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Order if liegistered letter at our
Risk. I " U ;
THK ADVANCE (JLEANINdS.
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New JU-i in- is to have telephones.
Wisconsin claims a
allljS, ; J
Clnirlnlje is to have
baby with six
a milk and
: '!
hill it r store.
Tai ibver navigation is Iteing im-
j. in vet I. - '
Ifi.OOO labon.rs'at Pittsburg, I'a-,
me on the eve of a strike.
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The Midland Railroad is within
deveh iiiilc.s-nf Smithtield. "
,lolm on county court house is
l.eiii remodeled and improved.
A" i well in Warren county;
ii I'fs 1,000 barrels a day. "
Tin- li've town of Tombstone, Ari
zona, i as dcst roved lv lire last
u cek. i . ' . .-
Mr. J, at ham, editor Xen herninn
defends Col. Win.,1 "".Johnson's"
. course .--:'.'.'. - '
The Normal School at Elizabeth
City liegins .July -hd and continues
tive weeks. ' : -
On. (larabaldi, ii disi Ktgi.ished
Italian soldier and a great lover. of
lilierfy is' dead.
(has.!;, .lones editor Charlotte
( tlixt i iu r is spoken of as Congress
man in his dit liet.
Foil v t wo circuses are on . the
road, i 'Thirty live' of them are the
Widest in tin' world.
i i'
Thirty t hree Mormou missionaries
have been sent out fioin Utah to
convert" the world., ;
A Would lie.poet writes, tlIs there
any lieil rule for Writing ioctry?"
To lie sure there is. Don't. .
'I iitf v talk of-running 'Hancock
liii Coventor of - lVnnsx Tvania.
Stranger tilings have .happened.-
The new Mayor of Raleigh has
deterjiiijied to put "a stop to the
Sunday liipior tratlii in thai city.
Mr; .I. .M. Freeman, aged SO
years, Norfolk, is dead. " lie was
tor itjauy years in the jewelry business.-,
. '
The Wtilch Tourer, the. organ of
flic jl tiseiple ! church,' has . been
luitvtfd Iroin New hcrne litWash
ington. "
The Siumy I loin f states that Dr.
.Closs is quite sick. We greatly
leai-jhis lieallh will never lie fully
lestored., .- -
A.. I. .Ic.liiue A. M. has been
elected Principal, of the I'aleiglr
(railed School .' rirr Dujjger re
moved. ' ' ,
Cocoa nut "urowiii"- is lieeo'minir
. , t - - ,
:iii important industrv in Fonda, i
., j " ,. i ;. " ,
1 .1 S,w" i'i I ui iiwii, illlil ii I fill -
jse to lea soiirceol weallh.,
lit Chili't here is ii tree that yields
o.qj. '.. Yes, and the people
iliere are "not . more cleanly than
herej where they have to buy it. :
,Iudge- Lynch has. presided at'
al.iit fifty haugiugs North and
Soiijh, a majority 1 of them in (he
North, since the lii-st of lamiary. ;
't he Washington - .correspondent'
of tlic Charlotte Olisrnrr says that
tien. VY. l. Cox i riSaling th
taiiious Sun.-et Cox in humor and
wit.; ; : ;
The Uo-ky .Mi unit Iteyorter states
t hat a grand musical eiitert aiituient
and dinner will be given at the
fairgriiiindsat that nlace .lune 20th
by the L'ocky Mount I'.aiid.
'Hie world does iidvance. What
'woijld Adam and I've havedonein
such weather as we had all last
weijlcf Fig', leaves won't answer
wlic'fn rheumatism is around.
lj is said that" Itu-rison, tin lioy
preiichcr converted o,(KI0 jteojtle in
tliM'teen weeks in Cincinnati, which i
shows that Porkopolis is an invit
ing; field for missionaries.
i -"--.
A LiveriMHtl lady has given 2(M),.f
oo ui estaniish a home for incur- r
ables. If that covers incurable
; idiots, and is open to the world, this
.country will he well repi-esetiteil. K
. M r. W. I'. Askew, from whom we
purchase our pajw-r has, we learn
from tlu'AVwOtemv purchased 1
i I. a t- -.1 ,i
' ui-j.-iii ire i ii i ei est Mil I lie r ails ot
Neuse Manutacturiii" Company ''-
4, ''
tne lr,iMt,c Guide is the
naihe o a new paMr published in
the! interest ..r ii. . if : i -
( in. nut lest oi theatrical companies
, .1. ' . ,. -
' Ml- ' ilhs, pMh
pi iei.tr oi .uamona O-t a House, in
W'pson. T
1 . . '
-? i.eorg,a toml debating duU
ic. nl l.y discussed the question
viu h had the worst etl'eel iiMin
the; .country, whiskev or woinen'
It Resulted, in a. verdict against
whliskev. 1 i
fir.
Iliiliam.of Scotland Neck
suggested -as a suitable successor to
. - --
lr l'ritehard as Fjesidewt of" Wake
I'oiest College- l ie is alrood man
ali.! we should Ite 1ad to see him in
the place. '
In his speech on Memorial l)a
7 ----
at It.aleiyh,- Judge Seymour si Kike
in lavoi-of the measure pntptKsed in
Ciijigress appropriatiiig money b.v
t htj I Vdeial government for the aid
of public NtJiOols. c
f.'utherfor.LCollege gave Uevs L.
L. HemJivn, and James Atkins, ;ir.,
oftliis State the degree of 1). 1).
As Mr. Kingslmn has not objected
w1 suppose tl(i'f -degrees were
worthily bestowed. .
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Oxford is to have a .bank. With
three of the lnst newHpaer8 in the
State, two of the lest schools and
the Orphan Asylum, and now a
lsuik it will 1m' noon pnttinj; on airs
and (ailing itself a city.
New lJerne covets all the otlicas
qnd eiiiolmnents pertaining thereto.
It asks the' democratic party to
nominate ITeiirv IJ.Uryaii for Judge
of the 2nd district, and C. C. Clark
lor ()HgreKsman-at-large,
The 'Star makes a very Imndsome
Khowiiig of New- . Hanover - finances
-under Democratic administration.
In 1H77 county scrip was In'gging
at ,40 cents on the dollar, and the
bonded debt was nearly a,(KHl.
To-day county orders command
cash at par, and the I Minded debt is
only'-flOou. .
II. F. (Irainger, cf Wayne,-ami
W. F. (Ireene, of Franklin,' are
named as suitable candidates for
C'ongrtjssnien at large. They are
ImiIIi gowl and true inen who are
woitl'V of any honor that could be.
lx'stowed njion them.. The AO
VAXCK would take great pleasure in
supporting either of them.
New York has another hero to
boast of a simple tireman named
Frank Leonard, who saved three
women from a terrible death at, the
imminent, peril of bis ow n life, on a
rotten ladder, such as the rotten
eorMiration of thaLeity furnishes
js tire men.. ClivV honor to this
molest hero, crown him with civic
laurels. Such deeds as his are" im
perishable, i
Ve have never heard of so many
fatal accidents as have (M-cnrred in
the last few weeks. Only :i few
days ago a twelve year old son ot
Wjlliaiu Slate, residing near Quaker
(lap, Stokes county, w hile at work
with his tat lie r in a saw tuill, stum
bled and fell ufionthe saw AVhile in
motion. The unfortunate boy was"
literally ripped in two at his father's
feet. - ; . . . . '.
An editoriidin a recent issue of
I lie .New l ork liwx stares rnar a
numlK-r of New York capitalists
luive acquired possession of the val
liable cojijK-r mining interests at j
Hiawassa, near Duektown, Chero-
kee county. The proiH'rty- vwnbra- f.
ces about .'!,00 acres. . There is a j
lM'aI railroad-and alsiut 120 houses;
for ojieiii fives and smelting j oiks :
on the land. . , i : ; i
This is the (season of coiiiinence-
nient
a.
"sweef girl graduates," and
promising young men who rival
Cicero and Demosthenes. There is
not so happy or gladsome a time in
all the vear, ai
'
.ing to give up
ill the fear, and we are always will
space to the pro-!
our
m-iinn.es1. Such M-casions are soon i
without eniovment to the voun-. i
and we would he. the hist to envy
them the happiness an occ
this kind brings to them, (
asii't.ii of
We arc gratified and surprised at
the following paragraph, which we
clip from an exchange: North Caro
lina has over: lifty cotton -factories,
with a capital of -SL',77.",00, pro-
ducing.f. 1,000,000. tieingia, nasiiiy
christened the "KiupireStafeol the,
South,".has forty-four cotton null
with a capital of -SI, 000,000, pro-
diicini; st;.MMM00. These two
States are ahead of their Sout hern
sisters in the manufacture of cotton
roods, . .
Messrs. Dttrtch, Manning and :
Henderson are understood to give
information that their work as
Couiinissionerst ,, cslify the laws of 1
V... I1. t i.ii-.ilin.i i.i.iw tv-ill lit vesiilv .
to lav I m-fore the Leirislat lire at
..I...,, v... ..... ;. ,
llSj'
next resmhir . sessiiai. This is a ,
w ork of time and labor, na may be
eoneeiveil ot llV T.IlOSe WUO lia e II1MU
,,XHriene' in' the endless amend-'
meftts to and chaii&res in Hattle's
llevisiiL the code now in itse; and
which till the statuary work of the
Ljtast six sessions of the Legislature.
The ADACAXCK has all along held
that places in public life should be !
given to young 'men. 1 he Jirrtetc
voices our sentiments w hen it says:
The increased amount of Young
America in'olitics this year is a
most euconragiug circumstance. It
is hiffh time that there' was an infu-
sion of new Wood, new ideas, ami a
: a . . 1 : . : 'l-.... i....-;...
new spu n lino huh u s. x ur n.11 .-
! d foasila have, held the field -t(Mt
long already. The country is tin-d
j of lH,litit.al jH-trilactjioiis.
' The tide ol immigration to tins
1 t . ,1 . i
country is now so great that the
; qiM'stioti that will shortly make it-
i self prominent is how sliall we
check it? Head this and reflect:
Tu-uiifv Ii. m.i i, .1 mi a. Inif,il ih.iI -mil
ZM at
' ('.tle Garden New York last week,
lite largest niimltcr ever landed ; at
tliat nlace excent last week. Since
i lanuary 1st two hundred ami .fifteen,
i thonsand nine hundred and seventy-
eight have landed, forty-five
' t 111 HIS.
isi...,,i I.-.., "t .....i i.:,t . ci.,-.u,
(..... .me..- itiiiiiii n 1 dun . 11 . 1 , . in . .
j mort
than were lauded for the same
lieriod last year. j
The Jennie Vainer murlei- trial
is drawing' rapidly to a dost;, amF
the irenarnl oninion now is that none :
i-i.., 1 .1 -"m...
n t iir iai 1 ic.s -a 11 in con a ico. 1 iii-
p-osccution Jias exhausted every
phase of circumstantial coiijecfiireri
and doses its case with its aims de -
feated. ) The iM-eused jnay have
poisoned the Hor girl, but the prt1 t
sumption is not strong, while the -doubts
are many, and the general
belief is settling tlow n to the theory
of suicide through shameat her fall, '
which was probably the result -of
her ow n indiscreet feature.
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WASHINGTON NEWS.
Ciiiiteau will swing in just 21
(lavs .Tune 30tl .
TJie decrease
inpublicdebt lor-
Jklay was 19,.T7l441.10.
Senator Hill
is letter but his
condition is Rtilljrery critical.
Mackey, (republican) contestant
for Dilvble's (deiUocrat) seat in the
House lias lieen Seated. ' -
President Arthur was in New
York on Decoration dav. He was
with Grant
the time.
the
greater ortioii of
The. taking o
f evilence in the
Christiaucy divoj-ce case is slowly
jirogressing, and startling develop-1
menta mav le exiiected.
. ?
Twenty -one days after date, we,
the American
pay Charles ,1
eople, iromise To
Ciiiiteaii what we
owehim, with lawful interest
We ; siijipose
exeiteuieiit in .
that thei-e is great
Washingtoii City.
The Democratic
Congressmen are
said to le. very indignant at the
course of the Speaker. .
The ruling olj Speaker Keifer
was not only without precedent,
but it was a most arbitrary
usurpation of individual power
in insolent defiance of law.
Phil. Tivies, ! nil.
Having succeeded in count ing'out
two Democrats'
are now engaged
Democrat,. from 1
the Republicans
in ousting Finley,
loridaaud seating
Bisliee. Why jiot.
make a lumping
business of it, tur
ling out all south-
em Democrats?
Secretary Folgiir has issued an
ordv-r prohibiting
smoking in
the i
treasiiry buildings, at Washington,
at the' request of the lady employees
who ctMildn'
I't stahd
the clouds of
smoke that the
male employes
were con st a n t ly n i a k i ng.
It ha.s been suggested that ()c
toler12th should lie'observed as a
legal holiday in . hiuoi of Christo-
rphcr Columbus. The next thing we
hear ol some tellow will lie jirojMis-
ing that we change the name of the
continent and call
Columbia. '.. This
changes.'
- . .'"-.
it Columbus '. or
is an age of
A Startled
Husband.
A-Broad-street merchant's wife
yesterday gave him the - following
letter,! with instructions' that it
shouitt not oe openeii until tie got
to his place of business: "I am
forced to tell you something that I
know Will trouble you, but it is my
duty to do so. I am (leteruSined
ahull know it, let the result be what
ir "' 1 ,,iive Kn ,w ,or weeK
T,'at the trial was tain ing; but kept
it to., myself until to-day, when it
has reached a crisis, and I cannot
i '
keep it any longer. You must , not
censure tist harshly, for you must
reap the ltenetits aS well as " in y self.
I do: hope it won't I'lush von. The
flour is all out. J 'lease send me
some .this - afternoon. I' thouijht
that by. t his method you, would not
u "
)Uthvith
The husband .telphoned
for a barrel tf the (test
lloitij in the niarkef
to be sent to his
1(m,e intanter
1
Are They 'Without Shame ?
. . . I.
It 'is strange
whai
a fascination
.... .-ti.s..., : ti. ., 0f., Ilinrii6P
M.ia jlS,s frtr the fem'ale sex. In the
(;;.,. t i-i d at Walhiinrton womeit
i J(e
' (
and constant
......-.... ,i... -i:
V illi ii.ii. me ili.-ii.tl,i:u
says that the little
court room in
New Haven presents a like appear
ance,' '-It is difficult to understand
how a woman with any decent re-
' 'si, iisoerai canons oi
modesty can consent to be a list ner
this trial If the only theory niton
w hich the Malleys re lK'ing tried
is supiHirted by evidence, the murder
w as a 'revolting and
atrocious one,
That theory is that
after Jennie
Cramer had lteen torciably ruined
die demanded th reparation of
inai ria''e. To avoid
his.and ut her
- of revealing
1evoIMi tilk, .Htssibilif'y of revealin
. 11 t
their bjisehess they resolved to kill
her. The evidence so far adduceil
is very damaging,
as the medical
examination of the
that the story of
ImmIv
iolent
showed
outrage
was only tto well foiinded afld that
titer w as little or mi foundation for
any theory of drowiilng. Women
-t eompla.vntly i, the presence
ofmeii and listened to the testinio-
. ny develoelsiipKti-tjiiigthistheiry,
. and, it is said, had the effect of
tnharrass.iiig the pnisecution in its
presenting of the facts. They were
without shame-. ( hmuio Hi-nild.
Disappointed Entirely.
. 1
Mr. W. F. Hetherington, editoT
of the SW?Z,-infjormed one of
our representatives! that he tried
St. Jacobs Oil for jrheumatism,
and found it all, that could be
asked. The remedy caused the
pain to entirely disappear,
Emporia A ai.)i eiOft.
t the meeting M the (fiMiitl
Chapter which met at Wilmington
last week James Sjouthgate, .of
nmliaiii. was elected; (Jrand Miirh'
Pries'. Mr. II. F. Bright reitivsented
' Wilson Chapter ami w'as a member
,,1 the Ctunmittee 011 l-'iiiance.
' LET ALL THE ENDS
WILSON,
"The Work to be Done."
KXTUACTS FK(M lldN. W,
M.
Hohhixs Okatiox at- Chapel ,'tion manufacturing skill and im
'II ILL - COMMEXCRMKMT LAST i,w,VMl asri iciilture. We were eon-
Week as Reported by the
NKWs Ouservkk.
''The questhm pmsented itself to
every young man on his entrance
into active life, what am I to dot
I Khali endeavor to point out what ,
I lielieve to lie the sjHH-ial task for I
the Southern young man of to-da.V.
The dictum of the Italiau astrom
jner, that the "world does , not ;
i
move" is true in more senses than j
he meant it. It moves s.Kially, j
loIitically, materially, iutellertnally i
and morally, and this movement is
progress when rightly viewed. 4ieiltai effects .
When viewed awry, thse move-, Thi ,Vsence of 4,000,000 s.ini
lnents may seem irregular and ol- j",, seiyile jieople, was an
strueted; l.ut he w ho sees liwn the nmmH ,M onr energies, p a n
grand centre of truth and pliilos!.- u.zus to the si.irit of enliirhtened
phy knows well that "w hatever ifj,
is right.'.' Theories become obso
lete, natrons perish, but over their
ashes hunianity marches onward to luit Iliaster aud they were content,
universal lilierty and happiness, They were indifferent to the man
when the forces of niaterial nature, j ner of their work. " iuch lieing
leing all subjected to our service, j the great mass of lalsaers, it w as
and the good in nian himself all de
veloiwd, the earth shall - Ite over-
spread with the radiance of light
i divine and enjoy the felicity of tin
broken concord
Faith in these truths is a great
consolation to those who have felt
the shocks of the last twenty years!
To us the world has moved. ' We
are not what we were. The linger
board of destiny and duty is chang
ed. We are to strike out on a career
that only tire-tipied eople are tit;
ted for. j Our civilization is to lie
renovated. The problem is difficult
to a less grand race. For it, is not
extravagant to say that a r ice has
never excelled our Southern jieople
in the graces of lim'uhood. In every
sphere they have matched the
world's liest men. I need not tell
i
you of your powers. And you
know too the future of those men
who stood by the leaders.; And the
wtiiieii, (lod 1 (less them, well . may
j we proudly place them in the ranks
j of the ndiflest types of womanhiHsl
in anv age. I.eciirrciice to these
j things strengthens the faith in our-
; selves, ami shows our possibilities
when placed uion our mettle. The
i ordeal would have crushed a ik-o-
pie less vigorous'. We have been
defeated ; totally, overwhelmingly.
Hut this sliall serve only to work
us up. War has played an important
part in the advancement, of nian-j
kind
It easts off the. effete, and
lashes tin-; iteoiile to new ener
, i
gy, developing alike their genius
and resources. To w hich class shall
we got The past fifteen : years an-
swers, exhibiting a fortitude that
defies calamity, and an elastic spirit
'Which reltounds under all evil for
tune. The world concedes that we
..... .... fa"--.""..-
Hut we rarely become aroused .and -,
...in .In imnir tlnniAi u-liuli tiritiwiwl
in eainesi. r. n.n. .....
without great men renowned lead- 4
ers and exemitlars, but as a peophVi
we were never awake, ror once,
we showed our m:ijestic power, ami
then it was futile liee.iuse it was not
based utoii a foundation ol broad
antf solid development. With our
capabilities' projKriy develoited, we
could have -won, despite the worUl.
Our ante Mluin civilization had
many excellencies, characteristic
alone 'of the Stiutheni jM-ople, and
may we never lose them. Onr high
sense of personal honor and integ
rity, a lofty self-respect that. Would
not stoop to a degrading act a
kuightlv courage ami love tit trut.i
which scorned a lie. Chivalry can
not lioast of better iikmIcIs .of stain
less, dauntless inanhtMsl, or fairer,
purei, Itetter tytes of womanhood.
Gtsl forbid that in going forth to
the new career we should ever for-
1
get.tbem. The men anil women,
like opiMtsite jioles, seem to iiithi-
enceeach other, the gentle woman,
the I told lordly spirited man. No
man can give a picture of the
hearty, profuse, elegant ''hospitality
ami many teculiarititM tliat make
Southern s.tciety unique. Some
grand jtoet should be liere to tell
you of those grand old days, when.
all w ere weltttinetl tt the iKiunti'tius
ltttard. Ihittlesjtite all these, our
civilization was totally deficient of
many of the tpialities retpuretl in
this utilitarian age This age of
progress, scientific discovery, useful
invention ami diversified industry.
Wewere tott provincial. Our te -
culiar institution, long altolislusl lty
Christian nations, cut us off from
the sympathy of the world. We
shared not in the world's stx-ial ami
intellecfual commerce, its philoso
phical and scientific iliscussiousaml
iirvestigatituis its broader thought
ami higher literature. , We were
left, to. ourselves. And each indi
vidual was left to himself. There
were few centres of intelligence and
culture. Onr intellects were res
iM'ctive'not ltrtaluctive. We can
1 -. . .
boast of nt Aga.ssiz or Arago, no
Faraday 1 trl)ar win, no Froude r
Macanlay. 1 ftrbear to continue.
We were totally behind primitive,
jtrttvint'ial, undeveloied. The tiehls
were.' teeming w ith fruit, but no
hiisluiiitbueii. A few pleasant pi
pers on the reed, but lio hand to
sweep the grain Orphean chords,
P
4
THOU AIM'ST AT, BE THT COUNTRY'S.jTHY GOD'S, AND TRUTH'S."
, FIUDAY JIXK
iliemldowu the listening: trees, and
wake the dead. We were sdike Ik-
uiuii uie e in meruaiiieai m en- a
tent to supply theraw material. We
did no fiuisheil woik. We made ;
not the common uten-iils of life.
j Wt weJe conteut to applaud the '
;gre.lt inventions of' ot Iter jeople. i
We .ore onr ollr i;HI,is, and allowed I
the rtrean to flow on uneiicuni-
iH,mi iV macliinei v
A inilitarv
lllople bv iliSfIM we had actually !
to miT armv disiMissessing
,.-w0 tu,it ,,,i
" hum mjv
uavieSt seHIH)ast ami no commerce,
w,,at waj, tIie cause of all this
iiail,iv.. it was oiirvsteni of hilMr.
and its attendant results ami
MCI-1
industrial progress. They were re-1
gardless of their future;! they had
110 a)ubitioiu no asnicatious, nothin
impossible for the eojle ; to ad
vance agi:iculturallv. Thus we were
j dragged down. It was Our inisfor-
tune, not our fault. Good may be
the result, It was a blessing to the
negro while a hinderance to us.
From a brutish savage, he has le
come a respectable, Christian man.
Had it not been for slavery, loug
ago he would have followed in the
track of the Indian. Slavery w as
both a shelter and a scholtl to him.
Iet me say to those who inalign and
mock at us on account of our slow
progress, that it we have no great
1 " ' I
cities, no magnificent lactones, no
proud navies, that we di have f.o
i . . 1
snow as one outcome oi oun
system what no other lieople can
- . , i.
show a race ol immoral sa ages
until fitted for freedom, and more
than that, until "the :piwers that
lie" have deemed... them livorthy to;
1k made citizens ami surlj gans, yea
law -makers and high llicials of;
this most enlightened minion of the
world. !
'..). r
Again our system engendered a
j fast, sentiment concerning the di
nity of lalsir. It belongs to you,
young men, to eradicate
that has so paralyzed.' us.
men of worth and merit c
this- idea
All ' our
tine fj-oni
the homes that taught thf ir sons to
! ujg itll,i
; sj,.01,,ii
delve, "to siitt'eiVand Is
Another hinderance was
j tlu, ,;U.k f general edii(ati'ofi, the'
givat doniaius of the plairters remL :,
eringu.iiiipossii.ieioriu.tiic scuoo.s,
to thrive. It is lor you, younggeii
tleuK'U, to promote the gieneral ed
ucatiou, and vou must ' hot delaW
(iemsaud iirecioiis stones are bein
f.l.-l iM'.'U. ...I 1.1 . l.fi
mines and polisheif
jewels of Wis allyj ;
digged from onr
to out shine the
t .mil I II . I. . t. :l ,1
vi.eii snail we oegni to j.enu rue,;
(rii.eless wol.tl, of those intellectual ;
dnniioiids w hich we
are leaving
neglected, uniKtlishetl and ' iinst j
()nr yom,jj . ;n-e ami ljavc
iK-ein
i ' !
; r(M1 ' ..m,iv.js onal
It, istnie that oiti'
j pi-ofessional men' have dime nobly
f. . 0,. e,.( joll mt the masses w ere
! ot ed,ieated, th restsir. es were
, not ,i(.Velo;ted, and when" we came
J to the st,-jr..ie for the in'.istery, we
j wet ,l0wu, for "Heaven helps theni
who help theinselves." The argu
ineuts. of lawyers, the prayers of
jtriests, the genius of Matesmeii
could not avail us then. tread, !
miiiiitions ami ship-i jwere ihe:
essentials, and we had them not
In vain the dauntless boys bared
their Istsoms, J'nr it was but to die.
A few remain to cry .aloud to usi
to awake, arise and shake ot!' our
lethargy, l'ull tlown
throw away your false
your nios,
. . 1
pride and'!'
develop the resoureei ot your
cotintiy. Such, young gentlemen,
is the picture. I have entleavored
to shttw yttu our errors, f that you
may profit thereby. Learn to work.:
Don't all rush tit the proi'esuoin
yet I warn you that along their
shores there lie ni:in.y i stranded'
bark. and wrecked life. Vou; have
a special mission in life.and if y.ni
tlo not terform it the world is worse
by it. Work is the tnle path of
honor. The broad field of high
literature, the noble profession of
J journalism bids you enter. We :
j need more ni.uiufjcturers, skilled
i mechanics, scientific farmers.-j!
i machinist r, financiers, engineers.!
j great merchants, writers, joiirn j
j alists ami etlucators.' To these,:1
young gt-iitlein-.ui, I would urge you
j If Vou would lie great. , "do nolilt
! ami jrieat tleetls. I want ou to j
lie great, and can gireyoit uoadvict
than to walk the path of duty.
Away from public g;ie,' in . soinej
bswk lalstratory or w 01 kshoi 011 w ill!
find the men who move the world.
Iet, then, your motto for1ife 'e
that of the giAiC bliiitr'King ttf
lioheniia leh.tUeii,'-Tgo forth to
Ik servants .of your country's
glory, -
I have given advice to the meif.
There is no need that 1 'admonish
the latlies. They are all good and
noble. Their past give ample as
suraiice that they w ill act well their
jKirt. ' While 1 have spoken exclu.
sivelyofthe Stint h,tbtuotimderst ami
me to encourage sectionalism.
Far from me Ite sueh. I wttuld
inspire in "yon the broadest sent
iment of Americanism. 1 exhort
Advance
IK
lyon t ivmemWr that we are and
ijever shall lie part ami parcel of the
American I nion. rseek no see-
tional glory. Heveiv the old I flag.
Forget the banner of the "Southern
I CnsV now furhnl Ibrever in the
urns of its heroic delenders. i
Young gentlemen, 1 am done.
The work -is imiierfectly completed,
If I have given you one new thought,
or in any degree fanned iniyour
..lnisoins the flames of a mlleaiid
worthy ambition, I am well repaid.
I wish you longliV,great
and sucess. M-voii s
hspjiiiiess,
so impress
Lvor.rself mion vcair aire, that when
, - "o - - " - -
b our work is fhiislied the universal
vdirt shalllH' - j
I "T1m elements
iiiiacu in nun in.ti iiauiie uiini
i stand up
"And say to all the world.
This was a man."
Something Concerning Alligators.
A few nights ago a Dooly county,
!. (a farmer, w hose place is on tile
rivei"4 was walking around (near
his stock : yard when he heard a
sijuealing among his hogs. He
looked over t lie fence to learn the
cause w hen lie found a large alliga
tor had a dead hog, which it, had
killed, and was trying to make its
way to Hie river. He ran to the
house lor his gun ami called to
several of his hands to go with, him
to kill the alligator. . On arriving at
the lot the hogs had disappeared
and so had the water nion.sterr
They followed to the river bank,
and, .instead of alligator tracks, dis
covered t hose of -two jiersons who
had Hie skin of an alligator and
had used it to accomplish the pur
pose of stealing hogs ami making
the owner, if he, should , diseover
l4, -t '
thoin, U'lieve it was an alligator,
Tm. .jnff o-lMat .Jown therivei
iVer
j - could 1m'' distinctly heard, 'but there
t '. : J
as iionini io iinnur m, s me
the matter was dropMl until a- liet-
ter ipportunity was oflered lor
icitchingHp with the perpetrators.
. Vennor's Latest Weather Bulletin.
. i
The genei-al outlook for the weath
er of tin' slimmer season in, South
'ern aiuj Southwestern -sections" is
; improving, owing to t he continuance
iofveiy windy weather in Northern
aiuL Western sections of Canada
and the I'uited States. Hut a win
dy spring makes a severe autumn ;
therefore the out look for the autumn
of l.SiSi" is increasing severity, j My
theory of "weather relationships"
: js working just ; now : in a telliug
i manner' all over the" Northern Ilem-
. tiiliifi, .mil I l..il iniieli i-rii,.tt4r
ruIindence'i,i itrediHing tl. em -riods
of (h,,- ,,,. -iark,Mi disturbances.
iIt.ll(.,, I herewith reiterate my1 pre
v ion's statements respecting "a Very
cold and stormy autumn" and arly
setting in of a -severe winter, . w ith
heavy snowfalls, this reaching to re
mole soiit herly points. Ye are like
ly to experience one of the coldest
li(M,s hl ., 1(M-,jjterni of Aearsdiir-
- , , , J.!iH t 1 1. i ,i of
1SX:-VU but the cold will come in a
binip. and file latter half of the win
i'er is IFkclv t-o be .'mild and Oiten,
witli an adviinced spring.'
Inspired on The Spot.
IMtKAfH-K.U AXI) HIS
. KN I KK.
I'UCKKT-
The Rev. Mr. lVgram a Methotl
ist. preacher ttf Winston, w ho! has
patented an ingenious car couple
foiiceived the itle 1 by reatling a
newspaper account of the n u miter
of railroai.l aeeitlents front coupling
ears. After perusing the article he
paused a moment and the plan of a
....... ,...,.,.,. tl ished on his mind.
: " 1 :
11..- mi....- ..... 17.-, ... LLii'n...
: 11 . ..,..... ..r
j , . I .
boxes ami mane a near iikmici, using
nothing but a ptnket kuile. It is
so arranged that the engineer! can
couple and uncouple cars at a unt-
meuts notice, ami retpiii-ei
services of no one else.
the
When he carried his invention to
the patent otlice in Washington,
the commissioner of patents i ex -
clamed, "Why in the world hasn't
some one thought of such a thing
soonerf It is the itlea." -
It is further said that a certain,
railroad corporation has ttffered him
an fM-ii million dollars lor the
right, should the invention ht what
is claimed for it, of w hich there
seems 10 Ih- little doubt.
When asked w hat he would do
with his a million tlollars should he
git it, Mr. I'egiani replietl that he
' wi ul l pay Trinity" and Oreensjioro
Female College out of debt, ;anl
i! i-.ii.t iinie t.i in-each till' L'OSIH-I tblV
' 1 1 , .,
and night - as usual. Ctieciislsiio
I ',tt, lot. . :'"','. ' i
What Industry Did.
The nianiier in which that aged
Brooklyn "millionaire liecame ac
ju linted w ith the charming yoiiug
w idow yvhoin he iriarried and to
wlitim- he made over much of his
i property. 111 spite ol the proteU
! of his tlanghters, is yvorth reiiiem-
beriug. 1 he rich octogenarian,
noticed that a friend's coat hail
lteen very' neatly. -mended.'. AS he
hatlacoat sadly in want of such
attention he made .inquiries, learn
ed that the seamstress was i this,
vtung yvitloyv. 'called and while
watching her 'deft fingers at the
work felt in love-with and mil rietl
ker. : !
Minerals ud other Productions (
Morth Cirolint
BY. RANDOLPH A. 8HOTWKLL.
Of copjieras there are' hundreds
of s(uare miles; and an. equal area
of coal liecL, ranging froui .T to T
feet in vein, knd kroduced by Ad
miral Wilkes, acting . as Faited
States Government exjert, "epial
to the lest Cumlerland coal." Prof,
Eniuious, and Dr. Jacksou, of Phil
adelphia, were even more emphatic.
The Egypt coal mine sold in New
York some years ago fitr ' 200,000
dcvllars; and a 4ozen other adjiuvnt
mines approximate that . figure
Within lesa than miles are large
lels ol iron-funsurpasse! for lies-
j semer steel. Iron, the lieat malle
r able and inagnetite, is found in
i thirty counties iu . workable quali
ties, says ithe State Geologist.
Admiral Wifkes had large works in
Lincoln. The Craulierry coiupauy
has an entire inountaiu,aud is build
ing a railroad to it. Several iron
companies earn 25 percent.
Soapstoife, whetstone, mill buhr
l-ock, k barytes, plumbago, man
ganese, le.Ml, zinc and KM) other
valuable minerals ure found. Twen
ty-one varieties of Iteaufiful mar-,
bles, suitable for Ituildingare found
in quantities. : .
The mining regions -are maiuly
in the Centre aud West, i liut
Eastern Nort h Carolina . jHwsesses ,
coeuaT iKlviiutageH. Her naval
stores, lumber, shingles, etcr.,' yield
millions, annually. Her inland fish
eries shad, herring, mullet," trout
perch, blue .tish, menhaden, etc.,
.net nearly a million a year aud
employ from 4,000 to o,000 men,
The government jecently paid five
millions to Canada for fisheries
w hich might have been pursued
with equal pro tit on the Carolina
coast. In cotton, corn and ota -
tiM'S, her rich lands I rarely need
"the tickling 4f the hoe" to "laugh
with harvest." L'rol.. hmons, ; at
oue time State Geologist of New
York, saiil two counties 6( Eastern
Carolina could su pply -the whole'
iiiion won Mini. 4
Mr. C. W. HolloweJI, of Pasquo
I tank, sold his crop, (a double one,)
of Irish potatites raised (u '.HI acres
for 4,fMH dollars. - In the same
eouiity. ltev. Geo. W. Sanderlin
planted a swamp in 'lie and reaped
about 1,HK) lollars from 14 acres,
.L S. Hell, of (Jartaret, niade l,tMHl
dollars worth ol rice on .o acres, i tu,Teiits off the Alps, or tossed jin swine until they all quietly eri
can name spires of men who have hjs frail shallop upon 1 he. m i t hing teivd the butchery. ! then ask-
realized :J00j dollar er
iicre on
vegetables. - 1 can name .tO0 lanii -.j
ers ".'who inake from oOO U, l$(M )
bushels of sweet, potatoes per acre.
From iV to 50 bushels of wheat is
common in some sections. A
farinee ill Cahl well claims to have jot" the Charlotte Olwrnr, .says !in
made; 100 bushels of corn, 70 retort ing the 'visit tti'a .parly to
biisliels, of sweet ami I,M bushels ! (uiteaus call, "Speakiiig oi i ll
Irish pitat.ies jter acre, but his land 1 1,':"' apphtach of the .50th of Juuf,
was - Yerj ;rieh river bottom. A
farni'-r in C:ttawba, after! harvest,
made ;(KI bushels of. turnips' er:
j acre, which' sold lor ; SO dollars,
! . - ;"" " .:''. " "
Enterprising Youths.
Mr. (ico: A. ' Hewlett, of New
York, is an' enterprising youth who
inarried t wo ' wtnnen, iMtth liviug -
itnd divorce. !ut Francis Ityan,
aged 20, Mat him badly. He luur
rietl Ida Ryan Aug. l.r, 1S78. He
then married Maggitf Lyons Jan. 21,,
1SSIT ami then afterwards was mar
ried again to Ida. Hot h of these
youthful Mormons take, their meals
now at the public hotel Vcpt by
State officials.
'
''"Alfred Hrake, a sixteen year old
lad in Minneapolis, Minn., was in
love with; a school mate. Jennie
Faulkner. Her .parents didn't like
it. So Alfred tried to pcr.Miade the
girl to elope last Wednesday ami
marry him, which she declined to
tlo, whereupon he became frantic,
whipted oOt a revolver, 'shot at her
three times, -one shot taking effect.
1 in
her shoulder, w hen she ran into
la house, arid' he ran off. Seeinghim
self pursued he stoptctl, placed the
inil..le, of the pistol to his forehestl
shot ami fell dead. '
A eometiy calletl "Kissing in tin'
Dark" yvas pi 1 yed in Washington
last week. '. The same playl is ter
lormed in this town every Sunday
night. It has hail a longer run
I ha n any other piece 011 record.
The play emit 'a ins only one act mid
110 scelies--iildess the old folks
should iuiexiecfetl!y enter the im m
tlin iiig the perforniaiM-e. : For par
lor theatricals "Kissing in the
nark" is a I miss i-ome"ly; but a
young man sometimes timlsit more
eXs-nsive tjian season ticket to
hear Fatti. j
-'-- --j; : T
Mr. W. W. Corcoran, owner of
Corcoran s Art gallery, who is the
most lilteraljman in the city is re
covering from 'ah attack of pneumo
nia. - . J . .
... - 1 - -' ,
Eiery Dij tor Three Teirs.
KiMiis.s, Va.,Oet. 4, 1H8.1.
H II. Warnkk & Co.: Mr- I
bnv. suffered every d.y for the
Tv.nt three vears from stricture
of the urethra: Your Safe
lAver Cure is the
only thiiig t give me relief.
! W. T. Graham.
IN LIGHTER VEIN.
DtBgers of Eiting, as seta by a.
morist.
AUait a year ago wo'disoanjed
everything that we thou-dit w:.
dangerous to the health, when we
were sturtieti on learning that
syrup was adulterated with" nitric
aeil, and 'tlnft miasma lurked in
the eadly folds or .the Imarding
Ucaise latter-cake habit was spread
ing, and prophecies were made that
it would eventually ruin the const i.'
tatiou of the strongest devo'te, and !
rtMlncethe nation to a vast hospital,
of flapjack invalids. So the 1m tier
cake war iwratched .off our list of
wlible fruits, and next went the
fragr-aut codfish ball, In-cause if
was ctaid to prcuhn-e cold feet.
nri :i . . . -
i uen we icanieu that the sad. !
faced d cohesive biscuit was
synonym of indigestion, ami the : give us a name,
unostentations kraut but another! Fannie II. Mann m A'rtr Son,
name tor rheumatism, so that he ; 7;
biscuit and kraut had to go; then , 1 lfilmw full of Vromise
we found out tbtW.iU..jJ
, .. ' . i'lrlv everj-thing is hopeful,,
tamed the germs of u.gostat.c)riiri!UrtIlitv is Krw,llt tro.
molecules, w hatever this is, and j we t er. To day thereare niore Hi
were, therefore forced to give! up' bles, more Sunday" scbd chil-
the use of that hilarious beverage.'!
This thing went on till we had
cut everything from our bill of fjuv
but cistern water and chewing gum,
and yet found oui-selves no stronger
or healthier than when w ere hasten
ing to the tomb from the efl'ecl's of
eouirinsr ourselves w ith a heaw line
of assorted jMiisons
three or tour
times a day.
About this time a man came along
with a niagie lantern ami showed
us that every drop of cistern water
con tai ued an
iqiiariuui of hideous
marine monsters, with wriggling
tails, aud a druggist told us 'that ithe
habit of gum chewing was a fruitful
source of caucer. '
Next thing we did was to swear
ort'lM'ing au- infernal hsil on the i
iet
question, and now we eat anvtli
!"g
i and everything that our
I masticate or our patat
teeth
vmII
commend.
1 and w e w ork ten hours a day and
see how to read small print without
; 8ectacles.
Scene in the New York Asseiii
bly new memlM-r unloading his
maiden siieech: "Mr. SneakerS I
, aiMiroach the J dissection of tin
j s.,.,., wit1i feelings of iniijgl. d
j iwereuee and 'ierf.iibatioii.Like the
jtra:ellei dwarfnl M. towering
Misbm of the ocean, I am wrapped
j,, awe." "Apt in roaiUs nioic lik
it," interjected a ci ust ic and jcal
ous member.
Hie ashiugtoii corresiMiiidciit
(iiiteau tlid not licl ray an cmot ,011
but discussed the matter as 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
j he were not the one 'most iiitcivscdn"Mr -Hmuer is thus led captjve
ill. it. He used the word sc.illithH '' the devil at liis will; and if
; several times anil said ,while ilic
1 would prefer to live as he had amis
i sion to. perform, vet he tlid iiolre
gret to tlic.
j If I teiug suggested thai the inan
tie of Kli jali had tlesceinleal ii..n
j others and his mission iniglit; be
carried out by others, he said Ill
icit as though no one could mi well
perform the work as himself. '
He grows Holder every day and
looks Itcttcr now than at any tijiic
since his arrest July 2, I SSL Thai
he is insane is a growing Iteliel "' . .
Ami the work of turning out dem
ocratic members g.tes bravely ' on.
WhtH'ler, lem. fittiii Alabama has
Idtecn unseated ami his couteslaiit.
Lowe seated. The tireen tattker
n.- ... ,-, 11 ... . . i.,-i
,
have formed a evolution with j the
republicans by which alUJrti nbai k
faiilestants are to lie seated pro
vitled they vote t he republican-,
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I'ikuckii MY .'5 I'.t'CKsnoT. x-
About dark last night, Henry 'Sel
lers, .colored, residing im I he premi
ses of .Lis. Draiighan, about two
miles from Clinton, While sitting in
his house in the midst of his family,
was lired ui ton by some party from
the outside, ami IV II dead,-pierced
bv il buckshot, one entering' his
brain, twodiis neck, four his lungs
and the remainder different parts
of his body. Circumstances lMiint-
ing Htrttiigly to Phillip Faisou. 'inl-
ttred, as the assassin, he has lteen
anvsted, and is now in jail to aw ait
further development. (im-
Mrjuu-Hiri . v -
Dean, of Neuse lliver town
ship, who lkst week e.xhibited
some notabje fine itats t;4 stalks
from one grain, the stalk -ifttet,
10 inches high,, yesterday
brought in some which far sur
passed it. ()ne siticimen sheaf
wan 6 feet ! 6 inches high, aiid
another liad !J4 stalks from ja
single grain.
New and (fbxerrrr.
The remains of Thomas. Jefferson
will shortly lie interreil at lite capi-
tol city. J ' K
"I have fiHiud St. .Jacobs )d to
be a most excellent remtdv for
rlieuma tic. pains.' savs Mr. I
Iatham,. Ilariisou streets I'loy':
dence 1. I. KiMtoM Ilfralil
THE WILSON AUVANCK.
-:o:- - .
1 1 A T KS IK , A 1 V K IIT I S 1 N I
One Inch, One Inertnii, - -
fl.oi)
J.oo
n.oo
s.on
" One MiMitTi, - -
' " Thr Months, . .
" ' Six Montlw, - -
" " One Year, - - 1 ..on
l,ilteral DisAiunts w ill U -Maile
for Iaier Advertisement-' and for
ContTiM ts l.y the Year. ' '
Cash inu-t accompany all Adver
tisc'iMeuts unless g.Knl reference is
given. .
THE til IET-HOI U , ;
Selections for Sunday Ucmlins:
Like the builders of old we are
making a name, .
That will glitter in hoiur, or
. moulder in shame; .
Fich moihont we live, each deed
we perform
Graves it deejHr, and rtlfper,
defyiaiir each storm.
F.ternity's wafers "can never
: efface . ' . ; . . f
From the tablets of time tlte
name that we trace..
Let us make us a na me, let us
build us a idace,
In a world that is nobh .aiid
, better than this; . :
U't us gmvp on the Ifock that
Is mighty and high.
On the.Kork that the billows or
time may defy;
j And though never a title we.
merit or claim;
ajThe Ixird of the faithful shall
dren, more teaehers.niore spirit-
"Uil1 songs, imre sermons than
there ever were on any Sabliath.
l"1'"' of u it-,
! j1" garden of Kden.
' . , '
I h. Tai.mauk makes the fol-
oiwuig pica lor music m our
homes; "Among the -first things
created was -the bird. Why?
llecause God wanted the world
to have .music at the start.
And this infant world, wni-I-d
in swaddling clothes of
light.so beautifully serenacledat
the start js to die amid the
ringing blast of the an-hungel's
trumpet; so that 'us . Uie world"
had music jitfthe startfit is go- ;
ing to have music at Jhe last.'
V
Rowland Hill's Preaching
Two friends once entered Sur
ry Chapel previous to gojig to
India. t)ne was a ( 'hrlstian.
the other not. Mr. Hill preach
ed from the text, "W e are not
'ignorant of his advices,' 'id
told the following tale: "Mauv
years since 1 met -a drove of
pigsiiioue of the narrow streets
of a large town, and, to my sur-'
prise, they were not driven, biif
.quietly followed their leader?
This singular fact ijAci ted my
Miriosity, and I 'put noted the
'd the man how he succeeded
in getting poor, siupiu.siuiiJHirii
pigs so wjlliiigly to follow him,
wlien he told . 'me the HTet.
lie had a basket fbefins under
bis arm, and kept dropping
finiiti !iu In t ri iiif iiif iiiiil Kit ui. .
cured his object.
Ah, my dear hearers, the -devil'
has got his basket of lteaiis, and
be knows bow to suit his temp
tations to every sinner, lie
drops' '-them by the way: - the
grace prevent inn, in- win gel.
him at last intji his butchery, .
and there will keej) hilii. forever. .
Ob, it is because we are not
igimniut of his devices that we $
are anxious this evening to
guanl yoii against tbein."
The t'hristain friend liittiirtu'tl
over this tale about tee pigsi
and feared it would excite a '
Mitile but not: produce tonvic
t.ion in the luind f. his uubeliev
ing conipaiuoii. After the hit-.
vie; they left. the. '.chapel, .and '
all was jSrW't.ice for a season. !
"What a singular statement
ye luul to-night abttut the pigs,
and yet how striking aiid ecu- ,
vencing it was!' remarked the
young man. His mind was im
pressed he- could not lorget
..i , , 1 , ,1 1.1,
i t be basket. 111 beans t lie hnlcJi.
; (ry .ua ,,. linal ,4WH ,,f t)u,
,H.r's w,l.. ;' He left the country,
but s m 111 after correspoiietl with
1 his friend, and referred tt this
j sermon as having produced an
i abiding iiiipresiiioiniii his mind..
ijlSisliop I'aine's service to his
diiirch (Metluslisf) is almost un
jireci-dented. For sTxty live years
he has Im-cii a pieacher. He has
allcmh-d every conference h,r
fifty eight years, and has been
a bishop for eleven years longer
'( than St; I'cter. Ifever amau has
gaiinilji right to rest it is this en
rabt. bishop, w hose character aird
iullueiice lias- alway s Im-i ii of the
tn-t. .;.;:.
iVople 'who are ready ti art
with their bearts while, keeping .
theCr money, are nof the sort
that Jesiis wants. file rieh rul
er, xvas anxious to Ijecnune a dis- ,
cittle tin such termsi but our
Itrd would lmt accept
the
offer. Itaptixt Wtrkli.
The editor of the New lie rue
ion rmil paid visit to WaHhington, .
N. C last week and on his return
aid: Washington neefls only oiie
thing to make her power felt in Un
contest for trade, and that is a rail
ro.nl to the outer world. And sau
gui'ne lioK-s are entertained fiiat
this will soon lie had, for w ithin the
last month a survey, hits U-eii made
by the- Wilmington and Wcldon
mail from Wilson to' Washington;
and iwltelitved.lh.it the interot
orthatcoiMiralioii will imlini- it to
build the road."