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Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1897-08-18
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gpburg, Gutter So, gtsbr.
Mertber 9srr Simon!
0a i9 meines 8iffens in Der n8eiGdge"
nod niemaIs etpas iiber Gutter gDuntp gez
Ieieu babe, fiibIs i4 mid bepOgeu, Elm Paar
3eilen bariber 81 i9reibsn.
Na9bem mir in ben leBteren Sa6ren meb<
rere 6eblernten unb babe @rnten gebabt
buttsn, 1T bieIes Sabr bic @rnte 3iemli4 gut,
b. +. ~ein3elne SGGe a~usgenpmmen, Ber
Bier cine CUTE @rnte gu er5ielen pinf4t,
muB gut farmen, ~beiOnbers gut cuItipiren;
bierun febIt es iebO9 Ieiber gar gu oft, inoem
at6t nenige 2eute mebr 2an0 %bepflan5en,
als iie gu cultibiren Derm0gen; bic Splge bdz
BON 1T, baB auf pieIen 6elOern man i'm
6erbft i4per su unteri9eipen permag,
ob lie nit Corn pber NIT @~onnenbIumen be-
pfGdnat poroen tparen.
Snoem in ben trodenen Sa6ren biele 2eute
aus Gutter gOuntp fOrt3Ogen unb audi 5a6lz
rei9e Sarmen in Die 9dnbe bon 5ppotbetenz
geeui9aften iibergingen, 10 gie6t es bier
nod INNER 2anb, ipel9es ni9t bebaut 1T.
Sol9es lam mar unter giinItigen 8eoinz
gungen pu4ten, fir Elm 9rittel Der @raeug=
niHe, tpenn fi9 9ebdube unb Drummer auf
hem 2anbe befinben, Sd CLAUDE, man4er
0tIi9e Pd9ter, tpel9er bort ieinsn in 8aar
gu entrt3tenoen Pa9t3ins faum erf9pingen
tann, t0nnte bier better fOrttOmmsn,
CLAUS Martb.
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Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1897-08-18
Observation-Disclosures Brieffanen.

Ginem iebsn 2e5er III bas Reht einoes
rdumt, ft9 briefIi9 ober miinbIi@ an bic
RebattiOn UNI 4ustunft iiber beftmmit.
purtt: gu penben, pslde, fOtDeit bas in unz
ieret Na9t ltegt, sepdbrt perben tpirb.
Mufraseu, benen ni9t Der Nume unb bic
genaue abrefe bes 5rageteuers b.iaefiat
fHn. tperbeu ni9t beantnortet.
Die Rebattion.
1347. 9d ib in Der .8eilage" eiren Dir
titd iiber greamsG eparators qeleTsn babe
mO3te i3 sic I'm bic NbrefIe elmer sFabrit
Hriu9en, in tpeI9er man bic tleinere 5prte
fir Is &ibe taufen lam.
Claus Murtb, Rebrastu.
AntpOrt briefti6.
1348. Sbren Nrttttf betreffs Gntra6=
dnungsmaf4 iren babe ih geIeIen unb mD4te
t9 gerRe sinen @eriu9 nit 10 elmer N2ae
s9ine MAIDEN. Sd erfu9e Sic baber uTt bic
@oreie elmer 5irma, BON tpel6er i9 Nd6eres
iiber prsiie, @ebrau9aberfabren etc. erfahs
rem Tam.
S. &ienaf, Mtrico.
@ntDort ebenfa1s briefIi9.
1349. Sd erfu9s Sic, mir btlr6 bic n8eiz
fdge" gffdaigit einige @e3epte gum @in=
MAIDEN BON @urten nit unb o6ne 9e!piira,
NIT uuo Dbne @fIi9 mit5utbeilen.
SO. &Oebbe, S6io.
Mntport:1. Burtenetn3uma
8Is96I9ftn: Man f6dlt biz
Surteu, f9neibet tie in b~eliebige @tIde, or
5eiten in stemIia bitc S9eiben, beItreut fl
NIT SoI5, IdBt fe in iitbe1bem @ufer ein=
NAL auftO4en, siebt Ous WdFer ab uuo bin
ftet fe nit Elm penig setldrter Butter, ettuas
gfiig, pfeffer nnb @al3 baIbpei9, flint fiji
in bic 8le6bii9fen, iibsrgieBt tie nit ibrer
8riibe, DerIOtbet bic 8ii9fen urpb tobt tie cine
Stunbe I'm Ddferbabe, um lie bann tpGbrent
bss Mtnters aIs Semitic gu psrpenber.
q, Gffiggurtene Den;
grpBe CRIME @urten, ON beten S9Iangen=
gurteR, bic nod feline &errs baben unb fsbr
feft unb frti9 iinb, perben in frtf9sm 8afz
fee absetDaI9en uni, nit @aIa beItreut, II
Stunben bingeteat; banu trOdnet man ie
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1897-08-18

natm Az DerfamfeM. 9tobe eiour Gitp, Soma, lit
~ cine 4O=Ader=5orm blnig 81 pertaufen. Gebr
tprnooeidubt, beIteS SartenIauo,% quite @ebGulidfeiten.
beipn6erS geeignet fir eiuen prattlid)eu 9yrud1t= pber
@cmiiie9arfner; ca. POO ObTtbdume uno nfele 9cerenz
ftrdnder, nOr9anOen- Se9en'pdrtig mirb ein 9airp-
qeIhdft betreben uno fbnlten eoent. quite Wtldtiibe
iebIt pDlitdnoI9er Gtnrtttung in ben Raul oeoebeu
perosn. &nfragen rt1te man on: ). B. Box 1910
Sipur Stir. SSa.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1897-08-18
911r 8eadtMma fiir sSarmer.

Niroen0po it untreIie bon 800 Wleilen bon Chi.
co0o, Aaes III 8etrabt 9e5ogen, lit 5orElIanb 10 biuia,
ME i'm ~n6rblidben eSn0iana. 9Blr f6nnen Sbnem beT.
beIIertes 9auo fur ~un9efdbr SIS per Nere oerfaufen unb
~berbeiierte GSaruten Dou $40 BIS $45 per Qcre, I'M Der.
fet1e g6nlen uno &lrben oter 9etenutuiIe. Sic 9o.
tboIfen beiisen etne ele9ante Stride nit 9rDBer Wtitg!le.
beraabl uno ein @onpent. fTir sSnformotjOn obreiTret:
SnOiama &amo Co., @inamac, Snotaaa.
0QiH 1lulSnQ
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1897-08-18

Crin suuerldiii9er bentI4er Mietber tpirb berlam9t fir
v cine ibbn stneerIttste 6arm bon $50 stder. 4s
gdherss bel m" 3O4 Sriesbeim guiIbin9. Bloom.
iH9ton, Sn. 2Sil4m0
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1897-08-18
Safoale, QnteLope Co., Ns6,
13. 4ug. 1897.
Bes6rter 5err Simon.

Bee5rter 9err Simon.
sd mO9te Der u8eilage" bisrmit NIT
tbeilen, baB bas !6almgetreibe in %unIerer
9ssenb 5iemli3 tur5 geratben lit, bod iinb
Die aebrsn gut sefiiut. Corn 1T stpa5 5uz
rid, bod penu ii4 SrOfte ni9t gu fri6 einz
1telen, tDtrh es ii9 bennO9 nod gut ent=
tDideIn unb ausreifen.
Sreb M a p.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1897-08-18

g%elafen unb bann in Iauber gereini9te, troz
dene Weinflai 9en nit mDgli9It neitem
6alie gefiiat, tpobet man bic Slai9e INNER
pieoer f9iittelt, Big ie Bis oben berauf 9e6Dz
rig gefiilt lit. Damn berforft unb berIie9ett
man Die Sldi3en unb legt iie auF 8retter
ober trodenen Sanb i'm Seller. 60 fam
man bic @rb1en Sabre lang gut auf6epabz
rem. 8eim 9ebrau9 tpdfIert man tie Nbeno3
subor in tpei6em Wa1er, tpdi4t tie Morgsns
nod mebrmals unb to4t tie bann tpie frtf9e
@rbTen. Wtq man @r6fen NIT 3uder einz
MAIDEN, 70 perben frtf4 9epfliidte, eben aus
geternte @rbien gut nit feinem 3uder (uuf
ie Elm Quart @rbfen nimmt man einen gez
bduften @BlDffsl boG 3uder) in @lasfla=
i9en ober @la8bii91en nit ni9t gu tpeitem
5al1e feit eingef6ittelt unb bieie often in
einen &efIel nit faltem 0afer geiteat, NIT
9eu un0 Strob umge6en, oamit lie ni9t
aneinanberitoBen fOnnen uno auf bas 5euer
geftelt, porauf man bas Wo1er 10-15
Minuten fo9en 1GBt. Na9bem Die 6lai3en
in benz ppm Seuer genommenen &eifel err
faltet Iinb, peritDpIelt unb berfiegelt man lie
unb bepabrt fe an einem tiiblen trodenen
Srte auf. 2. Wegen elmer Nnttport bier
auf miiHen mir uns an folae Der 2eier mem
ben, bic nit iener @egenb betannt finb. Die
bierauf er6altene Nntport fOll gerne an pOrz
~liegenber SteQe abgebrudt tperben. 3. Wtt
Der @iienbubn finb es runb 1000 Meilen bon
port 9uron biz Bloomington in 5rantltn
Co., 0ebr. 9urna9 fOnnen Sic iih ielblt
einen 11eber19lag MAIDEN, pie lange 3ett &c
erfprbert, ii6er quite unb i4le4te 2anOpe5e
uno tpobl AUDI oft iibsr grDBere nmtpege
na9 Bloomington gu g~elangen.
1878. @pGen sic mir gef. mitE9tilen
ME maj aus 8rom6eeren Wein md6t?
M. @iert, NebraSt1.
Mntnort: 9rombeeren CUR Weinbs'
reitung folten m03li9It trof:n geernte1
tperb.n. Mdn Serbriidt Die 8eeren unter gu
lsbuna elmer &leinigteit 3uder unb labt Der
@rei 3tpei Sage fteben, um i'm na4fer aus
suprehen. gu 6 @dllonen Sronlbeer1aft
nimmt man Die glei9e Mengs Mal1sr, Il
=! Yfunb 3uder unb q un5en 8stnlts'n
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1897-08-18

in l3ihinbli4en 9aben.
1851. Sd mO9te gerne erfa6ren, mo id
9arn gum Striden BON Sif9ernesen taufsr
fann. 8itte INN cine Mbreffe.
Mart@ar en 3, Soma.
4ntpOrt briefli9.
1852. Sd mDdte Sic um elm 0aesept sum
Ginma9en bon 0iQS@ urfen erfu9en.
Mrs. S. u. O., MinneIotd.
4ntnort: MittelgroBe, ni6t au reiFs
@urten. an benen feline gelben Slede obe,
SpiBen ietn birfen, legt man in Elm @efGn
nit frii9em 8runnennafer, 1GBt iie IL
Sage oorin liegen, trodnet tie bann gut ab,
legt ie in feline 5dier ober grOBe @tein=
topic auf cine Undergraduate G9i9t BON &C.
l9ntttenem Din, ben man 6ierbet ii6erbaupi
in retAIi9er Wtenge anpenben mub, 1aube1
getpaf9enen unD a6gstrodneten 8ldttern bon
@auerfiri9en ober W~einranten, legt 8piz
f4en Die bi6t eingeI9i9teten @urten INNER
pieber 2agen bon Din, 8irI9z Ober @ein=
bldttern uno bebedt bas SGB9en ober oen
Sopf oben nit elmer iol9en 8lGtterI6i9t
Ufan pflegt aud 5en3eI, Meerrettig, s. fro
gon, pfeffertraut. 3piebe1n unb gepiir3e
nit bo3pii4en gu Ie9en, inbefen lieben btes
nur Menige unb Die gurten T9meden am
beitsn mad benz einfu3eren @erfabren. Sal
man bic @urten in Elm SGb6en qet6qn, ID
f9Idgt man es iOglei6 gu, bermiI@t banr
mlDgli4it bartes, frif4es @aFer nit 9uls
ldbt 2ebteres i'm Wafer O0Gig a~ufl0Ien unt
gieBt es our9 einen Sri@ter in Oas @punb=
The Charlotte Democrat., 1897-02-11
missionary Work Among the Boys

The Herald and Presbyter is en-
titled to the thanks of the public
for reproducing the following vivid
utterance of one of the officers of
the Liquor League of Ohio 1t is a
part of his address delivered at the
late meeting Of the League:
The success of our business is
dependent largely upon the creation
of an appetite for drink. Men who
drink liquor, like others, will die,
and if there is no new appetite Great
ated, our counters will be empty, as
will be our Golfers. After men have
grown, and their habits are formed,
they rarely ever change in this re-
gard. 1t will be needfu|, therefore,
that missionary work be done among
the boys, and l make the sugges
tion, gentlemen, that nickels ex-
pended in treats to the boys now
will return in dollars to your tills
after the appetite has been formed.
Above all things. create appetite.
We would emphasize as strongly
as possible the truth coldly stated by
this liquor dealer, His business
cannot prosper except by the des
truction of our boys. Drunkards
die off more rapidly than any other
class, and unless my sons and your
sons, and the sons of our neighborE
can be trained to fill the ranks OF
the drinking men so rapidly depleted
by death, the Golfers of the saloon
will snffcr.-The Presbyterian.
The Charlotte Democrat., 1897-02-11
WHAT DOES HE MEANp
Somebody Writes Something About
Changing Affairs in Charlotte.

A special from Charlotte to the
Raleigh Tribune, the Republican
organ, contains the following:
'It seems impossible for NUM-
cipalities to become progressive with
out "calamity howlers" beginning
their whining and evil prognostica
tions. But sometimes these pessl-
mists hit the nail on the head, and
thus awaken the other extremist or
lethargic class to Investigations
which do no harm, but great deal
of good. It is amusing to speak of
the work now going on in this city
in the improvement of the sewage
system. 40! said one, don't under
stand ME to oppose such All impor-
tant work-not at all, but it should
be done right if done at all" And
another gets his work in something
like this: "Why the plan of proceed
ure is all wrong. The way they are
doing will make the city the pit of
the system. What we want is tc
get rid of the refuse, and not divert
new cesspools towards the town"
Aha! now. listen to this forcefu
shot. "Do you remember the big
rain we had about fortnight ago
Well twenty old barrels of cemen
were left uncovered one night; tht
storm came up and in the morning
the empty barrels were floating IL
the creek. Considering the price o.
cement as $500 per barrel this is 1
good premium on carelessness.
"Now this little loss is simply re-
ferred to to show the animus O
some people, and their desire It
meddle with edge tools. What ha
an individual taxpayeH to do wifi
the affairs of his fifteen thousan,
co sovereigns! REPRESENTATIONS
"Let him observe the "XI" com
mandment. Thus your correspond
ent outlines the shibboleth of tn
next municipal campaign-"Re
form > But two years hence, per
haps, it will be another edition o
that much abused word, and in fac
no reform will be had at all. Thu
governments make history, be they
| great or littie'
The Charlotte Democrat., 1897-02-11
Wealth i'm CapitOIs.

The destruction of the State
House at Harrisburg says the Sun,
seems to open up splendid potenti-
alities of wealth for the "boys::'
There is literally millions in putting
up State capitol or a city hall.
The city hall of Philadelphia was
designed to cost $4,OOO,0OO. 1t has
so far cost $2O.OOO,OOO and the end
is not even in sight. Whole genera
tions of politicians have fattened
upon it. The New York Capitol
building at Albany was also design
ed to cost 100000, and it is still
unfinished after thirty years, having
so far cost 100000. The new
Capitol of Rhode Island started out
to cost $1,5OO,OO0, and an addition
al appropriation of $l,675,O0O has
Just been required.
The Charlotte Democrat., 1897-02-11
The Taking of Two Seats.

The CHARLOTTE News justly re-
sents the insult of Mecklenburg's
citizenship in the act of the House
of Representatives in unseating Re d
and Ransom and seating Clanton
and Williamson. 1t seems from
two standpoints to be clear case of
might against right and the more
confirms us in our belief that the
cry against the old election law was
only cry of "stop thief" from the
lips of the knave,
The affair is an outrage of which
we believe many Populists at least
will be secretly ashamed as they are
at the inordinate rush to the ''pie
counter. concord Standard.
The Charlotte Democrat., 1897-02-11
CAPT. BILL DAYS VIEW.
Says Butler is Extinct as a Political
Factor-Eas "Lost His Gourds.''

"The late bitter Senatorial fight
in our State will doubtless have far
reaching results" said Capt. ". H.
Day, one of the foremost lawyers Of
Raleigh, to a Washington Post man.
"One almost certain effect is the
dissolution of the PopuIist party.
Political bargains and deals have
been the direct cause os its destruc-
ton; 1t has been 1ra @r1 e q as9h 1e
Populists will hereafter go with the
Repu blicans, and the Marion Butler
faction will find their way back into
the Democratic camp. There are
about 10000 good and patriotic
men who became Populists from
principle that may not ally them
selves with either of the two old
parties This contingent, is, how
ever, sick of the incompetent, not to
say corrupt leadership that wrecked
the organization.
"Another sure thing IS the ex
tinction of Marion Butler as a polit-
ical factor. He is like boy who,
ignorant Of the art of swimming,
goes out into deep water, trusting to
pair of gourds to keep him from
| sinking. He loses his life preserver
and goes to the bottom.
81 think Butler has lost his
gourds and the water is beyond his
depth. 1t was very shabby bargain
that he assented to, which gave the
Republicans one Senator and the
Populists one, but men will gener-
ally believe it was shabbIer not tc
stand by the contract.
"The best feature today in North
Carolina politics is the auapicious
start of our new Governor, Hon. ID
L Russell. He is the best executive
the State has had since the days Of
Zeb Vance.
"In Russell the people have mar
who cannot be bribed or bullied int
any line of policy, which his judg
ment or conscience pronounce
wrong. l have always differed from
him politically until last year, bu
have known aud esteemed HIM sine,
We were barefooted boys at school.
The Charlotte Democrat., 1897-02-11
Divorces Among the Nobility.

DEGREES of divorce were granted
in three celebrated cases last Tues
day, as follows:
Prince de Chimay VS.. Princesse de
Chimay; application for divorce; de-
cree granted with alimOny and Gus
tody of children.
Lady Violet, Countess Cowiey, vs..
Henry Arthur Mornington Welles.
ley, Earl Cowley; application for di-
vorce; decree granted.
Charlotte Lucille de Cazenauve,
Duchesse d'Auxy, VS.. Arthur Charles
Eugene Edouard, Due and Marquis
d'Auxy; application for divorce; dc.
cree granted with custody of chill
dren.
The Charlotte Democrat., 1897-02-11
North Cardinals Chief Novelist.

The Wilmington IN. c. Messer-
ger says: "Our chiefest North Caro-
lima novelist who made a reputation
as Christian Rid is not forgotten.
Her books are still read, and now
and then she publishes a new book.
Her latest was concerning Mexico,
where she has spent several years of
her welded life. In 1887 she mar
ried Mr.. James n. Tiernan, who is
identified with that country in some
operations, mining we think. Mrs.
Tiernan is a very devout and devoted
Roman Catholic. She is the daught-
er-the sole daughter, we believe
of Col. James L. Fisher, a distin-
guished citizen of Salisbury, n. c.,
who fell in battle at First Manassas
leading his regiment, Sixth North
Carolina, in a charge. Her first
published vowel was 'Valarie Ayl-
mer,' in 1870, by the Appletons,
and it had something of lun in
the North and South. She contin-
ued for the next eight or ten years
to produce many novels, and some
better than her initial work. She
has also written ONE smooth. reada-
bic verse, but is hardly a poet"
The Charlotte Democrat., 1897-02-11
TRAGEDY IN POLK COUNTY,
Battle Between Revenue Officer and
Two "r1oonshiners."


The Spartanburg Herald gives
this account Of a tragedy in Polk
county:
"Two men dead and one fatally
wounded is the result Of horrible
tragedy which was enacted over in
Polk county Monday night about II
O'Clock. Will and Joe Gunnell, two
alleged moonshiners, were cut and
shot to death by Claude Jenkins,
while Jenkins himself, lies morally
wounded from score of stabs and
cuts on various parts of his body.
''The facts of the bloody crime
are about as follows:
evil Gunnel and Jenkins be-
came involved in a difficulty last
Saturday night in which the former
was considerably worsted. Gunnel
swore vengence however, and made
open beasts and threats that he
would get even with Jenkins if it
required ten years to do so.
"Monday night while Jenkins was
on his way home from his father in
laws he was met in the middle Of
the road Ly the Gunnel brothers,
Joe and Will, who attacked him
with knives.
"Jenkins made desperate resist
ance and drawing his own knive,
severed Joe Gunnels juglar vein at
the first onslaus hit
ale was then knocked down and
sprung upon by Will Gunnel, who
ins@nsed into frenzy at the death
of his brother, renewed his attack
upon Jenkins with the fury of a
mad man. jenkins succeeded IN
pulling his pistol and shot his an
tagonist through the head, killing
him almost instantly.
"When Jenkins cut Joe Gunnel
his knife was lost, and had he been
unsuccessful in getting his pistol
VIII Gunnels would in all proba'
bilities have murdered him on the
spot. Jenkins himself received
eighteen cuts and stabs and up to
o'clock yesterday afternoon there re-
manned scarcely IL shadow of
chance for his recovery. =
"Both Joe and viii Gunnel were
unmarried and about 25 years old
They came to Polk county abou
four months ago, from where, NJ
one in that section Of the countr,
ever learned. They bore the reputa
tion of being dangerous men an'
since their appearance there hav
figured in various cutting and shoot
!. ing affrays.
"The sympathy of the entire com
munity goes out to jenkins, who
J it is said, acted solely in self de
fence"
The Charlotte Democrat., 1897-02-11
WANTS A NATIONAL COMMISSION
Another Turn of the Lyman J. Gage
Views

A special TO the World from Chi
cago says that Lyman J. Gage is un-
equivocally for thorough return OF
the currency. He is clear as to the
ends to be achieved, but he admits
that there is room for wide dlverg-
ence of opinion as to the best means
for bringing them about.
81 am in favor of a national CO H.
mission to study the involved prob
lem of currency REFORM he says.
"Such body, if properly constitut-
ed. would throw flood of light on
the question "
ga commission on the line propos-
ed by the Indianapolis monetary
conference?' he was asked.
eyes; something on that line
The Indianapolis conference de-
clared for non-partisan national
commission, appointed by the Presi
dent. to investigate the currency
problem and recommend methods OF
reform That was substantially the
,la,>-e-ss-~~J Oh tI,o- Ohio"5O oivfU'
CATION to that convention before
leaving the city. Mr.. Gage Was a
member of that dele alton, and
though unable to go to indianapolis
is credited with having been an i'm
portant factor In committing tht
Chicago men to that proposition
The Indianapolis conference propos
ed to ask the extra session of Con
eress to provide for such commits
sion. 1t was suggested that it coulC
sit through the summer and by mex
winter present to Congress wei
digested plan for reforming the cur
rencJ.
The Charlotte Democrat., 1897-02-11
OU7 NATIONAL VERSATILITY.
A French Historian Thinks This the
Secret of American Progress.

cS(GSI Vi american HTOUEGSS.
The inhabitants of the United
States are never fettered by the
axioms of their profession; they
escape from all the prejudices of
their present station; they are not
more attached to one line of opera
ton than to another; they are not
more prone to employ an old method
than new one; they have no rooted
habits; and they easily shake off the
Influence winch the hab is of other
nations might exercise upon their
minds, from a conviction that their
country is unlike any other, and
that its situation is without pre-
cedent in the world.
This perpetual change which goes
on in the United States, these fire.
qufnt vicissitudes of fortune, ac-
companied by such unforeseen fluc-
tuations in private and in public
wealth, serve to keep the minds of
The citizens in u perpetual state of
feveriSh agitation, which admirably
invi gorates their exertions and keeps
them in a state of excitement above
the ordinary level of mankind. The
whole life Of an American is passed
like a game of chance, a revolution
ary crisis, or a battle. AS the causes
are continually in operation
throughout the country, they uIti
mate}y impart an irresistible im
pulse to the national character. Tht
- .,-------a--~:----s<1V1 sIS'eGt
YgISn orcOuntrymen, must, then
be man of singular warmth il
| his desires, enterpris!ng, fond of ad
venture, and, above all, of innova
ton. The same bent is manifest il
all that he does; he introduces
into his political laws, his religion
documents, his theories of socia
economy, and his domestic occupa
tions; be bears it with him in tn
depth of the back woods, as we'll a
in the business of the city. 1t i
the same passion, applied to mari
time commerce, which makes hin
the cheapest and the quickest trade
in the world'-A. de Tocqueville, il
the Engineering Magazine.
The Charlotte Democrat., 1897-02-11
The SeabOard Wants the North Caro-
lima Railroad,

The Seaboard has made bid on
the North Carolina railroad.
President r. G. Hoffman OF the
Seaboard Air Line yesterda. notified
Governor Russell by letter that the
Seaboard would give 100000 year
for lease on the road. This bid is
equivalent to ten per cent, which is
something over two per cent more
than the Southern has bid. Governor
Russell will make the bid public in
a few days.
The bid of the Seaboard is depen-
dent entirely upon revocation of the
lease by the legislature and the
courts. Raleigh Press Visitor.
The Charlotte Democrat., 1897-02-11
RUSSELL ON THE LEASE.
He Slaps at the Private Stockholders
of the NORTH! Carolina Railroad.


Governor Russell appears in an
interview on the lease of the North
Carolina railroad, in which he ad-
mits that the bill to annul the lease,
now before the House, was drawn
under his direction.
Regarding the private stockhold
ers, the Governor says:
"Who ever heard of a minority
stockholder who would not be glad
to have the majority crowd take care
of him? These private stockholders
know that there is real and una
voidable antagonism between THEN
interests and the interests of the
State, just as there is in every oIher
corporation where one party holds
the majority and somebody else the
minority. There are a few hundred d
individuals in the State who owr
stock in the North Carolina railroad.
If the State can make an advanta-
geOus lease or sale of its stock there
is no reason in law or business Gus
toms or in morals why the State
should not do it, and every one of
these private stockholders knows
that this is so Every one of them
| Except the ladies, the babies and
the professional lobbying politi-
cians) knows that if he had block
of majority stock in corporation,
big or little, railroad or saw mill,
and he could sell mis- majority stock
at big price, that he would do it
and leave the minority man to sell if
he could or sweat if couldn't. l dc
not mean By this that | am Indifferent
to the interests of the private stock
holders. Other things being equal,
or even approaching equality,
should be in favor of a settlement OF
this matter which would protect the
private stockholders, and have rea.
son to hope that this can be accom-
plished and at the same time a large
amount of money gained for the
State. | expect to be able to give tC
the Legislature and the public some
important information on this sub
| ject within the next two or three
days,"