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GOLDSBORO, C THURSDAY Mi7 'G, 1894
VOL. XVI.
NO. 27
SOWING AND REAPING.
By Helen A." Woods.
For bloom wo sow ono sort of seed,
Another ans wet's hunger's need-
"Weeds only propagate their kind,
But leave abundant seed behind,
Which, if you scatter heedless know,
You're sure te reap just what you sow.
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A youth, industrious and pure,
With noble aims, is promise sure
Of proud achievement's heritage,
Of worthy manhood, honored age,
And, doth the harvest ripen slow,
You're sure to reap just what you sow.
Alas', j-outh often is too proud
To see the aeeds of heart or mind,
A wilderness of tares appears
Sure fruitage of the wasted years.
Prom evil seed" good will not grow.
You're sure to reap just what you sow.
Good Housekeeping.
STATE GRAND LODGE
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Theu ftrc Welcome To Goldsboro.
The Argus, voices the senti
ment of our entire community m
extending- to the State Grand
Lodge of Odd Fellows, which
convenes in this city in annual
session this afternoon at 3.30
o'clock, a cordial welcome.
The delegates 'will
entertained by an address
welcome on the - part
Neuse Lodge by Hen; Chas.
be
of
of
B
Aycock at 3.30 o'clock in the Mes
senger Opera House, to which
the rrablic are cordially invited
A
and the ladies will be especially
welcome.
Neuse Lodge No. 0, I. O. O.F
of this city, in whose beautiful and
spacious hall, which is their own
property, the sessions of the
Grand Lodge will be held, was
organized in 142 andhas at
this writing a membership of 887
The following are the incum
bent grand officers of the State
Grand Lodge : W. D. Gaster, of
Fayetteville, Grand Master; W.
C. Douglaspf Carthage, Dep'ty
Grand Master; C. F. Lumsden
of Kaleigh, Grand Warden
B. H. Woodell, of Greensboro
Grand Secretary; Richard J
Jones, of Wilmington. Grand
Treasurer: Rev. W. B. Oliver, of
Wilmington, Grand Chaplain.
The Grand Lodge will be re
galed with an old-fashioned bar
becue at the Odd Fellows' Or
phanage to-morrow afternoon at
1 o'clock-
1IARRISON IN THE FIELD.
.fcix-President Harrison is very
coy about confessing himself as
Presidential candidate for 1896
but no one of ordinary intelli
gence can misunderstand his
position. He js in the field for the
next Republican nomination and
he is in the fight aggressively.
He understands that with Reed
asne of his chief competitors it
wi vbe a campaign requiring the
men ,ls of the hustler, and he
has Ackled himself down to his
work y
There is eminent fitness in Har
rison being a Presidential ex
pectant. He tilled the President
ial office with more than ordi
nary credit, as Cleveland did dur
ing his first term, and he finds
the country that defeated him
apparently returning to his party
faith just as the people turned
towards Cleveland after he had
been defeated in 1888. The pre
sent political revulsion is accept
ed by Harrison as grist to his
mill, and he has reason for so, ac
cepting it,
Harrison is even more aggres
sive now as a Presidential can
didate than he was in 1888 or
when he accomplished his re
nomination in 1892. He has given
more political utterances during
the last six months than either
Reed or McKinley, and he is as
usual always level headed. He is
one of the few public men who
never makes mistakes in what he
says, although he sometimes may
err in not saying all that he
should. His speech before the In
diana Republican State Conven
tion was a carefully considered
intimation of his purpose to be
in the fight from now until 1896.
He was then inexcusably silent
on the lawless mobs which have
been marching toward Washing
ton, but he has since then taken
occasion to express himself with
emphasis in favor of the sternest
maintenance oi law ana oraer.
He is auite likely to grow , m
strength as a candidate, and not
withstanding the long lead that
Reed had in the race a few
months ago, the considerate
judgement of the Republicans
w ill probably make Harrison the
national candidate for '96.
REPUBLICANS ADMIT DEFEAT.
THE LEADERS CONCEDE THAT
THE TARIFF
BILL WILL BE
PASSED.
Filibustering is Useless.
4
Special to the Philadelphia Times
WashingtoD..C., May 5.
It is generally conceded on the
Republican side of the Senate to
day that the revenue reform bill
will become a law during the
month of J une, probably during
the latter part of that month.
The positive statement of Sena
tor Harris, which was published
in the Times to-day, has met with
the approval of Senator Voor-
hees, chairman of the committee
on nnance: senator vest, oi
t. r-i a T T J- - c
Missouri; Senator Jones, of Ar
kansas, and Senator Mills, of
Texas, the leading Democratic
members of that committee. It
is also conceded by Senator Aid
rich, of Rhode Island, the ag
gresive Kepubiican leaaer, ana
member of the Senate committee
on finance, that the assertion of
Senator Harris was not made
without warrant of knowledge
and information on the subject.
It is to-day conceded by the
Republicans of the Senate that
the sentiment m tavor oi the
passage of the pending bill, rs
amended and agreed upon in the
Democratic conference on Thurs
day last, is so strong on the
minority side of tne chamber,
and the assurance of Populistic
support is so reliable, that it
would be impossible to prevent
the passage of the bill by resort
to the long-winded filibustering
tactics which might be possible
under the elastic rules of the
Senate.
The only basis upon which the
Republicans build their'hope of
accomplishing anything by dila
toi y proceedings is in the nature
of an ignis fatuus like that upon
which Wilkins Micawber con
stantly lived in the hope that
"something may turnup.
HILL. AT WORK.
That magnificent marplot and
skillful manipulator, the senior
Senator from New xork, Mr.f
Hill, is in constant conference
with the Republican leaders,
seeming to be in desperation for
the formulation of some plan
which may frustrate the accom
plishment of the will of the peo
pie in the enactment of a revenue
measure.
Although the greater portion
of the afternoon of to-day was
occupied by the Senate in execu
tive session in the consideration
of Florida appointments to Fed
eral offices, there were groups of
Republicans in some of the corn
dors and committee rooms, while
were also coteries of Democrats
in the cloak room, as well as in
the room of the committee on
finance and the committee on
appropriations, discussing the
compromise measure, wnien is
practically completed, and also
formulating plans for the future
party cohesion until the revenue
bill shall have passed the Senate
There seems to be no apprehen
sion of any serious stumbling
blocks in the House of Represen-
atives after the bill has passed
the upper house of Congress
Anarchy in Disguise.
Mr. Joe Argus:
HEAR bUR: 1 hain't rit eny
in a long time fer eny paper. I
hearn.that Dok Holland had. a
meetin and resoluted I hearn
that he wanted the hog in town
Now I haint got eny hog, but as
I am sorter inNDok's line I rite
and ask if you wont put this-m
iyour nuse paper. We bad a
meetin intherbth ward and res
oluted as follows :
Jb irst, Tnat tner goat am an
animal that am noted fer his fer
tilizing qualities and that he he
lowed in the city limits and that
no town cart be lowed to haul
enything off the premises wher
or -hogs may be.
2nd. That we hant got no use
for a street sprinkler, the fire
department use, the machinery
paid for by the city to put out
$2,000 fires where there is a $4,-
000 insurance policy, and they
wont pay one cent for the honor.
We are in favor of making them
sprinkle the streets in dry
weather and once on Sunday, or
take the hre things away from
them. -
3rd, As-. we only have one
Chyne wasbe house, in town
which is a monopoly, we there
fore resolute that the practice of
catchin rats be prohibited in the
city, thereby encouraging Chyne
immigrants. .
vv e oppose tne omce of Jity
Clerk kase if we can erit in power
agin we cant do as we did m days
past.
W e vehemently oppose the
dog, . kase! the mangy , kritter
sleeps all day. and prevents us
from doing our duty to the rich
man's lien roose of nights. -
6, Resoluted to that one peer
lice is enousrh. when ther is a
big crown in town the Mayor can
call on eny able bodeyed man, !
who will gladly serve for the
sake of wearing a badge and
sportin a club.
7, We are or posed to rings of
all kindT even the ring of the bell;
we denounce clicks,, kase it sounds
like being locked up. 'We haint
opposed to city patronage, we
have always had a hankering
after that.
8, We denounce the city for
letting that handsome edifice and
ancient old landmark the market
house loft go to ruin. The old
time convention smell still lin
gers there, and it brings to our
mind thoughts of the good old
Republican days.
Ther badgless do;? now sunneth. upon
the streets nll sway.
Kase the t ime linear approaching .to
election day,
But the policeman who has swo:n his
duty to obey.
Can lay aside his little badge about
the 8th of May. .
If you can spare the space and-i
put this in fer me I will rite you
some other time, and you will
Oblige, , A DAM PIIULE,
: Chan man.
Protecting ottolene.
TheN. K. Fairbank Company
of Chicago have lately brought
suit in the United States court
as-ainst W. L. Henry, -of this
city, for $5,000,00 for infringe
ment of their trade mark 4iCot-
tolene," The N. Iv. Fairbank
Company sets forth that they
originated, prepared, and put be
fore the market a new rood pro
duct consisting of refined Cotton
Seed Oil and a small proportion
of Beef Suet, making a pale yel
low material of the consistency
and substance of lard, almost
without ordor and intended to
take the place of lard in cook-
x
ing.
In order to indicate the source
of srenuineness of their new food
product, they originatt d, coined,
and used as a trade marK tne
word Cottolene. The health! ul-
ness and many other advantages
of Cottolene over lard were so
apparent that Cottolene at once
became very iiopular and is now
largely sold all over the country,
The new food product and its
name have become widely known
as the product of the N. K. Fan-
bank company. The trade mark
is described as a trade mark for
Oleaginous Food Substances, &c,
consisting of a head or neck of
a steer or otner Dovine partial ry
.1 i li
enclosed by sprigs and branches
of the cotton plant'', the .JN. K
Fairbank company charges
thatW. L. Henry, of Macon, Ga.,
a dealer in fresh meals and food
products generally, has been and
is- endeavoring . uniawiuiiy to
avail himself of the benefits of
the name 'Cottolene' and its pop
ularity; that he has been and is
selling a product similar in kind,
but inferior in quality, -.under the
name of Cottolene to the injury
of the original and genuine Cot
tolene, and to the loss and injury
of its manufactures the N. K.
Faribank company.
The infringements upon the
trade mark of Cottolene having
become so frequent, and so many
dealers are selling an inferior ar
ticle and claiming it to be cotto
lene that the N. K. Fairbank
company are determined to pro
tect their customers and propose
to sue every retail dealer who is
thus imposing ,pon his custo
mers and infringing upon theN.
K. Fairbank company s trade
mark. Macon, (Ga.) Telegraph.
Report of Chief of Fire Depart
ment. To the Mayor and Hoard of Alder-
me?ir of the City of Goldsboro,
North Carolina :
Gentlemen I herewith sub
mit my annual report as chief of
the fire department, showm
number of alarms, amount of
property saved by the depart
ment and amount oi damage done
by fire. . "
Number ot alarms as iollows:
July 1st, 1893, frame dwel
ling on J ohn street owned by hL
Weil' & Bros; 4th ward,- John
street; time of alarm 3.10 p. m
insurance, $800; -damage, $35
amount saved $775.00.
July 26th, 1893, "frame building
on William street,, owned by J
R. Smith, no damage, time 2.30
p. m.
Aug. o, lo9d, frame dwelling
on William street owned by W
H. Smith 4th ward, time 2.45 a.
m., insurance, ?z,vvv: damage
1,100; amount saved, $900.
Aug. 9th, 1893; frame dwelling
owned by Mrs. L. W. Humphrey
time, 10.30 a. vo. on Elm-street
4th ward, insurance, 4,000; dam
age, 1.600; amount saved, $2,300,
I Feb'y loth, iyd, lz.dOa. m
iiotei ivennon, on xuast centre si
insurance, 25,000; damage, 968
amount saved, zi,iiz..
April 9, 1891, 12.30 a. in., dwel
ling ot J . iv. JJobson on vv imam
street, value $00 damage, $oOO
amount saved, $200.
Fire communicated to au ad
joining house owned . by J. F.
Dobson. insured for $1,200;
damaged to the amount of $5460;
amount saved $1,446,40. This
building on lire almost all over
before an alarm was given.
Amount of property insured
$34,000,000; lost, 433.060; amount
saved $20,643.40.
The following is the condition
of the department; number of
men, 35; llone horse hose reel,
one hand reel, one horse hose
wagon, compose the active work
ing apparatus, one hand reel, one
chemical engine, and one stoam
fire nrine. now being repaired
constitute the fire apparatus not
in use. 1,100' feet of line hoso in
d order. 300 feet of rubber
hose not reliable, is the supply of
hose on hand.
It is a pleasure to state that
the "tiro department have .re
sponded promptly to all alarms
of fire arid the work done has been
excellent.
Respectfully submitted,
A. 13. Freeman,
- " Chief Fire Department
IN THE TOILS.
Washington, May 4. Jacob
S. Coxey commander of the
Commonweal of Christ;" Carl
Browne, its chief marshal, and
Christopher Columbus Jones,
leader of the Philadelphia con
tingent of the army of peace,
were tried in the City Police
Court to-day on the charge of
violating the Uinted States stat
utes m unlawfully displaying a
banner or device in the Capitol
grounds, and in. breaking shrubs
and plants there.
The case was called at 10 o'clock,
after a number of minor cases had
been disposed of. At that hour
every seat in the Court room was
occupied and a number of people
were standing around the walls,
but the chamber was by no means
crowded. Andrew Lipscomb, for
merly Assistant District Attor
ney, who had been retained by
the defendants, was surrounded
by a little group of Populist
Congressmen, including Laf e
Pence, of Colorado; Hudson, of
Kansas; Boen, of Minnesota, and
Kern, of Nebraska; Col. Red
stone, the local Coxey agent, and
Mrs. Hucker. a lawyer and a
Commonweal sympathizer.
Mr. Lipscomb opened the case
bv filmsr a motion to squash the
information against the defend
ants on the ground that the law
under which they were charged
was void in that it prohibited the
constutional right of petition for
a redress of grievances, and con
ferred on the Speaker of the
House and the President of the
Senate certain prerogatives con
trary to the Constution.
Mr. Mullowney told the court
that Mr. A. A. Bierney, the
United States District Attorney,
would represent the Government,
and a minute later he entered.
Samuel Hyman, who appeared
for Browne and Jones, opened
the case with a motion to quash
on the ground that the informa
tion was bad in substance.
The Populist Senator, Allen of
Nebraska, arose and said that he
did not appear as an attorney,
but merely for the purpose of
seeing the men on trial have a
fair and impartial hearing, which
he was sure would be accorded
them. 7
The motion to overrule was de
nied, and then Representative
Pence, of Colorado, notified the
Court that he would defend Gen.
Coxey.
The Court re-assembled atl.30
o clock, and alter some delay a
jury was selected and sworn.
Assistant District Attorney
Mullowrney then addressed the
lurv, explaining tne cnarges
against Coxey, Browne and J ones,
and the law applicable to the
charges.
The hearing of testimony was
then begun.
The case will probably be com
pleted to-morrow.
Remarkable Diary.
A man -who- died in Rans-
seller county at the age of 73
left a record which he began
when 18 years old and continued
for 56 -years. The book, filled
with methodical entries, shows
Lfchatin these 52 years-the man
had smoked 628,715 cigars, of
which he received 43, 629 as pres
ents, while for the remaining
585,086 he paid about $10,433. In
52 years according to his book
keeping, he has drank 18. 786
glasses of beer and 26,Q81 glasses
of Spirits, fm- all of which he
spent $5,350. The diary closes
with these words: "I have tried
all things; I have accomplished
nothing.
Mrs. Gossip I hear you
tracted much notice on your
pearence in the social world
abroad. "
" Mrs. Numonev I should
at-
ap-
out
say
so,
I wore on an average from
$20,000 to $35,000 of diamonds
every ball I went to. Chicago
Record.
Sewerage lor Goldsboro.
- Editor A rgus : It is impossible
for such a stirring town as this
to stand still, and surely Golds
boro has shown hi all jier past
that she cannot go backward.
In what better wTay can we go
forward than to hold fast to the
good things we have, select that
new thing which is most for the
good of the people and press to
ward the mark. And what is so
greatly needed as sewerage ?
What is the use of putting up
beautiful buildings or to improve
our homes if the street
are to be
reeking with animal
rnd
vegitable
matter that will
lie rotting m tne not sun tnrougn
..a .111 11
the day to rise in death-dealing
miasma at night.
Who does not know thjvt there
were m every part ot tnis town
last Summer, odors so vile that
it seemed we might at any mo
ment bo stricken with ' cholera.
and that if any disease germ
should be brought here it would
find nourishment enough to en
able it to poison every man, wo
man and child in the place?
Some will say : we have lived
so long without sewerage, why
raise the cry for it now !
There never before was the
need there is now. There was
never so much water used as now.
There were never so many peo
ple here as now. Competent help
in house keeping was never so
scarce cs now; and while we well
know the work of sewering can
not be done with safety now, now
is the time for thinking men and
women to study the question, and
take note as to the condition of
the streets through the comin
six montlis.
Goldsboro is ratherfree from
rubbish, we nave notmng to say
against the cleanliness of the
toAvn so far as is in the power of
the authorities. We speak of
the pools of green water which
lie along the sidewalks. If it
were rain water there would be
a great cry against it, but each
man knows it may be from his
kitchen or from his bath tub, and
so it is allowed to go on prepar
ing the way for rnalarkt and
death.
The writer is not prepared to
offer statistics of this or any
other place, but if the use of such
quantities of water is persisted
in and no effort is made to carry
it off, there must be an increase
of every form of malaria, and not
even such cold as the wTinter of
1892-1893 can freeze out the
srerms which will collect -from
year to year.
vv ill not the women who know
tliejeeds and the men who know
the. possibilities come up with a
word for sewerage, which must
come sooner or later, and should
come before malaria and death
sweep the way for it ?
VV e have been spared epidemic
in the past, shall wre continue to
break the laws of health until
the blow falls?
Let us either shut off the water,
ive up everything that is for
the advancement of our people
bring in the hogs to add to the
general backsliding, and enjoy a
ind of Rip Van Winkle sleep, or
let us press forward and take our
place as the cleanest and neaitn-
lest town m tne otate.
statp: news.
Lenoir Topic Congressman
Bovver has introduced a bill in
Congress to pay Davenport col
lege $500 for spoliation at the
time of the Stoneman raid. We
hope the bill will surely get
through.
Southport Leader The pros
pects for a good crop year prom
ise welh-Oats are up and in spite
of the cold snap look first rate.
Corn is up and the crop m en-
eral is well under, way.
Fayetteville Ikiptist T. L. Bla-
lock, a Wake Forest boy, now at
John Hopkins, is assistant Pro
fessor of Analytical Chemistry
m that institution and is em
ployed by the city of Baltimore
in analytical work.
Washington Progress There is
some Irish potatoes, the largest
we have seen of this year's crop,
at the drug store of Drs. Blount
which were grown by Mr. Ste
phen B. Ayers at the Donnell
Farm. Hvde County. - They are
fine.
JIscIa.iefy
Pure
A cream of tartar baking Powder,
Highest of all in Leavening Fower-
Latest U. S. Government Keport. -
Roval liakincr Powder Co., 106 Wall
St., New York. .
THE, SPIRIT OF COMMUNISM.
The seething commonweal armies
that have sprung into existence
in so many sections of the coun
try with the one common purpose
of marching, to tr e national capi
tal and "demanding" personal're
lief and the inauguration of a
system of paternalism the out
growth though not the intent
of the Republican ' party's lonir
regime, is evidence that our free
institutions are threatend: that
the spirit of communism is ramp-
ant and must be alarminsr to those
who see the situation as it is.
The Central Presbyterian, which
is one of the best edited and most
conservative of alf otir religious
exchanges, in its current issue
contains an admirable article on
this subject from which we take
the following extract. It says:
It is a portentous thing that
organized bands of idle men are
marching to the capital of the
country to demand v.rork of the
government. It is the duty of
the government to protect its
citizens in their Tights and in the
pursuits of happiness-in their
lawful avocations. But it is com
munistic and revolutionary to
look to the' government for em
ployment, and it is a measure
which, if followed, will lead to
the destruction of personal
liberty. Already the movement
has increased the evils com
plained of, has added to the num
ber of the idle, and been a burden
and a menace to the towns and
districts of country through
wl ich the so-called army of the
CoTiinonweal has been passm
Tho communities which have
contributed to their support have
done so mainly tor tne purpose
;ettmg them out of the way
and escaping' from tho evil of
their presence.
Lven if these men were free
from all responsibility for their
want of employment and this is
by no means true tho measures
tney propose wrould bring no-
permanent relief, but only make
them pensioners of the govern
ment, a burden and a hindrance
to the legitimate industries and
enterprises of the country.
In the same connection, we
clip the following from the New
York limes:
It is about time that the Com
munists in the Senate of the
United States were suppressed
by their fellow-senators. Noth
ing could be more reckless, in
view of the threatened invasion
of the capital by thousands of
tramps, than Peff er s bill ' 'to
provide work for unemployed
persons m the District of Colum
bia." Allen of Nebraska, has in
troduced a resolution, with the
view, of course, of endearing
himself to the tramxs. to the
effect that the tramps have the
right to camp in the grounds of
the Capitol. The force of this
resolution is that it contradicts a
municipal regulation of the
District, to which the Commis
sioners of the District have al
ready called the attention of the
tramps; The rules of the Sen
ate for once served a good pur
pose when they enabled this res
olution to be suppressed. But it
ought- to be understood that rep
resentatives of Anarchists, either
of the European and murderous
or of the American and blathers
kite variety, are not in place in
the Senate of the United States,
There is no question before
the people of such momentous
consequence, and the vicious doc
-1.1 T
trine should be denounced by
the press, the people and the pul
pit.
FRESH FUN.
THE SHAItP AND WITTY SAYINGS
OF THE PRESS MEN. .
Dishere kid o' mine, said Tough
Jimmy's parent, dragging him
before the professor of boxing
and athletics, is clever with his
dukes and wants to be a fighter.
He's built for it. W'at do you
t'ink?
Here my boy, said the gentle
manly professor, let us find out.
Let me see you take this pen and
write a challenge.
Maude )setat 8 and
a
resident
of the Ashbarrel tenement.) This
book's all about a dook w'at loves
a duchess. Wouldn't you love 1 to
i be a duchess, Louise?
Louise (with enthusiasm)
JNext to being casneer back uv a
, soda f ounting I'd ruther be that
than anything: else in the wThole
world.
Some young men, fond of
practical joke, enjoyed them
i
selves hugely yesterday at the
expense of a number of citizens
Suicide of Chas. E. Yarboro.
A telegram was received here
last week announcing the suicide
of Chas. E. Yarboro, "a former
resident of Louisburg, ; and a son
of Henry Yarboro, a highly .re
spected colored ' man. The re
mains were brought here last
Saturday and interred the same
day. The funeral services were
conducted by Rev. . ,
Charley wasan unusually in
telligent colored man, well-educated,
and - was held in high es
teem by our citizens generally.
For a number of years he was
editor of the Atlanta Anneal, a
staunch D'.jinoxji-itic journal, but
stopped its publication soon af
ter the election of Mr. Cleve
land, to accept a government jjo-
SltlOU."'
The sympathy of the entire
community goes out to the
stricken parents in their sad be
reavement. The Washington Fust gives the
following particulars of his
death :
C. E. Yarboro, colored, a clerk
in the Geological Survey Offices,
committed suicide yesterday by
shooting himself through the
head.
It was about 2 o'clock wThe he
entered Folger Park, which is in
front of Providence Hospital,
and sat down upon a bench. For
twenty minutes he sat looking at
some letters he had written, and
then at a moment, when no one
was near, drew a revolver from
his pocket and sent a ball through
his brain.
He was carried into Providence
Hospital, but died before any
thing could be done for him
Yarboro was about forty years
old and a good-lookmg mulatto
His face was almost white, and
ho was of heavy build. He lived
at 40 G street southwest, at the
house of a colored woman. A
son who had been adopted to
Yarboro also lived with him
mis son is about eighteen years
old, and is employed as a laborer
m the Census Bureau.
About a mouth ago Yarboro
suffered a stroke of paralysis,
and although he recovered com
pletely, has been very despond
ent. He expected that paralysis
would end his existence almost
any day, and told several friends
that he would anticipate such
a
death.
in tne dead man s pocket was
found three letters, one ad
dressed to his father and mother,
who live in Louts burg, N. C
and the other to Herbert Harris,
Capitol, and Charles Jones,
Coast Survey. In these letters
he spoke of his fear of death by
paralysis.
Colored men rarely commit
suicide and for this reason Yar-
boro's act will attract consider
able attention. He was well
dressed and seemed to have been
quite prosperous. Louisburg JS
C. Times.
POST NO HILLS ON II EROS.
Mr. W. H. Smith makes a
queer appeal in the American
Journal of Politics for the creation
of an "Order of American
Knighthood," and tries to show
that ambition to be enrolled in
such an order would encourage
bravery, talent, patriotism, and
all the civic virtues. He thus
meets the objections of people
who do not think that a ribbon
or other gewgaw would have
much attraction for men of
brains:
"Cynics may gibe and dema
gogue politicians carp, but the
fact remains that human nature
is stirred to emulation even by
such simple things as a ribbon
when given to merit by a
by a great
government. The
decoration
does not ennoble the wearer, does
not make his genius shine bright
er, or increase the power of his
intellect, but it makes his blood
run faster, and he walks before
his iellowman with a more con
scious pride, rue carper will
ask, ' 'Would Longfellow's songs
have sounded any sweeter, or
would Irving or Hawthorne have
written any purer English, or
told their stories m any more
fascinating manner had they
been decorated witn ribbon or
even with the diamonds of the
U-arterr inq, pernaps not, nor
would srnch decorations have
made them greater or more
lovable in any sense, but it
doubtless would have been a de
light to them had their govern
ment honored them by some such
distinction. Recur again to war,
that great example of heroic
deeds. Imagine glorious Phil
Kearney, or the impetuous Cus
ter, charging at the head of their
men lilse a tornado ot war, wear
ing upon their breasts a ribbon
or other decoration that had been
given them for conspicuous
bravery, and -every man of those
who followed knowing that he,
too, could win such a mark of ap
preciation, what heioes it would
have made of every one who
a
charged on such a'field,
Mr. Smith could, not have
made out a better cause for his
opponents than he has done in
choosing the instances ciuoted.
Longfellow, Irving and Haw
thorne were at least as devoid of
snobbery as Dickens and Thack
eray, both of whom refused the
empty honor of nobility, as
Gladstone also refused it more
than onceT His inferior rival Dis
raeli grasped it; but "Dizzy" al
ways was barbaric m his tastes
and addicted to gorgeous raiment.
It is not easy to imagine Custer
or Kearney or their1 splendid
soldiers fightir.g ; ay more gal
lantly even if they knew that a
whole shop of ribbons and but
tons were to reward their valor.
Grant was a brave man, but he
disdained martial millinery and
wore plain clothes whenever hn
could escape the oblicnti on of
x - 0 -
full dress.
Think of Emerson bemedalled
like a champion bicyclist, or
Whit-comb Rilev. William D
Howells, Joel Chandler Harris",
or Mark Twain, eclinsintr tho
' x o
glory of a Coxey's Army parado
by shining at anAuthors'Reading
in stars and garters, - wampum
and war-paint.
Mr. Smith does Clot- sav iust
how his scheme is to be carried
out save that it should be bv
the Government." Would he
leave it to the co-ordinate
branches of the Government, the
President and Congress? In that
case, what larks ! Representa
tive Muggins, of Arizona," would
Brass Nose-ring on an eminent au
thor of his district otherwise un
known to fame. If Representative
Muggins knew his business ho
could log-roll ; his bill through
both Houses of Congress, and if
Arizona happened to be a doubt
ful State at the moment, no fear
but that the Bard of Tombstone
Gulch would be entitled to a
newer, prouder honor, and would
make the last surviving Apache
feel insignificant enough in com
parison when he donned his em
blems of glory.
Should the President alone bo
entitled to nominate candidates?
We have had Presidents who
were not the very best judges of
literature or art on tho face of
the globe. Some even have in
cautiously confessed their prefer
ences in "favorite poems," "fav
orite writers of fiction" and what
not. On the whole it would be
wiser to leavo the matter to set
tlement by popular vote, or by
national lottery, or perhaps bv
"chucking up" a cent in each in
dividual case heads, tho candi
date wins; tails, he doesn't.
No, the country is not really
pining for an Order of Knight
hood, nor for an Academy of Im
mortals, nor for a National
Flower; all three institutions
having been gravely proposed
for public consideration. What
it wants in the present crisis is
some sensible legislation in re
gard to wool and iron and pork
and timber, (unhewn and fin
ished), and coal (anthracite and
bituminous); together with sev
eral other questions such as the
prevention of Asiatic cholera,
hApaism and the cattle distemper.
It wants a serious and speedy
settlement of the industrial dis
turbances, which shall give the
workingman twenty-one meals a
week, shelter clothing and the
other necessaries and luxuries
properly due to honest labor.
Heroes are not made by hold-
ribbons and buttons before
their eyes. The nation has never
lacked men and women ready to
give their labor and life, if neces
sary, for its honor and welfare,
and it never shall; but Knight
hood was discarded along with
other swaddling clothes when
young America left its mother's
apron - string a hundred years
ago.
Mrs. Gadders. "! have somuoh
trouble keeping a cook. I cant
get one that will stay any longer
than a week.
Mrs. Sauers (loftily) My family
is just the same size as yours,
and I have no trouble.
Mrs. Gadders. Yes; I've heard
that your cook had an easy thing
of it. She told .my chambermaid
that she had hardly anything to
do except when company came.
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