ScisscKii'TioN Hates in Advance
Six Month - 1 w
r-Moner b sunt by MDC7 Order or
1 tTif iitereJ Let tor at our risk.
OFFICE-Tiirboro Street. In tho Old Post
oiBco Uuiklinjr. -
Nl'.WS Or' a week
G VTI1 KI.-ED 1' i-MJM ALL PARTS
! THK WOULD.
'VESCI i-1 ' XOS- QLEAN1XU8
The Mormon question : "Dearest,
will you join my aggregation 1"
Of all things that man possesses
woman alone takes pleasnre in be
iug possessed.
Joseph Med ill asks : Why is love
like a potato Because it shoots
from the eyes.
Mr. Thos. Dixon, a graduate of
Wake Forest, is in Baltimore prepar
ing for the stage. 1
A physician at Lancaster. Pa.,
has been fined W for concealing a
small-pox patient.
Bath, Deaufort county, is the
oldest town in North Carolina. It
is almost in ruins.
It. T. Gray, Iq-, ha9 been elect
ed City Attorney of Raleigh. It is
n deserved compliment.
A coquette isi a woman 'thout any
heart, that makfes a fool of a, man
that ain't got any head.
A Western man Rays most of the
elopements these days are put up
jobs to avoid the expense of costly
weddings.
In Walton county, Ga., on the
5th, Mrs. Whitley shot tho head off
of a man who had made insulting
proposals to her. - . "
The Daily "Reporter is a new
Vapor just started in Durham, by
D. W. Whitaker & Sons It has
our best wishes.
Codfish eat up the honing; the
Yankees. eat the. codfish,. and the
Feejees like nothing' better than to
eat a fat Yankee.
Judge Tho. S. Ashe was pain
fully hurt !y a fall on the ice Sun
day, at his home in Wadesboro,
says the "Tunes.
In Mississippi they tax billiard
. tables 81,000 a piece, under belief
that they aic a device for the eu
pouragoinont of drinking;.
Jjm Burton, colored brakesman,
while ou top of a car, was knocked
into pi by the bridge over the track
at Lincolnton, the Press" says.
The Grand Jury of Wake has
found a true bill against Weslejr
-Bunnj who killed Frank Cruise, col
ored, August 4th. Bunu is now in
jail. . r
Rev, Tliaddeus Jones, of Jitk
(nghaui, Richmond county, a col
ored preacher, is in jail for steal
ing a cow from Mr. W. A. Graham
and butchering it.
The "four; mile law" is being en
forced in Tennessee. It means that
'' saloon Khali not hp run in four
jniles pf a school-house, and is a
virtual prohibition. ' :
Forepaugh, the great showman,
is soon to become owner of a white
elephant. His agent, in Algiers,
has been instructed to purchase one
at a cost of 8 10,000. 1
lion. K. P. Battle, President f
t;Lp University, will accent our
. thanks for a copy ef his address on
University Pay, on "The History of
"Hie ' University Bu'ildings.'V
This, according to Ben, Bntlor, is
the best country in the world for a
poor man. Except when he is mar-!
ried, he has a right here to do as he
pleases with what he makes.
Joe Caldwell, of the State'svilje
"Landmark," says the only dancing
lie ever did was at eorn-shuckings,
pu'lhp bare ground tq tho lascivi
pus pleadings" of a bull fiddle.
The following were elected Direc
tors of the Orphan Asylum by the
Grand Lodge: IJ. F. Grainger,
Thos. S. Kenau, Julian S. Carr, A.
II. A. Williams, and II. H. Mun
son. .
Vainted women are a distress in
Uid sjght of most, men, and yet
t....... ., .........
there are a
;ti:ai lining Ml IclllgUlifc
ones who "lay it on
rtiul honest
thick''
doirs.
before leaving their bou-
A Denver damsel rushed into a
ball-room the other night and threw
a pan of molasses upon the shirt
front of her faithless lover. All the
rest of the girls pronounced him
"too sweet to live."
Miss Nellie Burton, a Louisville t
belle, w ho had arrived
it T'lie age
pT'c'ldpemont, having no other offer,
ran away with a Chinese laundry-;
man, and they have gone to Chica
go on a bridal tour.
Yes," said the Idaho man, '-it's
dreadful unfortunate that my gal
got hugged by t hat ar' bu'r. She's
Sort o' held me, in contempt ever
since." And he thoughtfully wiped
oil" his grizzly chin.
Two women in Anson, county
made a crop of their own,; each
.lowing an px anil harvesting two
p;ile.s of cot ton to each "critter," be
ttdes a'pli uty v.f cbrti, 'faters, fod
der, eggs; and such. ,
They pay preachers in Tennessee
an average salary of 838k When,
a preacher swears iu that State the
recording angel blots it out with a
tear uml waits to welcome the
Vjaiying yauircr hoine. -
A , Methodist minister, , when
preaching on ;i charge along the
Delaware river received as a salary
fVo quarts of whortleberries, a peck
of dried upples, three eels, 2 quarts
flfbiiana ami .twenty-five cents
I wenty oung Jadjes ftf one
ctinrch'in Philadelphia have been
iii'arried within two irionths. Re
ligiou, it appears, is no restraint on
ft-,vuug lady v.-hen'she sets her
miifn'otflas-soiug a youug man.
Dr, J. C. Blue, of Carthage, savs
the "Gazette," on last Saturday
had a tooth pulled and came very
near bleeding to death ; he bled five
washpansfull and it was with diffi
culty that the flow of blood wa
stopped. '
VOLUME 13
There is a reversion ot the gener
al order of Bome things in Norway.
For instance, a man "and his wife
traveling are charged only one
tare and a half, he half fare, ac
cording to Rev. Dr. Tiffany, being
for the man.
A new weekly paper has been
started in Philadelphia called the
' Spirit of the Times," aud is devot
ed to "com batting the modern here
sy of prohibition." . A more appro
priate name would be the, "Time of
the Spirits." '
The convent known as the Insti
tute of the Immaculate Conception
at Belleville,- 111., was burned last
Saturday night, and twenty-two
pupils and five sistera were burned
to death or fatally injured in at
tempting to escape.
The Lowell Cotton Factory in
Johnston county, says the "Messen
ger," tho property of John R. Smith,
Esq., was destroyed by fire Friday
night. Supposed work of an incen
diary. Insurance only about 83,
000. Total loss 87,000.
The Carthage "Gazette" says
that Mrs. John Kelly tried the
plau of feeding a pig twelve months
instead of a dog, and the result was
250 iKHinds of nice pork to hang up
in she smoke house where there
would not have been a pound if she
had. feci a dog with the same food.
What is fame ? Gov. Jarvis,
who -made such a reputation at the
Boston Exposition, recently wrote
a letter to the committee of arrange
ments of tho Andrew Jackson Ban
quet and his name appeared as
Jones. Shades of Bunker Hill de
fend us!
Mary V. Young, seventeenth
wife of the. late Prophet Brigham
Young, the old Mormon Tycoon,
died at Salt Lake City on the 5th,
in the 40th year of her age. 16
mourning widows still survive the
Prophet, fourteen of whom live in
Halt Lake.
Au exchange says: "No article
of commerce has been so largely
overproduced as whiskey." That
is doubtless true, but it is also true
that no article has been so largely
over-consumed as whiskey, and no
article nas oeen so largely over
adulterated. . '
There are thirty-eight large vol
canoes in Java, some of which are
more than 10,000 feet high. It is a
peculiarity of the volcanoes of that
regiou that they seldom eject lava,
but enormous masses of mud, "riv
ers of mud," as they have been call
ed, flow-from them.
The old song: " .
Tou may scrub it, you may rub it.
But a niKKtr will be a nigger till his dies."
has played out. The'Star" says a
negro iij Sampson, has turned white,
and tho Hickory "Carolinian" says
a Newton negro is turning. The
Civil Rights bill has not played outl
A foolish boy, Willie Fulbright,
who lived at Waynesville, will never
see another Christmas.- On the
27th of December he set hi a gun
down, tioekcd -jt with his foot and
blew down the barrel to see if it
was loaded. Of course it was.
Death was instantaneous. r
A youugstjer, wiiust perusing a
chapter of Genefeis, turning to his
father , inquired if the people in
those days used to do their sums
on the ground. It was discovered
that he had been wading the nas.
sage, vnd the sons of men inuiti
plieel on tho face of the earth." .
We recollect once, says the
"Southern Christian Advocate," to
have beard and seen a man, a good
man, singing with the cougrega-
tion at his wifes funeral and siug-
ingbass at that. Singing at all was
bad enough, but singing has, was
just a little too mucn, tin; our pa
tience. i
- A colored mau j iu Bickory has
just been blessed with the return of
his first wife from tho far south,
where she was sold in slavery many
years ago. He had married a sec
ond wife in the meantime and she.
had died. According to the "Car
olinian" the man i araded the Hick
ory streets, last week, with No. 1.
Within a radius of less than 30
miles of High foint, Hays the "En-
terprise," there aro at least
13 cot-
ton factories, 2 woolen factories,
aud-14 in i nes in full operation
To
these add a largo number of tobac-
i co factories, sash and blind factories,
spoke aud handle, and one lactory
that iisnishes shuttles ready for the
loom.-;
Mauy years ago, says a Washing
ton, N C, corerspondeut of the
"Reflector," a Mr. Waters etnigrat
ed from Beau,foyt cbuiity ta India
rff, ,.p.fiiiMv Hiol l.;ivinr f.hroe mil
lion dollars to his nearest relatives,
most of whom live in this county,
a few in Washington county. There
are twenty-se ren heirs.
N A certain church in Iredell coun
ty was being removed and repaired.
Two members were discussing the
improvement. One said lie had
done more to It than any other
member. . The other claimed the
honor, the "lie" was giycyi aud a
figbt ensuecl, The 'Landmark"
publishes the1 facts aud says t bat
both still claim to be right.
Three citizens ot Beaufort coun
ty, according to the Washington
"Gazette," were driving along n
country road, going home, having in
their cart a lot of sugarj when they
discovered that they were being fol
lowed by some Gbiect, . In the
course of time it came up to the
cart ami tried to enter it, but wa9
beaten off by a ca rt stay. It proved
to be a black bear, which had pro
bably been attracted ly the smell
of the sugar.
Dr. G. A. Ramlseur writes tlic
Lincoln 'Press1 trow Catawba; Co.
that a 1 party pf r 'Ku'-Krux tnade a
raid iii the vicinity' of Maiden ou
the night of December 27th. The
party consisted of tour men disguis
ed, who went to the house of John
McGinnis, white, and taking him
out, gave him a terrible beating,
from tho effects; of which he was
confined to his bed. for several xlays.
Mr. McGinnia was addicted to the
sport of wife-beating, and seems to
get ' little sympathy in bis afflic
tions. '
ABOUT FARMING.
what the farmers are
doing and talking about.
PICKED UP XOTES.
Richmond county,' Ga- voted ou
the question of "fnce or no fence"
on the 8th. "No fenc-j" carried the
day by 600 majority. Public sen
timent in that State, and in North
Carolina too, is growing in favor of
abolishing fencing farms and in
favor of fencing in stock.
A few years ago cotton seed were
regarded as a waste material, to be
disposed of with as little expense as
possible. 2ow it is not only em
ployed as a general fertilizer on
many plantations, but thousands of
tons of it are sold at the oil mills,
where, after the jA has been ex
pressed, the cakefis useful for feed
ing all kinds of stock.
A gentleman residing near this
place raised the most tremendous
crop of watermelons after the fol
lowing method : Holes wore dug 10
feet apart each way eighteen inch
es square and fifteen inches deep.'
These holes were filled with well-
rotted manure, which was thor
oughly incorporated with the soil.
A low, flat hill was then made, and
seed planted. When the vines
were large enough to begin to run
tho whole surface was covered to
the depth of a foot or fifteen inches
with wheat straw. The straw was
placed close up around the vine.
No cultivation whatever was given
afterward. No weeds or grass
grew. The vines spread over the
straw, and the melon matured clean
and nice. The yield was abundant,
and the experiment an entire suc
cess. Try it next year.--"Rural
New Yorker."
How to Make "Beds" Without
Feathers and Grow Weeds
Worth $1,000 per Was-
ou Load.
Mr. Thos. A. Lyon, auctioneer at
the "Star" Warehouse, Greeusboro,
writes to the "Patriot"; ,
It is pretty generally conceded by
the most successful tobacco grow
ers, that the best and earliest plants
are grown in beds sown about the
first or middle of January, although
I have seen very fair plants drawn
from beds seedeu the first of March.
The latter, however, can not be put
down as a precedent, for it is dan
gerous In the extreme, and is re
sorted to in extreme Cases, and
then almost invariably attended
with fruitless results.
In selecting a suitable spot to
burn plant beds, it is best to locate
the bed on the south side of a hill
where they will be protected from
cold winds and 'get the benefit of
the Ban. There is nothing so disas
trous to young plants as dry and
sweeping winds. Again, you should
be very careful as to the nature of
the soil -"made" earth will not,
produce plants if ever sq fertile, but
on the contrary the soil should tie
original, with" a . firm sub-soil.
Where hickory and dogwood are
plentiful it is a sure 'sign of good
plant land. After deckling on the
spot to locate your bed, lay it off
with judgment with an eye to con
venience, so j-ou may . be able to
protect it from washing rains, &c.
See that the land is thoroughly
cleaned off before burning do not
leave a leaf or anything that will
prevent the iji e from reaching the
soil and K'Uiug out all grass roots,
i vegetation, &c. When tho land is
sufficiently burned rake off the
ashes and avoid leaving too many
on the bed. Dig up and pulverize
the soil thoroughly, and never
throw the clay upon the surface.
Then apply a light coat of very tine
aud well rotten stable manure
rake lightly, sow down your seed
and tramn under. The old wav of .
protecting beds from the frost, &c, j
nas iu iuio uvusu upon mem uui
the raising of plants is attended
with "more unfortunate events,
plagues, &c, then when the indus
try was in its infancy years ago.
There were no traces of the flea
bug, cut-worm and many other de
structive insects, which are at this
day abundant. The flea-bug is de
cidedly the most disastrous of all
other plagues and their visits result
iu the almost complete extermina
tion of the young ancyteudex plants
as they come (p. the surface of the
grouno. xm iailure m crops in
large tobaeco growing sections is
attributable ta a very great extent
tho ravages of tho flea-bug. These
destructive little creatures have
baffled the skill of the most experi
enced growers and not until very
recently was a discovery made by
which the plants are protected.
It is true that many prepara
tions, mixtures, &c, called "bug
destroyers," "plant protectors," &c.
aro lugged over the country for no
ither purpose tUan to humbug the
farmers ftut ol their hard earnings;
but t auij proud to say that the far
mers are opening their eyes to such
frauds. The remedy that I suggest
costs lyou nothing,;so far as I am
concerned. It isthis: After the
seed have been sown, get four
planks 1 inch thickauil 12 inches
wide, sink these planks a hou.t two
inches hi tlm soil qh the edge of the
bed, fit the corners and nailthem
up air tight: this will form a com
plete box around -the bed. Then
get a sufficient cpiantity ol sheet
ing the cheaper the better sew
the edges together and make a
complete cover for the box, . draw j
the sheeting tightly over the edges ,
of the planks and tack it (V. antl I
yoiir plauts aye'se&fre' from flea!
bugs. ' A)i a glauee you will see its I
practical workings. It not only
protects the plants from insects",
but from frosts, e:c, aud serves as
a hot bed. When the plants are
sufficiently strong take off the
sheeting aud planks and put them
away for future use, By using the
box and sheeting yon carj, raise
plants in your gardens or any
wberd the soil is adapted to. their
growtUi. This remedy applies -to
various vegetable planting for the
gardeb.
WILSON, NORTH CAROLINA, JANUARY 18. 1884.
Fear Held Elm.
Novel-writers have tried, with
more or less success, to depict life
in Washington ; but if the real in
side history of men and parties
there could be given, it would sur
pass any picture in wide improba
bility. .
. Take for example the following
bit of actual history. During the
ijast generation, one of the most fa
miliar iaces ou Pennsylvania Ave
ue was that of a well-known party
leader, who was pooularly supposed
to be an aspirant for the highest
public honors. He was known as a
man of great intellectual power and
unstained probity, lie had the
control of vast national interests.
His personal popularity was very
great throughout the country, and
his ambition was known to be in
satiable. Yet when, time utter time, high
political ofiices were offered him, he
refused to allow his name to be
presented as a caudidate. The
reason for tins was known only af
ter las' death, aud to but few per-,
sons.
In his early youth, under strong
temptation, he had committed a
crime which, if disclosed in after
life, would have brought irrepara"
ble shame and disgrace upon his
children. The facts were known
but to two or three ersons iu an
obscure country village where he
had once lived.
These ersons were not unfriend
ly to him, but they belonged to the
opposite political party. When,
therefore, Ins name was suggested
as a caudidate for a high national
office, he received a quiet intima
tion from the inland village, that if
he came before the people, the sto
ry would be made public.
We know of no more .dramatic
figure in fiction than that , of this
strong, ambitious leader, with no
ble aims aud true purposes iu his
later life, perpetually held in check
by au occasioual crack of the whip
lrom an unseen hand in a distant
hamlet. That single crime in his
youth had put a yoke upon him,
made him a slave, and 'balked' ev
ery hope of his whole life.
Yet hard and pitiable as this,
man's fate seems to us, is it not
measurably that of every man who
gives way to vice or folly .in", his
youth. No matter how sincere his
repentance, or how pure and help
ful his after life, tne ineffaceable
marks of that early lapse into
crime remain on soul and body.
The man who frequents v:lgar aud
vicious society, or is a drunkard,
gambler, or libertine at twenty,
will carry the taint with him into
old age. and the grave.
Algernon and His Betrothed.
''One word," she said, "before we'
part," and her bright eyes glowed
in the mellow light of the turned
down lamp. "Arc you sincere!"
"I am sincere," he replied, :n tones
whose tiL thfulness could no4, be
doubted by any one save the most
confirmed pessimist. "Then you
canuot give me a place by Lake
Conio?" and she looked into his eyes
as if she would read his inmost
soul. "I cannot," he answered.
"Not even a brown stone front:"
"No.' There was a. wonderful
firmness, a, don't-you-forget-it-noss
in the tone which this momentous
monosyllable was spoken. "Not
even a cottage in the suburbs!"
'kNot even that, darling." "What
can you offer me, theui" she asked,
' What can you otter me as an in
centive to induce me-., to btcome
your bride?" "A share in seven
dollars a week, with a prospect of a
rise next sprtug." lie saui uns
with all the deep conviction of a
man who knows just how he stands.
'It is sufficient," she, said, with a
radiant smile ; "I am yours, Alger
non. A half loaf is better than no
bread." ,
Still a Slave Holder.
A HIP VAN WINKLE from THE Wiu-
DEEPNESS WITH
SELL.
TWO SEEFS TO
A strange reminder of the ante
belluin days was witnessed a short
time ago iu the busy streets of the
peaceful city of Staunton, iu the
Valley "of Virginia. A sturdy
mountaineer from Poeohantas Co.,
West Virginia, had made his way
from bis seehided fastness in an
outlying district across, the Cheat
and Alleghany mountains, 150
miles to the nearest centre of civi
lization, to make sale of some; stock,
the fluctuations in whose.valueonce
sent a throb through the commer
cial world. In his high and isolated
erie, enjoying the independent
freedom and simplicity of rural life,
he had not heard of "war's alarm"
and none of the 'confusion incident
to secession had disturbed the
peaceful rounds of his lite. lie had
tended his flocks, cultivated the i
soil and prospered until, the surplus j
was beyond liiscoiisumpth n. Reck-j
oncd among the wealth that could
bo disposed ol us no longer neces-1
sary for his need were two finely
built colored men, and it was m .re
particularly to sell these that he
had gotten the consent of his mid
to make the perilous journey to tho
nearest point yi thin the pales of
civilizatiou. Arrived iu Stanton he
asked fov a s'.ave dealer and tried
in vain to sell his slaves. He could
not be convinced that there had
been a great war and at last he left
in disgust. )
When last seen he and his dusky
property were ou their way back
home to enjoy a life free from the
vices of unreal dvifeuipu. Stan
ton Letter hj tb,e Baltimore 'Ameri-
UUU. - '
Popular Hanging in Missouri.
Many women fainted when Bill
Fox was swung 'into eternity yes
terday. If these women had re
mained at home where tley belong
ed they would net h,ave fainted
The men did iiot laint for the prob
able reason that most of them were
buoyed up by 10 cent whiskey. No
delicately organized woman ought
to go through the strain of witness
ing a hanging on a glass of red
lemonade. W e trust this will be a
warning to tbe ladies. Ex.
POLITICAL POINTS
WHAT THi: POLITICIANS ARK
TALKING ABOUT.
27 E POLITICAL CA LI) II OS.
A ticket for 1884. For Presi
deut, Henry B. Payne, of Ohio; For
Vice President, Win. H. Yander
bilr, of New Yoi k ; Platform: "The
public be damned." Bait. Day, dem.
It is said that bills introduced
into the llou-.e thus far
lr pension schemes and special
projects to get rid of the surplus
would take ?20P,OOO.uOO out of the
Treasury.
In the list of fees paid to Gov
ernment counsel in the Star Route
trials, the name of I.enj. II . Brew
ster appears as Jiaviug been paid
?5,0U0 for professional services.
Does Mr. Brewster not receive a
salary
J Col. J. N. Browning, of the Texas-
Legislature, represents a district,
popularly known as the Jumiio dis
trict, which s made up of C7 coun
ties and comprises about C4,000
square miles, or nearlv one-fourth
of the State.
Senator Beck, of Kentucky, de
clares that there isn't a decent gro
cery store in the country that would
Carry on its business as the busi
ness of the United States Treasury
is conducted, and he w quite cor
rect. Phil. Press, Rep.
Washington news is that Mr.
Morrison, chairman of the Commit
tee of Ways and Means, will take
his Tariff bill of 1876 as the basis
of a new Tariff bill. The most
striking feature of the bill was the
proposition to restore rhe duty on
tea and coffee. The free list was
increased bv -00 separate items,
which embraced really about 1,500
articles.
A little incident, has just trans
pired which is cred'table to Gov.
Robinson, of Massachusetts. Be
ing asked why he did not make his
son his private secretary, he replied:
'Because I think too much of my
boy ro set him riding on top of a
bubble; he -must prepare for honor
able Work 'in life; besides, iny fam
ily are not going to befitted out
with offices." . '
Oeinoci-jUie. tiniu.
Gen. John Cochran,
,-.r v..- v,.:-
who was last vear
Republican
member of the board of aldermen,
ha gone back-to the ' Tammany
Hall Democracy ami been elected a
member of the general committee.
He was-a member of Tammany
Uall before the war and elected to
Congress as a Democrat. During
and since the war he has been a !
Republican, but now says the aims 1
of the Republican party are not j
what they, were, ami that lie feels!
more in sympathy with the Demo
cratie than the Republican, partyrj
TBie'E'ooJ Skitj lies' oiitos! j
The
Washingtoi
correspondent
of the Baltimore "Sun" says the
House committee on elections 'will
decide that the recent congression
al election in the first district of
this State ought to have been held
in tho old territory, or as the first
district stood when the vacancy oc
curred by the death of Walter F.
Pool, and not. iu the new first dis
trict; and the committee will
therefore report tlrat Mr. Skinner,
Democrat, the sitting member from
the first district, is not entitled to
the scat. It is stated that Mr. Rau-
IaII and ouuer prominent. Demo-
crats hoLl this view. If it prevails,
Mr. Pool1, the contestant, will not
ba awarded the seat, out a new
election will have to be. held.
A St-t,i1Ii ac-i-i--.--iS:5Ii v.-.
Mr-Peter V. Deuster. is a Demo
cratic Representative in the Con
gress from Wisconsin. He is a
man of parts. He was asked a day
or two ago by the Washington Post
if he favored the abolition of t'.ie
internal tax on whiskey and tobac
co. Here is what he said in re
sponse: "No. As Ion;
cnue, i .think it.
; as we need a rev
should be mainly
derived from whiskey aud tobacco. ;
Taxes on these articles are less Ult I
than upon anything else." 1
. MVhat about beer?" j
' ' "That tax should be retained al- '
so. The brewers have grown ,
wealthy under it, r.nd I sec no rea- j
son .why the Government should I
make them a present of the tax. To
repeal it. would not reduce the price
of beer t the consumer. We can- j
not bay cigars and tobacco -any i
cheaper at retail now- than before j
the reduction of the tax.
Mr. Deuster carries a, level head.
He knows that" this tax is just and
that to lift" it from luxuries is. to ;
keep it on necessaries. j
Uiiuicr for Governor. '
'!.'." i
- A Very slire-wd ulkserver of politi- I
cal e'v-nts with whoii I was talking
oft the cars 'he other day gave it j
as his opinion that Judge Gilmer is j
more likely than any other man to j
receive the Democratic nomii.ation
for (iomlior this year. "You must
understand, too, he said, "that I
am a Coke mu. I want Coke to
get it, but somehow 1, can't help
believing that Giluier is, the coming
man."' 1 don't know," a bystand
er remarked, Coke is a shrewd
worked aud GilmeE wouldn't turn
round to induce anybody to become
enthusiastic for, hiiii."' "You be
lieve that, Mr. Innocent," the iirst
remarked, "and you will go slight
ly wrong. Judge Gilmer may not
care for the nomination, but is mar
velously popular, and, ou, a stiil
hunt he's Uatd to, beat. He can
4ell a joke as good as -Vance, and
he knows some good ones too.
Scales. 1 lrankly tK-lieve, has pat
himself off the track-" Raleigh
"Chronicle." r
Some Metnods of Wife Getting.
In Australia when a young man
5 ... norflnloplr it lrTi nirh o v-kiiTnr
. j.u he waitg aronnil nntiI uetch.
I
es her out without her father or any J
of her brothers, and when he sees a
good chance hits her ou the head i
with his chili and takes her home, j
Ol course, when the old man bears
of it he is very indignant and turns
the tribe cut after the ardent lover.
The youth is then given a small
shield, and the girl's lather and rel
atives stand off aud throw boome
rangs and other dangerous missiles
at him. If he is generally ilk-diked
in the tribe he has to jump around
pretty lively to save his life, but if
he is considered a '.'"good catch"
they manage to make it easy for
him. ;,
A favorite' custom in 5ew Zeal-'
aim, when there are two suitors or
tolerably equal pretensions, is that
of pulling. Each of the men seizes
an arm of the maiden and attests
the ardor of his affection by the
stiength with which he tugs at it.
It not unfrequently happens that
the girl's arms are dislocated- The
man who loses then takes o if his
shoe and gives it to rhe victor, to
show that he. renounces' al! claim
to the l-.ul.v, and from this custom,
it is sr.iii. by some, the old shoe
throw ing at weddings was derived.
. When a young Polynesian negro
wants a wife he goes to the damsel's
father and fixes on a fair price.
He then starts on a year's hunting
and fishing excursion, during which
he begs from all .his friends whom
ho may visit, and at the end of the
trip takes his catch to the desired
father-in-law. The old gentleman
then either gives the youth credit
for the amount Or lets him have the
girl and takes a lien on her for the
balance.
In former times a Swedish bride
gooni went to the church accom
panied ;by abouut a hundred friends
and allies, who were well armed for
the occasion. These constituted his
"best men," and if the girl was at
all good looking or wealthy their
prowess was generally put to
test. The "best men" of -our
the
day
are but a shadowy lemnant -of those
stalwart groomsmen.
A Manufacturing Site.
The Roanoke "News" published
at Weldon, S. C, says:
Weldon has a canal eighty miles
long with an average fall of twenty
five feet to the river throughout its
entire length. It leaves the river
just below Gaston and enters it just
below this-piace. . 'It is capable of
indefinite ..development. Prof.
V. C. Kerr, at the time State Geol
ogist, wrote a letter to a gentleman
of this county in 1881 concerning
the canal, in which said: "The water;
power of Roanoke may be taken at
a ininnium (for low water) at 300
horse-power per foot, wtiich will
give yom canal at Weldon 10,800
horse-power, and from Weldon to
the river G.OOO," and that "the. sum
of the above.' 10,800, is nearly equal
to the whole available, power of
Lowell and Lawrence together."
There is a fortune iir this canal
for any one who willmiprove it.
Tka Candidate.
Uon. S. S. Cox, in the "Youth's
Companion,", says:. "An incident of
tho iK'vsmisilitii's of" t!u. "siiintn'l
' was related to nie by. Gen.- A. M.
Scales, a niemb: of Congress from
North Carolina. v
"When a young man," said the
General, "I ran for the Legislature
i:i my native county, AO&one of
the precincts, as I passed by a
crowd, I noticed a ni di, one. Sam
Stewart, whom I had known from
chiklhood. He was engaged in
earnest talk with the crowd, and as
I pa.-sed I heard him say .
'I am agiiin all lawyers, and
though I like A. M. Scales who is
one I will not support him on that
j account.
j I walked boldly up to the crowd,
I and asked what engased them so
earnestly. S;im repeated his lan
guage. I said :
"You till me with amazement. I
am as much surprised as if it came
from mv own f. it her. You have
known me from an infant, have
dandled me on your knee, and your
wife has it-il me wit of the same
siioon with her own boys. I have
j hunted, fished and played with your
eldest ooy, who was my uamesaKe.
You had just as well vote against
that son."
i'lle hesitated a '.moment, and
then turning to the ciowd, said :
"Gentlemen, them' is facts ; just
as little A. M. has said. He was
alters an honest boy; and I know
he is not lawyer enough to hurt.
We can all go for him."
"And thev did."
A Beautiful Idea.
; A wav among the Alleghanies
I there is a spi iug so small that an
! ox in a snmim
r's d y could drain it
; irv. it steals i:s
is lino trnsivo. wav
himong rhe hills until it spreads in
! to the beautiful Ohio. Thence it
stretches away a thousand miles,
leaving on its b inks inore t han a
j hundred villages and cities, and
many cultivated farms, and bear
ing o:i its bosom nioi-jtxthan a half
thousand steam boats. Then, join
ing tbe. Mjssissippi, stretches away
some l'.OJi miles more uutI it lalls
into the great cmblcii of eternity.
It is one oft Ije. gro-a t tiibntaries to
! the ocean, which, obedient to C,h1,
(shall roar until the Angel, with one
foot on the sea and the. other on the
land, sh ill lift up his hand to heav
en and swear that time shall be no
longer. So with moral influence.
It. is a rill a river an ocean,
boundless and fathomless as eter
nity. '
. A False, Plea..
'JfUe of tho society man' or
woni.in that a palpable' indecency
is any the less objectionable because
perpetrated in polite circles is lalsc
and eouM : not have been made by
! anybody having very correct ideas
I of the proprieties of life. Chicago
i -Herald."
I -Elder E. F. Baldwii says the
; Greensboro "Patriot," has left for
i Algeria and will lie- absent several
months in, missionary work. His
charge and the ieojle of the place
generally will lie glad to welcome
him back.
A LIBEL SUIT.
:or-
f WHICH CREATES A BIG SEN
SATION IN RALEIGH.
PR U CEEL IX (IS : i)ISM ISSED.
Says the "Raleigh ".News-Observer"
of Jan. 12th; "About mid
night Thursday night, Judge" Jas.
E. Shepherd, acting' as a magis
trate, issued a beuch warrant for
Messrs. F. T. Booker and E. T.
Smith, the. editors of the .Siuithfield
'Herald,' the allegation being
made that they had published in
that paper a liliel upon Hou. I). G.
Fowle. The warrant was issued
upon application ol' Judge Fowle's
attorneys. Deputy Sheriff James
Rogers left here on the freight
train at 1 o'clock yesterday morli
iug; went to Stnithfield and ar
rested Messrs. liooker; and Smith,
returning with them here, eaily
yesterday afternoon.
Lnv ws,! ,,,'itm rruu i
alternoon before Juhlge Shepherd, j
sitting in a magisterial capacity i
and "outside
of court,' as the
pnrase goes. .
Ihe courtroom was packed with
people. The counsel for Judge
Fowle were Messrs. T. (;. I' uller, 1 .
P. Devereaux aud Arintead Jones
the counsel for Messrs. Booker
and ftnith were Messrs. T. M. Ar
go and W. N. Jones. Col Fuller
read the following, which is the li
bel: : '
"UXPEOFESSIOTiAl..
A rumor is abroad to t his effect :
On the day after Willie Watkins.
of Wake couuty, was .. murdered,
Joseph Williams, the murderer of
Watkins, went to Raleigh and told
Judge Fowle what he had done,
and who was with him, or who he
asked to go with him. It is sup
posed that Williams told the. Judge
what took place afterward. When
Williams went back home he told
Pool that the Judge said
that if he (Pool) did not go out
there (to Raleigh) d- d if -we
both would not'-be huiiir. Pool
went as requested, and it seems
that the Judge had fixed it up to
be quite a nice thing on the part of
Williams, from the reported con
versation which is said to have ta
ken place between Pool and the
Judge, which was about as follows:
Good morning, .Mr. Fowle. Good
morning, sir. Is this' Mr. Pool?
Yes sir. Did Williams tell you
what I told him to tell you ' Well,
I reckon so, says Pool. Well, you
know all. al tout it anyhow, says the
Judge.
Now the Jude tells him what t
do. He tells Ptol to say that lie
and Williams went tip to Willis
Watkins' to have j little Christ
mas fun, and he (PoobLtook his gun
along with him and accidently lie
shot Watkins and killed him. Wil
liams will swear to the same thing, i
says the Judge, and I will clear'
you both. Will you swear" to t his j
statement, says the Judge!' W-e 1-1 j
I r-e-c-k-e-U so, says I ool. 'V ell, !
sir, just step into the back, room j
and testify to .this statement .before -j
those men.- Pool, not understand- j
ing precisely what the Judge j
wanted him to do, did what the
Judge told him to do, and walked
out. What do we learn from this!
Simply this much, if no more: that
the Judge tried to put the innrdoi
of Watkins on an innocent man
and rake it off of. the murderer. Is
this professional? We -say no, but
that it is a shame and a disgrace to
the law proiesiou likji mh-h iiiniys,
should go on.
Let every siood citizen and the ;
press open tire on such actions, j
then we will have better times.'' j
After readthg this pacr he made
some remarks. Iu reply,'-counsel
for defendant stated that they
waived examination and asked
that they be lound over until next
term of the court. -. Tne question of
the amount ot bond to be given
was agreed Upon as !!,000 for
each. A discussion arose upon the
point whether the defendants
should be bound over until the
next term. Mr. Ai go. for the de
fense, argued ..that the court could
F only bind them over until the next
term, while plaintitt s counsel ar
gued that they should Ihj bound
oyer from day to day at. the present
term until the matter was disposed
of. Mr. Argo s iid that tie que
j tion of the liberty of the press was
, involved in this matter. Mr. Dev
iereux.for the plaintiff, sanl that
j Judge Fowle desired to fire his.ac
I cusers, and that -they werctiying to
i shirk and delay. i '
Col. r uller made some iviciein-es
! to the liberty of the press, asserting
1 . i . - .. . - 1.1 - . . 4. .. .1 1 ..
mat II was noi mn-m
: liberty to malign. He asked th iti
. . .. . i.. i. i.i -... -1
j tne , prisoners uc nrm m appear
i from day today t answer such in
dictment as the grand .ury may
furuish.
Judge Shepherd J'.eie inade soine
remarks, sayulg that l.u had issued
tbe warrant as a magistrate nd
was now sitting outside ."of court. -He
wanted time to 'think wr this
matter and would require tin
fendauts to aptear U-fow him at
; o'clock to-da, giving Umd in
j 000 each, as had already agreed u
cm by the counsel fur the resjHv;
I tive parties f
I The bonds were then given,
i Msrs. Alfred Uic;hiuch, C. IJ.
Edwards and Chas. D. Upchurch
I justifying . . as sureties, in l.iuo
S each." Js-vcra! witnesses weie rec
jognized to apneaiv It is stated
! that the case would go 'lie-lore the
; grand jury at lo oYloek this morn
ing. .'.'.-.-; - .'
Silica the above? was in t.vic we
; have seen it statl Yhat Slessrs.
Booker suiitn liave written a
": ,1 ajiologizing to Jndge Fowle, !
wht
luis withdrawn the prosccu- J
tion.
How A. T. Stewart Won His Bride.
About sirty years ago Cornelia
Clinch was one otthe prettiest girls
! in New York. She and her brother,
! who afterwards liecaine Collector of
the Port, were the children of n
1 ship chandler, who was pretty rich
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as wealth was reckoned in those !
days. He lived in a big house on j
Duane steet, then one ot the most '
fashion able parts of the city. Old
Clinch was a self-made mau and
thought every other mau ought to
be the architect of his own fortuue.
So he frowned away every wealthy
young lop who came to woo Cor
nelia, and sent her regularly to
school to learn to be a sensible,
t uselut woman. And his ideas were
respected, for he had a terrible tem
IHr when he was crossed.
There is still standing near Stu
vesant square a little old fashioned
church known as St. Mark's. In
those days It was away out of the
city in the green fieldsBut every
Sunday old Clinch wit up there
with his pretty daughter. One
day young Stewart saw them.
On his side it was clearly a case of
love at first sight. He In'gan at
tending church regularly. Then ho
made Cornelia's acquaintance,
and as he was poor but industrious,
the old man smiled upon , lam and
invited him to call, aud take drinks
with them. After' ja while Stewart
asked Cornelia a very interesting
question, and she like a good girl,
blushed and aiu "Y-e-o-s if nana
savs so." Then Stewart interview-
tMfoul ,nch, and he said: "Want
ti( Iuarrv v0ilie. eh! Think she's
j got a rich father , eh? and you'd
j like to -'come in for a share of his
... ..... m
'No, ; you needn't leave her or me
a cent, I'llsoon be richer than you,
an vwav.
"Yoc'i will, will a ou Well, I like
that. Go ahead and tako her, then,
and Heaven bless you both.'
So the young folks, who were
.tremendously in love with each oth
er, were married and vent to live
in a modest little cottage on Reade
street, and were glad to le able to
cover t he floors with rag carpet.
Old people who knew them there
tell me that they lived an almost
ideally happy life.; They studied
each other's happiness in all things,
and consulted with each other abont
every detail of household or busi
ness affairs, and became "two souls
with but a single thought" a good
deal more completely than most
couples now-a-days.
Speaker Carlisle Not a Sportsman.
Senator Vance of this State, Jack
son, of Tennessee, and Beck, of
Kentucky, spent the .holid;fs hunt
ing on the coast it North Carolina,
particularly Currituck Sound. They
bagged one hundred dnclks, sixty
snipe, two geese and two' swan.
When about leaving .Washington
on the hunting expedition they lag
ged SjK'aker Oarlisle to accompany
t hem. lie made all sort of excuses.
Finally he said he had no gnu. "I
have a gun that you can use," said
iieek.
lisle.
"Is it loaded T"
isked Car-
Yes," was the
answer.
"i hen rake it away lrom here,
said the speaker; "i've no use for
a loaded gun.'
1 Don't Leave North Carolina.
Brother Foote, of the Warrentou
'Gazette," lets off some sensible re-
nec tions on seeing notice ol many
Carolinians, returning from Texas.
: Hir him : "We gather from our
xcha.nges that hundreds of those
who left our State last ve.rr for
Texas and other Southern aud
Western States are returning sic
and disgusted. We have never
been able- to see .the .necessity of
leaving North Carolina. - .Whj,
how, wherein do people expect to
better their condition by migrating?
Those ,v ho have been there and
know whereof they speak assert
positively,:! hat as much monev can
o- maoe in ortn c arouna as in
Texas, if a man will work as hard
here as ho mut, work there. If you
want to work liard it ;isuscless to go
all the way to Texas to. do so. Let
Us stay at home, build up North
Carolina and determine to do bet
ter ami success will finally' crown
our elb'rts.
A Sensation at LeaksYille.
While a couple were being joined
iu the holy 'ootids of matrimony on
Thursday of Christmas week at the
factory, when the question was ask
ed if any one c-ouhl show cause why
t hey should not marry,' a very pret
ty young lady handed the officiating
minister a note stating that the
brilegi'(Mui wa.- engaged to the
writer. Quite a sensation was cre
ated, but the ceremony was ".per
formed notwithstanding the
test. Reidsville "Weekly."
' A Seosible Determination.
pro-
A girl in Wilkesbarre iindertinik
to shix;t herself for the love of a
Pittsburg politician. The pistol
ball was ;oi lied aside by her corset
steel. With the dellcctiou of the
leid tlic tuaid also hanged her
c liii-se. She is now leterininel to
shoot ; he politician instead of her
self. Thi is sensiide; and if she
doesn't hit him ou the cheek she
.may bring him to term.
A Governor s
Promise 10 his.
Child. '
Dying
A St. Louis telegram of Wednes
day says: When ilovenior Critten
den's little daughter Katie was dy
ing a few weeks ago,-it' was said
that she received a promise from
her father that he wonld pardon
Clias. Steveus alias Ornaha Charles,
serving a life seuicnce". in the- Mis
feo'nii iieiiiteiitiarv'---To-day in ac
cordauce with that nmis, Ste
vens was pardoned. He wa in for
the murder of John Ma vhan, wheuu
he killed iu ;i saloon in Marcli 1878.
Stevciis was an artist and carved
many beautiful trinkets, which he
presented the Governor's daughter,
thus winning the love and friend
ship of the child.
An Honest Ration. ,
The Chinese have a very original
method of winding up the old year.
Every Chinaman must settle op hij
affairs and pay all of his bills. JT
he is unable to do so he is declared
a bankrupt, and not allowed to re
sume business till he is able to
liquidate all his claims. . .
Liber. 1 no. . : u wiu bu made for Larpcr
AJverttcioejitj nJ tt Contracts by tho Tear
Cash mitM aeoOB'iiar.y u Advertlarmenu
vntam rboa rvf ernoo is elvco. J -
RT T T TCP'S ' T X T TT
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11 K TALKS SENSIBLY
NEGROES.
ABOUT
.! I: X A COOKS
Theie are a good many troubles
in this life, but kind Provideuce
has enabled is to' fortify against
them. They are more imaginary
than otherwise. We can make
them big or make them bltlc. A
good nabor told me the other da
he had received a letter from hi
father who lived iu Atlanta, aud
his father 'wanted him to get him a
cook. A cook!! Lord ht!p !
Why the man is - worth u hundred
thousand dollars and wants a cook.
Darn a cook. Why I run tiHik
everything I want to eat mywlf. I
like a cook for the family aud tor
company and all that, but 1 o.si
live and thrive aud get fat without
a cook. That f all imaginary.
Some folk thmk thc.N arc just
obliged to have a cook ai.d tfiat
is what is the matter with this gen
eration. They had voks before
the war, and that is what is the
matter with this generation. They
had cooks liefore the-war, aud they
had roast beef and mast turkey
and all sorts of pies and pastry -and
they think they must have it now
but it is all a mistake. If I lived
in Atlanta, I wouldn't give tluee
ceuts for a cook. There is baker's
bread, and nice butter and cheese
and cakes and, it don't take five
miuutes to cook oysters, or broil , u
.steak and thel cook nii'sht go to
thunder for. me. All I want is
somebody to wash the 'dishes and
clean up after the cooking aud I
cm hire some little yaller gal to do
that. We attach entirely too much
imjiortance to cooking. Why 1 met
a lady In Atlanta a nice sweet la
dy, who is sick and she lives close-?
to me, and when t asked her when .
she was coining home she said she
did'nt know but she thought she
"would come when her husban.d got
a cook. . Is thin the problem that Is
to to solved! Is cverylKdy troub
led about a cook! Well, I reckon
we hurt better eat less and worry
less about vittaln. Kverj bmly can't -dine
at Debnonieo'.-. Mrs.. .Vip
wauts a cook too. Shu was raised
on cooks and waiting maids. J
think she used to have a iozciif
running an mud after her. and it
was Miss Tavy this and Miss Tavy
that, and they dressed her and un
dressed her, and fi'llowrd he:
around and were proud to have
such a priucely mistress. There
were over a liiiuureo niggers on tne
place aud they all Wanted to be
long (o Miss Tavy. Well, I conic
along one day and stole Miss Tavy
away and they all wanted to follow
Lher, and 1 took a passcl of 'em
along and managed to support ein
until Abe Lincoln conic along and
kindly relieved ine fiom tjn bm
den. Blessings on old Abe. He
didn't know whit he was doing but
he lifted a load on' me sun-, for the
darned niggois wasn't worth a
darn cent to me. They weep good
for one thing and that was to give
oil' to a child when she got married.
It saved the old man fh.it much
expense in supporting Vtn and it
made the child happy in keeping'
the old family servant. If they
were ever fit for anything else in
ihe up country I never found it out.
I liked to own 'cm first- rate. . I
liked to say "Jerry you black rased
go and hifch up .Slim and put him
iu the buggy and d rive him around
to the front gaie." And I liked to
hear Jerry say, "Yes. massa ; hav
him dar quick.''
uell, 1 hired Jem to tue rail
road as a track hand and the bull
gine come along one day :unl i u:
his toes off, and his doctor's bill
cost.- me a hundred dollars, and
alHMit the time 1 paid it Abe Lin
.coin told Jerry lie was a free pin
son of color, aud Jerry pti t mc as a
servant, but hung on to me. a a
Itcncfactor and I had lo siipMrt
him with his sore toes for two years
afterwards. , '
15ut it is all right. 1 like Hie
niggers aud they like inc. 1 iitlher
have 'em than not have 'em. Kom
lolks linK)se.oll 'em but I don't.
I've no resjHct for a maa lh.it diM-s.
1 like to have 'em around mc f :nrt
alMjiit me. i think a to-np t .".Viii.
and I'm going to stand by 'oi and
protect cm. They are a yood.
kind-beaited, faithful iac and 1
love 'em. That's all.
j The Reason Wny.
i , ' i s
. Scientists say that the reason
kissing i.s ho pleasant is Ik-cuum' the
teeth, jaw bones and bps are full of
nerves, and when t he lips me-t au
electric current is generated. We
are glad to ! set right iu t hi- mat
tcr. Heretofore we have suppOM-d
that .i kiss was pleasant ou ac
count of a jiretty
other end-
gill ln'ihgut the
& Woman's Season.
Tell inc. iuM'ilf ii- why y ou hVt
Hie
Is it for my house 'and goldr
Is it lor my manly vigor,
For my cairiage, free and bold,
For the heart I give yori tiulyf
Swtvtest maid that ever was
Tell me, tell me, w Ih you love, iu
And she answered, 'Cauae."
The Med Trnth.
The following interesting adver
tiscmcnt apfK-ai-s in a Ixuidoti pa
txr : "Mr, aud Mis May have
have left off clothing of every de
cription.,, This even goes ahead
of American women at the seaside
watering plaes aud at New York
balls. -
There's Many a Slip. .
A young lady in ew Hertford,
Mass expecting to get marricrt.
had all her new clothes marked
wMrs." The engagement suddenly
broke off, and now the young wo
man don't know whether to use 'em
up for dust-rags or send Vm to the
beat ben.
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