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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-02-23
wAsHINGTON's ABILITY.

but Washington knew how TO gather
around him and place i'll positions OF
the greatest trust the able financiers
and economists, whose names the coun-
rty still yenerate, and whose great work
it still enjoys.
Hamilton and Morris. and Gallatin.
and others were successful in establish
ing the Treasury and inaugurating the
financial operations of this government
upon principles which recognized that
the most enduring basis of national
credit was national honor, and that
whatever other assets we might have
or acquire. that was indispensable. first.
last and all the time, If we would
cherish the public credit. We have been
fully rewarded all along our history by
adhering to the principles of Washing
ton i'll keeping the public faith. Before
half century had passed we had paid
off our national debt and had balance
in the Treasury. Another debt, the
greatest in our history, was incurred
in the civil war for the preservation of
the union. But this did not exceed the
resources or discourage the intentions
of the American people. There were
those who suggested reputation, but
the people repudiated them and went on
unchecked. discharging the obligations
of the government i'll the coin of honor
AMERICAN HONOR.
From the day our flag was unfurIed
to rhe present hour no stain of a just
obligation violated has yet furnished the
American name. This must and will bt
as true III the future as it has been in
the past There will be prophets of evil
and false teachers. Some part of the
column may wayer and wander away
from the standard. but there will ever
rally around it a mighty majority to pre-
serve it stainless and in honor.
''At no point in his administration
does Washington appear in grander pro
portions than when he enunciates his
ideas i'll regard to the foreign policy ot
the government: Observe good faith
and justice toward all nations: cultivate
peace and harmony with all; religion
and morality enjoin this conduct. Can
IT be that good policy does not equally
enjoin? 1t will be worthy of free, en-
llghtened, and at no distant period a
great nation, to give to mankind the
magnanlmous and too novel example of
people always guided by an exalted
justice and benevolence.'
HIS WISDOM DEMONSTRATED.
To-day, nearly century from Wash.
ington's death, we turn reyerentiallv f.
study the leading principles Of that com.
prehensiye chart for the guidances Of
the people. 1t was his unfinching. i'm.
movable devotion to these perceptions OF
duty which more than anything elst
made him what he was and contributed
so directly to make us what we are
Following the precepts of Washington
we can not err. The wise lessons il
government which he left us it win Il,
profitable TO heed. He seems to hay,
grasped all possible conditions, anC
pointed the way safely to meet them
He has established danger signals nj
along the pathway of the nation
march. He has warned us against fals.
lights. He has taught us the tru,
philosophy of "A perfect union,' shown
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-02-23
McKINIEY'S SPEECH.

~
President Mckinley first spoke of
Washington as the man, the lover of
liberty. the patron and advocate of free
public education. and then as the sol
,Eier. statesman and christian. He OK
tolled many of his public acts and utter
ances and gave special praise to his
farewell address, Il document In which
Washington laid down principles which
appeared to him ''all important to the
permanence of your felicity as Il people"
In conclusion the President said:
Life to most is Il struggle, and there
is little time for the contemplation of the
theoretical when practical is pressing at
every hand. Stern duty monopolizes our
time. The command of others controls
our preferences and often defeats our
intentions. BY steadily adhering to IA
firm purpose amid the activities of life
we may keep in touch with the litera-
tlire of the day; but to so back TO the
classics or to graphic with the founda-
ton of the sciences is beyond the power
of most men when they have entered
upon their chosen business or profession.
Ones mental fighting, often a hand
to hand conflict. with obstacles and
temptations. is Il battle of his own. 81
campaign whose motive force is indi-
viduality rather than circumstances or
luck. Work in the mental world is as
real as that in the physical world. Nor
has any prescription yet been found to
take the place of application and self
denial and personal struggles, which have
given to the world its greatest leaders
and noblest achievements.
8 Cherish the public credit. How
much of both restrictions and instruction
is combined in this simple admonition of
the father of his country. The United
States emerged from the bitter and
prolonged struggle of the revolutionary
war exhausted financially and with Il
hundred existing perplexities and diff
culties which remained to be solved be-
fore the financial credit of the new ma
tion could be established at home and
demonstrated abroad.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-02-08

Search him, some of you Sinking
lubbers, and the rest of you aloft and
get the chest" he cried.
could hear their feet rafting up our
old stairs, so that the house must have
shaken with it. Promptly afterward,
fresh sounds of establishment arose:
the window of the captains room was
thrown open with a slam and jingle
OF broken glass; and man leaned out
into the moonlight, head and shout
ders, and addressed the blind beggar on
the road below him.
"Pew," he cried, "they've been be-
fore us. Some ones turned the chest
out allow and aloft.''
'1s it there?" roared Pew.
1.-THE moneys there"
The blind man cursed the money.
"Flint's fist, mean," he cried.
I'VE don't see it here nohow," re.
turned the man.
Here, you below here, is it on Bill ~
cried the blind man again.
At that another fellow, probably he
who had remained below to search the
captains body, came to the door OF
the inn. BILLS been overhauled
Already" said he,n "nothin' left"
Its these people of the limits
that boy: I wish had put his eyes
| out!" cried the blind man, Pew. '"They
were here no time ago-they had the
| door bolted when tried it. Scatter
lads, and find 'em"
"Sure enough, they left their glin
! here" said the fellow from the window
Scatter and find 'em! Rout The
house Quit" reiterated Pew, striking
| with his stick upon the road.
Then there followed a great to-de
through all our old inn, heavy fee
pounding to and fro, furniture al
thrown over, doors kicked in, until thu
very rocks reechoed, and the men came
out again, one after another, on thu
road, and declared that we were no
where to be found. And just then tn,
same whistle that had alarmed m,
mother and myself over the dead cap
taln's money was once more clearly
audible through the night, but thi
time twice repeated. I had thought i
to be the blind mans trumpet, so tt
speak, sunlmoning his crew to the as
sault; but I now found that it was
signal from the hillside toward tn
hamlet, and, from it's effect upon tn
buccaneers, a signal to warn them o
approaching danger.
'rhere's Dirk again." said one
'Twice! Well have to bulge, mates
! "Budge, you skulk!" cried Pew
'Dirk was fool and coward from tn
first-you wouldn't mind him. The,
must be close by; they can't be far; yo'
have your hands on it. Scatter and Tool
for them, dogs. Oh, SILVER my SOUL
he cried, ''if had eyes!"
| ITO BE Continued
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-02-08
KILLED THREE.
Terrible Crime Committed by an lns
furiated Arkansas Farmer.

Terrible Crime Committed by an Inc
furiated Arkansas Farmer.
Little Rock, Ark, Feb. 4.-One of tho
most horrible crimes ever perpetrated
in this state took place in Franklin
county Wednesday night. Sol +. Aut-
rey, a farmer, accompanied by his fam.
lily, went to visit his aged father and
mother, living near Mulberry. Shortly
after his arrival Aubrey became en-
gagged in religious argument with the
old folks. Suddenly he grasped an iron
bar, killed his aged father, mother and
his ten-year-old son and seriously
wounded his wife and three remaining
children, two of whom are not expected
to live. His wife and eldest daughter,
although badly wounded, managed to
notify the neighbors. When they
reached the house they found Aubrey
raving maniac, with his clothing on
fire. He was overpowered after hard
struggle. The sight that met the neigh
bors' eyes was appalling. The three
dead victims of the crazy man lay on
the floor beaten, burned and mangled
almost beyond recognition. He has
been chained all day, talking incohe-
rently, swearing that witches were the
cause of the act
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-02-08
The Very Man.

Just before recent dinner given in
honor of a colonial magnate, a young
swell, whose chief claim to distinction
seemed to be the height of his collar
and an eyeglass, addressing stranger,
said:
"Beastly nuisance, isn't It? Spoke to
that fellah over therc-took him for a
gentleman-andf found he had ribbon
on his coat; some blooming head waiter,
I suppose"
''Oh, no." replied the other; "that's
Blank, the guest of the evening"
dash it all, now! is it," said the
astounded swell. ''Look here, old fell
low; as you know everybody, would
you mind sitting next me at dinner
and telling me who everyone ISL"
SHOULD like to, very much" replied
the other man; "but you see cannot.
I'm the blooming head waiter!"-
swers.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-02-08
CHAPTER v.

THE LAST OF THE BLIND MAN.
My curiosity, in sense, was strong.
err than my fear; for could not remain
where I was, but crept back to the
bank again, whence, sheltering my
head behind bush Of broom, might
command the road before the door.
L was scarcely in position ere my en-
emies began, to arrive, seven or eight
of them, runninghard, their feet beating
out Of time along the road, and the
man with the lantern some PAGES in
front. Three men ran together, hand
in hand, and I made out, even through
the mist, that the middle man of this
trio was the blind beggar. The next
moment his voice showed me that !
was right.
''Down with the door!" he cried.
"Ay, ay, sir" answered two or three;
and a rush was made upon the Adj
miral Benbow, the lantern bearer fol-
lowing; and then I could see them
pause, and hear speeches passed in a
lower key, as if they were surprised to
find tho door open. But the pause was
brief, and the blind man again issued
his commands. His voice sounded
louder and higher, as if he were afire
with eagerness and rage. .
In, in, inf he shouted, and cursed
them for their delay.
-Four or five of them obeyed at once,
two remaining on the road with the
formidable beggar, There was pause,
then q cry of surprise, and then q voice
shouting from the house: ~ :.e1 1.
Z "Bill's dead" *&*: N: n !S.'=6
But the blind man swore at them
again for their delay. h. !, 5:.:-@:
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VALUES OF CROPS.

Government Statistics Issued for the
Year 1S07-COrn Leads.
Washington, Feb. 1.-The final esti-
mates of acreage, production and value
Of the crops of the United States for
1897, made by the statistician of the de-
partment of agriculture. are as follows:'
Corn. 8o.095, 101 acres, 1902, s67 933 bushels.
14s.1es bushels. 1928. 57,1 oats. 25.7s.s7s
acres. 69S, 800 bushels, $147, 974, 719: rye, l7-
SCI acres, H.363.324 bushels. $12 2a9.647; bar
ley. 2,719 ZIG acres, Sc, $685. 127 bushels, 49,
139: buckwheat. n7,S36 acres, IA, 997, 451 BUSH
els s.. 49, 1885, potatoes 25s4. SIT acres .Ol5-
964 bushels, SIS, 643,059 hay, 42,426.770 acres,
60,664. S76 tons. &4O1. 390.728.
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PART I.
CHAPTER III.-CONTINUED.

The poor captain raised his eyes, and
at one look the rum went out of him,
and left him staring sober. The express
sion of his face was not so much of ter
ror as of mortal sickness. He made q
movement to rise, but I do not believe
he had enough force left in his body.
Now, Bill, sit where you are" said
the beggar. IF can't see, can hear a
finger stirring. Business is business
Hold out your left hand. Boy, take his
left hand by the wrist, and bring it
near my right"
We both obeycd him to the letter, and
saw him pass something from the
hollow of the hand that held his stick
into the palm of the captains, which
closed upon it instantly.
"And now that's done," said the blind
left hold of me. and, with incredible
accuracy and nimbleness, skipped out
of the parlor and into the road, where,
as l stood motionless, could hear his
stick go tap-tap-tapping into the dis
tance.
It was some time before either or
thecaptain seemed to gather our senses;
but at length, and about the same mo-
ment, I released his wrist, which I was
still holding, and he drew in his hand,
and looked sharply into the palm.
Ten o'clock" he cried. "Six hours.
Wen do them yet" and he sprung to his
feet.
Even as he did so, he reeled, put his
hand to his throat, stood swaying for
a moment, and then, with a peculiar
sound, fell from his whole height face
foremost to the floor
! ran to him at once, calling my
mother. But haste was all in vain.
The captain had been struck dead by
laundering apoplexy. 1t is a curious
thing to understand, for had certain
ly never liked the man, though of late
/ had begun to pity him, but as soon
as I saw that lie was dead, burst into
flood of tears. 1t was the second
death l had known, and the sorrow OF
the first was still fresh in my heart.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-02-08
A FATAL FIRE.

SIX Persons Perish in a burning
Hotel in Gloversvtlle, N. \.
Gloversville, n. Y, Feb. 2.-The AL
word house, five-story brick building,
was totally destroyed by fire between
seven and eight o'clock Tuesday morn
ing. Six persons persisted in the flames
and a dozen others were more or less
injured in making their escape. The
dead are: E. C. I1imball, of Indian
apolis, and his wife and daughter; Ben
jamin F. Strickland, Henry G. Day,
Charles Rupert. Mr.. Kimball was an
agent for a glove factory of this city
and Mr.. Strickland and Mr.. Day were
business men. Rupert was bell boy
in the hotel.
The total loss on building, furniture
and property of guests will probably
amount to 100000, partially insured.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-02-08
RAY MAKES A REPORT.
A Serious Condition of Affairs l'rc
walls In the KlOndfke.

A Serious Condition of Affairs Pre-
walls In the KlOndfke.
Washington, Feb. 2.-Gen. Merriam,
under instructions from Acting Secre.
tary Meikeljohn, of the war depart
ment, opened at Seattle the dispatches
brought by Special Messenger Wells
from Capt. Ray, the departments spe-
cial representative in the NondilSe, and
forwarded an abstract of them to the
department by telegraph as follows:
general of the army. Washington, D. c.
Complying with telegram OF Tuesday. five
letters and two packages from Capt. F. II.
Ray. addressed to you in hands Of Special
Courier E. H. Wells. intercepted by me.
| Substance as follows:
| Latest bears date of November and 3,
| refers to action and attempted robbery of
| Catches, recommends that United States
| check immigration to interior of Alaska
! Of all persons not fully supplied to last swo
years.
| Gives as reason no way to earn living
and that no placer discoveries have been
made within last eight months either IN
! Alaska or the Northwest territory.
| There is no employment for any large
! number OF people In any capacity. All values
! are speculative. There is no fixed standard
| for labor. There is not now or likely to be
within u months adequate or efficient
means Of supplying people now in Alaska
| or Northwest territory. Is Of opinion that
| about seven per cent. of all people who
| have entered during past year have earned
| their living and hundreds are now scat
| tered along the river destitute OF food.
clothing and money. People coming In
| have not had fa1ntest conception what to
do to earn living and after spending
their money they become dazed and help
| less.
States rush will be great next year and
any step that will prevent people from
coming in their ignorance will be an act OF
| charity.
In view of recent developments and
| knowledge that the lawless are banding to-
gether along the river for the purpose OF
robbery renews suggestion for government
| placing on the river small light draft
steamers with high power. armed and used
to patrol river, and the placing of detach-
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-02-08
CHAPTER ".
THE SEA CHEST.

lost no time, of course, in telling
my mother all that knew, and perhaps
should have told her long before, and
VIC saw ourselves at once in difficult
and dangerous position. Some of the
mans money-if he had anyways GER
tainly due to us; but it was not likely
that our captains shipmates, above all
the two specimens seen by me, Black
Dog and the blind beggar, would be
inclined to give up their booty in pay
ment of the dead mans debts. The
captains order to mount at once and
ride for DR.. Livesey would have left my
mother alone and unprotected, which
was not to be thought of. Indeed, it
seemed impossible for either of us to
remain much longer in the house; the
fall of Goals in the kitchen crate, the
very ticking of the clock, filed us with
alarms.
The neighborhood, to our ears,
seemed haunted by approaching foot
steps; and what between the dead body
of the captain on the parlor floor, and
the thought of that detestable blind
beggar lowering near at hand and
ready to*return, there were moments
when, as the saying goes, jumped in
my skin for terror. Something must
speedily be resolved upon; and it &C.
Cured to us at last to go forth to-
gether and seek help in the neighbor-
ing hamlet. No sooner said than done.
Bare-headed as we were, we ran out
at once in the gathering evening and
the frosty fog.
The hamlet lay not many hundred
yards away, though out of view, on the
other side of the next cove; and, what
greatly encouraged me, it was in an
opposite direction from that whence
the blind man had made his appear
ance, and whittier he had presumably
returned: t$NVe were not many minutes.
on the road, though we sometimes
stopped to lay hold of each other and
hearken. But there was no unusual
sound-nothing but the low wash of
the ripple and the croaking of the
crows in the wood.
It was already candle-light when we
reached the hamlet, and shall never
forget how much was cheered to see
the yellow shine in doors and windows;
but that. as it proved, was the best
Of the help we were likely to get in
that quarter. Fol-you would have
thopghtImenwould have been ashamed
OF themselves % soul would consent
to return with rs to the Admiral Ben.
bow. !. The more we told Of our trou-
II ~ H.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-02-08

cowardice of the neighbors; how I
blamed my poor mother for her honesty
and her greed, for her past foolhardi-
ness and present weakness! We were
just at the little bridge, by good for
tune; and helped her, tottering as she
was, to the edge of the bank, where,
sure enough, she gave a sigh and fell
on my shoulder. do not know how
[ found the strength to do it at all, and
I am afraid it was roughly done, but I
managed to drag her down the bank
and little way under the arch. Fur
Their I could not move her, for the
the bridge was too low to let me do
more than crawl below it. So there
we had to stay-my mother almost en-
tirely exposed, and both of us within
earshot of the inn.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-02-08

sizes-doubloons, and louis-d'ors, and
guineas, and pieces of eight, and know
not what besides, all shaken together at
random. The guineas, too, were about
the scarcest, and 1T was with these only
that my mother knew how to make her
count.
When we were about halfway
through, I suddenly put my hand upon
her arm, for I had heard in the silent,
frosty air a sound that brought my
heart into my mouth-the tap-tapping
of the blind mans stick upon the frozen
road. It drew nearer and nearer,
while we sat holding our breath. Then
it struck sharp on the inn door, and
then we could hear the handle being
turned and the bolt rattling as the
wretched being tried to enter; and then
there was long time of silence both
within, and without. At last the tap
ping recommended, and to our indie
scribable joy and gratitude died slow
ly away again until it ceased to be
heard.
Mother" said I, take the whole
and let's be going;" for was sure the
bolted door must have seemed sus-
picious, and would bring the whole hor-
nets nest about our ears, though how
thankful was that had bolted it none
could tell who had never met this ter
rible blind man.
But my mother, frightened as she
| was, would not consent to take frac.
ton more than was due to her, and
was obstinately unwilling to be content
with less. 1t was not yet seven, she
said, by long way; she knew her
rights and she would have them; and
she was still arguing with me, when a
little low whistle sounded a good way
off among the hills. That was enough
and more than enough, for both of us
III take what I have" she said
| jumping to her feet.
"And I'll take this to square the
count" said I, picking up the oilskiu
! packet.
Next moment we were both crop.
ing downstairs, leaving the candle by
the empty chest; and the next we had
| opened the door and were in full re-
| treat. We had not started moment
| persing; already the moon shone quite
clear on the high ground on either side;
and it was only in the exact bottom OF
| the dell and round the cabin door that
a thin veil still hung unbroken to con
ceal the first steps of our escape. Fa,
less than halfway to the hamlet, very
| little beyond the bottom of the hill, We
must come forth into the moonlight
Nor was this all; for the sound of sew
eral footsteps running came already
to our ears, and as we looked back in
| their direction, light tossing to an6
fro, and still rapidly advancing, showed
| that one of the newcomers carried q
| lantern.
"My dear,' said my mother, sudden.
ly, "take the money and run on. an
going to faint.''
This was certainly the end of both
of us, I thought. How I cursed the
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-02-08
He Couldn't Kneel.

"Kneel, sir, kneel," cried a lord-in'
waiting to a country mayor, who had
been given an audience by George III
for the purpose Of reading an address
But the mayor went on reading quite
calmly. "Kneel, sir, kneel," again cried
the lord-in-waiting. II can't" said the
mayor, stopping his reading and turn
ing to the angry courtier; don't you
see that I have got a woodenleg?'-Tit'
Bits. =.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-02-08
DID NOT MIND THE BURGLARS.
Why tho Optimistic Mrs. Blank Was
Glad of Their Visit.
fro BE cONTlNUED.7

Glad OF Their Visit.
Mr.. Blanks wife is so painfully Glenn
that Blanks life is made burden to
him, and he has gait like a kangaroo
caused by his getting down to clean his
feet when it is muddy and taking long
steps to avoid making tracks.
When Mr.. Blank arose early one day
recently, says the Chicago Times-Her-
aid, he discovered that burglars had
paid the house visit during the night,
and he hurried back to apprise M1u.
B. of their loss.
They've taken all the silver in the
house." he gasped, out of breath.
''Well, they won't get much for tt
there's that old comfort anyhow" she
said coolly.
"But your sealskin cloak is gone from
the cedar trunk!'
I'm glad of it-sealskin is cut of
date, and now I'll get something aew."
But your diamonds that were hid
den in the rag basket-they took
them!"
ooh, well, there isn't any money in
diamonds. I'm not going to worry.
Just put it in the hands of the police.
I dare say the poor burglars were driven
to crime for want of bread. I always
had good deal of sympathy for GRIM
ina1s''
"But they've cleaned the house."
"John, you don't mean it? And I've
been dreading fall house cleaning all
summer. I told you there was some
good in everybody" and Mrs. Blank
turned over for another nap.