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D"th aneternal vigil keep;
No soothing strain of Mai's son
Can lull its hundred eyes to sleep'
NO. 120
Vol. XVI.
GOLDSBOR0, N. C THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 1898.
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WORTH WHILE.
It is easy enough to be pleasant
When life flows along like a song,
But the man worth while is the one who
will smile.
When everything goes dead wrong;
For the test of the heart is trouble,
And it always comes with the years.
.And the smile that is worth the praises
of earth
Is the smile tLat shines through tears
It is easy enough toe prudent
When nothing tempts you to stay; v
When without c r within no voice of sin
Is luring your sonl away.
. But it is only a negative virtue
Until it is tried by fire,
And the life that is worth the honor of
earth
Is the one that resists desire.
By the cynic, the sad, the fallen.
Who had no strength iorthe strife.
The world's highway is cumbered to
day,
They make up the item of life-,
But the virtue that conquers passion,
And the sorrow that hides in a smile,
It is these that are worth the homnge ol
earth,
For we rind them but once in a while
El'a Wheeler Wilcox,
IS HIS ARGU MEN-
Mr. Bland, of Missouri, made
terrific speech in the house on the
silver question a few days ago
TnVfi this m.rtion of Mr. B'aud's
speech, for instance:
"We are ssked here to-day to lay
the bloody handot confiscation on
millions of our popu'ation in order
to satisfy the greed ot England.
Will congress do it? Wi I ym
trample down the interests of your
own people and destroy tbe value
of one of the precioiu metals.
Bimply to gratify t!ie greed of Wali
gtreet a mere agent ot Lombard
street? It cannot, it shall not be
done. Applause Speaking for
tbe ma68 of the people of the Mis
sissippi valley and of the peeple o!
the west of it,, I say yon shall not
do it. Renewed applause. And
anybody, or any patty that under
takes to doit, will, in God'a name,
be trampled as it ought to be
in the dust of condemnation now
and iD the future. (Continued ap
plause on the floor and in the gal
leries.) I speak as a democrat, but
yet as an American above democ
racy. (Cheers.) We do not intend
that any party shall mrvive, if we
can help it, that wi 1 lay its con
fiscating hand on America, in the
interest ot England or of Europe.
That may be strong language; but,
speaking to you for the eastern
democracy, we will bid you fare
well when you do it. (Applause).
"Now you can take your choice
of sustaining America against Eng
land, of sustaining American in
dustries and American laborers
againut English industries and Engs
lish laborers, or of our going apart.
We havecotne to the parting way.
1 do not pretend to 6peak for any
body but myself and my constitu
ents; but I belieye I can speak for
the masses of the great Mississippi
valley when I say that we will not
submit to the domination of any
political party (however much we
love democracy) if it lays its eaeri
ficial hand upon silver and wounds
it in this country. For myself, I
will not support such a paity here
or elsewhere; but will denounce it
as undemocratic and unttAmerican.
And the democrats engaged in it, I
will ask the people of the country
to condemn as the agents and
tools no I will withdraw that
epithet as the representatives of
the moneyed power and the
moneyed interests, instead ot being
representatives of the masses ot
American people. You cannot
hold the democratic party together
on that line." (Applause.)
In all these lines, as the Atlanta
Jcnirnal says, there is not one
word of argument, not one word
that is calculated to appeal to the
reason of those whom Mr. Bland
was addressing. Wp have only a
conglomeration of reckless asser
tionB and angry threats dashed
with a variety of epithets and in
sinuations. What does Mr. Bland hope to
accomplish by spouting such
stuff?
Re assumes to be more honest
and more patriotic than those who
disagree with him on the currency
question, when everybody knows
that he is neither. He character
izes those who lavor the uncondi
tional repeal of 'the Sherman act
as "agents and tools of .the. money
power." This is more like the vul
gar billingSfgate of the demagogue
on the stump than what we expect
to bear in a congressional debate on
a great question.
Suppose some member who does
" not agree with Mr. Bland's fiaan
cial theories should have replied
bj denouncing him as "the agent
and tool"ot the sil vor mine owners
The gentleman frcin Missouri
would have grown very angry and
yet he would have no right to
comp'ain. When men imp-ngn
the motives of their peers, they
mu-t not complain if their own
are questioned. Nobody made any
eucb silly reply to Mr. Bland. Such
aspeecuas ins needs no answer
and we are glad that his violence
did not provoke any similar exhibi
tion of temper.
THE PLATFORM.
As the Atlanta -Journal says,much
is said about the Chicago platform
by the 55 -cent-dollar politicians
and newspapers, who appear to be
under the delusion that thev have
pre-empted that docutneut, but it i
uoticeable that they are careful not
to quote the platform itself. They
are wise, lo print the financia
plank of the Democratic platform
is to expose the falJacv of their
claims concerning it.
The silver fanatics declare that
tbe Chicago p'atform uuenndition
ally demands the passage of a free
coinage bill. It does no such s
thing.
Tney sneer at an iuteruatioua
conierence to determine the ratio
Yet that is exactly what the Demo
cratic platform calk for.
They shout aloud foi the unlimited
coinage of the present depreciated sil-
verh liar. Yet the Democratic plat
form demands the coinage of a sil
ver dollar worth a gold dollar and
none other.
But let the fiaancial plank of the
Chicago platform speak for itself.
Here it i?, every word of it :
"We deuounce the Republican
legislation known as the Sherman
act of 1890 as a cowardly makeshift,
fraught with possibilities of danger
in the future, which should make
all ot its supporteis, including its
author, anxiou3 for its spetdy re
repeal. We hold tc the use of" both
goid and' silver as the standard
money of the country, and to the
coi.iage of both gold and silver, with.-
out discrimination against either
metal or charge for mintage; but the
dollar unit of coinage of both metals
must be of exchangeable value, or be
adjusted through international
agreement or by such safeguards of
legislation as shall insure the main
tenance of the parity of the. two
metals, and the equal power of every
dollar at all times in the markets
and in payment of debts; and we de
mand that all paper currency shall
be kept at par with, and redeemable
in coin. W e insist upon this policy
as especially necessary for the pro
tecuon oi tne rarmers and laboring
people, the first and most defence
less victims of unstable nuney and a
fluctuating currency."
What does thai mean?
1st. That the Democratic party
pledged itself, unconditionally and
without reservation.- to repeal the
Sherman law. It was nut in nower
iaj ciiuuic mui, promise, congress
has been called together to execute
it, and if it fails in its duty, the
guilt will be on its own head.
Jd. Inat the Democratic party
pledged itself, after having repealed
the Sherman law, to see that such
a oinag3 law was enacted as would
keep gold and silver as the money of
the country, on condition that the
silver dollar should be of "equal and
interchangeable value" with the
gold dollar, the ratio to be reached
by ''international agreement, or by
such safeguards of legislation as
shall insure the maintenance of the
parity of the two metals."
That i3 what the platform means.
The only thing it demands uncon
ditionally is the repeal of the Sher
man law. It does demand free coirv
age, but only on certain conditions.
lhe plain doty, the only duty,
now before congress is to repeal the
Sherman law and thea turn its at
tention to legislation which will give
the country a silver dollar worth
100 cents.
"1 lost the mother and child
but managed to save the old man,'
was the self-eat i-fie.d saying of the
doctor who had been attending a
maturity case, inere is a good dea
of this sort ol feeling in Uncle Sam
when he reckons up the results of
that arbitration case, Steep Brook
Uazoo.
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A POEM THE LINNET.
How sweet is thy song, thou dear chant
ing linnet,
There is musio and love and sentiment
in it!
The music oi nature ia sweeter than
art
It sprino-s from the innermost heart of
my hjart.
Sinsr cn. thou sweet songster, sing on
thy sweet song,
Sing of my false love, from night until
morn.
Sing on, till the hills hael re-echoed the
tone.
Sine on until death has welcomed me
home
Sing on, little warbler, sing on your
sweet song.
Give cheer to the heart that's been pin
ing so long:
Come rest with me here, and desist in
thy flight,
Youhave left me in soriow that is dark
er than night.
Then take back your song, it isfalse as
the sea
its music and melxly are nothing to
me
And fly to the mountains, or some place
unknown,
And leave me to languish and perish
alone.
Samuel G. King,
Saratoga Springs, August 9, 1893,
A EIGHTZOUS ARBITRATION-
Philadelphia Times.
The decision of thel'arisTribunal
of Aibitration must put an end to
Uuited the long dilute between the
States and Great Britain regarding
tLe protection of the seal fi Series
in Be bring Sea. Both conutries
are bound iu honor to accept the
judgement ot the tribunal, what
ever it may be; as it is, both ma
accept it gracefully. It coDcedec
to Great Britain all the principles
of international law which her gov
ernment has consistently upheld,
while it also grants to the United
States the practical result in the
restriction of pelagic sealing, which
is ail that serious minded Ameri
cans have eyer believed that we
should have demanded.
In effect, the judgment of tbe
tribuual is ju6t what was contended
for and in a fair way to be secured
by the United States at the close
ot the former administration of
Mr. Cleveland, liecogniziug that
extra-territoii il jurisdiction could
be claimed by one nation only with
the consent of the others interested,
Mr. Uayaru nad propo&ed a con
gress of the maritime powers to
agree upon regulations for the pre
tection ot the seals. The proposi
tion had been received with favor
and negotiations to this effect were
well advanced, notwithstanding the
practical assertion of maritime
jurisdiction that circumstances Lad
compelled our government to
make, when Mr. Blaine succeeded
to the direction ot gffairs. That
briiliaut politician was dissatisfied
with the situation as he found it
aud at once introduced a new ele
ment into the discussion, claiming
that the United iScates already pos
sessed exclusive jurisdiction is
Behring Sea, by virtue of the
treaty with Hustia in the purchase
of Alaska, and that'no other powers
had any rights there at all or any
thing to do with the. matter.
Of course Great Britain would
not acknowledge any 3uch untens
able claim as th's, which was 6uffi
ciently refuted by the fact that
neither Great Britain nor the
United States had ever acknowl
edged any such exclusive claim by
Russia as was now set up as having
been derived from Russia by pur
chase. Indeed it may be doubted
if Mr. Blaine himself really took
his own contention seriously; but
having assumed it, it required two
years of elaborate diplomatic core
respondence to get down from it
without appearing to surrender
At the end of that time he con
sented to submit the claims oi the
United States to arbitration and to
come to an agreement, pending
their settlement, for a joint regu
lation of the seal fisheries.
What was asked of the internaa
tional tribunal, therefore, was
practically hat Mr. Bayard had
propsed to accomplish by interna
tional agreement the regulation
of the seal fisheries "by cdmmon
consent. Nominally, it was asked
to pass pppn the claim of the United
States to exclusive jurisdiction
and Mr. Foster, who succeeded to
the conduct of the case, properly
upheld this claim a3 strenuously as
he could; but it was obseived that
the counsel of the United States
before the tribunal devoted most
of their serious argument to the
general subject of the protection of
the sea's, and it is not probable
that any of them expected a differ1
ent decision from that which has
een rendered.
The qaeations ot act thus sub
c i to arbitration by the treaty
were what exclusive jurisdiction in
Behrinsr Sea and what exclisive
rights in the seal fisheries therein
were asserted and exercised by
Russia before the cession of Alaska
to the United State-;how far these
claims were recogniz;d and con
ceded by Great Britain; whether
Behring Sea was included in the
phrase ''Pacific Ocean" as used in
the treaty ot 1825 between Great
Britain and Rut sia. and what rights
therein were held and exercised
by Russia after that treaty
whether all the rights of Russia did
not pass nnimpaired to the United
States, and what right of protec
tion ot property in the fur seals
have tbe United States outside the
ordinarv three mile limit. These
are Mr. Biaine's five points, and
the tribunal, as was to be expected
weeps them all away. No nation
has exclusive iuriediction in the
high eeas outside the recog
imit; and no international tribuoa
ver would allow such a claim
But the tribunal was further
charged, if the determination of
hect questions should be such that
the concurrence of Great Britain
is necessary to the establishment of
regulations lor the protection of
seals, to decide what concurrent
regulations would be necessary and
over what waters they should ex
tend, and both parties aerecd to
co operate in securing the adhesion
of other powers to there regulations
This is the practical side of the ar
bitration and it is here that hte
United States gain the practica
dvantase of an international
gieement. The tribunal estab
ishes a protected zone extending
for sixty mi'ee around the Pr:by
ov islauda, within which the tak
ins. of seals is forbidden. A close
easou is established, extending
through May, June and July, dure
ing which no seals are to be taken
anywhere, this prohibition extend-
ng not only to Behring Sea but to
the Northern 1 acme Ocean gener
allv. And finally, daring the 6ea
when pelagic sealing is allowed, it
s to ba allowed only to sailing
vessels expressly licensed for the
purpose and use of nets, fire-arms
or explosives is prohibited. These
concurrent regulations, to which
the arbitrators, add further sng
gestions tor the protection of the
fur seals the two governments are
bound to carry out.
This is a very satisfactory result,
eepecially to thoee who have con
sisteutlv maintained that what.the
United StateB asked was right, but
that thegiounds on which it was
claimed were preposterous. The
extension of the protected zone is
probably more than Great Britain
would have been willing to con
cede, and it is very mucn more
than we could ever have enforced
without 6uch concession, while
outside of the limit the enforcement
of the restrictions u'oon pelagic
sealing is made a matter ot com
mon concern. The Canadian
poachers will not be pleased with
this order, but there is no reason
to doubt that the Government of
ace at Britain will give it a coidia
mquiescence, as will the other
Garritime powers lees directly con
cerned. With an intelligent rule
thus established, tbe fur seals may
be properly protected without the
constant friction that has been so
annoying a feature ot our diplomas
tic history for the past halt dozen
years. The two nations have
agreed to cooperate for the desired
end, and such an agreement is in
itself a sufficient vindication.
GALLANT RUFTJS CHOATE.
On a pretty girl saying to Rufus Chos
ue, " 1 am very sad you see, he replied
"O, no; you belong to the old Jewish
sect; you are very lair 1 see!"
Nothing adds so mnch to the beauty of
a fair girl, as a clear, bright healthy com
plexion, and to secure this pure blood is
indispensable. So many of the so-called
bloou-purifyers sold to improve a roueh
pimply, muddy skin, only drive thescrofa
ulous humors from the surface to some
internal vital organ, and disease and
death is the inevitable result, On the
contrary, Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery strikes directly at the root of
the evil, by driving the impurities entirely
out of .the system, and with a fresh stream
of pure blood tiowing tnrougn the veins,
nothing but the softest and fairness of
complexion can result.
A LONELY GRAVE.
(For the Y. F. D.)
As 1 was taking an idle walk up the H,
and T. C. railroad from McKinney, Tex.,
I observed a lonely grave with a rude pen
made of old crosstiea around it. A board
was set up at the head with the simple
lines:
"BILL THOMPSON, Age 21.
Died September 12, 1891."
Away out from the hum of the busy town,
wuij , lCw jlcci, Hum me raimmu irac, was revised, but the only silver dot
Where rumbling cars go daily thundering iai. authorized by that law was
. ,
Bearing loyed ones off; bringing others
. i I
DdCK,
ThAW in lnnplinKJ u-ith u-iW wa nW.
erown
, v,.
Ts an hnmMfi mminH. rnrnlpsslv r!rnn
Fenced with a crosstie pen marked by
no stone
Only aboard is inscribed, "Bill Thomp-
son. Age SI."
In this dreary place, wThere the night wdnd
sweeps
.By with a moan that is hoarse and
ch"ly.
All unwept, unnoticed and unknown
BleePs
What was lately some fond mother's
""lie. I
Some mother once held in tendercst
embrace
A little, bright, fairhaired, innocent
boy,
And kissed with a mother's kiss the sunny
face
Of her little son her clearest
hope and
joy-
But now-, how neglected and cast away!
jxomotner Here to weep by this lost
Sve!.
The bright sun only watches day by day
Thrt Tonlr M'ond a hlnccitm onH ri r I
At dusky eve, when the cold stars come
slowly
Out to hold watch through all the
wearv niirht.
The lone whipspoor.will sings sadly,
lowly,
Theonly dirge to this sol
Thus, unnoticed, from the ranks of the
living
We drop into oblivion, one by one,
And the busy, heedless world without giv
ing
A passing thought like the cars goes
- rushing on.
Joe Faiimek.
THE BASIS OF GOLD AND SILVER.
An Elaborate Review of tho Que s-
tion by the Philadelphia Times
in Answer to an Enquiry.
U.nr norcn,. Wmno nfnapd
AJJ. J UUtWUU SSrfVlUW VV"I.V
, a. J f . a ii j
ii me siuuy oi mo rauo u. go.u u,
silver as applied to currency. The
following is one of a number ot
communications lately received at
this office making inquiries about
different phases of the gold and!
silver question:
u
To the Editor Of THE TIMES
JCtXtS;
or 545 to 1, between gold and silver? ay
doing bo yon will oblige
headers.
Public interest has been quick-
eneo in me Biiver question Dy us
presumed paraijzmg enect upon
the country at this time, and many
are now studying its history in
detail who have heretofore never
giveu serious thought to the sub-
tect. We nnd silver relerred to in
the Uld JLestament, being included
in the riches of Abraham. It was
theu used as a medium of exchange
3 . .l.t- 1.1 1
and ae material in me arts, annougn
coinage was unknown. At one
time during the reign of Solomon
it had become so abundant that it
ranKed cniy witn me Dase meiaiB,
and it was used largely in tne
building arts.
Uomagein a very rude state was
introduced as early as the eighth
century Deiore unrist, and lour
centuries later coinage was com-
mon throughout the civilized
world. The first account we have
of the relative value of silver and
gold under the Christian era rated
gold anu enver ac aoout y to i; mat
is, one ounce ot gold was worth
nine ounceB of silver. Since that WOrld with which we have import
time the relative value of the two Unt commercial relations, it beB
metals has fluctuated from time to
time, according to their relative
aoanoance.
The United States, by act of
April 2,1792, provided for the
esiaoiisumeui, ox a ixliui, auu xix.eu
!! i . r njr-i j n
the amount of precious metal to be
used in their coins. The silver
dollar fixed as tbe standard at that
time contained 416 grains, which
made it worth a fraction of a cent
more than one dollar in gold. By
the act of June 28,1834. the weight
of gold coins was slightly increased
as compared with silver, which -re
mained unchanged. By the act ot
January 18, 1839, the French
standard for both gold and Bilver
who auupivu. iu weigui ui me
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gold coin remained unchanged, but
the silyer dollar waa reduced to
412J grains, where ' it remains to
day. At that time, as it had been
from the establishment of the
Mint, and as it continued until
1873, the silver dollar of 412i
grain3 was worth a fraction more
than a dollar in gold. The result
was that silver bullion was more
valuable than silver coin, and in
the entire period of three-quarters
of a century but 8,000,000 of silver
dollars were coined.
The standard was thus fixed be-
t ween gold and silver at 16 to 1,
that is making sixteen ounces ot
silver whn nninfid pnnal to one
ounce of gold when coined. By
the act of February 12. 1873. our
coinage of both gold and silver
what was known as the "trade
d0na, wh;h nontampd 4?0 o-rains
nf Oliver Tf mioo nr.t intondoH inr-
7 - . ) "
u"u, TUU lailOIJ , OUL WasJIIldUC
specially ior me convenience oi
, -
Commerce With China and Japan
An? regular silver dollar was
omitted in mat act, simply because
tnere seemed to De no demand lor
a 6iiver dollar in tnis country. As
we have said, only $b,000,U00 had
been coined in threef-quarters of a
century and few ot those were in
circulation.
Soon after the act of 1873. at
whjcn time the silver dollar at 16
to 1 was worth a fraction more
tnan & dollar, silver began to
riant in a in Hin rv, u i tta rvf ho irnr H
because cf its immensely increased
production. Agitation soon began
among the si Iyer producers for the
remonetization of silver, in the be
lief that this would arrest the d&
cline of its value in the markets ot
he world; and after several years
of earnest, and totimes violent agi
tation. what was known at) the
Bland Bill was nassc d. As orie-inallv
renorted and adooted in the House
ftf" Rp
nreRfintati vis. this rpnnirpd
thjJ freJ coiu f ftU gi!ve
- . 1
sented at the mint for the nurcoae
to be a legal tender at their nomma
value for all debts, pubiic and pri
vnte. lhe free coinage act wa
however, an. ended in the Senate
on motion of Mr, Allison, to direct
the becretary ot the treasury "to
purchase, from time to time, silver
bullion at the market price thereof,
not less than $ 2,000,000 per mont!
nor more tnan ,uuu,uuu per
month, and cause the same to be
coined into fucli dollars. In this
form it passed both branches of
Congress, and was vetoed by l'resi
dent Ilayee, February 2Sth, 1878
At that time the silver dollar ol
412J grains was worth from S to 10
per cent less than its face value in
gold, and it was on that ground
chiefly that President Hayes vetoed
it. The bill was passed over the veto
by 4G to 19 in the Senate, and by
A0 O 1U IliB XlOUBe
-t r r a. no - . i i
I - - 1 .1
I l UUC1 LUiOiavv IJ.1G v'UTUI Ull! tJJ
acenmulated silver dol!ars
worth irom go to 30 per cent, less
than their face, the Lroduction ot
silver still increasing and its value
eteaouy declining ic was round
. i. u ,i
it rr i ih k m ii ii ii i v i mm i iMiiiim ;n
home, while they were valuelee
tnr all (ftrnmsrwal nnmnafia nhrnnd
ThI. led to what is known as the
onermau act oi low, uy wuicu mi
Government wa6 compelled to pur
h. 4 500.000 ounces of silver
Der month .and to issue Treasury
notes to the amount paid ttieretor,
This was simplv a desperate at
tempt by the silver producers to
force Congress to furnish a market
for a commoditv the world would
not accept, and as the silver States
were potent in the Senate f.nd in
the Electoral College, and as both
narties were seeking their political
favor, they were enabled to triumph
I ' J . . .... 1 t
over statesmanship, patriotism and
common honesty, and to debase
our currency until a silver dollar
waa finally reduced to but 53 cents
Qf intrinsic value as compared witn
ff0ld.
it is now proposed by some of the
m0re considerate supporters ot the
silver policy to increase the ratio
between silver and gold by making
a Bilver dollar oh the basis ot 20 to
i Qr 25 to 1. that is. recoenizina a
mven weight of silver as worth
one-twentieth, or onetwenty-fifth
Qf an equal weight of gold. As gold
has become the standard ot money
throughout the whole civilized
comes a necessity for the country
to accept gold as its standard of
value or to isolate itselt Irom all
commercial intercourse with for
e;en countries, Phila. Times.
Some of the Kansas rainmakers
have worst kind of lock. It was
during a lull in their efforts that a
series of extensive and refreshing
showers arose and swept over the
State. Chicago Record.
A recent invention converts
waste paper into kegs and' barrels
This is one way of nooping up the
spring poem business. Chicago
Intcr-Ocean.
i . w. an . . r hpnomPB tpnl
civilized all grade railway cossings
will be outlawed and abolished
New York -Telegram.
At last an opportunity 6eems to
haye arrived for shutting up a prize
fighter. One of the breedis said to
have gone crazy San Francisco
Examiner.
THE DEAD SINGER.
She is dead!" they say; "she is robed
for the grave; there are lilies upon
her breast;
Her mother has kissed her clay-cold lips,
and folded her hands to rest;
fler blue eyes show through the waxen
lids; they have hidden her hair's
gold crown;
Her grave is dug, and its heap of earth
is waiting to press her dowD."
She is dead!" they say to the people,
her people for whom she sung.
Whose hearts she touched with sorrow
and love, like a harp with life
chords strung.
And the people hear but behind their
tears they smile as though they heard
Another voice, like a mysteiy, proclaim
another word.
She is not dead," it says to their hearts
true Singers r.an never die,
Their life is a voice of higher things,
unseen to the common eye.
The truths and the beauties are clear to
them, God's right and the human
wrong,
The heroes who dio unknown, and tn
weak who are chained and scourged
by the strong."
And the people smile at the death-word
for the mystic voice is clear,
The Singer who lived is always alive
we hearken and always hear!''
And they raise her body with tender
hands, and bear her down to the
main,
They lay her in state on the mournin
ship, like the lilysmaid Blaine;
And thev sail to her isle across the sea
where the people wait on the shore
To lift her in silence with heads all bare
to her home f revermore,
Her home in the heart of her country
oh, a grave among our own
Is warmer and dearer than living on in
the stranger lands alone.
No need of a comb ior the Singer! Her
fair hair's pillow now
Is the sacred clay of her country, and
the sky above her brow
Is the same that smiled and wept on
her youth, and the grass around i
deep
With the clinging leaves of the sham
rock that cover her peaceful sleep
Undreaming there she will rest and
wait, in the tomb her people make,
Till she hears men's hearts, like the
seeds in spring, all stirring to be
awake,
Till she feels the moving of souls that
strain till the bands around them
break;
And then, I think, her dead lips will
smile and her eyes be oped to see.
When the cry goes out to the Nations
that the Singer's land is free!
John Boyle O'Reilly.
Is It John B- Hussey?
And so it is not Losre Harris
after all, who has been writing the
"Jonathan Edwards" letters in the
Caucasian. Harris is an avowed
Republican, open and bold in his
statements. Butler needs nobody
of his kind in his business. Harris
is not mean enough for him. So he
gets a man who was, during the
last campaign, a spy sent out by
the chairman of the National Re
publican Executive Committee. He
came pretending to be a Democrat
in the confidence ot Mr. llarnty,
but his object was to gain all the
knowledge possible of the JJem
crats in North Carolina, try to dis
satisfy the white people and fan
into a flame the class prejudice aU
ready kindled among them; to in
spire the colored people with a
deeper race prejudice and incite
them to deeds ot violence.
And this is the man that Mr.
Butler now employs to discuss
public affairs for his readers and
keep them informed of the doinge
of Congress and the adminstration
in Washington. North Carolina
ian.
Yellow Fever-
Reneacola, Fjla,, August 18.
The following waa promulgated at
a late hour to-day.
Pensaaola, Fla., August 18,
1893, We, the undersigned repre
sentatives of the health depart
ment of the State of Florida, the
United States of America and the
city of Pensacola, do hereby an
nounce that auer a thorough and
careful inspection of this city, we
have -tailed to find the existence ot
any case of yellow fever or any ino
fections or contagious diseases
whatever.
(Signed.) Joseph Y. Porter, M.
D., State Health Officer, Florida;
K. D, Mure, burgeon TJ. S. Marine
Hospital Service; G. M. Magruder.
Passed Assistant Surgeon, U. S,
Marine Hospital Service; Robt. W.
Hargis, M. )., President Escambia
County Board of Health.
Mayor Chipley issued the follow
ing to abaenteee:
Pensacola, Fla., August 18, 1883
With a full appreciation of the
responsibility I assume, I un
hesitatingly Bay to our absent
citizens, tbey can return to thei r
homes with absolute security,
D. Chipley, Mayor.
SUM DAY READING.
Made Up of Divers Clip
pings.
The high appreciation of Grec-
an sculpture entertained and
manifested by the Human Consul.
Mummius, has not hapruly, teen
ost to history. On the contrary
it is written of him that, after the
taking o" -'"V when he was
pre pan L l. ;o liome some
works of the greatest Grecian
sculptors, he told the packers that
it they broke his Venus or his
Apollc, he would force them to
restore the limbs that should be
found wanting. Recalling this
warning to the packers, a disting
uished modern writer illustrates
the incongruity suggested thereby,
as follows "A head by a hewer
of milestones, joined to a bosom by
I raxitileB."
But Honor sj id : "Look well upon my
face;
Regard me, what I am. This were the cost
If I should wander from the way: no trace
Were left of mc, and I foreyer lost."
E. Cavazza, in Youth's Companion.
To b3 full of goodncsp, full of
cheerfulness, lull of epmpathy, full
of helpful hope, causes a man to
carry blessings of which he him
self is as uncouscious as a lamp is
ot its own light:
Farewell, friends! Yet not farewell:
Where I am ye, too, shall dwell.
I am gone before your face,
A moment's time, a little space.
When ye come where I have stepped,
Ye will wonder why ye ,wept;
Ye will know, by wise love taught,
That here is all, and there ia naught,
Weep awhile, if ye are fain
Sunshine still must follow rain;
Only not at death for death,
Now I know, is that first breath
Which our souls draw when we enter
Life, which is of all life centre.
Sir Edwin Arnold.
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consibtent Christain life.
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