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Claudius F. Wiison, Editor,
VOLUME 21
BILL ARP'S LETTER
HE GIVES THOSE CONTEMPLAx
TING MARRIAGE
SOUND ADVICE THE YOUNG WIFE'S
. STANDARD OF LIVING SHOULD BE
TAKEN- INTO CONSIDERATION.
I am going t build a pigeon
house. It seems to be a long
felt want. A squab fell down
from the coping of the chimney
yesterday, and Mrs. Arp had it
cooked, fur the little orphans
and I heard her telling the chil
dren how pa had a great, big
pigeon house and hundreds of
pigeons, and they,ehad great
dishes of gqabjS to eat all the
year round, and Iiayr nice old
Aunt Peggy could cook them
and they were better than chick
ens or partidges, or anything
else. Every once in a while1he
discourses these children on the
joys and luxuries of her child
hood. She tells them about
the fish-pond arid the deer
park, and the bucks and does
and fawns, and how she petted
one and it would come at her
call and eat from ' hand, and
how they bad venison whenev
er they wanted it, and old Aunt
Peggy could beat anybody cook
ing venison. And how they
milked eight cows, and Aunt
Sally made great churns full of
bulter and how they killed
about a hundred fat -hogs every
winter and what & big time it
was drying up the lard and
making sausages aud smoking
hams and shoulders, and mid
dlings in the high topped smoke
house. And about the big po
tato patch where they made
enough potatoes for the white
folks and a hundred negroes be
sides, and her pa kept them
sound and sweet in the banks
until potatoes come again. And
she tells about the big planta
tion on the Chattahoochee and
the ferryboat, and the fish traps
and the bluffs all covered with
laurel, and the big; gin house,
and how . she used to . ride
aiouud on the long beams and
pop the whip at the horses as
they went round and round un
der the cog-wheels, and how
little Ben fed the gin and big
Ben picked the cotton, and old
Uncle Jack wore number four
teen shoes and his feet? sprad
dled out nearly straight and
made a path a yard wide when
he walked through the field,
and so he wasn't allowed to
hoe corn but was kept at the
ferry or in the blacksmith shop
on the river bank. And how
she learned to fipin and to
weave and wore homa made
linsy woolsey dresses, 'and
conld plait a shut bosom or
tuck a dress before she was
tirelve years old, and, last of
all, how she would have been
somebody if I had given her
time, but I married her when
she wan nothing but a child
and she hasn't had any timo
since to learn anything or do
anything but nurse children
and work for them.
Good gracious when she div
lates, and narrates and expecto
rates upec. the halcyon days
of her girlhood, 1 have to take
a back seat while the children
draw mar and listen aud won
der and admire, and i feel like
I am nobody much and maybe
I did wrong in invading her
household and carrying off its
queen. ' '
But I hava done ray best
yes, I have done ray best, I
have fought a good fight and
kept the faith and tried to keep
her up to her raising and she
might have waited longer, and
done worse. But I am going to
build her a tigeon house and
let her least her memories in
watching the beautiful birds as
they gracefully sail around in
flocks and she shall feed htt
children onsquabs to her hearts
content- I bought her a fawn
once but he grew up to buck
hood and horns and liked to
have killed one of the children
and so I killed, him and
that let me out of the deer bus
iness. I had some; big footed
negroes too, and several cows
and used to have right smart
hog killings, and I made her a
fish pond aud raised turkeys
and pea fowls, of her youth, but
I never did have a great big pi
geon house. J II show her chii
dren that I'm somebody too,
even if I didn't have much to
start on except form and fea
,.'ure and wore good clothes and
ten dollar boots, and carried off
the prize at the iehool com
mencement. One of her boys
was fixing for a party the other
night and it took him half an
hour and two looking glasses to
array himself in his swallow
tail coat and double breasted
cravat aud rainbow surssingle
. and patent leather- shoes and
derby hat and a chimisette for
a shirt, bosom, and when he
presented himself his mother
exclaimed: "Well, well you, are
just your pa over and over again
He was the dressiest and
handsomest young man you ev
er saw and you get it all from
him."
When a young man begins to
look around and hanker after a
wife he had better consider
whether he can keep her up to
her raisin? or not. If he thinks
he can, then he is safe to Invite
her to put her clothes In his
chest but if she is rich aud he
is only 'tolerable, I thank you,'
he had better be careful and go
?low, for riches take wings and
fly away, and if he can't beep
up the old standard its a reflec
tion on his capacity. A irood
sensible wife won't say any
thing on that line, but most
. m '
every woman nas an lnea mat
if she was a man she would
make life a success and so. if
her husband proves a failure,
she don't strain her eyes -in
looking: up to him. Its all right
at our house except the pigeon
house and the squabs, and I'll
catch up with that. In fact. I
am ahead of the music in a
good man y things considering
the war and raising ten chil
dren and keeping them in good
clothes aDd healthy vittels. I
have done pretty well and she
knows it. If lam not -very rich
I am not indecentlypoor and a
few more j ears will close out
the partnership and the battles
of life ba over.
In the oldsfasioned times
when folks married for love
they bunched everything they
bad and got in one boat and
sailed clown the stream togeth
er, but now a days it is not un
common to hear married wom
en talk about their house and
their farm, and her crop, and
her bank account. It is all well
enough for a woman to keep
what she inherits, but I would
not play second fiddle to no
woman upon earth if she ever
said "this is mine ' to me. It
dwarfs a man in the estimation
of his children for their raotli
er to hae the biggest pile. Pa
is of no consequence if ma has
got the money. I have known
boys to . grow up and sue for
property their parents sold to
raise them on, just because
there was a fUw in the papers.
They had no respect for their
father. The property came in
between them and they dishon
ored him and brought dis
grace upon themselves. I have
soen rich men made richer" and
their victims bankrupted Jay
these infamous suits and I have
my doubts whether it benefits
the state of its "citizens for any
body to own anything in town.
Legal theft is as dishonorable
as illegal theft. It is a sort of
larceny after all and trust and
those who are guilty of it leave
a legacy to their children, a leg
acy or property acquired
through a parent's infamy.
Children should be raised to
believe that their father is
their best friend and the best
man in the world so far as they
are concerned.
This is the tFue parental re
lation and if one of mine
should seek to undo anything
that I have done in regard to
property I would hide ray head
in shame that such a child was
ever born to me.
"Children obey your parents,
for thia is right."
"Honor thy father and thy
mother."
One day a .father and his
child were riding in a wagon,
when the horse ran away and
overturned the wagon juit as he
got loose from the harness. The
father was thrown into a ditch
but the little girl was bound
safe and sound under the wa-
on body. She smiled as they
took her out and said : I knew
my papa wouldn't let me get
hurt. Thi3 is the faith, the
trust, the love that a child
should have in their parent.
The expectation of . getting
property . when the old man
dies is a drawback upon the
child's affection. It is an in
siduous, pcisonous temptation
and too frequently paralyzes
filial love and respect. And so
the law of compensation comes
in and blesses the poor man in
J;he loving devotiou to his chil.
dren. If all that he has to give
them comoj from his daily toil
his sweat and his labor, they
have mure, hope in his life than
in his death, - and nature fills
their hearts with love for him.
It is an Arabian proverb that
"the heritage of the poor, is the
love, of their children." Then
let no .man envy the rich for
they are in their peril, but
rather let us be content to
breath the prayer of Aaar, the
prophet and say, "Give me
neither poverty nor riches."
Bill Akp.
- T
The moment . catarrh comes, it
is difficult to overcome. However
Old Saul's Catarrh Care will care
the most, obstinate case.
It is hard work for the -baby to
eat teeth, and it should be assign
ted by the use of Dr. Bull's Baby
Syrup whiclLwUl cool the inflamed
gums. . -.
"' CT ALL THK
WILSON, WILSON
THE SURPLUS
HAS ALREADY GONE GLIMMER
INC, AND A"
BANKRUPT? 'TREASURY NOW .STARES
US IN THE FACE.
As well as it is generally
known that the large surplus
in the National Treasury at the
beginning of the present ad
ministration has already been
squandered, and that- there
will at once be a great deficit,
unless money, is borrowed and
new debts, contracted which
will require more taxes to meet
the exact situation is little
known outside official circles,
Senator Carlisle has prepared
a statement of the squandering
of the surplus, which he will
publish in the February For
um. In brief it is this:
At the beginning of the Har
rison administration March 4,
1889, the cash balance in the
treasury, which was a surplus,
amounted to 150,000,000. At
the end of this fiscal year,
June 30, 1891, there will be a
deficit of 14,000,000; and at
the end of the fiscal year, June
SO, 1892, a deficit of 34,000,000.
This is the inevitable record
of this Republican administra-
tion, because the legislation
that has already been enacted
prevents the decrease of expens
ditures. There can now be no
turning back.
The increase of the expendi'
tures of the National Govern-
meat has been very much more
rapid than the increase of pop
ulation. The following paral
lel tells the story of Republi
can extravagance in spite of
Republican promise and pre-
d iction:
PROMISE A N D
Vkediction.
Mr- Garfield,
THE PERFORM -ANCE.
Senator Cart
lisle s ho w s
that while the
population in
1890 was only
16 -times as
great as in
1790, yet ex
p e n d i t u res
were more than
130 times -as
great. In 1810
the expendi
tures per capi
ta were 73
cents; In 1890
they were $4.19.
While the pop
ulation was
nine times as
great, the per
capita expen
ses of the Gov
ernment was
in 1872. when!
he was Chair
man - of the
House Commit
tee oa Appro
priations speak i
rag for 1ih par
ty, and apolo-j
giziug evenj
then, long be-i j
fore the time
of the heaviest ;
ex p e n diture.j
for the cost of
the Govern-
inent, said: "Itj
is manifest that
the necessity
of expenditure
does not keep
paee with the
mere increase
o f numbers;
and, while the
total sum of
moneys ex
pended must
necessarily be
greater from
year to year,
the amoaut per
capita ought,
in all well reg
ulated govern
ments in time
of peace, to
grow gradually
less,5'
rP.OM.9E A; N D
PREDICTION
AGAIN.
Gen. Garfield
said in 1872 in
the- same
speech: ''We
may reasona
bly expect that
the expends
48 times as
great. And the
ratio of in--crease
ia con
stantly becom
ing larger, al-
though this is
a time of peace
The expendi
tures for the
fiscal yeai 1891
are greater by
12 per cent,
than for the
preceding year,
although the
population has
increased only
2 per cent.
THE FACTS NEV
ERTHELESS. In 1872 pen
sions consumed
only 28,500,
00 J. But in
1890 this was
incr eased to
106, 936, 000
This year it
will be 133,
000,000; "a n d
the country,"
says Senator
Carlisle, "will
be unexpected
ly fortunateif
the expendi
tures for this
purpose fell short
of 200,000,000
per annum."
ture3 ior pen
sions will here
after steadily
decrease, un-
less our 4eg iso
lation- should
be uawarranta
bly extrava
gant." '
Senator Carlisle's conclusion
is thia: "It is the coufirmed and
incurable habit of the party
now in power to dispose of the
public money in a wasterul and
extravagant manner, and there
is no reason to suppose that it
will cease to pursue this course
until the treasury is exhausted.
What "was two years ago the
richest public treasury in the
world will be substantially
bankrupt long before the term
of the present administration
expires."
For scrofula,,
Salt rheum, etc.,
Take flood s Sarsaparilla .
The Granville county grand jary
failed to find a true bill against ex
sheriff Bodgers, cnarged with iis
oning W. T. Parker, with whose
wife be was intimate.
THOU AIIU'ST AT, BE TOT COUNTRY'S, THY COO'8,
COUNTY, N011TH
MB. DANIELS IN FRANKLIN-
y - - - -
He Likes The Place and Its Cul
tured Peopla, v 7
(Special Cor. ThbAdvahcb.) '
Franklin, N. C, Feb. 2, 1891.
If there is a more beautiful
sight than to see the mountains
covered with snow my eyes
have'- not beheld it. The
mountains several days ago
were clothed in robes of snowy
whiteness and they presented a
view that of necessity charmeJ
the senses of all who love . the
beautiful and appreciate the
wonderful handiwork of thier
Creator. To me the sight was
peculiarly attractive, having
seen the mountains before only
when they were "dressed in
living green."
The scenery of this section,
in wnicn it is now my gooa
fortune to bs located, is very
fine and attracts many people
from other States to enjoy the
pleasures of cool summer days.
Franklin is ' a small place,
containing some six or seven
hundred people. The town has
always been noted for its cul
ture and refinement and my
observation, sinee locating here,
is that not on word too much
has been said in its praise.
The people believe in educa
tion they believe in it practi
cally and have an elegant
brick Academy building. They
have a first-class school here,
with three teachers, aud it is
well patronized.
Tne Methodist, Episcopalian,
Presbyterian and Baptist all
have churches and pastors.
Rev. Geo. Sparrow, formerly of
Washington, and of whom
many Wilson people know, is
pastor of the Presbyterian
church.
The people here are very
anxious for a railroad and they
have voted to issue 8100,000
worth of bonds to help secure
one. mere are tew counties m
the State that would be more
benefitted by a railroad than
this, for Macon conuty is one
of the best in the West. I
earnestly hope the rvish of the
people may be gratified, and
that at no discantr day.
Many of your people remem
ber Lieut-Governor James L.
Robinson, who died only a few
years ago. lms was his home
and his .family live here now.
He did no little for Western
Carolina, and his memory is
revered by the people who
knew and loved him.
A very pathetic incident oc-1
eurred here last week. An old
negro woman came here to her
husband from whom she was
separated before the war. He
was sold from her and sent to
Louisiana and they have not
seen each other since until she
came to. him a few dayn since.
There are - a great many ro
mances connected with that ill
starred race.
It gave me genuine pleasure
to see that the bill eetablishing
the Training School passed the
Legislature. The State has
taken no step forward that will
result in greater good. Too
long have our people neglected
the women. It is of vastly
more importance, to my mind,
that our women should be edu
cated than it is that men
should be. To these progress
ive, sensible Legislators who
voted for the measure ! feel
like saying "well done good
and faithful servants" the wo
men will bless and pray for
you, and who would not rather
have one woman's prayers and
blessings than the praise of a
whole tan yard full of men ?
C. C. Daniels.
EVERYTHING ELSE FAILED.
I am now 28 years old, and from
the time I was seveu years of age
until 1885, I suffered with a Revere
case of Scrofula. During this time
1 took every kaown remedy, but to
no purpose. My father took me to
.North Carolina, where I was put
under tne treatment of an eminent
physician. The medicines given me
had only a temporary effect, for
shortly afterwy Tettmi the Scrofula
broke out in a more malignant form
and, I was worse off than ever be
fore, In 1885 I discontinued tak
ing all other medicines and com
menced taking Swift's Specific S. S.
S, I took a nam be? of bottles and it
c ired me. I have been free from
Scrofala from that time until now.
T, A. Sizemore, Piedmont, S. C.
RESTORED HER HEALTH.
For 25 -years I suffered from Boils
Erysipelas, and either blood affec
tions; taking durikg that time great
quantities of different medicines
without . deriving any perceptible
relief. Friends induced me to try
Swift's Specific S. S. S. It improved
me from the start, and after taking
several bottles restored my health
aa far as I conld hope for at my age
which is nov 75 years. Mrs. S. M
Ltjcas, Bowling Green, Ky.
Treatise on blood and skin dis
eases mailed free
Swift's Specific Co,
Atlanta, Ga.
CAROLINA, FEB, 12, 1891.
ABASE DOCUMENT.
How a Leading Legal Light Invi.
ted a Tnend to His Marriage- -
The following interesting
letter was received by the for
mer editor of "the Advance
some five years" igo.v It is from
the pen of one of ths brightest
legal mindd in the State, and
we confidently assert a reading
of it is worth a year's subscript
tion. We have changed names
and place of occurrence. The
years have rolled away: expe-
riences have probably crowded
in upon Che author, since sur
rendering his "ancient rights
and privileges;" and the Ad
vance would be glad to pub
lish his ideas now, to see how
hard the "little blind god" did
hit him. Editor-I
Loversville, N. C, Sept. 6, '86,
Know ye, Chas. C. Daniels,
that I, Brimfull Blackutone, of
the county and State aforesaid,
being Of sound mind and mem
ory, yet neyerthelefas cohtem.
plating the great uncertainty
of my bacheloric existence,
and beiLg moved and -instigated
by Cupid, not having the
fear of domestic storms and
the loss 'of money, "ancient
rights and privileges," which I
have long exercised as an old
bachelor, do publish and de
clare, unto you that on the
22nd day. of September, in the
year of our Lord one' thousand
eight hundred and eighty six,
if the "Lord is good unto me"
and we have no more "yeth
quakes," will take unto myself
as mv "lawful and wedded
wife" Miss Viola Hemlock.
Be it further understood by
you that you will let the light
of your countenance shine on
us as we return, and will ac
company us here, where we
propose to have a poor time on
a large scale. I suppose some
of the Hemlocks will see you
and explain further details.
Yours in extremis,
Beimfull Blackstonk.
P. S Please keep your pota
to trap, alias mouth, closed oh
this matter.
SOME POETRY-
Some time during tho, holi
days the following gain 'of po
etic verse was received at the
Advance office. It bears such
internal evidence of having
been inspired by a gracious,
forgiving heart, that we lay it
before our readers. And we
wish to remark, by-the-way,
that the Wilson merchants are
just as "good as they are paint
ed." This geniut is from
Goldsboro, and we feel a deli
cacy in trespassing upon the
hunting grounds of Joe "'Ar
gUb," and we heartily beg his
pardon for just this once. He
has our permission to copy
without credit Editob
Vale, Old Year.
BY BRAXTON BRAGG.
Diab Advance: Imitating
Bill Arp, for which I beg the
good old gentleman's pardon,
I would say to the old year :
Farewell, old year, farewell,
'Tis painful to our heart,
But we, the sad news tell
That in the doines of the day,
You no more take a part, -
Indeed, thou hast done well, '
But then, again, farewall,
Tby race, Just now, la run.
Thy battles nave been fought,
Thy victory is won.
Thy warfare now is o'er.
And we'll see thy face no more.
Give place to ninety-one.
The New Year's any Is near
And we're triad to see it heie.
From the depths of our heart.
We welcome ninety-one.
Its battles have begun.
Many resolves we make,
Which just for conscience sake.
We put them on a trust.
nut they are line pie crust.
Made but to be broken.
Just as soon as spoken.
Now for varieties sake.
Another coarse we'll take -
And visit Wilson town.
Which is of great renown.
And sure as this is rhyme.
These merry Christmas times
The merchants all are busy.
In ibis minature city.
Its ladies, too are sweet,
W e meet upon tt e street,
Thev display their pretty feet.
In tiny shoes so neat,
Tis a fact they say.
None are more beautiful nor gay..
Then we must all agree
That its editors were three,
TU1 the dawD of nicety-one.
W"en rbpH tme nthtrt oae,
And now we will have fun.
First you will glance.
At thO WllJSON ADVANCE,
And thus have a chance.
Yourself to enhance.
Then would you Wilson s funny
man hunt,
. . look around and scare up Henry
Blount,
And in tne Mirror vou will see
. Tji uirhter to Eternity.
Our tale will still remain untold
Without a word for P, D-Gold.
And then old Wilson will dowell, --
Guarded by her Sentinels,
Her merchants, one and all are wise.
And in these columns advertise, 9
Now boys and girls alike adieu,
Till New Year 1892. ,
Catarrh indicates impure blood,
and to care it, take Hoods Sarsapa
rilla, which puriins tbe blood. Sold)
by all druggists.
Every certificate we publish re
garding Dr. Ball's Cough Syrnp is
genuine, and wo will pay a reward
of . f 1,000 be. anyone proving the
contrarv in a single case A. C.
Meyer & Co ,Balto. Md.
A piadeat man never spends his
las'gqaarter except for Salvation
Oil to euro bii pain. "
AND TRVTUSV
THE CAPITAL
WHAT THF PRESIDENT AND
POLITICIANS ARE DOING y
THE SWIRL OF POLITICS AT THE NA
, TION 'S CAPITAL. .
(Special Cor. The Advancb.) -
WASHmGTN, D. C, Feb, 6-91.
Mr. Harrison made a last des
perate attempt, through Senas
tor Hoar, in behalf of the force
bill at a caucus of Republican
Senators held last night. In
order to give the Senators who
had voted against the old bill
an opportunity of returning to
the ran&s, a new bill was pre
sented to the caucus, shorter
and without some of the abject
tionable features of the Lodes
bill, Stories differ as to the
conclusion arrived at. Some
say that it was decided to pass
the new bill in a few days and
others that no definite conclu-
sion was reached. One repub
lican Senator, who voted with
the democrats tolay aside the
gag rule resolution, is reported
to have said that if it would be
any satisf ac tion to the radical
members of his party'he would
vote for the new bill, because
he was satisfied that there was
hot enough time remaining to
get it through the House.
The republicans seem to be
getting the worst of the silver
pool investigation, in spite of
the evident intention, of the
committee to find out as little
as possible. No democratic
member of either branch of
Congress has been implicated
while two prominent repubii-
f a. yi '
cans senator uameron and
Representative Taylor, ot Illi
noishave admitted their guilt, '
and another one, Representa
tive Ketcham, of New York, is
expected to do like w s The
greatest farce of the investiga
tion was enacted this week
when Owensby, the man who
claimed to have been a member
of a silver pool, was - brought
from Chicago under arrest' and
put on the stand. Almost be
fore he began his testimony the
committee decided that he
must not mention the names cf
Senators or Representatives
that he had heard named by
other people as speculating in
silver. That practically sjiut
out all that portion of his evi
dence that might have led to
finding out something') and it is
believed that it was intend3d
ta have just that very effect-"
The free coinage -bill has
caused some very plain talk
this week, and unless all signs
fail, it is going to bring ' an . a
big row in the House. Senator
Cockrell said that the opposi
tion to the bill which has sud
denly sprung into life, in vari -cus
sections, but principally in
the East, was inspired by tele
grams from the 'Capitol, and
Representative Bland charged
Representative Walker, who is
a Massuchusetts banter, with
trying to smother the bill in
committee by granting endless
hearings to all who asked for
them. The vote of the com
mittee shows that the bill will
get no favors there, and all that
the free coinage men can now
do is to await a favorable op
portunity to bring it directly
before the House.
Congress has granted Mr.
Harrison's request and passed a
bill extending the time' during
which an tssistant may act as
the head of any executive de
partment of the Government
from tenjto thirty days, and
now that gentleman is up to
his ears in the recommendation
of various would-be Secretary's
of the Tteasury. All the big
republicans from Gen. Alger
and Chauhcey Depew down to
"me too" Flatt, who is himself
a candidate, are flitting in and
out of Washington like restless
ghosts. It is Btated by republi
cans that Mr. Harrison has
promised not to give the place
to a silver man. He'll have a
hard time to fill the shoes of
the late Secretary Windom.
SevPtthose who mbjht lo
SO paasiactomy to xue counvry
would under no circumstances
connect themselves with the
present unpopular administra
tion. Senator Turpie, in accordance
with the resolution recently
adopted by the Indiana legisla
ture, has" offered a Joint reso
lution DroDOsine an amend
ment to the Constitution of the
United States, for the election
of Senators br a direct vote of
the people.
It looks now as if the Ffty-first
Congress would come to an end be
fore the committee which has been
for lo these many months, making
an alleged investigation of the pen
sion office and Commissioner Raum
makes its report. It is thought
that the renor. is held back to
keep Raum in his place as long as
possible, as' he is almost certain to
be removed when the report goes
to Mr. Harrison,
The National Legislative Conn
en, wnicn was provided for at the
late ucaia conventiou of the Na
nonal Farmers' Alliance, - id now
hholding its first session here. It ia
composed of the President's of the
State organizations and the Na
tional Pre8idnt. Itj principal du
ties are to prepare the bills that the
Alliance will ask the next Congress
to pass There is a rumor that the
council has already decided npon a
material modification of the sub-
treasury scheme. .
Speaker Reed's action in having
refused to give the House commits
tee on Foreign Affairs a day for
the consideration of measures fa
vorably reported irom that corns !
mittee makes it practically imposs
sibl for as to make single step to.
wards the reciprocity now extens
ded by the Canadian government.
Well, there's one consolation, Reed
will be a deposed Czar in a very
short time.
NOTES.
So Mr. Harrison will vote for the
free coinage bill, will he? Well,
he could do nothing that would be
more beneficial to the democratic
party.
Victims of the hard work and
enormoos responsibility of the
Treasury port-lolio Folger, Man
ning, Windom, all within eiHt
years.
In less than a year from the ter.
rible Tracy tragedy Secretary
Windom fell dead. Those who be
lieve that snch things alwajs trav
el in threes are asking, who will
be tbe next victim t
Will the new Secretary of the
Treasury be a gold-bag or will he
be free coinage man ? If Mr.
Harrison decides the matter npon
his own judgment he is certain, to
be the former, but if he will be the
laf.ftr. Tint, in pihhnr ovsnh T5nia.
min Harrison, the candidate, will
i08e votes in the next national con
vention of his party, and that's
what's the matter with Bennjf at
this time. ,
-Itlooks as though it won Id be
left for tbe democratic honse to
find out which Congressman sprc-i
nlated in tilver whila last years sil
ver bill was pendiug. The commit
tee cf the present House doesn't
seem inclined to try very hard, in
fact several of its republican mems
bers have practically a7 uiittecl, bat
sorry for having foaud out about
Senator Cameron's speculation,and
thev never would have discovered
that if the Senator bad not volnn:
tarily testified to the facts. Did
any of tbe members of this comb
mittee get a share of the -'pork" 1
HAPPY HOOS1EES.
Wo. Timmons, Postmaster of
Idaville, Ind writes: "Electric Bit
ters has done more for me than all
other medicines combined, for that
bad feeling arising from Kidney and
Liver trouble," John Leslie, farmer
and stockman, of same place, says
"Find Eleetria Bitters to be tbe best
Kidney and Liver medicine, msde
me ft el like a new man.,. J. W.
Gardner, hwdware merchant, same
town, says: JBlectric Bitters is just
the thing lor a man who is all run
down and don't care whether he
lives or dies; he fouad new strength,
good appetite and felt just like he
bad a new lease on life. - Only 50c,
a bottle, at A. W. Rowlands Drug
Store.
REMARKABLE RESCUE.
Mrs Micheal Curtain, Plainfield,'
III,, makes the the statement that
she caught cold, which settled on
her lungs;' she was treated for a
month by her family physician, bat
grew worse. Be told her she was
ta hopeless victim of consumption
and that no medicine could care
ber, Her druggist suggested Dr.
King's New Discovery for uon
sumption; she bought a bottle and
to her delight lounu nereen ueneui-
ed from first dose, fcne continuea
its use and after taking ten bottles
found herself sound and well, now
does her own bous-ewoik and is as
well as she ever wa, Jree trial
bottlei of the -Great Discovery at
A. W. Rowlands Drug Store, large
bottles 50c. and $1,00. '
Haw to Shrink.
A man who was afraid of
thunder crawled into a nollow
log as a place of saf ty durinsr a
thunder storm. The thunder
rolled and the rain poured down
in torrents, and the old log begun
to swell up till the poor fellow
A -.,- in onti it t tia nn1
4 12,5
. - . hafnre
began passing before mia.
Suddenly he remembered he
hadn't paid his newspaper sud
Scription, and be felt so small
that he was able to bacurignt
out. Brant (Ont ) Star-Transcript.
-
PAIN AND DREAD
stand the use of most catarrh rem
eaies. Liquids and siioffs are an
nleasant as well as dangerous.
Elys Cream Balm is safe, plea3ant,
-Aiuiilr annlied into the nostrils, and
a sure care. It cicaases the nasal
passages and heals the inflamed
membrane, giving relief at once
Price 50c.
THE MOST obstinate cases of
catarrh are- cured by the use of
Ely's Cream BaIoj, the only agree
able remedy, It is not a liquid pr
snuff, is easily applied into the nos-tiils-
For cold in the head it is
magical. It gives relief as once.
Price 50 cents
$1.50 a Tear, cash in Advance
NUMBER 4
NEWS OF A WEEK."
WHAT IS HAPPENING IN
WORLD AROUND US.
THE
A CONDENSED REPORT OF THE NEWS
FROM OUR CONTEMPORARIES.
Weldon will have electric lights,
says the News, in sixty days.
Hereafter the partridge shoot
ing season will begin November 1,
and end March 1.
Hickory has voted in favor of is
suing bonds to the amount of $25,-
000 for water works.
A peach tree in Goldsboro is in
fall bloom, says the Argas. It
strikes as as being a "little prev
ions." t
The j Partners'. Alliance store
keeper at Spartansburg, S. C , has
defrauded the Alliance oat of be
tween $15,000 and $30,000..
W. W. Vass, treasurer of the
Raleigh and Gaston railway, has
been directed by the president to
pay the State tax on the shares of
that road without iurther legal
contest. The tax Is 25 cents on
each share an nuaLy.
The Concord Times .says that ,
Henry Talbert hooked a" carp that
proved too much for him one day
last week. He tried to pall it oat,
got tired and tied the line around
bis ankle, so. he coald spit ia his
hands. The fish palled him into
tbe water and if he had not cat the
liae, would have been drowned.
Senator Vance has been immor
talized by a firm of tobacco mana
factarers io the . Tar Heel State.
They have issued a million or
more highly, illuminated adreitls- ,
ing cards containing an excellent
likeness of the jolly Senator en
circled with brand ot the favorite
reed, "North Carolina's Favorite."4
An owl in Pittsburg, Pa., kept in
a jewelry store, -swallowed 14 gold
and silver watches. The jeweler
missed the watches and heard
them ticking on the inside of the
owl. He killed and cut open the
bird. Six of tbe watches were in
an excellent state of preservation,
while sevep of tbe number were in
various stages of eimilation. On
opening the gizzard a fourteenth
watch was fouad. The sides of
the watch had been digested, bat
the Lands and face were still in
tact. Ilur rah for the farmers legisla
ture andJGovernor Fowle. A spec
ial from Annapolis to the Wash
ington Post says: "The Annapo
lis oystermen who left nearly three
weeks ago to engage in the oyster
business ia North Carolina waters
returned home disgusted with
their trip and ont of pocket. They
were informed that a law had
been passed by the North Carolina
Legislature prohibiting non-residents
from working, and acting on
the suggestion of the local tongs
men they returned home. At
many as 300 vessels, mostly dredg
ers, were counted leaving North
Carolina at one time after the pas
sage of the prohibitory law.1'
Rev. Sam Jones, the evangelist,
was attacked at Palestine Texas,
last Monday, by Mayor N ard, of
that city, for something Mr. Jones
had said in his sermons at PIea
tine The Mayor struck Mr. Jones
with his stick, which the latter
wrehched from the Mayor's grasp
and belaDored him severely with
it. The Mayor has since been
laid up with several severe cuts on
hishead and face. Rer. Mr. Jones
dictated the following telegram to
some friends In Gorgla in regard
to the matter: "The one-gallae
Mayor of Palostine tried to cane
yourJUncle Jones thi morning at
the depot. I wrenched t he cane
from him and wore him oat. I am
a little disfignren, but still In the
ring. I criticised his official cas
reer last ; November. It needed
criticising.
A special from Omaha, NebM
says that yesterday afternoon'
session of the National Farmers'.
Alliance was . devoted almost ex
claslvely to debate oa tnis resoia
tion, which was finally passed:
That we, landowners of the
country, pledge ourselves to de
mand equal rights with bankers
and others who borrow money
from the United States; that we
demand that the Government loan
to individuals upon real estate se
curity au equitable earn of money
at a rate of interest not exceeding
2 per cent, per anuuo, in soma
Boe exceeding $3,000 to an? one
individual, and that the amount
loaned be apportioned among the
States, counties and townships ae
cording to population. in
amendment proposed making all
laboring men eligible to member,
ship provoked a heated debate, In
which President Powers said that
sncb an amendment wonld break
up the organization. He said:
"We want to carry the next elec
tion, and if we extend the qualifi
cations beyond farmers the cities
will take advantage of this point
New York city could send tl,XXV
000 to Omaha to pay initiation
fees, and in a few moeths design
ing politicians would hire enough
men to join the order so that Ne
braska would be in the hands of
the ring. The same would be true
in other States. It would re
sult in the capture of the Na
tional Alliance body and sonl.
This movement started among the
farmers, and sbordrt be kept there
Thajunendment was tabled by a
large vote.