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an does not advocate the policy OF co
operation except in the most public way
II il with him conviction that j. $
clear that he recently gave utieraIa@'
to If in an elaborate article in the New
YorA Journal.
That. in letters 10 and conversations
with North Carolinians, Mr.. Bryan
should give expression to his publicly eN'
,,ressad views. ought not to surprise any.
body. 1t is the natural thing for him 1f
10 and perfectly proper. There are
lar 600 Democrats in North Carolina
who win gladly follow where Mr.. Bryai
leads. They know that he would MOI
take part in any local campaign or seek
"a dictate political methods in the States
Mr.. Bryan believes that the silver men
in North Carolina will greatly help The
cause of bi-mctalism in the whole cour.
try by such action as will send nine sill
yer men TO Congress next November He
believes that the best method 10 secure
such desirable result is for all advocates
OF hi-meialism TO cooperate. He thinks
that the same policy should be pursued
in California and in Oregon. His opin-
ion. backed as it is by Senator Jones
and the National Democratic Executive
Committee. will have great weight in
Nortn Carolina with silver men.
No attempt 10 distort his public posi-
ton into desire to dictate To the Dem
ocracy in North Carolina will be made
by any advocate. Of free coinage. If Il
is made by the advocates of the gold
standard. il is no more than is to be eX-
pected of them. They have sought in
every way to discredit the foremost man
the party has produced since Andrew
Jackson's day. They will leave no stone
unturned to lessen his hold on public
confidence because to destroy his in
fiuence is the method some of them EN-
ploy 10 weaken the cause of bi-metalism.
The Democratic people of North Caro-
lima may be depended upon to do what is
hest for the advaneement of the Demo
cratic principles enunciated at Chicago,
and what is best for good government
at home. They have never yet engaged
in any deal or ''dicker'' for offices
and they never will They put princi-
pie above office. They know that there
are times when cooperation 10 carry out
4 principle is as righteous as it is un-
righteous to cooperate with any party
for place. The fusion arrangement for
electors in North Carolina in 1896 had in
it no semblance of trading or trafficing.
1t was an honorable method of enabling
the voters Of the State to carry out
their will. 1t would have been blum
der equal to a crime for the Democratic
party 10 have done otherwise. \
straight fight for electors then would
have resulted in straight victory for
Mckinley and Mark Hanna. The De-
mocracy will never fuse with any less
high purpose than the one which char
acterized them then.
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BUCKLEN's .ARNTOA sALvE.

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or money refunded. Price Is cents per
box. For sale by all druggists.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-04-12

The farmer, the mechanic ana tne ~,
cycle rider are liable to unexpecte9 eue1
and bruises. DeWitt's Wltch a -
Salve is the best thing to keep on nan
1t heals quickly. and is q wen Ano" .
cure for piles. Heartt 81 HeartV'
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Thousands OF sufferers from grippe
have been restored to health by One
Minute Cough Cure. 1t quickly cures
coughs, colds. bronchitis, pneumonia,
grippe, and all Throat and lung diseases.
Heart 81 Heartt.
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Surely if Spain did Flow up the Maine,
she was insane aud :can never retain
the high opinion OF the American people
as Grape tobacco.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-04-12

Once upon a time =there lived a man
who SAID he would rather be right than
% President-so history tells us.
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YALE TROTTERS WIN.
Saturdays Defeat by University of Vir
ginia Wiped Out.by a Score of } to 0.

Charlottesville, Va. April 11.-Yale
trotted on the University field to-day
with the determination to wipe out Sat
urday's defeat, which she did by the
score of ) 70 0. She had Feary. her
best twrler in the box, and he kept the
home team nj his mercy throughout the
game, allowing them only four scattered
hits Yale's hits were punched and
timely, and her fielding almost perfect.
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Before using CCTWURA SOAP, my face and
hands were Just as rough as They could he and
my face was all covered with linples was
unfit TO look at, but after using CJTICURA
SOAP three weeks my face was eq!lai 70 clypt
FEB. 6, 1898. PAUL DUPRE, Chaler, Ia.
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suffered with b!ackheaGs aud:pimples For
two or three years until il became cht0Hic. l
tried everything imaginable, hut 1t did me 10
good. CUTICUEA SOAP cured me.
Feb. 20, '98. l.. V. GILLIAN, Oak I. O., ".
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The News : Observer.
NEWS AND OBSERVER PUBLISH
ING COMPANY.

Once: News and Observer Hsil6ins
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Isuffered two years with Acne. Ihave tried
alkinds of medicines but they did me no good
Ihave used nine cakes of your soap, and am
cured. My skin Is as smooth asany baby.
Feb. 90 1898. LEE L. FISHER,
923L y. Compton Ave, ST Louis, Mo.
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l was troubled Cor eight years with pinIles
on the face. | commenced using CUT!GyRA
SOAP. In II very short time the pimpics all
disappeared and my skin is now in healthy
condition. JAMES FOSTER,
Feb. II, 1898. DiXmOnt, AlleghenY Co, Il.
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Sold throughout the world. Price. &c. POTTER DECc
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NJ" How 70 P-even: an6 Cure P!mpes" mailed rec
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Entered at the postof6ce at Raleigh
n C. a. second-class matter.
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NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATOR.

Battle and Mordecai, attorneys.
March LIST, 1898.
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NO SET RULES FOR THE
DECLARING OF WAR.

the reason for the apparent retrogres-
sion of its standards in an age I'm which
il ought to be obsolete.
In feudal times, in accordance with
the spirit of chivalry which then pre-
vailed. a declaration of wal had much
the nature of a challenge, Just as the
fighting which ensue was a species of
dueling on a grand scale; but to make
a formal announcement was considered
imperative. The same rule applied to
individuals and to nations; what was
~disgraceful in the one case was no less
so i'm the other. 1t is a pity that this
honorable custom has fallen into desue-
tude-by no means innoxious
Still. the case is not quite so bad as
il may appear to one who has not given
the subject much thought. Though the
first positive announcement of war
nowadays is commonly the cry of the
enemy's cannon, it is hardly possible
that there should be any real secrecy
in operations conducted on so large a
scale. The news of warlike prepara-
ton goes all over the world i'm less
time than il used to take to travel a
score of miles. Indeed. foreign ma
lions have the acknowledged right to
demand the reason of N unusual arm
aments-though there Is no tribunal to
enforce the telling of the truth. But
war rarely comes except at the close
of a long series of negotiations, which
are often in themselves ample notice.
The withdrawal of ambassadors n
the breaking off of diplomatic relations
is the nearest approach to a declaration
customary now. Besides. IL is usually
deemed expedient to notify neutral ma
tons and fellow citizens resident
abroad. as they might otherwise suffer
serious inconvenience and loss. To
take a whole people by surprise Is no
easy task i'm this modern world.
Nevertheless, after all due allowances
are made, it is a thing to be deplored
that the ancient practice of an open
official declaration has been allowed to
apse. Great is the usefulness and
value of the press. but the authorita-
tive announcement of a state of war
shculd hardly be left to the newspapers
or to inference from reported facts.
The present method of procedure puts
an apparent premium on t~reachery,
and might conceivably lend itself 10
grave abuses. It's pedigree Is thorough
IN bad. II is the outcome of unscr1pu-
lous diplomacy and a weakened sense
of international honor in h recent
past; and even the forms and cour-
tesies of honorable conduct are exceed
ingly wholesome and we'll worth main
amin
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original Monitor barely escaped sink
ing on its first voyage to Hampton
Roads, and subsequently went down on
Cape Hatteras. taking with IL a consid-
cradle portion of the crew, while the
remainder were saved only with the ut
most difficulty. The inventor, II is true,
alleged that proper precautions were
not taken; but the fact remains that II
has been found very difficult to keep
the water from flooding the hold under
such circumstances, and when once the
fires are extinguished the craft Is help
less.
Another serious disadvantage Is the
lack OF speed resulting from deep i'm
~mersions-the original Monitor and it's
immediate successors being able to
make only four or five Knots an hour.
So far as sustaining heavy fire rs con-
cerned. however. they have successfully
endured the severest tests. The claim
of the inventor, that the least guam
tity of thickest armor does most work
in protecting the ship, engines. boilers.
and magazine. Is well sustained by ex-
~perience. Unauestionably these vet
eran warriors are entitled to the great
est respect for what they have achieved
in the past. and II is probable that they
will hold their own for certain purposes
for a long time to come.
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were sea going vessels Of more than
q. 600 tons. From this they ranged
downward to about 500 tons. Fou
more OF the largest size were in pro-
cess of construction when the war end
but were never brought to compile
ton. They have since been broker up.
or this formidable fleet, which In It's
day was by far the o powerful
armament afoat. not more than eigh-
teen vessels are now extant. Four-be-
sides the original Monitor-were lost
during the war, the Weehawken foun-
derine at sea. and the Patapsco, the
Milwaukee and the Tecumseh being de-
stroyed by turpedoes. The rest nave
been retired from time to time. or
those still in service four-Amphitrite.
Monadnock. Puritan n Terror-have
been considerab bly, modified to meet
modern requirements
Craft of this description are especial
IN adapted for use in quiet and shallow
waters. where the low deck, owe which
The waves sweep with terrifying vio-
Ience in a storm. Is not a serious draw
back. and their light draught gives
them a great advantage. as was made
evident in the epoch-making conflict
with the Merrimac In 1852.
For the open sea they are not so well
suited, even in the improved models.
| although IL H. said that in consequence
OF being so nearly submerged they are
much steadier than ordinary vessels
thus rendering IL possible To use the
guns with greater precision. Never
theless. IL will be remembered that tbs
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OLD MONITORS TO
3 OF SERVICE
Boats Left Over From the Civil
War Used for Harbor
Defense.

The arrangements now In progress to
utilize the survivors OF our old monitor
fleet, which rendered such invaluable
service during the civil war. for pur-
poses of coast defense. revive popular
interest in vessels of this class. Not
withstanding the fact that the type of
these boats Is now somewhat obsolete.
the historic fighting machines seem
well adapted to the use contemplated.
and may prove of great service In case
of need.
No less tina rfty-four of them were
fitted out by the government after
their efficiency had been demonstrated
in the famous fight at Hampton Roads
which ~inaugurated a new era in mari
time warfare and ultimately revolu-
tionized the navies of the world. Most
of them were of the single turret class,
of which the Passaic furnishes "A good
example. and were designed chiefly Tor
use i'm rivers. harbors and sounds; but
ten were equipped with double turrets,
and two, the Dictator and the Puritan
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What we call progress is a freakish
thing In the main. as the name i'm
plies, it tides steadily onward, but here
and there we actually find its current
setting backwards circumstance
which naturally fills us with surprise
and even with CONSERVATION. Ii is easy
to get the impression-really quite
false-that the world is d~egenerating.
A very startling surprise of this ma
ture was developed in the British par
lament about Is years ago, as the re-
suit of al investigation into the usual
practice of civilized nations in regard
to declaration of war during the past
two centuries. 1t had been observed
that there was considerable laxity in
this matter-hence tn. inquiry; but the
astonishing outcome was that civilized
nations in these modern times have alb
solutely no settled usage on the sub
tect. Perhaps the most amazing fact
of all Is that no one, apparently, had
suspected the truth in anything like
it's full extent-so strong were the old
traditions.
To be more precise, it was discovered
that during a period of more than one
hundreds years, Immediately preceding
the investigation, there were not 10
cases Of formal declaration of var
prior to the actual commencement of
IOctilitiCcs III oeh'e
period, there were more than a hun
bred Instance of war begun without
such declaration. What is even worse,
in IL of these instance there was an
obvious-and sometimes an avowed-
purpose of gaining an by
this treacherous mode of procedure.
This is a record worthy of savages. The
semi-civilixed ancients would have
scorned 1t, and the semi-barbarous ma
tons of the Dark Ages" would have
branded il with infamy. Even with a
detailed statement of the facts before
us IL is hard to believe that we have
90 lapsed from the honorable standards
Of the past.
In ali ages there have been occa-
sional exceptions: but the ancients
were for the most part very punctilious
in this matter. The Greeks ordinarily
sent a herald, who made a formal and
public announcement. Among the
Roman this duty devolyed upon a col
lege Of priests 1.-THE Fetiales), who made
the announcement with a still more
elaborate ceremonial. As is well known
a picturesque feature in their procedure
was the hurting of a blood-stained
javelin across the boundary into the
enemy's But 1t was no mere
formality: it's honorable and humane
intent is shown by the fact that an in
tervai of a full month was prescribed
between the first warning ana the
final declaration. Their warfare was
cruel enough, no doubt. when once II
began: u when n m right down
to the truth. is the average war OF to-
day any more merciful? Let tortured
Cuba testify. Let the survivors or oul
own civil conflict testffy-especially
those who endured the rigors OF a pris-
on pen. War is essentially so barbar'
Gus an institution that humanity has
little place in 1t: n that. possibly, II
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THE RAILWAY OUT
LOOK IN CHINA.

When Ii Hung Chang vas In Lon
don last August he declared that
what China wants is more railways
fact obvious enough to Europeans.
but a startling announcement as ema-
mating from a Chinese official of rank
and Influence. If. however. railways
are what China wants. she is in a fair
way to get her wish.
This change of policy has. of course.
been brought about chiefly by outside
pressure, but IL lis real none the less
A more dramatic demonstration of its
genuineness could hardly be magine
thar a fact recently reported by the
British consul-general at Shanghai.
He saws: There seems to be no doubt
that the railway between Shanghai and
woosung will shortly be taken in hand.
and the line which 20 years g was
taken up by the Chinese authorities
will nov be reconstructed by the very
authorities VINO insisted on its remov-
al" To this degree have the time-hon-
ored prejudices of the Celestial empire
been subdued, She Is replacing the rails
that she herself tore up almost as soon
as they were laid. Up TO the end OF
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SUFFERING IN CUBA As 1T IS
'e ina Have of of thu eo American Efforts for Renevine h Distressed

. This morning q young woman who I
must once have been very beautiful. |
staggered past the Ineleterra hotel.
She carried in her arms the skeleton Of |
a starving baby. Her husband and
brothers had zone to the war and her
father and mother had been killed I'm
their home by the Spanish soldiers.
She a wandered about the city for
weeks. hungry and homeless. clinging
to that little burden at her breast. Her
figure was horribly wasted. Her beauty
had passed but one might see it in her
face. She had gone crazy with hunger
and was calling a name. What Is
she saying?" 1 asked a man who was
near me.
ITS Jose-the name of her true
love- he answered.
That was a week ago and you may
be sure that both woman and child are
Wondering in the grave by this time.
And that is what Cuba has come to!
A b~loodless. hunger-haunted. stagger-
ing. friendless. demented creature, she
is like the woman who passed me-. tot
4 tering to the brink of her grave and
| calling the name Of her dead lover
which is Liberty.
1 have heard II said here that when
| Spain settled Cuba she left God and re-
ligion at home. Ii does look as IL she
had always treated it as a mere play
thing with no more sacred rights than
a boys puppy.
People do not go to the hospital to
recover but to die-aiways to die
think Of that. In the province of Santa
Cruz del Norte there are no cats or
~dogs-they have all been eaten. In San
Cristobal one coach buried 500 people
in rs days. not counting the uncoffined
dead. Fifty per cent. of the people who
have died i'm Matanzas province had no
covering on their tongues. Their hun
ger had literally consumed their own
stomachs. Think of the horrible fever
of it.. you who live in houses and eat
three meals "A day.
One should remember. however. that
this is not all due to the cruelty OF
Spain. Yankees would probably not
have starved by the thousands under
the same circumstances The fact Il
these Cubans are a lazy. indolent peo-
ple who might have saved themselves
much suffering II they had more ener-
gy. But on the other hand they rave
been driven like sheep before the OPP
pressor and every family has beer
stricken with the paralysis of fear and
sorrow.
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Don't Drink
Potash and Mercury.

1t s a wise precaution which q great many people every
where take in the spring to purify their blood, and tone up t1s
general system. 1t is an absolute necessity to assist Nature IN
cleaning up the system and getting rid of the many impurities
which have accumulated. This is the most enervating season
Of the entire year; demands are made upon the system which
it can not supply unaided, and the result is . loss OF :.srF
and a general depressed feeling, and in many cases . break
down comes with spring weather. To prepare for this ny.
ing season, it is eminently proper that . good Diee.
remedy be taken to force out all impurities am tone mp A.
strengthen the system. But great caro- shout BE- exercised
in selecting the remedy which is to perform this important
work: no one would knowingly and willingly run the nsk
of taking a medicine composed of the most injurious and d:n-
serous ingredients. This is . matter worth looking into, fs
no one wishes to take chances on . harmful remedy. II u .
fact worth considering that
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is the only purely vegetable blood remedy made, and is the only
one guaranteed TO contain not q particle of potash, mercury,
sulphur, arsenic, or any other mineral substance. S.S.S.n
far ahead of other similar remedies, because OF the results u
produces, and it is in every way superior to them IN the face
that every Ingredient of which it is made 9 . vegetable one,
gathered from Natures forests; while all other blood remedies,
no matter what else they contain, are composed OF some dan-
gerous mineral as their basis. Everybody knows the harmfni
effects of mercury, potash. sulphur, arsenic, ETC., and no oe
wishes to pour these minerals into their stomach. There u ao-
solute safety in S. s. S. (Swifts Specifc), and. while it IL pei.
fectly harmless, it is the best blood remedy made, forcing ous
every impurity and building up and strengthening the system,
rather than filling it with mineral mixtures which spread tnen
injurious effects throughout the entire body, besides destroying
the digestive organs. Get the best blood remedy, the one that
is purely vegetable. backed by a forfeit of one thousand dol
lars if it contains the slightest trace Of . mineral ingredient.
Be fair to yourself and get the best blood remedy and purifier
made-S. S. S. Remember that Swifts Specific 10 the only a.
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An Explanation.

From the Chicago News.
Look" exclaimed a lady to her com
panion at the opera. There Is Mrs. Old
inc In that box. Her hair Is jet black. and
I'm positive IL was streaked with gray
he last time ] saw her
VERY true. dear replied the other,
but you know her only brother died
three months ago.
Indeed, But what's that got TO do with
the color Of her hair
.'why. don't you understand? She's in
mourning"
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Not Buying.

From Tit Bits.
Proprietor-I think that lady over there
Is not being properly waited upon.
Shop Walker-Oh. she doesn't want 70
buy anything. Everything that has been
shown her she has declared perfectly
lovely. She hasn't found fault in the least
with anything.
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Great Ptanist's sarcasn,

Some years ago Edward T.. Rice was
presented to Won Bulow at a club dinner
in Boston. II was just about the tim
that ali Europe was talking of Nine. Won
Rulow's Irritation with Verdi. who taught
the pianist almost all he ever knew about
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Great Chance Missed.

From Truth.
Il think the Sunday Horror has missed
A great chance lately"
Yes? To what do you refer
1T has so far failed TO print a hfe-size
picture of the klondike mosquito
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One OF MANY.

From Judge.
Clara-Yes, I've attended half a dozen
progressive cuchre parties.
Belle-Did you enjoy them?
clara-Very much. I've become so In
terested that I'm thinking of learning to
play euchre.
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From the Chicago Record.
That was an artisuc revenge of 70
las
What wss?"
why. his getting up an Academy Of
Immortals in which he is the only men,
ber."
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music. ~ want you TO become ~acquaint-
ed with Mr.. Rice" said a friend. "he
doesn't know anything about music, but
he has composed several operas" DE
lighted. I am sure" the great
pianist. with a sarcastic smile: he re-
minds me of d man ! knew at home: his
name is Verdi"