North Carolina Newspapers

. . . . - . - . ' - - . - , . . .... W1LS0N)VANCE. HT-Jpn YTr A i WILSON ADVANCE. Published Every Fbiday at Wilson, North Carolina, by JOSEPHS HAMELS, - Editor and Prpriftr WW WTT,R(TW A W A Subscription Rates in Advance One Ycr.... S 00 Sir Months-.. .. 1 00 rw-Money can be sent bjr Money Order or Effi8trtxi Let ter at our risk.:.-"; Orrirn Tartxro Street, In the Old Poet office HulMin- NEWS OF A WEEK -:o: (i vm i:i:ki from all parts ' Or THK WORLD. PES CI 1. 1. 1 SOS-OLE A XIXGS Always jM.ssessed of a devil A printing office. Virginia 'straight-out" Repub licans want Blaine, for President. A. .McCabc, a former prominent Republican of Edgecombe, is dead. The Warreutou "Gazette" is veu vears old. May it continue to prosper! The Grand Council A. L. of H. held their second annual session in Tarlioro last week. Ex-Senator Thomas Chnginan 1 1 a lieen verv sick in New York but is now better. A "single wheel buggy company" with a capital of Sl,800,000 has been formed at Chicago. It is easy to see there is always a man in the honeymoon, lie is there localise he was ntuclc. Robt. Heller took a gla of ice water at Savannah, Geo., ' July 14th., and fell dead from conges tion. A mail from California, Is in ' Washington for the purpose of showing how to bring rain from the , skies. Even the sands of the sea are hardly more numerous than the man who thinks he can edit a news paper. The body of John Sweedeu, the . young man drowned in Wilming ton last Friday," was recovered Sunday. Poor Tom Thumb is dead and his little widow fainted at his grave. The scene is described as very touching. The number of men in the stand ing armies and reserves of Europe an States is estimated at twelve millions. Three bears were killed and tine wounded a few days ago in Martin county, alMiut seven miles from .laniesille- The threatened duel between o. O'B. (Jowardin, of the "Dispatch," and .lohn S.- Wise has been "aiui cal.ly settled." The next session of the North Carolina Pharmaceutical Associa tion will meet in Wilmington on the nth of August. Mr. J. II. Petty, of New York, has been appointed Superintendent of the A. & U. Railroad, in place of Mr: Dorsch, resigned. Mahoue is struck with color blindness. He cannot see: the dif ference otween a Virginia darkey and a Virginia gentleman. Bishop Heck with, of Georgia, le lieves that high taxes on liquors are lietter as temperance measures than prohibitory legislation. . ' Chicago is tryiugto organize an air company' with '',(H)0000 capi tal. Passengers- and freight are lie carried above the earth. A boat at. .More head capsized with a lot Georgia militia aboard They were .finally rescued. Capt. Hell who rescued them received 40. All the syeauuiie trees now iu Scotland have spruugUrom a little tree which Mary Stuart brought from Fran-.-e aim planted in Holy rood. His name was Spring, and he -told her that hers ought to be Win ter, because Winter sometimes lin gers iu the lap of Spring, and "she immediately sprung. At Monterey a Mexican mob en tered the office of the American consul, Rev. Mr. Shaw, and beat him nearly to death. Redress, countrymen, redress ! r The liaily Postal "Bulletin" states that the following post offices in North Carolina have been dis continued: Dickson, Caldwell 4-onnty, and Hissett. Nash county. Patti draws ." out of her mana ger's pocket every time she breathes. She sings sixty two minutes and receives W.000 a night. She is u fortune to any man who holds her. l oin large ware houses were hunted in Wilmington on Tuesdav evening of last week, caused by 'sihtning. Several thousand doi worth' of naval stores were btlllK'd. "As we go to press," facetiously remarked the young journalist, as he put hi arm around her waist. -You do uot make a good impres- s.ou, l'e vpliwlWsheslapiedhis mouth. . ,. nus 01 u'ca and Deer - -"-.uuks, uavins refused to V for a bridi e jointly contracted for V tltam I.a ,UIU,)""! eourts har trin builders remission to take their "iiucruretlown again VOLUME 13- Lightning striking a telephoue wire at the University of Indiana caused a Are which destroyed the library of 150,000 volnmes and a museum containing ' rare collec tions; loss $200,000. Before cutting a man's head off in China, the authorities consider ately make him drunk. : The beau ty of this system is that ft man can get intoxicated without having a head on him the next morning. A family of five persons a father, mother and three children were all drowned in the Ohio river, 20 miles below Napison, Ind., Thursday evening, the waves from a passing steamer, upsetting their skiff. We have received the premium list of the 23rd annual exhibition ol the Virginia State Agricultural Society, which is to be held from October 31, to November 2, 1883. It promises to be the best the soci ety has ever held at Richmond. New Jersey has a law prohibiting the sale of tobacco J in any form to boys under sixteen years of age. It provides a fine of $20 for each offense, to be sued for by and iu the name of the parent or guardian of the bov to whom the sale is made. An editor is writing a series of articles on "Some Liars I Have Known." If he has not beenja jour nalist more than a year or two and is not too elaborate in his deserip. tions, and publishes three columns a day, he may be able to conclude the series by Christmas, 1889. Long toedjshoes were invented by Fulk, Count of Anjou, to hide an excresence in one ot his feet. These toes were so long as to be fastened to the knees with gold chains, and carved at the extreme point with a representation of a church window, a bird, or some fantastic device. Gov. Butler, of Massachusetts, received by express a day or two ago two small cream-colored owls, each of which exhibits the peculiar obliquity of the eye that marks the face of his excellency. The box was addressed : "Gov. B. F. Butler, Boston. Massachusetts, from an ex Confederate of Frederick, Md." All the Judges of the Superior Court of North ; Carolina, says the "Mountaineer," met at the Moun tain Hotel here, yesterday, with the exception of Judges Ph illips, Shipo and Shepard. The meeting was held to adopt a uniform sys tern of rules of practice, something badly needed on the N. C. Bench An Asheville (N. C.) gentleman has written to Commissioner McWhorter that he has a projiosi tion from a syndicate which desires to pureha.se a body of land containing 100,000 acres either iu North Caroliua, Virgiuia, Keu- tucKy, or xennesee, to organize a German colony. I The Weldon "News" savs: The Raleigh A Gaston and Seaboard it l&oanoKe rauroaus will very soon begin the erection of a large ticket office and reception room for travel ers at this place. It will lie located just north of the hotel where the old shed of the Raleigh road stood e are glad to see these roatls makiug a convenience of this kin for travelers.. A correspondent at Bear Creek Chatham county, writes to the Fayetteville "Observer:" There i8a boy living in this township no js a ntiie over eleven years of age and weighs only 2-1 pounds, He is bright and intelligent, aud as active as a cat. His father was the late "Mack" ? Hancock, of Moore county, who never weighed more thau fifty ouuds in his life Ihe bilk Association iu Sumter, S. C, has gone into the industry iu earnest. It has nurchased eisrht a. " acres of grouud, which has been plauted in mulberry trees for feed ing the worms. The members of the Association expect to make the enterprise remunerative, as they find a ready sale for all their silk aud cocoons. The grave of Ben Oluey Wilkin sou in Martin Co., three miles from ir !k . . . . uammou, wnere tne oouy was interred thirty years ago, was dug up by unknown parties on the ibth ulto. Says the Tarboro "Guide." the top of the marble slab was pried up; The ieop!e are greatly excited. Not comprehend ing the purpose of the- hyenas, the mystery is unsolved. , Miss Matilda Fletcher, the Iowa lady who has made a very excel lent reputation as a lecturer, has' had the compliment paid her of an invitation to deliver the address before the Nebraska State. Agri cultural Society this fall. She has accepted the invitation and named the following subject : "Farmers' Wives and Daughters." As she is a farmer's daughter hersejf, one of a family of thirteeu children brought up on a farm and accu tomed to work, and is withal a bright, keen, sensible girl, a ready writer and graceful orator, she can give the farmers wives and daugh ters, as well as the farmers them selves, some very excellent advice. : " , , ; , . . . . . - " " . i SHOOTING AFFAIR. -:o: FULL PARTICULARS OF THE SHOOTING AT MOREHEAD. AS UXTOlFAJili EVESt. Fnller particulars of the shooting affair at the Atlantic notel, More head, Tuesday night, show that Mr. Ward, of the Gate City Guard, was shot by Mr. Willie Jenkins, now of Norfolk, Va., formerly of, Warrenton in this State, it ap-i pears that ounng the day some person, not Mr. Jenkins, had made I the remark, "There goes one of those d- G. C. G's." which was overheard by a number of the com- lanv and repeated, in tne even ing as Mr. Jenkins was dancing in the ball room a note was handed him, which he read and placed in his pocket. Afterwards several messages were sent him, asking to come outside and see some gentle men. Finally he went outside on the verandah and there met sever al of the Gate City Guard, One of these asked him if he had; not made slighting remarks about that company. To this we learn that Mr. Jenkins replied that he had not, but ou the contrary had spoken of them in complimentary terms. His statement was ratner questioned and he then asked the spokesman, who was twice his size,who was his informant. At this another member ol tne company said he was the man. Mr. Jenkins then informed him that he was a d liar. At this the one who first spoke hit Mr. Jenkins and knocked him down. He rose and a scrim mage eusuea, in tne course oi which'Mr.'Jenkins fired at the large mark, passing between his arm and body, and unfortunately struck another member of, the company who was endeavoring to separate them. The bullet struck him in the fleshy part of the thigh, mak iug a painful but we hope not a dangerous wound. The matter is to be greatly regretted. We hope that this ontoward event will not have the effect of marring the pleasure of the farst visit ol the Gate City Guards to this resort. We trust that the wounded gentle man, who is the recipient of un bounded sympathy, will sutler no great inconvenience Irom his mju ryr. News-Observer. For the Advance. Elegant Simplicity. BY CHABLES F. DEEMS. It is a dangerous thing ..for the male sex to discourse on the sub ject of female attire. I Every man of even the least cul iivatiou ueiigtits in seeine women well dressed. The difficulty lies in settling the question on what it is robe "well dressed," and that diffi culty arises from the masculine ig norance of the details. As w omen pass before a man's eyes he knows at once whether the impression made upon him is pleasing or otherwise. But he cannot tell why. He does not know how much of an artist that woman had to become in order to be able to array herself in differ ent garments that should have Iierfect adjustment to her jiersou and perfect harmony of coloring, bhe has had to study, first, other women; secondly, herself; thirdly, the masculine intelligence, in order to reach the consummation she has attained. "sometimes it costs pecuniarily to make such .an achievement. The cost will vary according to the fe male artist's skill in using her ma terials. The men w ho have to pay the bills, the husbands and papas, know something about this; aud iu the eourse of years secure a val uable education in this department of art aud economy; and, ordinari ly, this class of gentlemen, if thoughtful aud discreet, deliver tolerably rational criticisms on this subject. The men outside, the bachelors generally, are those who make mistakes in uttering their dic ta on dress. As an example ot this, a young man says to his sis ten'' "Why can't you imitate the economy aud the elegant simplici ty of the Van Rocker girls! They don't dress in silks as you do ! For chriosity 1 inquired of a lady what a certaiu morning dress which I saw on biie ofthe Van Bocker girls at Saratoga, ought to cost; I learn ed that H was thirty-live cents a yard, and they did look so sweet and. fresh." I '-Quite troe," said his sister, "but you must recollect that few ladies indulge in. thstf kind of toiletjthey must have several changes and each dress musthave a large quant ity of furbelowing and fixing to make it look well; and the laundry iug 4ii uresses ot tnat kind costs mom tnau me mere- washing of poeket-bankerehiefs. So that if economy is what you have in view uear urotner, a good dress that costs more at the hegiuniug uiav 1 A. t ) . . . iouger ami in rue end -"- cost less. . : The fact is, we may as well un derstand that elegant simplicity in dress as in manners requires ' an outlay which demands a good in come. Showiness is cheap. Ele gance must be paid for by both money and, taste; but still more costly is elegant simplicity, which X.ET ALL THE ENDS THOU AIITI'ST AT, BE THY COUICTRT'S, WILSON, NORTH CAROLINA, JULY 27. 1883. for its indulgence demands more money and more taste. To a look er on nothing seems so easy as to make graceful motion. As he be holds a gymnast or danseuse it seems to him as though it only re quired him to will to do the same thing in order to have it accom plished. But let him step out into the middle of the floor and try it A few movements of his limbs wil1 convince him that it will require months of practice, under tuition, to move with the simple grace of the person whom he supposed it would be so easy to imitate. Iu literature we take as our models of simple elegance the writ ings iu which the paragraphs run after one another as. the ripples iu a brook. It seems as though we could certainly write, in that way if we could riot employ a more am bitious style. And what a mis take we find this to be. Our at tempts show us that it is much more easy to turn off our periods full of sesquipedalian words and inflated bombast, ami that a little imagination, Webster's dictionary and Roget's Thesaurus will enable us to write in a style which seems absolutely sublime to the uneducat ed. But if we are to write like Em erson we must write over and often and take pains to correct, expur gate and polish so that each word shall seem to be the very best poss ible in its place. Our readers can carry this thought into their medi tations upon the formation of char acter. An elegantly simple char acter is one of the most charming things in the world. But what care, what thought, what constant discipline, what incessant practice of every virtue, through what a number of years, are required to give a man the character of elegant simplicity. Let our young readers ask themselves whether it is not worth while to endeavor to attain sucb character as will remain for the admiration of the ages, like the Apollo Belvidere in statuary aud the great pyramids which shall be the admiration of mankind which ten thousand ephemeral prettihess- es, duced by architects and sculp tors, shall have passed away. Brother Gardner on Lotb and "1 understand,"' began the presi dent, as the' meeting opened in due form, "dat quite a number of de members of dis club am gwmc to be married dooring de summer. Dat's all right, an' I wish 'em much joj-, an' shall be glad to wit ness the obsequies of each an 'ebery one. But. 1 want to say a few words in gineral. In de fust nlace. am vou trwine to marry fur luv or fur a sort o' business part nership? If you answer fur luv, let me warn you to be sartiu dat vou doant mistake de sentiment Many a young man who thought his heart torn by love nas plungeu into matrimony to diskiver dat he simply had admiration fur a $30 set of lalse teeth an7 a uigu instep. If you answer fnr a sort of bizuess partnership, let me warn you not to expect too much. You won't love the woman and she won't trust vou. It will be a sort o' boss trade, in which both parties will be cheated, and both continer to be mad about it. You kin git along iirter a fashion, an people who see hir on vour arm at a circus won't know how you fight at home. If vou mus' marry, let common sense have a show in de transack- shuu. D an' go off yer feet bekase vou meet a gal who kin sing like a robin"; smile like a rose an' jump off i a street kvar without bouenn ue driver to stop. A wife will have much to do beside singin7 an culti vatiu' dimples. If you am gwine to marry ax yerselves how fur 810 per week will go when divided up an' liprvishnns an' 1U1 ,1V'L11X'H 1 -- - house rent an' fewel an' incidentals. Beto' vou fall in love with a gal who looks too sweet fur any thing in a red plush sacqne kinder figger on how many sich duds your in come would afford her. ueio' you am all broke up ober a gal who plays de pianner, talks French, naints landscapes an' reads poetry jest sit down an' figger up who am to cook ver mete an' caters, iatcu vpr clozes, darn ver socks, an' help von to make WV ouv $io worm oi things. Befo' pe let a pa'r o' flash in' eyes an' a cunnin' dimple cap tivte ve look aroun' a little an' see if de owner has got a temper like a wild cat. Marriage am a lottery simply bekase people take each other nrisight and unseen. Let ns now prognosticate to biz- ness. Tarboro Southerner Holes. Col. John W. Cotton last Monday tendered his resignation as Chief of Police, to resume his position of conductor on the A. & R. R. R. Tuesday afternoon the Commission ers met, accepted his resignation aud elected jlTr. J. T. Moore in his stead. Corn is what our farmers enll "rasped.'7 The cold aud the OO worms neoesi fated three or four re plantings, and, therefoie, in every fiield there is corn of three or four different ages,- The cotton crop of Hyde county has been reduced this year, while the rice and corn crops are largely increased. It is estimated that this county raises for exportation over five hundred thousand bnshels of corn and one hundred thousand bushels of rice. The celebrated 'Fish Brand' Gills Twine if sold only at Jacobi's Hard ware Depot. . Wilmington N. C. DA YY CROCKETT. -:o:- THE TRUTH ABOUT HIS FA MOUS COON-SKIN TRICK- RELATED BY HIMSELF. In 1827 Davy Crockett was elect ed to Congres from Tennessee and during the canvass played the fa mous coon-skin trick, which he re lated as follows: "I started off to the Cross Ro ads dressed in my hunting shirt, and my rifle on my shoulder. , Many of our constituents had assembled there to get a taste of the quality of the candidates at orating". Job Snelling, a gander-shanked Yan kee who had been caught somewhere about Plymouth Bay, and had been shipped to the West with a cargo of codfish and rum, erected a large shanty aud set up shop for the oc casion. A larere nosse of the vo ters had assembled before I had arrived, and my opponent had al ready made considerable headway with his speechifying and his treat ing, when they spied me about a rifle shot from the" camp, saunter ing along as if I was not a party in the business. "There comes Crockett," cried one. "Let us hear the colonel," 'cried another, and so I mounted the stump that had been cut down for the occasion, and began to bushwhack in the most approved style. I had not beeu up long before there was such an uproar in the crowd that I could not hear my own voice, and some of my constituents let me know that they could not listen to me on such a dry subject as the welfare of the true nation, until they had somethiug to drink, and that I must treat 'em. Accordingly I jumped dowu from the rostrum and led the way to the shanty, followed by my constituents, shontiug, "Huzza for Crockett," and "CroeKett for ever." "When we entered the shanty Job was busy dealing out his rum in a style that showed that he was making a good day's work of it, aud I called lor a quart of the lest, but the crooked oritur re turned no other answer than by pointing at a board over the bar, on which he had chalked in large letters, "Pay to-day and trust to morrow." Now that idea brought me all up standing; it was a sort of cornering in which there was no back out, for ready money in the West in those times was the shyest thing in all natur', and it was most particularly shy with me on that occasion. The voters, seeing my predicament. I was left desert ed and alone, as the Government will be when it no longer has any offices to bestow, I saw plain as day that the tide of popular opinion was asraiust me, aud that unless I got some rum speedily, 1 should loose my election as sure as there are snakes u Virgmnv and it must lie done soon, or even burned brandy: wouldn't save me. "Well, knowing that a crisis was at hand, I struck into the woods with my rifle on my shoul der, 1113 best friend iu tune of need, and as good fortune would have it, had not been more than a quarter ot an hour before I treed a fat coon, and in the pulling of a trig ger ho lay dead at the root of a tree. I soon whipped hi? hairy jacket off his back, and agaiu bent my way towards the shanty, and walked up to the bar, but not alone; for this time I had a half dozeii of my constituents at my heels, j I threw down the coonskin upon the coun ter and called for a quart of rum, and Job, though busy dealing out rum, forgot to point to his chalked rules and reg alations, for he knew that a 'coon was as legal tender for a vuart in the West as a New York shilling auy day in the year. My constituents flocked about me and cried, "Huzza for Crocket," "Crok- ett, forever," and finding the tide had taken a turn, I told them sev eral yarns to get them in a good humor, aud having soon dispatched the value of the 'coon, went out and mounted the stump wit jont opposition, and a clear majority of the voters followed me to see what I had to offer for the good , of the nation. 1 "Before I was through one of my coustilnents moved that they would hear the balance of my speech after they had washed down their first part with some more of Job Snel liug's extract of cornstalk and mo lasses, and the question neiug put up, it was carried unanimously It wasn't considered jieceessary to tell the yeas and nays, so we ad journed to the shanty, an'd on the way I began to reckop that the fate of the nation pretty much depend ed on my shooting another 'coon While standing at the bar,J feeling sort of bashful while Job's rules and regulations stared me in the face, I cast down my eyes and dis covered one end of the 'coon skin sticking between the logs that sup ported the bar. Job had slung it there in the hurry of business. gave it sort of a quick jerk, and it THY GOD'S, AlfD TRUTHS'. followed my hand as if I had been the rightful owner. I slapped it on the counter, and Job, little dream ing that he was barking up the wroi g tree, shoved along another bottle, wfcteh my constituents quick ly disposed of with great good j hn uior, for some; of them saw the trick, and then we withdrew to the rostrum to discuss the affairs ot the nation. 'I don't know how it was, but the voters soon became dry again, and nothing would do but we must adjourn to the shanty; and as luck would have it, the 'coon-skin was sticking between the logs, as it Job had flung it there on purpose to tempt me. I was uot slow in rais ing it to the counter; the rum fol lowed, of coorse, and 1 wish I may be shot if I didn't before the day was over, get teu quarts , for the same identical, skin, aud from a lei low too, who in. those parts was considered as sharp as a steel trap and as bright as a pewter but ton., ,. .'. "This joke secured my election for it soon circulated like smoke among my constituents, and they allowed with one accord that the' man who could get the whip hand of Job Snellings in a fair trade could outwit Old Nick 'himself a ml was the real grit for, them in Con gress. After the election was over I sent Snelling the price of the mm, but took care to keep the fact from the knowledge of my constituents. Job refused the money and sent me. word that it did him good to be taken in occasionally, as it served to brighten his ' ideas; but I after ward learned when he found out the trick that had been played upon him he put all the rum that I had ordered in his bill against my opponeut, who, , being s elated with the speeches-he had made on the affairs of the nation, could not de scend to examine in the particulars of a bill of the vender of rum in a small way." "Forest and Stream" Another Yisit to .Mr. Tilden. NOT FROM THE LOUISVILLE COU RIER-JOUKHAL. Mr. Tilden's hair is long, curling, and raven black, and there' is not a wrinkle in his facej not a furrow on his brow. He is passionately fond of bicycling, anil rides as far as fifteen miles a day. His favor ite bicycle he keeps in a room ad joining his own, and feeds it with his hands. He sings superbly, and has a childish way of running to the piano to dash oft' some sparkling little improvisation. As I looked at him I could not help saying: Mr. Tiluenj you Hear your age remarkably well, can it be possible that you are really torty-onef" He shook Ins head with a senii- mournfnl reflection and said: "Ah, my dear boy, time is relent less. 1 shall lie lortv-eirht vears old next December." Had I not received the assurance from his own lips I could not have believed it. . . , u hen 1 leit linn no insisted 011 sboulderiug my. trunk ami carrying it to the station. As I pressed his hand at parting, I said to him: "Mr. Tilden, if the next Demo cratic National Convent ion -should follow its own wishes aud the earn est desire of the American people aud nominate you for President would vou accept the nomination?" He squeezed my hand m his mighty grsisp, until the blood oozed out under my finger nails, and shouted: T "Would I!" Then he slapped his hands to gether like a clap of thunder, and sprang straight up into the air. : They Kissed and Made Up. Three weeks ago a neat, pretty, modest young wromai came to the St. Nicholas Hotel, in Portsmouth Ohio, and engaged board. She gave her name as Laura Martin, of Poplar Grove, Ky. Without hjss of time she sought aud obtained em ployment in a clothing factory Her manners were exceedingly re serve and she made no acquaint ances, but worked assiduously and earned money. Yesterday Albert Finley, a tall, well clad, handsome Kentucky farmer from Richmond in that State, put up at the same hotel. The stranger and the young farmer met. She saw in him husband lrom whom she nail run away in a pet about a mouth ago. It was a joyful meeting to both They made up and kissed, and took passage ou the steamer, lioth jter fectly happy. The Nevada (Cal.,) Transcript, of Juue L'Cth., says; "Miss Lizzie Frazier, a blooming and pretty young lady, who lives between this city and Blue Tent, has been engaged to take her father's mow ing machine over to GetchelPs sbcekns ranch aud cut seven or or eight acres of alfalfa. Miss Frazier left school last year, hav ing obtained a good enough boo education for all practical purioses, and ince then has been helping her father on the farm. She is worth a ten acre lot of lah-de-dah girls, ami the young man who gets her for a wife will get something worth having." - POLK'S CRIME. BRIEF HISTOTY OF THE 400,000 STEALAGE. POLK OS TltlAL. j j j A jury has at last been Mectmnl in the case of the State of Tenues-! see against Marsh T. Polk, and the trtal promises to 1h an exciting one. Polk's crime can lie verv brietlv described. He was Treas- i urer of his State, and he stole lie t ween -100,000 and .00,000 of the taxpayers', money which had lieen placed in his hands, polk was one j of the most inipnlar democrats in Tennessee. He -was a graduate of West Point and the nephew of a man who had beeu President of the unittxl Mates. lie Had served;-! in the Confederate Army. A few days before the discovery of his crime ho publicly announced, to the great astonishment of the jieople, of Tennessee, t hat he would not pay the interest, soon to become due, , upon the new bonds which the State had compelled its creditors to take in lieu of the full amount to which they were entitled. There had been collected from tax-payers and placed in his iiauds $000,000 w it h which to pay the interest on these "scaled" bonds. It, soon appeared that he would not pay because he had stolen the money. When it was'reported to the IegV islature that ' the State Treasurer had stolen more than 8400,000 the thrifty Polk was 011 his way to Mexico. He was captured at San Antonio, but 'in spite of the large reward offered for him he was able to buy off' the detective who had' interrupted his flight. Before he reached the border, however, he encountered other -. officers, whom he failed to corrupt, and in Jauuary ast he. was brought to Nashville and indicted for embezzlement. His friends asserted, although - his ittle transaction with the detective had been .concealed, that Polk had not beeu trying to escape, but had undertaken a trip to Mexico for the purpose of visiting some mines in which he was interested. The official examination of his office revealed the fact that be had been stealing the State's money lor five years, and 1 hat he had eveu surpassed ins predecessors 11 cool rascality: . Four out of the five who had preceded him in the office of Treasurer bad roblicd the tax-payers with both hands, but Polk was no ordinary '--'thief. But he had simply regarded the money collected ny taxation, as his own, and had scattered it in alj directions. ' He had invested it in all sorts of eiiteipi i-es, and had loaned it to any -prominent - demo cratic politician who asked for it. He was probably forced to divide thespoils in this way, in order to protect, himself. When Ihe inves tigators liegau their work they tound the floor of his sale strewn with the due bills of 'Polk's- ioliti- cal cronies. He returned, to Nash ville in good spirits, and it was said that his political Influence and the influence of his friends who had shared with him the fruits of his crime would shield- him from pun ishment,. The jury system is again to be on trial, and the esi. is to be made this time at Nashville. Of course there was 110 intelligent citizen of the State who had not heard of Folk's crime aud formed an opinion about the thief's guilt. No person of this class was placed on the jury. Those who had opinions were not wanted. For two weeks' the court endeavored to find t welve men so Ignorant that they had not read anything alibut, the great robbery of tax-payers' money, ami had not formed or expressed an opinion aliout the guilt or inno cence of the defendant. Out of the first hundred men examined only two were accepted, and more than one thousand men rejected before the panel of twelve was completed. No one of these twelve men has read anything about the robbery, aud two of them are so ignorant that they do not kuow in what district they live. The selec tion of so stupid a jury was a bad lieginning, and it was followed by the mysterious disapiiea'rance from the State Treasurer's office of the account iKKik containing Polk's false entries. The' volume is said to be evidence of the greatest im portance, ujion which the 'prosecu tors relied for conviction. They have offered the paltry reward of 250 to any one who shall return ! this evidence of the theft of 000. S400,. An. f ih cfA.v 5f ;.c lhnt W.hct.V Daniel Webster's financiering is the subject of many anecdotes at Washington and one of them thus describes how he one day assisted his friend Rufus Choate. Choate needed 9500, and he applied to Mr. Webster. "Five hundred dollars!" said Mr. Webster. "No, I haven't r- , , --NUMBER 24 I that amount, but I will get it for j y on, Choate." The latter was glad to bear it, and would wait. "Draw your note," said Webster ; "PR sign it and bring you the money. While you are about it make the note for one thousand." Mr .Choate said that five hundred was all he needed. "I ll take the other Ave Hundred," said AVebster. The note was drawn and Mr. Webster, tak- ing his cane, weut into the aveune. Gooil tnorningMr. Owwan, good morning," said he, as he entered the 8reat banking-house which was i the fiscal agent of the Government. "Good, morning, Mr. Secretary," said, the great banker in the bland est maimer.' "What w it I can do fir you this morning, Mr. Secreta ry!" Mr. Webster was Secretary ;of State at the time. "A little fa- vor for my friend Choate. He wants a little money and I told him I thought I could get it for him. A thousand, I believe, he made his note for," passing the paper to the banker: There w as no such thing fiis hesitating, much less declining, j jUJ,i so the banker was ouly too j'happy to accommodate the head of ; Mr. Fillmore's Administration. The I gold was laid out in two equal piles .,t Mr. Webster's leoiiest Putting one in each pocket, and withoueof the-bows which Mr. Webster only could give, be departed. "Here, Choate, here is the five hundred," said the great' expouuder, enteriug wliere Choate was waiting. Hand ing him the gold, Mr. Webster re sumed his reading where he had beeu interrupted by Choate's en trance, it is further stated that Mr. Corcoran has in his collection of autographs a note for $1,000 sign ed by Rul'us Choate and endorsed by Daniel Webster. Ben Verity Poou 's Recollection. Too Poor to Take a Paper. Moore, of the ''Rural New York er,'! was sitting iu his office one af ternoon some years ago, when a farmer friend came in and said: "Mr. Moore, I like your paper, but times are so hard I cannot pay for it."- . 1 . "Is that so, friend .louesf I'm very sorry to hear that you are so poor ; if you are so hard run I wull give you my paier." . "(),, no, I can't take it as a gift.'' . "W'ell, then, let's see how we can lix it. Yon rajse chickens; I Ik1 lievef" i 'i "Yes, a few; but they don't bring anything hardly." 'Don't they ? Neither docs my paper cost anything hardly, Now, I have a proposition to make to you. I will continue your paper, and when you go home you can se lect from your lot one chicken and call her mine. Take good care, of her and. bring me , the proceeds, whether"' in eggs or chicken, and we will call it sqirare." "All right brother Moore,'' and the fellow chuckled at what he thought a capital bargain. He kept I Iu contract '.strictly, and a t the end of the year found that he had paid about four-', prices for his paper. He often tells the joke him self, and he never had the face to say that he was too poir t take a paper since that day." f rittii rr tlnn'il iluhbfil. Mr. II. F. Barnes, son of Henry Bai lies, deceased, living near Htone villc, was roblicd on Tuesday, July 10th, aliout, t wo and a half miles westof Daiiville He had sold to bacco' and was returning home, walking a hundred vards or so hi'ud his wagon, he saw two negroes and a white man enter the road in front of him fro-:, the woods and walk on ahead laughing and talk ing. Passing them' and anticipat ing no danger, lie Was suddenly seized" by the arms. Before be could get his knife the two others rushed up and choked him. rOverpowering him they took all his money, fcH'i. Not a word was spoken. Reids vill "Weekly." .1 Rarcoon ami AUifator Stvri. A Mibscrilier writes ue a remark able, raccoon and alligator story from Lake 'Comfort, Hyde eounty. Seven rvecoous were" seen to go into a bai a through the cat hole one evening just lefore sundown. It was Miss L. Weston's barn, and the coons were seen to go iu by Mr. S -Weston. He summoned a poxne 'consisting of Messrs. Leroy Caffce, D. Credle and himself, aud attack ed the coons, putting t hem to death by the light of a lamp. He also writes aUint the killing of several alligators, and learns that one of them was brought to. Fairfield not long since that' measured fifteen feet long. Newbeni Journal. I , J.!. Rheni, of New Beroe, N. C. is the largest raiser of "garden I trmV in the United States. He has now .olanted and crowinc: Peas HOacres.potatoes 200,watermelons ! 100, cabbage 23, beans 2, beet 8, i cantaloups 7, cucumber C, turnip9 10, squashes 3, tomatoes 10, straw berries ". radishes a making a total of 500 acres, and the condi tion of the whole is very promis ing. One Inch, Ono Insertion... " " One MonOj Thrro Month... " Six Month. Ono Ye.r .. 2 i b Ml .. X ( .1-1 l Liberal Disoounta win be made for t-arvrr AdTartiMtaenU aod (or Contract hj- the Yrr Cmah most accompany all Advrrttr4-nts anlaaa rood reference la 1vwu HALF A ROMANCE. -:o:' SAVING AN HEIRESS- LIFE BUT MARRYING A POOR GIRL. we os i, i dose m i rr j A" Long Branch (N.Y.) telegram of Saturdav aavs: Miss. Milli Coombs, a beautiful orphan of seven teen, and an heiress with some M00,i 000 in her own right, arrived here from St. Louis with her aunt on Mou day of last week. Thev found that at the West End, at, which it was' thier intention to stop, no rooms could In obtalued. so Ihev hiok rooms teitiHirarily at I liw Morris ( 'or tage. Just liofore' sundown the 'other evening Miss Cooiults, accompanied by two Indies and a male cousin, went into the surf. The surf was somewhat rough, but Mis CKm'.is did uot heed it. When uliotit 1NM feet from her companion a scream from the young lady told every body that she was iu danger. The young man, her cousin, hastened with the other two ladies, who w ere ou the "point of fainting, to the shore. In the meantime the keeper launched the life Ixnit and rowed to the girl. The screams ceased and it was believed that the .sea' Imd swallowed her. Suddeuly u dark . object was seen b) mount a wave, and aery was heard, 'Here! Heir!' The boat was directed towards t he spot, and two ersous climbed into' it. They were Miss Coomb and her rescuer, William Whittlesey who had been swimming '-some dis taiice out in the sea. Before the boat reached t he shore Miss Coombs was cool and collect. ed, pouriug out her thanks to her brave rescuer. When she reached the arms of her aunt, who was standing on the Imaeh, a shout went up from the crowd. The cons. in : of Miss Coombs approached young Whittlesey, and shook him heartily by the hand and, placing a well-filled wallet iu Whittlesey's hand, said: "Here, take this." "Oh, no," replied theyouug man, "I've only done my duty," and nil the persuasions could not tempt the young man to aeeept t he proffered wallet. The young man was icr- suailed to accompany Miss Coombs and her friends to their cottage w here he blushed likea school girl under the praises oind iiion him. lie nuaiiy conseuieu to accept a gold watch and chain, which the girl he saved will purchase lor him. Whittlesey is twentv-one years ol age,'andis a clerk in; si railway office at Iowa City. ' ' To a reporter Miss t'lMiiiibs sajd: '1 have lieen dying all tit v life to le the victim of some real g-nnl ro mance, and I guess I have uot one that will last me for sometime." rhehwlies who heard the Mory ; exclaimed that it was a real -shame that Mr. Whittlesey was "iigagcd to lie --married to an estimable young lady residing at Sioux t'ity. The young heiress herself at fust did not srein to like it, but, it is said, wlitniiicd young ' Whitl lcc. ' conse'.t to stand as bridcsinstid at . his wedding. There is every like lihood that young Whittlesey will start out on his voyage with much better prospects than a railroad clerk's salary can give. Prolific Wheat. The Toisnot "IIome"sas, Mr. A. J. Ellis, of ,Iohiitoii county, pi. oil ed two gtains of wheat ht. fall and . these two grains yielded him .",o:tM ' well devcloied grains ol wlieal. And the Chatham "IbM ord" tells of one grain producing H-i kIcih which yielded 1,700 grains. ' A Moore ' county mail sowed one quart of Atnlier Spring Wheat and gathered therefrom 40 quarts, ami iiwd no fertilizer. A Remarkabie Mao. Mrr liobt. P. Brown, of Burke, iulbrms the "Blade" that the .first time he ever went Ut elm vli he joined it ; the first time he w his wife they were engaged; the second time they met they married. Tbi year he has raised sixty biisln U of wheat from three sown. It seem to be characteristic, of the family for all to take the same, notion at the same time. His father and mother were , both buried in the same grave. . Kinstoii "Free Press " Ma.n ill the Seven Springs wele fitted up as becomes a summer resort and managed as other summering places are, it would i a great blessing and help to this part f the country. The wafers or these Springs contain medical piojier t ics that are of great lieuelif to invalids Their worth should Is more widely known.'".' , . "That fellow had a monstrous foot, the biggest I ever saw." 'How large!' asked the general. Giv us some idea of its size.' I don't that I can, but I will tell you what's a fact. INs foot was n big that well, you have heard the old story of the fellow who nsed the fork ot the road for a bootjaekf Yes: well, Nick tried it, and split the road so that the geography of the neighborhood was changed.