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The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1893-04-18
OFFICERS.

J. T. Pinnix, president.
w. II. Proctor, vice president.
E. G. Murray, secretary and treasurer
F. L. Fuller, attorney.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1893-04-18

II IS ALONE FOR LIVE MEN.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-08-18
The Price OF wheat.

The New York Sun, in a recent is
sue, discusses the price of wheat, now
lower than it has been since 1745, and
finds that the low rate is due to the
phenomenal harvests of 1891 and 1892,
which have left a large surplus. In
1850 the United States produced 4.3
bushels OF wheat for each unit of the
population. In 1860 the quantity
grown was equal to 5.5 bushels per
capita. In 1870 it was equal to 81
bushels, and in 1880 it had increased
to 9.9 bushels; yet in 1889 it had de-
clined to TT bushels, and in 1898 is
likely to fall below Sc bushels per
capita. If such is the result of this
years harvest it will no more than
meet domestic requirements, and the
exports we make must be derived from
the large stocks now in store. The
Sun says:
"As the ten preceding crops OF the
United States-harvested from areas
somewhat greater-averaged but 44O,-
100000 bushels, the crops of 1891 and
1892 enabled us to throw upon the
markets an extraordinary contribution
Of a73.OOO.COO bushels, and supplies
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-08-18
NOTES OF THE FARM.

We believe in shade, cool water and
plenty of it where stock of all kinds
can get at it handy these days.
A fowl that is shut up and fed corn
and water alone for few days before
being killed is very much better fla
vored than one that is killed off the
range.
The breeding season being over, dis.
pose OF the cocks, for hens lay as we'll,
if not better, without him, and the
eggs will keep in good condition longer.
Manure which is not under shelter
is constantly losing fertalizing ele.
ments and the sooner it is hauled out
to the field the more will be preserved
for future crops.
If you have dogs or cats about the
place, have water where they can get
at it handily these days. Many a dog
is driven mad because of lack OF water
to drink.
Buy farm machinery as cheap as
possible but do not buy cheap machin-
cry. The poorly constructed machine
bought at low price is often the costly
one in the long run.
Does your well near the barn often
run dry? If SO, a very simple way to
remedy the trouble is to arrange to
have the water from the cave troughs
turned into the we'll. 1t is inexpen-
sive and rarely fails.
Don't make poor butter. 1t is not
wanted. Oleomargsrine is preferred,
and is often cheaper. Good butter at
fair price will drive oleomargarine
out OF market quicker than Congress
" regulations"
Do not fail to grease the plow, shov-
els, runners OF corn planters, ETC., and
put them away. 1t will take much
less time than it will to scour them
when they are needed again and neat
ness is good habit on the farm.
Mr.. Powderly's scheme to unite
farmers, mechanics and laborers in a
universal brotherhood is very beauti-
ful vision from the standpoint of on
enthusiast, but it never will be any,
thing more SO long as human nature
is what it is.
The Secretary of Agriculture mades
the highly important announcement
that he will not purchase worthless
seeds for the Agricultural Department.
This is public proclamation that he is
honest. A public official who makes
such proclamation will bear watching
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-08-18
Trouble Caused by = SemicOlon.
Hartford COuraut.

The substitution of a semicolon for
a comma in an act which became q
law in 1888 has caused a lot OF trouble
for the surface railroads and appar-
emily makes necessary the passing of
a repeating act by the present Legisla-
ture. The act, which relates to rail.
road crossings, is as follows:
"No electric, cable or horse railroad
shall hereafter be constructed across
the tracks of steam railroad at grade !;
nor shall any steam railroad cross any
such electric, cable or horse railroad at
grade, except upon application and ap-
proval by the railroad commissioners" i"
The preceding was approved, semi.
colon and all, June IL, 1889, and be-
GENE law. The result is that while
steam roads can cross surface lines at
will with the permission of the Rail-
road Commissioners street and electric
roads are barred from crossing steam
roads with or without permission.
20 l. 49, L.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-08-18
HER HEAD WAS LEVEL.
Josiah Bump Wonders What Poor
Folks Are Going to DO.

Nancy" said Josiah Bump, as he
slowly pushed the tobacco down into
the bowl of his pipe preparatory to
taking his evening smoke. al don't
see fur the life of me what poor folks
are gOin' to do. Banks a bustinY
mills shettin' down, and rich folks col
lectin' un keepin' all the money"
Nancy silently placed the supper
dishes one by one on the server and
and carried them to the sink. Sud
denly now thought seemed 10 strike
her and she said:
"Josier, have you done anything
with the $4O0 you had in the bank?"
"Yes. drew it out yesterday" re-
piled Josiah.
Where did you put itw queried
Nancy.
down suller under the purtater
bin," answered Josiah.
"Um!' unused Nancy in a medita-
tive way as she carefully gathered up
the corners of the table cloth and
made ready to scatter the crumbs in
the back yard. "No conferdunce in
the money in thirty-seven and fifty.
seven. No conferdunce in the times
now. How many people are there in
the United States, Josier?"
"Bout sixty-seven millions" an.
swered Josiah.
"Well," said Nancy, turning around
and leaning back against the table,
"sposen million of um have hid
away $500 apiece, two million 800, un
two million $50 apiece. That's $780,
100000 of money, or about 80 per cap
urtee. amt it, Josier?"
eyes," replied Josiah.
Dropped out of surkelation as COM
plete as if it had been burnt up. Tn
you read in the paper yesterday that
on the lst of August there was $24O2
pur capurtee all told" continued
Nancy.
Yes" replied Josiah again.
"Now, Pm only 'sposen about the
money that's been hid away" con.
tinued Nancy. az can mighty easy
believe though that five million out of
the sixty-seven million folks in the
United States are skeered as bad as
you be, and that altogether they've
hid away more'n $6OO,OOO,OOO of
money. But can't understand how
that you, Josier Bump, should go
round blamin' scurse money, busted
banks, un shet down mills all on the
rich solks, arter hidin' away 500 81
that very money yourself. But it is
no more inconsistent than you Poper-
list un silver men are about most
everything"
Then Nancy took up the table cloth
and went out and shook it as no doubt
she felt like shaking Josiah.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-08-18
WHOLE NUMBER 1,755.
BETTER TIMES COMING.
The Adagc to BE Fulfilled: "Every
Cloud Has N "Silver Lining.,
L. F. Examiner.

L. F. Examiner
We have evidently turned the cor
ner OF the hard times, both in Cali
fOrnia and in the country at large.
In San Francisco the boards OF coin
are trickling back into circulation.
There are hundreds of vacant safe
deposit boxes now, where few weeks
ago the supply was not equal to the
demand. The banks are lending
money to the Gamers, and the bulk
of the fruit crop will be saved. Wheat
is rushing to market, and every cargo
shipped gives us fifty or hundred
thousand dollars in English gold as
soon as it is cleared. Mining is reviv-
ing, and gold is coming down from
the mountains at the rate of 81, $780,
600 month.
In the East there is similar i'm
provement. The movement of gold
has been reversed, and Europe is now
sending the coveted metal to us as
fast as We sent it to her last spring.
The 500 900 900 reserve in the Treas
ury has been restored and a coed
working balance piled up above it.
Stocks are improving in New York.
Investors are beginning to realize that
they have the opportunity of life
time to lay the foundations of future
fortunes by judicious purchases. Even
silver has gone up to the highest point
reached since the suspension of free
coinage in India.
The sudden rise in the price of silver
upon the publication of the Presidents
message should convince the people of
the mining States that Mr.. Cleveland
is not as hostile to their interests as
they have accustomed themselves to
think. Possibly they may decide that
he has been sincere in saying that the
Sherman Act has been an injury to
oA'Cis anu VIM AtS icpcdA Will Uc d
benefit. At all events it seems evi-
dent that whatever depressing effects
might be expected to result from re-
peal have been more than discounted,
and that the market is fully prepared
for any action that Congress may
take.
1t is asserted that the prospect OF
the early termination OF the Sherman
Act and of q consequent increase in
the volume of gold exports to America
has caused so much dismay among
financiers in England that the British
Government may offer to restore free
coinage in India provided we continue
our purchases of silver. This confirms
the views of those who hold that as
soon as we cease to attempt to hold
up silver alone we shall have plenty
offers of assistance. 1t also disposes
of the theory that England is trying
to force us to gold standard. The
truth is that when one nation has
gold standard it is to its interests 10
have Others continue to use silver.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-08-18
WONDERS OF THE SEA.
A Mine of Information Condenxe.
Into Instructive Sentences.

The sea occupies three-ffths OF the
surface OF the earth. At the depth OF
about $500 feet waves are not felt.
The temperature is the same, varying
only trifle from the ice of the pole
to the burning sun OF the equator. A
mile down the water has pressure of
over ton to the square inch. If a
box feet deep were filled with sea
water allowed 10 evaporate under the
sun, there would be 2 inches of salt
left on the bottom. Taking the aver
age depth of the ocean TO be three
miles, there would be a layer of pure
salt 23O feet thick on the bed of the
Atlantic. The water is colder at the
bottom than at the surface. In the
many bays on the coast of Norway the
water often freezes at the bottom be.
fore it does above. Waves are very
deceptive. To look at them in storm
one would think the water Travelled.
The water stays in the same place. but
the motion goes on. Sometimes in
storms these waves are 40 feet high,
and travel fifty miles all hour-more
than twice as fast as the swiftest
steamship. The distance from valley
to valley is generally fifteen times the
height, hence wave 5 feet high will
extend over Is feet of water. The
force OF the sea dashing on Bell Rock
is said to be seventeen tons for each
square yard. Evaporation is a won-
derful power in drawing the water
from the sea. Every year layer of
the entire sea, II feet thick, is taken
up into the clouds. The winds bear
their burden into the land, and the
water comes down in rain upon the
fields, to flow back at last through
rivers. The depth of the sea likewise
presents an interesting problem. II
the Atlantic we're lowered from 1854
feet, the distance from shore to shore
would be half as great, or 1900 miles.
II lowered little more than three
miles. say 1850 feet, there would be a
road of dry land from Newfoundland
to Ireland. This is the plain on which
the great Atlantic cables were laid.
The Mediterranean is comparatively
shallow. A drying up OF GEO feet
would leave three different seas, and
Africa would be joined with Italy. The
British channel is more like a pond,
which accounts for its choppy waves.
1t has been found difficult to get the
correct soundings of the Atlantic. A
midshipman of the navy overcame
the difficulty, and shot weighing 80
pounds carries down the line. A hole
is bored through the sinker, through
which rod of iron is passed, moving
easily back and forth. In the end of
the bar cup is dug out, and the in.
side coated with lard. The bar is
made fast to the line, and q sling
holds the shot on. When the bar,
which extends below the ball, touches
the earth, the sling unhooks, and the
shot slides off. The lard in. the end Of
the bar holds some of the sand, or
whatever may be on the bottom, and
a drop shuts over the cup to keep the
water from washing the sand out.
When the ground is reached shock is
felt, as . if an electric current had
passed through the line.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-08-18
ALL IN A NUTSHELL.
Wisdom ON the Part OF Congress
will Restore Confidence.

The condition of affairs and its
cause, what is needed for relief, and
how to obtain it, are all explained in
the following interview with Ex-
Controller of the Currency Edward S.
Lacey, now President of the Bankers
National Bank of Chicago. He said:
The prompt and unconditional re-
peal of the silver purchase clause of
the Sherman act will benefit the
country, because it will convince peo-
pie, at home and abroad, that we are
to continue the present joint use of
gold and silver, with the yellow metal
as standard. This fact being estab-
lished, the return of our secureties
from Europe will cease, and the free
transfer of funds from abroad for in
vestment here will set in, thus accele-
rating importations of gold. 1t will
convince the timid that it is useless to
hoard gold coin in the expectation
that it may some time bring a pre-
MUM, and large sums now useless
will be returned to circulation. In
other words, we are to expect relief
from the present depression by the
Restoration of confidence.
Return to circulation of boarded
money.
Importation OF gold from abroad.
Sale of the agricultural products
now being harvested.
The three first conditions will be
established by the repeal of the silver
purchase clause and the marketing Of
crops will be greatly facilitated there
by. The condition of the country at
large is sound and its recuperative
powers marvellous. The exercise of a
moderate degree of wisdom on the
part of Congress and a reasonable
amount of courage and patience on
the part of the people will restore us
to our normal condition OF prosperity
with a speed and certainty that will
surprise the most sanguine.
We cannot ignore the fact that the
trade relations between the nations of
the earth are yearly becoming more
intimate and intcrdcpendent. We
cannot safely take position on mon
etary or financial questions at vari
ance with that entertained by the
other commercial countries. Excess
sive importations have invariably pre-
ceded panics. Trade balances must be
settled in gold, the money of the
world. In fact, if we would prosper,
we must have sound currency such
as the world approves, and buy abroad
less than we sell.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-08-18
OLYMPIA, WASHINGTON: FRIDAY EVENING" AUG 49, 1893

from other sources being for the two
years quite up to the average, the con-
suming element was unable to absorb
such an excess; the result being that
the world enters upon the 1891 har-
vest year with an apparent reserve of
llO,OOO,OOO bushels. Being concen-
trated to an unusual extent in the
hands of dealers, who find it difficult
to borrow upon it, this reserve has ex-
erted and continues to exert a very de-
pressing effect upon prices already de-
moralized by the plethora of the last
two years. Tho consequence is that
prices have descended TO level that
no living man has known.
"Such acreage yields from American
fields being hitherto unknown, it may
be assumed that they will but rarely
be repeated; and the worlds wheat
area, with average yields, being now
deficient by more than 100000
acres, an average harvest will produce
but 2,2S0, 100000 bushels, while the ac-
quirements are now 2,44O,OOO,OOO, and
augmenting at the rate of more than
100000 bushels per annum-the
equivalent of 100000 new acres.
Therefore, we may expect prices to adj
vance to a remunerative level just as
soon as existing reserves shall have
been consumed.
"Prices having once reached such
level, a continuance of their remuner.
ative character is practically assured
by the probability that such additions
as are made to the wheat-bearing area
in the Balkan States and South Amer
ica will be more than neutralized by
acreage losses in Western Europe and
Amarico -
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-08-18

THE estimates for the municipal tax
at Seattle this year give total of IA
mills. There will be wanted for
salaries $356,636; for supplies, 1894,
0lO, and for interest, 1929, 800. Water
revenue is estimated at $4,000, and
licenses and fines are expected to yield
$76.SOO. In the police department
salaries are estimated at $6l $50; the
salaries in the fire department are put
at $79.OSO, and the total cost of fire
service at $4,000.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-08-18
Adlai Enjoys His Trip.

Vice President Stevenson In passing
East en- route from the Pacific coast,
said to St. Paul reporter: "Our trip
was most enjoyable, through a new
country on new road, the Great
Northern, which I consider one of the
most remarkable lines in America,
new in construction, but perfect in &C.
commodations, equipment and man.
agement. We were delighted with
the service furnished, the buffet car
with its bath room, barber shop, library
easy chairs, writing and card tables,
smoking rooms, observation windows,
ETC., was club house on wheels. The
scenery the finest I ever saw on any
transcontinental trip. The marvellous
switchback track in the Cascades, and
the grandeurs of Tumwater canyon
cannot be equaled in America. We
crossed the two great mountain ranges,
the Rockies and the Cascades, in day.
light, on track that seemed as solid
as the earth, and the entire party
commented on the absence of dust.
We enjoyed every moment of the trip,
and could tell enough to fill columns
OF the wonders of the mighty North
west, with its mines, farms, ranges,
forests, mountains, rivers and lakes.
1t is a region destined to have large
influence in national growth and pros
perity, and the Great Northern is a
potent factor in promoting its devel-
opment.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-08-18
MIcHAEJ. Muryav NJ cnoLo Ill

MICHAEL Murray, of Spokane, had a
bottle of whisky and bottle of bed.
bug poison sitting on the same shelf.
he got up in the night to get drink
OF whisky and took big swallow of
corrosive sublimate. Prompt admin.
istration OF antidotes saved his life,
and hereafter he will take his whisky
70 bed with him or wait till morning.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-08-18
Bright for western Farmers.

The news that France is in the
midst of fodder famine means that
American farmers are going to exper-
fence a sharp demand for their feed
products this summer and fall at an
advanced figure. Germany has a
shortage in sight, and other European
nations will be getting their fodder
from us before winter comes.
In every Western State millions of
dollars worth of this valuable crop
will be harvested. The wheat crop
this year will not be as heavy as usual,
but corn will be plenty. In Europe
the wheat crop will be poor. This
combination will result in better prices
for this staple of the American farm.
1t may. as we'll, help the good work OF
spreading the doctrine of corn among
the peasantry of Europe that is now
satisfied with its fortnigh,ly baked
black bread.
With wise financial legislation the
future of the American farmer con-
tinues to be the brightest OF any class
in the world.
Such crops as are raised in the great
West. il produced in Europe or New
England, would speedily make the
farmers rich. In the older countries
and in the older States the old saw,
that "a penny saved is penny
earned," is religiously observed. There
is no waste in those developed parts of
the world. Out-buildings are care
fully constructed, i'll order that crops
may be properly cared for. Houses
are provided for reapers, binders, now
ers, threshing machines, plows and
other farm implements in order that
they may not be left out in the wealth
er. Western farmers are only learning
this form OF economy. They are find
ing out that it pays better to provide
house for a mower than to allow the
machine to lie in fence corner, where
its wood warps and its steel rusts.
The farmer who does that finds it ne.
cessary to buy new machine or to
get along in halfway fashion with
out one of his own after single sea-
sons use and one winters abuse.
The farmers of Europe open their
eyes at Western crops. Commission
ers from European agricultural sta
tions marvel at our farming resources
and are astonished at an extravaganza
that has grown into a sorry habit.
Crops are oftimes poorly garnered
fields are left idle, sacrifices are made
in marketing and haphazard study
of methods is too often observed in the
prosperous Western agriculturalist,
whose property would meaa great
riches with the care that is given to
the business of farming in the East.
A merchant who is careless with his
wagons, his signs and other equipment
is regarded as a short-sighted man.
His trade falls off as result and the
renewal of the lost paraphernalia takes
money from the working capital that
should stay in the business. The
farmer is business man. He should
care for his utensils with the same sys-
tenn that any other pursuit demands.
Great corn and hay crops will be
produced this summer and good prices
will be paid for them and for wheat,
too, if the signs do not fail.
Russia, England, India and France
will not have good crops this year.
Americas reserve supply and this
years surplus will be in demand. Let
the Western farmer care for his re-
sources and make 1898 a year memor.
able in his important business.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-08-18

A Willy attempt to evade the Roscoe
cigarette law now in effect has been
unearthed. An agent of an Eastern
manufacturer in Seattle was in the
city trying to place cigarettes on sale
which, instead of being of the usual
paper-covered kinds, are the same old
brands covered with small natural
leaf of tobacco. The filling is the
genuine cigarette tobacco. The OBJ
ject intended is to get around the law
and evade its penalty by the use OF
the pure tobacco covering. The GOV,
ering, instead of being rolled on as is
done with cigarette making, is put on
and pasted down. The size and shape
of the cigarettes is not changed.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-08-18

THE semi-annual statement of the
Grand Army of the Republic of Wash.
ington and Alaska, shows II posts and
2.5ll members in good standing, as
against 81 posts and 1,5I2 members,
December 81, 1890.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-08-18

A COUNTY road is to be built out OF
Fairhaven at cost of $4,000.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-08-18

THERE is no such tonic as happiness.