North Carolina Newspapers

- L V t- 1DVA: THE ADVANCE w timid it WX ron om v- (Oil WOHK OKEDOLLIR ASD FIFTY CENTS ii i: ivii nm- SESDYOt-RCEDKES "LET ALL TUB fftlBS THOU AIUI'ST AT, BE THY COUNTRY'S, THY GOD'S, AMD TRUTHS' Cash In Advance. this orrxcr- VOLUME 19. WILSON, NORTH CAROLINA, JULY 4, 1889. NUMBER 23 Wilson A BILL ARP'S LETTER :o: ii i: s m r.i tiiizes deefl y nun tuE farmers i;,it (iirf.i Tlirm Some Good Ad-i-,n . The Mortgiife Business llurf. . 1 vras thinking about the fanners tlie poor, downtrod den, i-ppreed farmers the iii. a vlu .-weat and toil for the m,iiuirt t f the country and get -i I-., f.-vi. f Tl, i. arc tleefed by the merchants, r,'!ib"il by the protective tariff, l,t.,l ly the lawyers and doctor.-, impoverished by the fiu-ar trust, and the jute trust, ami the corners in wheat and ,-oni an 1 bacon. The ftien who ;:ive to work the roads and trve on the jurte'V'-'-d live turd and die poor, and have mi (vunt'orts except rest on Sunday and a cheap religion. Now I don't say that, but that is the way the farmers talk about themselves, and they try all sorts of remedies' to tret even and better their nuulition. Years ago. they formed a trust to ship their I cotton direct to Liverpool and save: brokerage, and they lost all they put into it. Then they tried the (iraue business, and that busted, and now they have vot up an Alliance, which seems to promise better things, mid we hope it wilJ, and now let every body say "hands off," and let the farmers have their way. Let them elect Mr. Nor then lor governor and alliance men ineifibers of the legislature, aul let them .pass just such law? as they think will benefit ' tliem, Mr. Xorthen is a good -until, and we all can trust him, and if the farmers can t help themselves then they can't complain any more. Then let the alliance men elect men to congress in evsry district men who will demand their rights, men who will not be influence by the power ot money or monopoly or trusts or ambition It it is the tan it that op presses the farmer, let them re .peal it and see how things will work. i-ut tilings are not as bad as they seem. It is just as natur al for farmers to grumble as it is for them to eat. Most every body grumbles, but it is a fact that the average farmer is a chronic urumblerr He really has but two persons to grumble at, and those are God and him self, and as he won't complain of them he growls at everybody else. The farmer really has about as good time as anybody else. 1 mean the farmers in the South. The very fact that most of the prosperous farmers move to town is a sign that they are able to move and that thy want the privileges of schools and churches and socie ty. They don't sell their farms but they rent them or farm on shares. Nabor Freeman has moved to town and Nabor Mun ford and Xabor Ruford. Cap tain Lyon is coming and Mr. Tumbin and several others, but they have no idea of giving up their tarms. It is a common mistake that the Northern farmer is more prosperous than the Southern farmer. He farms bmer and wor&s harder and is more economical but his , com petition is ruinous. He can't i:it cost for what he produces The whole concern is in debt. 1 saw it stated not long ago that the farmers of New York State would not sell for enough to pay for the mortgages if a cash sale was forced upon them, aud that Ohio and Illi nois were in the sime fix A Llmira paper is before me and says there were G:)8 mort 'gages recorded within the last twelve months on the farming hnds of Chemung county 1 he-e mortgages covered more than that number of farms and . agtirejated three hundred and einht thousand dollars. That is ju-t one year's work. The editor says that the aggregate of previous mortgages that are unpaid runs up into the mil lions. He says the county as eessors's report a depreciation of farming lands, and that many of them will not nOw bring the amount they are mortgaged for a few years ago. The Connecticut bureau of la bor statistics says that m the thousand average i'aFms jthey louiu mat titty lour per cent. w?r worked at a positive loss i n ! tin; rest at a nominal profit md that large tracts of land nave oeen auanaonea to grow np in forests and -briars. The sune paper speaks of the re turns from fourteen counties in ew i ora. Mime mat are in as bad a condition as Ceernung.and that the insurance companies who loaned the money will not b-able to get it back. And yet lie tays theae farms are every where interspersed and envi- r.tin-'i with all kinds or manu l.ft'iru's. Think of all that, yi'u Southern farmers, and be thankful that you live.iu a land wimre you don't have to work " half the year to sup- pit yoii'ju winter quarters ihu other half. A laud where y"ur cattle and sheep and hogs 'in almost winter themselves. Now here is Bartow county that M iiHitrK' turien nu hr.ia au orded in i the last twelve months, and these aggregated oniy twenly-four thousand dol lars. More than half of those were for renewals and consid eration f indebtedness. The sum total of past and present mortgages on Bartow farms is less than $50,000. Twenty-one of these thirty-six mortgages are for sums under 100, jaid seven of them are for the pur chase money of the lands. Now let us hear no more of the prosperity of Northern farmers,Jor of their growing rich through the benign. influ ence of a protective tariff that gives them a home market at the factories. The truth is the North is weakening under cli matic 'influences. It takes too much to build barns and wiLter stock and- provida cellars and bins for their potatoes and ap ples. It takes too much to pay for reapers and mowers and i ;u proved machinery; too much for manures and fertilizers nd fuel. Just to think of-those magnificent barns that cost more than the dwelling houses. Half a century ago when 'he 1 1 . 1 1 uarn Durners Kicsea up sucu a row in New , York, their never thought about burning the houses but they burned the barns to revenge themselves, a. gooa ciever ieuow irom up there settled near Carters- ville a few years ago and went to farming. The first thing he did was to build a thousand dol lar barn and he painted it md fixed it uf yankee fashion, and then he built a. flye hundred dollar cottage and set it behmd the barn -and for a while you had to go through the barn to get to the dwelling house, but he has got a side track now, and you can find the cottage if you have spectacles. I heard a man say that, he has seen folks go up to the barn dior and knock and say "Hello" many time. Well, he is a good farmer and a good' citizen and his land has advanced from twenty dollars an acre to a hundred. NAUTICAL LIFE. THROUGH TUB MALACCA. VISION OF RANGOON. ; Petvang, the Beautiful Isle. Sinyhts of Slnfja2ore. A Cosmo poltian City inning and has nearly as many there farin.-J were mortgages on and; farmers aud only' thirtyrsix iarm lands rec- ihe only drawback upon the prosperiiy oi our iarmers is that they doii't work enouh, and they neglect the sideshows that are better than the circus. They rather buy a mule or a horse tnan to raise one. 1 was looking at a two-year-old filly that Gus Bates raised and ask ed him what it cost to raise her, and he said : "Nothing nothing at all. I never missed what she eat." Well, he can get 150 any day for the colt every substantial farmer ou-'ht to raise two or three a year, just like they do in i Kentucky i-nd Tennessee, and ought to raise few cattle and sheep and hogs to sell. I gave a man two dol lars for that pet pig that eat up the hen a nest ana. that pig never cost him a cent and he sold four more the same day and the old sow will have three litters a year. Every farmer ought to raise apples and peaches and grapes and straw berries and have some to sell He ought riot to buy a swee potato Jnor an Irish potato but he ought to sell some. I have never seen our market glutted with anything that is good to eat. Another mistake our farmers make is, .they buy too much expensive machinery. I know orje who gave three hundred dollars for a scrsw pulverizer and he never used it two months, before it was about rused up and can't sell it for old" iron now. These sulky plows are mighty pretty but they break more corn in turn ing at the end of the rows than they are worth. I had a reap er, and1 it worked splendid when it worked at all, but, counting the time- lost, Marion Rowland could take his long bladed cradle and beat me every time; and now I can't sell the reaper for ten dollars. Small farmers can't afford these costly machines, and they don't need them. I am glad I investigated this mortgage business. I am glad to find out that our farmers are not in debt to hurt. I saw it stated the otner day that in one of the low country counties there was not a single mortgage on record. Think of that, you poor Northern farmers ! But then that county may be too poor to hold up a mortgage. It takes gpod, stiff soil to stand one. Sand won't do at all. Nevertheless, our farmers ought to be thankful for their general condition. A kind Providence has blesssed them abundantly, notwithstanding j our infamous rebellion. Some body sent me a late paper. from Oswgeo, Kan., and marked the speech that a preacher deliver ed the other day to a wing of the Grand Army of the Repub lic, and in his peroration he said that when Gabriel blew the trumpet their dead com rades would all rise and be marched into heaven with the sheep, while Jeff Davis and all his sympathisers , would go to the left with the goats and be inarcjied into hell to keep com pany with the devil and his angels. I would like for Sam Joues to get hold of that hypo crite for about ten minutes and shake him. I don't care rny thing about that preacher, but it does-worry me to know that he had a sympathetic audience who applauded his sentiments Singajpobe, Malaya, i In the far-away Burmah, a thou sand miles or more from Singapore, where the Irrawady river pours its waters into the sea, the navigator in criueing along the East Indian shores Is likely to be charmed with the vision of one of the most fam ous and picturesque cities in this remote world. Situated several leagues from the mouth of one of the branches of the great river, in the midst of tropical vegetation beautiful and luxuriant, Rangoon wore: its prettiest look when onr goodhip dropped anchor in the harbor before tue city. At somp points of observation the entire city is lost from sight m the dense foli age of its surroundings, and one almost fancies that he is entering a forest. The streets of- the town are ex cellent, and mauy of the buildings are substantial. The residences or one-storied bungalows are scattered far and wide, and are built upon posts six or eight feet from the ground, the lower part being open, in order to escape the extreme moisture that is due to the constant rain-falls that prevail five o six months in the year. The natives resemble the Chinese in appear ance and. dress. They all wear their hair long, and are devoted to the prevalent coustom of smoking immense cigars, Some of the wo men are very handsome, but in their grotesque costumes and with roils of tobacco in their months they appear odd enough.. The cigars which the women and little girls use are said to contain a very small quantity of the narcotic weed, but are filledjprincipally with fra grant leaves and are wrapped Id a green covering. In an apartment of the great pagoda I was some what surprised to find a congrega tion of native worshipers, to whom a priest was preaching, all of whom men, women and children, were seated about him on the first flooT, smoking as vigorously as any group of young Americans, the priest himseli having a cigar withia easy reach from which he would take puffs at intervals to assist him in his thought and argument Just beyond the gates of the city, standing" upon a hill and overlooking the town, is the colos sal papnda, which has made Itan goon famous the world over. An immense structure oi solid masonry three hundred feet high and about three thousand feet in circum ference, tapering to a point at the summit, and surmounted by an umbrella-shaped canopy of metal studded with precious 6tones, which is hung with little bells that tinkle in the wind, this pagoda is designed to inspire a feeling of awe. It is covered with gold, and glitters in the sun like a burnished shield. It is said to contain a golden image of Buiddha and some of the hair from his head. All around the base are ngnres of the Buddhist divinities, to which the people bring daily offerings and before which they worship. In the enclos ure about the temple are suspend ed huge bellSjWhich the worshippers when aDoat to make onering or engage in prayer, strike with a deer horn to attract the attention of the gods. Candles and tapers are stuck about the images, lighted and left to burn out. Flowers are strewn about profusely, and the prayers ot the faithful, written on strips of gilt paper, are fastened to any spot within their reach where the deities may read them at their leisure. On feast days, when vast throngs of people gather about, with the tinkling of belra the rust ling of paper, aud the burning of tapers, in an atmosphere fragrant with flowers, the scene ' is at once brilliant, picturesque and gro tesque. The great pagoda is reach ed oy a long and covered stairway that is infested with venders of paryers, candles, toys and edibles, at the entrance of which are groups of beggars, lepers and all kinds of wretched humanity, asking alms Bordering the approaches are numerous rest-houses with bare walls and floors where weary pil grims may stop and rest for a time, Taken all- in all, the vision of Rangoon, fh its scenes and sights is brilliantly fantastic and weirdly pietuiesque. Midway down the coast, at the entrance of the strait of Malacca, which at this point is two hundred miles in width, is the little island of Peuang, lying just off the main land, that rises out of the sea like an apparition. It is said to be the most lovely spot in all the world A hpilbof nalm trees rnnaalone the shores, and woodedmohiitain ridges stretch away in the dis tance. The hill slopes are covered with bright vegetation, and dotted with villas, gardens and planta tions. The island is bix miles broad and fourteen miles long with Georgetown on the northern side as its capital. It belongs to the . Straits Settlements, and is under British authority. The whole population numbers a hun dred thousand, comprising Chinese, Hindoos, Malays and a lew Europeans. Some ot the uninese residences are perlectly magmn- cent in outward appearance, bat offer few comforts according to the! occidental ideas of borne life The houses of the English residents are fine, aud designed to con tribute to the comfort of life in the tromcs. While in Penang we enjoyed many delightful drives about the city and country, riding in a barouche like gharry behind a poor old horse, over good roads and in vipiw of manv charming bits of scenery visiting a very pretty water fall among the hills, ana seeing me natives at woik in the fields and tin mines. Coon invitation of the American consular agent to visit his bungalow on the mountain we left our ship early one morning and were coveved' in carriages through some beautiful streets, and along the shore of the harbor, to the foot of the mountain. Here saddle horses was in waiting to carry us to Hie top. The ride of. several miles were exhilarating to the last degree. Immense trees shaded the wayj allowing glimpes of the city and bay which seemed to change with every outlook. From the summit was revealed a superb panorama cf the island, the straits, the hills of Queda, and the coast of Malacca. On our arrival at the bungalow -an elegant break fast awaited us, and a generous hospitality was extended. The day was given up to pleasure, smoking good cigars, sitting on the piazza with agreeable com panions, enjoying the mountain air, admiring the scenery before us and strolling in the fields in quest of ferns. After tiffin, or dinner, which was sumptuously served, we returned to the city in the cool evening, accompanied by our host, and rounded out the festivities of the dav with a banquet on ship board in honor of our nation's representative in this remote port. ThroHgh the Malacca, between the converging shores of Snmatra and Malaya, a sail of one hundred and fifty leagues brings our good sljp to the stiring city f Singa pore. At the extremitv of the narrow peninsula, on an island of small area, this is one of the most important trade centers in the east. Two harbors are open to vessels, the one opposite the town being little more than a roadstead, where ships load and discharge their cargoes by means of lighters. and the other reaching inland deep and commodious. A world of commerce in at its portals, and as a coaling station lor steamers it has superior advantages. Itsjwealth and enterprise are apparent m its imposing buildiugs, broad streets, beautiful residences, religious and educational institutions, and its sanitary and police regulations. An extensive botanical garden borders on the city, and contains an endles variety of tropical plants. The streets are smooth and shady. making delightful drives. Ihe public conveyances are the common road wagon for four persons drawn by one horse, the barouche-like carriage with a native d river and the jin-rich show, a two -wheeled vehicle drawn by a man. Some of the private carriages are elegant, in which wealthy orientals take their evening rides iu the yarks behind Heet'horses Singapore is a cosmopolitan city. Its population comprises a score of different natonalities, who speak as many languages aud dialects Malyan, Mongolian and Caucasian make np its motley people, in which the Chinese predominate, forming a class of prosperous and wealthy merchants. - The swarthy native, the yellow Asiatic, the black sea - islander, and the pale Goth meet in the streets, mingle in the places of business and amusement, and worship iu their own chapels, mosques, temples, pagodas and synagogues according to Christian, Mohammedan, Buddhist ana Jewish rites. Malayan colleges, English academies aud Chinese schools furnish types of educational train ing. The Malay language, soft and pleasant to the ear and easily acquired, is the recognized medium ot communication between all classes. The tendencv of the times iu Singaporean society, how ever, is toward the use of the English tongue and the adoption of English customs and iustitu tions. With a liberal and tolerant government, and with a free inter change of commerce, these diverse civilizations of the ea?t are gradual ly losing their distinctive features and are moulding an Orient of greater unity, Of more tolerant ideas, of broader sympathies aud of a more progressive spirit. Salisbury FOR THE FARM. MATTERS OT INTEREST TO THE TILLERS OF TUE SOIL. Original, Borrowed Stolen and Communicated Articles on Farming. "If don't. you hain't 'mortgaged,' tion as Is necessary in th snh. ordmate organization and make mat a unit In support of tha plan. Then go outside and se cure all the co-oueration sible. Do not temporize with any enemies to the cause who may have crept into the order. National Economist. Raise your meat and you can live anyway. ! The Sanford Express says cotton does not look well in that section. The present fruit crop is pro nounced by the W ilmington Messenger as the largest on record. Let it be properly taken care of, we say. We see it state that Capt. S. B. Alexander will resign at the next meeting of the Farmers' Alliance as president of that organization. It will be no easy matter to find a man so well suited to the office. We hope no mistake will be made in selecting his successor. THE TEACHER. We see it stated that there is two thousand million dollars invested in the dairy industry of this country, the inilk pro duct of which is seven thousand million gallons. The field is by no means occupied. We hope to see Wilson county do ing her part in this direction. WE MUST HAVE VALUABLE CATTLE. But what is the lesson to be first learned is attention to and improvement of the breeds of cattle, eelection of them with reference, to their meat and milk "producing qualities. When such attention is given, advice about caring for them is superfluous. Cows whose prices run up into the hundreds or thousands of dollars, will be sure to be fed well and well Housed. When such cattle largely supersede the old origi nal, and bv no meins riegnic- ouio, piwii, men win esiern seeus oi a nooie ambiuon. fill the Xsorth Carolina stand at the world with workers md think,-. front as a dairy section. Ashe- wit0 scholars and statesmen, with Yi"e Citizen. uw" martyrs, utners may ouuu paiaces ana storehouses, rail vara anil r.nln.In. . u i A WIFE ARftVS Pni(P I "" .avMCJ.-UJC BCUUVI- . miilUr It ImiMar rn 1 0 vm. u&vu.3. I Well LCAL Lilt. HI rTl fTT T, M rfw A Ga., was bragging of having the the purity of gold -or may cather best wife In the State. He says riches by a skilful miiDulation of ' -irth amid the There is need of lucation an in nmoo peue j'iound and round they jjo before Of W&ndprinf f rii1inrlahi-rin. fvtiijs't i--A.r jaM circle or phonics and civics -i y' ' I -chanted priucchs iu the fairy to TiiETr. in:K's Fotrni i r we mount nP behind them and When I behold An uwmU9 rl ,,,rl wy beymd the realms of this character, my mind loves to dwdi u:on the true nobilit? or the teacher's life. His Is not tlm now. r of merchandise or dominion, of ! fleets and armies, of feteam and electricity in the so'.itary nchool-i' house, unknown by the world and J -unnoticed even by the passing i eier, minu ana soul are at work upon mini and soul, silently, pa tiently and hopefully, as the sun ight and the moisture silently but powerfnlly call from tbe earth its mighty forests and clothe its val- icjs wun veraure and beauty, no I the schoolmaster poms the light or i knowledge upon tbe rich null cf i childhood, aud, plaut'jg tLere the ' H0ME CHAT. :o:- -V. C Tiioi GtiT fi:on on: EXCIIAStilX, clouds ef glory, common senns in all other work, in tbe subjects The Durham Tobacco Plant says : "J? rom all over the grain section of tbe State comes the news that the "wheat crop just harvested is the best for years." Thisds truly gratifying ne-ys. We would like to hear the same kind from the cotton section, but the reports are that the cotton crop at present is not as promising, as it should be." in the ten years he has been married she never asked him for a dollar. He never gave her a dress, $5, nor anything. lie generally borrows money from her, and she makes more than he does yet he is a mer chant. She sells all home products, such as meat, lard, chickens, wood, hay, etc., and beats his store, lie does not mo maritcb : me pchoolmaater is working out tbe Kotjsibihtie! of childhood. He is rolling away the I stone from the sepulchre of ignor- j n n nn ,1 . 1 1 T . . - r . uw, auu ;uuug iuio me a franc- lin or a yewton or a Shakesieare ' or a Washington. ' iu At i -M.t MKit r ; hducation is not on trial, bnt educators. "Why am I a teacher!" is tbe qaeation that each of von ' should ask. Tbe anxwer will bu i buy anything but sugar, coffee your ideal of the teacher's life, and Land a little rice, as he has everything else to sell off at his place. lie says she is above all price to him. The source from which we expect to see the most improve ment in the shortest possible time is the farmer who diver sifies his crops. Plant plenty cf clover, grass, corn, wheat and oats aud raise your own meat and you can be the most truly independent man who walks the earth. The future is very bright for the farmer who has something to sell- all through the year. . INTEREST IX FARM LIFE. A sure way to make farm life interesting an 1 tgjop the grumbling of br a ja to awaken in them an interest in the re markable things in nature to be found on the farm. Have one-of the boys explain why grass is dark green when it grows rapidly. Tell him clover is not grass, and then have him find out what it is. Give him the books to find out these imngs. ine Doys neea some thing to think about connected with the intensely interesting operations or nature going on around them. Give them will determine tbe iva.-.iibiliti,. nf! jour usefulness. If you are a teach-! er for the parposeof getting money i to prepare Tor another profeHttion, ' your heart is not ia the school room. How can you help to elr- vate the work which you denire to 1 abandou as soon as possible T If! you are a teacher because yon are! unable to be anything tw. vou are I a living acknowledgement of tour own incompetency and a proof of the ucgredation of your profession. ir you are a teacher for revenue only and expect some dav to letire from busiuess with an ample for. tune, may tbe kindly providence that cares for ignorance and tu pidity, take yon iu pecial charge. Go, my friend, look lor the ouned treasures of Capt. Kd. start a newspaper in ltaleigb, Keep a lioarding-house, or run for tne Leg islature; do anything, believe in Bill Arp's letter in this week's AnvANt'E.is addressed specially to the farmers and we are sure will be snjoyed by them. There is no closer observer and no man who is in more thorough sympathy with the farmers of the country than is Bill Arp and it therefore gives us pe culiar pleasure to publish any article written by him specially intended for the tillers of the soil. We feel that with Bill Arp's letter this week our Farm Department is well supplied, even though no other article should be given for the edifica tion and instruction of our readers. anvtbme. hooe for anvthinu v. i tueui . , , - i. the means, as well as the op- ; ,r' maKe a ,onuae D "aching . to learn all about I u . . . . . ! jvim am tt wacurr, my near yonng lady, for the pnrpose or curing a wedding trousseau, the recording angel will drop a tear . and blot out your transgression, for ; society has denied you otberopjor. tumties of labor, aid natuie ba ! endowed you richly with th qnali-' ties of a teacher, Ht, oh, what r. price has becu paid lor euch art id- 1 that adorns the !edaeoeic bruU ' Flesh and blood have paid, for 1 ' flounce and furbelow. The wail . of luckless urchin?, the deviltry of' fau loving boys, th-j stupidity o! I of critical girls, are ;ww metatnor phosed into tde magnificent, my- portunity, to learn all about them and. the furrows will be shorter, the hot days will be cooler, the commands to horse and cow more pleasant but just as impressive, and their faces will be drawn into handsomer lines und their thoughts purer ideals. Elizabeth City Caro linian. Truer words have nev er been spoken. The farm and farm life can and must be made attractive. . eutton-eutto:t. The ''Coans" Drownei in Indiana- THEY ARE LAND TOOK. Land poor and poor land are evils to be avoided, bnt, alas, how few do. Financial troubles result as often from a super abundance of land as from the sterelity of the soil. Tarboro Southerner. A curious election case at In diauapohs has given offence to the colored voters of the city. An derson Lewis, a repfesentative colored man, was nominated for school commissioui-r. The Drae- ocrats did Jnot nominate a candi date and thev abstained from vot ing. Nearly "-1,300 votes were cast, of which La wis received 591. Of course he was beaten by the other Republican candidate. The curious thing is that a tally shows that just ;Vji colored men voted and that not white Republican cast a Lewis ballot. Washington Post. Aa Elegant Substitute, For Oils, Salts,Pills, and all kinds of bitter, nauseous Li$r Medicines and Cathartics is the very agreea ble liquid fruit remedy, Syrup of Figs. Its advantages are evident it is more easily taken, more acceptable to the stomach, more pleasantly enective, ana more truly beneieial to the system than any other remedy. Recommended by leading phyaieans. For sale by F M. Nadal 1 31 lm. rnouREss in grass culture. It is the opinion of the il mington Star that grass culture seems to be attracting more or less attention now in all the Southern States, but it does not believe there is one which show as good a record in this respect, with the possible- exception of Georgia; as North Carolina. here are grass farms in this State which cannot be surpass ed anywhere. Throughout central North Carolina fields may be seen where the clover stands five feet highland where three cuttings in the season are of ordinary occurrence. Hough on Tha Republicans- The Indiana courts hold that it is nunishable offense to vote idio. tic and insane paupeis from the county asylums. If the Republican election managers were prevented from voting insane people in that State the party would be in a hope less minoritv there, even with Dndlev's blocks of five. :New Berne J ournal. Syrup of Figs Is Nature's own true laxative. It is the most easily taken, and the most effective remedy known to Cleanse the Svsteui when Bilious or Costive; ro-dispel Headaches Colds, and Fevers ; to cure Ilaoit ual Constipation, indigestion, rues etc. Manufactured only by the California Fiff Syrup Company, San Francisco. Cal. Trv it. For sale byE.M. Nadal. th Senator Ransom has accepted the invitation to deliver the centennial address at. Fayette ville on'the 21st of November next. i UOW TO CULTIVATE ORATES. In my opinion the senpper- nong, indigenous to this State, the Norton and Cynthiana (the two last almost identical), the Ives and Elvira are the best wine grapes for our section of North Carolina. I usually transplant at one year old, in March or April,- after a thor ough preparation of the ground. Both old vines and young are given two plowings a season, sometimes three, and are pruned ia March or early April. plant all except the ecupper- nong Hx'J feet. Col. W. II. Green in Arkansas f armer. Oh, my heart is like a button! See, how easily it rolls; It's attached in many places, And it s pierced by several holes. And I sine now, as in childhood, When 1 saw the button start. 'Button, button; where's the but ton!" Some one give me back my heart! First 'twas fastened on au heiress, Sewed tight with golden thread; But it grew so loose it dangled, Kre the day we should be wed. Then, Ixdore it fell off wholly, Came the Fates, those mystic three, And the one who holds the scissors. Cut the botton off for me. I was glad to see it coming And received it with a smile. Button, button, heie's the button Coming home to rest awhile! Since, there have been many own ers For my button heart. I b'lieve I, myself have worn it sometimes, As it were upon my sleeve. Some have cast It on In anger, And rrorrrsome it rell away, Bnt the button is not broken. 'Tim a good as new to-day. Yet I seem to bear an echo Of that ancient nursery song. "Button, be ton; where's the but ton? Pass the button now along.'' 'Tis a good, big, useful button, And at times, I fairly long For a baud to seize it firmly, And to sew it on so strong. , With the threat of love that never Could it from its mooring start: Then 1 think this polished button Might become an honest heart; And no more would I be haunted, By tbe voice from out the past: 'Button, button; where's tbe but tonf If a true wile held it fast! terious and formidable parapher- nalia of bustles and bngn. Catling gun sleeves, and sell cocking bon- nets. In seeking the true conception of a teacher, I address myself only to those who can say "1 am a teacher. because I love to te?c'i.'" If you can say tuts, you ate worthy of j your profession and capable of real- iting its loftiest ideals. But do you love to teach I Do ton love to I , stay in the school room or to ct ' out of it Do yon love vour work. I as tbe men of other nrofessions ! love tbeiis? How completely tbl- , physician is absorbed in his prac- I tice! How faithfibv he klndii tbe peculiar symptoms of each ia tient and watches tbe sliehtet ( bange in Lis condition ! As be rides borne at night, weary and urea, ins minu is by tbe bed agbt, comu ou sense in tbe tnetb !s of teaching and common sense discipline. No method should rejected because it has been ?p oved by experience nor accepted cause still untried. Tbe teacher superior to methods and the ing tanght to tbe manner of ching. Every teacher will have sown method and tbe ideal teach wlll Tarv bis method to suit each pii. inr.M.. Tbe noblet work of a teacher A tb most tlifliroU to perforin, the inculcation of lofty ideals. . may be doubted whether a truly eat man ever lived that did not ceive in early life an Impulse to eatnejfl. It has often been id and is generally believed that -eat men inherit greatness from icir mothers. If tbii be true, it is ia because the mothers of e world implant in tbe eart of childhood early im- ilses to greatness. Their gift of reatness is not by heredity ,but by u neat Ion. Tbey ar tbe first achers, mould character, which is reater tnan intellect, and guides ne me oi a man with all its ener -ies and powers as complelly as :e silent intluencn of tbe moon ontrolling tbe ebb and tlow ol tbe aighty ocean. The opporiuniliea of teachers for ; lOuldiug character ar-- icarcely Ioks aan those or mother. How l.ttk re these opHtrtauities employed ! i hat a chrig con M be wrought i tbe couditiou ff humanity, it tue lergif or our profession, were ap lied as vigorously to the .training Tthe head, as they are now ap .lied to the training of tbe mind. Vbat lessous iu chastity and so brie , in KimiiH-M ana generosity, in eroism and martyrdom, might ik into the mellow heart of jouth ler in alter jears tbe goldt-u ...ain of noble drt-d. A teacher without ideal is as all as an indigent ky without oon or stars, lie U starting his f tle ship uin the ocean of life ithout chart or compass. Sut-b a jan is lit for the monotonous .rudzerv of moulding bricks or -rtHlln7 -itt!: ho nnnnt orm t1iV - 'art of childhood with the glow of - generous impulse or tire its soul :th tbe utterance of a noble ambi on. Not a day should pass in any -bool room without bringing tbe eart and soot of every pnpil in -intact with a pure and lofty ideal. II ICAl-.IC l I.Ki:ttl.K TIIX IMI.LI.La. No race that is deficient in any the cardinal vituity can achieve noble civilization. Tbe future of e negro is dark and gloomy, un 1 be bas cast off tbe vices that de . ade him. No amount of intellecm- cultnre will supply tbe lack f virtue in, woman nor of course in en. Intellectual ed oca tion bas t diminished social unhapiiiness, 'icides, divorces and " i-t signs : a decaying civiliali ,.. in tbese rtlons of our country where tbe ablic school systems are t Ue oldest, e most popular and tbe mot oroogbly equipped for inteJleclual alture. Tbe heart and the sonl and tbe nscience are in need of training s well as the mind, and this train. ig should be a part or teacher's ork. To be a man and to do jmelbing for hnmantiy is a .rander lesson than to read Virg 1 tosolve Quadratics. Tbe infla nces of heredity will o.1eo biader ie the educator of the heart and jul ota; wicked,. boy; but the in luences of heredity are equally a .owerfal to binder the culture of jje intellect. Tbe true teacher I -ill surrender to the influences or eredity, bat will know that all .tings are foKible. He will re ..lember tbe life of Ianra Brilr What the Ilrethrr of the u,ll are Thinking and Siyimj, IXHiS VS. Ml LET. If the dogs in the State coull be reduced to one-tenth the number, the shee; might be increased tenfold, and that would mean money for tha North Carolina farmer. "Wil mington Star. bEM-lSE NOT THE DAV F ( MXIX THLNt.S. IVpi not the fmall indus tries. The little raindrop make the rills and these feed the rlvera, and the rivers make the ere at and deen ea We should net 3eMti rnallindn tiies. IHtla- Ki.. UARKitjox'g rii. not l njuvrc. Iid President Harrion in vent the Plff.-in-the-rn, puzzle ? When .o many of those whe expect and think they are in find themselves out, we are inclined to think he had something to do with that raginif amusement. Durham Sun. rfcr.iMRiNt; to km a. If tha internal revenue l.iw are not promptly epealed at the next session of lmgre?s, the Republicans of .North Caro lina will promptly ftay at home and thereafter let the Northern KepuMfnns tin their tariff iolo th Ih-1 they can. (JreetL-boro North Stale. Republican. io NaniMi ami i j i,iTHr. So Mr. Shaffer gets the II&J eigh ixi.-toQca oyer Mr. Harris. The latter worked hard for Lis party. We Lave never heard vt the former doing anything fcr it but to "cuss it out" for net making Lira sheriff of Wake ; but then Le is from the othr hide of the Potomac river, and that gives Lim the iuide lrar& in a conteet for a local ollc c, even at the South. Durham Tobacco Plant. A Verdict Uaaaiacus- W. D. Suit. ... ,r uu.um m. .rbose soul every wmuow but one sleep ror rear be has made a mw- ,tM closeti; 4nJ beannft Ukenrwglec gone but Til Z f, t0, the bow her immortal teacbrr, Dr. siue oi me poorest aim meanest J .towe M .tientlv. so kindly, so wretch, where death is staring pefully, opened wider and wider with uuugry eye, amid rnulness bl. one avenue or knowledge uu ire for bis professional honor. If ltd beatl a roflptKa of lhe teaching is ever to rank with other , noUeM iKitp.-. of life and a de -. .uMv ii.uH auwiw same. ire u, worll)T of ,U"J ,ur,a proiessionai uevo- j fuig , the woril iiuu auu personal sacrince. It ' mnst be ennobled by the lives or those who teach, c ownn m;m:m t im i mtio. ' I sometimes think that there to more tomfoolery and lmmbnggar learned nonsense and theoreti cal clap-trap in teaching than in any other profeosioa. We have almost ! reached the point where no educ-1 tor can command attention atilr-r- ' Ind., testifies: "I AN INDIVIDUAL FIGHT. The National fight on the jute bagging question will be a victory or a defeat, as it is sus tained or otherwise by State ef fort. The State .fight will in turn depend on the report re ceived from the counties. The counties will depend upon the subordinate organizations, and they in turn will depend on the individual membership, so it is an individnal fight at last. Therefore let every member of the order watch for the Instruc tions that , will ' emanate from the coming, meeting at Birming ham on the 15th instant, and as soon ap they are received, take efficient steps to comply with then. Insist on such ac- Druggist, Bippus, can recommend Electric Bitters as tbe very best remedy. Every bottle sold bas gtven relief in every case. One man took six bottles, and was cured ofKbenmatish of 10 year's stand ing." Abraham Hare, druggist, Bellville, Ohio, affirms; "The best selling medicine I ever bandied in my HO years' experience, is Klectric Bitters.' Thousands of others have added their testimonv, so that the verdict is unanimous that Electric Bitters do cure all diseases of the Liver, Kidneys or Blood Only a half dollar a bottle at A. W. Rowland's Drugstore. The Carolina Vender Works have been recently enlarged by adding a large room in whicli tbe girls make butter dishes. Fans are run by machinery to keep the operatives comfortable during hot weather. Clinton Cauca&itu. xintencw. teacher. It s for oi to niM-n tbe windows or I ie soul, however small they may I oe.to cleanse from tts'ebambers the 'lh or ignorance and selSthneft. :f unfortunate ancestry and baleful -urroundmc f wickedness and despair, aud let in tbe light of life -md kntMjf, of boje and ambi ion, or pbiuntbtopy and heroism. A teachet 4 lile sbonld be in : if nirtti f wlth tush vtnn.., i " . . r l Ul .eacne. liis work most be its aiwcH aooKi one inis man H;.wn reward. For bim wealth and opposed to selling books and die .mer an,i worldly applause sre uouarur, iuat one uenoncces tue .oKs.ble, and ror tbeae things be : , wu.iuj nouia nave no oe-ire. it is im uea u esiern oi euucaiiCii i -lossible to conceive of a teacher upon iue site, auaiie an.i angular ' ncordmr to a differnf yo.wvu yi iuC uu-. au cuius o: fha rterfect idea! or t.!,, oupus. oeusatioaansm is me " ';r ,. w,.r.i...l ... n, i.r- l r i. - . . . . ' ,v ' - ' - nun oi iue idi, auu mode who . r ii,. , . " .-;:riwu w uc ieacu according io long eetablUt-u 1 ,.wUv.,..tJ-, ..o anu w ill ii. oe hr t- We cannot rnnt ..I known. Again, we may learn from ! "i, f f nm,n t ,.r,.,m other professions. The doctor who ! .... nr,d t-,ri, th- ,lnHr,n.. proves to revolatlonize tbef a u..t 1;f ,a HDT ltcr n,emrieeC,I!etOCUrt haracter than that of a fKKr, the ills ol the flesh ith some lttt- .toki- .,i ,rit t ... L .t. nostrum of his own invention aoon m0Dey, p,,w hooot m 'tetd, finds bis level in tbe profession aa ; rbe trae uUer is regardless of is recognized as a quack or a crank ; verything but bis work; and Li V? ".f rNC '. -ealizea that Le wUl oev see the together and invite from the four iarvest he u f,Untmgf and corners or the earth. . rom the ort et be will prepare the ao l ea. i Jn2' n . Slt t?e1fJn"-. ear with the Lm loving patient t onal Don Qaixotc and Sancho and the same hoperul entbnsianm, lawzas. They prance np -and , . hln eT fbe T? O0. .Vhe',r fier' ,hobbhor,:,!,iColden reaping of noWe lives tbt -uu ,ce. luc iances 01 ineir genius be hM c.j. Wllh us tbe chier w uo oiu lasmoneu winamui ! fgwafd ts work. human experience and human wis- . dom. "What ate Itiey Tor reading The Atlantic Baptut Aasooialion or writing or spelling or cyphering! J met at ilorebead City laat week. XVUT IIClVi i.LI ol ru i. The Ilepublican rartr L-u t choice in its appointments. r,e tween Haves' reliatle.V wlirt are "not afraid of the devil"' aud the nlgk'er mall 2gcnti, the people of orth C-aroliua are having a Lard time i.f It. The latent disgraceful ajiiiutmnt was that of a negro who lived in one of the Harlem couutie. He applied for a route agent" place. Soon after luakiug at. plication Le was tried for steal ing, was j-enteiiced to the peni tentiary and was t-ent to work on the Iloanoke V ty.uthern IL It. at Walnut Cove. f.-w days ago a letter from the -toa'ce department was forws. .. 1 from the negro's old Lome t . Walnut Cove telling Lim to get up Lis bond, that Le vutiLl ! ap loiuled. WintoI SenUiicL When a bnnure 1 lttl's of si4 parilla or ot her pretrnt huk t jecifica fail to eradicate in-lim mtoiuU or contagions blood toion trBirnln-r that B. II. B. (IktUmc Blood Balm) bas gamed many thousand victor m-s 3 as many seemicsly nu uril W, instance, bend to He Blot! P.altn iVv, Atlanta, ita lor -Book c.f Wonders' and 1 roniuxrd. It is the only true blotd purifier. O. W. MeBM-r, lloaell's I1m.1 tla writes: ! was fMiiei nine ears with aoren. All the nj-SK-it) I could take did me no c.I. I then tried B. IS. and k UitlJen cored toe ound Urn. S. M. Wilson. Itontid Motin tain. Teias, wriU-s: -. U Jr Im nd of ruiue was troubU-l with liui, abI pimpLa on b r f-e and She !jk three botUt-t ol IS. IS. i:.. and l--r fkin got hil aud cm to' I. pimple diapieaf-d. ?ni li-t health itnjro-l Kt-tlv." Jas. I IMwotlh. A'.Ui.la. 'ia, writes: ijome )eia a- J ivn trai led blood oion. I LaJ uo --t.ie, oy d:gctiu was ru.nHl. rhenmaUKm drew uj my l.iaj o I could hatdly walk iay throat caulerired tiveUmes. Hot Sjr ti gave uie no lencf.J, aud my I ie r as one ol torture until I K. IS. IS. a trial, and utpting . it may em, tbe um; ol ine iw'.lk-s cnied me.' s urn greatest or all teach -ra, in tbe life and mission ofJesus oMboro has tnay cjnolio rtes in her milbt, and tUy art rlonriibing, t,, bat th-te is nur m stitalion that aLe bat ri"t, ahtcli aelwl m absolutely uctx'uty t b-r fulnre prot-i ,ly. We r ft-r u a cotton factoiy. A s.lt-cld m,i tauity is n.-w oHcici fur lLe e Ubbubment cf thi n :;rV rit-Jid ibdaotry in our t ily j Are attenll ' by ac it:'rmJ coud:lioa of the l.iu:;r ataVui of the nr,fUiJi", "-aTdu'-l8 it;l threat, afltmg" the Jinign. Aa send mucus : n n te' t!.,- ; -charge i. accoTupau-d .'u a buimn M-nsattoii. 1'Lete re severe ipatos IA j..nr, i f jn-nt attacks of bead j tu a'crr and irjllamed ey-. Uy'f. Crr"U i:iam Is a remedy ibat aa b tle ended. IA) caU at ht3gi1' ; by mad, regitcre.1. 1-y Brothers, I'tcgt., .V WrttaM New Yoik. Tbe hqnor Lc ck u in 'otrce Is row i-' i. I bt cottim.ft o:.rs ordered that any Ttnu louU t a tbe streets inioxiCAft-"' Kt i la tag;er, sbonld be axri-d td fined trftt. Jl