OtD SERIES-VOL: LII NO. 2,CS9.J
IHS DOMICILE ZEICTED BY JOHN."
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Built" vlipped from the Rural Southerner.
The Alitor of the Southerner remarks, by way
J preface : " Th e House that Jack Built awakes
"miliar memories in the minds of 'all who
hive ever been able to read our language. It
remarkable for its strict adherence to the
of vorda of Saxon origin. We find the
following version of that celebrated nursery
uie in the columns of an exchange, which is
worthy of perusal as a specimen of writing in
hich"our vernacular Saxon is avoided as far
iwnqticable, and words of Latin origin sub
ttituteu. The writer, whoever he may be,
keeps his mind under strong tension in the ef
)rt to dodge the familiar words; but at the
. l.-i.a ulin frliA nil nf tan&mn nA a
lies off the good old Saxon in a way that af
fords relief ns well as amusement.
Behold the mansion reared by dtedal Jack.
ge? the malt stored in many a plethoric sack,
Jit the proud circque of Ivan's bivouac.
Jlark how the rat's felonious fangs invade
The golden stores in John's pavilion laid.
Anon, with velvet foot and Tarquin strides,
juMile Grimalkin to his quarry glides.
Grimalkin grim, that slew the fierce rodent,
WhO!e tooth insidious Johann's sackcloth rent!
Lo! now the deep-mouthed canine-foe's assault,
That vexed the avenger of the stolen malt,
Stored in the hallowed precincts of that hall
That rose complete at Jack's creative call.
Here stalks the impetuous cow with, crumpled
horn,
Wliereon the exacerbating hound was torn,'
Who bayed the feline slaughter-beast that slew
The rat predacious, whose keen fangs ran thro'
The textile fibres that involved the grain
That lay iu Han's inviolate domain.
Here walks the forlorn damsel crown'd with rue,
Lactiferous spoils from vaccine dugs who drew,
(if that coruieulate beast whose tortuous horn
Tossed to the clouds in fierce, vindictive scorn
Tbe-brayiug hound, whose braggart bark and
stir
Arched the light spine and raised the indig-
. naut fur
(if puss, that with verminicidal claw
Struck the weird rat, in whose- jnsatiate maw
Lay ret king malt, that erst in Joan's court we
saw.
Robed in senescent garb, that seems, in sooth,
Too lony a prey to Chonos' iron tooth,
Behold the man whose amorous lips incline,
Full of young Eros' osculative sign,
To the lorn maiden, whose lact-albic hands
lrew albulactic wealth from lacteal glands
Of that immortal bovine by whose horn
bistort to realms ethereal was borne
The bfttNt catulean, vexer of that sly
Ulytei qnadrdMdal, who dared devour
Autecedoneous ale iu John's domestic bower.
Lo! here were hirsute honors doffed, succinct
Of saponaceous locks, the priest who linked
la Hymen's golden bauds the thorn nuthrift,
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nuuH means exiguous scared irom many a
' "ft,
Even as he kissed the virgin all forlorn,
Who milked the cow with implicated horn.
Who in fierce wrath the canine torturer skyed,
That dared to vex the insidious murieide,
Who let auroral effluence through the celt
W that sly rat who robbed the palace Jack had
I built
The loud, cantankerous Shanghai comes at last,
hose shouts arouse the shorn eeelesiast,
Who waled the vows of Hymen's sacrament
To him who, robed in garments indigent,
Et'isculates the damsel laerymose,
Tue etnulirator of the horned brute mnrnso.
That tossed the dog that worried Uhe cat that
' fkilt
The rat that ate the malt that lay in the house
that Jack built.
GBFEJTWOOD CLUB.
firmen' Dinner Stirring, Sensible, Practical
Speeches A Good Time Generally.
! For the Observer.!
Swiss's Station, N. C. July IStb. 1887.
Mr. Editor: Saturday last at Morris's
liapel, the Greenwood Farmers' Club No.
l?avj an old-fashioned farmers' d Hirer.
The table was 3G yards long:, and was well
T-2 choice provisions. Upwards
tl -M) persons were present, and enough
famed back home to have supplied as
jnariy more. Notwithstanding- the intense
wat of the day, the thermometer ranging
from 10P to 103, there was a large turn-
:,UIU1 to ladies. Uefore dinner the serv
es were opened with prayer by the Rev.
1 k McPherson, of the Presbyterian
''.nuwi,and fine vocal music bv the Mor
ns Uiapel choir. The Rev. H. W. Gra
Jam, ofj the Baptist Church, was intro
uced, and made a good, common-sense
Jpeech, showing the importance of the
jarmers coming closer together in order
i j mutual benefits might be accom
Jucedwas Dr. John McCormick, of Har
ne",, who for about an hour held the audir
"ce spell bound. I shall not attempt to
r 'line capital speech ot.the doctor
. . iu iu matt; rial poiiius.
"e heartily approved the formation of these
wmtrs' clubsi Th ltv .vm lint. sAnrAf. nr.
Sanctions, but were open, free, without
initiation foa rfiAit mn1a irn m nmAti ms
ege or profession, for the reason that all
"r lfoutliern people were more directly
wmct'rned in agriculture than in any other
it He said that these clubs were
a, Phtical organizations, but were free
a'iniit that ;if any party held doctrines
'ich worked an injury to the great agri-
jwiurai mterests of the country, then it
n.i - i rv irmer4 irrespecuve ot uis
W'tusal affiliation, to stand firm in the de-
. ae an unjust discrimination in favor of
"against any particular class of our fellow
izens. He looked with a great deal of
"west to the coming of the Farmers' Con
VfctlOll at Atlanta ot mntn Via oar.
7' "oped that the Convention would be
f luently successful, and, paid a handsome
nfiute to the appointments of Gov. Scales.
reason to believe that such dele-
oth b',McN- McKay," of Harnett, and
"lm of like eminence, wnnld inan(nimti
ffleasures looking to the redaction of the
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tariff .which is so oppressive to the asrricul
tural interests of the country. The Doctor
was frequently applauded while speaking,
lhe next speaker was Dr. A. J. Monroe, of
Jonesboro. who heartilv
step taken to advance the agricultural in
terests of the State and country, and es
pecially hi rfier education of the farmer.
Next iu ordfr after the speech of Dr. Mon-
iwj was umner, wnicn was spread at 12
o'clnnV
After dinner th
the stand and listened to some good music
7 utr. iur. ti . . ocott, or the Car
thasre Blade.
enthusiastic applause. Mr. Scott said he
was not a farmer, but an editor; but for all
that was fullv identified witb tho
tural interests of th nmintrv OT.,i
embarrassed as to what tn av n- rn
mick had robbed him of his speech and
knocked the wind but of his sail. nt
nevertheless the field was a broad one, and
unlike the judiciary, was not PThnneta
Washington to the human heart. In.
Iiealthv condition th hlnn ia fi k
the heart's action by means of the arteries,
to every part of the body, whether great or
sma Jhen the veins carry it back, and
after it is acted on hv th
condition, is fit to be returned. There are
two great veins or drains on the agricul
tural interests of the country : the largest
is the internal revenue, the next largest is
the protective tariff, which is thick; black
blood, is allowed to st.o-n.tA. Wbui ;
the vaults, where it has no business. It
needs light and air,' and for this cause
every industry is paralyzed. Mr. Scott was
atteutivelv listened tn fur nKnt an v..,-
His speech was a telling one. During its
delivery he was freauentlv annlAmlod
He added a Pondlv nnmhAr nf anUanriKoo
to his paper. The next speaker was Maj.
J. YY.- Scott, of - Lemon Springs. - Maj.
Scott said he had been a merchant, was
now engaged in agriculture, and took a
uveiy i merest m everything that has a
tendency to benefit the fanner. He is a
member of Greenwood Club No. 2, and ad
vised that in every club there be a refer
ence committee to settle difficulties among
the members of the club. He cited a case
where the amount involved was JfcLSO, and
the cost and the fees amounted to over
$40. Keep up a strict watch over all offi
cers; they are the servants and not the
masters of the people.. If the servants do
not work, cut off their ration. Th pro run
too many officers created. In some cities
ana towns there were cotton exehan
which compelled the farmer to pay a com
mission to some one to sell his bale of cot
ton. Repeal all such laws and let these
sharpers get their rations in some other
way than gouging the farmer. Maj. Scott
is a forcible speaker and was frequently
appiauaea. mhj. ocott concluded by giv
ing SOme food a.dvifi to th farmsiM- lim
ing them to stand united, and not to allow
any invai matter to divide them. " united
we stand, divided we fall."
Dr. Me.CormVtdc ws thn Allrl fm. n
make the concluding speech. He addressed
uimseii 10 lueirtdies m his peculiarly pleas
aut style, and gave the married and un
married men soma crood Advice, wliioh
from the uprourious laughter by the whole
crowd, was certainly annrfip.iAtod. Thi
ended a most pleasant entertainment.
-PARMER.
P. S. The last week has been most dis
astrous to crops. Unless it rains in a few
days, the crops will be irretrievably ruined;
not from the lenrrth of time, sinee mn. but.
purely from excessive heat. The temper
ature for the past week has ranired from
100 to 10G. Should rain come now. not
more than half a ernn nf nntntnoa nm n nrl
coiton wiu oe made; the stuff is dead.
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Twenty-Two Thousand in Gold.
Charlotte Chruuicle.1 -
Mr. John T. Cramer, of Thoxnasville,
does not look like a very mnseular man,
yet he yesterday lugged 1,500 ounces of
gold to the Mint building in this city. The
Sld came from the Genesee Mint, at El
orado, Montgomery couutv. aud renre-
sented one month's run (23 days) at the
Genesee.
Mr. Cramer arrived here from Thomas
yille on the noon train and carried the gold
in an ordinary nand satchel, which was,
however, doubly strapped. After chatting
with Capt. Waring for a few minutes. Mr,
Cramer announced that he had come to the
Mint on business and had brought a little
gold which he desired to have, assayed.
Capt. Waring is used to- such remarks", as
miners drop into the mint every day or so
with gold for assay, but a surprise was in
store for him. He expected to get a pound
or two from Cramer, but. when he put his
hand upou the treasure-laden satchel, he
found that there was business in hand for
the assay office. The gold was bronsrht in
in little lumps shaped like a pineapple, and
when Prof. Hanua had completed the as
say, six bars were turned out, the agjrre
gate value of which was $22,500.
This was the largest single consignment
of gold ever received at the assaying office
here. It represents the business of the
Genesee mine, during the month of May
1887, when twenty-three wording days
were put in. A total of about l,3o0 tons
of ore were worked up. The company era
ploys 150 hands, works 40 stamp mills, and
the running expenses are $2,700 per month
lhe Uenesee mine has been organized
since J uue, looo. t-i -.. '..--s....; .;.,
' ; Terriblft Dertruction. :
Chicago, J uly 10. A Timet special from
Wabash, Ind., says: A genuine hail cy
clone passed through the northern part o;
the county yesterday, doing an immense
amount of damage, lhe storm came from
the west, through Miami ; county, and
crossed Lake Erie and the Western Rail
way at a point betweeu Denver and Pern
Its path through this country was between
two and three miles wide and in that space
no vegetation escaped. The hail fall was
phenomenal. Every where the " stones
were the size of hen's eggs, and could be
gathered op by bushels after the storm
A great) number of fine forest trees were
broken off and piled up into an intermina
mass. Not a field of grain escaped de
Rtrnction in the pathway of the storm.
The corn was riddled and stripped of its
ears and silk. Uats were thrashed out and
driven into the earth. Apples, melons.
grapes, and all small fruits and vegetables
were cut to pieces and nothing can be
saved..; '--
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The next United States Senate will stand
thirty-seven Democrats and thirty-nine
Republicans. -
"FAYETTEyiLLE, JST. C, THTJRSDAT
LAWYESS.
The Extraordinary Favoritism that is Customa
rily Shown to Attorneys.
A subject of wideSDread i
viewed in the St, Louis Globe Democrat as
ouows:. -The
observer of current events in nnr
courts and legislative bodies cannot have
aued to wonder faom time to timn lmw it
comes that so many privileges are given to
lawyers which are denied to all ntlioi....
esof citizens. By some curious process
of favoritism all the ordinary rules of
responsibility and propriety seem to have
been suspended for the benefit of this par
ticular fraternity, and to be a lawyer now-
ouoi5 io enjoy mmunuies that amount
to practical exemntion fmm
which in the case of the great majority of
supposea to De indispensable
to the safety and welfare of society. Hard
ly a day passes that this fact is not glar
ingly illustrated. Under the plea of nrn-
essional privilege the most flasrrant hreati.
es of personal right and courtesy are con
stantly being committed, and the Tnt;
of these outrages are expected and required
w uuimi, on me singular theory that a
man -who contrives to grain admission tn
the bar is by that happy chance invested
with the authority to violate the very laws
and obligations which he undertakes to
define and enforce.
There are insults heaped upon witnee
in common legal proceedings by attorneys
pretending to be anxious only to discover
the truth, which serve to make a mockery
of the diernitv and decency that
prevail in the halls of justice. The lawyer
would not think for a moment of taunting
and provoking a man upon the streets in
any such fashion; nor would a man thus
insulted in any other place be nhlia-erl tn
forego the right of self defense. Individ
uals are promptly and properly punished
every day for offences which lawyers per
sistently indulge in for the mere purpose
of confusing honest witnesses and making
the worse appear the better cause: and if
the witness asks for protection the judge
sagely informs him that the lawyer is a
much privileged nerson. who must, lie !
lowed to choose his own methods of ex
amination. There are cases, no doubt
where the bulldozing of men on the .wit
ness stand is justifiable, but they are cer
tainly not so numerous that the attorneys
should be permitted to assume as a gener
al ruie mat witnesses are always ready to
perjure themselves, and can only be pre
vented from doing so by systematic rude
ness on the part of the questioner;
a siui wiuer ana uarsher license of
sttlt is practiced toward litigants iu
speeches of the lawyers to Judges and
ries. The most pronounced slanders
frequently uttered; men's motives are
in
the
pugned and their acts misrepresented quite
nn-
:vs a maiier ot course, it happens far of
tener that the parties to a suit are treated
with violent injustice than that they are
dealt with in a spirit of even tolerablo
fairnes-s. The lawyer must make a vigor
ous and stinging address, and if the ma
terial is lacking he proceeds to invent it,
regardless of the rights or feelings of the
person concerned. In short, it is held
that what a private citizen may not do
without being knocked down or compelled
to pay da mages for lawyer may do with the
approval of the Court, and be accounted
a model oi professional force and st-Ill it
is difficult for the average observer to un
derstand why blackguardism should be
tolerated as an agency in the enforcement
of the law? under any circumstances;' but
there can be no doubt about the fact that
ii i sc recognized, and that all protests
against it are met with the assurance sim
ply that it is a privilege by custom and
precedent in the legal profession.
We are abo taught that a lawyer may
with perfect propriety nccept a fee for act
ing as a lobbyist and helping to pass or
defeat given schemes of legislation. If an
editor, a minister, a physician, or a mer
chant takes money in that way, we say ho
i.? bribed, and the community distrusts and
denounces him accordingly. But a man
having license to ratice Law may go into
a Legislature or a City Council, anil, upon
the pretext of being employed as an attor
ney, do everything in his power to embar
rass the proper course of bnsincss and to
thwart the will of Hie people, and we are
estopped from saying that his behauior is
dishonest and mischievous. ' The courts
will not even require him to appear as a
witness and tell what he knows about the
corrupt appliances which may have been
used by himself or others to bring about a
particular result. He has only to say that
he cannot give such testimony without
divulging faet possessed in his capacity as
a lawyer, and he is at once excused. The
snield ol professional privilege convenient
ly protect mm ia all contingencies of
that sort. No matter how important his
testimony may be to the promotion of the
public interests, or the detection of actual
and monstrous crime, lie is allowed to
withhold it by merely pleading that he has
a client in the case who has paid him a
retainer, and whose secrets he is bound to
keep. This is called professional honor,
and learned J odges resolutely and solemn
ly uphold it as such. Possibly it is neces
sary to grant to a special class so much in
the way of privilege to pervert the princi
ples and methods f justice, morality and
property which are ngiaiy applied to all
other classes : but if -f o, it has vet to lie
satisfactorily demonstrated and the aver
age observer may, therefore, be pardoned
for entertaining some doubt upon the subject,-to
say the leest.
Small Xajrafaeturing.
We heartly commend the following from
the Charlotte Observer'. It is one of the
great mistakes of the people of the South
to tniQK it. uiKes large capital to Duud up
a successful manufacturing enterprise
With many the very idea of manufacturing
is connected with spindles and looms and
bales of cotton, and expensive machinery,
In reality large , manufactures of the
North and Mast pay a smaller percentage
on the capital invested than many of the
smaller ones in which a few industrious
men combine the few thousands, or even
hundreds which they have saved and car
ry on safe and profitable business making
shoes, or chairs, or mattresses, or any of
the thousand articles which find a sale in
every country. A list of the different kinds
of small factories in the city of Philadel
phia would be almost bewildering to the
industrious residents of the average Southd
era town. - Fhiiadelphia, when oppose-
by New York as the commercial center of
.the United States, would have lost her im
portance as a city but for; the ease with
. - 1 , - --
which the people adapted themselves to
manufacturing. By these small manufac
turing enterprises she has sustained 1ier
position as a city and is to-day one of the
largest manufactnringcentres iu the Union.
The South needs, more manufacturing
enterprises, and a singleone, however
small, will add more to the wealth and
prosperity of the country than will a store I
- v I
or brokerage office.
IFSESH MUXMHa DTK OUT.
A Wonderful Find in Syria Jewelry of Great
Value in a Tomb.
Baltimore American.
The following extract from a private let
ter of Rev. James S. Dennis, D. D., of New
ark, now in Syria, will be read with great
interest:
Beirut, Syria, June 9. The excava
tions and discoveries at Sidon still continue
with remarkable results. The number of
sarcophagi at present brought to light is
eighteen, and some of them are most mag
nificent, and will rank high among arch
ffiological treasures. They are of enormous'
size, and the sculpture is elaborate and in
perfect preservation. Upon one of them
alone are eighteen almost detached statues,
about three feet in height, without a single
scratch, and of pure marble.
The most remarkable of them has just
como to light last week. It is An Ancient.
1j, . . , . , ,
ruoenician sarcophagus, which had never
been opened, and contained a rrmmmv nnrl
a large amount of jewelry of great value.
The mummy, when unrolled, was found to
be the body of a man in middle life, and
the state of preservation was astonishing.
The features, and, in fact, the entire body
were intact; the flesh was tender and
yielded to pressure; and teeth, hair and vis
cera were all in place. Upon the outside
of the lid of the sarcophagus is an inscrip
tion of seven and a half lines in Phoeni
cian characters, and also one in Egyptian
hieroglyphics. The bi-lingual inscription
of such an ancient date excites crreat ex
pectations. We shall have to wait to have
it deciphered by the savants before we can
know the full value of the statements it
contains. The sacrophagus is of black ba
salt such as comes from Egvpt, and it may
have been made in Egypt from Sidon..
lhe date ot it is, of course, a matter of
conjecture as yet. It may be anywhere
from 800 to 1,500 B. C, and eveu older.
This strange being, who has been brought
forth literally from the tomb of the ages to
face the nineteenth century who is hef
What if be should be Ethbaal. "Kinir of
tue Zidonians" and father of Jezebel, or
some oiaer King wno nourished in the ear
lier days of "Great Zidon!" It
is more
than probable that he
princely character.
was a
royal or
The value of this enormous find is rough
ly estimated as approaching a sum not far
from $800,000. Oie of the European con
snls in Beirut has offered $25,000 for one
ot i oe sarcophagi, it was not accepted,
and the Turkish government are boxing
uie entire lot, and have snt a special
steamer to transport them to Constantino
pie.
lhe discovery of the sarconliajms of
Ashmunazer, in 1S55, just outside ot Sidon,
was regarded as an important event. It
also had a t ioeoician inscription of twen
ty-two lines, and several interesting data
were gathered from it. There is a far
more marvelous and. magnificent upturning
of the Sidonian remains.
The excavatious still continue and other
treasures may be brought to licrlit. A
government official Handy Bev from Con
stantinople, is superintending operations.
mese are nays or. greafarchaBlogieal won
ders. Think of the old Pharoah.H nn exhi
bition m the Bonlak Museum in Cairo.
A Veritable Oil Volcano.
Toledo, O., July 9. Oil men are excited
to-night over the reDorts of a vnnm nit
volcano totally unlike anything in the his
tory of oil wells. The gusher 'is located in
yooa county, near this city. Reports in
dicate that the oil is flowing in small riv
ers and flooding the surrounding country,
and vast pwls of oil are bein? formed
A. 1 a ' i Ml a
me now is sun undiminished. l he gush
er is owned by the Vandertrrifts. of Ja
town, N. Y.,and Pittsburg, who have been
oomg ineir utmost to keep the matter
quiet. When the well was plugged the
casing, bO feet m length, was blown out
wnu rerrinie force, smashing the derrick.
rorihree days it has been impossible to
gei in uie vicinity ot tho well. Stones,
rocks and largo quantities of mud are
hurled long distances.
Tiie surface of the earth about the month
of the well lias been excavated for rods in
diameter, and the derrick lies buried be
neath the debris. The well is beyond all
control. It is located near tho Toledo, Co-
lumous anu oouinern track, half-wav be
tween Cygnet and Merrimill. Oil men are
hurrying io the new country, which ha
just been opened, aud it is feared that the
discovery will force the price of Ohio oil
down below 0 cents per barrel. It is im
possible to estimate the amount of 'flow of
the oil. " -
.Hanged in a Court-Boom.
A 1 rs .
a sneciai irora rvansviue, lud., says:
at union viiyeariy mine week a colored
J T V Vll ....
m.ni uauieu oun j. nomas committed a
brutal assault on a little white girl. A
posse was organized, and after a long
search he was found at Humboldt and
brought back. His preliminary trial was
neia yesterday; - a large, angry and de
termined crowd filled the court-room. He
was positively identified by his victim. At
this point some one in the crowd shouted:
' That's enough. Let's put him where hell
do no more of his devil's work.' Then the
entire court-room of men, numbering, per-
naps, two hundred enraged citizens, rose
to their feet, and with an impulsive rush
surged over the posse of officers, swept
iucuj nsiuu, anu uespiie uieir enorts to
save Ihomasthe maddened throng seized
the trembling and panic-stricken wretch.
In an instaut a good rope was produced
and a noose, deftly prepared, slipped about
me prisoner a neck. Willing hands threw
an eud or the- rope over a beam in the
court-room, . and then' the crowd walked
away, leaving the body swinging."
He Had Sead tie Papers.
" Harper's Bazar. J
Farmer Wayback I want to see yer
uoss.
Office Boy Have yon a card, sir?
' Farmer Wayback Now you iro 'Ion jr. va
pert little upstart, an' tell yer boss I wanter
baa Itim Ta nnwfr . Al 1
1 montegamo on meI've'read the papers.
ii i mux i vutuo xi u IXireu-C&ru
JULY 28, 13S7.
CLEVELAND'S DAJJGEB,
An Accident to President Cleveland's Trsia The
Engineer Soiled.
A Utica special of Saturday Rftvs- The
President's excursion train met with an ac
cident on its return from Clartnn tn AM-
Creek on the Rome." Wntertntm n.-
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burtr Railroad. The train ftnnsiutesl nf
Earlor car drawn by eagine 75, William
liley engineer and John Perrigue fireman.
superintendent Henry W. Hammond was
in charge of the train: which covered the
run Of seventeen miles between Carthatre
oiiu uowvuie in twenty minutes, and at a
J T !11- A. A
quarter past ten P. M., when the accident
occurred, was still going at that rate.
Jjowville had been left just seven miles be
hind when the guests in the car heard sev
eral sharp toots from the whistle and a
sound as if some one had thrown a hand
ful of gravel against tho side of the car.
Mr. Hammond rushed to the door to
meet Perrigue, his facei covered with blood
from a scalp wound aud his clothes wet
through. The Superin tendent immediate
ly pulled the brake cord, but it was found
the brakes were set. Opening the door of
the coach, a cloud of blimlinir steam rushed
in, making an exit from that door impos-
8i Die. it was men discovered, and not till
then, by. the excursionists that there had
been an accident. , !
It seems that while Rilev had his hand
- - ' " ... onus Alltct liau LI J 3 1U111U
on the whistle to blow for Stiles' Crossing
the connecting bar to the forward driver
on the right hand side of the engine broke
and the huge- piece ! of steel revolved
through the air with terrible velocity. It
struck the ties firsthand hearing itRiley
at once divined what had occurred, fnr
with one hand he blew the danger signal
ana wim the other set the brakes. Then
he was thrown violently to the other side
of the cab on top of his fireman. And.
grabbing him round the waist, forced him
on top of the tender, the bar meanwhile
doing fearful execution ou one side of the
wu anu wun me lies ana irronnd nver
which the engine was still rnshinc. the
valves not havincr been closed. A hnre
gash was made in the boiler, and the steam
escaped in volumes. "As Riley securely
grasped Perrigue and lifted him on the
tender, he either jumped or fell from the
engine. Alter collecting himself with a
brave effort and noticing that though the
brakes were on the train was running, Per
rigue hastened back in the cabin in the
midst of the stifling steam, and closed the
throttle, lhe train soon came to a stand
still. ;
MRS. CLEVELAXp's SOLICTTCDI.
The Presidential party bore the short
delay necessitated patiently. Mrs. Cleve
land asked if Manager Britton's cmrineer
washurt.andbeniginforineditwasanother.
At -
sae expressed reiier. at tho same time ear
ncstly and sincerely hoping that Rilev
was not hurt. The train was deLivell
three-quarters of an hour. The train men
and Superintendent Hammond were com.
mended on all sides for their promptness
and coolness. The President t onlr the
matter very calmly, and said he thought
there was something serious the matter as
he saw the clouds of steam. When the
express arrived at the scene tho President's
AAA K - A T . - . . .1 .
vu.it ii ws irnsierreu io ic ana ma disa
bled locomotive left at Glendale, which
was but a short distance south. The train
was then ruu back until the men sent back
from the accident wero met.
THE ENGINEER KIIJ.ED.
Ihey reported tindmer the body of Mr.
Riley on the left-hand side of the track.
He was dead Instructions were tnven to
caie ror me oody, and the train proceeded
A l.i r i. i . i t- , .
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u uuer vrei-K, iieie me i resiueni ana
wife. Rev. Mr. Cleveland and wife and
Commissioner Kern an and wife left the
car. It was then after midnirht.
lhe dead engineer was thirtv-seven
years of age, and resided in Carthage. This
was his first trip in two weeks, he having
been ill. He had been on the road nearlv
all his life, and was accounted among the
: . .i . i. . .
uw engineers in wie oiaio. ne leaves a
wife and two children. Perrigue, the
brave fireman, resides at Sackett's Har
bor.
Result of Idleness.
Worn the SrientiQc American.
There is as much danorer of hnrtinc the
oram by idleness as by overwork. Accord
ing to a writer m Faith ami Wort. Dr
tarqnharson argues that intellectual pow-
er is lessened by the listlessness in which
the well-to-do classes erenerallvsnend their
lives. Under such condition. the brain
. ... - . .
generally loses its .health, and although
equal to the demand of a routine exist
ence, is unable to withstand the strain of
sudden emergency. So, when a load of
work is unexpectedly thrown on it in itsun
prepared state, the worst consequences of
wuat may be called overwork show them
selves, bimuarlv. a man accustomed to
sedentary nnrsuits is likelv tn he nh vein-il-
ly injured by taking suddenly too violent
exercise.
As to the amount of mental work that
may be safely done. Dr. Faronhnraon rav
"So long as a brain-worker is able to sleep
well and to take a fair proportion of out
door exercise, it may safely be said that it
is not necessary to impose any special lim
it on the actual number of hours which he
devotes to hia labors. ! But when what is
generally kuown as worry stena in to com
plicate matters, when cares connected with
lamuy arrangements,1 or wun those nu
merous personal details, which wo can ael
dom escape, intervene, or when the daily
occupation of life is in itself a fertile source
of anxiety, then we find one or other of
these safeguards broken down."
An Odd Eesl Estate Story.
' St. rnul Pioneer PreaAj
In a real estate office the other dav T
heard a gentleman relating the experience
of an eastern friend of his who many years
ago, ior a oaa (i) ueot ot FJU.UW was com
pelled to accept western land of the est!
mated value of S15.000. He paid con
stantly increasing taxes upon the land for
a number of years without going to see it.
One day his agent teleirranhed him. akV-
ingwnai ne wouia take lor the land, which
had come to be far within the corporate
limits of Chicago. The owner figured that-
i. - V. - -
taxes and interest, the land had cost him
$30,000 and more in a joke than anything
eisu, not ureaming mat tne oner would be
accepted, wrote a telegram saying that he
would take oU,U00 cash for the property,
He sent the message by his office boy to
me leiegrapn oaice, where the clerk in
sisted that the sum be spelled out in the
message. The offico boy rewrote it, and
by mistake wrote $o00.000 instead of .v . I
000. '
in halt an hour came the renlv- "CHTa
or halt a million dollars accepted. Make
deed and como on and get certified check."
The man made the office boy a handsome
present for his clerical error, atwl miva fci
uiu-ume ueutor jfjj.uuu with which to re
establish himself in business.
EEnnrant raws or iccr.
Th Tffly Trousers that Give Hi T
the
Graceless ElephaatiM Skip.
Dora Wheeler ia the Epoch.
I mUSt COnfeSS thxt T hva rri VAn It ft la
thought to the subject of man's dress, but
I can say that I think the present styles of
gentlemen's dress are for the most part
ungraceful, the cut beinir bad Ami the oi-il.
ors cold. The nearest nnnmnrh tn l-ntv
is the uniform of tlte Prussbin ofiWra
This comprises tiirht trora n .mt rlnultr
fitting the form and ftv n!lra Tim
Austrian officers also have a beautiful uni-
no reason why the Court iW Vnu
breeches, silk stockings, frilled shirt, dia
mond buckles, and all the rest of such par
aphernaliashould nt bo adopted. It is
certainly picturesque and beautiful, and
the objection which has been made to it
could not hold good were it kept exclusive
ly for evening wear.
The only objection that T rnnl.l GnA tn
such a change would be that everybody
rould be getting married. The
looking and most commonplaco of men
would be vastly improved bv aneh a mo.
tume, and could scarcely fail to secure a
wire, while those to whim nature has been
more generous would be bored by atten-
wuus uvm iuo iair sex worse than ever
poor Actor .Montague was.
The only bit of beauty or picturcsoue-
ness in men s dress is seen in the tennis
court or on the water. There, if one has a
nice throat he can leave it hre with
bright hued scarf twisted carelessly under
the broad collar, while the Norfolk et
and knee breeches give an opportunity for
i! V eu lunieu legs and broad
shoulders. Sack coats are very n?lv. Ami
frock coats are not much better, but'l km n-
pose the ordinary business suit is as well
ntteu for the use that an ordinary man
makes of it in the business day as any oth
er that could be devised. It is the evening
suit of conventional black that I find n
unnecessarily revolting. Why a man
when he arrays for a festive occasion
should want to look as much like his but
Ia A 1 1
ivi vr uuuenaKcr as possible is past my
comprehension. Why, a group of men at
a ceremonious evening gathering are as
much alike as a row of crows!
Yhite waistcoats are beginning to be
seen again. This is a siicrht imnrovement.
and we may yet see men attired in such a
way that the dress shall "proclaim the
man."
A "Funny Thing."
r i .
i.uun ininir ocenrrea aown At nnr
house, Christmas, said the bmkemAn
1 m away almost everr nicht in the ver.
i m . - ... i j
qui unstmas nicrht 1 irot a lav-off Ami
staid home with my wife and babies.
Next door to ns lives one of the stingiest
old codgers that ever was. Wheeler is
his name, and everybody call him ttinmr
Wheeler. He is an old chan. who ba nn
children and no friends, and who b said
to be worth a good deal of money. Tve
had a good deal of sickness in mv hnni
this winter, and times h
nard with us. It was misrhtv little Clirist.
mas we had, I can tell you. 4 Well, there's
one i inner we can sav. Henrv. mr
n i 9 ... 3 il . . . l . .'
no i me, anu inai is mat tne house is
not hard to warm. It beats all the wv
coal does last us here. That half-ton vou
got a month ago ain't nearly all gone yet.
That's the way coal lasts when there's
nobody to steal it, as we had where we
lived last,' l replied. 'Now there's only
one man in the neighborhood I'd suspect
of stealing coal, and that's stingy Wheeler.
i wouldn't trust that old codger very far.
'Neither would I, said my wife. That
night after we got in bed my wife woke
me, saving that she was sure she heanl
some one in the coal-house. 4 1 believe it's
old v heeler,' I said. 4 So do I my wife
replied; but be careful, nenrv, and don't
get into any trouble with the old skin.
flint,' she added, as I hastily dressed my-
isv . i w
sen. omy i tiptoed out to the eoal
house, and, sure enough, there was a man
A 1 .. 1 1 A. 1 '. , , . .
wrre imru m wore wim a snovoi. it was
stingy Wheeler, and he was throwing
coal from his bin into mine!"
Searching for Papa.
A lady in the street met a bttle cirl be
tween two and three years old, evidently
lost, and crying bitterly. The lady took
the baby's hand aud nked where she was
going.
"Doin' to find my papa." was the aob-
bmg reply.
"What is your papa's name!" asked the
lad v.
"His name is papa."
"But what is his other namef What
does your mamma call him H
She calls him papa," persisted the little
creature.
The lady then tried to lead her Alonrr
"lou had better come along with me. I
guess you came this way."
"xes, but 1 don't want to go back. I
want to find my papa," said the little girl,
crying afresh as if her heart would break.
-what do you want of vonr Tumur
ru kiio lauy.
'I want to kiss him."
Jnstat this time a Rister of the hn.l
wuv umi uwu searcning ior ner, came
along and took possession of the little runa
way. From inquiry it appeared that the
little one's" papa, whom she was so earnest
ly seeking, had recently diet!. And kIia
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tired or waiting ror him to come home, had
gone out to find him
Boys Was Wm Vet Get Drowned.
Atchison Globe.
If you have a boy named Bill, or TnA
or bam, or lorn, yon need not fear that
he will be drowned during the swimming
season. The boy who has a plug name,
and whose hair stands ud straight i;v .
hazel brush, and who has stone hVn;.
his feet, is not in danger of drowning But
if your son has eurly hair, and if he wears
snoes in summer and has a pretty name.
yuu uu ueuer iei mm swim in a wasn
oowi.
v.ij, lu .ium uruinary ares. oc up, crinkled Seersucker Cc nt Pian
conform to such an attire as this ft would 7c, Crossbarred MusK AnroS ?nd
be more i agreeable to those who have to Ginghams. Prints, ShirUn. SWtig?
JOOK at them. As for evening dress. I see Ticking. Curtain NVt in . Z
XEW SERIES-VOL. IV-NO. 230.
THE
Racket Store.
-Backed
by the
IM CASH DOLLARS.
la Grewbf ia Prartr Kmy Xar,
Having gained in a few months a patron-
rhich others have struggled for
years to obtain.
Below you will find a Price List which
A CASH SYSTEM
enables us to adopt. Read it ean-f uHy and
note the advantages that are thereby of
fered: -
Figured Lawn 3Jc. up. Victoria Lawn
quito et, Jeans 10c up, Towela 4c nn.
uandkerchiefs lc. up. Laces. Edeinir and
Inserting lc. a yard up, TablcLinens, &c .
Votionw. -.
Pins 2c. Best Brass Pin 3. ThrA 7
(200 yards). Silk Thread 4. . Tr.;
Combs 2c up, Tucking Combs 4c up. Hair
pins 2c. ner bunch (4S), Toilet Soap 2c up,
v.ain:rs jc op, iraner Elastic Jc y d rjp,
Purses 4c up, Hand Bags, Baskets, Per
fumery 5c. un. Face Pow lcr 4c up. Dress
Shields 10c, Ladies Gauze Vesta 28c np.
.LHiiis tc up, naieoone 4c per pc,
Fcatherbone 14c y'd. Pant Buttons 8c per
gross, lress Buttons white and smoked
Pf r!; Peartt Jftc Ac, lc dor. up, Fin
bilk Jersey Gloves 3Sc, others from Cc np.
Hoiwery.
Ladies', Misses' and Gents, 5c up.
Umbrellas, Fans. Parasol. Whip. Cor
sets 25c up.. The Racket Corset 47c
Hooks 5c. dor., Hooks and Lines 4c np.
47c up; n Fast Black. Coat Back, Elastic
ocams, uie; an au wool Uie.
CrOlltSl' XllI-IliMllillff-
GoodH.
3 and 4 ply Linen Collars 7. S. 0. 10 n,l
12c, 3 and 4 ply Linen Cuffs 14c up, 100
dozen Ties and Scarfs, beautiful styles, 2c.
up, colored Shirts 39c np. white nnlaun
dried Shirts 33c np, the N. Y. Mills cele-
oratea Shirts &c, laundned Shirts 53c.
np. Jeans Drawers 23c up, Balbrietran
Suits, Suspenders, work Shirts, Overalls.
Seersucker Coats and Vests 1JL
55 to.tioiioijr.
Note Paper, 3, 4, 5 and 7c quire.
Envelopes 3 and 4c pack, 2a in pack.
Legal and Fools Cap 8, 9, 10c quire.
Memorandum Book.- 3c. up
Order Books 5 and 7c .
Writing Tablets 3c up.
Copy Hooks 2c up
Lead Pencils 10, 20 and 25c dozen.
Slate Pencils 2Jc dozen.
Slates 2 cents each. Ink 3c
Falcon and Stub Pens 5c dozen.
Penholders lc dozen up.
Beautiful Scrap Books 17 etnts up.
Scrap Pictures lc dozen up.
Autograph and Photo Albums.
Playing Cards 5c pack.
Photo Frames, Easels, Plaques, &e. '
Leads for Automatic Pencil.
School Satchels.
Examine our new lot of Shoes, wh
bought at the late failnre of Clutman Jk
Bingham. Manufacturers of fine Shoes. .
Mens Buttons. Congress and English
Balmorals and Brogans. Bovs' fine 111-
morals and Brogans. Ladies' and Mia' -
fine Kid and Goat Button and Lace Shoes .
and Slippers. Gents' Patent Leather hand
sewed Pumps. Infant Shoes, &c All at
) per cent, below current prices.
Hardvnrc.
Handsaws 29 to 3Sc Hammon 1 1 a nn
Hatchets 3Sc up. Wrenches 10c nn.
Braces ac. Chisels 17c np. Drawing
Knives 33c Spirit Levels 8 cent. Pnirv
Combs 4c np. Pocket Cutler 4 .
. - w uu. iuw
Padlocks 7c up. Closet and Door Locf -
14c up. Scissors and Shears 4c nn. TJ mr.
23c np. Wade & Butcher's fine Razors -51c.
Carpet Tacks 2c Tack Claws, Screws
lc dozen up. Pher, Can Openers, Oar
den Tools, Hoe, Rake and Spade) 23c.
Lemon Squeezers 23c Paint RmeKM
Razor Strops 14c nn, Pipes, Gun Caps,
Mucilage 4c French Shoe rwm K,
bottle. Rules 5c np. Shaving Brushes 4c
up. Table Spoons 17c set np, Toothpicks, -Coffee
Mills, Blacking lc and 2c box, ".
Brushes, &c
Tinware.
Always on hand a Urea Assortment mt
Racket prices; besides many other lines
too numerous to mention. Call and seo
us and secure your bargains while they are
hero.
Our stock has been largely increased
I w"n. the last rew days, and you will find
it to your best interst to examine it before
purchasing elsewhere. Yon will find many
line which space will not permit us to
mention. Call early and avail yourself o
an excellent opportunity to secure .
Respectfully,
MORRIS, CARNEY & CO.,
HAY STREET,
FayetteviDe, N. C.
New York office, 4C0 Broadway.
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