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The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1893-07-08
HIS POINT OF VIEW,
Tolerance a Good Oil for Softening the
Friction of Human Intercourse.

FRICTION OF human intercourse.
One of the most difficult things in
life is to regard a situation. see an OBJ
jcct. or consider an event from a point
of view not our own. The stronger our
Ovvn personality, the more decided our
opinions. the mOr difficult becomes
this generosity of mental gaze. The
canny Scot while wishing for the
power to see ourselves as others see
us. might wisely have wished also
that we might see others as
they see themselves. To have opinions
based on calm thought and quiet judg-
ment. and to hold mt them, is a very
good thing indeed. To insist upon
your friend. who is of different tenn
permanent and differently circum-
stanced, assuming those same opinions
is surely insular and narrow. Insist
upon your right to hold to your own
point of view for yourself, and accord
to your friend or your friend
ly enemy the same privilege.
Define in your own understand
ing the difference between lionlike
tirlnness and asinine obstinacy. The
one is as restful and supporting as a
mild-eyed Normandy steed, the other
as confusing and as annoying as a kick
ing zebra. Many people 60 about the
world with their opinions always in ag-
gressive evidence. They recognize no
point of view but their own. They court
opposition, and regard with glee any
opportunity of an attempt to convince
the other fellow, not so much hat he is
entirely wrong, as that they are en-
tirely right. 1t might be we'll to re-
member that a point is an extremely
small space, and hat your own abso-
lutte point of view holds accommoda-
ton but for yourself. Tolerance is a
very good oil with which to soften the
friction of human intercourse. If you
will listen with patience to the other
fellows exposition of his views, you
may gain much interest therefrom. If
we would discuss more and argue less,
we should go far toward seeing why
our own opinion is not endlessly re-
peated in the minds of others.-Harper's
Bazaar.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1893-07-08
SAILORS AS ASTRONOMERS
The Enlistment of Era-C ?Dtains in the
Service n 49,. rt-%-

The Enlistment of ~S~a-Can:ains in the
Service .. ---eL@e.
Everyone who has been much at sea
knows something of the peculiar splen.
dor of the heavens when beheId from
the deck Of a ship. Celestial phenomena
seem to possess an unusual impressive
ness when viewed under such circum-
stances. The clearness of the air in
fair weather and the fatness and dis
lance Of the horizon tend to heighten
this effect. A similar impression is no.
ticed upon the broad, grassy plains Of
Texas.
Sea captains sometimes bring into
port accounts of the seeing of comets
and meteors which have almost escaped
notice on land.
On this account particular interest
attaches to the official request, ema-
mating from Washington, which was
addressed to the masters of all vessels
which might happen to be within the
shadow track of the solar eclipse On
April 16, hat they should make and
record careful observations upon the
phenomena visible during the eclipse.
They were especially asked to notice
whether any changes occurred in the
clouds corresponding with changes OF
temperature while the u was hidden
behind the moon; the behavior of the
barometer while the eclipse lasted; the
temperature of the air; any peculiar
appearance of light, and the position of
any faint comet which might be de-
tected near the sun while its light was
shut out.
1t vas a happy thought to enlist the
sea captains in the service Of science.
While for obvious reasons the solid
land is best for the accurate observa-
tons, there seems good cause to hope
hat hereafter large additions to as
Economical knowledge may be made by
the masters of vessels happening to be
in the path Of eclipses.-Iouth's Com
paniOn.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1893-07-08
4 RAFT FOR ARMY USE.
Ingenious Manner in Which Beef Hides
Are Made Into Floats.

Ingenious Manner in Which Beef Hides
Are Made Into Floats.
For army purposes in the field or
campaign the inflated. air-tight leather
bag as a raft support is an excellent
article.
These leather bags are made from the
hide of beef and one alone is capable of
holding above water the weight of more
than two men. For constructing RATS
rapidly they are highly suitable. AL
though the subject is somewhat tech
nical, it is not embarrassing 10 describe
the procedure of constructing these
leather bags on the spot from the skins
of animals which furnish food for the
soldiers. and which are killed by them
in large numbers every day. Among
the Russian army this method is large
ly in vogue,
The beef is killed and skinned after
q certain process which leaves the skin
almost wholly intact.
The openings at the neck, side and
tail are then tied together with strong
cords over wooden pegs. The skin at
the hOOfs is tied together by means of
the rope alone. A tube is inserted in
the last leg, and the skin is then in
flated with air by blowing through
this tube. When this is done it is fast
ened like the rest. The raft to be car
ried by these supports is made Of a
frame and cross oars over which the
planks are laid, and fastened with
lemons The bags, usually four or six
of them, are tied to the raft by their
eXtremities, so that the bags float on
their back.
A. bag Of this kind made of the hide
Of beef weighs about twenty eight
pounds. When inflated it's carrier force
is equal to the weight of the animal
from which it has been taken, about
four hundred and fifty pounds.
A raft built on four of these bags
will carry ten men, floating four inches
above the water level. Six bags will
support twenty men, carrying them
from two to three inches above the
water. Four Oarsmen are stationed at
the sides to steer the craft.
These bags are ready for use as soon
as they are made. But if they are to
be kept for any length of time, some
little p~recautiOn must be taken to pre-
serve them. Before preparing them
the sides are well sailed with sea salt
and allowed to dry in a well-aired
shed for several days. After this the
inside part of the hide is treated to a
mixture Of four parts of beef grease
and two parts of beech tar. This pro-
cess is renewed from time to time,
when the hides are not immediately
made up into bags. The cords must
also be renewed every ten days or two
weeks in order to keep the bags in a
constantly safe and useful condition.
When they are employed for cam
paign exercises they should be re
moved from the water at night or
when not in actual use, and allowed to
dry in sheds.-Chicago journal.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1893-07-08
for Infants and Children.

"Castoria ISIS well adapted to children that
recommend it as superior to any prescription
known 10 me" II. A ARCHER, ". D.
III So. Oxford St, brooklyn, y. Y.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1893-07-08
Royal Mourning.

Few persons can understand what
time and words are wasted over the
etiquette of royal mourning; whether
it shall be worn seven days or fourteen
for the prince of a neighboring state,
and whether a court may wear mourn
ing concurrently for two or three
princes, or whether each must be
honored with a separate term Of mourn
ing. AS nearly all the royal families
of Europe are more or less related, the
custom of cumulative mourning has
been adopted, otherwise they would
never be out of black. Nowadays nc
official notice is taken Of a royal death
until the formal announcement has
been made by an envoy. Then, if sew
eral deaths have occurred, it is ar
ranged that they shall all be announced
on the same day, which is rather an
ingenious way Of reducing the length
of time necessary for indulging in such
a ridiculous bit of royal tomfoolery.-
illustrated American.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1893-08-11
MONEY AND BUSINESS. y

Trade and Financial Conditions Through
Out the Country as Reflected Through
II. G. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review.
New YORK, June 24.-R. G. Dun &
Co. S weekly review of trade, published
this morning, says:
The improvement expected from
the issue of clearinghouse certificates,
thus utilizing credits instead of cash in
local dealings, has not been realized.
The failure of banks at San Francisco
lead to heavy demand from
that quarter. $l,0O0,o00 having
been sent in 4 single day. Dis
trust of weaker banks was avoided by
the application of the Bank of Com
merce for 100000 certificates, and
s.. $780, 900 were issued Thursday, but
the pressure for rediscounts for int.
rior banks is beyond the ability of
New York to meet. The secretary has
given notice that he will anticipate
the payment of interest July l.,
amounting to $500, 900, but only
81, 100000 on bonds held by banks
which will be Immediately disbursed.
The volume of trade is GER
tainly reduced by monetary
stringency. Bank clearings outside
OF New York are declining materially
IN comparison with last year. In some
departments of business orders for
merchandise are deferred, since there
is no ssurance of ability to carry the
goods until they are sold, while in
other departments orders are not re-
ceived because the future is distrusted.
The effect on the great industries
is less, thus far, than might have been
feared. but many works are now re
ducing the number of hands and many
others must soon suspend unless the
prospects are clearer
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ENGLAND'S lNFAMY.

No one doubts for an instant but
that the suspension of silver coinage in
India was brought about by the money
power of England. Nor does any one
believe that this action is to be perma-
nent It is not to England's interest
to suspend silver coinage in India. 1t
is, and ever has been, Indias only
mediumsof exchange. All her business
transactions are adjusted on that basis
and it has ever been a profitable one
for England. This step at this time
can only be accounted for as one of the
steps in the conspiracy against Ameri-
can silver, against the American sys-
tenn of finance and against American
independence. 1t is to the interest Of
England to buy cheap silver to carry
on her India trade. 1t is the only way
she can compete with American wheat
ana American cotton. She already
makes profit of e. cents on every
ounce OF American silver she buys. and
now seeks, not only to strike down the
American system of finance. bv elimi.
mating from it both silver and LEGAL
tender paper money, but incidentally to
increase her profits in our silver. Com
ing at the present time it is expected
to be the Feather that will break the
camel's back" of opposition to the
Sherman silver law. In our humble
opinion, however, this last act in the
drama was wholly unnecessary. as
Cleveland has the whole thing fixed
and has, perhaps, nscd no more effect
i've weapon than that of official patron
age. This, however, with the average
democratic politician, is powerful
sceptsr, and covers up a multitude Of
sins. 1t now only remains to call con.
gress together, go through the form of
sham fight, repeal the Sherman law
throw little tariff dust in the neonle,s
eyes, draw the salary and $500 mont tn
clerk hire, and go home. Great is the
democratic party.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1893-08-11
THE SHERMAN LAW.

Be it enacted, by the senate and
house OF represen ia tives of the United
States of America, in congress assem-
bled, That the secretary of the treasury
is hereby directed to purchase from time
to time silver bullion to the aggre-
gate amount of 4, 500, 900 ounces, or so
much thereof as may be offered in each
month at the market price thereof, not
exceeding 81 for 371.25 grains pure sill
yer, and to issue in payment for such
purchases of silver bullion treasury
notes of the United States, to be pre-
pared by the secretary of the treasury,
in such form and of such denomina-
tons, not less than ST. nor more than
$1,000, as he may prescribe, and sum
sufficient to carry into effect the pro-
visions of this act is hereby appropri-
ated out of any money in the treasury
not otherwise appropriated.
SEC. 2. That the treasury notes is
sued in accordance with the provisions
of this act shall be redeemable on de-
mand in coin at the treasury of the
United States, and when so redeemed.
may be re-issued, but no greater or
less amount of such notes shall be out
standing at any time than the cost of
the silver bullion and the standard sill
yer dollars coined therefrom then held
in the treasury purchased by such
notes, and such treasury notes shall
be legal tender in payment of all
debts, publis and private. except where
otherwise expressly stipulated in
the contract, and shall be re.
ceivable for customs, taxes and
all public Dues and when
SO received may be re-issued: and such
notes when held by any national bank
ing association may be counted as a
part of its lawful reserves. That upon
demand of the holder of any of the
treasury notes herein provided for the
secretary OF the treasury shall, under
such regulation as he may prescribe.
redeem such notes in gold or silver
coin at his discretion, it being the
established policy of the United States
to maintain the two metals on a parity
with each other, upon the present
legal ratio, or such ratio as may be
provided by law.
Sec. :. That the secretary Of the
treasury shall each month coin 2,o00,-
600 ounces Of the silver bullion pur-
chased under the provisions Of this
act into standard silver dollars until
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1893-08-11

railroad company had been for a long
time in the habit of leaving cars on the
main track at any point, for the con-
venience of the people, to be loaded
with timber of various kinds for ship
ment to st. Louis and other POINTS on
said railroad The distance from ST.
Louis is from 100 to 100 miles and the
ordinary charge for hauling car load
of timber to St Louis was about $780,
which usually left enough to pay for
the labor and sometimes something
over for the timber. The company,
however, were compelled by some liti-
CATION in which they were engaged to
quit leaving cars on the main track
and quite q lot OF timber was left un-
shipped along the line, and finally last
spring us93) the timber shippers got
the company to bring special train
of empty cars to be left where needed
to be loaded on Saturday night or Sun
day, with the express understanding
that no more cars should be called for
to be loaded on the main track. Here
now was chance for big steal. The
timber was all loaded and of course no
more would be shipped from the main
track. The railroad company simply
doubled, or about doubled, the freight
on each car, charging the writer of
this article S3s for one car load, which
of course absorbed about every thing
and left the shippers lin the hole for
labor and timber. and they have not
yet at this writing made restitution.
On railroad owned and operated by
the government the charge on one of
these loads need not have exceeded
$50. But it would never do for the
government to own and operate the
railroads. Oh no, of course not. We
must go on licking the feet of our
masters as heretofore. Glorious coun-
try, isn't it? j. G. GHoLsoN.
Broughton, Ill.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1893-08-11
THE GREAT AMERICANS.

How American patriotism fires un
against English free trade.
But how meekly it submits to En-.
gllsh ownership of it's railroads
And English ownership of it's ele.
vators and ships.
And English ownership of it's brew.
cries and distilleries.
And English ownership of it's sugar
retineries and cotton congresses.
And English ownership of iron and
steel industries.
And English ownership of its coal
supply.
And English ownership of all its
finest buildings.
And English ownership of billions OF
dollars mortgages on her homes and
farms.
And English ownership of millions
of acres of land.
And English ownership and control
OF the banking and money institutions
VI UAO Country.
And English ownership of nearly all
the insurance business
And English domination in all the
manufacturing of the country.
Gee! W-h-i-z-z! how we do desnise
the English you know! How our
blood boils in national pride against
England attempting to mix up in the
affairs of this country! We licked
John Bull twice, we did, and Clipped
the lions tail. we did!
And the fool Americans don't see
that John Bull has done through vic.
ious laws that he has schemed into
existence what ne could not do with
red-coats And he levies his tribute on
Americans for hundreds of millions
annually and charges us for collecting
it. What cannot be done with a peo-
pie if you will only keep their atten-
ton directed to some other object!
Poor. fallen, tribute-paying Ameri-
cans! In the name of our patriot fore
fathers. shame!-Coming Nation.
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the first day of July, 1891, and after
that time he shall coin Of the silver
bullion purchased under the provisions
OF this act as much as may be neces-
sary to provide for the redemption of
the treasury notes herein provided for,
ana any gain or seignorage arising
from such coinage shall be accounted
for and paid into the treasury.
SEC. 4. That the silver bullion pur-
chased under the provisions of this act
shall be subject to requirements of ex-
listing law and the regulations Of the
mint service governing the methods of
determining the amount of pure silver
and the amount of charges or reduc-
lions. if any, to be made.
Sec. 5. That so much of the act of
Feb. 20, 1878, entitled 'sAn act to
authorize the coinage of the standard
silver dollar and to restore its legal
tender character" as requires the
monthly purchase and coinage of the
same into silver dollars of not less
than ~, 0O0, 900 nor more than 81, 600, ono
worth of silver bullion is hereby re-
pealed.
SEC. 6. That upon the passage of
this act the balance standing with the
treasurer of the United States to the
respective credits of national banks
for deposits made to redeem the cir
culating notes of such banks for de-
posits thereafter received for like pur-
pose shall be covered into the treasury
as miscellaneous receipt, and the
treasury of the United States shall re-
deem from the general cash in the
treasury the circulating notes of said
banks which may come into his pos.
session subject to redemption; and
upon the certificate of the comp
troller of the currency that such
notes have been received by him
and that they have been de-
stroyed, and that new notes will be
issued in their place. reimbursement
of their amount shall be made to the
treasurer, under such regulations as
the secretary of the treasury may pre-
scribe, from an appropriation hereby
created. to be known as national bank
notes, redemption account, but the
provisions of this act shall not apply to
tie deposits received under section 3
of the act of June 20, 1874, requiring
every national bank to keep in lawful
moneywith the treasurer of the United
States SUN equal to per centum of
its circulating notes; and the balance
remaining of the deposits so covered
shall atathe close of each month be
reported on the monthly public debt
statement as debt of the United States
bearing no interest.
SEC. T. That this act shall take
effect thirty days from and after it's
passage. :.
Approved July IA, 1890.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1893-08-11
f.BOUT DEMAGOGUES.

j. Sterling Morton, Cleveland's boss
farmer. is out in an interview, the
genuincness of which is attested by
picture of himself in the body OF it,
in the course of which he says that
''the populist party is disintegrat.
ing The only reason he assigns for
this funny opinion is II do not think
the people will be long led astray by
demagogues. The strong common
sense of the average citizen discovers
the agitator and damagogue in time,
and the third party, led by disgraced
demagogues discharged from the two
national parties, is rapidly going to
pieces"
This is cogent, logical reasoning, isn't
it? But it would seem to have been
stronger if the honorable gentleman
had rot coupled the words ''agitator and
demagogue," together in such a way as
to make it appear that the man who
.'agitates'' for better conditions is
gogue," who deceives the people for
his own selfish purposes. George
Washington was an ''agitator." So
was Martin Luther, and the prince of
agitators was nailed to cross nearly
two thousand years ago. The pecu-
liar characteristics of the 'agitator"
are Numerically opposed to those
which make up the ''demagogue.
They have no more ideas and thoughts
in common than j. Sterling Morton
and James B. Weaver have
The agitator is . man of principle
who does not hesit ate, when occasion
requires, to show the people their own
stupidity. The demagogue is without
principle, and relies solely on his
ability to fatter the people by talking
about ''thessrong common sense of
the average citizen" to accomplish his
ends Mr.. Morton is abundantly sat-
isfied with existing conditions, there
fore, he is not an agitator, and, per-
haps, it is natural that he should
couple what he is not with that which
it is generally acknowledged it is not
desirable to be. xBut. for all this, if
Mr.. Morton really desires to shine in
the field to which he has been, as it were,
transplanted, by that eminent tinan-
cial botanist, G.. c., he should be more
careful in stringing words together
than he ever was in stringing beans,
lest they make him appear in light
different from what he intended. He
should also -ememtas .:iat fool may
DO q dexaaegIe,. because ideas and
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ii to the people. Hence, nearly every
dollar put out will draw interest will,
50 to speak, have string attachment.
SO adjusted that the dollar can be
drawn in when necessity required.
The banks Of the esuutry can easily
trust" as the word goes-they can
organize. At the tick Of the clock they
can refuse to lend their credit (notes),
claiming scarcity of money. This
action would produce financial furry.
Failures and foreclosures of mortgages
would follow. In such an event the
mortgagee-the banker-would be the
beneficiary, while tho mortgagor-
well he could again start in life anewl
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1893-08-11

THE money power of the worla,
headed by the Rothschilds of England,
have taken another important step, in
their conspiracy against silver. They
have secured it's decentralization in
India. The effect of this will be to
depress values throughout the civilized
world. More value is squeezed into
the gold dollar and greater burdens
heaped upon the people. We are most
certainly nearing the danger line.
Just where the patience Of the people
will end and resistance begin is hard
to tell. If American manhood.
patriotism and intelligence hasn't gone
to seed the day of reckoning is near
at hand. America is able to stand
against the world.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1893-08-11

The people of the state of Illinois
have it doubly demonstrated to them
that the old parties are twins, the state
and the nation having both been
turned over to the absolute contro. of
the democrats last fall for the first
time since the war and both running
In the same rut of wasteful extrava-
gance and monopoly rule which OBJ
tanned under the republican party.
The Illinois democratic legislature,
just adjourned, appropriated more
than q million dollars more than the
last republican legislature. It was so
wildly and recklesslv extravagant that
Gov. Altgeld felt called upon to veto
bills appropriating over 100000.
Demonstrations such as these are far
more effective in securing peoples
party votes than anything populists
can do.