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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-03-29
THEY WILL SCUTTLE THE SHIP a..

There is Republican paper published
at Rutherfordton called the Press. 1t
asks this week: lis not the grand old
Ship of State being steered wisely at
PRESENT.
For answer to this question, look at
the penitentiary so badly mismanaged
that the Governor said if Il change was
not made it would bankrupt the State;
look at the Insane Asylum at Raleigh,
the dumping ground for inexperienced
physicians; the blind school for whites
run by negro politician; the public
schools for whites in the hands of negro
committeeman; the Atlantic and North
Carolina Railroad lately in the hands of
a man who was kicked out 10y the Gov
ernor on the ground of bad conduct;
the office of Governor held by Il blath-
erskite who surrenders every conviction
he even pretended to have at the dicta-
ton of ]. Pierpont Morgan; a Railroad
COMMISSIONER who changes his mind be-
tween sessions, once to obey the ''clamor
of politicians" and once to do the Gov
ernOr's bidding: Senator whose promise
is not regarded as worth anything by
members of his own party, who fills the
Federal offices with unfit men, and is Il
tool Of corporate power; Il judiciary con
tanning some ignorant, partisan and i'm
inst Judges. n legislature where notify
politics and dollars control to the injury
Of the State; public officers, some of
whom are VIGOROUSLY unfit; and scandals
disgraceful and nauseating more numer-
Gus than have been known in the his
tory, except when the Radicals were in
power before in 1869.
These are some of the reasons why the
people thunder a loud negative to the
inquiry rs not the Grand Old Ship of
State Being Steered Wisely at PRESENT."
1T will be observed that the new Repub-
lican paper does not dare to declare that
the grand old ship of State is steered
wisely at present. 1t is merely an in
quiry, which We have answered above.
As matter of fact "the grand old
ship Of State" is being steered to a point
where it will split on a rock. Already it
has received blows and been badly bat
tered. 1t will not get in smooth seas as
long as the present gang Of ''land-lub-
bers" are at the helm.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-03-29
The News : Observer.
BY
NEWS AND OBSERVER PUBLISH
ING COMPANY.

Office: News and Observer Building
Fayetteville Street.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-03-29
gentleman from North Carolina to the
| question under discussion.

gentleman from North Carolina to the
question under discussion.
Mr.. DINGLEY: Why not ask unani.
nous consent to withdraw it!
Mr.. SIMPSON. of Kansas: Mr..
Speaker, before the gentleman from
North Carolina (NIr. Pearson) takes his
scat | would like to ask him question.
The gentleman made a statement that
he would rather sit with a Democratic
gentleman as colleague than.
Now, | would like to ask him what he
was going to call Populist? daughter
He did not finish his statement.
Mr.. PEARSON: What / was about
to say was that | would rather sit with
a Democratic gentleman-. Cries of
Regular ordervO
Mr.. SIMPSON. of Kansas: | want
to hear the gentleman's reply to nv
question. (Cries of Regular ORDERLY
Mr.. PEARSON: That l would rather
sit with a Democratic gentleman any
where than Il Populist traitor anywhere.
Uaughter.)
The question being taken on agreeing
to the resolution, it was agreed to.
Speaking of this yesterday, Il prom-
nent Raleigh Populist said: Pearson
thinks a Populist is "a traitor unless he
obeys the orders of the Republicans.
That's his test of whether or not a
Populist is traitor. His remarks, Also.
that every Populist in Congress from
North Carolina in Congress sits "by
reason of Republican votes might be
Us truly changed to read every Repub-
4ican elected to office from North Caro-
lima owes his place to the POpulist par
ty, for without our help, they would
never have been pulled out of the mirc
of hopeless defeat"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-03-29

The Charleston News and Courier
says that the new textile school estab-
lished at lowell Mass, will be under
the direction Of an expert from Char
lotte, North Carolina. When we teach
the Yankee the textile industry it shows
we have gone up head.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-03-29

There may be war and there may not
be. In any event the people will need
more provisions than cotton. If there
is war, corn, wheat and hogs will be very
high and cotton very low. Farmers:
think of the contingencies before plant
ing.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-03-29
CUBA MUST Be FREE.

While hoping that war can be averted.
We believe the temper of the people of
America is that Cuba shall be freed
and freed without delay-for all time
from the rule of rapine and barbarity of
Spain.
Nothing is ever settled until it is set
tied right. Until Cuba is free there will
be no solution of the Cuban question.
The Columbia State is getting tired
of the policy Of breaking the news
gently to the people and to Congress
1t says the American epole ought no
longer to be treated "as spoiled children
TO be bamboozled into taking a dose or
il-tasting medicine" 1t wants the Gu
ban news in full doses, running over.
The President will have "a stronger sup
port if he takes Congress fully into his
confidence.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-03-29

If we had microscopic eyes beauty
wouldn't even be skin deep.
The Forrest City times., 1898-09-02
STAND BY FREE SILVER.
Democrats Are Willing to Fight the Republicans Fairly on the
 Money Issue.

Democrats will have occasion to con- graduate themselves if the republic. an party submits to the boss rule of Mark Hanna.
 In the campaign of 1896 the repub- licans secured the election of McKin- ley by stealing the votes of many friends of silver under the pretense of favoring international bimetallism.
 That pretense is to be abandoned if Mark Hanna succeeds in having his way. The signs of the times appear to indicate that the republican party now proposes to fight for the single gold standard openly, and not under cover as heretofore.
 In this connection the Indianapolis Sentinel says: Perhaps the most sig nificant thing in this line is the state ment of Mark Hanna that all hope of an international agreement on bimet- allism is futile,' and that the direct line of republican ideas is voiced in the demands of the straight gold plat forms.'"
 Nothing could please the democrats better than fair fight with the re- publicans on the money question. Fully convinced of the necessity of return to the historic ratio of sixteen to one, and believing that the way to secure that return is for the United States to establish the free coinage of silver and gold at that ratio without consult ing other nations, democrats will wei. come discussion with republicans who insist on the single gold standard.
 International bimetallism is dream entirely bereft of actuality. Ithaslong been used by the republicans to de- Jude the people. Its abandonment by both parties will present clearly de- fined issue, the discussion of which will bring success to the democratic forces. Chicago Dispatch.
The Forrest City times., 1898-09-02
THE CLAIM OF PROSPERITY.
The Grent Victory for "sOund Money" in 1s00 s>ss Not Caused the
 Whole Land tO Prosper.

The claim that we are in the midst of prosperity that is rolling over the country in great. bounding waves, is becoming weaker and weaker. The sonorous cry of dollar wheat for the farmer" IS not longer heard in the land.
 On the contrary, the trade journals have an apologetic, "glad-it-is-no- worse" sort of tone, and are figuring dexterously to make as good show ing as possible. Wherever falling off has occurred. it is ascribed to the war, albeit rather timidly and weakly, while wherever gain appears it is blazoned for considerably more than it is worth, and attributed to the natural improvement coming from restored confidence" etc. In nothing does the disposition to minimize the bad fea- lures and maximize the good appear more strongly than in the compari- sons made.
 Bradstreet's, for example, always lays it down as rule that the mum be r of business failures is an infallable test If business conditions. In it's issue of July 2, that journal deals with this matter somewhat at length. It mild ly deplores the fact that the failures for the quarter ending June 30 were greater than those for the previous one, but 1t finds some consolation in the circumstance that for the two quarters together the failures were fewer in number than for the same period in any year during the last four.
 In demonstrating this point Brad streets presents the following table
The Forrest City times., 1898-09-02
TWO GIRL QUEENS.
Stor.~rs AbAut Mercedes of Spain and the Independent Wilhelminn
 of HOssnnd.

Americans who have livei in Madrid describe the little ex-Queen Mercedes as the most picturesque figure in the Spanish court. She became the reign ing, but not ruling, queen when her father died, but lost her shadow of crown at the birth of her brother six months later. In case of his death. she would again become the sovereign of Spain.
 She is described as slight. homely young girl. with singularly modest, sincere bearing. She has shown, too. it is said, womanly sympathy with the poorer class of her people.
 Upon her seventeenth birthday it was proposed that a magnificent state ball should be given at the Escurial iD celebration of the event; but the princess refused, saying that rejoicing and dancing were out of place in the present condition of her country.
 She asked instead that her birthday should only be marked by her appoint ment to the presidency of the Red Cross society in Spain.
 This was done, and she then received the directors of the society, women belonging to every class, and after. ward drove, with her mother and the little king. to hospital near Madrid. and gave great dinner to scores of wounded Spanish soldiers returned from Cuba and the Philippine islands.
 Wilhelmina of Holland, who is called by her people ''the dear queen," re. gently reached her seventeenth birth, day. A grand ball was given, and the girl-sovereign appeared for the first time with her hair up and a sweeping train.
 It is net wholly matter of gossip that about this time a candidate for the place of king consort of the Neth- erlands was urged upon her as the one prince whom the sovereigns of Europe considered most suitable for her husband.
 The queen is said to have gravely considered the question, and then to have said. "I never can love th's man, and queen or not, I will not marry a man whom l cannot love"
 These little queens" have the same questions to meet in life as other girls. Their decisions are worth the atten- tion of their untitled sisters.-Youth's Companion.
The Forrest City times., 1898-09-02

ried abroad? It Is perfectly safe to make answer that without these un- usual adjuncts business would have been at its lowest ebb.
 These observations have not beeA made in spirit of pessimistic croak- ing. We have no desire to belittle any real prosperity that the people may be enjoying. Our purpose is merely to call attention to the fact that tke great victory for sound money" n 1896 has not caused the whole land 10 flow with milk and honey. It is mt possible to point out single improve ment that can be fairly or even hoa- estly ascribed to the triumph of tbe so-called 'sound money" principle in the last presidential contest.
 The country, as a whole. has simply reaped certain benefits from the mis. fortunes of others, while among our own people the abnormal conditions have enabled few producers (and a few speculators) to profit at the ex- pense of nearly everybody else. That we are right upon this point is conclu- sively shown by the circumstance that for eight months after McKinley's election business grew worse and worse, and only showed symptoms of reviving when it became clear that there was an extraordinary scarcity of food products abroad. Nor can the improvement, such as it is, be credited to the Dingley tariff, for it Is a palpa- ble fact that two of our most impor- tant manufactures (cotton and wool en goods), industries which were guarded by that law with the most sedulous care, are in a state of ex- treme depression to this day, with wage reductions everywhere. and large numbers of mills entirely closed and paying no wages at all.
The Forrest City times., 1898-09-02
DAINTY MEAT SAUCES.
Some Points About Them That Every Housewife Should
 Know.

The great variety of sauces which the accomplished French cook serves with different meats depend for their excellence on few foundation sauces. The mother sauces" as they are some times called, require long cooking. and special French cooks always pre- pare these foundation sauces by the quantity, and from these multitude of other sauces may be prepared in . few moments time. Two foundation sauces are necessary, brown or Es- panole sauce, and white or veloute sauce. Rich dishes of meat and meat sauces in general are not as much used in summer as in winter, when richer food is demanded. In summer foun- dation sauces, like stock, do not keep as we'll as in cold weather. Therefore. it Is the custom of tbe cooks to use simpler sauces as we'll as simpler soups at this esason.
 Extracts of meat, though never quite equal to superior sauces, are good substitute in summer, if favoring herbs are added for brown founda- tion sauce, and a simple cream sauce may take the place of veloute or white sauce.
 All rich sauces are made with Es- panole or brown sauce as foundation. A poivrette sauce Is made in a short time. Fry half an onion, peeled and cut fine; half carrot chopped, a sprig of thyme, bay leaf and six peppers, with a tablespoonful of butter. Add . tablespoonful of grated ham and two tablespoonfuls of tarragon vinegar. When the vinegar is absorbed add pint of brown sauce. Simmer 20 min utes, skim and strain. Use half pint of this sauce in a gravy boat, serv- ing it with roast saddle of mutton, with minces of beef and with any rich meat. A mushroom sauce is easily prepared by simmering for five min utes in n pint of brown sauce half dozen mushrooms minced fine. Season well and pour over the steak or other meat 1t is to be served with. A mar row sauce for beefsteak is made of half q cup of sliced marrow which has been soaked for an hour in salted cold water. Drain the marrow. Heat to the boiling point half pint of we'll favored brown sauce; add the marrow. Let it boil up once, add three drops of nice vinegar, and pour the sauce over broiled beefsteak or any meat 1t is served with.
 A piquante sauce is very nice with boiled beef tongue and some other meat courses. Chop an onion fine and simmer in half cup of vinegar until the vinegar is nearly absorbed. Add pint of brown sauce. one table spoonful of capers, three tiny cucum- Der pickles chopped in dice and three chopped mushrooms. Let the sauce simmer ten minutes; season with salt and pepper.--N. Y. Tribune.
The Forrest City times., 1898-09-02
POINTS AND OPINIONS.

Over in Wisconsin a public treas ury is looked on by republican poli- ticians as private snap. St. Paul Globe. x2
 --Perhaps Mark Hanna would like to know whether the Philippines would go democratic or not before expressing an opinion as to their future.--Chicago Record Qnd.).
 The war revenue won't have much to do now except to take care of the Dingley deficit. Some folks can't be convinced that war is all curse.- Binghamton (N. Y.) Leader.
 "A Spanish newspaper says '.Mc- Kinley's chief adviser is an old lady by the name of Hanna" Hanna and Me- is an old woman in the presidents off- cial family no one doubts.-Kansas City Times.
 The republicans may be allowed to settle their own political quarrels with the secretary of war. What the country wishes to know is why our army was not better supplied and cared for, and who Is responsible for the inefiiciency. = Louisville Courier Journal.
 When scores of soldiers are dying and thousands are ailing from yellow and malarial levers, the secretary of war would be more decently employed if, instead of attempting to advance his political schemes. he were devoting his time to letter of resignation.-Chica- go Journal.
 Mark Hanna has opined that the next republican campaign will be fought out on war issues. It would be agreeable to Mark to have it this way, but the democrats are not going to per init him to send a substitute tc the front when the battle bssins.-6s Louis Republic.
The Forrest City times., 1898-09-02
QUEER COMMANDER.
How a European Monarch Was Re. ceive by Young Yankee
 Commodore.

The following is from Rear Admiral Franklin's naval "reminiscences, just published: When the Independence lay at Trieste she was visited by thou sands and thousands of people who had never seen so large ship before, and among those who inspected her were the king of Saxony, the ban of Croatia. and others of exalted rank. The commander of the Independence was Commodore Morgan, who was very gouty and very old for his years. The visit of the king of Saxony stirred the old gentleman up to extraordinary exertions.
 I've were all in full uniform to re- ceive the king, and while assembled at the starboard gangway, expecting him to come on that side, the commodore, discovering that he was making for the port ladder, rushed about as wild ly as his gouty legs would let him, and 'shooed' us all over to the other side with the exelamation: Don't you see the king coming on that side:' He was very queer character. He had been accustomed to the usages of good society all his life, but in showing the king around his ship. instead of ad- dressing him in the usual form he would say: Step this way, king. if you please or Let me help you down this hatch, king l could never un- derstand whether it was drollery on his part or not.
 He dined large number of Aus trian officers one day, as a sort of wind-up to the festivities prior to our sailing away to the coast of Italy. They were all pretty we'll filled with wine by the time dinner was over, and odjourned to the poop deck. The old gentleman presented a most comical appearance, with his wig slowed one side, and his eye. which always looked ss if it were glass, rolling around in a most quizzical fashion. He was sur rounded by Austrians. who seemed all to be talking to him at the same time. He was backing away from them as they were gesticulating at him, until be reached the end of the poop, and, when he could go no further without going overheard, he threw up his hands iE despair. exclaiming: T don't understand durned word you say.'" Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Forrest City times., 1898-09-02
LAMB CHOPS.
If You Wish to Cook Them Right Fol. low the Appended In-
 attractions.

There are a great many delicious ways of serving lamb chops besides brciling them and browning them in a frying pan in careful manner. There are few people who know how to trim a lamb chop correctly, and no chop that is not correctly trimmed can be properly cooked. Trim of all the fat from rib chops of lamb or mutton ex- cept the triangular piece that lies on the inside of the chop. This rejection of good mutton tallow may seem wasteful to those who do not know that all lamb and mutton fat except that which lies directly in contact with the lean is indigestible and unfit for food. It can be tried out, however, and added to the soap fat.
 Season the chops with salt and pep per after trimming them. Unless they are stuffed, fiatten them slightly. They are now prepared to be cooked in n variety of ways. A nice way to cook tender chops of spring lamb is to stuff them with chicken forcemea, Pre- pare small quantity of forcemeat for this purpose from any scraps cf cold chicken on hand, using a little of the liver if convenient. Chop and pound the meat fine, add as much soft bread crumbs as there is chicken, moisten it with cream and season it with salt and pepper, adding a nnishroom-choppe fine--if convenient. Rub the whole through a sieve. If there are nc mush- rooms at hand few drops of onion juice may be used to season the force- meat. Any well-fiavored sauce may take the place of the cream in moisten- ing the forcemeat. It requires but teaspoonful of forcemeat to stuff a small chop. Slit the chop and put in the forcemeat. Pin them together with small wooden skewer. which comes in the form of the familiar wooden toothpicks. Dip the chops in beaten eggs and sifted bread crumbs and fry them delicate brown and serve them with tomato sauce. Pate de foie gras may be used to stuff lamb chops if there are no materials to make . forcemeat on hand.-N. Y. Tribune.
The Forrest City times., 1898-09-02
csRvERA.

Came the order to Cervera: Put to sea And the signals from the Spanish daR- ship fiuttered; Decks wsre cleared and all the heavy gun, cast free, While no word of plaint the noble foeman uttered.
 Sailing to annihilation,
 On Cervera came, For the glory of his nation And the wreath of fame Then our roar
 Shook the shore
 And each Spanish keel In that main
 Felt the strain
 Of our bolts of steel Wrapped were all our ships In battle flame and smoke: Stunned were all our ears by the inces sant thunder: Forward like swift fox-hounds of the sea we broke. While the hunted Spanish foxes fled fin wonder.
 But amid the awful rattle
 Of that steely rain, Strong Ceryera watched the battle Mid his mounds of slain, Till his crew,
 Faint and few,
 Melted as the snow Of the hills,
 When the rills,
 Of the springtime flow. Wrecked and burned were all his proud and stately ships. Riven by our shot and opened to the bil- low: Every hulk a winecup at the oceans lips. Every broken gun a seaman's gory pill low.
 So in one all-fateful hour,
 That should famous be- He beheld the Spanish power
 Smitten from that sea, Where of old
 Waved the bold
 Lion head of Spain, Which shall roar
 Nevermore
 Der the Spanish main" III. F. Thurston. in Chicago Record.