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' WILSON AOETH CAROLINA.
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NEWS OK A WEEK
GATlfKWEl) IiKOmIl PAliTS
. OK TIH5 WOLD-
?kscii.i.ig&
GrWiisltoro Fernae College has
140 boaVders ti'Sule.H.la.v scholars.
liiu in "toll lo;
heavily iu
the death of Mr. Ah'
kinder Sprtint.
Maj.f Duncan
.prominent Wilininj
dead. I,
Devane, a
hi lawyer, is
t
JudgjJ Sheppard put a negro
preacner n jan m
lie refused t .wwear
Jones oecause
or alliiin.
Beanlort counly
appropriated ;,on .to
jlay" at the i Sta'e
(,ood! J
in agist rates
make a dis
F.xposit'ion. Hyde countyas appropriated
8100, to hold a Tochers Institute.
Mr. B. W. Hatchetv lias been elec
ted principal.
Mr. D. J. " liKfl-u has bought
a half interest in If ma Greenville
"Reflector" and beinec'qs.soeiated
in its publication. If - ';
Tim State iJbdical-.Sociftrv
J
l meets May 20tli, nd will, ev.ter-
v;uneu m nauuoume .Biy Dy- the
fftjeigh physieians. .. ;
S. - - a ' ' . ' '
JK. '" iJ-SIay Jias given
1 0,000 Ji)LY, Methodist
Conference -for the support ' of
'worn-out preachers' ' l V
iliilil'.ix lias made one appro
priation dI ' ff'tdO, to the State Ex
M)sitiou and now proposes to raise
an equal amount by private sab
scriptiou. An Indian, .prince has had a
throne made of solid glass. It will
now be possible to sea the power
bt'himl the throne without aity
trouble at all. : . ' -
.." X", Luna; no.
open the campaign
opener. Tlicy do- it
screw, ilmv litiio, a
They do -not
v ifcl ; a can
with a eork
las, ilo wonaen
know abiiui tolities !
Four of the seveu persons who
assisted in eating a fat pisf,;raw, at
Loyallianiiii, Ta., aiv iiovr dead.
The others rill probably die, eaten
up alive by t richiiuv.
Siik culture is becoming more
profitable Mr. Edward Fasnach,
of Kaleigii, Las made money at it
ami others are turyiiif; their atten
tion in iliat. direction.
jfaifc:ie woman lias ever vo!-
i3l lit ortb Carolina. She was
the wife of Hon. Edmund Delierry
and she voted at Mt; Gilead in
IMS, and voted the Whig ticket.
The Philadelphia "Heeord''
wishes every woman in the eounfry
could bo made to understand that
there is enough tariff in her Sunday
dress to buy a new spring bonnet.
Con tiling represents t he aris
tocracy, I'.iaine the dash and intel
lect, Grant tie.- selfish nes.4 . and Lo
gan- the I vulgarity of . Uepubliean
politics, riayH t he ( bilvesterti "News.'
The Raleigh "Dbserver" is
getting ipp gubernatorial timWr.
."Like Jeremiah's tigs,
The good are ver good indeed,"
The bad too sour fo.- pigs.''
Tarboio lias a tree trade dub.
The following are otlieers: Presi
dent, ilon. Ii. A. Gillam; Vice
IVesideut, II. C. Hoiirne; Secreta
ry, Frank P -well; Tieasuiei, II.
Morris. ' .
Mrs. Sallie Harris, of liuther
ford county, 70 years of age, tired
of life and its cares and sorrows,
hung herself on a recent morning
till she was dead, savs the Shelby
"Aurora."
A young lady in Shelby fell in
to a well twenty feet deep and was
t ikeu out benumbed with cold. It
was only by holding faxt to a rope
that (she saved her life, says the
"Angola.''
John S. Long Esq., of New
Beife, is to deliver the annual ad
dress at King's Mountain High
Schlol, June 12th. In that moun
tain l egion he w ill soar aloft on the
wings of eloquence..
--It was John T. Howard, the
ohJ-st member ofl'lyniouth Church,
V wb) rushed up and kissetl Peeeher
f.onliis Vcturn. Some men aiv Inirn
.Iwush and some men remain hkh-
aiy iie. daj s of their lives.
OlY I IHH4IUll-Ol Ol WIIIS-
.... a- 1 i- : .
tlinS kuew what he was about w hen
he advertised t hat bigmouths could,
by i tboroogU course of stnd3-,lH
iisade small, pouting and kissa'ble.
Jiis. school is besieged by ambitious
maidens.
The third annual musical con
vention of Va. and N. C. will be
l.cia a Petersburg, May 2otli2;ith.
j,e convention will take strong
grounds in favor of having music,
in its lower branches, taught iu
public schools. .
North Carolina will get about
,300,000 the first year from -the
Government Education bill. After
that it will be more for some years.
The third year it will get ?i.lls.
179. All this, provided the bill
passes the House.
It has been settled Iby the
Mayor of Charlotte that it is worth
g2."j to curse one of the anointed.
The "Observer" says this is the
lino that was imposed upon a color
ed constable Tuesday, for swearing
at Bishop Lomax, colored.
A Democratic journal in New
Hampshire expresses the opinion
. that for a newspaper to hoist a
ticket subject to the vicissitudes of
a nominating convention is like
taking out a blank marriage license,
that may ha re to be traded off for
a burial permit.
A man iu New York oflered a
broker 100 to introduce, him to a
woman, who had money, whom he
could marry. The broker carried
out his part of the contract and
now the man, after marrying the
woman,' refuses to pay the broker.
A law snit is to determine the mat
ter, ..... - . -
VOLUME 14.-
EeV. A. W. Man (Til Ml IT" T' 1 1 . . . .
- - - ft"'" i im-.- iu
the "BaletgU Christiau Advocate"-
LL C?". A A I -
- ou ir me jear is4 has-been
marked with extraordi narc cirrus
, J '5lp,ll Jl
iivine (lisbleasure. Sliiinv,.i.-
road and mine disasters, the over-
clone have wrought great, sudden
awful lc.f.., mt ' .
"uiflum;Lioii. uero lsevi-
dently, a sense oG&anger, a peculiar
....... y ... ult minus oj our people.
A . I ' 1 fast ...fn ' . , , t-t . .
A.a,tuc nil,-. 'nets in jijo(i is mov
ing so as to compel the attention of
ii .mi .him iBumess wortii and to re
prove the unfaithfulness of a cold
formal aud forgetful Church." '
Take Girls Off the Free List.
Another serions defect has lcen
discovered in our tariff; the Amer
ican girl is not protected in the
matrimonal market, from the quite
passable but cheaply produce for
eign a il l, aud a number of Amer
ican industries languish with her.
A lew days ago a resident of
Westchester' county, finding him
se.I'iii need of a wife, deliberately
went down to Castle Garden to
look for an acceptable mate. Ic
did not happen to be a good daj
fbr girls, but his success has sin ce
been reported if v. as to be expected,
for many maidens who are comely
and good enter the . United States
through Castle Garden, and aver
sion to matrimony is not among
their peculiarites.
- Why did tho snitor turn his back
on his owu couutiy, wheie girls of
every desirable variety areas nniiier
ous as iwliticans! We l not
know, but the special advantages
of the Castle Garden, plan are quite
evident. A proposal to a young
woman "caught on the fly," ar "
riving one day. and intending on
the next to take a train to her
family or friends in the West, in
volves no preliminary expwse in
the. nature of boquets, bonbojis
theatre tickets,' buggy rides, ice
cretin and excursions, and the con
sequent wedding doe;; not imply
either cards or cake. Besides, to
revive a very old saying, the man
who marries a Jastle Garden girl
does not Jiave .to hire a Castle
Garden girl to take care of his wife.
Withall the.se o lds against the
American girl, it is strange that
the tariff does not protect her.
Why should foreign girls le ad
mitted free of duty! Are they raw,
material?; Not they! It may be"
urged that the." tariff .i ? for the
protection of infant industries, of
which the American is not one;
but it eertaiiinly sliould not be hard
to eoiiviie. any calm and dispas
sionate mind that she h the direct
product of one, tlur continuance of
which is imperatively demanded
for posterity's sake. In her fully
completed condition say at the
age- .of twenty-five years she
embodies many times more expen
diture and effort than the cheap
labor products of European cradles.
The foreign gill should bo taken
off the free list. Home industries
drmand it. Where, is Mr. lian-dall?-N.
Y. "Herald."
A Woman Wno Laced To Death.
"But i-. if not this constant ten
dency to tight lacing," we asked,
"an indirect but powerful argu
ment against corset wearing al
together" ".
"2ot. at all,". said the forewoman,
V"u would not have the shoe
leather" discarded because numbers
of foolish persons' are lame and do
form their feet through excessively
tight shoes, I suppose? Well,. no
more should corsets be wholly in
terdicted simply , because many
foolish women lace themselves to
death."
"Have you ever known of such
case?" --.I-':- '- ;
"Yes. A handsome young wo
man used to buy eighteen-inch cor
sets of ns a few years ago. She
was lady's maid to one of our
wealthiest customers and was
given to tight - lacing, though no
one would have suspected it save
for a slight discoloration of her
nise. But all the saleswomen
thought that eighteen was her nat
ural measure, and we used to rank
Iicr as the most stylish figure that
came into the store. One morning
she was found dead in her bed
with her corset, laced to the very
last notch, a victim to tight-lacing
if there ever was one. The details
were afterward given to our em
ployer by the girl's mistress. The
girl had long been in the habit of
keeping herself laced so tightly
as scarcely to lie able to breathe.
Her fellow-servants declared that
she would often tie one end of the
laces to a staple in her bed room
wall, while seizing the other end
with both hands, and then, with
this tremendous purchase, struggle
aud tug until the stays were drawn
np to the very last extremity But
this wasn't the worst, of it, for she
had actually been in the habit of
sleeping with them on In this con
dition. The post mortem showed
that the ribs were drawn so closely
together as to interlace, there being
toward the last such insufficient
space for action ot the heart and
lungs as to have caused her untold
agoiiies, which were, however, un
complainingly iKirne until death
had put an end to them." Ex
Why he Went In.
They wereistanding at the front
gate. "Wou'f you come in the par
lor and sit a little while, George,
dear!'1 "N-no. 1 guess not," replied
George, hesitatingly. "I wish you
would," the girl went on; "It's
awfully lonesome. Mother has
gone out and father is up stairs
groaning with rheumatism in the
legs" "Both legs?" asked George.
"Yes both legs", "Then I'll come in
a little while."'
A Bismarck, young man told an
old maid she was "a matchless
woman," and she smiled so sweets
over the compliment that she
stretched ber mouth to its utmost.
; capacity. After he had gone it
: ocmred to her that there was an
other meaning to the expression,
aud the next time that young man
calls there will be a sickening
tragedy to record. "Bismarck
Tribqne.
Mc D. Lindsey is to start a re
publican paper in1 Weldon.
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T FARMING.
A'BOl
UK FAKMERS ARB
WHAT
DOING
0 TALK1M ABOUT
;EI) UP NOTES-
Pit
11
i.icco Plant" says the
curs are plating havoc
The "To
miserable
with tin; si
ship, this
time the d
ICUjl 1" ' '"liiunii-
county, in .two oays
L's killed for Bhsil Mark-
i o . II
ham 22;
son Xr. Mii.iJ
Joins v oiciii ,.) , xiui-
40. Here is -JliSa worth
of sheei) dif"
roved in one neighbor-
hood bv af
worth 12 v'n
few curs tnac are not
ts. The good people
in that se"ci10"
say the jogs must
go. j
A iMcture
ol the Ave rage North
olina Farmer.
at
His; com"1''."". .,,,orllian fur..
nishes him1 Wlt" !" PPes oi
Western fiKMl "uring uf opnng
iiml r r. On a settlement of
- xl . . ..I .. I-
acfwints inl
ne liiu a ouiciitce ai-
tor tjie sa!
of his eutiro crop of
cotto stf,
stands to the debit of
tins grat s
ii.A. i
lporter of his iellows,
hant must carry him
over ano.v
i
year to finq that at
its close th,'J
(balance has increased.
'The fiu'inef he must teed tliem all."
Does he giv us butter! The aver
age North Carolina f'arkier does
not. Does ie give us bacpu or any
ot her kind f meatf Tbo average
North Cnrolna'. farmer does not.
He buys Mostern meat himself.
Does he givjs us corn? The aver
age North Ci'ro'iiia farmer does not.
What then bes he give us? The
aA'erage Srt'tb Carolina farmer
'gives" a : chjttel mortgage. But
when that riili'fgiig'' f:Hs due, what
does he givcf" payment? The av
erage North Carolina farmer gives
in part piiyiifnt of a mortgage
some cotton. 1 Howr does he arrange
about the bafnee due: lhe aver-
age North C:(
folina farmer arranges
fine bv giving a new
lor a balance
mortgage. 1 !
Nort h Can'
tlio highroad
and great in
taken as a el
ina is said to be on
to future prosperity
s. If her 'farmers,
ss,. coutiiitii to grow
ooicr every lear as tney are now
doimr, wherii will, the prosperity
iiu towns and cities
make iiioney.by trading with a set
of customer's' who are never free
from mortga'fe and cannot support
themselvesf flbe coming year will
tell. Wilminfctou "Mail
The Fly Yankee Boy.
WITH SOME N 5TES ABOVT A BEIN
DU3 COW, A IIGinVAYMAK, AND
A THRIFTY ?Ai:MEB. DONE UP
IK RHYME.
So you want a story, children ?
Well, be quieti and yon shall hear
about a good did farmer man, who
lives in New "SUampshire ; but the
story isn't all .Ibout the farmer nor
his land, for id implicates a Boston
boy the fariier's hired hand.
This Boston oy was very fly
what some foils might call tough;
he'd had his oltie molars cut, and
was somewhat
he was squat
ip to snuff; but yet
and honest, and
was never ki
wn to lie; ana Ins
only serious I
mug was Ins giei-tl
for. pumpkin p
. lie did his dnty
y and quick ; he
shirk his task by
nobly was s
never tried to!
playing lame
r sick; he never
grumbled at th
hash nor the coffee
-which was
ye out lie never
quite, was sati
ied with his share
of pumpkin pie
him like a son
The farmer loved
and . worked him
very light (his J
tsk liegan at o a. in.
aim enoeu : :t
night). His name
was- Albert, bi
t for short, the old
man called hi A
Bert, because it
didn't take mud
U time and rhymed
quite-well with
morA the old
candle light ai
Fork. One summer
nan rose at earlv
bellowed for his
ill his power and
Boston boy wit
might. When
f Virilize s:iil "i
Kert showed up the
o drive the bnndle
cow to Concord
to the butcher,
pay you J?40
keep it hid,
for I've sold her
(Cyrus Dow. He'll
ish; be sure yon
llpr I liavo heard
there's robliers
round as 'bold as
Capt. Kidd.
4 keep your wits
about vou, lad.
riu let your weath-
er eye be on th
and shiiSpers, .
sly."
watch for rogues
r tliev aie awful
So Albert atefhis morning meal
of pork ami jluinpkin pie, and
-:is!i.ji1 it ilnn-11 ivilli fnflii "ermiinr
--with coffee niade of rye then
he hoofed it dowp to Concord, with !
t he loan old briwdle cow, when he
soon canght on tjhe man he sought
the butcher, t 1 its Dow " The
latter paid hn
it
lor the cow four
iiit, which' Albert
golden eagles bi
' then proceeded t
V hide from mortal
1 sight, tor, on in.-i
way to Concord,
poii a phm to get
. be bad studied
; the best of .slum
iers and crooks or
I strolling highwax
"'mi. So he tuck-
1 ed the boodle cai.
j of his vest, whici
I eased his mind a
i n the lining
1 1 c racket
1 s fears at
linn 1 foresight
rest; but alas I fo
there's many a
litth-'' ,lip 'twist
honest people's fi
pigei s and rogue's
dishonest grip,
J us 1 as Albert
slipped thersugait
m the lining of
his vest a crook
pat stopped pnt-
side to take a che
w of "J aexwood's
llest." Through
quick eye had
the wimow his
seen the yellow
eagles shiue, anc
self and whispere
he hnggnl him-
'Oh tint. Hnsf
wi soon be mm
P ' I -ie
adagoend for
re's maii" a slip
lut to turn to t
eii it snows tn
"tf-ixt rogue's dl
shonest fingers
atfl honest people
s grip, lifee the
biiko steerer's
ittle gane they
..,-the list laid
yed on C. F.
ns of highway!
len will jften go
fay. Our hero';
bnsines ended,
more, Ut start
rd routj he oft
tarried there 11
n the homew
trod before,
The irobber,
nted on his 411
re, jogfd slow-
behind, while
visionsj f those
u coins went
lashinahroush
tind. ..
soon as Ber
had
ched a
where the
the robber
iwn
out of
vertoofMm, as
"LET ALL TIIE E3DS THOU AIM'ST AT, BE TOY COUNTRY'S,
WILSON, NORTH CAROLINA, APRIL 18. 1884.
any traveler might, and with glad
anticipation, which was difficult to
hide, he kindly asked out hero if
he wouldn't like to ride. As Bert
was rather weary with his long anil
tedious walk he didn't waste a mo
ment iu idle, useless talk, but he
straddled on behind without any
more ado, and along the country
highway the horse aud rider flew.
Thus they rode nntil they jcame to
a lonely, dismal wood. "Now,"
said the bold highwayman, "I'm
not feeling in the mood to monkey
any longer, tso I tell you, plump
and square, that you must now dis
sect that vest 'or climb the golden
star."
Now, I think I hinted once before
that Bert was very fly, so he tum
bled to the racket in the twinkling
of an eye ; but it "filled his honest
bosom with sorrow, tinged with
shame, to see how slick the chap
had dropped upon his little game.
But.he' didn't have a decent show
to afglie or dispute, for the villain
plainly hinted that he wasn't loth
to shoot ; so he ripped the lining
from his vest and snatched the
money out, and among the grass
and" mullei'. stalks he strewed it
well about. Their the highwayman's
greediness his caution overbid; but
1 guess he thought that Albert was
a common country kid ; at any rate
he instantly scrambled from his
horse, not thinking tor a moment
that 'twould be to his loss; but no
sooner had he bumped himself to
gather up the gold than he noticed
that tor crooks at least tlie day was
very -"cold; tor, as 1 mentioned
heretofore, our lad was very fly,
and he didn't stop a week or two
to bia his nobs good by. The rob
ber cussed and "threatened till hi.-
ta'ce was black with rage, but it
didn't do a bit of good,' for Albe
held the gage; but onr hero gave
him lots of time to settle in his
mind what a chump he was to "or
der up" and then "go it blind."
To all his invitations for Bert to
stop aud dine Bert thanked him
very kindly, bat he "really hadn't
time ;' and home to his old master
a noble mare he rode, with plunder
banging fore and aft to balance up
the load. The farmer's wife sei;;; d
up the lad as he came riding,hom
and to inform tier husband,: site
rushed into the room. The old man
came limpiing out and bowling like
a bear. "The devil 1 Has my brin
dal cow been turned into u mare?"
"Not much, old cove," the boy re
plied, "I've sold your briudle cow,
according to instructions, to the
butcher, Cvrns Dow; but a, duffer
collared all the dust, which I don
thin ic was square; so to make you
even with the guy, I rode away his
nmre." The farmer laughed quite
hearty at the story Albert told
and said: "Now for a city lad
you've been quit e s'harp and bold
As for that bad highwayman
you've served him very, slick, for
you ve playd him lor a sucker by
a thorough Yankee trick. "Then the
saddle bags were opened, and the
treasure was all told. .There" was
just 1,000 in silver coin and gold
lour revolvers, aud a demiohu
Th - boy says: "Well, I swow! don't
you think I got a good, lair price
for that old brindle cow?'-' Now,
the fanner owned a heart as big as
Neighbor Brown's off ox. So after
he had hid the swag iu a couple of
socks, he turned and-.said to Albert
while a lear stood in his eye: "My
lad, 1 must admit that you have
been extremely tly ; and, as 3-011 ve
sold mj row so well, I think I can
afford to give you- for your services
a suitable reward. From this day
heireeforth 3011 shall have (or I'll
know the reason why) at -'every
meal .your - belly full 'of good, fat
pumpkin pie."
MORAL.
This stor3
how the man
doth often mi
children, shows you
who lives by theft
ss his clever grip in
"gets left." It also
other words,
shows vou how a bov, bv being
bold and fly, may get permit to
gorge himself on Yankee pumpkin
pie.
A Marriage in Georgia.
Recently a ruuawray couple ap
plied to a popular Justice of the
Peace to be married. The J. P.
did not have any form of ceremony
with him aud as time was precious
he preceded to tie the knot off hand,
thus:
"You, Gns Keelin, do soleaily
swear that to the best of your
knowledge au' lelief you take this
yer woman ter have and tor hold
foryerself, yer heirs, exekycrters,
administrators, and assigns, for
vour an' their use and behoof for
ever?" "I do," answered t he groom.
"Vou, Anna Bowlin, take this
yer man for yer. husoaud, to r.ev
an' to hold forever;- and you do
further swear that you are lawfully
seized in' fee-simple, are free from
all incumbrance, and hevgood right
to sell, bargain and convey to the
said grantee yersclf,'..yer heirs, ad-
,11........ ......
"1 do,"
said the bride, rather
doubtfullv.
"Well," Gu
said
the Squire,
"that'll be
cents."
"Are we
about a dollo'n' fifty
m.-irried?" asked the
other.
"Not by a darned sight ye ain't,"
quoth the Justice, with emphasis;
"but the fee comes in here."
After some fumbling it was pro
duced and handed to the. "Court,"
who examined it to make '.Mire
that it was all right, aud then pock
eted it, and coutiuueil:
"Kuow all men by these presents,
that I, being in good health and 01
sound and disposin' mind, in con
sideration of a dollar'if fifty cents
to me in hand paid, the receipt
wnereoi is iiereoy :sckhuw icufj i-u,
do and by these presents have de
clared yon man ami wife during
good behavior, and until other
wise ordered by the court'
And the couple wentoff rejoicing.
There is every indication that
Gilmer and Stedman will be ; the
choic6 of the Democratic partly for
Governor anl Lieut. Governor.
They are in the prime of manhood
foil of vigor and would make a
campaign that would insure victo
ry at the outset. Durham ,"Be
corder.;' - 1 1 , i...i..i
BILL ARFS TALK.Df,M
:o:-
TLIE RUNAWAY AND
BROK
EN BUGGY.
WHAT HIS GOOD WIFE SAID.
Mrs. Arp wa quietly reading tho
'Constitution" yesterdav while the
children were out-doors. After
awhile she paused and looking
over her spectacles at me remark
ed "I thought that mavbe von
would have mentioned that little
circumstance about the; buggy and
the ringmaster m ono of your let
lers, but I suppose it does not seem
to you to be very interesting mat
ter to write about. Probablyjf the
horse had run awav with mo the
public would have heard of it," and
with, that she resumed her reading.
Well, that's a fact I was thinking
that the less said about some
things the better and besides, as I
told her, I didn't want to make a
hero of myself -in such a small
transaction. She quietly replied,
"Oh, no, of course not, but I didn't
think there was very much hero
about it and thought you could
mention it in a small Ayay without
any particular peril jiist to fill
up you know !" So I reckon I had
better tell it.
It
was her buggy. One of her
boys bought it aud gave it to her.
It had a nice top and a pheaton
shaped body that she could get in
so easy and the harness were hers
and the whip. Everything was
new and nice and she had taken
but two rides in it and so one day
I hinted that I would like, to see
how it meandered over the country
and as it was aff agreeable I had
my young horse hitched in and
sailed around smartly. We had
worked that horse iu the wagon
aud. in -the plow and i:onsiderd him
pretty well broke for he came from
gentle, stock and we had raised
him and petted him and so had no
fears about his behavior. One of
the girls had been riding with me
and I let her get out at the front
gate and I drove on up to the big
farm gate at the top of tho-hill and
got out and opened it and led the
black rascal through and 1 thought
be was serene and knew he was
tired and so I just stepped back for
a moment to shut the gate and
away he went like he was shot out
of a gun. He run down to the
horse lot gate all right and I.
thought would surely stop there,
but finding the gateJshut be too.
a little roundance and went sailing
down towards the spting and jnmj
ed over a big log and the buggj'
jumped too for It was doing its
level best to keep up and then he
took t he grand rounds of the hill
side grove and every time I tried
to head and catch him he dodged
me and kept on with the buggy,
sometimes . on four wheels and
sometimes on two. I had the whip
in my hand and Mrs. Arp, my wife,
says that when she came to the
back door to see what was the
racket 1 was standing there with
the w hip a waving and looking for
all lhe world like a ring master
in a circus and she actually
thought I was making the colt run
round just tor my-own amusement.
Well there's no use in making a
long toiy" of it now, for what's
done e m't be helped. That colt
tore that buggy all to pieces and
got away from it before he quit
trying. He run it against three
trees and over four logs and left
the beautiful top in one place and
the wheels in another and the
shafts got beiit backwards under
neath the miming gear and I
can't tell to this daj' how they got
there.
I walked into the house and said
nothing for ten minutes and I
didn't want anybody to say any-,
thing fo me. Mrs. Arn never said
nothing either but set down to her
sewing just as natural and sorter
hummed a piece of a tune. After
a pell she looked over at my si;lo
of the house and remarked:
'It was a very pleasant evening
for 3-ourlride!"
"Uncommon," said I.
"I expect it will be eood for 3-onr
rheumatism for 3-ou to t ake a ride
everv evening." said she.
"They say that walkiug is bet
ter for rheumatism than riding,"
said I. ' .
"Well, you will have a good
chaiice for that now" said she; and
she laid down her work arid laugh
ed at me and that s the way she
broke me of the. routing melan
choly. And that's always the wa3"
When 1 am distressed and low
down she is all serene and lively
and cheers me up. Pact is she
gave me such comfort about that
buggy business that I am almost
glad it happened. But still 1 am
sorter sore about that riug master
part of it and then again I over
heard the children asking Ealph
if he wasn't glad that it wasn't
him. And Ralph said "goodness
gracious 1 wouldn't have had it
happened to me for a hundred
dollars."
Well, it is not so bad as it might
have liecn for I might have been
in it and had my wheels and my
body and my springs all tore up.
It will cost about twenty dollars to
repair the damage and she says
she will pick it up in the road or
get it somehow and that I musn't
le bo.hered.
I was telling my nabor Baford
about :t yesterday- as a great ca
lamity . aud he laughed and said
'all we country folks are used to
those things and a heap worse.
Why, sa j s he, it was only yesterday
morning that I and my brother Al'f
concluded to go to town, creek
no creek, for we knew it was up
mighty high, so we took roundance
for a shallowford up at Bradley's,
and in we went all right till we got
to the little deep swimming place,
and the horse gave a lunge to
jump that and jopped the single
tree, and away he went out of the
shafts and broke lose the hip straps
and got to the bank ; but me and
Alf was in the buggy trying to
hold it down, and as I leaned over
THY GOD'S, AKD TKUTUS
was
an-1
el over and snilt us both in the
1 water and it tnrned over on us and
: Alf grabbed holt of one wheel and
1 of another and we tried to hold
it, 1 nit we had got into a sort of
a whirlpool that was over our
heads aud the box body just turn
ed round and round and over and
under, and sometimes we were on
top aud sometimes the buggy was
on top, and we see-sawed that way
and thingemajigged dowif the
creek for a huudred and fifty "yards,
and had finally to let go and swim
for the bank. If you ever saw
drowned rats we were them, and
we were so iired aud so surprised
we just set there on the bank and
looked at one another and smiled,
but the smiles were faint and sick
ly. I tollowed on down the' -creek
and found my overcoat hung on a
haw Hush and had to swifu in and
get it, but my best slwes were
gone for good, and mv f-hawl and
some other things that we re. upon
the seat an I under ir. Well. now.
you see the body -got broke aloose
aud went off, and the wheels and
running gear are down in Bishop's
mill pond. But we got the ho: s,
home and no lives lost or limte
broken, and are thankful. "Alf and
I Walked home bare headed, and
we went a half mile out of tho way
to keep a 11 3' I ied - from seeing us.
Our clothes weighed mighty nigh a
hundred pounds besides the over
coat, and we left a wet track be
hind us. Alt' smiled again on the
wayf;and sajs he, "Oliver, -I tell
you what's the fact, folks oughtent
to be expecting too much--.good
luck iu this sin-struck world, no
how, but. there is always Something
good mixed up with the bad."
"Well, 1 should like to know what
good there is aliout this," said I.
"Why," said he, "we got such a
good 'washing; I reckon we are
about the cleanest folks in the settlement."-
After while he smiled
again, and looked at me and said,
''well, the cj-clone struck us and
tore us up, and our fall oats are all
killed, .and now tlie high w aters
have overflowed us. I wonder
wnat is to be the next dispensation
of Providence. I reckon it's a good
time to sing,
'How firm a foundation, yc saints of liiu Lor,l.'
What a good thing it is to have
on hand at all times a stock of res
ignation. How" coinforJing ii. ad-
veisity. An old Lattiu poet t-ies
to describe a perfect man, and says
among other things, that he must
never 'get out of temper nor live
above or below a certain line of
cnlm serenity. Thai will do pret
ty well for a man, I reckon, but 'it
wonldent suit a woman at ail. I
heard a smart old; man say once
that a woman who dideiit have
temper and show it now and then
was no account, for while a man
ought to be a philosopher and go
according to reason, a woman
wasent made that way. c-he is
full of emotions, and is bound to
show them. She is up an 1 down
now calm and now exerte.l- accord
ing to the. circumstances. Her love
is stronger nd her - dislikes more
intense. Siie has-more wonder and
curiosit3', 'more -i tenderness and
tears, more sympathy, and rever
ence and hope. In fact, she is a
j inner, better creation, ami was
I made so because she was to be a
mother and the nurse of -children.
"Hor prentice hanil she trie on niau.
And then she ma le the lasses."
I was talking -to a nice young
lady one day about woman's rights
and she said that men and. women
both bad too many rights now,
and indulged themselves in some
that dident belong to them.'" For
instance, said she, a man has.no
right to be a fool, and no woman
has a right to be hnu-. "But
how can she help it?" said I. "if
a woman is born '-ugly," us we call
it, it surely is not 'her' fault." "Of
course not," said she. but if she is
born that way slu musent stay
that way. She can be good if she
wants to be, and she can be kind
and entertaining, and that will
make any woman pretty 011 inti
mate acquaintance. The homeliest
woman I ever knew was the ,most
fascinating and attractive. And
just so the biggest dunce of a man
can keep from being a fool if he
tries to; at least he can be a silent
one and then folks wonldent hud
out he was a fool."
Btli. Arp.
Boy Or Man.
The story that" a restdent of a
Georgia town has purchased -from y
a confectioner for 12 the right to
eat unlimited candy for a. month
would be more interesting than it
is if the age of the purchaser had
been specified. As the purchaser
is spoken ir as '-he,'" we-may as
sume that he is of the male sex,
but whether lie is a man or a small
bo3' we are not told. During the
first week of his contract he has
gained five and a half pounds in
weight, and he has expressed con
fidence that he can eat two and a
half jioiinds of candy on the twen
tieth day. From this we. may liz
ard the conjecture that he. does not
eat more than that amount daily,
in which case he is certainby a
man.
The capacity of the average
small, boy for candy is-said by the
best authorities to be eleven and a
i i .11 - ii
nan pounus. iaii-grown gin is
known to have a capacity of nine
pounds of caramels, "which is equiv
alent to a little mor.e. than ten
pounds of miscellaneous caiid3-.
while no man, so far as is known,
has ever eaten at one time more
than three pounds' of candy. '.Were
the Georgia person a small bo- he
would uoubtless have eaten at least
fifty pounds of .candy -during the
first week, and would, if -weighed
at an- time during that period,
have shown au, increase in weight
oriof fullv" eight
pounds. Moreover,
no confectioner! '.would ever have
agreed to furnish a small 003" un
limited candy for four weeks for
the ridiculous sum of $12, for the
small boy who cannot eat 30
worth of candy per week is unwor
thy of the name. The Georgia per
son is thus undoubtedly a man aud
a colonel, and we can feel no cer-
Itainty as to Whether- he will bank
rupt the confectioner or his own
stomach. "New York Times."
:o:-
SENATOli FAIR.
HIS WIFE
TO MARKV
AGAIN.
HAPPY END TO A DIVORCE.
Sax Francisco, March SO. A
social event that' has often been
predicted seems at last about to
come to pass. Senator Fap; and
his late wife, from whom he was
divorced last spring, have effected
a reconciliation, aud the long-separated
couple will lie reunited in
marriage soon. The j roperty in
terests at stake have been so large
and the intercessions of the chil
dren have been so potential that
the parents have found it impossi
ble to resist the influences which
seemed to draw them together.
Mr. Fair was the practical man
of the bonanza firm. lie, like
Mac-key, was a miner. He was a
mine foreman 'and, understanding
his business thoroughly, he became
invaluable, to his associates.- lie
knew ever detail of the business,
ceuld rell what was the matter with
a machine, and was a good judge
of ore, of rock, and of t he, hundred
things which enter into the calcula
tions of a miner. He was quiet and
businesslike. -
Mrs. Fair is a large, fine-looking
woman of the Irish type, with dark
hair aud ej'es. Iu the early days
of the silver mining excitement
w hen Fair was poor, she was his
mainstay. She economized in a
hundred ways and encouraged him
to persist in his efforts many times
when he was, disheartened and in
clined to abandon his enterprises.
She was a good w;ife, as all admit,
and Mr. Fair himself never made a
complaint against her except that
her devotion to the Roman Catho
lic, church was too great. Four
children were lorn to them two
boys a:d two girls, the eldest being
James G. v air, Jr., now tweuty-one
years old, and the youngest Virgin
ia, aged nine. Mr. anil Mrs. l-atr
lived contentedlv together until a
year ago-'last winter, when Miev
separated, and a dozen dinerent
stories were puciu circulation .eon
ceining the cause. After the sepa
ration Mrs. Fair took up her resi
deuce. In the elegant home belong
ing to tue -lam 1 13 on iNon .11111, in
this city. The Senator with his
eldest son, look a foreign tour, and
on their return secured quarters at
a hotel here.
In the meantime, the prospect
which a divorce suit in a family of
uclt enormous wealtu opened np
had caused several attorneys- and
others to take a hand in the matter.
uid this influence was not calcu
lated to allay the ill feeling. Mrs.
Fair tiled a bill for divorce at Vir
ginia City on the 7th of last May.
t he allegations caused something
of a sensation, and it was expected
that a long trial would be the re
sult. Lawyers.'detectives. and go-
betweens imagined that they had
lich picking within their grasp, and
5Ir. l air found himself annoyed be
yond measure by--their solicita
tions. - '
Feeling thatMr.-:. Fair had been I
improperly influenced by some of i
her counsellors, the Senator deter
mined to make no -contest of the
suit. Iu a c ird to the public be
denied the allegations made iu his1
wife's bill, and a day later (on the t
;;th of May) he issued the follow- i
ing: - '-'.--, ' ! " I
"I ami the -man-,' and 1 am willing j
to bear all the -odium which the ,
public, iu its ignorance of the real
facts, in'ajv choose to cast on me;
but my regret is for my wife, w hose
name has been' improperly associa.
ted and incorporated in dispatches'
transmitted all over the couutry.
Now, as always, mj desire has been
to do that which, would contribute
to the happiness of my wife and
children.- If I have in any wa3'
failed, God knows it has not been
prompted by a desire to do so.
Now, as ever, I .want that which
will lest 'contribute to the happi
ness of my famify. If' my wife
thinks a separation will contribute
to her further happiness, then her
in in d and mine are alike. I have
'done nothing to merit the obloquy
cast upon me. Those who liest
know' me will tell you what 1113- de-
sires are. vion lias uiesseu me wiut
wealth, aud 1 have never used it for
anj' mean or iniiiianh" purpose. My
heart and hand have always been
open to those in distress, and will
continue to be to those who seek or
require, my help. I repeat that in
this matter with my wife, which
has been made so public. I have
nothing to sa3- tinther than that it
pains ine.'to see her name aud mine
associated with sticli dastardly and
vindictive dispatches as have gone
forth to the w orld. I am the man,
she is the woman, and in these re
lations I wilP .shield her name at
every point in my power'
It became painfully evident to
the lawyers and detectives that Mr.
Fair w as not going to defend the
case. On the 13th of May the mat
ter was called, in court at Virginia
Cit-, and after au hour's hearing
with closed doors the Judge an
nounced that ., a decree would le
given to Mrs. Fair, that the minor
children would be given into her
keeping, and that the Senator
would pay to her in cah and Uni
ted States bon'l-s'!?4,250,00O, besides
giving her title to the residence on
Nob Hill in this city. The settle
ment was a profound surprise to
most people here, for no one dream
ed that Senator ' Fair was so
wealthy as the sum paid his late
jpWife would seem to indicate. It
llad been generally unuerstoou
that, he was not worth more than
four or five millions, but it came out
soon after the settlement -that he
could command four times that
amount - It is currently rejiorted
that R. S. Mesick, attorney for Mrs.
Fair, received a fee of 8500,000 for
negotiating the settlement of the
Senator's estate, .
t After the divorce 3Irs. Fair, with
her soa and two little daughters,
took np her abode in her palatial
.:-. - . . -
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home in this' city. Here she had
beautiful grounds and an extensive
conservatory. She ha cone out
but little, and seems to have plight
taste for social life, devoting her
self to the education of her daugh
ters and to charitable work. She
has great confidence in the increase
in value of real estate, and has
built near her own residence a large
private hotel which she expects to
rent on profitable terms. The Sen
ator still ow ns the finest building
lot on Nob Hill, around which he
has recently constructed a massive
stone wall. It overlooks Stand-
ford's place, and has a much less
obstructed view than the lolty es
tate of the widow Hopkins across
the street.
The reunion of the Fairs will lie
an unending source of gossip, but
of a little more cheerful aspect than
that which attends most of the
movements of the bonanza kings
and their wives. It Is understood
that the manly stand taken by the
Senator at the time the divorce
suit was pending softened his
wife's resentment and paved the
way to a reconciliation.
k Real Romance.
Ualeigh letter in the Norfolk MVir
gijiiau": A romance in real life has
lieen enacted here rccenth',which at
tracts attention. Some years ago a
son of Cot; William J.Saunders
went to the far South, and by and
by disappeared. No tidings came
of him for years, nntil last autnmn
his parents learned that their long
absent boy was dead. Mrs. Saun
ders put on mourning, and sadness
reigned in the household. But very
recently some information was acci
dentally gleaned that the yonng
man was alive in New Mexico.
Governor Jarvis' kindly aid was
enlisted. The Governor of New
Mexico was induced to institute in
quiries, and a couple of weeks ago
letters were received that the long
lost and mourned boy had been
found in one of the mines in New
Mexico. The joy of the parents
knew no bounds.
Timber,
Gubernatorial
. wise.
and Otner-
31 IKK MOBIAEITT.
Col. Mike Moriarity was borti or
supposed - to have been liorn
is
when he was quite young, near
Blodgett's X Koads. He taught
a writing school and played the
accordeon from 1840 to 18.VJ.
About that time he left the old
homestead under doubtful circum
stances, aud was beard of iio more
uutil the year of the lamons dog
fights at Possum Hollow, where he
won golden honors serving in the
capacit- "of umpire. His career
since that, time is too well known
to require comment. If nominated
he would very likely be defeated;
but he would enjo3' the canvass.
"Lexington. Dispatch."
What "Wife". Means.
.. Says Buskin: "What do;-you
think, the beautiful word "wife"
means!'. It is the great word in
which the English and Latin lan
guages conquered the French and
Greek. I ho)e , the French will
some day get a word for it instead
of t hat "Veraine." But what do you
think it comes from! The great
value ot t he Saxon words is that
t hey mean something. Wife means
"weaver." Yon must either, be
house wives or house mothes, re
member that. Iu the deep sense
you must either weave men's for
tunes and embroider them, or feed
upon and bring them to deca3.
Wherever a true wife comes, home
U always around her. The stars
m a3' be over her head; the glow
worm in the night's cold grass may
be the fire at her feet, but home is
where she is, aud for a noble wo
man it stretches far around her,
better than houses ccilcdWith ce-
jhr or painted with vermilion-
shedding its quiet light for those
who else are homeless. This, I
belive, is the woman's true place
aiul power."
An Enoch irden Story.
Au exchange -".says, "Nine years
ago a man named Stephens mar
ried a beautiful Chicago girl, and
they began farm life near Miltbu,
Ky. Iu a few years Stephens went
East to, buy lond, " but was not
heard from again. Last summer
the wife married again. On Mon
da3 Stephens returned. He did
not intend to be known but the
wife recognize! him, threw her
arms al Kin t him and kissed him.
The new husband stabbed the wife
in the neck killing her instantly.
Stephens drew a revolver and shot
the murderer, who turued and cut
him across the neck'. Both men
are fatally injured."-
Goldslioro "Bulletin": Dr. W.
P. Exnm tells us that he sold from
three-quarters of an acre 160
worth ot sweet potatoes, and that
he has another hill that he put two
hundred bushels in at housing
time. If these have not rotted, and
sell as well as those already sold,
he will realize in the neighborhood
of $250 from three-quarters of an
acre. This beats cotton to death.
Senator-elect Blackburn, of Ken
tucky, in bis recent speech before
the Young Democracy of Brooklyn.
N. Y., said: "l am not an advo
cate of free luxuries. I am a hum
ble but an honest advocate for free
necessaries of life. Great cheering.!
I do not want free whiskey. Jjaugn
ter. I do not want free tobacco. I
do want, however, free iron, free
sugar, aud free salrforthe people
of this country." Applause.
A California editor recently re
ceived a cord of wood, in payment
for a subscription, which was piled
in front of the office at a late hour.
The next - morning he found six
sticks left. This fact led the editor
to believe that tba morals of the
town were improving, y A year ago
there wouldn't have been a tick left.
-. .. .'It . M
"sonwrvuie journal," - ...
-
.IM
.
On Vw
mm,
inillul wiu D4 Dutda tcm
- ""owimivm.
POLITICAL
WHAT THE POLITICIANS AKE
TALKING ABOUT.
THE POLITICAL VALU.U9S
Ye "Bring lw Anoiiirr IUrr
The prestige' conferred fir bar:
ing been a "war horse" i tl. pat
will be ot less arail and will i,iue
more dimly than it did receutly
"Bring iu another horse" wan H cir
cus man's bo mot and may-vet"7"
serve some young enlt sniflihig the
battle from afar iu j.,,! Ktead lo
run an old wiiid broken wur-liorne
off the track. Lenoir "Tapie."
The Tariff Measure.
The New York "Herald" pr
nounces it "in accordance with the
original lines laid down hv Mr. Car
lisle and Mr. Morrison," and adds:
"As 171 outjif the IJl'Dcinocrahe
members of the House were pres.
cut there is 11 reason h hie priwixt-t
that some measure like that l Mr.
Morrison's will be pass d.'
"Tho New York "Times," making
the wish father the thought, con
siders that by effecting a compro
mise with the high tariff meu the
reformers "have thrown away the
only issue on which they , could jgo
to thu country."
The "World holds that "the ac
tion of the Democratic CongreNKtuu.
al caucus 1ms gratified it enemies.
Speaker Carlisle recognizes the
fact that while the Democratic par
ty is pledged to revenue reform, to
strict economy and honesty in pub
lic expenditures and to thw relief of
the people at the earliest pi-act Um-
oie moment irom tne ininleu of un .
necessary taxation, neither the de
tails of tariff reconstruction nor the
question of the expediency of nuk
ing a futile attempt to change l be
tariff at the present time can Iks
fairly considered a party teat."
, Sey moiir'a Views. :
The "Mail and Express" ha a an
interview with Governor Horatio
Seymour on the political situation.
He expressed the opinion that long
er continuance of the protective .
tariff may provoke retaliatory inea.
111 es 011 the part of England and
other European nations.
As to the president. ul candidates .
he expressed the opinion (hut the
nomination of Tildcti would be wise
for the democracy. -" .
The follow ing questions and an
swers are given :
"And joii do not Imlieve Mr. Til
den too feeble to perforin the duties
of president!" - '
"Well, they say he cai.'t talk
now. That is a positive adrautage.
No man was ever yet hurt 13- what
tie didn't say, aud I say that with- .
out the least hesitation. What we
want 111 the presidential chair are
men who think more and talk le.
A man should have his tongue cut
off when he enters the while hou-
as president."
"Then the difficulty of iqieecli U
to commend Mr. Tilden us a rcsi-
dential candidate!"
"Not so solely. They say Mr.
Tilden is so much iu ill healrh thaCy"
he is practically useless ns 11 presi
dential candidate. I tell you, ill
health is another advantage If
Mr. Tilden in ill health -sliouhl le
president, bin infirmity would prove
a protection against the throng of
men who want something."
An Interview About TH4en.
The "World" this morning phb.
lishes an iutervlew on Tildeu's
physical condition held with a
"prominent gentleman'' known to
possess the most reliable know ledge
on the subject, as he is and has
been for many years Tilden V iin4
intimate friend and constant asm-;
ciate in his public as well as private
atlairs. At the gentleman's part e
ular remiest, his name in omitled.
The gentleman .'any:-' Tildeit r
weighsbetweeu 125 aud 130 pounds.
I have known him 40 years. From
the time lie was 18 until lie was .1.1, ,
he never but once exceeded 12j.
pounds. He weighs a much now
us the average since he grew to
manhood The story that he takes
or has been taking narcotics lo in
duce sleep is totally raise- He ha
done so in no instance for yearn, ;
and never waa in the habit Wooing
so. He is a remarkably good t.'ee
er; nor is he paralyzed 011 either
side. He has a rheumatic affec
tum of some of the finger on the
left hand. He is sometime Mih
ject to tremor of the hands, hut
generally not sufficient to prevent
his carrying a tumbler of water to
his mouth, or to preveut his wi iting
his signature, which he has occa
sion to do freqnently every day. !
hannen to know, lie was called iiou
in a trust to affix his sigiiatnie Mi
times, which he did the same ilay.
His sense of hearing in uncommon
ly acute in both ear. He hears
the slightest whuqier. II in eye
are something wondeiful. H reads
three to five hours every evening,
bes'des what be does in the day
time. He has a quits and erect
walk and does not mind going np
three or four flight of stairs. His
voice is feeble by reason of debility
of the vocal chords, which increas
es when he is fatigued. The medi
cal men say that the tremor of the
hands does not touch any yital
powers. They all report all of the
vital powers of Tilden to lie healthy
aud strong. Tilden goes daily out
and about, attends to his affair,
which are of no limited extent; 1
called on to advise in matter of
importance with which he has long
been connected; reada early and
late; rises early ami rarely retires
before 11 ; selects and buy and
reads more books probabb-. than
anv private gentleman in this citv;
is now arranging his extensive li
brary and furnishing his house, and
is called on continually by ersons
from all parts of the United States.
"Is this a singing U0111 ' akeu
she of the clerk. "Yes madernoia
elle.r,taiow do yon make it ogTf
Jnst as yon would any other young
ladv " "How is tbatr "By
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