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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-09-11
The widow

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appeals to the
S y III p a t h y of
even the most
callous- hearted.
Here is a wo-
man still III the
springtiine of
life, deprived of
the stay a n d
support II p o n
which she had
every right to
depend, ana her
future overslad-
owed by the loss
of the one man
in all the world
upon whom she
had ceutered
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London, Sept. 1.-THE Times this
morning in an article from special cor
respondent, makes the important an
nouncement that the Bank of England di-
rectors have consented to hold one-fifth
of the banks reserve in silver.
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MINERS SHOT DOWN.
Continued from First Page.)

are going to Latimer to get the men out
there
Then the sheriff and seventy deputies,
armed with Winchesters and reyolyers,
I boarded a trolley car for Latimer, and
EIarching down the public road headed
eff the marching column of Poles and
| 9Iungarians.
|: According to Martins story, when the
$strikcrs reached the line of deputies he
3ordered them to halt and dispense. One of
the men said in broken English, go to
hell, YOU a -" Martin then at
tempted to arrest the man who made the
remark and, as he claims, was tiercely
assaulted by the mans friends. Then the
firing began.
Martin was asked during the interview:
when you met the men were they on
company property or on the public road!'
He replied, they were on the public
road
Were they marching toward Lati-
mers?"
yes"
Had they up to that time committed
any overt act or acted otherwise than
lpeaceably"
NO"
"Why then did you order the deputies
TO fire."
II did not order the deputies to fire;
some one else did that. First came a sim
gle shot, and then a volley / gave no or
der"
How many men were killed.?
"There were twelve dead when l left
and about forty wounded"
Were any of your men hurt!'
Zone OF my deputies was shot through
the arm"
Sheriff Martin when he reached
Wilkesbarre was badly SCARED. Though
he claims to have been brutally assaulted
when seen he did not have a mark on
his person to show that he had been
oughly handled All classes of citizens in
this city and county unite in condemning
Sheriff Martins hasty action.
MARCHED IN THE HIGHWAY.
HazIeton, Pa, Sept. 10.-It is esti-
mated that when the strikers began
marching on the Halle mines they num-
bered about two hundred. Many of the
men at the Halle mines quit work and
joined in the march on the Latimer mine.
The body did not move with any preci-
sion and traversed the highway entirely.
keeping OH private property. All along
the road they seemed jubilant over their
success at the Halle mines.
SHERIFF. CALLS FOR HELP.
Wiloesbarre, Pa, Sept. 10.-Sheriff
Martin sent telegram to Governor
Hastings tonight stating that mob law
prevailed III the lower end of the county
and asking for assistance. Governor
Hastings ordered Col. Dougherty, Ninth
Regiment, to start for HaZleton at once.
The regiment will leave Wikesbarre at
> o'clock in the morning.
MOBILIZING THE TROOPS.
Harrisburg, Pa, Sept 10.-Governor
Hastings tonight ordered out the Third
Brigade, of which General Goblin is
commander and instructed General
Schall to hold the First Brigade in rea-
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SAMPLE OF REPUBLICAN RULE.

The Shelby Star gives an account of
of the molly crew of Republicans that
held a so-called primary in that town
to recommend a postmaster. The head
lines tell the whole story:
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ENGLAND's LEAN TO SILVER.

The Bank of England Will Hold One
Fifth of It's Reserve in the White
Metal.
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To those who SITTER pain the JOY of
relief is indescribable. Debility causes
all the inconvenience of pain, though
not its sharpness. It is later stage
of disease.
Pains and debility are symptoms OF
a deranged condition of the kidneys.
They will disappear when the kidneys
act right, not before. Diseased or in
active kidneys can be
The herald., 1897-12-26
WHY THE HORSE DIDN'T WIN
Mistake of the Jockey Riding the Ami
NAL Spoiled Fixed" Race

After the days racing at Benning
track the other evening a number of
horsemen We're swapping hard luck sto-
ries. when old Bill Jones Clipped in one.
"Th toughest luck in me life that ever
run up ag'inst was long bout tn season
of "a or 80, think it was. Thet year 1
had some four or five in trainin', an
while they was all good enough, some
thin nuther was all tn time thrown'
me down. When the horse was fit tn
Jockey treated me to pull, an when tn
boy tried all right tn horse would quit
an chuck it up. An when tn jock was
givin' me a ride an TIL horse was fit
there was always one or two in TIL field
a leetle filter. That's tn way things
went long till bout tn close of tn sea-
son, when l was bout ~ out an long,
hard winter starin' in me face.
well, as you may 'spose, was bout
desperate like, an was undecided
whether to sell out an quit TIL game or
part with TIL top of me bald head by
means of a shotgun, when long comes
some of tn boys one day an proposes
to give me a pull-off. There was "A
steeplechase on the card for the next day
an dey tells me to put old Skinfnt in
an they'd lay down to him. We talked
tn thing over an when tn entries closed
there was five horses in for that race
next day. Old Skinflint wasn't much,
but tn others We're all right an on pa
per tn race looked like to be great one
"Of course, we kept tn deal dead quiet
an when tn odds went up tn bookies
chuckled when they wrote 100 to ]
ag'inst old Skinhint. But they didn t
chuckle half as much as me an tn other
fellows. TIL race was cooked an dried
all right. tn understandn' bein' thet tn
other four would pull out an go wrong
or tn jocks fall off an let old Skinhint
finish lone. Well, TIL boys sends into
tn ring few dollars on me an / rakes
together hundred, TIL bookies givin'
me tn laugh as they takes me stuff, an
then makes it 200 to / ag'inst old Skin
flint.
"They never tumbled to it, of course
specially as l he'd a sort of crazy stable
boy on me horse. and wild me tickets
calm fur $4,000 I he'd visions thet amt
to be he'd outside of pipe joint. Well
off they started, old Skinflnt traiin
fifteen lengths behind, an after clearin
tn second jump tn two in front was
pulled outside tn flag so far thet they
couldn't git back in time an at tn next
TIL leader bolted all right. tn jockey
slippn' off an lettin' his horse co. Thet
left only old Skinflint an the fourth
horse in tn race, an with only one mora
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jump to git over, tn remainin' one
aginst me was pulled so tibet he went
wrong by an eighth of a mile.
"Old Skinflint got over thet last jump
all right. an when he struck into tn
stretch tn next horse to him was quar-
ter of a mile behind. Seem thet. me boy
pulled him down an walked him ill., an
was just leaving the scales when tn
next horse finished. followed some forty
lengths back by tn other two thet he'd
pulled up an then gone tn right course.
l was doin' tn chucklin' act then meself,
although 1 was a leetle uneasy bout TIL
slowness of runnin' tn numbers up, an
l almost had a stroke of paralysis when
tn numbers did finally go up an seen
they hedn't my number up t all.
"'Jedges,' says l. calm their atten-
ton to tn mistake, they've got tn
wrong numbers up. l win, you know
mot at ALL says tn jedges; 'th' num-
bers is all right. Thet horse of yourn
didn't finish
well. gentlemen. you could heV
struck me dead an l wouldn't hev
knowed it; but they was right, all right
fur, durn me, eff me stable boy jock
hedn't pulled up an dismounted afore
he crossed tn wire. e.''-Washington Star.
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CONSUMPTION
CURED

The accumulation of testimony corrobo-
rative of the efficacy of Dr. Ballard's treat
ment for consumption continues to in
crease with great rapidity. There Is moth
ing like it in the annals of medicine Con-
sumptives are being universally consigned
by the medical profession at large to the
inevitable termination of an incurable dis
ease and many of these desperate help
less sufferers, in spite of the wishes of their
professional advisers are Investigating the
statements now so frequently made every
where about the success of DR.. Ballard s
treatment. The universal result of al in
vestigations is unqualified confidence in his
treatment, and the patient puts himself
at once under the care of the physician now
recognized as the most successful expert in
lung diseases in the country. These pa
tients who have been so treated are being
cured and restored to health and useful
ness. Scores of these patients attest the
efficacy of the treatment. Every one al all
affected with lung trouble should at once
caM on Dir. Ballard and investigate his
cures and his methods. 1t costs nothing to
Investigate. Consultation free. The fol-
lowing testimonial recently received from
a clergyman is a notable addition to the
many onl file at the Office, some of which
have been published before. For further
particulars call at the office, which will be,
as usual, this week at room 406 Stims on
block, corner Spring and Third street.
After January 1st DR.. W. Harrison Ballard
will be found at his new offices and labor
atory, rooms 1 to 10, Zahn block, No l..
Entrance 415l4 South Spring street, Los
Angeles Cal.
| Dr. w. Harrison Ballard, 406 Stimson
Block-Dear Sir: Il take pleasure in com
mendinS most heartily your improved Koch
treatment 1t has done great things for
me. Lung disease compelled me to retire
from the ministry three years ago. In
April, 1897. I was too weak to engage in
anything but light exercise. and that for
only part of the day. | was treated by you
for six months. and now for several months
have been able to pursue my business Wig
orously every day. | can see no SIGNS of
disease in my lungs, and l fecl strong and
well. Gratefully.
REV. A. W. HOUTZ,
Sub. Station /, Pasadena, CAL
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throughout Europe. The celebration is
to begin with grand service in St.
Peters, Rome, and continue throughout
the octave. Pilgrimages are being ar
ranged from this country, some OF which
are to reach Rome on the date named,
and others before the celebration will
have ended.
A statement issued by the American
Bible society shows that it's work in
foreign lands during the last year in
volved an expenditure of 1872 292 80 and
the circulation of 761 ,52S volumes of the
Scriptures; of these more than half
405, 900 volumes, were distributed in
China, 10000 in Japan, $1,000 in the Lee
want $4,000 in South America, SO, 900 in
Mexico and Central America, 80 900 in
Siam and Laos, 40, 900 in Russia, 20 900 in
France, 1900 in Spain and Austria, TO-
900 in India, besides smaller numbers in
Africa, Micronesia Arabia and Corea.
In accomplishing this work the agents
and correspondents of the society en-
ployed $50 men, each working on an
average more than eight months.
4 + =
w nel lNe WAL enueu lHc southern
Presbyterians found small number of
negroes in their churches. Most of the
negroes We're speedily gathered into in
dependent Baptist and Methodist
churches; but a few remained Presby-
terian, and in time very few colOred
Presbyterian churches We're organized.
Their white brethren We're Christian
enough to recognize that they ought to
work for the education of their colored
brethren and then supply them with
pastors of their own race and choice.
They voted in general assembly that,
once ordained, the negro minister had
the same ecclesiastical rights as the
white minister; and this is greatly to
their credit. But it was over and over
declared that this could not be a per-
manent arrangement. They could not
endure to have it q fixed policy to have
white and negro ministers sit beside
each other as equals in the judicatures
of the church. and declared that as soon
as possible the colored Presbyterians
must be set off by themselves into a
colored Presbyterian church, just as
there are colored Baptist and Methodist
denominations. Now the time has come.
There are enough colored presbyteries
of colored churches in the south to or
ganize separate denomination. This
is done at the desire-such things al
ways are-of the negroes themselves.
They know they are not now welcome as
equals. and they are glad to go out. OF
course they are. They like to be moder-
ators and clerks, and to discuss in the
sessions and make the decisions, as we'll
as their white brethren it is much
pleasanter than sitting in the back seat
and holding their tongues. And so the
Colored Presbyterian church, long an
nounced. comes at last, with caste sep
arations comfortably and peaccably ac-
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also collected and if be damp laid the fire to dry
and sweeten.
It is the Christmas belief in Holland that Santa
Claus driving eight white horses and that the
horses will stop unless there is food for them.
Christmas Eve, before the little go bed, they
take their little wooden shoes and them carefully
inside and out and polish up the roughened spots on
Each child selects his best pair Shoes if he
any choice and polishes until the shoes look like
Just before going to bed the shoes filled with
placed the hearth The hay laid the
them The little Hollander then says good night
shoes and Santa Claus and goes bed sleep until
morning.
Holland children sleep in little beds that are in
small closets that open out of the The closets
built in the walls and they have doors that close tightly
Holland boys girls hope peep upon
Claus, t y securely walled up and the
opened until morning. c. L. GOODWIN
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SONG OF THE TRUST

Let us gather up the sunbeams
Lying all around our path.
Get a trust on wheat and roses
Give the poor the thorns and chaff.
Let us find our ch!efest pleasure
Hoarding bount.es of today.
So the poor shall have scant measure
And two prices have to pay.
Yes. We'll reservoir the rivers
And We'll levy on the lakes.
And we'll lay tritiing poll tax
On each poor man who partakes.
Wei brand our number on him
That he'll carry through his life
Wen apprentice ali his children.
Get a mortgage on his wife.
Well capture cen the wind god
And confine him in a cave:
And then. through our patent process,
We the atmosphere Will save.
Thus we'll squeeze our little brother
wa his lungs he tries to fill
Put meter on his windpipe
And present our little bill.
We will syndicate the starlight
And monopoliZe the moon;
Claim royalty on rest days,
A proprietary neon.
For right-of-way through oceans spray
Wen charge just what it's worth
Wei drive our stakes around the lakes
In fact, We'll own the earth.
Fruit Exchange Review.
Archbishop Williams Roman Catholic
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HOLLAND Dec. 9-The most unselfsh customs
prevail in Holland. Here Santa Claus is expected not
only to give but to receive.
The children the fattest and cunningest to be
found the world over; and they beam with health and
good temper In the winter they little round hoods
and their bright eyes and round shiny cheeks tell
the good times they expect.
Christmas Eve the little Hollanders begin to get
ready for Santa Claus Begn They began early in
morning. but now they complete their work
In America a child thinks he does enough if he
hangs up his stocking and writes letter telling the good
saint he is ready for Christmas but in Holland
aren do great deal mere.
Early on the morning of the day before Christmas
they begin to gather provisions for the horses Santa
Claus. The finest ats brought into the kitchen and
sifted until they free from dust They are then rub
bed by the little ubby hands of the children until they
clean and shining few wisps of the finest hay are
The herald., 1897-12-26

Next New Years day will be the six
tieth anniversary of Pope Leo XIII. S
flrst mass, and the event is to be cele-
orated with great pomp. Delegations
Ire to be present at the function from
number of Roman Catholic centers
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complished. 1t is very nice, even if it
be not Christian.-New York Independ-
ent.
The herald., 1897-12-26
CHURCHLY NOTES

Rev. Timothy Richards believes that
China is on the eve Of a great religious
awakening.
There are ninety nine Methodist Epis-
copal churches within the limits of Chi
cago.
Rev. John Watson, d. d. Gan Mac
laren), has declined the call of the Pres
byterian church a Kensington London.
A hotel for working men and plain
people, where a warm room is provided
for Is cents, is conducted by the Saliva
ton army in Boston.
The American bishops who participate
ed in the recent Lambeth conference
have jointly presented to the Archbish-
op of Canterbury private service of
sacramental plate, silvergilt and set
with stones. The service was the work
of an English artist in New York and
was taken to England at the request Of
the American prelates by the Bishop of
Rochester.
\ \ \
1t is reported that Edward Everett
Hale in a recent lecture said that he
found nine out of ten in a class of girls
in one of the public schools of Boston
had never heard of Noah's ark. The
Living Church GpiscopaD commenting
on this statement, says that I'VE our
selves have encountered aspirants for
the sacred ministry who did not know
the difference between Noahs ark and
the ark Of the covenant
Outward religious work Is not to be
disparaged. Faith and works go togeth-
er, but works are not the whole of re-
ligion. The work that does not spring
from faith is as vain as the faith that
does not manifest itself in action Fruits
are important. but not more important
than roots. Jesus ventured to speak Of
those who had taught and cast out dew
lis and done many marvellous works
who did not know him. And an inspired
apostle declared that though he be-
slowed all his goods to feed the poor, and
though he gave his body to he burned,
and had not love, it profitod him moth
ing."--The Watchman.
The herald., 1897-12-26

Archbishop Williams (Roman Catholic
of Boston has come out in favor of total
abstinence.
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HARD TIMES AND SCHOOL ATTENDANCE

DIR. Shearer, President Of Davidson
College, agrees with the view this paper
has often presented and elaborated, to-
wit: That large attendance at schools
and colleges is not proof of prosperous
dimes. The High Point Enterprise asks
why is it that during the hardest times
there is the largest attendance at our
schools?
Dr. Shearer takes the ground that dur
ing prosperous times the boys and young
men Of the country find it easy to get
employment, but when there is great
Stringency in money matters, and bust
aess is at low ebb, they find it CORE
spondingly hard to secure employment.
AT such times employers have a larger
aumber Of applicants to select from, and
therefore can be more careful as to whom
they employ. Young men discovering
this begin to look around for a remedy
for their unfortunate position, and they
enter school to find it. Parents, seeing
that il their children would successfully
compete for positions during the hard
times they must be educated, scramble
about, make extra sacrifices, and get up
little money with which to put the
boys and girls at college or the high
schools, where they may equip them.
selves for the most responsible positions
that may be open to them. Then, they
have much wider field to select from
The Enterprise, which prints DIR
Shearer's view, says: eve believe this
is the correct solution of the question:
OF course it is.
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says Of Y is true, and half Of what I
saws of x is true, will not appoint
either one of them to any public posi-
ton" This is what President Mckinley
is quoted as saying recently of two Of
the applicants for District Attorney of
the Eastern North Carolina district. The
names are withheld for the present Each
crowd fiy-blows the other. Between them
it is evident that there are precious few
fit to hold positions of trust and honor.
One of these days we will have hns'
sells opinion of John Il. Smith and JnO.
r. Smiths opinion of Daniel l.. Rus
SELL
But that's another story.
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WHAT THE PRESS DOES FOR THE PULPIT

The Christian Advocate suggests the
need of daily religious paper. 1t may
come, but until it does it is we'll worth
considering what the daily press does
to spread the gospel. Mr.. Moody said
not a great while ago, after meeting
in New York:
1.-The meetings were a great sue
cess. This was due in great part to
the splendid reports which were pub
lished in the newspapers. The SER
mons reached and helped thousands
of people who never attended sim
gle service. Nor was the influence
limited to New York and its imme-.
date neighborhood. Everywhere |
went after leaving that city | found
a strong religious sentiment, large
" the outcome of that series of
meetings"
1t is rare that an average preacher
has a congregation of five hundred, and
five thousand is big congregation even
for Mr.. Moody. The press goes to thou
sands. 1t is mirror, rejecting the
good and bad alike that are in the
world. The good is as often magnified
as the bad. Most papers are faithful
mirrors. If there is more of bad than
good, it is more the fault of human ma
ture than of the papers. You do not
blame a mirror for your ugliness.
The preachers and the press are both
working for the elevation of mankind.
sometimes it is said that preachers ought
not to denounce certain, sins by name
because it familiarizes people with vice.
The same extra nice criticism is made
of newspapers that are forced at times
to print crimes that disgust. The
preacher and the editor stand in identi-
cally the same relation. Their duty is not
pleasant, but it must be performed. The
sooner the nearness of their relationship
is recognized the better will the press
and the pulpit be able to reach and up
lift the people.
There are editors who print. nastiness
for the love of it just as there are preach
ers whose language and illustrations are
not fit for the pulpit, but they are ex-
ceptions. The true preacher and the
true editor help each other. a