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VOLUME 14-
WILS0N, NORTH CAROLINA, NOVEMBER 14. 1884.
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iKWS OF A WEEK
OATH UK ED PROM ALL PARTS
Ui" TBE WORLD.
Pi:NCILLING8 GLEANINGS.
T'lere were 57,000. articles hi
the State Exposition.
A fatal type of diptheria pre
vails at Fayetteville.
Frogs hind-legs sell in New
York for :5.1 cents a pound.
A good many peanuts have
been produced by our farmers this
season.
Ileury Ward Beecher, sur
passed himself in his npeecb.es lor
Cleveland.
I Official majority in Sampson:
Cleveland, 9G0; Scales, !'8i; Col.
Green, 1105; Boykin, 1138.
f Chowan county has a Teachers
Association tha$ is meeting with
success, according to the "Euquir-
;er."
A young lady who was blamed
for allowing her glove to be discov
ered in a young man's pocket, said
she had no hand in it.
The debt of the United States
is equal to if 30 for each of the in
habitants. In France the ratio is
100, and in Great Britain ilO'J.
The outlook for King's Mountain
tin mine is flattering, and it is re
ported that English miners will
soon begin work on a large scale.
The North. Carolina Conference
of the Methodist K. Church, South,
meets in Wilmingtou on the 26th
inst. Bishop Parker will preside.
The latest invention-is an elec
tric fan which is warranted to low
er the temperature of a room from
05 to 60 degrees in a few minutes.
So many women are doing
work formerly done by men that
the male sex is being driven into
matrimony as a means of support.
A lady remarked the other day
that the reason there were no mar
riages in heaven was that there were
not men enough to supply the wo
men. The Oxford Orphan Asylum is
in great need of cash, clothing and
rations. In the midst of the politi
cal excitement do uot forget the
httle orphans. .
We read an item about a
milkman getting fifty quarts of
milk from one cow in one day. All
we can sav is that he must have a
1T uiite.,?ilep' well.
Wado Hampton claims to have
' been the first man in the United
- States who ever proposed to in
vest the negro with the ballot.
This was in 1SG7.
We regret to learn of the loss
by tire, of the stables at Greystone.
Mr. Tilden's loss is estimated at
15,000, though his horses escaped.
However, Uncle Sam can stand it.
A volunteer; company has been
organized at Bingham school which
will visit New Orleans in Decern
... ber next, and compete lor the prize
ot 3,t00 otlered to the best compa
ny. The annual Convention of the
Disciples church will meet at
Wheat Swamp chinch, eight miles
northwest of Kiuston, on Thursday
before the secoud Sunday in No
vember. The Messrs. Madlock, two
brothers, of Alexander county,
raised this past season sixteen
barns of very fine tobacco for which
they have refused to take $22 per
hundred weight.
In Ihe Catawba exhibit at the
State Exposition was a silk dress
tuade and worn by 3liss Rebecca
Payne fifty years ago. She raised
the worm, spun aud wove the silk,
and made the dress.
A St. Louis child lias been
killed by a dose of patent cough
yruj , which was composed largely
of opium. It was warrauted to
"stop that cough," and it stopped
the cough and filled a coflin.
It was a wise "Missouri lather
who did not pursue his eloping
daughter, but sent ft clergyman on
a horse to overtake the couple, in
order that the marriage ceremony
might be performed properly.
We see from the
that its correspondent
kat puts the name of
ach in nomination for
tive from Wake hi the
of 18S7. Nominations
"Chronicle"'
from Rhaui-
Geo Stron-Representa-
Legislature
are in order.
A man out west was asked to
go to the circus. He said he
couldn't go until night, his wife
was to be buried that afternoon,
and it would not look right to at
tend a circus in preference to the
funeral.
Dr. Chas. W. DabueA. Jr., and
Mr. P. M. Wilson, of the State De
partment of Agriculture, are in
New Orleans, arranging for the
.North Carolina exhibit at the
World's Fair to begin in that city
Pceeuiber lfth.
The editor of the Posry comity
weekly "Falsifier" is in trouble. A
Judy gave him two young puppy
dogs aud he acknowledged t lie fa-,
vor by sayiug that Mrs. .loshua
Perkinson presented us with two
sweetly interesting "pugs." The
printer made it "hugs" and the
lady's husbapd made it lively for
editor with '-a hickory hoop-pole..
Two young ladies iu Nashville,
according to the "Banner,"' recent
ly made a wager of a pair of gloves
that they would go two days iu the
same house without speaking a
word. It is said that each remain
ed silent the length of time agreed
upon. Many marvelous tales have
' come to light during the present
campaign, but this story will not
be credited for an instaut by even
the most unsophisticated. It is
.doubtless onerof Joe Mullialton's
'aru9.
The official vote in Lenoir
county shows that F. A. Woodard
had L'5o majority; J. W. Grainger,
for the House, .Vxl; liountree, for
the Senate 17.1: Sutton, for Sheriff,
.'10; Hodges, for Register 104;
Gray, for. Treasurer, 'ff. The en
tire Democratic ticket elected.
S Col. Edward Richardson, the
! President of the New Orleans Ex-
position, has three cotton "iHanta
' tious under successful ojieration in
! Washington and Issaquena coun
ties. Each place has from one
thousand to two thousand acres,
aud there is a laborer. iO every ten
acres.
Prof. Henry K. Shepherd,. who
was one of the lectuiers before the
Wilsou Normal School last summer,
has been appointed to the depart
ment of History in t he? Martha's
Vineyerd Teacher's Institute for
its next session. He is the first
southern man who has ever been
honored b; a call to its (acuity.
The Pitt shorn "Home" says a
little ten year old son of Mr. Piuk
ney Phillips, of Chatham county,
was recently playfully digging for
himself a well iu a pile of seed cot
ton and accidentally ; fell., into it
head foremost and being unable to
extricate himself was fount, alter
the lapse ol two hours, smothered
to death. - , '
The older 1 grow and now I
stand upon the brink of eternit y
the more comes back to me the
sentence iu the-catechism which I
learned when a child, and the full
er and deeper its meaning be
comes: "What is the chief end of
man? To glorify 'God, and enjoy
hirn forever."' Thomas Carlyle,
The Postmaster-General has
forbidden the delivery of money
orders and registered letters to W.
II. Martin and M. L. Arey, of Gold
Hill, Rowan county, N, C., upon
the inspector's reports'- showing
that they used the, mail to adveiy
tise a "boodle'-' scheme. They
promised to deliver S100 of coun
terfeit .money upon receipt of 810,
but failed to keep the engagement.
A very -unpleasant sect to dis
agree with is a new religious body
which we learn has within a few
months past come to light in the
country known as the Crimea. All
members deem it to be a solemn
duty imposed upon them to kill, at
the earliest opportunity, all persons
who may differ with them in theo
logical matters, and act according
ly. Each' "member ranks in pro
portion to the number of lives
taken.
It would almost reconcile a
cynical observer to, Mr. Blaine'
election to witness the excuses that
would b3 made for the non-fulfilment
of the prophecies made in his
behalf. The mills that would not
start, the dividends that wonld.not
materialize, the wages that would
not go up, the rogues and jobbers
that would come to the front --all
this and more would keep the be
foo'era.of the people mighty busy
with their explanations.
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About seven miles south of
Hickory, near the South Fork river,
on the John Willong farm, there is
a walnut tree 27 feet in circumfer
ence, being nearly' 0 feet in diame
ter three feet above the ground. It
measures :J8 feet to the first limb,
aud the limbs are in proportion to
the size of the tree. It appears to
be perfectly solid, and would make
12,000 feet of lumber, "without
counting the limbs. At 40 per
thousand, the tree would be worth
480.
The Champion Liar.
the north cakolina.dem.ocra.ts
ready and willing to whip
"the yanks." !
The following letter was written
by a young man .who has lived all
his life in Logan, Iowa, and
has been a .staunch Democrat
Greehbacker. He moved to North
Carolina last spring, and recently
wrote as follows to his mother, liv
ing at Logan :
Lexington, N. C, Sept. 28th.
Dear Mother -.-r-Your letter was
received in due time, and I was
truly glad to hear from you. We
are iu the centre of -North 'Carolina.
It is a very poor country ; the peo
ple all go barefooted, sleep on cord
beds, and live hard aud dirty-. They
are clever people, but terrible Reb
els. Tell everybody for God's sake
to vote for Blaine. Theydo not,
know what danger the country is
in. The Northern Democrats look
upon thiugs in altogether different
light from the Southern Democrats.
They art talking down here of war
if they do not get the control of the
Government. Things may have
neverjjceu halif told. I met a Re
publican to-dayljind he said if the
north knew half that the south will
try to do there would never be a
Democrat elected. Tell the Demo
crats to purify the Government by
some other means, for the south
means destruction. Why last
night I heard a party of men talk
iug that they were stroug enough
in the south now to whip "the -dam
Yanks," and with Cleveland for
President, they were ready and
willing if the "Yanks" did not pay
for the niggers they took from
them, they were going to make
them pay . for thcin. So. tell the
boys to save trouble and vote lor
Blaine and vote hard. They say
this State has to go Democratic if
all the "dam niggers' have to. bp .
killed.
F. 15. MrKKXNY.
Chicago Tribune."
The above is published .for the
benefit of Davidson. If snch a
scoundrel as " P. B. McKeuny" has
a balntation iu that county the
people ought to know it. Tar and
feathers would lo.k well ononis rot
ten carcass. Note from Greensbo
ro "Patriot." I ' -
- As a purifier. Aver's Sarsana-
rilla acts directly and promptly. "A
single bottle will prove its merits.
Many thousands of people are year
ly saved from dangerous fevers by
the exercise ot a little timely care
in properly cleansing the system
by the use ot this remedy.
BILL ARP'S TALK.
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HE SPENDS A FEW DAYS IN
THE COUNTY OF LINCOLN.
NO USE FOR JUDGE &. J CRY
i have leen down to the good
old county of Lincoln. I uever was
there before for it is hid out and
lies remote from the blessings and
the curses of modern civilization.
What a pity it is that rail-roads
which are such eivilizers and such
a necessity always bring with
them such a train of troubles.
Now here is Lincoln away off the
track and her jail doors were open
and for months have not closed
uoon a prisoner. Judge Pottle
was there holding court, He
opened it and closed it in a day
and a half for there were but fihree
civil cases upon the docket and
not a criminal to try.' There
wouldn't be many candidates for
solicitor if all the counties were as
peaceable as Lincoln. Now here is
Paulding county that used to hv.
on that line and hardly ever held
court more than six days in a
year. But now since they have a
railroad and have got civilized
their dockets are' crowded and
their jail is full. My own county
of Bartow has two railioads and
we hold twelve weeks of court and
never get through. There are only
two lawyers and a half in Lincoln
ton and twenty-seven in Uarters
ville. Maybe it is the lawj'ers who
stir up so much devilment iu Bar
tow aud the people are not so
much to blame for it. I don't
know, but I do know that we are
a heavily taxed people and still
have the worst roads in the coun
try. Lincoln county has better
roads and no fences and does not
owe a dollar and her good people
come right square up to the reali
zation of old Agur's prayer who'
asked the Lord to give him neither
poverty nor riches. There is no
place for a traveling show to ex
hibit, no ten-pin alley, no billiard
tables, no cirensses, not even a liv
ery stable, hut the boys most of
them have their own horse aud
buggy and will volunteer to drive
you over to Washington, which is
twenty miles away, and charge
you nothing but the pleasure of
your company. "How do you get
along, said I, what do, you ywing
men do for entertainment?" "Oh we
visit around right smart and walk
out with the girls to look at the
moon. We've got the same moon
you have and it is a mighty good
thing to court by. A young man
can fall in love quicker under the
light ot the moon than any where
elese." I mentioned this to Colonel
Tom Howard and he said it was
true; "I've no doubt of it Wil
liam," said he, "for love in its last
aualysis is a kind of lunacy and
lunacy you know is derived from
the moon. "Luna" means the
moon and a lunatic is a young
man who haseut got anything and
imagines he will die and be etern
ally blasted' if lie doesnt get her..'
Lincoln county has not had a
single republican vote cast at her
polls iu seventeeu years. Just
think of it, more negroes - than
white and not a single republican
vote. Talk about the solid south !
There is no county in it as solid as
Lincoln. They do not lack '-culture
and keep posted on all the politics
of the day. There are over a hun
dred copies of "The Constitution"'
taken there and about as many of
the "Augusta Chronicle' George
Barnes made a great speech there
and electrified the people. They
are proid of George and have a
right to be. Those people are slow
and sure. They are a great big
jury and when they want a thing
done they do it. They cau't be
humbugged with new-. inventions
seduced by the fashions and follies
of the day. They send their chil
dren to school and to college. Their
boys go to Athens and their girls
to the Lucy Cobb and they don't
know and don't care for any 'other
institution. Old Judge Doole.y
lived there and died there and
they don't kuow of any smart
thing that lie dident say. I heard
anecdotes of him which were just
the same I used to hear of old
Judge Wilham H. Underwood in
our section. John M. Dooley lives
iu the memory of all their oid mn
aud they have handed him down
to their children and grand chil
dren. Aud there is another man's
grate near to - Lincoln ton whose
memory the people of Georoia and
the south delight to honor. For '
forty years Thomas I. Ashmoro i
was the real author and maker of
Grier's Almanac. He was a genius
in a way with but a few months
of schooling he mastered the high
est grade of mathematics and as
tronomy and there is hardly a
family in tho southern land that
does not hang his almanac by tho
niantlepiece and rely upon it for
time and seasons and heavenly
phenomena. He is dead but his
almanac -survives and his nephew,
Oates Ashmore, now president of
'Jonesboro college, a man who
seems to have inherited his uncle's
talents, now furnishes the figures
that our people trust. 'Mrs. Aq i
gets-many almanacs from all sorts j
of advertisers, but she hangs none
by the mantle but Grier's. The
same picture of a disemboweled
man is still upon the title page
with all the twelve sigus of the
zedica, aud she has the same faith
in the goat and the fishes and th?
lion and always plants beets when
the signs are in the feet.
I met an old school mate there, j
the venerable Nat Crawford, who
is still denying his three score
ml T3 O r j-1 mill ' .Tinn in rr-
youthful airs. Jack ; Henderson i
went to school with ns too and
Jack declares that Nat was forty
team oiu wueu ue iui came u i
i,wi n.i,;ni, tfca.. f.,-,-
vears old when he hrst came to
years ago. Nat W3S an old boy
thou aud led me and JacK astray
iuto many a little
mischief.' Nat.
is as narriarch now. and has lono-
since outmarried mmself and has '
a flock of good children and a boy
at college and has really no occa-
siou for denying his age He says !
he is not near so old as Senat or i
Barksdale, whom I met at Lincoln-!
ton, a tsplendid tyje of the ponth-!
em gentleman and a widower and
whom Nat told me, confidentially,
w as now dressing mighty tine and i
shaving mighty clean and pre
tending he wasn't but fiftv vears i
old. .".'!
1 remember when Nat whisper
ed to me and Jack Henderson that
there was some mighty nice mel
ons in Frank Alexander's cotton1
patch. And we went round through
the woods and got over. the fence
aud stooied aud squatted along
the rows until we found a few ami
pulled them and earned. then,
away and about the time we had
opened them and found them
green, Mr. Alexander stepped up
behind ns and says he, "boys, I do
think you are the poorest judges
of melons I ever saw. Yon can't
tell a green one from a iipe one.
Now come along with me and I'll
find you some ripe ones for I know
there are some in the patch." And
we went along feeling as mean as
an egg-sucking dog, aud he thump
ed them and looked at the curls
and pulled three and gave them to
ns and went out ; to the corner of
the fence in the grass and helped
ns eat them and when we got
through says he, "Now. boys,
when you want melons just come
to me and I'll go with you for
there is not much satisfaction in
eating green ones."
Well, 'I always loved that man
aud 1 wouldn't "have stolen another
melon out his patch for a thousand
dollars, ne whipped us with kind
ness ami I've always thought it
was the very best way. Well, it
was. a delightful meeting between
Nat Crawford and me. Forty
years had rolled over us since last
we met and we wouia not nave
known each other, for Anno Dom
ini has been at work upon ns and
made havoc with our yonth.-Anno
Domini will tell. Judge Harroll
said last night that he had forgot
ten how old he was but that when
a youth of fourteen he fell iu love
with a sweet pretty lass of fifteen
aud liked to have ded over it
when she moved away and he had
not seen or heard of her for nearly
forty years and last week he got a
nice letter from her, asking him to
vote lor her grandson lor solicitor
general. Well, he will do it I
reckon. I think he ought to for
she has done her duty, according
to the Scripture. She has -multi-plied
and he 'nasent.
Bill Aki
The Model Woman.
Charhis Dickens wrote as follows
She is a true and noble wife for
whose ambition a husbaud's love
and her children's adoration are
sufficient, who applies her military
instincts to the discipline of her
household, and whose legislatives
exercise themselves in making laws
for her nurse, whose intellect has
field enough for her in communion
with her husband, and whose heart
asks no other honors than his love
and admiration a woman who does
not think it a weakness to attend
to her toilet, a-nd who does not
disdain to be beautiful, who believes
iu the virtue of flossy hair and
well-litting gowns, and who oschews
rents and audacious make-ups; a
woman who speaks low, and does
not speak much; who is patient.
and gentle, and intellectual and
industrious; who lines more than
she reasons, and yet does not love
blindly; who never scolds and nev
er argues, but adjusts with a smile,
Such a woman is the wife we liave
all dreamed ot once in our lives,
and is the mother we still worship
in the backward distance of the
past.
A Sooth Carolina Marriage Scheme. .
At a recent wedding reception
in South Carolina a young lawyer
begged leave to offer a new scheme
of matrimony, which he believed
would bo beneficial. ' He proposed
tjhat "one man in the company
should be selected as President;
that this President should be duly
sworn to keep entirely secret all
communications that should be
forwarded to him in his official
department that night, and that
each unmarried gentleman and
lady should write his or her own
name on a piece, of "paper and nn
der it the name of thie person they
wish to marry, then hand it to the
President for inspection, and if
any gentleman or lady had recip
rocally chosen each other the
President was to inform each of
the result, aud those who had not
been reciprocal in their choice
kept entirely secret.-"' After the
appointment of the; President com
munications wecm aecordingly
handed up to the chair, and it was
found that twelre young ladies
aud gentlemen hed mado recipro
cal choices, but whom they had
chosen remained a secret to all but
themselves and the President. I
was passing through the same
place a few days ago, and was in
formed that eievco of the twelve
matches had bee n solemnized, and
that the youug gjeiitlemen of eight
couples of the el even had declared
that their diffid once was so great
that thev certai'alv should not have
addressed their respective wives if
' the above scheme had not been in
troduced. Cha liesfou "News."
The Expense of fjondncting a Law Suit.
j Rev. Edwand Wootten was with
: ns on Friday, and mentioned that
his excuses were 3i5. in making a
trip to Bertie, to appear as witness
for a man w'ho had been sued for
a horse bv a negro. The horse
co?Ji :w
, aoid the expeuses of the
suit thus Lvr are. 6V, aud tho case
i osipouei Ai next court, uwiug iu
i tbe illuess of a lawyer. That horse
. . . , ,: . ,
will certai Qlv eat his own head oft.
Mr. Wootten
Mitt iCWUJ I'll II i
Docia Young, of
west by Miss
ToungsviUe, who goes to take a
l i 1 m a. . . if-r?
cmui ucsir xivuidimu h. -rnuri
aQd eame..
OUR PRESIDENT.
GliOVEi; CLEVELAND UN
DOUBTEDLY ELECTHD.
TIME FDR REJOICING.
Honesty and common decency
have triumphed. Governor Cleve
land is chosen the next President
of the Unite! States.
It is a great, very great gain to
the country, and to the cause of
free government everywhere. The
candidacy of a man like Blaine,
with bis surroundings, was a hu
miliating disgrace to the cointry.
His election would have hoen the
uational justification of pnblic dis
honesty and trickery of every kind.
It would have whitewashed every
jobber in the country, and -would
have been, as the Republicaai ex
Senator W'adleigh said in one of
the most powerful speeches of the
canvass, an invitation to all yotmg
men in places of trust to aSuse
those trusts.
President Clevelaud has slnwn
himself, as Mayor aud as Govenor,
an incorruptibly honest man, a.
man of brains and of undoubted
courage, the enemy of jobs and job
bers, the l'aithfnl servant of the
people. Every word he has utter
ed during the canvass, as every
message and other public utterance
of his an Mayor aid as Governor,
marks him as a clear-headed, saga
cious man, entirely 'capable of that
great work which the people have
intrusted to him to do at Washing
ton. At last the country has that
change of parties for w'hich it has
been ready eight years, aud which
the selfish and. corrupt political
managers who have gained control
of the Republican party bad come
to believe they conld prevent s
easily that they dared to nominate
one of the worst men in their party.
Gov. Clevelaud himself ntated the
case admirably when he said :
"There should be no indstoke at
this time concerning- the meaning
of the contest. The struggle is to
break down the barriers between
the plain people of the nation and
the administration of their govern
ment. The question to be deter
mined w whether the yople may
change their pnblic servants, or
whether, while they, loudly hope
they have a representative govern
ment, they are bound and held cap
tive by those who make politics an
occupation and hold public, place us
a profitable business. This gov
ernment was made for the people;
bnt if they must select the agents
who shall have, its administration
in charge from a sel Medicated and
self-constituted clasH, and if a par
ty once in power can perpetuate its
hold upon office for ;li time, it is a
mockery to call this a government
by the people."
On the 4th of next March the
Democrats will therefore come into
power. We wish them well. They
have succeeded by naming a first
rate ticket on an unexceptional
platform. They are committed to
thorough reform. They will give
the people that "look at the books"
to which thev have a right. N. Y.
"Herald." .
Gould's Stakes.
It is said that Jay Gould will,
now Blaine's defeat is assured,
not only lose hundreds of thous
ands which he has wagered on the
result, but it is uot at all improba
ble that he will be driven into in
solvency. It is believed that he
has been staggering under the load
of his watered stocks, and his only
hope of relief was in Blaine's elec
tion. It is understood that the
bargain between him and Mr.
Blaine included not ouly the with
drawal of the suits against the
Pacific Railroads for the hundred
million dollars owing by them to
the Government, but the promise
to use the whole power and pat
ronage of the Executive to saddle
upon the Government the West
ern Union Telegraph at its inflat
ed stock valuation 80,000,000.
This, however, is probably a Dem
ecratic exaggeration. Sober truth
is mighty scarce now.
An Electric Well.
The "New York Times" is re
sponsible for the statement that an
electric well iias been discovered
at Ithaca, N. Y. It seems that a
short time ago one Mis. McGinnis
attempted to draw a bncket of
water from the well in question.
The moment the lady touched the
chain attached to the bucket her
heelR flew up aud she fell senseless
to the ground. After recovering
she walked to the house and in
formed the family that she had
beeu knocked down with a sand
bag. Her daughter, a strapping
yonng woman of indomitable cour
age, at onco flew to the well, vow
ing that she wonld draw a bucket
of water in spite of all the tramps
and roughs in the United States.
But the instant she touched the
chain her heels took the same up
ward flight as in the case of her
mother and the plucky girl was
thrown violently to the ground.
After this both women declared
that the well was bet-witched, and
this statement was made to Mr.
McGinnis as soon as he returned
from his day's work. With the
average man's contempt for the
judgment of women, McGinnis, as
might have been expected, treated
this view of the matter with scorn,
but he admitted that electricity
might have leaKed into the well
from some of the many electric
wires in use in Ithaca. He be
lieved, however, that water could
be drawn bp nsiug a rope instead
of an irou chain, and he forthwith
proceeded to test his theory.. He
drew tin the water without anv
difficulty and was indulging in a
little glorification over his success
when his band accidentally touch
ed the water ami he received a
powerful shock which Knocked him
whirling a distance of about six-!
teen feet. McGinnis, as soon as !
he had picked himself up and re
paired the damages to his person,
said, that the water itself possess
ed the power of shocking. Filling :
a glass dish with it he tendered it !
to the family cat. The uiomeut !
the cat's whiskers ; touched the ;
water a shower of sparks flew from
her fur, and she flew to the cellar
with a tail as big as a feather dus
ter. A bull dog was next induced
to tackle the water, and although
iie swallowed it he was left ina
limp aud disfigured condition with
a jet of electric light flickering at j
the end of his tail.' The attention j
of a scientist was called to the;
well, and after making an analysis ;
of the water he announced that it i
contained thirty-three per cent of .
pure electricity, aud at once pro-
posed to .'McGinnis a partnership
for the purpose of bottling- and
selling the stuff as a tonic. TMH
necessary arrangements have been j
made, aud the electric water will :
soon be oiiered for sale. It will j
doubtless lecome a very iopular j
beverage, as it is said to be eight ;
times more exhilarating than rye:
whisky. !
flow The President is Chosen.
' Technically speaking, the Presi
dent is not elected by the people
and the people do not vote directly
for an presidential candidate.
They cast their ballots for electors,
amd these electors ohoose a Presi
4cnt and Vice-President.
In each State the mini ber of
electors is equal to the number
of Senators and Representatives
Which the State has in Congress.
The electoral ticket which receives
the .-greatest number of ballots in
the .State will be chosen by the
i peoitJe aud tho electors named on
it wltt ix: entitled to give their j
votes for tho candidate whom they
represent. I
The electors who are chosen will I
meet in. each State on the first J
Wedn.day in December and cast j
their votes for - a President and i
Vice-President. As a matter of;
law they can then vote loi whom
they please. They are not legally j
bound to vote for Cleveland or auy
other person who was a candidate
liefore the people. As a matter ot
nsage and public trust they are
expected to vote for the candidate
whom they are pledged to support.
Certificates of the votes cast by j
the electors iu each State are theu j
made out and Rent to Washington, i
These certificates will be opened
in the presence of the Senate aud ;
House of Representatives and j
counted on the second Wednesday
in February. The total number Of
electoral votes is four hundred and
one. The candidate for President
receiving the majority of these
that is two hundred, and one will
be declared President. If no one
person has such majority, then the
election goes into 'the House of
Representatives, which is required
to choose a President from the
persons (not exceeding three) who
have received the most electoral
votes for President. In the House
the votes is by States, each State
having obo vote.
TMnXsgiving Day.
the president's proolamatiox
designating thursday, nov.
27th.
"Washington, Nov. 7th. By
the President of the United States:
A proclamation: The season is
nigh when it Is the yearly wont of
this people to observe a day a j -pointed
for that purpose by the
President, as the especial occasion
for thanksgiring nnto God. Now,
therefore, in recognition of this" hal
lowed custom, I, Chester A, Ai tlmr,
President of the Uuited States, do
lifiroby designate as such day of
gCBial thanksgiving, Thursday,
the ' J7th day of this prcs
sent . November ; aud 1 Ho
recommend chat throughout the
land the people, ceasing from their
accustomed occupations, do then 1
keep holiday at their several houses
and their several places of worship,
aud with heart aud voice pay rev
erent acknowledgment to the Giver!
of all good for the countless bles
sings wherewith He has visited this
Nation. i
In witness whereof I hereunto
set my hand and caused the seal
of the United Stats to be affixed.
Done at the Citv of Washinirton,
this seventh dav of November,!
in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and ;
eighty four, and of the Independ :
ence ol the United States the one
hundred and ninth.
(Signed) Chester A Ajithi'k
By the President.
Frederick T. Frelixghuysex,
Secretary of State.
'A Good Story."'
Raleigh ''Chronicle": Mr. AYm.
II. Day told a good stoiy the other
day. Two years ago, when Mr.
Day became a Lilieral, Mr. John
-Mori ng, wrote him a long letter,
in which ho pointed out the folly
of such a course, and .made an
earnest plea on the ground of
friendship and old fellowship for
Mr, Day not to forsake- the
Dcniocracv. "Several weeks ago."
he said, "I found Moring's old let
ter. It wis a giKwl one. 1 read
it over, and wrote at the bottom :
My dear Moring Every reason
you have given still holds good.
It is all true; and 1 can add anoth
er stronger than any you have
given the cxerieiice of a fool,
who tried it."
Jay Gould Congratulates Cleveland.
New York, Nov. 7. Jay Gonld,
this morning, sent the following tot
Gov. Cleveland: "1 heartily con j
gratulate you on your election. All I
concede that your administration
as Governor has len wise and'
conservative, aud iu a larger field
as President I feel that you will do
still better, and that the vast bus:-
ness interests of ihe country will be :
entirely saf iu your hands."
Signed Jat Gould, i
POLITICAL 'POINTS.
W II AT T H E PO L 1 T I C I AN SAB E
TALKING ABOUT.
THE POLITICAL CALDRON.
It must be now that the "Kins
dom's eoiniii an' the year ol jubi
lee!" The
York :
Blaine countersign, in New
"Rum the real returns.''
The New York "World" of the
fitli says:
All honor to John KcT-
ley! The gi'at Tammany orgaui
zation stood by Cleveland yester
day with a fidelity and devotion
unequalled "in Hie history of Amer
ican politics. It redeemed
pledges of John KeHey.
tne
Cleveland A Brave Man.
ALTtANV, N. V.,
Cleveland said to-ni
Nov. "..- Gov.
In : -1 liclieve-
I have been elected President,
nothing but the. grossest fraud
keep n.e out of it. and thai we
not permit."
uid
wilt
Members or Congress.
Of the nine members of Congresf
in tliis State, the 1 emo-raUs hai?
electeit eight, and the' Republicans
one, (a negro in thh id disstrict.)
1st Dist. Tims. G. Skinnur, Deni.
id Dist. J. E. O'llara. col., Rep.
3d .Dist. Wharton J. Greei i, Dem.
4th Dist Win. R. Cox, Dei in,
oth Dist. Tames W. Rcid, Dem.
6th Dist. R. T. Bennett, Ifcein. V
7th Dist. Jno. S. Hendcrsoi i, Den;.
8th Dist.-Wiii.n.ll.Cow! s, Dem.
!)th Dist. Tlios.J). Johnstot . Dem.
A last farewell to poor Jim E laine.
Who's deeply burieddown in i laine.
He cannot burst, death's icy fe Iters,
As fastened by the Mulligan le 'iters,
lie cannot dodge well e:rnrl per
dition,' Although he dodged on pm.hLP it-ion.
Take tins tribute from aw '.''d-wLff.her,
With kind regards to Mrs-2"i.'!.'r.
Address of the National Conn mitt ee- '
They Claim the Election ot Blai ne
ana" Logan I
New York, Nov. ;. The
iilg address has just- bieii
' ' I Ietd i u a i t c i s National
';follow-,
I, ssued: '
i epub '
lican Committee, New Yoil . City"
Nov. IS, 18-S-l. Tne Republics u Na
tio.nal Committee rejoices Hi :i t t Ion-turns
now received warrant it iu
announcing the triumphant el
of Blaine and Logan. The, Ii
licans have carried every Nor
State, except New Jersey and
ctiou
pub-
thern
'Oil -
necticuf. - Virginia, also
is to ,
have given a major
publican cause
there is a stro::"- urohnlalit V that
West Virginia lias also, while oth
er Southern- States are hi d :ubt.
The Northern States alo ne ..show
thus far for lilaine and I fonal i 2;S3
electoral votes and ins
election. In New York
to tamper with the veto
already been detected. ' .
vote cast in New Yoi h en
county and l,8."-iother eh
cincts, gave, at the utmost .
plurality toGrover 'level:
lf;: precincts not yet he
gave 2.171 pluiality to
There. is, therefore, no g
doubt that the honest vot
State has been given to th
lican candidates, and tin
defeated candidate 'for 1.1
ore tneir
atte. uipts
ius have
Che actual
,y, King
-fion j ue
onlv 1.-11
yf the
3epub
KigJi the
le J'rcsi
J eiwtion
dencv is at the head of'-tln
machinery in the Slate., t lie Jeiu-
ma also seen is to i jj
ijority for th ' Ite-1 ima
and t'Klat, ;'iidj,i,u
ocrntie parly, which has n )forio nsly j
been the party of fraud in elections-'
for years, will not be peimifto d to ;
thwart the will of the people. The t
National Republican Uommi ttee
vails on the chaiime'u and indL vid- j
mil members' of all county c oni- "
niittees to take the promptest and
most stringent measures to pro tcct i
tine sanctity of the bailor. ' The
Republican candidates .-have t eeu
honestly elected beyond. quoti on.
Any attempt to cheat the pe 'pie
and to 'defeat their will thus cx
presfed at the polls must, lie stei uly
resisted bv
every law respect iS
itiztqi.
Aadress of : the Democratic N ita nal
Executive Committee.
IlKAPoi a in Ens Nat. Dem
No. 11 West 24 1 ir Si k;
NEW Vol! K, November
.y -
To the People of the U. , J, V.v
There can no longer lit' ai
tion concerning the actual i
the Presidential election.
Grover .Cleveland and
A. Hendricks have a niaj
is in the Electoral Colle
It is not worth w hile for
veraries to claim the elect
of the State of New' Vol
absolutely certain that th
of the proper officer- of el
the night of the fourth ol
i U
lies- i
It of ''
mas
of;
! -id-vi'te
Jf is:
; in ot-
,!l oil
1'liC.
out
e.
on,
oral
k. .
3 ry
Cl M
Nc
j-ah;
night
.vi-in-
. V Ml
.po.-I- '
till
e '-
aifi '
"SSc
Ilg ol
ich l e
II will
lations
i-t.ind
ler showed, a deei-ive pin
the State tor the elector-,
ing Cleveland 'and Ilendi
If any different r alien
are now iicing prepared
miilgat'ed, they- a:e coin
cations of the record of
of New Voi k. and men
siir
icks.
A re
u ar
ipt
the
aali
of SI
abetting iiij1 tin- malti!:
pons aic ciumiiais.
It i not-'exjM'cted tl,a yc
tamely submit. -to the in; K-hii
of sui-rt men. : lA-rtln in uud'
that von wil
not.
at noon to-'
Recognize
morrow
throughout, the
Unitei' . Sta'
;cs
ml
final
actual elcCflori of Ci vela
Hendricks by firing l.ati
lutes:
Meet to inoriow n
out tf!e country and -pri
opinion iu a inatuic r th;
lie mis-snnderstiHNl '
The men of New yoi
solved uot to submit to tho gross
outrage attempted to be. peretra-
tcd upon their rights; and will
j sneak for themselves.
1 (Signed Wm. H. B.yknum,
i "Vh'ni Nat. Dem. Coin.
A. P, Goijmax,
t'h'm. Nat. Dtin. F.x. Com.
A
A Convert.
j St. John, the Prohibition Presi
dential -candidate,- had his eyes
; opened dining the campaign. He
used to lie a bigoted Republican
aud a .'protectionist of the strict
est sort, lie was led to believe!
; before the ceiupaign closed that a j
protective tariff' is- not altogether!
what the working' people want. In 1
an address at Buffalo, a few .lavs
aero, he saut that lie ':ul oeen a
.. .. fc . 1
workingnian, he knew what it was
to wield a pick in a mine,' to chop
cord word, and to swing a scythe.
He had always been a ' protect ion
ist but began to lUink he had been '
iu error. He saw -the farmers with-!
out a market, the mills and maim
factories of the country were shut I
tmg down and t he men out of work
: and wages low. What
is the tio.iJ
Me! he asked himself.
'The t irttl !
which the .republicans promised
' should give us good times has leen
kept up, but the .republican', prom
ise failed. I believe now that the
tariff protects flic .monopolist' ten
tunes more than' it docs, the- work
ingniaii." If some of he rampant
protectionists who1 think that, the
country would go to the dogs if the
tariff was reduced could see the
effects of the protective system ns
fcthey are now manifesting jheui-
selves iu the various parts of the
country they would probably expe
rience a change of opinion, some
thinglike that whicn has overt ak
! un the Prohibitionist, St. John.
A Novel Petition.
In the rci'ords of the oflice of the
I Secretary of State of South Caroli
j na is the following petition, lnar
i ing date 17;W, addressed to the
i Governor of South Carolina and
i signed by sixteen maidens:
i "The humble petition of all the
I Maids whose Names are under
written :
! "Whereas we, the humble pefi-
tinners, arc at present in a very
: melancholy - condition of mind con
i siderinsr how all the bachelors are
i blindly captured by .--widows,- and
we arc thereby - neglected; In con
sequence of this our request i'stliat
your Excellency will, for the future
order that no widow presume to
marry any young man till the
maids are provided for, or else to
pay each. of them a tine for satis
faction of invading- our liberties,
and Jikcvvise a fine to be levied on
all bai helors as shall b married
to widows. The great disadvant-
' age it is tons imids, is thai flic,
widows, by their forward carriage,
1 do snap up Hie '.young men and
j hiivi! tlie vanity to think their
i merit bevond ours, which is a
,rrA;it- iniuosilioii to ns, who ought
i Iu ni,ve the preference. This is
jnimMv recommended to your Ex
ri'llency's 'consideration, ami we
vpc you will permit no tnrther
iite.il ts. And we pool- mauls, in
luiv bound, will ever pray, Si'."
i "New York Sun."
Died of Tiichinosis.
St. 1iMiis, Ocf. :''. Lena- llaber
land. 1(1 ''vears of age. died at tin
fe.malo aosnital on Tuesday
Iriehinosis. ; Ten days ago Lena
and her brother. Robert, years of
age, were .brought' to the city dis
peiisfirv suffering Irom what was
' if- .
aid, while ' at hrst supposed to ue riieiuiiaiisin.
j-rd" fio-ti com plicate I with malarial fever
trrlieh V ' They -were sent to the finale lios
rtiiiuid for' i .pital, where it was round ihat their
(muscles were iniesieu wiin me
trichina- parasite. The disease
was supposed to have- been com-
... .- 1 1. , li
oiiniicateil ly eanng uaii-cooKeu
I
wrk. The "ill died alter siifler-
i" fearful torment, but the boy is
" . i.i i
ii
sl-.owly. improving, ana me pny
si. '-ian believe that he will recov
er. A post-mortem shows that
the muscles and tissues were alive
wit o the parasite. Portions of the
tiss. ics were sent in to Dr. Corsmi
for microscopic, examination.
An Imbarrassiflg Interroption.
It 1st .oine mies very cmiiai rass
injX to ;i public speakcr-to be infer )is sou as j1H tlad expressed hw
rupted while addressing, a meet- .p-termination to vole, declaring,
ing. At Bridgeport, Connecticut, ..Jt Hkel.y lie mv lat rote."
the other night while Senator j TIu. t rom (-licered, "and a polu e
Hawley wa-s iwldressing an cuthu man ,,a,.e him at the head of tho
siastie republican audience he took j ym() jrjM HOI1 placed hi ballots iu
occasion to thank-Hod that he saw! ,jie f)j( man's hands, and lie hand
no pinched i aces iu New England, j them with trembling fingers.
Itiw f il Il'Ci . f 1 V ; i. l I . . I .. I. :l , 1. .. .........
diuiuj;ui ""i - - -
diessed' old " rmiii exclaimed : -I
have just come from I'all River,
There are ; 1 1 .0 'O woi kineii t here
out of employinenf . '1 heir faun -
lies have )im lud lares-' Here he
was promptly siq.i.icK-ed i.v b.-iug
hns'.led out of tLe meeting. J he
jiobcc Vanted to lock hiV up. but
several .citizens secured his re-
M.,
si.
icate. Jhe p..i ; iciivw oni io.u
the mini, oui fs.-n.uo. ".'
!oiinu"inui.scii coiisnji-1.
back by the interruption.
. a . . i.- i
h .-t
An Old iiarley on 'The Resnlt.
-Dese Democrats i- Iioiieiin
might il ,'?sail an old il.nkey lat
niglit. but ie dim no, how df
lectioh 'sgoiic. Now Te aint lu-a'i n
from cs! Coii-taiit. Vou je.-t
wait till dev heal iioiii. W. -tcou-
tanr
an Von li see .iir. nn o ix-.
1 ' - - . ' ' . : ' . I - .
Si
vtc arc now waiting paucuuv
bear from; -We.-tcoi,st in."
to
New I' i lie -.loiu nal."
Unrequited Loyc Causes Suicide.
MAIIIETTA.
Ga.. ih t. '. Two
were this evening
pi.-tol report-
i... in ihe olfire of Check Alider
, in ..'----
! S4n. and when the door -wa- broken
; o-ii tiic l-i l""ly y M'- l;"''s
the ; '
and j
;
R. Noithcut. th'- - n ot one or
most piomiiM-m V citizens of
ihe
this
citv, was found. 'u nu tame
tliioii-h- wa- found a letter addiessi'd lo An
ss your del -s.n. the contents 4.f which the
it cannot .latter decliio-s to ilivulge.. It 11
j said that unrequited love was the
k are re-1 cause of the suicide
RIDING THE GOAT.
-:o:-
MAN SUES THE ODD FEL
LOWS FOR INJURIES.
A UNIQUE CASE TRIED.
Toronto, Oxr. Nov. 8.-A unique
case was tried today before Jus
tice Gall at Whitby, a small vil
lage i'O miles cast ot this city.
Richard Kinver. a chairniaker,
brought sail against the Plnvriix
F1'l i .. .....
ige oi una reilows, ol Whitby,
11 I tl I II IMUU T tl.l K.t. 1 . I. .1
"" "." ni m me nanus
ol member of the lodge while h
was neing initiated into the 'mys
teries of the order. The case is
the first oi the kind ever, brought
Ik-fore a -court of justice in thin
country, and has excited a treat
deal' of interest. Tho court room
to day was crowded with members
of the Pbieuix liodge and curious
ouisioer
anxious to learn some-
fhing of the secrets of the
brother-
hot Ml
The plaintiff appeared in
court leaning on crutches. He
was badly bruised about the face
and Imhi.v, -uud appeared to be suf
fering severe pain. On the wit
ness 'stamp he told the story of
events on the night of his initia
tion. Ho was met, he said, by a
committee of the Odd Fellows,
Lodge, who first blindfolded him
by drnwing a black cap down over
his law, so that he could not see
Hie slightest thiug, and then led
him into the lodge room. His en
try was the signal for shouts of
derision from the members pres
ent. Ho had hardly got icside
the room when he was forcibly
siezed irom either side and whirled
rapidly around till he had become!
so dizzy that he had lost all idea
of his surroundings. Then a chain
was fastened around his body and"
he was dragged roughly. 'about the
room, the cap leiiig still down
over nis nean. w lien the brethren
had tired of yanking him about at
the eud of the chain he was
brought up standing, while a mys
terious jargon was gone through
with. Suddeuly the candidate ref
ceived a rough push from some
one behind, which threw him over
upon his face. His feet tripped
over something and he fell head-:
long on the floor, striking iu fall
ing upon a stool, which cut a deep
gash in his head. He was partly
stunned by the fall. He was juit
conscious enough to .hear some one
ask in a deep voice, "Brethren,
shall wo have mercy!" and some
oue else replied: :illave mercy.
Then he was lifted up off the' floor
by the chain, and was led about
the 'room for awhile, with the cap
still on, until he had somewhat re
covered from the effects of the
fall. His initiation was not con.
eluded, owing to his inability to .
endure more. Since then the wit
ness testified that -he had been
sick, so that he. had been unable
to support his family by workiug
at his trade. Physicians whom he
had consulted said that his inju
ries would trouble him for several
years and that he might never get
over them. The defendant Odd
Fellows admit the truth of Kin
vcr's testimony-' regarding his ex
perience in the lodgo room. They
said it was the custom ot the lodge
! to lead candidates for initiution
..j around with a viow to bewildering
Ol i.. . ... .1 , . j: .
or oeiognmg i uem, hu niai. wueu
the cap is removed they cannot
liml the door by which thoy enter
ed the room. There is no inten
tion of harming the candidates,
and t ho initiation is not rougher
than" a healthy man could stand.
The constitution of the order re
quires that candidates shall be in
sound health. Plaintiff knew this,
and procured his initiation by
fraudulent representation and con
cealment regarding his health.
Medical men testified that Kinver
had leceived Injuries from which
,
he might die. The case was ad
journed to a high court at Toronto.
A Patbeiic Scene.
In BriKiklyn th
thetic scene was
following pa
witnessed oi
Tuesday.
"Daniel Gildersleeve, aged 8,
wna assisted to the. noils in the 5th
- j ,i,sfriet ol the twentieth ward bv
j .-iiuoeiii , wiiue inn i urn.-i ci ii
Ij-mging in his earn j he fell to the
i ,(;m.ineut, and the ballots dropjted
fU)tn hanL As the sou knelt
j j,y j, jH father! nide he tas dead."
j ' -
j . whites and Kegrocs at War.
; .
; AI.KKKSvu.LE, S. C, Oct 2J.-,
- A .j,,,,, (or wl,jto iMoile. wait ded
i(.;lU.a Sunday and colored men
.listmbed the services bv fir n if nis-
tots. The bad feeling moused by
the action continued nntil to-day,
when it culminated iu the killing of
James Blackwell, an ofileer who
was aiicmpiiiiK i" matve iirrcMiv,
by a volley tired by negroes. Fur
ther violence is anticipaled. (iov,
Thompson ha twen adrised off lit
situation.
Then it Became Easy.
A meat iieWspajH-r reader .was
out hnntiug lecently, and a btorm
coming up he crept into a hollow
log for shelter. Alter the torm
abated he endeavored to crawl out,
but found that the log had swelled
so that it was impossible to make
his exit. Ui- endeavored to com
press himself as mnch a iKisMhle,
but wiith indifferent success.. He
l bought of all thefmeaii things he
had ever done, until linal'y his
mind reverted 1 the fact that In
stead of subscribing for hLs local
paper he was iu the habit of bor
rowing it from his ueighlM-, and
i thus defrauding the printer. On
' this he felt so small that he slipped
1 oat of the log without aneffort
V '
J