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THE DREAM OF MA.BY.
From the Welsh.
l,Mary, Mother, art thou aalesp?"
Nay, dear Son, but waking and dream
ing.
'Mary, Mother, why dostthon weep?"
"I saw Thy dear Blood flowing and
streaming."
"Mary Mother, tell me thy dream."
"Blesssd Son, Thou wert trapped and
taken,
Scourged with sripes in a hall didst
seem,-
Mitked with laugbter, despised, for
saken." Blessed Mother, thy dream, tell a'l."
"Blessed Son, on a Cross wert lying,
While a black, blind knave from the
hall
Pierced Thy heart that was warm
Ironi dying."
"Mary Mother, thy dream it true;
True tby dreaming, sad Mother Mary;
Whether the years be many or
Still the hunters gain on the quary."
Over the hill, and a cold, cold hill,
I saw Mary dreaming and weeping,
Making a space betwiit souls aud ill,
Snatching men Iromhell and i s keep
ing.
Katharine Tynan.
GROVEK CIETELASE'S JECHETAST.
Jolin Uorris In Talking ofThurber Chats
f Joe Jefferson and Babies -Thnrber a
Man of Sature-How lie Makes a Fellow
Feel at Home.
Under the above heading the
Charlotte Observer of Thnreday
publishes the following happily
constructed ami very readable aid
pleasing comment from our es
teemed townsman Mr, Jno. R.
Morris, and we are enre Mr. Thur
ber deserves every word of it,
otherwise John would not have
been heard from. lie writes to the
Observer aa follows :
"I think Mr. -Thnrber, private
Secretary to Mr. Cleveland, has
rare fitness for his position. If
possible he's more Democratic ii.
his manners than his politics. He's
as plain as an old shoe that hasn't
been half-soled in s'x months.
Wneu I saw Joe Jefferson plav
Dr. Panglos?, LLD.. I felt that I
wanted to crawl on the stage, right
over the foot lights, aud ask Joe to
walk out on the back porch and
have a little chat and a quiet
emoke with me. Though I had
never seen Joe before, I felt that I
was vieiting an old friend whose
mind was full of memories of my
own childhood, and so I fait when
I met Thurber.
''When a fellow starts from the
capitol and every step toward the
Executiye Mansion gets him tan
gled worse and worse into a mass
of official red tape, it's a relief to
get to the Whiin House and meet
Thurber.
"I don't remember much about
being a baby, but I imagine that
it's a great relief to a baby after
it has been on exhibition among
the neighbors, in the arms of a
prudish nnree to be brought home
and placed iu its mother's lap. For,
then, mglis of rehet go out of the
little one's heart as the mother
throws off its great satin robe, pulls
off the tightish gilt shoes, and nn.
fastens the ribbons to the wee cap
binding against the babythroat.
When thus uncaged, the little
thing of life kick, coos and flut
ters against the mother's heart,
and I think feels very, very happy
and I don't know that God in
tended a man to be happier than a
happy chiid. I'm glad that it's so,
or, at least, I'm glad that I believe
it's so.
"Well, Thurber can take an am
baseador, a Senator, a private citii
zan, even a common, every day
drummer and twist him deftly aud
delightfully ont of the meshes,
tangles and hard knots of official
red tape. And when he's thus nn
caged and sits in a chair in front
of Thurber, he tee'.a that he's met
an old playmate who went away a
long time ego one who, he heard
waa dead, and for whom he wept,
and thought, through the years,
that he was surely dead, until one
evening in the twilight the door
fisw open and a voice cried,
"Henrj!" "Henry!" and- Btanding
there iu the room, is the old
friend whom he thought had
'crossed over the mystic
river. And then the twilight
becomes the happy dream, while
the dying sun tarns to richer gold
'and stars creep out and laugh with
him and his old ' friend in their
happiness. I felt tha; I had met
just such a friend when I met
Thurber and yet I never saw him
before, and may never see him
again.
. Now, what is the secret of Thur
ber s charms 1 answer mat tie is
blain and natural that's all. He
knows bow to make yon feel at
home that's enough; any more is
-too much.
: Jno. R. Moeeij."
':Baltimors, MI., March, 29, 1893
SENATOR RANSOM.
His
Great Parliamentary Triumph
Lei W liming. on Keep Cool.
Just at the time when Senatoi
Ransom, the superb, has won the
greatest parliamentary triumph of
his life, and ona unparalled in the
history of any other Senator, he
seems to be regarded with disfavor
by certain of ourWilmiugtou friends,
Ransom, for the honor of Korth
Carolina, espoused the candidacy of
Ueneral V . li. Uox for the Clerk
ship of the Seuate. When he begat
the initial steps, resulting finally in
the nomination of General Cox by
the .Democratic caucus or the ben-
ate, more than half the Senators, it
is said in Washington, were pledged
in writing to L. Q. Washington.
But Ransom's influence in the Sen
ate is somethi.ia; marvelous.
When Senator Hill, of New York,
in tho caucus, questioned the state
ment of Senator R-tnsom touching
the record and qualifications of Gen
eral Cox, Ransom arose and Senators
who had never heard him speak be
fore marvelled at the wouderful
power of Ransom as he handled the
New York Senator, in defence of
his State and his caudidate,Gen. Cox.
When Rjnsom had finished, his
triumph was complete: Cox was
nominated.- and Senators who had
never before had an opportunity to
hear his oratory rushed to him and
showered congratulations on him.
And jet it is said in Wilmington
that if Senator Ransom should de
feat our esteemed friend Kerchner
for the Collectorship, who for per
sonal consideration we hope will
succeed in his candidacy, that his
(Kerchner's) friends will overthrow
Ransom or attempt it, at least in
the next General Assembly, two
years hence, when Ransom's present
term expires. Shame upon such a
threat from any faction in any mere
section of North Carolina, this great
State of ours, that this great man has
served his life long so well, so nobly,
so heroically on the field of battle,
on the hustings, iu the Senate that
he has ever so signally adorned, until
he is now the recognized power of
that body. And of all sections of
the State where a mere faction might
reach such a height of folly as to at
tempt to drive Senator Ransom by
such unseemly threats Wilmington
should be the last .place to be heard
from, for what would her present
proud eminence and prosperity as
a commercial coatre due directly
to her magnificent port be to day
but for the tireless and successful
efforts of Senator Ransom in secur
ing liberal appropriations for her
harbor. Can the Wilmington peo
ple forget all this in the heat of a
mere factional fiht over who shall
be Collector for the port that he has
been chieflv instrumental in creating?
It is true The Akgus differed
with Senator Ransom as to the ex
pediency nay, the necessity of
nominating Mr, Cleveland, but, the
nomination made, he yielded grace
fully and threw himself into the
thickest of the campaign, and left
it not 'till brought down to death's
door by overwork, being stricken at
Statesville; but not 'till he had
almost "finished the fight"; not 'till
he had stared up the Democracy of
North Carolina by his great speech
es, the greatest ever hoard on our
hustings, that will be forever
gratefully remembered by our peo
ple and that have enshrined him as
never before in their hearts. 1 hey
know he ha3 ever been true to
North Carolina, that he loves so
well. In the field with the sword
he was her defender; in the Forum
of the Senate he has been her advo
cate; on the hustings in our cam
paigns pe never tires in teaching
Ler people aright.
North Carolina, outside of Wil
mington, will take no interest in
that city's factional fight, except as
a distant individual citizen may
prefer one candidate or the other for
the Collectorship, just as we would
gladly see Mr. Kerchner promoted.
But lel.it be understood, we speak
for North Carolina, that whatever
may be the result of th contest in
Wilmington, growing out of Sena
tor Ransom's iufluence over the sit
uation, that Ransom, himself, will
remain the idol of the people for
whom he has laid his life a living
sacrifice upon the altar of his coun
try in time of war, and for the in
legrity of whose Democracy be has
never ceased to labor and which he
has never allowed to be questioned
with impunity.
Let us have peace and harmony in
Wilmington.
All honor to Matt Ransom.
The Panama Investigation-
. x aeis, iuarcn zo. xhe corns
mittee of investigation of the
Chamber of Deputies regarding
the Panama affairs today decided
against the motion of M. Maujan
opciaiist ueputy ior the oeine, in
fa-vor of extending the powers of
the commission. Manjan, upon
hearing the decision, forthwith
resigned his placo on the commit
tee on the ground that the reiec
tion of his motion crippled the inn
qniry.
M. Pallifie testified before the
committee that the English police
had secured the papers found in
he possession of . Cornelius Herz
at the-, ti"mQ;he was placed nndcr
arrest." --- - .
SELECTED.
The churl in spirit, up and down
Along the scale ot rank9. thro1 all,
To him who grasps a golden ball,
By blood a king, p.t heart a clown,
The churl in spirit, howe'er he veil
His want in lorma for fashion' sake,
Will let his coltish nature break
At seasons thro' the gilded veil;
For who can always set? but he
To whom a thousand memories call,
Not being less but more than all
The gentleness he Eeemed to be,
Best seemed the thing he wtp, and joined
Each office of the social hour
To noble manners, as the flowers
And native growth of noble mind;
Nor ever narrowness nor spite,
No villain fancy fleeting by,
Drew in the expression of an eye,
Where God and Nature met in light;
And thus he bore without abuse
The grand old name of gentleman,
Defamed Dy every charlatin,
And soiled with all ignoble use.
Tennyson.
Green Hands Tor Consuls.
The consular appointments that
being distributed just now are
given out upon the same plan that
has been always pursned, as per
sonal favors or in recognition of
poliuaal services. With tho ex
ception of a few prominent posts,
onsulates have never been much
sought for by professional politic
ians; it has been rather the ama
teurs, the gentlemen in politics,
literary men, journalist, or
young mea ot influential conuec
tions and with a taste tor travel,
for whom these places have been
reserved. Considering the abso
lute, inexperience ot most of them,
it is strange that our consular ser
vice has never been conspicuously
efficient.
The principal business of a Cm
6ul is to loon atter the commercial
success ot many of our foreign
competitors that the consular eer
vice ot most iuropean nations is a
recoguizsd career, to which men
are professionally trained and in
which promotion is gained by ex
perience and achievement. In
truth there is scarcely any branch
of the civil service in which this
sort ot professional consecration is
more essential than in the consular
and the subordinate doplomatie
service, and yet these are the only
branches in which we have made
no attempt toward permanent ten
ure.
Mr. Bayard had some idea of an
organized consular service but he
found little material to woru with,
and the little that he accumulated
was promptly scattered when Mr.
Blaine came w. With very tew
exceptions the Consuls were then
all renewed, aud now they are to
be all changed again. Ihe changes
may or not be improvements, but
even if the new Consuls -were all
absolutely ideal it is not by such
means that we can ever expect to
get a consular service that will be
of any real use to the country, We
might as well commission a new
set of officers for the navy every
four years.
This eystem has endured 60 long
and its faults are directed appar
ent to so few, while its advantages
ae particularly appreciated by
both the executive and legislative
powers, that it is not likely to be
changed very soon. Propably it
will be changed at all nntu our for
eign commerce shall grow more ex
tended and important, and the need
of efficient consuls to look after it
is orced on public attention.
Pnila. Times
Threa Banks Fail-
Nashville, March 27. The
Bank of Commerce made an as
signment this morning, naming
John T, Lellyett as assignee. This
action v as precip:tted by a general
apprehension of a run on the bank,
which the officers believed would
be made. The deposits were not
large, aggregating only $50,000
$15,000 of which was email de
posits, ranging from $5 upward in
the savings department. The
President of the bank, J. H. Yar-
brougb, is not in the city, Mr, J
N. Brooks, cashier, said the eus
pension was due maiuly to the fail
ure of certain parties who are
largely indebted to the bank to
meet their obligations. Brooks
declined to state who the parties
were.
The city is iu a state of panic
and the etreets are tilled with
hundreds of excited citizens. In
addition to the failure of the Com
mercial National Bank on Satur
day two more banks closed their
doors this morning. They are the
Mechanics' Savings Bank with a
capital- of $500,000 and the Bank
of Commerce with a capital ot
$250,000, The greatest uneasiness
prevailsju financial circles, as it is
expected two other . banks will be
compelled- to shut down. Three
million dollars are involved in the
failure of the .three banks men
tioned above, and at least a dozen
small banks in adjacent towns are
in temporary financial straits.
BR. DAVIS' REMAINS.
A Request For Them to Lie in tat in
Raleigh.
Raleigh News and Observer.
Governor Carr yesterday ad
dressed the following letter to the
Mayor of Richmond, Va:
State of North Carolina,
Executive Department,
Raleigh, March 30, 1893, )
Hon. J. Taylor Elly6on, Mayor of
the city of Richmond, Virginia:
My Dear Sir: I learn through
the presti that the remains of Hon.
Jefferson Davis,' lata President of
the Southern Confederacy, will
soon be transported to Richmond
for final interment.
North Carolina earnestly de
sires the privilege of paying her
last tribute of respect to his me
mory, and the survivors of the Lost
Cause and their descendants would
consider it a special honor if yon
can so arrange as to permit his re
mains to be laid in state in the
Capitol of this Commonwealth.
Arrangements for meeting and
escorting the remains through this
State have been partially effected
and I trust you will find it possible
to comply with my request.
You will please advise me a, the
earliest opportunity of the prob
ability of granting the request of
the people ot North Carolina con
veyed through me and state what
arrangements have already been
decided upon. With highest es
teem, I have the honor to be,
Yours very truly,
Elias Carr,
Governor.
The Richmond Times of yester
days sayr:
Mayor Ellyson, chairman of the
Jefferson Davis Monument Com
mittee, who went to New Orleans
last week to arrange for the re
moval of the remains of Mr. Davis
from the Crescent City to the square
set apart for that purpose in Holly
wood, returned homo Tuesday
morning.
His trip was a very satisfactory
one, and every attention possible
in keeping with the sacred mission
of his visit was extended him by
the hospitable citizens ot New
Orleans.
As previously published, he had
three conferences while there with
General John Glynn, commander
of the Louisiana Veterans, and
other representative men in that
city.
The Confederate Veterans of
New Orleanp, who have guarded
the tomb of Mr. Davis day and
night for two years, claimed the
right n-'t only to have charge of
the arrangements at New Orleans,
but also the conveyance of the re
mains from that city to Virginia,
where they are to be turned over
to Lee Camp, who will have charge
of the civic and military display
here. The ceremonies at New
Orleans will be in charge of the
Louisiana Division of United Con
federate Veterans and the State
Guard, both ot which are com
manded by General John Glynn,
They will be of an approprirte and
imposing character.
CITY BONDS.
The Full Text of the Bill to be Votea
Upon at the May Municapal Election.
We give to our readers this morn
ing the full text of the bill provid
ing for the issuance of bonds upon
the city for internal improvements.
The bill is very explicit and
speaks for itself.
It read as follows:
The General Assembly of North Caro
lina do enact:
Section 1. That section (43) of chapter
fifty (50) of the private laws of 1881, be
amended by striking out the word "4tty"
In line three of said section, and inserting
in lieu thereof the words "one hundred."
Skc 2. That the policemen of the city
of Goldsboro shall have power to execute
any criminal process, issuing upon offen
ces committed in said city, any where in
the county of Wayne.
Sec. 3. That the dividing line between
the fourth and fifth wards of said city
shall be what is known as the "Big ditch";
all that part of said city lying on the East
side of said ditch shall be and remain the
fifth ward; and all that part thereof lying,
on the West side cf said ditch, and here
tofore being a part of said fifth, ward, shall
be ant become a part of the fourth ward.
Sec 4. That section one line seven (7)
of chapter sixty one (61) of the private
laws of 1891, be amended by striking out
the words "Forty Thousand", and insert
ing in lieu thereof .the words "Fifty
Thousand", and, as thus amended,
that sections one, two, three; four
and five of said chapter be and the
same are hereby re-enacted.
Sec. 5. That the city of Goldsboro may
construct or contract for the construction
of a system of sewerage for said city; and
protect and regulate the same by adequate
ordinances; and, if it shall be necessary in
obtaining proper outlets for the said sys
tem, to extend the same beyond the cor
porate limits of said city, then in sueh
case, the Board of Aldermen of said city
shall haye power to so extend it, and both
within and without the said corporate
limits, to condemn land for the purposes
of right of way or other requirements oi
said system; the oroceedings for such con
demnation to be Jie same as those pre
scribed in chapter forty nine (49) volume
one (1) of the Code.
Sec 6. Th the city of Goldsboro shall
have power, in its discretion, to assess
owners of land abutting on streets paved
by said city, with an amount not to exceed
one third of the actual cost of such pav
ing in front of such abutting land; and ii
said city shall onstruct a partial system
of seweraf e, it shall have like power of
assessing not exceeding one third of the
actual cost of such sewer in front of such
abutticg land, but the cost of common
oulhcu shall not be so assessed; and the
cost thereof, as herein provided for, may
be assessed upon such abutting property
and added to the taxes on the same; and
collected in the same manner that ether
taxes, or assessments, ere collected; or
judgment may be taken by said city,
before the mayor, or any justice of the
peace, or the superior court of Wayne
county for the same, t.nd when docket
ed in the superior court of said county,
such judgment shall have the same lien
as is pofsessed by other judgments
docketed in said i uperior court, and be
enforced in like manner.
Sec 7. That this act shall be in force
from and after its ratification,
Ratified this the 25th day of Febru
ary, A. D. 1893.
I, Octavious Coke, Secretary of State
of the State of North Carolina, do here
by certify the foregoing to be a true
copy from the records of this office.
Done in office at Raleigh, this 4th day
of March 1893.
Octavious Coke,
Secretary of State.
Raleigh, March 4th. 1893.
Ministers and. Consuls-
Washington, March 30. The
President today sent the following
nominations to the senate: Thomas
F. Bayard, of Delaware, Embassa
dor to Great Britian. Envoys
extraordinary and ministers pleni
potentiary of the United State?;
Jae. D.Porter, of Tennessee, to
Chile; James A, McKenzie, of
Kentucky, to Peru; Lewie
Baker, of Minnessota, to Nicara
gua, Costa Rica and Salvadore
Pierce M. B. Young, of
Georgia, to Qnaltemalta and Hon
duras; Edwin Dun, of Ohio (now
secretary of tho legation at Japan)
to Japan,
Consuls of the United States: L.
M. Shaffer, of West Virginia, to
Stratford, Ontario; Harrison R
Williams, of Missouri, to Vera
Cruz; M. P. Pendleton, of Maiue,
to Pictow; Theodore M. Stephen,
of Illinois, to Annaberg; Wm. T.
Townes, of Virginia, to Rio de
Janerio; Claude Meeker, of Ohio
to Bradford. '
The Brazilian M'nister Dead.
Washington, March 25. Baron
De-Agiar D'Andrada, Brazilian
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary in Washington on
a special mission, was stricken
with apoplexy and paralysis
last night and lies at his rooms in
the Arlington hotel in a critical
condition. The Baron attended
the National theatre and fell as he
was descending the steps at the
enteranco on his exit from the
building. He was placed in a
carriage and taken to his apart
ment and a physician and watch
ers summoned. The physician
found apoplexy bad been followed
by a stroke ot paralysis and at
noon to day he regarded his cont
dition as very serious. Baron
Andrada is the oldest Diplomat in
the Brazilian service.
Baron Andrada, who was stricken
with apoplexy and paralysis last
night, died at 9:15 o'clock this
evening at the Arlington hotel.
A Court Decision Against Strikers.
New Orleans, March 25,
Judge Billings, in the United
States court to-day, rendered an
opinion in the suit of the Govern
ment against the Amalgamated
council and the officers of the vars
ions labor organizations which
ordered the general strike in Nov
ember last. An injunction against
the organizations was asked for
nnder the act of Congress prohib
iting combinations in restraint of
trade. In an elaborate opinion
the court sets aside every claim oi
the defendants and declares that
the acts of the Amalgamated conns
cil and officers of the union were
unlawful in ordering a general
strike, and that the merchants are
entitled to the injunction and other
relief. The decission discusses
fully the rights of labor unions
and is far reaching in its effects.
As a result of the decision crim
inal prosecutions against the de
fendants would probably lie, but it
is not yet known whether the
United States authorities will pro
ceed against the alleged labor
leaders..
Salisbury Watchmav: The com
pany have ordered one hundred
new Crompton looms for the Salis
bury Cotton Mills, twenty of which
haye arrived. The others are ex
pected soon, when all will be
placed in opera ion.
EASTER MORN.
BY NIXON WATERMAN j
Ring, joyous Easter bells! Proc a
To all the world the old, old story,
How One to earth from Heayen came
That men might kuow the way to
glory,
And from each burdened heart this day
May every stone be rolled away.
Ring, happy bells! the Lenten gloom
No longer does our souls imprison.
A light is gleaming through the tomb;
Our Christ, the Saviour, has arisen,
And faith beholds, with vision clear,
The shi ing angel standing near.
Ring, joyful bells! Your tones prolong
Till every priceless soul eternal
Awakes the glad, triumphant Eong
The angels sing of love supernal
Till every sepulchre of loss
Takes on the glory of the cross.
Arranging for Removal of the Re
mains of Jefferson Davis-
New Orleans, March 25.
Mayor J. Taylor Ellison, of Rich
mond, Va., arrived in this city
yesterday. He held a conference
with Gen. Glynn and staff, of the
Louisiana division of the Confed
erate Veterans, concerning the re
moval of the remains of Jefferson
Davis to Richmond. The details
as to the date of removal, the com
position of the escort, the number
of stopping places and the route
are to be agreed upon at another
conference this afternoon. Mayor
iiJnson says the re-interment will
take place in Hollywood cemetery
at Richmond May 30th. The plot
has been selected by Mrs. Davis
and will be reserved for the Davie
family, The Louisiana division
will have charge of the ceremonies
at New Orleans and Lee Camp at
K'CfcmoncI,
During the coming summer or
fall designs for the Davis monu
ment will be asked for, the monu
ment to be erected in Monroe park,
and it is expected to lay the corner
it"
6tone ana Degin worK next year
and complete the structure within
the next two or three years.
Maxwell, the Head Onopper.
Washington. March 27. Fourth
Assistant Postmaster General Max
well today appointed one hun
dred fourth cfass postmasters, and
of this number 67 were to fill va
cancies caused by the removal of
the incumbents. The largest nums
ber of changefa made in the State of
Wisconsin, where there were 22
appointments.13 of the incumbents
being removed. In Arkansas nine
appointments ?nd live removals.
Virginia, nine appointments and
eight removals. Georgia, 13 ap
pointments, the incumbent in each
case being removed.
Critical State of Affairs-
Paris, Tex., March 27. The
situation in the affairs of Antlers
of the Chectaw nation is regarded
critical and it is feared nothing can
prevent a conflict to-day. A milio
tia force ot thirty men are in camp
near by waiting for reinforcements
which are hurrying to them and
will raise tneir torce to S5UU men.
They claim to have process for V,
M, Locke and Albert Jackson,
citizens of Antlers, who were
leaders of the Jackeon party in a
lecent gubernatorial fight, but
were defeated by Jones Locke and
Jackson say to surrender to Joaes'
so-called militia means their lives
are ended. So they have rallied,
and. their friends and followers
will make stubborn resistance.
Greenville Reflector: We heard
a farmer complaining the other
day that corn was high. That
takes the cake. Corn ia one thing
that every farmer ought to have
plenty ot and should feel good
when it will bring a big price.
That is just the trouble with so
many farmers to-day, inetead of
raising such supplies as they need
on their farms they have to go
elsewhere for tnern.
Burlington Herald;
After be
Alamance
mar confined to tno
county jail for five months and
twenty days J. S. Sewell was re
leased last Saturday, the grand
jury having failed to find a true
bill against him. The jury was in
session tour days .and examined
about thirty witnesses. The negro
Iah Daily was also released the
nnlv two men to whom the hand
of suspicion pointed and it is prob
able tnat tne mystery mat sura
rounds the murder of J, Frank
Matthis will never be solved.
Newbern Journal: The. grad
ing for the railroad is getting well
down into tho city. 'A force of
hands were engaged yesterday in
cutting down the hill on Queen
street beyond the frog' pond and
carts were hauling surplus dirt to
the lower place. The filling iu
commenced at macadamized road
and is going backward toward the
diggers,
IN MEMOKIAM,
She Was Kind Gentle and Loving
Faithful to God.
From the happy days of fading
youth, from childhood's dream of
the days gone by, I fain would
pluck "bright, garlands of memory,
bring them here and with deep
devotion lay them as a loving tri
bute upon tha newly made grave
of a dear loved one.
"Death loves a shinirjg mark"
and so day by day we are called
upo.i to lament the departure of
some cherished soul to the land of
dreams and shadows. Youth and
age and childhood fleet, the hon
ored and the blest of God all wait
alike an inevitable hourjwhen.death
shall claim them as his own. When
the flower is broken iu its bud
ding beauty, and the hopes of the
future, like withered leaves, fall
thick in life's fateful tempest, we
shrink with fear from that ruthless
hand, with its leaden sceptre from
whose power there is no earthly re..
demption, and in tho anguish of
our hearts we exclaim
"Leaves have their times to fall.
And flowers to wither at the North wind's
breach,
And stars to set but all.
Thou hast all seasons for thine own, Oh
death!"
In the eyening of the 10th of
March, the soul of Elva Overman,
tired ot its earthly prisonr-honse.
winged its everlasting flight
to the God who gave it, and
left us to mourn and weep.
Far from father, home and
mother, but tenderly watched by
loving sister and brother, gently
vouth's silver cord was loosed and
softly "she faded like a cloud
which had outwept its rain," and
like the enmmer flowers Elva,
sweet Elva was dead.
On the lone hillside, when younff she
roved ,
They laid the gentle maiden down to
rest,
Whai hopes were buried then, Ah who can
know.'
God help the stricken ones who loved her
best!
O, Father, Mother, in your lonely home,
So desolate without your best-beloved.
To the blest land whree sorrow ne'er can
come,
Nor pain, nor parting, is your child re
moved.
Your blinding tears exclude the heavenly
light,
Beyond the gloom, in realms of endless
. iy
Among the ransomed, clad in purest
white,
Your child awaits you, the sweet angel
ilva.
d. m. r.
Y. M- C. A. State Convention.
The seventeenth annual convene
tion of the Y. M. C. A. of North
Carolina will begin its session at
Winston Thursday next at 3
o'clock p. m.
These annual gatherings are held
for the purpose of unifying Ihe
work throughout the State and to
impart to each local association,
through its representative deles
gates, the best and most effective
methods of conducting this work
that throughout the whole State
the eflorts ot the organizations may
be put forth in the most busie
nessalike manner.
The programme foi this year's
assembly is a strong one, The
n.ain features are as follows:
"How to get the most of this
convention" A symposium con
ducted by State Sec'y Coulter.
"The ideal Association" ad
dressed by Rev, R. J. McBu'de, D.
D., of Lexington, Va
"True Principles ot Social Work
in the Association" Paper by H.
P. Anderson of the International
Committee.
"The Religions work of an Ideal
Association" by J. B. Ferguson of
Asheville,
"Work for Railroad men" by
R. E. Michale, of Richmond, Va.
"The Holy Spirit for service"
addressed by W. P. Fife of Chars
lotte.
"The Association from a busi
ness man's Standpoint" addressed
by W, B. Broughton of Raleigh.
Rev. M McBryde and Evangelist
Fife will conduct Bible Readings
of special interest and Rev. A, J,
Smith of New York, a singer of
great reputation, will conduct the
sohg services.
Our rooms will be represened
by President C. M. Levister, Gen'l
Sec'y H, D. Couover and active
members, L. B, Humphrey, L, D.
Giddens Jr., and A. U . Jlornegay.
The modern moyement to bring
the church into closer touch with
the world does not meet with ap
proval at Bridgeport, Conn. The
Rev. R. G. S. McNeill, pastor ot
the Second Congergational Church
of that town, had the modern idea
well developed, and when he came
out to preach on Sunday evening
in a dress suit, with a shining
shirt front and patent leather
shoes, the young ladies thought
him just too sweet. But the elders
and deacons did not share their ens
thusiasm. Mi. McNeill's theo
logical liberalism they might stand,
but the outwardand" visible sign
of it was too much for them. They
drew the line at evening dress and
Mr. McNeill has had to go. It is
suggested that he hire a hall,
CLARKSVILLE SWEPT AWAY.
A Whole Town Lies in Ashes and
Chaos.
Oxf.kd, N. C , April 1. The
entire town of Clarksville, Va., is
in ashes. At 2 o'clock this p. m.
fire was discovered in a house ad
joining PettingilFs store. It was
thought to have been extinguished,
but later it was again found that
the store building of PettiDgill was
on fire, A strong gale was blow
ing at the time, and despite the
most stienuons efforts of the
citizens the fire spread rapidly
from building to building, sweep
everything before it on both sides
of Main Btreet down to the river,
and within two hours the flames
had done their work. Only three
buildings on Main street escaped
the fury of the flames, namely,
the Richmond and Danville depot,
Magee's warehouse, and Bugg's
6tore at the lower end. As soon
as the fire was discovered aid was
telegraphed for from Oxford, and
the Oxford fire company, about
one hundred strong, promptly re
sponded, and reached the city on a
special about 4:45, but the town
was then in ashes, yet by their
efforts the R. &. D. depot was
saved. Never was a town mre
completely swept away, R. H,
Bnggs and Block & Co.'" dry goods
stores are the only ones remaining.
Mo6t of the residences, both the
hotels and the Episcopal church
were buried. Two colored men,
whose names were not learned,
vere burned to death. One of
them was seen to go into the Alli
ance warehouse, but the roof falls
ing, he was never seen afterwards.
The other was rescued in a dying
condition,
Washington News.
Washington-, April 1. Fourth
Assistant Postmaster General
Maxwell to-day appointed 107
fourth-c'aps postmasters. Of this
number 15 were in Indiana, 14 in
Kentucky, 10 in Virginia, 10 in
Maine, 11 in Illinois, and 9 in
Georgia.
Secretary Gresham said this
morning that there was not a word
of truth in the statement to the
London Stdndard by its Berlin
correspondent that the United
States Minister at St. Petersburg
had been directed to 6top all ne
gotiations concerning the Russian
Extradition treatv, with a view to
having the whole subject referred
back to this Government. Further
than this Mr, Gresham did not
care to talk.
Speaker Crisp's private secretary
says there is no truth in the story
published this morning that Mr.
Cleveland had requested the
Speaker to set about rei-arranging
of his committees, as he intended
to call an extra session for the first
of September.
It was reported at the White
House this morning that Senator
Gorman had stated that the prca
sent extraordinary session of the
Senate would end April 10. Sen
ator Gormon is also given as au
thority for the statement that the
President will call an extra session
to begin about September 15th.
New regulations for the governs
ment of the Navy, formulated after
several years consideration, provide
among other things, that naval
officers shall not act as correspon
dents for newspapers. This is not
the language of the provision in
question, but is the effect. The
practice of writing for the prets
has grown in the Navy until re
cently Eeveral offices were regularly
employed by newspaper men to
keep them informed of current
eyents in the service. Under this
system, which, it is said has also
been allowed by bureau chiefs, in
formation of important naval
movements has been accesibl. to
some newspapers to the exclusion
of others. It is said to be the in
tention of Secretary Herbert to
correct this unjust discrimination.
It's Just possible that if the
habit of investigating United Slates
Senators becomes common the inn
veetigat ions may be held in eedrct
session by unanimous vote.
It is remarked that the headsL
may shortly fall like the autumn
leaves. If they don't fall any faster
than the winter leaves, it's going to
be a hard summer for the faithful.
In most parades of a certain
stamp the pioneer with the axe
comes first. The disgruntled say in
the political procession this year he
doesn't appear to be visible at all.
After worrying through many
crises the Ribot ministry has finally
succumbed to a vote on the liquor
a mi
tax. a ne issue was on wnat we
should call a legislative rider to an
appropriation bill, to which the
government objected, and though
the majority for the amendment
was very small, it was accepted as
an expression of want of confidence
and M, Carnct has again the diffi
cult taBk in his hands of getting a
Cabinet that will endure through
these terrible Panama scandals.
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