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Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1896-03-19
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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-04-10
POLITICAL POINTERS.
Chaotic state Of Affairs In the Republican
Ranks.

The republican leaders have assumed
even since the result OF the election |
of 1894 was declared. that their party |
success in the presidential election was
insured They have counted on re-
tanning the enormous vote which WIS
then cast for their candidates Tor CON
gress. and which elected a republican
majority of liz in q total OF 300 IN the
national house OF representatives. ~
is strange that such faulty should
possess the minds Of men who hare
n;,ssed their lives in the active pr1ic-
tice of American politics, and the phe-
nomenon cannot be accounted ior on
any other theory than that politicians
in this country are not intelligent OBJ
servers OF current events, and 90 nov
remember those facts of recent history
that are most important 10 them. Al
the republican party were governed py
that high degree of ncumen that char
octcrizcs the American in his daily
business. the leaders would recall the
significant fact that in 1892 IL was the
democratic party that obtained vas.
majority OF the votes OF the people OF
the United States, and that change
in 1896 from republican 70 democrau nc
nsccndancy would not DC more starving
than was the change of 1904. Moreover
they would remember also that the PEG
ME punished the democrats in ls9
Quite as much for what they did no
do as for what they did. and that tn
failure of the democratic majority II
congress- To enact sound tariff ant
sound currency legislation was its mos
crievous sin in the eyes OF honest pee
Die who are insisting with growing &C
, termination and passion on voting 10
!, the welfare of the country and agains
the mere interests of party politician
Surcly, II ever a victorious party Shout
: have understood that its retention
: mower depends on its Accomplishment
:, OF some good TO the country. 1t was Il
= republican party after its great victor
Of 1894.
J, Notwithstanding the fact that u
way to success lay clearly through
= vigorous sound money policy IN leg
!. iation, and by an ovcrturning OF .
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"bosses," the republican party has done
absolutely nothing for the relief OF the
financial interests OF the country OF
acainst the rule of the bosses. lnec
IN not a candidate for the republican
nomination who dare offend the Tree
coinage men by declaring himself IN
favor OF the single gold standard.
There is not one who dare denounce the
rule Of Plat in New York. or OF quay IN
pennsvlyania. There is not one VINO
will admit. in public, that Mckinieyism
e dead. The other day in the senate
whcn Mr.. Carter. of Montana, chalr-
man of the republican national commit
tee. declared that he anG his TRENDS
and not the eastern senator's, were INC
rcal republicans, because he ana ms
wore silver men, Senator lloar couiu
not assure him too quickly. with quail
ifcation, that he, the representative OF
enlirhtened Massachusetts, was "s
cnamorcd of silver as were the senator's
from the new northwestern states. IL
"a true that the silver men have SHOWN
a disposition to cut loose from inc ~
: publican party because its most prom
inent sound money" men continue 70
! ,rv n deceive them with plattudes
about international bimetallism' ou'
10 Carter. Dubois, Teller. Wolcott ane
!, their followers really 60, y VIII no. y
\ because they are driven forth by IN
y partv's assertions of honest-money sen
timents. They will go in spite OF IN
. party's pleadings 10 them to remain.
The great republican majority IN IN
house of representatives has reiuseu
r core To the relief of the treasury
Sneaker Reed used to boast OF the rae
that he made the Fifty-iirst congress
L business congress. lie is making I'M
y congress idle and cowardly. ~. gar
~ not sneak his mind on any question y
fore the country; but he Is responsioi
m Notwithstanding his silence. Tor u
=. failure of the house to pass goiu bon
g bill. lie is counting the silver my
- Mckinley is speechless. but we hno
! that he represents tariff policy IN
!. the country has rcpudated, ana IN
~ he championcd the Sherman act ?
IN ceusc IL would enable the silver mil
:" owners Of the country 70 sen Wy
=. whole product TO the government
W more than its market price. Aiiiso
In too. il specchless; but we know ~
10 be the author of the siiver-purcn'
n. ing scheme. which. under the name
~. Bland, who did not deserve ihat part
Ia ular dishonor. filed the treasury van
/. with silver dollars. Both he ana
mi Kinlcy are now presented as candida
lar by the republicans o. their resrcc,
stotcs with the assurance that they
II bimctcllsss. II Gov. Norton wcr
serious candidate Il might he iran
admitted that he would re lor SOY
= 4 money " he we're elected pres'u,
"a. Tut he Ia not serious candidate. -
Is fooling him. though he y not 1901
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iowA.s PNEUMATIC SON.
The Raging Cyclone of Borrowed na'-
derdnsh.


Daily our country gives evidence OF
being the greatest Of the great 1t ex-
cells in all things. It's resources arc nm
itless. industry is mighty, energy her
culean. and there is wind enough 70
supply every spellbindcr and lung
statesman in all the broad and lengthy
land. We are. indeed. fortunate peo-
ME. and wisdom will doubtless die Win
us.
IL IL Hon. Bob Cousins who brings
these lofty sentiments to the praih sur
| face-Eob Cousins. the choicestproduct
of any are and exotic bud OF low alamo.
In n mighty rush OF wind to the mouth
Rob thrilled the congressional depauns
society recently. ard awakened inc
echoes Of the immortal great in the
tombs of the big past. Centuries gone
cooked their ears to hear the cyclone
rush up through Bob's esophagus aho
escape through his Cupid-bow Ups
The present sat paralyzed in the MAJ
csty of the mighty disturbance ana IN
future crowded into the cellar.
Bob's pneumatic nature was set II
motion by the Ambassador Bayard cen
sure resolution, the only thing co-exiss
, emit with force and matter. and. %
, ing indestructible, incapable OF enc
With the soft purr of On orienta
E zephyr Bob began; into the hurricane
q stage he leapcd and then roared INK
: the awful typhoon OF the mikano sea-
e It was O grand. Iowarlike demons'r'
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the country. The wcakpess ana VICE o.
the republican situation are intensiiicd
by these two cunning masters OF trade
who are, between them. carrying
around 1876 votes to sell in the ecnvcn'
ton for promises of patronage, perhaps
for cabinet places a boss-ruled party
with silent candidates. who arc AFRAID
to state their positions on the vital
questions of the day, who hope to see
their own party win by the momentum
obtained two years ago. or who are Will
ing, at least to divert public attention
from these questions by barbarous
lingo outcries-this is the situation IN
the republican party to-day.-harper'
| Weekly.
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ton Of the power Of wind over con
rress;onal matter. But listen to ths

nreSSlODlll
rrmblings Of the approaching storm;
~ look at that great array OF buildings.
s.ys Rob. OF Iowaland. with his minds eye
hoited TO the past worlds fair. In whicn
caesar might have gloried. and In the con.
tamnlation OF which Phdias and Angelo
| might muse, seeming more like the grown
OF centuries than OF q single year.
| But Bob missed the best part OF the
fair IL he spcnt his time in looking ut
the great array OF buildings. UP the
Midway his poetic soul would have
found delight and his lungs woruny
peers. There's nothing dead in lap
land" would have warned him OF an
other later-day Dcmosihenes VINO
would debate the Bayard resolution.
~rhe only living ostriches in Amer
lea. would have caused him to look
vol, to his laurels and the "Hot-Hot-
Hot ncroration would have shown INN
,ba. The woods are full ofembryo states
men.
In roing 70 Rome and Greece Bob''
rheumatic burst shows signs OF luii
why plug dead Caesars game whe,
Iowaland has living Allison ana pun
sotinr Boics? Phidias could cut mar
hle Int could he shucx corn? Nike An
yelo could design a st. Peters. bu
7 could he carry the solid Iowa delegate
into the delegation? Nero could hddie
Int could he lead the Buchanan count
Poles brass band? Greece had ne
: Socrates. Pericles and Plato, but sn
vas barren Of Bob Cousins. Did hom
2 ever null of n corn palace. with ma
o fares from distant points? Did Greco
J. with Der olympian contests ever nav
= a husking bee? Rome and 'reece, VII
:" their Horaces and Pindars. soPnoc''
= and Aristophanes, Ciceros and Demo
re themes. never had and never will ha'
e Bob Cuff Cousins, Delphic ornc!
G. Doric orator and grand momentu
ie of atmospheric observation-disclosures
:" News (Ind.).
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The speaker or newspaper rs

The speaker or newspaper asserr
inc that the decline in government rev.
mes came in with the Wilson bill per
verts plain facts. When the Mckinney
bill was passed the surplus in tho treas
urv was sos 100000; after il had be n
n year in operation the surplus was $751;
600 900: at the end Of the second yea'
Il was $4,000. goo. and after the end O.
the third year the deficit was sso'ooo'
600. These are the figures given by =
leading a republican authority a. sen
a,or sherman.-Des Moincs Leader.
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Il was the beautiful expression OF .
Christian. who had been rich. when NJ
was asked how he could bear his re-
duced state so happily: "When wes
rich. l had God in everything. and now
/ am poor have everything in God.
n. Y. Examiner.
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not cover the visible expenses incurV"
by McKinlcyitcs at ST. Louis. vast
amount OF Fat must have been fried
out to dcfray the enormous expense OF
the Mckinley campaign. II It costs a
great sum to nominate him shat viii
Il cost 20 elect hi~9--Cbina9o Chron'
.cle.
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philosophy is bully that talks
loud when the danger Is NJ DIS
,a,c.. hut the moment she IS hnru
,,,..sscd bv the enemy she Is not 70 I've
round al her post. but leaves 'ne pru'''
~ The battle TO be borne hy her number
~ s,cadicr comradc. religion, whom
~ ma, occasions she affects to dcspise
Cotton.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-04-10

One hundred years ago Herder Wa
suspicious that what we call .'cuituSS
q really polished weakness"
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Without consistent Christian life 70
back up the preacher, there Is no use ~
ringing the church bcll.-Eam's Iiorn.
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"A dream of the moon signiiies
Sudden and entirely unexpected pleas'
ure.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-03
WAITS FROM THE WIRES.
Some of the Days Events Set Forth
in short Stories.

Buluwayo, June Cecil Rhodes has
arrived here, and met with an extremely
cordial reception. He will be entertained
al a banquet here on June 4.
Lexington, KY, June 2.-Henry Mitchell
Smith, the negro who was convicted Of
assaulting an aged white woman, named
Mrs. May Hudson, near this city, last
summer, was hanged at 11:97 o'clock this
morning.
Butte Mont, June Am unknown man
who committed suicide yesterday is now
believed to be Pastor Herman, accused of
murders in his church at Salt Lake, Utah
The body answers the description Of the
accused in almost every particular
South McAlister, 1. T, June 2.-The ma
jor general commanding announces the
appointment of Miss Susie McAlster of
.McAlister, l. T., as sponsor for the Indian
Territory division of the United Confed-
crate Veterans, a the sixth annual re-
union at Richmond Va.
Washington, June 2.-The conferees on
the general deficiency appropriation bill
to-day reported the agreement reached
on the items in dispute between the two
houses. Among the items are the follow
ing: Coaling shed at Key West Fla, $14,-
600; judgments of the court of claims
81, 1877, 0S2.
Tuscola, ILL.,, June 2.-Sheriff BagIey
has captured John r. Hicks of AsheVille
n. c. The chief of police of that city had
traced him to Memphis. San Francisco,
Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, and
finally to the city where he was landed
The charge on which Hicks is wanted
is obtaining money under false pretenses
His extradition will be asked for.
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Store Closes at $50 D. m.

fine. Mexican and Hungarian opals used
to be the finest; now those from Austria
liza have the highest standing.
New York is the great supply market
for this country for jewels. Yes; my Gus
toners are outside the city as well as
In the city. Most Of my business is in the
There are few tools required in the
business--simply a magnifying glass to ex-
anime the stones, and the weight Is mark
ed upon them. ] have my own scales, but
/ do not weigh and examine a stone ex-
haustively l find what consider is about
right. The man who Is buying Is the one
upon whose judgment the decision must
turn, and he examines the stone as he
sees Mt There Is nothing about my work
that Is hard on the eyes. 1t is the inn
porters who keep a man for that purpose.
When a person Is examining thirty or
forty stones infinitely 1t might strain the
eyes.
do I care more about possessing stones
than did before began dealing IN them2
] don't know that ! do. / would like to
have a fine ruby If ] could afford a
fine one. How fine? That Is difficult to
say. l have seen good one carat ruby
which could not be bought for 81, 100, ana
/ have seen a three-carat ruby for which
Sl2 900 was asked. / think / could get one
that would suit me for 81, 800 They are Of
the richest color that can be imagined.
The ruby has been the stone above all 9TH
ers for years and years. You known the
Bible says, a virtuous woman, her price
Is above rubies.' find my opinion of
jewels has changed greatly since l went
into the business. Ny mother had some
jewels that ] used to think were very fine.
Now ] look at them in another light.
pearls are the stones that a dealer has
to examine with the greatest care. They
can be very closely initiated. They have
a ruby on the market now that they cali
the scientific ruby. 1t Is very much Ike
the real stone, but dealer can always
tell the difference.
"A turquois Is another stone that 10
closely initiated. / don't know but that l
would rather have the imitation, though
perhaps | should not say that. The imita-
tons keep their color, and the real ones
do not. There are some mines now from
which they are turning out turquois which
which have always been our finest ones,
could never be guaranteed to keep their
color
Il think I enjoy dealing in the fancy
stones-emeralds, opals and pearls-more
than in diamonds. / do not care so much
for them. Diamonds are a staple article
however, and their price do not change
much.
This is a good business in good times.
I know of a widow In Paris who has made
a very good thing Of 1t. There are q great
many women in Amsterdam and Paris
who are in the business. Amsterdam is
the headquarters of the world for dia-
mOnd cutting. No business is done there
except through brokers. and as 1 said,
there are a great many women.
Our business feels the effects of hard
times before any Of the others, for we
deal in the luxuries Of Injuries The tariff
increase Of p per cent. on cut stones and
10 per cent increase on rough stones has
hurt legitimate dealers seriously. There
are apparently no less stones in the coun-
try and there must be great deal of
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-03
Mystery of Red-Headed Ducks.

From the San Francisco Call.
OF course you have noticed the wild
ducks that congregate yearly on Stow
Lake" said Supt. McLaren. There were
two in particular" he continued, two
lame that they could hardly waddle, and
their wings were broken. Well, when the
time came for the ducks to migrate they
all went except those two redheads
They looked rather lonely-these two
poor little beggdrs-among the swans and
the mudhens Well, one afternoon we
were astonished to see an unusual nuns
Der of ducks on the lake at time when
they Ought to have been somewhere else
but we were more astonished the uext
morning to note that they had disappear-
ed. Not only were they gone, but the
lame redheaded ducks had also disap-
peared.
"A search was made but they could
not be found, and after several days we
concluded that they went the same time
the visiting ducks left. Now, 1t is a well
known fact that a duck with a broken
wing cannot fly, and 1t was a master az
mystery to me how the beggars got awav
and after thinking the matter over for
several days 1 came to the conclusion
that they were carried away by the visi-
tors.
"Of course, that is only conjecture. and
l can only think that those visiting ducks
came back for the express purpose of re-
moving their injured companions. and
that they did ii, but how they did il Is
what puzzles me-"
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\ sTRAWBERRY TOWN.
A Small Missouri Town Receives nm
Income of 100000 From strayvber-
From an Exchange.

From an Exchange.
Sarcoxie is the strawberry town If
Southern Missouri 1t was discovered that
it was particularly designed for straw
berry culture in 1889 A few wears be-
fore that a nurseryman put out a few
plants and found the berries therefron
exceedingly good. He then planted a few
acres. which were so profitable that his
neighbors gave up the cultivation of corn
and planted their stony fields with straw
berries. The strawberry acreage increas-
ed gradually until now 800 acres are under
cultivation, and this year 1850 acres more
have been put in young plants, which VIII
bear next season. There is NOW one
strawberry farm of 100 acres, several Of
nifty acres and from that down to one
acre. The business men, lawyers doctors
and clerks have the strawberry fever and
II is diincuH to ind a man in Sarcoxje
VINO ooesn grow stra ~berries. The net
annual income 10 the town from stra W
berries is about $4,000 and next wear il
Will probably be over 100000. About $50
600 IS paid in wages every wear "a harrx,
plckers, and this will be more than doti-
bled next year. 1t takes 5000 persons TO
PICK SarcoXle.s strawberry crop this year
and 1860 viii be needed next year,
The berry growers have an ganfZatfcp
that protects their interests and makes
their crops profitable. They have band-
ed themselves into a horticultural asso-
1-fAAAOAls WlA4Ii H4tItS IL directory OF flVe
from its members. This directory Is in
perpetual session during the berry sea
son. which lasts four weeks, beginning
May 10. The association sells the prod
ucts Of the day when the day comes
Bids for the fruit are sent to It from a II
over the country and the berries 20 to
the firm that has the best commercial rat
ing and reputation for honesty and bids
the highest prices. Ten carloads A dav
are the average shipments from Sarcoxfe
This means 5000 crates, or nearly 10000
quarts of berries.
The profits of berry culture are varia-
BILE with the season The gross receiDfs
from an acre Of berries are about SIPS II
costs about SO an acre to buy plants
and set them out, and about as much
A /Sarcoxie berry grower received $3.50
this season for the product Of four acres
of exceptional berries, and the purchaser
paid for picking them. Another made S375
from three-quarterS Of an acre and so II
goes. Some OF the land on which straw
berries are most successfully grown is
not fit for anything else, and would not
sell for $40 an acre.
Around and about the town of Sarcoxie
are camped 5000 berry pickers. The ber-
~ picking season IS the annual vacation
miles of Sarcoxie. AS the picking season
approaches the horticultural association
adVertises for pickers, and they begin to
come in from the Ozark country Kan
sas Arkansas, Indian territory and Ok
lahoma. They come in parties Of fifty
and a hundred sometimes their white
covered wagons catching up with one
another or meeting at cross roads and
naturally forming into parties.
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ued through tomorrow derby day1.
Thursday and Friday. on which day The
Oaks VIII be run. The principal event to-
oay was the WOOdcote stakes Of I.o15 SOW
erelgns, for 2-year-Olds. The race vas
run over the 2-year-Old course-rhe last
SIX furlOngs on the new course-and was
won By Lord Roseberry's b. (. Chelandry.
Sir Waldie Grifhth's ch. E. Princess Anne
Gate St AIMEE was second. and IL X.
Lehaudy's D. c.. Jayeiin. third.
The betting On the derby at noon to-day
was 10 on 81. Frusquin. 4 10 ! against
PersimmOn. 10 10 I against Teufel and
Regret. > 10 l against Gulistan and 50 90
I each against knight OF the Thistle and
BraWardine.
IL is now considered doubtful whether
Regret and Dunrohin viii appear at the
post, owing TO the condition of the track
the ground having again hardened.
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smuggling done. Many diamond cutters
nave come 10 this country since the tariff
was put on.
1t is probable that great many people
come TO this country Just to bring dia-
monds. And women, I have heard since
l was q child, are born smugglers.
Diamonds are a good inVes tment. 1t is
Just this way. If you buy a horse and
carriage and use them eight or ten years
the horses viii be old and the carriage
worn out. You paid thousands for them,
you only get a few hundreds II you sell
them. Wait little longer and you get
nothing. Diamonds do not wear out. The
man OF whom you bought them charged
you in selling, for his store rent, service
ana various things. That came In in his
profit. Naturally he will not pay You
that back. He will probably give you the
you sell, and diamonds do not vary great
y In price. People who bought emeralds
or pearls a few years ago could sell them
now to an advantage"
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Norwich, Conn, June 2.-The city cleo
ton contest yesterday resulted in a decla-
ration that Alonzo r. Aborn was elected
democratic nominee, Fred L. Osgood, re-
ceived a majority of 35S. There We're de-
clared to be SAC Illegal votes in the First
district and 321 in the Second The bal
lots We're all printed in long primer type.
when the name of the party should have
been printed in plea according to the in
structions of the secretary of state The
remainder of the republican ticket was
elected. Osgood has engaged counsel, and
will test the election.