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The St. Johns herald., 1890-03-20
"One Year of Harrison"

The country has had one year of
 Benjamin Harrison to-day. How does the country find itself on the anniversary? Not better, certainly.
 Wages have not advanced. Farm products bring no better prices. Living is not easier to any human being who must earn a living by toll. The army of the unemployed is not diminished. Commerce is not more active. Nobody is better off in fact or in prospect except the monopolists who paid for this in capables election, and whose ser
 wants he and his Congressional sup porters are. The surplus which a year ago seemed about to compel a reduction of taxation has been swept away in extravagance,a ,and, instead of reducing, the dominant party in Congress is planning to increase the peoples burdens. The civil service has been again prostituted to the qpoilsmen from whose foul embraces it had partially escaped. The scandal of Wanamaker in the Cabinet by purchase and drum ming for his shop among the Pan- American delegtes humiliated a self-respecting people. The alliance with two monarchies for the exploi- tation of Samoa, and the long re- fusal to welcome the Republic in Brazil, have deeply wounded Amer ican sentiment. The shameful pro- lection of Dudley, the scandalous iury-packing in Florida. the infa- nous dicker by which Warmoth is made the official representative of the administration in Louisiana, the dissertation of Liberty Island, the Bowling Green job, the farming out of patronage to Platt-all these and a score of like things have made the first year of this administration more shameful than any year or  any other administration has ever been. And what do the people think of Harrison himself? No newspa- per of any party and no member of Congress ever mentions him as a possible candidate for reelection at the end of his term. Nobody speaks with respect of his administration or of himself as 6 man of ability or influence even in his own party. In one year he has ruined his own political prospects by incapacity and gross unfaithfulness; in an other he will ruin the prospects of his party as well.-N. Y. World.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-03-20

Scientific farming in Italy is to be undertaken this year by a com pany owning capital of S20,000,- GOO. If the operations prove sue cessful the old wooden plow, pulled by oxen, that has held the field since an era before the Roman C@- sars, will probably have to go.- New York Sun.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-03-20
Miscellaneous Items.


 New beds of guano have been dis covered on the coast of Peru which it is estimated will yield 1, 100000 tons of excellent quality.
 Recent discoveries made by the use of the spectroscope show that all the heavenly bodies appear to be composed of the same chemical ele- ments.
 It is claimed by practical scien- lists as a demonstrated fact that the material development of the United States has been in almost coinci- dence with the growth of our pa- tent system.
 Experts are still figuring on the number of bales last years cotton crop contained, As the season is now very fate and the great bulk of the crop Is marketed, those who de. vote attention to such things can estimate it's size with a considera- ble degree of accuracy, and their figures differ but little, 7,425,O0O bales being the favorite number.- Louisville COurier-JOurnal.
 Captain Zalinski, of pneumatic gun fame, is now engaged, accOrd- ing to the Manchester Courier, "up- on the production of quick firing gun similar to the Hotchkiss six and three pounder guns, but to dis charge shells filled with blasting ge- latine. If such a weapon can be devised capable of being quickly aimed and used with accuracy, it will be hopeless for any topedo boat to attack a large ship.
 Hydraulic power is now being applied to the manufacture of seam- less steel boats. These boats are claimed to be proof against the de- structive influences of shower and sun, and to be much more durable and reliable than the ordinary wooden boats. Though made of steel, the weight will not be greater than that of wooden boat of the same size, and the buoyancy will consequently be not less. Itis con- tended that in every respect the seamless steel boat will be superior to the wooden one, and the cost of the one will not be materially great CT than that of the other,
 The question involved in the problem of air navigation is regard ed by MT. E. N. Lewis as simply one of increasing power without in- creasing the weight of the appara- tus by which the power is applied. The supposition that the vehicle must be lighter than the air on which experiment has mostly pro- ceeded, is a mistaken one. "A bird can fly, not because it is compara- paratively light in weight (for it is not), but because it is strong" The successful air ship will be large structure, very light in weight com pared with its strength, but many times heavier than the air 1t dis places, and propelled by machinery capable ot developing enormous nous power. ''The skill which has produced the modern bicycle will not find the task of designing such q structure too difficult-Popular Science Monthly,
The St. Johns herald., 1890-03-20
"The Breaking Up of Cid Ideas.'i

The proposal of the President oi
 the Chicago and Alton railroad that
 the Federal Government buy up, or
 by right of eminent domain take, all the railroads in the country that
 are engaged in interstate traffic,
 seems to be as serious as 1t is strik- ing; and It illustrates, in one way,
 the drift of popular thought in the
 direction of the principle of Bella my's Nationalism-that is, the state socialism which Bismarck and Elm peror William are toying with. President Blackstone's proposition is made from the point of view of a business man, not theorist. But 1t would not have been possible had not the socialistic tendencies of the time familiarized everybody with principles of government interfer- ence and ownership which but little while ago were denounced by every sound thinker. The ground on which he bases his recommenda- ton Is that railroad legislation has made the business so difficult and unproftable that there is nothing left short of Government ownership and the operation of the roads on public account, not for profit, but for the accommodation of the peo- pie. He takes, of course, much too gloomy a view of the outlook and apparently attributes the present unsatisfactory condition of railroad business to the wrong cause. How ever, that is of little consequence, since his plan will get no attention except as an indication of the dis ruption of old ideas of government functions. As such it is significant and somewhat ominous.-Provi- dence Journal.
 The control of the railroads by the General Government Is but-an= other phase of the centralization theory that is now apparently find ing so much favor. This is clearly apparent in the proposition Of the President of the Chicago and Alton road, as he advocates the depriva- ton of the different States to regu- late traffic within their respective borders, which is as clearly against the Constitution as the other pet hobbies of the centralizationists. The placing of the control of the railroads in the hands of the Fede- ral Government would be very dangerous move, but nevertheless it is apparent that sooner or later some such attempt will be made, ;,s it is becoming yearly more evident that the money kings of Wall street and other financial centers of the country have a greater influence in the control of the Government than is salutary for the rights of the masses of the people.-New Orleans Picayune.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-03-20
The SeminOleS' Jag.

! When band or family of Semi 7 nole Indians decide to get drunk
 they send to the nearest market fol
 the necessary liquor. In spite oi
 the law forbidding the sale of intox- Iicants to Indians, they have no ] difficulty in finding white agents willing to procure the stuff for them. It is, indeed, stuff, and that of the vilest character, though tor 1t the Indians are made to pay double the price of the best quality.
 With the liquor in their posses sion, the Indians retire to some re- mote spot, where their orgies will not be witnessed by any save them selves, and deliberately prepare for their spree. They first set aside a share of the "nre-water" for the sQuaws, who will not touch drop of it until their lords have finished their[debauch. All guns, knives, and other weapons are then placed in charge of the squaws, or, if there are no women in the party, they are delivered to one of the men, for whom a c0rtain amount of liquor is reserved. While the rest are drunk, this guardian ot the peace must re- main sober and keenly watchful of the actions of his friends. Should he prove unfaithful to his trust, he will be exiled from the tribe, and no Indian will hold communication with him for the term ofmonths or years during which his exile is en- forced. While the debauch of his companions lasts, he is absolute master of the situation, and is at liberty to use any amount of force, even to the taking of life, to repel an attempt to regain possession of the weapons. If they are left with squaws the same rule holds good for them.
 The preparations being thus com  pleted, the Indians, using one small tin-cup, which is impartially hand ed from one to another, proceed to get solemnly, funnily, furiously, and stupidly drunk. The next day it is the turn of the squaWs or of the man who has stood guard, and they, too, taste the joys and sorrows of complete intoXication. Fortunately for them, as we'll as for their neigh bors, such orgies are of rare occur renee among Indians. They gener- ally take place at the time of the Green Corn Dance, their great an nual festival, which is held late in June or early in July. At this time, the Seminoles indulge in games, dances, feasting, purifcation by means of "sweats" or vapor-baths, and, above all, in drunkenness. An Indian once described the festival to me as: "Plenty dance, plenty eat, plenty whisk, plenty drunk, all same white mans Kismas. ."-Scrib- ner's for March.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-03-20

The Chicago Herald announces that, with the exception of five companies, all the refining and smelting companies of the United States have formed a trust, with a capital of $25,OOO,O0O, of which $15,O 5,OO0,OO0 is to be common stock, and the remaining preferred.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-03-20

Aluminium (99 per cent pure) is now quoted at $4 a pound. It is not long since 1t was $11. Just what it costs to make has not yet been disclosed, but there is reason to believe that if the price should run down 10 S1 there would still be a manufacturers proft.-EIectrical Review.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-03-20
Chile Colorado.

I A servile trucking to the eternal epilepsy of things is not character istic of the average Mexican mo- menclature. A race whose men habitually totter under such titles Joseph Mary Jesus Yrisarri, Mary Ann Trinity of the Cross Gallegos, and the like, cannot be expected to hit the terminological and sempi- ternally upon the head. But when 1t comes to calling the national dish unseemly names, the libel lawshould take hand. Chilly Colorado, in deed That might do as title for the Tencentennial State just to the north of us; but for the ruby pep per of the southwest. 1t Is away out of season. It is only nominally, l may remark, that poignant pod ever is "out of'' season. The imagina- ton which coined the name must have belonged to the unfettered soul who sent back to Yuma for his blankets.
 shall never forget our first meet ing. I had waded through fifteen miles of waist-deep snow from San Antonito, and just at sunset fell across the threshold of Ramon Ar rera's 'dobe house in the mouth of TUeras Canyon, Too tired to stand, SO starved that the last coyote had taken square look at my face and fled up the canyon for dear life, l slumped upon roll of blankets and watched pretty Perdita prepar- ing supper. Nothing but a pot of cofe and huge platter of stewcd tomatoes. Evidently I was des- tined to go to bed hungry. I'm no tomato-can. But I drew up to the table with the rest, and adopted a quart of those tomatoes-which, as I now saw, included q liberal sup ply of meat in wee chunks. A fun my way to cook tomatoes-but l dipped in my big iron spoon and swallowed half-a-gill at a gulp. Help Fire Murder! 1 was poi soned assassinated Done 10 death by the treacherous Greasers.
 left Juan to right the table and help Perdita evict the contents of the platter from her lap, while I sought to extinguish myself in friendly snowbank in the arroyo, But not all the hydrants east of the Missouri could have put me out. The roar of the confagration with in drowned shrieks of devilish hi larity from the house, where those fiends were exulting over my un- timely taking off; and l had to run to keep up with the snow, which shrank and disappeared before my ardent advance.
 Presently Juan caught up with me, holding his sides.
 Yes p I howled, it is very fun ny to you to see bright young life cut off in the first flush of it's youth ful beauty with your Rough on Rats and tomatoes But your triumph shall be brief! We will all die to- gether!" and I unlimbered my SIX shooter
 When Juan could articulate, he said Pero, senor! Hold not fear ! No es tomates-es chile colorado pepper, calls himself in Ingles. Poco tiempo he no hurt you"
 I slept that night on an empty but not lonesome stomach, and a solemn VOW never to touch chile again. I dreamed that I was a vol cano in active eruption, and that Perdita was stoker.-Time.
 The great Forth bridge, over
The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1890-07-08
Some Church Notes.

Four new scholars were enrolled in the
Central Methodist Sunday school, and
the services Of the day were very inter
esting.
There were three hundred and eighty
two scholars in the Baptist Tabernacle
Sunday school on Sunday, and three
persons received the right hand of fell
lowship.
There is a very perceptible decrease in
the attendaLce Of Sunday school and
church services, owing to two causes
the absence from the city of great many
people, and the enervating influence OF
the warm weather.
At Edenton Street Methodist church,
Rev. Dr. Gordon preached special ser
mon to the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers, more than fifty of whom
were present in a body. The sermon was
a particularly appropriate and happy
one, and was richly enjoyed by large
audience.
At the First Baptist church Sunda!
school the usual monthly collection wa
taken for the maintenance Of three or
phans at the Thomasville Orphanage
One dollar over and above the requiret
amount was given in the voluntary con
tribution. This church and Sunda
school together maintain five orphans a
the ThOmasvllle institution.
The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1890-07-08
MISS WINNIE DAVIS
Arrives From Europe And Greets First
The Man to Whom She is Engaged.
IBv Tinted Press I

NEW YORK, Jthy 7.-Attired in dress
of the deepest mourning which was un-
relieved either at throat or wrists, Miss
Winnie Davis, eldest and favorite daugh-
ter of the late Jefferson Davis, President
of the Confederacy, landed from the
French steamer La Bretagne yesterday.
Hardly had the gang plank been rails
ed to La Bratagne when two gent'nme Il
passed on board. The strongly built,
handsome man of perhaps twentg-e1ght
years, was Alfred Wilkinson, TO whom
Miss Davis is to be married, aud with
him was Mr.. w. l. Davis, Miss Davis
cousin. She waited for tht II in the
ladies' boudor on the upper deck. She
was rather pale after the ocean voyage,
but had evidently gained in health.
Miss Davis left for Beauvoir on the
midnight train last night over the Penn
sylvanla railroad. Mr.. Wilkinson part
cd from her at the depot, bnt Mr.. Davis
accompanied her and her friends tt
Washington.
The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1890-07-08
Died.

On Sunday morning last Mr.. J. L.
Ramsey, of the Progressive Farmer staff,
received telegram announcing that his
half brother, Mr.. Rufus Feimster, of
Charlotte, was dead. He was thirty
five years old and leaves wife and three
children. Mr.. Ramsey left on the even.
ing train to attend the funeral ceremo-
MES.
Mr.. J. B Kinney, an engineer on the
Raleigh & CASTOR railroad, died sud
denly at HE home in the northwestern
part of the city last Sunday evening.
Heart failure was the cause of death.
He had been in precarious health for
some time, and was too unwell on Sun
day 70 take an active interest in the
meeting of the Brotherhood of Loco
motive Engineers, of which body he was
a member.
Just before his death he was playing
with his little child. He handed his
loved little one to his wife, threw him
self on bed, and in few minutes was
dead.
The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1890-07-08
Later.
A Gigantic Tobacco SwindliHg Scheme
in Ontario.
(By United Press.)

TORONTO, Ont, July IA special
agent of the Customs department is here
investigating gigantic fraud of several
years growth. Nerlich & Co., of this
city, one of the oldest, largest and hith-
erto most reputable tobacco firms in
Canada, are the offenders.
Formerly the government allowed I'M
porters of Havana cigars to put the i'm
port labels on the boxes, but several
years ago withdrew the privilege, and
instructed its officers to collect all the
stamps in the possession of the impor-
tcrs. The collectors overlooked Ner-
Itch Il Co, and they have been using
the stamps to palm off domestic cigars
"a Havana. The fraud was so success
ful that genuine importers were almos,
completely driven out of the market.
The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1890-07-08
SCHOOLS AND LAND FOR Me-
GROES.
The Late st Scheme of Some Wild Mind.
cd FellOW-.TO W in Negro Votes.
[By United Press

WASHINGTON, D. c., July Mr..
Coggswell, of Mass, introduced in the
House to day, Coy requesD bill to es-
tablish industrial training schools and
to provide land for negroes. 1t
provides for the appointment by the
president of a commission to purchase ten
square miles of land in Virginia.
North and South Carolina, Georgia, AL
ALBANIA, Mississippi, Tennessee, Louisa
ma, Arkansas and Texas to be divided
into 100 acre lots for settlement by 100
families of negroes who are to pay an
annual rental of five bales of cotton.
The term of occupancy is limited
to two years. At the end Of
that time leasehold of three years is
to be assigned the tenants who are to
have the option of purchase of the
ground at the end of the five year term.
The government is to furnish cottages,
supplies, &C., and is to erect school
houses on the additional tracts of land
reserved in each State. The bill
appropriates two million dollars
The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1890-07-08
TELEGRAPHIC FLASH ES.
TBY United Press.l

LONDON, July IA telegram from
Athens says that the King of Greece has
decided to abdcate in favor of the Duke
of Sparta in November.
LONDON, July THE Gar is repre-
sented in dispatch from st. Petersburg,
as growing more and more furious over
the open defiance of Russia by Prince
Ferdinand and some action in the direc-
tion of Bulgaria is daily looked for.
SITTING, July THE commandant
of the body guard of Prince Nicholas, Of
Montenegro, and cousin of that ruler,
Col. Martenovits was to-day assassinated
in the market of this city. The crime
was inspired by desire for private ven
geance. The assassin was seized upon
by the people and lynched on the scene
of the crime.
The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1890-07-08
CATCH THE SCOUNDREL (!
AND DELIVER HIM UP TO BE
HUNG BY LAW.


A Negro Man Commits Hor-
rible Crime and Flees..Let the Off
GERS Capture Him.
Especial to STATE CHRoNICLEl
LoUIsBURG, N. g., July 7.-On last
Saturday evening, on the premises of
W. A. Seymore, about five miles from
this place, most horrible crime was
perpetrated on the person of a colored
girl while on her way home from the
field where she had been at work Gas
Eul.er, the brute who committed the
deed, was concealed in a thicket on the
way and as she approached, sud-
denly sprang upon her and in spite of
her cries aud struggles, violated her
pera9n. Besides being otherwise
mutilated, the girls face and
mouth are badly bruised and
there are signs of the wretch's teeth on
her neck. Faller left the premises on
the day the crime was committed and
has not been seen since. He has rela-
tives living in Granville county, at Kit
rells in Vance and also at Springhope in
Nash, and it is believed thet be is bunk
ing around in the vicinity of some one
of the places mentioned. If the author.
tiles in Franklin, Nash, Vance and
Granville will exercise due diligence,
this inhuman wretch will no doubt be
arrested and brought to justice. Gas
Fuller is of medium height and size, col
or dark, age about thirty five years
JUSTICE
The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1890-07-08
A BOSS IRON SCEPTRE.
POWDERLY'S BUGLE NOTE TO
THE WORkINGMEN OF
PENNSY

Call Upon the Masses to DisenthralI
Themselves and Turn Back the Tide
of Corruption.
WILKEsBARRE, Pa, July 5.-Master
Workman Powderly delivered the Fourth
of July Grafton at Priceburg yesterday
afternoon. He was very bitter in his
denunciation Of 'boss politicians, who
he said were the curse Of this country
1t might seem strange, he said, in the
closing years Of the nineteenth centur
to call attention to the Declaration of
independence, but inaSmuch as the dee
ument had not been read he would read
it. After reading it Mr.. Powdeely said
that last week in Philadelphia religious
leaders brought petition to him signed
by the leading clergymen, lawyers and
business men imploring the Car of Rus
sla to be merciful to the prisoners in the
Siberian mines, and yet in the Punxa-
tawney mines of Pennsylvania men and
their families are starving to death and
no one sends petitions to their enslavers
asking that their chains be loosened.
Chains on the LabOrins Men Fast.
The chains on the laborirg men are
fast. They are lot regarded, and they
begin to gall. He hoped they would
continue to gall, so that the working
men would rise in their might and sue
cessfully resist their bondage
"The Declaration of Independence
says we are all free. How many of you
workingmen were free to go to Harris
| burg a week or two ago and express
yourselves as to who shonld be nomi-
mated? None Of you, dare say. How
many Of you were consulted as to who
should be nominated for Governor? Not
one Of you. Party bosses such as Matt
Quay are worse than Anarchists. They
thwart the will of the people. Alfred
Parsons and Quay are identical. thank
Gcd that Wallace was defeated"
Powd8rly denounced Piatt for bossing
the Worlds Fair. Platt said the fail
must go to Chicago, and it went. One
hundred years ago the people revoltet
against the power of king.
Quay Greater Than King.
''And now with the close of the nine
teenth century man whose hand never
held sceptre is able to dictate to th,
American Congress what it shall do.
few days ago a Convention was held
ard through the influence of Bca
Quay favorite son of the Stand
ard Oh Company, one of the gian
monopolies of the world, was nomi
mated for Governor, and the VIII Q
thousands of voters of the State va
thus set aside. So much for another ur
crowned king Of Pennsylvania. In con,
psrlson with the power Of the Standar
Oil Company the King of England i
baby, and that corporation is menac
to Church and State and people every
where.
A New Declaration of independence
"a new declaration of Independence
is needed, and the men who should max
it are the laboring men. They shoul
study honest politics until they can vot
for their homes, their families, the
! country, and their God regardless {
rule and party