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RUIN IN POPULIsT RULE.
4 Statement by the Denver Busi-
mess mems League.

HILL
DENVER, Oct. 1.-THE Busi-
ness Men'sLeague of Denver, the
leading commercial and trade or
ganization of this city, com
posed of Democrats, Republicans
and former Populists, number
ing 5, 900 in all, has issued the
following address, portraying
the effect of Populist rule in this
State: :.
''Populist rule in Colorado has
been like devastating forest fire.
By destroying our credit, which
IS tho life Of commerce i has
consumed for the timo hniu~ not
loss than $:;,"H. .t""'. .""' nf value in
in this state Colorado : credit
was 50 high that the borrowing
power OF her property ranked in
the last census next to that of
New York. This borrowing
power, the handspring of our
splendid progress, has been
temporarily paralyzed by the ac-
cidental ascendency of party
which stands for reputation and
tiatism, is not true friend to
hard silver money.
Tho property Of Denver was
assessed for 500, 900, 900, and
worth three times that sum when
the Populists came into power.
Notwithstanding the city's inev
itably brilliant future, the aver
age selling price of this prop
erty, pending the overthrow of
Waiteism. has shrunk two
thirds
"Silver has declined only %
per cent, or less than the aver
age products of the other States,
while the increased value and
output of gold, together with our
bountiful crops, have moro than
made up the shortage, There
fore, not oyer one half of our
shrinkage of values can be
charged to the panic and the uni
versal depreciation resulting
from the gold standard. The
other one-half of loss is due di-
rectly and wholly to the destruc-
ton Of confidence by Populist
misrule.
80 withering has this been
that at the present moment, even
a gold mine cannot borrow 81 on
80 worth Of gold actually in
sight with which to extract that
ore and send it to the smelter.
Lenders are anxious to reap the
rich harvest offered, but hold
aloof until the election in No
vember decides whether VIC are
to have anarchy or civilized gov
ernment. Two hundred thou
sand farmers from the drought
stricken States to the east of us
are anxious to come here and
farm by irrigation, but under
Populist rule we can borrow no
more money with which to build
irrigating canals. Manufacture
ing is most profitable here, but
capital shuns populism as a pes
thence.
The people Of Colorado are
loyal to their contracts, and they
are lighting up the camp fires on
every hill for a campaign, re-
gardless of party, which is to
overthrow populism and re-es-
tablish the credit of the State. .
Signed by the executive com
mittee of the Denver Business
| Mems League:
William H. James, president;
John E. Leet, secretary; Philip
Feldhauser. j. J, McGinnity, ].
S. Appel, w. J. Barker, Cd
ward Monash, Charles F. Wilson,
Wolfe Londoner, F. E. Struby
W. A. L. Cooper, NJ. j: McNam
ara, James H Blood, Charles H
| Smith.
|
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pleasure in nothing 50 much as
shooting in this harq AepuSe, and
his subjects perceivin3, that they
could not content him oetter IN
anything than in this. w!lereWlth
he was so much delight9d, they
took pattern of the sa!d har-
vuebuse to make others by It.
and the effect thereof was such.
that before our departure, Vhlch
was five months and an half a ter,
there was six hundred of tlcm
made in the country: nay, | ,Nlll
say more, that afterwards, name
ly. the last time that the Viccroy
Don Alphonso de Noronha scut
me thither with present to the
King Of Bungn. which happene|,
in the wear l:.,:a;. th"S" of Jap \
pan ;.tfirm.. tla, in tii."irv t'uc
heo. hnin" the chief ut that kin.
dom. thor. were atcv" thirty
thousand; WAereaU finding my
self to be much amazed, for that
it seemed impossible unto me.
that this invention should null
tiply in such sort, certain mer-
chants of good credit assured me
that in the whole island of Jap
pan there We're above three hun
dred thousand harquebuses and
that they alone had transported
of them in the way of trade to
the country Of the Lebuos. at six
fn of
five and twenty hundred; so that
by the means of that one, which
ZeimotO presented to the Nauta
quinn, in acknowledgement of the
honor and good offices that he
had done him. as | have declared
before, the country was filled
with such abundance of them, as
at this day there is not SO small
an hamlet but hath an hundred
at the least; for as for cities and
great towns, they have them by
thousands, whereby one may
perceive what the inclination of
this people is, and how much
more they are naturally addicted
to the wars, wherein they take
more delight than any other ma
ton that we know"
Pinto found also, as every hon
est traveller has since found,
that cit is the custom Of those of
Japan to be exceedingly kind
and courteous" but he d not
distinguish himself by the cour-
tesy of telling the exact truth
when the Prince asked him if it
were true, as the Chinese had
told him. that Portugal was far
larger than China, (which we
confirmed unto him. and if the
King of Portugal had upon the
sea conquered the greatest part
of the world, (which also we
averred to be so;" and, finally, if
that King were so rich in gold
and silver that he had above two
thousand houses of it full to the
very tops; ''but thereunto we
answered, that we could not truly
saw the number of the houses,
because the kingdom of Portu-
gal was SO spacious, so sbound-
ing with treasure, and so pOpu
lous, as it was impossible to
specify the same
The Nautaquim may have only
politely feigned to believe those
remarkable statements, or he
may have accepted them as
genuine and so concluded that
he could not have too many har-
quebuses on hand when the puis
SAINT Portuguese should see fit to
pay him a call in force.
The world compelled Japan to-
swing into line with civilization,
aud it is too late now to expect
any retracing of the march. AS
for China. the arrogant, un
wieldy Eastern monster will have
to follow in the same line or
adopt as a nation the one bar
| barian relic of JaDan. HdIUkiTi
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THE RISE OF JAPAN.

Amid the confused and contra
dictory dispatches from the
East, a few well established facts
stand out as of the greatest i'm
portance, not only to the two
countries directly concerned, but
to the whole civilized world as
well, Japan haas proved that
her solaiers and sailors are prac-
tically invincible against any
thing like an equal force of Chi
nese. The Japanese army is
drilled and equipped as we'll as
that Of any European nation,
while the ravy is manned by
brave sailors and officered by
graduates of the best school in
the world, our own Annapolis
Academy. Corea is practically
now in tie hands of Japan; and
it is only question of what
terms of submission will be
granted to China if it be true, as
reported, that she has already
sued for peace.
1t has been thus far a fight of
the swordtish and the whale: but
now the great powers of Eu-
rope, magnanimOuS sharks that
they are, begin to protest and
cry out that the whale must not
be diSmembered. or. at least, not
unless they get some of the fat
test slices. 1t is uncertain how
Japan may take any advice from
the great powers. Only one of
them, Russia, is a very close
neighbor whose anger might be
dangerous. England will blus-
ter, as usual She clustered tre-
mendously when the japanese
vessel of war sunk the transport
ship "Kow -Shung'' which,
was flying the British flag;
but Japan did not blench a
bit at the lion S roar. In
fact there is no reason why she
should not be a match for the
big bully of the world. if it came
to hard blows.
The wonderful advancement o1
Japan in a military direction is
equalled by her progress IL
commercial and political life. Nc
people in the world are so apt to
imbibe new ideas and improve
upon them. 1t is only genera
ton since they abandoned the
feudal system which had pre-
vailed for centuries. To-day
they have a representative form
of government and all the civil
lied appurtenances thereof. Wher
Commodore Peary came, an un
invited guest, to the port o+
Yeddo, the Japanese saw mod
ern man f-war for the frs
time, and they made such goot
use of their eyes, that when the
next one came it met fairly
good copy of the first, thorough,
equipped and armed, with ever
some improvements i'll mino
matters of detail.
| AS long as three hundred year
before the visit of Peary, Ferdi
nand Mendez Pinto told as won
derful a case of Japanese imita
| tiveness, and was set down as
liar, forthwith, by people less in
genious or painstaking. One G
} his comrades presented tn
Ndtaquim, or Prince of the l.
land of Tanixyman, with
"harquebuse" and showed hin
how to make ammunition for i
Pinto tells the result, lin a SCI
tence whose distinguishing lit
; rary merit is not that of concis,
f ness
II Nov the Nautaquim, takin
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EDUCATIONAL.

Reformation of the Public School
System demanded by the Teach
ers and School Officers of
Wayne and Lenoir
Counties.
AT joint meeting of the teach
ers' Associations of Wayne and
Lenoir counties, held at Seven
Springs October 6, 1894, and af-
ter discussion of the present
needs Of the public schools of
North Carolina, a committee was
appointed to draft resolutions
expressing the sense of the meet
ing. The committee submitted
the following which were unani-
imouslv adopted:
f'e<.I."I. That the needs nf tn.
public >.:h.",lS of North t;.r.,Iit,a
demand ths, foH3win" reforms:
/. Intelligent supervision.
County superintendent should
be paid sufficient salaries to at
tract competent men to under
take the duties of this office and
to justify their giving their whole
time to the public schools. Their
duties should. be not only toexam-
inc applicants for positions to
teach, but to visit the schools
and instruct the teachers.
,. Six months continuous
session for every public school.
3. The abolition of the present
system of school committeeman
and to have seven school commit
teemen for each township who
shallselec for all the schools in
the township only such teachers
as the County Superintendent
shall commend.
f. To abolish the third grade
certificate. and to permit no
teacher to hold a second grade
certificate longer than two years.
II at the expiration of that time,
a teacher cannot secure a first
grade certificate he should re
ceive no certificate at all.
). To provide an institute of
one week or longer for the
teachers Of every county at least
once every two years. To re-
quire all public school teachers
Of the county (or committee) to
attend all Institutes, and to issue
no first grade certificates FOR two
years, to teachers that fail to at
tend the institute
g. To fix the legal minimum
salary of a first grade at S35 a
month, the minimum legal sal
airy of second grade teacher at
S2o a month, and the maximum
legal salary of a second grade
teacher at $50 a month.
Z, In order to secure those
necessary reforms more money
is needed, and therefore the Gen
eral Assembly should increase
the public school tax so that a
public school may be sustained
for six months in every district
after the manner described in
the above resolutions.
8, To amend the law so that com
munities of one or more contig-
ous school districts, or town
ship, or a county, or municipal
| corporation, may more easily
vote upon the question OF
an increase of local tax for the
support of public schools, and tc
allow communities to levy a local
tax for public schools of as much
as three mills on property an6
80 cents poll, IN addition to the
general tax.
Resolred further, That a copy
these resolutions be sent to the
school Superintendent of ever y
county with the request thai
they be communicated to the
teachers and their cooperation
asked to secure these reforms a
the hands of the next Genera.
Assembly.
H. T. JONES, Chm,
L. D. HOWELL, Sec'y,
E. p. MANGUM. n,
T. B. PARKER, O0''
JOS. KINSEY,
n. 3. WHITFIELD,
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party, the only party in this
country, the only party for
down -trodden and oppressed hu
manity, and [ can do it with the
best grace, and [ believe | have
the smiles of heaven upon me.
But, my fellow citizens, how can
| appeal to the white brother to
stand by me, and then turn to the
men who have been against me
all my life? | cannot do it con
sistently, and l will not do it, so
help me God. [ came from an
other breed and race
Capt. Kitchin is now a candi-
date for the State Senate and ex-
poets to be elected. if elected at
al. hv the votes of tho vorv NJ ems
for who's" corporation n" said
ten wears ago h" would never. Sn
help him God. appeal. Now what
is the negro going 10 do ABOUT ii:
CANDIDATES AT PROVIDENCE.
The county Democratic candi-
dates held forth at Providence
church yesterday and the occa-
sion was made a regular old
fashioned Democratic love feast
good speeches, good barbecue,
good feeling and real good time
generally prevailed and those
who had heretofore been inclin-
ed to go off with the Third party
that were of the assemblage yes
terday were canvinced of their
error and are now even more
strongly inclined the other way.
The fact of the matter is, the
refusal of the Rep-Pop combine
to meet and divide time in joint
debate with the Democratic
county canvassers has done more
to convince thinking people of
their utter lack of principle and
show up in all its hideousness
the mongrel crew that constitute
the confusion ticket than even
a joint canvass could have ac-
complished.
The honest-hearted Populists
of the county now realize the
confusion gang rs they are and
will join with the Democrats in
burying the motley crowd be-
meath an avalanche Of votes on
the 9th Of November.
The speeches of Hon. B. Fay
cock and our young friend MIR.
JnO. r. Overman, Jr., who re-
presented this county in the Leg
islature of 1890, together with
the other candidates, accomplish
ed telling results for the Novem
Der election.
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How Editors are Treated in China

Nineteen hundred editors of Pekin
paper are said to have been beheaded.
Some would shudder at such slaugh-
ter, who are Needless of the fact that
consumption is ready to fasten its fa-
tai hold on themselves DR. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery is the eff
ficient remedy for weak lungs, splitting
of blood, shOrtness of breath, brcn-
chitis, asthma, severe coughs, and
kindred affections
Stamps, Lafayette Co., Ark.
DR. r. v Pierce: Dear Sir-I will
say this to you, that consumption is
hereditary in my wife's family Some
have already died with the disease
My wife has a sister. Mrs f. A. Cleary
that was taken with consumption.
She used your Golden Medical Dis
covery," and to the surprise of her
many friends she got we'll My wife
has also had hemorrha2es from the
lungs, and her sister insisted on her
using the Golden Medical Discovery ="
/ consented to her using il, and
II cured her. She has had no
symptoms of consumption for the past
six years Yours very truly,
w. G. ROGERS, NJ. ID,
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in the house for the free coinage Of
silver: 90 Democrats voted for the bill
in the interest Of the people, and %
Republicans voted against the bill and
against the peoples interest
On June 25. 1870, Mr.. Bland offered
an amendment To the bullion bill--a
Republican measure in the interest Of
monepoly-providing for the free
coinage OF silver The amendment
was rejected, 1870 Republicans voting
against il, to ll2 Democrats for it
On the adoption Of i,e conference
report on the bullion bill which is
known as the sherman act, 10y the
house the vote stood 12l Republicans
for. TO 30 Democrats against The
Farmers Alliance member (Feather-
stone of Arkansas) voted with the l2l
Republicans for the bill, which stopped
the coinage Of silver and later depleted
the treasury of its gold reserve in the
redemption of coin certificates issued
in payment Of the silver bullion, and
which came SO near precipitatiug a
| financial panic upon the country last
year
The foregoing is only a portion OF
the record as showing the actions OF
the parties in the behalf Of monopoly
and of the people We will pursue il
| further tomorrow.
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Tie Modern Song Of the shirt.

1t is found that shirts of white mus
lin and 2, 200 linen may be produced
at seventy three cents per dozen.
Each shirt passes through the hands
Of seventeen operatives, and each
woman employed averages about one
dozen complete shirts per day. The
greater part Of the cost OF the produc-
tion is the element of labor, and while
the average pay is necessarily under
seventy three cents per day, some of
the worltwomen make a good deal
more, while the superintendents cut
ters, aud the like are we'll paid. Ma.
chinery, in this instance, has enoi-
mously increased the power of labor
and raised wages.
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pr. Prices Cream Baking Powder
Worlds Pair Hlghtss Media and Diploma.
You Need q vacation

just suggestion; Why not try the
Rocky MountainsP No better medi-
cine exists than the dry, clear bal
samie air Of that region. Anywhere
around Pixies Peak, or further into
range will do. Did you whisper trout
fishing? Yes, plenty of it, off the
railroads, in secluded hooks.
Camping out in tents, living in cot
iages or boarding at the big hotels =
.he cost is little or much. as you
please.
The Santa Fe route has on sale ex-
cursion tickets TO all principal Colo
RADIO and Utah resorts. Inquire of
nearest agent i2 II
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WHAT HAVE DONE.

Making the wish father to the
thought the Republicans are echoing
the assertion that the Democrats in
the last congress did nothing In the
way OF performing the party pledges
OF relief TO the country. The asser-
tion is an admission that the people
are burdened aud need relief which
is true. but the statement that the
Democrats did nothing for the relief
of the people is as siaiicious as IL is
untrue. The record shows that
Democrats repealed the Mckinley law.
Democrats greatly reduced taxation.
Democrats made living cheaper.
Democrats made all money taxable.
Democrats taxed surplus incomes.
Democrats restored freedom Of election:
Democrats reduced public expenditures
The Democrats detlated undying
hostility to all trusts and monopolies
organized for the oppression of the
people, and dealt those iniquities the
first staggering blow they ever re
ceived
These are part of the things the
Democrats did, and although not all
they desired to do, yet they constitute
a record they are proud to stand upor
and ask the approval of the people.
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Years ago, when Tom Thumb was
Bscnum's only attraction, he went TO
Saratoga and attempted to give an
entertainment The village fathers,
however, scared him away by the
price of their license, and he went 10
Ballston. the next town and adver-
tised the performance. A special
train was run from Saratoga and
great many went down on it.
When the curtain went up, Barnum
came out and made little speech.
Ladies' and gentlemen" he began,
lit was my first intention TO give this
entertainment ir Saratoga, but | soon
discovered that there were some men
in that place 50 much smaller than
my famous Tom Thumb, that 1t would
be useless TO attempt competition
with them"
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THE Republican party has howled
calamity at the Populists until the
habit has become chronic, and now as
reul, sure enough, earnest calamity
ties the Republicans hold the penant;
the Pops aren't in it. The howls from
both have had much to do with bring
ing about the distress that has been
upon the country these months and
years, but they have lost their terror
and demoralizing effect and hence
forth will only serve to intensity the
feeling OF disgust and contempt
among fair minded and patriotic peo-
pie for such demagogic methods.
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GOVERNOR MCKINLEY, the author of
the tax law that bears his name, went
up to Maine to help the czsr of that
state and of the Repu blican party
hold it in line. They both aid their
best to increase the party's majority
at the Mondays election as a sort Of all
round vindication. IL they were to
make it unanimous, it wouldn't be
much Of a surprise, inasmuch as they
are dependent upon the bounty on
tree sugar and the high protective
price on salt fish, including the salt,
for living.
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old Johns Cough.

In small village in Lancashire
there is an old worthy known locally
as 'Old John" This man, among
other ailments incident to old age,
suffers from a very severe cough.
One day the minister. while out for a
walk, came across Old John leaning
over the churchyard wall and cough.
ing violently. Coming up to him the
minister remarked;
That's a nasty cough you have,
John"
"Ay, sir, that it is," answered John;
but" he added. nodding his head in
the direction Of the churchyard,
there's mony and mony a poor soul
DER theer I'D be glad o. this"
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THE Republicans Populists and
Kolbites in north Alabama are doub-
ling up--pooling their issues against
the Democratic party. The combine
have selected as their candidates for
congress in the Fourth and Ninth dis
tricts two brothers, millionaires.
mine owners whom they hope to
elect on the tariff issue, with copious
draughts from their candidates barrs
After the election these candidates
will have a deal more experience and
less money. And the districts will be
represented in congress by Democrats,
as usual
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Scenery out Of Place.

The members of a theatrical com
pany, travelling through Lake George
on their way to Canada, were com
menting upon the grandeur of the
scenery, says Life, when the train
came to a standstill. One of the men,
becoming impatient, ventured out,
and upon his return was asked the
cause of the delay. "Well," he re-
piled, "a piece of the scenery has
talle n acress the track"
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1nE calamity howlers of the Repub-
lican party tell truth, though with
demagogical intent when they say
1.-THE new tariff law does not satisfy
any party" It does not satisfy Demo.
Gratis and tariff reformers, because il
stops short OF the popular demands
and needs of the country. And it
doesn't satisfy Republicans and pro-
teetionists, because it is q step in the
direction of tariff reform. These are
the true reasons why it is not salts
factory, and Republicans may make
the most of II.