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I lirsti ripe peaches have
heir lappearanee in
1 Hex tell at cents each.
in t lie
, "Iloine
hat;hing thicken
n started jii
Char
chick
reeent test 141)
tatched from 2S0 eggs.
-On atH'ount of an old grudge
Due Doc. Thompson called Mr. T.
11. 4'roctor, a merchant of Denver,
Lincoln county,' to his door, .Mon-
morning, and fatally snot him.
No girl in Norway-is allowed to
have a beau until she can make
bread.. I n I his mmiiiicI ion it may
be stated l.hat Norwegian . girls
learn to make bread at a very early
age.
A Nashville man was lined
!s(Ki for kissing a school teacher.
If it hadn'i been for two ortliree of
the scholars, who ,cauglit tium at
it, she woiihiu't have charged him
a cent.
A Kentucky ghl treated a
g-;'i-lia led tram) (iindly and he
died aad left her a snug fortune.
Some-1 ramp, disguised as a gentle-
man, will now probably want, to j
marry her. j
-YVheii Speaker Carl ish lirsfi
entered Congress, six years ago, he j
Was so modest and quiet that !
Speaker Hamlall did not know oi j
)ti -presence, and failed to put liiui i
Oil
a single committee.
--Kev. Dr. II. M. Sciidder, who;
spent many year as a missjonai-y i
in India, asserts that "for unmixed
wickedness and
utter moral do
pr.ivity no city ii
Chicago or New
I Asia could equal
ork.'"
The Statesville ' Landiuai kv
savs, '-It is h-aini
I here that Miss
Cora .M. Dowell,
nf Morganton, a
well known am
popuh.r young
1, almost fatally.
l.nl v , was poisniu
a lew days ago,
coin."
my eating canned
Hon. Jutlah If. IU'iijamin, ;.ho
wis Secretary oi'
it-ate. under Pres-.'
- Stmt hern Con
He had resided
the war and at
iii aiming Lritish
ident Davis in tli
I'ederacy. is dead,
in England since
tallied high posit i
lawyers
The State line steamship, State
of Florida, which left New York for
Glasglow, April lllh. has lieeii lost.
She had on boanl .s."i passengers
and .50 of the ere ,v, and there is
some hope that 1 1 ese were picked
up and saved by a passing vessel.
If Gee. (bant 's is put on the re
tired list he will ilr i . at least 2:;.-'
(MM), possibK -'l.o. o. He is still
ri.-h. The ij-L Mi.oi m,d given him
is invested, am! he draws some
81"i,fn0 or more iiiiuually on that.
He ought to be able to live on that
sum. "
- At a walking match in New
York last week the i einarkable rec
ord of tlio miles ui six days was.
scored. It is said t hat neit her the
hor-e. camel nor ostrich, e in travel
as these men do 100 miles a day
lor six con- ccutive days. Man is
ahead of fie brute;
There is a child on exhibition
in Philadelphia that is said to be
half human, half ra'cl. - A picture
so repieseuts if ni, head, breast
and arms s ..I a child,' with 1
gs.
tVc., of a '.- ist. It i
edition of in of old
the ilescripti i ainl jm
a model u
cording lo
e.
The Chan
:i. b'sei r: says
Jim Pethel.wi.
arresu .i on: t he
complaint of tv . itiens Ibr cruel
ty animals, .eating and mal
treating his horse. H,. was lined
!?." for fast driving, and bound over
to i ne interior Com t. on the charge j
ot cruelty. , The law is not a d
lead
letter.
When a man s iv-i his -wile is j
worth her yveighr u, gold." if she I
weighs iii pounds she i worth i
just an even :l0,00a. So it is ,nor '
such an. extravagant expression J-
Ihere are millions kf ironies, even
l.ne luuiiMe cottagesl
where the wife
1 much niore i
and mother is vain
highly than her weiiht i
iii eold.
C.cii. If. p.
called to preside o
Representatives, wl
tec of the. Whole, .s
fci nee has been
r the House of j
y-ai in coninnt-;
4veral day s re. -
ceiitly ; a complinii it. when it is;
renieinbered how larLe a number of!
intlueuiial ineii,tlie.fe -are in that I
IhmIv, There's not ; better man in i
North Carolina thaij Hob. YanceJ
den. .John 15. Gordon, in a let
ter from New York jto the Atlanta
"Constitution," saysi that after : nil
consultation with tin? frieinls-of the
movement lor Home- for disabled
Confederate soldiers-, representing
both armies, it has j been thought
best to concentrate pll efforts first
in building the homo j Richmond,
a. This conclusioti will doubtless
be heartily indorsed 'by the frieuds
of the movement evet-yvrhere.
vt.r-v .I1" 801,1 !J Monty Order or
r.Mo1 I rat our risk,
i Uiiri 1,, street. In the Old Post i
Twfotf A WEEK 1
( unf ' MiOMALL PAKTS
l .UK WOULD.
GSGLKAXlXtiS,
X
l iii is lo have. :i oaner
1 I .
I lirsfi ripe peaches
I heir j.ippcaranec in
iTIieV It'll at 7.1 cents
Iniilt' til live legs has been i
I Alaji iiji. One leg will jr
liii still it -business lor tin
Inn.
film F. J" later, the pliilanthro-
khngiv a million dollars to
Vion. d" I at. Norwich, Conn.,
Ysilny ii oi mug.
school teachers of
Yill ajieinl a Teachers' In
sfv ',m"' !nl'-" 11
ic one month.
l'l niseis, President
Vine Railroad system,
V -quill? ill, at Halt i
lcased .to Icai n, is
css" in-UJar.-i,
TJine .
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VOLUME I I.--
It is stated on good authority I
there are 40,000 persons in New
; Yoik city who depend on f?aiii1t!in
! for a living.
! Onion parties in which onion
i pies predominate have broken out!
in Cincinnati. They have proved;
a strong attraction r
The peopleol'the United States !
spend. !M)0,ooo;000 a year on liquor, ;
and only .y!0,00i) on education i
a verv unfair division of their re-.
sources. The quantity of spirits,
in taxable gallons, produced in the
;couiiii.i kisi u .i r i:
j Tr. .(imt.i;Ul hilt
! KW(H.t iri-n.s or nws. A negrn
u ()f molAiw t
count i v hist year was : 10.",fcG"),lbT.
id two
ro had
plan oi molasses at one
sitting with soda, crackers to
match;" anil one of the county com
missioners had planted a goodly
package of cajndv. drops mistaking
thrm for beans," as he says but no
doubt with the intent to evade the
tariff on sugar.-
The Fayetteville '-Sun" says
I ha iis a 'material I rain on the
Cape Fear Yadkin Valley I'.ail
roail was passing a turnout a train
hand threw a : large w rench oil' 'to
some section hands. Not. --making
-proper allowance for the momen
tum, the wrench struck one of them
full in the stomach; indicting uu in
jur.y from which lie' died.
T-Dr. Vj. II. Seagle, a young phy
sician of Lowesville, committed sui
cide l is! Sunday, from the ell'ecls
of laudanum. The Statesville
"Landmark" says- that drunken
ness was the cause. Dr. Seagle
cfiine of an ill fated family. His
nni'i her was a Harris, ofoneolihe
Cabarrus families of that name.
Her father was froen to death and
one of her brothers committed, sui
cide. (1. M, C, in the (loldsboro
"Messengi'i'' can't see lor his life
why the no-fence law is not adopt
ed in almost every coinniiinifv in
t in- Slate. lierever it has been
tried the -opposition soon dies', out, j
and Its
beeomt
It is a
erstwhile enemies rapidlv I
its most earnest advocates.
beautiful sight to see the !
fields tilled right up-to twr road, j
the old fences torn down, the iin-
sightly hedgerows cleared -oil', and
in a state -of .cultivation, aiid a
general appearance ol neatness and
order. S
Lynched at Winston.
;( Winston, N. '., Mav'.K. Henry
waiin, the prisoner and se't'-con-
lessed niuriieier oi .mis. Harrison
Reed, was loieibly taken from the I
county jail at 2 : :0 this a. in., by a i
party oi masked and heavily armed j
men variously-estimated' from - one j.
hundred lo wo hundred and fifty ;
strong, carried to near the place
where he commit led the horrible
apiLcold blooded murder and there'
hanged. Various Illinois were
alloat early in the night of numbers
of fyeti from the country, from Win
ston and Salem,.-' collecting 'in
squads, but - nothing -definite was
known until the armed body
marched to the jail. In eonse
qiieiiee of the various rumors many
persons were collected uj'.o.n the
st reels, c. hi is! iag most I of i'irin
ers froiu ad juiiiing' C'unf ies.V who
wi re cani)ing at the tobacc-pvm re
houses. "The jail reached the lead
er of I he mob demanded Ihe key.
There were some six or eigV.t men
in (he jail w it h i lie .sheriff, acting
as guards, but no armed resistance
was' made against so targe .i iium-tit-!
of armed ami determined men.
ISefore .the breaking began mayor
.I.C. P.uxton -met them at the gate
of I iie jail v.. i d a nd made an elo
quent appeal in behalf of the pres
ervation of the prisoner and for the
maintenance ot law anl order,
which was listened to respectfully
but without ell'ect, the mob si at ing
in reply that they did not tear the
courts, but wanted to show their
indigiiatioii. At the close nf his
remarks and at the 0rd of eoin
inand from the leader, the attack
was made- with crow bars and
sledge -Ira miners ; -the jail w as brok
en open and tile end accomplished,
.lust before hanging the prisoner
made a full and complete confes
sion, stating that rob tier v was his
only object. The body was cut
down I hi-; a Tie! noon ,-iiier : briny
viewed by thousands. Swaiin vvas
a white man, 1'.! years old- Thfee
negroes' under sentence ot' de.it b: in
the jail were unmolested.
- -It. V, 15.
'-News Observer."
A Dead Woman Comes to Life.
Last Winter Jennie liiug, a col
ored woman living in Catawba
Springs township.-in this county,
was taken sick. She w as very ill
Ibr some weeks, bur seemed to be
improving, when she suddenly and
to all appearances died.. The liody
was dressed for t he grave, the colli n
was made, the grave yvas dug. all
the preparations for :i lirst -class
funeral yvere made and the second '.
night of watching the -.corpse had '
past, when" to.- the utter asf.inish- ;
ment am! terror -oi' those around I
her Jennie opened Iter eyes. As
simui as the tert'ilied attendants j
could .muster up- courage ---'eiiongh t
t!ie poor woman was hastily " mi !
dressed and . placed iii .-b.-d. She j
i-oiitiiuied to " revive. . The colli n
was iiuiverted into a box and the '
grave lilted up. Tiie wom:n lived
tor several weeks and then died
.in..i- .... .....1. 1 :.. . l - . . i.
.-un- i-iioiigii. -ijiiicouuoii "i less.
WhisKy'll "friif Him Up.
Dar never w uz a nian so strong
dat whisky couldn't tling him. lie
in iv be a mighty tine rasscl.-r. an'
may hab tlung eboiy man iu de
curmiiiiity, but when lu-'lock vhorns
wid whisky, he's 'gone down. He
may cut some mighty line capers',
an' 'splay powerful mussle, but at
l is whisky 1! trip him an' thug him
in a place dat he neber woulder
picked sr-.u fur de fall.
The Nev Rei ne ".lom nal'' ;uits '
Hughes for Lieuteiiaiir Governoi. 1
Long for Superintendent of Public'
I list ructions anil Manly lor elector. ;
The Kinston "Free Press'' asks ifl
the "Journal'' does'nt desire to!
Lave the capital! moved to 'the j
..Elm City. !
BILL AH .FS TALK.
ON Til E 1IA1M WINTER, Tl 1 E
Ol'KXIMi Ol- SPRING FTC.
modern philosophy
Daniel Webster begun a great
Kjieech by Saying that when a ves
sel bad lieen storm tossed for many
days" in cloudy weather and lost
her reckoning the lirst thing todoUv
I t- , (IIH
wnen sunsnine came, was to ngure
up and lind ut where she was, or
words to that effect.
The agricultural department
sends Hie a circular and asks "how
did your cattle come out of win
ter quarters f"
It has been, a hard winter ' ami
miserable spring, and we farmers
have lieen demoralized and dis
heartened, and now when the
storms and floods and cyclones
have ceased to afllict its, and tin
blessed sun of ibis blessed mouth
of May is warming up our hearts
and homes, i! is natural "for us to
sum it all .up and sec w here we are
and what we have lust, and be able
to say how we. have come out of
winter quarters 'ourselves.'" We
i went into those ouarters on the
heel of a stingy crop, ami take it
All : ..II i .. i i '. t.i... r i :
.in oi iu, ni- nail a nam .nine:
, . , . ' i
oui, ui; ei i neiess, we aie nveiv ami
thankful, for it. might have been
worse. The 'elements have been
oh a -fearful rampage, and t lie
doods have furrowed the tieids
and carried our Nest soil away
d wn into the gull of. Mexico, and
lel't us more bottom land than we
wanted. The corn we had pla'utcd
has dejiarted these coasts, and the
compost with it, and the work is
alt to lie done over
and rails, and va
again. Fences
er gates have
gone on a scursliion , and there's
.work to do lots of work but
there's nohiuh dead or hurt, io-
body sick
only the 1
Imt aie, and I've got
iciim itisai , and nobodv
j c.ires but -lie that is excepr Mis.
! A ri, and she says she does care a
i little. I've tried most everything
! that ever.x body has told no , except
; poke berries, which a preacher said
I was a sure cure, and I'm "waiting
i for them to Ciime ; for 1 don't want
j to :go -.grunting ai ouii.d . like 1 was
only half a man and pteimit ureiy
j superannuated. It is bad. very
j bad.-and -jerks me around lively,
land makes me get-ui awav in -the
night and .hunt iiuiment -and sil by
the lire: .but. it is a friendly dis
ease, that sticketh to .mui -like a
brother, for it dodges from the
shoulder t5 the collar bone, and
from there to the arm. and then to
the back of the neck and then to
Ihe' shoulder -'ag i-a, and seems to
say, I'll play around a little- just
for a change, but i ui'i never leave
thee or forsake. S.r. its all. .right,
and I'll compromise with t ile and
fortune on rheumatism. It is iiot !
to-'" be compared to war, o'r "pesfi- ;
lciice or "death 'iy ;hc i'inily. or
long lingei ii-g d '-ease, f .
So I think l h..i. t.ii.i
we have coaie out oi'
m nil.
qua. -
good
a i.i
ihe
ters pretty w Hi. ..in! as i
old Methodist pieacers
their prayer
Vc thaidc Thee. Oh
ijoiu. inai ii is;-,sweu yvitn us
i l ai. . a ti -.1
it is." Messing.-., on the return
ul" spring, I lie. time when I la- little
chaps can go barefooted and pad
dle in the branch' and iiii for-niiu-
now s. and t lie ol.lir ones can ram
i ble over the lields and marshes and
gather w ild tlowers and make bo-i
i qiiets for the parlor and the dining j
loom. 1 gu(aiHiut witii iheni n.osr i
every day and enjoy it! 1 h:t.c to !
get tislnng poles and . m.ike -whistles,
and cut. the rough tw igs -from
the crabappies thai have 1 such
lovely blooms, and I have to bait
the hooks tor Mis. Ar and the.
girls, for they don't like to handle
the little clean wriggling worms,
and when I hey catli a lisii i have
to get the hook out of his mouth,
and 1 have to Watch out for snakes
and lizzards, mid blaze our tiio'wav
generally , and of "course it makes
me feel proud , an.iP-chsequem ink
sorter like a. rooster who -gives
.warning 10 uie uawivs ami maitc
1,
a powerful to do, and when he
linds a bug. Call
eats it himself
. ail the hens - ami
just before I he y
get there.
.May has come w ii ii all her sweet
memories aiid maiden yays. The
children don't have to be penned
up in the house now They are
ever so happy. Last night if was
splendid to hear them .singing
their little songs, so as to get a lit
tle grand c'hi Id to sleep, and it took
"Dixie." and "Thete was a frog
who li-el in a jiuol" and -.We'll
pass over Jordan." and "Shinbom
alley," and seycial more, but th
little things s :i rcndeicd w hen the.v
struck up "Seo! lands- burning."
and she ..was soon jin tin- land. -of
happy dreams. 'Tliese '.lift ie graod
childreii yvere born foi- the country,
and they all ought, to be their'. ( If
course, they can't Iv exhibited to
visit. is very otic,., unl don't ha e
to di
ess in their' tine Hotiie
i i.u
thev are the better off for it.
It is curious how easily forks :
J change their opinions. Suae of
j my older children used to think'
' the younger ones were awful ."bad
i and ought to have lots. of whipping,.;
(and if they had chihlien .. tliey
.shouldn't do such things and so
' foi th. Well, thev have got
dreu nowi children ol" their.
chi!-
qw 1!,
s tiie
and thev
are itbout as bad ;:
common run, but they don't gel
.any whipping,.. -and are not likely
to get any, and i hey. arc most too
precious ti. be -scolded, and that is
always the way, 'and if is right,
too, 1 reckon. ' for;:.!' the ni'jlrer w as
not blind to the faults of her bad
children they woiild nt get a good
yvord from any Uidy. Sickness and
badness . run together now'.-' flu
lit tie dailing is sick,, or she. 'w'ou'ld-''
cut he so cross." -When lie is
well he is just as gnoij ;is be can
be," 'l'hat is the inodeiu philoso
phy, and so when the child 'is bad
and cuts up, and disturbs the gen
eral tranquility, it is sick and ."must
have some carminative or cherry
pectoral, or some other bad tasted
stuff, and that gets up more squall-
LET ..ALL THE' ESDS THOU AIM'ST AT, BE THY COUNTRY'S,
WILSON, NORTH CAROLINA, MAY 10. 1884.
' ing and does less good than a
! dose of carminative with the
little
palm
I of the hand on some tender place
i that was made for counter ir
I ri. ants.
i Lut May lias come at last and
i there is no excuse for .anybody to
'be vross or gloomy now. From
tune immemorial 3liy- lias ueen
honored and sung inqre, than any
other month, for it is a type of the
j new birth of nature. The ancient
I Lritons danced around a May pole
! and forgot their troubles. The first
i May queen was Maid Marian, and
! Robin Hood crow ned her. The old
i Unmans had festivities most all
I the month, and the 11th, 1:5th and
1 "th were dedicated to decorating
naves 4f the-dead with llow-
ers. and nobodv ever married on
those three days for it was believed
that one of the wedded pah" .would
die before the did of the year.
How like those' people our people
are. Full of superstitions, and
decorat ing t he graves of the dead
as they did. The May day of the
moderns, came down to us from the
Romans celebrating live days in
honor to Flora, 'goddess of flowers.
Those days were from April "2Sth
to May id; but the busy moderns
coMldeiii spare so much time and
reduced the festival down to one,
and a good many are too busy or
too poor to take even one holliday.
What a glorious tiling it would be
it all tin)' poor children who live in
'scanty -''houses in crowded cities
could get out in the country for
even one da v. and breathe the
, , i .n ,. 4i .,
breath of spring, and gather tlow
' ers and lie happy. Ihe good things
... ..... m,. , i
of this life are not for all, and it is
sad and pitiful, but t is true. I5ut
may' be their time will come will
come in a land where tlowers and
green liel Is and sunshine and hap
py horns c ni be had 'without. 'mon
ey and without ju ice I hope so.
Jii i.i. A nr.
A
Cuiored Preacher Defends
Beating.
Wife
"Dere is anniider matter we is
noted for, beating ourwi.es. Now
dar.de scriplur cums' in agin. De
good book savs: 'Husbands, keep
your wives in submission.' And
how is ou gwiii- to do dat thing?
Why, heat 'cm. to bo sure, 'case
dev needs it. -Yes, gemineu, we is
fde kings of de earth and we must i
i lib' de women, 'case, if we don't !
rule them, they .'will rule us. Den,
agin, we is de salt "of the yearth,
and we is got to keep iirettv sharp
to -keep !e yearth salted,
agin, if you give a woman an
she is' "more apt to take an L.
'vises you all to do your duty
Den,
inch
So I.
and
keep the women' in hand.
Now, sistcis, I ain't in no wise
'posed to you when you don't try
to get "yond yourselfs, so I will
close ill?, here .'lecture -'by -.wishing
you all good luck and 'vising you
to devote your time, your etlcica
tion and your Yomplishments to us
geifimeu. case, as 1 said before, yve
is de kings of the yearth, and you
can't bu'st that lac' if your tongues
are longer and our heads pretty
strong. 1 'spects I don' -made you.
sorter mad. but facs niiisf be spok-.
en. and as I fold Vou afore, the salt
got to be iather .-harp to keep dis
yeatth si lted, and it don't do iirno
wise' f.-1 .let de '.women think dey is
nowhar nigh the equals of yve gi in
men, ease dev is monstrous easy to
spile-and if dey gets de upper hand
dey is more "an app to keep it.
1 . speaks - from 'sperieiice, and
"spcrieiiiv, my frens, lucdreii and
sisfi is. is a good, teacher, case if
any of you had my Kliza .lane for
your wile you could tell wily 1
'vises you to rule de women in de
'ginning, ease 'fore de Lord, when
dey get des-iari you had jusf - as
well try to move a mountains as to
rule a woman what you is' 'lowed to
get sot in her ways."
Bill Nye Talks to Young Men. .
Young man, what 'are yon living
for.' Have oii ah object dear to
you as lite, and without the at taiu
meiit of which vou feel that vour
j life would have been a wide, shore
! less waste, peopled by the spectres
of dead ambition? You Can take
! your choice ill .the. gi'eat battle of
j life, w he.rlier you bristle up and win
i a (leati less name, oi be satisfied
! wit h scabs -and 'mediocrity.. Many
1 ft I Imse who now stand at the head
! of) i he ."nation as statesmen and
! logicians Were once 'unknown, un
! honored- and unsung. Now they
saw the au ot the nails ol vjongress,
and tlii-ir names are plastered on
the temple of fame.
You can win some laurels too, i'
j you will, brace up and secure them
when th-v are .ripe. Live teiniit'r-
atelv on a month. That's the.
' way we got our start. Get kou.c
: true noble-minded young lady of
l.vour acquaintance to assist you.
, Teli. her of your troubles and she
w ill tell you what to- do. She will
gladly advise you. j Theii you can
i marry .her, 'and she. will advise yon
sonic more. You need't be .out 'of
. advice at all- unless. "yon want to.
'She, too. will !el! you when you
have ina.de a .mistakc.V She will
(nine to vou tiaiiklv and ae
.knowledge that you
made a jackass of y ourself.
havi
Mean Liquor.
We have heard tell of mean Jiq
u ir, but rhe meanest stutV we ever
heard 'of was' that- sold at a bar
room just out of town during court
week. i- A juan. who lives in this
county got! drunk on it. The next
day he became sick and vomited.
I iis chickens had access to it and
they died iinniediately.1 We are
informed that a distiller bought an
emiitv whiskev barrel from the
same dealer and in if. he found a
doutile hand full of "buckeys" I
yvhich are highly poisonous, lmt j
which makes the liquor "lieail." j
What ought to be done with a man j
who sells pi ri. son like that!" Ljn- j
Coin "Press." ' 1 j
. i
M-ifiel
.u.lll. I
Ethel Isn't this funny.'
What dear Ethel This in the
paper about kissing. Mabel I did
not see it. Ethel Why, Dr. Deems
tl.-ll l.--:iI.T itf .1 lllll-olv llll-.'l
iean habit.
MaKnl liii' .ntr fr n.
liou.s it is to be born an American,
POLITICAL POINTS ll,o,,sl-v iit CI', 1.
A11 Jiy'.If Thurman and Bavard and
0- Hendricks had sunk personal feel-
in 1JSN0, and acted purely from
WHAT TII 14 POLITICIANS AHE ; l);ltl,iot,sm "s -Mr. Tilden itid. he
taitmvp uifiiTn- "ulJ,woiiM nowlKi President. Thev
iu - U
THE POLITICAL VALDliOX
The
State
elared
P.ah !
Massachuset ts )eniocratic
convention last week de-fin-
Butler lor I'lesident.
Every .North Carolina democrat
voted '-lor the Morrison tariff bill.
Un tins issuii North Carolina
sents a solid front.
jue
In the face of his protests Wat-,
terson was elected a delegate at
large from Kentuckey to the na
tional Democratic convention.
The Raleigh "Farmer and Me
chanic" thinks that in the national
Republican convention Maine will
get two votes from North Carolina.
The Republican White. Man's
party, of Georgia, sends a Maine
delegation to Chicago and decides
to run (leu. Lougstieet for Gov
ernor. The Charlotte ' Observer"
that it is authorized to state
Judge R. T. Rennett will
savs
that
Ie a
candidate for re-election to Con
gress, from The sixth district.
('apt. J. II. Smith, of l'ayette
ville, has been elected Chairman
of the Executive, committee of the
third Congressional district. The
Convention to nominate a candi
date will be held the, "Mes
senger" thinks,
July at Lurgaw.
on Hie 2nd. of
M:ule II tin Mick.
A young man in Salem, who had
ji st attained- his majority attended
two republican meetings and after
each was really sick. After the
last of the two conventions he sum
med up his trouble in the follow
ing words :
"Too 'much politic.-. too much
negro. It makes me sick. Guess
I will have to change my politics."
It's a wonder to us it don't make
every white man, who lias any self
respect left, sick.
A lialiy Bit Ol Bliuuor.
The Republican demand in
North Carolina lor the alioltion
of the internal revenue 'is a ghast
ly bit of humor. Everybody
knows that the reventiers own the
Republican party in North Caro
lina.' and but for them the party
would not go through the form of
putting candidates in the field.
F2veryhody knows how utterly
ciirrtipt the revenue ' system"' is,
what an oppression it has been
in North Carolina, and every
Democrat is ni'.xious to have it
changed, whatever may lie his
views upon the justice of the tax
itself. .Rut for the Republicans
of' this. State lo denounce' a sys
tem upon .which it .solely relies for
the success of its ticket is the
i quintessence of hvpocricy, a sham
j and fraud. "Falcon."
The IMnlK't-in in !
! Said the Tilden J I it loi'in in lss.),
and yve reproduce only a few sen
truces from the chief plalik: '
We 'denounce the present tariif
levied upon nearly 4.(10(1 artic.es a.
a monster piece of injustice, ine
quality and; false pretenses. It
yields a dwindling, iuf a yearly
rising, revenue; il lias
impover-
ished inanv industries to subsidii
a few; it prohibits impor.s-that
might purchase the products of
Aincrieaii labor: it has degraded
American commerce from the first
to an interior rank on the high
seas : it has cut down the sales of
American liianiifactiii.r.s atlionie
and abroad.''
Such was the bill of indictment
drawn up under the advice and
consent of Samuel ,J. Tilden. It
was the -new. Declaration oi- Inde
pendent e.
"By Tdirir IVuiv"
'When the present system of
county government went into op
eration, this county was in ilcbt
to the amount of between eigiity
and our hundred thousand dollars.
It has been iii operation since 17.
The railroad bonded debt is practi
cally paid, the last bond except
two (and if is known where they
are) having been cancelled at the
last' meeting of the Commissioners.
The floating debt of the county is
now less than 1,000, and the mon
ey is in hand to pay it. A new
jail lias lw-en built and enclosed at
a cost of -"SuOO. Various bridges
have been built and repaired in
different sections of the comity,
and at the low cost of ."il 1 a most
excellent- bridge has been iiuili
over Little River at Smith's Ford,
below Stanback's miH. Resides,
there is now -?l,ou in hand to pay
for .contemplated repairs on our
courthouse. Iii the tax levy for.
county purposes next year, there
will be at least twenty-live cents
re diction on the 10o valuation of
property. !So much for Democratic
control of affairs, as contrasted
wit Ii Republican rule. LaH-r on
we propose to show this more par
ticularly. SoilK-tltillg
About ?lr. Iiiilrii
Hon, Wm. L. Scott, of Pennsyl
vania, is cpioted by a New York
"Tribune"' reporter assaying: "I
have not seen Mr. Tilden in some
time. I do not think anybody ran
say with- positiveness that
would or would not accept
presidential nomination,
there are certain "things in
he
the
Rut
the
past from yvhich yve may judge.
He never wanted the presidency
as a personal 'matter. Recause
he thought he could serve his
party and his country he was Will
ing to accept it. In lsxo he was
very glad to be relieved of tin
harassing cares incumlK-nt upon
the nominee. He does hot desire
01' wisn the nou'i ination now. I
1 . ii . , it
! am ccriaiu oi inai. iui tie would
have accepted in lXso, even
j though it looked like a sacrifice
of his life. And I believe he would
-' t uuuiiu.iuuii
!s I " a. ui. L1 17 ll
should be tendered him
unani-
THY GOD'S. ASD TRUTHS'
nv 1... l.n.-i.V !..-. ,.1..,.1. 1 .1
m iiii.iii t uu iiiii k illlll IIUII
lie let the electoral bill become a
law because he was afraid of a
tight. I remember well during
that period when betook me into j
an inner room at his bouse . for :i !
consultation over important mat j
ters. He was walkinir no and ;
down the room. 1 as.,ed him:
"Mr. Tilden, if vou ale called
on
to go to Washington and b
j,,.
augurated will you go? 'Will I go?
Yes, though 1 am killed on the
steps of the Capitol, L will go.' 1
hope he won't le nominated be
cause 1 am out -of politics and
i
don't want to be drawn in again."
A Young Giri"s Torture., -
TIIK HKt'1'AI. TKKATMKIST .f
IIK.11ITI.KS.S I.OVKK.
j A Scraiitoit (Pa.) dispatch to 'he
I New Yoik " Tillies' says: "Satur
day afternoon a girl with fright-
t . lf l-t '11 mi
: eneo iaee anil disiievelleit Iiaii ran j
'into the Snsquehainia lioiise and,!
i falling on her knees before Mrs.
tCarpentei, wife of the hotel propri
etor, begged for protection. She
! said that she had escapi-il Ironi a
i man who had kept her chained to
: the lloor of a back room on Spiuee
j street, in the centre of Ihe city,
night anil day for nearly three
j weeks, and that she feared he'
! would capture and kill her. At
! iirsr it was thought that the girl
was insane, but her intense ear
j nestness, haggard looks and large,
j pitiful eyes touched every heart.
. and her Uirilling story was listen-
i ed to with wonder and indigna-
t ion. Retbrefshe had time to tin-
lsli the horrible riMMtal a large,
slouchy, fair-haired man of about
thirty-live years, rushed in out
of breath and authoritatively de-
; manded that t lie girl should go
! with him. His appearance... upon'
Ithe scelie, filled hei . wit u terror,
I and t hrowjng hei arms about Mrs.
j Carpenter, she exclaimed: "My
Rod! Don' let him take nie
again.'' Tiie mail caught the girl
by the arm. but .Mrs. C.irj .enter.
; told him to stand back,- and he
! shrank before the linn glance.' of
j the plucky woinan. and finally
!, went ayvay.
j ''-.Meant line the police were c'oiu
! iiiunicated. wit h, and Chief "De
Lacy, with two ollieers. went to the
j rooms - indicated by the -fugitive
(and arrested a physician calling
j himself Dr. W. S. Madden. A
'number of chains, locks anil, sta-
pies-weir found, i.:1 his root::, and
I these were taken to the police sta
tion, where Gladden had a hearing
i before-, mayor 15eaniish. The girl,
i w hose ; name is Sadie -McClaii.-i-ighan.
appeared against the pris
j oner, and told a painful story of
! his brutality and' heart Irssness.
j She said that she. had. made her
home tor some time in hcvi-iim-n,
Peini.. with her sister. .V.nhlcii
had got her into trouhl . and
! i intin wi. I Ii. ne.rrv lie!' :i. : u i!i i
j he could gel a divorce' !r.:n his
' wile, who is living in Akooaa, Ciis
i.Stti.te. 'Flits was about ihe begin?
iiingoflasl January. -i R- tini
i .Vladdeu had an ollice m ilii.-i city
I having come here about two yeai
I ago w ith a quack named .Gibson,"
! who is now in prison here for an
! indecent assault on a leaiaie oa
i tieiit. The girl says :; "i decliiied
at lirsl to ii.n c any I aiag !o do with
I i iiii until afier lie should get Ihe
(livum. (,.,ln lis xv jk ,aI u. sxwv
to my sister and 'my broil, ei-in-law
that if Icame to Scranton he
would take good care of me. and
that as soon as ins divorce was ob
tained, on the second 'Monday of
April, he would make liie his wile.
I did hot accompany him, how
ever, and he kepi ySriiing until the
20th of last February, when I .'con
sented to come. After our meet
ing iu his 'ollice' 1 said that I v.oiild
go back and stay with my sister
until the divorce was granted; -but
he would not hear, to this, and the
thought of in v going a-wav seemed '
! to make him wild, lie got chains ',
I aiid locks, tied them about uia afi: ;
i kles. aiid fastened o:ie to t he be. I j
j in his room and the other t.o Ihe i
j lloor. I cried out for help. b,i; -'he
I seized ine by the throat an! chok
ed me until 1 thought he would kill'
line, lie has kept ine "chained ."day
land nigh ever since. At Ii si lie
j brought some food in a basket .
I from a restaurant, and We ate it
jtogctlies, but altera while he took ,
j his own nieiils. outside, and ocea
I sionall.v carried ina sandwich' for
tine. 1 mule several atteiiip.is io
I esca)e, but it was no'-use. lie. had;
; milled down the windows, and he
Hastened the doors .securely when-!
lever he went out. lie frequently
' tinew in' on the lloor and stamped
; on my brea .t 'with his knees until I
i was sick and sore. H have-known''-
him for two years. My peuj.le
! don't know that he h.is abused me
hn thts way. What shall I do to -keep
the a Hair from my inoiiierf"
j "Madden, who fell on his knees
'and "begged dor- mercy when the
-chief of .-police came to arrest him. ,
! denied the girl's story at first, but
finally admitted having . chained ;
her to the Hour tor fear she would i
. go outt and tell about him. Tin
evidences of his. heart lessm-ss were
overwhelming, and the mayor .'or-"
dered him to find .bail iii l.Mnf,
Failing in this, tie was taken to the ;
county jail. .Vs soon as the story '
got abroad there was great indig-;
nation among the people on the',
streets, and threats of lynching.'
the scoundrel wen; fn-ely indulged !
in. His victim is alxuit 20 years!
of age. The wreck of a beautiful ".
brunette, she is half starved, and -she
says that often when he chain
ed her to the tloor at iiiglit she lay -there
iu terror, thinking he woiild
kill, her ln-fore .morning. Fx,
Superstition in Jonrnalism.
We are sorry to see H he Ualeigh
'News-Observer' running iii its
columns a pyramid ol "Dem'ocratic
States. We have noticed that
whenever in a campaign year this
wiiciieiei iu -rtiiiiMii .,i-.ii i.os , .Vi.. ... .. - .u u..t '""""l
pyramid business is indulged in toca,e Captain Morns and captured
anv extent, we always get beat. - Mary Phillips and married her
'"'Statesville Landmark. " before Washington's return. It
TH0S.T. BAYARD.
-:o:
7"
ON THE INIQUITIES OF THE
PRESENT T A IUFF.
A STAT KSM A N'S VI E WS.
Senator Thomas F. liavard could
not find language siillieiently vigor-
j mi i ll.jiril 1 III pil.l.l AIT lli.-t IH Mil
..... ... . ......... 1.. i.;.. l-.aw.f
that it is the solemn duty ol the
Democratic "majority in the House
to consider the -quest ion of revising
the land' question this session.
"The so called bill'' of last; yvinter,"
said the Senator, was a monstrous
! humbug. It was the oiitcoinr ola
j packed and gagged conference
committee, t hat constantly exceeded
j its powris by making changes
yvhollv iinaut liorize'd, and in mi
nierous iiistiin es inserting wholly
pew inaiter. There are monstro
sities' in this existing tariff law that
coiiscicnt ions leislators could not
look upon wit bout shame." Mr.
Rayard has no patience "with the
talk of more jiolicv in view 'of the
situation. To do what is right is
his only policy. He is not a Im--lievcr
in the principle of
Iir-otei(;tion, but is conservative
in 'his view s as to making changes,
ile would correct the apparent evil
first, an move onward to secure
such 'reductions as can be safely
made from time 'to time. lie is of
the opinion taxation is a public act,
yvhich can be properly exercised
only for public. ends. When it is
'made lor private purposes for the
protection of individuals it is per
verted -from its prober channels.
Protection was originally intended
for the weak that is the very
meaning f the word bub under
the system of so called protection
the strong have been clothed witii,.
constantly increasing power- for the
oppression of the weak. - Those
who are lietiofited by protection are
those yvho need it the least. He
regards any party as a mere' means
to an cud, and if the Democratic
party should seek to avoid its duty
in the consideration of the impor
tant question of reforming thV
tariff.-it '-liad better disband. He
has no fear, however. He believed
the pait.v would gain as niucii in
membership as it v.ould lose by
advocating a nioveine'iit to ' pursue
a conservative return to a position
where no gowrnnienl tax would, be
levied to? the sake of ny private
individual or set of a private inter-X-sts.
The present: tariff system,
involving the building up and sus
taining oi . inere pi i air iiiu-icni9
had a demoraliii.r effect upon
public men, and upon the .consider
ation of public quest ions. Too often
men iu Congress were the mere
representatives of. private inter
! ests, and therefore'- incapable, of
! eoiisi.k-riiig legislation from any
j -andpoint
of- mere, right and j
fact- t iuit tne inere i
I W" l'Ollg. 1 111
consideration ol' the tariff question
i could not be made w ithout raising
Hie cry oi inpiiy.to American nus-ine.-.s
interests sliow ed hoyy artificial
ird unnatural was our posit ion. ;
Ir. ISavanl advocates tariff re-
f inn iu the intcivst of tiianufic
t lll el s t heiiiselves. , The' business
situation, so far as they were con
cerned, could haidly lie worse than
it now is. It was painful ...to. read
the Pt-iiusy 1 ania.- piiprrs, iind see
the record of workingmcu" thrown
out of eiiiployineiit at the outset
ol'the winter, W'hal Wiistiiieol
Pennsylvania was true ol other
iiiaiiufacl u'ring sections. .Men are
out of work rvrry where, and re
lief cannot, come until the - manu
facturers :'ire. enabled to sell their
products in ihofoirigii markets.
There must.be a certain recipriM-ity
ui the trade, and then the Aine.ri
j can shipping interest destroyed by
' protection .will be restored. "Ships
cannot Havel the seas laden only
olio way , iln-y must be able to
luociiie cargoes in foreign ports in
exchaiige for 'American -lnaiiufac-.tuies.
Mr. P.a.vard advocates such
addil ion- to t he free lists as will
secure la xi's from raw material - us
far as posiblc. With tree ''materials
lie believed' ships could be built as
cheaply .-as upon ihe 'Clyde.
Lucky Fridays.
Thi- common idea that Friday is
an unlucky day inns! be abandoned,
ai least as regards Jn United
States. l oluinl'ii set sail on his
Voyage ofdisroveiv on I'riday, on
each of his two visiis. The- com
mission' given to,John Cabot was
dated on Friday, March .".th 1
The oldest town iu ihe H'lnon is
Sr. Aiighsfiiie in Florida,. . yvhich
was founded on Friday. Sept ember
17th, LV'".. I he Pilgrim Fathers
an-ived .it Plymouth l.'ock, in New
England on ;i Friday. George
Washington wiisImu ii on a Friday.
'I he sini eil tier of Yorktown occiir
ed on a l'l iil;f : and the motion
in favor oM mlependence yvas made
in the ('ontii.eutal Congress on a
I-'iiday: ;ind the .AnVAM.'Kjs pub
lished on Friday! .
' Washington's Love 'Affair.
l. i .-1 i I -..t. fi lM.,1 i.i. i.iti't.tlri
subjectsstilMitieied hi the heart.of
Washington ou that pea., f,.l morn-
,llllll. CI lllllll, IH.i .! , 11... lit
lllllg one
hun.lred years ago when
he resumed po
ess.onofNew Yorki
eitv. As hi-' crossed Spuyten
i. i t- i- -..:i ..,... i.; '.. ..,
1 ill O i ni. .inn iiiv&iti-- iii.s nin
., i t .i . t i r
...,i... tin-, il'iml flu. mirhr. uin.ri.
"I"'" i"v ....... ....... ......
he received a message to tarry, as ;
Sir Guy -Carleton was not ct em- "
barked. So he directed his -steps ,
to a great 'imposing yvooden house'
oii Washington. Heights, still stan I
ding and known as the Juinel place.. ;
This house tweenty -seven years
before had Im-cii Mecca.-. ".-11 ere he j
courted the beautiful' and wealthy ,
Mary Phillips; here 'fiif weeks he j
lingered in the light of her blue j
eyes; here he left her at her father's
till lie could hurrv off ami earituref
l.V.i-l Tlniiiiiikwiitfi uiwl f.iii-ia 1i".lr
Ull A'...j.l,..-liv. V-..U1V , .
aiid here at that fatal interval
--NUMBER 15
was an awful lesson to t he father ot
his country and he resolved not to
be caught out again in matters of
that kind. ,
It was the second blow; tirst the
lowland beauty. Miss Grimes, after
wards mother of the Lee family,
and then the faithless Mary, lie
had somewhat recovered from the
jilting on this peaceful -morning 1
speak of, for the Morris family had
largely multiplied by this time; lmt
the spot was still sore. Tradition
has it that he went . over and sat
agaiti in the Phillips parlors and
meditated.
"Where is your master!" he iu
quired of a darkev on the "porch,
concerning his former rival:
"He goniHl wid de Rritish, sah,
wen de wah fust bruk out,' said
ine iiiiniiue serviator, "an missus
she is crost de ribber and is very
wrley, sah, and nialisa he was shot
when he was takin' Fote Moldetree
down' in Carliny, foT years ago.1
Ihe visitor knew this yvell
enough, but he was fond of hearing
it over again.
"And, mahsa, dej du say dat all
mis great tine -estate heali is
gyvine to lie confiscated by de devil
ish rrlx-ls. Dat can't lie, sah.''
Washington evaded the question.
iut a year later the great tine, es
tate yvas coutiscated and sold to.lu.
mel by the Government and Wash
iugton does not seem to have inter
posed to saverit for Mary and the
babies.
He ought to have Ix-en gratelul
to her tor teaching him such a
noblo lesson, for he learned it so
well that when Martha Cusfisdawn
ed on him he just sat dow n by her
and didn't let her. get away from
him. Uut she was away trom Inm.
I!ut she was a widow and perhaps
(Hun t want to get away.
A Solemn Question.
The awful question of the man
of Urz is the ever recurring problem
oftho ages: "If a man die, shall
he live again? 1 Ah! who has not
knelt by the grave of buried love
and sighed through blinding tears
that deepest of all questions;
have 'stood on the shore of the
bounding sea and asked the waves
m their wild, multitudinous march
"If a man die, shall he live again V
And Neptuue, passing them, flash
yd his trident upward, and said
"U higher! ask the winds.
i
appealed to the wnids: and lierci
-Eohis, leaning from his whirring
chariot, shouted: "Go higher!
ask the clouds." And ere 1 could
speak, the sky grew dark apace
and the scudding clouds, ahlazei
with lightnings, ' tiiuiidetetlf 'GoI
higher ask the heavens." Then
with outstretched hands, J chal
enged tke the sun : "Thou orach
ol lire: speaks ten me : "JI a man
",I0 8lm" hv ,Vt' a'iU" T
Aim! tin
.-Mill .-Ulltt . : r .-.tiiiritl .lll.tll, Ull
...i,. w...;.l . ,.f k ..fiti.r.l ....... - ...l...
wailest tho'n at me ? Go higher
Ask him who said, -Let there In
light ; anil there was light." An
then there came a voice from
across the ages the Voice of him
yvho spake as never man spake
"1 am the resurrection and the lite
He that believeth in me, thougl
he were dead, yet shall he livc."
Which words, when I had heard,
believed, and straightway caught
up the apoHle's mighty clmlleiigi
() death, where is. thy sting f
grave, where is thy victory !"
O
We Should Smile.
A paper called th" "Golden Rule
lias an article on smiles, w lin n con
tains the following: "The worhl is
suffering for smiling faces. Tin
age is too intense in .-.the- business
direction, too flippant in the soci
line, too saicastic in its political
tendency, too aimless in itsicligioii
life, too heartless iii its litcratiin
The world -nerds more smiles and
fewer frowns, more 'sunshine and
less lightening. It costs nothing
to allow a smile to play restli.lly
upon the features when iraduig irr
voting, when talking or reading, - It
pas iiideliiiitely niore than it costs
in friendship.- in finance, iu individ
ual growth. We can win more pro
pie by a smile than we can frighten
bv a Hi own, just as the sunshine
grows more trees than the lighten
ing shatters" No paragraph ever
contained more truth than the
above. A good, healthy smile, one
tha"t comes naturally w ithout being
sent for or coaxeil, one that seems
to bubble up among the dimples
like the water at the bottom 'of n
spring,, showing jiearly teeth like
the little pebbles thrown up by the
water ot a spring, a smile that goes
j rippling along the face like the
I afoiesaid yvater ainoni; the daisies
and water cress, on its way to'-sea,
I is worth more to the worhl than a
! gold mine. Who is there in t he
; world yvho has not Ik-cii made let
', tcr by a smile! A smile is a legal
: tender anywhere, and a person who
smiles naturally is as safe from
harm as it is possible to be. .Meii
i who groyv tired of. their homes, sick
ol'the world, and r-ady to give up
the battle, can lie strengthened and
i made ready for the tight of another
t (lay by a smile; if it comes without
Hn-iiig sent fur.
' Mexico.
The Kev. II.
missionary tI tin
N. Free ma ii, a
Methodist Epis-
- till 1 , .1. 1" t
! V'V ' -u"" " "' " V " '
"l , Mexj.ro HI s-htst
i - """S".-" "'" " " ,
" WJ" " . - T ' , , ,
1 1 ii, ami aimosi ins iasi. wuiosuau
to do with the Bible cause. He
-.11 i .- t i
said, as reiHii'ted -bv J.e. Joseph
. ' "' I i
,.,..1.
Norwood:
There is a tendencj- at home
yvhich I would gladly help t cor
rect. Some liersons, in their zeal
for the missions of their ow n
church, seem to forget theAmer-
ican Jiihle Society and its glorious .
work of evaugciizatiou and true j
charity. AfU r all, that t-ociety is t
the chief coruerntone of the great '
missionary movement. ;
'-What could we ' ' liavi-',
done in Mexico without it! 1 wish;
IfOU
to carry n-jy love and U-st
wishes for success to Brother II a in
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BLUSH lis AND LIES
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THE ERROR THAT ONE IS AN
INDEX OF THE OTHER.
A BLUSHING LAWYER
"Rut didn't vou see him hlushf
"Well, -what or that f
"Don't oii think he was lying!'
"No, 1 don't. , 1 know he wan
telling ine the square truth."
"Do you know the i in unistaii
"'es, and I know he told H hem
just as they were."
"It sounded like a lie, aiivwuv. '
"That is, why he blushed'" .said
Mr. Denisdn.a well known Chicago
lawyer, for this talk yvas' Inking
place in his ollice just alter the tie
parture of a young man who had
been sued and was seeking advice
from his attorney.
"I venture to say no man has
had more trouble than I with
blushes, and I think I know some
of the; causes behind them. Yoii
may have not iced - th;it I blnh on
every conceivaiue occ isum. If
ipiestion is put to me qiiiekly , 1
blush. II 1 meet a friend slap on
the street unless I him .some time
ln-fore 1 reach him I hhish. If
anylKidy speaks my uaiiie from U.
hind or from suine iiiuxHH-teil
quarter, I lihish. As much us 1
have been betore . uries, I blush ev
ery time an opiMising advocate re
fers to mi! as 'the learned coiiiiKel
for the defense.' Hang it ! 1 hhish
on all sort9 of ixH-nsions, and yet 1
don't lielieve that auybiHly woulil
say 1 am an esiecially modest or
bashful inaii.'' .
'JNo, sir,-" continued the old at
torney, "I have blushed and blushed
all my life, and the more 1 blush
the inure 1 try not to, ami the more
1 try not lo the more 1 blush.
Above all. the meanest blush is
just such a one us you saw on Hint
young man s lace just now.. know
just how he felt. Ile knew he was
telling a pretty hard story and lie
could Kee in your face that you
didn't believe iin. Thai's why lie
blushed. If he had been talking lo
me alone he would not have blush
ed, because In- knows 1 am familiar
with the eirciiinstar ees he related ;
but you looked doiiblingb at him,
and lie felt your mistrust so keenly
that it brought mist rust to his
face." '
After a lit tie. pause Mr. Denison
coin I nucd
"1 never pay the IcaftVtft tent ion
to blushes when examining a wit
ness. The blush is not, as is too
often believed, the - evidence of a
lie. Nor is it a true signal of em
barrassment. 1 know that, lor 1
have been told that I was blushing
purple when I w as as calm and un
embarrassed as I am nt this mo
ment. There are many causes lor
blushes; some of them purely phys
ical, 1 think; but often when I aia
telling something some little H-r-sonal
recollect ion, jMihaps, that
amounts to nothing I gel it in my
head that soiiicImmI.v . doubt some
part of ll. Then 1 blush. Then I
feel that 1 am blushing, and I say
to m.vself. 'Now he will see meblilsii
and will be sure lo think I am ly
ing,' and thai makes ine blush all
the more, until finally 1 can feel my
face burn and glow like a coal, and
I say to myself, 'Now he ia sine' 1
am lying, ami lie thinks 1 know he
is sure of it,' ami so I stand and
blush because I think he doubts ine
until, ei haps, 1 really make him
doubt me because of my blushes."'
An Honest Jury.
A man had met, a gill iu a lorn
place ami torcibly kissed her
was terribly uuiigtiau;. ami in
Ii i in arresled. She gavr mi
count oil I lie Wllliess sralnl ol Ii
liejjazed at her invutlu aiid til
.-.iiddeiily throwing his.aiiiiH arotf
her, imprinted a kiss upon-her 1
The prisoner made no defciice, j
the jury was expected to prom
convict him i, assault. 'I'hei re
turned to the court room. "The
jii-ju-jiiry w-yv-wouhl like to ask
the young lady two questions."'
the foreman said. The judge con
seated, and she went oi' the -l.iml.
D-d-did you wear the j-j jeisi-y
that you've got mi now!" -Ves.
. ir," was the demure reply. -Ami
u-w-was your h-hHiair ti-li-liaiiL'-ed
like that !" "Yes, sir " ' Then,
your honor, we acquit the p-p"
prisoner on the gni"i'.is"oteiiio
eino-tional insaivVy ." "San 1th-
cisco Call.'' - .
Romantic, Very.
No's long ago a baehidor farmer
in .Ciioiia advert i-cd in a Su
iai iscu paper fur a wife One of
the . plies that pleased- him, said
that the writer w as eiiiphe ed mi a
large dry goods stiire. Hastening
to 'Frisco he calh-.L at the store,
presented the letter aiid was awep
tid. Ten days later"! he pair were
uiiiteil ami left tor their little home
in Arizona.' The next week the
tanner took his wife down to AI
meda to visit his brother, when to
Ihe amazeiiieiit of all. it was found
that his brothel's wile and his wife
were sisters.
Suppress tne Sale.
The Georgia" legislature has pass
edan act prohibiting theRale of
that vile sheet known , as the "Po
lice Gazette " It is a shame that
such pulilicat ions are being sold iu
some Iook stores in Noith (Caroli
na, says an exchange. The next
legislature of North 'arolina ought,
!iml will lie e.iected, to enact a law :
forbidding the sale of such obseemj
aiid immoral literature. ' .
15v land or at sea, out on I be
prairie, or in the crowded city. Ay
er s Cathartic Pills are the liest lor
purgative purposes, everywhere
alike convenient eflicacious and
....ft. Por fihifnikh .bowels., torpid
! liver, iidigeRtKHi, liatl nreatu, nai-
: utecV, headache, they are
mr;iiiaMt ' - 1
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digestiQli, liad nreatu, nai-
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