North Carolina Newspapers

; PC j (if J a S i ? 0.P O A p3 s S,5 S o 2 CD 3 CO a ft H MCy p o o q Si This Argus o'er the people's rights D"th aneternal vigil keep; No soothing strain of Mai's son Can lull its hundred eyes to Bleep' VOL. XVI. GOIiDSBORO, N. C THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 1893. NO. 102 I 31 t I H.fNfc ai xs II 11 II Vfll I II II II v LOVES MYdTERY. Your hothouse flowers you glye to me to hold; And -while I breathe their perfume rich and rare, I wonder why my thoughts are other where. And why I scent the lilies sweet of old That 'neath my eyes laid bare their hearts of gold In th03e dear days of youth and fUth so fair, When life was like a breath o( summer air, Or fairy tale with but a chapter told. Your red. red kisf; And I were lips you giye to me 10 less than man did I not priza The gift. And yet -I needs must own to this I never look into your tender eyes But that I see her eyes beyond, and miss The vanished thrill wherein love's mystery lies. Carrie Blake Morgan A MONTH'S BECOUD. Under the Administration of G rover Cleveland. Washington, April 6. The first month ot Cleveland's admin istration has ended, and the crowc of office6cekers who make perso oi iriaitfl tn the White House shows no diminution in number More than a hundred caUers, pers hat3 two hundred, came to see ;the President veslerday and the .nnmhor nf victors acDears to be increasing rather than decreasirg time eroes by; It has been note iceable that several States a poorly represented by their citizens and in the case of Maryland hardly a candidate for office has seen Mr. Cleveland. The explana. tion given for this is that Senators and Representatives from there States have agreed to withhold their irfluence until alter the rush for office is over, and ihe cand: dates have been directed to keep away from the President under pain of losing the endorsements jhey desire. Daring Cleveland's fist term -the Marj landers formed a large portion of tuose who visited the White House, the natural result of the close proximity of Mary iand to Washington. Since bis eecond terra began, Cleveland has discovered that Virginia is the banner State in point of number of her aspirants for Federal posi tion. Tennessee and Georgia candidates have also been numer ous and candidates from South Carolina, Indiana. Illinois and Kentucky have not kept in the JOaCK grOUUU. new a ouu Ohio, two of the largest States Jiaye furuiehed c)mparatively few candidates who have made personal ce1!b on the Pres:dent in their own interest, and Pennsyl vania has not been S) prominent in this respect as might have been expected. Recognition of the home rule prin- ipie by the Preei dent in h's appointments yesterday .has been much eatiefaction to the .delegates from the territories, and ,h Democrats iu the D strict of (Columbia. That the President will make Territorial appointments ' irom citizens cf the territories con cerned was affirmed by him to-day in conversation with a Congress man who is interested in the mat ter. Mr. Cleveland said tnat lie would appoint to territorial posi tions, both local pnd general, only men who were acceptable to the nfinnle of the Territory, and the city, town or district within it, on account of their residence there, and good standing. If an ex- iontinn waa made, he said, it wnnld be because he could find no resident fitted for the place he de sired to fill. In such a case he rnnld on outside the lines of the territory concerned and Eelect the best man he could find who would accept. APPOINTMENTS YESTEBDAY, "Washington, April 6. The President sent the tollowing nomi nations to the Sen ate -to-day ; Win. Lochren, Minnesota. Com mitsConer of Pensions. . Posi masters: Connil P. Priestly Huntingdon, Tenn; James T. Mes Cutchen, Jackson, Tenn: Howson H. Wallace, . Fredericaburg, Va: Twia Tucker; Newport'Nws, Va: Exnm B. Brittguffolk, Va. Hannis Taylor,- Alabama, envoy s icxtraordianary Minister Plcnipo , tteatiary to Spain. Albama will be delighted with the appointment, A.11 oi the people love him. That is what iiepresentative Oates said of "" the nomination of Haonis Taylor to be Minister to Spain and Mr. Oates should know, for it was at his uggestion that the nomination was made. Mr. Taylor is a lawyer liv ing at Mobile and his reputation is ' of the first water, one of his argu ments made before the Supreme Court in opposition the con- stitutionality of the anti-lottery law being in evidence on that point, But first of all Mr. Taylor is a scholar of high attainment and his contri butions to historical literature have made him well known to literary men, alihough he is comparatively ayoung man, oeing in ms torty nrsi year. His life work is the "Origin and growth ot the English consti tntion. "But one volume of this work has been published as yet, but it has alieady been adopted as a text book in seven universities. It is Mr, Taylor's Je9ire to conclude the history during his stay in Spain. He was strongly recommended to Secretary B'.&m by Senator Mor gan as one or the arbitrators or couneel in the Bering Sya Arbitra tion, and was also 6trongly endore 6ed by Mr. Phelps and some lead ing lawyers of New lork. Taxation in New York. The JNew York legislature lias tackled the knotty question ot tax ation. A ioint committee of both houses have submitted an elaborate report on the subject, and, strange, to say, the report is unanimous the committee rejected a proposi tion for local but favored gages. option in taxation, a tax on all mort- They think it will be unwise to aholish the general rrorertv tax at onre. thfiviff i tnev Dene e tnat re- suit can be attained at no distant ' 1- j . . i dav. Ihe comra'ttee believe that the tax on mortgages could be made to take in large part tne place oi all other taxes. A tax of oue-half of one per cent, on all real estate mortgages they consider an ideal tax. As mortgages are a matter of record, this tax could not be evaded and the committee think the low rate it sugges's wonld make mortgages a favorite invest ment by reason of lower taxation and that it would have a tendenc to reduce the rate of interest. The committee go a long way in their recommendations aa to the abolition of all taxes on general property, real and personal, lhey would supply the revenue that now comes from this source by taxes on corporations, inheritances, mort. gages, etc , as is now done in Pennsylvania, and to a large de gree in Connecticut. Ihe committee oppose tne in come tax, for which several of the leading JNew York newspapers have been contending so earnestly. It would also exempt from taxa tion deposits in savings banks. The report is decidedly radical in its nature, and there is little likli- hood that all its suggestions will be adopted. In New York, as elses where, the question of how taxa tion can be made most equitable is a mixed one. Atlanta Jour nal. CAPT. GLENN IN CHARLOTTE. He Considers His Prospects Good- Go v. Carr's Strong Letter. Capt. R. B. Gleun, of Winston, one of the three candidates for the western district attorneyship (the others being Col. CoviDgton and Mr. Elias) was in Charlotte yester day. J he hrst thing that Capt. Glenn did on being iuttruewed by aa Ob server man was to enter a protest against tne uoserver s special wash- ington reports in regard to the dis- trice attorneysnip. tie saia tney were always ana invanaoiy written i -i -i- - . . irom a txope juas stanapomt. "What are your prospects Mr. Glenn? "Very good, indeed. I have both Senators' endorsements and all of the State delegation's in the House except one. I am backed by the Supreme Court and the Governor and ex-Governor. I have just re ceived the strongest sort of a letter from Gov. Carr. He writes that he wouia iook upon my iailure to re ceive the nomination ia the light of a public calamity, "I wish you would say further that all these reports as to Mr. Cleveland favoring one or another candidate for the place are with ui U uuau.vu gi u, him he had not made up his mind ret. I saw Oapt. Alexander this evening and he says that he had talk with Mr.Cleveland and he told him that th appointment to the dis trict attorneyship would not be made until after the Senate ads journed, which would probibly bo Monday, In regard to the report that he had grown very angry when he heard that Hon. J. C. Buxton was a candidate for collector in case he (Mr. Glenn) failed of the district attorneyship, Mr. Glenn said it was not true. He and Mr. Buxton were as good friends as ever. Capt. lilenn lett on the 7.4U p. m. train for WinBton, He carries awav with him the wishes for his success from many of hia friends here, and.it ii said, something more substantial in .the way of endorsements from prominent hnfiinoRH men ot this city. unar lotU Obi'erver. INCONGRUITIES. BY RALPH E, nOYT. Our language is 30 plain and clear That if we say a smoker smoked, vVhen words from human lips we hear, We ought to say tie spoker spoked. If loud the wind was heard to blow. In truth we say it fiercely blew, Then why not say of fallen snow, The snow king came and wildly snew? And 43 we mention one who ran, By saying that we saw him run, II through a glass the sky we scan, Oi course the sky we then have scun And if we say the boy did slide. Or that we know the boy has slidden, We may remark of streamlet wide. h I Though narrow once, it since widden. Belford's Magazine. Tlio Columbian Mavor. The World's Fair at Chicago would have been incomplete had any other tnan carter narnson been elected Mayor tor the occa- sion, ine city ltseir win De a I main part ot the show, and the city would not be itself without this typical citizen at the head of its affairs. Carter Harrison is a ' I characteristic institution at njo pp.cm. A thorons'h dema?opne. hntrht. shrewd and cood-nnmored I e - .- . : ii and of imperturbable impudence; hampered bv no conventional scruples and the hero of tousihs and rowdies, though himself a man oi education and altainmentf; a big, noisy, breezy and broad baa Insred Westerner, no man could better represent the genius of Chi caeo than this many times elected Mayor In a dispatch announcing his success Mayor Uarrison claims the victory for .Democracy. it is partly that, no doubt, whether the term be used in a general or in a party sense, but is also partly personal victory and mainly it is a triumph or an easygoing "wide open policy as against severity and respectability. Under Harrison's administration, every- thing will go during th's Colnm- bian year aud visitors will see her glory. Hut they mistake greatly wuo represent Uarter Harrison as merely a sort of cultivated UiJl Smith. He is really a man of great aaministrative aoimy. ms cago owea a great ueai to ms own management, financially and otnerwise. alter tne nre ana otner .1 . i 1 .1 I critical periods, and his anection ot municipal atlairs generally has been distinctly successful, even tnongn nis reiauons wiiu various .i ii- l ." -.1 T I lawless elements may not be satis ractory ana nis iaea or noerty may approacn rainer ciose to license, All this makes him only the more characteristically Chicagon, and unaer nis xeaa tne vv may vuy :i l l a. i r i r -- . i may be expected to "whoop it up" tor tne uoiumoian r air in a way to make the eagle scream. 1'lnlaA Times, May Adjourn Nest "Wednesday. Washington, April 7. At the White House it is thought that the Senate will adiourn next week probably Wednesday, Intimations to this tffect have been given the i . , . i i n . remut-ui uy several oBuaiors, uui FFr""y wuhuul uama ui ueus erai agreement in doing so, It is uoi jiueiy iuai iue oeuaiu win am 1 1 r I II 1 j -I nourn DQiore ine irreeiaent nomi- nates duages ior ine new court oi appeals tor the district ot Uolnm. uia aa in mat event iue jj'Dinct wouiu ub t-ii iu Hcrippieu juuic- laiiy. ir, nowever, Mr. Cleveland BC11UO IU LUO UCW lUUKttS WIUHU a iew aays notning wm stanu in me way ot aCiournment next week ana ne nis oeen iniormea mat mis 3 , i i . i i . . . . - is tne status ot tne matter at pres ent. The President has withdrawn the nomination of Wm. T. Townes to be Consul at Rio De Janeiro. It is officially ascertained that no signiricance attaches to this action, l j u : t- ; 4... u : 1 and that it is taken simply to co: rect a clerical error. Mr. Townes' name should have been sent to the Senate as Consul-General and not simply as Consul. It will undoubt ediy oe sent in again at an early day, probably tomorrow Mr. Townes is a resident of Dan ville, Va., and hi nomination was recommended by Senator Daniel, who believed it would foster the Virginia tobacco interests in Bras zil, where Virginia tobacco is now heino- naed in the manufacture of cigarettes. Arkansas Women Can Vote Sow Little Rock, Ark., April 6. The Senate passed a bill yesterday conferring en trie women of Ark ansas the right of suffrage, making them eligible to membership on the school boards, The Mormon Temple Dedicated. Saxt Lake, Utah, April 6. The J great new Mormon Temple was ded mated to-aay in ine presence or ' throng of belieyera TERRIBLE DISiSTEB. Coliission On The Fair Grounds Switch Back. Young adiesC ru elly Injured. An aw ful Accident to the Scholars of St. Mary's School. Full Details of the Sad Affair. Raleigh News-Observer. The happy and beautifal Easter season was rnthless.y broken in upon yesterday by a terrible and flmoet tragic disaster. About half-nast 10 o clock yes terday morning a courier came dashing in tothe city from the oiaie iiar grounae, ana Drougnt the news that there had been a heart rending accident there. A large number ol the young la dies of St. Mary's school, accom paniud by Dr. Sinedes and some of the teachers, were emoying a holi day at the fair grounds, their prin cipal pastime being the switch back. There were probably fifty young ladies on the grounds, mostly jauieson me grounas, mostly me juveune ecuoiar?, inciuaing many J- .I t l t 1 - la 1 lue lllue aaugniers oi our nest known citizens. JLhey were riding on the switcbback and harm; a "arrJ uicnv tuuuieu 'augnier ringing out in ine oeauti- Lt ? . - ., tul morning sun-light. A TERRIFIC All at once the CRASH. innocent glee heartpiercing The two cars was turned into screams of agony. ot the 6witch-back had collided while both were running at a ter rible velocity and nearly a dozen maimed and stunned little girls were hurled out upon the iron tracks aud upon the ground, where they lay in helpless agony, cruelly cut and mangled by the splintered wreckage ot the smashed cars. SEVEN BADLY HURT, Those who rushed to the rescue saw as many as seven ot the in no- tying in a state of helpless iniurv. some of them maimed for life, aud probably as many more were badly hurt Among those who were injured were as follows : Miss Mable Green, daughter of Col. Wharton J. Green, of Fav etteville, had one limb broken, and the other badly ii lured, possibly tractured Little Florence JBoylan. daughter . . . ' o ct Mr. James ifov an of this e tv. had her face crushed in above the nose, and sustained the most seri- 0us iniurv .f any ot the helpless - - r victims. Little Annie Root, daughter of Mr. Charles tioot, of this city, had one limb broken. Little Addie Snow, daughter ot Mr, Geo. H. Snow, was badly hurt, ... . . - 6ustaining internal iniuries. Miss Patterson, 13 years old, was badly bruised and rendered help- less by her iuiuries, but no bones were broken JJr. nmedes' two little twin daughters, who sat on the front seat of one of the cars were terribly hurt. One of the iittle girls had one or possibly both limbs broken and the other sustained serious in juries. Ml8 AJelle Mort.naire, of I " "-"w, v (ieorgia .was severely bruised and cut, but no bones were broken At latest accounts last night the condition of the AnfFomra waa in - " " eaeh case aa f nrorahlft a mdM K expected. Little Florence Bovlan Drobab!v sustained the most Beriona 1 ininriAR nnn hor oaa a;A-A the least hopefu'. It was, how ever. ihon!?ht last nirht. tht if ha UnrClUAd the t.iirhf ho. nnnlhVn would be less precarious. The Misfifi SidpiIpk m Hn.'n. wl o i r - waB aso littleAnnie Root. Addie onow s injuries are not now con eidered serious and she is doing well. Miss Green was also doing as well as could be expected under the circumstances and the condi- Ujon cf an is hopeful . . . . . At midnight the condition of Florence Boylan was very low and the possibilities for her survival were considered very doubtful. One of Mr. Smedes' daughters who has been unconscious eyer since the ac j . ., ... . ciueni 19 tnougnt to haye concusi sion of the brain. Asheville Citizen: Howell Cobb, proprietor of the Swannanoa ho n i . i j- . uu . AturuaJ "i an BB8Ign in Henderaonville. The failure was not due to lack of patronage at the Swannanoa, nor in this ho tel affected materially thereby, R Li. Kawls, owner of the o wanna' noa, now has charge of the house, and it ia possible that after a few weeks' rest Mr. Cobb may return to the management ot the Swanna noa. Raleigh News-Observer: Capt. Bam Peter Arrington 7has been dangerously ill at Warren too. N. aC., since Saturday, and we learn is no better today. WHAT WE ALL THINK. If none were sick and none were sad, What service conld we render? I think if we were always glad We scarcely could be tender. Did our beloved never need Our patient ministration, Earth would grow cold and m5ss i deed Its sweetest consolation. If sorrow never claimed ur heart, And every wish were granted, Patience would die and hope depart Lile would be disenchanted. PROGRAMME OF THE REVIEW- Secretary Herbert Gives the ment ofth Fleets. Move- The Washington Post announces that the Secretary of the Navy has decided upon the official pro gramme of the review of the UnU ted States and foreign ships of war which by act of Congress wiil take place in New York Harbor on the 27th inst. The menofwar will be anchored in two columns, extending from Twentyssixth street up North river, the foreign ships on the New York side. While the Dolphin carrying the President of the Uni ted States is passing between the columns, that portion of North river, between the American col umns and the New York shore will be closed, and all traffic and passage suspended. After the Dol pbin has anchored at the head ot the line vessels of all kinds may circle around the fleet, going up on the New Jersey side of the river, but the passage between the two columns will be closed nnti the President has landed from the Dolphin and the review thereby terminated. The President and members of his cabinet will be received on board the Dolphin at 10:30 a. m off Twentythird street, North river. The Dolphin will then get under way, and, followed by the Coast Survey steamer Blak and the steamer Monmouth, wil proceed up the river betweeu the columns of United States and for a men-ot-war. The Blaka wil carry the members of the DIploi matic Corps, the Monmouth the Jndges of the Supreme Court.Sen- ators and Representatives ot the United States, and Governors of States accompanied by one staff officer. No other invitations wil be issued for the review. The Dolphin proceeding between the columns will as she passes the various ships be saluted with the honors laid down by inter national treaties due to the chief ot state, and arriving at the head of the columns will anchor be tween them. The Blake will an chor at the head of the foreign, and the Monmouth of the Amen can column. The flag officers and the cap tains of the men-oUwar will then be received on board ot the DjI- phin, and be presented to the President of the United States, who will entertaia them at lunch, Lunch will at the same time be seryed on the Blake and Mon mouth to the gnejt on board. The review will terminate by the return of the Dolphin, Blake and Monmonth through the lines, and when the 1 resident s nag is hauled down from the Dolphin it will be saluted with twentysone guns by all of the menof-war present. Invitations for the united, beat officials designated will shortly be issued and upon their -icceptr.nce cards will be sent admitting them, accompanied by one lady each, to the Mammon th. A great many applications have been made to the Secretary of the Navy to allow newspaper correspon dents transportation upon the ves sels of the fleet from Hampton Roads on the 24th of April to New York harbor. Owing to the fact that he would be able to accommodate very few and his disinclination to discriminate he has decided to al low representatives of the press as sociatiocs to sail upon one of the vessels and not to issue permission to any other correspondents. The associations are allowed transports tion with the fleet- upon condition that they will furnish to any news paper applying, which is not repre sen ted by one or the other of these associations, copies of their reports, The official programme of the movement of the fleet, their disposi tions, and all details relating to their preparation for arid anticipa tion in the review will be issued by Bear Admiral Gherardi, -who will afford lo the representatives of the press all proper facilities for visit ing the vessels at anchor in Hamp ton Roads. It is very poor economy- to endeavor to relieve a cold by neglecting it, wnen bottle of Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup will cure it at once. AN ACROSTIC OF GEMS. That Points Many Wholesome Morals Right Living and Makes a Direct Ap peal for the Editor. PLUNGE boldly into the thick of life's activities. Garfield. LL must retrograde if thev do not advar ce. Anon. wuuxri snouia De a savings L oantc. Madame o wet chine. YO U NG man, let the nobleness of your mind impel vou to its im provement -Rev. W.D.Howard 0 liKOTHERman, fold to thv heart thy brother ! where pity dwells, the peace of God is there Whittier. Id oh. the temporal, desire the eternal. TJiomas a'Kcnqris. IbE to the height of vour best lueai. Jinon. , i TOP and reflect on what you are reading, paragraph by para giupn. Anon. NLESS a man has trained him JL self for his chance, the chance vill only make him redicu lous Matthews. -ti W Aiih, of getting into a rut from which it may be difficult to extricate yourselt. I'rice, tVijj:i is tne oreatn ot praise when given by those whose own high merit claims the praise tney give. Hannah Moore, f 'ivx.miuiio nave netter mem Vi) ories than debtors; and credi tors are a superstitious sect great observers of set days and times. j rancan, fIGHTEOUS is the man -who IT forgets not the friend of Li, necessities. A no n. T N every sphere of life, the post of X honor is the post oi duty, i nam n. .j..... s POVERTY is the sixth sense. German Proverbs. here is not a momenfcvithout X some duty. Cicero, I HAVE discovered the philoso pher's stone that turns every thing into gold; it is, Pay as you go. Franklin. II, day of promises to pay, thy coming don't let me forget. Siakespcarc. UN OTHING is so wholesome, nothing does so much for people's looks, as a little in terchange of the small coin of benevolence. Riffini. STATE NEWS. Wilmington Star : It can scarcely be doubled that a large number of the taxpayers of New Hanover county will endorse the unanimous vote of the County Commissioners in favor of accept ing the terms of the settlement of the railroad back-tax question. Winston Sentinel: Mr. Clement Manly, of this city denies a report which was current in Washington City a few days ago that he would be a candidate for Collector of in ternai revenue it liienn was res jected for district attorney. Mr. Manly is quoted as saying that such a thing never entered his mind. Clinton Democrat : Mr. W. A Dunn, Receiver of the Clinton Loan Association, has informed ub that sometime between this date and the 1st day of May he will pay a dividend to the creditors of the Association. This is the first dividend and will be between 30 and 40 cents on the dollar. He will give further notification as to time. Charlotte Observer : The "Hon nets" officially christened their new armory in thenetv city hall last night, by holding their annual meeting therein. The elec tion of officers was the object of the meeting. The old officers were elected by acclamation. They are : Capt, T, R. Robertson, 1st lieutenant, T. C, Seigle; 2ad lieu' tenant, T, C Keealer. Raleigh News Observer ; R. H. Wright, ot New York, late of North Carolina, has instituted ah action in the Supreme Court of New York against W. Duke, Sons & Co., for $500,000, which he claims to be . due him on a settle ment of their. -old partnership. Col. John W. Hinsdale, of counsel for the plaintiff, left yesterday to assist in the trial of the case,which will be tried By the first of next week, THE ASPIRATIONS OF J. M. H. He Talks About Office, Philosophizes On the Outcome and Winds up with Poetry . Dear "Joe Arqusr." Ever since reading your editorial on the office seeking the man, I have lain as still as a skipper in a spoilt ham, and if the Goldsboro post oth;e has seeked me it has done so in such a slip shod way that I have not found it out; at anv rate 1 am still paying postage, while John R., like Mordecai of old, still sits at the collection of "Box Rents." Thisisnotas it should ba, and when I left the opera house at 4 o'clock on the morning of 9th Nov ember '92, hoarse with hollowing, and dry for the lack of bser, I ex pected that before nut grass begun its spring blossoming I would be a permanent fixture in the post office, and that John R. would be pulling a bell cord over a hay burner. I always was dubious about wait ing to be seeked, I'd rather assist in the seeking, and I am afraid all the aspirants did not read your editorial; but for your advice I would have made things hum for that position wouid have climbed a big hill (Hill) overlooking the quiet holmes (Holmes) below and in my right t a freeman (Freeman) would have told Mr, Cleveland that I wanted the place; that I had been an original Uleveland man ever since the 9th of November last, when it was found he had swept the country from Maine to California, including the first ward and if he had hesitated, I would have told him further, that unless that .posi tion was forthcoming, there would be trouble in the first ward in '96 and that David Hill would not be the cause of it. If I miss getting this place it is going to be a disap pointment to me, for unless I can get that, I have got to go to work and if the huckleberry and salad crop fails, it means hard work. shall have to plant more collards: greens will be an item with white meat at twelve cents a pound: greens will have to be an important factor in the make up of the ballast in the stomach cargo at my house this summer. But I am hoping for a good gar den crop, the weather Iooks propiti ous and, after a hard winter, spring with all its beauty aud loveliness and lazy feeling is beginning to com mence operations and I feel encour aged. Spring chickens are coming on ana win soon 08 ripe, i am giving some attention to raising chickens of late, thought I was doing all the work myself, but found out a few days ago that there was a negrj helpa ing me, I was raising small ones, the negro was "raising grown ones. Spring time is surely coming And it won't be very long 'Till you hear the croaking bull-frog, And the mocking bird's sweet.song, The bees will soon be swarming," And the martins on the fly, And returning fishermen meet you With their everlasting lie. Spring time is fast approaching, And pretty soon you'll see The house-fly on his summer tour, Likewise the skipping flea. The sun will soon shine warmer, The trees will be in bud, And you'll want your morning bitters To renovate your blood. Welcome, welcome, springtime, The best ef all the year; I can then drink Coca Cola, And, temporarily, drop beer: But all the seasons suit me. I've no cause to fret or pout, For Cleveland's hustling lively In turning the rascals out. J. M, H. Fire in Petersburg. Petersburg, Va., April 5, The fire on Sycamore street was gotten under control at 2:30 o'clock this morning after causing damage amounting to about 25,00. ihe buildings owned by C. A. Pope, valued at about $10,000 were in 'sured in the Virginia Mutual As rsnrance Society. The Petersburg furniture company s loss was $1,- 000, insurance 800; Mark Morse, restaurant, loss and insurance not given; W, E. Spotswood, drugg'st, fetock $3,000, covered by insurance; Robert Schaeffer, restaurant, loss on stock and furniture $1,000; in eurance $1,400. Greensboro Record: Hon. Cyrus S. Watson, of Winston, has ac cepted the invitation of the Con federate Veterans' Association, to address the old Confederate soldiers at the Guilford Battle Ground on the 4th day of July. Newbern Journal : It has been said that an egg laid on Good Fri day will not spoil simply dry up the same phenomenon is some times attributed to eggs laid on Easter Sunday. Mr. Moses Rob erts has made a test of the matter by keeping an egg laid on Easter of last year until the present. On breaking it judge oi his surprise to see that it had neither spoiled nor dried up, but retained every indi cation of a fresh laid egg. Whether it is a mere happen so with this one egg or not, the incident is rea markable. Why weary your throat and patience with that wretched cough when a bottle of Dr. Ball's Congh Syrup will cure yu promptly. PICKED UP SCRAPS. News Items Gathered Here and There for Passing Perusal Sunday Senti ments. Eyery human heart is human. Be mindful not alone of your self. Hope is the great mainspring of life. Flowers are the smiles of God's goodness. Make not thyself tho judge of any man. Live we how we may, but die we must. When any good happens to any one, rejoice. Oh, that we could live and never be deceived. A merry heart doeth good like a medicine. They who forgive most Ehall be most forgiven. Light cares speak when mighty griefs are dumb. It is better to be high-toned than highstemqered. Better a blush on the face than a s'ain in the heart When others are suffering, drop a word ot sympathy. One touch of summer makes the tramps leave town, A cordial warm shake of the hand takes my heart. What our enemies say ought not to be taken as evidence. Sin has many tools, but a lio ii a handle that fits them all. If God did not exist, it would behoove man to invent Him. We should endeavor to forget iniuries, and bury them in love. There is but one easy place in this world, and that is the graye. Friendship which flows from the heart cannot be frozen by adversity. The man who fails in business but continues to live in luxury, is a thief. The brightest rainbows ever play about the fountain of our tears. If you would make the right sort of a character for yourself, ba con sistent. A torn iacket is soon mended, but harsh words bruise the heart of a child. Take hold of tho knob and shut V (.1 eveiy door oenina you without slamming it. Better the world should know you as a sinner than God know you as a hypocrite. There are many people who think that Sunday is a sponge to wipe out all the eins of the week. As to Tammany and Mr, Cleven land Blessed are those whe expect nothing, for they shall not be dis appointed. The young woman who smug". gled the artificial leg into the skirt uance has forever ruined that form of amusement. Associate yourself with men of good quality, if you esteem your reputation, tor it is better to be alone than in bad company. The woman who has sweethearts does not forget them. She cannot close those chapters in her life which have marked the crises and the crises in human lives are hu man loves. The woman who has Deen wooed a hundred times and given some, howsoever few, heart throba to each suitor, cannot look into the face of her accepted hua band as tho hre-worshiper to the rising sun. She cannot give all her love, because what she has given to other men cannot be recalled in tact. 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