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Davenport to Chicago. from Duluth to
canal and the Hudson river to New
York city would be the most brilliant
and productive investment our govern
ment could make, and there would fol-
low a revival of American shipbuilding
for the coastwise and internal as well as
for the foreign trade"
However. there is another side to the
shield, and if the views of Captain w.
e. Clark are correct, the advocates of
canals have some tall hustling" to do.
The captain is a mogul among the New
York canal men and is one of the pro-
moters of the coming centennial cele-
bration. There is a crisis" he remark
ed the other day to a New York Sun
reporter, land it has got to be met at
once. More grain has come from the
west to the seaboard since the opening
of lake navigation to the present time
than ever before in u similar period.
Philadelphia is receiving an unprece-
denied boom in grain export shipments.
1t is providing cheaper terminal facili-
ties than those of the metropolis. The
trunk line pool gives Philadelphia
through the new feeder-the Reading
rOad-a ate of three cents per 100
pounds lower than the New York rates.
with this condition there can be
only one result. Millions of bushels of
grain that should come to New York
are directed to rival seaports. Since the
opening of lake navigation grain has
been forwarded from Chicago to Buff
falo, Il distance of nearly 1000 miles, for
one cent and II fraction per bushel. The
rate on the canal from Buffalo to New
York has tluctuated between two and
one-eighth and four cents per bushel, and
this, mind you, on n waterway that has
been without improvements since war
times. An important question naturally
arises, IS New York to allow her great
canal system to deteriorate to such an
extent as to make it impossible for boat
men to successfully compete with rival
routes and the great Canadian canal
system!
Millions upon millions have been ex-
pended in bettering and perfecting the
railway routes. Hundreds Of boats are
vainly waiting for cargoes at the port of
Buffalo. Figures tell the story of the
need of canal improvu nents better than
words. In 1862 over s. 5000. 900 bushels
of grain came TO Buffalo from the far
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there. To him that year came two
brothers, by mann Ralph and Benjamin
Mead, from a Connecticut farm. They
became his clerks and soon took the
business. The firm sign is now Edwin
and Ralph Mead, Jr., e. Co., and though
a new house was built in 1852, it already
looks as aged as the old one. Ralph
Mead made Il fortune during the wal of
1e12-15, became a prominent citizen
and lived to the age of eighty-fve.
In 1860 his nephews, Edwin and Ralph
Mead, took the store. One of the new
Meads was only a relative by marriage,
but the old house prospered all the same.
In early days vessels ran up the slip
and little presents of fruit, etc, were
handed into the window from the dock,
but little by little the slip was filled in.
Edwin Mead died in middle life and his
brother died last August. and now the
third generation of Meads has the store.
On the old books appear the names %!
such customers as George Washington
lin Samuel lockers time) and other Vir-
ginians, and later the name of Jefferson
Davis. The Prince of Wales and Grand
Duke Alexis both visited the old store.
There is an old residence at As Hicks
street, Brooklyn, which has a history,
but is now interesting chiefly because il
is the only Chinese hospital on the At
lantic coast. There are now about 10,
Oh0 Chinese in and near New York and
Brooklyn, and an organization known as
the Kings Daughters for China" which
has been doing missionary work among
them for some time, incorporated this
hospital in January, 1891. The superin-
tendent, DR.. Joseph G. Thoms, is a
Chinaman, but came to the United
States young and speaks English with
barely appreciable accent. He is Il
graduate of the Long Island College
hospital, has an English wife and they
live in the building where the hospital is.
The singular feature of the case is
that it is almost impossible to get the
Chinese to accept medical aid from 9th
err races. Their native physicians ex
cite their prejudices, and many of them
firmly believe that the ''foreign devils
are anxious to secure their eyes, livers
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of humidity meanwhile, without really
knowing what has killed us. Of course
it is easily understood that owing to the
proximity Of the sea there is naturally
more moisture in the air of New York
city than in that of an inland town. But
why there should be more moisture in
the air now than there was ten years
ago the majority of persons cannot I'M
derstand and probably never will.
Another thing that causes a good deal
of mental as well as physical distress to
New Workers is the fickleness of the
weather. Why cannot we have, say,
ninety days of So degree weather, be-
ginning at about the LIST of June and
ending on the LIST of September! There
are few of us but can remember when
such an approximate condition of heat
and time existed. Under such condi-
tons we soon became accustomed to the
heat. Our necks became sunburned,
perhaps, bnt, like the residents of New
Orleans or Houston, we soon adapted
ourselves to the changed order of things.
But what do we get now! June ushered
in with a snOwstorm, icicles in our
whiskers, pneumonia in our lungs.
Forty-eight hours later it is 80 degs.
in the shade; pedestrians caught in win
ter f1annels, their tongues p%rotruding
like a lizards on a hot rock, streams Of
p%erspiration sprinkling the streets, and
a general frying of fat. This continues
until the graveyards are replenished
nicely. Then comes a week of rain,
during which it looks as if Broadway
were located off Newfoundland in a fog
and umbrella ribs drip like leaky roofs.
If Mr.. James Russell Lowell were alive
today and lived in New York city he
wouldn't write any more poetry about
rare days in June, unless he meant that
they were as rare as porterhouse steaks
in the desert of Sahara. The modern
New York June day means either a par
boiling in humidity or a shiver in an
overcOat.
June is not a windy month in the city.
What air there is is apt to move very slow
ly, and not even the police can make it
hustle. The only wind is produced by
the political conventions. The normal
velocity of wind in June is about twelve
miles an hour, but very little OF this Is
felt in the street owing to the height of
the buildings. But when the sun goes
down red and angry behind the statue
of Liberty, as if loath to leave his vic
Tins, there comes IA little relief. The
children tumble out of the tenement
houses like kittens, the sidewalks in the
crowded portions of the city are filled
with mel and woine seated on the
doorsteps, the fire escapes are utilized
as balconies and lovers seek TRUSTING
places on the roofs.
But to return to the lack Of continuity
IN either hot or cold weather, let ~
quote Gerrett Scrviss, the astronomer, IN
explanation Of the f~cklcncss Of dame
nature in this respect. lie anys that all
this '~'shenanigin" IL due n the sun AZ
nearly az he can find ont, On Sol, he
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-07-02
New York on 4 Hot Day.

To a philosopher Injured to extreme
degrees of heat the streets of New York
on a hot day would afford an interesting
study. He would see men and women
boiled in the streets, broiled in the
avenues, grilled in the surface cars
roasted in the tenement houses, baked
in the squares, bleached in the baseball
parks and melted in the business offices
The heat fairly dances on the Sidewalk
so that it resembles a mirage on a low
land. The heat pours down from above
rises from below and on all sides. The
ambulances are kept on a keen gallop.
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NOTED IN THEIR DAY.
TWO BUILDINGS THAT HAVE BEEN
WIDELY KNOWN.

One Is the oldest Grocery In the United
States, and Was Patronixed by George
Washington and Jefferson Davis-The
Other Is "a Chinese Hospital.
The United States is old enough to
to have some queer old houses and many
that are very queer without being very
old. In the Atlantic coast cities it is a
curious study to trace the decline Of an
ancient structure. First it vas an ele-
giant colonial mansion, then a commoner
dwelling; next a cheap store, and finally
a "rookery," rs in two centuries the city
has grown away from the harbor. Down
on the east side of New York, however,
are ONE very original structures, and
n at 10 and Is Coenties slip has a his
tory.
Away back in the last century the
place had a good trade, and in 1903
Samuel ToOker ran n grocery store
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-07-02
Verdi VIII Compose No More.

Verdi, the great composer, was a:hs'
a short time ago whether he did not y,
tend to write some more operas Nv u,
old man must be failing, for he answers
YEARLY, Il will not deny that is'
able to write another opera or two u :
cause my imagination is not yet de'O'
hut there is one miserable hindrance.
the physical fatigue Of writing. OF hHn'
an interminable forest Of leaves OF hu
sic, all the millions of notes and sA=L.
which compose a score-thats WIZ
frightens me"
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empress of Germany asking her fathers
release and relating in an artless way
how his wife and children missed him.
The letter was neither properly ad-
dressed nor stamped, but one kind Off
cial after another sent it on, and the let
ter at last found its way into the hands
of the empress. Its contents interested
her, and Schmidt was given a free par
don, returning home in March of last
year, when his neighbors and friends
formed a long procession and had II
great celebration. You may he sure
that little Maggie occupied an important
place. The child's letter wa written in
German, and Bernard Schmidt informed
the writer OF this that the Berlin papers
announced that his pardon was secured
through the letter written by his daugh-
ter to the empress. T.. W. HOWE.
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ATCHIsoN, Kan, June 23.-Twenty-
six years ago Bernard Schmidt left Ger
many and emigrated to America. He
settled in DOniphan county, Kan, and
in time became a rich man. In August,
1891, he concluded to visit his old home,
and within a few weeks after his arrival
was arrested and put in the army as a
citizen of Germany subject to military
duty. His friends in Kansas We're very
much distressed about the matter and
sent long petitions requesting his re-
lease, but no attention was paid to them.
Finally his little daughter Maggie,
eleven years old, wrote a letter to the
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-07-02
HEAT AND HUMIDITY,
TWIN HORRORS THAT MAKE LIFE
A BURDEN IN NEW YORK.

Gotham Takes the Palm for Humidity,
Chicago Bakes. st. Louis Blisters, New
Orleans ~Iloasts. While New York Stew,
and Swelters Its Inhabitants.
Especial Correspondence
NEW YORK, June 23.-Ol6 Sol is warm.
ing up again and it is probable that for
the next sixty Or seventy days we shall
be grilled, sizzled and sweltered. The
latter word expresses the idea the more
clearly, as during the past three years
the residents of this city have suffered
from a combination of heat and moisture
during the summer months. This COM
bination has become known by those
versed in weather lore as humidity, "
which. being interpreted. mean the
presence of moisture in the atmosphere
On IL hot day.
Breathing hot air and water has a
most depressing effect upon a man. 1t
saps his vital forces. and frequently re-
suits in cerebral apoplexy and death, as
has been the case in New York city in
many instances thus far this summer.
This humidity is something new, and as
Gotham has always been noted for
novelties it is getting the full benefit of
the hot water innovation. Very few of
the readers of this article who have
reached the age of forty years have
heard of humidity as Il factor in swell
ing the death rate until Of recent years,
but now it figures in every weather re-
port, and its degrees are as regularly
noted by the weather sharps as those Of
heat.
Various theories have been advanced
by wise men to account for this deadly
phenomenon. but o has been suffi-
GENTLY clear to be readily understood.
The men who profess to be learned in
reading the weather have Il language of
their own, in which such words as ESQ
therms" and others of like character
figure largely. They mix us all up with
their assumed knowledge, while we die
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-07-02

Some idea may DO formed Of ~
it costs 10 indulge in the incNpre''
luxury Of IL large standing army W,
it IL stated that Germany since =
Franco-Prussim war has spent -,
than III, POO, OO0, 900 on her arm! .
navy. These are figures which al
take ones breath away, but the! .
correct notwithstanding. -.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-07-02

1t means something for a woman to
be Il peeress Of the United Kingdom Of
Great Britain and Ireland, for there
any one II these favored beings, whose
title has been acquired by birth, mar
riage or creation, il free from arrest or
imprisonment on civil process, and In
the event Of a peeress being charged
with a criminal offense she would be
tried by the house Of lords.
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available for those of the United States.
There is not the slightest reason to
doubt that Chicago and Duluth will,
within the lifetime Of people now ma
ture, receive in their harbors ocean
going vessels from every port on the
seas.
ultimately a ship canal will connect
the Mississippi with the great lakes and
Chicago will have water communication
via the great river and the Nicaragua
canal with our Pacific coast and with
the west coast Of South America. The
Erie canal must of course be developed
into a ship canal, with "a clear twenty
or twenty-one feet Of water; and Chi
cago's great gain would be New YOrk's
gain also. The Hennepin canal to con
nect Chicago with the Mississippi is al
ready a certainty. The early develop
ment and completion Of this great line
Of natural and artificial waterways
from New Orleans TO Minneapolis. from
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-07-02

Other things being equal, a building
situated ON u hill or other elevated loca.
ton Is more exposed to lightning than
u situated on lower ground. The
nearer the building il 10 the thunder
clond the less the resistance that the
lightning has 10 overcome in order a.
reach il.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-07-02
BRooKLyN's CHINESE HOSPITAL.

and other important organs out of
which powerful drugs can be compound
ed. 1t is very difficult also to prepare
food which they relish. Nevertheless
DR.. Thoms has already treated some
eighty patients, and his beds, of which
he has but six, are now generally occu-
plea. About half the patients are on
sumptives, and IN they are Cantonese
natives Of u warm climate-and never
come to the hospital till unable to go
around, tho mortality is very great.
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hos "MeflC
whose graves a,s
still ST unmarked ed
In old Trinittr,
eHh "r New
York city, in the
most obscure
corner, a IA,
stone bears the
single word I'd
"Watfc ~
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-07-02
GALLANT JOHN PAUL JoN.,

A Movement to Erect u Monum.,,
His Memory. to
The introduction by Congress-.
Amos Cummings Of a bill to esauaan
monument to Commodore John =
Jones is a fresh reminder that A raul
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-07-02
CENTURY OF CANALS.
A GROWTH FROM FIVE TO 1000
MILES IN THE UNITED STATES.

The Wonderful Advantages Obtained by
Means of These Artificial Waterways.
Clinton's 'Ditch"-Canadian Develop
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NE h hundred
years ago this
summer two ca
nails we're built in
c husetts.
Their aggregate
length was but
five miles, and
they were con-
Structed for the
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1892-09-22
ALEssON FROM GOULD.
HOW HE TAUGHT A FAVORITE
OFFICIAL TO PAY HIS DEBTS.

A favorite general Of one OF Jay
Gould's Western railroads WAS called
to New York few years ago and
jumped or by the Little Wizard as
follows:
''They tell me you are broke and
don't pay your debts. What is
the matter?"
The officer sputtered and stammer-
ed.
cit costs NE a great deal to 1--we
he replied. "My family is large,
rents are high, and doctor-' bills
have been considerable, bot thing.
are not 90 bad as Jou seem to think y
"Fll see," said GoEld, banding
out a check for $1,000. "Tske thi:
over to Connor and tell him to put
it 10 the market as be sees fit; come
back here when he tells you to-
The MS obeyed. 1t was an ex
citing ony ia Wabash, and be re-
turned 10 Gould witA $4,000.
so you've heen speculatiug,' ex
claimed Gould. Don't do it agair
That's what ails you fellows wis
don't know what you are about
You better 60 hone now."
The unfortu aate speculator bad
Gould gooy-by with proruse thank
and started.
"Hayen't you forgotten some
thirg gf' called Gould.
II don't know"
"Where's that $1,000 | lent 20
this morning. 1t seems to be tru
that yon don't pay your debts. r
member, my boy, the essential thin
IN business is to keep up your credit.
The embarrassed officer paid tt
900, end it has never been nece
lsary to dun him for snytning since
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1892-09-22
SCOTLAND NECK, \. c. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER -. 1892
DON DRINK TONIGHT.

L left my mother at the door,
| My sister by her side,
Their clasped hands and loving looks
| Forbade their doubts to hide.
| L LETT, and met with comrades gay,
When the moon brought out her light
And my loving mother whispered me,
Don't drink, my boy, tonight.
Long years have rolled away since then
My jetty curls are gray,
But Oh! those words are with me yet
And will net pass away.
see my mothers loving face,
With goodness radiant, light,
And hear her words ring in nv ears,
Don't drink. my boy, tonight.
My mother is now resting sweet
In the graveyard on the hill;
But her kind words come back to me
And haunt my memory still;
I've often passed the cup.
Oh, then my heart was right,
Because Eve heard the warning words,
Don't drink, my boy. tonight.
Eve now passed down the road of life,
And soon my race is run,
mothers warning listened to,
An immortal crown is won.
Oh mothers, with your blessed smile.
Look on your boys so bright,
And say as you alone can say
Don't drink, my boy, tonight.
These words will prove warning when,
In the thorny path of life,
The boy Is IN the tempter's wiles,
And warrlng in the strife;
-Four words will stop the morning cup,
And revelry at night,
by whispering back mothers voice:
Don't drink, my boy, tonight.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1892-09-22

II you a5e Lo, feeling stroog and
heaitht. tr, Electric BItters. /:
La Grippe" has left you weak and
weary, use Electric Bitters. This
remedy acts directly on Liver, Ston-
ach and Kidneys. gently aiding those
organ, to perform their function. II
you are sff1cted With Sick Head C 2
,ou will find -ps.dga AMI permanent
relief by taking Electric Bitters
Ooe trisI will cnv.nce you that this /;
the remedy you need. Large bottles
only SOC. at Z. I. Whitehead & Gu
Drug store.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1892-09-22
The Immense Dupre Fortune
(Roanok c News.l

(Roanoke News.l
The Dupre heirs, among them &c.
ing DR. }. r.. Shields, Messrs. W. n
and ". d. Shield, Mrs. Harper
Alexander and Mrs. Gideon Lamb,
Of this county, are taxing steps u
secure lnem III immense fortune which
is said TO lelon2 t" them IN FraDc .
and a lneetIDs Will be held IN Raleig h
sometime this winter By Tie everal
branches Of the family. The story
OF the case is an interesting one.
When the Huguenots were exiIed
and their property con6scated two
hundred years ago, the Du Pres
owned in France a large estate, on
which there YVES vlIl&ge OF paper
maker. and farmers. Sixty or
seventy years after the death OF
LOUIS XIV, his DEGREES were revoked.
The Du Plee who then returned TO
France and recovered their property
nave i,e ome extinct, anil Tue vast
estates revert to the branch OF the
i1uguenpt Ua Pres OF Virginia and
Carollnas q d Georgia, and they are
numerous. French lawyers have
written tn this country about these
facts. The ancestors or the Ameri
car Dupres were three brothers, who
came over from France with The
Marquis de Ls Fayette, 1t is said
and settled In Virginia and owned
the lands on whirh the city or Rich
mond now stands. These land'
were lea-ed-not soId-to the Gov
eminent for ninet. pine year as ,
! site oo which 10 bul'd the city, snC
! while the lease has long since eI
plred, the Dup-e heirs have beer
unable to s..SetantIste their claim L
this American tststc Ia cUbsequonc
io( tie obstruction Of the pubs
arcuivez Of the State IL some oGe o.
the mnny great 6res that have 7isl'f
RIchJsoud iD tie pas. nd the sc"'
tered coudttlon through severa
Southern y ~tes Of the uo.r-.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1892-09-22
YOUNG WOMEN.
GOOD HINTS
GIRLS, READ and REMEMBER
\, y. World

| N y. World
The girl grown 10 -omaaho0d u
| 70 b likened 10 the bad changed Il
rulIblown flower. There will b,
time when she must faie sua
when ber petals OF heasty will fall
but it is possible 10 delay this period
OF decsdence TO 4 verv considerable
extent. A young woman fully
matured and starting on her most
essential period Of life has In her
own haods the power to lengthea o.
shorten the duration of her journe,
TO cd age. Looking about one &C
casionslly sees a hele old lady With
white hair, some few wrinkles and
other minor evidences OF the progress
OF time, but with comparatively
good complexion and a sprightll-
ness and general vIgor which are not
in keeping with her gears.
In contrast, yeu Will ini score
or more Of women, Of tie same age
and in the same atmosphere Of life,
who are faded and pinched, devoid
OF energy. and either grossly obese
or decrepit.
The one has taken proper care
of herself during the early years OF
maturity, while the Others have re-
legated to nature the task, unassist.
ed, of taking care OF them.
"Beautiful sleep" is thing most
essential for Il young woman. 1t
makes her fresh and vigorous and
gives her q healthy complexlon.
Too much artificial light has the
effect Of straining the eyes, making
them appear heavy, dali and cpaseft /
ed. Social occasions occurring at
late hours are essential to plea>ure
and relaxtiou Of the mind, hut get
your carly sleep whenever ,ou can.
TIE matter Of rest, aside from
sleeP, Il also important A day Of
shop ping sges i woman more than
a week Of ordinary home duties, and
should be followed by a day of com
paratlve rest. Make it rule that
from whatever source 'atlgue may
come it is accessory to give your
nerves chance to regain their
strength, and rest will do this.