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The news & observer., 1898-07-31
HSTICE TO GARCIA.
Chicago Record.

Chicago Record.
Justice to General Calixto Garcia de-
mands that his past record as patriot
and self-sacrifcing soldier fighting for
Cuban liberty be not forgotten at this
time.
Garcia is now nearly GO years of age.
He is a veteran of the ten years war,
in which his intrepid. energetic and
skllful work as Il Cuban chieftain led to
his being made Il general. Once, when
surrounded by Spanish troops, he shot
himself rather than surrender. But no
recovered and was imprisoned in Spain.
When released, in 1877, he went to New
York and organized an expedition to
Cuba. but he was again captured and
held II prisoner for fifteen years. Then
he escaped and fled to England. During
the present war he has been commander
of the Cuban forces in the eastern divls-
ion of the island, and he has been so
energetic that he has practically controll-
ed the great province of Santiago de
Cuba, except in some fortified cities and
towns.
1t is little wonder that a man who has
spent the greater part of his life fighting
Spanish tyranny or lying in Spanish pris-
on4 should hate the Spaniards with an
intensity that Americans do not under
stand 1t is not surprising that in the
hour of Spanish humiliation he should
be eager to see Spanish officials replaced
by Cubans. and that he should be anger
ed that the officials of the hated Span
sh regime should be allowed to exercise
authority, even temporarily, after the old
order has given way to the new. The
Cuban soldiers. to lesser degree, share
the old generals feelings.
President Mckinley and General Shat
ter. in leaving the administration OF
local affairs to the Spanish officers
found in control until order should be
fully established, followed the course
which prudence seemed to dictate, and
the one frequently pursued by command
ers in times Of military occupation. 1t is
easy TO see however, that such course
is most disheartening to General Garcia
and his followers, and it is easy also TO
sympathize with their disappointment.
Not only the instincts of the American
people but justice as well demand that
these Cubans receive every consideration
at the hands of our authorities. General
Garcia is a brave and honorable man.
The news & observer., 1898-07-31

and high moral character. rathe.
than political pulp can alone sub
serve the highest interests of the
public service"
1t is not alone in the penitentiary
agricultural department and institution
for the deaf, dumb and blind at RAJ,
eigh, that the plan of foisting unfit ami
corrupt men upon the people has been
pursued. 1t even touched the Agrcul-
tural and Mechanical College, and IN
attempt was made to put Il defaulter in
as steward of the North Carolina In
sane Asylum.
In every department the scandals
have been so disgraceful as to drive most
respectable men to refuse to have
any connection with their management.
The few honest men who are in Office
are in such company as must make
them keenly feel the humiliation. The
people of the State do not desire a
continuance of the disgraceful govern
ment that now afflicts the State. When
they are made acquainted, as they will
be before November, with the contents
of the manly letter of such non-partisans
as Mr.. Bailey, and such Republicans as
Prof. Meserve, they will rally to drive
into outer darkness the gang that has
thus debased the public service and put
Il stigma upon the fair name of the
State.
The news & observer., 1898-07-31
DEMOCRATIC NOMINEES.

FOR JUDGES SUPERIOR COURT.
First District-George III. Brown, Jr.,
of Beaufort.
Second District--Henry r. Bryan, Of
Craven.
Fifth District-Thonas ]. Shaw, OF
Guilford.
Sixth District-CNver III. Allen, of
Lenoir.
Seventh District-Thomas A. McNeill,
of Robson.
Eleventh District-W. A. Hoke, of
Lincoln.
The news & observer., 1898-07-31
PRINCE BISMARCK.

The death Of Prince Bismarck, I'm ac-
count of which appears elsewhere, re-
moves from the stage man who has
played the most conspicuous part since
Napoleon Bonaparte. The only man
who might contest first place with him
was Gladstone.
The comparison of the two most nota-
bic statesmen of modern times is an
old but scarcely fruitful one. 1t is moth
ing more than Il placing of opposites in
juptaposition.
Bismarck was pre-eminently a con
structivc statesman. He was one of
the worlds great nation builders. He
and infinite patience with details, the
unyielding tenacity of purpose and the
instructive recognition of the tide in the
affairs of men and of nations, which
leads on to fortune, that makes man
the master, not the servant of his age.
That Bismarck made Germany has
become so much II truison that only
the contentious will question it. And to
make Germany was not an easy matter
1t required of the man who should SET
himself the task that he warm up to the
welding point IL bakers dozen of frag-
mentary states. cool and indifferent, il
not actually hostile. 1t required at
once the heat of Il fierce enthusiasm, and
the clear perceptions of an unclouded in
gtellect. 1t required moreover, be it said
a man not oyer-careful in counting
costs, nor over-scrupulous i'll weighing
methods. And the man for the work
was Prince Won Bismarck.
Gladstone wisely followed the most
enlightened public mind in his own coun-
try; Bismarck made the public mind in
his country, both wisely and relentlessly.
Some have objected that Bismarck
must have been over-rated since Ger
many seemed to suffer no loss of pres
tige when he was, displaced by the pres
ent Emperor: not so. 1t really showed
how wonderfully perfect in every parti-
cular was the machinery of State he
had fashioned The Germany of to-day
is the Germany of Bismarck not the
Germany Of Emperor William.
1t was Bismarck who, in the Franco
Prussian war, taught the world the
paramount value of readiness to strike
strongly. The lesson has not been
wasted. If bismarck made Germany
he also made modern miitarism more
than any one man else.
That Bismarck was unscrupulous is
the charge most often and most serious
ly brought against him. 1t is in a mea-
sure true. He precipitated the Franco
Prussan war by coloring dispatch
from the French Ambassador ut Berlin
to the Paris Government. That was un.
scrupulous. Yet it crippled France and
made Germany immeasurably stronger
If Bismarck had been more scrupulous
he had surely been less successful. He
never, so far as has appeared, attempt
ed any defense of himself in those par
ticulars He did what he started out to
do. He held to his purposes, come what
might And the verdict of history must
be largely in his favor.
The news & observer., 1898-07-31
WHAT OTHERS SAY.
THE WAY TO DEAL WITH SPAN

Biblical Recorder.
There is Il promising sign of peace in
the determination of the United States
to make it's answer to Spain SO clear, so
conclusive. and so emphatic as to permit
of no misunderstanding. We are not to
become involved in the meshes of Span
ish diplomacy. The country has had
enough of that. Better IL continuance
of actual hostilities than an Intellectual
war of words. The United States is no
match for Spain in the arts of diplo-
macy. 1t is not to our discredit that
this is true On the contrary, it is n
deficiency in our national characteristic
Of which we may justly be proud. The
United States. in its international rela-
tions, is frank, outspoken and direct.
The news & observer., 1898-07-31

For the first time in the history of
Haywood county there were negro dele
gates in the Republican Convention.
"There will be more negroes i'll office"
said Congressman White 'They are he
ing made to order" The white folks,
who have been shutting their eyes to
these facts, must help their white neigh
bors redeem the State from Radicalism
and negroism, or they will debase Anglo
Saxon civilization permanently.
The news & observer., 1898-07-31
CONVENTION DAHS.

First Congressional district, Edenton,
August 3Oth.
Second Congressional District, Wilson,
August 31St.
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The News s.Observer.

Office: News and Observer Building,
Fayetteville Street.
The news & observer., 1898-07-31

The readers of this paper have known
for year that Mr.. Walter III. Page was
editor Of Americas great literary maga-
zine. the Atlantic Monthly, but it seems
that he was there rs lOcum tenens until
recently. 1t is the highest position in the
literary world to which any North Car
Gilman has attained North Carolina is
proud of its honored son.
The news & observer., 1898-07-31

A Georgia Judge has recently decided
that "when man marries he does not
put himself under an overseer. he is
not TO be a subordinate in his own family
but the head of it," That's theory but
the practice is different.
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NOTICE TO CONTRIBUTORS.
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE.

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A gentleman writing a private letter
from Robeson county says that he has
reliable information that POpulists are
returning to the Democratic folds i'll
great numbers. The putting of so many
negroes on the juries, and especially
negroes that had been convicted of crimes
in previous courts, disgusted many of the
most extreme Populists.
Wanted-A baseball team that can
lick the Wilson team. Address, Geo. a.
Holderness, Tarboro, n. G..
The news & observer., 1898-07-31

Gen. Grosvenor made a vicious and
untruthful attack on the Democratic
party i'm the Ohio State Convention and
suoght to have il elaborated and put in
the Congressional Record. The House
refused to permit the Record to contain
the ISLANDERS and distortions. Now Gros-
the War Revenue bll--a palpable viola
tion of the propreties. That's the Repub-
lican method-to use any questionable
means to accomplish an unworthy end.
However, the ISLANDERS are so patent that
they will react upon Grosyenor and his
party.
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Entered at the postoffice at Raleigh.
N. c., as second-class matter.
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WHITE GOVERNMENT UNION.

The redemption of North Carolina this
year cannot be accomplished unless the
white men who are ashamed of the deg
radiation of their State unite in a compact
body for active work.
The negroes-12O,O00 strong-are solid
for the Radical party. 1t is true that the
low government prevailing brings no good
to any of them except the politicians of
the race, but they have never yet failed.
as Governor truly wrote ito follow the
rascals." The more industrious and vir-
tuous of the race are controlled by the
more idle and vicious, and there is no
hope that any appeal to the negro will re-
suit in good. He votes just as sheep fol-
low the bell-wether.
1t is the white men. who stood TO-
gether from 1876 to 1892, giving the
State clean and honest government and
melting out justice to all, to whom the
appeals must be made. There has come
division among them which has resulted
in injury to Anglo-Saxon civilization.
There is not the same safety and protec-
tion to the white women of the State
that prevailed when white men ruled.
Blood is thicker than water. The white
men who love their families will rally
to protect their homes and restore to the
State its fair name if they can see the
situation as it is. 1t is the plan of the
leaders of the white party to organize Il
white Government Union to secure uni
ted white action by white men. 1t has
no secrecy, grips or passwords, and Is
designed to do nothing but promote the
elevation of the white man.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1898-03-24
Sam Jones and Talmage.

Sam Jones is the embodiment of an
audacity that sometimes comes very
near the border line of discoUrtesy. A
clergyman who often assists him in his
series of meetings told me the other day
this story in the early history of Mr..
Jones' evangelistic work: He was in
vited by DIR. Talmage to hold a series of
meetings in the Doctors Brooklyn
church. MI. Jones went to DR.. Tai
mage's home during the afternoon Of
the day on which his engagement began
and introduced himself Mr.. -Talmage
looked him over and was evidently a lit
tie taken aback at the rather shabby APP
pearance of the evangelist. AS it ap-
preached evening he said, Brother
Jones, would you take it amiss if pre-
sented you with new suit of clothes?"
Certainly not, said the accommodate
ing Samuel He was taken to clothier
and fitted from head to foot, topping all
with high hat.
At church the doctor introduced him
as the Rev. Samuel P. Jones from
Georgia. Mr.. Jones arose with his new
hat in hand and repeated, Eyes, the
Rev. Samuel P. Jones from Georgia. "
and added "And this is the new suit
of clothes and this the new hat your
pastor has presented to me. If your pas
tor had as much of the grace of God i'll
his heart az he has pride, he would con
vert all Brooklyn and would not need
me- "-Homiletic Review.
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Interest and ansboyk.

II is important that the nerves are care
fully guarded. Mothers WAC have young
daughters Of school age should watch their
health more carefully than their studies.
The proper development Of their bodies
is Of first importance.
After the confinement of the school
room, plenty of outdoor exercise should
be taken. 1t is better that CHILDREN never
learn their a, b, c's, than that by over
Study they lose their health.
All this is self-evident. Everyone adj
mits it-everyone knows 1t, bot everyone
does not know how TO build the heal Tsp
when once broken down, even tie best
physicians falling at times.
The following method of Mrs. Stephen
Barnes, whose post office Address is Bur-
ney, Ind, if rightly applied, may save
your daughter.
When her daughter Lucy was at that
critical girlhood age of twelve years she
grew weak and nervous.
Previously she had bcca a bright.
healthy young girl" says Mrs. Blrnes,
"She was diligent and progressive IA Ter
studies.
at became necessary, however, for her
to leave school.
"She was overtaxed mentai.I and
physically.
"EIer nerves were at such tension
that the least noise irritated her.
"She had continual twitching in the
arms and lower limbs and symptoms Of
ST. Vjtus' dance.
"Hcr blood was out of order she was
thin and pale, almost lifeiess. In L-rce
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sudden overwhelming feeling OF terror?
Why did my bayonet fall from my
nerveless fingers: Those steely blue eyes
gIarlne into mine with such deadly hate
were the same that had seen closed i'll
death once on the road TO Longbnyeau
and again III the Nal de Grace ambu-
lance
With a howl | staggered back only
to recover myself as | saw that terrible
sword flash once again III the sunlight.
What mysterious power made me raise
my pistol and fire 1t full Ill his face God
only knows but the act saved my life.
With hoarse cry he fell backward At
the same moment his horse, Swervlng,
caught me IA violent blow. which sent
me head over heels On rising | rushed
to his side He was still alive The
sight of those familiar features excited
afresh my superstltous fears 1t is my
only excuse for what followed | was
mad with terror Selzlng MY hayonet
with both hands, plunged 1t with all
my force not once but thrice, INTO his
Quiverlng body
In due time the campaign came to an
end The day before the signing OF the
armlstice-that fatal day for poor France
i was doing outpost duty when bugle
suddenly rang out. followed by tho ap-
pearance OF German trumpetGr, ac-
companied by an officer bearing IL flag
of truce AS the latter advanced toward
me the same feelings OF deadly tear
overpowered me as had seized me on d
former occasion
1t was he-my ghostly enemy-whc
eight days ago had wrlthed III agony
under the repeated blows of my bayonet.
AS he came within speaking distance
my feeling of terror changed To o4e OF
passive despair
Beyond all doubt our enemies bore
charmed lives Parbleu! What chance
had French bullets against such an in
vincible power?
On our exchanging salutes he fcour
teously begged i'll a strong German ac
cent that his presence might be made
kown to the senior officer in command
"a request at once forwarded by al
orderly
His attitude as he stood warming
himself by the campfire enabled me, un
perceived, to have another good look a
my ghostly visitant. Ghostly he mus
be, said to myself tremblingly, for
had made no mistake 1t was the same
manly figure which on three diheren
occasions had seen extended i'll death
Suddenly he looked up and our eye
met
1--WE may congratulate ourselves
monsieur, he said slowly. that thu
campaign has come to an end. You
splendid resistance has cost my country
many lives Out there and he point
ed to the distant plain-''four brother
took part in the struggle. OF those fou
l am the sole survivor Mrs Brook
Murray in New York journal
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Mapinn.

Blackwood set a high value on Ma
ginn' contributions. "There is one pc.
culiar excellence" he writes, sin this
writer which strikes us Scotsmen-his
easy. idiomatic English. No Scotchman,
however practiced as a writer, is mas
ter of the English tongue SO as to be
able to write in this way" But he new
er ventured to impart this opinion to
the voluble and irascible North.
Maginn was brilliant but unman-
ageable creature He soon drifted away
from Maya and devoted himself to its
rival and imtator, Fraser's. When his
habits had brought him to premature
grave, Lockhart wrote his epitaph in a
score of jingling rhymes:
Here, early to bed, lies kind William Maginn.
Light for long was his heart, though his
breaches were thin,
But at last he was beat and sought help from
the bin.
Barring drink and the girls, ne'er heard of a
sim
Many worse, better few, than bright, broken
Maginn.
-Longman's Magazine.
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months she lost twenty three pounds.
"We did everything possible for her,
and she had the best of medical treatment.
Several skilled physicians attended
her, bot no benefit was apparent.
A family friend visiting as, told how
her daughter had been similarly affected,
but cured by DR.. Williams Pink Pills for
Pale People.
She urged us to try the pills, and we
finally consented.
ave have always rejoiced that we did.
The pills helped Lucy at once, and
after taking eight boxes she was entirely
curei.
"She is now in perfect health, strong,
weighs ten pounds more than ever before,
and her cheeks are foil Of color.
1.-TWO years Of schooling were missed
on account of Ill health, bot now she can
crafty her ambition TO study and become
an educated woman"
The reason that DR.. Williams Pink Pulls
for Pale People were helpful in the above
case, is that they are composed of vegeta-
bic remedies which act directly on the
impure blood, the Foundation OF disease.
AS the blood rushes through ali parts
of the body, the conveyer OF good or bad
health, 1t Is necessary that II should be
pure, rich and red.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills build up the
blood by supplying its life giving elements
which nourishes the various organs, slim
dating them TO activity in the perform
ance Of their functions and thus drives
disease from the system.
The pills are in universal demand and
sold by all druggists.
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In The National Magazine W. II.
Leavitt tells some am using stories Of
the pranzs of American art students in
Paris. Once the students in one atelier
hazed a newcomer by taking all his
money, putting him into cab and Civ
ing the driver instructions where to
take him. When the cab halted, the
penniless student alighted and stood on
the curb. Will you he so good as to
light match?'' said the student. II
dropped napoleon in the cab and CAM
find it. Whereupon the driver whip
ped up and was away in hurry.
A new student from Algiers amused
the studio for awhile by initiating the
sounds of various wild beasts and birds,
Then the tickle fellows tired of it. So
one day, having prepared big box
with breathing holes in it, they put the
mimic i'll it and kept him there three
days, at the end Of which time he per
formed only by reuuest
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THE FIGHTING GuRKHAs.
Something About the Men Who Win sOnO
of England's Battles.

Something About the Men Who Win Some
of England's BATTLES.
The Gurkhas, to whose valor we owe
SO much on the Indian frontier. are not
afraid of death in any shape or form,
have the instinct of instant and unqucs-
tioning obedience to orders from supe-
Eiors and take an actual and physical
delight in fighting. 1t is "a popular error
to suppose that they are without caste.
There are about 8 different castles
among them and several subdivisions in
each caste, but when serving in British
regiments and while on a campaign
Gurkhas do not allow their caste sys-
tenn to interfere with their comforts and
will eat and drink freely with Euro
peans and among themselves. They have
no objection to taking pull at Brit
ish soldiers flask and will share q
"chapati'' with the most mental camp
follower They will gladly take cigar
or tobacco from a European, but on no
account must a man of one caste smoke
in the com pany Of another.
All Gurkhas trace their descent from
the Rajputs of central Iudia the Thap-
pas and Gurungs especially claiming to
have the bluest Hindoo blood in India
running in their veins. They have,
however. intermarried for generations
with Mongolian women. One would
imagine therefore that in process Of
time distinctly new type, combining
the leading characteristics of both races
would have been evolved, but as mat
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are either Aryan or Chinese i'll their
cast of countenance. Europeans general
ly suppose that all Gurkhas are squat
men, with broad nostrils, high check
bones and deep set, narrow eyes. This
is not the case. The Second Gurkhas
regiment has large numbers of Gurungs
and Thappas in it's ranks who are of u
slight build, with beautifully chiseled
and sharp features, Aryans every inch.
Gurkhas have one physical peculiar
| ity-tbeir stature is Lelow the aver
age. AS they do not " ear boards and
their mustacbeS, in spite of much care,
never attain luxuriant growth, tC
casual observer a Gurkha regiment
appears to consist of boys, not I.Ieu II
is OH record that when Lord Roberts
was marching through the Kurram tbs
| Pathan women and children camo out
to jeer at the striplin6s whom he was
| leading, as it seemed, to their certain
death and they only changed theil
opinion when. largely owing to the
heroism of these same Gurkhas, the At
CHAN army was driven headlong from
| the Peiwar Kotal
The colonel of a distinguished regi
ment used to tell story of Pathar
who had travelled long distance to ge
a glimpse of the terrible soldiers tina
had defeated his countrymen. When h.
saw the little boyish looking Gurkha
standing guard at the Bala Hissar, b
committed suicide for very shame, ;
at least-and this is the best part of th
story-so the guard declared when asket
to explain the presence of the dea'
body.-London News.