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I THE REAGAN BILL.
jThfc Keagan Interstate commerce
: paSsejtl the I House by a very
jojculed Diajority. Such legislation
belongs rtP
wnieh are
a 'class of measures
obsolete, lit is based
, upon;' a i theory
which experience
false. All practi-
I luis shown to be
caj experiment
;rie3 1 to; prbve"
io transportation
that ; attempts , to
ngulate" it; arbitrarily on
pnnHcs-mustifail, and that they
fail, and t
con not produce
the results aimed
ad but are sure to cause confusion
to cause con fusior
aud injury to a
II the interests con
cefn
ed.
.Iu: the: Reagan bill, principles
I are assumed toibe true which can
, be conceded. The principle of
tb higher charge for $,he shorter
haul is, for instance, condemned iu
dtSaneeofacts, the , truth being
that the servico of railroads to the
piibl fc ; would lp greatly reduced,
anil their area of business curtail
(.ifif'thiyl were prohibited from
putting I long-haul rates at a mini-
mtiniuo: tne many cases in which
. that J arrangement alone; renders
thrrrige otjcheapi freight possi
ble. There is hardly a probability
that it will pass the Senate.
' TO KXCbu.RAGE MANUFACTURES.
I'Tlierej shall be exempt from
"taxation and license fer a period
rdf ten years, be capital, machin
' "iryj arid other property employed
uin the; manufacture of textile fa
: "ijrics, jfeathejr shoes, harness,
saAllerJ hatjs, flour, machinery,
'Agricultural implements and fur
"niturej and other-articles of wood,
'marble or stone ; soap, stationery,
"ink and paper; provided that not
"lesVthan five- hands are employed
"in kn.xone factory - J .,;
lyvho will iulrodace such a bill in
ther-Sorth ; Carolina Legislature t
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If uiicdus
itntioual, amend the con-
stitnjddii.j
iJilllARTqF ADVERTISING.
;Tnsjis a petty art when it is ap
lZ- M
t6;petty concerns, but when
it' is .applied no great affairs it is
th6 urtldf all arts. It is vulgar
wuei iij is managed in a vulgar
" way Vnt .in the hands - of a man
wlio'possessesj the audacity of geni
us it becomes sublime. Ad vertis
in": has made
great generals out of
menjwho had no generalship, sates
J . menoUt of con) mon place po) iticians
and successful editors out of bar
, bers, stonecutters, school boys and
breifless la wy rs. ; . : -
j The art ot advertising lies at the
I basis of success in every undertak
. ingnj business or politics, in pro
j fession or trade.
; We can recall two recent instances,
l . by Way of illustration, but as sue
rcesslsyet to be attained, it might
seerei personal. . "
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SUCiARjFOR ONE CENT A POUND.
f pir. Peter (jollier, fbrmerlyBhem
; jstio5ti4 Agricultural Bureau at
Washington, makes the startling
v' pr6ipsition that sugar can be made
in abundance! from sorghum for one
cjpta pound. Such an achieve
j menjor;anyclose approach to it,
. would be of immense importance
to the people; of this country. No
. vihere in the 1 world, except, per-
haps,-ip England, is as much sugar
"eaten in proportion to the popula
tion as in the United States. Our
aunual consumption is .200,000,
(joOfpblinds; Europe, with six times
as prany people, eats only about 7,
Q00,,000 pounds. Leaving out the
cost lot' refining the raw sugar
when we have bought it, which
;woutd add from a quarter to a third
to ihk price, jand saying nothing of
the 75,000,000 gallons of syrup and
1 molasses we Use, our annual sugar
bill is about $100,000,000. Seven-
' eighths of this money goes to for
; eigiiers. If Dr. Collier's proposi
, ' tio'n is sound, weneed not pay over
; ' $20,000;000 or $25,000,000 a year
for our J sugar: and every cent of
' this should go iuto the pockets of
American farmers. Not only this;
!in time we should be ableto pro
duce more sugar than we ueed, jto
undersell the growers -ot cane and
beet sugar ii other countries, and
J to build up! a large export trade
that' would still further enrich the
American agriculturists refiners
and merchants.!
, What Dr.lCollier says is entitled
to;great we'ght j No one haacon
tribnted so much as he to the solu-
' tion oi the (practical diflicultiesin
the way of making sugar from sor-
ffhum In 1879, while as yei ms
famous experiments were only fair
ly begun, the whole product of tnis
.wmmnlitv !in the United .States
i , i.i. iT nno . iwmnds. " Yet
Wtta-teas iu"" F -
' scientists had been wrestling with
the Droblem for thirty or forty
years, Last year, directly as the
- resnltof hisdiscoveries, the amount
, was l,500,oj)0 pounds an increase
of tone hundred and twenty five
J ! tu in five vears. The New-Yoric
rihimber of Commerce has invited
. hiui to expound the theory. An
importout jservice .to the country
WHERE THE LAW IS IMPOTENT.
. The trial of Madam j ; Clovis
Hughes, in Paris, has resulted in
her acquittal. She was charged
with the murder of one Morin, who
had brutally defamed and slander
ed her. The homicide was admitt
ed. (The prisoner conducted her
own defence, pleading provocation,
a plea unknown to American juris
prudence. - - I
The result was a triumphant ac
quittal by thejury, which has been
hailed with satisfaction in all civil
izedjeountries. ;.' , j ;1 ,.J
Cowardly, malignant and secret
attacks' upon the tamilv I and the
marital relation are immeasurably
more calamitous and cruel than
the killing of the body, yet against
which the courts afford no protec
tion and can furnish little redress.
The law is condemned when the
guilty escape. j j '
Society generally demands pro
tection" aa in at such outrages and
persecutions as that which drove
this woman to the revolver, and so
ciety will at once vindicate its civ-
ilization by refusing to condone
private vengance j r
Against the swift slander that
undermines family peace, : blasts
the honor of woman, poisons their
lives, overwhelms them (with un
deserved shame, what defence or
protection exists!- The alow nrn.
cess of courts which' are hampered
by technicalities ; the dextroa de
vices of unscrupulous shre wd prac
ti tionersj the delays which every
knave can throw in the way of his
own conviction ; demonstrate the
inadequacy of the only pretence of
redress which the law proffers in
such cases; and combine to goad
the outraged, persecuted,' humiliat
ed victim on to lawless methods of
vindication and revenge.) I
In such cases, where the law has
proved impotent, does t&e popular
judgment approve the breach, of
law- which is the last desperate re
sort of a hounded. Wron&red and
maddened, woman for whom the
courts have, no relief.
Great Havoc Among West Point Cadets.
There is considerable surprise
over the result of the semi annual
examination at the West Point
military academy just ended.-A
large number failed to pass. , Five
were sent back from third to the
fourth class, and the fourth class
lost a quarter of its whole member
ship. The first class is a small
one, havmg only thirty nine mem-.
bers. The Becond class stood the
ordeal well. It numbers 82 mem
bers, and is the largest second
class ever at the academy. "The
sons of United Senator Butler, in
the third , class, and of General
Williams, the fourth class, were
among the tonnu wanting, xne
Ohio colored lads are doing fine,
Alexander, of the third class,
standing nineteen in a class of 70,
and Young, in the fourth' class, be
tug about midway in a class of 7b
members. 1
Cleveland's Administration as Governor.
' From Got. HiH's inaugural address.
It may be safely asserted that
the administration of Governor
Cleveland for the two years past,
has more than met the "just expec .
tations of the people ; and made its
lasting impress on the annals of
the State. It has been brilliant in
its sterling integrity,' safe in its
true conservatism, noia in lis euort
for reform, faithful in its adher
ence to pledges and vigilant in its
opposition to .corruption. Its
straightforward : and business like
conduct, united with and unques
tioned honesty of purpose, nas w.on
for it and for himself the warm ap-,
oroval of his i political friends, the
sincere respect of his opponents
and the unswerving and unselfish
support of independent citizens
everywhere. That . he may meet
with the same uegree oi sacccos iu
the greater ofiice to which he has
been called in the earliest wish of
all the citizens of this State and of
every lover of good government. ,
j ! Death of Myra Clark Gaines.
f Mrs. Myra Clark Gaines died in
New Orleans last week of pneu
monia. the!was in her 78th year.
FTur imir litioration to recover prop
erty allegetl to be unlawfully with
held from her Dy me uuitia.c i
Louisiana Tmade ner ianou
throughout the country, nue was
met with a oiwerf rcaioi",
a f mighty attempt, oeiug niy
to prove her an illegitimate child
and not lawfully empowered to in
herit ' I :
?In 1870 the city government of
New Orleans offered Mrs. Gaines a
million of dollars in settlement-of
her claims against the city. She
felt that her claim was worth many
times more than this, aad declined
the offer. Finally, after twelve
years, her judgment was placed
at about million dollars, and by
that time lawyers and brokers and
speculators had got away with al
Sosi the entire claim. Mrs. Games
was little better than a paoPf;
Litigation had eaten up "J" -off
resonrces and her expectations.
Her judgment against the city of
New Orleans is an appeal in ' the
SupremiurtoftheUnited States.
3he passed away without enjoymg
the fruits of her arduous labors.
! A cyclone swepi through
io. and Baldwin counties. Geor-
Hnndav nigut, w3ov-ft
.loroll infra.- fiTlU
nouses.- uarus nuu
funnel. Florses and
. mules - were
blown away. Several persons were
Knf. nn lives were lost.
The noise of the cyclone was heard
distinctly eight miles away.
TIJE OL.D MAN HAKUEL.
ICoL T. C. TuUer in Nowitaky'i MonUJy.l
in the Fall of 18C8, a horrible
crime was committed in the County
of Cumberland in this State. A
colored man by the name of Mainor
had been shot, and instant! vicing
in his own house, at a dead hour of
iue nignc ; suspicion fell upon a
colored man by the name of John
Manuel, and he was at once arrest
ed and imprisoned upon the charge
of murder. Jacob Manuel was an
intelligent; man. ot about thirty-
five years of age, and had, np to
mat ume, norne a good character.
It was alleged, that, being moved
oy -jealousy, ne bad gone to the
caDin inhabited by Mainor, had
stealthily crept opto the house, and
tnrosnng ms gun i through the
cracks of the log hut, had put a
neavy cnarge of buck shot through
his victim's head. f .
I was at that time practicing law
in the tOWn nt Favot-fnvilla niwl
- - j v i uin uu n m
applied to by the old man Manuel."
uw,u lamer, u unaertaKe the de
fence of his son. ;
The old man, was about seventy
years ! of j age very tall, straight
afid spare of a' red copper color,
with thick, bushy, white hair, neat
ly, but coarsely dressed, and had a
stern put rather sad expression of
countenance, tie was of more than
ordinary j intelligence, "was quiet,
easy and even dignified in his man
ners, slow and deliberate in his
speech, and showed that he had
suffered, and that he could ' suffer
and be still." The old man told me
the story of his life, how born to
the hard lot of a free negro,ff he
had struggled; how pinched by
poverty and without friends, he
had toiled and starred to provide
even' the barest necessaries of life
for his family- how his wife had
died many years ago, leaving him
with six small children; how he
had striven to raise them in credit
how some of them had wandered
from the right road ; how he bad
tried to bring them back to virtue,
and how he had failed. All this he
told in his artless, slow, deliberate
way. He then added with some
emphasis " Jacob has been a good
boy, God koics, and I do not believe
hiin guilty of this crime."
Through sympathy. and pity for
the old man, I undertook the de
fence; of his son. Soon I became
interested in the case, and exerted
myself to the uttermost. The trial
came off, the evidence, though
mainly circumstantial, was terribly
strong, and Jacob was eonvicted of
rr?3. der, about twelve o'clock at
night the jnry filed into the Oonrt
room, and by the dim light of a few
candles, they solemnly delivered
their verdict of "guilty in manner
and form as charged in the bill of
indictment." ;v
; The old man was standing by me
at the time; he showed no feeling
and made no sign, be merely whis
pered ' God inoic$t and I know he
is not guilty." '
.'j Jacob,was sentenced t6 be hang
ed an appeal was taken to the
Supreme Court, the judgment was
affirmed another sentence; the day
for the execution was again set, and
then; to save the man's life, there
remained only the hope of a par
don or commutation of sentence.
Through the kindness of Sheriff
Hardie and others, who sympa
thized with the old man, petitions
for pardon were signed, and by the
old -man presented, in person, to
Governor Holden, who granted
several reprieves ; but Governor
Holdeu went out of ofiice "and his
successor, Gov. Caldwell, declined
to further interfere with the execu
tion of the sentence. .The day for
the execution was rapidly approach
ing I felt then and I feel now, that
though the circumstances relied on
for convictiou, vere strong in hem-j
selves and" strangely well connects
ed, jyet the man was not guilty j
that he was 'about to be offered up
as another jvictim upon - the altai
of circumstantial evidence. But!
yet f as the day drew near, as the
preparations for his execution were
almost completed, I felt that al
would soon be over with poor Jacob
Not. so, however, with the "old
man Manuel ;" he never doubted, he
never abated one jot of heart or
hope,,' he knew his boy was innof
cent and lie 'would not believe that
his innocence would not, proridenr
tially, be made manifest. Old as
he was, and infirm as he was, h
walk pi l from Favetteville to Bal
eigb, a distance of sixty miles, and
then presenting another petition
for( his soa,s pardon, he mutely
awaited the! Governor's action. j
Jtist before the sun went down
on the day preceding that appoin ti
ed for the execution, as I sat in my
office, thinking that Jacob Manuel
would never see anotner sunset, uie
old man " came in, and deiivereu
to me a paper from the Executive
ofiice. It was a commutation of
Jacob's sentence fiom death to im
prisonment for Jife in the peniten
tiary. All the old man said was
"God has saved my boy." i
Shortly after this I moved to
Raleigh. I never lost my interest
in Jacob Manuel, and soon my law
..rtnir hffran- to feel as - much
trest in the case
ajema. vuxs n . .
as I did.
For
regularly, every half year, the " old
man Manuel,", travel stained, weak
and weary, would knock at our ofiice
door, and, after the usual saluta
tions, would fsimply say, " I have
come to see my boy.' One or the
other of us would always go with
the old maufto the Governor's of
flee, aud make a fresh appeal for
Jacob's pardon ; but in vain. All
that could be done was to give the
old man a permit to enter the peni
tentiary "to see his boy.1.
I am told that the old man would
go out, give his hand to his son,
aud follow him about, he was
at his tasks, never speaking to him
or anyone else,, unless he was ad
dressed ; but would" never take bis
eyes off bis boy. When he could
remain no longer, he would silently
give to Jacob the little articles he
had brought for his comfort, shake
liin tiaml And CI nietlv depart. As
GREENSBORO, N. C., TUESBAItT
Se n?f ' half year would roll round.
man ould-appear again,
and the same things as related
would occur. AtouroSce, the ex.
ecutive chamber and the peniten
tiary, he was always expected, and
never failed to come, at his set
time. Every one who met the old
man pitied Tiim ; his belief in his
son's innocence, his perfect reliance
upon a providential interposition
m bis behalf, and his entire and
thorough and unselfish devotion to
his boyrwon for him the profound
respect of all who knew him or bis
story. LAnd so the " old man Man
uel" came and wentJ and the years
rolled on. j
Gov. Holden had gone out of of
fice, Gov. Caldwell had died, and
Gov. Brogden was in the last year
of his term. It was Christmas eve,
dark, cold and chilly, as I sat by my
ofiice fire; my partner was at the
desk writing; suddenly, I do not
know why, it came upon me that I
could then secure the pardon of Ja
cob ManueL- ; !
I put on my overcoat and said to
my triend, " Captain, I am going to
the Governor and get him to par
don Jacob Manuel."
l.went to the! Executive ofiice,
fouud the Governor in, and said to
him, Governor, I have come to
ask you for a Christmas present. I
have come to ask yon for a man's
life poor Jacob Manuel is wasting
his life in prison and his poor old
father is dying of his grief. . Par
don the boy,' and make the old far
therms heart glad,1 .once more before
he dies. He cannot see another
Christmas; make this, his last, a
happy one for him." , -
The Governor; sat musing for
awhile, but I could see that the
word! in season I had been spoken.
He soon called his Secretary, had a
pardon written, signed it and han
ded it to me. h .
I sent a messenger, on a fleet
horse, to the penitentiary, the con
vict's garb was stripped off, citi
zen's I clothes were put on Jacob
Manuel, a small sum of money, due
him as a reward of good conduct,
was given to him, and as the clock
struck twelve that night, he gently
knocked at the door of his father's
humble cabin. The old man open
ed the door and i saw him, but be
would not welcome him, be would
not touch him ;" Jacob," he said,
" have you escaped . from the peni
tentiary, or do you , come as a free
man!" "Father," he replied, I
am a free man;! am pardoned."
Then , the old man fell upon his
son's neck, and, for the first time,
he wept. He sat all night with
Jacob's hand elaspedjin his own,
and all he could say was "Thank
God ! Thank God !' !
The next norning the neighbors
gathered in and fouud that the old
man j was rapidly passing away ;
the revulsion of feeling had been
tod much for him. In a short time
he died ; died from an excess of
joy. ! : . Nh !'- : I
Kind hands provided for him de
cent burial, sympathizing friend
followed him to the grave and thus
passed away a most devoted father,
"The Old Man Manuel." i i
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Eeartbqaakea la Spain.
1 1 . .
iartuquake shocks began on
Thursday, December 25, and con
tinued with more or less violence
for the 'space often days, levelling
whole towns and cities and causing
the death of oyer two thousand
people. The provinces most affect
ed were Andalusia, Malaga and
Granada. The towns of Albania
and Santa Cruz were complete
ly destoyed and many of the in
habitants perished iu the falling
ruins. A mouutain near Periana
disappeared from view. At Zaf
farraya, a town near Loja, fifty
persons were j killed. I Sixteen
houses were destroyed at Lanjaron,
and numerous houses were demol
ished and lives lost in. other vil
lages. Fifty i corpses were found
at Ventas de Tain Arranza. ,
At Priego, iii the province of
Cordopa, the shocks came while
the theatre was; crowded with peo
ple. A terrible, panic followed.
Many persons jumped from the
galleries and from the windows up
on the crowd, below, receiving fatal
injuries. Harrowing scenes are
depicted iu Albunuelas. Half of
the town is in ruins. The churches,
the convent and the town hall were
thrown to the ground. One bun
dred and ninety-two dead bodies
were taken from the ruins. Many
persons were resetted alive, alter
being partly buried for twenty-six
hours. Some were half crazed with
fright. Piteous cries were heard
in the ruins for jtwenty-four hours,
but it was impossible to render any
assistance to sufferers, j
Similar tales are told of the dis
aster in Alhama, where a thousand
houses are in rnius The inhabi
tants in the day-time wander about
their ruined homes, risking their
lives in their j endeavor to save
something from the wreck. They
remain at night in an improvised
camp of carts, tents and sheds.
Three hundred and fifty corpses
have been discovered at Orenas del
Bey, and 250 persons there are now
suffering from! injuries- received.
The town of Albuqueros was com
pletely destroyed. Many people
perished. ? j f ; - H
. To add to the horrors of the sit
uation, terrible gales of wind swept
over the ruined towns, completing
the work ofj devastation. No dis
aster of like nature so terrible and
destructive as this has foccured on
the Peninsula since the Lisbon
earthquake bt 1755. j
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Desperate Mea Cowe4 by a w.oma
jTwo desperate colored criminals
fined in the Golds boro jail Sat
nrdav nicht succeeded in- breaking
the inner door, and were at
work on the' outer, when Mrs.
i it' (nttifn.
xnompson, j iue xeujsio auw,
rnahed fn. drew a revolver and
Mmmanded them to I Stop. Her
courageous action checked them.
and by the time other help came
the men were completely cowed.
mwm . 'X.
boardin"uA"riy y.ea ago the
cato ItaliaV .1"", "en
was very
""uuwnilDP." Thi.
regular," audNri 8lt"n? Very
It had, moiwverVho X. TV?1
legible'. Follow me"t of being
brief interval wherX.13 .cam a
been taught to admL 1DSj first
open-handed models7VCJ?py",book
allowed to develop wtf nl was
herent individuality h" Ja
might possess. We all kVcript
men of forty or fiftv to daA. wo
handwriting is clear as primX86
ueaniirni am tiia umrir nf v
copyists. But this reign of g
sense was in its turn supersede
by that craze for things English
which embraces all utilities, from
ulsters to tea cozies, from etiquette
to inflections. An English hand
writing became an essential part
of the curricnlum Of fashionable
schools, and teachers even adver
tise to "instruct in the English
style, at their own residences, ladies
who are dissatisfied with their old
fashioned way of writing." This
English model is very square, very
regular, imposing and stately as
Britannia herself, and in its perfec
tion almost whollj illegible. But
English, Italian, or Yankee is
a melancholy truth that the hand
writing of many educated women,
if deal, is positively ugly, and if
graceful, is commonly blind. .
"lis true 'tis pity, and pity 'tis
'tis true." For this failure to com
bine the beautiful is but one more
of the evil, consequences of haste
and slighting with which our time
is crowded. We look at things too
much from the - point of view ' of
necessity, and think they will "do"
if they barely serve their purpose
of usefulness. But beauty is a
higher end than use, after all; and
why should not the less be includ
ed in the greater! If we are to give
our correspondent pleasure by the
charm of the sentiments or the
grace of the phrases or the bright
ness of the chit chat which we send
him, why not deepen that pleasure
by the beauty and clearness of the
pages which contain them!
That legibility aud beauty are
natural companions is shown in the
old Roman inscriptions, in the
pages of old German books, in the
missals and manuscripts which are
the treasures of modern libraries,
in the Arabic scrolls, and letterings
on tiles and friezs. One need not
know a word of the languages to
which these belougto see that they
aie as legible as they are beautiful.
Modern haste threatens to banish
caligrapbs as an art. The work of
the type writer has already made
the scrivener's elaborate aud ele
gant handicraft a thing of the past;
and to their , necessities must, of
course, be pardoned the scrappy
and unfinished script of most pro
fessional writers. But the laity,
youug women, matrons of leisure,
have no excuse for a graceless or
unreadable hand. It is as unlady
like as any other infraction ofcour
tesy.! I -
We are glad that the old fashion
ed custom of sealing letters with
wax has beeu revived of late. Of
course it is no longer a necessity,
as in the old days when few men
could write, and the seal was the
substitute for a signature, a certi
ficate of the genuineness of the
documents But it is a pretty and
tidy way of securing a letter, pleas
anter to a fastidious person than a
gummed envelope. If, however,
the writer will not take the time
and trouble to drop the wax prop
erly and stamp her signet ith care,
she can at least refuse to use the
sham seals that come . ready made
and are stuck on to hide the ad
hesive flap.
The perfect paper, iuk, and pens
of Our i time lend their aid to the
writer's service, and leave ouly
practice and determination for con
tribution. Handwriting is an ex
pression of character, as dress or
speech is, and, like them, should
be a tribute to beauty, aud not
alone a sacrifice to utility. A well
cooked beefiiteak would remain a
well cooked beefsteak whether it
were served on a cracked kitchen
plate or a fine china platter. But
the moral condition ot the eater
thereof would not be the same if
she consented Ml the plate for con
venience' sake when she might
have had the platter.-JVo give up
too much to time-saving and money
saving, and we need to practice
sentiment-saving and beauty-saving.
Why not begin with hand
writing! : ;
Stopped III Train Just In Time.
Just before the night express
train on the Alabama division of
the East Tennesse, Virginia and
GeorgU Railway reached uamioipn
Rnndav night Engineer oisco con
eluded to stop and cool a hot jour
nal. ;He had scarcely sunt on
steam when just ahead of him he
saw a huge obstruction on the
track.! He applied the: air brakes
and stopped the train just as it
struck the obstruction. The train
wreckers had driven fence-rails in
to a cattle-guard, between which
twenty-five cross ties had been
piled.; Had the train struck the
obstruction it would havej been
hurled over an embankment seven
tv five feet "high. j
Strack y Jansary Llgbtaiag.
Lightning struck the Methodist
church at Cannel, 111., Sunday
night, wrecking the .cupola and
front nf the building, i About 50
persons were in the church at the
time but although several were in
the vestibule, where the lightning
tore the ceiling, splintered the door
and tore out tne weaiaer ooarumg,
no one was seriously Injured.
t1ia total aonronriations for
the navy for the entire fiscal year
f IRAS. 414. 980. 472.59. or 4913,.
901.64 less than was appropriated
for the fiscal year 1554.
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20, 1885.
Washington's Religion
IReT. K. D. NeUl in the EdubomI RumnU. i
a La ftf daTi ?go, of the
vi inn i icev. itichard M
Abercrombie. Rwtnr nf Sf r
thew Protestant Episcopal church
."wcragr v-uy, memories
ooynood arose, i He was
far from mv father's
udelphia, and was the son
scholar ami rViT'- 'w".
- v vmm, a aiicii'.nim am i nma i
r . . uu, ia i
early "life. correinrinloi k i
great lexicographer, Samuel John
wn, and in later vears wa tha
-- -v u w X LIIH 1
sistant minister of Christ's and St.
. viwb cuarcues. in Phila.lii.i.
where my maternal ancestor hn.i
wo:
Mhi.A.l . -
atiod. . i" , T
touiicu I0r mom than
TKL?2y a"er "e father had
decwur score years, the lately
of tha n took me iuto the stud v
iciier v uuu snowea inn a i
iir..LtNl. n A '
; Tmn hi . "eorge
father, thhad written ;to .his
w-.K- nr,o . ioan
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ularattendantsUts wife were rear-
while residing in? his ministry
The President adelphia.
..cant, noiwiinstauot a comma, one no wftistle will better set the congressional district of Maryland
?S!y.ft0,T t0tieCt;;a" tbSS?, aD,d rtar the truest wall j Ms djing at his resident naru! -
nfrpr llio olrtcn rvf tho M anA I I In tint i-nli ..n r . . . . I . r . . ' 1 1
."" v
auuauicuuu ouuunjouiiu wit uu i
ill rnn namr. nr rortrinor trui n
church while his wife reraainethe
communed, i Unon one !. occd
Dr. Abercrombie alluded to the utpo
nappy teudencv of the examnle oine
buose uignineu oy age and position
turning their i backs upon the cele
bration of the Lord's supper. The
discourse arrested the attention of
Washington,! and after; that he
never came to church with his wife
on communion Sunday. Dr. Aber
crombie, in a letter which appears
in the fifth i volume of Sprague's
'Annals of the American Pulpit,"
mentions that he did not find fault
with the sermou, but respected the
preacher for his moral courage.
There is a story about Washing
ton being found in the woods in
thelwiuter time in prayer by the
owner of the bouse which he used
as his headquarters at Valley
Forge which I wonld like to believe
if it were not so improbable, and if
it had not been first put in print by
the eccentric and not very accurate
Episcopal . irjmister, Morgan L.
Weems. John Potts, of Pottsgrove,
had several! sous and daughters.
Que," James, j studied law at the
Temple, Loudon, and was a Judge
of the Court of Common Pleas in
Philadelphia at the beginning of
the war of the Involution, and be
ing a Tory eventually weut to Hal
ifax ; Jonathan, another son.
studied medicine at Edinburg, and
esM)used the cause of the colonies,
and was the medical director of the
middle department; another sou
was a Quaker and neutral, aud
owned the house at Valley . Forge
which is still known as Washing
ton's headquarters, and the three
were brothers of the graudmother
of the writer of this article. With
a capacious aud comfortable house
at his disposal, it is hardly possible
that thesby, silent, cautious Wash
ington should leave such retire
ment and enter the leafless woods
in the vicinity of the winter en
campmeut of an army and engage
in audible prayer. The alleged
scene has been often produced by
the pa'uter and engraver, but I fear
it is only a myth.
! Randall's Southsra Welcome.
' ' ; IN. Y. Sun. . . .
The Southern journey of the
Hon. Samuel J. Kaudall was un
dertaken merely for business pur
poses, but it has become a sort ot
personal and political "triumph.
Between twenty and thirty South
ern cifies have honored him with
cordial receptions or invitations.
and throughout the South his visit
seems to have excited extraordinary
interest and enthusiasm.
The kindly feeling of the South
erners for Mr. Randall may be in
part explained by their old grati
tude for his staunchscrvicesin their
behalf! in the days of Grantism,
and in part by the instinct of hos
pitality, made still more generous
by the unjust attacks . and asper
sions of those of his oppouents who
can see no goou .in mm uwuuao
they do not agree with him in cer
tain matters of oninion. But the
demonstrations which have marked
the progress have been too eager
arid general to have in them noth
ing but hospitality and gratitude.
to a stranger wuo uas oeen tne
friend of the South iu the past.
It is not with the past, but with
the future, that the Boutuern peo-
nle mostly concern tuemseues in
welcoming Mr. jsanuaii. yncre
the South is most prosperous and
active, where emigration is most
pneouracred. and where the indusl
trial progress is most conspicuous,
Mr. Kaudall is received with en
' .
thu8iasm and honor as the repre
sentative of that economic policy
under which industrial develops
ment has been encouraged in the
Forth, and under which, in the
view of an over increasing numuer
. . l :
nf Southern, men. the ssoutn can
grow to the greatness which ner i
resources and he energies of her
people seem to mark out for ner.
heart of an iron country which al
ready aspires to rival Pennsylvan
ia, a inottoTn honor of Mr. Bail
dall's coming read : Welcome the
Champion of the New Eebelliori,
the New South Against the Old
South." '" I . l
I The new South welcomes Mr.
Randall because it is building up a
new empire of free labor, and re
gards him as a champion of the
economic policy which is neccessary
to the growth ot that empire. j
TWid . Dobbs. Will's P. 0
Ala., says: My grand daughter had
anffArod with a sore upon ner leg.
Month's sUnding, which
yieldetl quickly to Ramon's Nerve
and Bone Oil, and is permanently
cured by its use.
Eob't. G. Glenn.
t For - sale ; by
; j The.Moral .r WhUtUmg, f I ,
I tDr.Taluuta in Frank LecOa's Sunday Maoxina
j;; j , , i : lor ztonurj.i . . ,
it is a prevalent notion that a
propensity to whistle indicates an
indolent or trivial nature. Whn
iiiiinir daim ... i
IT "t. . . ciisreputabie.
p is - notmng - more nealthfnl
than i ut : .
IIUIS exercise.. : Thn fai.nlt.
has
NUnU
been I granted to thnoa nf na
who cannot sing much. Though
c uiigui Jose our wav in a tun a it
c Mbiempceu tne custom arv sni.ro.
: . ... w --
no or base, we revel in th mnn.
which, without anv mIt ill rash nih
tne breath thronrii tha
l X G"mbIers seldom, if ever
whistle. Thft art. iu loff Anf 4 i '
blithe and cheerfnl. Whti.Aw i-
ine wnistiA tha
i-uouisue mat makes th iwi
:r iuo goou r
of mv I we are indulcnn? in it: liv wo,- of the TTnitt Sfufo. :-?...
born not soliloquy and some one i meets us, .n Baltimore, was entered by burg!
... xuii- Buapiuog me wnis-1 ia4 oamruay nigutand robbed of i
of Rev. tie in two, as though we had bn several hundred dollar. I
cueer, or me good cheer that makes -fu r1 Pub"shes an interview
the whistle, we have ao no tN Tlth James R which he
w "f0? ! iuia Kiud of music is r
" !"i"ue accompaniment o
work. Let two mmn. k-
Jhescaffblding, theirstrength alike;
their liods and trowels alike, the
irMr : " any oi our ueips.i
w vwonu wants is an aug-M
iunrArirtn n i . , I .
taiuments: not. I ZTa r.T":? nierea the second
and curvetinir: hnTnT" u?? a nday night.
objections: or He wonld not Ml K ,r,.rt golde,, tu?1Ibe
kitten with nU - i-w F
mi irisK,;, and the dog with face ? to
U M t' K w IHUllf
uars, and send the mVht viti
I gable with moSthfal 5 .7"0'm.'" ? ri
nied tl? knOW not w'hy omen,
uiea tlfeir naroa pt.nnM
f!"int rjsreise, and yet an un
den it. DVhas for fnrh.vi
women mayg something that
HlSw donotwani
Wtnr,
lnml on -An fl,. r"'uM"ci,eu -
KJaneh, very J,
T '-"f-w"0 " -Hr long list uaj
Alwari oom to soma bad cikv ' ,
There are times iu a wok
nas
wnen a psalm-tune does nov,-
particularly appropnate, a
carol seems too formidable to
tack ; the former is too grave
an(
the latter too jubilant; and nothing
ou earth is consonant with the cir
cumstances but a whist.c. That
privilege she shall not be denied if
we have anything to say about it.
jf Soon after going on board the
Steamer! we, noticed a little pewter
instrument that hung to "the boat
swain's jacket. Ou such a simple
thing yon would not suppose a man
could make more than one or two
Sounds.i but that little instrument
can play a hundred tunes, and at
its call cables, cordage, rigging,
sails, colors, boats, and anchor re
spond, and all the crew fly swiftly
from capstan to ratline. 'After
eight days of headwind we he inl
the boatswain's long, keen, Ire
bounding whistle. It meant that
the wind had changed and the sails
must go np. There uas in that
pewter whistle more music than in
aay harp we have since heard, and
when it, fell down again from the
boatswain's lips we re-examined it
to see where all that chirrup and
glee of I sound and shrillness f of
blast could hide themselves. Thus
we saifi on in life and sometimes
into the! teeth of a headwind, and
it is tough navigation. Our whis
tie, dangling to our neck, seems of
u6use;i Everything is against "us;
but after a while there is a change
in the moon, and the wind that
was adverse wheels around in our
favor. IThen wo take up our whis
tle, aud, all handson deck, the sails
rise, and the port looms ; up inffhe
distance. If at such a time we
make more noise with our mouth
than we ought to, charge it nqtto
us, but; charge it to the boatswain's
whistle;
alow Doctors Differ.
The prevalent notion that promi
nent traders are just the . men '. to
tell us what- is the matter when
trade is out of order, and to pre
scribe the right remedy, calls to
mind ,J the sayiug Who would
weigh fat men must himsef be fat."
If the'traders areso wise, how does
it ever happen that trade gets! out
of shape! The responses of presi
dents tf Chambers of Commerce
and Boards of Trade to Inquiries by
The iVV T. World as to the cause of
existing depression and the proper
remedy are both interesting; and
amusing. v j
) New, York hesitates to speak,
and Cincinnati has not time. Prov
idencef says overtrading in 11880
was the cause, and, and reduced
production is the remedy, j St.
Louis I thinks liquidation is the
cause,! and 'he remedy is a restora
tion of confidence that is bad
health is the cause of sickness, and
the remedy is to get well. Minne
apolis finds in cheap wheat and too
much lumber the cause of all our
woes, and sagaciously suggests as
the remedy good crops which will
make wheat continue cheap. l)e
troitthinksoverproduction ot grain,
manufactured articles and stocks
is the-cause, and a reduction of the
surplus on Jiand is the remedy.
Richmond finds ttie cause on trou
ble in irregularity of crops, and the
remedv in "time, temperance and
IndustrY.'' Kansas City thinks
protection caused to many manu
facturing establishments, and these
caused too many railroad and se
curities, and the excess and aepre
elation of these Caused disaster
whioh i a beautiful instance or
nnttintr the cart before the horse
Steel rails went to 485 per ton in
1RMU and uii? iron to 441, because
hre were not enough manufactur-
inr establishments for the railroads
then! in progress. Buffalo thinks
the abnormal development of some
industries is the cause of the dis-
vhprMs it is only the out
ward Kvmntoin. and says the reme-
Axr tn wait natientlv. Atlanta
cars there is no depression, e xcep
is-short, and
nA Mmmlv , is needed which IS
consoling. r
GENERAL NEWg,
A!UU,ni sredGen: Grant
1100,000, to let him exhibit his
ttuu iropnies. .
ii"xiy
. a
;i The Chicago tfetr asserts that
the socialists in that city could not Y
uu uai overanunured drilled and ;
armed men, and that the scare isr
fostered in the interest of a larger
; ?;-A San Francisco judge has de.
cMed that Chinese children born in '
iSnAUar- tiHed to ad mis- h
sion to the public schools. r ' '
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7. Yra ine 6toT that he trietl
I, V , ooun onr h cold
blooded forcrerv"
-Dr. W. II. Cole, democratic
Congressman elect 'from Z S
The residence of Jadim ti.i i
"w : w a a a. a t
",UIC irom erysipelas.
Saint Roses Catholic church at
fSSric8 taken atto""ting in all
T " "V rr"v,c U1 silver
tCOO.
m.
8,fippI,0t 2,00,000, instead
ft10'?'?00 asked for, and
the Missouri river about 1500,000.
instead of $1,300,000 asked forL
Mr. Gladstone's
health in
. .
. -
storms -prevailed Suu-
wn we coasts of Great Britain.
many lives were lost.
The English (!nnrtArni..nM.n
. . vuouw;i v
mmiA a. iuirnufnnl
ZZtiTJ r lTC, uai: mjunciiou
.u.wmugiDo puoiication of Lord
kytton's letters.
The Secretary of War has re i-
eci to order, a court martial
eu. Uazen'8 chanres nrain0f
POarlingtou.
Feb.X' ors of tbo World's
ltr flw Orleans have set amir
drummeA6. commercial travel-
-An ed2Lattem,anc6 ?f
Pittsburgh tow i I :
purpose of haviiiPng made in i
the temperance oney ror the .
permanently iu thli8 Murphy.
(burcb of Gosiiel Teu& locate
JPrrf Hilli'mtit, VS tUC
died VYelneslay- die
m w miiiiiiiuui VaV M. I
tromineut Place amonir heTe.i
ty of Yale since he assumed v
chair vacated by his distinguishv j
fill hlr ill 1&vl ITa n-tiH nnalnfHu'
best known of Americau physicists.
A sensational - suit has been
commenced in the Circuit Court in!
Milwaukee by Ken ben F. Sherman,
a rich fanner of Waukesha County.
against Merrick. F. Spalding, owner
of the Capital Hotel at Madison.
Wis., claiming 425,000 d imaged
or an alleged alienation of the af-
ections of the plaintiffs wife.! Ow
ing to the. standing of the parties
the scandal attracts more than u
ual attention. n I! . r-
thi: TALK OP tui: day.; j
The first bill introduced in the
Ohio Senate after the oieninirof
tne session was a bill to abolish
the October election. ! I ' ; 1
Grover Cleveland will be inau
gurated on. March 4. which i this
year falls on - Wednesday, as it did
u the years when Jefferson, Jack)
son and Buchanan were inaugurat
ed, thus making Wednesday a good
Democratic day without robbing
the Republicans ot the credit at
tached to "Black Friday." j j
Should Senator Bayard accept
a cabinet portfolio, the indications
are the people of Delaware will ,
witness a Senatorial struggle un-.
equalled in intensity and bitterness
since the famous contest of 1871.
when the two brothers, Willard
and Gove Salisbury, fought for
supremacy and were beaten ; by a
third Jrother (Eli, the present oeii
ator). . . 4 ; y
A mysterious well is reikrted
n Indiana from which buckets of.
water are constantly drawn by uri
seen hands. The ghastly visitants
have even taken upon themselves
tbejask of watering the stock of
Mr. Madden, upou whose premises
the well is located, whereat the
worthy Uo sier is said to be horri
fied. No one who has ever "water
ed stock" would consider such ser
vice maddening. This well is prob
ably not the well of truth nnde
filled. . 5 - f-f '
With a view to relieving Gen.
Graut Vanderbilt. recently bought
in asa - preferred creditor his
swords, medals and valuable ouv
enir. These, together with the
mortgages, deeds, &c, held as se
enrity for his 4150,000 indebted
ness he proposed to turn over to
Mrs. Grant, with the simple pro
vise that the relics referred to be
placetl after the General's death in
an appropriate department in Wash-
ington. This proposition was not
acceptable to the Grants and Mr.
Vnuderhilt modified it, leaving it
still a clear gift of $150,000 to thcmJ
Mrs. Grant declined to accept the
generous offeiy though General
Grant was willing. She wrote a
very curt note to the Railway King;
declining peremptorily, and, so the
matter ends. Gen. Grant still
owes Mr. Vanderbilt 4150,000.
I j-
At the battle of Chu, January
1st, the Chiuese lost COO killed and
large numbers of wounded. The
French enptured two batteries bf
Krupp guns, a large number of
rifles, a quantity of ammunition
and provisions and some Chinese
standards and couvoys. The
French losses were "three onlcers
wounded and nineteen men killed
and sixty five wounded
.'!.-- Mi . ,
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may thus be pertormeu.