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M'krNLEY AT ALLIANCE.

Alliance, Ohio, July 23.-An enormous
crowd was in attendance at the seth
annual commencement of Mount Union
college today. The exercises began at
8 O'Clock, Major Mckinley arrived from
Cleveland at $3.50. A great crowd was
at the station to meet him. A recep-
'tion was given the nominee and after
shaking hands escorted him to a car
riage and started Immediately for the
college. Five thousand people were
around the college building, while the
large auditorium was packed to give
everyone an opportunity to hear Nc
hinley. After the orations OF the grad
yates the announcement was made for
all to gather on the campus, where
Major Mckinley would address them.
CANNOT ABOLISH CIGARETTES.
st. Paul, Mimi, July 23.-United
States Circuit Judge Sanborn yester-
day decided the Iowa anti-cigarette law
unconstitutional. and ordered released,
on a writ Of habeas corpus, Donald C..
McGregor Of Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
The law was passed by the Iowa
legislature last winter and went into
effect July 4th, 1895. and prohibits abb
solutely the manufacture or sale Of
cigarettes within the state, or their
Importation into the state. McGregor
was arrested for importing cigarettes
and selling them in the original pack
ages and application for a writ Of ha-
beas corpus was made to Judge San
born.
, 1896-07-24

BRYAN RATIFICATION.
The Union Pacific will make a rate
OF n fare for the round trip to Chey-
enne and return on the occasion Of the
meeting in that city tomor-
row evening. Tickets will be on sale
tomorrow and will be good returning
till the 9th. Buy tickets early and
avoid the rush.
, 1896-07-24

ROSES and other choice flowers con-
stautly on hand at MRS. HERTZOG'S.
, 1896-07-24
Gladness Comes

NXIitn q better understanding of the
w transient nature of the many phys
zeal ills, which vanish before proper eff
~forts-gentle efforts-pleasant Efforts
rightly di. ected. There is comfort in
the knowledge, that SO 1nany forms of
sickness are not due to any actual dis
ease, but simply to a constipatcd condi-
ton of the system, which the pleasant
family laxative, Syrup of Figs. prompt
ly removes. That is why it is the only
remedy with millions of families, andis
everywhere esteemed SO highly by all
who value good health. Its beneficial
effects are due to the fact, that tits the
one remedy which promotes internal
cleanliness without facilitating the
organs on which it acts. 1t is therefore
all important, in order to get its bcne-
fetal effects, to note when you pur-
chase, that you have the genuine arti-
Gle, which is manufactured by the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Co. only and sold by
all reputable druggists.
If in the enjoyment Of good health,
and the system is regular, la%xatives or
other remedies arc then not needed. If
af1icted With my actual disease, one
may be commended to the most skillful
physicians, but if in need of n laxative,
one should have the best, and with the
~well-informed -verywherc, Syrup Of
Figs stands highest and IT. most largely
used and gives most general sa~tisfactio0-
, 1896-07-24
gates sat silently in their seats during
the wild demonstration. Delegate Will

gates sat silently in their seats during
the wild demonstration. Delegate Will
kins Of California climbed onto the
stage. We made a square fight" he
said, I'VE have have been fairly beaten
and in the interest OF peace and har-
mony l move the election of William B.
Allen for permanent chairman be made
unanimous. The motion carried with a
hurrah. On Fences motion a commit
tee consisting of himself, Cyclone
Davis and Ignatius Donnelly were ap-
pointed to escort Allen to the platform.
In Introducing the chairman, Cyclone
Davis said: Now my fellow citizens
l want to assure you for more than
four days and nights have done every
honorable thing l could to elect a mid
die road man. I have never done one
~dishonorable thing against any man.
(~Applause.) When the populist COM
mittee and the populist convention has
chosen a distinguished senator from
he western plateau and l have been
IS.Vtltu NiAhout NY hllo ENu6C " uoll-
fy him of the fact, I bowed to that spe-
cial committee. I now reach out from
the south up the Mississippi valley and
give you your chairman from the plat
eau. Senator Allen" prolonged APP
plause.)
1t was DAB when Senator Allen con-
cluded his address to the convention.
Several attempts were made to secure
an announcement but Senator Butler
acting as a delegate moved the appoint
ment OF a committee to confer with the
committee of the silver convention.
There were many and loud cries Of
NO" and a branch Of Georgia moved
to table the motion. The Noes seemed
to be in a large majority and the mo-
ton to table and was declared lost.
Senator Buffers motion carried with
loud cheers. The Bryan men were ap-
parently in full control OF the conven-
ton.
The committee on rules then made a
report. Little interest was manifested
in it and before the convention acted
upon it, LATE Pence moved an adjourn
ment until 10 o'clock tomorrow morn
ing. At 10:O9 the convention adjourn
ed.
TODAYS SESSION.
st. Louis, July 24.-Little was done
up to 3 o'clock this afternoon in the
popufist and free silver conventions
aside from arguing upon the platform.
The populist platform was adopted.
In the n%onuliat c~onveptinn q nation
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1896-01-30
PRODUCTION OF MEERscHAuM
Where Some Rich Deposits of the Queer
Substance Are Eouud.

Mr.. Cu~mberbatch, British consul al
Angora, In his latest report, a Y that
rich deposits of meerschaum are found
twenty miles to the southeast of Eski
Shehir, an important station of the
Anatolian railway. The Belgian con-
sui in Constantinople. who recently
visited the place, states that it would
be difficult to determine the exact
arena in which the meerschaum is to
be found. Judging from the number
OF pits at considerable distances from
a other, it must be extensive.
The meerschaum is extracted in the
same wa as coal. Pits from TWENTY
five to n hundred and twenty feet
deep are dug, and as soon as the vein is
struck horizontal galleries, sometimes
OF considerable length, are made, but
nor than two galleries are seldom to
be found in one pit. The stone as ex-
tracted is called "ham tash," or rough
block, and is soft enough to be easily
cut with a knife. 1t is white, with a
yellowish tint, and is covered with a
red, clayev soil of about one inch
thick. In this state the blocks are
purchased by dealers on the spot, not
oy weight Or measurement, but &C.
cording to approximate quantity,
either per load of three sacks or per cart
load,the price varying from fl We to thirty
pounds sterling per load, according to
quality. These blocks are dried and
subjected to certain preparations be-
fore being conveyed to Eeki Shehir.
Some of them are as small as a walnut,
while others attain the size of a cubic
foot. Those which combine regularity
Of surface and size are the best. The
manipulation required before they are
ready for expectation is long and cost
ly. The clayey soil is removed and the
meerschaum dried. In summer ex-
posure for five or six days to the SUMS
rays suf1ces, but in winter a room
heated to the required temperature is
necessary, and the drying process
takes eight or ten days.
When dried the blocks are well
cleaned and polished, then they are
sorted into about twelve classes, each
class being packed with great care in
separate cases., and each block being
wrapped in cotton wool The bulk of
the meerschaum is sent to Vienna,
where 1t is worked, and dispersed all
over the world. Most of the finest
specimens are sent direct to Paris. Ger
tain American dealers have visited Eskd
Shehir with the object of obtaining the
raw material direct instead of through
Vienna, thereby saving the higher Gus
tom house duty payable on the worked
meerschaum. The quantity annually
exported is put down at eight thousand
to ten thousand cases. The various
taxes levied by the Turkish government ,
amount to about thirty-seven per cent.
ad valorem.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1896-01-30
THE BOOM IN PIG IRON.

The official figures given by the
returns sent in to the American
Iron and Steel Association show
that the product of 9,446, 308
gross tons Of pig iron to the
credit of the year 1895 was the
greatest in the history of the
trade. The output is nearly AZ
per cent, or 2,788, 900 tons more
Than that of 1894, and 243, COS
tons beyond that Of the census
year, which was a record breaker.
Pennsylvania leads with a
credit of 4,701. 1874 tolls, or so
e cent. of the whole. The next
in line as a claimant for the honor
Of leading place is Ohio, whose
furnaces have a record of 1 ,463,-
$50 tens, and Illinois and Ala
bama make a splendid showing.
The iron and steel interests
will be prosperous industries this
year If the makers and dealers
avoid the pitfalls SO common to
speculation and fancy price lists.
Overproduction has been the err
ror of the past that closed the
mills and furnaces until the glut-
ted markets could be cleared, and
overproduction has resulted from
the upward movement to push
figures beyond the point where
1t was safe to go. This lesson has
been learned, however, and iron
manufacturers will be careful not
to boom prices to the mark where
foreign iron can compete, !
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1896-01-30
People You Have Heard Of,

The young man who cast his
eye on a young lady coming out
of church has had it replaced,
and now sees as we'll as ever.
The man who could not trust
his feelings is supposed to do
business on a cash principle.
The lady who went off in by
sterics came back on the 81"
road.
The gentleman who went too
far in an argument was brought
home on a stretcher.
The man who wrestled with adj
versity wore out the knees of his
trousers and got worsted.
The man who jumped up on
the spur of the moment was soon
glad to sit d. IN again.
The girl who burst into tears
has been put together.
Tie young man who flew into a
passion has had his wings
clipped,
The young man who was taken
by surprise has returned.
The man who painted the signs
of the times is now out of a job.
It is rumored that distance
lent enchantment to the view,
and now the view refuses to re-
turn it.
The man who was moved to
tears complains of the dampness
of the premises and wishes to be
moved back again. Life.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1896-01-30
HALF A CENTURY AGO.

AS the Philadelphia Times
we'll says, half a century ago 1t
could not have been said, as 1t
can be said to-day, that the
Christian civilization of the age
has imposed upon the great mas
lions it dominates not only the
power, but the duty to enforce
the demands of Christian civill-
cation in every country OF the
world. This enlightened civil
cation is in position to enforce it's
mandate for the faithful observs
ance of the humane demands 1t
makes upon its people.
This controlling civilization of
the world to-day is omnipotent
in power, and with that omnipo-
tence it accepts duties which
must be performed. In two
countries the most fendish bars
barities haye been perpetrated;
barbarities which were not sur
passed in the dark ages, when
the mere difference of opinion
exposed the helpless to the stake.
This is especially true in Turkey,
where. so, 900 Armenians have
been butchered solely because OF
their Christian faith, during the
last eighteen months. and where
to-day not less than a quarter of
million are starving because
driven from their homes by the
Turks.
The little island of Cuba, close
to our own shores, has experts
enced the same brutal atrocities,
and Spain has proclaimed her
purpose to intensity them under
leaders chosen expressly because
they are noted as butchers. Even
with all the earnest efforts of
Campos to conduct the War in
Cuba with some regard to the
humane teachings of civilized
warfare, most appalling atroci-
ties have been p~erpetrated there,
and it is we'll known that the
barbarous methods of Spain will
be increased when Captain Gem
eral Weyler shall assume COM
mand.
In both of these cases the civ
ilization of the world has an i'm
perious duty to perform, and the
great nations of the earth would
be faithless to the civilization
they enjoy if they failed to unite
in demanding that the Turkish
prosecutions of the Armenians
shall cease, and that the struggle
in Cuba shall be conducted &C.
cording to the accepted rules of
civilized warfare.
A simple admonition from the
great civilized nations of the
world would halt those atrocities
at once, and the United States
should be foremost in uniting the
enlightened nations to enforce
the laws of humanity and respect
for religious and personal rights.
This is the plain duty of the
Christian civilization of the age,
and it should be promptly and
heroicaily performed.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1896-01-30
CRlPPLES WE'RE HEALED.

An Amusing Incident Of Semi-Savage
Ruie In Hawaii.
Judge Austin of Hilo relates some in
ten esting experiences of his own while
secretary to Princess Ruth in 1854. At
h a time she vas the governess of
Hawaii.
he had been appointed secretary,
says the Pacific Commercial Advertiser,
but with orders from Kamehameha Ill,
thai Keelikolani should never inter
fere with his work. In that year there
was a large gathering of the natives at
Kailua, commanded to assemble by her
In order to explain to the people the
tax laws and to enforce the payment of
axes. A large lanai was provided, in
which the meeting took place, and she
proposed to address them.
1t was the unwrftten law that the
very old and infrp, all cripples and in
curables should be exempt from taxa
ton. The natives were unwilling to
pay taxes, SO they prepared for the
meeting.
Mary who were young men and in the
best physical condition came in, ap-
pearing tc be doubled up with dis
ease. Many used stats and walked
with trembling steps. Some walked
slowly, coughing at every step. Some
held up a leg and appeared to be
cripples. One enterprising native ap-
peared on a stretcher, carried by four
of his companions. When the assembly
opened it appeared like a hospital,
without a we'll person in it, and it num-
bered several hundred. The princess
made a brief address and was followed
by her secretary, Judge Austin, who
told them that all present would have
to pay taxes, as there was nothing the
matter with them.
At once there was a commotion. The
men who were doubled up Strengthened
themselves out. The coughing stopped.
The men with "game"leg moved about
quickly. The man who came in on a
stretoher got up and made a speech to
the crowd, showing that he had a very
poor opinion of the government. The
stats were flung aside. In a few mo-
ments a fine, stalwart body Of men
were seen taking the mountain road
and moving off with perfect ease, and
the lanai was Uttered with the debris
of the materials they had used in MAX
ing themselves apparent cripples md
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Daily except Monday tDaily ex-

cept Sunday.
Train on the Scotland Branch Roa.
leaves Weldon 1856 p. M, Halifax Al;
p. NJ, arriving Scotland Neck at sos
p m, Greenville 6:47 p m, Kinston AZ
p. M. Returning leaves Kinston 7.2(
a. M, Greenville 8.22 Il N, arriving
Halifax at 100 a m, Weldon II. 20 a m
daily except Sunday.
Trains on ashington Branch leave
Washington 100 a M, arrives Parmlee
$40 a Dc, Tarboro o. a m, returning
leaves Tarboro 4.50 p m. Parmlee $40
pm, arrives Washington 7.45 p IN, daily
kept Sunday. Connects with trains
on Scotland Neck Branch.
Train leaves Tarboro, N. c., via
Albemarle and Raleigh Railway daily
except Sunday, at $50 p m, Sunday
and OPS p. m.
Returning leaves Plymouth daily, ex-
cept Sunday, 600 a NJ, Sunday $50 a N,
arrive TarborO 1925 g.. M, and 11.45
o. m.
Train on Midland N G Branch leaves
Goldsboro daily, except Sunday, sos
a. m, arriving Smithtield 30 a IN. Re-
turning leaves Smithfield 500 a IN, ar
rive at Goldsboro $50 a ne.
Train on Nashville Branch leaves
Rocky Mount at 4.3O p. H., arrives
QUO p III, spring l1Ope 0.St
p. n Returning leaves Spring Hope
800 8. M, Nashville 8.35 a m. arrives
at Rocky Mount Dos a m, daily except
Sunday.
Train ON Latta Branch Flor- nee
Railroad, leaves Latta $40 p m.
arrive Dunbar $50 F NJ Returning
leaves Dunbar. $50 a M; arrive Latta
$50 a m. Daily except Sunday.
Train on Clinton Branch leaves
Warsaw for Clinton daily, except Sur
day at lilo p III. Returning leaves
Clinton at 100 a. M, snd 800 p m.
Train No 70 makes close
at Weldon for ali points North daily,
Also at Rocky Mount with Norfolk and
Carol ma Railroad for Norfolk daily
and all points North via Norfolk daily
JOHN F. DININE, Gent SUPP.
J.R KENLY. Gen'l Manager.
T. M. EMERSON, Traffic Man'gr
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1896-01-30

LONG ISLAND LOSING IT'S TAI.
Inroads of the Sea Causing Alarm ia
Property Owners at Orient Point.

Inroads of the Sea Causing Alarm ia
Property Owners at Orient Point.
Long Island, which looks on the man
like a big fish about to swallow New
York city, is apparently being Slow
ly swallowed by the ocean. Portions
of its shores have disappeared beneath
the waves, n now the northern fork
OF its huge tail is vanishing. About
two miles of Orient point, that formed
a sandy beach two years ago., is now
under fifteen feet of water. The light
house on the point was six rods from
the sea a few years ago.. 1t has since
been toppled over by the sea, and only
} small part of the surrounding beach
Is visible.
The bluffs on both the sound and the
bay side of Orient point have been
sinking at the rate of about ten or
twelve feet a year. The same state OF
affairs Is true of Montauk point, but
there the bluffs jut up SO abruptly and
SO nigh above the sea hat the rising
OF The water is not SO noticeable. A
rise OF a foot or two on the low shores
near Peconic bay viii submerge acres
Of land. Much of the threatened land
on Orient point forms fertile farms.
and the steady advance of the shore
Line Is causing no small concern to the
owners. The water has in several
places found its way across a low spot
on the point from the sound to the
bay. The result will be to ultimately
divide the peninsula into a series Of
small islands, similar to Plum, Little
Gull and Great Gull islands, all OF
which were doubtless once a part OF
the mainland. and were cut off by tho
rise of the sea. The village of Orient
is situate in a particularly narrow and
low portion of the peninsula, and the
next serious inroad of the ocean win
probably occur there. In that case
two thousand acres of land and a vii
lage of one thousand people will have
to be abandoned.
The value of the property threat
ened is placed by the assessors at six
hundred Thousand dollars. The mar.
rowest point in the peninsula is a little
to the west of Orient, between that
village and East Marion. The town
OF Southold, in which both of the viii
lagos are included, has spent consider
able money in protecting this isthmus.
Assemblynan Higbie has had a bill
passed by the assembly appropriatine
fifteen thousand dollars for a sea wall.
A few years ago the government built
a hreakwater between Shelter island
and G~reenport to protect Greenpors
harbor and its bordering uplands.
When the larger portion of Gardeners
island became submerged, the sea
rushed in and, Notwithstanding the
breakwater, caused a powerful under
tow that can be felt tar up in Little
Peconic bay. This action of the sea is
gradually cutting away the shores
both of Shelter island and the MAIN
land. Owners of property in the
n~cighborhood intend to ask the row.
ernment to place the breakwater
further out from the shore.-N. Y.
SIM.
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Gordon Out of the Race.

Washington, Jan. 27.-Within
the past two or three days Secs
rotary Of che Interior Hoke
Smith and Ex-Speaker Crisp
have urged Senator Gordon, of
Georgia, to withdraw his declina-
ton and be a candidate for re-
election to the Senate, and both
men assured the Senator that if
he would do SO they would not
permit their names to be used as
candidates against him.
Senator Gordon, while appre-
ciating the friendship that caused
the profer. remains firm in his
determination not to again be a
candidate for the Senate.
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h Purrs lid.

ut was In PERTH" a traveller writes,
that, puzzling over a grimy statue, l
was aceosted by a barefooted newshoy.
with his raucous cry of 'IIair-r-ald,
Glasgow Hair-r-al1!' III take one,'
quoth l, If you'll tell me. whose statue
that is .'Tis Rabbie Rurns,A replied
he, on the nail. Thank you said I,
taking the paper, And what did he do
to deserve h statue?' My newsboy
scratched his head. Perceiving his en-
'arrass1aent, a party of his friends
Town the street called out in stentorian
chorus: 'Ay, tbs Rabbie Burns But
what did he do to deserve tnc statue?'
| Numbered back. They hung their
heads. At last my newsboy recovered
himself; his face frightened. Well
said again. what did he do to deserve
this statue? He deedl' answered the
Intelligent little man"
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None Finer.

That is what everyone says who
when you want q good, comforting
smoke. For sale Dy all leading deal
ers. In
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1896-01-30
Artistic Treatment.

A famous landscape painter had to
call in a doctor to see his wife, who
was suffering from bronchitis. After
he had examined the patient the doc
tor recommended the husband to take
a small brush, dip it in tinctura OF
iodine and lightly paint the lady's back
with it.
The artist took up his brush, and,
after dipping it in the tincture, pro-
ceeded TO carry out the doctors pre-
scription. But his artistic temperament
soc got the better OF his sick nursing
qualities.
Mistaking his wifess back for a cam
vas, instead of simply applying the
lotion. he sketched out q landscape
and gradually peopled it with figures
n put in all the details complete.
The patient, finding the operation Q
rather lengthy one, asked her husband
If he had not finished. And the latter.
receding a few steps to examine HID
work, replied:
Another dab or two, and I can put
q In tha framo."-u Measa9ueru