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The State Chronicle SUCCESSOR TO MIE FARMER AND MECHANIC AND WEEKLY CHRONICLE. Tho State Chronicle IT TH1 CHRONICLE PUILISHINO COMPANY ASiS2SiJ!oIileepyble Strictly la rossOLIDATBD JULY lat, 1885. VOL,. XVII. RALEIGH, N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 187. NO. 26. i u jonins. : t A SOUTHERN FAMILY NEWSPAPER FOR TOWN AND COUNTRY, DEVOTED TO THE WELFARE OF NORTH CAROLINA. AND THE SOUTH. SPIRIT OF THE PRESS. COMMKMS ON TOPICS THAT ARE ixrEKKSTI.Mi THE PEOPLE. Tin- Views of Our Contemporaries on I'nssing Public Events and Questions ol I n teres!. Graham count j- recently voted cm Pro ln;.i!i(iii, at d tliere were only ten votes :ist against it in the county. This is a noble record for Graham. Pet haps no .. !n r county in North Carolina could show o in all a vote l-Yankhn Pte.-s. against Prohir.it ton. i nil' by one the great men of the nation are turning to the candid support of Cleve lan !. Thurmau, McDonald, Sunset Cox, Sickles, Henry Wattersou, Senator F.ustis a;id others: but Kitchin still stands out and the country breathlessly waits iiis coming. -Goldsboro Argus. llailroad matters are being agitated aliing the several lines spoken of from this c:ty. The Herald calls on Salisbury to do .-om, -thing to induce the Roanoke road to u'O that way. The prospects are that the c inference on the 11th of next month will :e one full of interest and wideawake w-.ih activity. (Charlotte Chronicle. Probably no better evidence of the con fidence -of the people in the better business outlook can be found than the fact that .i-.i unusual number of them are at the watering places this Summer. Hard times i'.rst show themselves in cutting off the e pen.-es of recreation and, pleasure and with returning prosperity these expenses ate taken up again. Goldsboro Argus. People in the country make for them selves so few social pleasures that the fnriu is an exceedingly dull place to the a-erage boy. If the farmers would en deavor to build up more social pleasures would give their children the benefit of education and then give them books and papers with which to enjoy themselves, fewer of the boys would willingly flock to the towns. Wilson Advance. We are inclined to believe that the Eal-ei-h Signal, an out and out Republican paper, wili My the name of G rover Cleve land at its mast-head, for President, in -he approaching campaign. The last issue of that paper says: We have no war with the President. He has done much to break do.vn the color line and to National ize public sentiment, and he has the sup port of the Signal in this patriotic action. That paper furthermore says: Mr. Cleve land is on the mount and in view of a second term. Greensboro Patriot. It is the policy of North Carolina to build up the ports in other States, but at the same time we claim that she has as fine harbors as any State in the Union. Why .should not steps be taken to bring the C. F. vfc Y. V- and the A. & N. C. under one management and build a connecting link. The former road is said to be owned and eont rolled By North Carolinians; two thirds of the latter belongs to the State. Would it be violating the "business prin ciples" of the A. & N. C. to extend its .rations, seek and obtain new connec tions and build up the towns on its line? ' New Borne Journal. The Democratic party was never so near ly a unit as at this time. How nearly its members are in accord may be judged when it is stated that they are all for the same man for President at the next elec tion. During the past year the name of no 'other man than Cleveland has been jiiTitioned in connection with the Demo cratic Presidential nomination and were -he Convention to be held this month no other man in the nation could pick his own delegates and be nominated. The difference of opinion which exists in the party on the tariff question is hardly worth considering in a Presidential elec tion. Monroe Enquirer and Express. The people are anxiously awaiting the coming of President Cleveland on his visit in Atlanta. It i earnestly hoped that he vvill honor our State Fair with his presence for one day at least. North Carolinians want to see him and shake his honest hand. They will give him a cordial recep tion; in fact we might, with safety, predict a g-aud ovation. While we, all of us, wish to meet him in our State, we desire the President to see us and see what a heritage we pos-ess. There is no geogra phical knowledge acquired, no practical information gained of the magnitude and resources of a country like that resulting from personal observation. Charlotte Chronicle. The warm weather and the timely rains are carrying on the good wrork and the crops promise enormous yields. From al most all parts of the country come favor able reports. There seems no doubt of a large yield; the only question seems to bo as to prices. Will not bountiful crops make low prices? From the experience of past years, we predict fair prices. Several of our old heads, with whom we have talked on the subject have cited instances in ioirit. As a rule low prices have prevail ed w hen crops have been poor, and the reverse has also been the ease with good crops. We may live in hope anyway, and that is more than we have had for some time. (Elizabeth City Falcon. Some startling things happen. For in stance, there are white men in Georgia and Virginia who are not only not able to see any impropriety or danger in mixing the races in schools but they actually favor a scheme to bring this about. But Georgia does not mean to allow this, and the Leg islature favors a bill to make it a penal offence for a teacher to teach a white child in a colored school, or vice versa. This is right. As long as the world stands let the school be separate. It is best for both races. Only the greatest evils could arise from the intermingling of the races in schools. The white men of the South will never agree to be taxed a cent to sus tain mixed schools. They have nobly striven to elevate the negro by taxing theinsi 1 ves, and the educational fund, rais ed mainly by white taxation, is equally dis tributed bet ween the races. This is a great deal under the circumstances. Wilming ton Star. If the evil disposed, if the educational cranks do not cease to agitate this question of mixed schools in the South one result will be sure to follow; there will spring up a strong and aggressive party that will tight to the bitter end all appropriations for public schools, and the whole common school system of the South will be wiped out. This will be deplorable. P.ut white men are growing tired of annoyances as to mixed schools by crack-brained theorizers in the South and Northern propagandists who are eternally meddling with other people's affairs instead of exercising char ity and doing good and relieving distress at their own doors. Wilmington Star. The great duty of the hour among Dem ocrats is to mend their fences prepar atory to the campaign next year; all little differences of opinion should oe reconciled, all self-seeking should be subordinated to the general good; all past differences and disputes should be made up. Capable and efficient men should be discussed in a quiet, friendly way for the various important positions, that the most efficient and avail able may be agreed upon. Measures too, should receive their full attention, princi ple and policy should be discussed, in a cool deliberate manner, so that wise con clusions may be reached. Among breth ren there should be animation but no heat. Let us lay carefully and well our plans and march on to an assured victory. Goldsboro Argus. Having more in common than any oilier class, yet free, from the nature of their business, from ruinous competition and ungenerous rivalry, it is strange that the farmers do not organize not against oth er interests but for the benefit that asso ciation and comparison of views upon different crops and methods of farming would give them. Such organization would be highly beneficial to them so long as it is not secret. Secret class combina tions are sources of strife. They breed discontent among those who belong to them and ill-feeling against other classes. They are contrary to the spirit of American institutions, they are dangerous to liberty and harmful every way. It is to be hoped that the farmers will never go into the business of secrecy. It will be worse for them and for all other classes when they combine secretly among themselves. So long as their organization is like their life work, in the open light of day, they ought to be commended in organizing, and they will be. Statesville Landmark. No State in this Republe is in advance of North Carolina in devotion to the Con stitution and the Union. She was pres ent at their birth, and she has ever guard ed them with maternal solicitude. On her soil first blazed the fires of liberty, and beneath her skies the first Declaration of Independence was made. The people of North Carolina hail the approaching Con stitutional Centennial with pride and ex ultation. It is their purpose to meet the representatives of all the States and Ter ritories in Philadelphia, on the 17th of September, 1887, and celebrate, with bon fires and illuminations, the Centennial of that illustrious day. While North Caro lina, with her sister States of the South, accepts the amendments in good faith, she would be false to herself, and recreant to liberty, if she did not venerate the Consti tution of 17S7. The Centennial of the Declaration of Independence, participated in by every part of the Union, did much to heal the wounds of war. There will be still greater patriotic assurance in our re newal of our devotion to the Constitution. Wades boro Messenger. The anti-prohibitionists of Texas are very much encouraged by a letter written by Mr. Jefferson Davis, in which this dis tinguished gentleman declares against pro hibition. It is also stated that Mr. Davis' letter has given great offence to the prohi bition people, and Senator Reagan, more in sorrow than in anger, says that the effect of the letter will be the loss of many thousand votes for the prohibition amend ment. Mr. Davis says we are governed too much in this country. Without ex pressing any opinion as to the merits of prohibition, we are inclined to agree with him. But certainly the opponents of li cense in Texas will not be willing to admit that a letter even from so honored and worthy a source as Mr. Davis can defeat a meritorious cause. The issue is plainly drawn between prohibition and license, and the people of Texas are called upon to decide the matter, not according to the views presented in any individual opinion, but according to their experience of a licensed traffic, and the results which they can expect logically to realize from a sys tem of government that prohibits license. This is the question, and we are afraid that our anti-prohibition friends are en deavoring to discount defeat when they begin to lay the blame at Mr. Davis' door. Wilmington Messenger. Sometimes He Feels That Way. From Philadelphia Herald. As a man and wife are one, the husband, when seated with his wife, must be beside himself. Premature decline of power in either sex, however induced, speedily and permanently cured. Book for 10 cents in stamps. World's Dispensary Medical Association, 063 Main Street, Buffalo, N.Y. THE SCHOOLS. THE SPARTA NORMAL A DECIDED SUCCESS. The People of Moore County Catching ITp With the Rest of the World in Edu cational Matters. Special Cor. State Chronicle. Sparta, N. C, July 28, 1887. The State Normal School at Sparta, Alleghany coun ty, closed to-day. 1 he exercises consisted of speeches by Messrs. W. C. Fields, T. M. Honeycutt, S. WT. Brown and R. A. Dough ton, of the Board of Directors, and Super intendent C. D. Mclver and Profs. Good win and Spainhour, of the Faculty. Some of the speeches were of the first order. The session of the school at Sparta has been very successful. More than 100 teach ers were in attendance and over 400 peo ple, exclusive of teachers, visited the school. Lectures were delivered by such distinguished men as Hons. K. P. Battle, and W. H. II. Cowles. Prof. C. D. Mclver, the Superintendent, is a young man of good education, broad and liberal culture and most extraordinary executive ability, and has won for himself hosts of friends. Prof. Goodwin has a peculiar faculty for imparting information and is fully abreast with the latest and most improved meth ods of teaching. Prof. Spainhour is a good lecturer and fine educator, having had long experience as a teacher. The next session of this school will begin about 1st of August, 188S, with Prof. Mc lver as Superintendent. This school will compare favorably with any Normal in the State, and teachers from all parts of the State will find an excellent opportunity to spend a month pleasantly and profitably in this mountain town. D. A not her Correspondent Teils of (he Spar ta .Normal. Special Cor. State Chronicle. Si'aiita, N. C, July 30, 1SS7. Besides the regular corps of teachers, Prof. Henry, of the State University, was with us about a week, and rendered valuable assistance in the way of school work and methods. He delivered one of the mo.-t pleasing ad dresses made during the Normal. lie won for himself many friends, as he always does among an appreciative people. Dr. Kemp P. Battle was with us a day or two. He said he was pleased with the Normal. In one of his addresses he said tha people paid the best attention he ever saw in one of our Summer Normals. He is capable of judging. He might be called the originator of our State Normal Schools, being at the head of the t'nst held iu the State. His lectures wire not only very pleasing, but highly instructive. He told us many things about our own State that we did not know. P.ev. Mr. Turentiue and Rev. Mr. Tabor, of Georgia, lectured to us. Rev. Mr. Wood was with us several days. He did not lec ture to our school, as a school, but preach ed an eloquent sermon at the Baptist church. Last, but by no means least, I will mention Kev. S. W. Browu, Secretary of the Normal School Board, and Principal of Sparta Institute. He delivered some very interesting lectures. He is thoroughly acquainted with our people, and knows just what they need, and is always ready to giv6 the same. He has the finest school iu this section of country, and deserves the patronage and heartiest co-operation of the entire people of thi-s section. We believe we had the largest Normal in the State, our attendance being 510, be sides more than 100 who attended on special occasions. They were all attentive and appreciative. They showed their ap preciation of Prof Mclver's work and also of the entire faculty, by a vote of thanks. The entire community are indebted to Messrs. Fields and Doughton for bringing the Normal to Sparta. We expect a vast amount of good to come from our first ses.sion. A. Normalite. Jonesboro Teachers' Institute. Special Cor. State Chronicle. Jonesboro, N. C, Aug. 2, 1B87. Jones boro, in Moore county, has been noted for its high school during the past ten years. Its citizens have determined recently todo something in a more general way for the cause of education. That part of the State not being accessible to any one of the State Normal Schools, the' projected a Teachers' Institute, the first annual session of which was opened July 20th. The re sults have been most happy; a revival of interest in the subject of education, and many valuable suggestions for the im provement of methods. The instructors present and helping in the work were, Profs, Henry Louis Smith, of Davidson College; W. H. Pegram, of Trinity College; Geo. F. Atkinson, of the University; John W. Woody, of the Friends' School, New Garden, and others. The subjects treated were, Latin, English, Natural History, Physiology, N. C. History, U. S. History, Geography, Primary Instruction, &c. Some of these subjects are neglected in our schools, and it is hoped that this effort may do something toward securing their introduction into our educational system. Prof. Woody's lectures on Pedagogics were interesting, suggestive and helpful. The movement to establish this Institute was begun about two months ago. The attendance was gratifying. Forty-five teachers were enrolled. The audience at both the day exercises and evening lectures was good. The whole series of evening lectures was interesting and highly appreciated. They were all on sci entifiic subjects except the last one, by Kev. W.S. Lacy, which was on "Tact," and was heartily enjoyed. The managers propose to hold a session of this Institute every summer so long as there is a demand for it. Let teachers prepare for the ses sion of 1888. Teaching is fast becoming a profession, and he who would pursue it successfully must get ready. , r - . A THOUGHT. The summer rose the sun has finished, With crimson glory may be sweet; 'Tis sweeter when its leaves are crushed Beneath the winds' and tempest' feet. The rose that waves upon its tree In life sheds perfume all around; More sweet the perfume floats to me Of roses trampled on the ground. The waving rose with every breath Scents carelessly the summer air; The wounded rose bleeds forth in death Its sweetness far more rich anJ pare. It is a truth beyond our ken, And yet a truth which all may read.. It is with roses as with men: ; - The sweetest hearts arc those that bleed. The flower which Bethelehem saw bloom Out of a heart all full of grace, Gave never forth its full perfume Until the cross became its vase. Father Ryan, And a Man Never, From Little Bock Gazette. A woman always knows what another woman means. TWO HUNDRED YEARS AGO. A Grand Centennial Celebration at Phil adelphia. The Centennial celebration of the sign ing of the Constitution will take place on a scale of great magnificence at Philadel phia during the month of September. Preparations have been steadily going on since the 2d of December last, when com missioners from the different States met in convention in Philadelphia, in response to the call of Governor Fitzhugh Lee, of Virginia, chairman of a committee of Gov ernors of the Colonial States. The Legislature of New Jersey had pre viously passed resolutions inviting the Governors to meet in Philadelphia on Sep tember 17, 1S8C, to consider the propriety of a national celebration. Hon. John A. Kasson, of Iowa, wras elected president of the commissioners' convention. A com mittee of citizens was formed, of w hieh Thomas Cochran was elected chairman. A programme of the celebration was mapped out by the convention. It was resolved: "That there be an oratiou and poem in commemoration of the signing of the Con stitution, a military and naval display, an industrial celebration, and that there be created a suitable memorial in the city of Philadelphia commemorative of the sign ing and adoption of the Constitution and of the progress of the Nation since that period." The State of Pennsylvania has appro priated $75,000 for the purposes of the celebration and the entertainment "of the invited guests. The citizens of Philadel phia have raised $2,000 for the same ob ject. The following sums hae been ap propriated by other States: Connecticut, $1S,000; Rhode Island. $2,500; Delaware, $2,000, and Massachu setts,, $-10,000. President Cleveland will preside at the ceremonies and General Sheridan is to command the State ai;d the United States forces. Mr. Justice Miliur, of the Supreme Court, will deliver the or ation. An Iron-eatiiis; Worm. The following tough story appeared in the Iron and Coal Trades Review, London, taken from a German paper: "The exist ence has just been discovered of a detesta ble microbe which fc-eos upon iron with as much gluttony as the phylloxera upon the vine. Some time ago the greatest consternation existed among the engineers employed on the railway at ljagen by the accidents occurring always at the .-- Mis place, proviug that some terrible debet must exist either in the material or the construction of the rails. The Get man govern uctit directed an inquiry to be made, ..nd a commission of surveillance to be formed for the purpose of maintaining constant watch at the spot where the acci duits one of them attended with loss of life had occurred. It was no, however, until after six months had elapsed that the discovery was made. One of the em ployees had observed that the surface of the rails appeared to be corroded, as if by acid, to the extent of 100 yards. The rail was taken up and broken, and it was per ceived that it was literally hollowed out by a thin, grey worm, to which the quali fication of "railoverous"' was assigned, and by which name it is to be classed in natural history. The worm is said to be two cen timetres in length, and of the size of the prong of a silver fork in circumference. It is of a light gray color, and on the head carries two little glands filled with a cor rosive secretion, which is ejected every ten minutes upon the iron. This liquid ren ders the iron soft and spongy, and of the color of rust, and it is then greedily de voured by the insect. "There is no exag geration," says the official report of the calamity, "in the assertion that this crea ture, for its suie, is one of the most vorac ious kind, for it has devoured thirty-six kilogrammes of rail in a fortnight!" The "Mountain Dew" Ciuar. From Southern Tobacco Journal. Since Prohibition has reigned supreme in Atlanta, Ga., ths whiskey men have tried in many ways to serve out the ardent to their customers in such a way as to not be detected. The latest thing is the "Moun tain Dew" cigar. This cigar is very large and proportionately long. But instead of being made of choice Havana leaf, the out side is made of hardened paper, which is hollowed and which is said to resemble a genuine cigar so closely that an old time cigar maker cannot tell the difference. This device is filled with pure old "Moun tain Dew" whiskey. A customer who understands his busi ness will walk in and call for a couple of "Mountain Pews," throw down a dime and go his way. All he has to do is to clip the end off with his knife, put the cigar in his mouth and give the end to be lighted a slight upward tilt. It is feared that if this business is not stopped that there will be one cigar store to every two persons in Atlanta. A Chicago Onole. A Chicago doctor was called by tele phone to attend a lady patient on the West side, near Humboldt Park. The summons was not answered till late in the day, after anxious waiting by members of the in valid's family. After entering the house, and making a strictly original suggestion regarding the oppressive temperature of the day, the man of medicine essayed an apology for his dilatoriness, saying that he had another patient in the neighbor hood whom he was accustomed to visit regularly in the shades of dewy eve, and he had postponed the last call in order to "kill two birds with one stone," as he ex pressed it. The sick lady, lifting her head from the pillow, remarked, with decided animation and no little native asperity: "Doctor, you need not leave any of your pills and pillets. I ain't ready to die just yet. That's the kind of a bird I am, and I intend to be robbin' you of your fee. Trada. Skip the gutteras you pass down to your pill shop." Blind Tom no Longer a Slave. Judge Bond, in the U. S. District Court at Baltimore, last Saturday, decided that Thomas Wi&gins, known all over the world as "Blind Tom," the pianist, shall be de livered on or before August 16th, into the custody of Mrs. Eliza Bethune, who repre sents Charity Wiggins, the mother of Blind Tom, and that James W. Bethune, who has bad charge of him, shall at the same time pay over to Mrs. Bethune the sum of $7,000 for past services. The case has been in the courts for several years, and has attracted considerable attention from the fact that Tom has been held as a chat tel by the Bethunes ever since bis musical genius made him valuable. The suit was brought in the interest of bis mother, to regain possession of him. The eggs of a single sturgeon, counted by Frank Buckland, numbered 921,600 and weighed forty-hve pounds. A SAUNTER IN GERMANY. TH R I FT Y S XO S JM A KETIIK MOST OF THEIR SMALL FARMS. A Peep at the Old Castles and at the Rare Heautieot mature as Seen In that Part of the World. Special Cor. State Chkoxiclk. Chemnitz, Saxony, July 18, 1SS7. The day's work was at length ended; and we my brother and I determined to lose no time in escaping from the parched, sooty atmosphere of the busy manufactur ing town of Chemnitz, with no other ob ject in view than to get where we could breathe pure air and sweet peifumes and see around us neat little lields of wheat and barley, over which the sportive breeze played unt 1 the nodding heads of corn seemed like ripples on a sea of green, loitered indolently out through several suburban villages. On either side of the hard, stone-bedded road small fields of rank clover or cereals greeted us with their fresh foliage; while, here aud there, our attention was attract ed by a group of rudely dressed peasant women in a potato patch, beating the well cult ivated earth to powder with their hoes. Agriculture, with us, is a very different thing from what it is in a densely populat ed country like Saxony. With us, too of ten, huge clods of clay are left to bake into something about as fertile as rock; but here, where the fields are very small and every inch of ground is expected to biar its grain of corn, no kitchen garden of ours is more conscientiously cultivated than the plot upon the produce of which he comfort and the existence, almost, of the Saxon farmer depends. The country through which our road led was of a beautiful rolling character, hills from two to lour hundred feet in height rising in every direction in the utmost con fusion. In the valleys between these hills lay picturesque dot is or villages;, each with its quaint lit i !e Gothic church. Liaisies, buttercups, iulet.s a large as pansies, pretty little forget-me-nots as blue as the sky, rich, red bell-shaped Mowers and a score of others lent such enchantment to our stroll that we forgot the miles until to our surprise we saw in the distance the red eaves of Lichtenwalde, the seat of an ancient family of Saxon counts. Suddenly inspired witii an object, we hastened for ward beneath the shade of an avenue of magnificent linden aud horse-chestnut trees. Pa.-siug through a strangling vil lage ws I'-al'y found ourselves in a nar row lane leading up to the old schloss or castle. Oa one side of this lane stood a modest inn known as the "Restauration Lichten walde." and he-re we seated our selves, warm from our live mile walk. Was the nectar of the gods ever more delicious than the fresh cream milk which the smiling landlord placed before us? I think not. ..tiO was Jove s amorosia ewr so palatable as the cold meat and rve bread of which we speedily cleared our plates? I cannot believe it. Half au hour latep we had entered the castle grounds and were walking down the beautiful linden alleo which is the pride of the place. But why attempt to describe in a brief newspaper article the bewilderinir labyrinth cf shady walks open- ng out upon extensive views of the dis tant hills or of the placid rivulet in the vallev below? One vista of beauty led us to another. Here, in a wild, romantic spot a marble faun greeted us, or a stone cen taur, twund with grape vines, seemed to embody the strange inHuences of the pla e. Here, in the very penetralia of the forest, we suddenly stood at the margin of a small stagnant pond, Completely shaded oy the aeuse, overarching oranches or a score or more huge horse-chestnut trees, that gave a clammy dampness to the place which could not fad to make one think of murders foul and terrible which may have been committed here. Over the wall. which caps the hillside near by, an old knight, in full armor, is said to have rid den at a gallop into the abyss. Such as I have faintly described it is Lichtenwalde, whose master, the last of his line, lives far away in St. Petersburg, in the diplomatic service of the fatherland. Great Gathering at Rutherford College. The 28th annual session of the Local Preachers' Conference and great Taberna cle Meeting will be held at Rutherford College, August 18th to 30th. 1 he iaber nacle Association is now at work on the grounds and will do all that could reason ably be expected in the way of providing tents, arbor or tabernacle, c. Round trip tickets good for fifteen days can be bought at the places and rates given below, on any day, commencing the 17th and until the 30th: From Goldsboro $10.00; from Ral eigh $8.00; from Durham $7.50; from Greensboro $5.75; from Salisbury $3.70; from Charlotte $4.60;from Reidsville $6. 7o; from Davidson College $3.70; from Salem $6.75 from Asheville $4.15; from Waynes- ville $5.40; from Webster $6. 10; from Paint Rock $6.10;fiom Jarrett's$7.50; from Lin colnton $1.80; from Lenoir $1.90. Parties starting at Weldon will get special rates to Raleigh. Parties starting at Morehead City, New Berne and Kinston will ask for special rate tickets to Goldsboro. Parties starting from Wilmington, Rockingham or Monroe will get special tickets to Char lotte. The Tabernacle accommodations will be ample for five or six thousand peo ple. The local and other preachers will occupy a preachers' tent, and will be en tertained free. The preachers' wives will also be fed free. Visitors will find good board at 25 cents per meal and lodging at 25 cents each. Connelly Springs Hotel at the depot (one mile from the College), new and elegant, will entertain a large number of visitors at reasonable rates. Rev. R. L. Abernethy will deliver a series of lectures on the course of study. W. P. Williams, President, Davidson College, N. C. Levi Branson, Fi. Sec'y, Raleigh, N. C. P. S. All State papers, friendly, will please copy the above. A Public Official Retur to Perform the Duties of His Office. From Greensboro Patriot. An action has been commenced and the papers have been served on Mr. A. A. Hol ton. Republican Clerk of the Superior Court of Guilford county, returnable be fore Judge Shepherd, on the 31st day of August, asking for a writ of mandamus to compel Clerk Holton to qualify the Justi ces of the Peace appointed by the Gover nor to nil the places made vacant by the failure of those appointed by the General Assembly to quality in the time prescribed by law. Remember this, voters of Guil ford, and render your verdict accordingly at the next election. Mrs. Stephen Morley of Montreal keepg seventy cats around her. She re cently moved seven miles out of the city with her pets on being threatened with prosecution for keeping a nuisance. OXE OP THESE DAYS. One of fiese days ( s-.ill. irrow strong!) My voice will break into rippling song, My set-rows will I1y, ami all day long I sliri I he glad iu a thousand ways, One of these days These beautiful days. One ,.' these days (() heart, heat, hiil,!) The light u my soul will draw me nigh. And lips will meet in a blissful sigh. The sweeter forall love's sad delays One ol these days These beautiful days. One of these days (O lips, speak low. How strong my hope none ever can know, How dear the love that I treasure so;, I'll weep no more for a word of praise One of' these days These beautiful days. One of these days (O soul, thauk God, For our deep slumber under the sod!) 1 shall kiss no more hope's beck'ning rod For 1 shall have passed life's saddest phase One of these days These beautiful days. IN MGIITKU VEIN. The title of the last new novel, accord ing to verrcious Hill Nye, is "The Girl De tective; or Hunted to Halifax and Back Again Without Feed or Water," by the author of "Only a Dark Blue Pill." An Original Version. There lived uear Alexandria, in Virginia, an old col ored man and woman, whom their ac quaintances called Daddy and Mammy Williams. He had had educational ad vantages, and could read in a fashion pe culiarly his own; but his wife, although lacking as regards erudition, possessed great force of character, which she often displayed in a manner that was very irri tating to her husband. When she became particularly fractious, Daddy would take the Bible and open to that chapter in Rev elation beginning, "And theje appeared a great wonder in heaven, a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, etc. With impressive solemnity he would read as follows: "An' dere 'peared a great wonder in heben, a woman!" Slowly closing the book, he would gaze sternly at his now subdued wife, for the passage never failed to produce the desired eft'et. 'nnooknts AmtOAD. American tourists abroad, as we have seen in several well known instances, do not always carry with them intense feelings of reverence for wh.tt they go to see. Sometimes this is rather panful to sensitive souls, and sometimes it i cry amusing. Two or three summers ago I was in a railway train going down through Italy, and we had just reached the point where the branch line strikes off for Rome. I was looking out, at the win dow, lazily contemplating the sign "A Napoli," which was over the other side of the station, when a voice, with all the fine nasal resonance of the most vigorous of our Yankee brakemen, rang out through the tram: "Na-a-ples Junction! Pah sengers for East Rome and Rome Centre change cars here!" The peal of laughter that followed showed me that I had many canipat riots in the other carriages. Every body took the joke. In Editor's Drawer, Harper's Magazine for August. Important Rules. From the Arkansaw Traveler.l Pasted over the desk of the city editor of a Georgia paper are the following instructions- 'All brides are lovely, beautiful and ac complished, except they be old and tough willows, find then they are amiable and cultivated. "All merchants who advertise are en terprising, wide-awake and a credit to our C'ity. The names of those who do not ad veuise must not appear in our paper. "All old lawyers are able and worthy of a place on the Supreme bench. Young lawyers are promising and sil very-tongued. "lionductors ou passenger trains are gentlemanly and courteous. "Doctors are eminent. "Farmers are intelligent. "Candidates who put their announce ments in our paper are gaining ground every day. Those who do not announce are likely to be defeated. "Under no circurastauoes must these rules l.e broken. F. Middleton Pryor, editor and proprietor." The Hath. If you have no special conveniences, get into a warm room and have a big pan or small tub iuto which is poured a pail of water as hot as you can stand in. Stand in this water and dip a towel in it and rub yourself all over, occupying two or three minutes in doing it, using soap or not, as you please, then take another towel and dry yourself, still standing in the water. Having done this you can wipe your feet, dress yourself, and go about business. Ihere will be no chill, no reaction, no danger of taking cold, but if you have al ready taken cold you will ( robably hear no more of it. By the aid of hot water you can cleanse the skin more effectively in 3 minutes than you could by soaking in cold water five times as long. Your lungs will also be relieved, and the effete matter which has accumulated will begin to pass out naturally, and you will at once breathe more freely and tind yourself feeling bet ter. Twice a week is usually often enough for such a bath as this. There's No Place Like Home. From Lewiston Journal. "Where shall we go this summer, dear?" asked Mrs. Flyaway. "Well, let's see," replies her husband, "last winter we got malaria in Florida?" "Yes, and the alligators got your pointer dog." "And the preceding summer we got the rheumatism in the mountains;" "We did, and the bears got my little Skye terrier." "And the summer before that we went to the seashore, and got bled by the mos quitoes and the landlord?" "Yes." "And the summer before that we went into the country, and the children were laid up all summer with ivy poison?" "I remember." "Well, if I felt as strong as I used to, I'd like first rate to take a vacation this summer, but I'm feeling kind of weak and listless, and I'm afraid I couldn't stand it. Let's stay at home and rest this year." Impossibility of Happiness. From San Francisco Chronicle. Are you happy? Really, genuinely, hon estly happy? I don't believe it. What do you want? You know quite well in your heart of hearts you would not be happy if yon had it. Happiness is to be where you want, how you want, when you want. And half the time you don't know. The other half you can't. FK0M MURPHY TO MANTE0. SOME THINGS THAT ARE IIAPPKN. INCJ IN NORTH CAROLINA. What Has Happened in the Good Old State Since th- Chronicle Last Greeted lis Readers. Postal Card Nkws.- Tho friends of the CuuoMci.K in every section of the State are requested to aid us in making this de partment an accurate record, in brief, of the news from Murphy to Manteo. Send us a postal card whenever anything of public interest transpires in your neigh borhood or section of country. You will aid, us and give prominence to your sec tion. Send on the postal cards. Editor. . . . The peach crop proves to le a total failure. . . . .The wet weather did somo damage to the grape crop. The grain and grass show, at Ashe ville, began yesterday. The value of the Cranberry iron mines yield is $400 daily. A reunion of ex Confederates is to be held at Louisburg August 12. ....There was an ex-Confederate re union iu Cleveland county to-day. ....Mr. G. C. Mills' residence, near Statesville, was burned some days since. . . . .Storms have done somo damage to tobacco uear Oxford, as well as near Dur ham. There are now about 125 newspa pers in this State; among them being 16 dailies. A club, known as the "Battery Park Jockey Club," has been organized at Asheville. . . . .The first open boll of cotton report ed in the State was in Anson county, Juiy 'otn. The farmers, happy at the glorious crop prospects, are giving many pic-nics this season. A bank, with $50,000 capital, has been organized at Franklin, Macon county, under the State law. .... Unprecedented rains have fallen in Haywood county, and did more damage than any in many years. The Sampson Light Infantry, Capt. W. L. Faison commanding, has just spent a pleasant week in camp. John Peyton, colored, aged 17, was drowned in Pitt county, near Pactolus, last week. He could not swim. . . . .Mollie White,a disreputable woman, made a desperate attempt to commit sui cide at Winston last week. ....The Pittsboro Record corrects the rumor that a young lady of Chatham iiad eloped with a married man. ....The Salvation Army is doing its hardest work now iu this State, particu larly at Durham and New Berne. The advance in the price of tobacco is sharp. Grades that sold at 8 to 12 cents a month ago, now sell at 14 to 20. . . . Many tobacco exchanges have elect ed delegates to the State tobacco conven tion at Morehead City on the 17th. Gen. Ransom's force is said to have done excellent work in improving Neuse river by means of the jetty system. ....The draymen of Fayetteville had their annual festival Monday and a number of prominent gentlemen spoke. ... .Charlotte's new paid tire depart ment appears to be getting along nicely. A fire alarm telegraph will be put in use. . . . .The heaviest rain in the memory of the oldest inhabitant fell in Camden coun ty on the 24th tut. Great damage was done. . . . .Very valuable deposits of marl, giv ing 80 per cent, of lime, have been found on the farm of James Dawson, in Pitt county. . . . .The State Board of Pharmacy met Tuesday at Asheville. The Pharmaeutical Association met the same day and is now in session. .... A handsome shaft, of rich Scotch granite, has been reared over the grave of the wife of the late Chief Justice Pearson, at Morganton. Mr. J. R. Kluttz's house, in Locke township, Rowan county, was burned last week, with all its contents and his year's supply of grain. . . . .The discovery of valuable nickel de posits on Elli jay Creek, in Jackson county, is reported by Prof. W. B. Phillips, of the University. Mrs. Charles Jenkins, living near Kinston, was seriously, perhaps fatally, burned while attempting to start a fire with kerosene. . . . .Representatives of the railway and steamship companies in the South met 1 uesday at Asheville, to establish tariff aud other rates. .... Rumors current, that the town of Louisburg was a hot-bed of disease this summer,are characterized by the Times as utterly false. The Albemarle Park Association, the new fair company of Elizabeth City, has elected T. G. ISkinner president; W. J. Griffin secretary. The Grand Commandery, Knights Templar of North Carolina, meet in its seventh annual conclave, in Greensboro, Tuesday night. The Eastern Carolina Dental Asso ciation, of which Dr. E. L. Hunter is chair man, and Dr. S. P. Billiard secretary, met at Enfield Tuesday. ... .A strike at Duke's factory at Dur ham has been threatened some days. The disturbance was fomented by certain evil disposed people. . The Warren Guards have been or ganized at Warrenton, with Dr. R. D. King captain; W. A. Jenkins and N. M. Palmer lieutenants. Near Fayetteville last week the Mghtning struck the dwelling of a Mrs. Johnston while she and her family were away and wrecked it. So far seventeen convicts have made their escape from the Georgia and North Carolina R. R. in Union county. There are about 150 in the gang. Moses Jones and John Weddington, negroes, had a fight on the Georgia & N. O.K. R. last week. Weddington was shot in the head and fatally hurt. The Durham Light Infantry are con sidering plans for an encampment and are equally balanced between the attractions of the seasido and the mountains. Near Hertford last week a negro man named Dwinn baa a quarrel with an other negro named Henry Gray, and cut him to pieces, lhe muraerer is in jail. The opinion is expressed by the Greensboro Workman that the harvest of wheat, corn, oats and cotton in the dis trict of country between Raleigh and Greensboro will be found to be greater for 1887 than was ever the case since the first plow went into the ground. A man named Crawford was sen tenced to five yeais imprisonment in Hen dernonville jail, for marrying unlawfully. He had sereral wives. Col. Geo. W. Sylvester, who owns a mine on Hominy Creek, in Haywood coun ty, a short time ago picked up a sapphire valued by a New York expert at ipMOO. H is said that on tho l'lth there was a water sjwut, or rather two spouts, in Carteret county. Starting in tho ocean, it swept across the banks with great force. .. ..Prof. Viola, of France, and Prof. Seribner, of the IT. S. Agricultural De partment, am at the Tokay vineyard, near Fayetteville, studying the vine, its diseases, &c. ' It is positively asserted that Frank Matthews, colored, of Forsyth county, is 102 years old, has had 75 children, ir0 grand-children aud 20 great grand-children. Eight different negroes have been arrested upon suspicion that they were Ciiesar Wooten, the Wilson county murder er, but the right man has not yet Iwen found. The Grand Lodge of ijfuights of Honor was in session at Washington last week. Sixty delegates were present. There are 2,500 members of the order in the State. . . . .By the piney-woods fires in Cumber land county, a fortnight since, Maj. Wright Huske lost 1,500 acres of trees, worth fully 10,000. Lightning started the tiros at five places. Last week Mr. R. Y. McAden, of Charlotte, bought l,i;i:5 bales of cotton from Mr. John H. Craig, of Gastonia, paying $54,953. The cotton is for tho McAden Mills. The Ashboro Courier gravely states that it is pained to learn that the toads have entirely demolished a promising crop of corn near that town by jumping on tho tassels after lightning bugs. At Elizabeth City last Thursday there was a mass meeting of Sunday schools, in Creecy park, at which au unu sually large number of people, from'sev eral counties, were present. . . . .Joseph Duggins, the man who was sentenced in Forsyth county to a year's im prisonment and was pardoned by Gov. Scales, as he was in failing health, died two days after the pardon came. . . . .Over two hundred thousand water melons hare passed through Salisbury since the season opened, on their way to the northern markets on special freight trains of 200 ears,each with 1,000 melons. ....Iu Providence township, Mecklcn burg county, last Friday, the aunual pic nic of the farmers was held and 1, :!()() persons were present. The barbecue was a grand event; the largest since the war. ....Wilmington expects much heavier cotton receipts next season, and is prepar iug for them. There will be four com presses, another one being now iti course of construction. All will run day and night. Mr. John Griffin and his wife, of Craven county, wore horrified, one morn ing last week, when they woke up and dis covered that their six months old baby was dead in bed with them. It had been smothered. .In Alexander county Joe Matheson shot and severely wounded a colored man named Pool. The day before Matheson had unmercifully beaten Pool's little boy. Ninety-four shot struck Pool's head and shoulders. ....It is claimed that tho property of the Cranberry iron mining company, in Mitchell county, was sworn to its worth $000,000, was assessed at 500,000 and that the county commissioners reduced this to -$125,000. .... All through Mecklenburg and Union counties, the Charlotte Home-Democrat says, the crops never were more encour aging The late rains have been general, and the crops look better than for the past twenty years. Some time ago a mad dog in Lenoir county bit several valuable horses, belong ing to farmers. One of these horses, tho pioperty of Mr. D. E. Perry, has died of hydrophobia, after suffering tho most hor rible agonies. -. Mr. W. (J. Plum mer, of Warrenton, narrowly escaped death by the horns of an infuriated bull last week. His fifteen year old daughter took tho bull by tho horns and with great pluck saved her fath er from injury. Burglars have been annoying peoplo at several points in the State. At Wilson they a second time broke into Rouutree, Barnes fc Co's store. Tho police captured Charles Simmons and his son Frank. A third burglar escaped. The biter is too often bitten. Sev eral North Carolinians who desired to pur chase counterfeit currency from New York sharpers, to pass at home among the ig norant, have been fleeced. Two men of Watauga county lost $300. The Baptist Orphanage Association met at Thomasville last Thursday. Gov. Scales was one of the speakers. There are now 61 orphans in Mr. John II. Mills kind care, bo tar fao,ooo in contributions nas been received by the orphanage. At Charlotte some days ago a pretty German girl, Anna A. Kuermann, of Ber lin, got off the train and told a pretty little romance. She had been for years engag ed to a German who had left the father land some years ago and came to Noith Carolina. The lovers have met and were married. ....At Bridgewater, Burke county, some negro railway employees attacked the telegraph operator. They next at tacked their boss, Mr. Atkins, who went into a car. They shot into the car fifteen times. Mr. Atkins fatally wounded one of his assailants. Seven of the negroes are in jail at Morganton. Morton Bliss & Co., of New York, who have made what they call an "ar rangement" in regard to the North Caro lina special tax bonds, publish the follow ing in the New York papers: "On August 20, prox., engraved Trust Certific ites of the United States Trust Company will be issued to parties to the agreement for the settlement of, the Special Tax Debt. To facilitate the quotation of these certificates each applicant should furnish a full de scriptive list." An End to Bone Scraping. Edward Shepherd, of HarriBburg, 111., says: - "Having received so much benefit from Electric Bitters, I feel it my duty to let suffering humanity know it. Have had a running sore on my leg for eight years; my doctors told me I would have to have the bone scraped or leg amputated. I used, instead, three bottles of Electric Bitters and seven boxes Bucklen's Arnica Salve, and my leg is now sound and well." Electric Bitters are sold at fifty cents a bottle, and Bucklen's Arnica Salve at 25c. per box hy Lee, Johnson 4 Co.
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