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WILSON COLLEGIATE SEiAlHARY
iFOlt YOIWJ LADIES.) .
Bel talent ciiiii.vc1 tu all departments
gitiiajion uiiusiiallj ! :iu!.y. ' V
Bohi'1, icr session ol 20 Aiveks, inmiliiis
(iii'l, jl'ulit. ami fiinii'lu'd loom $-)U,UU.
Ullie cliar'fii inoilurate.
Falil Session ItC'u'nts Scptciiihcr I'f.
Yvi cta!oim or inforiiiatioii. auun'ss.
J. H. iIUKWER,Pnufeipal.
Wilson
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for r.o ni scxes
STRICTLY XOX'SECTARIAS
r t venrs t ic most sueccWiu . sciiooi in
Katfru iroiii;i.. The hest. ad'vaiitnirej
ttnd loweft rules. Ih althy. lunatiuii. . Ahii
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ihI Aiiarat!i. SnaeioiW uuiuuiix. ' .'. A
p:i)mt e.'l "iitiop-i! h'ine.
i expenses, sisn ner year. Olnsie,
Ma. Session exti'iids from Urst
llon'j.iy in September tu lir-t .Thursday 'iu
Jiii- A'ldres. fi.r (.alaluuc
S. IIASJLLL, A. M., Principal,
jl TP tf ' Wilson, N. C.
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ami' av vour
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VOL. 10.
X
NEW 'ADVERTISEMENTS.
St. Mary's School,
. RALEIGH, N. C.
The 77th term of this School begins
Tli irsflay, Soptemb.-r Oth. IS3T.
F- r ffita'og'ae ailrc tho Hector, ' t
jyj. Hkt. Ukxneix Smkdes. ,
TiUGUSTA '.'FEMALE SEMINARY
" " ' STAUNTON, VA.
Mi 5"' . I'JaldwIn, rrincipal.
This InstifiKion continues to increase in
ipro.-iM-rii y from 3 ear to year. ' ,
It oilers snp'-rior athaittMiC'-'S in location;
In it, Ijnililinjj-; ami gronmis; In its' gener-
- !
,il -ipointiiLcJiL- anl ?aiuta;y iirranp-mcnf s;
f in-iioi ami .fx pent; need
t-ac!i,T-;
uisura-el a' 1 vantages .in
! nm-i't. iniMlt-rn lanunu'e, line art.
i -I -,ilrni'L .irnl in.-fiiiciion in tin
tlieorv
!tt. pntctidc : C'iOi-ciiig;
f i n t- inii'lt
to Kcriri' lieultii, comfort awl
caco Institute,
90u,y0LNa LADIES.)'
RALEIGH, N. C.
The sth Annual Session commences on
Wr.lijeKdiiyi Soprcinher Ist. lHS ).
Na .nsiitut-Mi jn m, .,, iwic-rs mr-
ir ailvautaires fur instruction in all braiicu-
cs, ii-uaJl.v taught ii: firt class sc:!i.;fls lor '
yun 1 luuies. AH I lie aepartin-nts ai'e
ii'.h-d by experienced and accomplished
ti-afiii-r.
'I'llis is the only 'institution in the. South
whii'h ha ii i'l (1'ii-in the past scholastic
A jir a ppeeial. depaitinet for intniction
in ('he tlu-ory anl praetiee of cookery.
Ti-rins ra-onahle.
Fur circular ami catalogue, 'auMress,
I!kv. II. UcuWELL '& Sox., Principals.
J
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Raleigh, N. C.
Greensboro Female College,
, Greensboro, N. C.
The 40th Session will begin oii2.th;Aug.
'l itis well knowa IiVitituiion oilers su
perior facilities for mental and moral cul
ture, combined' with, the comfurts of a
ple&an., well ordered homo. '.
("nurses per'resion of 5 months Board
('xfhisive of washing and lights) and Tui
tion in full English course, $7o.
Extra .Studivs moderate.
For particulars apply-to
T. SI. JO XE3, President.
OXFORD FEMALE SEMINARY
; OXFORD, X. c.
i ' "
In C'.losin the most prosperous session of
Ralegh Female Seminary - which' we ,- have
ever had, to resume Sep. Isr, 18S0 in: Ox
ford, we assure our friends that we mean
no more than a change of place. -
Our reasons for removal are these:
V. The citizens of Oxford have provided
buildings -and grounds' more ample than
those oecujiieil by us in -lialeigh,;' and better
aihtpted to school purposes. !
! '2. The cost of living being less than in
Kallli, we can 'cheapen education.
' I he ears ai;e expected to run to Oxford
by the Fall
'The ir'H'.o Pir board, fuel ,liglits and wash
ing per month is SI I. Of),
For Cat a
jyo .
italogne, apply to
F. F. IIOliGOOD, Prks.
HOKNER SCHOOL.
OXFORD, N. C. .
Thi School has been under its present
management -for the last Twenty -Nine
Years. It sets up no claim to pre-cininence
but in the mental land moral training of
boys, it acknowledges no superior. This
boast, is justified by the high .standard the
Students from this .school have maintained
in tin various Colleges and Universities of
ih" ! Vu dry. '
W'e assure out ja'trors tlrat no pair.s will
be spared to furnish the.. school with the
best Educational Advantages. The- next
Sci.-i m begins the ICih of August. .
For Catalogue uppiv to
jy'J J, C.UORNER.
GOLDSBOKO SEMINARY
- MALE AND FEMALE.
Fall session begins September 5th and
ends Dev. 24'h, 1SS3.
'1 uitioi. from. - ... $J to $17
: for tali -thenies, . -'3
4r ; Music, . - 15
iViatd in Seminary .10 per month.
For it, formation address,
li. V. TROY, A.:M., -Principal.
Trinity College, H. C,
The F.dl Tern) will begin.Scp
1st. - and
end Dec. o'lst ISSi).
The whole expense for ail items is from
to $-ni.
. We have a good Treparatory departr j
inent. and ear accommodation tor tliose
w ho wi-h to take a special course.
SmuI for c;xtaIogiic.
' 1. CllAVEX, Present.
tc-lilm 'r.;;..;i f v.ii,. V
TH0i1ASViLLE FEMALE
COLLEGE,
Thoniasvilie. Davidson Cs , N. C.
The Twentv-Sixth Annual Session begins
Au-ust 2otlu 1SS0. .. Thorough work- in i
i . . .. . i .il . a i
1 r?irv Mnin oi-iii tr 1 i-ria rr m-iir s
i.iinittLPi p 'riiiro iik'h iiiiiii;iiti iiitr iiiihi
erate charges. Accommodations' for oTr
lone hundred boarding pupils. Boaul JflO
per mouth. For Catalogue address
jy3J 6t. H. W. RKrs-HAKT, Principal.
IrVJ
DR. DAVID HUNTER'S
SYFHlLST4CorBLOQD PILLS.
A pwiilc for Sibiii9 in H it forms, and erery.
vista-.f tln'riUeae-enuJieatdfroia the nystem.
Scrofula auj lilood and Skia diseases s-ptSdily
Fr haie by A.w. Ktwi?,iui. au'd an DrugisU
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"'LET ALL THE E5DS TilGp
WILSON, N. C,
fhe Wilson Advance.
FRIDAY ....--........ AUGUST 13.1SS0
SEMINOLE' SAM.".
a. ixaofiyrpp. this sxirtr.
Won't ye come in an' sec Sara,
stranger?'
This question was a'lclresstd to me,
as I slowly strolled thrpugii the Snake
River Minning camp, in IFyoming
Territory, one beautiful' Sabbath even
ing in May last. The speaker stood
in the door of a rough log cabin, near
f ie bank of the stream. He was one
of those rough, uncut diamonds, which
can - .evr be fouild lu mrnin s
a ' t
whose every expression denoted a soul
teeraiag with genuine Western hospi
tality.an'd love for -his fellowm an. Dress
ed in buckskin from head to foot, he
presented a truly picturesque appear
auce, smacking strongly of the roman
tic. - '
V"ho is Sam?" I asked. -
"Why 'Seminole Sam htm as air
curled up in bed in yar, a buckin' agin
death, with all the keerd$ a runhin'
agin him strong, too."
I had iode 'into the canip but an
hour before and had learned nothing
of tlie raan referred to. Iu answer to
a question regarding him the men
said :
"Sam cum over yar from the Semi -no
i0 range about a year ago, an squat-
tedj down in this yar house, lie's a
gambler, pard, but he does his work in
a honest Christian like manner, an'
y h"ar rse a singin' a level an' squar
song when I tell ye that a whiter man
never showed up in the diggings! Sam
never took advantage o a greeny, or
slung a crooked keerd in his life, an'
a &hxt never yit went broke or. his
game a squalid foul but the poor old
boy's a setting' in a hard game now,
stranger, an' if t war agoin' ter try-an
call the turn, I'd say that Sam'll git
worsted ai pass in his checks afore
midnight !"
'lla3 l.eb.eenill long?'" I asked, feel
ing a strange interest in the man.
'"No, pard; 'taint' t any nat'ral
ailin'. Ye see Sam sat dorcn in a
game with a poker sharp from over the
railroad, a few days ago, an' during
the play a little misunderstandih' ariz
at ween 'em about three ace3
that had mysteriously evacuated from
the pack, an' which Sam diskivered a
locatin' 'emselves in the strangers
sleeve. ? Duritv' the argyment Sam got
an u?iv dig from a knife that war
engineered by the -stranger, an' now
he's stretched oat in 'yar bavin' a
cussed hard time, an' its 'bout all the
boy 'can do to corral breath enough for
actool use. We've bin ad vi sin' him to
do a little cbinnin' with a gospel sharp
so's tcr fix matters up so thet when he
passes in his checks the Boss above
!l allow him fur them that the natur o'
the game '11 allow. One o' the boys
has gone out ' now ' to" -rustic up a
preacher, an' thar' he comes now,
pard ; le's go in."
The minister, was a venerable look
ing man, with a kind, sincere face,
which was now overcast with an ex
pression of genuine sympathy. As he
entered the cabin vrt; followed, and
never shai'F'I forget the scene within.
sfreched upon a rougb pallet lay
man of powerful frame, upon whom
death lad placed its seal, the partially
lazed eye3 and ghastly, pale facd
ueioticning me nar uijjnuavu wv-
grim monster. Grouped about tuq
bed, with heads bowed in reverential
awe, stood a score of persons, repre
- . - . i !
senting every phase of life in a
tier settlement, from the - blue-shirted
mincrto' the fcishiiy dressed gambler.
TLIavI- iP nn n c.nrl urmnnthV KDOfl
m ii it ruu iv j l j v i j
each face expressed in language
plainer than words how. great a favor
ite Sam was with all. The minister
approached the bed and with .fervent
vrords of svnipathv took the dying
man by the hand. Sam looked into
his face with an inquiring look for ; aj
moment, afcd then said : j
"I hope you won't put it" -up, jasj
cheeky, parson, fur -mo a puttia you
0 trouble, but dcth has a grip on:
j ... - ; ' . -.
me that I can't shake loose, au the
AIIPST AT BE THY COttTRY
FRIDAY, AUGUST 20; 1880.
boys thought mebbe l better aend
fur ye to kinder! put in a word fur me
up above, seem
as how I aia't acquian
don't teel like intrud-
ted up thari an
m' by chippia' inter a strange: game.
I'll play ye honest talk now parson,
an own up that iU a layout I kinder
n:vcr could, see; anything in, tharfore I
never cottoned (o it ; an' I feel that
if I'd sejt in the jgame now I'd lose my
grip right, on thi fust deal, an go clear
through without! winnln a bet. If. Vd
a learned the religious game when I
fust struck jOnt ' on' my own hook, I
miht stan' some chance now ofqu'it
tia purty near even ; but wouldn't it
look kinder'cheeky an' unpurfessional
to throw olTjOn a gnme fur years, an'
tLen call forj a stack of cheeks n" try
ter git intcrj.it when I hev nothiu' to
siiow upnuhe play?'
The miLi5terihad"bcen years an liura
b!e laborer in this rough portion of the
Lord's vineyard, and was thoroughly
familiar with aU the slang term3 so
universally in vogue in the mountains
In a hied, pleasant voice he rjsplied :
"No, Samj, I Jam sure it would not.
This blesfsed book which I hold in my
hand teachejs lis that truly repentant
sinner3 can , be saved even at the
eleventh hour. !: The dying thief upon '
the cross found peace with God while
the icy hand of death wa3 fastened
upon him, "He that believeth shall be
saved." - j -
"That's consoliu', parson, an' I
b'lieve yer givin' me the " square tip,
an' rcadin' the heavenly law corrct. I
never thought jl'd be barrel entirely
outen the game, but felt kinder sno tk-
iu' about losni' every thiag on other
rackets, au'j aiid then beggin' fur a
stake to. set in this- game. Parson.
, i . . '
won t yer staii'in an' address a little
string o' pious Stalk up thar, an' ex
plain matters the best ye kin? Jtst
tell the Almighty that I'm a total
stranger to 'Him, an' dqii'L feel a bit
level a axin' far a favor at this stage
o' the purcecjdin's. You've stood in
with Him fur years, parson, an' mebbe
how ef ye'd'jisj, say to Him that ye'd
take it jas a personal favor. He raout '
have matters ihjted up so's I'd stand a
little show When I slip mv grip an' cut'
ia world, I don't believe
He'd give ye the shake, parson, arter
you've bin a cappiiT rur tits game so
long, do you?"
"The Lord is ever ready and willing
to hear and ar swer prayer, Sam, but
before He gives His blessings, He says
we must ask for, them, and must ask
in faith, bejievping that He hears us
and will answer us. My dear friend
you must pray yourself. Can you not
ask Him to administer to your spiritd
al wants, and 3pen his arms to receive
your soul when it is loosened from
its casket? "Ask ani ye shall receive,
seek and yo:shall find."
A painful; silejnee pervaded the room
for a few moments, as Sam lay in deep
reflection. ; j It j was evident that the
word3 of the minister had taken root
in his heartjfbr a bright probablyjthe
first since his chldhood--glisted upon
his cheek. 'Another and another fol
lowed in quick ' jsuccession, and soon
subded sobs coiild be heard bursting
from the bd sonis of those who stood
around the bed. The silence was
broken by i "Shbrty," Lewis, a faro
donlnr who said in a voice choked
, - ( i . ,
with emotion :
'Sam, old! pardner, I b'lieve the par
son's a keepin' these cases c'rect, an'
a givin' yoil a show fur every turn o'
the cards; youY
as he calls 'eta,
better r51ay 'em jist
an' I'll put up big
ye' II come ont o' the
wealth on it that
rriror .'with a ".heftv winnin'. Jist turn
to an' crack ahead with 3'er chinin'
to the Almiirhty, an' yell fiud it's no
trick at all ko call the turn on the last
case."
. The tears continued to flow from
the dying gambler's eyes, and the con
vulsive heavinsrs of hi3 breast gave
i j r" l .. . . -
evidence of the tcrnoie commotion
within.' - Then this subsided, ana lie
, it 1 a. nl liov .it ? 'ii nMPi
rioted Ins eves and lay as it in peace-
T, i . , v .
ful.slumber. The minister s bps moved
in silent prayer, and even one or two
ot the assembly, who had not for years
jUt. divide matter even a passing
-l,v. "- 7 - - 1 "
,ht essayed to ofier up a petition
. l . i i ,
thou
.- uir 11,0 c:-itTirpri After a, few
in uun - 1
moments Lad thus passed bam oc
; Qi-Ti ft ifn
i.Uftves and said, in a votce of aimos
heavenly calmness: ,
Rnr, ' loveli pictur' has jist bin a
- . -
niin' lefore -me. 1 couiu seesffay
back to when I war a little kid, a-tod-
dlin arcund Ihe ihcusc at hum,' with
,i.-,t lAett old mother who has bin
liiany
voora T f,,l
an an an:
41 fur
rmnMOwbow suc usci ler gu met. r... v..,i- -in-mifl. : n' T
dnwn on rev knees beside her, au then
&hed say over sich i?weet little rraxyera
- . I II I II I I
S, THY GOD'S, AXD TRFTirS.
ari' coax me to say 'cm arter her.
Then she'd kis me an tuck me up
snug in bed. an when she thought I
war asleep I could hear her a cryin
an' pray in in whispers, axin' God to
keep o rde, an' gite a lift an help me
up agin if I ever stumbled an' fell.
When: Sunday coracj she'd wash raa up
an' dress me, oh so nice, an take me
to Sunday school, allers keepin me
in the class as she te ached herself, and
somehow it seemed to me; that every
word she spoke war aimed right at me.
Then the picture moved on an I s3cd
myself as a good chunk of a boy, up
to all the pranks an devilments that
kids hung on to in' them days, I got
tobcatuff 'un, butI never done any
real wicked rackets, an' I've allers
thought that my good j old mother's
prayers stood atween me an wroug.
Theu I could see mjself as a young;
man, a-gradually driftin' outen the
path o' right, an'j forgitten' w'at I
knowed about piety. Then I tuk my
fust drink, an' begin to slide down hill
with the devil and all his imp3 on earth
a nudgin' ra3 on. ILut, boys, that old
angel
mother never shook me. nor'
never let up on her prayers. Oh, God !
I kin see it as if it war only yisterdy,
the fust time I cum hum drunk. She
pushed nje down in! a chair, aa' clasped
me to her arms as if she was" a afeared
she war goin' ter lose mc . from her
forever. An' then see coaxed atV
pleadded with me, the tears jist a-flood
in' down her old cheeks, an her darlin
voice a-trcmbltu' I so's. I. -know her
'I
heart was jist a breakin' every minute.
An' th'n she 'gin ter pray for nie so
earnest that it sobered me up in a min
ute. I promised her to throw off on
whiskey, an' I kep the piomlse fur a
long time, but I broke my guard agin,
and Satan got his work in once more.
Then I fell in with gamblers an' sports,
ran away from home au' lauded iu this
great West. I heard from hum now
an' then, till one day I got a letter with
black edges all around it, an' when 1
opened it I found, thet mother war
dead, an' that her last vord3 war a
praver for hert lost: Saml I, tell ye,
boys, it broke me all up, but instead o'
getttn' better I went down lower'n ever
an' have stuck to i to this day. Oh,
mother mother f if yer listenm now,
Sobs burst forth from the occupants
of the room. These men were rough
and hardened, but away down in the
depths ot their, hearts a little spring of
feeliug had lain hidden for years, until
now it had bcn opened and bubbled
up with tender rippling, opened by one
magic word, mother,. Then the minis
ter ofTered up au earnest petition to
the Father in pleading tones which
would accept do refusal. Strangely
blended with his words of prayer came
petitions from the rough men around
him, reeking with slang, but clothed in
heartfelt Earnestness and sincerity.
Sam lay apparently calm until the pe
tition ceased, and then a smile spead
like a rav of light over his wan fea
tures. Outstretching his arms toward
Heaven, he murmured, T se her, I
see Ler. Oli, peace; joy ! Mother, I'm
coining; l'm coming!" And with that
smile of happiness still illuminating his
face, he fell back upon his pillow dead.
I visited Snake lliver but a week
ago, and in the outskirts of the settle
ment came upon aiave marked by a
beautiful marble slaO. Upon it was en
graved: j' I
"Skmixole Saw,
Who shook the wicked earth,
Aiid landed right in his old mother's arms
in Heaven.''
The marble engraver in Denver had
strictly followed his written coyy.
Gem'len,' said the president, 'Iknk
dat'de inhabitants of dis kentry am
payin' altogether tooj much 'tension to
dis wedder queshun. Dar's a groan
o' dispair when it's hat an' a groSl of
displeasure when it's cold
If it rains
somebody raises a row, an' if it's dry
somebody else has a; bone to pick wid
de powers above. Ebcry red-headed,
one-horsewhite man, eber
. , , ,
down old'two-ccat darkey. I
eberv broken -
has iot de i
idea .q bad dat LaWtj ara bouu
tQ seria Iilrxi loi; jist de sort o' wedder
he wants, no matter bout de rest of
I de keotry. De o'e. man iRubottom;
. , . 1 - 1. 1
uar u-v, eauu,. ua? gut
about fifteen cents worf o' garden truck ;
l..,.t. I.;. Ki.on v u l,on tt'a ht
2 .r.M. irfet or drv be a:n t-a aiitated
t dat he foriAU'dat knV odder soul in
Irontri- 1.95 cnt jriut sa OTiion ori
1 . v . ; . .. .
! iwi a-. , l? - v . T
t t I - . ll. fl,. 'n
o.Trt l rninn to tie . conclusion
n.vrx T nnmft t r
dat I
j - , ,, ct. AtUr
J Lawd krira Ine. no inittcr hedder it
as tie
brought on chiibla'ms or rheumatics,
j an' it was a great burden off my mind,
1 lake it list as .w wiuw,-..mviu
r lilt UtUiLfia M .wvi::i..,ai., .i . fc .
itioan want to,'-Ltie KiU'Ch! Fr
i cicJot'js, Fr& IVc w.
NUlffBER 30
rirt-Vaa Snake Ktorle.
"Do you want some items aborit
snake sf aaked an agricultural roral
looking gentlemaa of the Eagle's city
editor the o'.hcr day,
If they are fresh and true," re
sponded the city cditoK ' "
"Exactly," replied the' farmer.-
These items are both. Nobody kuows
'em but me. I . got a farm down on
the Island a niece, and there's lots of
j snakes on to it. Near the honse is a
jpond about six feet deep. A week
j "go my little girl girl jumped into the
pond, and would , have drowned if it
had not been for a snake. The snake
seen her and went for her and brought
her asbore;. The particular,' point
aboilt this item is the wa' he did it."
"How was. it?" asked the city Mi-
tor;
, ''It was a black snake about thirty
feet long, and he just coifed the mild
dle of himself around her neck so she
could not swallow any watej, rjid
swum ashore with his head and tail.
Is that a good item?"
"First-class." ' " " .
"You can spread it out you know.
After they got got ashore the girl pat
ted the snaki c'n the head, and it went
off pleased as M'unch. Ever since, he
comes to the house regular at meal
times, and she feeds him on pie. He
likes pic.' Think you can make any
thing out of that item?"
"Certainty. Know any more?"
'Yes. I got a baby six months old.
lie's a boy. We generally sit him on
the grass of a mojnipg, and he hollers
like a bull all day ; at least he used
to, but he don't any more. One morn
ing we noticed he wasn't hollering,
and wondered what was up. "When
we looked there was a rMtlcsnakg
coiled up in front of him scanning his
-features. The boy was grinning,, and
the snake was grinning. , Dimby the
snake turned las tail to the baby and
backed his rattle iuto the baby's fist."
"What did The baby do?' 1
'Why he just rattled that tail so
you could hear it three-quarters of a
mile, and the snake lay theic and
grinned. Every morning we found
the snake there, until one day a big
ger snake came, and the b&by played
tvi'l. h'.- -'!. j lL.i. - :U
first snake came back, lie looked
thin, and I reckon ha had sent the
other, to take his place. Will that do
for an item?" '-.,..-" . , ' . r
"Immensely," replied the city edi
tor. .
"You can fill in about the confidence
of childhood, and all ' that, aud you
might say something about the blue
eyed cherub. His name is Isaac, Put
that iu to please my wife."
."I'll do it.- Any more snake sto
ries?" -; ' .' '
"Lemme see. You' vo heard of hoop
snakes?"
"Yes, often." .
"Just so Not lonj; azo we heard a
fearful row in our cellar one night.
It sounded like a rock-blast, and then
there was a hiss and things was quiet.
When I looked in5 the 'morning the
cider barrel had busted. But we didn't
lose much cider.
"How did you" save it?" :
'It seems that the staves had bust
ed out, but before they coul get away
four hoop-snakes coiled .around ths
barrel and tightened it,np ahd ! held it
together until we drew the cider off in
m bottles. That's the way we found
'cm, and we've kept 'them around the
house ever since. Vere training 'em
br shawl-strapsi now. Does that strike
you favorably for an item?"
"Enormously, responded the city
editor. . y
"You can fix it up so as to show how
quick they was to get there before the
, staves were blown ofL You can work
in the details.
. Irbrerb. .-;-The
arth qaake was thd original
Shaker. ' "
The little peach catches
market.
thq ear
j A jealoas
than he looks
A jealous man always nnds more
for.
The man who was stage struck
had
lhef driver arrested. f
yu .wsl
I n I, nnpr a 1 1 n. . trvnA , a f . t . n . .
; gdian of a young woman
- Mnst npotiln arp liko pt Irirt fnl!
1.. . ... ..
01 tacinscis to uom anyming else.
The smaller the husband, the bigger
-1
! the btl5Ml5e his wife makes hinfearry.
j ' All tLc'world niay forsake'an au-
i thpf, but vanity" will" never forsake
him.
Moilesty seldom resides in a breast
n0 ricb'ed wltli' the nobler
i virtues. '
One Srwre 3 Mcnths,. f
On? piare 0 Sioat! ...0.
One S icain 12 Months, J - 19M
LTTrar7cductIoui mat? forUrf tVaiij
Transient AdrtrtiucnU kurttl as ; Tm'
CeuU per liuei : -.j
T- -
The Southern Missionary 4 IlcniH
dittnl by Rev. .V. Ii. Raven, "at :JFt-
iuiuii, i.. v , uaa suspenaea puuiic
tion. Nau the artist sketebu Ifuk
H:.rpera ireti'y again.Judb YJi
Kptlroau long a prominent repoblicatV
has declared for Hai.cock. jrl
Louis C. Latham has leen nomlaatcT
for Congress in the First District,' n
Mr. Thomas IL Jernigsn wat nomlfi
natetl for elector. Mr Julian ? 3
Carr, of Durham, has been appointed r
by the Uishops of the MeUioilik Epis
copal church South, as the Lay rep
resentative of the N. C, Conference
to the Ecumlnical Conference! ; of aJL
Uie ilethodisra of the worldj to bo
held in London in August 18$ I. H0T4
1L It. V'ance has also been . appointed
a delegate from ike Holon .Oonfer
euee, a part or which includes Western
N Hon. 1L F. Armfield h
been rcnoruiuated for Congresi in tho
. th tlistnct. T. P. KluU. Ksi'..
of Salisbury is the deiaocratio elector
in ti e 7th district.- The Georgia
Democratic State Conveiabn failed to.
inake a noniiuation lor Governor alter
a scssiou of six days. Gov. Colquitt!
lacked only a few votes of receivipgi
the nomitiation.- -iTfce ltepublir.
cau3 of the 7th district have nominal'
led luxJudge FnrchesWof lredll for,
Congress and Dr. J.f Q'. UaruSiy, ibr'r I
elector. Judge David I Vxn$
publishes an opeti 'letter givibg bL.
reasons for supporting Hancock. '"
Capt. A. Mr. Lawrence tho well kivown)
insurance ncnt of lUleigh is dead.
-llo'u. John Goode uas been re-)
nomi aated for Cougrcsi . m the. .2.
district iu Virgifiiaj.- lr-J Tanner
is fattening very rapidly. , " iis.
uegro who was trying td suppress
ditliculty between some of his eplor,cjdb;
brethcren a few days ago in HapeUt
county, received a blow wliicp killed,
him". -Two'negro men wcrc.sutV.
focated by foul gas In a wcll CO fcpt.
deep, near Fayctteyi'lle recently. , They
were rusiorea w consciousness inq,
t're now doin? well.- -At IlctchesfrCr, 1.
N. Y.. Augut 12th, a mile was mdo.
in 2.11. Tho fastest time ever on r,e,
corfh St. Julian and Maui JS each,
trot in .the same time and beat, the
fastest record by a full second.
Gov. l'rogdcn aunounces himself as the.
IT
republican candidate for Congress,
and says that as there was, oo.'nomioA,
tion made, ho U tio bolter.-r-l Coupa
circu:i is heading this way.' li . 'fhe
colored insane nsylum is open at; .
Golds.boro. i The census! remtrit
show that tho population of Nptttj
Carolina has increased' sfneb 1870r,-. .
310,077. -A Louisiana lottery
that tho eleven electoral voles of that.
State will be past for Garfield unleaal:
the two wings can be reconciled.
Gen Weaver, the greenback c indidaiy '
is in want of money to carry on;tho
.campaign; Dr. Tanucr's success,
has revived the drooping spirits of the, 'c
republican party. -New York bai
had another elevatol railway collision.
-Senalor-JJrucc and wife, eoWiar fc
at a stylish house at Saratoga.4-----Tbi
rSnubltcans are just now treublcd,.
a'Sont Vermont and Mamcf TUj,
first stone in the completion of the .J. ,
Washington monument was jiaid. Jij
Mrs. Haye, wife of the Prcsidcat.-
The republicans will give funds to ad
iu carrying North Carolina and Florida.
North Carolina and Virginia b;
j kept equal pace in the ; iucreaso in .
population. There is a population
of only 20.009 Chinese In San Francis-"
co. T. M. Holloway has been nom-
inaiieil for Governor in Michigan, by
the democrats. Indians bavo aur-
rounded Quitman, Texas, and com-f
immiiialion with Gen. Gr4csonj is cut
otfi they arc murdering citizens . and ,
driving ' ctT stock.- The; Southfrn - '
Dental Associatiot) met in New York
lest week. It meets in Asliciitle. N. J
C, next year. Dr. V. F. Turner fiaa ?
elected Fresident, (why wau the Sou).U ,
era association held in a Northern
city?) t-r-IIalifax. is to- haro a, big
speaking'on tho .IGth Inst.-! Cpt.,,
Kitchen has entered the canvas.we '
presume be would like to ran again.
Hayes tliiiks the census return
in the South arojn excess of Uie Qt ,
tnal population. -No less thaur five
shows arc said to be heading for, tun,"
State Gen. Walker, Hupt , of, tbe ,
census thinks- the returns from Uie m '
Suth correct, Hayes to the Contrary t
notwithstanding. -A hegro made, ,
viokut attack on Jlrs, Idoj, ncarSaJeni.
If found Judge Lynch will , attend JqV
him. 7-Thc rust 'Is 'wild to bf doin
somedamage to the cotton inj 1 Wakip,,
cotfnty.------Tjio census 4 eoumeratofi .
arc furious because tbey cant get their.
pay. lue American Jpar Aso-
" iciation will meet at -Sratoa August.
' 1 18, vS and gfnlu The trial xf'-
:Thonias DpJarnette ; for the cvardcr of . -
ui sister til lieeo, jostponLt until
Septcaibcr 0V1 account of the absence
of wUncsscs.-r AU Ue, obsUwrlrs to ,
the "auilding of the Wcterri rovI br -iiest
secra to have been removed
i ' ' ' - r Pi l
Tliere are more DUh in America than
1: in Ireland. The population of Ire
Hand . li' lsml'k ilman ' Q'
Dlossbcrg; Fx. had the dtlirium ' trcl
mens, TTuw.li t,uc uwiors gaigwaf pro-
cluced by inveterate .iwikinjsjPk
The .pop'ul alio n of l'e n u sy J a fei' . !-
creased twenjyper cent in .heiit tea
Tea.-Lxs. lL Alexander iraa been
S. IL Alexander
been.
placed at the hea l of .he tcparttneat
4 of Agriculture rice Folk V ewgnedV : ' 1
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