. F. Dill
ing several months ago at King's Moun
tain, has commenced work on its plant.
Ground has been secured and the store
house is finished, several tenement houses
built and the foundation of the mill build
ing is being laid. It is to be two stories
high, 191x84 feet. Engine, boiler and
slasher-rooms will be adjoining. The
equipment will be 5000 spindles and 250
looms. Machinery will probably be
ordered from the Lowell (Mass.) Machine
Shop, and the product will bo white goods.
The Salisbury Herald reports that one
of the clerks at the freight depot dis
covered a large flock of young partridges
yesterday and called upon one of the
colored men to help him capture them.
When nearly all the birds had been
caught a colored women appeared on the
scene and wanted to know what was go
ing to be done with her little guineas.
The young man had both coat pockets
and bis handkerchief filled but readily
unloaded them and went back to his work
wiser than when he stt rted the chase.
Jim Cutting, known to everybody in
this county and section, wae drowned
while bathing in the creek at Crott's
bridge, near Lexington, Sunday evening,
about I o'clock. It is supposed that,
getting in water over bis depth, he became
strangled and drowned. He was in the
water alone. A large party from town
was organized and went in search for his
body, which was recovered about 5 o'clock
the same evening. Jim was one of the
smallest men that ever lived in the State.
He was three feet high and weighed only
70 pounds. He was 42 years old. Lex
ington Dispatch.
From all parts of the county comes the
report that the corn crop is damaged a
great deal by the recent freshet. The
prospect for a large crop was good until
the last rains. Mr. A. N. Corpening
tells us that a few weeks ago he was split
ting a piece of lumber and in the middle
of it be found a minnie ball. The lumber
bad been sawed several years and he was
just splitting it up for kindling wood
when he found the ball. The wood was
perfectly sound and no signs of how the
ball got in there could be seen. It must
havo been shot in the tree when it was
very small. Lenoir Topic.
Fine Corn. Mr. I. B. Rhodes Bhowed
us some ears of corn yesterday that wou'd
rival any in the river bottoms of this or
any other State. It was raised at his
place about two miles from the city on
the Newbein road. He has twenty-three
acres of corn, and good judges say it will
produce seventy bushels to the acre.
This means to say that the twenty-three
acres will produce 1,610 bushels. Mr.
Rhodes estimates that the yield will be at
least fifty bushels per acre. He tells us
that the cultivation cost him exactly
$100.06. It was fertilized with tbo blood
and scrapings from his butcher pen.
Wilmington Messenger.
One good fortune to come from the rains
is the best crop of crab grass we have ever
seen. It is now in good mowing condition
and farmers are making hay by the whole
sale Mr. E. Gant, of Clairmont, sent us
a few days ago a fine sample of rice of his
own growing. There is a great deal of it
growing in the county this year, and as a
general thing it is very promising.
Farmers don't appear to be preparing as
much land for wheat this fall as usual.
The dry weather prevented an early start
at plowing and the low price of wheat will
tend to reduce the acreage. But we notice
that greater pains than usual are being
taken in preparing the land Newton
Enterprise.
The first appearance of peanuts in
mercantile history was a consignment of
ten bags sent from Virginia to New York
for sale in 1794. In 1892 the product was
2,600,000 bushels.
$9 France is to have a light-house on
her coast with an electric light of forty
million candle power. It will be seen
sixty-three miles.
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Southern Factory Labor.
The continued growth of manufactures
in the South reveals the tact that the ma
terial for the production of skilled ; white
labor is abundant in the native popula
tion. Nowhere in the United States is
the labor more, contented or more compe
tent than that now employed in the pro
duction of coarse cotton goods in the pied
mont region. The success of each effort
to make finer goods than bad before been
made in the Sooth attest the fact that the
Southern laborer is quick to acquire both
the knowledge and skill to make progress
in the art of cotton manufacturing.
It is reasonable that it should be so. In
the early part of this century this section
led in manufactures in the United States.
In 1810 the manufactured products of Vir
ginia, the Carolinas and Georgia exceeded
in quality and in value those of all the
New England States taken together.
Those people who are now learning to spin
and to weave are the decendants of the
mechanics of those days and there is nat
urally an inherited capacity to acquire
skill as mechanics.
This was once the gold producing region
of the United States. It was also an im
portant iron producing region, and the
day was when iron was made at no great
distant from Charlotte that found a mar
ket in Boston.
We are acquiring again something of
the thrift of the generation of our grand
fathers, and we have about reached the
point where we Can again find in Boston
a market for products made in this section
by the skill of native labor and with na
tive raw, materials.
All this is very encouraging. In stands
to reason that the labor of this section will
continue to improve and advance, which
means that investments made here and
hereabouts will continue in the future as
in the past to make good returns, indeed
in the matter of cotton spinning and weav
ing better returns than any other section
can show. We have cheap raw materials
in several lines of manufactures and an
excellent climate, but the facility with
which our native population become skill
ed mechanics is one of our most important
resources Fayetteville Observer.
Just Like a Populist.
The Washington correspondent of the
Richmond Dispatch says: Congressman
Jerry Simpson, of Kansas, who on Mon
day last denounced at Chatham, Va.t the
Democrats of the House for passing a bill
allowing each member of that body a
clerk, and who was forced by Congress
man Marshall to admit that he had ap
pointed a clerk himself, certainly "put
his foot in it," to use a common expres
sion. Not only does the "Sockless Jerry"
have a clerk, but it is not publicly known
who acts in that capacity for the man
from "Bleeding Kansas."
One of the main 'objections to the
proposition when it was passed, was that
in a body having such a, large member,
ship there would be many men disposed
to appoint their wives or their sons as
clerks, and simply pocket the $100
allowed per month during the session
of Congress. It is known, as a rule,
who the clerks are to members, but
it seems to be past finding out who is in
the employ of Jerry Simpson. The infor
mation is not obtainable at the office of the
Clerk of the House, or at the post office.
It is an easy matter generally to ascertain
the names of the clerks. For instance,
they can tell you at the post office who
are acting as clerks to the Virginia mem.
bers, because the men are here, and they
daily get their mail at the post office.
They are well-known men, and. there is no
secrecy about their appointment. But it
cannot be learned that Jerry Simpson
has appointed anyone whose name he
makes public. Jerry himself draws the
$100 per month, but until he announces
who gets this money it comes with bad
grace for him to be attacking Democrats
for passing the bill. A member if he
were disposed to do so, could easily pocket
the amount by turning in the name of bis
wife or his son, and they might, or might
not, do any work. Jerry may or may
not have a man outside of his family for
his clerk, and is so brisk in making fool
ish charges in Virginia against Demo
crats, it his been suggested here that he
either say less or give up his own clerk
if he thinks the practice is such a bad
one.
Acute Articular Rheumatism.
Attacks of rheumatism in some of the
joints are so common and often so painful
and protracted that a discussion of its.
treatment, which recentlv appeared in the
European edition of the Herald, will be of
interest to many sufferers.
The treatment recommended by M.
Albert Robin is intended to relieve the
pain, to bring back the swollen joints to
normal and healthy state, and to correct
the anaemic condition of the patient
created by the attack.
During the period of the rheumatic
pains he directs that salicylate of sodium
should be given in doses of four grammes
a day, according to the following formula:
Syrup of orange flowers, 80 grammes,
Distilled water, 120 grammes
Salicylate of sodium, 4 grammes.
One tablespoonful every two hours.
During the second period, when the
painful symptoms have diminished, iodide
of potash is most advantag ous. Id
should be given in increasing daily doses
of 0.50, 0.75 or 1 00 gramme at the most,
in water or syrup of sarsaparilla.
Finally, in the third stage of the malady,
when all pain has ceased and the patient
needs to be strengthened and recuperated,
iodide of iron is commonly indicated as a
proper tonic. JS. Y. Herald.
Space has a Value. Some people
act as if they think it does not cost any
thing to put a line of type in a newspa
per. It does, though, and if tor the bene
fit of an individual, be should be willing
to pay for it. If no one else pays for it,
the owner of the newspaper does. Space
in a newspaper is the owner's stock in
trade. He can no more afford to give it
away than a grocer his groceries, or a
haberdasher his haberdasnery, or a baker
bis bakeries, or an oysterman bis oysters.
He has it tor rent, and he can no more
afford to furnish it free than a landlord
can furnish . rent free. Chester (Pa)
Times.
HF The executive committee of the
World's Fair directors has definitely
settled the closing of the Exposition by
deciding that October 31st shall be the
last day. Another 20 per cent, dividend
was ordered on the bonded debt, making
a total ot 70 per cent, of $4,450,000. The
committee estimates that it will have
$500,000 surplus on November 1st after
payment of the bonded and floating
debt. This will be applied on the $11,
000,000 stock and bonds of the city of
Chicago.
N. C Weather Cron Bulletin
Cbntbal OirricE, Raleigh, N? O.
'" Raliigh, Sept. 25th, 1893.'
5 The ' reports of correspondents of the
Weekly Weatner urop xuiieiin ior me
week ending Monday, September 25th,
1893, indicate that the weather during the
week was very favorable. The days have
been warm and dry, witn aounaant sun
shine, and the nights not unusually cool
for the season. Cottou has certainly
opened with remarkable rapidity. The
prospects are that the entire crop will be
gathered earlier than usual this season.
Harvesting ot peas ana rice in progress.
Irish and sweet potatoes and turnips are
in good condition.
Eastern District The weather during
the past week has been all that could be
desired warm and brigbt.wlth very little
rains. These conditions have beeu very
favorable for cotton, which has greatly
improved, is opening rapidly and being
picked everywhere, except in northern
and eastern portions. Turnips and
fotatoes are good, but need a little rain,
eas are being gathered. Much corn was
lost by freshets on the Roanoke, especial
ly on the Penitentiary farms, but the
amount cannot be estimated yet. Har
vesting of rice is in progress, and peanut
digging begun.
Central District. The weather was fine
for farm work, for picking cotton, saving
fodder and bay and curing tobacco.
Cotton is opening rapidly in most sections.
Curing tobacco is progressing during the
clear weather.and the crop is undoubtedly
below the average. Sweet potatoes, peas
and turnips very good generally. " Sowing
oats is going on and land is being prepared
for wheat.
Western District. The weather in this
section for the past week has been favor,
able for curing fodder and hay, and
especially for picking cotton. Scarcely
any rain has fallen during the week.
Cotton-picking is far advanced, and cotton
will probably all be open by the 15th of
October. Plowing for fall seeding is the
order of the day. The ground is a little
dry for breaking stubble. Tobacco is
being cured. In the northern part of the
district the thermometer registered 45
degrees the morning of the 18th, and cool
nights have followed. Occasional showers
will prevail during the early part of the
coming week and the weather will he
much cooler Wednesday and Thursday,
and slightly warmer the latter part.
fl. B. BATTLE, Pa D., Director.
C. F. von Herman, Assistant Director.
Roscok Nunn, Assistant.
Our Way of Living;.
It seems to matter but little what the
income of the average individual may be,"
there are so many demands upon it that
the wonder is that there is anything left
after the necessary obligations have been
met. W bichever way one turns there are
calls and needs and temptations and ne
cessities, until, in one way and another, the
trifle left after rent and big bills are paid
is frittered away -in little things which
custom and habit have brought into daily
it not hourly use.
And at first glance we see no other way
out of the difficulty and feel that we must
get along as best we can and be thankful
if we can come out even at the end of the
year. But when we come to look more
closely into the subject we find ihat the
problem is not so unsolvable after all and
that there are ways.and very pleasant and
comfortable ones at that, in which we may
live more at our ease and with much less
worry and wear and tear of mind and body
than in the ways to which we have grown
accustomed.
One of the greatest errors ot living is
the enormous consumption of meats of all
sorts and the absence of that branch of
culinary skill which enables the house
keeper to take advantage of the general
liking for the little delicacies of life and
to make something relishable out of the
bits of food which are, as a rule, thrown
away or wasted.
Take the meat bill out of the sum total
of expenditure, and there would be a
wide margin left for other and more tooth
some daintier, and mankind would have
better health and better tempers as well
as a most significant surplus standing to
their credit. iVT. Ir. Ledger.
Water from the Jordan River.
Of all strange things that pass through
U. S. Custom Houses from time to time
perhaps none has, pf late years, attracted
so much attention as seven barrels of
water from the baptismal pool of the
Jordan River. This remarkable ship
ment was consigned by United States
Counsul at Jerusalem to the Jerusalem
and the Crucifixion Panorama, on Wa
bash Avenue, Chicago, where.it has just
been delivered.
Eight large casks were started by
camel train over-land from the Jordan to
Joppa, theJoppaof Bible days, but one
camet with its burden was lost by falling
over a rocky precipice, so but seven
barrels reached their destination. The
announcement of the arrival of this ship
raent by the New York and Chicago
papers brought scores of people to the
great Panorama, all anxious to procure
some of this remarkable liquid, some
wanted it for healing purposes, some as
souvenirs, others for baptismal ceremo
nies. Mr. Gross, the manager of this re
markable and enterprising religious ex
hibition, said the idea of the importation
was to pnsent at stated time small
bottles of this water to visitors to Ibis
magnificent religious Exhibition, which
comprises not only the panorama of
Jerusalem and the Crucifixion, but also
the world famous painting, "Christ's
Triumphal Entery Into Jerusalem "
CiT" Travellers southward reach the
candied sweet potato region in southern
Virginia or northern JNorth Carolina, and
when a Northerner has once been per
suadded to taste this product of netrro
culinary skill he usually becomes fond of
it. xne potatoes are nrst boiled, and
then, having been sliced, are fried, with
the addition of considerable sugar. When
properly cooked the slices are almost like
translucent amber. The sweet potato pie
is another form in which Southern cooks
prepare the sweet potato. It correannnria
to the pumpkin pie of New England.
Sunbeam.
SfThe remains of James K. Polk the
tenth Pi-Anirlnnt nf i ha TTnWorl C. i
- - wut.u uuiicb, auu
those of his wife, have been removed from
the tomb on the old Polk estate at Nash-
ville. Tenn. nnH inlarpal ir. L C . -
, . , . .us . vv. I L. iUO oittlo
Capitol grounds of Tennessee.
t& M Senatorial courteitv" ii
gin when there were no Tellers or Stew
arts in the Senate. Men of that type
have transformed it into discourtesy to-
Hezekiah's Surprise.
"Wal, Hiram, if this don't beat all
Ti, nid wav for doctors was 'kill er euro,
but here I've f.und a piece in this here
newspaper where a doctor offers 'cash er
cure It's ter catarrn i i wisn we uau
it I'd like to try him ! Jest listen,
II i ram 1 The proprietors of Dr. Sage's
Catarrab Remedy offer a reward of $500
for any case of catarrh which they cannot
cure." That beats all lotteries nonow
The medicine costs 50 cents your ca
tarrbis cured, er you get $500 1 Where's
my natr I m going ngnt over io neigu
bor Brown's, to show bim. I never want
ed to get within ten foot of bim before,
but if it is the cure of bis catarrh, I guess
I can eland it one't." Sold by druggists.
2f The entire list of thirty-tour ap
plicants for license to practice law stood
their examinations successfully before
the Supreme Court and were duly
granted license to practice law.
The following are the successful appli
cants: L C Carter, Wilkes; HP Greer, Iredell;
A L Brooks, Person; H H Covington,
Cumberland; D L Russell, Jr, New Han
over; J W Ferguson, Haywood; J H Mar
tin, Buncombe; H A Fousbee, Person;
John L Rendlcman, Rowan; J B Perkin
son, Florida; M L Halcorabe, Haywood;
Wra P Blair, Pennsylvania; H S Ward,
Hertford; J S B Stevens, Buncombe; J A
Wellons, Johnstown; Wm ADevin, Gran
ville; Thornwell Lanier, Granville; Jas
H Johnson, Cumberland; Cbas O Mc
Michael, Guilford; C .E Turner, Iredell;
A G Mangura, Durham; Isaac E Avery,
Burke; Thos C Daniels, Craven; Fred A
Green, Durham; J F Musselwhite, Cum
berland; J C Linney, Alexander; D M
Hardy, Wayne; Howard Jay Herrick,
Edgecombe; John M Morgan, Johnston;
William r Hubbard, bampson; Uorge r
Butler, Sampson: Willie L Baird, Bun
combe; Solomon Gallert, Rutherford; W
McCarthy, Craven.
Out op Her Line. Harry St. Ledger
My dear, won't you sew on this button
before you go out?
His New Wife The cook may possi
bly do it for you, but please bear in mind
you married a typewriter, not a sewing
machine. rom Judqs.
BucKien s Arnica Salve.
The best Salve in the world tor cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores, tetter, chapped hands, chilblains,
corns, and all skin eruptions, and posi
tively cures piles, or no pay required. It
is guaranteed to give per rfect satisfaction,
or money refunded. Price 25 cents per
box. For sale by Jordan & Scott, whole
sale Drug store, and at Burwell & Dunn,
wholowale and retail.
THE LAYING
OP THE
ATLANTIC CABLE
Was completed July 27, 1866
You an completely lay all competition cold by
purchasing (if you buy to sell at retail)
your goods from the
RED FLAG BEE HIVE.
Our buyer has attended every forced sale in New
York for weeks pitt and e c oped io from
the railure-i merchandize of eve
ty desciiption at prios
- which will av
erage Fifty per cent, below their real value
VISIT
THE BEE HIVE
And look through. We will give
you quotations in every
line at panic
Prices.
:o:
Solid Colored t'alicoea at FOUR and FIVE cts.
GINGHAMS,
Very b st Drets styles, at 4 ct, 5 cts. and up
The Ixst and finest line of
DESS GOODS
We have ever cirried. CASHMERES,
WOOL SERGES. SILK FltflS iED HENRI
ETTAS. -:o:-
CLOTHING,
From sales of a B ink upt, at less than ori
ginal cost of producii n. Begi ning with
BOYS' KNEE PANTS
At TEN CEXT3 a pur, which cost to make
them double the money, we go on to a
very fine line of CLOTHING
of every description.
THE MEN'S SUITS
We offer at $2 98, are Wool, not
Satinett. Our Suits at $9.98,
were formerly sold lor $15.
:o:
We are receiving a full line of
LADIES' SHOES.
Wbioh we offer at 50 and 75 cents The 75 cent
Shoe is aa solid hs rock Bolton's Misses Peb
ble Ooat, with low heels. School thoes. which
were sold by Messrs Gry & Barnhardt, at $2 00
and $2 50, we offer at 98 cent and $1 15.
Full line of LADIES FINE SHOES, made
by Bolton & Hayes, and Partridge shoes Co, at
j ust half price
Strong Carroll' Hand Sewed Calf 8hoes for
gentleman, former price f 6 00, we ofler at $2 98.
LAD I LS' VESTS,
Special diive in this line, from 4 cts up to very
finest and best Wool goods
WHIP FACTORY "BURSTED."
Here is the result WHIPS we offer at Frvs
cent". Very best Whalebone Whip at 40 cents.
Can save you 25 per cent . on
JEANS PANT GOODS.
Just received a big lot from mercantile failure in
Winston
VISIT
THE BEE HIVE ! !
AND LOOK THROUGH.
"There's Money in It."
J. D. COLLINS.
Sept. 15, 1893. -
1 he following is the comparative
statement for tho week ending Sep 29
22..
Net receipts at m U S. ports,
Tout receipts to date.
Exports for the week.
Total exports to this date,
8tock in all D. S. ports,
Stock at all interior towns.
95 667
45,794
-3.627
324 334
34,859
1.034, 00)
Stock iu Liverpool,
American afloat ' for
Great Britain,
34,
30,000
, Total Visible Supply of Cotton.
New York, Sept. 23. The total v
ble supply of cotton for the ttn-u
are American, against 2,578 234
2,149,534 bales respectively last je
ReceiDts of cotton this week ot .1. F
terior towns 74,105 bales. ReceiDtsfrn
256,661 bales.
Rubber and Leather Belting,
we nave a large siocx ana complete la
ment of sizes of Kubber Belting on hand 7
rant every foot we sell and guarantee our nri!!
..iinl anil TTmiao smith nt Rallimn...
- HAMMOND & JCSTlc?
Oct. 17. 1892
HARDWARE!'
Hardware.
HAMMOND & JUSTICE
WIiaIxuuIh nnH Tip tail rifllora nnm i,.
,1 " uaT inn
stock of all Goods in their line Hardware Cm!
lery, Iron. Nails, Carriage and Wacron Mt-w
- Merchants of the surrounding conntrv h
oniy w kivo "w o De convinced tint
they are selling Hardware hh low as anv Bona
Charlotte Oct. 17. 1892
The "Oliver Chilled Plow,
The Best in the World.
HAMMOND & JUSTICE are now a om.
for this celebrated Plow, and carrv a full atn.-i
ot all extras for same, such as Points Mnnir
rjoarus, janusiuer, ooua, xc., anu are seVine
very ciose.
We also have a large stock of Pittsbunr 8tei
Plows, Single and Double Iron Foot Plot
Stocks, at Itock Bottom prices.
UAHMOJN1) & JUSTICE.
Oct. 17. 1892
ICE WATER.
KEEP COOL!
We will have in our store for the comfort ami
convei ience of our friends and customers every
aay, except ounaay,
IC3 WATER,
and we cordially invite every one to call and Kt
us and get a cool drink of water
WE HAVE, ALSO, THE MOST
COMPLETE STOCK
OF
Hardware, Cutlery, Gim
AMMUNITION,
Carnage, and Wagon Material,
Wood ware, and Queenwareinthe South.
Call and see ua and get a cool drink of witet
and buv from us env goods in our line that jot
may need. We will promise to sell as Iowa
Huy one else and as low as tne lowest.
BROWN. WEDDINGTON & CO ,
29, East Trade Street
June 2. 1893.
PATENTS.
J. R LITTELL,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR
IN PATENTS,
Trade-Mark, and Copyright Ci
OPPOSITE PATENT OFFICE,
WASHINGTON, D. C.
Over twelve years experience. . American uf
Foreign patents, Caveats, and all business ansa
under the patent laws promptly and carefait
prosecuted. Rejected cases accorded epecM
attention.
WRITE FOR INFORMATION
Upon receipt of model or sketch of inventlo,
x aavise as to patent anility without charge
May 12, 1893
UNIVERSITY
OF
NORTH CAROLINA
EQUIPMENT Faculty of 25 teacben,
buildings, 7 scientific laboratories, library 01
UUU volumes, 310 students.
INSTRUCTION 5 general courses ; 8 twf
courses; professional courses inlaw, medw
engineering and chemistry ; optional course!
EXPENSES Tuition, $00 per year. School
mips ana loans lor the needy. Address
PREaTfYRNT WINSTON.
June 30, 1893 Chapel Hill. M.t!
CHAMBER SUITE
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Have you a bedroom in your house that im
perfect to your tatte in Furni ure and Fixj
If you have, I want to say to you that there
good reason why it should remain so I wt
never shown such an attractive line of
CHAMBER FURNITURE
before. Attractive in design and workm01
and doubly attractive in price.
Remember mvirooda are all made m tael
cuieuiuei uiygooaB are an ninuc m -
most correct styles by manufacturers '
w no superiors in the special lines 1 U.J
anu 1
know
vour trade on business
nrinciDies.
r - 1 UBI't
do eisewueis, -
prove this statement I only ask you le:
my goods before you make your purcbMtf
then decide 101 yourself. I do not i" -suit
of your decision. r,r
BURGESS NICHOIA
Furniture
June 9, 1893.
BEST IN THE
FOR A SONG.
Boy's lace bals.cap toe. neat and g00'
DDTno 1 on
1; uivu v gf
Same shoe, men's sizes. $125 "m
say there is more value iu inese auLeaeitf
be bad in any pan 01 me wuuuj - tVn
are neat and well made; then you knff J y,
. t : A ttmW .11 bind Of peOP'
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