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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-09-25

"Put him out of here" yelled Logo
Harris son.
Johnson: "rThe man who says he will
not vote for the nominees of this CON
yention has no right here"
Lame: That's n lie. | didn't say
that and you didn't understand me to
say so"
COUNTRY NIGGERS NOT IN IT.
Johnson: 1--WE stayed three hours in
the court house trying to settle this thing
and our agreement was that it was not
to be brought into this convention
A delegate: I'm tired of this These
Raleigh niggers have been speaking all
day. Not Il delegate from the county has
had a chance to say Il word If this
keeps up I'll not support your ticket and
my people won't do it,"
Half a dozen now Joined Ed. johnson
in the attempt to speak, but none of
them made themselves heard above the
din and roar.
Nelson OKeuy, brother to Berry
O'Kelly. got on the rostrum and said
he wanted to tell the convention that
House Greek Republicans wouldn't sup
port the ticket unless negro was put
on it.
Stewart Ellison tried to speak, but
they wouldn't let him. Tom Bailey ruled
him out of order and Jim Young began
calling the roll. Ellison kept up his
speaking but Jim's voice was stronger
and Stewards was finally drowned out
This brought Fletcher Harrison to his
feet Avancing to the rostrum, shaking
his fist at the chairman, ne said:
This is not fair we won't stand It,.
You may call your roll, but you can't
stihe us in this way
The greatest confusion and disorder
prevailed during the sroll call. A fourth
of the delegates stood around the ros-
trum. The vote resulted in Harris nomi-
nation. 1t was: Harris, %; O'Kelly,
II.
THE GOD OF WAR" SPEAKS.
The "savages' yelled like the real arti-
Gle as the God of War" appeared on the
rostrum in response to a call for Il
speech.
Loge said now that they had seen
fit to give him the nomination if they
elected him he would do everything that
could and ought to be done for the
negro.
"I'H give you my very best efforts.
You are the weaker race. The white
man can take care of himself. If ] go
toFthe Legislature without being a MEM
Der of any faction, you'll be the master
and III be the servant" CThe SAY
ages" howlcd with delight.
Continuing he said in effect that any
man who took Il vestise of right from
the negro would have to walk over his
dead body. His efforts, he added, would
be directed to fostering and maintaining
cooperation between the Republicans
and Populists.
"I'll expose the Democrats in their
lies and hypocrisy. I'll call on the white
men of this county to stand by the col
orcd people (Another yell from the
''Sayagcs.D
I'D be ashamed to belong to party
that claims to have all the refinement
and intelligence and good sense in this
country. if on the stump / had no other
issue than the negro question.
",The Populists of North Carolina will
stand by you. They will see to it that
the Democrats don't get control over you.
They are going to join us in putting our
election law into the constitution so that
the Democrats can't change it. The
| bill is already drawn. / drew it myself.
1t will be the issue two years from
now"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-09-25

Bring the children to the State fair.
October 24-29. The trip will be Of
amusement interest and Of great value
to them.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-09-25

When YOU are at the State Fair re
Raleigh, October 24-29th, by all means
see Sportsmen's headquarters, the Pc
tors cartridge exhibits. There will he
also pistol and rifle practice. Use of
guns and shells free.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-09-25

DR. Scruggs (colored) has always cuss-
ed Russell and made a great fight for
IA niger on the ticket" till yesterday.
Then n change came over the spirit Of
his dream. He praised Russell and
agreed to put out a white ticket. 1t is
said that the Doctor sold out for II
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-09-25

Somebody has been doing some "busi-
ness since these delegates landed in
Raleigh" remarked l.. NJ. Green when
the vote for sheriff was announced.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-09-25

Catalogue for the asking.
Terms Accommodating
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-09-25

During the preliminary business part
of the convention Col. jim Young. in
full regimentals. sat behind the scenes
on sofa. waiting to be called on for
that speech. The convention may not
have been conscious of the ColonePs vast
Importance, but he was.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-09-25

"Thc Democratic party has put forth
Il strong ticket. There is no use trying
to disguise the fact, and unless we name
clean men our ticket will be defeated. =
John Nichols.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-09-25

"You can put negro on the ticket or
not. just as you please, but if you don't
do it the negroes | represent will not
support it."--A Colorcd Delegate from
ST. Matthew'S.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-05-05
Horace Greeley as an Orator.

Mr.. Greeley was not an orator in any
scholastic sense. He had q poor and
somewhat squeaking voice; he knew
nothing of gestures; and he could not
take an orators pose, which adds such
emphasis sometimes to the natter and
argument to be set forth. Not all his
years of practice on the platform and
on public occasions ever. changed his
habits and methods as a speaker and
he ended as poorly equipped in the re
spects named for the vocation as when
he began. But he had one prime quail
exploited in vain He invariably had
something to say, and he said it in such
clear and wholesome English. with such
sincerity, that he was an orator in spite
of all the rules
To state it briefly, of all the eminent
speakers / have introduced-and more
than Once-there was not one who gave
better satisfaction. different and nota-
bic as they were, than Horace Greeley.
AS consequence. he came to me often
est, and wore the best We might or
might not agree with some of his pc
culiaT premises. as when he says: "The
moment drop of alcohol is received
into the human stomach, that moment
N.Y." but he set his audience thinking
and illuminated his theme.-Harpers
Magazine.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-05-05
JOURNALISTIC DIFFICULTIES.
The Work of the Censor and the Press
in Austria,

|
in Austria.
There is q censor of the press, and
apparently he is always on duty anG
hard at work. A copy Of each morning
paper is brought to him at o'clock
His official wagons wait at the doors OF
the newspaper offices and scud to him
with the first copies that come from
the press. His company of assistants
read every line in these papers, and
marx everything which seems to have
dangerous look; then he passes final
judgment upon these markings. Two
things conspire to give to the results a
capricious and unbalanced look; his
assistants have diversified notions as
to what is dangerous and what isn't;
he can't get time to examine their crit
icismS in much detail; and so sometimes
the very same matter which is sup
pressed in one paper fails to be damned
in another one, and gets published in
full feather and unmodified. Then the
paper in which it was suppressed
blandly copies the forbidden matter
into its evening editiOn-provokingly
giving credit and detailing all the cir
cumstances ins courteous and inoffen-
sive language-and of course the cen.
sOr cannot say word.
Sometimes the censor sucks all the
blood out of a newspaper and leaves it
colorless and inane; sometimes he
leaves it undiSturbed, and lets it talk
out its opinions with a frankness and
vigor hardly to be surpassed, 1 think,
in the Journals of any country. APP
parently the censor sometimes revises
his verdicts upon second thought, for
several times lately he has suppressed
journals after their issue and partial
distribution. The distributed copies
are then sent for by the censor and de-
stroyed. l have two of these, but at
the time they were sent for l could
not remember what l had done with
them.-Mark Twain, in Harper's Maya.
zine.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-05-05
CLIMATE AND CROP BULLETIN.
Farm Work Retarded by Cool Weather
and Moisture.

Farm Work Retarded by Cool Weather
and Moisture.
The United Srates Department Of Ag-
riculture issued the following climate and
crop bulletin for the past week:
The week has been too cool for best re-
suits in New England, the central val
leys and east Gulf States, while exces-
sive moisture has retarded farm work
generally in the States northward Of the
Ohio river and in the east Gulf States.
In the middle and south Atlantic States,
Texas, the Dakotas, generally through
out the Rocky Mountain region, and on
the north Pacific coast the weather con-
ditions have been more favorable. No
week, and consequently the severe
drought previously reported continues un-
broken. Drought also continues in Flor
ida, though partially relieved in locali-
ties in the northern portion of the State.
The bulk of the corn crop is planted
southwark of the northern boundaries Of
Arkansas, Tennessee and the Carolinas,
but northward of this line, except in Kan
sas, slow progress has been made, owing
to excessive rains and the cool weather.
None has yet been planted in Indiana, but
planting has begun in portions of Ohio,
Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania. A
little planting has also been done in Ne
braska.
Poor stands are reported from the South
Atlantic States, and but light growth has
been reported generally in the Southern
| States. In southern and central Texas,
| however, the crop is growing, and is now
receiving its second cultivation. Over
| northern Texas the crop is late and ir-
regular. The winter wheat crop con-
tinues i'm promising condition in the prin-
cipal wheat States in the central valleys.
| Further Improvement is reported from
Ohio, and in Michigan the crop has been
benefited by recent rains. In the South
ern States it is now heading. AS re-
suit of the severe drought in California
| the grain crop has been injured beyond
recovery, except in the northern coast
counties and in some of the foot hill re-
gions and over the southern portion of
North Dakota. Seeding is well advanced
over the northern portion of North Da-
kota and in Montana. In Oregon seed
| ing is complete, but considera BILE is yet to
ue uolie ia "dSHlHSton. 1He earn! SoWLi
over the spring wheat region is coming
| up and is generally in promising condi-
ton. Slow progress has been made with
oat seeding where unfinished in more
| northern States.
In the central and southern portion of
the country the crop has made favorable
progress during the week. In Alabama
the early sown is nearing maturity. The
| general outlook for fruit in the Northern
States continues promising. and the pros
poets in the middle and southern sections
appear more favorable. There is abun-
| dant supply Of tobacco plants. Trans
planting continues in South Carolina,
and has commenced in North Carolina.
Tobacco is suffering from drought in
Florida,
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-05-05

lakes. IL is not so easy to fix a date
for this event, but we know that as
early as 1880 to 1910 the French priests,
the voyageurs and the coureurs de bois,
the trappers and adventures of the
day, visited the eastern lake region ON
the north. They came with two IAss-
sages: one bore tidings Of the com
merce, and proved that the French ra
ton was alive to the value of the new
country; the other told the story of the
Christian religion. 1t were well, per
haps, to mention another message
more or less baleful One-brought by
the adventurers; for there were adven
turers among these early disc0verers-
men who had no other motive than tC
seek the strange and the exciting, anG
to spend their days in the alluring and
proftless occupation of seeing how
many hairbreath escapes they could en-.
joy, in how many scenes of pillage and
robbery they could take part.
Those who have written SO graceful
ly and elegantly of the early history OF
the regions surrounding the northern
portions of the Great Lakes have but
begun to tell the tales which will be
told with more and more freedom OF
come to appreciate more and more
what a splendid storehouse Of material
lies in this Northland.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-05-05
Two Remarkable Feats.

Henry Wolfsohn recalled yesterday a
remarkable feat of memory by Signor
Gore, who Travelled as conductor with
a concert company organized by Cam
panini. The music trunk not having
arrived in time for a concert, Signor
Gore accompanied from memory on the
piano the entire third act of Faust -
at the same time transposing the music
half tone.
An interesting story is told of Mas
cagni, the composer of "Cavalleria Rus
ticana" One of his friends had cas-
ually said that there was no work of
any Of the six most famous composers
whose names were mentioned, which
Mascagni could not play faultlessly
from memory. The statement being
ridiculed as as,impossible, Mascagni reluc-
tantly consented. in order to settle the
dispute. to make the effort. A number
of musical experts were invited to at
tend the recital, each one in turn Sc
lscting 4 composition for performance.
In vain they tried to battle the COM
poser, who not only answered the chal-
lenge brilliantly in every instance. bat
filed up the intervals with delightful
improvisations of his own.-New York
Herald.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-05-05

A Wyoming srock-Taiser, dissatisfied
with his surroundings and in haste to
be rich, recently sold his land and start
ed for the Klondike. A few months
later French mineralogist discovered
near the despised ranch a mine of CO.
bait, a rare and valuable metal. The
whole district promises to become a
new center of wealth. 1t was upon
land sold to enable the former owner to
start for the gold mines Of California,
that the great oil wells of Pennsylvania
were afterward found; and both these
incidents acentuate the fact that we
are continually within reach of import
ant discoveries and great opportunities,
missing them by hairs breadth of i'm
patience, failure to observe or lack Of
preparation.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-05-05

The hoisting Of the Russian flag over
Port Arthur and Tai-Lien-Wan un-
doubtedly marks the beginning Of the
end of the oldest empire in the world.
Up to this time China, while passing
through many yicissitudes as modern
progress had crowded upon its ancient
conservatism, has preserved it's integ-
rity and its sovereignty. 1t has been
forced in some degree out of its eeclu-
sion, but it has remained a national
entity. To-day it is regarded as the
prey Of European powers, and its par
tition among the eartn-hungry West
ern nations has already begun.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-05-05

wild bell in the night and turns men
pale with fervor. Why can we not
have a battle song of our own? Why
must we content ourselves with tep1d
messes borrowed from abroad, witt
dressed-up pious lamentations, with dis
NAL chants and dirges? We are young,
we are strong, we are full OF virility
and fire. Give us something that speaks
for our splendid, palpitating national
ity--something that jumps with our
free stride and passionate ambition!
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-05-05

ScrapiDg the lining Of a chimney to
get gold and silver is a form of mining
which the books do not recognize, but
it may be profitable under certain con-
ditions. The chimney of the Assay Of
flee in Wall street, New York, is near
ly two hundred feet high. A new lin
ing of fire brick has been put in it. The
old lining, over forty years old, yield
ed almost fifteen hundred dollars.
There were fifty-two ounces of gold
and eight hunG>d and sixty ounces of
silver in the scrapings. Smoke which
has a market value through deposits
of precious metal it makes ought to be
treated with great respect
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-05-05
Record OF a Russian Hospital.

Moscow has a hospital large enough.
to hold 1000 persons. 1t was founded
in 1764, and at present takes in children
at the rate of forty day. or about 49,
700 year There are twenty-six physi-
clans and about 900 nurses. During the
first century of ixs existence the hos
pitaI received and brought up no fewer
than 46S,5 $50 children. On his retreat
from Moscow in 1912 Napoleon gave.
special orders that this building should
be spared.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-05-05

A Boston girl who has been trying to
find out why her bicycle often runs into
objects she tries to avoid thinks she has
solved the problem at last. She says:
ut is hypnotic influence of concentrated
attention, rendering the movements in.
coordinate, so that the rider becomes
the victim of perverted redexes of pur
posGess effort and the abject subject OF
an optical delusion." And perhaps she
is right.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-05-05
State Items of Interest.

Fessenden, n. D.. has 300 inhabitants
and four newspapers.
J. P. Marcsh, pioneer business man
of Denison, Texas, dropped deau at his
place of business.
Senator Morrill, of Vermont celebrated
his ,SSth birthday anniversary in Wash
ingten few days ago.
Hugh Fraser, charged with murder
was acquitted at Bessemer, Ala. Fraser
was with Thomas Collins when j. L.
Howell was shot in the Bessemer prison
in December last.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-05-05

Discipline is the crucible OF RESPONSE
bility.
In forgiving a fault, we may inspire
virtue.
The man who stands for God is safe
to stand alone.
The gospel means not law over men,
but love in them
Temptation is the balance where
character is weighed.
Conscience makes towards of only
those who fail to obey it.
Emotional Christians, like jelly fish,
float with the tide.
To put works against faith is TO con-
trast the tree with its roots.
To define is to limit; a finished theol-
ogy would make God finite.
Love has emulation without strife,
unity without uniformity.
Ones faith shows less what he IS
than what he is trying to be.
Beware of prosperity; luxury was,
the death-knell of Romes vigOr.
knowledge and wisdom make a.
strong team when hitched together
Those who worship wealth, Will bow
in alteration before good clothes.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-05-05
The Romance O the Great Lakes.

In the st. Nicholas, w. S. Harwood
writes of "The Great Lakes" Mr..
Harwood says:
There is much of thrilling interest,
much of romance, much Of daring sur
runding the shores of these lakes. much
in a study of the early periods of their
history, for the historian or the novel
lst. A long time ago-so long it seems
white man, probably about the middle
Of the sixteenth century, saw these
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-05-05

1t is announced that thirty-one wom-
EN- have signified their willingness to
marry General Cassius NJ. Clay. Be-
fore these negotiations proceed further
the general ought to do q little busi-
ness in divorce court.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-05-05

The infelicity of ending a sentence
with proposition is pre-eminently
pardonable in this note addressed to u
collector of customs: Find ten dollars
which the writer defrauded the United
States Of" The English of sincere
penitence is above criticism.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-05-05

Why does not this great country have
a national air? Not something borrowed
or paraphrased from abroad, but an air
Of its own-original, characteristic, STIR
ring, full of life and motion. What we
want is something simple, bold, a
swing, dash, a clear, Shrill, pene-
trating clarion note that rings like q
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-05-05

The booksellers of Paris ordered 63,-
900 copies of Zola's Paris in advance
of publication. The subsequent eXpe-
riences of the great painter of the woes
of the poor and the injustice of the un-
thinking rich will not ultimately lessen
the number of his readers.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-05-05

We have no doubt that Laureate
Austin would accomplish much better
results if he would furnish the subjects
only and hire somebody else to furnish
the verse making.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-05-05

In Japan new OdUlHel ale Se'e az
young men who have imbibed much OF
the commercial spirit Of the age Ihey
are aggressive young fellows who are
committed to the developing of the ma
terial resources of the Empire. Prime
Minister Ito. who for the third time is
at the head of the Cabinet, is disposed
to give his young colleagues wide lafl-
tude in which to carry out their policy
of building up the industries OF the
country. Last year over i've hunufeu
miles of new railway We're constructed
i'm Japan, and this year it is proposed TO
build even a greater mileage. All TOLL,
there are two thousand miles OF rail-
way in Japan, and in order to make
them pay they must be fed with the
traffic that springs out of commercial
activity. These railways belong both
to the government and private corpora
tions, and connect the principal cities
of the Empire. In order to stimulate
manufactures. the new Cabinet de-
sides to negotiate a commercial treaty.
Germany has been selected as one or
the countries which will be invited to
enter such treaty. The Japanese AZ
que that Germany manufactures ma
chinery which they need, and con-
sumes the products which they manu-
facture. Therefore a commercial treaty
with Germany is looked upon as Il
desirable acquisition. This eagerness,
on the part of the Japs, to secure 4
commercial treaty, under which the
products Of the two countries thereto
may be advantageously exchanged,
ought to attract the attention of our
government Germany produces no
machinery that we do not produce and
she consumes no japanese products
that we do not consume. We can Sc
cure the trade of Japan if we go after
it on terms that will be acceptable
to the new Cabinet, but we cannot get
it if we remain inactive and silent while
Germany is pursuing the prize. We
ought to furnish the Japanese the
greater part of their railway iron, and
their rolling stock, but we furnish them
only small fraction of what they use.
We ought to furnish them the machin-
cry they use in their cotton and silk
mills, but we do not furnish any to
speak of. We ought to have market
there for our machinery, agricultural
implements, etc, but the foreigners oD
the other side of the Atlantic enjoy Il
monopoly Of what we ought to share
The Japanese like us. They are trying
/ to make their system of government
| analogous to ours, so far as it is possi-
BILE to make monarchy resemble a re-
public. In view of this we ought to
compete with Germany for the trade of
the japanese, and if necessary make
such concessions as would secure for
| us continuing market for our staples,
and the products of our mills and fac
tories, which now glut the channels of
home consumption. Japan wants to
trade with the outside world; why not
have her trade with this country?
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-05-05

A New York paper says that man in
that city has three wives living under
one roof. That fellow apparently re-
CARDS matrimony as a sort of three
ring circus.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-05-05

The Russian Emperor thinks Cuba q
very small plat to fight over. He breaks
off a chunk of the Chinese empire that
is larger than the suffering island
about once week and adds it to his
territory.