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WILSON, NORTH CAROLINA, JANUARY 4. 1884.
NUMBER 47
G vw kukd from all parts
OK THE WORLD.
VEXC1 I I I SOS- GLEANINGS
Jseventeen newspapers in North
Carolina are edited by lawyers.
Senator Coke, of Texas, and Sen
ator Vance arc slitMiting ducks on
(Jiiiiituck sound.
Of North .Carolina's five Eiu'sco
iiaf Bishops neither was "'native
and to the manor born."
'If I rest I rast," is an
mini proverb. "If 1 rust
old Ger
I bust,"
is the American version.
il.U Greensboro' hist , week,
four
clilian ii urit ....... ..,..
i ( 1...... ii-ui'ii IkMI'll !lt !
birth, of
whom only -one surviveu.
Rev. J. li- O.ieshhe, of Charlotte,
has been called to . St. Stephen's
E- iscopal church, Goldsboro.
Mr. ' 1. A-ichardspn retires
from 'the Clayton "Bud." Mr. Jno.
li. Wedding "ill have control.
Wake. Forest College has an en
dowment fund of 8100,000, nearly
Suili of which was raised this year.
Trinity College has nineteen
Cherokee Indians as students this
year. The State is paying lor their
education.
One thousand dollars in gold
weighs four pounds. That is why
so many newspaper men are round
shouldered.
It was a Detroit girl that got
.married at fifteen so as to have her
golden wedding when it would do
her .ome good.
There is a good deal of difference
between a demagogue, and a states
man, but it takes the public a long
time lo discover it sometimes.
- The postoflices at Ifeuderson,
High Point, Kinstou and Salem, N.
C, have been raised to Presidential
offices, with increase of salaries.
Mr. W. S. Hemb.v has retired
from the Rutherford 'Enterprise."
He will shortly begin the publica
tion of t lie Waynesville News."
Rev. L)r. J. 15. Tavlor, formerly of
tli.- First Baptist Church, of Wil
mington, has accepted a call to the
Lexington. Va., Baptist Church.
In Mexico women are not allow
ed to attend funerals. They :ire,
however, magnanimously accorded
the privilege of being present at all
weddings. ,
A Raleigh lady tilled fifty stock
ings with useful and good things.
and sent them to the children of
poor people This was a --wise .aiid
noble use of wealtl
In Salt Lake City the sidewalks
are twenty feet wide. This proba
hly is to -perm it a man's' widows to
walk abreast instead of in couples
when going to his Itinera!.
The Legislature of South Caroli
na has appropriated 10,000 for :v
display of the resources of that
State at the coming World's Cot
ton Exposition atN w Orleans.
The faculty of a Texas female
college lias torbuldeu the wearing
oi uoops ami nangs uy cue students,
We jsish that college had the au
thority to bang out all the bangs,
Mrs. Olive (iiintex, aged So years,
her daughter and grand daughter,
were murdered .with an axeatMon
ynre, N. C, Dec. 24th. ' lf the bru
tal murderer is found he will proba
bly bo lynched.
There is a lady in Chatham
county, says the ''Record," who is
very peculiarly affected by quinine.
It causes her skin to peel off in
large flakes anil produces an itch
ing sensation. 4
A health journal advises, "Do
not lie on the left side." This is a
very proper admonition. If you
are obliged to lie, be careful and
lie on the right side. You will find
it pays in the end.
A twelve year old hoy of Frank
lin, Penn., burst a blood vessel
while blowing a tin horn, and died
in a few hours. If this item is of
no use to you, cut it out and hand
it to your neighbor. m
A Chicago society has struck the
tramp problem by establishing a
wood yard where any tram) who
seeks for food may go aiid cut wood
ami thus earu the food and lodging
lie seeks temporarily.
A very -'bold a! tempt was made
in King's Mountain a few nights
ago by niiif masked men to kidnap
a family of children. Four of the
men were .-captured and jailed.
(.treat excitement prevailed-
Forty seven jiostmasters in the
United States receive a salary ot
1 a year. After the republican
campaign assessments are deducted
their sinecure must excite commis
eration even in the breast of an In
dian. The "Farmer it Mechanic,' re
ferring to a concert given in aid of
the-poor of .Raleigh,- says: "Sweet
are the uses of adversity when
it enlists pretty people to'betray us
into charity under the guise ot
pleasure.'' .
The newspaper foreman
marriage notice among a
items headed. "Horrors of
got a
lot of
and when the? editor learned
that
I lie groom s income was only 7 a
week, he said.it had lietter remain
under that head.
Mr. Geo. N. Harris, of Wilming
ton, has accepted a position on the
stall ot the adesboro "Times." of I
w men .ir. K, 11. Cowan is the edi
tor and proprietor, and will hereaf -
. i . i . ,
-i no Know n as mo
tor of the paper.
associate edi
ell, said a jaunty son-in-law,
o'liiiinii-r lioin r ie ittn.. !.;
lather's mail, "you've got a postal
iroui ma, and she says she's met a
cyclone." "Pity the cyclone," was
the old gentleman's crusty reply, as
ne jabbed his pen into the inkstand.
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' At Silver Butte, Col., a miner
named Wilson Thomas, while read
ing his Bible on a lofty ledge of a
rock, went to sleep and fell into the
canyon below. Retribution is -sure
to overtake wicked people who fall
asleep over their Bibles.
One of the robbers killed at Shel
by, O., leaves a wife who is de
scribed as ' very beautiful and
having the carriage of a lady of
culture." The lady of culture from
whom that carriage was stolen
should come forward and regain
her property?
Water may be classed among the
luxuries of Southern Georgia- A
dozen counties have suffered from
uninterrupted drouth since June
10th, with the exception of one
raiufall oil September 13th. In
Leesburg the aqueous fluid retails
at five cents a class.
It is a sad fact that the average
attendance of our State Vpublic
schools is oulv 28 per cent. The
State, accordiug to Superintendent
Scarborough, spent $507,000 last
year for public schools, yet 72 out
of every 100 children of school age
didn't attend the schools!
An Alabama wedding is thus de
scribed : "The bridal march was
played by Will Corley ou a har
monica. The groom was attired in
a hickory-stripe shirt and copperas-
colored pants, aiid on his arm was
gently suspended his bride, like a
clear rib side of bacon or bushel of
meal." "
The secretary of the New York
Board of trade reports that he is in
receipt of many letters from busi
ness men in all sections of the coun
try favoring the passage by this
Congress of a uniform national
bankrupt law, most of them de
manding immediate action by Con-
ress. '
All the nominees of the demo
cratic State Convention of Lonisi
ana belong to the McEnery faction,
except Cunniugham, for Attorney
General; a resolution, which was
adopted, declares hostility to lot-teriesy-und
demands that the legis
lature enact laws for their suppres
sion. ;
The "Chronicle" says, "The fry
pan is bound '-to go. A country
physician told me this wreek that
nearly hajf the diseases that lie
treats have their origiu in disor
dered stomachs. His belief is that
dyspepsia does more evil among us
than any of the fevers or any other
single disease." " . ; ,
Li its review oTthe business con
dition of the country, the Baltimore
"Sun" concludes that the boom in
augurated i:i 1879 and '80 has
spent its force, and that business is
at present conducted on a .very
narrow margin of profit, which it
attributes in a great measure to
over production.
Dr. 1 1 at good, having sa;d that
intelligence spoils no man for anv
thing a man ought to do in this
world, is promptly corrected by the
New Orleans "Picayune," wind
reminds Ir. Ilaygood that intelh
gence spoils a man very often for
jury duty. If be reads the papers,
or anything else, he is promptly
challenged by the defense
The measles are prevailing tj an
alarming extent in Baltimore. It
a remarkable fact that forty sttt-
lentsof the college of Physicians
and Surgeons are surlering with
the disease. There are also many
cases in Washington, and more
deaths are recorded from that cause
during the month of November
than in auy previous month since
the vital statistics nave been pre
served m that city.
We notice in the extended inter
view given "in the? Tobacco "Jour
nal," that Mr. J. S. Carr at the head
of t he great Durham Bull tobacco
works gives it as his opinion that
newspaper advertising ia ahead of
all other. Advertisers would do
well to make a note of this, as Mr.
Carr does some two hundred and
fifty thousaud dollars worth of ad
vertising annually, and he certain
ly ought to be a very capable
judge. .
The rich New
York
Astors.are
trying to eclipse the rich
Vandcr
bilts and will give a ball that wil
eclipse all others. There is great
rivalry among the "upper-ten." Old
John Jacob Astor made his mouey
by trading in furs and skins, and
old Cornelius Vanderbilt began his
by running a canal boat and keep
iug a tavern. But the bovs have
got beyond this and they now imi
tate royalty itself in the "gilded
splendor of thejr hollow show.
Rocky Mount "Reporter" : On
last Saturday while feeding a cot
ton gin, on Col. - W. D. 'Harrison'
farm, in this county, Air. John
West had the misfortune to get his
left hand so badly maugled in the
saws mac amputation was neeessa
ry. Ills right hand was also cut.
but not seriously.' Mr. est has i
wife and six children dependen
upon him, and, no doubt, wonl I be
very thankful for any favors during
his prostration.
Near the village of Jackson,
in
Northampton county, N
C, a uiur
der was committed on Christmas
day that has just come to light.
Jack Barnes ami his brother Tuck
have been ou bad terms for several
months past. On Christmas day
Jack drank uutil he had become
intoxicated. He then managed to
find, his way home, where he met
his brother. The quarrel was re
newed, and Jack, drawing his pis
tol, shot his brother three times,
killing him almost instantly. -The
murderer has thus far escaped ar
rest. Mr. J. T. Pati ick,,the State Agent
of Immigration,- told a correspond-,
entofthe Raleigh "State Chroni
cle" that since ithe Exposition at
j Boston closed fifty northern parties,
mat ne Knows or, nave made pur
chases of real estate in North Caro
lina .iO I'l - 'ill rF tl,m. t .
t live here. A few lands have been
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bought also by speculators. Mr.
Patrick is very proud of the sale of
thfl swamp lands. ' The buyers will
Bpend 100,000 iu clearing ' and
ditching and that wilderness will
blossom as the rose.
POLITICAL POINTS
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WHAT TJIU POLITICIANS ARE
TALKING ABOUT.
TIIIC rOLITICAL CALDliOX.
There would be danger for Ohio
in October next were President Ar
thur nominated as the standard-
bearer for the Republican party in
the coming convention at Chicago.
New York 'Times," Republican.
Judge Tourgee is of the opinion
that the Democrats will nominate a
Southern man for their Vice- Pres
idential candidate and that his
name is most likely to be Colquitt.
Judge Tourgee is not much of a
novelist, but evidently much less
of a prophet. Washington -'Post."
1 1 things were called by their
right names it would end many au
argument. Instead ot speaking ot
"incidental protection," we should
say, "additional taxation." The
fine phrase, reduced to its real
meaning,
would no longer serve to
bait hooks for gudgeons. Detroit
'Free Press," Dem-
Col. W. P. Cunady, of North Car
olina, the newly elected Sergeant-
at-arms of the United States Sen
ate, defeating Col. Hooker, of Ver
mont, almost five to one, is an ex
Confederate soldier ; a real live
specimen of those terrible, blood
thirsty rebels ; a man who loved
and admired Johnston, Lee and
Jackson and. even Jeff Davis ; in
fact, Heaven save the mark, he used
to Irate us Yankees with a bitter
hatred, and some years ago would
have hung and quartered every
mother's son of us if he could have
had the chancel It strikes the Rut
laud "Herald" as something", new
in the Republican party when an
ex-Confederate, backed by John L.
Logan, is preferred to a gallant
Union soldier, backed by George
F. Edmunds.
"Phs, what made you go to war ?"
SaiJ Jennie, climbing from a chair.
Upon my lap, "what did you for t"
"Papa," she urged, "why did you go?"
"My child," I said, "I do not know."
But we cau t- 1 the Rutland
"Herald" that it isnV anything new.
Bill Mahone, a "rebel brigadier" ot
undoubted cruelty as a soldier, and
possessing.no ' ,nor as a politician,
is of far more account in the Re
publican party to-day than is Geo.
F. Edmunds, iiook at itiddieuer-
ger, another "rebel," and a man
upon whom the Republican party
heaps its honors ; look at old man
Key, a rebel brigadier, whom the
patriotic, pious old lady ironi unio
called to the cabinet a few years
siuce ; look at J as. Longstreot , Gue
rilla Mosby, "Fort .Pillow" Chal
mers, and a dozen others of their
ilk, all honored and active workers
for the Republican party. And
while honoring such as these the
party would, hound to the death
so grand a soldier of the Union as
Gen. Fitz John Porter, whose crime
is that he is a Democrat. Boston
"Post." '
Our V;iis in;;! oil leltcr.
This beautiful national city is
now in the full raiment of the mer
ry Christmas tido, with its banners
of evergreen and holly, and even
with its white mantle of snow.
Christmas seems to gain an addi
tional degree of significance with
every year, it nas overieapeu an
bounds ot creed and country, until
it engirdles the globe with an al
most unbroken chain of little chil
dren anxiously . peering into stock
ings for the good work of St. Nich
olas at sunrise. And at. no. place
is therobservance of the whole holi
day season more complete and gen
eral than here in Washington. It
is here that wealth and fashion
from all the leading cities centers
and forms asocial population, which,
from the fact that it is also a popn
latjoa of leisure, devotes both time
ai.d monav two very important
requisites to the full pleasures and
eniovinent ot the holidays, lhen
there is that middle class of socio
tyT those, clerks depending upon the
executive departments, who, while
they do not command the full limit
of pecuniary eniovnient, yet are
blest witli tree holiday from , the
cares of clerical work during the
greater part of this happy season
Even the poorer clashes seem to en
ter with their full heart and resource,
and with surprising zest, into the
celebration. Decoration abounds
in evergreens, holly, mistletoe, and
cedar at'the churches, in parlors,
and, with strange indiscrimination,
about the entrances .of "saloons.
Among the novel and pleasant fea
tures, of Christmas in Washington
this year are the Christmas Clubs,
designed to provide gifts and
bountiful board to the poor. These
organizations are governed by
young folks from the highest social
circles of the capital, and the most
prominent club is led by the Presi
dent's little daughter, Nellie Ar
thur..
Congress has voted itself a Ion
holiday, and its members have all
stolen silently away to eat their
tnrkey at home- They have doue
no actual work, but they left enough
bills upou t.ie clerk's desk to keep
them busv tor the rest ot their om
cial life measures covering the
whole field of general legislation
from propositions to change the or
ranic law of the laud down to the
private claim of Air. or Airs. Some
bbdvj Most -of these bills are old
acquaintances, but some savor of
i new ideas. Bills dealing with the
laud grant railroads, the shiopm
interest, .the Chinese question, the
silver question, the national bank
the civil service, pensions, educa
tion, liniestead laws, tile revenue
j and internal taxes, postal reforms.
changes in court jurisdiction, sci
entific locperinients patents, Indian
matters, foreign xelations, immigra
tion, internal improvements, and
about a thousand for the relief of
Mr. .Tas. .Tones and 7tTri .Tno. Smith
have no been duly "read a first
and seewid time" and referred to
committees. The inajoi ity of them
will die akiiatural death, but a few
are fated to stir the ire and tongues
of legislators after the holiday re
cess. The Senate has accomplished
no more legislative work than the
House. The "American House of
Lords" has at last duly effected re
organization, and the new officers
are settled in their respective posts,
only to experience the annoyance of
having patronage to dispense.. But
it is understood that removals of
subordinates will be made very
gradually, so as not to interrupt
the efficient working of any of the
departments. It is said, too, that
all the democrats will not be re
moved. The usual dignity of the
Upper House gave way in the dis
cussiou of the new code of rnles,
one provision of which erects a
Chinese wall of rigid exclusion
around the Senate chamber. Some
of the members violently opposed
this rule, but the indications are
that it will be adopted. These
rules will exclude pretty much eve
rybody from the chamber except
members and ex -members of Con
gress and bona fide private sscrc
tanes of Senators. This rigid ex
clusion will exclude to the cloak
rooms, where it is the custom of
Seuators to take persons with
whom they wish to converse. It
j'car - not be claimed that this rigid
seclusion of the i Senators from the
orld is necessary to facilitate Jjus-
iness, because under existing rules
the Senate is admitted to be the
most orderly and decorous legisla
tive body in the world.
It, however, professions are any
index of intentions the present
Congress will long be remembered
for its good works. The conversa
tion of representative men from
the four sections of the Union shows
the prevalence Jo an uncommon
degree of intelligent opinion con
cerning the needs of the country
and the legislation that will be nec
essary to meet these needs during
the present session ot Congress
There "is a general feeling among
tepublicans and Democrats that
something must be done towards
building up the Navy and Army,
and they all agree that any intelli
gent method that is proposed will
be adopted without difficulty.
A hen the President returns he
will bring his sister, Airs. AIcElroy,
with bim, and she will be mistress
of the AVhite nouse during the
winter.
The North. Carolina delegation
has been assigned places on com
mittees as follows : On Elections,
T. Bennett ; Coinage, Weights
and Aleasures, C. Dowd ; Agricul
ture, W. J. Greene; Foreign Affairs,
W. R. Cox; Public Lands, A. M.
Scales ; Indian Affairs, T. G. Skin
ner ; Mines and Mining, T. G. Skin
ner ; Claims, C. Dowd ; Patents,
K. is. V auce,i
chairman : Pensions,
Tyre xork:
On the law respecting
the election of President and Vice-
'resident, Rj T. Bennett ; On pay
ment of pensions, bounties and
back pay, Tyie York : Printing, A.
M. Scales, chairman.
Discharged employes ot both
Houses of , Congress received one
month's ext'a pay; Col. Shober,
of N. C, late secretary of the Sen
ate, was presented with a silver.
service by his fellow employes.
Randall has called upon Mr.
Speaker Carlisle and assured him
of his support.
Congressman O'Hara, ot the L'd
district, has introduced a bill to
re-ipi burse depositorsof the Free.d-
mau s saving lianK.
Bills were introduced in the
House of Representatives by North
Carolina members to repeal the in-
o refund cer
tain direct taxes on land, to stop
the coinage of the trade dollar, to
appropriate surplus revenue to ed
ucational purposes, and to change
the method ot collecting the tax on
distilled spirits. : Lenox.
Washington, D. C, Dec. 24, 'S3.
Two 'Darned Fools' Accommodated
An old man of fifty-eight and a
rather lively lookiug widow of
twenty-eight were waiting for Jus
tice Eckle when ho returned from
dinner to-day.
"Will you marry two dinned
fools?" said the old man, smooth
ing me single iock ot iron gray hair
that was trained up over his , other
wise bald head.
The Justice seated himself, look
ed at the couple thoughtiuily lor a
moment and then remarked : "Trot
out your fools."
"Here we are, Squire, and tie us
as quick and as cheap as you can,"
the old man said, as he stood up
with the willing bride. After a few
preliminary questions the Justice
ascertained that the desire for
marriage was mutual with the cou
ple, fud in a very few minutes he
had them securely tied. The old
man put a plain ring on the wo
man's finger, and, alter paying the
necessary, lee, - started away, re
marking to her as she leaned on his
arm, "I know I'm a durued fool,
out I couldn t help it. "Patriot.
What Fnlpit Popularity Means.
Pulpit itopularity has come to
have a false meaniug. The popu
lar preacher now is not the one who
stirs nieu's hearts, but the one who
draws money. He is judged like an
actor, by the receipts at the box
oQice. If the pews are taken at
high prices, if the church can main
tain itself in style and pay expens
es, the minister is a good card. He
can command a liberal salary ; per
haps he can figure as a star, aud
make lucrative lecture engage
ments. Whether or not his con
gregation show aoy advancement
in spirituality nuder his exhorta
tions, or his people learn to adorn
their daily lives with simplicity and
earnestness and truth, or the poor
and unhappy find succor and com
fort at his door, are questions which
trouble the applauding public very
little. They measure the popular
clergyman's success .by secular
standards, and he is but too apt to
accept their measure as
N. Y. "Tribune."
a just one.
1
A Fresn life.
The turning of a woman
iuiu
pillar of sale was fair enough. Ev
erything was done by Lot, and af
ter the drawing be bad a chance to
get a fresh, wife. '. - . i ,
ABOUT FARMING.
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WHAT THE. FARMERS ARE
DOING AND TALKING ABOUT.
PICKED UP NOTES.
The iecan trees in Elizabeth City
produce nuts twice the size of those
imported in the stores and of supe
rior taste, freshness and quality.
The soil of Eastern Carolina is pe
culiarly adapted to the pecan tree,
and it makes the finest, shade tree
in America.
X
rlli I'nraliaa I'uriuvr !mlf
John Winstou died on the 8th
inst., in his 83rd year. He has
tXJ been tor several years the largest
,.yfcax payer in Franklin county.
W hen he was twenty-one years old
his father gave him a horse and he
went to work for some of his rela
tives on shares. He afterwards in
herited from his father 100 acres of
very poor laud and six or seven
negroes. This he came in posses
sion of in 1841. By industry and
economy he accumulated 75,000.
Here is an illustration ot what a :
farmer can do by honest hard work.
Frauklinton '.'Weekly."
Good Management Brings Good
Luck.
Some people are always talking
about their "good" or "bad luck."
If they happen to plow their laud
too wet or too late, or neglect . to
dram it properly, or to select the
proper kind of seed, or t' get it
planted at the proper time and
manner if their rop fails then
they say, "We had such miserable
luck," while their neighbor just
over the fence, who had his laud
well drained, ploughed it and plaut
ed it at the proper time and iu a
workmanlike manner, was careful
iu selecting his seed, his crop came
on, was well cared for and produced
abundantly-. Then comes this grum
bler, wading through the briars and
weeds on his own side ot the fence,
and, looking over at his neighbor's
held, says, "Well, did an body ever
see such lucKi lie always nas
good luck. Just look at his crops
and at. his pigs. None of his pigs
died last spring, while I had the
worst luck iu the world; I lost
nearly all of mine. That big suew
storm came and I was not looking
for such a thing, and I had no shel
ter for them and they perished.
O, such luck ! And he had the
luck to have his all up around the
barn, and they were sheltered and
he never lost one.
"Why, sir, three years ago both
of us bought new self-binders just
alike, and we cut the same amount
of wheat each year and he has never
been to a dollar ot expense about
his machine (only he went to a heap
of trouble in building that shed for
Inch was more bother than it
was worth,) and this year he just
rim his machine out and cut 75 acres
of wheat and never broke a thing;
just the best luck iu the world.
"Aud, sir, when l went out to
hitch up to mv machine, under that
big elm tree, where it stood last
year, I found that the boys had for
gotton to take off those plagued el
evator oits and they were rotten m
two, audll had to go to town five
days be fere those fellows, who sold
me the machine could get them
from the factory, and they cost me
20 besides, and my wheat got dead
ripe and straw broken and 1 lost a
lot of it ; and such omer luck as J
have never seen. 1 'tell you
when a fellows luck turns agin him
'tis not much use to try.
"Just look at my neighbor. He
got board fences along the road and
everything nice, siuu he runs to
every pic nic and fair and farmer':
club meet iug that goes on. I tell
you, I don't have time to run about
that way and sit around and read
newspapers. And he gets his gals
piauers and his boys buggies, and
sends 'em off to college. If he had
such luck as I have he couldn't do
it. Why, just look at him ; he
hasn't had a bit of bail luck since
he lived here and last fall I lost the
best horse I had. The stable door
broke down two years ago when
that Johnson bov ' worked here
the good for nothing sc.inip and I
had sort o' neglected to fix it, be
ing so busy all the time, and my big
bay mare got fout and got over
there where that place is low in the
fence and she ate so much green
corn that it killed her, and I
had refused 200 for her just the
week before. Oh, I tell you, I have
had nothing but bad luck! Why,
just this spring the sheep got in
and just destroyed that piece ot
corn back of the house, and they
just Auineti my young orcnaru.
awl such Hick you never saw."
And thus he will go on "for an
hour to every one he meets, which,
if you will just look a moment, you
can see tint there is nothing in it
but simply bad management. Now,
instead of having an old horseshoe
hanging ovir the door, this motto
ought to be hung up in every house
and every farmer's barn and crib,
"Good management always brings
good iuck." -
Truly Wonderful.
Below we give an
interesting',
sketch of the Rev. Dr. W. U. Mil
burn, the "blind man eloquent,"
who is shortly to lecture in W'ilson,
"The Rev William H. Alilburn.
a aether remarkable example of ge- j
nius triumphing over apparently;
insuperable difficulties, was Itolrn j
in;Philadelphia, September 20, 1823.
He! lost the sight of one eye irre-,
trieveably and of the other partial- j
ly in early childhood. His own I
account of the amount of vision
which remained to him, in an ad- i
j dress at the publishers' festival in
ltvj. is as louows : "lime was,
I when, after a fashion, I could read,
j but never with that flashing glance
; ,- ...(... r .1,. .
U - ,1 MTUiCUl 1IUU1 Lilt" Ill"r:
thft mind. Tt was th nArnornat inn
of the child's nrocess. a letter at
time, always spelling, never read-1 2n te? de pnson
iuS iruiy. Thus for pore than 20 am not S-v .
years, with the shade upon the
brow, the hand upon the cheek, the
finger beneath the eye to make an
artificial pupil, with beaded sweat,
joiuing with I he hot tears trickling
from the weak and painful organ
to blister upon the page, was my
reading." ' "Notwithstanding this
serious disability in the way of ob
taining an education, he was de
termined to accomplish it, and we
find hit-. , accordingly, at the ago of
14, a clerk iu a' store in I'liuois, en
deavoring in his leisure moments
to fit himself for college. : He at
tained his purpose, passed through
his collegiate course with honor,
though at the cost of his health,
which failed under the obtuse ap
plication which his imperfect vis
sion rendered necessary. At the
age of 20 he entered the ministry
in the Methodist Episcopal Church
as itinerant. Iu the course of 12
years itineracy he occupied fields
in almost every part of the Union,
and traveled '200,000 ''miles in the
performance of clerical duties, eve
rywhere cordially received, and
welcomed not less for the amiability
and modesty of his manners -than
for extraordinary eloquence as a
preacher and lectin er. He officia
ted asjchaplaiu to Congress during
two sessions, and wit li great acceptance-
In 1S5 3 he removed his fam
ily to New York city, where he has
siuce resided, having leit the cir
cuit from the special inconvenien
ces it entailed upon him, aud since
that time has preached as a supply
to vacant churches ami followed the
profession of a public lecturer, in
which he has met with extraordina
ry success, in ist he puimsned a
volume of his lectures under the
title of "Rifle, Axe and Saddle-bags,"
which has had quite a large sale;
the lectures though based on solid
substratum of fact, revealing high
descriptive power and a brilliant
imagination."
When we consider these circum
stances and his great success . s a
preacher and lecturer, we cau but
pronounce his career truly wonder
ful. His name is upon the tongues
of earth's niillious, and brighter
grows the star of his glory.
When will there be another Dr.
Milburn !
iosn Billings on Marriage.
History holds its tuug as to who
the pair was who first put on the
silken harness- and promised to
work kind in it thru t hick and thin,
up hill and down, and on the level,
swimdrown ortlote. But whoever
tha wuz, tha must have made a
good thing of it; or so niany of their
posterity would pot have hirnesseT
up since and drove out,
But there ain't but . phew folks
who put their money in matrimony
who could sot down and give a
good opinyun whion earth tha come
to did it. .
Sum marry for love without a
cent in their pockets, nor a friend
in the world, nor a drop of pedigree.
This looks desperate, but it is the
strength of the game.
If marrying for love
cess, then matrimony-
aim a
is a
sue
dead beat.
Sum niarry bekawse they think
wimmin wil be scarce next year,
and live tew wonder how the crop
holds out.
Sum marry to get rid of them
selves, and drieover that the game
was one that two could play at, and
neither win.
' Sum marry the second time to
get even, and find it a gambling
game the more they put down the
less they take up.
Sum marry to bo happy, ami
missing it, wonder where all the
happiness goes to when it dies.
Sum marry they can't tell why,
and live thev can't tell how.
An Editor's Trousers.
An editor in Chicago recently 'or
dered a pair of trousers from the
tailor. On trying them on they
proved to be several inches too long.
It being late oii Saturday night,
the the tailor's' shop was closed, and
the editor took the trousers to his
wife and asked her cut them off
and hem them over. The good la
dy, whose dinner had perhaps disa
greed with her, brusquely refused.
The same result followed on appli
cation to the wife's sister and to
the eldest daughter. But before
bed time, the wife relenting, took
the pants, and cutting off six inch
es from the legs, hemmed them up
nicely aud restored them to the
closet. Half an hour later her
daughter taken with compunction
for her unfilial conduct took the
trousers, and cutting oil six inches,
hemmed and replaced them. Fi
ually, the sister-in-law felt the
pangs of conscience, and she too
performed an additional ; urgical
operation on the garment. When
the editor appeared at breakfast
on 'Sunday the family thought a
Highland chieftain had arrived.
Ex. The joke in the above is that
the editor had the trousers made by
a tailor. The truth is that he took
the trousers in pay for an adver
tisement from a cheap 'clothing es
tablishment. .
Rather Familiar.
Mr. Peet, arather diffident man,
was unable to prevent himself from
being introduced one evening to a
fascinating young ;lady, who, misun
derstanding his name, continually
addressed him as Mr. Peters, much
to the gentleman's distress. Final
ly, summoning courage, he bash
fully but earnestly remonstrated.
-Oh ! don't call me Peters ; call me
Peet." "Ah ! but I don't know
you well enough, Mr. Peters," said
the ymiug lady, blushing.
Gone Democratic.
Here is oue of Senator Zeb,
Vance's stories: In 'North Carolina
a white man was arraigned for
stealing chickens from a , negro.
The jury was composed of seven
S
1
i white men and five negroes, aud
one of the latter was made - fore
man. They came into court and
1 iue ciei
the clerk demanded, "Dave you
w .
I agreed Upon
a verdict I" . "les,
ai " . nal 1S"J ieJluT a
BILL ARP'S TALK.
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AVHAT HE THINKS OF HENRY
WARD BEECHER.
THE "CULEUir' liUOTHEli,
Mr. Beeeher is a smart niau. Mr.
.Beecher is a thinker, but he doesn't
know everything and s candid
enough to confess it. He told the
"Constitution's".reptnter that he
did'nt know as much about the ne
groes as we do, and he don't.
When a northern man who has
been raised and fed on the horrors
of, slavery comes down south, it
takes him about a year to get his
eyes open and when he does get
them open he is the
the negro has got.
may who grew up
understands them.
good traits and their bad ones, their
instincts aud superstitions and
emotions and uekuows how to deal
with 'em. Mr. Beecher is ,.11 ora
cle, he has been changing princi
ples aud theology all his life. He
fell from grace ami rose again. He.
is smart, but he i after all just
human and there are thousands of
men just as smart who make no
noise in the world. I would rather
trust Dr. Telands mind and his
philosophy to day on most any sub-,
ject than Mr. Beecher's. lie is
balanced and more sincere and less
ambitious for fame. Air. Beecher
denounces the confession of , faith
aud the old theology as founded on
hate and fanaticism and says it
was hell-born and that --now we
have a religion of love. It has tak
en him a longtime to find out that
our Heavenly Father was a God of
love and that Jesus Christ made
love the very soul of His teaching.
Hate aud fanaticism! How long
has it been since the reverend gen
tleman wras williug to see the south
ern people butchered, their towns
and cities ! burned aud their laud
made desolate andfor what! Was
it hate toward us orslove for the
Union and negro! I wonder if he
never considers how much 'hi con
tributed to this war of hate and
death and arson and rape aud rob
bery and desolation. It is time the
preacher was discovering that true
religion is love; but it is late
very late for him. ,
I don't think there is any more
love in the world than there used
tobe, but there is a good deal
TtKM'e.iear tear oi iue taw icar oi
one another, and hence there is
consideration : more tolerance of
opinion. Fear keeps the world at
peace more than love, , and fear
keeps the peace between me and
my neighbor. It is our mutual in
terests to live in peace and have
respectTor each other's rights.
There is some love and good will,
but it don't go far not very far
outside of the plantation. We are
all dependent , upon one anot her
aud we know it, and that makes n.-
kind. We are sociable by '-'nature,
and that makes us agreeable ; but
not much love is floating around
loose. The tail end of the war
convinced us all in this region thai
law was stronger than ; love, for
when we had no law love was
scarce and what little there was,
was powerless to protect us. Hu
man nature is about .the sameyas it
was 4,000 yea; s ago, the same jn
instinct and passion. Mr. Beecher
is no lietter than David. Lord
Bacon was the wisest, brightest,
meanest of mankind. We are all
smarter and have more contrivance,
and invention because we need
more, couldn't get along without it.
Knowledge' is more universally
diffused and the common people are
catching up with the kings and
professors and philosophers' oft hi
world, but every man is for himself
just like he ought to be. We ad
mire talent and eloquence and ge
nius, but we think more of a, man
after he is dead and out of the way
than when he is living. Even then
while we blow his -trumpet, and
sing his praise we don't wantl to
pay for burying him, and wo
wouldn't do it if it had to tome .nut
of our own. pocket-:. It, wa a
struggle and a strain to get folic
State to bury Mr. Stephens. Prjtise
is cheap but coffins are expensive.
Nevertheless we are reasonably
kind to one another; as kind as we
cau afford to be. .Most of us are
poor aud live on a strain, anil can't
do much for one another. The
rich could do more, and I reckon
would, if they knew theywi re rich,
But it is not one a hundred who
knows when he haAot enough and
ought to divide his hHpj'iie-. 2,0n
years ago love of money was said
to tie the root of all evil, and it' is
yet. There has been no change in
that. There are goo-.! people and
bad people, just as there' used to
be. Some are kind 'and geneious.
aud some are selfish and unforgiv-
v"
iii"'. There usi-d to be hewers
wood and drawers of Water, ami
there are now and always will be I j
reckon. Some vessels are for lion-;
or and some dishonor. There is i
just as much crime in proportion to V
population as there was a hundred '
years ago, but we are growing
smarter all the time smarter iu
crime aud vice us well as in liooks
and knowledge. The devil- keeps
up his corner pretty well.
Mr. Beecher seems to have no
objection to a white woman many-
ing a negro if she wants to, but he
thinks Mormouism ought to lie sup-,
pressed. ' I don't know whether it
is the religion of the Mormons that
excites him or their having more ;
than one wife. If it is the latter, j
there is some atonement in the fact i
that they do it openly and publicly ;
and not on thesly. But to
the
southern mind there is -something
more horrible and disgusting than
Mormonistn, aud that is the amal-
gamation that he says he has 110
objection to. We object and we
object so earnestly that it will not
be tolerated. We know that it is
against the order of nature-again3t
the fitness of tiling's, and we de -
nounce it. Mr. Beecher. is Still a
fanatic and his sensibilities to pub-
lie decency are blunted. ' Mr.
:.:,, -', ..:.-.'
poorest lnend I r Wi111. , :
The southern I r " " V " ; .
w th- tha negroes j v"'" , " T , 6 ,
.... ,..i,; Now and then you hud oue who
Beecher would encourage the ne
groes to aspire to social equality
with the whites, and we denounce
that. The temper of our people is
kind very kind to the north ; but
that same temper was exhibited
the other night at DeGive's, when
the decision of the Supremo Court
at Washington was announced
which declared the law unconstitu
tional. We did not need that de
cision for the law has beeu a dead
letter north and south, but it has
proved that the federal court has
sense and judgment. All that we
want is to let it alone, and the ne
gro problem will solve, itself. It is
solving now. They have gone to
work and ouit politics. The few
who have a college education are
still running about hunting for of
fice, but one by one they drop into
the chain gang for some rascality.
The masses of them are doing bet
ter thanthey have done since the
war. Some newspapers sav thev
saves, something and invests it. but
they are too scarce to make a mark
upon the race. It is not his dispo
sition to accumulate. He loyes to
work ami he loves to spend, aud he
enjo.s wjiat he spends. He is oue
extreme and the white man is an
other. The white man lays up
something for winter, aud hard
times, ami 'shoes, blankets and
wooti. imt the average negro
don't consider any further than
next Sunday. 1 do not know
single one in my neighborhood who
has made any' provision for the
coming winter. They know that
they have stroug arms and can get
a dollar a day whenever the meal
tub is empty, aud so they laugh
and sing aud joke and sleep aud
eat without care or' apprehension
Sometimes 1 wish I had a little of
their don't care. Maybe the wrin
kles and crow's feet wouldn't come
so fast. The negroes never did
want social equality. They
wouldn't have it if we were to ten
der it. They don't want to wor
snip 111 our churches, nor to sit at
our tables. Tho only darkeys who
ever tried to do so wrero hunting
money without work. They were
educated vagabonds. This decis
ion will have a good effect upon that
class. Now 1 hope the Springfield
"Republican" will let us and our
niggers alone. Let 'em tend to
their own niggers and we will tend
to ours. If 1 livod iu a State that
had 4,000 paupers and 3,000 white
convicts, 1 would sing low about
crime and' morality. If those
Tewksbury folks have not got nig
gers enough to work on let them
move down south and then they
can sing tho old song :
"If he dies I'll tan his skin,
If he lives I'll work him agin.''
Bill Ari
Extremely Fortunate. "
We learn that an impudent ne
gi.if of Edgecombe county used
some very bad language about a
certain white lady of that county
recently, and that some masked
men took him out ami gave him a
genteel thrashing. Several white
men were arrested upon suspicion.
! 1 lie case was tried in Tarnoro on
j Wednesday , the 18th inst. Our
j-.ownsinen Kitchin & 'Dunn ap
rpeaied for the defendants. In the
j last issue the Tarlioro 'Southerner"'
! spoke in very disparaging terms of
I the patties, stating that the act
I was a species of outlawry, etc.
We admit, that their action was,
I strictly speaking, illegal, out no
right-thinking man will deny that
the negro only received his dues.
In our opinion he was extremely
fortunate 111 getting off' as well "as
he did. -'Oomonwealth"
Where
Prohibition Means Something
". ' '''
l'loiiuntioii means something in
Pottawatomie county, Kansas. Sit
loon-keeper Aulen, having lieen
convicted on twenty counts, was
hned.-Hiwi) on each count, and on
the twenty-first count the Court
committed him to jail, to stay until
all the money is paid. Saloon-keeper
Shaw, also having lieen convicted
on thirteen counts, was sentenced
to pay -100 and cost 011 each count
and to spend-thirty'-days, in jail
ami stay there till he pays up. Sa
loirn -keeper Pittman got 1,100
fine and a mouth in jail. Upon
twent-v dealers the Court i imposed
fines aggregat ing 7,000 and &5,000
costs awr ni:ie'y days in jad.
i rjjtoFS,
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Preachers- and Paupers.
The Winston Sentinel hits the
i nail squarely on the head when it
; savs: Mr. Rauey, the new proprietor
i of the Yarboro House, at Raleigh
! advertises . that his regular rates
in;e 2..".) a day, but editors and
' nreachers mav lie. accommodated
i at 2.00. The fifty cents knocked
I off goes for the prayers- of the
i 'nreachers. and the lies of the di-
i torsi Oecm
mpaiits of jioor houses and
orphan
treated
sIumswill doubtless
be
to a similar reduction,
Resigned to Marry.
- The last thing out is the resigna
tion of office by a young Ohio iiotjt-
mistress to get married. You may
stamp her as first-class matter," but
not to go through at single rates,
No woman can luu . a post-office
and a husband both at one time,
and do justice.
The Main Reason.
There, is a republican candidate
for the nomination for Governor
next year, who told the "Chronicle"
-in confidence, ' that the main rea
i sou why he wished to be Governor,
is that he can have the pleasure of
j pardoning several of his friends,
i who are now iu the penitentiary.
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The Boston "Transcript" points
to the fact that seventy per o'ent. of
; the six hundred thousand fiegroes
j in South Carolina are "practically
! barbarians," but the 4jTrlnscriptn
; would quickly endorse a nroiect to
place the government ofthe State
1 in the hands of these people. :
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A Bit AVE ACT.
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REMARKABLE HEROISM OF A
YOUNG LADY. .
llEitOISM liEH'A ItTiKD-
few weeks ago a gold modal
was formally presented to Miss Kate
Shelley, by a committee ofthe Iowa'
Legislature for as brave au act as
was ever attempted or accomplish
ed, the day set apart for the occa
sion was observed as a holiday by
the people of ihe town of Boone,
where Miss Shelley resided at the
time the deed was accomplished,
there being a procession, .speeches,
bauquet, and other lestivKies- in
houor of the young heroine, whom ,
the whole nation lias reason to sa- .
lute with admiration aud profound
respect. The following is a brief
account of the act - accomplished
and the cause that led lo it.
At about dark ou the nth ot Joly,"
1881, a storm of wind and rain of .
unpuralled severity broke iqion
this region. In an honrstin.e every
creek was out of its bauks and t he
Des Moines River had risen six
feet. So sudden was the Uood and
such was the velocity of the wind
that housos. barns, liimncr and all
portable objects within reach of t be
waters were carried away. IahiU
ing from her window, which in day
light commanded a view of the
Honey Creek railroad bridge,
JVHIV WIIVMVJ """ ""O " ' "
ness and storm a locomotive head- .
light. A sec nd later it dropped,
aud though the crash which it must
have made was not ereeptib1e
above the roar of the wind, she
know that the bridge had gone ami
that a train of cars had fallen into
abyss. Thero.was no one at homo
but her mother and her little broth
er and sister, and Jthe girl under- '
stood that if help was to be given "
to the sufferers, and the,. express,
then nearly due, warned, she would
have to undertake Hie tasK aionc.
Hastily filling nnd lighting an
old lantern and wrapping herself il
a waterproof, she sallied out into
the stoi m. She first made an enort
to reach the water's edge, but find
ing that the flood was already far
above nil the paths aud roadways,
and realizing that she could do
nothing in or near that mad torrent,
she climbed paiufully up the steep
bluff to the track, tearing her cloth
ing to rags on the thick under
growth, and lacerating the flesh
most painfully, i. A part of. the
ridge still remained, and crawling
out on this to the tie, she swung
her lantern over tne" abyss and
called out at the top of her voice.
t was pitchy dark lielow, but she
was answered faintly by the engi
neer, who had crawled out upon
some 01 the broken uiiioers, ana,
though mjured, was safe for the
ime being. From him the girl .,
learned that it was a freight train
that had gone into the chasm, nnd
that lie alone of the train hands
lad escaiied. He urged her, how-
ever, to- proceeq at once 10 iue
nearet.i s tation to secure help for
him and to warn the approaching
express train 01 me tail 01 me
bridge.
The gul then retraced her Mteps,
;ained the track aud made her way
with all the speed that the gale
would permit, toward Moingona, a
mall station about one mile from
Honey ' -reek. In making IIiik per
ilous journey it was necessary' for
her to cross the,, high trestle bridge
over the lies .Moines Jtiver, aiioitc
00 feet in length. Just as she
trembling put her foot o'i thi
structure, the wind, rain and t hau
ler and lightning were so appalling
that she nearly lost her balance.
and in the endeavor to Rave herself
hei sole companion, the old lantern,
went out. She had no mutches, hut
if she had had thousands of them
t hey would have been of uo service
iu such a place aud in such asto""-
Deprived of her light, he eouiu
not see. a foot ahead save when the
dazzling flashes o. Itgbtnuiu Ie
veared the grim outlines 1Uv
bridge'aud the seething -water Ih--neath.
Knowing that she li'"1 un
time to lose, the brave; ifhl thiew
away the useless lamp', ami drop
ping on her hands ami knee,
crawled from tie to tie ncnsn flu-
high . trestle. Having gained the.
grouud again, she ran tin' short
distance remaining to the station, t
tqid her story in breathh' haste,
and fell unconscious at th- h'ct ol
the gaping rustics, who, in their
eagerness to kuow her advt-ntiues
forg.t the terror and siwjk'Iiw
she had endured.
Men were then uent to the rescue
of the engineer, and telegrams were
sent flying up and down the line,
notifying officials am others of the
loss of, the bridge. The express
traiu came thundering in ani tnb
iied. and the passengers, learning
the story ofthe child liero, looked,
a few at a time, upon her wan face
clothes. The purm-
ft Z ma.io nn for her was of a
ukicBe nan
very substantial kind.
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Whi, the story of her !.ebavior
spread throughout the State sever
al funds for her benefit were start
ed and so far as money can pay
for such devotion, she has Wen
well rewarded for her night's work.
At the session of the Legislature
last winter t was ordered that a
medal commemorative of the girl's
bravery be struck, nd commit
tee was appointed to present it to
her. Her heroism was made the
theme of many eloquent si-eche.
Western "Tobacco Journal."
in Caswell county, before ("nrist
nias two colored men Wbi. Lea and
Jesse Hatcbett, while cvtting wood
on the farm of James Moore, qnar
reled, and alter some hot words
Uatchett told Lea he would whip
him, and started toward Lea.
Hatcbett had no weapon in his
band, having dropped his axe.
When be came within reach Lea
cut him with bis axe and severed
the jugular vein, r Hatcbett died
instantly. Lea was arrested.
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