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The. Wilson Advance. OW 13 THE TIMS TO SUBSCRIBE FOR' JOI1 1VOBU- t " Wilson Advance ErjreTcrscEzrrs J OLET ALL THE E.1DS THOU AIM'ST AT, BE TI1Y COUJfTBT'8, TIIT GOD'I, AND TRUTHS '.-'70B-18 89J . WILSON, NORTH CAROLINA, JAN. 24, 1889. VOLUME 18. NUMBER 51 I A It I if A I T i BILL ARP'S LETTER TiiH OLJk PHILOSOPHER FOR THE CHILDREN. v ma me Htm Ones an Interesting Letter Thin Week. f : Rnhool bis begun again, and t mv titaa has come to worry with' the children and help I theva with their leg son. They ihave a hard time, they think f but there is rltrht' smart bilari (ty mixed up with it, and eo we get along. It is splendid fun to and expand, and s'iddenly awake to things that are'so easy and eimple to us. I was hearing' them spell and define la-t night, and had to hand the hook back twice before they had their lesson perfect and un derstood the- definitions, for eoice of the definitions need as much defining as the words. ''Jessie, spelleellips and define it" Rim .aoelled it ritfht, and said it was "an oval figure." What is that l" saia l. "i don't believe I know" said she and sol told her it was a fUure ehaped like an egg, but just alike at" both ends, and an egg was larger at one end than at the other. "Oh, I know," said she "and ellipse is a , rooster egg; that is a long egg shaped alike at both ends: Old Aunt Susan told me they were rooster eggs, and always hatch ed nut roosters an ellipse is a rooster egg." Carl gallops along and gets things awfullv inixad. Tasked him to spell jaundice "john dice a yellow skin mulatto.1" "Caricature." Jessie." She spelled it right, and said it was a funny picture cf a cat. "Carl, spell croup." "Croup a disease of the throat or the rump." I tried him on demagogue, and he-said it was a ringmaster in a circus. "A ringleader of the rabble," siad I. Well, I thought that a rabble was a circus," said he. Troche is a medicated lozenge and they thought it was some curious animal, like a baboon or a lizzard. We all remember how the hard words staggered us, and how consequential we felt when we mastered them. Big boys are; too I'ond of making fun of the, little boys. Sophomores make SDort of the freshmen at college, and juniors make sport of the sophomores. 1 he sen iors are not so bad about that, for they are just beeinning to find out that they don't know much themselves, but as a gen eral thing sophomores and juniors are the most stucK up fools on earth. The more knowledge a man acquires the more humble he is. The other day I overheard some little chaps giving to each other the v,ery same riddles that charmed me when I was a boy "House full and yard full but can't cakch a bowl full." "Round as a riddle and deep taacup and all King George's horses can't pull it up." "Big at the bottom and little at the top, the thing in'.the middlejgoe3 flippity flop." I believe.that people never get so old 'A3 to have a contempt for riddles. A riddle is a challenge to the mind a dare and no - one likes to give it up- without an effort to solve it. mere is but one riddle in the Bible ttiat I remember, and that was oamson's though Josephns says that the queen of Sheba and Hiram, king of Tyre, plied him ' with many riddles and he solv ed them all. Not long ago we had a pleas ant gathering of children and friends at our house and the sumptuous repast seemed to brighten up the wits of the older ones, and we soon found that two of the preachers were the ringleaders of the party. n For a time they were pitted against each other in throwing corruscations, and they made the fire' fly to our edification and amusement. I recalled some'of their riddles and will pen them for the young folfcs to ponder: ine scriptures tell us of one who never spoke but once and thea had only one to hear him. Who was he? who had a very extraordinary cow. Her milk got richer and richer, as the cow grew older, and at last the whole cow turn ed to butter. r That reminds me, ! said the other, of my grandmother's cow. She never had a calf and was milked right straight along for seventeen years. I But she came from that same kind of stock her mother never had a calf. What makes the engineer on the East and West road wear red suspenders? 1 Then I thought I pould put in my mouth, and I asked the preachers how did J a ground squirrel dig his hole in the ground withont leaving any dirt around the top. They g ive it up and said "hebegins at the bottom." "But how; does he get there," said both: of them at once. "Oh that's your rid dle," said I,"and I give it up, for I don't know," and that got the laugh on them. Now I will gie the' answers in order, but the children must not look at them until they guess a while: . Balaams as9. Ilis equal. Adam. Eve. Chapter 1 and Genesis. King Jaries on the dedication. When ' the dove brought the 'green f back' to Noah. The man started with twenty 'sick' sheepof course only nineteea got there. The man who won the wager ki'ied one hundred and woii' making one hundred, and ninety uiue, all cold, . ! Because the cat-tlej eat it. The cow turned to but her. To keep up their pants. One asked who was the short est man named in the Script ures and the' other ansTered Miah he was only knee high Nehemiah but the . other eaid yo l are mistaken: It was Bildad he was only shoe height. .' Then the children; called on me for a story and promised to be right I still uutil I got through. So I began: One time there was- a ' man who was condemned to death by the king, and his j head was to be cut off next day. '"; tie asked the King to lei mm tell nim a ptory before he died, and the king said "yes." So-; he began his story and said: Once upon a time there was a great cl)ud of grasshoppers that no man could number, and they dark ened the air so that the sun .could not shine and they eat up every green thin in all the land, and finally came to a great barn that had a million bushels of corn in it, and the barn had no doors nor windows but there was one little, small hole in a plank that was just large enough for a single grass- again she refused to go and sent him word the time was out the tlousand days had passed. The king was very angry at first, but the laws of the Medes and Persians never change and so the princess went free and married the man she loved. There are two kinds of sto ries for children. The improb able or supernatural are one kind such as the Arabian Knights and Old Deacon Days and Hans Anderson and Baron Munchausen and Jules Verne. The other kind are storiet that are probable or possible and are ratner true or migui ue true they are generally found ed on fact, there is no harm in -either kind if tnere is a good moral behind the story if virtue is rewarded and vice is punishe.d. 1 have been read ing the Young Marooners again to the children and I enjoyed it myself more than I did years ago when it was first published. It has recently come out in a new dress, and is beautifully illustrated, and I think it is the best story book that has been written since Defoe wrote Rob inson Crusoe. I am proud of it as & southern book. I know Frank Goulding, the author, and loved him for he was a lovable man, and I went to school with his brother. The South has not much literature but what she ha3 is first class and founded on pure morality. Bill, Arp. THE LEGISLATURE. B House Branch Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds- WHAT OUR REPRESENTA TIVES ARK ftOING. A Summary of Tlte Work of Tht General Assembly How in tie sion at Raleigh. Profit in Rearing Horses. Horses have always been the most profitable farm stock. The increase in railroads in stead of reducing the demand for horse labor has always increased it, and as the trafiic and the exigencies and wastes of war increase the demand for horses keeps pace with them or run3 ahead of them. It is so just now. The threatening condition of European politics has lead to a large demand for horses in America, and the value of horses stock has risen eonaiderablv during the last three or four months and prom ies to rise still futher. Farm ers should take advantage of this favorable opportunity for increasing their stock ofhorses. Aa comrmred with beef cattle the profits are fourfold. A three year old steer weighing 1200 costs as much a two-year-old colt. The one is worth $30, the other Is worth from $100 to $150 as it mav be bred and reared. It costs but a trifle more to breed and rear a colt worth 150 than one worth $100, hence it is ad visable to secure the service of the best eire that can be pro- hopper to get in, and so one uurf.u- .x"" ia 7" ' FkV - Iteration just now as the season grasshopper went in and got f"" .; n . th-k another grain of corn, and another I grasshopper went in and got another grain of c.rn, and another grasshopper went in and got a grain of corn, md another- grasshopper went in and got another grain of cum, and another grasshopper went in and got another grain of orn, and-r " "Oh, please stop it," said the children. "Can't you skip one?" Oh no, said I, I mu3t get all that corn out of there; and another grasshopper went in and got another grain of corn, and another grasshop per went in' and got another graiu of corn, and- "Stop it; stop it; stop it; you; are through that will do; we doin't want to htf&r any more of j that," aid the children. 'That is just what the king said to the nan, but he held the king to his promise, and the kiug had to pardon him to get rid of the grasshoppers, for Jj would Lave taken a hundred years to have emptied the barn." . And that is the way the Ara bian Nights come.to be written. The king's son wag in love with a beautiful princess, and want ed to marry her, biit she loved another young man and refused to marry the king's son. This made the king. i very angrv, and he ordered her to be put to death. She was a very smart woman, and the best stoy-tell-er in all the kingdom of Persia, and bo she asked the king to let her tell him onje story before she died, and he said yes she might tell him ome that night, aud she must die next day. So she dressed herself in her most beautiful appearal and went in to the king's parljr and reclin- is coming on, and while think ing over it let us add one more remark, viz: that while a good sire is desirable a sound dam free from faults and blemishes is equally so: for diseases, un soundness and even blamishes are inherited and will almost certainly reappear in the colt Exchange. . A farmer near Athens, Ga., began farming having one horse, and that a mare. When she was 28 years old she still work ed, but she then assisted by her five col ta that had grown to horsehood. . Improving a Proverb-; "I've always admired pro verbs, my dear," Mr. Dusenbery said, as he rubbed his chin in a contemplative way. "They are chock full of insignificance They are laconic and logical Now, for . instance, there is the saying, 'Straws show which way the wind blows.' WThat could more tersely " m "Yes," interrupted Mrs.' Dus enbery, with a twinkle in her starboard eye "If you'd sift the ashes every morning, in stead of Jetting me sift them you'd know more about the direction of the wind than all the straws in creation would show you." Tuesday, JanuarylSth. SENATE. Resolutions introduced: Instructing the keeper of the Capitol to hoist the national flag on the capitol daring the session, authorizing the par ;hase' of a new chair for the President of the Senate. . Bills introduced; To extend the jurisdiction of Justices of the Peace in granting ba:l in criminal actions; for the re lief of Sheriff McNeil, of Wilkes county, to allow the commissioners of Watanga county to levy special taxen, to amend the road laws of the State. The bill changing the name of New Garden Boarding School to Gail lord College, passed its several readings. A bill to allow Richmond county to . issue bonds for a new court house, passed second reading, ayes 37, uays none. Joint resolution to purchase a new chair lor the Pres dent of the Senate, passed its several readings. lbe lreside.it announced the following committee on Railroad Commission: .Payne, Chairman, Pogb, Means, Iieid and Thomas. The bill changing the term or Superior Court of.Henderson coun ty trom three to two weeks, passed its several readings. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Mr. Borco, of Pasqnotank, in be half of the Farmers' Alliance, pre sented a petition to have the Jnne term of Pasquotank court abolished and Mr. Hot! man, of Burke, a peti tion to forbid the manufacture and sale of spirituous liquors within two miles of Abees Chapel Baptist church. Resolutions introduced: Mr. Doughton Introduced a reso lution to raise a joint commit' ee on Governors Mansion- This ele phant is moving early, how fast he may go no one can tell. Mr. Alexander lutroduced a res olution requesting the Secretary of titate to furnish copies of the land' lord and tenant law. Bills introduced: Mr. Carter, a bill relating to the service ot process in cases where insane persons are parties. Mr. Long, of Mecklenberg, a bill relating to the board of health of Charlotte. Mr. Pearson, of Harnet. a bill to requite the teaching of radiments of the science of agriculture in the public schools, the bill gives no directions as to how this is to be taught or what special methods are to be used, all matters of details are lelt f be prescribed by the Super intended ot rublic Instruction Mr. Bridgers, col., a bill to allow the people to elect their own offi cers. Mr. SuttoD, a bill for the relief of sheriffs and tax collectors and their legal representatives. Mr. Masten, Dr. York's success or, a bin. lor tne benentoitbe wounded Confederate soldiers of the State, and in the interest of economv. Mr. Pearson a bill in reference to ginning and weighing cotton in Ilarnett county. Mr. Chadwick a bill relative to Sunday fishing, Mr. Marsh, of Union, a bill to prohibit the sale of liquor within three miles of the Baptist church at Beaver in Union county. Mr. Blue a bill validated the erectiou of Deep River township, Moore county. Mr McGill, a bill lor the benefit of ueedy Confederate soldiers. Clifton, Buncom, Murpby, Daolap, Grant. House Branch Committee on Election of Justices of the Peace Newland, King, Taylor, Johnson of Pender, Bass. Mr Amis was added to the Com mittee on Railroads, Post Roads and Turnpikes, Mr Bell to the committee on Propositions and Grievances, and Mr Johnson, of Pender, to the committee on Deaf, Dumb and Blind. Wednesday, January 16th. SENATE. A resolution of inquiry as to the seat of J J Godwin waa introduced. Bills introduced: To establish a free ferry over the Cape Fear and Brunswick rivers at and near Wilmington; To change the name of the Chowan & Southern Railroad, to the Norfolk & Carolina Railroad, to amend the charter of the town of Burgaw. The following bills and resolu tions were disposed of: To regulate fees of solicitors in Capitol cases, recommitted, con cerning the abolition of two terms of the Supreme Court iu March and September, recommitted, resolu tion concerning the raising of the National flag on the Capitol. A motion to substitute the flags of North Carolina was adopted and the resolution referred to the com. miitee on Federal Relations, reso lution instructing onr Senators and members of Congress to use efforts to have State banks established for the issuance of bills ot credit, pass ed its several readings, bill for the relief of the Sheriff of Northampton county, and other purp&ses, paaced its eeveral readings, bill authoriz ing Commissioners of Richmond ceunty to levy a special tax to build a court honse. Passed, ayes, 50, nay8,'0, resolution to inquire into tne claims of J J Godwin, of Halifax to a seat in the Senate, passed, bill changing the name of Chowan & Southern Railroad to Norfolk & Carolina Road, passed HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Petitions introduced. From the people of Rowan conn ty, praying for the repeal of the merchants' purchase tax; trom tie people of Washington, asking tor a local option election, from Pender county, for the formation of a new township to be named Grady. The Committee on Finance made a favorable report on a bill to ex tend the time for the settlement of the State debt. Bills introduced: To allow Beaufort county to levy a special tax, to forbid a justice of the peace lrom trying a cause in which he had issued a sunrrous, to authorize the Tunis & Serial Rail road Company to hold and convey lands, (by Mr Johnson) to create a township in Pender county, to be named Grady, to enlarge the juris diction of magistrates. A bill was passed to make four feet the legal height of fences in Cumberland county, as was also a bill to relieve grand juries from coming into court in a body, except in certain cases The House quickly tabled a bill to repeal the law against, carrying eopcealed weapons. jNortnampton county is in a sin gular condition. There is no sher iff ond there has been, it was stated to the House no collection of taxes, A bill was presented, which it was stated had received the approval of Chief Justice Smith, allowing the cooniy commissioners to ap point a special tax collector for cotton in Harnett county: H. B. 94 relating to the saleofliqoors; H. B. 53, to prevent bog cholera among swine, II. B. 149 relating to auc tioneers favorably n.B. 88,referre4 to joint select committee on Gov. ernorg Mansion. Report of Btanding Committees: Mr. Hood, from the committee on propositions and grievance, U. B. 41, relating to fences and stock; II. B. 33, relating to the stock law; H B. 118, relating to the impoundiug of stock, unfavorably , II. B. 36, relating to the atock law; a substitute offered for the several bills of this . nature wa placed upon the calendar. Mr. Hola: n, from the committee one finai..;-,. reported 1L B. 164, embodying request to Congress; II. B. 156, aothorixing the com mis. I sioners of Burke county to levy a special tax; u. u. 43, authorizing the commissioners of Jackson to levy a special tax: H. B. 170. relat ing to pur chaee of a chair for the Speaker of the Senate favorablv. II. B. 163, allowing the coantr ct IredfU to refund outstanding rail road bonds favorably. Mr. Phillips, from. the committ on agriculture and mining, reported II. B. 77. relating to the mttnn weigher of Rowan county: II. B. 7. i elating to diseases among stock as amended favorably. air. Stephens, from the committee on cities and towns; U. B. 67 incor porating Hot Springs Co; H. B. '). amepding electing laws of the State in regard to reslstr&tinn unfavorably; II. B. 131, changing t he Dame of Cleveland county ; U. B. 30. filling vacancien n mnntr VAGABOND JACK. THE LIFE, OF THE WAY WARD LO VEIL. A Ftorff of a "ShifllfM. Xf'er do Well" neauUfuUy Related. each township, one for the county at targe and one for the collection of State taxes. Thursday January 17th SENATE. The Senate met pursuant to ad journment. The journal of yester day was read and approved. Awaiting the hour for the man gural ceremonies the following business was transacted: Bills introduced: Mr Aycock to amend Sec. 737 of LGDa mtW 8Pec,al- charge of criminal defendants in i fflcea' U. B. 145. relating to Deep River tewnship, Moore county; H. B. 74, allowing the commissioners i( Henderson countv tn un the, county jail favorably; U. B. 134, i llowmg the people to elect their own officers unlavorably. air. Mccubblns, from the com mittee on banks and banking, re ported U. B. 120, amending the charter of the Fidelity and Trnai Company of Durham favorably. Dins iniroaucetf Mr. McCubbins? Relating to a Graded School in ''e town of Salisbury. Calends.. Mr. Newland: Amending the charter of the Caldwell & Watauga idtq pise co. Koada. Mr. Cooper: ' In relating to a private land grant. Propositions and grievnacs. Mr. Sutton: To dtGue folorv ' Judiciary. Mr. Blanton: Relating to the practice of dantistry. Finance. Mr. Unssey: An amendment to the Code relating to the shooting of birds. Uisli interests. The calendar was then taken op and dipoM of ae follows: - II. Ii. G5, incorporating . the town of Kay month, in v Bunoombec coanty, passed its final reading. Mr. uomeld requested that S. B 73 be taken from the calendar and placed ujon its passage. It relates to changing the name of the Chow an & . it. It. it. uo. to the Not folk & Carolina R. R, Co. It passed Its linal reading. , H. B. 41, incorporating the State Bank of Commerce, of Henderson, N. U., passed its final reading. II. B. 44. authorizing the Com missioners of Shelby to levy a tax (issuing bonds to the amount of 110,000,) to purchase an equip ment for a fire department. Passed' U. B. 45, allowing county survey ors to take probate of deeds and other paper Tabled. U. B. 73, authorizing the Board of Commissioners of Caldwell coan ty to levy a special tax to kaep in repair the stock law fence- Calcn- Tbln Story wmf Urun Jtauarr Srd. "On my ou), I speak exactly as I think. I BtmVt ear a bit, nc-r, although your convirion dates from to-morrow, for instance.' "And yon, Lise V said Jack, who still besituted. "MePnaid Lise, I wish what you wish, yon know iat very well. Jack. And since ' m . father has nothing to say againn it -n "Very well ; that's settled. I'll go and fire this 'last shot; and Heaven grant thai none of us may have cause to regret it V 'Amen !'' said Father Martin, by way or finish to the matters. "And now take off a good btifl glass and away with you." Jack set off a vague feeling of uneasiness weighing on bis heart. He weut on tbU last expedition w itbout relihb, without ardour, with something like regret. As he marched eilently on a preaentimeot that would not be shaken off seemed to pull him back. When parsing Chnstol'a farmhouse, be stopped and shut up Mai ipso, who would only be a hindrance to him in the espero. As if fbe brave animal bad scented the danger of his master, Jack had all the di fa culty in the world in getting him to obey, and it is certa-n that Mar ipan Lad never be for- obown ancb anxiety to be allowed to remain by bis master's side. JaV full of his own thonghts, did no understand the sigoficant growht, (.he mournful and melancholy howls, of his dog ; he paid uj attentiou lo his looks so full nf meaning, bute strode on bin way to tb Lenzier . The eolitude of toe Urge plateau was complete, as lar as tue eye could reach no bumau being wa visible ; only the hecp of Fifteen Ounces grazing at the foot ot the Black Rocks disturbed the silence with the sharp tinkle of their bell. Satisfied with this neliminaty in spection, Jack approached a large carin situated at a kind of ill marked crossing where several scarcely distinguishable paths met; and raising a large stone carefully noted the position cf three small pebbles evidently arranged in dar The House then adjourned. Ex-Governcr real. What has the Creator never ed on a sofa and began the story men- seen and can't. see, but man sees every day? vvno died before be was born? ty bo became a wife before she was ten years old? Who was the first boy and who waa the first girl named in the Bible. Who is the first king named beautiful Where is money first tinned? , j Tben they branched off in all sorts of perplexities. One said "A man started to town with twenty-six sheep and one died on ine way now many got tner6? . I m .11 m I line oiner saia: xwo men made a . wager as to which could kill the most birds. One killed ninety-nine, the other killed an hundred and one, ilow many did they both kill ? Why is a rat like a bale of 0 iiay7 viie eaia: i Knew a woman of Aliadin and Ma wonderful lamp. She told about half of it and stopped at a very inter esting part, and jsaid she was sick and could tell no more. So the king ga7e her another night to finish it.! He became more and more "a interested in her charming manners and language, and after she had finished Aliadin, he asked her to come again the next night, and ; tell another. And so she continued night af ter night and made up new stories 1 every day and told about Alibaba and the Forty Thieves and Sinbad, the sailor, and the hunchback and ever so many more. Now there was a law in Persia that said if any one was condemned to death and was not '.executed ror a Ruined. A bankrupt merchant return ing home one night said to his noble wife, "My dear, I am ruined: every thing we have is in the hands of the Sheriff." After a few moments of sil ence, the wife looked calmly into his face and said: " Will the Sheriff sell you? Oh no. Will the Sheriff sell me Oh no. Will the Sheriff sell all the children? Oh no. Then do not say that we have lost everything. All that is most valuable remains to us. man hood, womanhood, and child hood. We have lost but the results of our skill and indust ry. Yv e can make another fort une, if our hearts and hands are left us." Make Money By It Mr. John Wanamaker says "I spend $5,000 a week in ad vertising and pay a skillful man, a former newspaper editor and a good one, $1,000 a month to do it for me. I make money thousand davs Ba or she should by it. Advertising is the lev have a mrdon aiid cro free. Biit erags with which my store has the king bad ieeji so interested been raised up." The most he did not keen count and so I successful merchants are those when he sent for the princaus 1 who advertise. venire men Mr Yaucey a hill to amend the 5ivorcelaw. Mr Coffield two bills to regulate assignments. These hills declare tuai no debtor shall make an as sign men t of his property whereby he prefers one class of bis creditors above another class. Mr Walser a bill to change the spelling of Cleveland county Mr therry a bill to compel butchers and hucksters to keep registers. Mr Reagan a bill relating to the fees for the registration of crop liens. Mr Fugh a bill relating to sales made by executors and admlnis trators. Mr Unssey a bill relating to con victs, wnich provides tnat no per son under the age of sixteen years shall ce imprisoned in the peniten tiary Mr Starbuck's resolution request ing our Representatives in Cougres to use their enorts to secure an en tire repeal ot tne internal revenue. was unanimously adopted Mr Lawson's bill amending Bee tion 2658, and repealing section 819 of the . Code, was laid on the table, The same fate overtook Mr Crisp' bill to require the .President of the Senate and the Speaker of the Honse to appoint the committee on Privileges aud Elections within three days after organization, and Mr Walser's bill concerning the qualification of voters. At 12 m., the Senate came into the House, and witnessed the can vass of the vote cast for State offi cers. Lieutenant Governor Stedman called the joint assembly to order, and the returns were opened by the Speaker of the Honse, and an nounced the vote, and declared D. G Fowle and his associates on the State ticket duly elected to ' the different offices for which .they were candidates. The following committees were announced by the Speaker: Mili tary Affairs Anthonv. Miller. New. I land, McGill, Cherry, Hood, Amis. Library Kellogg, DeFord, Bell, certain cases. Mr Barber, by request, a bill to aid the Guilford Battle Ground Company. Mr -Rice to amend Chap. 21, laws of '8 in relation to killing deer. Mr LeGrand a bill to punish a resistant of a public officer. Mr Thomas a bill to amend Sec. 1, Chap. 43, Laws '87 in relation to Lexington Female Seminary. Mr Campbell petition from citi zens of Columbus county in rela tion to the purchase tax Mr Bennett bill to authorize the Mayor and Commissioners of the town of South fort to dispose of certain lots. MrEmry, bill to amend Chap. SI Laws of '87, regulating sale of seed cotton. Mr Rice bill to amend Sec. 2840 of the Code, in relation to killing wildfowl. All of which were re ferred to appropriate committees HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Honse proceedings opened at 10 o'clo-'-k, journal of Wednesday read and approved. Petitions and memorials intro duced. Mr Blanton from citizens of Old Fort, relating to the repeal of the purchase tax. Propositions and grievances. Mr Sutton, from Beaver Dam towhship, for "the relief of Mrs. E R Fisher. Propositions and griev ances. Mr McCubbins from Rowan county Vetereans' Association, Finance, Mr Phillips from citizens of Nash and Edgecombe counties, In rela tion to repeahng the purchase tax. Finance. Mr Sutton from the committee on propositions and grievances, reported tne following; 11. B. 143 prom di ting tne sale ot liquor in Beaver Dam towtship. Union county; H. B. 57, relatingito the burying of bodies of dead - animals; H. B. 64, incorporating the Guil ford Battle Ground Co; H. B. 125, The following appeal to the General Assembly is made by Ex-Governor W. W. Holden : To the General Assembly of North Carolina, soonto be in session: ' Gentlemen On the 22d day of March, 1871, the Senate of North Carolina sitting as a Court of Impeachmen, pro nounced judgment against me in six out of eight articles cf impeachment filled against me by the House of Representa tives. I was held by this judg ment as guilty of "high crime and misdemeanors." I deny this in the most solmn manner. do not ask you to repeal or rescind this sentence or judg ment, for it is being executed, and it may not be repealed or rescinded save by the same court that passed It, but I ask you most earnestly to resolved declare that in your opinion. I was acturated by good motives what I did, and that I had for my object the best and highest interests of the State. J am not now a party man. Both parties have disowned me. I appeal to you solely on the ground of justice, I have never been an emeny to the State. On the contrary, I have loved her well, and do now, and am her loyal son, though proscrib ed and banned. The press of the State will please copy the above card as an act of kindness to a former member of the craft and send me a copy of the paper. W. W. Holdex. tnaujer agievtl uioj. "Ad tiLl I wf," saut he repla :iog the stone ; "Fifteen Oances is a gooj boy, and I must give him something nice next St. Anthony's day. Perfectly reassured with regard to the Uuea by what he bad seen, Jack walked rapidly to the field ol buckwheat and began to examine lUe soil with the greatest cart. M" -w," said he, "let me try and make rn.v last sbct a brilliant one." lie plucked np several bandfuls of buckwheat mod arranced the stalks lit a line just outside the field. If the pat ridges came down high ground, as they no doubt would, tbey would fall in with these bundles first and would be almost eure to halt, so that nearly all of them would bo within gunshot. Having made tbee arraogementa and thrown a last rapid glance round about him, Jack loaded bis gun and entered the espero. Tbe epero was an erection of the utmoj simplicity, formed of large stones arranged in a circle, just large enough to shelter one person, anil havin? a kind ofindacare- Holden's Ap.l fully disguised lopbole?openiDg to I 1L ALII A A. A ine ueiu. Ai nrBt signs it was difficult to distinguish Jack's espero from the other heaps of stones scattered over the Luszlere Tbe sun was gradually sinking tbe propitious moment was draw ing near; nothing was beard in tbe distance but Fifteen Oaace siuging an old carol of tbe country at the top of his voice. Jack had 'waited for about an hour, with tbe characteristic patience of a sportsman, at hU posr, silent and motionless, scarce ly venturing to breathe, his eye perpetually on the watch, and nothing ii.dicated a yet that hi.-t waiting for this day in vain. It Cakes s to drive away these whose life is watchfulness. But Jack was almost mad : fury. rame, and helplessness made bis I -or twain ,boiL He taken I be l.sarmed! treated aa a oooorlpt J as It possible f Could any one Ulieve UT -uui oi i tie way," be cried, with voice of thunder, whirlinr tua fcnn ronnd bit bead, "or u win b tne worse for tbe first man that L'.jt a Soger oa me! btaod your rroand.M crid tha lorporaL, boMly darting forward. Sund your ground, men- la the I. Am of tbe law r Tbe aentntw s never fiuUhed. for thabatl ! of Jack's gnn met hit bead, and he u .i can stunned. Corre on, you backmartir jbouteuJark tiri ng bib terrible g in like a dab. Hie gfudarmea. tbourh some what disheartened by tbe fall of their chelf, returned to tbe charge with that U!iua senttmant ofilatv wliich ha no much influence rn I'tive men, and the desuerate t Cucgle went on, though tbe Unue coald not lonr remain donbtfnL If Jack bad Imtd at liberty and ta the opeu fields be would certainly bar got ou acotfree notwlth- etapdirig tbe odJ though it bad onfy been by speed of foot : bat -ere, tracked like a wolf to hi Uir, what could be do!2?o'.biBg I :t give death or accept It. It was a'l over with him this time, and fe foucbt cn in desperation, fierce blow aimed at one of tie n-en wa deftly parried, the stock Jack can enapped la two, and h's was lelt w appontaaa. Maddened T'th rage lie sprang npon bis iidrersary like a tiger, aeized him b 'the throat, and rolled with htm tbe ground. Tbat was tbe end . it-,' and five minute after, Jack. ti.-btly hound, lay foamiDZ bx tbe Je of tbe brave corporal, wao wa f'iinnitg to collect hi scattered isca. Uoo my word, said be a he wiped hts swollen forehead, .hat wan a rocjrh knock any way V-il I owe fnt Lidv of Health a gixxl b jr tper. lint let OS take 'inroad, my la 1 an J not fuse our time here in whims and lament iu like tniny women." He we wiMi one di&culty, adjusted hi 11 1, t.k a alp of brandy, arm iu a firm roioe gave tbe word Of command, Huick ci irch V At lhi order tbe little company t san tn m.ve and Jack with bis bnd tied behind Lis back, sturdy M.'tna anporting bim on tbe right and lei: wan obliged to yield to (crce. He MroJf along in silence. I' was quite cooled down now. uierheudiu at Iat tbat be bad : .-thing to expect lrom violence, aud that his only nope wa bene- i-tb to arf.fire. Nben tbey srriv. t the cro f s-rold tbey were net I (fteen Ounce wbo was return with lm beep. Atlheiizhtof he little nbet.herd Jack "left hi catt ewe I with anger, and bis es flatbed fire on tbe traitor. lie latter appeared much aSected . seeing ior Jack in such a ! gut, aud did cot venture to raise b: eyes. "Confound it f said tbe corporal :1 at once, as he struck his ore- head. "We hare left tbe biros lying on the cround. lias to the bnck wheat li Id as fast as joa can my little fellow ; pick op tbe rtride, ana present them from me to Father Martin." NEW8 OF A WEEK hh not to be little indeed wary birds, passed in continual Tbe jelp of a fox 2arria3 a Failure- Mrs. Eelva Lockwood, of Washington City notoriety; was Invited to the court house to attend a supper. ! cannot," said she, "I will be going off to-night." "Bat, you are rJut down to respond to the Toast I of the Press." "Well," she an- swered. "the woman that does relating to the Board of Health of 1 nt respond to the press makes the citv. of Charlotte; H. B. 141, re- marriage a faUure, and I'm not latmg to ginning and weighing ' going to ao that." a prowling dog, a sh. i'berd pactis ing tbe sling any cue of these is often enough to caue the startled covey to immediately abandon Its haunts for a certain time. Tbe sun. was 6eU:ng in fiery purple, and the shades were al ready beginning to fall. Jack still waited, but with less and less hope every moment when all at once tbe tho loud whirr of wings was beard behind him coming from the highe grounds, acd immediately tie male and female, perching on rocks elevated above tbe rest began t call the covey together. , Cot cot, cot! cot! cot! cot, cot, cot! cot, cot! In the twinking of an eye the scattered covey bad all metj('U together again, and ran swiftly to the feediPg ground. As Jack bad thought, the stalk lying on tbe ground were at ojee greedily attacked, and the unfortunate birds were soon iu an excellent position for the sportsman. The shot was fired, ten victims strewed tbe ground not more than tbreor four escaped tbe disaster, and flew off as fast as their wings would carry them. Jack fired bis second barrel at a wounded bird tbat appeared likely to get off, and rose with intention of running to pick op tbe game, when a cry of rage escaped his lips, and consternation nailed bim to his placo ; tbe corpor al from Mormoiron and bis men surrounded tbe espero and cnt .ff all escape. Jack was caugth in his own trap. KJive yourself up, Jack," sail the corporal, "and don't" make matter worse for you by nseless resistance. I told yoo, yon know, that I should steal a march npon you at list. Come, down with your, arms and no more about it," The latter words operM Jack's eyeaatooce ; everytbii.i. tbat be Lad been puzzing himself to tnke oat was now quite clear. Fifteen Uunces, lather Martin, and tbe corporal were accomplices, and tacb bad ptaved bis Dart is the conspiracy against htm. 'Very eood." be murmured between his clenched leeth, ni be even with J-i yet, my friend," and as If bis -wly-aciuircd certainty on this point bad lifted a great weight m his breat, he started forward itb a firm step, to the great re- l et or bis attendants. It was late in the evening when tbey arrived at Mormoiron and foih tbe corporal and bis man be ing fatigued, it was agreed tbsttbe prisoner should not be transferred to the public prison till next morn ng. jack was loosed up to a room fthe town ball, and the ren !arme went off to get some sapper "3J to tak& a little rest after such : rough joarney. Tbe bonet corporal was not at all a bad fellow. Ilia forehead was xceedingly painful; but after be dad a good supper be began to think or Jack without any ill feel ing. "The Hxr ft How must be famishing, I am sure," said be unng mm a good plateful oi soap and a glasMul of wine, wife. Dence take it! duty mast not stand in the way of humanity." He I ghed a lantern and went out followed by bis wife, who, it mnnt be. said, carried the prisooer's soap with the gre:ttet teadine. Jack Taa sleeping Moudly, stretched at all bis fall length on tbe floor tbe smeu oi u;e roup woke bim ap almost as noon i the light of tbe intern. He made an instinctive movement, utu nis pinioned arms st once recalled him to tbe sad ;-a!ity. "1 know tbat yon are a man of honour, jack," said tbe corporal "?ve me your word that win not wm not attempt to vuaie, auu i anau untie vour i . . a uauus immediately. (TO BE COXTiaUED.) WHAT JS UArrMXTXQ IS 1UB WORLD Alt O VXD US. A OmfMMa Rrpri ( JTrtra as GmArd From tk OJwntfis of cmr CefUmjrariM, &tot Grshsta College wiS be located at Mill ToiDl, between GibsoatiUe and Itur'Jogtoo. . An ioe factory with acsP'tc4 stock of 10,000 has been Incorpor ated in Haleigb. Governor Scales granted 1T3 psrdons,conniaUtioas ani rerp'tot daring his administration. An olj colored woman attempted to croas tbe railroad track tn front of a train near Charlotte and was killed. A Italeigh firm wfll bo 111 a brck shoe factory WxM feet and two stories tia. ThU wm give a ca pacity of W0 pairs per day. Jake Gibble, a colored can f Mecklenberg coanty, was IoolS dead to tbe woods a few days ago. Tbe .News ej mate hi sg to b about 130 year. The Oxford A. OaUvn rail road baa been leaded to tbe Hirb mond & Danville lor 99 year. The lticbmond & DaaviUe has alo leaaed Ue Oxford & Ueaderaoa. Tbe Tradesman says tbe Curtis Canning Co., are going to erect a building forr antlog fruit sad rej etables at Graham, 2C.C. Tbey will have a steam boiler and all ap pliances. LaM Sunday moralsg DaaleJ C. Canteroo wa found dead sear Kryser with a ballet bole ttrosth bis bead and one iu bis breat A while man, has been arretted oa suspicion. Tbe llymoutb Monitor asys Wiotoa is bowed dowa ia sack- . clot a aod ashes becue aoae cf it leading toea are suff ering fron tbe Itch. We bet tbey are dot it g around lively. Tbe lYeabyterlans iropoe to eaUbhth aa orpbassge ia this Slat. It Is Intimated that ft Wi3 be located ia the bounds oftb Prcbytery tbat will offer the greatest induce meoU. The Kiostoa Free Pres relates the co.wide that Mr. C 11: Barwlck, ol Lrnotr county, was born oa Sooday night, acd ass s:x children, all of whom were born oa Sunday alght. "The better the dsy the better the deed." Thirty -six inches from tip to tip is the tneasaremeat of cbltlea bswk killed lt week oa lis farm of Mr. J. A. Warrick, la the Uol b- ton fwetloo, by a young tnaa earn ed Evan a Gauaev. bo says Ue Goldtboro Argaa. Tbe Jourasl ha been showa a sample of refined cotton ed o.l lrom tbe works oi IeBOoa la New lierce. It says i was as clear mod looked as v 4 able as tbe best of olive oil sad lt many cooling purposes is eic-' to the best of lard. We are glad to kara tbat CoL L. L. Talk has been Invited and Las accepted aa invitation to deliTer tbe annual commencement a4drra before the Mississippi Agricultural College, Jane 19th. We are pleat ed to know bis reputation la ibis Slate baa extended thus far and we feel perfectly safe in aayiogte will do honor to our Bute la Mississippi. "The railk from every cow Is weighed as soon as it is milked and tbe weight pat upon record. I do this for two reasons. It tells me at the end of the year which are my best cow;, and If a cow Is ailing it shows first in the Cow of milk, and by watching carefully this record I have, as It were, my Land on their pnlso all the time. On one occasion I was feeding a cow very high. I ; gradually in creased her feed five pounds a day. She fell off ten pounds in In milk. I Immediately reduc ed tbe feed and in a few days she regained what ehe Lad lo;t. I had reached the maxLum quantity ot feed that the cow digests, as was indicated by weighing the milk. Southerd rlenter. latl: rv a uunng tne late war a young crouiLern eoiaier, just before going Into battle, called his servant to him and aald, most tolemnly: "Hod, I may be killed in this battle, and if I am, find my body, buy a coffin" (handing him his belt of money,) "and take me borne to my moth er. Yoa may have whaler money is left." The boy took the money, and looked np with a brtfid grin, "Mars Raymond said he'how much yoa think dat box gwlna to cost?" Harper's Magazine. The Franklin Fress says tha Democratic Club at tbat place is on a bo ra. - "Ob what denomination are de chile?" asked an old col ored : preacher of a yoo eg couple who had brought an In fant to him for baptism. "SahT Bald the young father evidently perplexed by the word "denomination." "Iaxed yon ob what denomi nation de chile war," repeated the minister, a little severely. The parents looked at each other in evident confusion lor a moment; then the father stammered out: "11-, doesn't know what yo meant by 'de nomination,' fab." - Houh, to' don't?.' rerUed the preacher, scornful y, "Well, d.-n, III simply It 'corUa to yo, Ign'anceao kin urrstand it Are de cbfla av boy or a gal chile?" YoMh's Cntapa.nl on. Tin gnaU 2:7 &i TjtiL Young Teafber (cio&ing a talk to a school), Now, schol ars, in what way could .1 ri.-e highest in your estimation? Toot's Boy (on a l-ack eeat.) By sitting down on a' bent pin, sir.