THE WILSON ADVANCE.
lVni,isiiKi Kvkbv' Fiudav At
Wii-sov, North Carolina
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JOSEPH IS IIAMHS. - tailor and Preprietor.
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THE ADVANCE GLEANINGS.
Bishop Lyman is in California.,
Keidsviljo is movingfor a Graded
ScImmiI. . '
Asheville wants ami should have
a graded school. v
North Carolina has one drinking
salooii to eyery 70S js'ople.
The Sentinel Mays I hat t he lour
ugliest men iu Korsytli County are
running for office.
Andrews, liuford and I.igan
rich capitalists have ikiught the
Warm Spring Hotel lor K),000.
If Jack Frost, who has opened
Lin campaign in Minnesota -wimld
swing around to Florida, it would
be a cold day lor the yellow fever.
The North Carolina Industrial
Association ..will hold its forth an
nual fair at -Camp' ltussell October
9, and continue through the week.
The With annual session of the
Presbyterian Synod of North Caro
lina will commence its session at
AHheville, pn the 27th of Stsptem
ber. ! ' , -
Mississippi has the proier mode
to stop w ile w hipping. Five hun
dred Ioilars' tine and six months
in jail is; the penalty for each
offense. . '
Bceeher jias earned in the thirty
live years ' he has Ik'cii lMifore the
public about 1,UOO,000, and .vet he
never ha. much money. He lacks
the talent of saving.
- Ham Bradshaw, editor of the
Ashloro Courier, and President of
the State I'ress Convention, has
been nominated for
Clerk of the
l oun in nauiioipu eouuiy,
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At It indlciiian, the liowell
North Carolina, -r,(i(S spindles are
running and l(M)ooms are at work
on plaids and checks for Philadel
phia and New York iiKtrke'ts.
"In -choosing- a wife," sa.vh an
exchange, "Ie governed by her
t hin." The worst ofjt.is that, after
choosing a'wile one is -apt to' keep
"on IwMiig governed in the saiiie
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A Chatham man, of course, ki
i iMttle.-u.ike. list week l.ileet lng j
and 1 in.!iis around, lie counted i
L!'J I t'tles.
the km
Tlie snake was sliiu'i
d,
sturtedi aitil sent to
H I'll 1 1 III f '
P.ior old Christiincy whose
wife lias juwt yotln a ili voire, him
lost his political prestjge, his for
tu.Me.aud. Lis wite,. It is a rough
but t rut lit ul saying that "there is
no tool like an old fool." t-
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DeL'aw, of Illinois,
prominent democrat and prosper
ous merchant, luu given one mil
lion dollars to Aabur.y (WetlHMlist)
University,' on "tHM'taiii conditions
that will lie complied with.
Judge Kolger, Secretary of the f
Treasury, has been ' nominated- 1.V.!
tlie republic ins for (lovern ir of
New York. I The outlook "-.'Tor sue- j
cess in the! Empire State is en-!
eouraging to the deinocrac3
'1'have followed the republican t
tlag through dust and heat' and
have supported it faithfnlly, but if
that ban her must have a barrel or
a still bouse for. a motto it no longer
floats over me." Imhje IHvk.j "
A son o( Bishop Wiley, of the
Northern ilethodist -liiirch, was
burned to death by the explosion
of a 'barrel of oil in Cincinnati. He
was in the cellar.- and hail a light
with him hence the explosion.
Takjet tip tenderly
Handle it with care,
Fashioned so slenderly,
It could 'uot stand wear. "f
The liberal party. ;" :v-." ,
Ex Senator Ben Hill when chal
lenged by Alexander II. Stephens
to tight a duel reiaied: "I decline
vour challenge, for the reason that
I have a family to support and a
soul to saveJ You have neither.''
JSeiirftnr Viiiicesaid heiiMl in hrs
exerienee fought every thing butit
circus, but even that he had to en
counter at Concord the. other day.
As a consequence the circus has
gone to pieces at Columbia, we -observe.
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The cotton crop for the year end
ing September 1st was one million
two hundred thousand bales less
than the preceding-year. This year
the indications are that the crop
w ill not ' be !. any greater t han the
year just ended.
Daniel Webster declared it to be
"a great abuse to bring'the patron
age of the general government into
conflict with Hie freedom of elec
tions." Thn- administration, how
ever, is not running things . on the
Wehsterian plan.
Osear Wilde signs hisname with
out capitals, (He ought to sign it
jackass) II a man is rich, .or
tainons be can do such a thing as
that and simply lie termed eccen
tne. ..llut if -a man without capital
writes his name without capitals
he is thought an ignorant slouch.
Edgeeoinlte radicals are badly
split up. They held a second cou
vention andeiulorsed JamesO'Hara
The following ticket, after much
wrangling,; was agreed upon: For
?. the Himate R. S. Tavlor, for the
House, Mitehei Daiicv'and Aaron
Z & idgers; for Sheriff, Battle Bryan
u phu:e of Taylor. AU the other
nominations of the first convention
was endorsed.
VOIi 12.
Thislls about the coolest thing
connected with the late President
Garfield's sickuess: Au ! .. com
pany has sent ... iu A .bill. i'oriee
furnished from ,July 1Q Jto . Septem
ber; 7; ainouat,l5;,(Jf3ttrpounds;
coat 1,516.92. i ?j !i
' James IU Nop. republican, who
was nominated for Sberiffot'Carteret
county by the liberals,, is out in
a card in. the Telephone repudiating
the liberal pbrty, and announcing
his intention to "sap'port Julius F.
Jones, the democratic" candidate.
A man named Miller issued a
card announcing himself an inde
pendent candidate for . sUvxiij;, iu
Buncoiulie coimtyanri therststterllle
News with its usual wisdom (f ) says
"this is one instance where the
otlice "-1km sought the man and not
i
the man the oftice."
A Danville woman gave a tramp
a bogus quarter to get rid of him,
and he made it cost her- 4tn awest
and 150 in cash' lefore lie was-iat-i-slied.
Honesty is the best'policy.
Deal squarely even with , a tramp.
Hash at him with a redhot iioker
iu your hand and blood in your
eye.
Alex. Stephens defines a "Boui;
Ism" to le "an idiot who seriously
lielieves that Confederate money
will, if the democratic party gets
into power, become as good as gold,
and that the time is not far off
when he will lie allowed to wallop
a nigger as iu the glorious ante
lielluin days." ,
lOma nuel
Ktft.zeii.t.eiii. !i mi1
lvh.iut of Warrenton. N. C was ar
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rested in Philadelphia Tuesday
upon a charge of obtaining goods
under false pretences, preferred
by Levi (loldsmith, of the firm of
Cohlsinith Hrothers, wholesale.;
clothiers of that city, lie was held
lor a further hearing ami entered
security for his apitearnnce. 1
A negro named Nathan Bennett,
aged 17, who entered t he house of a
white citizen at Williston, S, C, at
midnight, and attempted to rajH'
his daughter, was taken from the
town jail on Wednesday night lty a
Imi.1v f hiulievs. who oven lowered
the jailor. - Bennett, who had con
fessed his guilt, was immediately
hanged and his ImiIv riddled with
bullets.
Liimi'mnrk is " iu luckV A short
while ago he was contemplating
changing his base to Charlotte.
The people of Iredell county- got
the wind of it, subscribed $1,000
and presented it to him. With
this amount he liought a new $1,000
Campbell Cylinder press, which he
expects to have running in a few
days.
A jute factory is to be erected at
yaudemere, I'amlico (iouuty. The
Jfewberne Journal notes the arrival
of the machinery and says that Mr.
w. II. Oliver, who has laliored for
several years to get this industry
started, tells us that this, fibre is
used in making the tin est ladies'
dress goods-,- broadcloaths, doe
Kkiiis, etc. About fen or twelve
inches if the butt of' the stalk is
used for making cotton bagging.
AAvar of races is about to lie in
augurated in; St. Louis.. The ne
groes say they intend to send their
children to the. white school' and
the whites say they shall . not.
Every time the schools are opened
the negro scholars present them
selves, and the school is promptly
closed. The whites offer separate
schools lint the offer i ? declined by
tlie negroes. : . - ""
.The Landmark says that Dr.
York usually devotes almut fifty
minutes of his hour ,to talk aliout
prohibit ion. -Then MaJ. liobbins
gctsiqi and says: "I once had a
dog that utter the balance of the
j j)iM.k i,a,i lu a rabbit. iuta hollow
log and had twisted' it out and gone
on, would come up to that log,
stick his head, in and, stay there
and bark all day.. I gave that dog
away." This usually settles it.
- An Indiana farmer, like other
foolish fathers before him, recently
gave his son and his' son's wife a
deed of his farm, on condition of
their supporting hiin the rest of
his life. No sooner was it iu their
jiossession than they told the old
gentleman it was time to light out
for the "voor house. He begged to
stay one night longer, to which
they reluctantly assented. In the
night he arose, got jiosessioii of the
deed, bin ned it up, and in : the
morning kicked his uunatiiral
children out! of the house and pro
ceeded to disinherit them.
v The- temperance question has
lievn added to the debt issue in the
Tennessee .political campaign.
Hawkins, the republican candidate
is a tvinperauce man. Fussell, the
State-Credit caudidate, is a pro
hibitionist. Bate, the democratic
candidate, is opposed to regulating
a man's appetite by sumptuary
laws. ,Mr. Bate might utilize to
benefit the doggerel that ouce con
tributed so- materially .to the suc
cess of Horatio Seymour's gulier
natorial campaign in Sew York.
"Horatio Seymour la tbe aoan tor you and I;
He eats when he's huryrry, and be drinks
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wliiiif Or t lie ft)wn3 Miw
wnt'u ne s ary, .
lifer WiiysfeT- A:ifer
; ' - .-.- " ' ' LET AlL THE ENDS THOU AIMyr AT, BE THY.COUMTRY'S, THY GOD'S, AND TRUTH'S." j- ) 5 i - . J "'
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INEAK-BY NEWS
NOTESt
1 lie weeks Wealth of Wear
News Gathered ly Our Ite
porters and' Neatly Kipped
iroin our Numerous Neigh
' bors. ,
Koeky Mount has hi dancing
school.
The Kocky Mount OrUded School
has now uejirly 200 pupils.
, A 5'ear old boy in Kdgecoinln
went hare ,huutiug and killed
deer.
Iticet-hail 30 nesrroes and 15
white r U3 he;ir i hint
at KM:ky
Mount.:
L. U. IMsber, a colorel merchant
iu Kiuston, sells 12,(MjO worth of
goods annually.
Uur young friend Oscar Medd
le formerly of. Wilson, has been
promoted to a position .n the tele
graph otlice in Haleigh.
J. E. N. Gorham and 11. (J.
Briggs, of Wilson, visited Toisnot
last week, a- -distance of seven miles,
onbycicles. Wilson is coming.
Martiu county dem. rat's noini
natedforthe House, Coj. I. AVorth-
wgtoo; lk, ;T. II. Crawfordj Beg.,
W. II. liiihett; Treas., N. S. God-
ard; Sheiiri; W. II. Hanlison.
Mr. W. W, Brown, of Edgeeombe,
killed a wild, cat on Moiiday of last
week. - It measured frpui nose to
tail three feet and seven; inches, and
weighed twenty-seven pounds.
Mr. J. K. .Sorsby, jof Rocky
Mount, accidently fell from n build
ing, which he was inspecting last
week and broke two of ljix ribs. At
la.st reports, he was doipg w ell. ,
The Kinstou Ffee Prm savs that
Mr. Herman Bryan, wlfo was. shot
iu that place by the negjro Sylvester
La whom, last Wednesday night, is
convalescing. The balihas not yet
lieeii es tract ed. . La whom, who is a
turbiilehjtand ubfsyiegro,' is n
tiuiiiiice viie. .1
The Wilin ingtoii Mar says that Mr.
Landinopcently from Ii)cky Mount,
w'-iile vorking yesterday in the
sun at, the Wilminton
Kail road simps, where
& Weldon
he is em-
ployed, was .overcome liy the heat,
ami was taken home, i
counf he' was improviii
At last-
T!'" Wirier MaysJliit MrTjS A
Arrington, who fives ne
ar Keil Oak,
us yester-
Nash county, inforniei
day that he planted
this season
aUiiit one gallon aindaj
half ofpeas,
from which he will savjp
at least L
iMisnets: anit that thre families eat
off of them during tlie given pea
season. I
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Oil Wednesday of last week, at
Elizabethtown, Bladen county, Dr.
Robinson, who killed Mr. Dan
Laughlin.at SmithfieUl, la,st week,
was taken liefore Judge Gilmer, on
a writ of habeas cajwx, that the
matter of bail 'ki.igiit be considered.
We learn that Dr. Robinson was
admitted to bail iu the sum of
15,000. "'-;
The &ut7ierifer urges the Tar
Iniro ioO)leto offer inducements to
t he SealHia rd and Raleigh Railroad
to build the shops iu Tarboro. If
the road is built to Raleigh via Wil
son we will ask that!
the shops be
located in Wilson
iid our people
will as usual oner
greater induce-
ments than TaJboreaiis, and will get
t he shops.
At a. iron veu Hon ot
the jieople. in
a neiglilioring
county an asiiirant
for the suffrages oftUe patriots thus
delivereil liimslelt':
Mr. rresident
convention: 1
aud geiitleinenlof thri
anuoiinee myself a candidate for the
otlice of sheriff, and ijf elected 1 will
serve you to. t he best
ability. -
"We are a band of brothers,
jof my skill and
native of the soil,
iraiiie.l hy hon!t
FUfhliiiK tor the liborty wej
toil."
Thank you for .!our. attention
(tjireat .applause.)
A telegram from
rr....i
i in null? iiaieu
heaAiest nun
Saturday says, thri
storm since lS-fci struck us vester-
day and last night
Seven and
fell. The
seven-tenths inches fain
crops are deluged
The creek bridges
and damaged,
and roads are
washed out. The Tarlioro Branch
train last night ran into a washed
out culvert, ditching the tender and
express car, near Ilartslniro. W,
!.- Bryan. theexpness messenger,
wa tatlly bruis'eil, aind it was a nar
row escape for all. The mail was
brought here in a ivagon. Many
culverts are destroyed.
; The Toledo, (O.) pee says : Col.
J. Dorse Alexander editor Barnes
ville Xeics, luk, been cured of
rheumatisnj, by thd
use ofSt.-fa
cobs Oil.
What Presence of Mind Did.
The two incidentls narrated le-
i
low show "how two engineers avert
ed railroad accidents, ' by the pres
ence of mind. A passenger train
on the Chicago, Burlington and
Quiucy Road was rounding a sharp
curve, just under J a piece of tall
timber. The watchful engiher saw
a tree1 lying across the track sixty
feet ahjead of the locomotive.
The train was ruituiiig at the rate
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of thirty-five miles ;an hour, aud to
WILSON, X. C
check its momentum liefore reh
ing the obstruction was out of the
question.
The engineer knew this, and he
acted promptly. He threw the
throttle wide open, aud the engine
shot ahead with the velocity of an
arrow, and w ith such tremendous
iorc mat tlie tree was picked up
by Uh cow catcher and Hung from
.iuetracka.sii.it liad lieen only a
willow, withe.
A man with not so', cool a head
would have made the liest jsissible
use of those sixty feet to uheck-the
siHed of the train. That would
have (amsed a disaster. . ,
Bradford, f an t engineer, ' was
bringing an express train over the
Kankakee line fmm Indianapolis.
As the, engine shot out from the
deeji cut and struck a short piece
of straight " track leading to a
bridge, a herd of colts was discov
ered running down the road.
The distance to the river was
only one hundred feet. Brail ford
k'new he could not stop the train,
and also knew that if the colts out
ran the locomotive to the bridge,
they would fall Itetween the tim
bers, and the obstruction1' would
throw the train off aud probably
result iu a frightful loss of life.
It took him only half a second to
think of all this. The other half of
the second was utilized in giving
his engine such a quantity of steam
that it covered that one hundred
feet of track in about the same time
that a bolt of lightning would travel
from the tip of a lightning rod to
the ground.
The colts was struck and hurled
down the embankment just as' they
were entering the biidge.
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Why Eye Didn't Need a Girl.
A lady writer-in one of our ex
changes furnishes some ,ofthe rea
sons why Eve did not keep a hired
girl.' She says : There has been a
great deal said about the faults of
women and why they need so much
waiting on. Some one (a man of
course) has the presumption to ask
"Why, -when Eve was tnunufactur
ed out of a spare rib, a servant was
not made at the same time 'to' wait,
on her f" She didn't need any. A
bright writer has said, Adam never
came whining to" Eve with a ragged
sjncki,,-' l" -l.rued. buttons to"
lie sewed on, glovps -Te w'u7ltd r
"light ; away, quick, now V He
never read the newspapers until ;
until the sun went down behind the
iud m trees, and he. stretching . him-
self yawned out, "Is supper -ready
yet, my dear ' Not he. He made
the lire, and hung the kettle over it
himself, we'll venture,; and pulled
the radishes, -eled the potatoes,"
and did everything else he ought to
do. lie milked the cows, fed the
chickens. and looked "after the pigs
himself, and i. ever brought home
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halt i dozen lih iidsto dinner when
Eve hadn't any fresh pomegranates
He never stayed out t ill 11 o'clock
at night and then scolded because
Eve was sitting up and cry ing in
side the gates.
He never loafed arouud corner
groceries, while Eve was rocking
little . Cain's cradle at home. He
never called Eve up from the cellar
to put'away his slippers. Not he.
When he took them off be put them
under the tig tree beside his Sun
day boots. In short he did not
think she was specially created for
the purpose of waiting upon him,
and he wasn't under the impres
sion that it disgraced a man' to
lighten a wife's cares a little. That's
the reason Eve did not need a hired
Tin. and with it is the reason her
descendants did.
Bill Cartway's Latest. .
Capt. W. W. Cnn-rnvay. told lis
Saturdav of an amusing scene he
"witnessed on! the train near Mt
Olive. " "Tickets!" cried ('apt I'utts
sis he entered one of the coaches,
An elalsirately dressed -darkey-arose,
and drawing from his pocket
a package of enormous envelopes,
took trom among them a paper
which he handed the conductor.
"Tliat,'' said he, "lieaVs Mrs. , Gar
field's official seal, and she sent 'it
to me saving it would pass -.me to
Washington city. Last Avinterjl
met Mrs. Garfield iu Goldsburo,aiid
sbeemnlovetl me as a- servant. I
supiost the? pass is good." The
conductor drew a long breath and
asked: "Who the d dickens are
you, anyhow "I am A. S. Hicks,
Esq of Falson's Depot, a ' school
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said the captain, "but I think lit
won hi 1m liest for you to pay a quar
ter and get off at 3It. Olive," aud
when the train reached that point
the Garfield waiter struck the
ground with a face as long 'as a bill
of indict mout.Goidnboro Messenger,
Complete.
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"'. Savannah, Ga.,
Feb. 21, 18S1.
II. II. Warner Co.: Sirs I have
been completely cured of stone in
the bladder and kidney difficulty by
your Safe Kidney and Liver Cure.
J. D. AUDITS.
FRIDAY SEPTE3IBEK 29, 1S82
RUMORS OF B. E. ROUTES.
i So many Tumors are rt oat about
North Carolrna railroads ami pro
jected line, that I am inclined to
beIievesome of them areWorth
printing, and, as best I cau'i shall
place a fegty our disiKiol. Some
time back !lras generally lielieved
that the EHzabeth , city.aud Nor
folk K. JL would be extended
through VNfttehington to.i Newbern,
and thenci:jto some jioint on the
South Atlantic coast. .This project
has been abaod.oneuynd that line
may lie conoid ared, t least for the
present, (ioflife ' line' from
Suffolk, tj) Goldsboro continues to
show' occasional signs of life, and
its friends insist r that Mr. Clyde
will certainly construct it in the
near future. If constructed it will
cross the Chowan below Wintoii,
and the Eoauoke near Williamston
jirolmbly below it about seven or
eight miles where it is said a satis
factory crossing has been ibttnd.
The Seaboard and Kalelgli It. R. is
fast completing its line between
Williamston andTarboro, and the
work being done is pronounced ex
cellent by judges who have had the
pleasure of riding over ' it. This
line, Jisexeiting more than usual in
terest, liecause Bundry rumors are
afloat alKint it. Some say it is cer
tainly going to lie jHwhed through
to lialeigh, while others believe it
will pass Into the hands of the Wil
luiugtou and,Weldon 11. Ii, as. soon
as it isniisuetl'to Tarboro. Others
however, state' that the' W. & W.
will sell "itsTarboro "brandt to this
line and use the proceeds of sale to
construct a line from Tarboro to
Scotland Keck to connect .with its
new branch to that place, and there
by serve Iwth Tarboro and Scot
land Neck with one branch. This
minor has so tnucliL practical sense
in it that the writer is inclined to
believe it has a very sound founda
tion. By this trade; the Seaboard
and lialeigh would only have to
jconstruct after reaching Tarboro
about forty miles to get to Raleigh
from the jioint it would cross the
W- & W. and the W. & W. would
prevent or frustrate the building of
a parallel line, or a line tapping
Wilson, which is one of its most im
portant points. It is said, one of
the leading spirits of t he Seaboard
and .Raleigh -scheme has an old
tem" to settle up, .and that he is
determined to' get even by tapping
Kaleiglu This grudge was inheri
ted by Robinson from Hawkuis.and
was caused by some transaction
with Baltzer & Tach about iron for
the Chatham Railroad. By this
transaction Llaltzer, it is said, lost ijl
large sum of4 luouey , but how the
writer know not. It would be well
for North Carolina if others who j
ha ve grudgi's against railroad peo
ple would use their means to get
even by constructing new lines of
road to different sections of the
State that aie now suffering from
oppressive - rates and poor, very
jKior, !U-cominolatioiis. Another ru
mor says the Virginia and Carolina
Railroad from Richmond, Va., to
some point on the Raleigh & Caston
near Ridgeway will certainly be
built, and that when built will form
a part of u new liue from New York
via Washington city, ' Richmond,
Raleigh and Hamlet, to t'oluniliia,
S. C, and Augusta, Ga. This line
would be about the shortest practi
cal line, between the points named
that could 1m constructed lor any
reasonable sum. This move would
be grand for the. "Robinson Sys
tem'' liecause it would secure it a
valuable Southern connection, a
thing it has not. and must have to
make it the success it eminently dt1
serves, for under great disadvan
tages it maintains itself nobly.
Another rumor is that the W. & W;
has offered to build a branch from
Wilson to Greeuville, l'itt county if
the people along the line will sul-
scribe. a satisiiictory sum, say about
fifty thousand dollars. The effect
of this move would be to bury Wil
son and its surrounding country by
placing it permanently under the
heel of the W. & W. Greenville,
iH, would soon tmd that it hail
scattered its money to the winds, so
far as progressive good was con
cerued ; for without Wilson and it-
tributary country as an ally it can
not hope or expect to gain much
from a railroad.
A railroad independent of the W
& . is the ouiy Kinu max win
bring prosperity, and its attendant
blessings to that portion or any
nortion of Eastern North Carolina
""v tributary to it. This remark
applies to all lines that oppress
those who cannot help themselves
and is considerate only of those that
have other means of transporta
tion .
The writer hopes some of these
rumors will become actual facts, for
the, m-are railroads that are con
structed in Xorth Carolina the
sooner will come the day when emi
grants w ill avail themselves of her
wonderful advantages, and the leg
islature establish a commission to
so eoutrol matters that justice will
compel a proper consideration for
the rights of the . shippers of the
State. Corresiondeuee of the Far
mer and Meehanic.
The Girl Fishing for a Hnsband.
The season's husband fishcrv
at
the Summer resorts is generally re
ported a failure. One reason ;wliy
the fishery failed was that the: bait
was two gorgeous. "While it coin.
pellcd admiration, it dazzled tin
vn ho admired it. Its glitter ; wits
beautiful, but a glance at it wane
nough to drive the jtoor fellows :i.
way with feelings of thankfulneKs
for their escape. While plainf'1'
and less exensive girls meet thtjir
mates, the elegantly over-dressd
llVSSd
rfor a
lad" remains soUtans
!"If tfro" giriB i -fishin
Uiat husband maiesahy mistjvke; i t is
of thinking that the young man ivlto
is looking for a wife wants acqstjy
piece of goods for show. Sonie
young men wants this, but there
are low who can afford it, ais
even those who can are in niany
instances afraid to yoke themselves
to it. They know that a too showy
young women: even it she ihas
wealthy parents,is apt to have triub.
lesome whims and notions very diffi
culty to satisfy. Even if they lie
so sordid that they w ould like to
marry for money these young men
know enough to reflect that riqhes
sometimes takes wings and go jout
of sight. They stop and consider
that if there 1k. wealth and whims,
when wealth Hies away and leaves
nothing but the whims, the residue
is an exceedingly undesirable; piece
of finery.
Every summer there is a -complaint
of the lack of young men at the wa
tering places. This year - the .com-,
plaint is louder than ever. One the
reasons is that the extravagant dis
play made by some of the girls
frightens them awav. Thev can hot
afford such exjiensive luxuries as
these girls appear to Jx. They 'go
fishing or boating or hunting j y
themselves, or take long pedestrian
tours out of reach of the girls.
The girls meanwhile sit ou the
fashionable, hotel porticos, with
papas aud mammas, and lame'iit
and wonder.- ;
The woman who lets nature take it s
cou rse; w ho a voids pn 1 1 i 1 1 g hersel I on
exhibitiou as if for sale; who makes no
more display than is consistent wit h
gracefulness, beauty and good cojit.
mon sense, is reasonably sure of ope
of two things. Either she, will make
a delightful wife for some sensible
auil
turn
.mf'aai.pTittively old maid.
Better be a ' nice spinster than an
unloved wile, in trried for money or
show. ' ' . " r
They Are Strangers Now.
AMiddletown young lady never
1 1 es
of relating an amusing oecur-
renee ol lite sleiglinig si'ason ia.sr
wintei-. Slie. Was. en joying a ride fin
I'bnipauy with two Hartford.' gent e
men, and she was 'driving.- Onel'of.
the gentlemVn'styly inserted ii hand
m her mim ami lovingiv press-
d
her disengaged 'haiid. -She blush
mil withdrew it just, as t lie gent
on.' the other side slipped his hand
" - t
in t he in ii If. She knew by the ;c-
t inn of her adorers that the hand
pressures were frequent ami llv-
inr within the silk- lining of tlie
muff, for first one ahd then the oth-
r would bob forward to catch a
ook at the sweet fa'ee and eyes
which prompted, as they snpjiosil,
the tender pressure of the haiiid.
l'lie- by-play, lasted until the
young lady quietly -remarked: n
yon gentleineu are through wijth
my muff, I will trouble you for; it
now, as my, hands are getting cohj."
Vnd tin- two gent lenieii, who hiid
been comfort bly wayni ' up to tips
time, suddenly- felt an Artie cljill
eeping up their spinal columns,
and meriatry of their feelings lrofp
led to 180 degrees Im-Iow zero. lhe
two gentlemen are strangers
now.
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Hartford Times.
Seats with Backs.
A correspondent of the lteidsville
Weekly "gK's for" "the Superinten
dent of School; with gloves oil' be
cause he urged school connnittes
to have backs to the seals. He.p
nosed the innovation, and savs."Nbw
1 ' . - '
1 maintain that, you cannot plac?
minil in a 1 tetter iMtsition to study
i------ - - - . . . j
his lesson, than to put him a strad
dle of a nakid lmnch. with his back
lKiwed up with his lesson iniine
diately"ulnTTis nose and his Uixr
eon in front of him.'. Perhaps there
may be another ixis'ition eipialjto
- ,
Ahis. Let the student lie flat of his
iK'lly on the grass witu hus Imkic fas
iH-fore. I do not think any man
can study with his"'spiue" perfectly
erect.
The Right Kind of a Wife.
I like a woman or. a-, mail who can
adapt themselves to all phases and
places in life." A wiinian who can
grace a man's parlor with Jier pres
ence or cook him -a--good "dinner:
sew on his buttons or do up his
linen, if needs .be ; who can lie iis
Iet and plaything in sunshine and
prosierity, or i heerfully Imar and
share the toils, privations and trials
that are to be ' met in life. A wo
man w ho can idly dawdle away her
time in looking after her own com
fort while her husband is troubled
and toibng is no woman at all ;: is
coarse, self willed, and selfishL
From T. Faithful.
I 11 ' . I I
'BONNIE BESSIE
BY MAUD B.
"Bonnie Bessie" everyone called
her, and rightly enough; for of all th
Highland lassies who . gathere! at
the little kirk Sablmth moruings
not one was half so pretty aud win
ning as Bessie. ,
'Squire Renfrew, of the RejJ
Pass, was desperately in love wjth
Bessie, and sought to make her his
wile in spite of differeuiv iu rank,
Th herds at the Red Pass were the
finest ami largest in the neighbor'
hiot;' the' tviru1 ' and storenorfses
were always well tilled. He was a
bachelor, something ovei two stMire
years old. And he wantvd 4tI$on
nie Bt'ssie" for his wife.
"if the lassie thiuks she can fan
cy liie," he said,, addressing Bes
sie's graud,mother, as he stoml
under the low, brown ratters of the
little Black Lyi'ui cottage, a hot Hush
mounting to the shining crown of
his bald 'head, "if the lassie thiuks
she can fancy me, the bargain's
made. I'm ready and willing to
lead her to the kirk to-morrow;
and if a good, true husband, and
some gold and silver will make her
happy, sho'll bo as .happy as a
queen at the Red Pass.".
Bessie listened, with wide, star
tled eyes, burning vheeks' and
quivering lips. She held her peace,
tall' and slim, in a sort of stunned
silence, unt il her gray haired lover
had taken his leave. - Then she
bust forth jnto vehemeut, passion
ate protest. .
The old grandmothvr suffered
her tostorui until her passion - was
spent. .:.":.'"'
"Well, 'tis; o'er now, and ye'llim
mer down and keep quiet, meblH.
I've let ye have voer say, and now
j'll have mine. We're poor folk,
me and you. I found it hard to
get bread when I had but my owu
mouth to feed; and since I've lieen
burdened wi' you I've gone to' lied
many a night tit to cry wi' hunger.
But. I've borne it all an' done mv
best, an' always lieen willing to gi'
you a sham of my last crust."
"But dearest grandma "
"Now, lookee here, my lass," in
terrupted the old woman, lilting
her bony, finger, and glowering
fiercely upon Bessie; "if ye'r Tide
ejioughfiji jytjistjijsgpod forjut, J
pack out of my honse, and never
cross the threshold agin,"
Bessie -was silent. The great
world bey oil d the Highland ueaks
seemed so diui and far away, and
the old home seemed so familiar
Theautiiniu days drifted on, and
iu the spring time she was going to
the kirk with 'Squire Renfrew, and
lie 'made his wite. . .
The - spring time came and the
wedding day was close at hand,
when, one evening, just before the
gloaming, liessie went to fill her
pitcher, as usual, at the rocky
spring' near by. She had accom
plished her task, had lifted the
pitcher to her shoulder, and had
.started for the cottage,- her white,
shapely feet twinkling prettily be
low the short (tcttieoat as she step
ped from stone to .stone in crossing
the little brawling, stream, whfn
"suddenly she uttered a stilled cry,
and staggering to ia' moss- grown
bowlder, sat down and put the
pitcher hastily, oii the ground,
pressing her hand on her heart and
trembling ail over.
''It's his ghaist it's his ghaist,"
vim eiied. "and oh. how sair: he
looked at mef" :
Whatever she had ceil, or fan
cied :.he hiCd seen there was noth
ing in sight, when she looked up;
nothing, but the overhanging rocks
of the glen,' the brook shimmering
in the evening light, and the white
birch tree-i sway nig spectrally
against the. sky. . .
"lie has come from lis grave,"
she cried, glancing fearfully around.
"I dare no do t. t)h!' forgive me,
.lamic, that I ever thought of it."
She drew a silken cord, which en
circled her throat ftom her bosom,
as she sjiokO, and kissed the: slender
. .... , i i i...tf.
afhKpoi silver uicu uepeiiu.ru ......
! it.
"I II never na eace u i inarry
t he 'S.piirc," sakl she; "and I ought
not to have it;. I shall feel I m trai-
- i tor. Andr oh! Jamie, after all
j loye no one but you,' and nevef
can."
Suildenly
she lose, with resolu
tion stamped ou every feature.
'-I must give the 'Squire his ring
.i.ruin." she said, brushing the last
tf ir from her eve. . "It is hard for
him, but there " other way-
Then, Jamie, then, jierhaps, you'll
forgive me, dear."
Leaving her pitcher there, she
tossed back her abundant locks, as
she finished this adjnratioTi," and
weut speeding away, through the
falliug darkness, with the light
foot of a chamois.
When' she reached the Red Pass,
the bright' glow of the warm ingle
side lit the window. She approach
ed the nearest one, and pressed
her sad, tired, yet. resolute, face
agaiust the glass.
A minute, and she .tapped lightly
against ' the glass. . The 'Sqwre
t,urne,d quickly, stared, and then
started to his feet.
".Well now, well now, what's the
meaning f thisH ha cried, raatiig
across tne room and throwing
the window, Bearfef my ' la.ie
wnai-s nappenedj"
"oomethuig that uever , shoald
of happeued," she answered, ,lMjk
iug at him with a sort of daspetitte
defiance, and drawlnfrtTie gold nig
from her flnxer, as she spoke, He
eouW to give this ring blickto yoh,
'Squire I'ufrew, J was. wrong evfr
to let j-ou pnt it on." M t.f f
"Why, -hi!d, wnatdyett mean "
'Take your rtn she said, 44 j u
whtrrwrt.tsir' ;
"Yes, I have. But what then "
"Well, 1 had a Jamie once si e
weut on, clutching at tlieV' little 9
ver ring suspended Irottt'lieiietL
a great throb of pain ehakfaig he ;
"he gave me this, and 1! tant -ev r
wear any other ting," lie heX
went off to seek his fortune.'! with!
amUier repressed sob, "and ha w
lout at sia. I tried to forget Iih4,
but I cannot. I can't kejet mi-
promise to you 'Souire . Renfrew-
tl couldn't feel . like she iliii ,tt
A.um Kobin, Oreyi I should ? hate
you I shoe ki "'And here ' Mbit
broke down completely. ! 4 ! I
ne took the ring sho offered, aud
paused tlr a uionient. , . JJe ,vtmb
not hide a look of outtemlile. -fiainl
and regret. ' :.. .-
:"So," he said, sluwlj j you ' wx
come to tell me this, aud to ask ibr
your freedom! n And yoa reallf
think, too, yon have seen Jamie's
ghaist!" ;" '; J "-';'-; - i ! !
Yes, Aud 1 shall never return
to grandmother again. ;! dare not,
Sol am going awajr.'! .' '' j
"Bessie, my darling," : eirfeil l a
voice, as his strong ,sam clas(el
her. The next moment sue wan on
the breast of har lover, who httl
come back alive 'and safe.5 ' '
few days after, ' there i was a
happy marriage at the kirk, 'Squire
Kenlrew himself giving away the
bride, our "Bonnie Bessie." ; ' ;
f- r- ( i ,
Here's What you Might Call Business.
When the town of Poker Valler,.
Nevada, sen tout one of the men into,
Nebraska to find aud hire a preach
er, hehaiMiis instrnetibns;:nd he
asked : ; ' ; '''J, ' ' i
t!an you give siuiiers h1 light
lioin tlie shoulder VI ..-- - "
"And do ion play a fair game of
seven lip f". . . . ' ' . ,
"Mercy, no t" He was, horrifled
at the thought.
"Well, I didn't know," replied the i
delegate. "The lioys said that as
how if you played toker or seven up
or wanted to rnn a sweat board the
salary would only 1m 5iK a year,
but if you was one of the sort as
sipiared off at salvation ami had a
claim iu heaven all staked off and a
shaft all going down, they'd make
it tsuii and throw iti the rent of a
cabin. It's a matter of business
with us, you see. We are hound to
get hold of some one. who can out
howl and out preach that thar fel
low at Davis Hill, if we 'have tn go
up a thousand a year and furnish
him a mule and a lrai'l of whiskev."
An Editor's Business. , :
An editor is a mule whose bizneiw
is to investigate a nnspajH-r. He
writes editorials, grinds out jxietry,
inserts deths and weddings, soits
manuscript, keeps a wavte basket,
blow s up the' "devil," steals matter,
tites out other jmople's battles, sells
his paper for two dollars
ear, takes wnite ueaus ami nuK
... i . i . i
iss for pay when - he can ge it,
aes a large family, works nine
teen hours out of twenty four, noze
no Sunday, gets dammed bi eVery-
MMly , lies lor, dies middle aged
uid olten broken-heaiteil,1 leaves no
miinn v, is rewarueu ior a nie oi ion
by a short but free obituary puffin
uu.pamrs. Jonh Biliinyx.
Misdirected Religions Fenor. .
A sad ease of misdirected religious
fervor is reorted from Ontario.
Miss Sarah Elstoue, the daughter of
resimc table parents, deliberately
committed suicide by building a tire
uid staudiug over it until horribly
burned from bead to foot. Her
last words were : "I am going to
Jesus." She left a note saying she
was tired of this world and had
made up her mind to sacrifice her
self. How mnch more eonld she
have served the purpose of her le
iug had she bravely devoted berseh
to deeds of charity, and ministering
to the afflicted after tbe.pettern of
the Saviour. j; ' :
Apt to bi Confusing.
Two eiiuntrymen from Onion
Creek came to au Austin lawyer to
consult about bringing a joint uit
agaiut a neighbor. The first gran-
getr began to tell the lawyer.; the
cause of the trouble, ernbelluibing it
rather liberally. wi. '. r. i
"Dont tell him any lies, Bill' in
terrupted the other. "It is his bu
siness to put in the lies. You wil
get him confused if you golo mix
injf your lies with hhn
Mr. W. A.. Forbes, Greenfield,
Mass was cured by St. Jacobs Oil
of rt,eumatism.-C'iact, Ckri-
. .,- ' ,
tian Standard.
THE WILSON ADVANCE.
lUTKS OK AllVKRTIsiNu:
One Inch, On Insertion, . - i.o
" ' One Month, - - -
. f " cr-Three Months - - r,.u ,
" " Six Months, - - .
One Year, - - - i V.oo
Liberal Discounts will U Made
lui.Xftqcw.dvertiM.'UH nts aud tax
Contracts by tlie Year.
Cash must accompany all Adver
tisements unless good reference'!
jrlven. 5 ' -
tnE QUIET HOUK.
Selections for Sunday Reading
: "Bad Mew Tort."
BT REV.1 CIIAS. F. DKIAm.
The icputation of this mctnHmlis.
iu the rural district. is n.a ginnl. ;
Eton .vmie of the4 old ivsidenis
sometimes speak disparagingl v of
their own eityl In Great Rritain.
it is "Rad Imd'on.' Iu Germanv,
it Is-"Had iVriiu." In France, it is
"Bad Paris." .
, -en, ew ork is not good, but
so far as 1 know, it is )M mmhI as
any other place in Aiiieiiea.
Visitor. ivport a pla.i as tM.
have seruit.: A man went to u
town, with letters to tho Ust laim
lien, hiul a warm welcome, enjoyed 1
cultivated "soiipty, saw onl the 1
4wihteN part of the place nod
weut away with theimpression that
it wiVs a little Kden. During his
stay, at the same moment, then-
"" "nii'iw in uie inn w lio
had lust his money and had his
bagncage distraine.1 't pay foi hi
loilgiug, and Ivtl the town with the'
fceJiugthat it wmm so wretche.1 u
place that he trusted he should
never behold it again.
Wetakefrom things what we bring
to them. A man may come to New
York, stay at a hotel of a bad 'repu
tation, eiid Ilia days among sharp
ers and rogues, his evenings -at t he
theatre, und a huge Hrtion ol his
nights at house of illfame, and
off; representing New York as a Go
morrah of wickedness. Another
luan, visit ing the city at t he same
time, tiuiLs morning prayer in niau
a church, and noonday prayer in
the very heart of Inisineis, and lcn
teu lectures delivered bv earnest
clergymen large and serious cou- .
gngat ions; finds Young "Mens
Christian AsMoeiations, mission -
chaM'ls,griMt publie gatherings to
promote lirge philanthropic and
religious designs, mid every single
hour of the ilay atlutib with work,
and goesaway feeling as it he had
been dwelliug iu ihe very suburbs
of the new Jerusalem.
It would be just as unfair to say,
Hlood New York." thus lilting: it!
almve all the other places in tlie!
country , as tosay "Had New Yoi k,"
sinking jt lielow the other phu-es. . .
Ill, 3f f MMMIRT render a verdict of
the city only from my H'isoual in
teiconrne with the iiihaliit.uits, I
should say it was the Ix-st. place ou
earth I had lived iu, mid vet that
would lieexcecdiirgly .unfair i -other
towns - where, I have had my" res'-
demv. They have been .smaller.'"'
I am pers.mally acqu.iinfed with
more gMMl, rettlled.ellltiv.it .-5 w .te.
active, lilx-ral jieople ill "the t of
New York than the enlii , popida
tioiiolany other town iu wJiieh I
have lived. That' should imt LIiihI
my judgment to the f.iet of tlie .
wickedness ofthe criminal el i-s.
Iu making judgment 1 must tike
all together.
tin thi other hand, the eitv i not
to lie damned with a single cpuliet,
by a judgment Ibuuded upon an '
ill.eet ion oft hose evils w hieh ex-,,
1st ie the human heart every w hie,'
and aresiinply aggravated by the
very mnltitiidiiioiiHiiess, 'of a . ity
Mpiilatioii.
People abroad judge New York
very much by our m w.p.iper.
They see crime after crime i. poi t
wl, with their details of horror re
cited at large, mid comment and
controversies thcieiiM'h en iiing,
until a decent stranger miuld well"
lie as fraid to cross the leiry and
wllk our streets, as to trust himself
to the inhabitants o! a c.mii.h .1 isle.
lint, withreganl to tliv newspa
pers, it must remeiuU'iv..), that
they publish what is s'iisat lotial .be
cause tbe oiie'solitary single reason
Jiir publisliing a daily pajn r i to
make money. The. editors, ilieie
fore, feel lsaiiid to produce a nt-.t i k
etable article; and it is localise
they know that readers iu the quiet
towns and rural district w ill snateh
up and read with avidity, pictur
esque (Inscriptions of the .horrors of
crime, that column alter roluimi of
such matter is printed.
Whenever country reader hear
ofthe badness of New Ynk, let
them rememlier that there are men
aud women and children by j the
hundreds and thousand doing
works of charity that have im' me
morial except iu the thought of
God. Let them think of the How ¬
ard missioiw, the Sunday school,
the Newsboy's lodgings, the Sistei
of the Stranger, and various othe-
sisterhootUj'the.Guild of St. John
and various brotherhoods; the
Young 3lon's Christian Ass.-iatioii,
and various, other benevolent so
cieties of men; of St. Luke's ami
the various other hospitals.
Why, I have some knowledge of
twenty-three societies torelieve tin
poor, seventeen to help children,
eleven asylumus for the aged, t hree
for women, three for the bund, t hree
for deaf motes, two for lunatics,
one for inebriates, and one for sol
diertu besides nity-.two or U ney
h3ntsocieties,suHtoiued by Israel.ti-s
and Cbristia"'4-
rWhen wecaUthw city "Bad .New
Ynrk." reosfleet these and the many
..-vLi-.ftr Individual charitW
aitv iiisnenseu. i miow uicu
j through me, "do Rood by stealth
l and blush te find 1 it tone." All UiW
i is in "Bad New York.