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NEWS Or' A WEEK
GATH Ki; Eli FliOM ALL FARTS
! THi: WORLD.
ESCI L 1. 1 SOS - G LEA NlXtOs
inceton College gave Arthur
'jrre of LL. I '
. A. .limit'', of Buncombe
jri :un!t;t.lifr .it the age
Ihi in A-i ! whin tli' ber
;liiii''il from Magnolia
t Wl
Is -llll l 11.11 I 141
Scotch croft
, li ale - f t I li'il
n tin- Pee Dec
ell with their
li'X him
iltut V
has a torcst
Ot white pi lie
lO.'iH' III till? I Hr:
i"4 two feet tin
k lilll finlll "ldO to
125 feet I.i-ii-
ReV. (i. W . Xlllh'l III hasbecll
invited to dclivci Vie alum ui ad
dress at-Wake loiir College next
y'4r. A gooilvlectitui.
" 4-A drii"!:ist wil h aleeto the
til.
u uci'tls advert isv "Arnica,
!k ill ' 1 i 'iiw--t. ii.imi -,' -
anil "thiir ha f hall goods.l .
The annual meeting f stock
holders tin- North Carolina Rui
rosi'l company will be, held at Hills
boro this year, on July loth.
There is a chicken at Cialiam,
N. (.'!, with only one wing. The
othfr side, where the other wing
should he, is perfectly smooth.
One great, 'K-culiarity ahont
-young M'niIe is that, they can see
lio to make love better in the
tbik than they can in the light.
There is a great ileal of 11 ;i p
doodle in I lie lil.im.' n !;ans ilmiit
"tlio white iluine of, Navarre." I'.ut
Mr. Ulaine will navai.e l.', l'resi
dent. Rutherford College roll lei red
the degree of LL. 1 . on .lames W.
Reid lOsq., of Uoi kiiigliam. lie is
the most, eloquent man m North
Caniina.
Hob In crsnll sivs I're-ailent
Art kur will take with lii.a Irom the
Wlnte House, when he retires,
wha'Mio other I'reM.lei.t evcriliil:
180 Itirot itaiits.
11 hree liiinilreil men are em
lilojijl in South Floi iila in killiug
aHjJtoiK for their hides ami teeth.
TUe .'ear' business in that section
aiioujts to about f ri,uoo.
t:Viia;e says, " hat will
i jielovs do tt escape the av-
C" Well, about the ea -iest
to many a liamlsome one at
The awful ones won t, trou
ble yf u then.
riie Daiibnrv ' Kepoiter ami
is intoiined that Clio lbs. .
Iies, the proiliict ot one tree,
shiped from Kei nei-sville to
York, where tl.c were sold
for tijk; per pound, s.ir.o.
-tjfjeii. John I!, (biidon, nt
says"The negio is to-day the
favorably eireunistamed, the
(la..
most
best
most ilnleiieilileiit l.iborer
to Imp loiind. not only in this conn
but. ill the ciilizcd world. '''
JWell iilforiiKMl V:isliiiiLVloii
siiiit'siiieii ineinei mat, i omrress
Will
iuot adjourn hcinic the iir. ,t of
All
nisi. Iheie will be a "icat
eh making
lller tin
Democratic X itioaal caav
eiitioii .
Charlotte I'.roirie
role: "Wo-
meij feel j list as men leel " Doii't
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IH'llfeve. II. y e cannot eouceivi- of
H woman ever feeling -as a man
dot
.swnen nis oaeii uiso(iKlei ln t
ton.
parts company with his trous
-UThe State.sville '-Laudiiiai k"
snuf a jomig ' man who yesterday
bV a nietchant ?1 against a bushid
ofpeaches that he could eat live
fUHlii crackers in live iniiiutes, with
out water, failed and hist his dol
lar. The degree of A. M., was ;-ou-ferred
by Trinity College on 1. ;.
GriMime and M L. Kdw ards, and
tneiiegieeoi i. n.. on Kev. W.
II A li, ot M
UJ ton, of
ffitce.
.Missouri, ami Kev. . ()
the North Carolina Con-
Rev. Dr. Deems idis Ins con.
givgation to go to sleep if they feel
sleepy in church : both ho ami the
I the d
I , tAiuiiLV .us a
-,- . TICS Jfv
L 4 1
III Cl Willi y .H. I A. -II i'
I-J neiy ioinisA
f )
1 w
ouce.l
li -
I f ehen
fs were
' New
I fed I ml
- try,
p . ueni oi spi
' LonJtbjMnve them: lint that
i Jf,eJ' must s,t'I quietly. The line
V&t lie drawn soinewluiiv and the.
toUrant uoeior uraws u at. snoring.
An old man in Salem recently
tuanicd iu lotu weeks after the
death of Ins wile. He hail visiiors
iwi iiiK"i. i"'i iue were yomiir
,iul vigorou-. and they had cow
bells and things with them amlthev
made the old in m wish he li id n,.v:.
Ur lieen luirn.
I Ttie. Clerm uifown woman who
jlias deserted her husband b.-caus,-Uie
played the lioinlmne has estab
lished a bad precedent. Tak-n....H
Ihe pianos, banjos, cornets an,? a'-
ovdeons of the eouutrv into
i'Epiatio, t Ijere is no estiiuatin.r
lie coinplieitions that hvr example
nav lead to.
Hishop SuuiKon, whose death
fas announced in two or thIt.e
nes by telegraph, was one ol the
rcatest pulpit orators Northern
lethodism has produced. He was
great man the most intellectual
ml vigorous of all Northern Meih-
klist Bishops. lie was 1hi n
Ubio ill 1811. He had a ctillesriat..
lucatiou, was an author and edi
r, and was Rishop :- years.
-ri?be big hotel at Atlantic City,
would seem to be the baldest
V.V .vet is said to be already a
ces. it is siiaiH'U line an t ie
mt. The legs are hollow, and
ceal the stairway by which yon
nd into the stomach of the
st to get your dinner. The in-
iior isi 4i4eudidly furnished. The
-ct'jr reet from the ground,
- ' Nik or proboscis stands far
Vriwlf nf nJi inonf I,,,,,.,...,
uuser aiory giving a
w.
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VOLUME 14.-
While Raeben Estes, of Cald
well county, was hanlinc sand, one
day last week, -both of Lis horses
were struck by lightning and kill
ed, and the shirt was striped on
his own oouy, anil he was severely
burned. This is what the "Pied
mont Tress" says.
The citizens of Lenoir have
presented the editors of the 'Topic'
a new power press, costing one
thousand dollars, to replace the oue
recently destroyed by fire. This is
honorable to the citizens ; more
honorable to the editors as having
proved worthy of such distinction.
A war which has been set on
loot against gamblers in Dallas,
Texas, culminated Monday in Jas.
Wilkerson, one of the indicted gam
blers, paying S5,0t)0 to Dallas coun
ty and agreeing never again to
gamble in Dallas. All the other
gamblers, lei t rather Chan eomprn-
mtse. Une gambler, from whom j ;
the county demands -$10,000, has
sailed for Europe for his health; i
- "The Ten White Men and Two
.Negroes w no iei lauded the Ameri
can People- out of Their Choice for
Piesident inJ87,"is the title of a
picture as artistically arranged as
it is a historical reminder. . -'It is
JOx-'s inches in size, and just issued
by the Advance Publishing Com
I any, Nos. : and T Murray , street,
Nesv York. Price 30 cents a copy,
prepaid to any address. Twelve
copies, prepaid one address i?:3.
- . Home.
IJY CUA.ULES F.
D. D.
What happy thoughts have beeu
in thy mind, from all eternity, O
Fat her! And what happier thought
than tjuvt of home? When our
lir?t parents came into the world
they found
a home
which thou
hadst prepared for thein. Wheu
thy son, Jesus Christ, cane into
the world He wrought in the home
and for the home. When thou
presentest to our minds the induce
ment of heaven it is in the form of
home. The home is the happiest
place, on earth or else a very mis
erable place ou earth or else a
very miserable place. .The home is
the foundation of human civiliza
tion. For rf the Stale exists, not
n for the State. For it the church
exists, not it for the. church.
Lord, have I so kept these truths
In-fore me as to do my duty in mv
home as being the highest duty to
man? Have I always felt that it
is possible for me to do; more good
in the home than air' where else?
Have 1 felt its claims paramount?
My conscience troubles me. I
fear that I have made many mis
takes about this matter and that I
leave continued my fellow-men in
their mistakes. Have l not made
unsatisfactory excuses for neglect
of home duties! Have 1 not neg
lected my home for the school, the
society, the qrderj or the church?
Can a man lie very useful' as a
teacher, as a temperance or mis
sionary worker, as a mason, as a
church member, who does not have
daily family worship? If the homes
lie broken- up or spoiled, what can
the State do, orthe chinch?
Increase in me, O Lord, the
sense of the sacredness of the ..."mar
riage lie. May I- never do oi say
anything that shall weaken it.
M n 1 never lead such a lile that
my lather and mother shall become
s.niy that 1 ever married, seeing;
that 1 am the fruit of that inar
nage. Every t line they look' upon
me may the sight of me increase
their hive for each oi her. And
nowl pray lor wisdom and grace
so to order my life in my home as
to" avoid everything w hich annoys
any member of the tainily. however
young or humble. Not even in
sport would 1 give an instant of
paiii. May I be an example of
patience aud courage, of hopeful
ness, of courtesy and dutifnliiess.
May I never do what I should not
be pleased to know that every
other memlier of the family is
doing. May I have no seltish en
joyments, but may I study how to
increase the happiness of every
mber ol the family by rendering
all the little attentions that are so
pleasing. And may I do all by
the help of the Loril and for the
glory of the Lord.
In a special manner may I care
for the children in the family, not
considering their trials and trou
bles insignificant, not neglecting
them nor ' putting them otl to the
last, but from the moment a child
is born into the world, seeking the
proper time and way of brhigiug
that child to, Jesus, j Lord, may I
in some way of bringing that
child to Jesus. IjonL may 1 not
in some way bring Jesus to the
child? O that 1 were Christ-like
Jesus-like! O that . when-the children
saw me they should at once have
suggested to them the meek and
lovely Son of God, the good .Shep
heid who laid down His life for
I he sheep.
The Second Largest.,
The second largest source of rev
enue to the States Government
from any one branch of business is
derived from the product jqn. anil
manufacture of tobacco, 'jjilack
well's Durham Tobacco Cauipanv,
of Durham, N.. C, claims to. lie the
largest manufacturer of Smoking
Tobacco in the world. The repu
tation of lilackwell's Genuine Bull
I'm ham Smoking Tobacco is too
firmly estabished to need any com
mendation at our hands: in au.
other column our readers notice their
new announcement, which is 0f in
terest to all lovers- of the weed.
The company are perfectly respon.
sible, and when they announce
1 hat they will give away 1 1,9-jO in
cash, it js an assured fact that thev
inean just whaf they say. Smokers
will hud an opportunity of com
billing business with pleasure by
reading It heir announcement.
Mr. E. G. Conyers has kH.n
elected Superintendent of Schools
in Franklin. The following Com
missioners were elected: J. g
Joy tier, C, A. Nash, W. P.,Bridgers
T- S. Collie aud S. J. Crudnp.
BILL ARP'S TALK.
:n:
HE RUMINATES OVER LOVE,
COURTSHIP AND MARRIAGE.
RAISING THE LITTLE ONES.
Married and gone. It is the
same old story. Love and court
ship. Then comes the engage
ment ring and a blessed interval
of fond hopes and happy dreams
aud then the happy day is lixed
the auspicious day that is never
to be forgotten a day that brings
happiness or misery and begins a
new life. Then conies the liceuse,
the permit of the law which savs
you may marry, you may enter
into bonds. The state approves it
and the law allows it and it will
cost
you only a dollar stud a qiiar
Cheap, aiut it, and yet it may
teI.
be very dear. Then, comes the min
ister, and the happy pair stand up
before him aud make some solemn
vows and listen to si prayer and a
benediction, and they are one. In
a moment the trusting maid 1ms
lost her name and her free will
and is tied fast to a man. Well, he
is tied fast, too, so it is all right all
round 1 reckon, but somehow X al
wsiys feel more concern sibout the
woman than the man. She is a
helpless sort of a creature and
takes the most risk, for she risks
lm- all.
We gave him a cordial welcome
into the family, and we kissed her
lovingly and bade them good bye,
and the children threw a shower of
rice over them and sin old show
after them, and they were soon on
thfrir way to the land of flowers.
She was not our child but was al
most, for Mrs. Arp was the only
mother she ever knew and we
loved her.
I sat in my piazza ruminating
over the scene and I. wondered
that there were sis many happy
matings as there seemed to be.
Partners for life ought to be con
geniiil and harmonious in so many
things. When men make a part
nership in business they cstn't get
itlong well if they are unlike iu
disposition or in moral principle,
or iu business ways and business
habits. But they can dissolve aud
separate sit pleasure and try an
other man.
A mau aud his wife ought to be
alike in most everything. It is said
that folks like their opposite, their
counterparts, and so they do iu
some resects. A man with blue
eyes goes mighty nigh distracted
over a woman with hazel eyes; I
did, and Pin distracted yet when
ever I look into them. But in
mental qualities and ' emotional
qualities and tastes and lubits and
principles and convictions and the
like they ought to class together.
Indeed it is better for them to
leave the same politics and the
same religion. And so I have ob
served that the hsippiest union sis
a general thing are those where
the high -contract iiiir' parties have
known each other for a long time
and have assimilated from Iheii
youth in thought and feeling.
When a man goo.s oft' to-some wa
tering pliice sinil wsiltzes a few
times with :i charming girl and
Jails' desperately in love and mar
ries her oft hand, it is a long shoot
and a narrow chance for happi
i ess. Why, we may live in the
same town with people and not
know as much sibout them as we
ought to. I never made any uiis-take-
a'.KHit my choice of a partner
for tht daneo of a life, but I've
thought of it ;i thousand times that
if Mrs. Arp had known 1 loved
codfish and got up by day break
every mornings she never would
have hsid me. It was nip and tuck
to get her anyhow and that would
have been the feather to bieak the
camel's back. Well, I'm mortal
glad she dident know it, though 1
am free to say that if I had known
she slept until the second ringing
of the lirst bell for break last and
wsts fond of Taw oysters, it. would
have hail st dampning cfl'ect on my
ardor for a few 'minutes, only a
few. But I have seen some mighty
clever people eat oysters raw and
sleep late in the morning. But still
sf mau and. his wife can harmonize
and compromise a good many of
these thiugs, anil it is a beautiful
illustration of this to see Mrs. Arp
cooking codlish for me and fixing
it sill up so nice with eggs and
cream, and it is a touching evi
dence of my undying "devotion to
her to see wandering aliout the
house lonely and forlorn every
morning for an hour or two, and
forbidding even the cat to walk
heavy wh-le she sleeps. That cod
fish business comes to me honestly
from my lather's side, sind my
mother puts up with it like a good,
considerate wile, and we children I
grew up with an idea that it was!
good. I've heard of a young couple j
who got married and went off to'
Augusta on a tour, and the feller;
stuck his fork into a codlish ball
and took a bite. He choked it)
down like a hero, aud when his
beloved asfced him what .'was the)
matter, replied ; ' lioirt say any
thing about it. Mainly, but as sure
as you sire borne there is some
thing dead in the bread."
Well, we csin make compromises
about all such things as habits and
tastes, but there sire some things
that wont ' coin promise worth a
cent If a girl has been brought
up to having a good deal of free
dom and thinks it uo hstrm to go
waltzing svronitd with every gav j
Lothario who loves to dance,, and
alter she gets a feller of herown,
wants to keep at it and have pol
luted arms around her waist, she t
had iust ax well sing farewell to j
conjugal love and domestic peace,
for it is against the order of nature
for a loving husband to stand it,
and he oughn't. There is another
thipg that ought to be consider
ed, and that is age. A few years
makes no difference, bnt an old
1 mau had better be caretul about
marryiug a young wife
He wont
be happy but about two weeks,
LKT ALL THE ENDS Tlloi AIM'ST AT, BE Til V COUNTK1
W1LS0N, NORTH CAROLINA, JUNE 27. 1884.
and then Lis misery will begin aud
it will never end- it may be bet
tor a woman to ne an o!
man's
darling thayyoun? 's slave,;
but sue u.m . . "rimer.
When a young s" n-ies an old
S f" mo ,E
UitCIV . i. 1
bring happine. -"-ouey neips, but
monev with -a dead weight is a
curse an aggravation. I Was talk.
ing one day to an old man, a
French in an, who had made a her
mit ol hinisell" and was living all
alone in the woods, and he said:
'Mine frien, I lnv me one grand
meestake. M'hk1 hrst wife whom 1
niarrv ven I vss j'oung vas au
an"el from heaven, God bless her,
bin miue last wile. vas. a devel
from" and he pointed downwards.
"I vsis old siml she vas young, I
had money and she had none. I
marry her in haste and repent at
mv leisure. 1 try to live wid her
tree years imi e not compa
tible." It was against the order of
nature ami 1 nml myself a fool smd
si prisoner,' and so 1 geeve her half
my monies and run away from her
and hide in dis vilderness and here
vill 1 live and vw vili I die, and
Ven 1 go nop t m. leter and tell
heem how dat voman devil me on
earth de gmwl man vill open de
garden gate and say come in my
brother for you have had trouble
enough."
Country marriages are generally
hsippier than those 'made in cities
among the families of the rich.
Children raised to work and to
wait ou themselves make better
husbands and better wivea than
those raised in luxury. It is mighty
hard for a man to. please his wife
aud keep her in good humor if she
has been petted by her parents
and never knew a want and had
no useful work to do. She soon
takes the enutii or the conniptions
or the "don't know what I wsint,"
and must go back to ma. A young
lady who never did anything after
she quit school but dress for com
pany and make visits and goto
the t heater or the dance will never
make a good wife. This wife busi
ness is a very serious business. It
is right hard work to play w ife.
The mother of six, eight or tn
children has seen sights. She
knows what care is and work is,
and one of these do nothing women
can't stand it. If she is a used up
institution with one child, two will
finish her and if it wasn't for con
densed milk the children would
perish to death in a month after
thev were bom, and sorter like the
cows in Florida. 1 heard a Florida
man say the other day that a Flori
da cow dident give enough milk to
color the coflee for break last and
the- had to raise the calves on the
bottle. Getting married onght to
lie a considet ate business. Folks
oughten to get married in a hurry,
neither ought they wait tour oi
five years; six" mouths is long
enough lor an engagement. I don't
mean children. I mean grown
folks who nave settled down m
life and know w hat they are about.
There is no goodlier a sight in all
nature than to see a good looking
healthy young man who is making
an honest living standing up at the
alter with a pure sweet good tern
pered, aftectuuate industrious girl
and the partrnts on both sides. a p-
proving the match. Then the big
pot ought to be put in the little pot
ami everybody rejoice.
Bill Aur.
Aa Age ol Progress.
And now comes a man from
Pittsburg, Peiin., a German by the
name of IVtevnian, w ho Iras discov
ered a way of solidifyiug whiskey,
so that we may buy it by the plug,
like tobacco, a ulna: of whiskey is
rather light in color and can lie
carried in the vest oocket. You
can even dissolve it in water or
chewing gum or tobacco. The in
ventor claims that it will be i m
possible for hiin to make any oth
er than the pure article, for vari
ous reasons, which he explains,
This will lie convenient for those
who dtink, to say the lestst ot it.
Just imagine the convenience it
would be tti those young men who
run out of the theatre every time
the curtain falls to get a clove,
Ihey can should this prove a sue
cess, go down in their vest pocket
and draw forth a 'chew' at any
time during the lierformance
while picking up a handkerchief
which has fallen ou the floor
It would also be a matter of great
convenience tq fishing parties who
are hqw cpmpeiied to carry great
bottles of 'bait' in their pockets
Whoever says we are not a pro
gressive people, aud live in an age
of enlightenment, do not know us;
luat'srall
What we now need is for some
one to ntveut or discover a means
by which we can tret the extracts
! of various vegetables, meats, breads
eggs. .Ve conipresseil into small
pills, so that we csin take several
good square meals along in a pill
box, and do away with all this
trouble of cooking and of going
home through the cold or heat for
dinner. Then w e could dine on
the street corner while talking
business, and not be cqmpeUed to
lose so much time. We could
then invite our friend up to the
post office or town pump to dme
with us at any time, for all we
wOuid have to lo would lie to
swallow a nil! :nid then walk off
arm iu arm. 'che'ing' our drink of
French brand-4 "Evening Vis
itor.
A' Demoting Fraud,
The Snmter S.. C.) .Watch, wan
says: iti ll the respect to
Generals Beauregard and Early,
we cannot see low any honest mau
ean consent fo
his name to lie
that scandalous.
placed under
demoralizing friod, the Louisiana
State Lottery. ,Gen. Gran's record
as partner of !the rascally firm of
Grant & Ward is just as gooaas
that of Messrs. Beauregard and
Early."
The conrentlon to nominate
candidate for (ImKreas in the third
! district will be lehi at Bargaw, Jn-
J ly 2nd.
f'S,
PUCK ON BLAINE.
:o:-
WHAT THE GREAT HUMOR-
OUS PAPER THIXKS OF HIM.
THE CURSE IS COME UPON US.
The curse is come upon us, and
the great party that has .so long
guided the nation may now indeed
ret its house in order and prepare
for the end j. and the end is close
at hand.
k
For a quarter of a century, lor
the twenty-five most pregnant years
of this tutbnlent centurv. it has
held the reins of government over
the greatest Republic of the world.
It came to ' power in the darkest
days of the nation's life. Fresh,
young, strong and pure ; filled with
tllf Tin 1 llilwt oilf ImuiOiitn lil lir flm
greatest and most self-devoted soul
of our tiine. the Republican nartv
took up its great tasfe, and.
in de
spite of every obstacle, lalniring
faithfully and earnestly, with siu-gle-mindedness
of purpose, if ""did
its work, achieved its highest ambi
tion, and was honored of t he peo
ple. :
For the people were grateful.
When the mighty work was round
ed by the sacrifice of the great lead
er's life; when the victory was hal
lowed by a. high and unselhsli grief;
when the bond of iieace wsts
strengthened by the sympathetic
grasp ot Northern and Southern
hands across Lincoln's bier iu that
hour could there be too much to
give to the men to whom we owed
all that we held dear? Into their
hands we gave the government,
gladly aud trustingly. To-day we
ask their successors for an account
of their stewardship, and in Novem
ber we shall take back our gut,
finding them unworthy.
For the party that we li listed for
its loyalty in adversity has turned
in grate and unfaithful in the sea
son ot prosperity. .Not coufent
with the confidence of the ieople,
with honor and with power, it has
waxed grass yyitU selfishness and
fat with corruption. It has smirch
ed beyond all cleansing its bright
record ; it has sold its honor for a
bribe; ithas rnaladmihistcred the
power intrusted to it. It lists been
deal to every remonstiance, to ev
ery entreaty that it would turn
from its evil ways. From lioing
the one great exponent of unselfish
t
principle, it has sunk into a shame
ful and sordid materialism. It has
taught itself to 'laugh tit what is
right arid true; it lists set up for it
self only the basest standard of
self-interest. It ha& had no higher
morality than the thief'? Tear of the
halter; for it has feared nothing;
nothing has kept it from doing it
Own will but the dresvd of the xo
ple's anger. And this, at lstst, in
its sensual prosperity, it has be
come fatuous' enough- to defy.
For years we have seen this evil
growing, ana lor years we nave
tolerated it. We. have borne with
the party for the sake of the past,
and becausejwe have clung to'soine
hoie that' there was yet good In It
that some , day it would awake
from its folly and be again what we
knew it once. We iaw that theie
were still men of the old spirit iu
the party, and we saw that they
were awsike to the danger of their
fellows. "We will plead with
them," these tviser men
said : "
we
will arouse
them back
condemn us
them ; we will bring
to v isdom.
vet. We,
Do not
who
are
within the party, will cleanse and
reform it." And they meant well;
and they did what was in them to
do; but it was not to be. The dis
estse, the itch of gold, was among
those others; it had caught their
flesh, it had eaten into and tainted
their souls. There was no era ing
them : the ailments grew worse and
worse. Now is the crisis.
What' is this thstt the leaders of
the Republican party have donef
Assembled in convention at Chica
go, to choose heir candidate for
the Presidency of the United States,
they have, amid the howling of
hirelings and the clamor of hot
headed foids, made choice of the
one man whose very name stands
for all that is wholly bad in their
organizsttioii. They have chosen si
mau whose nomination is an insult
to the country, whose election
would be an ineradicable di. graee.
Ill these first dstys, liefore the flush
of their over-heated fiM)li.'huess has
cooled st wav thev do not realize
what they have done in one mad
moment. Later they will see if,
and be afraid, and, it may be, some
will have the grace to be jtshs;m.ed.
Then, having got oRt of the fever
and glare of the convention hall,
they will look at the man of their
choice in the chill light of truth.
And what will they see?
A man who has dishonor for an
ally, on whom corruption fawns for
favor. A man whose name for
years has been bandied about iu
bold and coufident stceusations of
dishonesty. A man whose tricki-
ness, whose unworthy cleverness. 4
whose shiftv craft have been tht J
thepie of common jest. A man wbu
t will now have to meet clear and
specific charges 01 dishonesty. Will
he meet themf Nay, he will shrink
away from i&em, be will evade
them, he will slip out of them ami
around them and under them, and
affect not to see them ; and if he be
made to see them, make out some
how to put them aside with bluster
aud bullying do anything, try
anything anything but meet them
fairly and bravely. A man against
w lip in every honest voter iu the
party will rise up; a man whose
friends are the - notorious foes of
decent government.
Till' GOD', AND TRUTHS'
Such is the candidate that the
leaders of the Republican party will
und they have chosen when their
muddled brains are clear enough
again to find out anything. Let us
say for them still, as a body, that
mis was not their unanimous choice.
There were some few anions them
who fought, earnestly and bravely,
against tue crime which the ma
jority have committed. To them,
all honor, all respect, all cheering
iriendlmess iu their honorable and
proud defeat. Never more noble
than now was that reverend white
head on which lies the light of pu
rity at which the tradiug, barter
ing, bribing rabble jeer, in their
sordid small wisdom. Honor In, to
that high and clear-minded, coura
geous gentleman! Honor to the
young men who fought under his
banner: taking most of the gener
alship into their stronger bauds!
1 hey have done their duiy well;
their failure has not stripped them
ot the people's trust; and some day
tuey may icswt to other victories
these whose hearts have but now
louoweii tnem to Ueteat. For is
not this brave struggle of theirs the
sign of the coming of the Independ
ent iew Tarty? ; 1
And now, what remains lor us to
do, who feel the indignity that has
been put u'hju us ? There is only
one course to take, and the cou-
science of the plainest man mat
ted him what that is. To swear in
our own souls that, whatever may
be the noise and the ridicule of
those who can take their disgrace
lightly, we will fight by vote, by
argumeut, I13' speech and by writ-
i 1 1 Y Kit all i'.iif, on. I l..i,.
..1, t'.i ctti aiiu iiiM.tr'.i- iiivuiiD,
against the consummation of the
wrong that is proposed by those who
wonht put James Blaine into the
chair of Abraham Lincoln. And if
the great party must die, let it die
under the daggers of its own sons,
wh kill it to save it from the worst
dishonor.
Lotteriesr-A Sad Story.
Iu Cincinnati not long since there
died an old pauper knowu as Yel
low Jim, front the color of his skin
which assumed a peculiarly .-anion
tinge when his hair stud beard be
came white. He begged at the
corner of one of the principal
streets, anil died iu a cellar.
Few knew his history. Forty years
ago he was one of the most bril
liant men in oue of the Southern
States, a lawyer with au increasing
practice aud a Haltering hit me
liefore him.
One day he bought half a ticket
in the grand lottery, won tht'
errand prize and was ruined. From
that day he lost all zest iu nis pro
fession and lived oulv to gamble in
the lotteries.
The money he had won speedily
melted siway. He inherited a
larsre e9t ate from his father, but
neglected it, and in course of time
it too disappeared, swallowed up
bv reckless habits, and iu one
-Mammoth Lottery Scheme" or
another the enu was want, rags,
iniserv and death in a squal .1 cel
lar.
The inhabitants of the Eastern
Slates have little idea ol the extent
to which this kind of gambling al
though forbidden by law in the
North is earned on 111 some or our
large cities. In the South smd
Southwest it is openly indulged in,
for very little disgrace, .'if any, at
taches there to the 'buying ol lot
tery tickets. In some States, in
deed, lotteries are legally sane
tioned. prominent men lend them
the lullueiice ot their names.
Tn every city the opportunities
are open to the young men, Irom
the "Grand Consolidated . Corpora
tions." where the prizes held out
are enormous, to the little under
ground haunts, where the negro in
vests his pennies.
No matter what garb these lotnp
tat tons wear their history is tin1
same. Thev begin in idleness, they
generally end in disappoiulment
and wretchedness.
Josb Billings On Infidelity.
Impudence, ingratitude, ignor
since stud cowardice makes tin
kreed ov infidelity.
Did vou ever hear ov a man's r
nouncing Christianity ou his death-
lied and turning infidel?
Gamblers and free-thinkers
haven't faith enough iu their pro
fession to teach it to their children
No atheist, with all its boasted
bravery haz ever dared to adver
tise his uubelict ou his tuimstun.
It is a statiitikal iakt that the
wicked work harder to reach hell
than the righteous do to reach
heaven.
1 notiss one thing: w lien si man
giis into a tite spot he don't never
send for his tiieud, the Devil, to
help him out.
I'd rather be an idiot thau ay
infidel; if I am an infidel I have
made myself one ; if au idiot I was
made oue,
I vever saw a tree-thinker yet
who didn't believe a huudred
times more nonseuse than he can
find in the Bible euny where.
It is alwns safe to follow the
religious belief that our mother
taught us; there never wuz a
mother yet who taught her child
to be an infidel.
Dr. V'ortw. Satan.
In a sermon Dr. W, II. Milburn
said: The Devil had cold, steel grey
eyes. The Statesville "American"'
says: ''Dr. York lists a cold steel
grey eve." One would be left to
supiose these two celebrated per
sons are closely related, as the
"Americau" says, "he (York) is h I
on facts." We do not desire to
have a Governor who has a "cold,
steel grey eye," or one who "is h I
on facts."
New Berne "Journal."
Ayer's Sarsa par ilia operates rad
ically upon and through the blood,
anil is a safe, reliable, and absolute
cure for the various diseases, com
plaints and disorders, dne to de
bility, or to any constitutional
int or infection. .
A LOVE STORY.
- :o:
THE COURTSHIP OF MRS.
FRANK LESLIE.
A BUSINESS WOMAN.
A correspondent of the New
York "Journal" has interviewed
Mrs. Frank Leslie, but did not
succeed in ascertaining when the
marriage was to take place. What
he did fiud out reads as follows:
"It was nearly three years ago.
that Mrs. Leslie and the Marquis
first met, and the manner of their
meeting and the subsequenr le
t rot hal is a interesting sis it is
romantic. The Marquis de Leu
ville had come to this country to
enlarge the scoiie of his literary
and scientific studies: .,; 'hie day
while in this city he started out
to call upon a friend. As he was
about -.to ascend the stoop at his
friend's house si carriage dashed
up to the same house.
"The door flew open and the
prettiest little foot I had ever seen
in my life was placed daintily 011
the cstrriage step, and the next
instant the "most charming little
being eyes ever rested on sprang
out all done up iu crape," said the
Marquis in describing the meeting
to a friend. "We both stood on
the-:, steps a moineut liefore the
door was opened," he continued,
"aud I caught a glimpse of two
beautiful eyes almost hidden by
a big crape veil. We went into
the1 parlor. I -.was so iufatuated
at first sight that 1 walked' up and
dowu the room with the utmost
impatience until our mutual friend
came down and introduced us. I
really don't know whether it was
that dainty little foot or the large,
dreamy eyes that first csiptivated
me."
After their introduction the Mar
quis paid the most devoted atten
tion to Mrs. Leslie, but she wsts so
deeply immersed in -'the -carers of
business stt that time, aud so earn
estly engaged in extricating the
enormous business that had been
left to her charge from sin almost
hopeless tangle, thstt she had little
time to think of matrimony.
One eveniug a theatre party was
enjoying a plsty at an uptown thea
tre, and among them was Mrs.
Leslie and the Marquis de Leu-
ville. Mrs. Leslie, lieiug -in the
deepest mourning, preferred to sit
in the backlpsirt of the box., and
the Marquis, as usual, occupied
a seat close at her sidy. When
they got up to go Mrs. Leslie drew
oft' her glove, and in doing so drew
her wedding rinu off witn it, and
it fell to the floor. A hunt was
immediately made for it, but the
Marquis, gallantly slipping up to
the anxious little lady while the
others were . busily hunting, and
drawing his family-crested ring
from his flneer, ffentlv put it in
place of the missing ciicle, and,
leaning over, softly whispered to
her to wear thstt as a wedding ring
111 place ol the one .die had lost.
Mrs. Leslie, however, would not
at 1 hat time entertain the idea of
matrimony, until she had vindica
ted hei late husband's" honor by
placing Ins enormous business
upon a lirm Unancial footing. Over
si year ago she sichieved the victo
ry, and her sncces.; lias placed her
to ilav amoiir the wealthiest as
well as the best known business
voriien in the world.
About . a year ago . Mrs. Leslie
Wits lying stl most at -the point ol
death, and the chivalrous Marquis,
on hearing of it, hastened to her
bedside, aud by every little atten
tion conceivable endeavored to
soothe her lied of sickness. Still,
the little lady's heart was not al
together won, and it was only
when the Marquis . de : Letiville
came to this country for a third
time two weeks ago and pressed
anew his suit that she finally con
sented to become his wife.
Mrs. Frank Leslie is one of the
most remarkable women living.
She possesses far more business
sagacity and acutcness than most
men, and at the same time the
combines with it the delicate re
liuoment which the highest culture
alone can give. Her literary at
tainments alone would have won
for her sin enviable reputation
had she not become renowned for
her business ability. Iu jietsoual
ppearance she is a most, charming
little lady. Beautiful blue-gray
eyes peep, out from lietween Jong
dark lashes, and sparkle as quick
ly iu an appreciation of pleasantry
sis they soften at the touch of a
tender sentiment. Her long, slen
der, aristocratic looking hand is of
the kind artists rave. over, while
the pretty, lit tie, gracelnlly arched
foot', .that peers fiom lieneath her
dress 'may well excite the envy of
school-girls in their teens.
When Mr. Frank Leslie was
a 1 void to die he '.'railed Mrs. Leslie
to his 'bedside and said to her:
"Go to my office aud sit at my desk
until my debts are all paid." The
weeping wife gave her solemn
promise to the dying man to fulfil
his wish. That was five years ago.
Immediately after the funeral she
took her scat at her late husband's
place, and to-day the mammoth
publishing house that still (tears
his name is tree from 'debt..
Both Mrs. Leslie aud the Mar
quis de Leuville are extraordinary
linguists and speak several lan
guages besides their native tongue
with remarkable ease anil grace.
Marquis de Leuville says t hat j Mrs.
Leslie is the firstflatly who ever
captured his heart on this side of
the Atlantic. He never before
proposed to an American girl.
The Marquis de Leuville is a
handsome, manly looking lellow,
fully six feet in height. He is an
adept iu all the manly sjiorts, as
well as a lamed writer, painter,
and a descendant of one of . the
oldest families in Europe. Yith
his pistol at twenty paces he can
shoot his initials in a board as
easily as bis soft brush can paint
the most charming of water colors,
qr factl pen write the most rat;
--NUMBER 21
cinating of verses, a look of his
poems entitled Entiv Nous" ran
through eight editions in England,
aud received the highest encomi
ums from the press of this country.
Wheu thev arc married the Mar
quis and Marquise de Leuville will
reside in New York, and the fair
wife of the gallant chevalier will
continue to carry on the business
ol Frank Leslie, publisher, but
will devote about one half as
much time to her desk as she. docs
at present. From hei -husband's
death up to the preseut time she
has spent a portion, of every day
at her oflice, but alter her mar
riage she will only go there every
other day.
i The weekly publications owned
by Mrs. Leslie, esich of which
has an enormous circulation, sire:
"Frank Leslie's Illustrated New.s
paper," 'FMtlk Leslie's Chimney
Comer," "Frank Leslie's Illustra
ted Zeitung." The monthly pub
lications are: "Frank Leslie's
Sunday.. Magazine," Frauk Les
lie's Popular Monthly," "Pleasant
Hours," "Frank Leslie's Budget."
The annual publications sue:
"Frank Leslie's Chattel Ihix,"
"Frank Leslie's Illustrated Abna-
nsic," "Frank Leslie's Comic Al
mansic." 1
The Reward Of Kindness.
A
recent Louisville (Ky.) letter
this romantic story : Miss
tells
Fannie G. Porter, daughter of Mrs.
Porter, postmistress at.Russelville,
K'., has just been married sit
Ocala, Fist., to Mr. Clem Dickey,
of Coloradsi. There is quite si ro-
niauce in Miss Poter's life. Over
a year ago, istte in the .evening,
she wsis valkiug with some young
lady lriends, when an old gray
haired ragged tramp approached
the party. , Her companions
screamed and ran siway, tint she
walked leisurely along and return
ed his salutation. The next day.
and for several days afterward.
the tramp took up a position in
front of the liostortlce and spent
hours iu watching Miss Porter.
Finally he came to '"the w indow
where she wsts writing and spokV
to her. She responded pleasantly.
and. taking courage from
from her courtesy, the old man
stsked her name. "Please, write
it out for me," he added. She did
so, ami he placed the sheet of pa
per nwsiy in his pocket.
"Yon sue a good girl, and s.
mighty 'pretty one, too," t lie old
man continued, "and 1 like you.
Don't you know that you are the
only person that has treated me
with any kindness for years?
They say I am old and crazy, but
don't you believe 'em. I have got
lots of money, and 1 am going to
leave it all to you." Miss Porter's
mother coming in at this point, he
repeated his lenisiiks to, her, and,
shaking hands with the ladies, left.
Time pasaed on; the old fclluw
bad disiiupesirttd. stud
no ,Oue
thought about him. A few
mouths
ago' the sheriff of Logan county,
Miss Porter's home, receivml a
letter from a certain town iu Ken
tucky. The letter said that a
tramp was found dying in the
woods near there; that he had
beeit taken in a .ml. cared for; that
a letter was found in his pocket
which explained that money .suf
ficient to pay his doctor's bill and
burrial expences would Ik found
hidden away in his' 'clothes. The
shl'ct of papei eontaiiiiu Miss
Porter's name was also round, and
with if instructions to send all the
papers to her;.-also that he h.nl so
many thousand da Mars in the bank
in Tennessee, naming the town
and bank, and that it was lus w ish
that Miss Porter should siccept it.
Miss Porter a short while, ago re
ceived a letter offering her :',!MMi
for h"r interest in the old 'man's
estate if she would forfeit sill
claim to it The offer was not
accepted, ;i'td so the affair rests
for the present. .'
The Round Dance.,
The
tains
marks
Norfolk "Virginian" Con
the following sensible ic
on the round dance.
"We believe the great sin of t his
age is irreverence, and that socie
ty is not as strict in its proprie
ties as a reverential age would de
maud. Men do not pay- to women,
as a class, enough of that chival
rous respect aim ueii'ience wincii
is the very ground work of our
society. We believe the reason
is to lie found iu the old home
proverb, which teaches us that
'familiarity breeds contempt.'"
Don't construe this in a harsh
sense, but we all know that there
is too much familiarity between
the men and the women oi society.
The old-timed ban iers seem to
have been broken down, and some
how the men of the day do not feel
that tlegieo of 'awe and reverence
in :i woman's -society w hich once
characterized the Southern, at
least.
'A reform iu this matter is need
ed, and we do not ln-lieve the
round dance is contributing much
in thai direction. We believe the
round dance is icsponsilile for
much of the irreverence of which
we speak. If -a woman is raised
iu a puie atmosphere, within the
strictures of pious home influences:
if she is reared to Itelieve her per
son js too sacred to lie touched,
she will have a maidenly shrinking
from si man's embrace, but if as a
girl of fifteen she i allowed to go
to the ball and waltz indiscrimi
nately w ith men, she is apt to
' come more or less careless as she
grows np, and w hen her modest,
retirement is gone, she has" lost
that which marks her distinctive
ly as woman. This is the one thing
which men love iu women, and her
power to wield a healthful influ
ence over men is gone. We write
in a spirit of pleading. Most men
are no better than women make
them, aud we .would soon lose our
refinement if the ladies did not
spur ns up all the time." ,
Mr. W
S. Hembv, alitor of the
Waynesville "News," will
m -li r
issue
dally during the session
f lhe
Teachers Chatauqna
script ion price for the
will be 30 cents. .
1M SUU-
I J A
tjf weeks
On- lu.-n, Unv lusM-imn
Oue Month '""' - 1 1 00
- Thrw MonihjIZ'. '" ;
" Six Motttbs. " ' 5 "
; One .Yw -."""".T"
Lib. -r: Oleoma, wil! be usaJe for Urvrr
Advert, ., ,, ,na for Contmc. bj W
POLITICAL POIN'JU
WHAT THE POL1TICIANSARE
TALKING ABOUT.
THE J'OM TlVAL VALUHOS.
TheTilden letter is the K,.,u.ra
topic otconversati.tn at the Capitol
It was not received with surprise on
the lloue side, and most t them
express, satist.ution that it h-s
corneal last. They -em-rally
"it is an able letter; we expected
it. It is a pity the old man's i.n v..
al condition is ,,- as ,s
mental." As to the ' situation m,w.
Mr. Cox, of New WW,.. meets-it
,,i..u,i. 1. nur,n. ue 5asi
re
minus it 1 nt 01 the school
gill's de-
hniton of chaos - "A
not bin, and no placi
1'ig pile ol
to put it."
There ate
gressmen
a tew (Icmum i nii
con
idea who ilui.r to tin
mat in ten can , t . - prevailed
upon to accept the nomination," but
the great 'mass consider his letter
to lie final and Tnt-un-al. ' Now
whom shall we iioniinatef" was
me question that almost eer dein
ocrnt puts 'o a political as-m-iate
lhe names of R.iyud, Cleveland
Flower, McDonald, lloadh, Thin !
man, Field, Slucum, "and Unseci ans
are mentioned, but the decided
drift of sentiment is towards two
men Bayard and Cleveland. If
the, opinion of democrat ie-Congressmen
is any criterion the paity is
very likely to lake one of these
tw o men. The only point raised
against Bayard is fear of his war
record. The opinion prevails that
it the nomination goes to a New
York man, Cleveland will get it,
but should New York give its
supiHii t to Flower, . then the iiom
ination will go out of the state ami
settle upon a western man. : Vari
ous reasons were brought up why
McDonald should not In- the man,
and there is more talk in favor of
Morrison than any other, mt he
event id' Cleveland's failure to-get.
his state. The remarkable thing
about this is that those who praise
Morrison most were known -'supporters
of Randall during, tin
tariff contest.
But it is very probable that be
fore the July convention meets some
other ststtes beside New York w ill
pluck up a spirit and press the
claims of favorite sons. Ohio is
already in the front ranks, and
suggests that, ll an old-fashioned
wsir horse is desired there is Jiulgi
Thuriuan, "old Snutr' as he is al '
feet innately called by his admirer.-,,
if the party is after reloim, Judge
lloadly might do; if ;t "bar'l ' is
the thing, Senator elect Payne is
eligible. Indiana reminds the
country that she too is a doubtlul
state, stud asks a vote for .McDonald.
Massachusetts in always ready with
her Jumbo Ben. The Pacific coast
spreads a little "liooiii'et'' for Judge
1 Field, and trails attention to tied.
Uorecxans also as a likely man.
l'ciins!aiiia and Illinois coiitiout
each other nith Randall and Mor
rison, frowning in rivalry like
Centii and Gibraltcr at (he iu ulli
of the Mediterranean:.- while.' rat'
but not least, little l).la..ie
wishes the country to niiieinicr
that lle largest '-trout an- olleii
eaiighi in the smallest bioek.
There- is an ' interesting minor
here to . the effect that, win 11 .Min
ister Foster sailed l.i-l ,;.ituril.ii
for his post at Madl id, among ol h
er imM)rtsmt instruct ions w hich
he received belote leaving Wa h
ingloii was one relating to the
acquiMt ion of 1 hi- Island ol C11I1.1
by theJ'infcil States in c t.-e Sp.nn
shows '-'any desire to dispose ol the
"jewel of the Antilles." It is n.nil'"
tinit if the. Island of Cuba cim lie
acquired peaceably Piesident
Arthur would be pleased, for ue
would like to have his .uliuinis
nation marked, by the puichase ol
really, valuable territory; and lie .
sides he would then lie the liif Ue
publican President undci whose
authority the first realh valuable
territory was gained to the I'lided
States by purchase. Alaska does
not count for much, and it seems,
t hilt the only reason for the pin
chase of that corner of the tioi-n
zone was that it was ini'mit int
at that time Russia should remain
friendly to the Cnited Mates, and
the c'l,."i0O,lMHl ifteiling paid lot
this bit of icciindMio v went a long
waywith Russiii to'iiird niainiaiii
tngthe aknti rmilinli between
the two nation-;, f hi- precedent
was set by the Alaska inatt. r, sind
now when Cuba gets ready 10 join
the Union of Slates theie will
jn-obably be no d.ilhcitltt either
iiHu the question of preccdeine or
ol oljtainiiiK the money 'for ! pur
chase.
The House experienced two
startling novelties t In - wick in the
week ill the debate. iimiii the
river" -and hai lmr - appiopi l it 11M
bill. Mr. Hewitt tarnished one
M'lisation bv uirging aim ndmelit
reducing a New York sijipropna '
tiou from .:oo,oooto -vvm;o, but
Mr. Ochiltiee "iaw"' the New otk
member and raiscif his M-nsat 1011
b moving that the ei.t.ie appio
prialioii of 0,IH)o. lor tlii? uu
pioveinetil of Galveston h.i.lioi l.c
stricken out on the ground lh.it
(he woik was nsclcs,. The llmi-e
ivasprobablv so overcome by these
unheiiid ol motions that it almost',
unanimously agieed 10 ailjoniii
June 30th. But the lnclinati.m to
adjourn will meet with ...pi-.sit.ion
in the Senate ind the cluiii.es ate,
th .t the sessmn vi iH. I'i prolonged ;
until August.
LEX ex
Washington. June- Ui.
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ci.,.r,.r i..st master and
Just ice of
the Peswe, Compsoiy hbops, Ala
mance Co.. N.C. writes, he has used
St. Jacobs Oil for rheumatism- "f s
swelled ankles and k wees, pains in
.1 -n,i sire throat. One or
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has
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the
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1 . mar lotiir as I. cau
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get it," he adds, "I never intend,
to be without it."
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