North Carolina Newspapers

l UK TIMES OFFICE 1 Fully rrcpared to Priiit Your t vi TK 11 11 K A 1 S N OTE HE A DS, i'vrKLi ri-, shipping tags. CAKl'S nODOEUS AG. Kl.MlOlh' H AV- I'O ALL. KIND OF JOB Pkintino at HARD TIME riUCKS. vVf have ah increasing circulation, ti t-rehy liivU s a splenrtij advertising Town Dirctory. M ivor . TI. Wils.Ji. t Minnii.-i'n'rs IS. F. Yoimar, J. IT. pr-j..-. Ir. V. T. Moore, D. IJ. llood. I;nhal M. L. Wade. CHUT. CUES. M thotlM Tii".- G. T. Simmon?, p;a I..r7 S-rvi es at 7 p. m., every first Sun ,liv ami 1 :u m a!11 " 1- m- every fourth hii!i'!:iV i r:t f i- iiu-ri iiijj every Vflnesi:iy i.iuiu at , o rio-K. suruuy w.-lK.ol "every un(i;iy nirrnin :it lo ',,. k; G. l. (iianihaiii, uperinten . . r. !. etint of S:iM!:iy school Mi . .i .tiv So-.i'-iy every fourth Sunday i i.- uM. Younj; Men's prayer intet ;niC every -Monia' u:Itt. I'le-bvteri-'.u Tiov. A. M. llassell. Patr. crv;'" every '"ut and fifth l-undav at 11 a. in. and 7 p. in. Sunday mIh.oI" every uudaj; evening at i")r. J. II. Daniel, Superinttn .:'-!it. i i - 1 1 Itr ti-v. J. .1. Harper, Pa?tor. Vj- J,-,-.- ev M-y ll"rd :)' at 11 a. in., ,,,.; !. in. Sunday - !ooi at 4 o'clock, Mr. ivl r.allanee, Kr.perinteniU'iit. i'ravr iu etin every Thursday night ' . . . 1 - II 'llCn, i i;.--io!ia.y JViptist Sunday pchorl evtTV Sunday ir.orning at 10 o'clock; 11. G . Taylor." Superintendent. Prayer ii.ee: In very Thur-'Jay night. F-,,-V,!! I.aptit.--Ilev. S. II. TYor- e-v. ".tt v. &erviees every l oe.rtn S:i'ii:iy u' 1 1 a. in. Sunday schoof overj xmi'.ay e at o clock, J.rasmus Li e, Stip' intendent. P. inni;. e Baptist Elder liarniee Wod, l'.isfor Services every thirid Sit.ei ay :it 11 a. m., and Saturday hefore ti.e third Sunday at 11a. in. J.ODCIKS. The I.iidaiow Lodge No. 115 I. O. O. T.. meets ev ry Tnesdav night at 8 i, .i.'.ek. 11. G." Tavlor, N. G.; J. W. Jordan. V. G. : . ". XclNeill, Secre tary. Pahnvra Lodge. No. l."7. A.F. & A. M. Regular coMmuiicator. every third Vatut'l.?-. suid ev.-ry first Friday night. Vi-iii ;e--' Ma ons ir.vited to attend. .J. Pk a ksa LL, Secretary. profssional Cards- JuQG J- Best, Attounky at Law. Dunn, N. G I'r iftis in nil tlie four's, tinn to all l.uainess. Trcnsi't p.ttou jnii. 1. W- E-Murchison, Attoknuy at Law, JoNr.sr.ono. - - N C J'raettccs In all the r arrouii.ling counties. T. H McXiean, Attoknky at Law, OHiee next loer to x-.ostefTee. HUKN, N- C. tieiierpl I'rartic Will Mtond tl courts of Ilnrrett. Cuinlit-rlaud, Johnston ami Sanu ssoii eouutles. Dr. J. H. Daniel, Dunn, Harriet! County, N. C. Caoeer a 8perlRlty, o other lisesso treated. Vofitivt ly win no. ip.i i ''"VV" ' . ndiVtanVe FnmH Uet.- on Caneer, it.- Ireat aifa cu" will Le maikU 10 any mWn-s-free of charge. JAS. PEARSALL, COTTON m'YER, REPRESENTIKG mrs Aux. mm t SOS, AT DUNN, 1V2NSON. FOUR OAKS. WADE AND GODWIN, N. C. Pdlice at D. II. IhxnVs Dru? Store. 11 DUNN, N.C ie mnii nmi A new invention for duplicating1 copies of rit'.ii:-s or .rawinjrf!. SIMPLE CHEAP unci EFFOTIVE ENDORSED BY OVER 50,000 USLnb lailO d 20 Yesey St., N. Y 1 aS THE TIPtfiES itl O ash. in etcL-ya-Tice. From an original on ordinary paper with Biiv pen. K-0 copies can made. f O copies 'f typewriter manuscript produced in 15 r.mi send for circulars and sainple Of work. Hi fcl 11 M H I 1 f4 r f 1 I r I J 1 H Ii A 11 - II ' II III II . A. il M il f1 J y I? l I I II il T V i J II I II VJL N 7,35 :'; J. H. DANIEL, Editor and VOL, IV. Tlie time for toil has passed and has come. niht The hit Ur.d eaddost of the harvest 'VPo ; Worn out with labor Ion? and wearisome i'loopo:- f.:;,J faint, the readers hasten home. Kach Jaden with hU sheaves. Last of th 1 rer? thy feet I gain, Lord of ti.e harvest! and uiy spirit gev'i That I am hurdr.-d, not so much with rraiu As witl; r- heavints- of heart and hraii; Master, behold my sheaves ! Few, light, and worthless yet their trifling weight Through all my frame a weary aching leaves; For long I struggled with mv hapless late. And staid and toiled till it was dark and lats Yet these are all my sheaves. Full well I khow I have moie tares than Wheat Brambles and flowers, dry stalks and withered leaves, Wherefore I bPishand weep, as at tliv feet I kneel down reverently and repeat, ""Master, behold my sheaves!" I know these blossoms, clustering heavily-. With evening dew upon their folded leaves, Can claim no value or utility Therefore shall fragrance and beauty be The glory of my sheaves. So do I rather strength and hope anew; For well I know thy patient love pre- eeives N'ot what I did, but what strove to do And though the full, ripe ears be sadly few. Thon wilt accept my sheaves. Alizaheth Akers Allen. TO OHM M, A ITewspaper G oes Under The Durham Weekly Tinc. r.t: independart paper, -which has been published at. Durham for sometime suspended publication last. week. The Pensioners of tlie State There .re GS firt-class pensioners, wlio recciv.! $GS 3'early ; 211 second-class.- who irrt$.rl; o."0 third-class who got $ol .! 1.10 I of the fourth class, who get $17. Ti e deorc-se 1 111 of ti.e widows while the increase f soldiers of the fourth-clds .i 134 There :s a sm.-ll increase in the a" mount of pensions to each case. There re 2,713 widows, who also get $17. News and Observor. Two negro women mother and lauirhtcr wore tried for attempt!n to burn the rddnce of Mr. V. L. Cherry, of Weldon, in wlu.se employ they wer The jury convicted the rj rl and r-cquilied the mother. No one could -loeount for this act upon their part, at!.ey were on good terms i'.h Mr. Cherry and family. The o-irl state ! on t'.ie witness stand that another girl r.flfored her a calico dress o commit t! o crime and she was given ten years :n the penitentiary A Reward Offered- Gov. Carr Ins filfere i a reword of "?100 for tbecaptnro of Quinrvc Dunr. colored, who is wani. vt In Green coun ty for murder. Quinnie is one of the wealthiest colored men in the State, a farmer by oeeupa'ion, and owns two large plantations, lie delibera tely shot a colored '003 dead in the yard of the boy's mother for attempt ing to break a do loose from bis mother's boor, that Quinnie was dog- rinT out ot his Geld. It is thought that Quinnie was drunk, or drinking. at the time, but thus far he has evad ed arrest Goldsboro Argus. A Good Walker- Prof. Collier Cobb, of Chape! Ilili. spent yesterday' in the city. By the way. Prof. Cobb might justly be termed the Pedestrian of the Uuiver sity facul'v. He frequently rides over to Durham from the Univ.- rsitv on business and rather than wait for the train, walks back to the Hid. On one occasion be came to Ilalc igh in tending to return on the aficrr.oon train. When he got to the depo'. the train had just moved out. This troubled the Professor but very little Ho incf cithered no his bundles and ..k,; .iw. h, When the train bloa 1. . k 1 f.ft. ----- i 1 c "1. TI. tl fl.ft rrvrpatr." wa eu lor vui'vi 11 it. m. 1 not man v n.iles awav. e arrival. - - - . , t. , n- , .,i ; the nvments tbe dawdle s lost. And in ouc time that evening, a,nt wa- .,i.. r,,,-dne, m,.rniu-. !ify,,u cvcr t,nd yourself where you . , . : 1 w ) Vewi -ind Observor. A CaEfaOn Ball in a Saw Log "i'etcr.lav morning while the saw was whirrin T through a log of pine timber at the saw mill of Me-srs .1. U Chadb-urn & Co.. in tlii- c:tv. t :e saw ran against an obstruction. As oC it l. it thr- obstruction the saw- SkJXJll fcC7 AW w i ycr ran the carriage back ami a can n H H H , M ' ' ' hW A .- 7 U1. ---4- y n mjf.j A i. JJL. VUL-..JIJ 1A 11 1 V II 11 Proprietor. "PROVE ALL THINGS, AND HOLD FAST TO THAT WHICH IS GOOD." DUNN, N. C, nr.n ba I rive inches in diameter was found iutbeoMed in the Iot. A minnie bill was found imbeded in th same loj, but on the opposite ride from where the cannon ball struck Minnie balls have also been found in logs which were tafted down in the 8arae lot from a point near Fayette ville. The Federal and Confederate armies did some fighting up the Cape Fear and it is suppofed the timber was cut from" the batik-field. Wil mington Messenger. A . Karrowr Escape Mr. Allan Morris of this place, acs companied by his nephew Georae Morris, went over to Nash county last Wednesday to look after a crop that belonged to Mr. Morris, bui raised by his brothe.rinslaw, Mr. Geo. Morgan- On bis arrival he was invited into the house and talk with his simer, after which the men ad i -,r::f'd to the lot to arrange about ho hauling of the cotton to Wilson A Tier a few minutes conversation Morgan turned suddenly upon Mr ris and remarked that he h id decided ro kill him. Fie suited the action to h word and drevr a pistol and ud ad vanced on him, firing at every step. Morris, seeing no chance to escape, clinched with him. but being ph Ri eally weak, be was thrown to the ground, with Morgan on cup. Mor gan followed 110 his advantage and placing his pistol against the breast of the fallen man was in the act of pulling the trigger when young Mor-. ris seized him from behind and .-.hanged -the course of the bullet. Y'.nng Morris then went manfully to work with a stone until Morgan was overcome, when he assisted his uncle 0 gel sway. Mr. Morns escaped w,;h a wound in the leg, but the -diock to hi? nerves was so great that Me is confined to his home. Wilson Advance. Thanksgivirig. His Excellency Governor Elias arr appoints Thursday, the 29lh ie.st., as a harvest day of p.a-er and :r:iie : la conf-rmity to a beautiful and hue honored Christian custom our State Constitution, in its recognition f the Great Ruler of the Universe, aas made it the duty of every good o'.tizen to fiittingly observe one day in the year as the harvest time of our prayers and thanksgiving. We have been spared another year (he disasters and troubles which have afflicted other States and nations and liave I'een espcciall' olessed in tin lull enjo3Tsent of life and liberty and the manifold blessings which proceed .herefrom. Therefore. I Elias Carr, Governoi of the State of North Carolina, do hereby designate and appoint Thurs day, the ii9th day of Novembe r, 1891. as h day of Public Thanksgiving and Praise. And I earnestly request the c tizens of the State to suitably ob serve this day at their usu il places of worship; to remembes in prayrs and offerings the disabled soldiers, the widow and orphan, the needy neighbor and the noble Institutions which have been established . under the foster ng band of the State lor i heir maintenance. Given under ray hand and the 'ire at Seal of the State of North Car :iiina. at Raleigh this the 15th day ot Novcrr.ber. in the year of our lord, eve iL.u-r.nd, eight hundred an . f ;!;r, and in t'.e one hundred ;:. iiiieteentu year wf our American I. d pendence. Elias Cark, By the Governor : S. F. Telfair. Private Secretary. Do The Next Thing- Don't live a single hour of vour life without doing exactly what is to be doue ia it, and going straight through it from beginning to end. Work, play, study, whatever it is. lake hold at once and Gnish it up hT'eiy; then do the rest thing 1 without, letting anv moments rtron ... . g, j , l ... .-.-.-... Tl . j ao IP ! 1 n , 1 1 . .T - .1 1,,. .iiiriTi.ii. A . i i aj i. .uli ijilivuu uii : i. ii : : . nave ou iiiaiiy tunics jjrt-aau.g ujiuii ! you that you hardly know where to begin, let me tell you a secret: Take ' hold oT the very firkt one that comes - to 1 ar,d. r.rd u will fall icto line nnd follow t, fter like a company of "eH-d-ilk-d so'diers; ai d. though woik mr.y lv l ard to n.cct when it, 1 1. .rge- in a suad. it is easily vm-v isi.e.i if yi u cau feeing it into line. l ard to ir.cct when - ; Franklin Times. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1894. GENLKAL MS HUMS. Slight Earthquake in Italy- Home An carlbqnnke was felt a few days ago in Cantanzaro and Reg i:io. south of" Italy and Messina, Mcly. Many te-egraph wires were broken and a few houses were un settled, but nobody was killed. South Carolina's Cotton Ci op- Charmestdx, S. C. The estimate of the cotton crop mad on the ex change here varies from 8,000.000 to 10,000,000 bales, It is expected tUat Charleston's- receipts teis year will be fullv 400,000 bales, of which 188,782 bales have been so far re ceivea, A Death Dealing Storm in Belgium- Urttssels.- -A terrific wind, rain and bail stoim prevailed in that city and vicinity last week, doing im raense damage to property and in volving considerable loss of life. So far 15 death are reported. During tbe storm the roof of a factory at At '5 was carried away, killing four per sons. . Killed by a Freight Train- Cape Charles, Va. An unknown white man was killed near Bloxom station a few nights ago on the New York, Philadelphia and Norfold rail way by a freight, lie is supposed to have been a tramp stealing a ride be twec-n tbe cars, when be slipped be tween them and was killed. Tlie body was horribly mangled and can not 1e identified. An Actor Burned to Death- Baltimore, Md. Harry Morti mer Lnckingham, a member of the Lillian Alexander Dramatic Com pany, was fatally burned last week whde dressing for his part at the front of the theatre, and died next day at Johns Hopkins hospital. Mr. Muchingbam was born in Washing ton, where his father is well-kaown a itii theater-goers s the veteran doorkeeper of Albangh's theater. le went on the stage 14 years old. Wf, h.dd a government position in Washington for the year, and joined the Alexander Company only a week ago. The remains were sent to Washington for burial. A Bank Rober Captured in Kansas- Salin, Kansas, The bank robber wtu was shot here yesterday by bis oals. after he had been grieviously wounded by the cashier, was found to baye on his person $1,500 of the booty. A letter was also found on him addressed to Stephen MuKee, 902 Hickory Street, St. Joseph, Mo. The gang was supposed to haye been the same which robbed tbe Fort Scott bank in September. Their haunts in tbe bine hills of Osbone county, and from yesterday's occurrence and the arrest of a mem ber of tbe gang in Levvnworth last week, it is believed enough informa tion will be gained to insure tbe cap ture of the entire band. The Little Things of Life It is the little things which give an insight into a man's character, that which he does involuntarily, and when lie is off guard. Any man ma' h arn much about himself by taking nonce how he. is accustomed to spend his odd minutes and bis loose change. ror the same reason tuere is no iittle.shrewdness in the saving at tributed to Edison. According to the story, a gentleman introduced his" son to the famous e'.ectrican, and in the course of tbe conversation sug gesteJ that he should give tbe young fellow a motto for his business car eer, upon which he was about enters ng. Edison was silent for a moment, and tben said : ''Never look at "the clo:kl' Probahh t he b y was more or Hss 1 ,nicfifi.d hi 1 1 ( - Q I a nrm n rlfnHnAa ; - out 1m- will nu be long in tbe com - , rii-Tu ; pa-: of clerks or day laborers with- . . . v j . - - . m. wuv lj ' . I auLC. ... ofn.-t tl-t- i. i. 'ui w ""-" 'e. -luuac r uu L-aive so little interest in their work as to be continually asking what time it is, r.re r ct the ones who get on in the won- access is not for the laz or tbe J indilfi rent. As seme has syid, "The it , carp: nt- r wi.o str.vs fifteen minutes r!" r hours to f.ni-h tt.b is working towid a fchoi; of his own. Franklin I xi.iies. A QTJKJER NORTH CAROLINA RACE. Are These Decendants of Members of the Lost Colony of Roanoke? There live in the swamps of Robe son county, North Carolina, a sUange race of people. Their manners, customs and personal appearance are unlike those of any other race on the American continent. They live within themselves, and their inter course with their neighbors, both white and colored, is limited to the extent which necessary demands. Among the citizens of the county they are called Pottugeae and muN atoes. They are neither. Recent investigations by antipuarians who have closeby etuded their cbaraccer is'ies, incline to the opinion that they are tbe decendants of the Croa tan Indians and the lost colon3r of Roanoke Island. . It is an historical fact that on the arrival of the relief expedition fitted out by Sir Walter Raleigh and Sir Ricbard Grcnville the colony plant ed on Roanoke Island a few months before had totally disappeared. Years afterward, when the couutry had be come sparsely settled by the English, and when the Tuscorora Indians were the dominant tribe, it was trad ition among them that in the inter ier tliere were white men who were members of a smaller tribe of In dians, and that these men possessed I many ot the guts ot the English. It Is generally thought than when the English vessels sailed to England for -upplies for the infant colony those left on Roanoke Island were too weak to defend themselves against ihe Croatan Indians, their nearest neighbors, and that in an incursion the men ;vere killed and tbe women and children carried away into cap tivity. Whatever may be the supposition. the fact, nevertheless, remains, that in uus remote counry ot the old - . . . . 1 ionn estate, mere ex.sts to-ctay a strange anu peculiar people. ineir t 3 if 1 mi 1 associations nave, in the mam, been with those who previous to tbe war were known in tbe Southern States j as free negroes, lney inter mar- ried with these free negroes and the majority of tbem are morti or less tinctured with Atncan blood. 1 his j aumixiure, nowever, aoes nor. cuange J 1 .1 l their ciiaracten sties. lhere are among them certain families who have beld aloof from such alliances and these occupy a position of sup periity. Wbile they are not, in the j slightest sense, tribal in thef gov- ernment, they bow in implicit obedi ence to their rulers who are always members of these pure-blooded fam- ilies. These pure bloods iu personal appearance resembled the Portugese, out in every other characteristic they are more like the Indian. They are brave, generous, natural hunters, fine Bhots and very truthful. Tbe swamps abound in game, sucb as bear, deer, ducks, turkeys and small er animais ana Dira3. inev never 1 1 mi I torgot an injury ana treasure up tiieir teenngs ot vengeance till they nnd a way to gratify it. I hey live in houses of peculiar architectual de sijjn resembling the "dag out" of the primitive Western settle. A few years ago these people be. came a source of terror to their white neighbors, une 01 their principal men, nenry lowery. organized a band of them and wrought as much crime in Robeson and tbe adjoining counties as did the James rrang in its more extensive field of operations. This man, on account of a real or finder! wrong, waylaid and murdered a wealthy and influential white man a Mr. Townsend. The horrors of an Indian war, except the scalping of the victims, followed. Women and enddren were killed as well as ables bodied men. No race was exempt It wa3 a war of extermination. Houses were burned, stock destroy- ed. and the country laid waste. After commuting depredations, tbe band wou'd retrrn to the swamps, which are almost as ;mPcr. erasable as the jungles or Icdia. They are covered with dense tr.derbrusb, and only those familiar with tr.eir recesses are tble to find tbe h'dden paths that lead into ti.eir dcpfJ-s Lowery pos- sessed coi.sdderabie intellect, and j being familiar w;ih every inch of the t iIip oronnd .liowetl himself an adent i in tLe welfare. Hi sicond in com- ! l" j maud. Stephen Lowery. his uncle, J was a capable lieutenant, and was $1.00 Per Year In Advance. NO. 38. often sent on a marauding expeui tion with a part of the command while the chief would strike V. a dis tant point. This was continued for several yeais, and became so disastrous to that portion of the Slate that the Legislature passed an act grar.lin amnestly lo all tbe desperados ex cept Henry Berry and Stephen Lowerv for whose capture or death a reward of $10,000 was offered. This action of tbe State had tbe desired effect and the war came to an end. What be came of the leaders is not known. They were never captured, and no one ever claimed the reward for kill ing tbem. They disappeared, and their followers resume! the even tenor ot their way. The people are legal citizens of the United States, bat seldom avail themselves of their privileges. Thev take no interest in eitLer local or national affairs. They have fought against all efforts for their im rove racnt, and live to-day tbe same lives their ancestors did. The above reminds of a trip we made through that section some two years ago, and having beard so much of this pecular race. we made it con venient to have a talk with one of the oldest heads at PrernbroUe. When we asked him about bis race. said, that from what he was taught, that bis people was some- of the cal ony of Croatans planted on the Roanoke Island. When asked if his neonle associated with tbe negro, it eeijed to enrage him, and stated . . . , had no more to do ... ,ored rftce than the white did, and ag we 8aw that were getting on toachong grouds, said no more on that subject. fED. The Good Times Coining. Wilmington Star : Don't, bain i.urrv to sell your cotton. The lop-. publican victory will carry the pr'c u! to a dollar a pound before , - 1A VGa Christmas Day - j p wiU be iven a barrel of free 8iivcr. rnnrord Standard : Tne reason yjr j0hn D. Green, of No. 8, voted lue j.'a3ion ticket was that one year aro he got $1.50 per na3' as a car renter and now iust $1.25. Fusion 1 1. - mu8tr put up wages to $1.50, p..;heth Citv Economist: All t.he Democrats can do now is to dance juba and . eat pop corn and slap hands when the fight comes on between the allies. The coons aint no where in the fight, but they made some money election day. Concord Standard : I Now that the Pop3 and Republicans in North. Car ol-Qa have carried out the instructions of Mr Butler and Mr. Holton we are nn the eve of a glorious time. Cotton will go up to 15 to -20 vents per pound. Chinch bugs will never again res turn. Floods will be a thing of the past. Tbere will be no more business fa,iares t3i w;n ai proaperity will come bouncing up ake a frisk larab Tbere will be no more toothache. no more doctor bills. There will be no more crop fail ures. Money will grow on trees. PeoDle can sit down, lie easy acd tfce EOvernment will do the rest. vnl r.eerl not work anv more the government will suj port her people. Piosperity, glorious prosperity, is coming we feel it in our bones. Latigh Learn to laugh. A good Iauh is better than medicine. Ln&rn how to tell a 8ory. A well told story, is a wpbmme as a sunbeam in a s:ck room. . , . . r in torn ronr own trouble to v J yourself. The wor d is to busy to I 1 .1 T earn t care ior 11 - stop croaking. If you cannot se good in the worM. Keep tuc urn . yourself. L-arn to l.uieour pains "A aches under a pleasant .smile. No one cares to hear whether you have the earache, headache or rUo matism. Don't cry. Tear3 d well enough in novels, but they are out f place in real lire. Learn to rcee your friends with a'smUe. The gool humored man or woman is always welcome, but the dyspeptic or hypo chondriac is not wanted anywhere, and is a nusincce at la3t. Ex. .vMSi Ifl? flr. Prepared to do any Und of Job Work from a 7 Column Paper to a Slapping Tag. WASHINGTON LETTER. . Special Corespondence of Central Time. t" The President and his Cabinet arc entirely in accord, as regards th financial policy of his Administra lion. At yesterday's Cabinet meet ing tne recent $50 000.000 bond issue was discussed. The bonds will near ly all bought in New Yotk nun her of proposal having been alread received. If Marion Butler come? to the Sen. ate, and if the fusion between repub licans and populist holds good, be will, I. Otbo Wilson will bo mad Secretary of tbe Senate. John B, Hua sey is candidate for Sergeant of Anna at the Senate. He will probably gt a smaller place. It Is that the North Carolina popoerata broke the back bone of tlie Solid South, but they cannot have the earth as their re ward. There are some other Statea in tbe Union. Senator Ransom's committee did not go to California, according to tbe programe. Tbe members of the com mittee were not here and Senator, Gorman and otbers had other busU ness to attend to tbe early part of Jiis week. If the clause in the North Carolina Constitution had not ellm inated the old Legislature there was a good precedent far calling It in ex tra session to ellcct Vance's success or. It bad bean done before, and it would have been done again if it had been possible. I bear Mr. Tom Ransom of Ashe yille, is an applicant for a foreign ap pointment. Mrs. Cleveland has brought from ifhi ladelpbia as a souvenia of the launching of the St. Louis, one of the most elegant prectnts she has res ceived since she has been the wife of i he President. Tbis is a cut class vinaigrette with a fliagrco gold top, in w;.icu is imbedded an immense cluster of the most brilliant diamonds Mi at scintillate with every movement. Another pretty souvenir, which Mrs. Cleleland prizes as having play ed a conspicuous part in the launch' ng ceremonies, is tbe filagree gilded cover of the bottle of champagne with which the chirstaning was acs complished. This is' interwoven with red, white, and blue ribbons, and will form one of the attractive orna raents of Mrs, Cleveland's boudoir tt the White House. The bouquet of orchids presented her at the same time the vinaigrette was given, was also brought back to Washington and is now at the Prek dent's country place on the Woodley Road. As fusion seems to be the order of tbe day, is our Mary Ann and our Gideon put on too many air, how would it do for us to fuse with our ancient enemy, the republicans, and elect one republican, Dr. J. J. Mott, tbe father of fusion, and and demo crat, say Judge Walter Clark to th United States Senate. Tbe popo- crats could not object to Judge Clark because they elected him to the scat on the Supreme Bench. Senator Clark wonld represent North Caro lina with great honesty. faUb fulness and ability. I am not the only ona who has thought of this scheme. I am glad to see that Hon. John Sber man, one of the ablest men in this country and Hon, W. L. Wihsonbotb agree that the delay tbe TJ. S, Senate forced on Congress in passing the tariff bill caused the Waterloo. Tbe Cincinnati Commercial Oaz. ette of Sunday; Nov. 11th contains 9 very pleasant sketch of "Swell Life in China" by Mr, I. Erwin Avery, of Morganton. North Carolina. - "Tbis is an age of universal sel fishness." grumbled tbe croaker res . cently in onr presence. "If a man greets me with more than nsual cor diality. I know it is not from any personal love my presence may have inspired, tnt that it is because he has ac axe to grind and it lies within my power to expedite tbe manipulas tions. If some one does me an un asked favor, I expect, to b duly pre sented witb a bill for services render ed feomctiuae in tbe futuie- If an other courts my eocliy, with plaiiful assirioity I am unpleasantly remind ed of ihe fact that be U liable to want ay-tote U further his political posst- r.ilitifs. Of course there my be a ew genuinely sincere, unselfish j:eo- pie lefi above ground in this designs ing age.but I believe the.most of tbem are reposing in the quietude of the ceme;eries.M Durham Sun. 11