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77 7 THE ASH 7- Issued Weekly. PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN. ASHEBORO, N C., THURSDAY MARCH 10th, 1904. $1.00 Per Tear' VOL XXIX. No. 10. COURIE k: v Port Arthur; H. M. in Chicago Tribune. For hundreds of vi'urs Chinese coasting junks, Wilting along the Yellow sea in the coastwise trade, had run into the liuul locked harbor of Lu Shun Kow, down at the ex treme southern end of the Liaotting peninsula. All along the shore gray cliffs ran up straight form the mi to a height which varied from Him to 1,600 feet. It you came close enough in yon could make out a slit in the mountains wmeii gave emerenee 10 a body of witter within. Tliis slit was not more than 200 or 300 yards wide Once von got through the passage way there was a wide sireten or water before von, hemmed in by cliffs on every side. At high tide the wttte' was deep enough for the anchorage of a Die snip, but wlieu tnc two went out hundreds of acres of mud Hats were exposed to iew. In the valleys between the eliiTs were built some fifty or sixty lniser able mud huts, and in them lived 300 or 400 Chinese coolies. That whs the situation np to 1800 in what-is now Port Arthur. In the year three or four ships of the British navy came that way on a surveying expedition. One of these ships was the gunboat Algcrine, com manded bv Lieut. William Arthur. Lieut. William Arthur daringly ran his vessel in between the cliffs which guard the harbor, which was there upon named Tort Arthur In honor of his exploit. But beyond the name, Port Arthur gained no new fame for another twenty years in 1881 it was still merely a convenient haibor into which coasting junks could run for safety when groat storms swept the seas outide. On the cliffs and in the valleys thereabouts there still lived ouly a few hundred wretched Chin ese coolies. CELESTIAL KM 11 II K AW'AKl'. Then the great Celestial empire began to waken up. Foreign engin eers were sent along the coast to pick out a safe harbor which might be fortified and made the chief sta tion for the and modem navy of Chi na. They settled on Port A rthu r and it was planned to transform the place into an immensely strong and completely fitted naval station. Plans were drawn for great dock yaiTIs, workshops, dry docks, refitting basins and foundries, while alove them ou the commanding cliffs strong fot tres ses, were to be erected. T he con tracts for all this work wore let to French conlractoi s so that it was France which first among the nations had to do with this (.iihraltar of the fur east. French con ti actors, with the aid of swarms of Chinese coolies, workintr like slaves for 15 cents or 20 cents a day, woi ked for year on the works in and about Port Arthur Not until 1891 was the place turned over to China, ready for occupancy as a great naval station. By this time Port Arthur in namesake already forgotten had be come a fairly well built town, con taining more than 1,000 houses and shops, outside of the government works. It then had a commercial population of 6,000, to say nothing of the Chinese garrison of 7A)0 or more soldiers. The forts were mount ed with modern guns, and Chinese gunners were trained by German and other foreign experts in the use of artillery. In 1894, during the month of No vember the victorious Japanese army march down one of the two narrow passes which lead through the sur rounding mountains to the city, and pnt to the sword many of the inhabi tants, noncombatunts as well as mem beis of the garrison. It was a bloody dy, though the Japanese officers stopped the slaughter bs ipiickly as was possible. For a time then Port Arthur was apparently in the permanent posses sion of the Japanese, until the pres sure of the allied powers forced her to give it back to tbe l lnncse in January, 1896. Ik-tore tby niaren ed oat the Japanese destroyed a large part of the Chinese fortifications. In 1898 Port Arthur was "leased" to Russia, which immediately began to fortify it, with the intention of making it the strongest port in the eastern seas, Valadivostok, the other groat Rusgiau port ou the Japan lea is ioe bound a huge part of the year. The possession of Poit Arthur gives the nary of the czar a port which is never frozen. Moteover, it is a port which commands the upproach to Fekin, the Chinese capital. Never siu je the Russian occti nancy bss thoie been anv cessation of activ ity in and about Port Arthur. In miserable hovels on tbe hillsides swarms thousands of coolies, wl.o at a word can be hired for 20 cents a day to do any kind of hard and ad venturesome work. Bast year a Rus sian contractor at Port Arthur offer ed to bet that within a half hour he could hire 10,000 men outsde of his regular large force. These regular . forces are extremely large and are kept steadily at work both by land and sea. Any time within the last five or six years one could find in the outer harbor a fleet from 500 to 1,000 Chinese junks, all loaded with railroad ties, lumber, and other build ing material. They, of course, are all working for the Rnssia govern ment. One important result of the Rus sian occupancy of irt Arthur baa been a tremendous increase, in the imports from the Jnited Slides. During several weeki'in 1904 Ameri can goods to the value of more than Sf0,llt)0,(i0O weekly were landed at Port Arthur and the yearly com merce of the United iStntes with that and the adjacent ports has been esti mated ut nearly .jdOO.OtMl.ouO. But the 1'iissian plan has been from tlie tint to make Port Arthur a purelv inilitiiry and naval center. With that plan in view the Russians several years ago began 1 lie oonsti no tion of the wonderful city of Dimly, thirty miles mirth and ten miles east of Pint Arthur, which they hope to make the roiuuieteial capital of the far wist. The plant contemplates that all commercial ships shall be barred out of Port Althur and sent to Danly and that the former fort ress shall be barred to civilians, where, indeed, they are now allowed only on sufferance, properly being held on merely temporary leases. Danly or rather the site of the present city was located on an open roadstead, where the navies of all nut ions might ride. ' lu order to make there a safe harbor, an im mense breakwater, costing millions, was built and is now completed, pro jecting into the saa for a grc.it dis tance and inclosing a spledid anchor age. At Dimly, also, great adminis tration buildings were erected and even that rare thing in the east a lirst clas comfortable hotel. Eventually, us planned, Dimly is to be the final terminus of the great Siberian railroal lv means of w hich litissia has tied together her widely scattered empire. isi tors to Port Arthur within the last few veal a hare bewi vastly im pressed by tho spirit of boundless energy which prevails there. Life is the fortress city is in great contrast to that in most of the settlements along the Chinese coast. The streets have been thronged with Russian soldiers and with gangs of coolies, till busy on some important errand. 1 hi Russian soldier, as seen at Port Arthur, impresses the visitor us being in ib .idly earnest. Before them all i om the lowest private to the ranks of the highest ollicer, bines the hope of winning the little toss of St. (icoige for valor in the face of the eneinv. And on the day of St. d'cni-go tin brave men w ho wear his cross have tin honor of breaking hivitd with the great white czar himself in his palace at St. Pe tersburg, if they lie stationed there, if ihev are imartered at Port Art bin-, they eat breakfast at the table of the czar's viceroy. Admiral AlczicIT and how can greater honor conic into the lite oi one ol inese wirv Cossack;-, wrapped in skins and furs and mounted on a little shaggy pony, even tougher and haulier than his master. So, strangely, in the parsing of the years and in the working; out of the jmlicy of the nations, has the lit tle Chinese junk harbor of forty- year ago, imineit nv ine l-.iigiisn fortified by the French, for the Chinese, won by the Japanese at a great cmtof Mood and finally leased in I linnUv lea- I and fun. it into a Pacific (iilbiulte!- bv the Uii.-sians. es t.i ! the center of the world S Cure for Pneumonia. fake sii or t --ii onions according to e, and i lio line, put ill a large spider over t lie mo; men huh udoui same iitiuutitv ot rve nieai, anu vinegar enough to make a thick lite. In the niealiw Mile slir it thoroughly, letting it simmer live or ten minute. Then put it in a cot ton hair large ei.ough to cover the lungs and apply it to the chest as hot as the patient can hear. lien this gets cool apply another, and thus continue by repenting the poultice mid in a few- hours the patient will be out of danger. This simple reme dy has never failed in the too often fatal malady. Usually three or four applications will be sufficient, but continue always until perspiration suits freely from the chest. This iuinle reined v says the New Kngbind Grocer, was formulated many years ago by one the best physicians New hnr and has ever Known, wno nevei lost a patient by this disease, ami won his renown by saying persons by simple remedies after the best medical talent had pronounced their ease hopeless. Personal lv we know of three persons who were saved by the remedy last winl-r in isoston, after the physicians had given tnem iin to die. ami if a reconl was maue of all simihnr cases during the lu.st three years, it would fill a good sized volume lite Worms l'rogreis. How the French Serve Dinner. Let nie say one word about the wav a dinner is served in France and most eonntiies in hurope. I do not wish to criticize or reform, but I have alwavs been shocked, when dining in some American house?, to be served iu the same luige plate, with let us say roast beef with a thick brown gravy, cauliflower with a white sauce, mashed potatoes, and even another vegetable. In some other houses I have seen one or two vegetables served in smaller dishes or sauc-Ts, w hich is less offensive, but either one must eat more quicK lv than is 'Vooil for digestion, or everything gets cold if eaten with annreciatire slowness, in r ranee. with the execution of simply pre oared cireUbles with butter served sometimes with a rousted or broiled meat w it b no sauce except the gravy, everything is served in courses, Eveiv aliment keeps its own flavor, and is hot when eaten. Salad is sometimes served with roast meat but not often. It is nsually served after the vegetable, which is served after the meat; then what is called dessert ia thotUnited States is called entrements sncre in France, dessert nrorxr beinir light small cakes, frnit, bonbons and cheese. March Wo men's Home Companion. COURT CALENDAR. Calendar of civil cases at March term 1001 of Randolph Superior Court, the Hon. O. II. Allen, judge presiding. Wkdsksdav March 23rd. No. 0. K. H. Nance vs Kli llttssey and R. R. Ross, adinr. No. 13. Samuel Arnold ot id- vs Maw Ann Cagle et al. No. 17. W. A. Prcsnell vs J. W Viincaniion, udinr. No. lS.Kcul Lutterloh vs J. M Williams. Ao. 21. J. M. Cox vs T. T. rcr- ree. No. 21. Giirney M. Cox vs T T Ferrco. No. 23. J. M. Williams vs Reuben Lutterloh. THlTlt-,i)v March 24th. No. 24. Kufus Yow vs J. F. Ham ilton and wife. No. 25. Isaac Coltrain vs Lilly Coltrain. No. 27. C. P. Smith vs J. W. Longest. No. 28. Jacob Foust bv next friend W. L. Foust vs "J F Pickett et al. No. 29. Aaron Slack vs E W. Parks. No. 31. .1 L Wreeni vs J C Allied. No. 32. Angcline Trogdon vs K F Vestal. No. 33. I T Johnson vs Clay Dor- sett. Fin ha y March 25th. No. 35. If B Henley vs Plant Citv Lumber Co et al. No. 30. I. J. Fuller et al vs A B (iray el nl. No. 37. Jesse York vs Susanna York. No. 3S. Nannie E Colt ram vs Levi B. Lindlev. No. 30. Nannie E Colt nine vs fl G Hendricks et al. SATt itiiA v March 2Cth. No. 41. ". M. Moflitt Adinr. vs Crown Milling Co. No. 14. T.I Hoover vs J II Kearns Adinr. Mon n. March 2sth, linil. No. 45. J W Scott & Co. vs M Lim- berrv & Sons. No. 47. Si J Connor n Mav Con nor. No. 4S..I W Skcen vs Charles F Floyd. No. 50. W F Redding. Adinr vs II P li A & S R R Co. T i ks 1 1 a v M are h 29th. No. 51 X C Jarrcll vs E 11 Hob- bins & Co. No. 52. ('bus Dorset! vs C. S Ilrnd- shaw el ul. No. 53. W E Kearns et al vs R M (iretter. No. 54. (lenient Lbr Co. vs ED Patterson; Chas It Cross vs Clark Cross: C C WadeAdiur vs J M King; Titia Small wood vs John Smallwood; S. 1!. Mathis vs Lucv Mat his; W It Bell vs Jane '11.11; S W Lauglin, Adinr vs Chas Cross and Clark Cross. Witnesses mid parties need not it ten! before the day for which their case are calendared for trial, is witnesses will not be allowed to prove before t bat day. Motions be fore t ho J iidgo can be heard at any time. M. S. Komss, Clinin. Calendar Coin. The Light ol God's Word the Remedy. The Rev. Dr. R. F. Campbell, as tor of the First Presbyterian hurch of Asheville, appears to hold to the old-fashioned belief that the religion of Jesus is about the only thing that will cure the evils of this world. In a sermon last Sunday, as reported by the Asheville Citizen, Dr. Camphell gave utterance to the following eminently sensible as well is timely remarks: If the light of God s word were il lowed to enter the homes of our people, all the problems of life would he solved. It seems to me that tins is tbe most effective way, for in stance, to attack the great evil of in temperance. Something may be ilinie, perhaps, tv attempts to dry up the stream of liquor that Hows into the saloons, but lar mors can be done by driving up the stream of boys ana men ttntc now into sucn places. The seat of the trouble is not in the saloon, or in any other evil place; it is in the heart and in the home. And unless we can get the word of Uod in its enlightening nut saving power into the hearts and homes of men all our efforts at re form by legal prohibition or restrie tion will end in failure and disap pointment. Christ's method is sim ple and plain. "Make the tree good and the fruit will be good." It the man w hose delight and medita tion is in the word of God that is like a tree planted by the rivers of water that biingeth-'liis fruit in his season. Let us aim at the heart, out of which aro the issues of life, and at the home, whence flow all the streams that make np the great enr- rent of human society, and we Bhall do more to pniify and ennoble hu man life than could ever be accom plished even by the total destruction of any or all places of evil resoi t. It IS wiiniu our power so u irum our children that such places will have no power to tempt them. y, unless we so train them, we shall ae compl.sh little in healing the world's great disease of sin, though we close eveiy brothel and gin-honse. States- vi lie Landmark. One offer of Thi Couhikr and Farm Life both one year for only one dollar lUll holds good. COOPERATE FOR THE (MOD OF THE SCHOOLS. Written Kor The Courier.. Since I have been in this part of the country I have heard a great di al said about tbe way in which the children are trained in some cf tbe schools. It is needless to say that what 1 have heard is uu objection, for human beings arc mi constituted that they seldcii! talk of the merits, but of the weak points iu their schools. Now, the objection lies in this form; that the children are deprived of a basis for their education by the teachers' neglect to teach tbciii the letters of the alphabet, and thai they arc only getting a shadow of a knowledge by learning the sounds of these letters. Now, supposing this were n well founded Objection brought by the patrons against the schools some of f them. Let us suppose that the schools are poor and !iiiideiiiiite, what ought to be the couiso of the patrons;- Can they do better for their children at home and away fiom such a school? Call th'-y? If tin y can, why then let them keep them a! home, and do that Eonicthing for tin-in whatever it may be that shall he better than sending th 'iu to a poor school. But, we do not be lieve that many parents can and if they can they will not do better for their children at home and away f.ioin school. Right now and iu this comintiniiy are parents who will keep their children at home on a rainy or snewy day, for fear thev may get sick.and let them play out of doors infinitely more on that very day than the children should have been out had thev gone to school. And what is more, the parents never say "book" to them on these days "ever even set them a good example. No child should be kept nt home on anv sort of day, unless he is sick. Some say a poor school is wor. e than no school. I say bold'y that it isnottllie I have attended some very poor schools in my life, and I iay, thank tiuil tor the poor schools, o long as I h id not the chance of better oms. The right course fei tbe parents is to take advantage i f the best that is all'ordcd ami say nothing against il before their child- rcn. U yon tell a child he ha.-n t any 'ensehe'll soon think be lias Hi , and very soon will have none .-niv enough. The same rule applies to telling the children that their school is no good and their teachers are ig noramuses. A nil ye . a great many people make this very grave mis take. But, what's a lot of writing got to lo with the education of the people iu this community in the state of North Carolina? Nothing whatever. I might write to the Connri; on that wonderful and to some people Iry subject, education, all my life, giving my own personal views ii u it 1 it i i t thev are poor enough though they have the distinction of being personal , and all the other writers to your paper might do the same, and yet, in the end these pioplc would still be "lifting the mule into the boat" like the Chinamen, Faith without works is dead. But I get so full and disgusted with in in dices and poor judgments that vent must be had, and so I write. In the hope that a notion somewhere may stir in some body else's head so that 1 may know- that I am not alone. I'm for the teacher who leaches the sounds of the letters. 1 never had a teacher, but one who did it. That was Mr. William Baldwin still il teacher I balieve in Rockingham countv. I was onlv si, hut 1 re member them remarkably well. When I grew older 1 investigated farther into the matter, and so by chance almost, I learned the sounds, or ut least it reasonable share of thriu. Those who never learn them miss the real meaning of the letter the kernel so to speak and only have the husk which is not very in teresting. The sound is really all there is of the letter worth remem bering. The teacher is light who teaches the sound. tMi.it the pi-o-ple would believe in their schools and trust in their teachers! What if the schools aren't so good as they should be? They never will be so loHg us we disparage them. It is by believing in and trusting her repro bate of a son that the loving mother wins bun to what is best and high est. Some schools are poor, vet none are bad. The children who go to some schools may be bad, who s blame for that? It is a strange fact that some people shrink the respon sibility of bringing their children ii iu the" right way, and them expect their teacher to "leatn 'cm soiu'pu' in three or four months when the weather's too bad to do anything but mischief. Most teachers expect children to be "brought up"nt home, especially those "too big to be cor rected." If you could make these people see that their school system is a big business transaction real I v ,s,e it the way they see they must eat to ar pease hunger they would scud Inch children to school, rain or shine, and never miss a day. 1 hey would h.- strenuous in their efforts to get they could out ot it. Some people a ill run a mile lor it penny, uut th same people will hire a teacher twenty-live dollurs a mouth pay him too linn too in ready cash and then wont work him half Ins tnie This is poor judgment. Keep your children at home my brother, all you please, your'e paying your man just the same. If you were half so anxious about getting your money's worth in the schools as von ( in vonr nettv so-called busi ness transactions, yon would keep jour children wheie they ought to be in school. lint, whal's the use of it lol of writing? Whose children will go lo school n day more than I hey would have gone aftei this bus been read (if indent it is road)? Who will be I'ciielilcd, I wonder? I doubt if any bcilv. But, it is like the bursting of an ncoi n w lieu ill wni'in around it. earth laconics night or un - sought, it must out. The acorn may under favorable circumstances be- collie a ti. e .iml live to shelter it A thousands, lint the personal (.pin ion of a -1 lay mid straggling soul is looked upon ns so many Mack letters on while pa pei, and, in the jostling of the world, is jostled out. 1 PA J M.ol.P MaxTKN. I Eqnins Palace is Wanted by President Roosevelt. V..Uwr. l,.ml. Si. 1 -i!oa;:se there is tlnncer that bis horsis may catch cold or sillier some ,. . , , .1, , i I ',, .,, ,,, , other inconvenience. President liocsee!t has asked congress for an appropriation of !iii,iioii for new white house slablos. As this conies in the face of the pretense made by republican baders that the party cannot allow appiopriatious for river and haibor improvement, for public building.-, for good roads, or for many veiy nccc-saiv improvements calculated to I e of value to the gov ernment service, there is just now a very general tendency in the repub lican cloak rooms of tic senate and of the house to u.-e the strongest kind of si rong language. There is u general disposition on the part of republican leaders to sweal that they will turn down the president's rc ipieht, but in view of the success of the Bough llidei- in beving his parly to do his will, n is not at all certain that !h..-c tl. teats will bo carried out. Wbelhei- tin y are or let, the fact , cumins thai solely out of eonsiilera- : tion for the comfort of hoises which bis personal properly the pn-si- l.-nt of the I'uit. d Stales is urging ' t .j'.io.iiiio of the money of the : pie be put iu palatial stabler'., i I'iiis is done iricpeclive of the fact that tie. present stni, hs are not only ; ut hinds ; and that tiny at deal handsomer t nun are impie, the homes i. f ;in p, r cent -perhaps ; en iici'i- oi tic- men wno are ex- rled lo uile for bis rc-eb ctiou t ; e piv. o.. my. . .-mii: 1. 1 i un- iomi: iin.li. In tin; connection, tin interesting ' input. ohm el expenditures that may be called in a scii-e personal to i Presid-ut Kooseyelt has been made I'his tU-Mi-es him out the country' iiiillion-dollar president, in this wise Kivtoimg"' and ivf iirni.-h-ing the w hole house so as to make it President le tin tie taste ivrooni oiiie. with elt- ft i.-yU-' an lb-furnish;'-' the I . S. S. Mayflower for use as the president's yacht ta lux ury tlcet before enjoyed by an American presi-di-nli Additional expenditures up on the Mayflower ir. Wi mid l'.t.' 1 ' K-liuiaie.l ci .-t of repairs this y.'.ir liii.tnui Co,! ol keeping lb. M.iv- llowcr and 1 he Sy !pli m the di.-po-itioii of the president in lO ii-hm:! Kstimatcd cost of keeping these l-.io ships iu ivudi n i for pr- si dentin! call this sumac r vlo.nini '.(l).IMIII Asker for new stables Ti tal To th j'.MO.c.-ll be add-d i cover the ini'jhl properly i crv consul. 'raole sum lo cover the i I of the naval maneuvering in tbe ion el' tiy.-t r b.iv for the plcas- of the J resident, involving us thev did ill running on rocks of one luo-i more war ships. Had these inalleliveis beeli held 111 SOUtll- rn wati is. wli. ic they would have been, sine lor desire to cater to the imperial pleasure, there would have been no .- ii- li aceid-nts. Certainly the cost t- the government involved in liii bit of n ival by-play was over $200,000. Moll!: THAN ,V MILLION. Add thi lo the amounts above set forth, and il wi'.l be seen that the oiie-miilio.iuoM.tr in.irix is passcu, ;md with a g- id d-al to epare. A good ileal more, certainly, than the people have to spare at this or any other time. All of these cxpeii- iitiires to propel lv i hurgable In the Koosovelt account. Since bis acces- ion to 'i'ie throne" profligate ex- pond litnre has been tee rub'. Of the republican majority in c.Ui .'fess ui itl bear its share ol the responsibility, foi it. has contro"el tin- approptiations. It is because they' realize ibis that Sp ak r Can non and bis associates are just now helping the vials of ihiir criticism up -a the president. I l ey do not relish the idea of going before th pioide with their economy pose and knowing tin y will have to face this interesting array of ligin-is. Josh Old in Atlanta Constituti.ni. R. f. D. Trouble. There is much complaint along the It F D routes where the Courier has Mibscribcis. The paper is not delivered promptly. We ask our subscribers, postmasters and K F 1) carriers lo aid us in getting correct addresses for our subscribers. When an K F D route is established every subscriber should notify us of any change desired. Please attend to ' this. WASHINGTON S.viMl c.r. ((, . c.,.ir,T. Washington, D. t'., .Miip-lt -Another step in the cxplob iliuii of the Philippine Islands will , .n be taken by this liepuldican a Imihi-iia-( ion. True to the nisliin Im of gial't ami loot the adiiiinislr.ilic n, instead ' of proceeding its if to III - Iniihiiiig of railroai intends to b I , 1 1,, apital in lb: eoiintrv privilege t 1 1 til guarantee to tb.it capilal the intercsti"! the invc--ttiiw'. ii- n,h r words, ibis coiinlrv i- opi;i'.i.; pbii-es for the ilnefllllelil el i .ipil.ll del guaranteeing to the ivp.i ,! i iii.rn.iiy from loss. They i j I.. ;i tit '.! ie the Philippine i-m ri . i ih t t lo ceetl!e a legislative ;;n 'i n, I - cf I ' percent, per numii.i on ( 1 .i i' h i, i; t i j of bonds for railroad i ...i-i e . - : i ! those i-lamls, and lh-!iii -. .:! be introduced this week by ( bairinan 1 !-'T-'' Jh Hwi; ' Count Insular Annus TI hp. v. i ! I bar t i ;,!TO Hie 1 ; In- m. in iii- out foreign capilal sn capitalists of Wall Si olv of the game. TI s r i 1 i i i i i i i - I . . i - tion has been peivi; t m; i; i:s i to get the good piupic of tl.f try to believe that the : interests aro dead nj-.m-t it iHilitical reasons and lor ' cIVect. Hoes this m-:ie l.-ok li If Secretary Tafi Ih hi-!ii would hasten tin- civiii,.:.t education of the i-hiiid-- lo railroads therein, why d. government eng.i .e iu i ii itself instead of paving enpi so? It would be ;i gram Ic.-soli ill the go. i-iilll. llt railroads and publi" ut:litie i.ll II Usui.-.-.- I to .Ii h;p ill' lor t'n- government to uudcrla!...-this :. r prise. In -lead of thai I ii s.din.-n; Iration -ells out to the Wall Mm sharks and guainutei-s the u imiiuin it v from lo.s and a sure return "i the capilal inve.-icd .v j .t , hands" coii'inbiilion. This is ii, ci.tnpaign wav this tliim.' looks ton man hn inside of things ut Hi (.jootal. and I t iiink I !u "called Hired l-i I baiters ittrlv be the turn." Il has never Uiese exploits, grafln's i lhat this legi -lation will unconstitutional. Pin wlir-ani the name of all that MamN for g-ft th,. lieimbliean partv care ii'ict i',. constitution? Vbe:i'tli. c .i.-umm.ui t.Milj ; w tt IV , l p,,,) ;1 n wants" to lln j, .t, mi,v. fnlil the vol try lealie that tl:rv ; 1 1 . v t : s n a i. he simply it into ihe f the or power to stop tin thing it id intini- w ill continue ad bit lllll turn. When will thev t In and get buy? They are having nni-di ; I he I'epaiiiiient of Mate i.v in clastic provision of law i.' ipiii-i-s that ilepartm nt to c and issue in a separaie voii-m statutes enacted at i aeh . e -: Congress. The sp nl .-e.--e la.-t November ei::i.--.l ..i.h measure, a joint ivsoi-iti.m p-.-o, for the payment of mil. .-e i ni'-m'vi-s. This is hound up, ever, in a dignified liiiie v. Inn: itself with its much c!;.horal:oi it were a i olleclion of bmli t and general legislation. Tliu' -is a straw t hat shows v but t b publican ad mi tii-1 1'.: t : - i wi w hen it makes up us mind I busy on any old subj" t. i c. extra scs-ion of th" l'i : n -s it in session f.tr a m-u' : -t 1 single result. Not one tiling of U-'.eiii i people and at .1 cost to i in n. two hundred thousand . ! l 'a: is the way the llepubiicas c.n interests of the people. K ii-l hevv- bv I as 'f bills VI-.. it The Hon. .John Suarp W i!l Hour leader of the P. in- .-lacy iu (he House of Ucprcseiitatives, bus iir.ro ducela'bill for tl'.e relief of tbe siiftcrc's by file al I'm' . :ii.c by re bate of duties on b-ii;. i.ir.tc ;:il l and uspeiision of i laves, lly so .loin ; ! Ihe b'eptll licans in the sides and pulled If they refuse to p.i thev will go up iiu; ip in - lha .st si 1 ib. r, establishcu when the t :.i occurred in 1 S" 1 and l!.. many honest men who beve fortiinatc. If they do a w ill admil the Demo. -at ;. tion that the tariff is a lav the lax is paid by the cm the country and not bv t h ers, as maintained bv lln i ,- lob :i mi t I Ii. V i-nt-n : b..t i n.,:- ; of folei-ll- i. 'I'h.v are up against it. Tics, bill in both wavs like the nit.-.'.-. c trap. It catcl.ei tbi-m a cm;.i" ;c ;oin . Let the i';i!..-.t lailc wim A short time ago ii was mv g- fort'ine to meet .Mr. Kobt. l'uib rb lisbnrsing "gent for lln' s'l.tnuuii contributed by the I mled Stales government to tic Louisiana I'ur I'b is'e Kxposition, ';nd i:i spi akin- of that great enterprise to nk Ir - :"i; "D. 1.. 1-rancis, the prevnli.t o: I he Louisiana l'urchase Kxponilion Coui pauv, is the best example of the strennos life that our country nf fords he has the energy of a Na poleon and the diplomacy of a l!-v. lie can dine with the King of L:. laud without diluting his di tno t .icy and negotiate with the Aii'i-iie.m plumber without losing his t'lnpor or getting tile worst of tin b ui r.ain; He is (ipially nl lueuo iu lu gilded palace o- ii.e log cabi,.-; he belongs to no un: n, but ha.; worked day and night for two years without compensation to make the Woi Id's Fair commote in all i! eld it incuts hv the Hist day of May. l'.'.ll, his only reward Ihe success of the enterprise and civic pride in his city and state. He is ably assisted by men w ho pre eminent in their several departments, famous architectsand urtist'; experts in electricity, master mechanics in engineering, professors in evi ry de partment of agriculture and the use ful arts; nothing in all the range of human endeavor has been neglected. Tin world's bet work eil'i be seen at the World's Fair this year, housed in (lie most magnificent palaces ever built for such purposes. The student will have the rare privilege of at tending an international congress of arts and science and listening to lectures bv the most learned m n of cverv civilized country in the world an opportunity w hich every young college graduate in our country should take advantage of. The inventor ami mechanic will see the latel and best in mechanical ingenuity and get new ideas not found iu books. The artist and architect will see a superb picture of beauty and harmony. J lie citizen who delights iu foreign travel can see moie strange sights and people iu a ten dav's visit to St. Louis t ext summer than can be seen iu a two year's trip around the world. The farmer will find object lessons that will show the possibilities in his call ing that w ill inspire him to improv ed methods, with the assurance of richer rewards and the young and old on pleasure lient will have more kinds of eiitcrtainineiil at this World's Fair than they ever dreamed of, and can count on the best time of their lives. They will see a liflv million dollai show for lifty cents.'' Cii.-viti.o A. KtiWAiins. Drawn Work. its ago I had not heard ot by this name. I had seen eh Vt this worl hemstitching upon handkerchiefs, which was not considered of any particular importance no way or uhc!-. A handkerchief being simply ompletp when hounded on four ides bv the little fence row of drawn threads or hemstitching. It had no inure effect upon the handkerchief than good spelling upon the writer; n i honor in spelling correctly, but u lisgrace not to. So you see the hemstitching was no ornament to the handkerchief; but it looked incomplete without its little hedgerow of caiight-thrcads. The first specimen of the work pi oper I ever beheld was some c.x- Hiisilcly wrought specimens said to ie tlie work of Mexican women. I thought it well enough, and was Jad to si-e the thousands of little stitches, and pulled threads, for 1 thought it ha been such a whiling away of time to the poor confined creatures of some convent walls, or, :i ml w hat is. more likely a profitable employment for others who had no it iu tisitrRUier wav of earning a living than by pulling threads. '1 his employment of pulling l breads has reached "high water work" here m our own laud. It is the one great accomplishment of the up-to date young lady with time ou h.-r hands. Nothing is seemingly so iscinating as '-Drawn Work." I have listened to long disserta tions upon '-centerpieces," "table -prends," and in f..ct all kinds of spreads. In some there is very little .-prcad, just all threads. If on goes out -to spend an hour in social converse, behold your lady friends after a few drawn remarks upon trivial matters, such as the weather, hutl I h of family, &c, will fiom sonio seipicsteied corner ill aw futh the "di awn work"; and such energy displayed upon the suuare of I j cambric, in the way of locating a i j thread iu exactly the right cornet jc. would hhaine one of Pinkertou's a I most expert detectives. But at last i t lu- little web of a thread is caught, e j i heii pulled, oh! so lightly for fear rhl will break, and Columbus could not have had a more satisfied coun tenance a; he gazed it pi n the western woi Id, than she of the "drawn work" w hen she has pulled the thread. Conversation then assumes it more lively tone, all the anxiety gone from the countenance of your vis-a-vis, she as it were li sts upon her oars, tin fete has given In-r this exuuisitc light; and you bring different sub jects upon topis. Hut just as you are gathering your thou -his tosprin a new subject, ymi notiie a far away look in that draw n countenance tip posile ou, vou wonder what is the matter, have you ollchded ill any wav: trespassed upon forbidden ground ? Oh! no, she has located another thread, and again is giving In r whole li 1 1 ti I to the abstruse spec illation of whether she will laud ibis thrc.ul or not. Well, the visit is out, and ihe thread is out. Two sides of the handkerchief has been despoiled of a poor little thread. 1 Ins is tbe tusk of the evening. The glorious all absorbing tusk. The perinnriucr leans back while a smile ot compla cency rests upon the lace. I am going to be in the swim shall get tiic a piece of lawn and cut me off a suuare, lav upon some table and when niv friends come in, calm ly place my thimble upon my linger. ban back with a thoroughly busi ness air; and angle for that thread and not only angle, but catch it, pull it floundering out, and then, and not until then, do we earn the right to oit back and rest upon our pastglor ics. iruty, "Aint Annie. Teicli Local Affairs. 1 f t he school teachers of this conn ty would adopt the idea of having their scholars read nlound in the school frii a newspaper, at least one a day, they would find it a great help toward the educating of their scholars. Have them to read from hxal paper sonic item of local inter est. Such a plan would serve to add to the children's knowledge of local affairs. We have known children w ho could boand every state in the L mon and name Us capital off hand who could not bound the township or the county in which they resided. Give the little ones knowledge of home anair Hx. i i.)44.444i14s.Mi.H4ft A Reminiscences.... ....of Randolph. Z By Hon. J. R.. Bulla. No until ever proved more clearly what can be done by energy and in dustry than did Thomas Finch. Hannibal may have suffered more in crossing the Alps, but Hannibal nor any other man ever did more effec tive work than Tom Finch, as he was sometimes called. Tom Finch could have lead llumiibul's army across the Alps as successfully as Hannibal, if he had been inclined that way, but ho was nut inclined to make gun-powder notoriety but as a peaceable, good honest man. He preferred the rruiet independence of farm life and he took hold of tbe farm and held oil to it till bis death at a good old age. I don't know his exact age at the time of his death, but he was some where in eighty. 'Tom Finch was a remiirkablo man in many respects. He had a place for every thing and kept every thing in its place, lie was one of the best farmers in the countv,if not the very best. He did not beiieve that genius is inspiration as soino pretend to think, but he believed it is largely perspiration. lie thought work was the lock and key t success in any thing und his life proved it as clear ly us it has ever been proved by any body. lie made a considerable fortune by farming, and did very little else. lie would put the money that lio made each year out at interest, and did not invest it in some wild schemo that would take him from his farm, and probably make him nothing. He owned a very tine farm in this ouiitv on which he made a great deal of money, besides an independ ent living, "but several men had owned it before him and made very little more than a living. But Thomas 1-incli would have mace money anywhere, lie was a good manager and did everything well and in good time. Any one working for Tiiin would hear very little said about "tomorrow." He wanted work done "today" and not put off till "tomorrow." He was a . kind man to his hands, but he want ed good full work and he would have it. Tom Finch s was not a good place for a lazy, sorry man to go to for employment, but for an indus trious good working man it was a delightful place. It never occiu red to loin riucii to try to make money by cheating md "sharp tricks," but lus idea was to make money by hard work nnd fair and honest dealing. He would take care of his money, but was haritable and liberal and kind to vcrybodv. lie was liberal to poor worthy men and assisted niauy to art in life. If a worthy poor man as willing lo work and would try in earnest, he could find no better rend than Join Pinch. He would do just what he said, his word was his bond, and if dis liked any one thing more than anoth er it was a lie. If a man told a lie, he would ever after regard him with suspicion. It, may be said of Tom Finch as it was said of Dr. Johnson, that the world will not see his like again. lie had no taste for military mat ters, but if he had been educated in military matteis he had the sound judgment to have lead an army as ell as bnpoloon or Alexander or it'sar. If he hud been in command of Napoleon's army he would not have fought the battle ot Waterloo the day that Napoleon did, for Wsl- lington was not ieady and jNapoleon was not ready, but he was intoxicat ed by his success on other fields and thought he could whin the world and went into it. Tom Finch would not have done this, he would have waited till his forces all got there, and the result -might have been very different. Hut Join l iiicli was a man ot peace, he did not expect nor desire gun powder to make him a fortune. tiesar s building a big bridge iu ton dnvs is regarded bv many as ono of the "greatest feats ever performed by any men, but it must be remem bered he had his large army to do the work, and if Tom Finch had had as many men us Ciesar had to do the work, he would have laid the plans and easily built the bridge in ten days and maybe a little less. 1 say Tom Finch "could do the work of these rcnoffiicd men and I think 1 am justified iu saying so for he did everything well that he ever tnea tt do. " He knew no such work as can't, as all events we would think so judg ing by the way he worked. He hud no children, but be bad a very sinait wife; such a wife would have made a living with si pretty sorry husband, but with inch a hus band as Tom Finch it is no wonder that they made a snng fortune. W hat Tom rinch did we know, but what he could have done no on can tell. But Tom Finch is gonehe was a good loving husband, kind and obliging neighbor, a good useful cit izen, and left every evidence to lead us to believe that all is well with him, and that ho is now tale in that happy home beyond the tun. J. Miss Sallie Eedding, of IUndle roan, N'. C, hat returned from the Northern Markets, where she pur chased a select line of new millinery for Spring trade. She will have her Spring opening some U:ae iu Aj r,1. See notice bter.