yOL XX, THIED SERIES.
SALISBURY, IT. C. THUESDAY, JUITE 8, 1889.
IIO. 83.
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The Boy i of Sixty Tears Ago.
hezekiah's first cocetship.
pabt II.
Captain Woodman never coald tell
what captivated him nor how he got
away from the presence of bis charmer
how he got away from Thyatira, or
who of his man? friends and acquain
tances he met there. - It is a fact that
the mind may become so thoroughly
engrossed with a single subject as to
obscure its concomitants. Had he
been asked, "What about Miss Jenny
and Miss Marv?" he would nrobablv
hare answered, "Very nice girls." But
if the inquiry had been more specific,
-What is their complexion, or tlVcol- !
or of their hair or eyes," he could not
have told anything.
It is easy to see how unavailing as a
restraining force philosophy or the
facts of figures would be on a man in
this mental condition. The Captain
was human, and in this case an excel
lent type of the race. He was in love
more, he was mtatuated to things:
L l 1 i u u ;
m . . t . .i .
ui wmcii ue siiouiu nave ueen ouser-;
K. MinA 1
w. -:n
mnnthSflnn? whh trm. th ior i
craze of our hero was at its full, and
marching towards a crisis. Doubtless
it would be interesting were the writer in
possession of the facts and could relate
the particulars of each visit; and the
reader not acquainted with the devel
opments of such cases might be warn
ed against the absurdities of them.
We will mention an incident in one of
his visits as showing how dead he was
T II n Ks t sr si ti hiiitu whan in
when in the
Company of h
isanl-a very, pretty,
m
worthy and sensible girl she was. They
were returning from church, one Sun-
die blanket commenced working out
behind from under his saddle. It
8een,s that it had been very awkwardly
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probably responsible. It worked back
until it covered the horse's rump, and
then it commenced unfolding until one
end dropped down and covered his ,
tail. And yet the Captain did not ,
see it, but was riding as erect and talk- j
ing as brisk as if in good trim. The 1
lady saw it, and was smiling at it,
young thing as she was, but the Cap-
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tain s consciousness was otnerwise oc
cupied. If he saw it, it did not seem
to be amiss he didn't take it in. A
countryman riding up behind the party
was less a b; orbed and said, "Stranger,
you are about to lose your saddle
blanket." The captain glanced back
and immediately drew his rein and dis-
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slid off the horse to the ground. He
felt a little awkward-a little like a
fool, but sought to make lights it.
Another incident as showing the
Captain's demeanor on coming sudden
i vt v ir f"s i
ly upon danger. He and Miss Rebecca
were out in the helds one Saturday
evening gathering strawberries and
taming oi course wnen me captain s
eyes, fell upon a large snake lying in
coil only a few feet from them.
"La! what a snake! he exclaimed
and dashed vff from it, clutching Miss
Rebecca's dress as he did so. He ran
off some twenty yards or
muscle strained
sion, and looking
f mivki I met wd
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waa a auii kiuwu luau u uuuiu wu
such occasions so suddenly become a
boy. Snakes were a terror to the Cap-
J .
tain. Miss Rebecca, to whom snakes '
were no uncommon sight, found it
impossible to behave in sympathy, and
it was only after a hearty laugh that
she seemed to remember what should
be done. "Let's kill it," said she, and
picked up a stick for the purpose.
No, no, said the Captain, "don t go
near it just hold on a minute until I
find a stone." Thus armed he ap
proached with caution the place where
he had seen it. His snakeship was
still there, and it may be was an amus
ed spectator of the Captain's excited
manner; but if so, it was a bnef enjoy
ment. It had put cn a more dehant
aspect, bad lifted its head higher,
its tongue playing out and in like
lightning, and as the Captain came
within about thirty feet, it began
slowly to unfold its coil and move to
wards him. Miss Rebecca was enjoy
ing the scene with peculiar relish when
she heard a sudden "zip," and then saw
about six feet of snake writhing and
contorting on the ground. The Cap
tain's rock had knocked its head off,
an achievement both gratifying and
astonishing to his sweetheart. The
subject, as a whole, afford them a free
topic of conversation while they con
tinued to gather the berries, ana with
the family after their return, as they
carried it home for exhibition.
One other incident, this time illus
trating the Captain's agility, on an
other Saturday evening while they
were roaming the fields, (for it seems
he preferred to do his courting in the
open fields and apart from the observ
ing eyes of mother and sisters. There
was a captivating freedom about it,
which pleased Rebecca, he thought,
about as well as it dm himself.) Tnjr
came to a meadow ditch and wanted to
cross it. It was about eight feet
wide from bank t bank, and not many
days before it had been full of water.
Tim banks were Wet and slippery. 1
dont believe we can cross it, said
Miss Rebecca. We had a bridge
just above here, but I see the high
up to its utmost ten- ; v,r , ""'ft
the very picture of tuwlu"Jluu,w',c"i,sluJsclli
kki. tu.r ; tell you of it before I leave."
waters have swept it away." 'Oh,
I can jump across it," said the Cap
tain, "and bring those rails and lav
them across for you to walk on.
"No, Mr. Woodman, don't try it it
is too long a jump," said the lady.
"Ah no," and the Captain stepped back
a few paces and took a runuingfstart
He reached the ditch with the wrong
foot foremost and on slippery ground,
and landed in the mud of the opposite
side! With her other gifts, his sweet
heart had a keen perception of the ridic
ulous, and of course enjoyed the failure,
but with seeming anxious concern.
Fortunately the Captain wore boots,
so that though he sunk pretty deep in
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MV IIHI UUV WSSVJ ftt VU SyliSl VV J
But it.is not to be supposed that our
infatuated hero had at no time' a re
turning sense of the responsibility of
his career of late. Thoughts of it would
at times confront, him like ghosts and
awe him into most" serious reflections.
He felt that his honor Was deeply im-
Ulll-Mlttl- Itllll L1IHL lit" IIIIIIkL V I n II IITM M IT.
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cost what it mieht. He had fullv
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committed himself by the attentions he
had bestowed on Miss Rebecca, and
there was no honorable escape from it.
even if he could bear the thought of
giving her up. He felt that he must
at once make a tender of his heart and
hand; and as he had no doubt of their
acceptance, he wheuld also lay his
plans for the future in reference to the
new relation. His awn means were
very scanty, and hers were no better;
but he believed that by renting a cheap
house and bnuging into it the simple
and inexpensive articles of furniture
jor uvo persons ineycouia manage lo
,Te cny- nuwever lu. m.guw
the tnf mu l Jn'
a hotel or even at a private house; and
the situation in either case, would not
J 80 fbI.e M a hof"! ? their own,
thoutrh that home might be very h um-
would pro
cure half a dozen chairs, a dining table,
cupboard, candle stand, cooking uten
sils and table ware, if iudiciously laid
out; and Rebecca's mother, he thought,
would give htr a bed and furniture.
"Man wants but little here below'
was an old saw that fitted his case ex-
, .nu,B ",cu. YJW" ies"DK
if. and with hia nunri Mtrta un onI
plans thus laid, he set out to lay them
before Miss IXebecca, after she had
answered to the momentous question,
"Will you have me?" He could not
for the life of him decide beforehand
upon the manner of submitting that
question. He wanted to do it neatlv
i i l: i i.
auu fuecuveiv. out. xuuuu nimseii at
but found himself
Mlss ccas door as undecided as
ever ,She. met hira. her uf.ual
; ?m,!e o welcome, was indeed expecting
hjni, as it was his usual time of calling.
She was alone in the sitting room with
her work-basket on the table near her.
After the customary irreetinirs were
over, which were cordial, free and easy,
and the Captain had drawn his chair
near hers, she said: "l're been plan
ning a new pattern of patchwork since
you were here, Capt. VVoodman, and I
must have your opinion on it.
"Planning?" asked the Captain,
"I've been doing that kind of work
i A 1 1 rnhf Wat fha hnnnv roimnrlur
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j 1 ut. " ae
Attar a fiarafn inenaKtu
After a careful inspection of tbe
work the Captain said, "It is indeed
very pretty, and worthy of the skill
and taste of a professional
"You must not praise it too much,
or I'll think you are flattering me.
"Flattering you!" said Capt. Wood
man; "no, I have called tj
higher compliment than
pay you
a
that the
highest a man can pay to a woman:
to offer you my heart and hand for
life
Will you a cept themr
The Captain had performed before
he was fully aware of it, the very thing
he had studied how to perform a mere
formality and was surprised at himself
for having reached it with so much
ease. The lady, however, evinced no
great surprise nor feeling either. Her
fingers twitched and fumbled with the
scraps on her lap a little, and her cheeks
paled perceptibly, but her head was too
much bowed to admit of reading the
language of her eyes. She delayed to
answer until pressed, and when she did
speak she said "No"
to be continued.
We stood near a coal yard during
the cold weather and saw scores of wa-
p i mi 11
gons come ior iuei. xney u came
empty: that was to be expected. Some
were bright, newly painted; others were
din c?v and worn from long use. Some
were high, others were low; some weni
away full, others only half full. The
- . .
comparison was devoid of poetry, but
it reminded us ox souls coming to ine
sanctuary. They were not all alike in
dress or aDDearance or age. Some'car-
ried away a large blessing, others
smaller portion, out
all received just
what they came lor.
Hera is a marriacre notice clipped from
a Cleveland paper: "In Guilford, Me
dina county. Ohio, on the 21st inst, by
S. Wilson, esq, Mr.v Samuel D. Curtis
to Mis Sally Murphy,! after a tedious
courtshiD of fifteen years, which was
borne with Christian fortitude and pa-
uuire, every ... , , , ,
0. IL Kotaaker en IngersolL I the church as a means of individual ad
Mr. Ingersoll is the only great phi-!!raI,cemnk- is true that the church
losopher who was ever known as "Col-! M onictimes avaricious enough to ac-
onel" or familiarlr called 44 Bob" H
is the drum-major of the army of athe-
1
ism. He creates a nrof ound imnression
upon the people below stairs. They
always crowd up to the area gate with
loud admiration to see him pass. With
wnai aignity ne marches through the
mud! What florid trrace in the sween
of the arm! What a lovely baton!
What an awe-insDirinor hat! It is altn.
5 ether very splendid and very imprcsive.
'he drum major has turned more
thoughtful fools into recruits than the
sergent with his shilling.
The man hat done much harm.
Atheism was once the somber monon-
oly of unbalanced scholars. He has
popularized it. Men with strong brains
do not follow him there for he is moat
dangerous. He gives primary lessons
He is the apostle of the shallow; the
demi-god of amatuer thinkers. He is
an authority in the kindergarten of
speculation. The grace of his oratory
oom audiences w&icn are above the sub
stance of his speech. He bedizens im
piety with pretty words and' makes jests
of the mystery. An eloquent juggler,
he attacks truth with trickery. He
hides the snake-under a tropical luxu
riance of word-blossom. Distinctly
practical he buffets at the storm because
the essence is beyond him. He plays
with language in that which is essen
tially spiritual and beyond language.
He answers an organ tone with a jin
gle; a poem with a gibe. He is a
phrase-huckster preaching the gospel of
unrest; a moment brawling at eternity.
Lacking the finer fibre himself, he has
been singularly influential in brusingor
destroying it wholly in others.
IiT one sense he is a mental phenom-
enon. nis arguments are not new,
nor is the basis for his declamatory un
belief a foundation recently built. He
is on the same ofd forum. Voltaire
sneered before him; Hume philosophized
before him; Paine railed and denounced
before him. He is simply a repetion of
the substance with an addition of tin
sel rhetoric. They were hard, logical
and sterile. He has many musical
mannerisms. He covers the hardness
and sterility with flowers of language.
He adds to borrowed weapens an arti
ficial sentimentalism. Beauty and bru
tality go hand in hand in his mental
world. 1 he infidelity with which he
lures to spiritual ruin is a Lilitk: Tes
ted by the intellectual standard he scarce
ly merits mention. Tested by results
he has been the mostdangeious man of
the century. His influence commands
the necessity of serious combat.
The potency of Ingersoll s position
lies in his ingenious avoidance of exist
ing facts iu the practicle workings of
Christianity, and his noisy citations of
persecutions in the time when church
and state were one. He confounds the
present church with the church that
was simply a political machine. All the
faults and follies of men he ascribes to
the religion of which they were but
poor exemplars. He attacks that which
is by heaping denunciation upon that
which was. He brings in evidence
against this generation the tomb-stones
of its ancestors. In even this he is not
honest. He forgets Luther, nailing
against the old church door at ltten
burg the ninety-five theses which con
stituted magna charta of mental liber
ty. That was a tune when ideas
leaped from rack aud from scaffold
to freedom a time when thought was
sooung it had scarcely learned how to
think, and only knew that it must es
cape from the old bondage, Surely its
just meed for the mightest movement
in the history of human advance should
not be denied to Christianity? Yet
there has always been overmuch of
Galileo and too little of Luther in the
favorite infidel argument that religion
persecutes progress. And withal, there
has also been a consistent disregard
of the fact that each was persecuted by
the 8ame power, and that, this
wa9 nofc retiKioa but its false re
power
rehgioa but its false represen
tative. The name of (iauleo aud the
churchmen courtiers and politicians are
filaced on the same platform: Riche
ieu was a cold, crafty, cloudy diplomat;
therefore Chist is a myth or pretender.
The innuisition existed: therefore his
doctrines are false. This is the argu
ment. It does not commend itself to
intelligence:
An institution must be judged by its
power to purify itself. This applies as
much as to any other, lis icnaency nas
been steadily away from forms and
symbols aud toward a closer conson
ance with its principles and teachings.
In the very nature of things this con-
t A T"
sonance can never be complete, ive-
ligion is the concern of the individual.
It reaches each man in its way. A
church is a human effort to organize
the soiritual. It is strong or weak as
it approaches that which it teeks to ty-
pif y. In so far as it is alloyed by hu
man passion u is noi a reaecvioa oi re-
ligion.
Because there are bad poets, one can
not condemn poetry. Because there
are bad Christians, one can not con
demn Christianity. There are dividing
lines between the false and the true,
and the only reason which Mr. lnger -
-n (,. w; Af h',m Wtn'n
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j hypocrisy. It is true that men enter
is necessary to throw the distinction is taken to mees me special neeas oi
under the light of calcium. He holds women who are desirous of preparing
reality responsible for the pretense. He themselves for Christian teaching, for
talVa rt rron mnpnpos when he means the missionary field, and for any relig-
tP th on tenth as a tithe of that
which: was not honestly earned. It is
true that pretentious piety can hold its
temporal own at times against the pu
rity which should overthrow it. It is
true that the mantle of the just has cov
ered injustice and that falsehood has
been the noisy partner of truth. Yet
all these do not destroy the pure met
tal. A counterfeit does not invalid a
legal tender.
The Fate of Reform.
A TEXT JUST SEASON FOR COMPLAINT.
The returns of the November elec
tions were scarcely in before the Re
publican spoilsmen and place-hunters
were in full cry for the offices, beseig
ing every appointing power and every
one who had any influence whatever
with the officials at Washington. This
was not otherwise to be expected, nor
was the administration responsible for
it, but what they were and are respon
sible for was the fearful blunders they
have made in hurriedly and without
consideration yielding to this army of
place-hunters, whereby incompetent
men were placed into positions that
they were unqualified to fill. In other
other words they were profoundly ig
norant of their official duties, which
render their services a source of un
measured annoyance to the public
whom they pretend to serve. For in-
siance iook at our man servicer it is
in a condition to-day more unsatisfac
tory than it has ever before been since
its organization. The complaints are
loud and long against the gross neglect
and incompetent service.
It seems to have been the Dolicv of
Republican Representatives at Wash
ington to fill the places with .arty
favorites as rapidly as possible, regard-
ess of their lack of qualification or
special fitness, and in utter disregard
of the public requirements.
On the Salem branch road between
this point and Greensboro an o gen-
tleman was placed on the mail service,
a very clever old man, we presume,
when attending to business he had
some knowledge of, but totally unfit to
be mail agent physically weak and
without any experience, and lacking a
knowledge that he never could be able
ta acquire. He may have done the best
he could, but that best has been tar
short of meeting public requirements.
This fact he no doubt has learned him
self, as he has, or will at an early day,
forward his resignation to wasningon
City to take effect at once. Last night
we got no mail at all, and to-day we
are without a single exchange. He
may be siek, we know not what the
trouble is, but we felt very much this
morning as if we would like to con
struct a battering-ram out of about a
doaen billy goats of the billy persua-
sion, and turn them loose with trip
hammer velocity, with directions to
strike some where a little to the left
of where Hon. John Brower wears his
pistol pocket, for not exercising more
discretion in making this and other
appointments in this district.
The Republican National Conven-
tion at Chicago reiterated the follow-
ing declaration, which, of course, siin-
plv meant that public office was a
private snap:
"The reform of the Civil Service aus-
piciously begun under the liepuoiican
Administration should be completed
bv the further extension of the reform
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system already established by law to
all the grades of the service to which
it isapplicable. The spirit and pur
pose of the reform should be observed in
all executive avvointments. and all laws
at variance with the obiect of existing
reform legislation should be repealed,
to the end that the danqers to free in-
- a
stituttons tchtch lurk in the potcer or
official patronage may be wisely and
effectually avoided."
And Gen.-Harrison, in his letter of
acceptance, uses the following lan-
gua;
ere:
to the classified Civil Service received
a, lie it v.w .. 'r' r " -
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my support in the Senate in the belief
that it opened the way to a much
needed reform. I still think so, and
therefore cordially approve the clear
- -
als from office. It will be my sincere
purpose, if elected, to advance the re
form:'
As to bow much or tnis was meant
the Dublic are learning day by day.
We have not a word to say against the
filline of the places held by Democrats,
and forcible expression of th Conven- townsman, Hon. W. 11. Glenn, volun
tion on this subject . Only the inter- teered his services to secure a pension;
ests of the public should suggest remov- Mr. Hollyfield offered him position
by competent Republicans, this is what I comrade-in-arms, and generous, new
the public expect, and they have no fouud friends. I '
right to demur against it, oui tney ao
have a right to protest againt the filling
of responsible positions by incompetent
noMnna akaralir illV Art madl to uf
- , er an nconvcnIence and loss. And
this proteSt should be made in a way
that will not be misunderstood. Twin-
City Daily.
The trustees of the Hartford Theo-
o " , . . i ij i .11
. logical Demenary u yui,eu une
! courses of the institution to jomen on
the same terms as to men. This action
ious work other thin the pastorate.
. m a a. I . j ac
He roight at 7LacheUr.
AND HE WILL NOT PASS THROUGH TBI
"PENITENTIARY; GATES"
Judge Phillips, w ho held Forsyth
court, told the Sentinel a pathetic
incident which occurred at the last
term of Surry cdurt. It beautifully
illustrates the tender sympathy of one
old soldier for another who has been
unfortunate. " t ,
In the case of the StaU vs. John
Stuart, indictment for larceny, the
prisoner appeared in the court-room,
shuffling along, scarcely 1 able to
work. He wore a soiled check shirt,
very much worn suit and a battered
hat i -
Appearing as states-witnenes were
two well-dressed, sleek-looking men
who clearly showed by their looks
that they were determined to Ijend
the old man to the penitentiry if pos
sible. .
"Has the prisonor any counsel task
ed Judge Phillips.
"I have none, your Honor," answer
ed Stuart "I am a poor man, unable
to pay an attorney." '
The Judge saw by the man V looks
that this was an unusual case and
said : " Well, gd on and tell your sto
ry.
"Well sir, I was in the Confederate
army and at the battle of Winchester.
I was shot through both hips. Since
then it has been exceedingly hard for
me to support myself. 1 went to Work
for this man -last year- and worked
eight months.
upon his promise to
board and cloth me and pay me 'what
my services were worth,- During that
time he paid me ten cents, with which
I bought tobacco. At the end of
eight months he. refused to pay me
any money and refused to give me any
clothes, saying that my services ( were
worthless. Then, your honor I weut
into his ward-robe, took a suit of
clothes to hide my nakedness and left.
He had me indicted for larceny and I
have been in jail ever since."
As the old man finished, a hushed
aft . . a . a.
murmur, of indignation was beard
throughout the court-room.
"You say you were shot at Winches
ter?" asked Judge Phillips, who was
himself an officer in that splendid and
memorable charge. j -
"Yes sir." !
"Were you in the second charge, to
the left, on the other side' of the
town?'' r
The prisoner's face brightened.
"Yes" he said, "I was there, in Rhodes
division aud was shot while crossing .
the ravine just below the hill.
The Judge was satisfied that the
old veteran was telling the truth, but .
to be certain he called the States wit
ness. ' ;
While the witness was giving in
his testimony, which was to the-effecV :
that the old man's story was about
right but that be refused to pay hira
anything because his services jrere
worthless, Stuart leaned over taSolici-
tor Settle. "Mr. Settle," hesaid, "your
father and I were friends. I lived in
Rockingham county and your father
persuaded me to enlist in his company,
received my wound while following
him. Since then it has been a hard
struggle for me to keep out of the
peor-house."
By this time Judge Phillips, Solici-
tor Settle and everybody else in the
court-room was satisfied that the old
soldier had been pitilessly persecuted
I and the faces of the onlookers show-
ed the deepest pity and sympathy for
the unfortunate man an d the black-:
est indignation for his heartless em
ployer. "Mr. Solicitor," said the Judge,
"change your bill of indictment from
larceny to treDass" This was will-
ingly done by Mr. Settle,
"Now," he continued, "judgment is
suspended and the prisoner is discharg-
ed.
Scarcely had the last word been
8 poke n before every man in the room
applauded, and great tears were 'seen
rolling down the cheeks of strong
men. A similar scene Judge f hiuip s
I fct.Al w3 ijc uh uv otcu tia kHC wuit
I i ,
house.
As the old m:in who, half hour be
fore had been friendless liobbled out of
the conrt-rooni, hundreds of men drew
around him to shake his hand. Our
as'millerand in less than five minutes:
a handsome purse of money was made
up to buy the old soldier a comfortable
suit of clothes."
Needless to add, he wasalmost over-
I come with gratitude and to his dving
day he will bless the memory of his old
Penalties for Contempt j
The Post has called attention to the
need of legislation fixing the bounds
and power of judges in prescribing
oeualties for contempt of court That
unrestrained power is a relic of despo
tism. In the present absence of law
the utterance of an offensive word or
an uncalled for disturbance in the pres
ence of a jurdge, or a failure to obey a
summons, or ignorance of an obscure
j point of judicial etiquettte . on the part
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killing of a pedestrarn by. a reckless'
horseman. And there is uo apparent
relief. - - '
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