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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-08-29
TT rs THE SELFISH AMBITION OF
THE PRIVILEGED FEW

'rht. free silver men are lectured eV-
cry day about arraying class against
class. aud accused OF bringing about Ill
feeling between the rich and the poor.
There is no ground for such lectures.
Tt is not the Democrats who are res
ponsible for any such feeling that may
exist. They have never made any war
on wealth honestly obtained, or upon
rich men. The Chicago platform will
be searched in vain for any expression
that can he twisted into an assault
upon Legitimate business or honestly
acquired wealth. No sooner had that
platform, which fairly bristles with
assaults OH trusts, monopolies and
money syndicates, been announced
than every fellow in n trust, combine
or unholy syndicate, no matter what
his party, began to denounce it as
teaching communism and anarchy. The
plain people suspected it must be
new declaration of defence against
latter day Tories and English domino
ton, and began to study it. They
found it was along the line of Jeffer-
sons declaration; that it was written
tao hurl defiance at systems that We're
strongly intrenched in special privil-
eges-system that were piling, up big
fortunes in the hands of the few, and
impoyerishing the many. They then
understood why Democrats like Whit
ney and Flower and 0lney, all monop-
olists or agents of monopoly, were so
bitter against Bryan, and they began
to say I'VE love Bryan for the enc
mics he has made. The man who is
hated by the stock gobbers, the gold
Spectators. the bond-grabbers, the
trust manipulators, and all the idle
holders of idle wealth must be a true
tribune of the people" \ few weeks
ago, on an Old Dominion steamer ply
ing from Norfolk to New York this
writer heard workingman say, in re-
ply to the statement that prominent
Democrats were boiling Bryan: For
every silk hat be loses he. Svii get six
pairs of oaeralls.p trhess hat..men
are OVERRIDING TIC yboltine. IT helps
Bryan.
The Springfield Republican, an oppo-
nent Of free coinage. sees that it is the
gold men and not the silver men who
are responsible for class feeling. 1t
says:
The chief danger confronting
us lies not in the disorderly and
anarchistic propensities of a mass
of the people, but in the refusal of
the influential and wealthy classes
10 see anything of wrong and in
Justice in situation SO favora-
BILE to themselves, and to act ac-
cordingly as becomes men who
love their fellows. The Indictment
which history draws up out of all
its revolutions is not leveled at the
lawless and evil disposition of the
masses but at the obstinacy and
blindness and selfish ambition of
the powerful and privileged few"
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FIRED FOR TALKING SILVER.

\ Birming ham, Ala, special to the
Atlanta Constitution says:
Every effort is being made by the
large corporations in this district to
have their laborers endorse the sound
money" movement, and come out open
ly for Mckinley and Hobart.
Zone of the great railroad systems
discharged one of their employees who
was taking a hand in passing around
free silver and Democratic literature,
and was discussing the question open
w and before crowds of men.
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EXTRACT FROM DECREE.

at S hereby oraered that all claims ont
standing against The receiver Of the said
Richu ond AID DAnville nailrC AZ Comp.nt,
ana all rln ms aga n%t the said Ri i.Iao.i4
a. DaIiv'lle k"i!ro0C Com Any, which are
a eyed 10 lie prior or urcriOr tO the lien
o the mort nae for closed. which luo
sage bore ia G q tobel p tS6 h tiiCd with
the SneC .,I masters iu Z. Auct ~. h-p ia t,s.
t1rst dAA of lecemrCr 1876 ane that on the
failure Of he boidtr,f any su h q, iui 10
fl the IN, v hin said time su 70 rl.'iu
o. CLAIMS shall be d MED tHe light 81 m,r-
tic3 atiGg iii IN III OCet Dis of the sst4~ - tllC
aiO road and piec'r"o" {, ON ar y. u. 81
GylBent against the sal" corporate MON
trtY. or tEe pDr.' haseTs at said properly, o
their rs igns nuu shall H.. for. q D.arL III:
bHt this or der stall tot be in an }:@''''cr
s,plicEb e 10 the tights or cl ims q The
Genital Trust cmra Y. O New IoI k, ole
of the coupln nanis hen Elm. az trustee nm
der tie fFst mortgage laid property.
dated October 1874, OF "a trust q under
trustt q uhder tn fquirmenC Inol tsag' :. -
either OF them, etcrrPd to IN tie decree ~
fore. lOsuTe srit i'll this actiOG.
1t is mttEer order" tGtt said special
Ma teTs Nj. r. PEASANTS and Thomas y.
Atkirs Esquire s s!lali give notice of his
order by publ atit u three times wr'-t for
ur wee -, CONNER cling, = ugust Is. 1874
snG once week '.uri'@ the 'nti e M nth
of November, is9o in s. me news an q
geDer.l 81 Cu8t on, I1trintfd in the city OF
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city of Rlc hro Il Va III The '',y Raj.
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IN til cAN of ~ aitt Ga; l., the city OF
Rirm ipgham, Ala a in The civ of Coz
lum' Mis-.
NATHAN GORG
United States Circuit JuGhc,
August 3,.lS96.
PubSsred in HCcol dance with the abtN.
on der. and pur unnr ther tO, rot : -
her Ivy given to al persons having ca =
against the kic mOHu ana DHnVl q. !
road Onp l,Y, ot its II reiver t. Il IT,
same With the dfrsigned n az u, .'t'
the first day 81 y cember. 1896
+. ~ EAS ANTS.
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Spec ial Master
Richmond, Va August 5. lS95
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M'KINLEY'S FIGURES.

McKinley's figures tell tale that he
thinks will help his side. The Wilson
German tariff, as far short in relief as
was expected, gave an outside market
for twenty-five per cent. more OF the
products of American factories than
the Mckinley tariff afforded. Under
the Mckinley tariff the highest value
of exports was $158,000,000. Under
the Nilson-Gorman tariff the increase
1928 100000. These figures will shut
the mouth of any McKinleyite.
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STATE NORMAL AND INDUSTRIAL
SCHOOL.

Departments well equipped. % teach
ers. 444 regular students, besides
practice school of 81 pupils. $50 ms
triculates since its opening in 1892. On
of the 90 counties represented. Conn
petitive examination at county seat
August LIST to fill free tuition vacan-
cies in dormitories. Application
should be made before July Goth to en-
ter the examination. No free tuition
except to applicants signing a pledge
to become teachers. Annual expenses
of free tuition, students boarding IN
dormitories, 500; tuition-paying stu.
dents, $3.50. Address,
President CHARLES d. MIVER,,
Greens boro. N n.
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The gold Democrats nominated NJ.
j. Devine for Congress in Chicago. He
repudiated it, saying: Il ann Demo
crat, and will use my voice and energy
TO elec Bryan and Sewall.
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Bryan's crowds have been great ev-
erywhere. At Albany there were 90
900; Syracuse, 5000; Rochester, $4,000;
Dnnkirk, $500; Erie. 5000.
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The New York World asks Mr.. Me
Kinley why he is so silent with regard
to trusts, monopolies, and other en-
croachments of plutocracy. The an
swer Isl. that he was nominated by
them, and they are furnishing the
money to run his campaign upon
Hanna's promise that they will not be
with. ~ T. r..
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DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
NATIONAL:
For President,
WILLIAM j.. BRY AN.
OF Nebraska.
Fog Vice-Presideat.
ARTHUR SEWALL.
Of Maine.
STATE:
For Governor,
CYRUS 8. WATSON,
OF Forsyth.
For Lieutenant-Governor,
$50 ssag aEHoaAAS IVY MASON,
g s OfNorthampton, sas
"a For SECRETARY of State.
g z2rs CHARLES NJ. COOKE.
Of Franklin.
For State Treasurer.
BENJAMIN +. AYCOCK.
OF Wayne.
For State Auditor,
ROBERT NJ. FURMAN
Of Buncombe
For Sup't Public instruction,
JOHN C. SCARBOROUGH,
OF Johnston.
For Attorney General,
FRANK /. OSBORNE,
OF Mecklenburg.
For Asso. Justices of Supreme Court,
A. C. AVERY. OF Burke,
GEORGE Fl. BROWN, Of Beaufort.
For Judge OF the Superior Court of the
Fifth District,
-. JAMES S. MANNING,
Of Durham.
For Electors at Large,
LOCKE CRAIG, Of Buncombe,
w. c. DOUGLASS, Of Moore.
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TRINITY COLLEGE,
DURHAM, NJ. C..

Trinity offers courses in Mathematics
Philosophy, Latin, Greek, German, French
English, History. Political Science, Politt.
cal Economy, Social Science. Chemistry, As.
tronomy. MineralOgy, Geology, Physics.
Biology and Bible.
Beautiful Location, Best Pducationa
Environments and Thorough
obstruction.
S171 to 1920 pays all College expenses
per year.
Next sosS io opens September 9, 1895.
For catalogue, address
JOHN c. KILGO,
President.
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R8leIgh Male Academy
MORs0N & benson, Principals.

m The l9th year opens Monday, August 81
The course which has been so successful In
ed to the needs of each pupil. Board at low
rates. Address the principals for catalogue
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PUBLIC SPEAKING.
HON TlIEO. Z. KLrTTZ.

HON TIIEO. +. KLCTTX,
Democratic elector, will address the
people as follows:
Selma, Johnston county, Wednesday,
September ..
Raleigh, at night, Wednesday, Sep
tcmber 2.
Fayetteville. at night, Thursday,
September 3.
Charlotte, at night, Friday, septem-
Der 1.
Gastonia, II m. Saturday, Septem-
Der 5.
PUBLIC SPEAKING.
Mai. w. A. Guthrie, Peoples parry
candidate for Governor, and Cyrus Is.
Watson. Democratic candidate for
Governor. VIII address the people at
the following times and places
Rutherfordton, Fyiday, SeptembeI'
Shelby, Saturday, September 5.
Salisbury. Friday, September II.
Concord. Saturday, September II.
Hendersonville, Monday, September
IA.
Bryson City. "Wednesday, September
16.
Waynesville, Thursday, September
II.
Marshall, Friday. Septembr Is.
Asheville. Saturday, September 10.
Taylorsville, Monday, September u.
Wilkesboro. Tuesday. September %.
Come out and hear the candidates
discuss the issues of the day.
Judge Russell. the Republican can
didate for Governor. has been invited
to attend all these appointments.
CLEMENT MANLY,
Chm Dem State FIX. Com.
HAL w. AVER,
Chm PEG. Party State EX. Com.
Mr.. Watson will also meet promptly
his appointments as heretofore an
pounced, to-wit:
Durham, August 2S.
Statesville, August %.
Newton, August 81.
Morganton, September l..
Marion. September 2.
Lincolnton, September Z.
Lexington, September 8.
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In the Circuit ourC of the United States,
for the Eastern Di- ct If Virgin a:
CertIsl Trust c lnt any ot New York t ri
Richmond and D4nvitle Raii'o
t'ompnny, ct al-Consolidateu Cause In
Euuity.
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asy to AXE
- asy to Operate

Are features peculiar to Hoods Pills. Small In
size. tasteless, efficient, thorough. As one man
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said: " You never know you
have taken a pill till it is all
over" 2jc. C. /. Hood s. Co.,
Projectors, Lowell, Mass.
The only pills to take with !
Evening star., 1896-12-12

crazy for pair of short. club skates. with
heel plates" and other modern fixings but
yeuli notice that crack skaters like Dono-
hue and Eden are now using long-runnered
skates with wooden tops a great deal like
grandpapa's; and patent club skates are on
the bargain counter with the weak-kneed
painted sledS.
There never was and there never will ha
any other doll so nice as a rag doll The
French beauty with waXen cheeks the
elaborate affair that can cry "wah, wah !,
wan! when you pinch ii. is all very well
when 1t is new, but how does II look after
soaking in a rain barrel? The rag doll IS
simply indestructible. The features mark
ed on Its fiat face in ink can be renewed
from time to time as they fade and the
anatomy of the thing is tough Most M
cellent little rag dolls were made by small
girls themselves, with the bony framework
of clothes pin for skeleton
Our ancestors learned a 10. from the In
dians-among other things that there is
nothing like leather to last. A buckskin
doll was almost as much better than rag
doll as the latter surpasses in real merit
the wax doll with real put-on-and-off
clothes. The buckskin doll frequently had
a patch of real horsehair sewn cunninely
INTO ITS scalp, and with its wild eyes and
halmuk nose II was a thing sufficiently
srotesque to be passionately loved
much greater proportion of the people
hVed on or near the seacoast. and lived by
seamen's arts, in early days, than now
Dolls and toys from China and India were
Noiiiiou eHouSn on the coast, whittier they
had been brought by seafaring men hui
were surprisingly scarce in the interior
The toy known as cup-and-ball was, how
ever, common throughout the country Just
after the war of 1872. A famous painter
had made portrait of the baby king of
Rome, the hapless son of Napoleon | and
Maria of Austria, playing with a cup-and-
ball. The cup was scepter, the ball the
world. symbolizing the universal dominion
the baby was destined never to realize
This portrait was sent to Napoleon Just be-
fore the battle Of Borodino, and he set II on
a camp chair outside his tent that the
grizzled veterans of the grand army might
see it as they filed past. Two months later
Napoleon was i'm full retreat from burning
Moscow. There We're plenty of French
sympathizers in this country, however and
the pretty incident before Borodino caused
something of a run of cup-and-ball The
game, now almost wholly forgotten, was
simply to toss up the ball and catch it in
the cup as 1t came down
Girls in the old days never had skates
which was pity. They played at battle
door and shuttlecock, with rackets like
those used in tennis, only smaller driving
back and forth ball of cork in the top
OF which were glued two small feathers,
Evening star., 1896-12-12
Written for TIE Evening Star.

Written for Tie Evening Star
The great and general court of Massachu-
setts, more than two hundred years ago.
forbade the sale or use of cakes and buns
except for marriages or funerals.
Christmas was not worthy of being made
an exception, according to the stern creed
of these early lawmakers, for. indeed
Christmas found no favor in their eyes
Nor was 1t at all likely that they would
look with any favor upon the making of
toys. These in fact, were almost unknown
in early years in New England, though
common enough in New York and the
south
But human nature is patient, however Sc
verely repressed, and the children's chill
oren OF the early settlers had plenty of
iun "a play In some respects they even
had decidedly the advantage of the fortu-
nate youth of 1895; for their toys were al
most all homemade, and represented love
and toll and ingenious continuance in the
home circle
The "boughten" sleds that are now made
by the million, it would SEEM and sold in
their cleaning red paint at "37 cents and
upward, are not, to any right minded
younket, half so interesting as the home
made affair which grandpapa's grandpa
made In exact imitation of a big ox-sled
Grandpa's sled had bent runners of oak
or elm, shod with strips of hoop iron In
still earlier times there were no shoes at
all. but the bare wood was polished until it
was as smooth as glass by friction on the
snow. The sled was fastened together with
pegs The beams cut away beneath to the
shape of fiat arches, rested directly upon
the runners, and the raves" and floor
directly upon the beams, SO that the COM
pleted SLED, no matter how small, would
have borne the weight of an elephants
tread. To break it was simply impossible;
and, unpainted though it was, it would
outlast two or three generation
Grandpapa's skates were equally primi-
tive. Along in October, his father or grand
father brought home a pair of skate-irons
hammered out and tempered by the near
est blacksmith. At home, some rainy day
was devoted to whiting out wood tops to
fit to them, and for fastenings buckskin
thongs were used. The simplest skate irons
were turned up lightly at the toe; others
had elaborate spiral curves, finished off
with little brass knobs, like those they used
to put on cows horns only smaller.
OF course, grandpa's skates were better
than ours. There was a time twenty or
thirty years ago, when every boy was
Evening star., 1896-12-12

SO that the bottom. or rounded end was
always presented for the blow .'Grare
hoops. too, were highly recommended for
young misses OF the quality" as tending
TO develop ease and grace of bearing A
STICK was held i'm each hand. and the
prayer was required 10 catch on these
sticks the hoop thrown by the other player.
Trace hoops are still used by grown men
and women on shipboard, but they are
thrown st standard, in a game more re-
sembling quoits.
ana by the way. grandpapa and the
other boys who played with him always
osed cast horseshoes in playing ouoits
Just as they used a home made sock halr'
IN playing barn hail. long ball' or Two
OLD cat, before base ball was invented
Children took life very sertously IN tho
old Gays. and filled the station in IF. To
which God had called them as unouestion-
lngly as their elders. One little girl who
went from her Connecticut home to a
boarding school liz Boston took with her
twelve silk gowns. but soon petitioned for
another OF new fabric ''befitting her
ran Iahk. vi course every one knows that
SIN was cheaper than print cloth, when
the latter was novelty Mary Ann Fam
euii the sister of Peter Faneuil who built
faneuii Hall in Boston, used TO send 10
Eng and her discarded snuff boxes. buckles
and glove strings to be swapped in london
Tor new goods. Girls learned to sew IN
their earliest years, and were careful of
tfllles. III one of them received an .um
priiio: she had given her merely the stick
IN
gifi had her own needles and sewing TOOLS
10 Keep these neatly and in order. a ''hus-
sh or housewife was given her This was
a strip OF hannel or buckskin, elaborately
worked on one side in beads or stitching
II was square at one end and pointad ar
the other, and TO the latter were attached
TWO rlbbcns to tie 1t. On the inside were a
pocket FOR odds and ends and one or rwo
books of flannel leaves for needles An
emery ball. in the shape of a red flannel
strawberry with green flannel leaves al the
pase' was tucked i'm the pocket with the
skelns of yarn and other things When the
hussif was rolled up. one end formed a cup
just big enough to hold the thimhle and
the other end was tiny pincushion.
But boys and girls in the old days had
nothing like so many toys as now. Thev
mad toy wagons and wheelharrows toy
hoes and rakes and spades all of which
were pretty early discarded for the serious
use OF the real articles. The girls sewed
dolls with their own needles. The bows
with their own knives, Whitfield out wind
mills and watermills, bows and arrows no.
tato pigs, which were marvels of naive
carving, boxes and crossbows
Whiting is almost a lost art: and IL is
pity, because 1t was a fine art
Evening star., 1896-12-12
H o U S E HOLD HINT S

A homely but efficacious way of breaking
up a cold is to bathe the feet in very hot
water, drink a cup of hot ginger tea and go
Immediately to bed under a pile of bed
clothing. BY morning most of the cold will
have been sweated out.
Crackers are greatly improved by warm
ing in the oven before using on the table.
If you want the whites of eggs to beat to
good. stiff froth you must chill them first
and beat them in a cool place a cold
plate, to get the best results.
The juice of one lemon in rice that you
are cooking will whiten it and make it
cook much nicer The acid seems 20 keep
the grains separate. Never stir rice with a
spoon; just shake the pan in which it is
cooking If necessary to stir IT.
Always warm all the dishes and knives
and forks that are to be used on the table
in cold weather. There is nothing much
more disgusting than to have nice broiled
steak or steaming omelette placed before
you on plate so cold that the butter on
each turns to tallow before you take a
mouthful. Tea and coffee should always
De served IN hot cups to get the best re-
suits, and where cream is used that is i'm
proved by heating also The most approved
method of heating the dishes is 20 place
them In the dishpan and pour boiling water
over them just before serving the meal It
Is only moments work to dry them and
one runs no risk of running ones best china,
as is the case when put in a warming
oven.
You will find that the "stufHns'' for a
roast goose or duck is much improved if
you add finely chopped tart apple to the
other ingredients.
For bone in the throat which will not
dislodge on eating dry bread use a good
strong emetic, while waiting for the arrival
OF the doctor. :
The woman who wishes to retain her
girlish complexion will wash her face in
warmed. 1t is very easy to catch a gallon
or two for this purpose each time it rains,
and the difference in the texture Of The skin
Will be very easily noticed in just few
days trial. Snow water is equally as good
Little or no soap, and If any, of the very
nnest, should be used on the face. Women
grow old fast enough at best and 1t Is lit
tie snort OF crime to hasten the coming
OF crows feet by carelessness in grooming
ones good points or smoothing down ones
bad ones.
A little sugar added to turnips, beets,
peas. corn. squash and pumpkin will i'm
prove them wonderfully in flavor, and g.
tiny DIT OF red pepper in the water in which
they are cooked will save the disagreeahle
odor that arises from the cooking of any of
them.
In using eggs not known to he perfectly
fresh It is safest to break each one SEN
arate!y into tea cup or saucer; then if an
added one puts in an appearance YOU will
not spoil the cake or whatever Won are
getting ready to cook
Evening star., 1896-12-12
Misiletoe Frame,

from harper s Bazar.
As the Christmas season draws near the
air Is full OF the usual feminine wailings
over the impossibility of finding suitable
presents for the masculine members of the
household.
suggestion Is offered in the form Of a
mistletoe picture frame. Straw-colored
satin or moire silk will make an effective
background for this design. Work the
borderlines and outlines of the ribbon in
gold thread couched on, and treat the let
tering In the same way. Work the stems
Of the nlistletoe in a grayish brown, using
a satin stitch. Make the leaves q delicate
gray green, working them solidly or In
long-and-short stitch. The mistletoe ber-
ries and the beading around the edge 0f
the opening are white.
Put the frame under glass in q narrow
gold molding about one-haf inch wide, be-
Ing careful to leave three-eiShths of an inch
Of silk between the moiding and the line OF
gold thread in the border.
Evening star., 1896-12-12
A Boys Republic.
From Harper's BaEar

rrom darper1 . bdxar.
Students Of social questions must be in
terested In the experiment conducted dur
Ing the summer in Tompkins county, New
York. by Mr.. William r. George who has
for years devoted himself to the improve
ment Of the slum children Of New York
This particular experiment took the form
Of republic, the citizens Of which were
recruited from among the boys and girls
of the East Side. Assisted by various
young men and women, who gave their
services to the work of reform, he organ
lied a government among them in which
each felt his or her citizenship. The farm
OF forty-eight acres on which they lived
was titled by the boys. Every child was
enrolled in an Industrial class Every citi-
zen was wage-earner, and their paw
which was given in pieces of pasteboa rd
representing different denominations of
American money, was to be redeemed at
the close of the term in articles of real
value. The boys had a legislature a police
force, and other adjuncts of government.
There was bank in which earnings could
be deposited Taxes were paid for the s1p-
port of government. The hours for work
were in the forenoon, but the afternoon
was given to recreation. At the last report
the experiment had proved a marvellous
success, and the children were being trained
to be admirable citizens.