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B o. Q SB C S3 re Oj P o s! O CD s O 4 a S , ' ! ' o CO -i CO CO I CO CP CO mm mm rj! mi mi m m CO 'This Argus o'er the people's ri ghts D"lh aneternal vigil keep; No soothing strain of Mai's son Can lull its hundred eyes to sleep". i4 in i raw ro ill & it . -i i V. r a I Til IE i I -J) I P ra I I Si-tfl t It SI IB II i Vol. XVL GOLiDSBORO. NC., THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 1893- NO. 97 3 'AN IDEAL! A woman ftir, for it is worn n's prov ii.cc ; And yt, whoss beauty is her smallest grae. ; No m-il ol.ul Amaz n, with helm and spesr Her only shield, b- r native innocence. T. e charm of tjen'leness is round h:r head; The light of truth is in ber steadfast eye? ; H-r garment, the white robe of chastity. Fcailess in well doing, in torrow ttrorg ; Healer of wounds fctH ction's minister: M re good than pious just a little Mind lo mortal weakness A woman born, affecting not t j scorn a woman's fite ; At peace with deitiuy : her hmband's crown! Cheerful of spirit, impress ot her borne! Ia presence tender and in absetcj true ; One, who in traversicg life's common way. Glads every hjart an 1 brightens every eye; One, in whose wake the beaten track appears A little greener where her leet have trod. Anon. Victor Hugo on th.3 Immortal Soul. At a dinner given to V ictor lingo in Pari, some years a, says ' Universe, In deli v red an improtnptn addrs in which he irave expression to his faith ia the Infi iitc and in the eoui's immor tality. EI is friend, Houssaye, who was Drcteiit, sayr-: "Hugo at that time was a in in of etecl, with no s;gn of old age about him, but with ail the agility, the suppletie.-s, the eaee and grace ot his btt year ." He was con tradicting the a!ie:ste, and his friend says "his face was bright with the heavenly halo, and his eyes shone I ke burning eolV' " 'There are no occult forces,' he said; 'tin re ae only luminous force.-, O cu't force is chaot; the laminuns force is God. Man is an infinite little c jy o? (iod; tliis is glory enough lor man. I am a man, i uiv-Uib e atom, h drop in the ocean, a g'ain i f eand n the shore. L tt e hf 1 am, I lee! ihe GjJ in mi', I ecanse 1 can also briosr lor h out ot my chaoj. 1 make boo f, wh c'i are creations. I feel in iutsu f tli.-t tuture lit'; I am Use a forest which ha been more than otca cut d wi ; the new shoots are stronger and livelier than ever. . " I am ris'ng, I know, toward the sky. The ennsmiic is on my head. The earth ives me its genert lis Fa; , but heaven lights me with the nfliction ot' unknown words. You sav the fouI is noth ing but the rc-Fnlt ol bodily powers Why, then, ib my soul more inmi touswhen my bdi'y powers be gin to fail! Winter ison my head, and eternal sj.ring is m my heart. There I breathe at this hour the fragrance of the Llace, the vioetF and the roses a at twenty jears ago. The nearei J approach the end the plainer I hear around m ; the im mortal 83 mphonies of the worlds which invite me. 'It is marvelous, yet Maude. It is a fairy tale, and it U historic. For half a century I have been writing my thoughts in prosa and veree hietory, j hil soph.v, drama, romance, tradition, satire, ode and song. I have tried a'l, but 1 feel I have Dot said a thousandth pirt ol what is in rue. When I to down to the grave, I can say, like many others, I have finished my day's work, bnt I can not say, I have iinifhtd my life. 'j days will ba gin again the next morning. The tomb is not a bliud a'ley. It is a thoroughfare. It close on the twilight to open on the dwn," A PBRTINBTENftUIBT. The Memphis Appeal Ava lanche, speaking of tfie continued ommentt of the Northern paper . upon the Texai lynchirig, cb" serves; 4J3ut they haven't S aco in. their editorial c n.nD3 fur even a tvcn line paragraph regarding the burn ing at the etake i f a white woman in Michigan on the charge nf be ing poeessed of a djvil. We have called their attention to it dy after day; b't the New Y -ik Tri bune iatilent, the Press has a pre. , vions cngagmeut, the Chicago InterOcdn is busj giving a George Washington pie to every new fcubpcrber, & ljnel Mnrat Halstead is eii.l picking-the, splin tereont of his old editoria'p, Kun nel Cockerill i challenging the late Jefferson Davis to mo:tat c m bat." . It can at least be taid in bi halt of Michigan woman that if ihe w Ai poised of a devil she was not as m'l of a demon as the victim "ofthe Texas lynchers., WaiUingtori,(D. C) Post: M 8. John JU Morehead, of N.irth Uar olina, gave a luncheon last week at the Shorehami to her friend, Mrs. Francis Adgate Lipsoouib, of Geor gia. The entertainment was characteristic in every way of this Charming Southern, bteep. four xm mm. Grover Cleveland again President of these United States The Inaugural Ad dress "Insidious Infirmities threaten Our National Vigor i hallenge of Wild and Reckless Version Expendi ture" -( ivil Service Keform Restraint of Trusts -Tariff Keform and the Demo cratic Party's Rpspnsibi!i y Therefor. In our coufiued columns we have only room to report the splendid inaugnr.il address of President Cleveland, which bears his cbaracs eeristic tar-marks of forcefulness, boldness, clearness cad terseness. It is as follow: THE PRESIDENT'S ADDBESS. 'My Fellow Citizei: In obedi ence to the mandate of my country men I am about to dedicate myself to their service under the sanction of a solemn oath. Deeply moved by the expressions ff confidence and personal attachment which has calkd me to this Eervice, I am sure my g atitude cau make no better re turn than the pledge I now give before God and these witnesses of unreseived ami comp'ete devotion to the interests and. welfaro of those who have honored me. "I deem ii fitting on this occasion, while indicating the opinions I hold concerning public questions of pres ent importance, to al o briefly rtfr to the existence of certain conditions and tendencies among our people which seem lo menace the integrity and usefulness of their govt rn menu While every American citizen must contemplate with the utmost pride and tnchnsiasni the growtJi and ex pansion of our country, the suffi ciency of our institutions to stand against the rudest, bhecks cf vio lence, the wonderful thrift and en terprise of our free govtrnment, it behooves us to constantly watch for every symptom of insiduons infirm ity that threatens our national vigor. Ihe strong man who in the confi deuce of sturdy health courts the earnest activities of life and rejoices in the hardihood of constant labor, may still have lurking near his vi tals an unheeded disease that dooms him to sodden collapse. It cannot be doubted that our stupendous achievements as a people and our country's robust strength have given rise toiheedlss-tiess of those laws gov erning our national health which vi can no more evade than humaa life can escape the laws of God and nature. THE CURRENCY QUESTION. Manifestly, nothing is more vital to our supremacy as a nation and to the beneficent purposes of our gov ernment than a sound ar.d stable currency. Its exposure to degrada tion should at once aronseto activity the most enlightened statesmanship and the danger of derjreciatioa in the purchasing power of the wases 'paid to toil shou4d furnish the strongest incentive to prompt and conservative legislation. "Ia dealing with our present em barrassing sit na tion as related to this Eubjecf, wc will be vriee if we temper eor confidence and fauh in our national strength and rescurcis with the frank coucession that eyen these will not perjaair. us to defy with impunity the inexorable laws of fin ance aud trade. At the same time, in cor efforts to adjust differences of opinion, we should b3 free from in tolerance or passion, and our judg ment should he unmoved by alluring phrases and ud vexed, by selfish inter est. "Iam confident that such ap proach to the subject will result in prudent and effective remedial leg islation. In the meautime, bo far as tb executive branch cf the gov ernment can intervene, uone f the powers with which it is invested wi'l be withheld when their exercise is deemed necessary to maintain our national credit or avert financial dis aster. "LVILS OF-PATERNALI M. "Closely nltted to the exaggerit ed confidence in our country s great ness whish tends t disregard of the rules of national safety, another dan ger confronts us not less serious. I refer to tua prevalence of the popu lar disposition to exp?ct from the operation of the government espec ial ana direct individual advantage. "The verdict of our voters, which condtmnid the injustice of maintain ing protection for protection's sake, etijouiupon the peopl's servants the duty of exposing and destroying the brood of kiudred evils which are tie ui.wholesome progtney of pater nalism. This is the bane of republi can insulations and the constant peril of our governtueut by thi people-. I'j degrades to purpose of wily craft the plan of rule our fathers ts tablished,and bequeathed to us as an object of love aud veneration. It. perverts the patriotic sentiment of our countrymen and tempts them to pitiful calculations of solid gam to oe derived irom tneir govern I ment s maintenance. It undermines the 8 lf-reliacceof our people and substitutes in its place dependence on government favoritism. It stifles the spirit of true Americanism and slupifies every ennobling trait of American citiaenship. Toe lessons of paternalism ought to be unlearn ed anil the better les30n taught that while the people should , pairiotic-allj.-ud cbeeriully Bopport tht government, its fuuetion i dj not include support of the people. The acceptance of this principle leads to the refusal ot bounties and sub sidic?, - which harden the labor and thrift of a portion f our citi zens to aid ilNadvised or languish- ing enterprises in which they have no coucern. It leads also to the challenge of wild and reckless penn eicn expenditure, which overleaps the bounds of grateful recognition of patriotic service and prostitutes to viciona uses the people's prompt generous impulse to aid those dis- abled in their country's defence. IMPORTANCE CF FRUGALITY, Every thoughtful . American must realize the importance o cneckiog at .he beginning any tendency in public cr private sta tion tc regard frugality and econ omy as virtues which we may safely outgrown. The toleration of this idea results in waste of the people's money by their chosen servants and encourages prodigality and extravagance in the home - life of our countrymen. Under our scheme of government the waste of pub'ic money is a crime against the citizen, and ihe contempt of our people for economy and ftu gality in their personal affairs de plorably saps the strength and etnrdinees of our national charac ter. "It is the plain dictate of hones ty and good government that pub lie expenditure should be limited by public r.ecessily, and lhat ibis should be measured bv the rule of strict economy; and it is equally clear that frugality among the peo pie is the best guarantee ot a con tented and 6trong eupport ot free inetitutionp. CIVIL SERVICE REFORM. "One mode of misappropriating public funds is avoided when ap pointments to omae. instead of be ing rewards ot partisan activity, are awarded to those whose efficiency promises a fair retnrn ot work for the compensation pid to them. To secure fitneeB and competency in appointees to effice, and to re move from potitical action the de moralizing; madness for spoils, civil service retorm has found a place in our public policy and laws. The benefits already gained through thia insrrumen taiity and the further usefulness it promises entitle it to the hearty support and encourages ment ot ail wno desire to see our public service well performed ;or who hope for the elevation of pol itical sentiment and the purificao tion of political methods. RESTRAINT OF TRUSTS. "The existence of immense ag gregations or kindrea enterprises and combinations of business in- Teiesls, formed tor the jurpose of limiting production and fixing prices, is inconsistent with the fair field which ought to be open to every. independent activity, Legi timate strife in business should not beeuperseded by concession to the demands of combinations that have power to destroy, nor should the people to b3 served lose the benefit of cheapness, which ust ally results from wholeeome competition. These aggregations and combinations frequently constitute conspirae'es against the interests ot'the people, and in all their phases they are un natural and opposed to our Amer ican sense of fairnes?. To the ex tent that they can be reached and restrained by Federal power the General Government ehould re lieve our cit'zns from their inters fereoee and exactions. EQUALITY OF CITIZENSHIP. Loyalty to the principles upon which our government rests posi tively demands that the equality biiloie ihe law which it guarantees to every citizen fchould bj justly and in good faith conceded in all parts ot the land. The enjoyment of this right follows the badge of citizenship wherever found, and, unimpaired by race or color, it apa peals for recognition to American manliness and fairnes, TEE RED MAN, ' Our relations with the Indians located withinour bordeis impose upon us responsibilities we c annot escape. -Humanitv and consist- ency require us to treat them with forbearance, in our dealings With them to honestly nnd considerately regard their rights and interests- Eve ry effort should be . made to lead them, through paths' of jCivilis zation and education, to 6clfsut porting and independent citizen" ship, lo the meantime, as the na tion b words, thev should be promptly defended against the cu- j pidity of designing men and shielded from ever influence or temptation that retards their ad- vanceinent. TARIFF REFORMS. The people of thetlnittd States have decreed that on this day the contiot of their government, in its legibiatiye ana executive branches 6hall be giyen to a political party pledged in Ihe most positive terms to the accomplishment of tariff re form. They have thus determined in favor of o more just and equip- L table system f Federal taxation. Ihe-agents - they have chosen to carry out their promises not leas than by the command of their mass ters to devote themselves unre mittingly to this tervice. "While there t-hon d be no sur reuder ot principle, our task must be undertaken wisely and without vindicth encss. Our missionis not punishment, but ratification of wrongs. It, in lifting burdens from the daily li e of our people, e reduce inordinate and unequal advantages too long enjoyed, this is bnt a necessary incident of oar return to right and justice. If we exact from unwilling minds ac quiescence in the theory of honest distribution of the fund of governs mental beneficence treasured up tor all, we but insist upon a princi pie which underlies our free ineti tutions When we tear aside the delusions and misconceptions which have blinded our countrymen to their condition under vicious'tariff laws we bnt show them how far they Gave been led away from paths of contentment and prosper ity. When we proclaim that the necessity f jr revenue to support the government famishes the only jub tification for taxing the people, we announce a trnth so plain that its denial would seem to indicate the extent to which the judgment may be influenced by familiarity with perversions of the taxing power and when we seek to reinstate the self-confidence and business enter prise of our citiz 3ns by discredit ing abiect dependence upon gov ernmental favor we strive to stimu late those elements of American character wnich support the hope of American achievement PARTY RESPONSIBILITY. "Anxiety for redemption of the p. edges which my party ha3 given and solicitude for iho complete justification of the trust the people have re posed in us constrain me to re mind those-.with whom I am to co operate that we can succeed in do ing the worK wmcn nas been es pecially set before us ouly by the most sincere, har monious, and disinterest ing effort. Even if insuperable obstacles and opposition prevent the consummation ot our tasK we shall htsrdly bj excused, and if failure can be traced to our fault or neglet't we may be sure the peo pie will hold us to a swift and exacting accouutiwhty. "Ihe oath 1 now taKe to pre serve, protect, and defend the Gon stitution of the United States not only impressively defines the great responsibility 1 assume, but sug gests obedience to constitutional commands as the rule by which my official conduct must bj guided.' I shall, to the best of my ability aud within my sphere of duty, preserve the Constitution by loyally pro tecling every - grant ot federal power it contains, by defending all its restraints when attacked by lm patience and restlessness, and by enforcing its limitations in fayor of the States and the people. THE PRESIDENT'S RELIANCE. "Fully impressed with the grav itv of the duties that confront me and mindful of my weakness I should be appalled if it were my lot to bear unaided the response bilities which await me. I am however, caved from discourage ment when I remember that 1 shall have the support and counsel and cooperation of wise and patriotic men who will stand at my side in Cabinet places or will represent the people m legislative balls. I find also much comfort in remembering that my countrymen are just and generous, and in the assurance that they will not condemn those who by sincere devotion to their service deserve their forbearance and ap proval. "Above all, I know there is a Supreme Being who rules" the aft. fairs of men and who?e goodness and mercy have always followed thu American people, and I fhow lie will not turn from us now if we humbly and revently seek Hit pow erful aid." - A.DIEU! BY WALTER HARRIES PCLLOCK You have a heart of lire and (old -Nor golJ nor fire for rae is bright, I would forget those dayg of old, Which seemed to show ' your heart aright, - ' N.ot mine to mix among the crowd -Who worship fou, and bend th knee, Toiling your praises long and load Lo-Te'a silence is reserved for me. My loj e, that is both dumb aa i deep,' Is fix ly given as 'tis true, What f ecxet still the Fates may keep I kno w not bat I say, Adieu! I say Ad'dea because my part Must be to leave thae whirling train, Wherf. every moment is a smart And jvery day a year of pain. Longman's Magazine. , LOVE MUST BE WON, . Love is not Iree to take, like sun and air, Nor given away for naught to any one, It is no co mm n right for men to share, Like all things precious, it is sought and won. do if another is more loved than you Say not, -'It is unjust," but say, "If she Has earned more love than it is her due, When I deserve more it will come to me." But if you longing be for love indeed I'll teach you how to win a sure way, Love and be lovely, that is all yoa need And what you wish for will be yours some day. Susan Coolidge. Cleveland is a Solomon of Democracy. Yes; Clevelaand is a Solomon of DemocrBcy, and has already rooted forever the cohorts of banded par tisans for pelf and planted the flag of Democracy the banner of pat riotism in places of power for the people'd good and the country's pro gress. Our Republican friends the ene my do not'know what to make of the Cabinet which Mr. Olevelan 1 has selected, and consequently do not know where to strike at it. There is the distinguished Field Marshal Halstead, who fondly imagines that the Senate will refuse to confirm the nomination of Judge Gresham. He predicts all manner of confusion in the Senate when that name reaches it. "It is not probable," say3 the Louisville Courier Journal," that the least objection will be made in the Senate to Judge Greshamor to any other member of Mr. Cleveland's Cabinet," so the New York Tribune treats the subject in a different man ner altogether, saying: "If the measure of a man's fitness for the Cabinet offices is the extent to which he is unknown, Mr. Cleve land is going to have a peerless body of advisers," Well, let us see which member of the Cabinet of Mr, Cleveland can be said to be unknown even to the edi tor of the New York Tribune. Judge Gresham was a member of the Cabinet of . President Arthur, and there" woo the respect of the country. Appointed ta the bench he has there maintained the reputa tion gained in the Cabinet. He has been a Presidential possibility with in the Republican party for eight years, and last summer declined the Presidentialnomination from a party which cast over a million votes. Mr. Gresham may or mar not be popular with the Republican editors, but certainly he is not "unknown." John G. Carlislie has been Lieu tenant Governor of Kentucky, Speaker of the National House ot Representatives and Senator. in the gieat contest for tariff reform he was from the first the most conspi cuous figure in political life. He was in two conventions a possible candidate for. President, and could no doubt have been Chief Justice had he desired the position. Mr. Herbert, Secretary of the Navy, has for years been a jm?m ber of Congress, aud during the recon struction of thi navy has been at the head of the House Committee on Naval Affairs. Certainly ht is as well known to this country as was his predecessor four years ago. Mr. Morton has lived in a Repub lican State, but he has not lived in scarity. A believer in free trade he has preached the gospel with such effect as to make him throughout the West as well, known certainly as Mr. Harrison's Attorney General or Secretary of the Interior. Mr. I5i8selt has been known cnieny as the partner of Mr, Cleveland, just as Mr. Miller, Mr. Harrison's part ner in Indianapolis, was known. He has preferred law to public life, bat he certainly has not lived in obscu rity, and he is well enough known to make it reasonably certain that four. years hence he will retire from office with a reputation at least equal to that earned daring the past four years by the old law partner of the retiring President. The new Secretary of War, is Air. Lament, succeeded Mr. Elkins. " Mr. Lamont was for four years the Sec retary of the President, and retir ing from office he has in the past four years won a high position in commercial life, and certavinly can not be classed among the unknown. Two members remain; Mr. Smith, Secretary of the Interior, and Mr. Olney, Attorney General. Neither of these gentlemen has beon con- spicious in national affair, but each is a man of . influence ia his own State. Mr. Smith is & - lawyer and the editor of an inftneutial journal and had a following strong enough to secure . "fJie vote of Georgia for 1 1 ? r , -T . - r- ' vjieveianui in me auonai conven tion. Mr. Olney has twice declined judicial appointments, and brings to his office a higher professioaal repu tation than that which Judge Miller crrried to - Washington: four years ago. - ' T? IN MKMOKIAM. We find the following beautiful true and tender tribute to oar late venerable and lamented townsman Dr. John H. Hill, in the Wilming ton Messenger ol Friday; It is dne to the memory of Dr. John H. Hill, who died in Golda boro on the 19 of the resent month, and was buried on the fol lowing day in Oakdale cemetery, that more than a passing notioe should be taken of his departure from us. and that some friend point out the features of his life and character, and pay a brief tribute of love and friendship to hie memory. Dr. Hill was bom on the 2Stb day of April 1807, in the county of New Hanover, at a place on the Wilmington and Weldon rail road, about twelye miles from Wilmington, called Hyrneham. He was the son ot Col. Thomas Hill, of Wilmington, and Susan Mabson, his wife, and the grandson of William Hill, a prominent mer chant during the Involution, and who lies buried at Old Brunswick, Hie brothers were the late Thomas Hill, of Pittsboro, who married a daughter of Judge Toomer, and Mr. Arthur J, Hill, who married a daughter of Mr. John Swann. His sisters were Margaret,who married Mr. Levin Lane; Maria, who mar ried Mr.William H. Hardin,a pop ular educator ; Alice, who married Mr. John II. Haughton, of Pitts0 boro, and Susan, who married William D. Moeeley, a Governor of Florida. He survived them all for many years. It will thus be seen that Dr. llill was related or connected with many of the oldest and most reipectable and disting uished families of the Cape rear. He was educated at the University and afterwards, studied medicine and graduated at the Medical C 1- lege in the city of New York. He practised his- profession, however, only for a lew years in the county of Sampson, when he purchased the Lillipnt plantation on the Cape Fear riyer below Wilmington, in the county of Brunswick, where he devoted his life till the close ot the war to the cultivation of rice. Energy and grood management soon converted that plantation into a state of development and pro ductiveness far beyond its supposed capacity, and his v;gilanco, foree thought and sagacity made him one ot the largest, and perhaps the most successful planter on the Cape Fear. After the war he sold out his plantation and his outfit, and retired from active business to the town of Clinton, in the county of Sampson, which he considered healthy, and where Jiving was cheap, and the society good. A few years afterwards he removed to Goldsboro and spent the re mainder ot his davs in the family of his son, John,' to whom, and to whose wife and children he was greatly attached, and who had ever shown him peculiarly con siderate and tender love and care This association gave him all the substantial comfort and pleasure of home. In 1837 he lost his wife, by whom he had three sons, who g&ryive him. He never mar ried again, and to the day of his death cherished her memory, and always epoke of her with greatest respect. Singly and alone he reared bis sons, lie early won their respect and love, and by his careful training, and by the ex. ample and influence of his own dignified life, they grew up to man's estate gentlemen, good men, Christains, and bear in their very persons the stamp of true gentility. At his home at Lilliput he never had a housekeeper, but only men servants about the house: These were perfectly trained in every art and convenience of house keeping, and in their manner ot eervice. He had around him every comfort and luxury which a coun try home could require ; and he delighted in dispensing hospitality. The comforts of his home, and es pecially the delicacies of his table no one can forget, who ever enjoyed them. He knew perfectly how every thing ought to be made, aiid how everything ought to be done, and under his own super vision everything was' done and made that way. Dr. Hill was a man of very uncommon mental gifts, of the quickest perception, of very great powers of discrimina tion, and had'the most tenacious and retentive memory I ever knew. He had all his life. great taste, as well as excellent opportunity for reading, and his reading accord ingly 'was varied and extensive. His never-.failing -memory and qnick and discriminating mind had enabled him to store up a vast fond of useful knowledge upon every subject, in religion, in polio tics, in science, in literature, and all the useful and practical affairs of life. There was no topic upon which ho could not talk most en tertaingly, and with edification to his hearers, No man in North Carolina surpassed him in the knowledge of history, and certainly f : -':". ""' none e qualled him in the traditions o? the Cape Fear, ai.d in the men and time of Colonial days, and in the relations between them, and in their genealogies down to the pre sent time. In his manners he was refined, polished, d'gnified, and courtl y; at the name time accessible. Whilst a great talker, he was ever modest and entertaing, and never fatigued. To ladies he was cour teous and gallant and to the young he was fascinating. He was de' voted to his church and her liturgy, and never approved of any change in the latter. He frequently rc presented his parish in the church's councils, and more than once rc presented hia county in the Iv;gis lature of the State, He was an honorary member cf the North Carolina Medical society from its organization. His private life was chaste and clean. No 6upicion ever rested on it. It was without blot. In business he was prompt, and rot merely honest he was honorable in all things. He was sensitive, and quick of temper, and hated a mean action, yet he soon relented if cocasion required. He believed in and had great respect for his prtjudies, because he thought they were the instincts of a gentleman. At the same time he ccntrolled them, le6t they should occasion him La sin. His friend ships, even the most intimate, were always seasoned with exquisite courtesy and respect, and whilst warm and affectionate never defend ed to common familiarity, f ake him for allin all, we never had in our midst a truer type of the old-time gentleman, a remarkable race now well nigh extinct. Peace to his a6hea ! All honor to his memory ! Onr Who Loved Him. SUMDATEEADING. Made Up or Divers clit-lnss The love of God is a very prec ions thing; it is not given to thoBe who serve God through interest or for the sake of spiritual consola tions. St. Teresa. I love to enter pleasure by a postern, Not the broad popular gate that gu'ps the mo!-; To find my theatres in roadside nooks Where men ar ; actors and suspect it tot, here nature all unconscious works her will, And every Passion moyes with easy gait. Unhampered by the buskin or the train Hatirjg the crowd, where we gregarious men Lead lonely lives, I love society, Nor seldom find the best with simple souls Unsweived by culture from their native bent, The ground we meet on being primal man And nearer the deep bases of our lives. James Russell Lowell, It is an extraordinary peculiarity in unbelievers that they are often more subject to petty superstitions than other men ; and similarly, it often happens that the most syni cal and coldly calculating of con spirators, who believe themselves proof against all outward influ ences, yield to some feeling of ner vous dislike (or an individual who has never harmed them, and are led on from dislike to hatred, un til their soberest actions take color from what in its earliest begin nings was nothing more than a senseless prejudice, F. Marion Crawford. Methinks we do as fretful children do Leaning their faces on the window pane, To sigh the plass dim with their own breath's stain, And shut the sky and landscape from their view, And thuf, alas! since God the Maker drew A mystic seperation 'twixt those twain, The Ufa beyond us, and our souls in pain, We miss the prospect which we are called unto By griels we are fools to use. Be strotig O man, my brother! hold thy sobbing breath, And keep the soul's large window puie, fr.10 wrong That so, as life's appointment issueth. The vision may be clear to watch along The sunset consumation-lights of death Elizabeth Barrett Browing. A REVERY. A footprint washed with rain, A ray where some cno smiled, " A dream that shapes in vain The phantom of a child, I watch the daylight down, . I ask the stars for him; I was his father once; Why aje these eyes so dim? Fleet echo, faint perfume Of young life stolen away! The grass has hid his bloom, Tha night has stilled his play, Sometimes where schoolmates meet His form k I know; I was his father once. . - But that was long ago. ; IS IT PLAGIARMIS? BOiTON PILOT. . Helena, Mont. Feb, 14. Editor of the Pilot: In the Pilot of the 11th inst., you call attention to a s-eming plagiarism cn the part ol Rud yard Kipling. Not having seen either one of the songa (if they are songs) re ferred to, I cannot express an opinin, but there are many instances of like similarity in language among the poets. I send you the following: MY WIFE'S .V WINSOME WEE THING, She is a winsome wee thing, She is a handsome wee thing, She is a bonnie wee thing, This sweet wee wife o' mine, I never saw t. fairer I never lo'ed a dearer, And neist my heart I'll wear her For fear my jewel tine. She is a winsome wee thing, She is a handsomo wee thing, She ii a bonnie wee thing, This sweet wee wife o' mine. The warld's wrack we share o't, The warstle and the care o't; Wi' her I'll blithely bear it, And think my lot diTine. Robert Burns. MY LIMJ. She is a rich and rare land. Oh! she's a fresh and fair land She is a dear and rare land This native land of mine. No men than hers are bravsr Her women's hearts ne'er wavr, I'd freely die te save her, A.nd think my lot divine. SLc's not a dull or cold land, No! she's a waim and bold land. Oh! she's a true and old land Thi3 native land ot mine. Could beauty ever guard her, And virtue ever guard her, No foe would cross her border No friend within it pine. Oh, she's a fresh and fair land, Oh, shVs a true and rare land! Yes, she's a rare and fair land This native land of mine, Thomas Davis. It is plain that the form and some of the ideas af the latter song were taken from the former, and some might call this plagiarism. Even so, the majority jf readers will be thankful for the plagiarism which produced so exquisite a gem as Thomas Davis has given to the world. Hembj. Atlanta Journal. POOR PICTURED VIOLETS. I send my loye a fragile China cup, With purple violets painted round the rim, Empty it is. but sweet thoughts fill it Ul), And p ep like tricksy elves above the brim. . Upon a saucer fashioned like a heart ,01 palest tint, my dainty cup is set Dear emblem, symboling life's better part How can she look upon it and forget f The charm I drop within the cup is such That every draft a tender thought will bring, The crinkled leaves will brighten at her touch, The flowers will know a mystic blos Eomjng. Poor pictured violets, that never grew In ferry nooks, nor felt a summer shower. To hearts that hate the false and lore the true. There is a sadness in a painted flower. But go my gift; and as my lady sips Her creamy cocoa, or her lragrant tea, The haypy rim, perchance, may touch her lips, And bring to her a fleeting thought cfme! Florence May Alt. Government is necessary. . It exists in Heaven as well an on earth, and in Heaven in .its per fection. Its office is not purely repressive, to restrain violence, to redress wrong, and to punish the transgressor. It has something more to do than to restrict onr nat nral liberty, curb onr passions, and maintain justice between man and man. Its office is positive as well as negatiye. It is needod to render effective the solidarity of the indi viduals of a nation, and to render the nation an organism, not a mere organization to combine men in one living body, and to itrenghen all with the strength of each, and each, with the strength of all to develop, strengthen and sustain individual liberty, and to atilixe and direct it to the promotion of the common weal to be a social providence, imitating in its order , and degrea the action of the Divine Providence itself, and, while it provides for the common good of all, to protect each, the lowest and meanest, with the whole force and majesty of society. Orestes 'A, Brownson. - T J. .
Goldsboro Weekly Argus (Goldsboro, N.C.)
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