4 TERMS CASH $2 Per Annum. Fledged to Truth, to Liberty and Lav,.. . .No Favoxa Win Ua, and no Fear aball Awe. ESTABLISHED 1811. 1r VOL. 8. MILTON", 1ST. 0., THURSDAY, MAT 27, 1880. NO. 16. V . 'i -f - Entkbid at the Post-Office at Milton, N. C..-AS SECOSD-CliASS MaTL MATTER. c .- miiroiv.'iv.c. Way 97, Poltical Humor. The New York correspondent of ' Hale 8 Weekly" at Raleigh, himself a sturdy champion ot temperance, gets off the most gorgeous story -of the age as follows: Among the humors of politics is the pending contest in Indiana for th'e Radical nomination for Governor. Gen. Streight and Mr. Shackleford are the rival aspirants, and it is claim ed in tavor of Streight that" he dug his way out of Libbey prison during the war. The Shackelford papery thereupon say that "a rat could have done this as well, or better." And Shackelford, who drinks no liquor, refers to the sun-set glow on the end of Streight's nose and dubs him "Whisky Streight," whilst he says that any such tendency to red upon his own nose is derivable from sun burn upon the prairies and removable with Duttermilk and cold cream. This is all very good, but I bet upon the red nose. Scraps of History. Martin Van Buren is the only man who held the office of President, Min ister to England, Governor of his own State, and anember ot uotn nouses oi" Congress. Thomas H. Bnton is the only man who held a seat in the United States Senate for thirty con secutive years. The only instance ot father and son in the United States Senate at the same time is that oi Hon. Henry Dodge, Senator from Wiscon sin, and hi9 son, Hon. August on C. Dodge, Senator from Iowa. General James Shields is the only man who ever represented three States in the U. S. Senate ; at one time he was Senator from Illinois, subsequently from Minnesota, and then from Mis souri. John Quiney Adams held po sitions tinder the Government during everv administsation from that of Washington to that of Polk, during which he died. He had been Minister to England, member of both Houses of Congress, Secretary of State, and President of the Ucited States. He died February 23. 1848. while a mem ber of, the House et Representatives, with the exclamation on his lips "This is the last of earth!" The only man who, entering the Executive Depart ment at the lowest, clerk's salary, was promoted through all the grades to a Cabinet appointment by. the Presi dent and Senate, is Horatio King, ex Postm aster-Genera I. The onlv man who has been employed in the Senate chamber as a page and has attained the position of Senator ot the United States is Hon. A.P. Gorman of Mary land. About'one-half of the Republican delegates from the Southern States to the Repubiicau National Convention at Chicago, on the 2d of June, will be negro men. And very little South ern Rentiment or property will they represent. At a town out west, the other day, the Good Templars gave a pic-nic. to which none but members of the order were invited. During the day one of the sisters fainted,and loud calls were made for a restorative, when a dozen bottles of whiskey were preseuted to supply: the need. The bright red of this season's fash ions has reached Texas, where steers run wild, and fierce encounters be tween belles and bulls ensue. Mr.- Wi ET: Pattereon,who lives near Green flilfi &rry.is owner of a heifer 3 years oMrhicn , never had a calf, land gives fronr three to Jive gallons of milk daily. :'v 1 t - 3 If the Women Desert the Church ! New York San. Is the church losing its bold on the women? If so, it is in greater danger than it ever was in before. An observant English woman is sat isfied that there is no room for doubt as to the fact; that the peril is real and imminent. She asserts that among the most intelligent women in Eng land unbelief is spreading year by year, ani at a rapid rate. The edu cated countrywomen of Harriet Mar tiueau and Frances Power Cobb are not poring over the Bible and prayer book as their mothers and graudrno thers did. They are reading Darwin and Spencer, Huxley aud Tyndall. Is this true to any appreciable ex tent of the educated women ot the United States?" We.uow it was not true even so recently as Margaret Fuller's time. Unbelieving ur doubt ing women were as rare her9 then as white blackbirds. But since then there has been a notable increase in the uuiuber and improvement in the quality of girls' schools, well equip ped colleges for young women have sprung up; colleges heretofore sacred to the education of the young male of the human species have dpeLed their doors to his sisters: even con servative Harvard has somewhat tar dily and grudgingly shown a dispo sition to adjust itaelt to the changed conditions. The American girl of 23 who has "had advantages," to borrow a New Eglandism, is a very different young peisou trotn that other American girl whom her father courted, loving her alljhe better perhaps for her .simplici. ty, sweet ignorauce, aud undoubtiug piety. This modern girl has studied, more or less thoroughly, the higher mathematics and the natural scien ces ; she has lead or skimmed the books of the day; she has heard souae of the lecturers; ehe keeps the run ot the magazines; she has had her read ing club, possibly a social literary club us well; very likely she is writ lug a novel, or getting ready to do so by assiduous magnzine practice; she has her head full and her hands tull. Certainly the Church does not till the same place in her thoughts or m her life that it did in her mother's at her age. Still it remaius to be proved that she is ceasing to be1 a Christian and becoming an unbeliev er. If she is, the outlook for the Church is disquieting. Ever since -it was written, the preachers have been foud of quoting adverse setting forth that woman was "Last at His cross and earliest at His grave.'' From time immemorial the clergy and the women have been close allies. The dav that saw this alliance brok en would be a cloudy day for the for mer. What would they do tor hear ers? In very many ot the churches of this city, anywhere from two-thirds tc nine-tenths of the weekly congre gation are womeD. Moreover, of the comparatively small number of men who are habitual or casual church goers, how many, would have been in tu pews if they had not been attract ed, coaxed, or gently coerced thither by women? Yet it is not in looking down upon a dwiugling congregation that the preacher would feel most, acutely the withdrawal of that potent womanly influence which Goethe has sung in the last lines ot "Faust." It the moth ers turn uubelievers, what chance will there oe for the children? If the preachers are at a loss for a topic at their meetings next Sunday, let them take this one: "Is the higher education sapping the faith and chill ing the piety of women?" The Bishop of Long Island seems to be in a gloomy frame of mind this spring. In his sermon before the cler gy of the diocese yesterday, he said that a "mist of indifference ' has set in, the zeal of Christians has grown laint,, the paths that , lead down to hell are winked at, and there is even talk of taxing church property! A CHEERFUL VIEW of the SOUTH. How a Northern Minister was Im pressed. The Reverend Dr. W. F. Hatfield delivered a lecture in Washington Square M. E- Church, New York, Sunday evening, on Kis recent visit to the Sonh, and his impressions of the countiy and its people. He says that nowhere in his trav els has he ever met with suchjgenuine courtesy and hearty hospitality as that which characterized his recep tion in the South, and he advises heads of families and young men who cannot make a living North to go South and buy a farm, assuring them that, it they imud their own buaiuess, devote themselves to developing tire industry ot the country, refrain from boasting of - haviug thrashed the Southerners, aud from thrusting into undue prominence the unsavory truth that a negro is the equal of a white man, they will be made heartily wel come. The progress made in the education of the people, Mr. Hatheld said, was remarkable, and in Richmond, Va., the building set apart tor the colored children .is as fine as any schoolhouse in New York city. The South, to his personal knowledge, is doing all in its power to "lift up the colored man to the rank tt intelligent, useful and moral citizens, and he found the col ored people industrious, happy and contented, and not Btriviug lor high er wages or shorter hours Many of them own farms in Georgia and Vir ginia, work them with zeal, and are encouraged by theiroId masters. A Brave axfd Noble Act. Kanawha, W. Ya. Gazette. A few afternoons ago a party of girls and bo s were taking a skiff-ride in the river near the upper end of the city. They were out in the middle of the river, where the water is ten or twelve feet deep.wheu by some means i Miss Louise Gramm fell from the rear of the skiff into the river. Young Harry Smith, aged about thirteen years, the son of I N. Smith, Esq., was, seated in the front of the skiff, and when be saw that Miss Louise Irad fallen into the river he instautly pluhged into the water and swam to wards her and caught hold of her, The young lady is quite large for her years, being fourteen years old, and in her struggles she twice drew Har ry under the' water; but he never fal tered or released hishqld,but bravely kept his gragp upon the drowning girl, and held her up until a boat reached them, and thej were taken from -the water. It. was a noble act, characterized by a heroism and chiv alry, worthy ot a paladine. The child is father to the man," and well may his parents feel proudly grateful that they are blessed with such a sen . V A similar incident to the above it will.be recollected, occurred a few weeks agar near Raleigh in our State, but which was attended with more disastrous consequences two youth ful braves losing' their lives in the effort to rescue a young lady from drowning, and' should be a potent earning against imprndent ventures of the like sort . But however grand ly' people and poets may romance about the story of Helen and Lean der, the latter ot whom swam the Hellespont for his lady-love trie form er; however incomparably the great master-dramatist may have told the tale ot Autony and Cleopatra, the former of whom lost an empire for the sake .of the latter ! Point to these and a thousand similar illustrious ex amples of heroism, bequeathed rom former generations of greatness and glory, but the chivalrous exploits ot thee boy-heroes of our own time surpasses in regal grandeur all that ld-time chronicler's tell of daring venture in the days that are past, em blazed as they are with high historic names in the annals of fame. I Hornets Exhaust the Judiciary. Col, Creecy, of tbe Elizabeth City Economist, writing to his paper from Pat liquor House, Columbia. Tyrrel county, gives the following graphic sketch : While on the subject of the admin istration of justice in tbe Superior Courts it will be kindred to our sub ject to relate a recent fact that came to our knowledge, illustrating its ad ministration in the lower courts. Joshua B. Davenport, a J. P. and Chief Justice of lower Washington co , in the vicinity of Columbia, Sam. Spruiil, Jr., a young lawyer of Ply mouth, in the county ot Washington; Henry White, a citizen of Washing ton. Prosecutor, constable and by standers. These are the dramatis personam. Frank. Smith was arrested for an assaultupen Dempsy Meekins.agamst the peace and dignity of the State, and the like o' that. Sam. Spruiil, Jr. was employed as attorney for Smith, who was brought before Justice Dar venport for trial. The prosecutor and defendant being both prominent citi zens, the case ot St. vs. Smith attract ed much attention, and on the day of trial a large" crowd was present at the house of tbe Chief Justice. It was soon found that the judicial accom modations of Justice Davenport's house were not large enough for the audience, and therefore for tbe con venience of the public he adjourned the court to the apple orchard near by. A goods box furnished a provis ional. rosViim,, upon which .the .Ch. Justice seated himself under a large apple free, and proceeded to discharge his judicial functions. Witnesses call ed, examioed,te8tified,and the defend ant's counsel proceeded with his argument. Among the crowd of at teudants was one Henry White whose feelings leaned against the defendant, and when Mr. Spruiil would make a good point for his client, White would interject a brief reply in these words: 4hic d n lie." (Prohibition does not embrace Washington couuty. j .These interruptions were so often repeated in the same words, that bro. Spruiil claimed the protection of the Court, aud the Ch. Justice ordered the con stable to remove White trom the ima ginary Court room. White retired, but it was not long before he slyly came up to the back part of the seat of justice with a plugged hornet's neat under his coat. Watching his chance he pulled out tbe plug, drop ped the hornet's nest and skeedadled, with a hornet after him. Pretty soon one struck the constable on the side ot his nose, bip, and he unceremoni ously fled the preciucts ot the court. The attorney followed the nonstable, leaving his argument halt finished, and with a flock of hornets at his heels. The Judge left tbe goods box, in a style more rapid than dignified, the audience left without minding the order of their going, as Shakes peare says, and Heury White, con cealed in a bush near by, enjoyed to its full the luxury of revenge. The spectacle of an ex-Confederate member from Mississippi rising in the House to propose legislation plac ing the heirs of colored Union sol diers on an equal footing, as regards pensions, wit a the heirs of white Union soldiers, is not the least inter esting sign ot the present times. Win8t6n Sentinel:" A number of distillers in -this district propose to continue operations during the sum mer in the-Tninnitac and rye whiskey. Owing t a failure in a greater part of the fruit crop, a good price for grain may be expected. Distressing Occsrskcb. - On Tues day, the 4th iiist., during a thunder storm, a cabin near Catawba, in this county, was st ruck. by lightning, and the building.' its contents, and three littlanegro children were bnrned up before help arrived. Halifax Becora. Two Brave Boys. A correspondent of the Durham Recorder, writing from Cedar Grove, N.C., gives the following interesting account. He says: Two young brothers who at the close et "our late unpleasantness," af ter having given four years of their young lives to the "Lost Cause' re turned to the bumble abode of their, mother in Cedar Grove Township. She was a poor woman, had neither house, land nor money ,and could ren der her dear boys no aid save to give them good counsel and a mother's kind wishes. With no thought of a living with out work, and with the determination to make an honest living, these brave boys shouldered an axe each and with no capital but will and muscle (and of the latter their stock was limited;) they set up for themselves as wood- choppers on the N. C. R. R. where lor twelve mouths by dint ot hard licks, perseverance and strict economy they saved enough to buy them a horse. A change ot business was now made from wood chorpinfr to farming. With no abatement ot zeal or energy they worked and toiled cheerily on as tenants until thev . thought it best to own land of their own. Col. James I. Allen, a .man who always stands ready to help the man whom he sees trying to help himself, sold thera a tract of land on easy, terms. for twenty-three hundred dol lars. Tn three years they had paid the last dollar of principal and inter est, and to-day they are in their own right, owners of about four )iun3red . acres' of fine tobacco lands, two teams of A No. 1 mules, stock of all kinds, two neat and comfortable dwellings, a crop of tobacco on hand worth fif teen hundred dollars, owing no man anything but good will, and what is best ot all, havihgthe respect, confi dence and esteem of their neighbors and acquaintances. as honest, sober, industrious, high-toned and honora- ble young men. y Thus have these two brothers.Felix and Billy Witeon, under adverse cir- ' cu instances, unaided by any one save a kind providence risenfby their oum exertions from poverty to competen cy if not affluence. Such young men are an honor to any people, and .we are proud that . Cedar Grove can boast of such within its limits and point to them as a bright example for our ypuug men to imi tate. Their .success enturees the truth that great achievements are within the reach of whoever will pay their price. , - Don't "go West youn man," but remain at home ; stick to youi busi ness like these yeung'heroesand you will find a real Eldorado lere in the "OJd North State." Advice as tu Kissing. Burlington'Hawkeye. No, Ethel, no; we don't suppose ''clerical kiss ing' is any wors than the other kind. The worst thing about it seems to bo ' that it is more readily anfl certainly found out aud people make a greater fuss about it, Kiss your pastor if you wish and he wishes it, but Etbel.dear, remember this, although you kiis him never so darkly, in the hall, be hind the door, down in the cellar in. tbe dark, down in a coal mine even, it will be in the papers next morning, though never a word will be said about those two times yon kissed your cousin Tom on the front veranda at noon while the procession was go- ing by. MHeaesMBaeaeaBaeieieieHeHBe Dr. Peck, of Illinois, has amputated the l?gs of a young girl on account ot decay iu the bones, produced by. excessive rope jumping. He advises parents'anct teachers , to prohibit this, play, under all circumstances. " -, , , , , . . ; " '.' , ; " " On Sunday evening, at the Jewish, cemetery ,a few miles from Louisyille Ky., Dr. Gabriel Kayser shot himself, 4 through the heart at the foot of th gravd of his -wife, who died about six weexs ago. , 4 -7 1 -t '.V tr if-- i- 4 ' - ' v . ... -i -9V , .-. A

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