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. " " ": "JL" '- 7 .7.;!'. :;.v ' Y'' ' 1 -' -"- i r . '" !.! ; W ' hr a tw H j -A "HERE SHALL THE PRESS THE PEOPLE'S RIGHT HlWTILt, CIA WED BT IIFLlElCE AD IIBRIBED BY GAIT." XV----NO. 38. DURHAM. N. C., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1886. s $1:50 PER ANNUM; Durham 1 OBACCO 1 1 -.0-' .JOHN JAN KIN'S SERMON. The minister sail last nibt, says lie, ''Doribe afraiil of fvii',; " . If your life ain't nothin t other folks, Why,; what's thti use of livin'-", And that's what I say bioify wife, says I, ; :Tbere's Brown, that niis'rablo sinner, ' He'd sooner a beggar woiild starve, than give A cent towards buying a dinner." I tell you our minister's prime, be is, But 'I couldn't uite dpterni inc.. '". When I hejtrd him givin it right and l ft, 'Tnst who was hit by the sermon. ' Of course, there notild be no mistake, When he talked oT hDg-winiled prayin,' Fprl'etersand Johnson they sat and scowled !.-: At everty word he wad sajin'i :u - .'I f-' J,-- )' - : And the Jninister he wentfon to Kay, "'There's arious kinds of cheatm'. And religion's as good for every day ' .' As it is to. bring to niei tin. . Idon't think muph of a in. an that gives The loud Aniens at nfiy reachiu', ..-And-spends his time the l'6flotin' week ' . In eheatin' and oveireacuin!1" . I guess that dose was. bitter "r -. ','. - .. For a man like; Jone.-i to swallrr; B I noticed he didn't: ojen his mouth, f Not onee, after! that, to holler, j Hurrah ! savs I, for the minister Of course I said it t - ; . Give us some more of Thfs open talk ; It's very rfreshin' diet. , ''.- '' - 1... . -' :! . i. ;The minister liitj'eju, every time;v . And when.he sike of liusliion, And a-rigginf out in bows and; things " As wouiau's rnlin" inissioh, : i. ; Aiid a-comm' toi-ehnrcL to se the styh; ll.s ll'hK- 1 couldn t hHp a-wiukm; : I And a-nudgiu my wifcf, and, says I,, yon," . - ' .j , ,And I guess it;SOt her thiy?viii'. ' - '- Says I to myselfj that sermon's pat ; lint man is a ijiieer (reiitiuii; " And I'm much afraid jtliitt most p j . - Wouldn't takd the application. , the folks :;Now, it he had said a word about My -personal mode 6' sinniu', I'd have. nu4 A'oj work'to right mys-lf, And not set there a-grinuin'. " Just then the minister savs, savs he. - "And now I've come to the fellers WLd'ye-tosfthis shower ly ujin' thtj id . . As a sort o moral uiubreliers. Go home," says he, 'ind rind your faults, lustefid of hiifitm your lt-othi:r s; Go. home," he siys, "aul wear the coats lou Ve tried t lit on others: My wrfe, she nudged; hnd Brown h - And .there wa- lots ot siijili lis And, lots o' look n at our pew ; It sot my blo d a-bilin'. j , Says I to myself our minister ; Is gittin' a little bitter; I - III tell him wht n meetin's out that I . Ain't at all th it kind of a tTitter. ' ' j r - Asoxymoi s. - A SALUTATION -AND A ple!a. , A Sermon by Dr. Talmage. V "Is it well with thee ? Is it Well with thv husband? Is it- well with the: child?" n kiNes 4:1). l j ; . - ii- - . i ! - j : - - - v The forms of salutation are as dif- ferent as the inationalities. An Ej;yp- tikn meetin an Egyptian in that hot land has fojr silutation, "Doyou . sweat copiously ?" j A Chinaman meet- ing a Cljinan an in his native country ha3 for salutation, "''Have you eaten your rice ?'' A-' Frenchman meeting a Frenchman in his native country has -for salutation.,' "H6'w do you carry vonrselt ?" An American meetino; an Am rican has for salutatiou, "JIo dol you do to-day?" 1 Iu some lands they shake hands.) In otheTs they drop on one knee. In others tlleyputf the right hand id the sleeve of the left. Almost evs-r nation .having its own peculiar form of silutation. Well, io the text was; the ordinary mode. , I A HOME IX SHUNEM : " jVhad been blessed with jat one child. and thatchdd went out into the har-s .vest held ana got sunstruck, ana put- ung ms nanus io nis lempies ne criea out, "My head, my head !" and expired before noon. The mother, instead of preparing the child for sepulture, starts ooMolmcet E'isha the prophet After a while she comes up. tasha sees her,- and be j says to his servant ; Gehazi, ''I wonder what is the matter with that Shan amite woman ? Go out and meet her.''. Gehizi the servant start, and hej come8.jp to- this wo man, and hd qries oufT"What is he t nritter? Are jany -of you sick ? . 1 la 1 any thing happened ? j Is it-well wifc - thy liue band? Is it well with the .-child?" ' ! I J . f- ; Standing before you in the first Sabbath after sjiai weelfs of absence,, I hava though that tbi i text might be very appropriate Gehazi, in asking these questions . of this woman, ex pressed an knxiety in regard to her . personal-lteaitli; and when I meet you now, after the severe month's iof the summer aaVe passtd t and ei kness have been abroad in difftrent parts of the land, and many of you have been i amid perils of rail train and steamer, , it 8ems to pe that the question.'that : Gehazi askejd of j the woman of Shu nem! is as appropriate for me to ask - this morning of myl beloved people when I'cry Out, "Is it well 'with thee ?' Is it well wiih thy husband ? Is it well ' with thy child? There is hardly a family represented in this house to-day j that has . not in some of its members been afflicted with some style of physical disorder, but by the ministry of mother, or wife, or friend, -or 'medical attendant, the disease was balked, and you are in 'the r house of. God to-day, while Green- - wood and Mount Auburn and Laurel Hilf have added might Jy to their si lent populations. Through days or weeks some' of you have breathed the tonic of the mountain air,, and the . tides of health have: come intj some of your pulses with the rising tides of the Bea. There is more color in youf cheek, there is mor fixe inour eye, there is more nerve !in your purpose, there is more capacity in your nature to serve God. But we all know that is. not the case with many. As God loots down upon these great cities, through the beautiful streets and the dark alleys' oh, how many : r - & i j.. i i ' . - . j CONSUMlKOS AND WASTISQS AWAY of disease! They rest not day nor night The two fans swinging on either ide the couch cannot bring re lief. The cap is put to the crackling lip, but the 1 thirst rages on. The hot pillow is turned, but the fever burns. The balsam is taken, but the 'cough exasperates! The tonic is applied, but the strength still fails. Groan paaeins through the str et is swal-1 loweu. oi ptuer groana, ana pain shrieks to jrMhj aul hospital calls up on hospital.- and from7 all ! th prAt I J - z . 1 - citis-'of our land there is hfurd to-dav whether 'you hear it or not the wauinj oi a ereat aeonv. It is not. erefore, a trivial question, hut cue of momentous interest, -when I pro- pbuDd it this . nioruipg and saj-to you personally, "Is it wel1 with'thee.?" We run so- many risks, we have so itt'e foresight, we violate so many laws of nature, there are so many ele ments '.of destruction in breath, in wavein cloud, in sea, it is a mat' er. vvorthjf of indestructible record if this uior,ning, after all the exposures of the summer, you can answer these in terrogatories of lily text in the hlnnu ative, abd put your hand ou brain, or 'luno- or heart, and, say, "It is well." Ob, it is . y " A hil.OKIi tfTS THI"i TO JiE v:i.i. to have free foot, and clear eye, and easy digestion, and alert -ear, .and stout mnscle. Stnmcr men and 'wo men; have you IhaiiBNAi Opd for yotrr liealth? If not, go and listen to the1 cry of those who. in the morning say, ' Would tod it 'were night,'" and in the night 'say, "Would ''God it were morning." If yon are seated iti the' house of God to-day iu comfortable he ilth, let 5' our soul go out toward the throne of mercy while you say jwithin,yoursf Ives, "It is well ' " But.iny suVject goes fctill, further, and it indicates that (iehazi was not only anxious in regard 'to the personal, welfare of this woman of Shunem but he was anxious in regard to the com fort" of her whole family. Standing here tif-dny, looking iu!o jour fritpil ly fac I amauxious to know not oi ly how you fare personally, but h rw it is witlj. y- , YulTU IIOVSKSOl.P. . '. Tliere was a t iue when you w:ere wrappeJ up iu yourself. The ques tion was, "3lv heal'h," "AIv ' welt-being," Wlr iv shall I go?" "What shall I do?"7 "What will happen tome?" That is ch mged now, and your life is wrapped up in the life of oth r?. Your soul is mere vulnetuble thau it used to be. (K.d his set you in a faiuilyvLabd ' thtre are iitluences all around about you, circ'ing and wideu i'pg and' wtdeuing out. It may have been 'many years ago, but not faf enough back'to muke you forget when you to the oath of conjugal' fidelity. H-Onain hope and ODe in affection, you have walked up thepatirof life to thisJ nour. vjroa ias put many uiesings in . THAT COS.IIT.AI. CVP, aud while sometimes you walked un der the clou-is and through the woods, and have, halted, at the brink of a grave where your hearts both broke at once, you this day ought to send up one lontr, loud, exhilarayt song to the God wh j chose your habitation and gave vou such pleasant surrounding, i'erljaps you nave thought it was nierey a chance- walk, or & chance cdl, cr a chance look, or a sudden ru pulse that conj jiued your two de3 tinies. Ah no! Ic was uuder the couiroi oi tuar. iroa who, in trie pres- euce oi Aurauaiu servant, Droutjm Rachel with a pitcher to the w l1 showing her whose wife she should be. ; Has. that early love faded out, or It a Christian benediction? Hive the kindly offices, the offices of gentleness, become more rare now that' the liht has gone from the eye,, and the hair-is gett ng a little gray suow on the r.ftvea s wlu r As you el tut tlier on from 4n,t time wueu took the "vows amid the flowers, aud the mus e, and the Idathe i hearts, aud the con gratulatory, assembly, and you come on to the Jtime when that iteder link -will -b8'; broken again -t tlie -marb'e slab, and between yqu'shMll op-u the rift oi a grave -as you uu further cu in tliat j juruey,; are you less Cirtfnl for each other's welfare and less pa tient with each other's foibles?. Has tlie caress become silly be.-ause s loDg .thai honeymoon has passed? Will there baa mound after awhile growing a hajwst of ; nettles an 1 ,higjtisha3e, sn ike-infetted, dsvil bauiiied?? Oh, v our larger house, your bright er associations, your greater prosper ities, my jbrqther, my' sister, cannot atone. ior "1113 iaci oi tun Kinace-s which characterized you when you started life together ! T-en the tal low candle .flickering on the homely stand was brighter to you than the light of a chandelier io an emperor's palace, and ths evening meal to which you came wearily from work and? there was one at the other end of the table had .more attraction for you than the banquet' where attendants lift the lids ; from smoking viands, to 'the sound of well-drilled orchestra. Oh, is it well with thy husband ? Is it well with thy wife ? 1 . I - But my subject takes a step further. Xou know that almost every -house has the ; ) ; BLESSING OF CHILDHOOD. ; i . . ' I ' Indeed, this . blessing seems to be given in great profusion in proportion as other blessings are de'ded. ; There are thousands of homes iu which the only light is in the child's eye and the only music in the children's footsteps. You almost pity the poor man be cause he has so many little ones in his cot Talk to him about its being a pity 1 Ass him which; one of the flaxen-headed pets he -would spare from the household. ' Why, that one has its mother's eyes,, and another its father's mouth,; and another the dif ferent points of all the family, and all of these peculiarities commending them to. the parental heart, Not one could be spared. : On a ioestern steamboat a philan thropic and generous gentleman walk ing the deck saw a man and bis two children, and j they were all covered with the marks of great poverty and destitution. This kind-hearted gen tleman, said to this in an, "I think I will adopt cne'of your children; I will take one of your children, and I will make him heir to my estate. It Seems to ma you are very poor, and I wfuld like to have one of these httle ones." What,' : said the man, ; "you want to cutoff my light arm, you want to pluck oytny heart from theroots! mn in all the 'world If th rtfi any poorer than I atD," (jOkI pity h-Ki; but you can't have one of Ihese chll jreo; I can't spare them.' In all the largest n cks-of children, where is there one lamb that we could atT rd to spare ? Ah! the welfare of your children has become a st'idy with som of you w"nat t teach them, what exiniole to set before thera, how to curb that impetuosity, how to fire that slujgish ties, how to control that evil prochv ity, how to meet the duties you owe your little ones. ' Is it well with .the child ?" Sometimes VOTT OET PISCOUUAliEO. Just, at the time when you think y u h'ave extirpated the last evil pro clivity, the old 'habit breads out in a u-w place, and th nigh you say it ,to no one ehe, you fay to yours If: "I wonder if' anybody else has such trouble with their chil Iren as I have!'' 0 Christian brother, every Christian man has a right 'to take a hopeful viw of his children ! Evil in childhood is n t the precursor of coming.; ruin. When yu were tht ir age you were no i;ttter, and if common report in re gard to some of you is true, you were worse! Ah! mv friends. God's bless ings hover over the heads of the lightequs, and . thmih- children may no wrohjr, and their behavior may be ruicous, the God of Jacob will bless the lads. Many a Christian parent, after long years of praying, and watch ing, and struggling, and despairing' in -M gard to a child has left him a vaga bond, but by the rivers of heaven and under the arches of eternal salvation hns after awhile '"celebrated the return of that prodigal and he'd Ligh jubilee in c'Ustiil palaces because that, after all, a'ter all, after a'l, it was well with the child. ' O Christian parent,, whatev. r you do for your child, or neglect, to dp, do not neglect their tb rual sa'vdtibn ! Do not make-the mistake of that fa-u-ily who, when their house was ou fire, secured all the household goods, but forg-t t ask, until to late, "are the children safe?" Oh, what teriitiic neglect ! When the elements shall me't with fervent heat and the world shall burn, will y ur chi'dren be tafe ? will your children be safe ? But ny subject taes a step further, ani I am permitted, in carrving out the idt a that hovers above the text and is suggested by the text, to ask you this morning, how it is with s THE CC PEOPLE that have come to spend their last days in your house, O man ! i) wo man ! Do yoAi 'give them a roompn the fourtb story ? Do you make them eat at the seuond table ? Have you as much. patience with the weaknesses of. their second chi'dhooJ as they had patienca with the follies of our first ? Ah ! Miiootu the 6teps for those aged fee r, for they will soon stop on the way ID )6u not notice that the Btep is getting shorter and s'lorter? Plough not the old f-ce with any more wrink les. Troubla and care hive marked it full enouh. lut not on those st jopiug sho dders any more burdens, ihey st jop now by carrying thd bur dens of your early waywardness Shakespeare put, it ith tremendous power when he said: "How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is To have a thaukless child." V . And the inspired writer put it with still more force when he says: "Tne e,e that mo.keth at its father anl re i'useth to obey its- mother, tue ravens of the valiey shall' pick it out, aud the young ex.l,js shall eat it.'' How is it with the olll folks?- How have tiey got throuii the summer i Is there greater pal or on the cheek? Is the coiu more peris ent '? Are they still alive ? -Is it Well with thy tathr:r Is it well with thy mother? - i liut my fcubjact goes one step furthj er, and mikes inquiry as to . YOUR SPIRITUAL WELFARE. A man may be sound in body, aud he may . htve luxuriant iuvestments, a id hive higlvsocial ppfritipn, aud yei iohtead of beirg well with them there may. bj everlasiing diseases wasting ms sou), and aw.u'ly and overwhelm ingly it may be ill withlhim. All those estates wil' go out-of your bands, all theBe friends will vauish from your earthly association; but God has planted i'i you a liiht which will burn on alter the last tiuber of a con sum lag worid is trampled ou,and extin gu-.shed. , . J "There is a life that always lives, There is a death that never dies." Considering the fct that you are so invested, ana mat eternity presses on toward you, aud that soon your naked soul will fctep out and up into the pres ence of the eternal God in judgment, ought not the question of my text re sound turough the deepest depths of your immortal nature while 1 cry out: "Is it V ' WELL "WITH THY SOUL?" "You, know all about the Christly sacrifice, and you know the hope that was kindled for our ' world from the wood of the cross, and you know that the tears pf Christ poured until they made a fountain, and that from tht fountain there runs forth a river so deep that all the armies of earth may wash in it, and on' its banks all the empires of heaven may sing. Are yo or sins pardoned? Are your sor rows comforted ? Is your soul saved ? Is it well with thee for time ? , Will it be well with thee for eternity ? - No w, there may be in the audience many who are disposed to complain. Hardships have come upon them, and losses, and peihaps especial griefs have come upon them" this summer, and they are more disposed to answer the question of the text ip the nega tive. Sol draw a contrast: ' BROOKLYN CHARLESTON 1 Olvwhen yqu think of the sorrows of that city cannot you thank,' God for your homes? Cannot youthank God lor your privileges? Cannot you than God for the quiet o! this holy Sabjmth ? wbili in that city millionaire and beggar crouch together in open parks! 1 have been accustomed to create gratitude in my soul by going down among those who have not a comfortable home and who 'have not' comfortable urroun tingf ; and to day compare your condition with th con dition of the fifty thousand affrighted people in that sad city. What a time cf trouble our world has bad ever since by the hand of God it wa b wlad in to space ! It is ? AN EPILEPTIC WORLD. Convulsion alter convulsion, l'r s s striking it with sledge-hammer of ice berg Fires melting it with furnaces stven hundred times headed. Meteors dar iog ity gazing it on one side, meteors darting by grazing it on the other side, and none of them slowing up fc .r's ifety. Whole flotillas, wh le navies, whole argosies of. worlds rush ing past. It is an amazement to m that long ago it was not run down and destroyed. Why, our world is like a fishing smack off the coast of New foundland while the Etruria and the Uuibria and the Great Eastern whirl by. - And then our world by s n has been smitten with internal disorders, and the machinery of the world . has all be n damaged so that s mietiuies the furnaces buret, and the walking-beams of the mountains are br'ok6D, and is lands ship a s;a, and this great hulk of a world is jarred with accidents tint threaten its immediate demolition. Thirty-six mrlJiijuaLva lust year in the United States and Canada; but seven thousand earthquakes reported in the catalogues of tue British Association iu the two c nturies. Long ago as Trajan goes to Aiitioch on a visit, amid the . splendors of a public reception au earthquake meets him' and it takes his life. At one o'clock on November 1st, 1755, Lisbon, fair audj, beautiful six minutes after 00, 000 perished, so that Voltaire, writing in regard to it, says for that region it was the Day of Judgment, nothing wanting but the trumpet. That vibra tion shaking the two hemispheres. And so in allthe times,but especially IX OUR OWN CENTURY. In 1812 Caraccas caught iu'the grip of an earthquake. In 1812 in Chili 100,000 square miles of volcanic forces upheaved to four aud seven feet of permanent elevation. -In-1854 Japan felt the geological agony. Naples shaken in 1857, and Mexico iu 1858. Medosa, the capital of the Argentine Republic, in 1801. Manilla terrorized in 18611. The Hawaiian Islands by such forces upheaved and let down in 1871. .Nevada shakeiv in 1871. An-; tioch 1872. California in 1872. San Salvador in 1873.' In 1883 Ischia, the beautiful Italian watering-place,. the home of historical reminiscences and of all beautiful surroundings. Yonder Naples, the Paradise of art, the city, the island Jet down into the trough of the sea disappearing. A few months after Java, the most fertile island in all the earth, mountain after mountain going down, and city after city, and that island which yields the healthiest beverage in all the world became the scene, of the "greatest disaster of the century. One hundredand twenty thousand people dying, 'dead. At the mouth of the Ganges, three islands ten years ago convulsion ih the land, and cyclone in the air, and of 350,000 population, 215,000 perished. "Oh,'' we said, "we live in a land that will never be distu- bed; such volr canic forces cannot strike us, and even if sometimes on the Pacific coast there are disturbances, not on the Atlantic coast." Then God comes in this last week and He . ' SHAKES THE WHOLE CONTINENT. It is felt in San Francisc", and it is felt in New Yrk. God is shaking terribly te nati ns, and it seems to uie there is a lesson which this pulpit and every pulpit ought to interpret for its people. God is teaching Amer ica, an t He is teaching all nations, that this world t.-s a "joor foundation on' which to build. On, we thought if we h'ad ever) thing insured ia the lire insurance companies; all w uld be w 11 Where are the insurance com panies that c mid help that Charlestsn calami'y? God thundering from the heavens,. "Build on the rock, the K ck of Ag-;s.'' Build on the eternal God. Tnat is the fouodatii n that can never be shaken, Do not build on. this earth. Set not your affections on things oh earth. And yet tin pnter worships his picture, a ad the architect worships bis building, and the merchant wor ships -his eu'erprise, and wa cling to this wori 1 ; but it is a very poor por tion. Ieaac Newton's dog ,"Spo" de stroys in a li tie while the manusciipt that it took many years for. him to produce. A worm in the hulk of the vessel sinks jthe ship that was the pride of its bai'der A child's hand effaces a painting that ?was to be im mortal. A piece of costly sculpture, the work of genius.is dropped, and the grandest arches and the stauncu est pyramids and the mightiest cities must come-down. The time will come xhexx Charleston, and Chi cago, and New Orleans, and Brooklyn, and New York, and Boston, and Lon don, and Paris, and Vienna,1 and St Petersburg, and Pekin, and Can too wi 1 be caught in what St. 'Toon, in the Book of Reveiation, calls"'a great earthquake." The world is a pDor foun dation on which to build. If the American people do not learn that les son, it will be bad for them. But oh, it seems to me there comes A LESSON OF OBLIGATION to those suffering people. There is not a city on this continent, it seems to me, that has so many reasons for calling for the sympathy of the coun try to-day. Just think of it! Have . 1L. 4.L.--1 you counted up tuo scourges vuat have come upon this city t x irsr, tne scourge of war, then in a few years the scourge of hre, then in a lew years the scourge of cholera, last year the scourge oi cyclone, ana now ine scourge of earthquake. And the peo ple 'do not want ;God-bles8-youfl." All our prayers do not amount to any thing unless accompanied by positive benefaction. The pleading hands come up from the debris of that fallen city, saying, "We are hungry, give us bread: we are homeless, give us a shelter; we are sick, give ue cordials.''. Palli d will bi the ear that will cot hear, anl pa'sid will be th? haid" that wijl not help. FOR THE HOMELESS. I stand hre to-day to plead for the hundreds of households tiat have be n" d sp'oded of their living. I plead in behalf of h .mes thre, and' some of us hare enjoyed their hospi talities I plea 1 in behalf of children whose fathers have perished under die fallen w ills. I plead ia behalf of women whosi hour of anguish has came, aud there is n t pillow and there is no roo Aye I olei I in brdu'f of Him who sf id, "Inasmuch as ye did it to these, ye did it to me " I know you will u it turu your back upon t- is suff ring. Let the officers of the church, as they g through these aiflea, go s'owly, remembering the amount they gather will decide whether bometiroaniag men and wo men shall live or die. By sc mucb as we?exoect mer.cy from the Lird in the lastdiy, let us have mercr for others. ObftrTuou self-denying One of Geth syihaoe, drop upon us Thy Spirit ! The collecti n taken-up at the ser vice amounted to over six'. hundred dol'ars, and nird money is being sent to the treasurer. 1 Poison in Furs. bf all the skilled labor that wooien do, probably the wot aDl most un healthy is that of the lur sewer J, anri few live to work at it ui'prH iha'i live oi six j ear . They go in'o a c.m sumptive ilecl ne. lose th ir sight or become victims to ars 'tiieal p dson 1 The b -By seas u with 'ur sewers i--i du iu the summer and early fall, as the garments that are to he sold the fblbwin-i wiutir'are luada then, axi as that is also the s tso i wiiei: in hs are tl ing, it is u ies try to Lep t u work-room dos :1 a - far as p-.ssi-le, to preveut'a'iy f those ilna e.l iu sects froiumtering. In c ms-tq len e the air is ti le 1 wi h mi uite pV-.rtiu'es of fur, whic i keep up a cons ant uri tation of t .e lutis an l a des;re to though which 'requet.t'y dev lops ui'o pulmouary c nsumptiou i i ihos . pre disposed that way. Th ' ll ing hair- also - g t into the es, and there ar few of tue girls t:jat work at t'iai trade long that do njt have red and sore eyes, though s me of them attribute" that trouble to the presence f the arsenic vhu3h has beu in.ed to cure the skius." The fur d al ers wiil tell you that there is no dan ger to the health in that business, aud thit there are no poisons us d iu the prepjiration of the pelts," but one glaoce at the itls wiil disprove that, for nine out of tVery ten will show un mistakable evidence of pois JLing in their pali faces and puffed out eye lids. . Every pelt has to be cured with more or less arsenic, and no ain-jiint of subsepieut shakiug-br dy iog -will remove it all. Tne girls receive, it in to their system with every prick of the ne-dld aud avery particle of the dust they inhale. The very air is scented -with the pungent cjppery odor. ' ; Fur sewing in itself is n i hard-r than any other feiud of sewiug. The worktrs are generally seaU-d iu low chairs anl have the work in their laps and thus bend directly over it The st'.tch is an ov r aud over one and is so .vn with "linen tlrrau, aud then the seams are flattened out by means ot a bone instrument, the wrong side first being dampened, fhw'work is ttdious, as it is. composed ol hundreds of smalt bits of fur ma'ch ed and sevin togeth-r, to piece out, leugths or aher s- apes. The sewing up of a garment is tne easiest part of it. Sable, bear, and fox, marteo, skuok and beaver, as well as ottei and seat-skin, and also Sib h&u scuir rel, are all mde up hre, as well as uame furs of minor value,aa,U have the same chirictens ics regardi jg the tly- Ling of the loose hairs and tue absorp tion of arsenic into the syst m. "In eojae few es ablishmrnts tney rece.ve bavt-r skias ail nalairl and p'.ucS o at the long bairs ; 'though that work is uot'always done here. Sea'.-skin als has to be treated in the same way, aad the course long bai-s are pluc-ed out leaving the soft fur expose 1 Some of tue girls who worn at the fur trade are set to m iking buttons lor the sea skin faccpae. and a- this w jrk is comparatively easy it is very poor ly pa d. They earn by'steaiy wor aoout four dollars a week if expert. Io some cases a whole family of girls will be fouod working together. It takes about a year for a girl to learn fur sjwing, though. -ttose who finish off garments must tnderstand. it bet ter still. The pay is fair for experts, for they can earn up to ten dollars a wee If; but the wors is. not steady, ano in the winter and spring there are many idle months, so that the average is at once reduced to five dollars. When learning, girls usually get one dofjar a week for the first year, and it is very rare than one receives-over five dollars a week inside of three years, and this then is reduced nearly one half by the dull months. The most ot the fur manufactories in tuis city are owned by Hebrews, an they are uni formly.kind to the girls. There is not one complaint irom over two hundred girls seen by this writer, of any bru tal or unmanly conduct' .They are treated with great respect N. Y Mail and Express. The canvass in the Eighth district is becoming interesting us the follow ing will show: . j . "Messrs. Cowles and Linney ha 1 a jomt discussion at wuKesDoro Aues-1 day, Mr. lunney opemug in a speecn of an hour, followed by Mr. Cowles, with fifteen minutes each for rejoiLd er. Our infornation is I that CoL Cowles "downed"' his competitor, car rying the crowd with him and in spiring great enthusiasm among the Democrats. Were-itten to to "tell iVandrliell it for tnV-trutb' that alter the meeting one of Mr? T,innfl'v's friends said. "Bv G d. let's put Yorit on him' (Cowles.) So- ncitor iilenn made, an auie ; speecn at Wukeaboro Aionaay. Landmark PULLING FODDER-; An Interesting Article From ; ' Bill Arp. ' Pul'ing fodder looks like a hard bus iness. .MyUerants get to the field early while the gra?s and the weeds and the morning glory vines are all wet with dew,aud th ground is sticky with moisture. They aresxn wet up td their knees, sni their pants Hop around their ankles an 1 the dewdrops fall iu their- sleeves, but tbey don't seem to mini it. By an ljby as the sun mounts; up over them the dew disappears, an l the sultryjbeat onm?B down and there is no chance for. a breeze in the low ground corn, but still they ppll away, andi talk ani la-igh as merry as if they wr re having aifroli.;. Tijen thy hav.ffcj tie it up and carry itl through longlrows to the end of the held, and the big pile of twenty or thirty bundles, is all ovr their heads 'and shoulders and tbey go bumping alirg anio-g the coru-sta'ks ahd get tutvifras" Uowu VudTi uVcVb and in their; eyes,' but stiH they dou't miud it, aoj brag dies they carried nary one. j how and Bo miy iiuu Lpped er dr Thf re is s imetl.iug mighty cheerful about willipg ,-labnr, i il that is con tented sweat that is no ccrs.. I couldn't pujjl foddev if 1 was willing, but I am iiQt willing. If I ha i a sep hjdd r aud a boy to tote It from s"ock to stock ani there was uo dew and iht! sun,was b. liiud a c'otid, I no ht ven ture a shorj row. Jieitjg willing "is tlie great tiding aio it la;or. liuing willing is tijies cret of success in any thing. I he'ird an old nun sty that any njau .cjuld stoj rin' ing w i-k y or chewiugitobacno ii he was willing He inust gt his own cjus:-nttho lirst thing arnl tjt en ii is eisy to do. It is a rnjiu's nature t woik up ex-a-ti t-i bisitenticn. His as'i must be done. P.i'l ng fo hi' r is dis igrrieablu, but the farjner k lwu-.l has been won e 1 up to tsiat f r years a-.d yo it' is all right. It is a par. of his business NVe all string up our nives and our will to the tensi 'U ,of our condition, our necessities. It is hke turning the Screw ot a yroiin to go: the strings up to the chi-il. When th'.v slacken they wo i't;pliy i;K hannony-au 1 we must tighten the tnsiu again Dr, Fehon lives two m lo r iu town, a id I live five, hud rnv nab r VVe.-ms lives ten. ! Idie floc'or's road i just nslong to him as'mic is 1 1 me or as the4 n iiiiles is to nabor VWe'ms. We have a 1 - t us -d to the ta-k, the jour-nej a jd screwei I our tid lies ijp to Unit ten sion, but Fwould ye awful tiled if I hal to go is t:!r as V.fnis, and Dr. t'eltouj wo'iildii't lic w in re 1 d o ror anything. ! Tin; doctor is sorry for me, and I Situ sore) f r Wefeinn, and he is soriv for som-bidv bev.ond him, but our sphipathy is wasted. ThreJ ;.- una til ;niviiuy W.ISL 1 1IJ I'llH- worid, butjit shows a go v! lieai't to hve it. the b .rdeu is, so i the btrength s", all be. If labor is reward ed it is a l.iighh It wland favs he dou't mind pulli g fodder at all if it dou't get w. t aufi spoil in the curing. CouV ntmqnt is wnat we ah waut, and the poor man can be.HS coo'euted as the. lieu oile if his labor is rewarded a recoil ibjle rewanl. Thjvu it is wi1 ling labor.! The w itch nn uoes ou duty willingly at midbih't. Th - doc tor hears the door bell' -ring will n"'v wueu deep mlep 1ns possessed u on a cold faud stoivuy. night. Tue nigut tditcr of :the daily ptp.-r is a blave to the lap. Every -trae man will screw 1 lis. cbunge up to i he stick ing p nut if tue -reward is in sigfct. I see that Jim Blame his" been de hveii ig turn self: up ju the. poor negro again. He ca Is the attention of the Kuigutsbf E ioor t the c n m -n "I. tue adored, man at the fore -d to ivork for a HOUtil " WhO lis pittai ce. aiiil. l es not get Uglt a-i mueli tue lauorer at the uoith per da as I i.ave no patience wi h J in Biaiue. I lo k up pu him as. u artfn einaojue a ua ici us hpocri e. He kiiew thai was a lin whu he wrote it. The ce tiio gets jdst as mu h f r his labor at the south as t .a white mau. In fact, he gef.8 the piefcn-uc j ju many 'Occupations. He gels more at the tmuht for be cau .;o more. He gets tht preierence on the farms fjr he is easier to please. As a mechanic, whether at the b-uch or tli3 anvil, he stands side by sideMvith the white . . . . man. i believe t'jat our working men, Doth white and b abk, get as much per dy a they do at the north; but it they do pot it is because they ciu afford to work for less Rents are lower and; fue. is cheaper, and the winiera are milder and not so long. Jim Bliiue ia a humbug. He puts on his spectacles, and loois away off, aiid then jibes ,to his inks aud and writes a pkreel oTtk Old Jim Mc- Ginms used to be a magistrate in these parts, before the war, and one day when a case about the hire of a negro came up before him, he wouldnt Jet the lawyer read from Greenleaf pn evidence, becau-e Green ieat lived ia Button. , "What does he kuow about the hire of a nigger?'' said he. 'He never owned one, nor oiia nor IivmiI u.-1 n.ru thcra fSj rVm and he don't know no more about jem than the man m the moon.'' If Jim Blaine would come down here and stay long enough to find out some thing he would have s jnie excuse for taking or writing, but I reckon he would write a passel of lies anyhow so let him rip. He will die some of these days aud be forgotten. . What u comiort there is in that Every bad m;i will die. Good men die too.but in tne wise dispensation of Providence, their influence lives long after them hlonger than the influence of the mean, msnetauj and selhsn. So hur ry up, Jim-B:aTBeand die, unless you can reform and liveTA better purpose, i : Mr. Blaine is going down pretty rapidly in! his own State. He will read an account of bis descent in the returns of the election held in Maine yettTeTdayi-laridwe do not believe he will find mucnComfort in it. The showing iiiiscouragiDg lfoif MrBlaine. ttN. Y. iftnes. . Bill ABiw Duty To Party. Joseph P. Caldwell, of the States ville Ij(iiiflmari;s a man of brains and caation, and his welL considered opin ion is entitled to weight We were considering an editorial on a kindred subject when the Landmark- came out with the following. It is sensible, strong, and in good taste and temper, and we take the liberty of quoting it and commending it to our readers: "Political parties are voluntary as sociations of individuals If they are to live and accomplish "any results the individual members must expect to concede something of their individu al prefer suces. Unless they do this they will be iorn with internal dissen sions and fall ' an easy prey to the party which recognizes this vital fact and acts upon it. This adhesiveness, this concession to the .individual pref erence to the majority will, implies ro abatement of the individual mauhood. Our constitution was the resalt of mu tual concessions. One objected to L. Tthe-r to that. bv each jrot a nearly what he wante-J as was possible and then all accepted it as a whole. Thus with the in rubers of a political- party. All cauLOt subscribe to eveiy doctrine df the party nor all agree up-. ou every point of party policy. But one casting in his lot with a-particu lar party should expect to sacrifice something to the aggregate wisdom. uli si.s this is drfue there can be no e mcerted action and without this no political victories. If one claims to bear no allegiance to a party, ho is under' no obligation to make any fi these concessions spoken of, but is free to come and go at pleaes him. But if he prof i sses membership' in it au 1 risks his political fortunes withir, lie, is under an implied obligation to it ud that obligation is to stand by its organization and support it in all illings that do not offend against his conscience and his sense, of right. This is true in an eeptcial manner of one who holds or has held a high lact) in the party councilor who has received honors at the paity'a hands. Be should net lightly throw oft" his obligations to it and seek to dis rupt it. In a word, we hold it to be the du ty of a party man to uphold the party organization and support the party nomiu es, always provided'the nomi nee is of t'iO character and capac ity to justify this support. Tho ob lig dion of a man to support a can didate is reciprocal with the obliga ti in of the party to nominate'' candi ilites wtio are worthy of support No man is under obligation to support a dishonest man, an incompetent man or one of notoriously bad character, if he were a thousaud times a nominee. This carrviug of party spirit to. the? extent ol voting -for the devil if h? is. on the ticket, as men sometimes lost tbey would rtoj'la uubvec.ive ,of good government and a yielding of in dividual conscience beyond the point tLiat any party his a right to demand ot a member. Tuus ttif re are cases iu which one may riud it a dutv to bolt a nomination, and iu litie manner there are cases in bich ii man may become an independent candidate and be entirely jus itied. . rlf his party puts Up a man of tlie s rt described above a ba i, dishonest man, an incapable man, au nabitual drunkard, a una' who has betrayed a trust and shown timself unfaithful iu auy of these cases a pure and true and capable man does his party a service when he oil' is him a candidate aud gWes it a pi 'per p i sou to vote f or. . - B iud partisanship cauDot be justi fied, yet one who desires to be count ed a good p irty man must have some substautial reason for falling away r m the brgauizttion otherwise he uecessanl.v looses standing iu it a standing which every man ought to e proud to maintain It ia .not alto gether unlike good, standing in the church, good standing in society, tiooi standing io the business world. One caiuut play fast and loose with iny of these, no more should he ex pect to do so with Lis party'. I-t wili be understood that all this has reference only to tbosa, who pro fess to be tarty men who expect to participate iu party councils, to sway, a political inllueuce, it may be' to re ceive honors at the party's hands. There are those who hold allegiance to no party; they are under obliga tions to no oue. But those who have T ainenibership in a party should sup port its organization and its nominees with the qualifications already made and 'those who go out of the organization, running for office with out having some of the good reasons foi doing so which have already been mdicat ed, have no sort of claim upon the support of those who are in the party and expect to stay there. These do themselves and their party! a' griev ous wrong when they lend themselves to advance the fortunes of an indi vidual who has no higher claim than that he has a private grievance or that he wants a place. The propositions laid down are ejmnetsftU" liiu. .Lvtiyone who" ncedes the necessity for discipline in a party which ever expats to win or hold anythiug, however great a stickler he may be for the right of in dividual freedom of .action, mast con- cede their liberality and their justice;' and for whatever Democrat who con cedes them there is no escape from tbe conclusion that it is his duty to vote his party ticket . in this county, in the StateTlh the district, and tbe sime duty devolves upon our neigh bors in the counties and districts around us." Who Believes Reid is Scared ? Webster's Weekly. Reid felt the fierceness of CoL Win ston's claws at Hamer and Purley in ning of the campaign, since le he has refused, to meet Col WinstonNvA. man who dreads and fears a joint canvass -should not be surprised at smallv crowds. He de serves nothing better. A,- woman's comforter a mother hobbardr Tthe one thaTwu PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT, Judge Thomas Ruffing Btill contin ues sick. ' Rev. Dr. Curry has been preaching at Leaksville. ' 1 , Rev. Thomas' Dixon is going to make Goldsboro his home. Col. John Bi Young, a distinguish- " ed lawyer of Richmond, Va , is dead. Col. A. M. Waddell will enter the campaign this year. He will do good work. . ( ' The Emperor of Russia has sent. Pasteur $'20,000 for his' hydrophobia? . hospital. ' ' Justin McCarthy, the Historian, left Liverpool for New York, on Sep- -teinber 10'th. " ' Prince Bismarck, on account of ill ' health, cmnot atteoddbB Berlin Colo nial Congress. Dr. George S. Coleman, a native of Buncombe county, died in Texts a lew c ays ao. 7 Gen. L. S Ro:s is the Democratic nominee for Governor of Texas. He . Will be elected. - Mary Anderson will play six nighls in Dublin, for the benefit of the Charleston sufferers. . Mr. J, H. Mills will deliver the ad dress, before the. Alumni Association at Wake Forest next Jane. .Th canvass of the Taylor Brothers .and Fatht'r forGovernor of Tennessee is atracting,general attention. - J.R. WebJer, of ..Webtfer'n HccXy,' comes uuder This head. In our sec- . tion he is a much talked about man. j 1 . ' " Gov. Hill, of New York, addressed a very large gathering ot farmers at Watertowu, N. Y. Fair, last Wednes- , day. . And now it is suggested that Chief Geroinino be turned over to aside .; sh w or a dime museum. How are the mighty fallen I ' " ? r Bqcth.the great American gctor.has . ! given $1,000 to the Charleston suffer- .' ers. He sent it to a friend at whose house, he had stayed several years . ago- . - Hon. J. L. Robinson shas gone to j Washington to prepare fur his duties in the far West lie has' served his people here well, and tley wish him abundant success. Senator Mlone has been accused by Congressman Brady, of "insincer ity and duplicity." When such men fallout wc can begin to get bottom lacts on political trickery. H Cw.n. C ur says thein is no ques tion that Ne York . State is a Demo cratic State, and has been- so for years. This, homing trom a leading re publican, Is siniheant Hon. B'nj. II Brewbter, after a lengthy t-tay in. Europe, has returned home. During- his stay across the water ho. was the lecipient of many courtesies from leading men, notably, . Lord Coldridge. ' Speaker Carlisle says "No politicals party hdVthis couutr. can afford to take the position that whiskey and to bacco and beer shall be free while a tax remains on people's clothing.' And we agreo witu Speaktr Carlisle. Lord -Charles Dilke has returned to London and has announced bat he will edit a paper. The Pall Mall (Ja.rfti-. c?lls upon th Queen "to vin dicate the. purity of the English laws, and the sanctity of the judicial oatb, and remove Sir Charles' name from . the roll of Privy Council." " ' Geor;e J. Gould, son of the wealthy , monopoliit, Jay Gould, wa? mar ried last week I to Mjss- Edith King dom, an actress. She is eaijl to be a sensible woman and above reproach. , Like a sensible man, George Gould r went into the office the next day after t' the marriage: and worked as usual. Generji Joe Johnson and his wife left Washington 'last week for a month's s journ at . ABbury Park. The General is eighty years old, hav ing been borndn February, 180C. He was severely wounded in the Florida war. In the Mexican war he was shot and knocked off. his horse while re connoitering between the two armies, I and was rescued br CoL Harney, who . at tne pern oi lis own ine roae to where he lay and being a powerful man picked him up and. bore him to a place of safety. At Seven Pines he, was again s jvertly wounded by :a bullet in the shoulder and a shell in "tbe breast . Letter to Farmers. Beloved' Farmeiw: Agricultur Lz the mother ov farm produce; she is also the step-mother ov gar din sass. Riz9 at half-past 2 o'clock in the mornin, bild op a big fire in the kitch en, burn out two pounds ov kaodles, boot Wait pa- shuotly for daybrasWhen day duz brake, then commence tewstir up a . . ... pr . the geese and worry the hogs. -Too much ! sleep iz, ruinous Remember vu kant git rich on a farm unless you rize at 2 o'clock in the morning, and stir up the . hogs and worry the geese. : The happy est man in the world iz the farmer; be rizes at 2 o'clock in the morning, be watches for day lite. tew brake, and. when she' duz brake be goes out and stirs up the geese and worrys the hogs. - . . What iz a lawyer ? What iz a merchant ? What is a doktor ? What is a minister ? I answer, nothing i A farmer iz the nobless work 'ov God; he rizes at 2 o'clock in the morn ing, and burns out; a half a pound of wood and two kords of kandles, and then goes out tew worry the geese and stir op the hogs. -'' i "J ' Beloved farmers, adew. , Josh Buxmos. ' Prince Alexander to '. the " Czar : Don't shoot,1 your majesty, IU come right down." -N Y. Graphic v & r I I 4 . If? r -. .- 'V ' '-'. -?' "-' jj0- - i ! r '.. . '.. X
The Tobacco Plant [1872-1889] (Durham, N.C.)
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