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much less effort than the ordinary
singer, and sustains them with
faultless accuracy.
The expressions of a critic upon
Miss Yaw's remarkable voice serve
very aptly to define the sensation
which fills the auditor when listen
ing to her phenomenal pitch
Z above high E. He said: "Hu-
man comprehension may follow her
voice to high G and fairly keep its
feet on earth, but when the sew
enth tone above that is vibrated
with clear, bell.like charm, it is
then that one ascribes the effect
to some supernatural instrument
tality; it is not earthly enough for
our faltering concertion. !" In Paris
the critics marveled at her prodi-
gious voice, as indeed did the fa-
nous Nilsson. When Miss Yaw
sang G above high G the great
prima donna could not comprehend
the great altitude and was not
satisfied that Miss Yaw had really
reached this great height until she
had struck the key on the piano.
n. Y Musical Courier, 'q4.
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MAYOR |. n. LINK DEAD !!
He Died Suddenly In Greensboro
Saturday forming.
A GOOD TAN Is GONE
Durham fiourns the Demise Of One Of Her
Best Citizens. Cut Down In the
Prime Of Life.

l
Prime Of Life.
Our immunity was aimsst swept Of
its feet Saturday morning when = tele
gram was received announcing the dealt
of Mayor Isaac Newton Link. Me-
hurried here and there to ask: "can |
be so l,'
Alssl the dread tidings were only to,
true. TO all men it is allotted that the,
must die, and Mayor Link had answered.
the final decree.
For many years he had been afflicted
with heart trouble, which becam,
more pronounced as the years rolled By,
The day he left us TO visit Greensboro
his physician told him that his hear,
was in a precarious condition, and told
him TO take good care Of himself. Hi,
death proved clearly that the doctors
diagnosis was correct
Saturday morning, while riding in a
carriage to the depot in Greensboro, his
spirit left his bsdy 50 peacefully that
those riding with him knew not Of its
departure till the depot was reached.
TO be born and to die is the common
fate Of all. and it Is very sweet to die
with the friendship Of everybody to hal
low your memory.
No man in our midst perhaps enjoyed
the friendship Of al classes more thor
oughly than did Mayor Link. He was
4 friend 10 the people, and the people
were his friend. Twice they elected him
to the mayor,lty Of the city, and their
loyalty to him had not abated at the
time Of his taking of.
The deceased mayor was 46years old,
aud from his boyhood had been loved
for his kind.heartedness. Mature age
intensified this fine trait Of character,
and his great popularity may be ascribed
TO il. II you accounted Newt Link as
yous friend you would never misplace
yeur confidence. Ills heart was as big
as his body, aud unkindness was a thing
unknown TO him. =-
lie was q man Of honor. II be made
you promise, II was sure to be fulfill
ed. If he represented anything to you
as being true, you might count on il as
being certain fact. II he professed
friendship for you. you could never
,ruthfuily say that you were friendless.
Saturday his corpse was brought
back 10 US from Greensboro. A large
crowd met the remains at the train, and
the body was escorted 10 the mayors
Office, which had been appropriately
draped, by a detachment from the Dur.
ham Light Infantry, and a large num-
Der Of citizens.
As an evidence Of his sterling worth.
il may be stated that throughout the
afternoon continuous stream Of friends
poured into the mayors Office TO pay
their respects to his memory, aud to
take last look At him, who, in death,
seemed but asleep.
May God rest his soul in peace.
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Working in Debt.

Many years ago a large, intelli-
gent and well to do shipper oflcaf
tobacco in Lynchburg, Va, Of
hol. ,rable name, was a chief pa
tron of our immediate family as
commission merchants Of Rich
mond. The shipper lost on his
invoices year in and year out and
always complained accordingly of
his losses, and as often was re-
proved for shipping, and at last
was requested to ship no more to-
baceo at such ruinous rates and
losses. This remonstrance, how
ever, only brought forth the la
conical reply that he was bound
to keep shipping and had no 9th
er way to support his family. It
seems to us that not only this
Virginia shipper, but our Vir-
ginia and North Carolina planters,
lose their wits alike. Tho planter
who makes two and three cent to-
bacco knows he is losing year by
wear, in money, Slabor, land M
proyement, ETC.; still he repeats
the exhaustive process, with no
expectation Of improvement in
quality or price. The lower the
previous crop and the meaner, the
more seems to be the incentive for
planters to attempt still a worse
prepared and larger crop the next
season, hoping for some mystesi-
Gus luck to get them out OF the
mire Of debt. The time and la
Dor and outlay thus lost, if it We're
employed in enriching the farm,
leaving out exhausting tobacco as
a crop for several years, and then
making, OH the rested and pre-
pared land, one good crop where
three poor ones are now made,
would give the world some rest oi
poor tobacco, and would improve
prices and profits and the farm,
while planters could live all the
better and learn more by expert
enee and practical application to
other crops, that could be con-
sumed at best on the farm. There
is no end to the diversity Of farm
products, and paying ones, but,
like gold, they must be hunted for
intelligently and mined out
Southern Tobacconist.
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Lynchiug at the North.

hShSNCi NdoC VI l1icillIlS
occurs at the South, though fol
the most hcinous Of all crimes, i
is always paraded at the North a.
evidence of our lack Of civilization
and wantof regard for the right:
and life Of the negro. But when
such events occur, as they fre.
quently do, at the North, and fol
crimes of far less magnitude, lit.
tie notice is taken OF them that
quarter, even though the victim
be a white man of their own blood
and kindred ! The most recent
and diabolical case Of this kind is
Just presented in Holt county,
Nebraska, where Barrett Scott, the
ex-treasurer Of that county, was
oyerpowered by mob Of lawless
citizens, shot while in his carriage
with his wife and children, taken
to the river near by, hung by a
rope to death, and his mutilated
body thrown into tile cold stream.
from which il has just been re-
covered. The only charge against
MIN was that he was short in his
treasury accounts, which pales In
10 insignificance beside the atroci-
ous crimes that cause lynching III
The South. In speaking Of this
monstrous ofFense, the Washing
ton News puts in the following
we'll timed remarks: @
The victim Of this lynching had
lived honored and respected.
Doubts as to his guilt were enter
tained, and yet a law mob of self.
rigteous conseryators snatch him
from the side Of his wife, treat
him with the indignities Of the
damned, hang him till dead, and
then east the clay that held a
living saul in its keeping into a
frozen river. The passions of the
southern man are aroused by
dissertations Of virtue; but these
Nebraska seIfconstituted saints
are wrought to frenzy by loss Of
money. Madness Of materiality
fades into contemptibility when
contasted with vengeance for a
ruined home and outraged virtue.
Oh! the inconsistency Of a people
sho see a mote in the eye Of their
5rothcr aud fail TO discover a
beam hiding their own infamy,
Nebraska aud her sympathetic
| sisters should veil their counten.
ances in a mask sufficiently thick
to hide their own shame. They
should purge themselves from
their own leprosy before leeding d
crusade against the wickedness o
others. There are hundreds o
good people in the State Of Nebras
ka, who, like tile better elemen
Of the South, condemn in th,
strongest terms such acts o
violence.
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Jsy douIs's Children.

An exchange says, the Goulds
are certainly d family with some
sense Of possibilities aud respon-
sibilities Of riches. George found
il made a great business, a res
pectcd and honorable position, q
beautiful wife, and a big family
some Of the things which make
life worth living. Edwin has FOL.
lowed his example. Howard main.
tains that gayety and rcyeIry
come before solidity, but he En-.
joys lie 70 the full. Helen has
accomplished in charitable work
what DR. Parkhust has in poll.
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ErRE AZ RLLLsRoRo.

One Of the largest fires Hillsboro
has had in several years occurred
Friday night about o'clock. The
fire destroyed the residences of DR..
Hooker, Mrs. Porter and Mrs. SAL
lie Rosemond. We have not heard
how the fire originated.
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No rabbits There

Last Saturday a Democrat Of
Concord wanted 10 go out in the
country hunting. He saw in town
a well known Populist farmer,
and asked permission Of him 10
shoot rabbits on bis place. lie was
PROMPTLY and peremptorily in
formed that neither he nor any
other Democrat could hunt on his
land. Another Democrat re-
marked that it didn't make any
difference anyway, as he had been
hunting for weeks and hadn't
jumped a rabbit in a mile Of a
Pops place yot.-Times.
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When it is remembered that
Cassie REM only touched G on the
the fourth, Di Murska i above the
third, Christine Nilsson i sharp,
and Patti G on the fourth, Miss
Yaw's voise will be the better ap-
preeiated by musicians. When
Nilsson sang the high r. sharp in
Mozart's "Magic Flute" her lis
teners fairly labored between rapt-
ure and hysteria. Miss Yaw sings
high + sharp without the slightest
effort, and sustains the note with
the sweetest quality. II any have
supposed that Miss yaw, with her
:ervelous range, Is merely musi.
al freak, they are very much mis-
.akea. Her voice throughout its
entire range is sweet, expressive
and sympathetic. She reaches the
highest and lowest notes with
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"Reforn''

The Raleigh News and Observer
has made an investigation Of the
number Of clerks and other en-
ployes who hold places under the
present Legislature. II saysthere
are 2l more 'flaborers" than we're
employed by the last Democratic
Legislature, one more assistant
engrossing clerk and two more
pages. "The total increase in q Q
payroll thus entailed," says the
News and Observer, "amounts to
$3.50 for The session." And this
Is "reforn." Let the work of"rc.
form" proceed.
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"reminiscences Of Judge rlangnm

Prof. Stephen V. Weeks, who is
doing a great service for North
Carolina in collecting data and
writing a history other great men,
is at present engaged on a bio
graphy of Judge Willie P. Man
gum.-Statesyille Landmark.
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IwksT every man and woman In the United
States interested In the Opium and whisky
habits 70 have one Of my books on these dis
eases. Address b. n. Woolley, Atlanta, Ga,
Box go, and one viii be sent you free.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-30
rsf cosOIrl0s or Tsf Tsflsuar.

In speaking Of the condition oi
the treasury the Washington Pos,
editorially says that Il is no longer
possible to disguise or prudent 70
ignore the fact that the condition
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-30

ps Special attention given to repairing all kinds of
musical instruments Old pianos and organs stained and
vanished and made to look new Can give lowest prices
and best Of references Satisfaction in every instance Spec-
men work be at my office Mangum street. and
will take pleasure in visiting adjoining towns or residences
of parties in the country upon notification. jan-i6.
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country for miles Friday afternoon.
Six dead and seven injured are the
known victims Of the calamity.
The explosion was in the brewery
of G. Henning & Sons. The
names Of the known dead are: c.
Keifert. David Cheer, David
Wells, Adam Berscheidt.
The news that U. S. s. Raleigh
was ordered to sail at 8 s'1ck
Friday night and that Officers on
leave IN Boston had been hurriedly
recalled, created considerable sur.
prise yesterday. The vessel did
not get away until late yesterday
evening. Commissioner Wallace,
commandant Of the naval station,
said yesterday that there was no
s 1ecial significance In her hurried
d departure. The Raleigh will join
Admiral Meadows squadron in
Hampton Roads.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1895-10-17

Carolina regiments Q6th and 24th)
Glst's brigade, and one to Culpepper's
battery, the position of the last two to
be designated hereafter. That to Ker-
shaw's brigado, being to tho larg est
number OF South CarOlinians, to be the
largest of these four to Manigault's
and Gist's smaller, and to Culpepper's
battery smaller still. For those four
monuments, the commission rather ia
vor design somewhat similar to the
monument to Battery |, 4th u. S.
artillery, now on the battlefield.
ALI the monuments are proposed to
be made OF South Carolina granite, of
the most enduring kind-to be without
any ornamentation which will be in
Jured by the wear Of tho clements and
Time, TO have no sharp edges, the
blocks Of stone to be joined in the most
secure and lasting method, all letter.
ing, etc, To be cut in and no raised let
ters TO be used, and everything to be
OF the most substantial and D. .rmancnt
workmanship and material The past
record of ull bidders will be considered
as to their habit of doing thorough
| work.
Tho larger monument to have on it
in some appropriate place tho pal
mctto. our State emblem.
The Legislature has made no appro-
prtatlon of any moneys nor indicated
IN any way how much it will upDrO-
pirate. The appointment OF tho COM
mission in 1893, which established the
position Of South Carolina troops Oh
the battlefield, and OF this commission
on monuments, shows that it intends
to do something, and tho commission
expects liberal treatment at its hands,
and II generous donation to tho noble
men who fought and died on this, one
OF tho most desperate and bloody bat
tlciicidS Of the worlds history. 1t is
advised that such designs be submitted
rs will make the total cost of the mon
umGnts erected on the battlefield be-
tween $1,000 and $4,000 Larger cst-
mates will be received and considered,
but it is doubtful if they can be passed
even If submitted to the legislature.
The Chickamau%a park commission
will furnish the sand and broken stone
necessary for the foundations. t.sti-
mates must be t0r the mOnumun Us
erected on the battlefield of Chicka-
mauga.
Designs with estimates, on designs
without estimates, but accompanied
with an approximate idea Of costs.
given by Il reliable builder Of monu-
mcnts, will be received by Gen. G. |.
Walker, 3 Broad street. Charleston,
~. ~: IL ucilNticu VI llllll
November $, lS9J. They will be opened
and passed upon at Il meeting OF tho
commission to be held about November
. -, 1880.
1T must be distinctly understood that
tho commission does nOL bind its elf TO
: accept amy dCsiH IN or estimate. IL can
) return the same only At owners costs,
and the designs selected viii have to
| br submitted 10 the Legislature. No
financial engagement can be made
: until the Legislature has made appru-
priation and given authority TO con
tract, etc.
; &. |. WALKtiR,
j. ID. MCLuCAS.
&. X. HENDERSON,
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1895-10-17

THE LuNATIC ASYLUM TO BE EN-
LARGED. The board OF regents of the
State lunutic asylum have at last
practically closed the negotiations for
and Sccurcd the Wallace property in
the angle formed by the present prop
crty Of the asylum. Il valuable prop
erty OF los acres. on which stands
four rf the oldest and most historical
mansions in Columbia and in short
time Il portion OF limwood avenue will
likely be closed. while the ASYLUM
road will be Il thing OF the past. The
regents have been after this property
for Il long time. There arc four large
houses upon it. Tie iueit in securing
1t was to increase the asylum yards
about onr-third their present size and
secure property TO erect new main
buildings, which will have to be
erected. Another motive was to close
the asymm road. which runs so near
| the main building OF the white women's
department..
The board at its meeting Yesterday
authorized DR.. Taylor to close the ne
got'at!ons for the purchase OF the prop
erty ON the terms secured. The board
found that the excavations for the new
| Parker building for colOrcd male pa.
tlcntr had been practically completed
and would Dc ready in Il few days for
the laying of the foundations The
board has :; milton brick with which
to erect the building. State.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1895-10-17

headquarters at Tappan, on the west
side OF the Hudson. near Plcrmont. An
august tribunal, including Lafayette
and Steubcn. tricd Andro by court-
martial. He was adjudged guilty and
condemned to the matter as spy.
Every effort vas mao" hy the British
officers to save hlm. but in vain. An
Dire. undisturDGd by lear OF death, ask
ed only to die u5 soldier, aud not rs u
spy. But the stern rulcS OF war again
iutorposed. II pray you to bear wit
| ness that | meet my tate like L brave
man." were his last words, as at noon
on Saturday. October ,, 1850, the band
age settled over his eyes and shut out
| forever the light OF tine world.
1t has been counted Uy many L blot
upon the fame OF Washington that he
listened to the prOnptlugo Of policy
and Justice, aud not TO those Of mercy.
| llo was called Il "reuOrSulcSS MUIR
derer,h and Miss Annie Seward,
Andres friend, denounced in poetry
his "Ncro-thirSt for guiltlesS blood. y
In the British army the widest indig-
nation broke out against tho American
general. The execution of Nathan
Hale in New York, only four years be
fore, under conditions moro cruel and
circumstances almost as pathetic, was
entirely forgotten by them in the viru
lcncc OF thelt conformation. Yet w
know from concurrent testimony thai
| WaShingtOn's kind heart was pro
fOuudly moved, and that he wOui(
have prevented the sacrifice, had no
the gravcst public necessity demanded
IL. He even refused TO meet tho BRAY,
young spy, lest pity and sorrow NIGH
overcome his scnsc Of duty to his coun
try.
Major Andre was buried at Tappun
! but in 1882 his remains were taken t.
Westminster Abbey, where II splendit
memorial commcmorltcS his virtue
and his untimcly death. His brOthe
was knightcd, and various members O
his family received marks of favo
from the crown. Not even here ha
his memory bcel forgotten. Scvera
years ago Cyrus w. Field erected
monument To his memory upon Jh
place Of his execution, aud ALTHOUGH
Vandal hands frustrated his benevOlen
design, condemnation Of the iconu
cllStiI deed was general and severe.
Andres captOrs, too, were richl,
rewil ucu IN lite. aid their decd per
pctuatcd after their death. Medal
from COn21 CSS, grants Of cOutiScate,
! lands IN "estcncStcr, hOnOrS dllrin!
long lives, ana II ccnOtaph near larry
town, were among the rewards of TIL
faithful and incorluptiblc minute men
Inc original monument on "Nndre'
Brook" was erected by the people q
Ncstchcstur County in 1913, ana tn
oraLlon uf Henry j. RAYMOND on tha
occasion was cNccllod in eloqucncc an,
appropriateness only ny the thrillin,
addrc,s ol ChLuncry NJ. Depew on tn
S;tnu spot, ~cptcm bcr %, 1850, on tn
Occasion 1f the centennial cule!;iitio
OF Andres capture, where II statue @
'1hn l'auiding. tte minute man, wa
vas placed on the original obalisk O
| ISG3
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1895-10-17

or ruin themselves by violating their
contracts. They, rs we'll as the Ameri-
can spinners, arc caught in q tran.
THIS crop is too small for all of them
to get their full share. Amerioa
McXIco. Canada and japan will con.
sumo II minimum of 100000 bales.
This will leave 1900, 900 to be distribute
cd between Great Britain and the Con-
tincnt, against $500, 900 bales last wear.
This will wipe out the visible supply
and create Il public panic among cotton
buyers. Tho price of cotton has come
to stay, and to go very much higher.
Last year the manufacturers reaped
IL golden harvest by buying Scent cot
ton. 1t is now your turn. They know
that the crop is all open and can be
marketed before December lst.
"They expected you to bite at the
bait held out by the present so-called
great rise and rush your cotton for
ward and press it for sale. They will
tncn stay out OF tho market, hoping
that the weight Of the cotton offered
would dcprcss the prlce.
implOre you not 10 do this. Sell
rs they try to buy from hand to mouth,
and before January you will have The
American, Eng lish and Continental
cotton buyers out-biddng each other
Tor every bale of cotton you have to
sell. DO not be dccci"ed by the advice
of q New York bear circular dis
guiscd under Il bulls hide. Under
present crop and trade conditions your
cotton is worth 10! cents. Do not
sacrifice it because last year it sold for
> cents and now is selling for 81
cents
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1895-10-17
CiROLINA'.S NiOECM ENTS,
The ChicllamnuGa Commission Issues
an Important Circular-Shall We
Honor the Hcuuc

The following circular letter just is
sued by the monument commission Of
heChlcknmauga battlefield, appointed
! under the special act Of the last Gen
crnI Assembly, viii bU read with the
krcncst interest by ali putriotic South
| CArO!iniauS:
Under authority Of Il joint resolution
Of Legislature OF South Carolina passed
December 22d, 1891, viz
"That the Governor DC, and he +
hereby authorized to appoint Il com.
mssiOn Of one on moro suitable persons
TO select designs and places OF location
Tor monuments to troops from South
Carolina as recommended by The
Chickamaugn commission.
That said commission will make
its report to the Governor, who will
communicates with the General AS
scmbly at It's next regular session, 1895,
with such recommendation as he nay
deem best, at which time such further
action upon the recommendation of
the Chickamauga commission may be
takcn As the General Assembly sees
fit
The following commission was ap.
pointed by tho Governor Gen. g. I.
walker, Maj. }. ID. McLucas and Capt.
4. *. Henderson.
Inc commission has decided to re.
commend to the Legislature, the ercc.
tloh or the following monuments
one principal monument, commemora-
tlvc OF the va!or OF all South Carolin-
lans engaged n the battle to be placed
on Dycr's Knoll. tho spot whore Ker-
shaW's Brigade made most glorious
and victorious charge, and u conspicr.
GUS position on the field
One OF smaller size, each: to Ker-
shaw's Brigade, to be placed where
they fought the whole afternoon on
Range, one to the South |
Carolina regiments (l0tn and l0th) OF |
brigade, TO be erected |
where they fought for three hours on !
Range, ono to the South