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NEWS 01r A WEEK
OATB KUED FKOM ALL PABT8
OK THE OBLD.
PENCILLING S G LEAN 1 NO 8.
Win. Fenuer Esq., of Scot-
lurid
Neck, died last weak.
Mr. L; O. Grady of Halifax,
while chopping wood on Monday,
w;ih paiufnlly iujnred b.v a splinter
striking him in the eye!
Frank Hard, or Ohio nnd
Tobu W. Daniel, of Virginia, are
considered to be two of the most
eloquent men is America.
Washington hotel men say
the indications are that the entire
democratic party will attend the
inauguration of Cleveland.
"Mr. Wr W. Corcoran, who enter
tained Mr. Buchanan when lie
took the oath of office, offer the
like eourtesy to Mr. Cleveland. -
A pear' which weighs 1)3 carats
and is valued at $17,000, was found
last week in lower California. It
is believed to le the largest in
exiHteuce.
Diphtheria and measles are
both raging fiercely in New York
eity. -Of the diphtheria cases GO
average, which Is 50 per cent.
An old maid In Nashville
keeps ft parrot which swears, and
a monkey which chews tobacco.
She says, between the two, she
doesu't miss a husband much.
Mr. Cleveland says: "I shall be safe
if I obey the law of the land. aDd I
am going to do it, and let the pol
iticians howl." Mr. Cleveland evi
dently does not take much stock in
politicians.
D. L. Moody and Ira D. Sankey
have received royalties from the
publishers of the Moody and San
key collection of hymus of $600,000
Every dollar has been given to the
cause of religion.
At Republican caucuses in
various wards of New Haven, Conn.,
last week, Republicans who claimed
to be such still, though admitting
that they voted lor Cleveland, were
denie I the right to participate.
"A fine picture," said a gentle
man, pointing to a painted female
ou a tbcco tub. '"Yes, indeed,"
replied his Iriend, "and she is not
without good backing, " "How is
fUntl'l Utrion1t nks rrvf Mm f lrlw
iUAbj UOOII t gUt till' i
tobacco."
A colored barber in New Or
leans spoke of a distinguished
Senator oh whom he waited as "one
ob de mos' extinguished obituaries
ob de place." He had heard -of
distinguished habitues, and wished
to reproduce it.
A plum pudding weighing '21'.)
lbs. was served on Thanksgiving
day by the Union Democratic club
of Richmond. The ' number of
onnds represented the number of
electoral votes received b.v Cleve
land and Hendricks.
The Baleigh "News-Observer"
nays, yesterday Mr. D. B. Avera
received an order from a lirm at
Three Oaks, Michigan, for a car
load of goose quills. For once in
his life he is nonplussed and
swamped by too large an order.
In South Carolina they are
arranging to send 100 red-shirt ed
men, from each of the ?4 counties,
t6 the inauguration of' Cleveland.
If the other Southern States do
likewise, it will be a very impressive
spectacle, and will boom the red
flannel market.
Gen. John A. Logan last week
sent a message of congratulation
to Vice Presideut-elect Hendricks.
lTj)on its delivery Mr, Henkricks
said: ''Did Gen. Logan really do
that!" and smiling he added, "that
is certainly very kind on the part
of the general."
A story is in circulation to the
effect that twenty-four years ago
Senator Saulsbury, of Delaware,
took a vow not to get married mir
til another Democratic President
was elected; and that he is now
looking around sharply for a bride,
ne is 66 years old.
Less than twelve months ago.
Mrs. Hugh Blair, ot Chattanooga,
JTenn.vgare birth to three children,
all of which are living and in good
health. Saturday evening last ti.e
same lady gave birth to two boys
and a girl, making six children
Inilt ill Iaoo 111.1 n run it
tiut II Mr llli IWI ill IT-..I tllilll ct J t ill .
Direct information from Wise
county, southwest Virginia, is to
the effect that thej plague which
has caused such mortality in that
section ol the State is now on the
decrease, lietween 2tW and :?00
persons, from three to eighty years
of age, have died of t4ie disease.
No man in South Carolina has
done more to promote good lie liug
between the races . than Wade
Hampton has done and perhaps for
that-very reason the live negroes
in the State legislature alone pre
vented his recent re-election to
the United States Senate from le
ing unanimous.
VOLUME 14."
lotto town 'of Walworth, Cus
ter county. Omaha, last' week,
Timothv Faraoin. shot and killed
four persons with a double barrel
shot gun, beat out the brains of an
aged father with the bntt of the
gun, and then blew out his brains
with a revolver. The d-ed is
traceable to a case of jealousy and
unrequited love. . .
In the' . Legislature .-of South
Carolina Tuesday, Wade Hampton
was elected United States Senator
as his own successor, receiving the
entire vote of -both houses with the
exception of three votes for Smalls
cas fy colored,- representatives
from Beaufort county, ami two for
Whinner. Cast liv colored Senators
from Beaufort and Berkley
ties.
A school girl, speaking of a kiss,
says" This oscillatory 'performance
is a paroxysmal contact letweeu
the liabcl.' appendages' ; attached
to the superior and inferior maxil
laries, respectively, of a man aud
a woman or two woman. The
younger the parties are the more
paroxysmal will le the paroxysm
arising ; from the continuity of tjie
approximated receptacles of nutri
trions aliment.
Mr. Brown
killed him
Last Sat-
BILL A RP'sfTALK.
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YOUNG
CANDY
X'
EN.TOYME.
Candy pnlli
butv I suppose
theuV 1 have
age Aid traine of
mit to anything
couii i please the children
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All
LKS GIVE
'LUNG.
lSCOMFOBT.
: A few weeks ago ii
accidentally sjiot and
self, near Wavuesville.
nrday with-the same guu his on
Walter Brown was gunning with
a companion named Herren.
While they were climbing a fence
the hammers -of their guns struck
each other, and Brown's gun fired,
and he received a wound in the
face from which lie died in a few
hours. . , '
Near the town of Weaverrille,
ssjs the Ashevillei "Advance" a
Mr. Jones while ploughing ail old
field, which has not leei cultivated
for many years, ploughed up an
old iron vessel, which upon ex
amination, was found to contain
t7f0.00 in gold and 2;'i(U0 in sil
ver aud a small quantity of valua
ble jewelry. The vessel containing
the treasures bore evidences of
having been deposited there for
many lin? years, and to whom
they belonged is iau inexplicable
mystery to the citizens Itvmg iu
that locality'. , . I
The New Orleans ' Cremation
Society' -has purchased a square- of
ground on the south side of .Canal
street. Laborers will be put 'at
work at, once .to la. out. the
grounds into a llower -garde i and
the furnace lor burning- the dead
will be erected without delay. The
society is one of the largest and
wealthiest in the country, composed
of men of a'l nationalities aud
religions, the Hebrews, however,
predominating. The objections to
cremation at other points do not
exist in the lowlands of Louisiana,
and preachers of all denominations
favor it on sanitary if not sentimen
tal gronnd.s ,
How To Carve K Tariay.
A fellow wrote to the Baltimore
'Sun" yesterday asking how 'is the
best- way to carve a turkey, and
he oot the following answer: "There
are several good ways of carving
forks into the breast of the turkey,
slide the royal bird -out of the
dish on to the tablecloth, grab it
up 'with Im:Ii hands, return it to
the dish, and request your wife
to finish the job. The carving is
then proceeded with in .-satisfactory
manner. Another method is
to rivet the turkey to the table
with railroad spikes and carve with
a broadaxe. Hi cases where the
turkey is very tough dynamite may
be used with advantage. For din-
net-table dynamite, ask vour
cer." '
gro-
Plantation Philosophy. ;
Yer kin often cheat de ole man
easier den. yer- kin tie boy. De
ripes' pear is de sal'test.
. Quickness ain't no ign o' seuse.
De trout suajis at er hook sooner
den de cattish, fbnt he rloan lib so
hab eber been deceibiu.
De hossrty makes mo' fuss den
de yaller jacket, hut 'he don't hurt
ha'f so bad.
De loudes, talkers ain't alius de
wisest men. . (l.eese 'makes more
ntiise den tie rooster, but da. ain't
got nigh ' m much ense.
Er boy is mo' active den er man.
Kr colt prances mo' gailev tlen er
boss, but lie is' tie siH'ine ter fall
off de blu'.f an' kill hisse'l'-.
That something - which prompts
a man tt lie, il stronger, would
piompt him to steal. -"' '
How. Gen. Logan feels.
Two,coou hunters on Sycamore
creek. W. Va.. the other dav treed
a coon, and built a tile by the tree, ;
and sat down to watch lr the '
animal. They fell asleep, the tree j
burned off and fell on them. One '
was kiliea instantly, lue otuer
was burned so he cannot live. The
coonf The dispatch is sient uliont j
him. - .
The Honorable IHiniel Webster
Flanagan, ot Flanagan's Mills,
Texas, has been nominated to an
internal revenue collect orship, in
that State. He will be remembered
as the plain spoken patriot who
at the repnblicau national conven
tion of 1880, disturbed the hilarity
of the occasion by compressing the
bright lexicon of practical politics
into the historical question.
"What are we here for except the
offices?'
Gen. Logan, the .defeated man
for Vice President, has acted with
a:' great deal- more ,ot manliness
than Blaine has shown. When
asked how he felt about his defeat,
Gen. Logan said he felt like the
man who stnhtied his toe autl sat
down on a stump. to nurse it. "His
ueighlioi' came aiong antL asked:
'Hurts pretty' bad, doii'i it ?' 'Yes,'
replied the man. -as he hugged the
toe up closer in his hands. aud
the worst of it, it hurts 'too bad for
me to laugii. and 1 .am loo big
to civ." It is said that Lo
gan has very little respect or kind
'fecliing for. Blaine, as Jie (Blaine)
ried to -ignore Logan in the late
campaign.
-e a nuisaii.
fave to havet
Tived at the
Vil that I sob-
Wtning to
so when
they got their moth Vconsent
the matter was all artJed and
the company invited wHpt con
sulting me. j Ihere was'lpare
mom in the house and asJbad
some wrJtjpfpaj-flP I adjouriiwl
myself there to have a quiet time,
While I was ruminating before
the fire and smoking the pipe ot
leace and tranquility the young
folks began to gather and before I
knew itj the young ladies were
ushered into my room aa a recep
tion room, and 1 was. kindly in
formed that I would have to va
cate. With a sigh of resignation
I retired and poked around geper-
ally.; I wished I had a room a
room of' my own and Mrs. Arp
says she wishes she had a room
a room of her own. But she can't
.have one.. She never will have
one, for children and ' grand
children 'would - be lost and
I wonld be lost. She can't
slip off to nabor Freeman's but
what a dozen want to know , wbere
she is anil when she is coming
back. The dog and the cat follow
her no she will never have a
room to herself.
But I found good company at
the candy palling and had a gooVl
time anyhow, for I do love these
ualxirly visits. I love to see the
young . folks happy and I love to
discourse politics and crops aud
naborhood news with the older
ones. But this candy business is
not all serene, one of the girls
burned her hand dreadfully and
is still carrying her haudm a
bandage. Aud then it is so messy,
as Mrs. Arp says. The children
get candy all over the floor and
the tables and bureau. It sticks
to my stockings yet when 1 get
ready to go to bed. It melts and
smokes on the hearth The dish
es are all daubed and bard to
clean up again. The door knobs
and dipper handles are sticky and
they keep sticky as long as the
candy lasts. But every pleasure
has its drawback. After every
dinner , the dishes are to be
washed. After every repose the
bed has to be made up. We ride
and drive and then the horse has
to be pnt up and fed. We dance
to sweet music and have to pay
the fiddler. We go on a picnic
or an excursion and come home
tired and weary. Every pleasure
seems to be followed by pain or by
trouble just as the uight follows
.the day. But still it is right, for
it is nature. We live in contrasts
and enjoy them. Suppose we do
hunt all day and find un game.
Hope is a good thing, and it was
one of the questions we nsed to
debate when I was a bov, "wheth
er the. pursuit or the possession
gave the most pleasure." I took
the affirmative one time when I
was pursuing my sweetheart with
love and hope aud devotion, and
1 argued my side with earnest elo
quence. But when I lost her aud
auother fellow got possession I
tiopped over to the other side. In
a year or so l recovered and pur
sued Mrs. Arp with fear and tremb
ling, and when I possessed her I
was happy. The pursuit is a live
ly,. interesting aud uncertain busi
ness where two sweet young
maidens is concerned, but the pos
session is solid anil sure aud never
gives out.
Wejiad a frolic at our country
academy last week. The night
you were all jubilating iu Atlanta
we, were quietly enjoj ing ourselves
near our hpmes with our wives aud
our children. The ladies, God
bless them, invited ns to a supper,
a feast of .good things with no
headache in them. My folks killed
a turkey and baked some 'cake
and the nabors did likewise, aud
they got oysters somewhere and
long tables were spread and
groaned with good things and we
thought it was all a free show un
tell we got there aud found a door
keeper and had to pay to go in.
Then they finished np with bills of
fare, and to everything there was
a price, but we couldent back out,
for the sight and the savory smell
provoked an appetite. Alter I
had made them a little speech,
which I had prepared lor the oc
casion, one kind lady .manager
conducted me to a seat and said
I was . her guest and the choicest
viands should cost me nothing;
with this assurance I partook
amazingly and feasted to-my en
tire content, and about that time
another kiud lady presented me
my bill and called on me for a dol
lar a whole dollar, and said I had
oysters twice aud turkey " twice.
Upaid it with cheerful alacrity
but somehow I don't appreciate
so uiauv managers on such occa-
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use iney meant it, and I reckon
they dwL and the youug folks sor
rendered and said, well, if we can't
dancA we can have a little twiati
ficatioD. Before 'anybod? ' knew
what tba meant the ' floor tag'
cleared and the music began and
the twiatificaWon.to,1arid they
twisted all arotiml and about, and
crossed over, and hands all round,
and changed partnervami-prome-nade
all, and parly veo Franeaia,
and I dont know what all, and
the solemn , trustee looked on
wjh enjoyment, and weA satis-
titt.""1" w oniy .a twwtl
fmlic 3w Well, it , wa , goodly i
H went IftXebogs hart. l we
scarce of eh'lftPPJr but awfnl
Brown has got son0vinor
stock in oar school botKClerred
preferred his money to anybooS,
tor he had more of it. It we bad
had him there, with his swallow
tail coat on, we would have pre
fered some more. When he gives
us two hundred dollars more well
name it the Brown institute, bat
not till then. The name is for
sale, but we are ubt going to'rlo
like those Dalton "folks andtrame
oar school ; for him ft fore we get
P?J.rAS"ST0BfcI
2 YC, 'Ai UTTLEXSrCJ DPNT
; TAUGHT , IXMTTENTM E ST. :
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AEZCrT DISCLOSED.
V
Ccn ccr! V-p"Ti t h "tv.
tune, t least tna is the sort of ex
planation tney -often give tbem
Srwi coaceir ttei cishajis that
uww taeajuxav JJerbj though
, ueixaiBrr veionzea. to the cl
as
I
xnaaaeiined in holidav tim:
.i a- - -. .. " r
mutrjjic; lor - reaij,r seemed
uu luaurrjioip nisagteeaie
rnase voat seasunaa conspired' to
thiog bat a 4merrJ-the year ahy
Tb first year of heii to her.
Ton, her husband, sprairitied life,
kle and was confined to the .an-
nntiljona after the new year. Tbv
floor rrteatOTestlw taen
k k srS. &TMSr -- tll
i Itrrr 13 Pnll but "ill., .--
ire gotW3rfcfr;.black
J-mhlntehf; -Rafig wrong
irtfeSrirtem r-n exjrraoor. I tell
ft A the waggrinsL aiao en-
eo to pnlVthe otber.bfciL-
4a lerlir saw now ov ttiini
thal? pa : hi; .pootvWeared
taetl r1 tm as.--e..iiwiH 9 wr
l,nslitl, and iu that most niable
1 . . .!... au A 1' ..u 111. 1
tot trtm'Syvfemj.utwkf iua.
hlr ue moaned. -ais nhe saw it
"Oh, itoor wowai-i-nhappy.
ed rrfiPt t wr-- - - ' i k
TWoutef doof'bBcduowand
m two women"7 met face to race.
lls- her? thatV'tbe right .one,
pjiemiwaiK riguii in ana taKe
A ROSY ROMAXCE.
:o:-
A SCOTCH LAD AND LASSIE
CARRIED AFTER A TIME.
A STOKY OF TRUE LOVE.
Fdriok-;it's: my ho.': ;.
wnJ.'nntbrtaqnate: for, while it less
eoed?hiaaalary. it, at-the same
the money." They hare-never got, UmetiUtrgediheir bills considera-
.vet. Governor Brown don't j blyk ABd Mrsy Derby thought they
for honors when he can gettUAO begun life trbabled" indeetl.
nni versities. He says , ne has
watc'ed them for forty years,
and eyery year they turn out a
splendid crop of elegant high
strung vagabonds, with but few
exceptions. But education JsXle
Ainericau watchword now, and
we will have, to conlorm. If the
natiou gets a'n overdose I reckon
we will find it out sooner or later.
Bill Arp.
first to kl the bride; iwf be stood
on as best man.:3U 1
A t one end of tho toow; Inscrib
ed oa the! wall In fall new Tvf tha
company, were tbe wonia i ms: i
1 "True hearts are nor than coronet
Alltl NUtlHC i.
wood-
(Una it im mi? .fiakt.oae -of . the
(riie&tM. as.VhailraBklott a bom per
of foaminz ale, ta the rheaUh. and
pinstwrity of the 'bride and groom.
METHODISM.
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CRSTENARY CKLKBR AT10N
AT RALT1MOR B. '
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WONDERFUL
PUOaKESrf:
The lecond
year, Tom's tuocber
Tjiey hare.-never got ,
any
la.v
them for nothing. Old lather
Dobbins is oar rich man op here,
aud we are going to try bioi , for
an ; endowment and fcabVt the
Dobbins old-field school. He likes
old -field schools -but he has . net
use for colleges ' or eemJuaties o.UahiGifl;fcl
died a wee&MCbritmas. and
tha nolldSUwiere consequently sad
aud dqHipp third and fourth years
weja-JBajked bv. serious illnensea
gChjrJstmaft .time, and the lastr
Payisg Farms.
The kind of farming that pays
the farmer best is that in which
the mao sets out with the primary
idea of making . his living his
food, raiment and board upon
the farm. The crops mus ti be a
good deal diversified; they mnst
come iu, not all at one season, but
at different 'times of the year.
The bread, meat, butter, eggs,
milk, vegetables ( and -fruits con
sumed in the family, and, if possi
ble the cotton andtbe wpt)l fpr
clothing, must all be grown on the
farm. In addition to these there
must be a surplus of . seTBral
things to sell, to bring in the.
money that is needed in the an
nual cash expenses, such as taxes,
education, doctor's hills, etc. la
a word, the farmer must be a sel
ler aud not a buyer. The one
crop system is no longer ' safe or
profitable. The great staples are
well controlled by speculators,
Prices are fixed before the crop
is made, and the helpless planter
has to take what be can get, and
grin aud endure it with what
grace be may. In this case, none
but the men who make,tUektsup
plies at home are sate or comfort
able. The man who sets out to
make a living by farming must
study his farm and tbiuk lor him
self from beginning to the end of
the year. lie must see what his
farm is capable of, aud watch his
points nicely, never puttiug all
his eggs in one basket. There are
many things that will sell besides
cotton, tobacco aud peanuts;
some of the miuor crops pay bet
ter than the large ones. A pay
iug farm depends on the manage
ment, the crops, the man.
UUlflfloni rDerby got lost on the
StreetvABd was gone all one terrible
night, It.was not to be wondered
at,vtbetftoteithat Mrs; Derby look
ed, forward somewhat fearfully as
the holidays drew1 near, and not
being in the .most robuRt health,
she was naturally morbidly nervous
over tbt matter, and was prepared
to magnify lire 'lightest shador of
any unpleasant coming event ; into
a very disagreeable substance.
'I -wonder what it will be this
year?" she wonld say to herself, as
the tune drew near.
It7 began a couple .of days e-
fore GhrJstmas. , Bridzet. the cook.
fell very ill and was obliged to leave
and go to her sister's ; the second
girl scalded her foot- and was la id
np, the Tange became -nnraanagea-ble,
the baby had a nerious atta(k
of crpnp, and Christmas Eve fon'nd
iics, Derby in a state of mind not,
ta be en-Vied. j
"1 know it-will le somethher
qradial his year, Tom," she said,
Don't Call
i
JUIan
as be kissed her after supper and
said he must work down at the,
ofl&ce until twelve that night.
f.uYotl are nervous, Doll: don't
think of .troubled possibilities ; we
are all well baby hasn't been bet
ter in months than he is to-night.
i i V - . -J - . - " 3 .
"The." men " ' went. . iu with their
'eAvyjJpuxdeund the 'wotnevjook
"ett . at one-another. .Lv . Derby's
t&riit ipttise-ibiMi -btseu .-gtotreat
wtbia;.lier owu - dor; ana inns
make a oretense of uot having seen
tSe fekfcletoa tr "her3ieigh,bor
tieaTtlrand homef biit the ft4n i bad
Tied ber and bo tbei two ! wq-
"ood facft$o:laceij: j-.?:r
IJerbv.t CJiri&tmas to V On. Mrs.
voice -oitiTH!fc3ti" EUjIrjdafe. ,-Her
and hei4'ae'wlf vnrf -sttabge,
hard aud cold. VRto maible, so
ing her, Mrs. Derbypt answer
about her and drew hetber:-arma
own home aud into the o4e ner
parlor.1 The inen bad fgoneblled
wtaits-with Mr. Eldrtdge. and'edfi
be heard persuading him to retire:
' There was silence between the
two for awhile, then Mrs. Eldridge
pntJierJjlead down ujon her friend's
slMnlder and burst into tears.' l
I'XDUtsee oiiy-soi"owf obf- Mra.
Derby" she cried, - "I am a most
miserable and wretched woman.?
And Afihe 'buried her'- face in her
jeweled hands. ; ,
"Oli! I have trietl so faithfully to
reform that man," she went on, in a
feverish baste of words which Jt
seemed imperative of her to utter.
"I did love hiui once, bttt. now 1 1
loathe and detest him, my life is a
mockery and a lie. I have nothing
to live for I want to die!"
"Hush,",whispered Mrs. Derbj,
as she would have pacified a rebell
ious child. ' Hush; do not think
nor speak such words; try to bear
j our sorrows: we all have crosses "
"No, not all," iadignantly cried
Mrs. Kldridge. "What have you?
A happy -home, a husband who
loves aiid honors-you, children oh,
Mrs. Derby! thank" God "for vour
The 9 o'clock fast western express
that tor ont of Mersey City- Wed
nesday morning with a shrill scream j
m. . 1 . ; '
oi aenance, leaving long intu ui j
black smoke behind, earned among
its passengers Ivmud lor the far!
west a youug and loving pair, just ,
starting out on tue journey oi me
along the in tiiinonial highway.
The marriage of the youug peo
ple was consnmated Tuesday night
at- the Miuers' .. Arms Hotel, on
Whitehall street, by the Rev. Isaac
McGaire, rector of the SeamanV
Society, and closed the last chap
ter of a romantic courtship under
difficulties, began iu the land of
bonnie Scots and terminated on
American soil.
Through vicissitudes that would
'make many .a brave heart quail,
these young people have ever kept
on the even tenor of their vra.v, aud
though the course of their true love
was not by any means smooth or a
path pC rosea, they wove a chain so
8 iron sr that no trial was able : to
break its love links.
.Eight years ago, in then-harming
jy of Aberdeen, Scotland, An
antn, illiams, theu a cauuy
Kwiviu . . ... r..n j.. 1
with hpiPi lJ .vph oiu. leu in nne
a laJe f$iu- An,,ie
a lassie iair. n i,.st wnA.
1
vp rax oKa.!ArtBor it.
N Et KOSLiKAKSsr,
iector-ieer4. izt9 aunnnr .wy tcretA
feroJ . kh rfomanhood. bhe
, ULJ" the fairs for
:r."rl i 7-1.- m could tlance
tue - iiiniitnu rung'
grace anu winsome ways
blue eyed
such
s nrettv.
little children. If I were a mother
I could bear even this. No. do not
say all. I envy yon your happy
life." And she sobbed bitterly. '
Mrs. Derby was silent. She
thought of the wicked feeling in
uei nearr wi;u wiiicn she had re-
' The GooQ Old Times."
Stingy.
You 'cannot lie familiar with
the private eireuinstriJces which
uiakt some men tlose, or cmjel
them to refuse a charity to which
it would give them pleasure to
contribute if thev could, and we
have seen a little boy cry in secret
because a con panion bail called
him stingy, when he contributed
his, eutire wages to the support
of a mother for whjnm a faithless
fathei had failed' to provide. We'd
rat her be cussed out of our shoes
than be guilty of so great an in
discietion as this. Don't call auy-
body stingy.
Even if he is stingy, !
in the true acceptation oi tne
term, it is none of your business.
We say, again, dou't do it.
sioiis. Nevertheless 1 had the
honor of beiug one fair lady's i
sjuest even though 1 was another's
victim. Then I paid for Mrs. Arp
and the children and thought 1
was done, but they had a fish pond
in oue corner, behind a curtain.
and the children wanted to drop a ;
line just to see what they would j
catch well that cost some dimes j
aud next came a raffle for a fine, j
large cake, and they all wanted
aI,.i -.ml t .-, A .-, tAnl- n
i it ill .line, uun .itis. iwt j
IttlllUU IIC oiuiu luiun to n ii u
three dice, and shore enough she
threw four and retired with ma-
i trouly dignity and said she didn't
want the cake nohow. Welt, the
show went on, and on untell they
got all our change and had enough
tuone" to plaster the school house.
There was good music there and
The Rev. Br.i Talmage lectured
last evening in the Thirty-third
Street Baptist Church on the sub
ject "Is the 'World Better or
Worse?" Iu tbj course of bis
remarks he said: "1 once asked
my father, .'Is the world very
much worse now than it used to
be V 'Well,' said he, with a twink
le in his eye, 'tue fact is that the
world was never- any better thau
it ought to lie.' Laughter. "Peo
ple say. 'Look at the Church to
day!' Why right ophite the
church iu Soinerville, N.J., there
is a hotel, and here iu former
times, I was told, that the pastor
and officers of the church would
go in and refresh themselves be
fore attending service. Laughter
The gayeties aud corruptions or
to-day are nothing to what they
were fifty years ago. It is said
there is no royal road to learning.
That was true, but it is not now.
Astronomy is now as practical as
agriculture. 'Think,' says Wash
ington Irving, 'of the ministry
having such men as Deau Swift
and Sterne !' The world was much
worse then than now, I don't see
bow our fathers and mothers
staid in it; although, on our own
account, I'm glad they consented
to do so." Laughter. New York
"Tribune."
A Story In Unnatural History.
Mr. J. W. Atwater says he has
the finest pig in Chatham county.
When it was quite small it got
lost from its own mother, aud took
to sucking a kindly disjKsetl: cow,
which it found lying down. They
fell in love with each other, The
pig utteily neglected its 'mother
world to me." And the
again :is she thought of
Hie, present, is ceilainly peaceful garde'd her neighbor not an hour
anq. pieasanc ; dou r borrow worries;
let -the f u t ure res t i n 1 1 ope and
trust"
Yes, but something always docs
bappenChristinas, you know, Tom."
"Well, this one is going to be a
truly 'happy' one. There, good
uight; I'll be home by half-past
twelve and we'll fill the stockings,"'
and Mr. Derby hurried otU
t Jdrfi. Derby pnt the children to
bed and listened to their chatter
LwithJa sigh in her heart and on her
Ups... She wished she had it in her
power to-give them all the pretty
things they hoped "Shan ta Clauth"
wonld bring. "If I was only rich,
now, like Mrs. Eldridge" (her next
door neighbor), she thought, "how
happy I should be! She has ev
erything heart can wish, nothing
to do all day but amuse herself. ; I
dare say she never even feels tired;
her rooms are always in order; no
one to"put- them in disorder. Oh!
dear! and Mrs. Derby sighed again
as she picked up the thousand and
one articles the lit' le ones had
strewn about. Then she sat down
at the machine and "stitched,
stitched, stitched" at some, of the
large pile of work that accumulates
where little ones abide. Her back
ached-aud her bead throbbed and,
as she sat- there, a tired, weary,
nervous, overworked mother, re
bellions thoughts rose to her miud.
"Why should Mrs. Eldridge have
so much aud I so little?" she
thought. "It is unjust; J deserve
as much as she I work day and
night aud she ' Just tnen a sud
den gust of wind blew the window
shade .aside and Mrs. Derby looked
over into .her neighbor's sitting
room that twa.s just across the' oar
row yard. Her curtains were drawn
and the room was brilliantly light
ed. Mrs. Eldridge sat in the midst
of a pile of bright ribbons and silks
dressiug a doll.
Mrs. Derby, dropped her work
and came to the window and loot
ed closer. Yes, there sat her
neighbor, dressed in an ele
gaut costume, diamonds in her
ears and iewels on her fingers,
dressing a doll babyl Mrs. Derby
glanced down at her own plain
wrapper which she had not had
time to change since morning; she
looked around her untidy room,
beheld the piles of plain sewing "a
month behind," and a bitter, wick
ed feeling of envy crept into her
heart.
"She has everything I have
nothing! She is rich I am poor! I
work, and slave she drdsses dolls!
Oh! this Is cruel and wrong ; why
should that woman's life he beau
tiful :ind happy and mine misera
ble and wretched!" and poor Mrs.
Derby, worked up to a pitch of
nervous freuzyj threw herself on to
the lounge in a passion of tears. A
furious ring at the bell startled her
lkn ...... ,1 . V. .A MAW
imi luc tun, dun iuc tin nmu .. . ,. T, .... .i,l
as mnch attached to the ! uom Dei .1 s""i r'u
l nor come uowu mans uu, nu
became
lit tIa ni it cLo ntne - t si IkAn xom
I. 'i-t " 1, T " " premonition of some terror to come
call. The pig sooq began to grow 1 ikj, t-.. nA
.An.irrniir i...t Mr. t r was it not Christmas Eve. and
lion oi misioiiunc.
the trustees were consulted by the
young folks about a dance, just
a little dance to wind up on, but
they said "no" and they said it
thinking it au expensive
raise pigs, had it put into a pen.
The motherly cow would no leave
the pen in which her ..adopted
child was confined, aud the pig
tried his best to break jail and get
to his mamma. Iu compassion to
both Mr. A. turned the pig. oat.
and they were happy. When. the
pig wants milk it will squeal
around the cow, and, rear up on
its legs. She understands jnte
wants and lies down, for him to
take his filL They go together all
day ana. sleep together at night.
"Pittsboro Home."
Mrs. Derby
flew, down and opened the front
door. A carriage stood at the enrb
and. two men were lifting out a
third one, who could not help him
self. The hall light fell upon Mrs.
Derby's pale face and light hair
that had escaped the comb and she
looked like something ethereal.
The men stared ; at her without
speaking.
''What is it?" she asked in a
hoarse whisper. .-. fTell me at once.
Oh, Tom! Brine him to me." And
she stepped eat on the step to re
sign and now! Oh! what were all
her little, petty trials to this? 8he
felt rebuked and ashamed. It was
quiet upstairs 'now, and the men
came silently down the hall and
passed out without speaking. Mrs.
Derby rose to go after a few more,
werds of warm, loving sympathy,"
aud Mrs. Eldridge stilled her grief
and saitl :
"Good night, my friend. I thank
yon, as a woman, for your woman's
sympathy. You are the iirst one
to whom my secret has been bared
by me. When you see me again
forget all I havesaid. I will try to
live on as I have lived on, and oh,
Mrs. Derby! whatever trials you
may have in your life, thank God
for your loving, hojest, honorable
husband aud your little children;
and now, good night and a happy
Christmas."
w
'Well, you see, nothing has hap
pened so far; it is 'to-morrow,' and
we begin Christmas happily," said
Mr. Derby, a half-hour later, when
he returned home. "Why, what's
the matter?" he asked, as his wife's
tear-stained tace smiled up into his,
ju, inui ; i am so nappy; it is
the very hapoiest Christmas in the
" -nrl tl.n rtt
ICrtl JCI1
what the
comparison' meant. "What do
you mean, Doll?:' urged Mr. Derby,
iu surprise at his wife's ngira-
lio u.
And then she told hint all told
iiini of all the hard,' rebellious
thoughts, she had held in her heart,
of the wicked feeling of envy she
had harbored: how she had convet-
ed her neighbor's goods, and then
what, had been revealed to her.
"And I shall never feel that way
again, Tom,' said she, "no matter
what may come sickness or death
or any tbiusr. I have you, and
your love and honor and respect.
and we have the children. And
I see now how little we know of
other people's troubles; our own
may le hard to bear, but how
much worse may be our neighbor's!
I. for one. shall never break the
Tenth Commandment."-'
Next day. when a prettily dress
doll was sent in . to .little Dollie
Derby, with "Mrs. Eldridge"s love,''
Mrs. Derby looked at it with new
eyes. It was to her not only a toy,
but a symbol of the emptiness of
her neighbor's Christmas!
h Singular Death.
The State "Chronicle" of the
11th says: Mr. William Harp,
a nephew of Mr. N. S. Harp, of
this city, and a brther-iti-1aw of
Mr. M. A. Parker met his death
yesterday, afternoon in a singular
aud most unhappy way. He bad
been moving his household goods,
and was on the , wagon with the
last load. When the driver drove
on the railroad 'crossing the side
of Garner's station Mr. Harp fell
from the. wagon and was picked
the mada. .Ceatarea tih fiP-
tiou to-day, to a 5 reporter ns ioi
lows : ' i ' -
The world nevtr. witnessed au
exDosition 4 of -Li:":,tltude of
tbig'Tberw tra u-ii x-icninery.
moreiirt cittcXsStV and
more exJuTOGtDB tatanu re-
souroM$rfLACr?C 1 than t the
work taje-J xrmt ,pe
time. Trt Tsiwiai vof
material fmJn rfamedfo jae
KxposipOivJUi n!?9 t'uwif ffs are
not yet half fc;;?d;tfc&;:5una
carloads of freight are on wheem
or in TeselSjandJ-w ahaHonea
with more 4m position- baa has
ever be4m' seeji-4a fti exposition
beretolbn; -lAsxo fcialrxkiblt8
go to tb - feonkuftt 4r3iaatfon tor
spaoa bwi)90yfltfBrit-ishe-
j FriWbjgeam, rfrnwia.
Austrian, Jtiaa ght
nese, Japseniase, Central
America 'and Maxieaaxhrbita,
covering X60,00p,ar .feet of
space, unr 'uour space atwui
2Ji0O.00O nonare feet, and we shall
not be. able, to allat.tSDaoe ifor a
week, beoiweislpie grpund jiBnor
ami the iral eries araaoll to ove
flowing. V' shaUfMUl baddiog
400 feetlong the wain building
and have it flnlshedbrthe 16th,
althoiish not a post up: As to
.Jie exienditure and management
defy critleiflii.e penny
has ,en expendedj witaeot aa ap-
propriaUoa. by the aaardy a close
scrutiny by tke ,cHnnitttM r-aad
over my: cnicAte,tad, every
voucher to the Jaat sUistubneja
of the loan . has been , .examed
and found correct, prir.w his
passed leyond the perioof critU
r-ism and will go to countfy
lefore Chmtmas, 'and we shall
have every bailnff finished and
;..0o0 horRVpier in motion."
On Decemlier 24, 1TH4, there met
in Baltimore the first General Con
ferenoe of the Methodist Episcopal.
Church in the United States, which
from he seaou when it met ba
been commonly known as the
"CbristniaH Conference." It was
a time fraught with weighty in
to the adherents of the
Annie. The
the young Scotch gallants weK i.;.i
at her feet iu seines, but hersw.
est smile was for Andrew, bontu
. I 1 1 A v
mucivie ami true, ami ner eves
danced wjtu pleasure whenever he
attended her.
There seemed to be no reason
why the two young eople should
not wed in time, but after Andrew
became the acknowledged lover of
Annie, and the years liegan to step
by, the old folks fell to shaking
their-heads ominously, and put
their fingers in the pic. Both were
poor, but both were young and
handsome, and their love was
strong. So the objections of the
old folks did not worn them or
cool the ardor of their affection.
"Yon cauna wed the vonng lass.
Andrew, lad," his fat her said, "for
ye be that poor mon. that ye carina
much more na keep ver sel."
I'm a muckle lad. father." .-An
drew replied, "and I'll . ble ine
time.'
Aud so he did. wr live long.
years he faithfully did pay court to
prettv Annie n tne on: . country
style, and sc was ,true to him.
Success in business did not attend
him. f? is always the case with
those on whom tair lipid smiles.
Some of Annie's old suitors pros
pered md grew well to do, and she
was told that she ws a foolish lass
to war; for poor Andrew Williams
wnen.weaitn eoum oe nau tor a
nod. i
"If. ye be true to me. Andy," she
said.fl will bide the day-prosperity
knocks at your door."
Five years is a long time for
young people t o struggle against
adversity in love matters. At the
end of this time Andrew found he
could not ciuu enough in bonnie
Scotland to 'support a wife, and
determined to seen his fortune in
America, the country lie had heard
such wonderful stories about. So,
after a tearful farewell, and" prom
ises to write, and one day return
and claim her as his bonuio Initio,
Andrew left his sweetheart autl set
sail for New York.
He arrived at Castle Garden .1
years ago, and having a little mon
ey with him, at once started for
the far West, settling in Hazelton,
Buchanan eouuty, Iowa. He took
to . farming, prospered and grew
rich, and is now one of the largest
land owners in that section of the
countrv.
While her lover was toiling iu
America Annie took service in a
large dressmaking establishment i
her native town, and watched and
waited as the years rolled by. Her
friends called her foolish for being
trne to Iier lover, and many told
her that he would never retnrn,
and she need not expect to see him
again. Her courage never failed
her, though the rosy flush on her
cheek faded and the lustre of her
blue eyes grew dim.
Not.long ago a letter post maik
ed America was received in the
citv of Aberdeen by the sweet lit
tle lass in dressmaking establish- ! j '
ment, and rheu she had finished!
reading its contents her employer 53 Mil Ql 41 iCflS-Eflf 1 GtOrJlt
A Suicide Ii Greene.
The Snow ITill "Telegraph" re-
cords that Mr. Harry Carraway,
who lives on the .Tas, F. Jones
I lantation in Greene, committed
i suicide on Friday iiirbt two
weeks ago. -The circumstances
are as follows; - We learn that he
hatl leen to GokUbpr o on that
day io seJlaonie cotton, od while
there bad gotten, tight an.bpqght
him a bull dog pistol, and when he
came home , he , .had .shot it oft in
the yard, and after going in the
house be began to snap the pistol
iu the fireplace, when a Mrs. Ves-
ter, who was there asked him to
desist from it, for -if the pistol
fired it would J'rixlM'ec ehikl,
when Mr. CarrawjjDia6djtha pis
tol to bis bead jBnMaidiffmppse
it woqld jigpioji; Whk weold
be the
ie , cqufieqnepcetyTh. pistol
was r instantaaeonsiy risenarjjed,
making a large, hob) lit tne .back
of his head, a Tittle to one ' side,
just alove htn rlgbr ear, from the
effects of-which - wounds he died
He has, a. wife bnt, aoebUdtttn, and
a mother , and , severa brothers.
Mr. Carraway, wheti' sober, waa
a quiets orderly and industrious
man.
Utile niiyunnnrr -. v uin iu iur
newly created Republic. Wesley,
tneir great and peerless leader in
England, after years ot opposition
and persecution on the part of the
Anglican Church, had t last de
cided, to take the audacious but
losrieaf stand which made Metho
dism as a separate orgauiration
possible. "I firmly belier,' said
he, that I am as Scriptural pjro-
pwt an much as any man In Eng
land: for the uninterrupted sue-
reaaion 1 i , knew i to vhe a fable,
which no man ever did or can
piove.''. And so on September 10,
1734,. ho wrote the ever-memora-
We document brought to Americ;i
by. Dr. Coke, and under -the au
thority of which Dr. Coke ordained
Francis Asbnry a bishop iu the
Methodist Society;
A nuridred years have passed
away -since tnen, and a Centen,
nlal -iDonferenoa baa met in the
aame city of Baltimore, leginning
on December 9, but how different
tha eoudition of the tHxly which
it represents! When Anbury, the
first of the line of Methodist bisli
ops in this country, was ordained
on December 27, 174, the little
Church bad about eighty minis
ters and not more ' t ban 1 5,000
members altogether. The Centen
nial Conference which is to meet
this week . will represent a great
army of 25,000 devoted aud stirv
ceasfid .ministers ami fully 3,8f,0,.
000 communicants, exclusive of
other imjiortant branches of Meth- -odlsm
not participating. In what
ever way it is looked at this
growth is almost marvelous. And
it mast be remembered that it has '
been a legitimate growth, neither
stimulated by adventitious circum
stances nor ' fed by foreign immi
gration. MethodtsnrThas fought
its great battle in this country
with no odds in its favor and with
no prestige to help it. It had no
smooth message for the hardy set
tlers or the hast or the rude pio
neer of the Went, but, on the other
hand, for most of them a- message
of doom and judgment unless thev
speedily refuted. It bad at first
none of the aids which .veutth ami
learning can give; even its history
was reooieni 01 the lowest purlieus
of Londonand its name was taut
ened nHn it by its enemies as a
term of reproach.
But 111 spite of all drawbacks it
increased mightily, because it so
fully satisfied the heart hunger of
the iieople .to whom it came. It
had a vital and unqnenchable faith
in the truth and power of its Gos
pel, in the .excellence and com-
ideteness of its ecclesiastical ma
chinery, nnd in th Hnlrubilir r .if
men s soul. Methodism as a his
torical fact was the legitimate and
necessary reaction from t he relig-
l r ,...... .. . 1 .1, .1.... . ... .
lull ni,iitii nuu tiiiatuirKN ill 1 lie
Church of Englaml In the eigh-:
teenth century. Wesley and
Wltttefield, Coke and Anbury,
were the historical but not the
spiritual children of the fox-hunt-
Major Rotblns Ana The Collectorship.
Ex Congressman Bobbins, of
Statesville, has been ' frequently
mentioned in connection 'with the
Revenue Collectorship -of bis dis
trict. JJeing interviewed .concern
ing it he .said: , "I suspect Ike
Younc 8tartet' that. It, sounds
like one of bis good-hnrhored roor
backs, and I'm glad defeat hasn't
deadened his inveutive lacnltics.
Wouldn't it be a ricb,:Sbjf.ht--'Bob
ance and myself aspiring to boss
the still houses! some good dem
ocrat will have to fill the collector
ship: but as for myself- rather
accept that -or any other
in the revenue service, I'd
'possums for a livelihood.
1 long for is to see - the
hateful system . speedily
sky , bieb-rnor . down the
way would .do as well : and
I guess mv old friend Bob is of
the same mind."
than
place
bant
What
whole
blown
other
had a vacancv to nil. I he letter !
contained a C.'o note anil these
simple words :
"Come to me. Will meet yon in
New York. Have lieen prosper-
Last Monday one of the Gnion
line ot steamers steamed np to her
dock, having anions her passengers
Annie Patterson, the Scotch lassie.
Firmer life It.
That there is a Held for yonng
and. energetic tanners w clearly
demonstrated by what a Blil
ledgeville farmer baa , done, i Mr.
Sol. Banett, as be, stood pointing
proudly to fifty-three bales of good
enow white tour hundred aad , fiffy
pounds to the bale of , cotton, re
marked, ui made those on forty -one
now y vears old.' She was alone,
and had come all the way trom ; acress."
Scotland, after waiting all these. "How did you do it?"
vears, to meet her lover and t i "I iKKight the land three years ago,
"married. Truly her faith was and made the first year T twenty
strong. 'bales on the forty-one-, acres. The
On the dock, eager ami anxious, ! second year I pnt it in oata, and
strainine his eves to catch a made sixteen hundred bushels, af-
siimnse of the fair face and form 1 ter which I sowed the land in peas.
he knew so well, stood Andrew i
'Williams. They caught sight of?
nn lif.-nl lliv i-p k was broken :
but it is not certain whether the each other at the same moment,
fall was the cause or the result of and their meeting was indeed a
his death. The first supposition happy one, and brought tear to
was that the fall killed him ; but j the eyes of those pasencers who;
it is now conjectured that he mav i witnessed it aud knew their secret,
have died sudden Ir or a disease of Preparations were at once raa.ie
the heart before he fell. for, the marriage at the Miners i
' Arms riotel. wheie Andiew wasj
ball
Tha lMUiorh "rmur uml M Utonnin?. The mamaire ball was
tiin ir iiiii r..i- ! nl iooH in routines, ami amid a
..rihin sitate has n.iri i inrerA comnanv of English friends, birs and seventi-fife, cent,,jmnar
the nappy pair wri r uimcii ai ru , (wumio DHiui. t 4sw ;
Tuesday night. A general jollifi-' eleven dollars land trty-three
rntlnvMl and Mr: Hamilton. 1 cents. makihlT A totj of eleve
1,01 itru w v --t I ' '
tha ninritnr of the hotel, was the dollars and eight cento an acre. T
4.f" i-r . - - .
Iu the fall I turned tbem under.
In the spring I laid it on" in rows
four feet, opened farrows and put
in two thousand pounds of compost
and one bundred,.ponds soper
phospatr pi acre, mixed it well on
the land and laid it out level. My
formula is twbnadred - pounds
stable mannray tvojiandred pounds
kainit, two Jbtwdred pouBds acid
phosphate, par hundred ponadi
cotton seed meat, costips nt d'
$200 from the HJentury Magazine"
for an article on the battle of Chie
a manga, and has been engaged tp
wiite on two other battles.
bc parsons 1 or the eeneration be
fore tbem. It was good for the
world and good for religion that
Methodism thus arose as a spirit
ual force in Christianity. With
its high standard of personal piet.f
with its abiding sense of man'
personal responsibility, with iu
lotty ideal or divine holiness,
with its restless enthusiasm, with
its nntiring missionary zeal, with
its knowledge of the needs and ca
pacities of the common (eople,
and, it may be added, with its re
ligious bonhomie and sunny views
of, life, it soon became lioth in
England and, America one of the
greatest religious agencies of'mod.
era times. ,
Nor is the work of Methodism to
be measured only by the results in
its own communion, great and im
portant as these undoubtedly are.
Methodism as a religions system
has reacted for good upon other,
bodies of Christians, even upon
th venerable and rp.Knctl
Church which is now free to con
fess that it has erred iu treating
so harshly the greatest religions
leader since the days of Lather,
and thus forcing him to take
Methodism' out OI" the Church.
The reforms which, Methodism ad
vocted and the fervid gospel
which is preached soon leaveued
the whole lamp of modern Chris
tianity; and even .- the great Ox
ford movement within the An
glican Chnrcb which -began in
1832 is in a certain ' sense the le
gitimate outcome of the marvel-
Inn.q ralipinua revival nreachfel Kr
Wesley. X. Y. "Tribnne."
nr.. j. II. I. ..It. nu n..
Of all the 'letters received bv
Presidentelect. Cleveland since
November 4th, we bear that none
of them took him more by surprise
than one from "Boss' Keagaji, of
Wadesboro. Mr. Reagan address
ed a letter to Mr. Cleve'and last
week, in which be said: "1 have
always Iteen a good democrat, and
was a Confederate son her, but I
do not want office. My first bal
lot was cast for Buchanan and the
last for you ; and as I see by the
papers that you wear the .ante
number of hat as 1 do, and sup
posing that yon will get a new one
to tie inaugurate! in. i worn a tie
mnch obliged to yon . for yortr old
one." Mr. Reagan has not receiv
ed an answer to hi letter as yet,
but. is confidently expecting the
President's old bat, which he sayo
"I will always keep aud then band
it down to my children."