I THF DAILY m^OBKMAfi 3ri('?iAlJX, Local Editor A paper for all people, bnt eepeciaHy tiie desire ’■.vnieh many are EO«';. to entertiiiri for a noii-poiitioai ■• •eet, ibe Wokkwak 'S'ill strive to go .ntc. -very house, leaving to other papers, the Fcience of poUticB, giving the news In ori( i and holding itself responsible to tiie .moral sense of tlio community for its ntterancea. —A man at Chatanooga, Tenn-, claims to have discovered perpetual motion. - ■ ■ —It i poor way that some peo ple have of beating a mule to death with a view/ of putting life into the n'.ule. —It is not a good thing to count thickens before they are hatched, but into the day,, nor the other beyond ic into the night.—Sunday School Times. The Blub Book Again.—Reply to Ex Teacher, concluded from yes'erday: It is charged that “Webster arranges the words according to a sort of jingling rhyme, and by getting the key word tlie child rattles off the rest quite glibly, bat give .him a word ont of the jingle and he fails.” But how does this “quad rale” with the concession of Ex T. that “Webster does well enough for spelling matches?” A spelling match, is it? What could so truly test the ability of a speller as to put him. in a match? Bui, perhaps nnoonsoiousiy. Ex T may have stumbled upon a fact that has much to do with the past efficiency of Webster’s speller, vIk: such an arrange ment of the words “fh't by getting the key word the child rattles off the rest.” That must be a good thing, and it wonl' ihat is not near so bad as counting Ibe deiralde that as mucii coivld be-sai eggs before they are laid. —Secretary "Whitney has made awards for the building of the new cruisers, at $1,248,000 ; $1,350,000 ; $1,428.000; $490,000. —•KnoxviTe, Tenn., has voted a subscription of $500,000 to the Knox ville and Southern Railroad Com pany, and Powell’s "Valley railroad. —We have been asked why the norning meal is called "breakfast? There may be two reasons, i, It breaks the fast of food, and 3, it breaks up the fa.st asleep. —Mt. Airy people, in view of the coming railroad, are talking of im proving the various country roads running into that place, which is a very important matter. —There is to be a Farmers’ Insti tute at Lexington, August 30th and 3tst at which will be present Col. Polk, Dr, Benbow, Dr. Dabney, and 'ther leaders in farm matters. —A s.'Ccial to the ChcjJotte Chron icie aunouaces that Judge ilall, of d-;- Supreme Court Bench, of Ga., was stricken with paralysis, at Ashe ville Sunday night—the second at tack in a short while. —At Dalton, last Friday and Sat urday, as we learn from the Mount Airy Nev,rs, the woods were fiill 'of people who had come to see the first iron horse that ever snorted up and down those hollows. —Two men have been arrested on -.usj.iciou of having Set Sre to the 'svvortli bridge, where the frightful raiiroaU accident occurred last week, ill which atrout one hundred jieople v.ere killed and as many wounded. The men are in jail. The Meeting Point.—Nature uever builds fences. The mount ain slopes down to meet the valley, the day fades jind darkens into night, the shore*helve8 off into the sea, but the exact point at which the one merges into the other is undetermined. Is there, then, no distinction between them ? Is the daytime as the night, because no eye can fix the instant when the gates unclose to let the morning through? Is the separation between land and sea unreal, because be tween them lies a narrow strip over which they alternately hold sway ? The Christian life, must slope down ward to meet tbs'* world and mingle with it. In business paitnerships, in political interests, in social mat ters, in hundreds of affairs, the Christian and antiohristian must meet on neutral ground. Is the distinction between them lest, even for an instant ? Because they have great interests in common, because in many things they act alike, is the one in all essentials Uke the other ? No more than the day is as the night. Narrow is the border land on which two men meet. As regards all the other realities the one is in the shadowy valley and the other on the sunlit heights; both touch the twilight’s border land, bnt one never passes oyer it for the oontJivunces which have been brought in to supercede old Noah. Again, it i.s said that in the modern books—alas, that there should be so many of them that nobody knows what particular book is meant—“both the eye and the ear are brought into play.” From this it might be inferred that the student of Webster is necessarily blind folded when he sits down to his lesson. But, after all, the intelligent reader will ob-serve, first, that what is said of the modern speller is wholly an assump tion. There is no proof offered, and none even hinted at. It is not even said that Webster’s book has been a failure in a single instance. It happens to have age on its side, so that that frighttul word “antiquity” can be written on it. How very strange it is that t’ne question between Webster and the modern spell ers cannot come up on its merits, but the agents of publishers must lobby heavily at every legislature of the State, and even offlr a premium on every copy of the old book that shall be brought io for exchange! Men of intelligence must see the point. Did Noah Webster ever dream that the time would come when his speller would encounter such a “ring” as that? Never, we think. Im agine such a K an as Noah Webster, if such a thing were possible, offering a premium on”some other book which he was trying to supplant with his speller. The fact is, nobody would suspect Noah Webster of any such scheme, and one of the many reasons for which we like his speller is, that a careful study of the. book impresses the student with ideas of justice, fairness, purity. He was a giant in his day, the like of whic^| is nevtir se'm now. Tae bare idea of buying his way to the favorable consideration of the schools is so unlike Noah Webster that nobody thinks of such a thing in con nection with his name. It was in the days when Noah Web- ster’.s Spelling Book was studied, and when the Latin Graa mar that the near est answered to it was studied, also, that, as we are informed by one of the best scholars now in Greensboro, boys were prepared to enter the University as fhey are not now prepared. The war upon the Blue Book, v/ith the cry of modernization on the lip and a money fee in the hand, merely repre sents, as we think, the hop, skip, and go easy system whose insidiousne.ss in enfeebling the muscularity of our youth is only equaled in the readiness with which the new system is received in many of our institutions. And this sug gests to one of our most emiDei,t edu cators, in a late communication to the editor, this question: “Pray tell me, in what profession are there the most quacks?” The same authority writes as f IDws: “The ‘old education’ made ‘spellers as could spell;' the new can do no more.” S@“Ladies will find relief from head ache, oostiveness,smimming in the head, colic, sour stomach, restlessness, indi gestion, constant or periodical sick headaches, weakness in the back or kid neys, pain in the shoulders and different parts of the body, a feeling of lassitude and despondency by taking Simmons Liver Regulator. It is not unpleasant, is purely vegetable, and is not injurious to the most delicate constitution. Magistrate—It’s $10 or thirty days. Uncle Kastus. You can take your choice. Biickleu’s Arnica Sa4^e. The best Salve in tne Vforld for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Kheum, Fever sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Erupn tions.and postively cures Piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give per fect satisfaction, or money refunded' Price 25 cents per box. For sale by Hunter & Michaux. nov. 1.5—ly dvw Personal, —Judge Gilmer will preside at Sur ry court next week. —Miss Maggie Barrett, of this city, is on a visit to her many friends in Kernersville. — Capt. Crutchfield and wife, of Winston, were here for a short time this morning. —Mr. Davidson, of Gibsonville (Minneoia) Cotton mills, '«as here a short time to-day. —Mr. J. W. Scott went to Danbury Saturday and returned yesterday. He Imports the hotels full and running over. —Mess. J. C. Stewart and Martin, have returned to this city to resume their studies in tire Dick & Dillard law school. was out to-day ftOTi days, he having confined to his house with sickness. —Mr. M. C. Patterson, one of the tobacco buyers, on the Greensboro market, left this morning for the Al legheny Springs. —Mr. Levi Houston, accompanied by Miss Hattie Causey, aas gone on a visit of some time to Mount 'Ver non Springs. —Mr. J. "V"an Lindley, if question ed right closely, will tell you about some 2 lb Irish potatoes grown in hi.S patch at Pomona. —Miss Loula Whitehead, who has been on an extended visit to relatives in this city, left this morning for her home in Duplin county. —Mrs. Garland, who has been on a visit to her daughter, Mrs. Speight Hunter, near Tabernacle church, re turned to Columbia, S. C., this morn- ing. —Capt. Hail is in town to day. He says he will begin work on the railroad bridge at Little Yadkin, near Dalton, one day this week, and he ex pects the brid^ to be ready for use in about three"week"s."'’"'* ■ “ —Mr. Hicks, whose home is at St. Stephen, S. C., and who married Miss Annie Wiley, of Greensboro, has been here a week or so on a visit, and returned to his charge in South Carolina to day. —Mr. Jas. Clark, of Oak Ridge, with Mrs. Claik, has just returned from a visit of over two weeks to Mrs. Clark's relatives at Tatum’s and McCall’s stations on the Cape Fear and Yadkin "Valley railroad, S. C. —Capt. J. E. Gilmer, Capt. D. P. Mast, Mess. M. W. Norfleet, E. C. Edmund.son. and Sterling Smith, of Winston, started to Morehead City this morning as delegates to the To bacco Convention, and Mess. J. L. King, H, L. Scott, W. E. Bevill, R, M. Rees and J. B. Balsley oi Crreens boro, went down to represent Greens boro in the same convention. —The freights received at this place, and passing by to other points, has been far greater this season than eyer known before. ^ . ’.fonrterWTCures. W. D. Hoyt & Co., Wholesale and Betail Druggists of Borne, Ga., say: We have been selling Dr. King’s NeV Discovery, Electric Bitters and BucL- len’s Arnica Salve for two years. Have never bandied remedies that sell so well, or give such universal satisfaction. There have been some wonderful cures effected by these medicines in this city. Several cases oi pronounced Consump tion have been entirely cured by use of a few bottles of Dr, King’s New Dis covery taken in connection with Elec tric Bitters. We guaranted them al ways. Sold by Hunter & Michaux. Greensboro Female College, T he sixty-fifth session of this well-equipped and prosperous Institution will begin on the 24th day of August, 1887. Tuition n full English Course, per ses sion of weeks, for day Pupils $20.00 Tuition in Preparatory Depart ment $10.00 to $15.00 For Catalogue, apply to y6ta T. M. JONES, President. A FUL L LIME OF THE JAllES MEANS SHOES —FOR. SALE BY— H. FARIIIOR .AND ael2 Iw GEEENSBOEO, N. C. New Boarding House! RS. WOGGOMAN has taken charge of the CElNiTRAL HOTEL, which luu; just been put in nice order, and is supplied with clean and nice fur niture and is prepared to entertain a number of Boarders, both regular and trausieut. Polite and obedient servants. Good table accommodation. 5®“For Tiansient Boarders, ‘25 cents per meal and the same for lodging. Call early and get terms. Jy27 6w Mrs. Hundley’s School. MRS. E. D. HUNDLEY —WILL, ON — Thursday, September isf, 1887, E BSUME her School for Girls and Boys. .The Session will be for Niue Months. The management will be pleasant and home-like. Those, who have patronized this School in the toast are competent to give an opinion ot its meriD. Ii^g“Terms as heretofora, £@“For particulars, inquire of Mrs. Hundley. «ug. 0. 1887—tf ~IIYGEI.AI Builders and Contractors’ Notice- W E HAVE JUST RECEIVED A carload of Eosendale CEMENT, a carload of Virginia LIME, a carload of Rockland LIME, and haye plenty of CALCINED PLASTER. PLASTER ERS’ HAIR, SHINGLE TIN. and VALLEY TIN, and want to talk to yon about your Tin Roofing before you con tract with others. Nota Bex.a.—We still keep No. 1 Timothy Hay, Corn and Shipstuff of the very best quality. WH.ARrOxV V STBATF0,RD. .July 28 Iw English and Olassical Scliool FOR GIRLS AND BOYS ! 1 ViONDERmlllSCOVERY TOBACCO AN AID TO HEALTH !! A new TOBA.COO, manufaotured at Richmond, Va., by Tfios: C. lilliamsS Co„ L'NLEE A FOBMULA PEEP ABEL BY PEOFESSOE MALLETT, Of the University oi Virginia. WILL OPEN AN ENGLISH AND CLASSICAL SCHOOL, in BOG .ART H,AL.L, —ON — MONDAY, AUGUST 5, rss1. • The ses.sioi; will ooiifinue until the opening oi the Greensboro Graded School. Each studeut must furnisit a table for his or her own use, TEEiXS : Com, English branches pm- mo,, $2,0u Higher Eng. (Gram. History, &c ) 2.5i Ancient Lan,guag03, LOG Tuition must be paid mnnthly. Contingent fee for each pupil for t'tie whole Term 50o. aupOSt SAMUEL 0. SMITH. 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