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PROFESSION*. I' C.IMDS.
/.. HA yjwifi:,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Mt Aiiy N, C.
Special attention ((i+ ii to lliocollection of
elaimi.
If*. /•'. CARTER,
ttrro /H.yjs r-,~t r-/sd it.
MT. lUttY, SllKlcr t'O., N. O
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R|f*MAßl# WOOI» KAMI. |>. COOtJWIN.
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WOOD, 6 A CON & CO
laiporturrf HIKI JoMtcri» of
DRY trGOltS, AOTJ()A\S
WHITE GOODS, ETC.
Nok. Mnrkot St.,
rHILALKLPIIIA, PA.
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A. O SOHOONMAKKK,
158 William St., New York.
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with
WIHCO, RLI.ETT i fRt'MP,
KiCHMONI), VA.,
Dealers is
BOOTS, SHOES, TRUNKS, AC.
Pren|>t aitwitioa4»«ii to ardrrs, rnid utla
a tina Biiaranteed.
Virginia State Prison Llvodt m tyectalty
March,6. m
HSIRT W. PO .TKHS. EUUAB U. TATLO.
K jr. i CO.,
tfUOLKSAIK DRUGGISTS,
PAIHTS, eiUi, UTES, TABKISHKS'
French and Atnorlcon
WINDOW CiLAaS, PUTTY, AC
BMOKINU AM) CIIHWINti
CIGARS, TOUACUO A
18#5 Mala St., Biohmeod, Va;
Aa(ulSm]« —
GEO. STEWART."
rin and Sheet Iron Manu
facturer.
Opposite FUIIIUTS' WtirvliuuMi.
WIXNiOK, *. « .
tOQfINC. GUTTERING AND SPOUT
ING
I doiio ut short notice.
*C«C|>H (v»n%i*llly VFTI hfiud JI line lot o
ami Mi nting Bto\».t.
OAK RIDGE HfSTITUTE.
DO VOl' wi>li to |iatiiiiiizo .i good
permaneul and progre«l»e
Irtiuof,
i)ujiu"itiibp'tactmplrte roun
ded eilncatiou ?
L>» yolk with la learn U> b« a feather, to
eep Uookn, prop.m l for the I' uiveraity, or
•o finish a good euuix' of study
If no aihtriMfs,
J. A. & M. H. HOLT,
OAiv KtIHIK ISSt'ITfTK,
OAK UIDOK, N. C.
Xext tenii begins August Utli.
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The Wilmington Star.
KEDUirriON Ui PRICES.
Attention ia called fo the fallowing te
tlucml rata* of aubaoriptioo,
■■
CAf-n IN AKVANCI:
tnR DAILY STAR.
Oao Yeaf fC.OO I Three Monthcsl.so
Six Mouths S.OO | Ona Montlia' 50
TUB WEKKLT ST All.
One Year"' SI.OO | Six Montlia 6t»
Tbrea Mouths 30 eenta.
Our Talegraph Ne« » servieo haa rocantiy
Saaa largaijr iucreaaeil, ami It ia our UeUr
■inaUoa to ker|i tin* StAii up to tlie highetl
laaitard of new>-|ia|irt eicellener.
K- IUiUKD,
* W llmiugtou, N. C-
DOCTOR mMt: "I rMmmtnd aM
| FOR
- 4|P4
is
Thut Ooi.tbiimtion
TAYLOR'S
SWEET CUM
and
ft do*« more than cny prescription writ
ten} both piante nre highly medlolnal."
If. It. tj BVMI Oum Mine tram tl:«* Bonihcrn
Bwnrn; rv.d la hialrfy J'xpctoiitiit. while tho Mv'ld.n
la lXucliaffin"uo and th'.ui ocn.Moed thor tu« Kluiply
A PERFECT P.'MtiDV.
A COIiD noglootod levte t.>ncrlou« feeults, CROfTF
jour liomj t»i:hout \.nrtik\r., WaOCFif-O
COVan so aiiiioylnir r.r.d r sl"f«t. ALL yield readily
to tho scoinlnily fttACJC ol Taylors
•wotrt Ornn and MolialJ. ®*o*rCHlTlf and /UTtt.
?1A left u: jttended to, will Ir.td to
and the* Met ckl/l ottrca.
INSECT CN HAVINQ CT.
I>r, Qtil'Man, tho IcaJlntf phyvidan of Oreet Trit
afc' rn Vmg T !• , r —it-ior.da
• , Mu]loln ,, na fifty ocmt fcritcp thnn PdJ Liver Oil
forConouaipttou. tj* Kot ;. 1: in the hatvi
IT IS HLt:AS4..T PAL \ |"AULF
and Is the flni-ot ki>u*n
Throat end Lun,? trouble**. It s!iir.ul*ti the
throat and Ctiahlo yoa to turov wli all cbhtruaUrtiia
«. 1- . uni ng c tpcratio., ftiicrinc
et onoe. Ar-fcrfmr 9\*. 60'. *•. H. f»lret.
IT be dooe not keep .t, v o .'til pay, for o;\e time
or.y.c*v«f*ahargur or. t»rr« «lar hot''ey to au/ part
of the T7. fl. on rrc?!t»t of it 00.
Tltr V.' ALTER A. VA Cm., Atlanta, fle.
FOB AXX BOWrt THOtTEUT* and CBUlOrin «Mth
In#, UM Southern rjmedy Dr. HiuKort'
Huoklebeny Cordfal. BO coi.U at I/ntcglats.
TIILOB'S PRIUIUM COICC.IE IS THt E£ST.
CHEAPCOFFtE.
HOME ROASTED
COFFEE
AT 18 CTS A POUND
Pl'TtiriN foUND PACKAGES.
Every I'lichiifc ronltiliu R
l'reioiii. In Value I'roiu 5 ct»
tol'i.OO
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this paper.
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IHwtrKliifi foltowilii! 'llotwi-UNI Jtenors*.
inul enftjfhlOil coililltioii ot the general sys
tern.
MANt 11V
Dr. V. 0, THOMPSON,
IUIUOGIXT,
Winston N. O.
fl' H. CART LAND,
And dealer in Cassimaree
FINECLOTIIH
And furnishing Goods
Greeosboro, - '
Cuitcr Central Hotel. _
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••NOTHI«SS!
D ANBURY, N. C '••• lsss -
tmjMgm
CMISM PAIBIOIM UAIMBof.
My lieait within mis siugiuga tunc,
Its echo is »vw, «U, Juno, s veet Junft!
i 'Die nun's in tlie valley, the bloom 011 tlw
briei»t"
And 10, thntlead leaves that theautumn lial |
slreiiu
4>er«grJW !,*■ te'lh blencom's
desire. '
From the lit! ut of the earth there is war
bled a tune;
It'r»d tier ever Is, "June, leafy June!
Ije:id leaves siiuil crumble and vanish in
fire,
But the souls that will' courage and grief
commune
Shall never in iiius.c or (lame expire I"
Through the Year vHUt the Poet*
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OUll HO ADS AGAIN.
With the return, of the balmy fpring
I Jays our read,- have become again as
I solid as I,rick, but uo man who has ever
J seen tbeui in the winter will fur a mo
| incut think tliey will be ever thus. The
j old adage lis." (t somewhat uftor this
j style, "In time of peace prepare for
j war," so too our plans should be laid for
iuiprjvcmeot of roads before the winter
oomes a"um. Almost every one is
clear yof the opinion that something
otiylit to be done, but 'what, is not so
clear. To our mind the first step to.
ward road improvement must be a change
|D tho system of working public roads.
This is manifest frum the faot that it is a
, complete failure. Opin ons may differ
!as to why, but all will agree that the
system ef keeping roads in repair now iu
' vogue is a complete failure, common
' sense then would say change. Hat
| changes of any kind will meet with op
, position. Tin: Legislature of 1885 pass
! Ed a law that authorised certain changes,
j buttery unwisely allowed the Juiiiiees
j of the l'cace to say whether it should be
1 adopted iu Franklin county or not, in
i ftead of making the law absolute. The
I Justice.'! met and one of them made a
j speech the substance of which wa- that |
i lie always worked the roads until he bo
! caoie forty-five and every boil - ought to
do so, of it would be unjust to him, and
the result was that only one UIHQ voted
fot tho law We suppose that uo changes
couid ever bo uiauo following the theory
of the gontlemaa above mentioned unless
we could dispose of all men who were
read froo.
The present system is obsolete. It
has beeu in use now for a century or
more, with very slight changes. The
North Carolina of to-day is so different
from the North Carolina ,if a eentury or
even a quarter of a eentury since that
nothing scarcely remains the satue, al
most all of our laws have been changed
materially silica tho present system of
working roads was inaugurated.
I The present system is unjust. It lays
the burden on those who usually havo
least use for roads. Whenever, thero is
anything said about working roads by
taxation a strong disapproval is ut ouoe
expressed. Now let us sec how this
present plan works, six days during the
year is tho limit ol tho law, put this at
three dollars. road tax then on
each man is three dollars pci aanuui.
1 Now our constitution requires taxos on
I poll to be equal to taxes on S3OO. Then
to make the matter equal property would
hnvo to pay one per cent., but proporty
owners say this is exorbitant, unjust and
uurenv.nable, they say fairness domnnds
SB.OO oft the poll aqd nothing on prop
erty. ** « say a ebasgo must be made.
1 —Franklinton Dvtpaich.
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COAL BURNING LOCOMOTIVES.
The Atlantic Coast Liue will put
coal burning locomotives on the W. &
W. Railroad next fall. Six new engines
ito buru coal have been ordered, and it
is intended, also, before the wintor trav
el begins, to have all the looomotivos
now in arc oil tho line changed from
wood to eoal burners. The contemplat
ed change is a measure of economy.
Goal, it is olaimed, is cheaper than wood
and time M saved in handling. It is
calculated that an- cngitu will average
fifty mibs on one ton of coal, and as the
tender will hold nbout five tons it will
be easily seen w icre the economy is.
The coal tamers will be put on in time
for winter travel and freight traffic,
| which, it 19 anticipated, will be much
I larger than die travel arid traffic last
I year.—Wilmington Star.
PKHJUEY. I
•• j —,K'
nillhl»oro Rrc»rlri-.
In olileu times pcrjwrjr puniiheJ
uiost severely, but a* tinio pu&ieij nuil
in proportion to the relaxation of pim.
amt tho ddtestaWo oriuie of periory
■ted, until to day swearing falsely
t as common as swearing tu the
until, if uut morn so.
No one nUo gives his attention to the
proMediuga of our ooui I, and will
closely observe tho esani : .Datun of wit
ticasts and particularly thot£ win.esses
who aro intoreited as to tho result, but
will be forcibly imprcif jd w'.iji 'lie total
disregard of truth. To escape punish
ment due to violated luw and gain the
point at issue stems to be paramount to
everything elso aud the mot general
way they adopt to avoid the truth wbeii
conlrouted upon oross cxaiuinatiou with
asearchiug question, is by saying, "I
don't recollect" or "I don't iciucraber,"
while to all iptastioUK favorable to their
side, their memory is perfectly clear and
thoy can readily tell all tliey know and
more too.
Wo do not complain at tho severity
of the punishment, it may be milficicnt,
but we do oempkiu at the total ueglcot
of the Courts aud Solicitors, and all
othoi /rood citizens, in not bringing this
class ofrnseuls to punishment. When
it becomes apparent that a witness, as to
a malerial fact, is swearing falsely, he
should be immediately prayed iu to cus
tody and required to gtvo security for
bis appoarancc to answer to a charge of
perjury. If a tew of these gentry wore
iealtwith pretty roughly it might be a
terror to others.
Therefore, we call upon Judges aud
Solicitors, to make an "xample of some
of them. It would have a wholesome
influence among rascals.
THE HUMAN 31TE.
Physicians agree that the poison oon
veyed by human teeth ia one of the,most
annoying that tli'y have to deal wiili.
OO'J of them writes tu the M&liail Reg
ister: "I havo uador my atteuiiou se
vere and most complicated cases ol
blood poisouing, iu whiiiU too patient
had but slightly abraded tho band in
tin course of a fiirht by striking the
knuckles agaiust the teeth of his oppo
nent. I havo knowu bauds thus pois
uued only saved from amputation by tho
application of all the resources of
soicncc."
THE CHARACTERISTICS WHICH
.SURROUND OLD AGE.
An Enlish physician, who has investi
gated the characteristics and surround,
i ug* of centenarians, says lie found that
tho average qualities were a good family
history, a well made frame of average
stature, spare rather wiau stout, robust,
witligood health, appetite and digestion,
capable of exertion, good sleepers, of
placid teperament and good inteligcnoe,
with little need for and lmlu consump
tion of alcotiol uud animal food.—States
vi)le Landmark.
O'KEILIA IN THE DISMAL
SWAMP.
Yesterday's Boston Herald printed
the following letter fYem John Boylo
O'Reilly, addressed to a friend in that
city:
IN T:IF. DISMAL SWAMP. Wednes
day Morning. May 10, IHBB.—Dear
Nod : 1 write this from uciir tho heart
of the Dismal Swamp, aud send it by an
obliging oanal inawio Norfolk
This place is wonderful and beautiful.
It is a desolate land crying for attention
and reclamation.
The story of the Dismal Swamp is a
tragedy of nature and a disgrace to civ
ilization.
Mr. Mosely and I have had twenty
four hours of continned amazement aud
onjoymont.
This is the defamed land on the'
oarth. Tho Dismal Swamp is the great
est saaitanum on the American Conti
nent.
In two hours we start for the lake, at
ike very oeatre, whore they dug tbe lady.
•'A grave too ootd and damp,
FoP a heart so warin aud true,
And all night long by her firefly lamp
She paddlos her light oanoe."
Faithfully yours,
JOHN BOYI,E O'RKII.T.T.
Last night wo stopped at Mr. Wal
lace's, in tho Dismal Swamp—ono of
tbe largest and most boautiful farms in
Amerioa. Last winter he killed on his
farm thirty bears
SUCCESS IN LIFK.
Huron Hotschud (pronounced Kot
sebield) the great banker followed this
alphabot of advice.
A ttend carefully to tho details of
your business,
li c prompt in all things.
(! onsidei well; then decide positively.
I) are to do right; fear to do wrong,
Endure trials pntienily.
F ig'it life's battle bravely, manfully,
li o mt into tiie society of the vicious.
M old integrity sacred. >
I njuro not another's reputation or
busiucss.
Join hands only with the virtuous.
Iv cop your mind from evil thoughts.
L ie not for auy consideration.
>1 ukc few acrjuaintatce.
N ever appear to be what you arc not.
O bscrve good manners.
1* ay your aebts promptly.
Q ucs ion not the truth of a friend.
II espect, the counsel of your parents.
S aorifico tuouey rather than principle
'f cuch not, taste not, haudi uot in
toxicating drink.
Use your leisure for improvements.
Y euture not on tho threshold of
wrong.
W atcb carefully over your temper.
X tend to everyone H kind salutation.
V ield not to discouragement.
Zealous labor for tho right.
Aud successs is certain.
HUN CHOLERA MIXTURE.
Some yeas ago we copied a remedy for
diarrhasu, eholeia, fee., from tho N. Y.
Sun. We republish it to-day as it is
au excellent remedy—perhaps nunc bet
ter. A gentleman at Kooky Mount cut
the prescription from the Star aud has
tried it in many cases and with invaria
ble good results. The .SVi first pnb.
hshert it in 1851. Cut it out of the
Star to-day aud presorvJU for it will be
found very usetul in the household.
An efficient remedy for diarrhea, dys
enfry, cholera morbus und suuiuicr
complaints may be compounded as fol
lows:
I Eipiai parts of tincture rbubard, tinc
ture opium, tincture eayenno popper, es
sence peppermint und spirits camphor.
Dose for adult: 15 to 30 drops in about
two tablespoonfuls of water every twen
ty or thirty minutes according to ago
and violence uutil relieved. One to two
doses are sufficient to relieve any mild
case->f diarrhcea or dysentery.—Wil
miugton Star.
HAVING llElt EARS PIERCED.
"An opoch in a girl's life is when she
has hor ears pieroed for the first pair of
carriujjs," remarked a jeweler with a
family, "i'ui the father of a family uiy
►elf and 1 know. The first question al
ways how to get the holes punched.
'•The elder sister volunteers to un
dertake it, and the entire family gathers
to witness the operation. The mothers
holds the trrmblirg hands of the willing
victim. One of the boys gets an augur
and is driven from the room with re
proof;. Then sister coi .'s with tho
ueedle. She ia shaking from head to
foot. She sets the point of lb- little in
strument in the velvet flesh, lets out a
little spurt ot blood aud quietly faints
It is evident that the operation will have
to be oonducted by some uuo ficss ten
der sensibilities.
"At last a happy thought strikes the
fatliiv and he Culls upon n jeweler with
bis daughter.
"'1 would like to get my laughter a
pair of solitaires,' he says to tbe clerk,
'but unfortnately her cars are uot piero
ed.'
■ The clerk smiles, stand behind hor,
and pinches each little car till it is white.
Tben ho runs a sharp steel needle through
both lobes aud wipes oli the half drepof
blood with a piece of muslin.
" 'Do up your cars for a week wlier
you go out,' bo says in a business-like
way, aud then: 'Now, sir, what sized
Boliiaires would you like to look at ?'
Jevmiltr'i Wttkly.
Mr. Silas Folober bas detected a dan
gerous counterfeit silver dollar that was
passed on liini by someone Kriday last.
Ho bas left it nt tho Journal office for
inspection. It is almost an exact coun
terpart of the standard silver dollar and
separate from the penuino it is difficult
to detect it. A close inspection and
comparison will, however, show the dif
fferooee. The most striking variauoe is
in the border which is considerable wid
er than the genuine.
PUNGENT SNUFF.
Miss Clara (out shopping): How aw
fully the wind blows, Ktliel! Mis* Kth
el: Doosn't it .' If I known there was
such a gale 1 irould have Miss
Clara: Itemaiiied at home' Miss Eth
el : No ; put on uiy striped stockings.
—N. Y. Sun.
lloston is criticised because o( a
Hoston sign whieh reads, "Uawn Mow
ers Mended ia the Hear." Since the
death of Kincraon. it must be admitted,
the liostonians bavo become a trifle
earcloss with their Knglish.^-Louisville
Cturiei-Jdurhiit. " ' ' " *
ftovornor (iorden of Georgia, Ins
commuted a murderer's sentence on
the ground that he wat uot intelligent
enough jo appreciate the economy ol
bis crime. This is ceitainly gettiug
things down to as fine t» point as ingen
uity can reach. Baltimore Ameri
can.
A Western man has named his horse
Had I'.L'g. He has discovered that a
bad egg caunot be beaten.— YvnJcers
Statesman.
A darkey preacher from Bath re
cently admonished a Geneva audience
against the sin of bribery at election,
oa follows : "Dis tmg of gitting SIOO
(or a vote is all wrong. Ton dollars is
ai- much as is worth."—Palmyra Dem.
K rat.
A very clcvcr girl, that stupid Miss
Hlum who just went out. Clever? Why,
she never opens her nirtuth. That's
where she's clever — Life.
Are women angels! Yo, we say,
They are undoubtedly; but that's
No reason why they at play
Should wear their wing upon their hats
Hoston Courier.
Dick: TV>m, I want you to know Mr.
Lunkers, from Paris— lhck: Proud
to know yon, Mr. I.linkers Waiter,
open a bottlj of yellow labc!. Torn:
from Paris, Maine, Dick: Kr-er, waiter
j make that order three red-eyed whiskies
with pepper.— Judge.
Lady, to intelligent salesman in a
bookstoro- I wish to purchaso a diction
ary, if you please. Intelligent salesman:
Yes'm; we bavo Webster's and Worces
ter's which will you take? Lady, desir
ous of obtaining the most complete and
autli ritative. What is the difference
between them may I ask? Intelligent
salesman: Fifty cents.
Mrs. Lardinc(of Chicago)—-Ueally
Mr. Higifea, I think that SSOO for to
simple a matter as a divorce is quite ex
orbitant! Mr. Higfea (firmly, but re
spectfully ),—Those aro my usual terms,
madam. Mrs Lardine (with hauteur)
—Very well, sir, you may write a re
ceipt ; bu* I have never paid so much
before, aud I never will again.—.
Life.
The State Prohibition (third party)
Convention of North Carolina met in
the city of Greensboro on Wednesday
last aud nominated iis candidates for
office as follows. For Governor, llev.
W. T. Walker, of Greensboro (a aiin
ister of the Christian church); Lieu
tenant-Governor, Moses Hammond, of
Randolph; Treasurer, J. M. Winstead,
of Greeusbuio ; Superintendent of Pub
lic Instruction, N. C. English, of Ran
dolph ; Congress, Fifth District, S. J.
Montague, of Winston ; Soventh Dis
trict, C. P. Fiuzier, of Randolph. No
nominations were uiadc for Secretary of
State or Attorney-General. The con
vention was harmonious and enthusias
tic. Dr. Deems and Rev. Sam Small
addressed the people at sight.
Tho farmer this year is likelv to say
"my neighbor is-going to plaut a
big crop aud what good will my curtail
ing do V That is not the question, my
ftiend. The West is going to overstock
the markets this year and your planting
largely or otherwise will not make the
great difference. Tho main reason for
you to ourtail your tobacco crop is by so
doing you can grow plenty of home sup
plies, and what tobacco you make can
then be m de of better quality than
with a large crop. Witba big West
ern acreage oominon tobacco it likely
to sell next year bcluw the cost, produe.
tion and you don't want to wotk for
nothing. Tho high prices now ruling
are now uo index of what tliey will be
ono year bcßoe. Bo wise—be seusible
—and plant full crops.— Southern To
bacco Journal.
Mary Sbarploss, the richest child in
America, is nine years old and worth
$50,000,000.
NO. 4C
PICKINGS
Froiu the Wilmington Star.
The Georgia rioo crops promises well.
Representative Springer, of Illinois
hug been renominated.
Was Adam really a monkey? Some
of his descendants are apes.
r
Maine, Pennsylvania and Texas all
go for Cleveland and tax reform.
'
Mr. Morrison, it is reported, will
i not run for Congress, as he kt one tiuio
purposed.
Senator Harrison, o£Jndiaq», d«alar«4
1 he will not run a* Vice I'resident it
nominated.
The Philadelphia Press, Maine organ,
gives him 377 out uf 82«. lie must
get 34 more votes.
Emperor Prederiok is dying by inch
es. His throat is becoming moie eon
i traded every day.
Ex-Uov. John M. Palmer had been
noniimted for Governor of llliuois by
the Pcmoorats. This is a good choice.
The South Carolina Democrats in
dorsed Cleveland but did not indorse
the democratic Tariff bill. How is
that !
Mi. Frfer, the Republican nominee for
Goiurnor iu llliuois (a native Virgin
ian), is in trouble about his religious
views, lie is accused nf »oeptieisoi, but
he denies it.
Soutn Carolina bad a big bank Swin
dle—Sumter National -last August.
Charles K. Marti tt, casliier, departed |
and bus uot since been lieardfrotu. Ho
uuly got SBO,OOO. His bondsmen are
now being sued.
Tbe New York Democratic State
Committeemen have organised on a
Cleveland basis. Tbe New York dele
gation to St. Louis will be solid for
t luveland. Tbe Republican delegation
is split up between iilaiue, Depew,
tjircsbam and Shertuan.
lion i'liil. Sberldau has had a stroke
of apoplexy. lie will reeover. Grant
said to us in lbtis, that if the Lotted
State* were to get into a foreign war and
one millions men were to be put in '.be
field, that be would as soon entrust the
command to Sheridan as to auy mau in
America.
The Greshain boom is gom£ it. The
letter to Philadelphia Timet
says: MJtg',.
"Under the leadership ot Senator*
Farwell and C'ullom. Kditor Medill, ex-
Representative George Davis and other
equally astute politicians the movement
for Greshaai bas assumed extraordinary
proportions and seems to be growing, it
potasses the uoticeaole characteristic
lhat while the friends of Mr. Blaine
take kindly to it after the first eheicc is
nut of the Gold the Massachusetts and
New York Mugwumps and the Stal
warts make like manifestations."
A curious thing occurred tu Jeffer
son oounty, Kcutucky. A brother and
sister eame very near marrying eaoh
other, uot kuowiug that they were ot
any kin. Their names aro Medeliae
George and Henry Stephens. The fa
ther and mother separated after a few
years, and the father took the son and
the mother took the daughter. After
many years the father settled on a farm
adjoining the wife. The cbildien grew
up together, uever nt all knowing that
'.hey were related, the pareuts keeping
their secret "veil. The young people
fell in love, but their parents stoutly ob
jected to tbeir marriage. They finally
eloped.
Franco had two oases of Uip Vi»
Wiukle and Enoch Ardou Two l'roncb
soldiers captured ID the war of 1870,
have recently got borne. The; have
been in prison because ol wriou* assaults
upon I'russian soldier* set over' the*
Under the oinoes y of the new Otifcii »
Kmperor they won released. The sto
ry of their return u patbetio. The
London Daily Telegraph says :
"One found his wife married a second
time and the mother of many children.
The other had left his wife in 1870 ro
the eve of her confinement, and return
ed to find a sou ef 18, whom be bad
never seen, and who bad been married ■
some months. It is easy to conceit*
oonfuMon of fact and fueling that uiust
ariso in such caw*. Their returu was
announced before they appeared, and
the whole village, as well as their wivM,
had heard of their long captivity an# m
unexpected arrival. The litua'iou I* m
octtainly complicated, and il ia impo«
I sihle the denouement."