North Carolina Newspapers

rfT - -ii :: '.--- .' .! ! .. . : Mr ' .. - ' ::.f : .: '. ; ..!.:' : ' 1 : !-. ! - - v x: 1 - J: t r vr - - r" ! 1'.; 4". 4 i ' 1 ' I. ESTABLISHED 1X1825. Of WEEKLY ! EDITION! , Tks: Ona year $L-V: mx months 73 eeoU; three tnontns au eents. Always in Mruee. I . tf Paper (topped at tho expiration of rabacrip- tim ia mi (MM. ' ADTKRTisixa Rates.-0n inch on innertion 1 fureaca ratwequent insertion 50 cent. Ail- vertife.ru mart contract for upecial rate ia order to jret the oenentoi tnica rate. AaareM i t JOHN B. HTJSSET. I , Editor and Proprietor. GREENSBORO. N. 0. JANUARY 24.. 1884. 1 y Congressman York has a bill to build a Federal building in Win. : ston. ; : ' "'-' : " 'H ?' I V 1 - " 1 '" i Y flThelSpirit f the Age says the temperance cause is gaining in this State. j ' ' ; 1 " " . " ) A telegram from Key Wett Florida, anuouirces another comet I as .visible on the 15th, bearing west &lJl:''jwrtrlegrees. ; ; . ; t- . i 4 1 - I'.f' . :.' i ' Tli Airriciiltnrjil Tnai-r.- tiu'iit at Washington has becouu a jirt'tty extensive setl establi8h meut. The distribution last . '-ear :r was 2,5O(JL0OO (Tiickageiisor Kt-el. 2,. 000,(MH of which were , furnished to '4)Qiigrtessfneiit . i i iLMrs. ' General V! William .N. Pendletou died siiddejrilj- 14th, in liexington,. m the seventy-seventh year of her age. It is a singular ' doincitlenee that General Pendleton died suddenly just a year ago' to ; tf.o day, j V- ;; '.v. Tbe steamer from Siaui with j Baruum's! white elephant on board lias arrived at Liverpool. The ele pUant will be tken to the London Zoological gardensyaud after being ; exhibited tbere tor a few weeks will be-taken to aris. It ill be sent to America in May i T ' '"i : give below the populal ' tiou, of the various cities" in Yirgi- nia) according to the census oMSSO i 'Alexandria - 13.659 726 i 5.010 15,959 5.729 - 21,966 21.656 '.11.490 : 63.6U0 5 6.664 'j 4.958 Danville I ! Froionck.-ilmrir IiVDcbbunr ManchMter Norfolk I Petersburg-' Portsmouth - Richmotut Staunton Winchester (iitTLe! Chatham Record : says that the Gulf mill was sold to! Mr. ' John M. Mclver for $8,000. This is one of the most valuable " mills in the State, land also one of the old est, halving been owned by . the Wilcox family before the Kevolu- tionary war. ' I , j . ; -' I, i v , .... .;. i r The Washington- correspon dent of the Charlotte Observer writes that Skinner's chances are not only first-rate, but he is almost-certain, to kenp bis seat.1 Mr. Fab Busbee. whos Mri Skinner attorney, says he isconfident that the committee will render a report sustaining that side of the 'case. ,:-r- , :-- - ... -New Mexico and Dakota have already signified their inten tion of being well represented at ;the great Ife w Orleans . exposition; and the other Territories are.ex .pected to fall-into the same lire. ' They will never have a better op : portuhitj for exhibiting their varied t resources to .remunerative aclvant ' age; forj from present indications, rail the world will bethere. " h t -Ex-Speaker Baiidall is being .! boomed for the presidential nomi nation by the Philadelphia Demo crats, a majority of .the ward clubs having already strongly : indorsed f him. , The Dpylestown Democrat, edited by Gen. W. W. II. Davis, a distinguished volunteer- officer f . the late war, also lifts' its voice in favor of Mr. RandaU tor President, giving many reasons why, in its opinion, the ex-Speaker should be" I come the'lstandard-btrarer ofthe Democratic party. , ; O U y '': Govl! Iloadly in . his inan;u ' ral address Monday expressed r ; gret that a constitutiouaL amend ment had - not" been carried which would have deferred the election , iu ! Ohio, in presidential years at least, until November. He calls at j 'tention to the fact that Ohio is now 'the only Oetober State, and dnrih this year "will be exposed toconse . - . i quent expeuse," inconvenience, and : possibly corruption and degrada tipu of the franchise.' The Gover nor maintains that it is not a party question, and recommends that re lief will at least be aftortled in time for 1888. - .-'1'i'-.,--r.:.;Vi -Au exchange says : "A bill, was recently introduced! into Con- .'gress .forthe relief of Joseph C. ; 10,000 damages by reason of the unlawful and unjust revocation of .- .'.j mail contract in the State of Cal : r ifornia by Thomas J. Brady, late f jiecond. assistant postmaster general.- The precedent nought to be establisbed is : When a public ofiS '. cer nsurps iower and ; wipes out 'gpod and wholesome laws and sets . ap his own will, in lieu thereof, ' greatly to the damage, and inj ary of a contractor, shall Ihe govern ment be resonsible lor the dam ages that follow, or must they bo borne wholly by he contractor tn J. i," "V vThe Public Debt, the Internal Revenue System, the Tariff; the ntiiiHi uaiiamg. qyKicm, re tue topics now engjigiirg fhe atteiftion of the American people, and to which the best thought of our busi ness ineiiititd leislntors is directed. The gradual diminution of te public debt, with its prospective extinguishment Mire very many years, necessarily involves consid er., lion of the other subjects named, for each and all srre intimately de pendent lipoli theotlier, Any legis lation affecting one affects all. I III taking a geueml view of these matters, it is tlifiicult to consider theni, practically, from any party stand point. Multitudes cf ineii, of each H!iticaI party, entertain vary ing views of policy touching these matters. Men of the same party diffei from each othef ; and men of different parties agree with each other, substantial. y, on many points. Oinjons sire affected rather by per . . U j! national debt. - i The extinction of the national debt at as early a day as practic- , - . . ... favor, The English maxim, that a public debt ia a public blessing is not recomzed m this country. lit ureas uniain ine ueot cives strength to its government, because its strongmen, who direct affairs, are its creditors," and directly in terested in its stability. In our country the same policy would tend to the building up of a similar aris tocracy a thing odious to our re publican people. Witness, the popular outcry against "bloated bond iiolders. s About! the onlv argument in tavor of a continuance of the; debt, is the foundation which it gives for a banking system, re cognized as the safest and most satisfactory ever established. But this, we apprehend, can never out weigh: other considerations against ft continuance of the debt. j THE INTERNAL REVENUE, ! as distinguished from the external, or tariff of foreign importations, is derived from taxes upon home pro ducts, chiefly liquor and tobacco- articles which can best bear the burden of taxation, because not nV tides of i necessity i . - This system was to tne peome, established as a war measure the inonev raised by it, in conjunction with the tariff, now applied to thej payment of the national debt. v The system was a wise one in its inception and earlier operation; and-is still, perhaps, necessary and proper, with some modifications. Objection seems not to lie so much against-the principle nnd nln'pe.r. of the system, as to the sonai, incai. or eciional interests business of President-making, ieav and pre judgments, than by party iff it to he approaching party pontics. i conventions, and devote themselves manner of its adraihistration. The ety was organized in New York In annojances jittending it are proba- 17CC, the General Conference or bly more sensibly felt in the South, ganization of the Methtxlist Epfs r-v"T f i particularly in North Carolina, than in the North and West, where the distilleries arid factories are larger and more isolated. In our section, following our earlier cus toms, they are smaller aud more numerous, entailing not only more expeuse in-collectiug the revenue, but resulting in continual annoy ance to a people whoser free habits have been difficult to accommodate to changed circumstances. Hence the frequently expressed1 desire that the inturtial revenue "must go. f - i I THE TARIFF, if we mistake not has been so ar ranged, and its successive inodific- ations so made, as to secure from it the highest practicable amount t I revenue. -This the. 'jjrotective77 policy has been so far pushed as to fiivor largely certain" monopolies at the expense of the great body of the people, debarred by this means from the competitive markets ot the world. MtMlificatious in the dim; i i 1 - ' ! tion of free traile are called tor, so far as mav be consistent with the raising of needed revenue. i THE BANKING SYSTEM. - When the public debt is paid oft, what is tobecome of the national banks T What Mr. Bucknercalis their "underpinning will lie knock ed out. They are established jipdn government IhhiiIs bought by them, held in custody ot the government, and allowed to issue ninety per cent, of their face value for circula tion They j are allowed also to ban k u ikii t li ei r tleposi ts ; b u 1 1 h ey are.so wiselyrestrictei and direct ed by law in their ojK'i ations as to make the safest and best system ever devised in the history of the country. jTbe public thought is more and more turned to this mat ter -as the time approaches when the present system must be 'replac ed by another ; and we are left to trust to the business sagacity 01 the country to devise a proiier , We think it settled in the plan popular mind that the system must be national in its extent and opera tioni The old State bank system will meet no favor. There must be r,v .,: : ir Tlr thU war the Greenback policy, which strikes Rome minds as affording the most simple and efficacious mode of mon ey circulation, is liable to, the in surmountable olyection that the circulation of the country would ! so directly in the bauds of politici ans, subject to their ! schemes at . i every recurringsession of Congress. Whereas, in well regulated banks, the bnsiness in terests of the com., try would be alone consulted, lo calise, upon the prosperous busi ness of the country would depotid the prosperity ot tho banks. j 2fow, we are aware that we have said nothing new And it has not been our purpose to make my jmlitical argument; but to state, as plainly as possible,' the situation if affairs, and the complications which our legislators at Vashi;ig ton are called uioii to consider. It is to he hoped ' that they may, as much sts in them lies, forbear the i i to the prospective benefit of common country, on these p mount subjects of legislation. our ira- JtJ1,EG pilIP philips IliAD. IIo Philin Vhin irhn U pro8trate(1 about two weeUs agIby paraivfsis aied Jan. 14 in wlhl lugion, u. j. ne iormeny a. "W-V 4T"i 7 . T W f " ' ' repre seined tue district of Mobile in Congress, and was one of the old est counsellors practicing before the United States Siinrenin eoiirri Jnuge VhmipSi was in Charles ! ton, S. C, December 13, 1807, and was educated at the Military acad emy, Norwich, Conn. He 'entered the practice ot law in his native city December, 1828, and was a member of the State conveiitiotij in 1832, when he voted against nulli fication, and was afterwards a member of tue Alabama House, ot Representatives in 1844 and 1851. He was a member of the National Democratic convention in ; 18o2, when Pierce and King"were nomi nated, was a member of theThiriy third Congress as a Democratic representative from Alabama, serv ing from December 5, 1853, to March. 1S55, when he - declined 11 renominatiou. Til 13 CEXTES XI AL. OF METHODISM v It is not to be expected than an .institution possessing the numlu-rs, wealth and influence that i Ik-1ii to the Methodist Church will pet mit the 100th anniversary of ils founding in this new laud to pass unobserved, and consequently the year upon, which we have entered will be one of unusual interest jo the members of that populous and popular denomination. Although the first American' Methodist soci- mc uisi xxuiciivnii i copal Church in this country topk place in Baltimore- in December, 1784. ' Nearly a year must elapjse, therefore, before - the appropriate date for a concerted observanc of their American OTiffin bv Metho-' dist churches all over the country, yet from various pulpits the1 mi ids of congregations were directed last Sunday i to the approaching event, j The growth of Methodism within the century has been some thing phenomenal. Starting with little but its own enthusiasm, :md the general dislike of other denom inations, it has grown to have 3, 500,000 adherents in the' United States, and owns church propem- Valued at 870,1)00,000. Thus abbut pile in every sixteeu of our popiila tion men, women and children is a Methodist, wihich is a vj?ry large proportion whjen we consider how great a proportion are, Catjio lics and also how mai'iy are denom inationally nothin This wonder- ful vitality has been a justification of their faith, to which Methodists could point with considerable con fidence , and . gratification: The Methodist Church has 'doubtless done a work winch no other con temporsiueoiTs denomination would have done as Vell, and inTniakjng its' report for the century it may be exKcted to indnlgeiin a little self glorification. But in no denomina tion is there so little hnman'uature that no account wilt be made of a prosperous and progressive record. r The killiug of alligators for their skins has become one of the important industries of Florida. There !is a large torce employed by tjon tractors, who have engaged j to furnish 500,000 skins to a French tannery in a uiven time. The trap pers do the killing in'the night by shining the 'gators eyes by torch light ami skin j them iu the day time. We learned that it only re rjuired an hour or two to kill as many as the force i imployed at a place could skin the next day. It is said to be a very profitable busi ness to the contractors. i r i a '- 1 i . r- j . ' .- I p GREENSBORO, X. C. TIITTRSDAY. JANTJARX 24, 1884. , . ' lveuin P. Battle commnmcates BFia a . - the Aeir Observer a thoughtful a r- tide, on the subject of .: National banks and the changes in the sys- n:- .. of the Governnieiit londs. In sug ffesting ftiture policy he remarks : .ti i "Hip raiiifl naviiirr .iff of nnr ai. em i ties has .u:' i. ;r i wu.us euis. The lninks he bonds. ciiiiiiui iiuuni to uuv . i i There is jlanger calling in their currency. All ad mil. rimr. snmorliinT mntr lw ilnna to prevent this contraction. ... ..r ........ ... - x.w.iu What shall it be 7 "Tlie President says let Congress authorize the issue ot notes up to the par value of the bonds. Others ay let CoiipresK res authorize a spe- the banks ot long term cuii issue ia bonus. I ln not lik ( oitliAr nrmtn. sal. It seems to me that the only plan which j will prevent contrac tion and give relief to the distress ed West anil South is to let the S'ational btnks sell their bonds, rtt. tL. r " 1 i 1 ' piace them with gold and silver and thc.i be allowed to issue notes to an amount not exceed ig -three times the specie on hand, the notes to be re- deemable on demand in legal tender co,-r This xvonhV give the banks recu iounuauoii ui. government pa per air. jjuii- sj o Apei leuco snows r i....f : , that banks cau safely issue notes to mi amount equal to three times the specie 011 hand, provided the loans are on short time and well secured; and refers' to the bank of Germany and the bank of France, long in successful operation with this nrovision. ! i Tn Join- nrUStinn nr nAMj i .',., ed for our National banks, he says "The existing machinery of. the National batiks need not be chafig- ed. There could be-tlie same gov- ernment inspectors. JJeposits of com could be kent at . Washincrton for the redemption of notes. Sim- ilar guarantees of the solvencv of the banks and thn 5irnrit.v of thn circulation j could be had. The !. .1,1 1 t. : -uirciiu uuui, uuuer iuis system, have the requisite elas- ticit Wherever and wheiteverJ business demands require, the mo- ney could be had. Wherever and whenever capital could not be pro- fitably employed the notes would The operatives who quit are from remain in the coffers of the banks. North Carolina. They have not The universal law of demand and yet returned to work, bun the man supply would govern in this as in agers of the mill say Nicy will have other matters. Lively Fight in Hickory Itetween two j i , Hrotliera and a rt.se of CItlzeus !"-' ! (.Charlotte Observer. A fierce and blootly street fight took place in Hichory last Monday , between the Conuelly brothers and and a posse of citizens detailed to airot them, iii which pistols, clubs and knives figured, and in which Mr. J. F. Abernr.thy,; one of the citizens, was badly cut, besides having his left arm! broken. It seems that V ill and Charles Con nelly, two brothers from Caldwell county, arrived, in ilickory Mon day and I proceeded to liquor p. During the course of the day while they were parading the streets aud feeling their liquor they met a lar ty of ladies to whom they offered rrma inshlta t ?nmnl:iint Itpinrr .- 1 their arrest and placed iii the hands of ! officer Hart for execution.1 The officer! faced thei Connelly! brothersj with the warrant, but they defied him to arrest them. All acquainted with thei character of the two men kiiew that trouble was brewing hnd that the arrest could not be made peaceably, and what followed was no surprise. . The offi cer, on being resisted, summoned assistance from bystanders, who closed in and the row commenced. The two brothers fought desierate ly aud the posse had j to resort'to strong measures to take them. Pis tols were drawn,i but .fortunately not used. 1 Knivesland clubs, how ever, flourished with; a vim and after a few lively j rounds the two Connelly's were j made prisoners. The most' serious j result of the af fray was jthe wounding of Mr. J. F. Aberjiathy, a young man of Hickory, iwho was! badly cut with a knife iii the hands' of jWill Connel ly, Itcsides having his left arm bro ken by a blow from a club. 1 i - ... 1 A Moutana Womati'i Heroism. . , Montana Inter-Mountain. A woman liviug near Glendive was the owner of a pet dog, which, on last Thursday, Was playiqg, when it gave a yelp of-almost mor tal terror as a largti eagler with vjings larger than a 'blacksmith's apron, swooped down and picked up the little cur in his muscular talons. With the true Western wo man, brought up amid all the dan gers of aj rough .border, life, aud with no tight fitting skirt .to pre vent the free niovement of her limbs, to think is to act. On the instant this noble representative of a noble sex flew into j the kitchen where her husband kept his shot gun, with which, in the early days, when bloiMl-thirsty Indians , were rampant 011 the plains, he had often gone out and shot fool hens, j She bounced out ot the front door, gun iii; baud. In an instant she directed her eagle eye into the air, where, soaring about ten feet distant, she discerned tjie emblem of our na tional liberties with , her yellow pood'e grasped conclusively but, firmly, in its claws. For a moment she ran her trained eye along the barrel of tte gun in the direction, of the bird, closed her liquid orbs with a shudder, and banged away. When she opened them the- eagle was prospecting interstellar j j space and the dog lay scattered around in fragments all over the yardf She wept bitter tears, ami as she pick ed up the pieces and told her young est boy to greae the sausage machine, she swore in broken Mis souri, and with many a sob, ever lasting war on the shot crnn noli 7 - - ,T-wtTitCultdid. to I ipi.:wi.a:. r.n i m. t i7 - i?"e c? a catr' "i a I11J to ?a5 "tba can Tead- ter mmea for her " "Ahet IVr hi S.?T, r letterr 1 letter, and if you don'jt believe it- S'SSht V' ?&t minute until I direct mie." "My . room, anu a tew mm- utes returned with a bmIImI mrj. i - r- v...vi- I n i r . ... . i.iiar. top mn to .iiiriir nni I. A r "r. Uiorninrr vnn Z t telling you facts.' I posted-the letter RrmnPktMl. ml of mv- fi-iend's house promptly! the next morniiifr. Soon t.I. hell rn,,r n,wi , rrr ...j morniug. Soon the bell I i , .. ' and ouomy aicerwani , tue servant en tereu witu a among which A. - bundle 0 letters. .was that for Miss Passyj Placing them near her fe line highness on the floor my. friend said, Xow, Miss Pussyi Ipick out your letter. Sure enoifgh, Pussy ai once showed an interest, aud uiuiiicut uau pusneti asiue witn her paws the envelope I to her T wn nhmt tr. addressed acknowK- edge my sin of incredi lity when my friend said. Wait a minute. She'll nnen it ntwl 1rt-rn r "t li nnn. l . . - - -. tents.7 Scarcely had shB said this I when .Miss Pussy had torn the en- j yelope open, and in a momcut was Iitterally devouring its contents catnip. h : - Trouble Amoug Operative. Danville Register.! , On Saturday last' so ne of the operatives in the Iiiveriide cotton mills became dissatisfied I and quit WOrk WOSt of them being Weavers. rl he trouble had no reference to : wages, but it seems wajs rather a matter 6f discipline or bubordiua tion. The current reiort was that the dissatisfied- operatives com- plained that a negro hiborer had been nnt over the hands and that they quit for that reaso i, but the comnanv assure the nnb lie that, no tiPtrrn bus in nnv- hLn i.bwnd in charge of any handk in their I ;rrt 1 iIJ t - i iiiui. lucv iiuyc uuc coioreo iuhu there as a help w ho ha been em- ploj-ed in the mill eve ilinee it Btarted, but we arc info med that he was not employed inj the same room with those who quilt work. no difficulty in supplying the places of such of them as stay they are constantly hat-Urt- ini.i:; cations for places from weavers. A Sister Influeuce. There are times when 9 parent, a sister, a brother, can touch a chord and sway the destiny of the soul rs no other cau. They stand at the very fountain-head of influence. They know, as no other can, the character ami circumstances of the child ; they are looked up to with a contnlence and respect no other cau command. In .visdo n was the precept given to the Jews of old, "Thou shalt teach thekn to thy children when thou best down and when thou risest u).f In the family circle the foundations of character are laid. Here occurs the choicest opwrtiinities to exert influence. llannv is that oaren t. hannvthat brother or sister, wl.o realizes these responsibilities and improves these opiwrtnnities. To be loving, so as to win the heart; to bo watchful, so as to discern the beginning ot good and evil: to be wise, so afe,to speak a word in season, is better than to dve silver and gold, rubies i and diamonds. C7 , J 9 - I i Race Between a Man aud a Horse. A 100 yard race" lately took place at Eclio Park, Philadelphia, between a Mustang pony ".-j and Frederick Rogers, of Trenton, for n purse of 200. The arrangement was to run fifty yards down tie track and return. Theitrack is about fifty" feet widei mu Rogers depended on his changes to win by making a shorter turn than' the pony. The horse ran down,' .one side of the track and the man the btheiyeaeh turning in opposite di rections. A good start jis made,, and both man and horse j reached the turning point at the same time. It wheeling around the horse le came frightened and .reired, the rider, in the confusion, dropping his whip ) By the time thelaltec got under way on the home; stretch Rogers was some distance ahead, and ; in the finish won by twenly yarth I! Selling Hot Boiled Molasses. A New York confectioner, wit.li a snowy apron aud white cap, stood before! a hot fire, in aii up town candy j factory, briskly stirring a brown mixture in a giaur pah. Arouiid on all sides werd tin slabs adorned with dainty bohbpus4st to cool. The confectioner' alter la timeidished out the browM lhixtuh' into round tin boxes, and! set luom in-rows close to the fire. j 1 1 "Molasjes omdy foreiittdy pulls," r:ih1 lnr as heiMured a sfleam into a fresh box. "We make children's parties. Thei it for the ttle ones he! candy find it great inn to pull till it changes from this dark brown color to a golden yellot, and then they enjoy eating 1 it lioj. We de liver it hot in cans, nlijready to be pullctl, wherever it's ordered. It' getting to lie quite a Imiucss. ' It cost just theame as candy t ha ts polled l and cooled and ready for eating,77 ''.' j Pocket Pistols Must Co, 1 Ashevillc Citixen. Legislation attemnts ti control the sale, by druggists, of deadly drni-TK I and Doisons. With equal wisdom should it regulate thetraffic - - - m in deadly weapoiis, which every dav in the vear carry lamentation into some household, ni;d j tolo jso from the facility and cheapness at trlii-h kji. h instruments ot death are obtaii.el. '. nf xf-iiT ::rTT'"- nopeu the gentlemen wouiu beJ . Ln! i .t i 7 -ii i r particular now mey cominitetl llie I said Klifi. 'if von will L-iii11tr w-- 1 t- A? . jr . . - f I AM.t I 1 Utll AM Nil I I'.I I 1 - I a-T 1. . li ASllsht Tourh on Prohibition: l nt . ..... a mo piomoiiion - question jwas slightly touched in Congress the other day. MnBlacklmni, of Ken nCky' Panted a resolution ;t or the appointment of select? commit- tees, when Mr.Tlteed..-"of Maine, of fered- an aiuelidnient to add; 4Connnittee n AlcoUollc Liquor Traffic." I I '' Mills, of Texas, said he was . ... . . 1 . . sprung the uabits or apatites of the people of this country. V anee, of -Northi Carolina, said in his judgment'1 the, object was to get information' ion ! a subject that reaches .and touches everyji human be ing out seo irtinent I It Effects ? nif.CO!f,L.nt;s E,!01? I everv man; w-omnn jiml r-llihl hrwi every interest of this crrent p.oniitrv. Applauseou the lU'nUUiMin side. e have committees oir legislation in regard to the yellow feVcr and 1. ...' - '-! ? I k cotton tvorbU ' f riin-i.tiii j v nae committees, lij regard to the have committees tor semliW exiSe in J "dittoim to the North Polo ifi search ol vessels that have been lost, antl then why, sir, should not thei re presentatives of the Ameribin lK'o lde inquire in-reference thai vetsel of intemperance which has Kvrecked so mail- households in this land of ours: J f Annlause.l Will the sir, deny to millions of pebple the iimniuui iiepreseniaiivc2; nere. riht to b heard on thi imnoitnnt question! fCries of 'No rill hone not. it does not necessarijy follow we are to have a prohibi dry law because of . the" raising od nch a committee. Wo want to know what the evil of intemperance' costs this Government. We state j thatf it costs more thaji the taxes jto"be Te quired to educate every 1 iian, wo man and child, white and pHcki'in this broad land: It will lie lietter for us to stand !up in; the inteik'st of humanity, in the interest of schools, in the interest ot peace ami J r'Sht, as :wcll as iii " thejjnteixs Pf mercy. It isfbettertodb so thai tertst than to Stand 111 hciC ill ItllC iuteresti of the quor traOio whidi "W carried I on :l t, tl Hi ii' i.f tiift iilnl tf m on at the price if the blo$d of iiu PW e.j i)piause. . -Mills, ot lexas, replied . that he Uas as niU('" w favor of teijipcrauce as me gentleman irm jsolth uaro lina, but he dil not believet tli.it great truths could Jpvt-r lie jn-opa-gated.by legislative dccrtles. .Ile held that all tlnvse great qpesitiotis must come alone: through the con science and the judgment aud tie irhtened understanding'. (d the peopic tueuvicives..- ne Ktmiieman uuiii iuiiii viiu'liliil h go tllv. such a strong lucturefr favU lot temperance could have rayua much 'more powerfuli-paallel-ih favor of .'his position if he had pc tu:ed the bciu'icial inlluences tljin mankind of the. Christian religion. No country has ever been civilizl-d or great prpowerful except thnjuh the doctrines that were taught tv Jests of Nazareth But what mefii- ber of this Hodr would dam toi:tk the Congress of the.Unitei States to define-" orthodoxy. Whit tneii" her here ; would ask the appoint' meut of a committee' t4tIcclaK v hetlier the Methodist, or tie Presbyterian, or the Baptist, reji- gion was -the. orthodox laitu !t Christianity- f Sir. Christianity can live without the support of the gov ernment and so cun temneraiice i The anjendment was passed with the resolution, yeas 142, nnys 8p, not A oting93. Messrs. Scales, Cox, Dowd, Bennett. York and Sldhnejr, ot this State, voting against it,-anM Messrs. bailee and O'llara or it.! Dr. Crosiy locates the CariJeu Jot Ideii. The Rev. Howard Crosbyj leetm- ed at the Seventh Presbyterian Church. New York. Sunday, nigkt on "Tho History of Assyjia and Babylonia at the Point Where it Touches ithe History of the BibUr" The lecturer dwelt Upon the greit reliabilityof the biblical -hi. toriaisjs as contracted with fhe-Greek win ters, who! were simnly ronpaneefs without the remotest knowl lge d' Chronology. From the .recent iti terpretatjonsof the cuhcifor n mai sciip left! by the. wis' King Asshir liana Paf, the exact locatioi of t lie Garden of Kden was estallishe. It was situated. at the jane ion f the Tigris ami .Euphrates, ;hei?e moul ds still exist to mark t fee spot. Dr. Crosby explained hov Seni ramis came to be the . Queen Yf Babvlon a jnoceeding upoij whicji the i7ilidds attackctl the Biljhv Setiramis, vsaid he, -watt si -qfueii in one of thei smaller pn;vincJ and lived in comparative obHcurit j until-she' was married to one of t he Babvlonian kings.. On the death of lij r consort she succeede 1 hi 11 1, and thus it cam'e thati for tl e first timol a woman, whose, sect had bcoi hitherto disnised. became .hp- raos. powerful ruler, with to follow her. large armn-t. Woroatliig Potatoes for Plantpis, .t.,,s t-oiaot, .-. , jlass potato growe say j i First -cl ..iittiiir' tliM Ttotato int'emi llitll nil- luin'.p i y 1 j ii uitiii" ' allowing two eyei to fach niece, some t wo 01 three weeks before planting, aid jprea mgUut upon a dark- barn .floor, ra anybimilar iloor, vvuere uip vwu have a chance to sprjut fr6m onf where tlfley will . to tko inches, will add ttj their earliness in matunng some iw Ul'Ck'S ks. They should be mpi jtencfiij ..Ur th i-4 o times a week moderatiff lv. kith rather, wunu' waUiv Iff t'.bintiuir out they should be cove ...1 AitU mit over two inches bf soi v it I If almoderatcjinality of very eai . !. . .1 : : .1. li 1 lAt :lif H-i potatoes w "-"v ',T . i'1 l can be cut as suggested ami pia m ed in hotbeds with a.yery coxriiig t)f soil and planted recommended. .... - ' ; ' , ii, ia Mnuiitai i Cluaklii-r. SllgM out M!r A. II. Winter, who liics at the foot of the famous "BaldlMoun tninJ" iu McDowell connty;, say that niysterious ruinbluigs c;n still be heard in the mountain, and that the tihocks can be distinctly jfelt iu l.ia.Lhhi at the base of the "old Grumbler.'7 !) f: 1 11 at. enmnfii'ii'r Inrriclo't ?rr. o XE 1 A Story of the War. ;i in a outn asiiviue street car a few days agti.'fwo or" three gen tlemen were talking about cases of mortal agony, where the snfieriug became something so gn at ihatthi sufferer preferred death, and one or two cases were mentioned when uuuer tue pressure of pain, thcLVic- tun had begged to be killed. : - ul wonder whether anybody ever killed a person under fthose cir cumstances to set them out of misery sard the reporter. , Said a prominent .lawyer who was on the car: 1 "Let me tell you something. Just after one of thelbloody battles of the late war, the Coirfcderate army- was retreating. Under a tree by the, roadside sat-a poor Confed erate soldier shot in half a dozen places, withboth legs! and loth arms brokcnT He was crying out 'in his great agonjy begging some one tor God's sake to kill him and end his suffering.- A company of Louisiana Tigers was passing by, and one of them, hearing Hie cries, stepped out of the ranks, and drew the large knite he - carried at his side. The-wotu.ded sohlitt was a slender, niiddie-aged maiiaml hal no whiskers, except a sniiill goatee Taking him by the goatee the "tiger" raised his .-.head and delib erately cut his throat from ear to ear, wiped the .bloody bliule on the grass and stepped back into his place, leaving the - de;d ; S(ldiev leaning against the treej J)o you believe - that f' ;i .. The reporter was watching the inoke.c.uri.Tip from his "(parol ina iinothergwitleinan respoijded: "It would have to be a niightv "crood man .t!t;it told it.' J 'And 1 slmuld. want some cor roborative evidence," a itlvd there- porter. " . -'; ' j ";' , .r "Genlicinf'n," sairl the narrator, "Rev. was in tin- r?:;iks and. 'saw the (-rreiue.?, " ' i - No cm-said ajword. The repor-- ter replaced his cigar ahd; "went on stiiokin. Nomf of them would dis pute the authority givenj and they went mi thinking. ; f -. H ttat wuliii Cliiaamati' I ;n :r, I'oriUml OresaiiiiH. ' It will probably , astonish- manv jto know that three inrjtiis of all the chickeiKS bronVlir: t flii.-: mar ket are consumed hy. the Chinese, and thai nine tenths of all the tame jducks brought here share the same late. The. longer one lives the more he finds bv jimminy mt,apd instead of the Chinaman 'feasting on rat- pie, as lie is, p.opu.hirly sijppo.scd to l. he has-iust threo times as much cliicken pie on his bill off. ire as the white man, and nine tunesas; mcJi stewed '.duck. Tin Ciinanraa is peculiar. ;(Jeese or turkeys hVd'oes hot caie f'n and wild ducks or'anv otl: :er gaij-ni v. hielj lias Iteen shot j(u iv!:).u5ination in his almond- in Miaj d eyes-. ."Heap like rem alivet7 s io;in.s i'i'!i!;:ru wlu-n -"siiiv dead Hiii li are offered him. .His taste i yo ;, ...... i - haust the pawersoniie iisir ucnli.r rie avoids.,, jr s w:mt es Ins bstjn.ekul ; trojv, low li.e- carcas lu dsn is also j n, our go( 1 . ,is uid sturgeon, or) any salt 'ish wiiieh lias hi esi long eni of- iter.-- I he saluiun is I'lVil :n . It lw f L t't f I I I I I 't ' I t ! I'. - ' 1 1 I I I I :ut in to agree wqli China The massive' bra hi of the ' -.-,-.- .....1 j Cahcltsi.ui is the onlv oiie able to eope 'with afid successfully assimil .jtej tiie- phosphorous and phat of the! luscious Chinook. i ' 1 Several Kiutis of t.'iri- i ()ni this 'most interesting topic We give the -following p;iiiers to our young men readers : i.C ; ? A gol girl to have Yation. A disagreeable girl Annie ,Mos- 1 v. . . - !!,.: - A lighting girl llittie 3I;igi.nn. .Not a Christian girl Hettie- I To oxy. .: . ' L - A sweet girl Cairie-'Me. A "ijcry pU'asant girl-.fcni.ic 1 Cos.-its ' . r- A Mtiiiiin r gii l-IL I!en Bh'tz.'S. A sir yiii-'Sallie YatC. f ': ,A snu;oh girl Amelia .Ration... A "seedy girl Cora Amu r. One of I he best girls Ella Gaiit. A clear cae1' of girl E. 1 Lucy I at. ! A -getmietrical girl Tolly Con.' A flower-girl l.'hoda- eudron. A star girl Mcta OricJ A niusreal girl Sarah Naile. A profound girl Mettie Physics, A clinging girlJessie Mine. ' A nervous girl lles"ter.lcal.- A muscular girl Callie $thenics. A lively gir! Annie Mation. A'l-unciitain girl -,Eva Nescent A k.ul j;i;1EU:t G. -A serene giij-Moilie Fy. i. A great lig girl - Eflie -pliant.) A wiii like gir! Millie T;rry. The best girl of all Your own. 1 Tlife frow(l of Bj'ys and CJIrls. Froth iMith to the age ot five I y s iirsfjhe rate of growth is ; the liiiHi in both sexes, little girls be- Mi g a little shorter in -stature and li rhter! iu Weight than boys. From ! five to ten years boys grow a little mbru ri i(lly t,,,m ghjSj thii dirrer. eJcejjjein;? apimreIltiy due to a check in the growth of girls at these ages. From ten to fifteen years girls grow more rapidly than UVs, and ai the IJU a half are ac ages of eleven i l 11:111 ;i rf. wf-iiiiiiii .tint .... II.. .....1 - f iint h'-.if to fifteen a a - and a1 half are actually heavier th aii bovs. From fifteen lo twenty :;vX,rs jMvs iVr.Au take the lead, am 1 ;r - u li!st .-aphUv and gradual lv sbiuei-u and . coniplete then growth at about twenty three yeark All T IlILI't'll "II M .vmi riwo and attain their ful! statfire about al a ....... 1. t it-IP 1.1- j tlie twentieth year, ; j - Caautsbial :t-. :v. Woman in the parlor- s Husband on a bum Supper long .'waiting-' ; j Husband doj-sii'vyoiiije- ! An h'or a lT r midnight J;' "Hiibaud ctmes along Tiuhti-r than a lrnin j v 'i v HowliiiiT out a soug-- . Wofiiau fries a "-little ' S i s it is a sin , I iterviews I .he huslmnd Willi a rolling pin ! : SERIES, NO; 891 Florida l- ishiiig The i rtlngarce. , . ' From ttw American Aa.l That which we principally 'meet -i with,; the stingray, although not j properly a game fish, yet asit often ' itnoiiis , tne angler eonsidernbI spoit, although involuntarily,! we must include it in our list, aud un der the name of stingray; stingarce or clatncrncker Dasya is centrums Mitchell.) It is thus described : Disk a little broader t hah i long,' its anterior angle obtus ?i Tail re la lively stout, about one third long er f baiuhe disk. Widt 1 of month about halt its distance ftom the tin of tho snour. (Jiuulal spine diieand a half times width of mouth. Snir- i acles very large. Color i uniform I brownish. Length eight feet. " lo thus I should add that the stingray has a pavement of euam- bled feeth, with which it can crush i clams or oysters, and a bbne five or f six inches long attached to the4ail. one third the distance frm lits ex- tretnttyj this boue is barbed like a fish-hook aJLoug its side," arid can j he erected or .depressed by the fish. When the. ray strikes its euemv it draws the long whip-like tail across tffe object,41ie bone teats through ! me tiesh making a fearful! wound the danger of which sdems to bo aggrtvatetl by the noisouous nature of a black slimy matter v hich cov-" ers the bone;v however this piaybe,i tue wound, is exeremely painftil, and very dangerous, often produc ing loek jaw. The fishermen dread , the stingray, and with re ison, as it is often found lying on the flats and sand bars, where ' the net is" cast. My friend Pacetti has been several times strtick'-by the' rays, ami oncej he j came near losing his leg from, the-wound. ' '" -1 In fishing for bass and saeenshead tho angler wiH sometimeS fiud his hook apparently fast to tfio bottom ; ind o-.i pulling ion -it, the line will move slowly away with irresistible loi ce this fbr-thirty or forty yards, . when it wilTstop for ten or fifteen nninute's and then move bii again.- iii theK:une slow, reistles wayf as if a yoke of oxen were ; hitched. If thi angler wishes to kill tie fish he must'raise hts jinchor and follow V' wherever thtrrivy may lead him. In this way, if 4 he ray is of moderate size, say fifty or sixty . p4inds, he may 111 an hours time brusghis fish to t.hegalL.' But thjs must not be attempted rashly for as sr oh as the ray iis--'.touched with tht I gaff, it strikes aii! accurate blow with its long whip towards the gaf cr. Thoj staff, or handle should bo four Or! f five feet Jong,:, and the arm that! holds it strong, otherwise! it will b,' wreuc-liol from its grasp. If the 1. boatman understands his . business he will insert the ' gaff liear lho head of the ray and quickly turn the fish upon its back alongside the bear, then wrthja heavy and sharp kiiiie stab t lie rav -several times 111 the, throat. If properHy' dime, the blood will guslf forth as it strokesof a puinp and quit villi the kl.v ex- When a nned for 11 to titt siioic aim cut on rue ia . . wn cn I . t . . 1 " 1. A I 1 1 audi resembles one f thsi long r . fri -,:,,. . lit- I llv fll I II .Set" the carcass ajji-ifi on flie tideand if tliere has x not uecn a shark seen that dayi in live n.iiiutiw two or three ot' these ugly brutes will be ttiggiitg "land tearing at:- the carcass (rif then coPKin, the ray. There is n better bait for a shark-fhan ii-chuiak froni a ray's fin; ifnd indeed the tlesh is white! antltlelicate in jippenraiice, and -is considered a delitacvdiy maiiV lratioijs H-srs fast idiot: s than food of A meric;in.l. Thptuiiiiipal the r: y iL shellfish, and .11' luive often forth ItlsIvS seen 1: wjicn . -dyiugj vomit a puit "oroiibre ot sinajlliiiol-- 1 ' K : I nice hookedtji ray up lli.e nyer aboittj Imlf a mile from hone and. uisilei took to Slrive it' to tl. e land ing. . It towed' me about the. rii'Ct, for an hour,, and I had got h y teiim weir in hand, when it-sulk:: ami j stopped" oii-.the bottom. Tl e boat, 1 man would J punch it with a pole f and staijt it again FJnally it got I tlNi boat1 into deep water where (he ! po e could not reach it, ani as ,we lay there anchored iv the diautiel a SchuiiiiT came up tlie rive1' bcfoit! J tlieuvind, jt-ml to avtmL tfcing rim j hxs n wchad-to cut loose from our (fish: -". . : h? ; r ,evvz.coiiiers 10 1'ioiioa, itiiti Lies , pvci -dly t hose frojn the Welt, Who have never .seen : anytl iiigl larger than a catfish -or pickerel, are stl first "untcli i.iteiesteil iuhe taptlife of sharks iiod rays. But : after a1 while the . sport loses its ze:.t, nml we are glad to cut lmise troin thse nn managea bje. iriousicrs, v 1 tlx' j as litth'Joss of time and tackle asiiiav . ' ' - The hirgesf stingray 1 e 'er saw cajiluicd was taken by s young na ive fisherman of twelve .ear of age, with a hand line. It,"vas teti ami a -ha If feci long.'and "in list have weighetl 150 pounds. I have killed them of sixty" or seventy pounds on a rod. .-,' 1 - Cabbage. A writer in -the Jlouicsmid, of J.'ottouville, Iowa, says: "LUv pier- vailing custom or raising auoage -idants in a hotbed or fraiite, and ! afterward transplanting them if a ( snistake We have experipiented i tor 'several ypai"j using uoiii uioues, antHnvariably got the best results from .planting. the seed in li e lulls wheie uv. wuli them - to gioW: planting three or four .seed hill and thinning themVoi pu each t they show thv fourth leaf, i the poorest-plant's out ami hinlv the strongest p'ants 'g caving iu 'this wen'ty, from pyear ofmy cabbage phmtet1 wav several weighed over five pounds, while those plants carelully iet out in tile usual wa5 and with tho same cultivation would 'weigh "scarcely. en! iotinds. Transplanting checks the growth at the most" critical time, ami the retarded phni,t shows the fleets 1 tiring the whole season a.id sire less likely ;.to heart, j. k '"' iii- -a ' it. M " -'i i! I- 7 :: h i - i 'h:-if: hi- !!' ' r ii