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WILSON, NORTH CAROLINA, DECEMBER 5. 1884.
-NUMBER 44
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f - " Ona Ycr
LiiienU DtMonnts will wamde for Lartv,
A 4 Trrtisementa aod for t"nntmrt by the Ter -
uA ntm Mooa'pny all Adrertsrmnt
nlrM food rctereooc ! clTen.
PEN'CILLINGS GLEAN NGS.
Cleveland r;ui about two thou
Hand l;hinil Scales in the State.
Blaine will mend the "winter
of liis di.swntent" in WahinKtu.
The Wizard Oil wagous are
ayain in 'the State. They are now
at Goldsbo'o.
The d welling house of Mr.
Fletcher Coggiun, in Xa.su comity,
near Catalia, . was entirely ijou
HUined by lire on Saturday morn
ing, Nov. 23d, ;
Bryant Alf'ord's store and res
taurant were burned at Smith field
last week. A negro woman chaiged
with setting fire to the house, is
under arrest. . !
A woman killed herself in
Baltimore last week In-cause she
feared her husband would loose
his place in the post office when
Cleveland conies in.
Help the orphans. A liberal
gentleman ol Wilmington presen
ted Ir. Dixon, the: Superintendent
of the Orphan Asylum, with a
cheek for $50. -Who will do like
wise? Let all give.
Poor Tourgee is in trouble.
He is poor and is. to lecture this
winter for a living. He ought to
try his hand on 'Outragesin the
South." His Quaker story vould
pan out the quarters.
The. Franklin "Times" says,
we are sorry to learn that ..Vernon,
a 18 year old son of Mr. II. M.
Richardson, of Dunn's township,
had his arm so dadly mashed in
a cotton gin a few days ago, that
it had to be amputated. -
This rebellion in Maine against
the will of 'the people of the Uni
ted States should be suppressed
before it leads to secession. The
Federal army seems to be massed
on the wioug side of the continent.
New Orleans, "Times."
Joseph Pulitzer, the Congress
man editor of the New York 'World'
was in early life a coachman. Not
all of the Jehus allow fame and
fortune, to be thrust upon them
by their employer's daughters, for
Pulitzer worked his way up.
The "Chronicle" says, To them
that believe in luck the following
current prediction may In; interest
ing: , ."Charles Manly Stead man
""wnT preside over the Senate. It
must be that, Charles Manly Bus
bee will preside over the Fjo.ise."
--The New Heme "Journal" says,
the County Commissioners of Crav
en county have passed an order
that no witness nor jury ticket
shall be paid by the couuty unless
the party to whom the same is
issued shall have paid his taxes.
Will the New York "Sun"
kindly tell us what has become of
one B. F. Butler? The theory that
he has locked himself in to write
letters of thanks to all those who
voted for him at the late election
will uot do. ne could have finished
that job before breakfast.
' Two colored ministers got in
a dispute in Athens, Ga., the other
night and one killed the other.
He afterwards set up with the
corpse all night and held a prayer
meeting over it the next morning.
There is at least something unique
in the mode of procedure.
The season is drawing near
when the thoughtless colored
mother locks up her children in
a room a (id leaves them to their
pranks until she returns, to limi,
perhaps, the house burned down,
with the charred liodies of her oll'
snrintrs in the ruins.
For generations the burning ; crecl relationship
question has' been to hud a profita
ble use for saw dust ; and now
comes a New York company and
proposes-to couvert it into intper.
we have an exchange printed on
paper made exclusively fiom saw
dust and the stock is very strong.
The Franklin "Times" says,
we are prepared to inform our
leaders that work was" com
menced on the Lonisburg 5t Frauk
hnto . Railroad, on Tuesday morn
iug last. At present there are 10
hands at work. In a few days
the force will lie increased to be
tween one and two hundred hands.'
The Raleigh "Farmer and Me-!
chauic" says it is rumored that i
friends of Hon. Thomas Iiuflin are
preparing to support him for Sen
ator against Gov. Vance: while '
another report says a strong effort
will be made fo get him appointed ;
to one of the soon-to-be vacancies j
on the United States Supreme j
bench. '
isow, then. let's make a move
all along the line to
the local postmasters those men
in the country who get no pay for
attending to the public business.
Their time is worth something.
, The government ought uot to ask
a man to be a postmaster merely
for the convenience of the neigh
borhood. Give them some pay.
"Iialeigh Observer.''
Americau Methodists will con
vene in a Ceptenuial Couf'erenc
in Baltimore on 9th of Decern ler
and remain m session until lf.th.
It will doubtless lie the largest
body of Methodist ever assembled
in this country. This conference
will be 'composed of about six
hundred delegates. Jf will simply
be a reunion and celebration of
the organisation of the 31. K.
Church in this country.
Nearly every man you meet
claims to have originated the ex
pression "paint the town red."
The Danbuiy "News" says. The
expression, "painting the town
red," signifying a jubilee, origina
ted with Gov. Waller, who, in a
congratulatory speech at a Yale
boat crew victory, said : "I hope,
gentlemen, you will ' paint this
town red."
Yassar Female College cele-
brated Cleveland's election. In ro
turn the President ought to marry
one ot tne assar girls.
The "Reunitedir fiion" is to be
the title of an article by Henry
WatteisoTi, in the January number
I'll liic - iii i ii . inn i m-j
j For every man that is now)
i moving away from North Carolina I
a half do.en better ones are com-!
i iuc into the State to live. Men of!
high grade of intelligence see the;
advantages this State possesses, j
and are settling in our midst., !
STATE QUESTION.
GOSSIP
AS TO CLE V KL A X I 'S
M Villi! AGE
II.L CLEVELAND MAI-SUV
proposes to oppress or enslave any
part of our jtopulation, or to de
stroy the business interests of the
country. We hoje, on the other
hand, to do something to benefit
the people. It seems to mo that
our efforts in that direction would i
b; :tidcd if mischievous cioakiugs
and dark iniaginiugs should give
place to an earnest endeavor to
inspire ''confidence aud to make
lyiiversal a cheerful hope for the
tut uie."
BILL ARP'S TALK.
WHAT I1E8AW AND HEARD
IN ALABAMA.
WONDERFUL IMPROVEMENT
A New York 1 paper enters its
iiijimi iiiuL riiiiiiiniiij; iiiit- un
limited use of the 'phrase "paint
ing the town, red." Yes, indeed.
The chestnut has been run into
the ground till it make's us tired.
Cheese it, boys j give us a rest. If
there's anything we hate it's slang;
you can 4ef your sweet life on
that.' - You' hear as f
A young lady of Knoxville,
Tenn., is engaged in paying a nov
el election wager. She bet with
her lover, and promised to give
him a kiss for each electoral vote
for Cleveland in the event' of his
election. Tin- young man- is to
have two kisses a day until the
debt is paid. That is what may
be called -linked sweetness long
drawn out."
! -The "Messenger" savs, we are
j pained to team that Win. C. Rich, j
1 the oldest, son of Mr. C. C. Rich, of j
Faisou, .met with a serious and !
amful accident last week. The,
young man was 'attending., to the
ginning of some cotton on his fath
er's place and 1 he mote board be
coming clogged, he reached in fo
clear it oil' and his right hand and
arm wen- caught and drawn' across
;the saws ami terribly lacerated.
! Winvtmi "Sfiil iifI-' (In l:ir
Saturday, Beckton Swindell, a lad
aged about 12 years, and a nephew
ofCapt.R. R. Crawford, was out
near town, gathering ersiminoiis,
in company with some companions.
While up in the tree, Beckton acct-
j dentally lost his hold and fell to
the ground, a distance of some 2."
feet. Several bones were broken
and other serious injuries were
sustained. The little sufferer. was
carried home, but died the next day
from thee fleets of his fall.
r
The Seven Springs corespondent
writes to the New Berne "Journal"
while Goldsboro was on fire the
ashes from the destruction were
seen to fall in our streets. A
piece of .charred -paper, was seen
to fall in a man's yard with the
writing and print ing .-.plainly dis
tinguishable. It was from the
hardware store of Jones & Yelver
ton, and was thoroughly burnt but
had not fallen in pieces." The
distance from Goldsboro to Seven
Springs is about l(i miles. This is
trulj' wonderful.
Women, as a grand a?id petit
juror in Washington Territory
Iiave proved-a decided success, if
the gallant speech' made by Chief
Justice Greene of that Territory
means auyjthiug else than a grace
fjl complinient. He savs: "Twelve
terms of court, ladies and gentle-j
men, I have now held, in which!
women hae served as grand and
petit jurors, and it is certainly !
fact, beyond dispute that no other
twelve terms so salutary for re
straint,1 of-crime, have ever been
! held in this Territory."-.'.
In Albany, it is regarded as set-1
tied that Governor Cleveland is the ;
next President, and already the
gossips are busy with conjectures
as to who will be the ladv of the;
1VI.:-. ' ll,.n.n Tl,n, n ic .i -..II '
IIIIC ivunu. J uvuj i tx vil-
Turned Jost Wrong.
A good story is told of a country
storekeeper in a small village in
Pennsylvania. For tweuty-five years
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other grocer man in
the place voted the republican
ticket. The latter has been post
master for many years, much to
the discomfort of the democrat, as
it drew trade from his store. This
year the democrat determined to
make an effort lor the office, and
voted the republican ticket. He
made violent speeches against his
former party and lauded the repub
lican candidate for President. His
neigh liors now say he - swears at
having made such a mistake, and
they are laughing at this particular
groiviyman's exjwnse.
1860 to 1885.
that there is a vonnsr ladv in !
, . v -
Western New York who will soon
be led to the altar by the Presi i
dent-elect. Others who have
known him long and.. well say that
he will never marry and that talk j
simply comes of the fact that he
has shown this young worn an. some
slight attentions since he was
elected Governor. Earlv in his
life his hopes and ambitions for a
wife were crushed by the hand of j
death, and his affection . for thei
lost one has k.ept him treading the j
wine press of lite alone. If the re- j
ports that he is to mai rv are not I
tine then his own immediate fami-S
ly will furnish the lady to do the
social honors of his administra-l
tion.
It is generally believed by those!
who know him best, that there will j
be less festivities during his term I
4f office than there have been tori
many years past, lie has been a ;
hard-working Governor and will;
probably continue his industrious;
habits as Proident. Bachelor as i
.he is, the White House will, how-,
ever, have .a most creditable mis-;
tress. There are four ladies in his i
immediate family, eithei of whom i'
can well do the houius of the.,
household. His eldest sister in
this country, Mrs. W. E. Hoxi.ofi
l'a.vetteville, would till any jiosi-'
tion with credit. She is a middle-;
aged lady, of pleasing addiess, .
who lias spent a good deal of her ,
time at the executive mansion ;
here since her brother has been '
Governor. She has made many j Johnson Warehouse last week
Helium in tue capuoi oi mediate
and will doubtless do the same in
Washington, where she will nroiia-
i bly go the 1th of next March,
j -Miss R. E. Clevelantl is the maid
j en sister. She still resides in the
little home cottage at Holland
Patent, just above-Utical A good
public speaker, a quick conversa
tionalist and generally a plain
If my health will permit I pro
pose to-write a history or ' sketch
of North Carolina, from 18(i0tolK85.
1 will be greatly obliged to persons
w ho will send me documents or
tacts in relation to men and events
in this State 'for the last thirty
years. 1 feel deeply the respon
sibility I assume in attempting
Mich a wrk, and shall need all
the encouragement that may lie
kindly ottered.
Will my brother editors through
out the State copy this notice, and
tend me a copy containing it?
W, W., HOLDKX.
Our Enterprising Ladies.
Mr.-. A. G. Land who lives not
far away from Oxford sold at the
the product of 1400 hills, (about J
acre) of land cultivated iu tobacco
this year, for the sum of 105,
Mrs. Laud is quite a young lady,
having beeu married ; less .- than
twelve moths, and this tobacco
was her own farming, separate and
apart from her husband's :crop by
way ot amusing herself, in leisure
moments, when not encased, in
woman oi intellectual lorce, s lie her domestic duties. "Torchlight."
would do her share in entertaining j
her brother's guests at the Nation
al capitol. Mr. Cleveland has a
sister who for twenty years has
been a missionary at Ceylon. She
has two charming young lady
daughters, Mary and Carrie Hast
ings, whom the Governor has been
for years educating in this city.
He has giveu them every 'advant
age and they have improved them
The Supreme Court of Iowa !
has informed a young wife who!
married a man knowing him to be !
Intemperate, aud then applied for j
a divorce on the ground that he is j
a confirmed drunkard, that she vol-1
untarjly t hose a drunkard for a ;
husband and should discharge the j
dutiesof a drunkard's wife. "His I
failure to keep a pledge of refornia- j
tion, made before marriage,!' say's j
the court, "does not justify you in j
deserting him. Having knowing-!
ly married a drunkard, you must I
make yourself content with the sa
A Ciadle -View of Him. .
Au old muse has been telling
the world what sort of a baby
Governor Cleveland was., "He
w as," she. says, "one of the quietest
children I ever saw, and I was
very fond of him. He had large
black eves and black hair, and he
They will no doubt be a part oft was a very bright and good-uatured
their uncle's family circle at Wash-! child. But he would have his own
ington, as they have been at times I way when he was two years oldA
here. j so far as it was possible j for a child
. of that age to have his own way,
t John Bright And Free Trade. j oTliS'the good' owTrse kSew
tV i, - , . i ! from this that he would eventually
John Bright, m a letter favoring j become President. !
free trade, argues that since its. I '
adontion bv Fnorlnml tlm i.i;-.u ri --; '
food, aud the hours of .labor have! Sale Of the
diminished, vhile wages have!
been doubled. He says that al-
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Lii.nigii iiitue in liiHgiaiid is mo
mentarily der.ressed the depres
sion is far greater in j rotectionist
countries like Russia. France and
America. He concludes by
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party of protection and inoiiopoly
in America may prove to be u
great blessing, and when Fliigland
and America bave embraced the
policy of free industry, the whole
fabric of monopoly -throughout the
world will totter to its downfall.
Biggest Ranch
World.
in the
No Cause For Alarm.
The largest cattle vaueh in. the
United States under one, manage
ment is that ofT'apt. Richard King
of Texas. It commises lmw.ml
W11' of 8.0(10.000 acres, all under' fence.
and nearly J00,000 head of cattle,
horses-.and sheep. This ranch, has
been eagerly sought by Knglish,
French and Butch capitalists. It
was sold to the United States Land
and Investment Company of New
York city, who have just concluded
a purchase at SG,500,iflO for the en
tire property. The company an
ticipate an annual income of near-
if he
-Sydney Smith was a fellow of j -Ai.ba.ny, Noy. 20. Cov Cleve
ni inne jest, always setting the ,aud W:1S by an associated
i.uMt-in .t in;n, oiti ne coiiiu iaiK i press
souu sense wiieii lie tried. When
asked how to cure low spirits, he
gave the following advice: 'lave
as well as y n dare; take short
"1,.-00,oiO from this source, as
i aware
to which he re-
reporter to-day
. of a delusion
among the colord
South that a change in the admin-'
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effects tea and cotfee l.roduce noon ! .
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ym.; compare your ; ot with that ; "Yes. I have been astoni
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people; do good; keep blamg tires, j njmed people that Tn some way
Sinne of these rules may not at fust j their tlm now ea to rIiem
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the increase of cattle is about 85 '
percent. As an indication of a!
more settled condition of financial!
was
exist mgi a Hairs, I lie manager says that the
people of the j company's first mortgage per j
vent. iMiiids are Ixnng rapidly:
sought at 10:. and interest: that'
the feeling now shown -by '.Ameri
can capitalists in this class of in
vestment pro'i t v is growing dai-
The other day I took a ride on
the narrow gaage to Oeda: town.
It is a smart little road and the
train can skip oat from a statiou
quicker than a wide gaage train.
The, whole torn outlooks like it
was made for children to go on a
Snnday school excursion. The con
ductors and eugineers ought to be
little men, and I think Mr. West,
who owns it, is entirely too big for
his road. I remember when he first
came south and was prospectiug
around for iron property. Before
anybody knew it he had bought a
few thousaud acres uear Cedar
town and now he runs a big fur
nace and owns a railroad aud has
doubled the xpulation of Cedar
town aad tribled the value of con
tiguous property. Schools and
churches are thriving aud so is
utradc and busiuess. it is wonder
ful what one smart energetic man
cau do for a community. I saw
great stacks of plg iron around
the furnace aud learned there
were over 7,000 tons waiting for a
rise in price. Mr. West said there
would be a rise before long. He
talked like he had " confidence and
said that if the politicians would
let the tariff on iron alone he did-
ent care who they elected presi
dent so they dident elect him. He
is one of the solid men andde
votes his time and money to in
creasing the value of our natural
products. The ore in the bank
and the charcoal in the standinc
piues aud the limestone iu the
quarry, all cost money but it is not
generally kuown that fifty cents
. t A .
worm win mane a ton oi pig iron
that will sell for fifteen dollars.
From twelve to fourteen dollars is
expended for labor. Labor of man
and beast, sweat and toil that is
paid for at an average price of one
dollar per day. One dollar a daj
will keep the average laborer and
his wife and children from want
but fiff cents will not. When the
tariff is taken off and foreign iron
comes free into our markets the
price will be reduced to seven or
eight dollars a ton" and the labor
be reduced in the same way. That
will help the masses a little I
reckon for our plows and hoes and
wagons will be a little cheaper,
not much, but it will be ruin to
those poor humble toilers who
make the iron. Fifty cents a day
wont 'support - them for bread and
meat will be no cheaper than it is
now. Some things will come down
under the free trade principle but
bread and meat will not. We ex
port wheat and flour aud pork and
beet now to countries that charge
uo custom house duties. Then why
should they come down. What we
all want is diversified industries.
Annison flourishes and everyliody
seem to be doing well there. Even
the farmers in that naborhood are
making money. They have a good
market for everything they, raise.
I saw a bushel of turnips sell there
the other day for a dollar. I don't
blame those people lor wanting
protection on iron for it supports
them all. Suppose the Kobles and
Tylers have got rich and are get
ting richer. Where can you find
richer men who have added more
to values and done more for our
people ? Tbey are just the kind of
rich men we want all over the
country. I think that my old
friend Sam Noble got scared too
soon and flopped over to Blaine
without any sufficient reason but
he can flop back now gracefully
and apologize for his haste and it
will all come ont right at last. He
is too good a man to fight for the
Philistines. Selma is improving
rapidly. New blocks of handsome ;
buildings have been put np since I j
was there five years ago and their j
commercial business seems to be
increasing rapidly. What a splen
I spoils lots of folks, both whit "and
: blacK. Just about half the chaps j
fought to be in the corn field right ;
now, they are no account- well,
I dont mean to say that the corn
field wants no account men bat I
' mean to sny that the college spoils
a good corn field man. when he
was at home on the farm he was
tit ten - to do something. Rut as
Sam Joues says he went of to col
lege and now he atnt fitten to ct
fitten.
Marion is about thirty miles
west of Selma and is called the
Athens of ' Alabama. There 3 are
four colleges there, two for girls
one for . boys aud one for negroes.
Tbey are all in a flourishing con
dition. The town is just sweet
with pretty girls. A yonug man
who is fitten to get married conld
go there and get a nice wife just
as easy. It seems to me they were
the largest, school girls I ever saw.
Bnt everybody is large- down
there. I could have pinked out a
hundred men ax, the fair ground.
wno would ; average -'00 pounds
and as many women who woobi
average 160. There are lot of big
folks down there. Most all of the
people past middle age wear some
thing before them that the French
call "Our bong pong." It makes
them look healthy and consequen
tial. Whenever a man gets rich
and feels his oats he begins to pat
on some "Oar bong pong'? and
strut around. It is a mighty good
sign ot contentment and I never
saw as much of it as I saw at
Marion. When you see a - town
with lots of suburbs: dnt up in
r large two acre lots and a nice
house with a broad . piaza Bet back
in a grove of trees in every , tot
you may be sure of a happy 'hospt-
taoie people." Plenty ot room and
plenty of shade and an abundance
of flowers in tho front: yard en
larges and refines a peoples Those
colleges do a great deal for Mari
on. They .improve society. They
give a high, tone to the churches
and the Sunday schools. They
help the merchants and the mil
liners and the boarding houses
and the livery atablos. It is a
good thing for a people to fatten
off of people afar off. - It is better
than to have to live off one anoth
er. When a man sends his daugh
ter to school in Marion he has to
send some money with her and
the Marion people get it. That is
the way the yankees have been
doing us. They have been send
ing their goods and their yankee
notions and all their torn fooleries
down here for fifty years and our
folks buy them and they have got
rich off ol ns. When 1 was there
all Marion was happy. The tjair
was in full blast and they had lots
of racing and a circus and a bal
loon asceussion' and an opera
troupe -and all sorts of vehicles
were dashing to and fro all the
day long. Everybody seemed to
have plenty of money and they
i spent it free.
Alabama is certainly prospering,
She has made wonderful strides in
the last ten years and has about
doubled her property in valne,
She has railroads ' everywhere.
Her state seal shows her - great
rivers but her railroads are of
more consequence t now,' -"What
huge things these syndicates are,
These mammoth corporations that
send their lines and systems al
through the country and .where
there is a gap thev build a road
and fill it. I was thinking, about
the T. x V ., that cained me
away down to Uniontown. How
it occupies Georgia and Alabama
and 1 dont know how many states
What a head it takes to manage
so vast an enterprise. It is an ag
gressive system and is fighting its
way for busiuess and is getting it
Our state road property has suf
fered by it but our people have
beeu lenefited. Competition
a good thing. It cheapens freight
and fair and gives more speed and
deveops . civility and politeness
with the railroad commissions and
with plenty of competition the peo
pie are safe.
Bill Akp.
LOVE-STORIES.
-:o:
HOW OUR PRESIDENTS
COURTED AND MARRIED.
SINGULARLY HAPPY.
Colossal Feet.
Business men are not supposed
to laugh at any order, however ex-
he sent them,
shed
was
at :
in
t,
have a substantil ground work.
Capt. A. H. A. Williams, of
Granville, is urged for speaker of
the- House.
Rev. Joseph P.. Lee, Colored,
was chairman of the Florida dele
gafjoii that nominated Blaine. -He
says:
"I believe Mr. Cleveland to lie
honest in u hat he says in relation
to my race, and that be will trv to
compensate ' J 11 wn- m' enecc win ne
i n nunc ooui me wiuies aim oiaci;s,
j and antagonisms will cease. .All
I we ask is a fair chance and 'fair
j treatments There are many good
1 men in t he Democratic party aud
; I don't think they will allow our
.rigiits to lie abridged. Some of
j my people have beeu alarmed
iby false reports of designing meu.
1 he election in this State- as far
as 1 know, was honest and fair.
The Democratic ticket got the
most votes auc won."
Constitution ot i
the United States were in danger
from the election of a Democrat ic '
President. I am even told that
some of t'em are led to suppose
that the result, of the recent elec
tion means that they may again!
le made slaves. Ail of this has j
appeared me to be so absurd.
and I have been so confident that!
the slightest intelligent reflection j
would dislodge such foolish fears.
Romance of a Poor Young Man.
C. B. Bishop, Ex-Premier of
Thk sandwich Isles, Rkttrn
tx; Ho-ik Rim. .
How often do we heai of the
sudden fatal termination of a case
of croup, when a young life might
have beeu saved by the prompt
use of Ayer's Cherry Pectoral! Be
wise in time, and keep a liottle of
it on hand, ready lor instant use.
.... - .
oi uieiii necessary, out there is
not the slightest, objection to call
ing t he attention of all who are
in the least uneasy or uncertain
upon this .subject to the fact that i N. V
the title of the colored people to with
ireenom autt all the rights of citi-
zenship cannot le disturbed ox
j cept by a change in the Constitu
i tion which it would 1h absolutely
i impossible to make.
! fUw-i.l.... 1 . . . ............. 1 .
j --'va o. nur lufseut coiltlllloll i his go'
! or status of these people have beeu J that th
so iuiiv accepted by the entire
j country that no oue should have
iuc suggest icea that nnv at
tempt will be made to change it.
If there were any possibility of
I accomplishing such a thing, so
; far as the new Administration is
related to this subject, the .whole
! country can be sure that the law
: fill power and inrisdictioii of th
he works alont half the time aud
dont want much. It is all done
fair aud it is all right for it takes
more to do the white folks and the
darkey is content with his portion.
They are as happy on a little as
the white man is on a good deal.
They seem to have quiet politics.
Mr. Davidson was elected to con
gress over his republican opponent
by 7.000 votes, notwithstanding
the negroes were taree to one in
the district. There negrees dident
care a cent whether Blaine or
Cleveland was elected so they can
keep on making cotton and go to
towu Saturday and to meeting
Sunday .and go to che circus when
it comes. I heard two ot them at
lains are not known to enjoy the ' the depot talking iolitics, and one
did Country lies west, of that town.
It is black laud and it is pretty;! travaga tit, that may be sent them
black with the negro, but thej j but if one of Lvnn's big shoe deal-
white folks speckle it all' over and j ers didn't indulge in a real ghastly
get about all the negro makes for smile when he received one order
iuaibUA oacituui lira ,-vn,im,n
wife of the red-headed and freckled
Jefferson, 'had been dead 10 years
before her husband was elected
President. Bachel Donelson, the
wife of the hotheaded, but courtly,
Jackson, had-her dresses made to
take her-piac as. mistress of the
liXeentive Mansion, bat died three
months beforaiOkl' Hickory was in-augurated-.fltirnfth
Hoes, the con
sort of the to xt Miss Nancy Van
Buren,-!y in bert grave 17 - j-ears
before Jackson mtd ; him his crac-
cessor," atra ' President iiarrison
died ia. office beiore his wife bad
come td JF ashtngton. " f
The Presidents wives now living
are Mrs. Fbttr,! at Nashville; Mrs.
John Tyler, at Richmond: Mrs.
Grant, in New Jersey; Mrs. Hayes,
in Fremeoc, . and Mrs Gar held,- in
Cleveland.' Of these the widows-
Mrs. Polk, Mtsh-Tyler, and Mrs.
Garfield draw from the govern
ment pensions of S5,000 a 'year.
Mrs. Zach Taylor died in Louisi-
iana during the same administra
tion for which her husband was
elected.' She opposed her hus
band's being a candidate, and
would bave nothing to do with the
social life of the capital. Abigail
Fillmore died -at Willards Hotel
here abont oue month after her hus
band finished his term. Tho hard
work of tho White House hastened
her decease. Mrs. Lincoln lay ill
at the White House for a long
time after her husband's death, and
Andrew Johnson did much of his
first executive, business at the
Treasury Department. Mrs. Ijeti-
tia Christian Tyler is the only
President's wife who has died in
the-Whito House. ; Martha Wash
ington died two years after the
death ot her husband at Mount
Vernon, where Washington died in
179i. -She shut, berselt up in an
attic chamber and cut a hole in the
door for her cat. She saw no one
and lived without a fire, and had
she lived to-day she would have
been deemed erazy. Abigail Ad
ams7 ncaitn iauea nerairer sue nau
lived four months in the White
House. She left it and went back,
to Massachusetts and died there
aged 74. Dolly Madison was driv
en irbni Washington . when the
British burned the Capital in 1814,
but the shock did not kill her. She
returned here to live after her hus
band's death, and she died at 77,
in . 1840. Mrs. John Quincy Ad
ams also lived to be 77 years of
age. She was married at 22 and
was born, educated and married in
Loudon. John Qumcv Adams was
engaged to her three years before
he married her, and her . first tour
after her wedding was ro Berlin,
where Mr. Adams went to serve as
Minister.
' It is a curious fact that the first
three Presidents married widows.
The stories of their courtships
abound in romance. George
Washington was a Colonel on his
way to Williamsburg, the old capi
tal of Virginia, when he was stop
ped by an old planter friend and
asked to stay over night. He
replied his business wasnrgentand
a stoppage of any kind was impos
sible. His friend then cited the
virtues and beauties of a beautiful
widow of 26 years in such glowing
terms that Colonel Washington de
cided to take dinner and see the
paragon'. He was so delighted
that he stayed all night, and ou
the way back became engaged to
her. This was Mine. Cnstis, whose
whoso maiden name was Martha
Dandridge.
Jefferson's wife had been a wid
ow four years -y; hen she married
him, and she was only 37 years old
at that time; he was 10 years
Jefferson's wife, and in that period
had six children by him. She died
ill 1782. It is said that she was
much courted, and two of Jeffer
son's rivals met on ber doorstep a
day or two before the hitter's en-
cacement. They heard sounds ot
White Hour that h never went
to bed without; taking a locket
holding ber picture from his bosom
and propping it op against bis Bi
ble, so that it would be the first
object upon which his eyes would
rest in the morning. Andrew
Jackson wa the second widower
President. Jefferson came before
him, and after him came Martin
Van Bnren, John Tyler aud Che
ter A. Arthur.
The only bachelor -President, the
country has had is James Buchan
an, who respected the woman who
jilted him when b was a young
man too much to eve -'.marry an
other. - - -
Martin an Bureu was a green
lawyer when he married his wife
Hannah. She was of good family,
and was a tew months, older than
her husband. The two had gone
to school together as children, arid
their engagement was a long one.
They were married a soon as Van
fBnren's law 'practice would war-
rani o- -Aueir niumeu, lur. ua.c
that of the Jefferson), lasted only
10 years.
When John Tyler married his
first wife he was 23 years old, and
she w as 22. lie had long been in
lova with her and had courted her
for five years. "Still," says his son
General Tyler, "he never ventured
to kiss her hand until three weeks
before the marriage on his last vis
it to her prior to the wedding. -
John Tyler was at this time a
ounc lawyer, and he had already
served a term or two , in the Legis
lature. He was ; Governor Tyler's
son, and his wife was one ot the
flowers ot t he r . F. s. be was
COTTON PICKER.
:o:-
MASON'S PICKER A SUCCESS
BEYOND DISPUTE.
1
WHAT EFFECT WILL IT HAVE!
an Episcopalian and was a beauti- j
fill woman. President Tyler s sec
ond rife was a Catholic. Sheljved
with President Tyler 17 year" and
1 had sons and daughters.
President Fillmore was a wool
carder and his wife was a school
teaser when they fell in love.
Both were poor, and Fillmore, af
ter studying law aud moving to
Buffalo, did not see his affianced
wife for three years, because he was
too poor to pay the fare of the 150
miles which lay between them.
Mrs. Fillmore was two years older
thaD her husband, and she was 28
years old when their marriage took
"place. She died in 1853. Presi
dent Fillmore -survived her 21
years, and married the woman who
it is said became iusane before she
died. Mrs. Fillmore was a preach
er's daughter, and so were Abigail
Adams and Mrs. Frank Pierce. She
was the same age of Mrs Fillmore
at the time of her marriage, and
her groom was a member of Con
gress when he married her. Mrs.
Pierce was somewhat like Mrs.
Hayes in the rigid piety with which
she observed Sunday at the White
House. It was her custom to ask
the employes to go to church. She
did not like society, and she made
the Executive Mansion as lar as
possible a christian home for her
family.
Mrs. Lincoln wore a wedding
ring given her by the President, in
which was engraved, "Love is eter
nal." She was a Kentucky, girl,
who had gone to live with a sister
at Springfield, 111. Here she met
Lincoln, then a young lawyer, and
the two were married. and began
life as boarders, paying for their
accommodation $4 a week.
Eliza McCardle was 17 years old
when she married a young North
Carolina tailor who had settled in
Greenville, Tenn. His name was
Andrew Johnson, and he was jnst
of age. fho possessed more learn
ing than her husband, and the two
worked together, though she did
not, as reported, teach him bis let
ters. When, after many years he
became President, she was too ii
to do the honors of the White
House, and her daughter took her
place. j
Mrs. Julia Dent." President
Grant's wife, comes of an old fami
ly, and her great-grand-father was
the Surveyor-General of Maryland.
General Grant met her at St. Lou
is, and was engaged.-to her. four
years before he irmrried her. Dur
ing this time the Mexican war iu-
The Mason Cotton Picker has
been tested, and while it is not yet
perfect its final success has been "
settled beyond dispute. The prob
lem of removing the cotton from
the bolls has at last been success
fully solved. The oply remaining
difficulty lain the auxiliary con
trivances for conveying! the J picked
cotton into the bags. The difticul
ty is this. The picking stems gath
er the cotton ami deposit it so rap-,
idly upon the elevators, that, iu
heavily fruited cotton the capacity
of the" elevators has hfen inade
quate to remove it as fast as it
comes iu. The result is that the
elevators became gorged, and the
revolving pickpf stems force some
of the cotton already picked off the
elevator and throw it on the ground.
The small limit of space makes this
a troublesome difficulty, but Mr.
Mason is confident that he can
overcome this one as soon as he
can turn his attention to it. At
the iuvitation of CoL IV C. More
bead, the President of the Ntlon
al Cotton Planters' Association a id
Commissioner General of the
World's Exposition, he will exhibit
the machine to a selected commit -
tee of the World's ExpositionThe
machines will not he placed on the
market until the next season.
What effect this wonderful in
vention will have on col ton plant
ing is hard to estimate. It may bo ;
sately predicted that it will so in
crease tho production in a r me
price will be greatly reduced. It
will benefit most those countries
where labor is highest ; bent it
will give us a great advantage over
tho cotton raisers of India and
Egypt. Since the invention of the
cultivator aud horse hoi?, the only
impediment to. almost, illimitable
production in the south-west has
been the cost of gathering. In re
moving this imiM'diment the cot
ton picker will give them a tremen
dous advantage over ns. If may
so. cheapen there the cost of mak
ing cotton that we cn no longer
profitably compete with them ex
cept on land which like theirs, will
make a bale ier acre. Luis will
force ns either to change our crops
or chauge our system ol farming.
Some of oar most thonghtiul men
claim that either of these changes
would eventuate in benefit to us.
In tho mean time we may console
ourselves with the fact that no
great invention has ever proven a
curse to any country which was de
termined not to be crushed by it.
When Kmvg Kalakana the dusky
.sovereign of the Sandwich Islands,
visited this -jty three years ago he
was-- accompanied by Mr. C. B.
Bishop, his Grand Chamberlain,
Mr. .Bish jp, who is an American,'
is now a i tout to return to bis na-
that I cau hardly deem any notice; tive land. Where grand chamber-j
wealth he has aequiried. 11 is story
is lull of interest. He was a native
of Sandy Hill, Washington county,
but left that place in 1848
Edward Lee. Thev were
young lawyers. 'and the vessel on
M luchtliey were going to San
Francisco put iu at Uonoluln,
where they were introduced to the
King. The latter was reorganizing
Lis" 'government, and ierceivmg
e two Americans were law-
said, "well. I'm all right. I voted
for Cleveland, and when I see him
I is gwine to tell him so." The
other said, "yon is, is you, and
when you tell Mr. Cleveland .you
voted " for him he . look at you and
wink one eye and say "de h 1
vou sav." I heard a "good honest
this fall, it was because he had suf
ficient strength left. J. M. Far
num is a colored preacher in Char
lotte, N. C, and his fighting weighj
when skirmishing with the legions
of Satan is 410 pounds. He stands
Ofeet 10 inches high without his
lioots. and. taken collectively,
would be a dangerous man to fall
under at a skating rink. Some
time ago a northern gentleman met
Mr. Fnrnnni. in the south, and the
latter ordered a pair of shoes made
for him at the North, for which this
gentleman took the measure. The
order was given to Lynn's leading
shoe manufacturer but-it was too
much for him. and a pair of shoes
were made from a special last ih
Boston and sent the reverend gen
tleman. The shoes are thirty -fives.
The length from heel to toe is just
twenty inches and the width of the
ball, including a protuberance that
Tut Persimmon.
A UnoTiivmi'a Opivin Ob Tut
Frvit Before ItJSipkns. .
-The persimmon is a peculiar
fruit, Its wava am not the ways
of everybody, and it has a stub-
promising notion as to the time
it ought to be eaten. Therefore to
A. - . -ll- ,1 tw.A
eni ii nuccesniuiiy nuu iimo
right smooth time of it, its will
roast be respected, or a right
roguh time will ensue. There is
a persimmon tree down ou .the
rait road, and a Boot on inn spci
men of the genus homo was seen
on' yesterday to spy the fruit with
a longing, wishful eye. He hesita-.
ted for a moment, and bystanders
detected 'for a glance at his
anxious deportment that he doted
artlessly upon the-tantalizing fruit.
He seized a limb, pulled off one of
I tin n .in r, .1 a.l AvmAaf I . I' i n fT lAr.
simmons, indited his teeth, and
with a h-a-w-k, he let it drop.
Another with like result, anothet
inl another and lust men Ills
tervened. and Rbe was 23 jearsMild mouTh asfiUmed a delightful pucker
when her weeding took place. Mrs.
Hayes is a Cbilicothe girl. Presi
dent Hayes made love to her while
she was going to school at Cincin
nati, and married her alter ;i two
years courtship. General Garfield
was also associated with his wife
mndx ih n anH soon found l hut . anrinc er scnooi nays, aim mere
Jefferson was singing a love song j had been a long acquaintance be
to the yonng widow while, she play- j fore their engagement iu I80G.
ed au accompaniment on the harp, j Such is a brief history of theioves
'Bliey concluded not to press their j of the Presidents. As far as we
suits, and left with their love un-jknow they seem to have been sin-told.,--
--. . . I gularly happy in their Jove affairs.
Dolly Madison's parents were) t -
V irginia Quakers, Guilford -oun- . A OuiqUB CODteSt . .
ty, North Carolina, who freed ;
their slaves and went to Phiadel- j )rangeburg, S. C, comes forward
phia to live. Here, at l'.i, Dolly, a wiib thet most unique contest on
demure Quakeresss, married John j record. Tired of base ball match
Todd, a Quaker lawyer, who died es swimming contests, foot races,
when she was 2M, and left her a;eJlting teLts, spelling bee, walk
pretty widow. In less than a year j infr exhibitions and other displays
she married again, and this tiinej0f i he sort, two enterprising and
Mr. Madison, who was a member of j pi01is colored deacons are about to
Congress. She was 37 year old , eUgage ri a praying contest. Bro
wheu her husband became Pie-i- ther rtilis Martin iias long been
" - . T
and looked as if he was tryiug to
whistle a onesided tune. He be
came much alarmed, and a wag
seeing and appreciating his fix,
said; "Hello mister, are trying
to whistlef He said; "Whistle,
the devil! I spec I'm pisened," And
seeing that he was the butt of con
siderable amusement he vanished
into the whereuess of the whither,
fully impressed that lusciousness
of the fruit was very mutch over
rated rand that a 'solid'? South"
and h "solid " persimmon were
not first-rate for New En glanders.
Wilson fMirror. '
Oh Homes Oar Castles.
dent.
Andrew Jackson's wifer first
husband's uame was Robard, and
she was only lrt years old when
she
was
married
a iealons
uim.
fellow.
esteemed for his skill
in supplicaiing the
Grace, and Brother
and bottom
Throne of
Jerry Means
An interesting conversation
with one of President Cleveland's
sisters, Jlrs. Bacon, is. reported by
our Toledo correspondent. It is
evident that strong common wnw
and sterling honesty and truth run
through the Cleveland family.
When asked if she should go to
Washington to live, she said that
she should object to bringing up
has likewise been held in ' high re- f her family of three little girln in .
vers of ability , he begged them to
remaiu and assist him. and they
consented. Mr. Iee was appoiuted
(hief Jiuitioe of r.be Sandwich
Islands, and Mr. Bishop was of
fered and accepted the State Port
folio. Lee died iu Washington
sunn, veil's arn. niter havinsr be
come celelirated as a jurist. Mr. loaed honest darkeys, 1 love them
1 important of-! for their dependence and their
. Executive will be so exercised that! fices Asides that of Secretary of j trust iu us, 1 wonldent defraud
mav hvt a corn, and may be natu
ral, fs a trifling over seven aud a exceedingly ugly disposition.
half inches. Some idea of the Rachel Robards separated Iroio
"tout ensemble" may Ih gained i him, and got what fth Jackson
drt-pv talkino- to his land ord I from the lai-t that a oasteiKian: and she mougnr was a nim ui-
IK V . mm Q - - - v I '
about his crop and he said in sab-! copy of the sole of one of tlte shof;s vorce before she was married
stance, i "well, boss I is come ' out j which a reporter earned in his i Jackson. She was about -.'.' ye
ii. in, l I Vtiowa T .Tnnf. know how overcoat nocket. extended irom ine ioid al mis
mnch I owes vou and 1 dont want t lowest neptn oi rue pocket n ne
arm pit. lhrs copy was raken
from a measurement of the loot less
foot of the clergyman, and those
who know pronounce it exact.-
From the forward end of the sole a
piece the size of a desert-plate
could easily be cot. The heel, if of
the proper material, would make a
decidedly generous flapjack, aud
the whole thing, in shape and size,
Robards jspert for his ability in the same
Washiiigioii. Of her sisters MrW.
land of an jdisectiou. Au animated
to know for I cant pay it, but lioss
you knows how it is and you keeps
de books and III work and work
as long as de Lord gives me
strength. Maybe he give poor
nigger more rain next year.'"
Well, I ilo love these old fash-
' Purge out the lurking distemper
j that undermines health, and the
i constitutional vigor will rernni.
Those who suffer from au enfeebled
and disordered state of the
system, should take Ayer's Sar
saparilla to cleanse the blood, aud
restore vitality.
the rights of all citizens, white or
black, under the Constitution and
the law will be preserved and pro
tected, and all the advantages to
which they are entitled by reasons
of their citizeuship will be secured
to them. There need U- .no fear
that either the Democratic party
or its newly elected administration
i f...-. nhamhov im : nnA ont oi ins idsg uneK ior ; no Kives one iuv irreMinic iiuuiw
. i i 1 1, mivt umuu .... ...... ........ . - t -j. . .
amonr them that of Collector Gen-' amount of profit or gam. I had j sionr a tenis racket, oran elonga-
ei
the
has arisen as to the relative merits
of the two deacons, and the ques
tion is to be sertled by a practical
i test . A rlrs; of 1 2 has lced rais-
te ! ed for ban who shall ahow the
ears ; must iower, skill and endurance.
time, and the cireum-! and the watch to be iu the pre-
stances of their nniou created no j ence of of au iiuinen.se ca-Mjmeet -
general remark over the country. Dg, The hostilities will begin
Nevertheless, almost 40 years later, j promptly after the preliminary col
dnringthe campaign for the Presi- Section is lifted. This noted ex hibi
dencV, ths matter was drug up and ; tion of piety and hmg power will
it was charged that Jackson had ', be witnessed by a throng of
married ber before she was legally i negroes. (
divorced from Capt. Robards. The , ' j .
story is too long to repeat here U Tbc - s uThis
18 euuuii" , 3l "e: it : the chair-
il ? ' A' A-Ua liAa I
fcbe was not. anxious tol,.; . i.,, u:v. ,
digimteiw" fiaia : are, uko luyHCif,
! .. .... . . . . .1 : . u : t
perieeiiy coiitemeu mm our hiium
, I . J L. .. ...... i . . 1. . .
lioniw l lie, aim uuinj- in lire rir
joyment of onr families."' -.This is
the voice of a true American wife
and mother. All honor-to its pos
w.sor. "New York World."'
Tbe Fruklin Foci
sometimes says Mr.
Donald Bain when be extends tbe
death.
' m - I a 1 T 4. A A 1 A.t tx.. .. i 4V TTAnlnnlff An nnl AntfhA i
al. He married Princess Ruth, ! rather overpay mm man uuaerpay j mi snin-iroin, wijuoiu , couie lu "B8,u ?r J ' the greatest men that ever lived
.!.. linof Kamehame-1 him. But I have uo consideration try. Boston "Globe. said to a friend : "I assure youli- v . .i,. ... hiu
ikj ...ou w, iv - "- I . ..... ' , J1 xl !.
has, and at hex death became the
liossessor of au immense proierty.
Mr. Bishop is about to dispose of
his vast estate, aud return to the
scenes of his childhood.
for these eduated upstarts who
swell around and talk big about; Mr. Chas. H. Armfield, son of
equality. Well, as to that I bavunt s Hon. R- F. Armfield, of States
any more respect for lazy Huper-1 ville,' will be Governor Scales pri
eillions white folks. Education I vate secretary.
womd rather ne a GoorKecper in
the house of my God than dwell in
that palace in Washington.' An
drew Jackson dearly loved but wife,
land -there is a tradition at tbe
in North Caroiica sat nubile be
! presided over the Senate Bart-
lett Yancey. It was in the old
Capitol, and Mr. Paul Cameron
says this tradition abont it is
tnxe.r - ' "
Lrij.fa ill 1 1 j i lauaiiu , 1 1. 7.11,1
to BostOQ to be loaned in small
sums, to young married mechanics
under 2. who bad served an ap
prenticeship, bad good character
and could give bonds for the re
payment of the roopey in annual
installments. The changed con
dition of mechanics, tbe decay of
the apprentice system and other
causes bave made the bequest of
no value to those for whom it was
intended under the rales Franklin
laid down. The tund now amounts
to more than f 290,000, and is in
creasing at the rate of 110,000 a
year.