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POETRY.
A Xaittlo Elbow Room.
Coed friend don’t crowd so very tight;
There’s room enough for two;
Keep in your mind that I’ve tlie right
To live as well as you.
You, rich and strong, i, ja»or«uid weak/
But think you X presume
When only this poor boon I seek—
A littic elbow room?
”J’is such as you, that rich and strong,
If you hail lint Die will,
Could give the weak a lift along,
And help him up the hill.
But no—you jostle, crowd and drive;
You storm, you fret, and fume.
Arc you the only man alive
In want of elbow room?
Biit'thus it is on life's rough path,
Self seems the God of all—
The strong will crush the weak to death'
The big devour the small.
Far better Ik, a rich man’s hound—
A valet, serf, or groom—
Than struggle.midst the mass around,
When we’ve no elbow room.
Up heart! my liny' don’t mind the shocks’
Up heart, and push along!
Y'our hide will soon grow tough with
knocks,
Your limbs with labor strong;
And tliere’s a hand unseen to aid,
A shir to light the gloom—
Up heart, my boy, nor tie afraid—
Strike out for elbow room;
And when you sec, amid the throng,
A fellow toiler slip,
•lust give him as you pass along,
A brave and kindly grip. \
Uct noble deeds, though poor you be, \
Your path in life illume:
And with true Christian charity,
Give others elbow room.
J’m struggling on with might and maiu-
An altered, better man—
Grown wise from many a bygone pain.
And many a broken plan.
Though bruised by many a luckless fall.
And blinded by the gloom,
I’ll up ami I’ll redeem it all—
Itut give ine elbow room.
An Jilevtionfur Delegates to tium
iter One lluudreel and Twenty , to
amend the Constitution of the State,
will he held on Thursday, the Uh of
August, 1875. The Convention will
meet at llaleujh, on the 6f/i of the
following September.
The Republic for Mat.—Thu
May issue of The Republic opens
with an important paper, by ex-Sen
ator Pool, of North Carolina, on the
Democratic movement to change the
Constitution of that State. The pa
per is followed by an article on a
similar movement now going on in
Texas. The next paper is on “Er
rors of Modern Civilization,” and
treats of Workingmen’s Unions and
labor and strikes. This is followed
by articles on “Contributions of
Christian Missions to Commerce and
Science,” “O ce a n Telegraphy,”
“Democratic Legislation in the South
“Tearing the Races Apart,” “The
Taxation of Mortgages,” “Co-oper
ative Production,” “The Chinese on
the Pacific Coast,” “Foreign Com
merce of the United States," “Books
and Book-Makers,” “The Public
Schools in Danger,” “Difference Be
tween two Important Governments”
—(the English and the American,)
‘‘A Democratic Strong Hold”—
(New York City;) together with the
“Executive and Department Doings”
for tho month, important decisions
of the U. S. Supreme Court and U.
S. Court of Claims, Ac.
Published at Washington, at 82
per year. Address: “Republic Pub
lishing Co.”
Thirst at Sea.—’ Thirst on land
is bad enough, but thirst at sea, with
water eveiywhcre, yet not a drop to
drink, is ten times worse. Os the
agony which it occasions we may
form some conception when we read
as in the case of a late shipwreck, of
the survivors of a boat’s crew greed
ily drinking the blood of their dead
comrades. No one knows what his
evil fortune my one day bring him to
endure. For the benefit of the read
er, therefore, we make a note of
the following question put by the
Board of Trade examiners to the
candidates for certificates of compe
tency as mates in the English mer
chant service:—
“What would you do in order to
allay thirst, with nothing but sea
water at hand?”
The answer is:—“Keep the clothes
especially the shirt, soaked with sea
water.”
Drinking salt water to allay thirst
drives the sufferer mad; b«t an ex
ternal application of it gives relief, if
it does not quite satisfy the demands
ot craving nature. It is a pity that
this simple yet truly scientific reme
dy is known to but tew of those who
tempt the treacherous main.
/r un nino for Office.— l fitter
run for office but once. At the earn
est solicitations of some of my friends
in an uuguerded moment I allowed
myself to be announced as candidate
for the office of Justice of the Peace.
Previous to this fool move I had
been considered a decent kind of a
man, but the next day when the Bu
gle came out it was filled with ac
counts of my previous history that
would curdled the blood of a Digger
ludiau. A susceptible public was
gravely informed that I was not fit
tor the office, that I was almost a
fool, besides I had oome West under
very suspicious circumstances. I
had starved my deaf old grand
mother to death and sold the re
mains to a soap factory, I had stol
en a hand organ from a poor blind
cripple and tun away with the pro
ceeds. I had sold my grand-father’s
coffin for fourteen dollars, and buried
the old gent in a boot box. In ut
ter despair I rushed arouud to head
quarters, withdrew my name and
swore a solemn swear that I would
never indulge in politics again. And
I never will.—[John Quill.
’ The Ladies.
The white chip hats are stylish,
and not expensive, either.
The plainest woman in the world
may be passing fare—hi a car.
A Swiss muslin neck-tie, edged
with lace, looks neat ou a lady.
A fashion authority says wraps
will be much worn this summer
Mantillas, with long tabs in front,
are revived in New York.
Chief Justice Waite’s spirituclle
daughter is to wed a navy surgeon.
Oh, “Saw-bones.”
More white bonnet* will be worn
than for 8 years past, says a coatem
porary.
COMMUNICATED.
(For the Educator.)
lion. James Henry
Harris.
OF WAKE COUNTY.
BV “UNKNOWN.”
Our preceding paper, though hur
riedly prepared and in many respects
imperfect, will doubtless afford a
correct and comprehensive view of
Mr. Harris from his birth to his re
turn to his native State and people
in 18C5. It was not long after his
return to North Carolina ere his
splendid forecast, deep penetration,
acute perception, sound reasoning
powers and his ready, eloquent and
forcible spcach, attracted to him
large, earnest and enthusiastic audi
ences, not only of the poor unletter
ed negro, but of the most refined,
educated and cultured talent.of the
State. The writer first saw and
heard Mr. H., on the 4th of July
1865 as an orator on the occasion of
the first celebration had by the col
ored people of Wake County after
their emancipation. It was one of
the most happy days in the history
of our people in this county and must
ever remain among the blessed mem
ories in connection with our emanci
pation to which we shall always re
cur with pleasure. Mr. Harris’ effort
on this grand occasion was such as
to have drawn spontaneously from
the assembled thousands the highest
meeds of commendaliou and ap
plause, and he was at once marked
out at the future leader of his race
in this State. He was soon after
selected as one of the delegates to
represent Wake County in the State
Convention of September 1865—the
first convention held by the colored
people of this State—and took a
leading part in its proceedings.
Amoug the most important work ac
complished by that body was, a me
morial to the State Constitutional
Convention then in session here, from
which we make the following ex
tracts, bcleiving they will prove of
some interest as a matter of history.
Mr. Harris was Chairman of the Com
mittec that framed tho memorial and
presented it to tlie Convention.
“It is with reverent and grateful
acknowledgement of the Divine pow
er and interposition, that we accept
the gracious boou of freedom, result
ing as it has from a prolonged and
sanguinary struggle between two
great powers, and finally decreed by
the national will, we looked forward
with confidence to see the decree
ratified by tho whole people of the
State.
“Though it was impossible for us
to remain indifferent spectators ot
such a struggle, you will do us the
justice to admit that we have remain
ed throughout obedient and passive,
acting such part only as has been
assigned us, aud calmly awaiting up
on Providence. Our brethren have
fought on the side of the Union
while we have been obliged to serve
in the camp, to build fortifications
and raise subsistence for the Confed
ate army. Do yon blame os that
we have, meantime, prayed for the
freedom of our race ? * * * *
“Born upon the same soil, and
brought uppn an intimacy of relation
ship unknown to any other state of
society, wo have formed attachments
for the white race which must be as
enduring as life, and we can conceive
of no reason that our God-bestowed
freedom should now sever the kind
ly ties which have so long united us.
“Filled with gralitucd to God for
His blessing, we would bury in ob
livion the wrongs of the past and
wish to become more united, as Well
as more useful and honorable in our
sphere of life.”
We are told that the petition was
read amid profound silence and that
its touching appeals brought tears
to the eyes of many of the delegates.
That it did great good in preposess
ing the action of that body, we have
every reason to beleive. - Mr. Harris
was also chosen as a delegate from
Wake to the State Educational Con
vention of 1866, ami was elected as
its President. Mach was done by
this convention which served to
stimulate and quicken the colored
peoplo on the necessity of education
to their elevation, chief among which
was the formation of a Slate Educa
tion association with auxilaries
throughout the State. Duriug the
greater part of’66 Mr. Harris was
engaged in awakening the coloied
people on the subject of education
and to this end opened and taught a
school in Raleigh. The winter of
1866 7 he spent in Washington, urg-
ing upon Congress the adoption of
the Reconstruction measures, and
returned home in March of the latter
year to attend the first Stale Repub
lican Convention, which assembled
in Raleigh on the 27th of that month.
(To be continued.)
A Spelling Match.
The other evening old Mr. and
Mm. Coflin, who live on Bush street,
sat in their coxy back parlor, he read
ing his paper and she knitting, and
the family cat stretched out under
the stove and sighed and felt aorry
for cats not so well fixed. It was a
happy, contented household, and
there was love in his heart as Mr.
Coffin put down his newspaper and
remarked:
“I see that the whole country is
becoming excited about spelling
schools.” v ,
“Well, its good to know how to
spell,” replied the wife. “I didn’t
have the chance some girls had, but
I pride myself that I can spell almost
any word that comes along.”
• ‘Til sec about that,” he laughed;
•‘come, now, spell “buggy.”
“Ilump! that’s nothing —b-u-g-g-y,
buggy.” she replied.
“Missed the first time —ha! ha!, he
roared, slapping his leg.
“Not much—that was right.”
“It was, eh? Well, I’d like to see
anybody get two g’s in buggy, I
would.”
“But it is spelled with two g’s, and
any school-boy will tell you so,” she
persisted.
“Well I know a darn sight better
tliau that!” he exclaimed, striking
the table with his fist.
“I don’t care what yon know?”
she squeaked; “I know that there
are two g’s in ‘buggy?’ ”
“Do you mean to tell me that I’ve
forgottoii how to spell?” lie asked.
“It looks that way.”
“It docs’ eh! well, I want you and
all your relations to understand that
I kuow more about spelling than tlie
whole cadoodlc of you strung oil a
wire!”
“And I want you to understand,
Jonathan Coffin, that you are an ig
norant obi blockhead, when you
don’t put two g’s in the word buggy
—yes, you are! ’
’-■Don’t talk that way to me!” he
warned.
“And don’t shake your fist at me!”
she replied.
“Who’s a shaking his fist?”
“You vveie.”
“ThatVa lie—an infernal lie!” 1
“Don’t call me a liar, you old'
buzzard! I’ve put up with your mean
ness for forty years past, but don’t
call me a liar, and don’t lay a hand
on me!”
"Do you want a divorce!” he shout
ed, springing up; “you can go now,
this minute!”
“Don’t spit in my face—don’t you
dare do it or I’ll make a dead man
of you!” she warned.
“I haven't spit in your freckled
old visage yet, but I may if you
provoke me further?”
“Who’s got a freckled face, you
old turkey-buzzard?”
That was a littic too much. He
made a motion as if he would strike,
and she seized him by the neck-tie.
Thou he reached out and grabbed
her right ear and tried to lift her off
tier feet, but she twisted up ou the
neck-tio until his tongue ran out-, ,
“Let go of me, you old fiend!” she
screamed.
“Get down on your knees and beg
my pardon, you old wild-cat?” he
replied.
They surged and swayed and;
struggled, and the peaceful cat was ;
struck by the overturning table and
her back broken, while the clock l'eil
down and the pictures danced a
round. The woman finally shut her
liusbaud's supply of air off and flop
ped him, as she bumped his head up
and down on the floor and scattered
his gray hairs and shouted:
“You want to get up another
speltiiig : Bchool with me don’t you?"
He was seen limping around the
yard yesterday, a stocking pinned
aronned his throat, and she had
court plaster on her nose and one fin
ger tied up. He wore the look of
a martyr, while she had the bearing
of a victor, and from this time ont
“buggy” will be spoiled with two g’s
in that house.— Detroit Frss Press.
Wouldn't Marry A
Mechanic.
A young man commenced visiting
a young woman, and appeared to be
well pleased. One evening he call
ed when it was quite late, which led
the young lady to inquire where he
had been.
“I had to work to-night."
“What, do you work for a living?"
she inquired in astonishment.
“Certainly,” replied the young
man, “I am a mechanic.”
“I dislike the name of a mechanic,”
and she turned up her pretty nose.
This was the last time the young
man visited the young lady. He is
now a wealthy man, and has one of
the best women in the country, for
a wife.
The young lady who disliked the
name of a mechanic is now the wife
of a miserable fool—a regular va
grant about grogshops—and the
soft, verdant, silly, miserable girl is
obliged to take in washing in order
to support herself and children.
You dislike the name of mechanic,
eh?—whose brothers are but well
dressed loafers. We pity any girl
who is so verdant, so soft, to think
less ot a young man for being a me
chanic —one of God's noblemen —the
most dignified and honorable person
age of heaven’s creatures.
Beware, young ladies, how you
treat young men who work for a
living, for you may one of these days
be menial to one of them. Far bet
ter to discharge the well fed pauper
with all his rings, jewelry, brazen
ness and pomposity, anil to take to
your affection the callous handed, in
dustrious mechanic.
Thousands have bitterly repented
their folly who have turned their
backs on honest industry. A few
years have taught them a severe les
son.
The road to divorce- —keet out
of it. —Are you about to marry a
man w-hoin you do not love; for his
money, or his position or for the
sake of a home?
Beware: you entering the roa.l
which lends to divorce.
Are yon going to marry a man
whom you do not Invc, because yon
are nrged to it by your parents and
your friends?
Beware: you are entering the
road which leads to divorce.
Are yon going to marry another
man while you loudly love another?
Beware: you are on the road to
divorce.
Arc you going to marry for
spile, just because yon have quar
reled with your former beau, and
to “oome up with him” are willing
to unite yourself to another?
Beware: you are entering the
road which leads to divorce.
Are you going to marry a man
with whom you have no sentiments
in common, and whose tastes and
wishes you intend to disregard after
marriage?
Beware; you are entering the
the road which leads to divorce.
In short, when marriage is any
thing but the mingling of two hearts
in one, it had better not take place.
If this principle were universally
rccogniied wo should hear no move
of divorce, because people would
keep out of the road that leads to
it. ,
A Domestic Badge of HoNon-Cari
Schurz says, in his lecture on “Edu
cational Problems,” that an American
Lady once expressed to him her
great surprise at having noticed,
while on a visit to the wife of
Prince Bismarck, that she went a
bout her house with a bunch of
keys at her waist, and personally su
perintended the affairs of her own
household. In Germany that hnnch
of keys is regarded as more orna-.
mental than splendid diamonds.
The diamonds merely prove that a
lady has a rich husband. The keys
prove that she has elevated herself
above the rank of a drone in society.
It is better that American young la
dies should carry a broom or a
feather duster as a badge of their in
dustry, than have no badge at all.
The farmer should keep his Gs
warm, hive his Bs, kill off the Js,
remember what he Cs, plant his Ps.
take care of tho Vs, pay all be Os,
teach his wife not to Ts, and then be
at Es.
DIRECTORY.
United States Govern,
meat.
Ulysses 8. Grant, of 111., President.
Henry Wilson, of Mass., V. President
Hamilton Fish, of N. Y., Bee’y of State
Benjamin H. Bristow, of Kentucky,
Secretaiy of tlie Treasury.
William W. Belknap, of lowa, Secre
tary of War.
George M. Robeson, of N. J., Secreta
ry of the Navy. I
Columbus Delano, of Ohio. Secretary
of the Interior.
George U. Williams, of Oregon, Attor
ney General.
Marshall Jen ell, of Connecticut, Post
Master General.
Supreme Court ot the
United Htatex.
Morrison R. Waite, of Ohio, Chief Jus
tiee.
Nathan Clifford, of Me., Asso. Justice.
Noah 11. Swayne. of ()., •' “
Samuel F. Miller, of is., “ *• .
David Davi», of HI., •• ••
Stephen J. Field, of Cal.. “ “
William M. Strong, of P*„ “ *
Joseph l\ Bradley .of NJ., •*
Ward Hunt, ot N. Y., *•
Court meets first Monday in Decem
ber, at Washington.
IN. CL Representation in
Congress.
After Minch Uh.
SENATE.
A. S. Merrimon, of Wake.
Mat. W. Ransom, of Northampton.
HOUSE ok representatives.
Ist District—Jesse J. Yeates.
2d “ J. A. Hyman.
3d “ A. M. Waddell.
4th “ ’ Joseph J. Davis.
sth “ A. M. Seales.
6th *’ Thomas S. Ashe.
7th “ IV. M. Robbies.
Bth “ Robert B. Vance.
Government ol North
Curollna.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
Curtis 11. Brogdeu. of Wayne- Governor
John B. Xeatherv. Private Secretary.
U. F. Annfield, of Iredell, fiaeuti mint
Governor, and President u( the .Bcuat«
W. H. Howerton,of Bmraii, See. of state
David A. Jenkins, ol Gaston. Tira-Min i.
A. I) Jenkins, ’feller.
Donald W. Bain, Chief Clerk.
John Reilly, of Cumberland. Auditor.
Win. P. H atherell. Chief Clerk.
S. It. Pool, of t.Tav.-m Sup!, o! Public
lurtrnetioii.
John C. Gorman, of Wake. Adj. Gen’nd
T. 1,. Ilargiove,ot Granville. Att. Gen.
W. C. Kerr, of Mecklenburg;State Geol
ogist.
Thomas K. Purnell.of Forsytlie. Libra’ll
Henry M. Miller, of Wake, Keeper ot
the Capitol.
GOVERNOR’S COUNCIL.
The .Secretary of State, Treasurer,
Auditor and Supt. of Public Instruction
ol Kduealion.
The Governor, Lieutant Governor,
Secretary ol’ State, Treasurer, Audit
or, Superinlendant of Public Instruc
tion and Attorney General consti
tute the State Board of Education.
The Governor is President, and the
Superin tendaut of Public Instruction
Secretary of the Board.
Supremo Court.
Richmond M. Pearson, of Yadkin, Chief
Justice.
Edwin G. Roade.of Person. Asso-Justiec
Wm. B. Rodman, of Beaufort, “ “
W. P. Bynum. Mecklenburg’ - “
Thomas Settle, Guilford, “ “
T. I- Hargrove, of Granville, Raporter
W. H. Bagley. of Wake, Clerk.
D. A. Wicker, of Wake. Marshal.
Meets in Raleigh ou tlie first Monday
in January and June.
QBBELL & BLOCKER,
Real Kntnte Agents,
Cape Fear Bank Buildlug. Fayetteville,
Prompt attention given to business.
Many properties fur sale. Inquirers give
notiee. immigrants are invited to call
on us. Consignments solicited.
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accompanied by debility, weakness or
painful irregularities in male or female.
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