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Evening journal., 1898-12-21
NATURES scAvENGERs.
Forces In Readiness where
They Are Needed.

Nature, not being European low-
er, keeps her forces in readiness where
they are needed, in Consequence of which
the scavengcrs muster in strength In
hot countries, says the Saturday Re
view. Vultures wander but rarely to
these parts, and such sharks as occur
are, with few exceptions, but minnows
OF their race Yetwe haveeven in these
islands humber purifiers at work. tad
poles and burying beetles, and others
suitable to the comparatively easy work
that falls to them. One of these days.
when natural history is taught in
rational manner in our schools, when
the rising generations learn to appre-
ciate the living world around instead
of banging pianos and splushng pig
ments we shall have a recantation OF
the modern geological fahh and bet
ter appreciation of the beasts and birds
We shall find nothing to shudder at
IN the meal OF the vulture, but we may,
en- the contrary, even learn 10 pr ,tect
tint remarkable bird and its fellow
scavengers as among the wcrthicst Of
oarth's children, To the las, the vul-
ture is active I'm is allotted ssion. and
when at length it falls no living beast
CT bird or insect will touch its body
ard II must crumble quietly 20 dust,
lastlng-somewhat too lasting a. those
know who have camped too near an un-
covered dead vulture for some days
monument TO the usefulness Of the great
scavenging army OF which 10 was once
80 active a member.
Evening journal., 1898-12-21
HE IS A FINDER.
Tho Curious Way IA Expert Pick
pocket Has OF Earning "a Liveii-
hood In London.

To anyone unacquainted with the
complex characteristics of London life
Il would appear almost incredible that
a man could make living as a pick
pocket by Immediately restoring what
he has stolen to its original owner.
A detective officer, however. has re-
Gently informed a writer in Tit Bits
that such. indeed, is the case. Tor
some time past an ingenious individual
has made it his business to wait upon
ladies as they leave theaters, calling
their carriages and aiding them to en-
ter. lie is decently dressed, very po-
lite. and has a way of|holding up the
ladies' dresses behind-e especially II the
weather is wet-which is particularly
pleasing to his patronesses.
But it seems that his action in this
respect is not nearly so distinguished
az it might appear, for he makes this
little courtesy n subterfuge for pick
ing their pockets or removing any arti-
Gle Of value within reach. His methods.
however. are not those Of a common
thieffor he pcrsistently proceeds TO the
police station nearest at hand and there
delivers MP his spoil, coolly stating that
hc has found IL outside a certain the
ater.
He. of course. furnishes also his name
and address. and in due time his 'hon-
est action receives SIS reward. He has
found" so many things recently that
;he police nre anxious 10 find him
Evening journal., 1898-12-21
Up to the Light.

Hold your dull life up to the light.
and see how it win be transfgured. Life
is not meant to be "a path of ease. but
steep and rugged; and it is only through
self-denial, Encouragement, discipline
and trial that you may attain the high
er life. Believe me, you can no more
develop the spiritual powers without
use and exercise than you can the
hysical.-Detroit Free Press.
Evening journal., 1898-12-21
Llanas a. Frcight carriers.

Llamas are the chief freight carriers
in central Peru. The usual load for an
gnimal is about 1C0 pounds. II you
put upon his back more than he can eas-
i'y carry he quietly lsneels and will ROT
nudge until the load is reduced.
Evening journal., 1898-12-21
Wilmington & Northern R. R

TIMETABLE In effect Nov % 1898
Trains leave Wilmington tFrench Street
StatiOn), for Il. & o. Junction, Gra-
nogue. Cossart, Chadd's Ford Junction.
Pocopson, Coatesville and intermediate
stations daily. except Sunday. at 720 a.
m; 215. 400 and go p. m. Sunday only,
SOS "a. m.; lis and 400 p. m.
For WayncsburE Junction, Springfield
and intermediate stations. daily. except
Sunday. az 90 q. m. lfi and 90 J.. m
Sundays only. al s.c5 a. m -.i5 and 400
p. m
For Joanna. Eirdsboro, I,cadlng and IN
termcdiate stations. daily, except Sun
day at TO O.. m, and 2.l5 p. m. sunday
only. sos n IN. and 215 o. m.
A. c. MCAUSLANp. Superintendent.
BOWNESS BRIGGS, Gen. Pass. Agt.
Evening journal., 1898-12-21
shnh ID 40 100 IsInr-n

The shah Of Persia is styled the
"red king" because he wears red tur-
ban. There have been threv European
rulers upon whom that title has been
bestowed namely; Amadeus vi. Of
Savoy, Otto II. Of Germany, and VIII.
Lam II. lRufasl Of England
Evening journal., 1898-12-21

A cheap substitute for a standard
advertised article may prove to be any
thing but a bargain. Be careful to get
what you ask for.
Evening journal., 1898-12-21

Something Just as good" will not
answer stick to your point, and when
you ask for goods adyergsel in this
paper. you can get them.
Evening journal., 1898-12-21
sponrc Crcam Roxra.

Make a sponge cake as follows; Beat
the yolk of an egg until thick. then add
gradually half a cupful of finely granu-
lated sugar. Then add alternately in
small quantities two tablespoonfuls of
water, and half q cupful of flour which
has been sifted with half teaspoonful
of baking powder, flavor with half
n teaspoonful Of lemon extract, and
lastly fold in the beaten white of one
egg. Bake in a shallow tin six inches
square. Bake the day before using. Cut
the cake into four square pieces; split
each piece and cut the top parts into
four strips each. Stick these strips.
with a little sugar cooked to the soft
ball. to the sides Of the square bottom
pieces, thus forming shallow boxes.
Fill these boxes with half a pint of
whipped cream sweetened with two
tahlespconfuls Of sugar and favored
with half teaspoonfu of vanilla
Ladies' Home Journal.
Evening journal., 1898-12-21
Hands DIspIaced by Mnchinerv.

t-NH RtaHAAtcN ~ NNtSthefFs
A writer declares that 100000 men
now do the work. with the mid al ma
,hinery. which needed 100000 per.
ions a few years ago.
Evening journal., 1898-12-21
A Summing nIonr.

"If you don't have me, " he exclaimed.
with unwonted passion, "I'll go to the
dogsl"
"Not," she coldly returned. 'if the
dogs see you frst."-Chicago Evening
News.
Evening journal., 1898-12-21
Simple Method of stcrilIzinr MIR.

simple Icthod of stCrilIzins sIuk.
If one cannot procure bottles. or the
proper sterilizing apparatus, which
costs about two dollars. put the guam
tity of food to be used in "a hours into
the double boiler, ard let 10 remain for
ten minntes after the water in the out
side compartment has boiled. Cover
during the process. Pour the milk into
a self-sealing jar and stop the mouth
with a plug Of cotton WOOL Keep the
jar in the Zee chest and do not leave
the plug out after removing part Of the
contents.-Ladies' Home Journal
Evening journal., 1898-12-21
Hard ia Learn II All.

Experience teaches man. long after
he thinks hc' has taken diploma.-Chi-
rago Record
Evening journal., 1898-12-21
A wealthy and responsible firm guar

antees its goods tha. are advertised
who stands sponsor for the substitutes
said to be Just as good"
Evening journal., 1898-12-21
Fonnly AppIrS.

Take five large, tart apples. remove
the cores, and fiji in with butter and
sugar Cnt the skin in three or four
places. and turn bnck the peel nicely.
They viii look like tulip leaves when
baked. Put a little hot water in the
dish when baking so the apples viii not
burn. and add more If necessary. Bake
IN a moderate oven. These are very
nice. and little change from the reg
ular baked apples.-Boston Budget.
Evening journal., 1898-12-21

Something Just as coed" viii not
answer. Stick to your point, end whor
you ask for goods advertised in this
paper. ron can get them.
Evening journal., 1898-12-21

SHERIFF'S sALE.-BY VIRTUE OF A
writ Of LevaH Facias, to me directed
viii be exposed to public sale, at the
Court House, on Market street, in the
city of Wilmington, New Castle county,
Evening journal., 1898-12-21

Schedule in effect November 20, 1898.
All trains Illuminated with Pintsch
Evening journal., 1898-12-21

SHERIFF'S SALE.-BY VIRTUE OF A
writ Of Levari Facias, to me directed
will be exposed to public sale, at the
Court House. on Market street, in the
city Of Wilmington, New Castle county
Tnafo rrsnra
The gold leaf., 1898-09-01
THE STATES UNFORTUNATE.

We desire to bring before our
readers the needs of the State Hos
pital for the insane) at Morganton
confident that if they perceive that
the full duty of North Carolina is
not being done by her most unhappy
class of her population, they will
lose no time instructing their Legis-
lative representatives to care for the
States unfortunate wards in way
that becomes her above all things.
Our State has at Morganton one of
the very best institutions in all
respects for the care of the insane.
In beautiful situation, in granduer,
in appointment, in equipment, it is
such as to make a North Caroli-
nian both grateful and proud; and
more than these, there is at the head
one of the noblest and most efficient
of men, one who is in himself full
guarantee that every employee under
him is qualified and every depart
mcnt conducted in the best way.
But the institution is crowded. There
are 40 patients occupying room for
500, and every day new applicants
are made known. The best work
cannot be done in such a condition.
Not only is the comfort which we
rightly so covet for the afflicted made
hard to give; but that which is more
important, the cure of diseased minds
is retarded. At present only the
probably durable cases and the very
violent insane can be received, and
these only as room is made by dis
charge and death. The very large
class of the hopelessly but not
violently insane, that class which
most often is friendless and uncared
for, is practically excluded. A State
may well be judged by her care of
her unfortunates. Here is a call
brought home to North Carolina.
She can give but one reply.-Biblical
Recorder
The gold leaf., 1898-09-01
JUDGE BOYKIN.

Ex-Judge Edward +. Boykin died
suddenly of apoplexy at Dunn, Har-
nett county, last Saturday. He made
a campaign speech the day before
and was to have made one ut Dunn
on the day of his death. Judge Boy
kin was native of Sampson county.
He was man Of excellent parts and
one Of the best Judges who has sat
upon the Superior court bench in
recent years. His death will be Ia
mented throughout the State. Judge
Boykin had held court in Henderson
several times and no man was more
highly esteemed both as just,
upright and conscientious jurist and
for his social qualities. Speaking Of
him the Charlotte Observer we'll says:
The death of ex-Judge Edwin T..
BOykln is a genuine cause for grief
in the State. Reared under adverse
financial circumstances, he became a
college graduate, member of the bar,
member of the Legislature from
his county of Sampson, the President
of the Senate, a Judge of the Superior
Court and one of the most distin-
9uished and trusted men of the State.
We reckon with the fact that it is
customary and accounted allowable
to speak extravagantly OF the dead,
and especially so when, as in this
case the writer happen to have been
a personal friend and admirer Of the
deceased; and yet we feel sure that
we are within the mark in saving
that within this generation there has
been on the bench of the Superior
Court no better finished lawyer, no
abler man or juster Judge than the
gentleman who on yesterday, within
moment, passed from among the
living to join the majority, or one
who deserved more or enjoyed more
fully the confidence of the people of
the State, in every county of which,
perhaps, he had held court. We lay
this little tribute of words upon his
grave, only regretting, as always in
such cases. that they were not uttered
before he died.-Charlotte Observer.
The gold leaf., 1898-09-01
DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN PAPER,

About the 10th of September, we
propose to issue large campaign
paper, fully illustrated, and contain
ing complete review of negro rule
in North Carolina and of the malad-
ministration of public affairs under
the present regime.
1t will be the strongest paper ever
issued in the advocacy of White
Mems Government.
There will be $4,000 copies issued,
allowing an average of 500 to each
county; and they will be sent directly
to the county chairmen for distribu-
ton.
The chairman of each county is re-
quested to begin at once and procure
the names of 500 voters to whom
they will send these papers; and he
is further requested to prepare in ad-
vance the stamped wrappers and
have everything in readiness to send
the papers out. The cost will be
small to each county and the money
should be raised at once to pay
postage. 1t is suggested that Demo-
Gratis in every township shall send at
once list of names to the county
chairmen. Captain S. A. Ashe will
assist in preparing this paper.
F. NJ. SIMMONS,
Chairman.
The gold leaf., 1898-09-01
HERO OF THE CAMP.

The war is over, or nearly so. 1t
is doubtful if the thousands of brave
men who responded to their countrv's
call and have been waiting inpatient
ly in camps at Tampa, Chickamauga,
Camp Alger, and elsewhere, to be
called into active service, will ever
sec fighting. Before long thousands
of them will come home and take up
their daily occupations, earning their
livings as they did before they en-
listed. Many of them who went,
alas, will not come back, for fevers
and accidents have cut down here
and there many soldier who would
have proved himself hero had he
had the opportunity. Cannot man.
then, be a hero without the accom-
paniment of shell and bullet, smoke
and death in the air9
He can; and it is to just these
heroes. who laid down their lives for
their country, not on the battlefield,
but in the camp, we would call atten-
ton Abate nothing in praise and
honor for the men who did: but let
us give just praise and love and
honor also to the men who would
have done. The soldier. who. strug-
CLING helplessly against typhoid,
malarial or yellow fever. gives up
his life at last. should not be passed
over quickly when the roster of the
men who died for their country is
made up. They braved not shot and
she'll. because fate willed otherwise.
but their courage and their patriot
ism was just as real and just as en-
during as those who got to the front.
With the sorrowing ones whose boys
come back to them not with. but on
their Shields" the nation should
mourn; for the life laid down. whether
it be on the battlefield or in camp, is
4 life laid down for country, none the
less.
Honor. then. to the camp heroes
those men who have suffered and
died for the Stars and Stripes as
truly as those whose lives were ended
by shot and shrapnel--Cincinnati
Commercial Tribline
The gold leaf., 1898-09-01
NEITHER PEACE NOR WAR.
Premier Sagasta Says Spain Is Not
Willing to Yield Everythln

A Madrid dispatch says Premier
Sagasta states that the actual situa
tion now existing between Spain and
the United States is neither peace
nor war, but that it is merely sus-
pension of hostilities. Spain desired
formal armistice, but the United
States did not agree to it.
In resigning the sovereignty of
Cuba and Porto Rico the Premier
says Spain has not renounced all her
belongings, and the United States as
an honorable nation, will not seek to
annex that which cannot legitimately
be considered as booty Of war, ac-
cording to the conditions under
which hostilities were suspended.
Sagasta believes that the cessation
of hostilities having been proclaimed
the taking of Manila does not count
or effect the Philippine problem.
One of the highest Spanish jurists
says that among the ships captured
by the Americans were many whose
officers did not know of the declra-
ton of war, and that their capture
cannot be justified by international
law.
The gold leaf., 1898-09-01
TRIBUTE TO THE CONFEDERATE
SOLDIER.
"a Broad Assertion, But Literally
True.'

Capt. VIM. J. White. OF Warrenton,
in a letter to the editor thanking him
for what he is pleased to term the
"handsome notice" last week Of their
reunion, says:
'.Especially do | thank YOU for
your tribute to the Confederate sol
dier-'the highest type of soldier the
world has ever seen'-brOad asser-
ton, but literally true, and the world
will so recognize him when history is
truthfully written.'
And it may be added that there
was no higher type of the Confeder-
ate soldier than the North Carolina
soldier, and history will so record it
when full and simple justice is done
him. The qualities illustrated by
him were surpassed by none. Whether
upon the hard fought battleiields
contendlng against superior num-
bers and overwhelming odds; endur-
ing the hardships of the march or
suffering privations in camp or hos
pital; half starved and poorly clad :
his dauntless courage and endurance;
his heroic fortitude and patience;
his lofty patriotism and devotion to
principle; his loyalty to the cause Of
his country, were sublime in the cx-
lips of Gen. Lee himself the well
merited plaudit of God bless old
North Carolina.'
The gold leaf., 1898-09-01
THE OLD "PRESlDENTIAL COACH"
President LincOln's Private Car Was
in Charlotte Last Night.

The old sleeping car Annapolis
that was at one time called the
Presidential Coach because of the
fact that President Lincoln always
used it in going from Washington to
his Ohio home, passed through Char
lotte last night attached to one of
the troop trains.
The old car has been sidetracked
for many years and is kept by the
Baltimore and Ohio road as relic.
The tremendous business that the
roads have been doing for the past
few months. since the war began.
necessitates their pressing all of
their cars into service and this is the
reason that the old Presidential
Coach came South for the first time
in it's history.
In appearance it is not unlike the
old style sleeping car. Necessarily
the interior has been worked over
but the outside remains just as it
was years ago when President Lin
coin boarded it at the Union station
in Washington.
Last night it was occupied by 20 Off
GERS of the Fifth United States cav
airy who were en- route to Montank
Point.-Charlotte NeWs, Aug. 29th.
The gold leaf., 1898-09-01

IT may be said of Gen. Joe Wheeler
that he not onl ly gave good account
of himself in Cuba, ever following
where duty led and always in the
thickest of the fight, but now the war
is over he has no quarrel with his
superiOrs. AS the Kinston Free Press
truly SAYS, 'while Generals Miles and
Shafter have been criticised by the
press, no word of censure has been
passed upon Joe Wheeler. The South
is proud of the record that General
Wheeler has made III this war. He
has ably sustained his reputation as
a fighter and man of very few
words" Those who fought with
him idOlize the noble old hero and
people at large applaud and praise
him.
The gold leaf., 1898-09-01
VANCE GETTING IN LINE.
The birth Place of Populism" has
Had Enough-the More Influential
PopuIists of the County are Return
Ing to the Democratic Party as Their
ONLY Safeguard.

ouy ooiS8uo1o.
A correspondent writing from Kit
trell to the NeUs and Observer under
date of Aug. 29, says:
This section has been Justly called
the birthplace and cradle of the Pop
ulist party in North Carolina. 1t has
not only always been strong here.
but it has been largely composed Of
substantial and earnest men who
have always had the respect of the
community. They helped organize
and went into the Populist party
chiefly, if not solely, to carry out ma
tional currency reform-the free
coinage of silver seeming to them
the most feasible mode.
Now they argue this way: The
wisdom of our opinions has been
justified. One of the great parties
of the country-the Democrat party
has declared for free silver. Thus
Democracy contains the essential
principle for which we contended.
Therefore we can, without sacrificing
one iota of principle, dignity or self
respect return to the Democratic
party. DcSlucS we uuu lHc ulOSt
urgent reasons that we should return
and return Immediately. We are
almost entirely people dwelling in
the country, many with isolated and
unprotected families. We see rapidly
increasing assaults on white women.
Now shall we allow pre- judice to
tie our hands in the face of danger
so great and real as this? Nay, shall
we directly or indirectly aid and abet
Republicanism with the disgraceful
doctrine it instils? We sacrificed no
dignity or character in leaving the
Democratic party. We will sacrifice
no dignity or character in returning
to it. We will sacrifice both in al
lowing our honest aims to descend to
mere factional opposition.
Thus argues the best element
among our Populist neighbdfs. The
result will be the largest Democratic
vote cast here since this unfortunate
split in the white manhood of the
State began
The gold leaf., 1898-09-01

The Charlotte Observer announces
that the Monday edition Of that
paper will be suspended, the war
being over. While "news was news"
and its patrons were anxious to get
the very latest the Observer with COM
mendable enterprise and public
spirit has supplied the demand by
publishing a observation-disclosures
paper since the 14th Of March-five
and half months. The Observer is
an admirable paper, ably edited and
a splendid purveyor of the news, and
deserves well of the people Of Char
lOtte and the State.
The gold leaf., 1898-09-01

j. j. ELLIS, of the U. S. regular
army, who was on stransport from
Santiago bound to Montauk Point,
N. Y, fell overheard and was
drowned. Mr.. Ellis was born in Pitt
county and was about 10 years old.
He had been living in Kinston at Mr..
G. w. Crabtree's, but in February he
joined the army at Fortress Monroe.
Mr.. Ellis was in three of the largest
battles of Santiago. He wrote Mr..
G. w. Crabtree, of Kinston, that he
was not wounded but helped bury
many of his comrades. Mr.. Crab
tree received letter from the war
department informing him of Mr..
Ellis death, but it did not give any
particulars.-Kin Free Press.
The gold leaf., 1898-09-01
SENATOR DANIEL ON THE WAR.

Senator Daniel, of Virginia, in a
statement to the Richmond Dispatch
gives his views on the outcome of
the war with Spain, as follows:
regard the war against Spain as
a just war, and believe that it will
profit this country in many direc-
tions.
1t will lead to the Introduction of
American civilization in the West
Indies, and will dismiss from this
continent the cruel ferocity of past
age and decayed nation.
1t has shown Americans every
where that no one section is more
patriotic than another, and has
brought balm to ancient wounds in
the general expression and generous
action of a deepseated and ferv ent
patriotism.
The war has revealed the United
States in its true light; and as the
good feeling of its people was nev er
more transparent, SO its presti ge
amongst the nations was never so
high.
1t will broaden the views Of all oar
people. and will be we'll worth its
cost. 1t will strengthen the ties,
elevate the patriotism, cement the
will, stimulate the commerce, manu-
factures. and agriculture of the
whole people.
1t brings us new questions, which
must be sedately and carefully con-
sidered. 1t may lead to complica-
tions which may entail burdens, but,
all in all, the war will ultimately
profit this nation in all directions OF
its advancing civilization. We must
take care to suppress its tendencies
toward great standing armies. to-
ward arbitrary power. and toward
extravagant expenditure, but the
people will see to it that this shall
be done.
The gold leaf., 1898-09-01

Brother j. A. Thomas was nomi-
mated by the Democratic Convention
of Franklin county for Treasurer.
We feel certain he will handle the
finances of Franklin with great care,
and congratulate him upon being the
choice of his party for the position.
We are greatly pleased to see that
many true Populists, who believe in
a Government run by white people,
have joined in with the Democrats of
that county. Will not many in Gran
vile do kewise?-Oxford Public
Led0er.
The gold leaf., 1898-09-01

LET every white man read the
odious article from the vile pen of
that negro editor in Wilmington.
and let all remember that all many
negroes want in any community is
an opportunity TO utter such senti-
ments as are therein expressed. Who
of us would have believed few
years ago that we would ever fall
upon such times in North Carolina?
Let the white men stop and consider.
Concord Times