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STATE, THE TTISnOUST.
VOL XXIX
S:::r.:,T,:i: :i.C3 Fsr Ytir. S'j
CHURCH DIRECTORY,
j XBTHODIST. "
Sunday' School at 9:30 A. M. - - " ;
i . Geo. 8. Bakes, Sept.
, Preachinsc at 11 A. M., and 8 P. M.
every Sunday. -
Prayer meeting Wednesday nhrht.
i. if. (Smith, Pastor.
.BAPTIST.
Sunday School at 9:30 A. M. ,
-t . U - Thos. B. Wilder, Supfc
Preaching at 11 A. M., and 8 P. M.,
every Sunday.
Prayer m ering Thursday night. V
x j . i. Forrest Smith. Pastor.
jjr. s. p-burt, - . .-:
PRACTICING PHYSICIAN,
i ;; : Louisburg, N. C.
Office in the Ford Building, corner Main
and Nash streets. Up stairs--front.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON X!!, FIRST QUARTER, INTER
NATIONAL SERIES, MARCH 19.
THE DEW FLOWER.
LOUISBURG, IC C.,' FRIDAY, MARCH, 10, 1899.
5UILBERJ.
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A STRANGE WHIM -OF NATURE.
B.
B. MASSENBUB.Q,
ATTORNEY AT LAW. .:
, 10UISBUK8, r. a
Will practice in all the Courts of the State
Office In Court Hon so.
" - - ' -; . ' - " - ' ' :; "-
, M. Cno&B SOW,'
, I 1 ATTOBNBT8-AT-LA.W,
I : LouisBUBe.ir.a.
Wia attend the courts of Nash, Franklin,
Granville, Warren and Wake countlea, also the
Supreme Court of North Carolinp, and the U.
B. Circuit and District Courts. . . .
Db, B. 8. Fostse. db. j. b. VLumsv
INKS. FOSTER As M.AXONK "
PRACTICDSQ PHYSICIANS SURGEONS
; ; Louisburg, N. a '
Office over Aycocke Drug Company. :
HAYWOOD RUFFLN.
ATTORNBY-AT-LAW,
LOniSBUBS, H. C. .
Will practice in all the Courts of Franklin
and adjoining counties, also iu the Supreme
Court, and lu the United States District and
Circuit Courts. -
Onice in cooper and Clifton Building.
' -" ' ' -' '.
rjHOS. B. WILDEB,.
.1 ; ATTORNBY-AT-LAW,
! . xjdisbcb, . o.
Office on Main street, over Jones ft Cooper's
store, i .
S. SPKUILL.
I attorney-at-law,
I LOUISBUBO, If. C.
Will attend the courts of Franklin, Vance
Iranvllle. Warren and Wake conutls, also
the Supreme Court of North Carolina.'
prompt attention given to collections. -
Office over Egerton's Store. .
T.
W. BICKBTT,
Text of the Lesson. Jobs t. 1.1ft.
Memory Verses, 14-10 Golden Text,
John x, 11 Commentary Prepared
by tb$ ReT D.M. Stearns. J
' Copyright, 1899, by D. M. Stearns.
' 1. The misconduct of the scribes and
Pharisees, who ought to have been the
faithful shepherds of the people, brings to
mind the words by the prophets, notably in
Jer. xxiii and Ezek. xxxlv. Unfaithfulness
and unbelief seem to prevail in all ages in
the professing people of God. By the gate
of Eden, with its sword and sacrifice; by
the gate and door and veil of the taber
nacle He taught the people the only way
of access to Himself. He now reminds
them of: It and says that ail other ways are
invented: by those who would rob God ofa
His honor. .
, 2.' The troe shepherd accepts God's way
and knows no ether. - Lik Noah build
ing the ark or Moses the tabernacle, he
has no suggestions to make, but -simply
obeys God Implicitly. He does not ap
point himself to office, but God calls him
and appoints him, as He did Moses and
Joshua and Samuel, Isaiah, Jeremiah and
bzekiel the apostles and all who are will
ing to be wholly subject to Him-
3. His voice is recognized as the voioe of
one In authority, and He is followed and
trusted. He -said -,tb Moses, Thou hast
found grace in my sight, and I know thee
by name (Ex. xxxiii, 17). Through Isaiah
He said; 's Fear not, for I have redeemed
theeL I have called thee by thy name, thou
art mine (Isa. xliii, 1). ' ,
L 4. A great many people who bear His
name and seem to be doing His work do
not understand this, for they complain of
not being able to accomplish what they
wish xnor . get where they desire to ko.-
There must be a misunderstanding some
where, for when we follow where He leads
.all should be easy, and when He goes be
fore He Will not leave obstacles in the way
of those whom He leads.
6. Sheep must be wiser than people, for,
while sheep' will1 not follow a stranger,
many who call themselves Christians fol
low those who do not follow Christ and
yet think thjay are in the right way. They
do not seem to know the difference be
tween His voice and that of strangers.
His word is His voice. It is true from the
beginning and forever settled in heaven
(Ps: cxix, 89).
6. "They understood not." It seems a
comparatively simple parable in the light
of the prophecies we have referred to, but
it was all dark to them, for they were
more full of tradition than of His Word.
the Scriptures. It is even so now, and a-
Bible study to those unaccustomed to it is
something very strange. How sadly He
Bays even to his disciples, Do ye not yet
understand? How is it that ye do not un
derstandr (Math, xvl, 9, 11). . ; ' r
7. Now He says plainly, "I am the door
of the sheep." The gate of the garden of
iden, the gate and door and veil of the
tabernacle, the door of Noah's ark, the en
trance to the city of refuge, were all typ
leal of Him who is the way and the only
way. There is none other name given un
der heaven among men whereby we may
be saved (Acts iv, 18). Christ told men
to look unto Him and they would be savecL.
Christ is God, and when we receive Christ
we-receive Ood: The Hon has left on
It Blooms la Death Valley and Hnjra
the Sand tor the few Moments
it Has to Live.
In the lower eastern part of the
state of California is a trackless
mast seem moderation and econ
omy itself. The aggregate of ap
propriatioos of the Congress. do
about to expire is estimated at $1,
600,000,000, exclasife of the $115,
000,000 proposed to be appropri
ated for the construction
of the Nlearagna canal
The . war with Spain an un
necessary war accounts for sever
al handred millions of the total.
TnELO 13 IIT SHEPHERD
GAMBLER'S TRICKS.
1 SHALL' NOT WAST.
He Maketh Me to Lip Dowa iu Ureeu
Pasture. lie Leadethftle B.
side the Still Waters."
Thistwenty-tbird Psalm is like
a harp, whose strings being' touch
ed. awakensweetst melodies that
ITS II U MAN SATCnF..
People Like Belli? Humbojrxed to
Much that they ilate to be t'n-
deceived
I tell you," declared the re
formed gamblers, "that there are
people in this country who insist
" a
waste oi do. sana ana Known as but all exDeuditares are on the ex
Leatn valley. Across it,, bleach- aeerated scale, and tha aat ex
ng in the sun, are scattered the tent of the total outeo is dne rather
bones of ambitious'white men and to the reckless oolicv of the party
horses that have essayed to pass iu p0wer than to any particular
over its torria bosom in early days. eYent of the last two vears. The
A few stunted shrubs, a roCted protectionist idea of ependinir one sense of strength, protection, rest tbe infernal egotimof theater
prairie wagon, a stretch ol telltale man's money for an other man's and lore it imparts Th Lord is K man that leads him Into . the
uones ana a eea or sana , matte up profit is at the bottom of tha
thrill the hflart with joy and glad- upon being swindled. Nine oat
ness, It is one of (be brightest of ten of the men who are caught
gems in the golden settingof God's know that tbey are golog op
blessed World. The very first I againstsome kind of a banco came.
verse contains a volume in the I Tbey have read all about it, but it
F.LiIC3 tha fcxxl nor delicious end vvho!cscn3
Hlp Toor Taitor.
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW.
. ;- !;-!"- IiOUISBUBe B. CU i;".
Prompt and painstaking attention given to
Man n.tta. IntnntMl tAltll tlUllli.
Refers to Chief J oatice Shepherd, Hon. John
Minnlna Hiui RnhL W Winston. HOD. J. C.
Buxton, Pres. First National Bank of Win
tnn. ainnn Jk mmiIt. Winston. Feooles Bank
of Monroe, Chas. B..Taylor, Pres. Wake For
est college, Hon. is. w.XimDeriaa.e.
Office In Court House, opnosite SheriiTa.
Vy H. PBBSON,
. " . , ATTORNEY AT-LAW,
. . J, UuisBUBe,B'. a '
PractJcea in all courts. Office, lr Neal
Building. , , '
tgy H T ABBOROTTGH, JH. .....
I ATIOENEY AT LA W,
LOUISBURO, N. C.
Ulficajon second floor of Neal building
Main Street.
All legal business intrusted to him
7ill receive prompt and careful attention.
. J-B. D. T. BMITHWICK,
; DENTIST,
LOUISBUBO, N. C.
Office in Ford's Building, 2nd floor.
its scenery. -Rising fromTthe ho
rizon are the blue crests of the Pan-
amint mountains, almost Joat in
the haze, and all around hovers the
awful desolation that mates with
bartenness and silence. .
- - -
Yet in the midst of it all there is
a brief moment at the dawning
when thisbeatridden spot becomes
as rich and beautiful as an ocean
of tinted satin undulating and bil
lowing.into SDace. .'
The Dew flower of Death valley
is one of nature's strangest whims
When the sun goes down at night
time on tho hot -waste; it would
seem that-no flower of God's crea
tion could live upon it. But before
... x .
morning the heavy dews wafted
by the winds from the : mountains
fall inr misty - showers " upon the
parched plain. . An hour or two
before eunrisu the moist sand, with
its undercurrent of warmth, gives
life to the dew flower, and when
the:light begins to glow in , the
east myriad tiny pink flowers burst
into bloom, bugging the sand for
the few moments they are destined
to live. - - -
j V Tlie first rays of the sun ' come
slanting across the field . and, as
though a hot breath had touched
tbe garden, tne colors laae ata tne
dew flowers wither and disappear
mowed down like wheat before the
reaper
In five minutes the . sand - takes
back its pallid color, the -heat
ord that blessed truth, "Him that cometh l waves begin to coil upward in the
unto Me I will in nowise cast out" (John, . . v.. anet . a ni.tn n.i-ntP hv
vi. 871. - v " -" v r- i" j
8. AH before Him or beside Him were I nature 8 brusn is gone
tnievesana roDDers. l tase it tnau tne
war
and the various increase of expen
diture that follows it. , '
- Old Man's Trayer.
. -x - '
In one of our city hospitals, re
cently, the physicians were getting
my sbepherd. " lbe Lord, the trap, lie Knows mat otben bate
creator and preserver of alt thing; I been eaugbt, but he's too. smart
whose voice is heard in tbo tem- fr oything of that kind, don't
pest, whose smile is seen in the I yon seer
rainbow, whoee finger touch kiud I "I was at a country fair io Iowa
les the watch-fires that gleam on j exposing the tricks of gamblers,
the brow of night; who paints the Mr graft was in selling a little
clouds with amber and gold, and book that I had on the subject,
" .. . .... I ri . i,
ready to perform an operation droP8 lD P'rple veil ol twjligbt Q"e was a preuy uteiy gang
The patient, an old man. was I "r 'nt a sea, cringing rest townsuip, aou
stretched upon the operating table, and Seace to a toe world: w Den 1 omta mem now me sneu
and when at length all was in re-" 8 T shepherd." trick was done one biff fellow In-
adiness, one of the physicians ap- What does a shepherd dof lie B.,BlBU " Qe cou,a i0" D
thamAmin nwKi P and was bound to bet oo
man raised his hand and said: 0Qt over bill and plain, through
Wait a moment." Then, folding the barren and waste places to
his hands and closing his eyes, he gea. spots, where is abundant
began repeating the prayer which herbage; be guides them by cool
he used to say at night, at his streams, where they may refresh
mother's knee: , tbemseltes, and qnench their
"Now I lay me down to sleep,' ' thirst; he watches unceasingly, and
I pray the Lord my soul to keep; when tbey are weary, lift the
If I should die before I wake, tender ones to bis boson, folds bis
I pray the Lord my soul to take; arms about them; shelters them
And this I ask for Jesus' sat a." from the storm and tempest, and
The doctors bowed their, heads brings them safely 'to the fold ,el hlm PQt P b5s aoT od ld
I I j tt i - -l- . - t.r .fi.. i i J
.1 M -. . . J 1 I Iscrain K Hni rtn r ah IS. "tu II VICi IU U1UJ l ker 1 uau
roicicuki y auu w au, auu w uou i c 1 -
be had finished, be looked up Lord, the Saviour leads His owo.
calmly and said, "I am ready-" So doSs He guide our trembling
Skilful and tender fingers did rough and stooy paths
their work, and after a time the of life; so does He bring us into
eyes of the old man slowly uncloa- unny places where we may feed
ed again. As he took in the famil- on the word of II s promises; so
iar sorronudings. a look almost of does lie give us water or lire to
disappointment crossed his face qnench our thirst, and ; when
and then he said, softly. "As Thou storms and tempeet overtake us,
bis proposition. I told him (bat I
was out of the businers, but that
be was miatakeo. Thtn they set
ap a cry that I was" a fraod and
afraid of my owo game. I went
over the whole tbingagaln and
showed them bow tbey were fooled
but I must give the fellow a cbioce
or tbey' would wreck my whole
outfit.
"At last, just to sr.ve myself, I
wilt, Lord." Ex
Prophecy for 1899.
expression "All that ever came before me'
has the same thought as in Ex. xx, 8,
"Thoushalt have no other gods before
me.": The first thief and - robber was sa
tan, who tried to take Adam and Eve away
from God.
9. Again Ha says that He Is the door,
and He speaks of safety and plenty. ' Not
only is He the door, but He is also our
Afew courageous and fortunate
men who have crossed this valley
of death have witnessed this re
markable scene and told. how in
24 hours one can experience all its
The following propbeey for 1829
I has been made by Farmer Perter
Smith, who is known as a prophet
in the State of Wyoming. He pre-
He 'puts His arm around op, say
ing, "Lean ou me my child; find
rest and shelter hereon my breast
Is there one of n- who would fear
to irustTlTm wTilweD?arTbe
whisper of that divine voice with
in nsf
It is said of the Alpine shep
herds, that, as the sun sinks to
dieted a greafmaoy of the events
of the last year. He always writes "at behind the distant snow-cap-
bis prophecy th first month of the ped peaks, and the silver mist
year, and boasts that be has not J comes treepiog over the valley and
won. Then it took three other men
to Leep him from whipping me be
cause I took bim for a squealer.
One or two-olhers insisted on bay
ing a try at it ana never turned a
hair became of their lorees. When
it came to three card moots, it was
the same. Each of half a dozen
men was sure that be could pick
the card, and despite my warning
would have a try at it, and some
of them two or three tries. When
they were cleaned but, there went
kind of a fraud, and tbey chased
me three miles into the country
before it was dark enough for me
to'eseape." Ex.
Breakers and Darxtn Ahead.
A minister who is worthy of the
name can stand so empty purse
better than an empty pew or an
empty prayer meeting It is a
disgrace to a church that failure U
pay an honest aafary should
straighten a pastor's par; but
the spiritual emptioes a dicta bis
heart the most keenly. Ferbsrs
your pastor is wonderlog what
has become of you oothe evenings
of devotional meetings. The bet
ter manor woman "roa are. the
more yoo are .missed; the worse
yea are, the more joo need to go.
It may be that your pastor is dis
heartened by the emptiness cf
your pew oo the Sabbath. lie has
carefully prepared a discourse for
your special bvbefit; joo have lost
it; both be and you suffer from
that absence. For one I am ready
to confess that I bays never made
any converts to the truth lo an
empty pew, and bse never de'lv
ered a sermon loud enough to
awaken a parishioner who was dol
ing at home or who had strolled off
ta another church. If a good reason
keeps him at home, try to send a
substitute; Invite some friend who
seldom bears the gospel, to go and
occupy your seat: your minister
gets a bearer, and that hearer may
get what will save Lis souL Church
members sometimes complaio that
their minister does Dot "draw" i
larger congregation; yet they d
oothlog to draw ouUiJers to the
House of God by a cordial iovita
tion to come. Help yoor paator to
fill the bouse. T. L. Coyier.
It really looks as if the l qnor
-eg
Forty Years of Calf Eaialng.
pleasures at the rising of the sun failed for 2q years to correetly pro- op the mountain eide.the shepherds
salvation and our food. Hesaid, rHethat and its horrors and beat during Dv.e8v ine comine evnt. He says: the lower cliffs call
flatath Me. even he shall - live bv Me I . it tt.i. t i-. I" I -
eateth Me, even he shall ' live by Me'
(John vi, 67). Any one may enter in and
find in Him salvation and rest and peace
and plenty.
" 10. He desires to give life and lift
abundantly, while the thief seeks only to
destroy. The father of , all the Jihleves is
called tne adversary, who goeth about
seeking whom he may devour (I Pet. v, ).
Christ is our life. When we receive Him,
the day .New York Journal.
A Constant Uuest.
to those
My prediction this year is a big tM"lMB rra.se oe to uou,
European war with France and oou u,1' "lmwn,...
England involved with Russia.
Did you ever observe that the
manners of even the best mannered
we have life, and when we let Him fill us families are a little improved by
lneueen ol Holland will mar
ry and the Crown Prince of Ger
many will be. betrothed.
There will be cabinet charges
and several cabinet officers will re-
Zi2& sence of company f Do you
RIootcTiato Tin snvn. (it rather la snnken of I nnt rftnliy.B in vnnr Own raSR that i
as the Great Shepherded the Chief Shep- . ftrfl leB - t tQ .ye sign their portfolios.
nerd (JtieD. xin, so, ssi ; l iret. v, )' as I . , I - Mia. 4t- r '4
the Good Shepherd He gives Bis life for swers, to be contentious, to speak There will be a month of record
ns jhas iie may save us. .as tne ureas Rn-pr,iv .u wav to eel fish si- I breaking weather during tne year . . ... .,. ... D
Shepherd Hewortslnus the things which soarpiy, io give way 10 seinsu si 6 . j to Him, we can say with the Peal
Having bad experience io rais
ing calves for the past 40 years I
have learned some facts of value
although tbey are not wholly in
accord with many writers oo . the
subject. I always leave the calyes
with the cow until tb.yaretwo
weeks old, by which time tbey
bava mad a soma trriwth. hava
8o,looking back over onr past . . . hm
life and recognizing God's band as . for their feed. 1
He has led us gently, eo tenderly, xba them to dry. warm
so loviogly-not always as we I . . . - m w!tKonl mUk
i - - - r ----- - - - -
op the parting salutation 'Praise
be to Gcd, good night" a note of
adoration and thanksgiving for the
mercies of the day.
would choose, but as seemetb best
m nlnastnir to God. Aa the Chief Shea- Itneo . lr ha mniuiv. or . nnrpannnft- I and a great deal Ol rain Will, tall
tZZS hKS bleror disagreeable, when there all over the United States -
compiish in na is a guest in your bouseholdf . Es- There will be several important
12. The hireling thinks more of his own . ,. ;. - ... :t l - ,
. .a. . n I naJI lHIIV- IU I. 1 1 M 111 IL Mil II LIIH I I II LMTUK k I II II al lllllf r IBVnB n 1 hll QI felj
Office in Ford's Building, 2nd floor. I uie than tne weiiare or tne sneep. ie is i v v.- - o - 7 .
Gas administered and teeti extracted - not one with .-the Good Shepherd,sthough Utrangeris one of dignified and j unknown honors, bestowed upon I
mist, My,cnruuneth
De Lean, in Christian Work.
over.
Thank Uod For Mother.
without pain,
pvB. B.B. BXNO,
! DENTIST,
: ; LOUISBURG, N. C. L , -Orricx
oveb Aycocke Dbuo Company.
n ti:-. - rn.f. l un
nextverseare fully set forth in thosechap- . uuuo wiuf,
ters In Jeremiah and Ezekiel, already re- tion and character, of Bweet and
ferred to. Let each answer for himself as I . - .
pastor, teacher or Christian worker, Am winning manner, and very espe
l one with the Good Shepherd in self re- cJaUy if it is one whom you love,
tir.ninlni aol iianvlTtni laKi-tW aao1rin I " .
nothing for myself, but only the welfare 1 and who loyes you?
cf those with whom He brings me In con- Now this thought seems to SUg
13. "Because he isan hireling." There gest a possiDliny Ol your wearing
I
cabinet office "will be
T With an experience of twenty-five years
Is a sufficient guarantee of my w.ork .in all
the up-to-date lines of the profession. :
may be Christian workers in all positions, thfi a i,eomDaDT manners" always
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HOTELS.
whose principaL thought is their position for always you have, or ma.1 have,
and their salary rather than the salvation i u h ft t y0QQue who
of aonln and tha srlorv of God. I .. O . '
- 14. He knows His sheep, and they know I is. more majestic in bearing than
Him. Tueixw Mowetn xnem tnatare 4ib tintfu nT the earth vet more
His, and in the judgment. He will make ltie 01 ine eaDi Tet mor
' . . . r-r - I .... J 31 . ii
no mistaKe. xie weignetn, our actions tender ana loving tuan a uiuiuer,
and regards our thoughts and is ever wKn is crowned with fflorv
readv to show Himself stronji on behalf Une w.d0 18 "Owned wnn glory
of those who trust Him (II Chron. xvi, o). I and honor," yet bears Himself to-
iie even keeps a dook ior mose. wno wunx 1 . - ;it, .f.vioo. tan1ar
noon Him (Mai. 111. 16). "ds 70X1 Wlt matchless tender
15. The Father is wholly occupied with Bess; one whom surely you must
t . - ... , 11 .1 1 I . .
Good accomodation for the traveling Him. The Son is wholly occupied with hoye, since He so loved you as to
Hie xauitxBuu hhu ocoauig uim lYoiioiii ifivg aig me ior yuu, luers . vtu
- t t?.i 1 1 . 1 1 1 o
Ol au wuoiu ia f Bluer una kuou w auu. i. - , , , TT . .
They understand each other perfectly. DO doubt of HlS Willingness to
They would have us as one with them, aa I abide with you, for He Himself
18. "Other sheen I have." Until after oas promised, "Lol lam with you
His resurrection there was no command 1 always: even to the T end of the
KO preacn eioeyu w tuia uowb, uuu uuw ijiio
command Is to go Into all the world, to
every creature, that all who "will may
come. The worker must not be discour
aged because all who hear do not believe.
. .V . .1.. 171H4.V fll.tft TTlm Pnll aW.m.
Good accommodations lor tne Him He shall see of the travail of
His soul and shall .bo satisfied, and He
shall not fail nor be discouraged XJohn
vl, 87; Isa. liii, 11; xlii, 4). May the fre
quentr repetition of these and other texts
In these lessons be as helpful to the reader
as to the writer. I do believe God.
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FBANKLINT0N, N. C.
SAM'L MERRILL, Prp'r.
pnblie.
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OSBORN HOUSE,
C. D. OSBORN, Proprietor,
' Oxford, N.C.
traveling public.
world.'
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Fo for any case of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. '- -
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W. tha undersigned, have known F.
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lieve bim perfectly honorable in all busi
ness transactions and financially able to
earry out any obligations made by tbeir
firm. ! - ,-' "
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acting directly upon the blood and mu-
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fVirrwtsa, . . Kortliarc::sJ
Good Sample Room.
piaBisrroTSi to FroE-s Ara Corn Eotrsi
eons surfaces, of the system. Testimo
nials sect free. Price 75 cents per bottle,
Baltimore Son. - -
The country was scandalized
when the Fifty-first Congress ap
propriated in its two sessions as
a billion of dollars. Various items
of extravagance on a large scale
were pointed out, and the country
was hardly satisfied with the ex
planation of Soeaker Seed, that
this is a billion dollar country."
Because a man, or a country, can
stand a certain amount of waste is
no reason, it was argued, for enter
ing deliberately upon a policy of
waste sud higher taxes. But in
comparison with tbeappropriations
of the present Congress those of
Speaker Keed's first T!ongress
A new
created.
The army will reorganized and
a more important post created for
the bead of the army.
One man wll control the Amer
ican turf and there will be a great
wheat sensation in early fall '
I see an oyerthrow of the Spanish
Government, which will be adjust
ed without open war.
The'Presidentof France will re;
sign. - i "
QueenVictoria will die and the
Prince of Wales will be . crowned
with great magnificence.
The King of Denmark will die
and the Dowager Empress of
China will be disgraced through
out Europe and Asia. .
A wave of prosperity is coming
for the United States, financially.
Anew political party . will tie
founded and there will be five
presidential candidates in the field,
including the Prohibitionists and
the Populists.
The Government will take con
trol of the cables and canals that
are being built in the colonies
Carriages . will run" without
horses in eyery city io the united
6tates
Women will dress like men, . in
derbv hats and ulster, and there
will be no big sleeves.
Three of the famous old men of
the United States will -die and
Europe will lose her oldest queen
Preserve this until the first day
of 1900, and I will give you
penny forevery niesUtecent.
After one of the bard fought
battles of the war, a Confederate
chaplain was called hastily to see
a dying soldier Takiog'bis
band, said:
'Well, my brother, what can I
do for you?" . -
He supposed, of course, the
fellow would want to cry to God
for help in bis extremity; but it
was not so.
r "Chaplain," said h, "I want
yoo to cut a lock of bair for my
mother; and then: chaplain, I
want yo'i to kneel down and return
thanks to God for me."
'For what?" asked the chaplain.
"For giving me such a mother
Ob, she isa good "mother. Her
eacbtoifs a-e my comfort no
And then, 'chaplain,
that by His grace I am a Christan.
Whit would I d now if I were
not a Lhristianf Aud thank Him
for giving me dying grace. He
makes , this hard bed feel soft as
downy pillows are. And, oh.
over one or two feeds After that
I give tbem milk fresh and warm
from the cow aud have never bad
any trouble getting them to drink
by the second or third feeding
without putting anything in their
mouths to aid in sucking. I feed
fresh milk from the cow uotil
three or four weeki old, then skim
milk aud shelled com boiled until
it is a little softened. Oae would
be surprised at the rapid growth
calves make on this feed. When
I am short of milk I boil clov r
bay orbluegrass and poor the tea
thus made iutotbe milk. This bas
a rich feed value. At about six to
eight weeks old I begin to feed
clover hay, blucgrassor some eioii
lar. coarse feed.- Joseph
Butler Co, Oho.
cpruion was more daegtrout to dem
ocratic aoJfdity and hirmooy in Nor.h
Carolina than the gold q-jesiioa watia
896, Great cxci'.emtnt prevails la
tocne cooamuaates over lbe dapecaary
and its ppears as if person al dal.iea
aod party Lkkericgs would grow out
of if- This ts vtrv eaiortanate for lbe
future saccrmt of the party as well as
lor lbe peace aod hippioew of towns.
The moral atpect tA lbe qirrion ita-
rrwes maoy sensible people, bot lbe
strange thing is, that a Urge namber
vote for a d i-tatiry opoa moral
gToundi, while another eoally iaielli- -
gem naaaber vote agaiou lbe dapea
sary opoo stiictly mnral groooda. Sen
ator Otboroe ws ooder sharp fire be
cause of b.t course relative 10 a dpea-
urv for Charlotte. He was viodkated
by the senate by a vote of 31 to is.
la r speech c!ing lbe dcUle be
said:
"11 f G id has not told me that the
diowiy b a good thiog; be is sileat
on ib ru'?ct. Wbetber a cbsrch
nxtotef :v;xild run a dhpeniary and
sell I;qof lor hire I con lew my en led
cannot grasp.'
Te nter of ibis would say ibat be
bAS ool oucbed l q-Df ov wine or beer
or cler or any kind of iotoxaat for
nearly tveoty-vt jtart, and n not re
mote! lo besmpected A leaeieg .to
ward the bUjl ov Oa lbe otter
bind in 1 S3 1, be oted for the tea-
peraoce aoveoeet scd wold d? to
agtio, but be has never been able to
sew the dttpeotary Ua'.om io tub a
Uvorabte l ghi as 13 jaify bim ia tsuk
tog so entire cotamaB.tr mpoai.ble
for aelliog lj-or aod telp-ng to make
drunkard, or to vo:e -tlood mosey"
10 the public acta'.a. He tas eertr
bten d-?wd to atcic Of i ;k CTiLtL.
aoy oof al men wbo could cot rew
the question ia tie tame 1 jHu It b a
qietiioo that b very ucfftuca:e at ika
time. for the harmony ol the party sod
tr soccrsa of tbe White Man's party
ta 1000 a moat irnpcuicl clecxioa
iodecd. Tbe MewBger is very aex-
oeter I oo to see the party heartily eoited,
kno If it depended opQ bim to tell sod striving to pot lbe stale upon the
without being asked. Danog leo or 11 b gh-ay of peace, prosperity acd
telve weeks of tbe Dat crop year Mr. wicty. After lbe most streoaovs sod
Fondtrburk was don with typhoid eicitiog cam pa go of i?c,S, U wCl b
lever, and ha crop was Ihus cecewari- moat onfortanaie 10 every way if lbe
ly what it would bive been. He ran fro its ol tbe mign:ceoi victory abo-s'.d
a five bone farm. List tall be gain- be lost io aoy pamcslar by, reason f
ered 35 bales of cottoo. 800 bushels of j sod bkkehegs and personal aoug-
coro, 154 bosbels of ssheat, 300 oniama.
bosbels of oats, aod corresponding I Tbe ameodsxot lo tSe cooJlitsttoa
quantities of peas, potatoes and rocgh-1 b lo be voted cpoo, aod if foal by party
ness. His corn crop was cat doo by I UiAsenst ct it will be a reproach aod
a Iresbct. O-it of seven bogs be made evil that wi'.t not don. It will raise
1.786 poands ol meau Dcsadrs his J an bsoe hereafter more fatefol and ex-
main crop beol c -rc made soch o her I cuiog thao aoy that has occurred. Let
things as a good farmer a)a)S does, ns bare peace in the party. A maa who
including the considerable quantities calls bimself a demscrat aod a wbi'.e
of butter, eggs aod chxkeot whxh mm and ho wold be wilUog to de-
Mrs. Fonderbark bandied. Mr. Fun I leal lbe atseodsxel aod raise aga:a
derburk is well-lo-do, aod has never I ia Nrih Carolina tbe qeuoa of ee
done aoytbirg but farm but be lna J gro supremacy a Ireacberocs a&d aa
. .... 1
how to do that, lie nas larmea 17 t enemy.
years aod made rooocy dartnic every
one of these but three, and ia these kt
nonel Besides lbe crop raised as men
tioned above be led nineteen teai ot
cattle, lbe value of bch h apparent
Otr. fundcrtark's Farm lag.
atoaro lovraal.
While Union counti baa no iarmct
so far as we know, equal to Mr. B't
ley, ol Iredell, sull we have sooe bo
not ooly rnaae a g--d living oo lbe
farm but make oiioey besides. 0e
of these b Mr. N. A. Fon ierUjik, b-
lives three miles south of Monroe. Mr.
Funde'rburk, makes do Wags about
what be does, and ooe wj!J
Success ia Life-
Put Your 'anie Oa Your tiale.
Ia order to be sueeefjfal In life
Allen, I there most be bat one object of
pursuit. Let thit object be what
it may.it must exclode everything
else. Yoa must b Miion f
everything except the goal ef yonr
desires) tbe mecea of jonr aatiei-
patloos; and. if the ebjset yoi are
Why doo'l our. farmer friends put
thir mrnn on the fr jat rates of I heir
places? Ifihey would do this it wouli pursuing be alaudable one, victory yltU tbe focneeclh
A aVJected Flaa-
The pi 1 a by wbka sooe of tbe rt
lUcaf leaders proposed to pot la cp
eratoa lbe provisjaaof the fosrtrrsib
Ameodmeot Vb relaies to rerrrvea
lat)oa ia Cocgreaa, seems lo bare
come loeaogbt. Io fact, it b a t-Ua
h;h, if 11 hi Lscjs io iu bead for tbe
Sotb, hs forg tiingt ia its tad for
tV North, the West and lU Et.
Thzt the RepUaa leaders bare
discovered, foe there It 00 pfxrriaiool
made 10 the peodieg cens-js Ul to
sccore ibe i&formatioa oeceaury to
' I t . T1 ..A I. .A.l
I . . 1 . t will 00 Tours. A w i o is ,
thank Uod ' 0 . .. h..un.ntk i. iU itm-r-l
it wouli mate duvin? and hceiinsrl"
" I . 1 . - . rr v .v . . -.tit
ihrn-h the eonntrv much m re dm- spoorwm, - -
o - 1 c 1, . ...1..JJ
ant and ioieresunz. Ho. often ll lt" ' wtT "a Da ,B'
,,,;.,n .hen two or ra. tloelbU pnrpoee determlaee, to
1 Hrivinir alin9 lh rnnnlf i triad Irt
ft a 1 . . .:. . .i
"Wbc-ie ar 10 M or "f'gujacau. -
ill be marshal of France," ones
getber, "W ho lives therif or
place is thi I" The jeison asking the
ehanlaln. thank Ilim for tbe nrom
r r
ised home in clary I'll soon be J
there.
'And so," said the chaplain, "I
kneeled by his bed with jiot a pe
tition to utter, only praiso and
thanksgiving for a good mother,
a Christian hope, dying grace and
an eternal borne in glory."
For some time, I bate sn3rd with
rbomatim and triM errr Imainabl
rmdy. without r?-ct. Mr. F. O. 8.
WVlls adi-d m to try Chambcrltlo's
Fain Balm, U-llinir m that U hai carrd
many eases of long standing lia to In.
1 have uafd foor botilf" and frl aar
that one mora bottle will make my care
eomrl-'te. A. P. Kostx, Oir-taore, Ark.
cli ty W. G. Thoass.
well and vet not kno hj lives in
each place. Of course, strictly speak
iog it may be nobod) "a business ho re.
sides here or there through the ctuo
try, bat cool J certainly da 00 harm t
have little signs op on the gate posis
giving tbe informitioo, and ihere i n-s
d jubt it would gratify a very natural
and a very general curiosity if it were
d-ne. Then, too, it uuld be a preat
convenience, as anv one will admit
who has walked cr drien hack a hon
drni yards or so fr.m ire larm hoe
only lo fsod that be hi! stiuk the
wrong house and at the sime linse the
wrong d .. Ca.
exclaimed a Freceh Seer, and be
was. Wbo told that the Alps
maJeitimpoMible to take artillery
Napolean answered: 'Tbere shall
be no Alo; Impossible cao only re
found in the dictionary of f le.
The key of success is a thorough
prspajauoo fof and aa indosssita-
1 1 preseverauee io tbe accomplish
ment of aoy undvrtaxm:;ana ice
characters who have made tbem
selves conspicuous io theology,
civil Jurisprudence, mercantile an t
agricultural poreotts, and, in fact,
any bojiness or j roftviuB in life
are thoee that have beut all tbeir
energies In tbe aeeoapliibiaent ef
cue object.
arretdasroi ia cperaisosx Tt- fo-
vi.icn, blaetly stated, is lo tse rr;rr-
sntaioo to Cocgrras 00 the neater
id roeo wh an sally vo-.e, aci rot oa
rxpltk)Cl. Oj it baa s Matvich -sent
wol i kne at Iratt ooe coegrrsamaa,
if not mo'r, and nearly aU tbe states
w.e'd bae to make sorne aacrikre la
lbe?r rei-rrseotatKm. Xa tba kv cf
lbe rase, the Hr(l(Cia leaders bare
thocght h pvolect l aharvd rt a p'.aa
bh Ccmljmi j tn-cH pvtr,-se cf
trouMe m ih r.r g qiarter.
The rorai-jre louorfoftd So tVe hooe
I r tbe r-ors. u if Utu& the acice
00 the cvti-i has lees st,!T'.cied in
rtamiiltr, ai d 'V rrrues b il tvom ia
cocfcreoce -ette the bocsra is
ao od 'c KudrrB !fr tt ;i Kj.s
entiej stuii at tUt 1'. . As
uual, eiir.a want f Vwd u d a
w lh all STts I t jVssfCJt cr.w'i:y
std ottc-ecruary itl-tssu.-a, let ilct:
are tare: lew A'.Ui'.a C-r-t;. .a