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New York and Boston All Rail.

N T., =. IT. z II, II. X. and CONntCtionB.
From Grand Central station.
Leave. BY way ~ Due.
p:O4 A. NJ, Springfield and Worcester. $3.50 y. NJ.
lO:uO A. NJ, +TNew London and Providence, 500 i. VI.
lU:u3 A. NJ, New London and Providence. 4:NO p. NJ,
l2:Ou NJ, Springfield and Worcester $50 =. NJ.
tl,OO +. NJ, Air Line and y, +. X, r., $500 Y. NJ.
l:U2 p. NJ, New London and Providence. 7;u0 p. NJ.
8!Uu l.. ~. New LONDON and Providence. 500 +. N.
400 Y. NJ, .SpringnGli and Worcester. 1000 y. NJ.
5000 y, NJ, sSew LONDON and Providence. IL :0n 7. NJ.
ll.OO T.. NJ, sSprinsfieIi and Worcester, b:l5 A. II.
l2:OO =. NJ, 'Sew London aud Providence, 1913 A. NJ.
'Runs daily. including sunday.
++Buy State Limited; all phTlor cars; fare ~, In.
GLIDING parlor ear seat.
Air Line Limited; arrives at and departs from Park
Square station. Boston, Return service same hour
and by same IonU.
Through parl1r and sleeping cars by each train.
c. 7. HEMPsTEAD, Gen. Pass. Agent
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had a yaricooelo OF eight years standing, which gave
me much pain and discomfort. as well ~ destroying
my powers. and that no cured me without pain, cut
ting, or a days confinement. l make this statement
for the good OF humanity. and in order that others
who have beer quGcked and humbugKed may know
whore q safe and certain cure Is to be found. aud at
but small expense.
(slRued) ROBERT W. REEF
Isgh WAShinRton At
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OLD DOMINION LINE

bAIIt AZ SoIttoAsh
Shortest sea Trips out OF New York.
Delightful tours to Old Point Comfort, norfolk,
Newport News. Petersburg, Portsmouth, timers
Point, Richmond, Virginia Il ach, Va, and Washing
ton, Ii. c. Freight and PASSENGER steamer san from
day. at Is y. NJ. and SatuIua y al 4 7. NJ.
w. L. u~UILLAUDEU, vice'Pres't and Trafic Mgr.
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From Pier Ri, East River, daily except sunday at b
+. NJ. for Connecticut River landings, conneoting for
kprinRneld, Worcester, Boston. aud all New England
| points. SATURDAY sxolrslonS AZ reduced rAte&
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STEAMBOATS,.
HARTFORD LINE

~COXsACkiE BOATS.
From foot OF Christopher 81, every week day at D p.
M. connecting with d. 4 A. X. X. al Hudson.
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LONG ISLAND AND BLOCK island,

For Orient, Steamers Shinnecock & Montauk
,bcIter la,nnd, leave Now York daily except sun.
.-------. ldays) at 8 =. M, Saturdays at l
ereehport' y. NJ, from Pier 40. T.. r.. Pike slip.
aouthold. Saturdays boat does not go to
Sag HnrbOr, BLOCK Island, and Tuesdays, Thurs.
and days, and Saturdays boat does not
Block Island. lgo to Southold.
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ca

UFIIIIETTFUT. OTENN TTITS.
only direct line for Cottage city, Mass and Port.
land, Ne. steamers sail every week day, except
Wednesday, from Pier No: IS. Z. r, at . 7. NJ, Tues
day. Thursday. and Saturday steamers stop AT Cottage
City en- route; the new e. s.. JOHN ESGlIS sails Mon
days ami Fridays for Portland direct. Connections
made for Bar Harbor, Old Orchard. Poland Spring.
White Mountains. ~. John. n, B.. and I'LL Eastern sum.
mer resorts, Steamers iitted with every modern I'M
provement for comfort and convenience OF tourists.
1he most comfortable route for all points East, neces'
stating no changes. Tickets may be purchased at
Maine 5. S. Company's once. No. 2I3 broadway. at
the ofice No. Y22 south st., opposite the Pier. and
Thos, Cook & Son. e6l ana 1928 broadway.
NORTH GERMAN LLOYD CO:
IN SHORT ROUTE TO LONDON AND CONTINENT.
FAST EXPRESS STEAMERS.
Havei, Tu., Aug. 3. 10 A, NJ. ETraye, Tu Aug. II, 10
OELRlCHS a &C.,, Z Bowling Grren.
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ArcEII@.
Account of stocks and bonds
of the United States and Of
this and other States, also all
other stocks and bonds abso-
lutely owned by the COM
pany .... ............$1, ,821, 1925
Interest due and accrued on
stocks and othe securities. 2O0S3.96
Cash in company's principal
office and belonging to the
company, deposited in bank 81 1,697.55
Premiums or assessments un-
paid. 49,. .......... 65,751.S2
All other assets, detailed in
statement 49,. ...... 1,929.37
The news & observer., 1897-02-23
NORTH CAROLINA SECTION.
A Gathering Yesterday of Distinguished
Sch0lars-Papers Read.

A Gathering Yesterday of Distinguished
Scholars-Papers Read.
The North Carolina section American
Chemical Society met in the offices of the
State Experiment Station at 4 o'clock
Yesterday afternoon. There were pre-
sent:
w. M. Allen, n. G. Experiment Station,
Raleigh; S. Il. Ashury, NJ. S. n. G. Ex-
pertinent Station, Raleigh G. Basker-
vile, Ph. D.. University of n. c., Chapel
Hill; H. B. Battle, Ph. D., n. G. Experl-
ment Station, Raleigh; J. A. Bizzell, B.
s., A. and NJ. College, Raleigh; A. w.
Blair, NJ S., Guillford College;
E. c. Brewer, A. NJ, Wake For
est College, Wake Forest; G. DE Chal-
mot. Ph. D. Alum Reduct Works, Spray;
b. w. Kilgore, NJ. s., n. G. Experiment
Station, Raleigh; III. r. ]. Ludwig, PHI.
D.. n G. College, Mt Pleasant; w. j.
Martin, NJ. D., Ph. D., Davidson College,
Davidson; r. G. Mewborne, B. s. Va,
Carolina Chemical Co. Richmond, Va.
H. X. Miller, NJ. S., n. @. Experiment
Station, Raleigh II. L. Miller, Phi. b.,
Navassa GuanO CO., Wilmington; w. H.
Pegram, A. NJ, Trinity College, Durham
f. r. Venable. Ph. D., University of N.
JsF
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore,
Md; w. A. Withers, A NJ, A. and NJ
College, Raleigh also II. w. Primrose
G. u. Harris and G. M. Hughes, A. and
NJ College, Raleigh
The following read papers:
DIR. r. 7. Venable, president-'Annual
Address.
Hon. B. w. Kilgo, the present position
Of the penodie system-Instruments for
Graduation and Celebration of Valumetric
apparatus.
DIR. d. de ChalmOt-S Silicon Alloys With
Metals
Mr.. B. w. KilgOre-Unit of Volume.
Mr.. b. w. KiIgore-ElStimatio of Fats
in Green Materials.
On motion of DR.. Baskerville, it was de-
cided to endorse the views of Mr.. Kill
gore in regard to the establishment of an
unit of volume and Mr.. Kilgore was asked
to present these views with the endorse
ment of the Section at the next meeting
Of the American Chemical Society.
The Section also expressed it's great
qualification ON account of the very cele-
brated work of DIR. Venable on the Peno-
die system.
The following officers were elected for
the ensuing year:
DIR. #. 2. Venable. University Of
North Carolina, president.
Prof. Chas. Il. Brewer, Wake Forest,
Vice President.
MIR. b. w. Kilgore, N. c. Experiment
Station, Secretary.
The section adjourned until the sum
mer meeting, the time and place Of
which will beii xed by the executive com
mittee.
The news & observer., 1897-02-23
THE GREAT pROFlrABLENEsS
OF THE NORTH CAROLINA
LEASE TO THE SOUTHERN.

The report of the Railroad Commission
az 1896, page 2ai shows the receipts of
the North Carolina Railroad to be ST.
43o, 40.
On page 3t2 the Southern Railway
states that on their ''owned" hnes-in
the State (Which include such unprofta-
BILE property as the Duc1town branch
and others). they averaged ~ per cent
net earnings. If they only did as we'll
ON the North Carolina road as on the
other lines, the net profit to them on the
North Carolina road is annually over
5000. 900: from which deduct $260,00O
rental. and their net profit is over $780,
600. But if it was far above the average
as undoubtedly it was, then the annual
profit was $500,000 to 100000. While
il is true they return only S367,00O net
profits or S107, 900 per annum over the
rental this is only $4,000 per year more
than the State made in 1871 out of half
as much gross receipts. The return is
clearly doctored for n purpose. They
aaye charged up to the North Carolina
road page 29n all sorts of odds and
eIIds. so as to make the expenses II per
ceat of the reeeipts-a report unparallel-
ed i'm the reports of railroads anywhere.
We. have no means of knowing how
mucEa they have reduced receipts of that
road =by crediting 1T with less than its
fair share OF through business. 1t IS very
certain that it did not cost II per cent
of receipts to run, while its other lines
cost Only IS per cent of receipts to run
it. That the Southern is capable of doc
toring returns will appear from their re-
port of 1894, in which they report the
pro rata .part of the North Carolina rail-
road of tZle salaries of the general of
ficers of uhe system (Spencer, Andrews,
&c.), So, ZOO given as the share by that
223 miles, being double the sum paid the
Governor and all of the other executive
officers of the State. In the report for
1896. when. the lease controversy was
anticipated, the pro rata of the Noruh
Carolina ROAD for general officers" saia-
ries has shrunk, like Vance's cat flsh to
81. 900. These gentlemen know how to
make figures .serve their purposes. A
gain. i'm 1871, the last year the State ran
the North Carolina road the gross re-
cefpts were S744,000, the net income
1910. 900. In these % years, there have
been many economies introduced in the
management Of railroads, but if the
Southern manages the North Carolina
road as well as sthe State did, then they
ought to realize out of the $1,430,OOO
gross earnings III the last year $66O,OO0,
leaving a net profit of 100000, above
the rental, and this must increase every
year.
The news & observer., 1897-02-23
Investigating
The GO Year Lease.
CONTINUED from 1st page.)

and sold 1T two days afterwards at tine
same figure.
In answer 10 Judge Avery lie didn't
Hhtnk the people were we'll informed
about the lease, but that the press crcn ted
a public sentiment against the lease. He
did not consider himself bound TO do any
thing else than what he thought 10 be-
best for their interests. He felt Chat the
press were not representing the people.
that the arguments advanced by the press
were answerable, and many OF them were
false. Judge Avery suggested that the
people had a right to keep them from
building a little 100000 Mr. Maxwell
building little 100000 conncc-
tom. Mr.. Maxwell thought some
might want to exercise such u
right and some might not anyway he was
afraid it might be built As to counsel.
there was present Mr. Leslie Ryan, as
siStant general counsel Of the Southern
Railway, headquarters in Washington.
He went into net and gross receipts.
estimating 60 per cent. for expenses: he
didn't know that the gross receipts were
SO, 400 per mile; didn't they report the
North Carolina as the least profitable?
Mr.. Maxwell thought not The Judge
said they made that report in 1896 Did
he not know that 1867 900 net was all the
profit reported in 1896, and Mr.. Turner
reported in 1871, $4,000 net He did
not. He had always heard that the
Smith lease was 70 magnificent trade
Ought you not to have inquired what was
their net profit? He had heard they paid
IN 3 per cent mortgage with per cent.
dividend, but Of this. in answer, he said
he knew nothing. The chairman got rest
less again, and said they were threshing
old straw. Judge Avery was sorry he
was the only unfortunate, and asked not
to be interrupted.
Captain Day asked could Mr.. Hoff-
man have bid under the circumstances.
Mr.. Maxwell did not think Mr.. Hoffman
was in a position to bid intelhgently.
Here Grant announced that the com
mittee would meet to-day at noon, be in
session two hours, at which time the in
vestigatiOn would be at AN end This
was received with exclamatiOns of aston
ishment by those representing the anti
lease people. And 50 the Investigation"
was stopped short, never to go again until
two hours tomorrow
The news & observer., 1897-02-23
AN INFAMOUS BILL.

Probably the most Of all the city gov
ernment bills that have been introduced
In the House at this session, when all
things arc considered, lis the so~called
Police Board bin for the city of Fayette-
vile.
/ The bll i'm brief, turns the whole gov
ernancnt of that ancient borough over to
board OF five, named in the bin, who in
the aggregate pay thirty-eight dollars
aud some cents Of city taxes. But one
Of the five declares that he will not
serve. and he pays fourteen dollars of the
thirty-eight.
We have said that the bill turns over
,to the board of five the whole govern
ment That is not quite true. After
some twenty-odd sections of the bill
have taken away. one by one, the powers
OF the mayor and board of aldermen,
final section confers the control OF stray
ed hogs and sheep upon those functional
rics. AS there are not n great number
of those, hucolic quaduped at large i'm the
city streets. IL viii be observed that the
powers of the chief magistrate and his
board are not intended to be burdensome
With painstalSing particularly a long
section Of the bill prescri.bes the manner
i'm which the powerless mayor and his
board are to be elected, the ballot boxes
guarded and the ballots sacrcdly pre-
served for the thirty-days during which
the election returns are held in escrow,
as it were, or on probation. If, mean
while, the all powerful five of the Police
Board find an excuse for declaring the
election null and void, they may do so,
and there appears to be no limit to the
number of re-trials at the ballot, they
NAV thus decrease beyond the natural
limitation of trial that the thirty-days
sets.
Mr.. Sutton, who introduced the bill
and had it whipped through the House
before any one could get here from Fay
etteville to oppose it, is said to have
declared that he has a desk full of letters
from prominent Democrats in Fayette-
vile. endorsing his bill. But so far as the
distinguished committee now in Raleigh
to offset the bill has been able to ascer-
tam, not one soul IN Fayetteville has
declared in its favor, while the commit
tee has petitions, signed 10y the vast ma
jority of the taxpayers praying the Leg
islature to defeat it. Mr.. Sutton has
named Col. Cook, the present mayor,
as one of his supporters, but Col. Cook
has come up to confront Mr.. Sutton with
his emphatic denial. The chairman of
the county Democratic executive commit
tee is another gentleman named by Mr.
Sutton as supporting the bill, but all the
citizens committee now in Raleigh de-
clare that this gentleman has expressed
his strong opposition to it.
The circumstances of secrecy under
which this vitality important bill was in
troduced in the House, while bills Of
comparative in consequence were made
known to the people and criticism of
them invited, are not calculated to com
mend this bit Of proposed legislation to
the fairminded men of our honest old
State.
The news & observer., 1897-02-23

WHERE WEALTH ABOUlNDS.

The people of tive continents have late
ly been treated to- some more or less
amusing information concerning a pluto
cratic function" ii. our metropolitan"
city of New York, indulged in by GER
tain vulgarians there. While the Ill
informed plutocrats locked upon the gor-
geousness of the function with emf
nent satisfaction, the trained aristocrats
across the water coull scarcely repress
their smiles at the gaueheries of the Ann
erican parvenues who had not learned
to wear swords and dance the minute at
the same time.
But these differences of view only
serve to add variety to the contempla-
tion of a phase of our social development
which causes more or less alarm among
thinking and patriotic Americans. 1t
happens that the New York papers,
during the awful winter days, that have
been prevailing there record another side
TO the picture that win bring a shudder
to any right minded man.
While fair women sniff the freeze
from behind priceless furs, and their
horses champ golden bits, many shiver-
ing wretch, nearby, ends his life because
unable longer to endure the misery which
our unequal laws have accorded to him.
For example, this item appears in the
last New York Journal
. ''Harry Small, of Seventy-siXth
street and Second avenue, was dis
charged from the German Hospital
two weeks ago. He has been a long
time i'll, and when he sought for
work his emaciated face and evident
weakness told against him.
HE begged for work and then beg
ged for food. He got none of the
former and little of the latter. He
sat in the park when the sun was
high until policemen came along and
suggested that he move ON. For the
last week he has had scarcely any
thing to eat
'tIn the delirium Of hunger his mind
turned back to the hospital and the
toothsome messes the nurses brought
him. He Thought he would go back.
lIlSy NOn L lcG lllG III at UilN 11"AA1
| door ne said to himself wisely, so
will climb the fence and go in at the
rear This was at 3 a. IN.
"a patient saw him aud began to
scream. Others took up the chorus
in fright. Several wards We're in
panic Policeman Sullivan caught the
demented man ON the fence.
"I was going to deliver letter,
| he said. Its to a woman inside
"'That man is crazy with hunger
said Magistrate Kudlich, and when
the warden of the YorkVille Court
Prison gave him food he ate like y
( famished wolf. Later he was sent to
Bellevue Hospital"
| The papers in the cities where wealth
| abound are filled with similar items
| III must fare the land where such decay
Of manhood is suffered to ensue.
The news & observer., 1897-02-23
SENATOR SCALES CONDUCTS THE
SERVICE.

The prayer meeting service, held Sun
day evening, by the Westminster League
of the Presbyterian church, was one of
unusual interest The service was con-
Quoted by Hon. Alfred VI. Scales, former
ly member Of the Presbyterian church
Of this city, and his many friends here
availed themselves of the opportunity of
hearing his excellent address. His sub
ject was ''Our worries, and how to get
rid of them;" and he drew from Scripture
lessons simple and helpful, that will
long be remembered by those present.
The news & observer., 1897-02-23

az the Governor to secure it's ratiiication.
Every director should be- examined,
Col. Andrews and Mr.. Hotfnmh should
likewise he cross-oNanined. The menl-
hcrs of the Board of Internal improve
ment should ho summoned and required
to state al that transpired IN tho meet
ings of that Board when Gov Carr tried
in vain 60 secure ratification of the W
wear lease Having undertaken this IN
vestigatiou, nothing less than thorough
examination OF All the parties connected
with it will be satisfactory to the pubic
ar to the directors.
The news & observer., 1897-02-23
HOUSE PROCEEDINGS.

Washington, Feb. 22.-The House to-
day passed the general deficiency appr0-
priation bill and began the considera-
tion of the last of the money bills, that
providing for the naval establishment. A
long debate occurred over the propriety
OF the appropriation Of $1,310,000 for
the Southern Pacific railroad under the
judgment of the court of claims, but
the House by a vote of 102 to 13S refused
to strike it out. The members who IA
yored the appropriation for the repay
ment to members of the last Congress of
salary withheld from them ON account of
absence carried their fight into the House,
but they were beaten 96 to 122. Sixteen
of the forty-eight pages of the naval
bill were completed. The attempt Of Mr..
Grosyenor, (Rep., o., to secure an
amendment to retain session employees on
the roll after March fourth until March
10, when the extra session would be-
gin, drew from him when pressed as to
whether he was authorized" to officially
proclaim an extra session, the good ma
tured admission that he was authorized
to assume" there would be an extra ses-
sion.
When the committee rose and reported
the bill to the House, Mr.. Sayers asked
for a separate vote on the amendment
striking out the appropriati ton of $12, POP
for members of the 53rd House whose
pay was withheld ON account absence.
at the conclusion of the roll-call Mr..
Owens, (Dem., Ky), made the point
that Mr. Maddox, being personally i'm
terested in the appropriation could not
vote.
Mr.. Maddox, (Dem., Ga.), stated that
he had voted against his interests, but
as his vote was challenged he would with
draw it. Several other members who
we're interested in the appropriation with
drew their votes. The House confirmed
the action of the committee in striking
out the appropriation 1926.
Mr.. Sayers then made the motion of
which he had given notice in committee
to re-commit the bill with instructions to
strike out the appropriation for the
Southern Pacific
The motion was lost 102 to 1873 and the
bill was passed. The conference report
ON the bin to prevent federal officials from
purchasing or speculating in the claims
against the government was adopted.
A bill was passed to pay Thomas A.
Scott United States marshal of the East
orn District of Virginia $3.50. At 500 p.
m. the House adjourned.
The news & observer., 1897-02-23

Entered at the postoffice at Raleigh
n, c.. as seoond-class matter.
The news & observer., 1897-02-23
MINISTER RANSOM BACK.

Atlanta, Ga, Feb. 20.-Gen. Matthew
w. Ransom, Minister to Mexico, was in
Atlanta for twenty minutes to-day. He
arrived on the Atlanta and West Point
Railroad at 11:30 o'clock, and left at y
for his home in North Carolina.
The news & observer., 1897-02-23
TRAIN BADLY WRECKED.

Ebensburg, Pa, Feb. 22.-The mail
train on the Cresson branch of the Penn
sylvania Railroad crashed into a box car
near here about 8 O'Clock this morning
and was badly wrecked. Five persons
were seriously hurt and a number Of
others sustained slight injuries.
The news & observer., 1897-02-23
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA,
Office of Secretary Of State,
INSURANCE DEPARTMENT.
Raleigh, n. C., Dec. 81, ISs

raleigh, n. O., Dec 81, 1S96.
In compliance with section 8 of AN
Act to consolidate the Insurance Laws
of North Carolina" / certify that the
above is a true extract from the sworn
statement of the United States Branch
of the Caledonian Insurance Company
on December 81, 1896, now on file in this
department.
CYRUS THOMPSON,
Secretary Of State.
The news & observer., 1897-02-23
LIABILITIES.

Total assets. ........$2,1O ,1S3. .95
The news & observer., 1897-02-23
December 81, 1896.

MAZE DO NOT WANT BOYS OR LOAF
WV ERS, to write, but men OF ability.
go to $500 per month, salary or commits.
sion State snd general managers. RA-
CINE FIRE Is FNGINE CO., Racine. Wis.
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rcentry for his spades. and that y probably has
no spades To lead him.. and yet he will not lead
the trump! His only hope for n trick In clubs Is
that a coveted the q with the fourchette, 10 ..
Trick b. This Is sending a boy TO the mill. Why
not put on the queen and run With tho dla-
monds? This would have saved one or two
tricks. even Mt this late stnge.
Trick u. This Il a useless discard; the king
Will have to be used 20 ovcr.trump Il, and IL
might ms well be used now to shut out A. and
stop the cross run.
There are only eight tricks TO be credited to
"a on this style Of play. bnt there are easily
courage. AID a IL good enough to lead from his
long suit In the same way. IL A opens with tho
club 10. however. II will DO very difficult for
" TO get more than nine tricks.
Here Is what should have occurred. letting the
first trick remain as II was actually played: