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c ? c -XTC7 13 THE TIME TO- . t ! 1 ' KrlWC'RlHK FOR - - I I I- : .' . ' 1R 1 TTT DVANCE TherWUson Advance EE3TD TOCBCBDEXJ 'LET ALL THE ENDS THOU AIJTI'ST AT, BE 'XilY COU1HTHVS, THY GOD'S, AND TItUTIISV 1 FOE 1 S S 9 . pro this orrxcr- VOLUME 19. WILSON, NORTH CAfiOLINA, MAY 2, 1889. NUMBER 11 A A V VI A It ' BILL ARFS LETTER nri: young ideA and now TO TEACH IT TO SHOOT. The Value of. Advertising uus- i Irntetl OH "J" ; ... tn;r to a Single Advev , When a lively, restless boy coiiies home from school about four o'clock in .the afternoon the first tiling - is to go to the Ti.mtrv and eat up some thing. The children don cciue home to dinner, and their cold lunch is not very inviting. and so thev fill up as soon a thev get home, 'for their mother never forgets them hat delicious memories clus ter.arouud the dinner baske of fifty years ' ag,o the' time when it vas no hardship to walk two miles to school and stay all day. and get back about sundown! That basket v was a treasure theu t with, its fried chicken and hard-boiled eggs and home-made sausage and turnover peach pies and beat biscuit and a little Douie 01 niolasses to wind up on. Wouldn't it De splendid to go back and live thai life over aain for a . while, and play townball at r&cess, and run foot races, and play tag; and mad dog on the way home, and about tiiis time of the year, when the ?ap is rising in the chestnut and hickory bushes, v make whistles and plait whips, and gather honeysuckles and sweetshrubs, and watch, out fur birds' nests, and run the lizzards and ground squirrels along the old rail fences, and dam up the branch, and give gome school-boy sass to. most svervbody we met on "the road. I haven't seen a stripedback ground squirrel in forty years the squirrel that will skin along the bottom rails of a fence f or hundred yards and disappear in a hoie-witb.no dirt round the top. The old darkies used to tell u they dug their holes by begin uiug at the bottom and carying the dirt the other way, but it household duties. Some flowers and vines to grow and to watch as tney bud and bloom into beauty something that will be better than reclinine half- bent over sentimental, love-sick romance that pictures an unreal life that never happened and never will. It is a perplexing care to raise up these children and keep them happy and satisfied with homeL Some will go astray and grieve us in spite of all 'that we can do, and some will comfort us in our old age. There is no patent on this busi ness, neither for saint or sinner, but we must all do the vefj best we can, and trust the rest tc Providence. The blessings of life are pretty equally divid ed anyhow. The poor man in the country does not have as much anxiety about his chil dren as the rich man in town. The working country boys do not get much education, nor much polish, but they grow up with habits of industry which are the best habits in the world. We are trying to establish a new system of school in Carters ville, and our people are wide awake and taking a lively in terest. We advertised for a superintendent, at salary of twelve hundred dollars, and in JEKYLL-EYDE-WANA1IAEEE. , . NAUTICAL LIFE. Tho Postmaster Gen. in His Dual Role as Purist and Spoilsman- i The shocking indecency of an attempt on the part of the Postmaster-General to use the power of his office to make every postmaster in the count ry an active agent for the promotion of his private busi ness is at once apparent. But to meet and refute the charges the members of the firm pub lish a card in' which they state that John Wanamaker is not a member of the firm of Wana maker & Brown, but merely a large stockholder, and that the circular was sent out without his knowledge. This, we hope, is a true statement of the case, but it is at least unfortunate that a firm in which the Postmaster-General is so largely interested should thus seek to advance its intersts and extend its business. It was no doubt thought that the name of Wanamaker would have a po tent influence in bribing his subordinates activity to the aid of his private business, and if his associates resorted to the scandalous plan without his knowledge or consent ttiey less than a month we had forty- certainly "sere guilty of a most seven applications. They came astounding piece of indiscretion, from Canada to Texas. Four- to say th least. If he knew it, teen states were represented, if he winked at it, if he permit- and all of them had first-class ted it, he has disgraced himself credentials. Verily, the school- irretrievally. His associates, master is abroad in tjhe land, or the members of the firm in and as Lord Brougham says : wjiich he is a large stockholder, "I will trust him, aruied with had no right to resort to this his primer, against the soldiers- method without his' consent or in full military array." I was without being pretty sure that told the other day that the he would, not object to this normal college, at , Nashville, scheme . for utilizing his office turned out aoout tour ;nunared tor his and tneir gain, lney ALONG THE HISTORIC PER SIAN COAST. Scene tn Bushire. A Persian Residence. Bunder Abbas. Palace of thi Slieik. Tlie Roy al Group. Karrachi and the Indus. - was a great mystery 10 me. 1 belieye it is a good thing for children to have a good' long walk to school. I know Ihose two miles by h?art. Every hill and branch and chestnut tree a'nd simmon tree; fcvery sand bed ap.d ditch and' every half -hidden stone and root against which I stumped my big toe that was already sore from having been stumped before. What hurts a boy worse than to stump a sore toe and see the black blood ooze from under the nail. How comforting is a mother's sympathy. a3 she tenderly ties it ;up with some sugar and turpentine in the rair. Tinse two niles are sweetly linked with mv school days and I'm sorry for the boys and girls who have only a square or two to wais in a town or citr. and have to eat dinner at home every day.. They are not having their share of fun in this world, l ain sorry for a town hoy when he comes home from school and don't know what to do with himself , the rest of the day no fields or woods or branches ; no ; colt to ride or bull calf to break ; no snakes to shoot as they hang on : the bushes on the. bank of the creek. It is right sad to hear the boy say Papa, what can do- this evening." I take pity on mine and some times let them help me dig in the garden hv way of variety and some times I play marbles with them for 1 have not forgotten the old fashioned rules ot roundance and kicks and fat and go last and ven.ce your back killanca but I can't plumpithe middle taau out from taw! like I used t. It a -2 good idea to let a town ' boy have a few! fine chickens to pet and ,raise from and make his own coops and nest and do his own feeding and fuss at everybody who interferes with them while he is at school. Or he might have a. square or two in the garden for melons and strawberries, he ought to have some good honest story books to read, and so ac'fiuire a love for read ing, lor there is no pleasure so cheap or so lasting. Parents should find time to read to the children at uight read some thing that will interest and instinct them something from Goldsmith or Hiod or Wash ington Irving or Oliver Holmes, or some other bright and cheerful author. I wish that I had done more of it in my family. Jast night 1 read to them the original story of Hip Van Winkle bv Washington lfving,"and they were delighted aQfl when' they hear and see tye Jelfersou act it they, will e"j'oy it all the more. It is much harder to entertain boys than girls. Boys will get tired ot sling-shots and marbles and topi, and balls, but girls never net tired of dolls. Their love f these little imitations is instinctive, and according to na ture and necessity. It is a training school from the cotton and sa wdust fillin&of those of Ju and blocd. But the girls should have some variety, too . tLeix sParo time from the teachers every year. Our own state colleges are giving us an annual crop of "about one hun dred and they are good men and good icitizenb and ' have chosen a noble calling. Of course some of them have made a . mis take, fot the bet t scholars are sometimes the poorest teachers. One X)f : the pest lawyers I ever knew was -the poorest practi tioner arid had to abandon the profession, and just so it is with many teachers and preacheis. The faculty of imparting know ledge to the young is a gift, just like music and painting and" oratory. A fair scholar with a trood faculty of teaching is far better than the most pro- bund one who has it not. I know a lady who can gather a flock of children around her ike a hen brooding her chickens and teach them more in au hour than some, other teachers would n a week. If a teacher does not love his calling he will nver succeed in it. If a doctor does-not love his profession he Will never attain to fame. All the great surgeons are enthusi asticsuch as Agnew and Mott and Battey and Calhoun. And so it is with teachers. We don't want a machine. We don't want a man who seeks the place ' solely for the money that is in it. Teachers and preachers should have a higher ambition than the average bre.ad winner. I went to school to a Mr. Gray who afterwards studied for the ministry, and stood a splendid examination and was just about to be voted a license when old Dr. Gould ing, the moderator, leaned for ward, and said in solemn voice, "Brother Gray do you feel that the Lord has called you to preach the gospel to the peo ple?" "Yes, I do," said Gray, if they will pay me for it." That reply ruined his prospects, for he stuck to it a.nd was re jected. But. of course neither the preachet s nor the teachers can work without pay. j- . We hope to make ho mistake in selecting" a superintendent from this large number of com petent gentlemen, but if we do tfiere is still one privilege left ub th'e if privilegs of paying txes to a public school and paying tuition to a private oie. Bill, Arp. evidently thought that the plan would not be objectionable to him whether they consulted himjabout it or not. Nashville America. The great Cabinet office of Postmaster-General ia being used by John Wanamaker for the advancement and extension of his own private ibusiness interests. Competitors in trade are being removed from active business life by appointments to Federal positions and their business houses weakened thereby. We wonder if" the Postmaster-General has ever heard the maxim, "Public office is a public trust V Albany Union. The Jacksonville Times-Union says: Wanamaker of the firm of Wanamaker & Brown is a broth er of Postmaster-General Wana maker, tut the latter admits that he is a stockholder in the firni of Wanamaker & Brown. Isn't this queer business ?v Great is Wanamaker ! "" The Hedicine Man's Turn Nest- That is a good story from West Virginia about an evange list who went over the State painting1 upon rocks, "What shall I do to be saved ?" A patent medicine advertiser followed him and under the question added this reply : Use Blank's Cure for Consump tion." When the text painter heard of vthe patent medicine man's pernicious activity he went over the ground again and painted below the advertise ment : "And prepare to meet thy God." The medicine man will find it hard to beat this. Petersburg graph. Chronicle Tele- t Concerning Sleepers. Some railroid man has given to the world what he knows on the following : "A sleeper is one who sleeps. A sleeper is that in which the sleeper sleeD.s. A sleeper is that n which the sleeper sleeps. Therefore, while- the sleeper sleeps in the sleeper the sleeper carries the sleep er over the sleeper under the sleeper until the sleeper which Scarries the sleeper jumps the sleeper and wakes the sleeper in the sleeper, by striking the sleeper Under the sleeper, on the sleeper, and there is no longer any sleeper sleeDine in the sleeper : on the sleeper." j " Is. Henry Going? Our closely obseWant fellow citizen, Col. Henry Watterson, of Looey ville, Ky., has been taking a profound look into the Oklahoma situation and comes up to say that ,-if hades itself were announced to be open for settlers and men could get there without dyinr, there would be no lack of immi grants." Well, if men could get there without dying, hades would have still another ad vantage .over Oklahoma than those (it already possesses. Washington Post. ! Btjshire, Persia. Baireu hills and shores greet the eyes ot the traveler along the Persian coat. The waters of the sea roll upon the lifeless rocks, and beat against the reefs and joyless islands that skirt the shores. During the summer months, when no rain falls upon the land, the scene is one of com parative desolation. s$o vegetation is seen' on the burning sands, ex cept in places where a system of irrigation is employed. The cropa of the country are grown during the winter season, when a ralt nt iug nature yields a generous supply of rain to the parched soiL Farther inland, aloDg the river courses and the cities and towns, the vision is fairer to look upon, though far from attractive. The city of Bushire, standing on a peninsula lrontiog the west, is the principal port ol the country and an important center of trade With an open .harbor, it is uot easy of approach, and in its shal low water a snip mast needs an chor several miles from the shore The town in its general appoint ments is anything bat inviting. Its streets are narrow, tortuous and abominably dirty, some of which are covered over to shut out the. raj-8 of the sun. A pretense to order is made in the arrangements of the houses, shops and bazaars o the better portion of the city. The population numbers fully twenty thousand, of Persian blood, devote ed suojects of the Shah and faith fuj followers of Mohammed. Ttiey seem to be a peaceful people, courteous in manner, indolent in habits, fantastic in dress, and are little imbued with ideas of prog ress. Here are numeroifs mer chants who deal in genuine Persian ruga, tnat are nanasooie in design and moderate ia price. The famous cats, which are brought in by caravans, although something ol a rarity, are exposed for sale. Here are found many noble Persian horse, which receiTe the utmost consideration, a fine specimen of which it was my privilege to ride with a delightful exhilara'tion. The English Residency, of whose hospitality we have no question to raise, is charmingly situated out side of the gates,and!is surrounded witt beaatiful gardens in stnkiug contrast with the barrenness of tbt adjacent country. Together with the offices of the Eastern Tele graphic ompany near at hand, it forms the nucleus of a small for eign settlsment, which with flue lawn tennis grounds and an agree able society, is made very attrac tive. The princely residence ol an Armenian merchant, to which ve had access upon invitation, is de clared to be by far the finest and grandest establishment in the citv, &nd is a fair type of oriental taste and refinement. Tiie house is large and picturesque built of stone and mud. The rooms are spacious, with soft and beauti ful rags aud carpets covering the floors, but without, any show of decoration noon the walls. E iv chairs and divans, lor the purpose of napping and lounging form riie principal articles ot furniture of the house, throughout which there is panting an air of home like and homely comfort. The sleeping apartments are destitute of all furniture except neat and comfort able looking beds. Numberless servants in white flowing robes, moving about noiselessly to ad una i - a ister to tne wants ot me guests, invest tho place with a bit of oriental luxury, that prevails among the better classes in the east. The country is little more than a waste, but in the native customs some interesting pnases are pre sentcd. In the absence of rain, the land Is irrigated with water drawn from the wells that abound in many localities. The novel con trivances, by which the wattr is raised to the surface, are operated by strong bulls in a decidedly primi tive manner. The skin of a pig, forming a bottle shaped bag,-is suspended at each end of a rope that passes over pulleys, and is so ar- to the Saltan of Muscat. Its af fairs of state are managed in an easy-going manner by a venerable Sheik. Tne saluting battery, that marks the approach to the harbor, consists of four very eld guns which might have been used by Xerxes, had that enterprising conqueror oecn so iormiciaoiy equipped, oae of which is mounted on a held carriage and the others are stuck in the sand. They are accustomed to load and fire oJ the whole num ber in quick succession, then reload their guns after au interval for the next installment of four shots, con tinuing the fusillade for along period of time. With email charges of pow der, with which sticks and etones are used to bll up, and careless tiring, their missiles are likely to take flight almost anywhere, by reason of which their salute on our arrival was assuring to as of any thing but safety. As it was, one of their gunners was minred bv a premature discbarge, and with faith in Uncle Sam's surgical skill came off to the ship for treatment. Our presence in poit excited something of interest among the natives, by whom we were treated with becoming courtesy. Id paying our respects to the author ities of the place at the executive headquarters, we were ushered into large bare room, the floor of which was covered with rues. Along one side stood a row of chairs in which we were seated. Ou the opposite side the governor's attendants were sitting, with the Sheik himself,, 'in court dress, occupying a plat form'1 at the end of the room and facing both lines. As none in attendance spoke a word of English, and as their lau-1 guage was a sealed book to us, we all sat staring at each other, lost in amazement if Dot in admiration, while messengers were out scouring the town for an interpreter. In half an hour the important person age arrived, and our interview with his highness was formally begun. The old Sheik seemed U be greatly pleased with the inform malum we were ab'e to impart to him about America, our shin and '.he object of our visit. Refresh ments were served, consisting principally of sherbet, a kind ot sweetened drink used in the east md coffee. The photographic appliances. w th which our party was provided, received the greatest of attention, and Ins majesty was uelighted with the thought of sitting for a picture. H0T2E2LES3. "Too Tired Too Kneel T-l;iat.,, From a far away fountry town, a box of wild flowers had come to tho "Children's IIcs- Utality" in the city of B : . Just at dusk the new nurse stoped In her rounds tefore one cot. where a roor liltl To accomplish the object au ad The Matter "With Hannah. A rather overcultured overstrained literary critical view which fell our hands the other day and and into was relieved at one point by the statement that "Hannah Moore was never kissed in her life." We suggest to the Browning club that in this fact may pos sibly be found a clew to the origin of that familiar classi cal saving: "And that's what's the matter with Hannah." Boston Globe. Where Women Are Superior to Men. Ella Wheeler Wilcox , has written an essay on "Women as Wives." No man will ever dispute the statement that as wives womenjare far superior to men. Durham Sun. ' ' An Unprofitable Crop . I he Oklahoma boomers are carrying more pistols than plows, into the. new territory. This looks as though they in tended to raise more Cam than corn.- Philadelphia Times. Agin, Poker Eooms. The Alabama Legislature has passed a law abolishing poker rooms in that State, and provid ing severe penalties for its vio lation. The Mobile Register, the leading paper in the State, rejoices over the passage of the bill and says: "Our people are grateful and will remember their trusted representatives for this great relief." journment was made to the roof of the building, a flit and nucoveied surface, and cnaira were taken up aud arranged for the royal grbtip, In one line were seated the court dignitaries, in anotoer was our company, and beteeu and at the head ol the hues sat the Sheik himself. Drawu up behind him was his body guard, armed with various kinds of euns, both long aud short, aud with very long swords, and clau in Grotesque uniforms, of which no two were al;ke. It wai s royally impressive scene, without doubt, and the artist succeeded in making a lair picture, which prooa- bly will be cherished for a long tune in the courts of Bunder Abbas. From the quaat towu on the Ormuz a sail of seven daj. alonu the borders of the Arabian Sea and in the sweltering heat. reveals no port of any moment on the Persian and Beloochistan coasts. The same dreary and lifeless scenes stretch along the shores. Near the deltas of the Indus, reaching one hundred aud thirty miles aloug the sea, through which are poured out the waters gather ed from the Himalayas, the vision changes and a brighter outlook stcirts the horizon. At the port of Karrachi our ship enters the northern-most gate of India, hav ing explored the shores of the Persian Gulf aud retraced the course of Nearchas of old, the first great navigator of historic times, The seas, the strange lands and cities and the barbarous peoples tell to ns the stories of the past, setting forth tha laws, customs, religions and institutions of a world aud age far removed lrom our own tair,enuguteneu ana gionous Amer ica. Salisbury. sufferer lay, clasping in his thin hands a bunchof violets. Tbe little follow tossed and turned from side to side. Ever and anon he would start up, mur muring something about "Little Jack," then fall back, whisper ing, "Too late; too late. "Bad case ; bad case nurse ; father and mother both died of the same fever, baby found dead and tne boy will go soon," and the doctor shook his head gravely. "Poor little fellow!" mar mured the nurse. "To die alone ; no mother's hand to wipe away the gathering dews of death ; no mother's arm : no mother's kiss !" She brushed back the damp golden curls from the forehead. The blue eyes opened wide, and a faint voice whisrerd. "Mother!" The nurse bent pityingly over him; his eyes searched her face, then closed, wearily. "Oh I want my moth er; I want my mother!" he moaned. "l'oor baby !" said the physi ian, "he will have his mother on." The child started up. "Rock me, mother !" he cried. Very tenderly the doctor lifted the little figure, and placed it in the nurse's arms. The waarv head dropped upon her should er ; the hands, still holdincr the violets, were folded lovingly around her neck. To and fro j-he cradled him. The room was growing dark. , A faint ptreak of light ca:.. in at the eastern window, aid slipped softly across the ledge "Sing to me" the child whisp- Sherman has red. Very sweetly on the air I enemy; oue rose and fell the music of that Id, old bymn "Hide me, O tny Saviour, hide. Till the storm of lift is past." Nearer and nearer crept the moonlight, till it .touched the - waying figure. t "Safe into the haven guide. Oh, receive my soul at last." The Song ceased. "Mother. Fohtical Cut at Tie Siiionl Capital j Osr Eogilar Reporter. Washisgtox, I). C Apr.SC, '8j. Senator Harris, who has been in Texan since tbe adjournment of I the Senate, han retur. ed to WaKh- ington. He will attend the On. tennial in Kew York, after which be expects to begin work for tbe summer on a Senate Committee. I NEWS OF A WEEK. WHAT IS HAPPENING IN 111E WORLD AROUND US. A Condtnttl 7.V;orf of tk Newm as GatKrmt Prom theCotum$i of our CoHtrmporariet, StaJ and National. The New Discovery You have heard your friends and Leighbors i talking about it. You may yourself be one of the many who know from personal experience I just how- good a thing it is. If you Lave ever tried, ycu are one of its stannch friends, because the won derful thing about it is, that , when once given a trial, Dr. King'rf Kew Discovery ever alter holds place I'm too tired to kneel to-night,' mrinured the child; then oftly added, "Now I lay me down to sleep I, with a loug sigh the blue eyes closed tiredly ; the arms slipped own; all was still. The moon liirht flooded the room with siN ver; it lingered about the little .vhite-robed child ; it fell upon t he gold encurles and half-clos ed lids; and the withered flowers had fallen loosely now from the tired hands. There was a iaint, sweet perfume of violets u.3 the rocker brushed to and fro ; nothing etirred in the room :-ave the swaying figure in the moonlight. The doctor touched the nurse and gently said, "The child is with its mother !" A Sound Legal Opinion- uainuri'ige, . Sunday, Esq, County Atjy., Clay Co., Tex. 6ays -Have used Llectrlc liitters with most happy results. My brother a'so was very low with Malarial Fever and Jaundice, but was cured by timely use of this medicine, Am satisfied Llectnc Bitters saved my life." Mr. D. I. Wilcoxson, or Horse 'ave, Ky.. adds a like testimonv. :ying: He .positively believes he would have died, had it n it been for Electric Bitters. This irreat remedv will ward off 1 1 - 1 1 . . i . . . . i as wen as cure an juaiariai Uis eases, and for all Kidney, Liver and stomach Disorders stands unequal ed. PriceoOc. and 81. per bottle at A. W. Uow and s Drug Store. It is a rare day now when either Commissioner Tanner or A&aiotaat secretary Buster-beg pardon Boa. eey does not reverse at least one decision ol tbe late administration in the matter of applicants for pensions, eomebod.-'s eyee will open very wide when the estimates lor pensiojs for the n xt fiscal year comes to be made up for tbe next session or congress. IX there is not some high old kicking among iue liepuoiicAns i b i.ji b very much mistaken. i V' The open row betwyn Senators Sherman and Quay o.-r tbe dis tribution of patronage has been the talk of tbe werL in political circles. II ear Quay, oe says: "I cousider Sherman's a i ins an dis creditable aud dishonorable and when I am found doirg anytblqg for him again the rnoDle of the country will know it." Quay claims that be gave np one pitce to Sher man witu the distinct understand ing that a Pennsylv..tiian should have another place, a..d that while be was out of town Sherman stole a marcn on bim and Lad an Ohio uiau appuiuieu to iDci very posi tion, Sherman evidert'v does not want to quarrel wi:b uay. This is tSe way he replied to Quay's abuse of him : "If ihv Senator felt aggrieved, he should : ve come to me and we umht Lave settled the matter without any yissention or difficulty. I have alwavs regarded Senator Quay as a prmnal friend. I would be the last una in the world to say one word calculated to hurt Mr. Quay's teel.is." Sher man's olt words La iu Hootbing effect on Quay, who left here for bin home with fire in L .s eve ami vengeance in his ln-art. John maie dangerous who vr.t allow no scro(les to stand in tl way of bis getting even. When tbe new cabii.t.- took office. First Controller DurbAU, who has made a proud reoord ! that very Important office, tendered bis resig nation to Jsecretarv indom. to take effect upon tbe ppointment of bis successor. A fev . davs aeo in tbe regular course rt business. tbe Controller receive.' through tbe At Wayne court wek before lau a man was inflicted for aSrsj an J by coDK-nt of ooaniJ a jury coom poMsl of one man was rtcpastdad, beard tbe endence.was charged by IbeJodgcaod returned a verdict of cot guilty. Tie Literary Address at Greens boro Female Oolk-g ibis yew vi3 U dehreml by Prof. J. Coke Smith, of W'offord CoISi-jre, Fpartaa burg.S. C. Diplomas will be con ferred by Gov. Fowle, 03 Cota tueoortceut day. In tbe intrastate military oon et at Jacksonville, Hk, tbe Southern Cadet at Maooa. Gk, von tbe friz of il.ooo lor Lha beat Henry George, the land git tor, drilled company, and tbe Gtfmaa roMieers, i. ui ieun, . tne second prize of f :U0. 1 A salt trust is tbe latest. in Department of Just ic , a batch of vouchers presented bv Join A. Davenport, the notori at suiervhor of elections in Ne w Votk, aggre gating :$,--00 for "enraordinarv expenses incurred b: bim during the late president'.! election. Alter careful examination Mr. Dur ham refused to paVs these vouch ers, notwithstanding his bavinif been sent for by .-Me too Miller, Attorney General, nl informed that tbey must be i lowed. Tbe result was that Mr. Durham has been iuiormed by b-ctetary Wm dom that his resign.., .on as First Controller of tbe Tr-. -ury has been accepted, to take cu:-. at once. "Me too"' Miller bo. to have better luck with tbe Uepubli- can Contioller in ccin-ig through the crooked voucii-r" t.f bis w York subordinate. .Mr. Durham retires from office witu the respect of everybody and - good conscience. ranged that, when at tie bottom of i the house. .If you never have The OnW Eight Way.. ' The only way the Chronicle bolts a Democratsc ticket is to swallow it whole. Charlotte Chronicle. the well.the bag is tight side np and Alls itself, and coming to the top is turned over and emptied into ditches, by which the the water ii carried to the desired fields. Thus little by little the water is raised to the surface of the g.-oand and spreads itself over the parched soil, calling into being a sparse vegetation in the dry season. A sail of a hundred leagues or more from Bushire takes one to the port of Lingab, the next in impor tance, a place without attrastions and interest, at which our ship made a brief stop. Farther down the coast, opposite the Uman pen insula, the sea-farer nears the once famous town of Bunder Abbas, sometimes known as Gombroon Surrounded by a wall and occupi ed by a few thousand Arabs, there is little about the place to remind one of the city, with ten times its present population, that became an important commercial center, in which several European nationali ties secured a strong industrial foothold. When in the heighth of its glory some years since, the natives made a descent upon the foreign settlement and : business places, ruins of which are still seen,driving out the new civilization and trade, and lapsing into their former state of barbarism, fanaticism and indo lence. It is a small and dirty town, with rnde huts and a hot and stifling atmosphere, facing the quiet wa ters of the Strait, and is tributary used it and should l atliicted with a cough, cold or any Throat, Lung or Chest trouble, necire a bottle at once and give it a fair trial. It is guaranteed every time, or money refused. Trial bottles at A. W, Rowland's Drug Store. Ho Was Choice. Knew -.Herself. s r . - n . a iew aays ago two men were in Smith's barb6r shop. One had red hair and the other was bald-headed. Red Hair (to bald head) "You were not about when they were giving ut hair?" Bald Head ".Yes, 1 was there, but they only had -4. uttie red. nair wouldn't take it." left, and I Stranger (at the door). "I am trying to find a lady whose married name 1 have forgotten, but know she lives in this neighborhood. ' She is a woman easily described, and perhaps you know her a singularly beautiful creature, with pink and white cemplexion, seashell ears, lovely eyes and hair, such as agoddest might envy." Servant "Really, sir, I don't know"- Voice (from head of stairs). "Jane, tell the gentleman I'll be down in a minute." Judge Thnrman cn Wanamaker- Papa "Got There-" "Oh, papa," said a vivacious East Liberty girl, "we waut a irood name for our young la dies' club. Can you think of one at once significant and appropriate." -'Well, I don't know," replied the old man ; "How would 'Giddy 'uns Band' do?" Good for the Deacon. "And now my dear brethren, what shall I say more ?" thun dered the long-winded minister. "Amen!" came in Bepulchral tones from the absent-minded deacon in the back of the church. W. W. Dudlev. rf blocks of five" fame, Is said to be success fully engaged in the vry lucrative business of ouice brokerage in this city. He has more --.idlers every day than the average cabinet officer. He does uot eo near the White House, but that is understood to be in deference to a request of Harrison, who is a great stickler for outward p;oprietv. and does net diminish . hia influence, which is greater than that of any other man, not even excentine Blaine. It is now started here that Har rison will probably exnd tbe time lor the Uailway Mail Service to come under the Civil Service law. He has already extended tbe time once, out the post othce officials have discovered that the time men-tioned.-May, 1-will not give them time enough to replace all of the democrats in the service with re publicans, so they have asked for another extension, jnd expect to get it. Sir Julian Pauncetoie, the new British minister has arrived here. Not being a Lord, he will probably Know Detter how to tmud bis own business than Lord Sackrille, the man wuom he succeed, sd id- is lecturing in Great BriUan There are now 225 patients tbe Italeigh Insane Asylnm. Tbe Swain County HersU boasts of a blackberry vine 21 feet long. Charlotte baa a robbery every ei?lt- the. week and two oo San day for a ranty. Cats are being shipped to Dakota by the car load to eat op tbe mice in tbe granaries, Tbe Winston Republican sars the Centenary M. E." church will buy a f.'VX) organ. Tbe Michigan legislature passed a law forbidding boys nnder 17 to smoke. A good law. . No men who enlist ia tbe State guard after June 1st can go to tbe encampment this year. New Berne Is furnishing Win ston Salem with cabbages. That is internal improvement. A three year old son of J. D. Brevard, of A&heville, tell in a tab of water and was drowned last week. Whitelaw lieid, anp ;ia Min ister to France, ha resigned as editor in chief or tbe New York Tribune. Tbe Henderson granite quarries have conUaAs to furnish 12,000 tons of ttotie-4-ad that I hey can attend so. Poetic poli'ics come to tbe sur face in ibe caef Mr. Roewater, of Omaha, who Is said, wants to be Cotiful to Cologne. Tbe Concord Times says I'rof. McAnalty has been offered f 2,000 for his new plow invention. It is said to be an excellent plow. V. V. Uichardn, U. S. Marshal for this, tbe Kaxtern district of North Carolina, ba sent in his resignation to take effect May 1st. In dry air gunpowder will speed a bullet one thousand seven hun dred feet in one second; id damp weather, one thousand two hun dred feet. There are IOOhioOO Rnglish speaking people, f.0,000,000 who speak German, e 7,000,000 who speak Kalian, and 4,000,000 who speak French. Raleigh will have a bird show next week. There will be on exhibition about one hundred and twenty-five different kinds ol birds. This will be worth seeing. Amelie IUtes-Chanler - received S5.000 lor her last novel. "The Witness of The San.' She ts to get 10 cents for every, volume ol Llp piocotts sold containing it. Ex President Clevelna and Mrs. Cleveland are expected to pead a week at Morehead City during the session of tbe Teachers' Assembly this summer. Raleigh Call. Hen. Cnllen A. Battle, of New Heme, will deliver the memorial address in that city on tbe 10th of May. His subject is "Chancellors ville,n80 we learo from the Journal. .The prohibition amendment was defeated in Mass., tbe t$Lppoted centre of literary and intellectual development, by 40,000 votes, leav ing the only retneay local opt ion, as before. Over $10,000 worth cf a paribus wa Kbipped lrom New Berne one day last we k says tbe JournaL Mr. II. Fowler ia making his own fertilizer at home at a cost of 110 per ion. Last yesr it proved tjnal to manure that cost HO and 10, Prof. R.McK. Goodwin, a popular member of tbe faculty of tbe Insti tution cf tbe IVaf, Dumb and Blind in Raletgb, haw been elected a delegate from the Daptmt Taiwr nacle to tbe World's Sunday School Convention which meets in London in July. J. Lowrie lkIL tbe new mperin tendant of the railway mail service, was carcing f ?o,Ouo a year as a railway expert, and accepted bis present portion at a favor to Postmaster General Wanamaker. His nalary is ffl.OOO a year. PhiL Times. The Weldon News urs that it is humored that tbe celebrated Kingwood Vineyard (of Haiifa county) has been sold to the Msoa Amngton Gold Mine Company for ?;3,ooo. This ia one of the largest and tnot valuable vinejard ia the South. The American Cotton Oil Trust will erect at Wilmington in time to oe tbe next crop one of tbe largest eotton M-ed ol m.Ks la tbe Sooth, It will le oonstroc'ed tons TOO tuS of freed a day, it wilt be so Uuut that it can be easilv enlarred to consume'l'XO tons. Violating tbe local option law in some North Carolina towns ia getting to be an -xpentre luxury. A doctor to Mount Airy last week was fined $70.00. one man 1 100 and another man f-Kl. The people will learn after awhile tbt ben a law is panwd it will be enforced. Tbe Statesvllle Landmark bas counted np twenty bou-es that were burned by foteot fires daring the recent wind Murm that fan Bed the tire all over North Carolina. Tbe greatest damage was in the turpentine country, about Moore, Ilicbmond and IZohcMoti counties. One of our State editors, who bas investigated D;bo"J I.ymaa's reondy of eating easci washed down with cow's milk jat before retiring as a cure for In.mula, ia ' a practical way, declares it is not half m sure a remedy as to bare tbe narse slerp in the garret with the oaf y. Tbe Shelby Era instances lie following as anew industry inaugu rated, in that town: a parly here shipped hr . Chariot! nine cats, shipment of the sine t lelines will follow net w . thi affect the price of sausages P week "r to .mother i her of - Will Ualogva. The republican congressmen fo the South are very much exercised because they have gotten none of the fat official plums, either In Washington or abroad, nnder this administration. Outwardly thev show little 6inuu8 of the trouble. but they hold meetings in secret at which they rage and make dire tr heats as to what Miey will do if they are notrecogniz -d. It is not likely their threats will seriously alarm anybody. Good and Bad. 'That breeches maker from Philadelphia Wanamaker j seems to be running the guillo-1 Georgia paid over 8123,000 to tine on full time. I am told he ; Confederate veterans this year. is a pious cuss. i-jBiy is a gooa ; This Is both good aud bad. thing to nave in an administra- Good, because she paid so tion, l suppose, dui I am arraia ; much. Bad, because she did 1 am arming into politics." j not pay a great deal more. asuingiou x-usfc. Macoa Telegraph ' Preadeat Harris:! s Way. President Harrison has de cided to eradicate the race ques tion, ins way of doing it is to appoint "white men to ofS.ce regardless of color.-Kaneaa City Times. SThaatlia WeaiLer Predict::-. When a woman "-fsps out on the back porch with her arms rolled np in her a; ron, it is a sign to her neightor that she has something to tell her. Atchison Globe. The sun never sets in tbe United States. When tbe evening son is going down in Alaska tbe next morning's sun is an hour high in Maine. This is a big country for a Tact. Tne directors of the Penitentiary have closed a contract with tbe Grey stone Granite and Construc tion Company for one hundred con victs to be worked at the plant of the company. The editor of tbe Lenoir Topic has seen a curiosity, in tbe shape of a peach tree limb six or eight inches long, which contained fonr hundred and twenty peaches of the nsual size for tbe reason. It is said that the Jesuit Fathers. a Catholic order, have decided to build a church in Mitchell county, near Bafcersville, and in connection with it a school which is intended to be the nucleus of a college. Tim Lee and Mr. Banks had a fight at Washington City last week abont tbe UIeigh post office. Lee I avowed J. C. L. Harris and Banks wanted his father to get tbe place. Lee broke an umbrella over Banks' head. , A lady of Aberdeen owns a net dog. A few days ago a hawk attempted to catch a chicken from the yard and the dog nut ii his veto, choking tbe hawk" to death. It measured 33 inches from tip to tip of wings. Mrs, Elizabeth Wilson, former owner of the Cleveland Springs, died at her home, three miles from Shelby, last week, from old age. She was 90 years old and leaves propeny vaiui hi 7l,'JW, says tbe Charlotte Chronicle. A beaver weighing thirtv-two pounds was caught in Stokes coun ty, lately. The reporter says that until within the last ten years tbee animals have not been seen in that section lor upwards of one hundred years. W Inston Republican A man named Riddle, in one of the western counties stole tbe wife of E. M. Spoon and ran off with her. He swore out a warrant and had Riddle arrested for larceny. but the Justice dismissed tbe case on tbe ground that a woman is not personal property and therefore not tbe saojett of larceny. Dr. Battle, of the experiment station at Kaleigh, rays there is nothing in tbe law to prevent apy fiersou from ordering any on licensed brand of fertilizer for bis own use, bnt that it ouct be done at tbe purchase nk. as the wtation can offer bim no protection in tbe way of analy i. Uncle Robert Mt Cree, one of our well to-do, mdasttioos colored citizens, has in his tonne ion a titne-pieoe of xlden time." It was made by Silas Hoadly. About he year l:t(J Martin Cook, grand father of onr citizen, Mr. Billr Cook, was agent for these clocks, and among his sales was this one. On tbe Albemarle Sound Bp wards of 2SO,000 bas been paid ou for fish during the heason. Nearly all the netters have stopped fisbicg, though tbe Sound ia almost alive with shad, and seinemen are hauling them op by the thousand, which will swell tbe seanon's re ceipts to a million dollars. Wil mington Messenger. The farmers are further advanc ed in their farming operations than we have known them in years. The corn crop has just about been pitched, the cotton land is about ready, while some have planted;' tbe fruit promises a bountiful yield; wheat, oats and rye are doing well. au.i me prospect now u very prom ising. Warren ton Gazette. Warner Coleman, tbe president of the State Industrial Association, is tbe wealthiest colored man in North Carolina. He lives at Concord, and owns over one hundred bous there. His income from this source alcne is friXK) a year. He is constantly bailding new houses. Coleman may be called tbe representative man of bis race in tbe State. Lieutenant Francis Wiuidow, ho has been engaged in the oyster survey of North Carolina, has retired from the United States navy for the purpose of becoming general manager of the Pamlico Oyxter Company, componed of gentleman of North Carolina and New York, .and will develop tbe oyster watets of this State ia- a ruwi practical way. IU;v. Ii. Clade, tbe in venter ot tbe system.'' lor telegraphing from one moving train to another, is preparing to make a test of bis invention, and is now lajlng bis wires, etc, along tbe track of tbe Kaleigh aod Augusta Railroad sear tbe penitentiary. Tbe wires wll extend a mile in diotance. We have seen the model, and system tbe seems to be a perfect ncoea for practical use. Mr. Cade will e ready to make tbe test la about ten days State Cerhoicle.