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VOLUME 19,
WILSON, HOB, TH CAROLINA, FEB. 7, 1889.
The Mtsfortunea that befall the
Unsojhiticatetl at a "tony"
dinner. i ';' .
"Can't teach au. old dog new
tricks." It is rteht hard for old
folks to catch oq to new con
trivances, and' harder still to
flout them. T would fall into
line if I could, but habits are
like habits they hold us and
we are net happy when forced
out of the grooves. Some of the
new ways and methods are bet
ter than the old ones and I
have no prejudice against sen
sible improvements, but if they
interfere with habits that have
j:ot to be a part of my daily
l?fe I want to be excused and
I am excused. Tha young peo
ple are very kind abontthis and
let the old folks have their own
vray. Old age has its privile
ges. It is a blessed thing to
grrw old and be rtspected and
honored, and humored. The
very old and the very young
are the light and the hope of
the world. The dignity and
wisdom of age and the inno
cence of childhood are the best
features "of life. :Take these
away and what would become
of us? It is the intermediate
stage that is tho dangerous one
dangerous of good morals,
good principles, good manners,
good- conduct. The greatest
alarm we feel tor tne young
of this generation is the lack
of principle good old fashion
ed principle the lack of maid
enly modesty in the girls and
honest industry jn the young
men. The average society girls
are not fit for a wife. Shy has
been engaged so many times
and been fondled and handled
bv pretended lovers that
her maidenly modesty is gone
A friend told me the other day
that he heard a young man say
he could kiss hall the girls in
that town whenever he wanted
to. "Why. I thought you were
ermaead?" said my friend
"So," said he, "I was, but
found out he other fellers were
taking liberties with my girl
and I pulled out." Society
marriages now-a-days are not
for love that pure, innocent,
devoted love that mated our
fathers and mothers. They are
generally for money or family
influence. 'Thsre is no Jacob
and Rachel about it, and so the
happiness of that union is riot
by the fireside.'but away from
it. ' To the wife it is in parties
and balls and shopping and
visiting. Tothe husband .it is
the club or the counting-room
or tLe cotton exchange or some
thing worse. The society man
will marry for money. He does
not care how many loves she
has.broken nor how many lips
have slobbered on her nor how
many arms have embraced her.
I read yesterday of a divorce
suit between a couple in high
. life and the ground for separa
tion was that the wife would
not return the rings, and souv
enirs that former: lovers had
given her. There seems to be
no business principles among
our young men; no inclination
to work to begin at the bottom
and work up, but rather to get
something for nothing and get
it quick. Lottery tickets, cot-,
ton' futures, gaming or to marry
rich is their idea. The million
aires who have made their
fortunes by ep3culation Lave
set the the example and these
methods are approved and endorsed-
by society and the
church. If a man make's .a
hundred thousand dollars by
cotton futures, or cornering the
meat or the. tread of the coun
try, it is all right, provided he
gives a thousand cr so to the
church. I know just such a
man who never earned an hon
est dollar in his life made presi-'
dent of the Y. M, C. A. No
millionaire ever earned his
money. He may have inherit
ed it, or it may have come by
some accident of fortune, but
he never earned it. It can't be
done. It is impossible. No
man can earn a million dollars.
These great fortuues have been
made by force or fraud, and
made at tber expense of the
people. The real value of
meat, or wheat, or cotton, or
ly two dollars and a half or he
slips round by night to the cot
ton exchange and ventures ten
dollars on the Hazard. The
trouble is it takes too much to
keep the modern iyoung man
going; too much to !keep him in
hailing distance of irespectabih
ity; too much to keep up with
the girls and be popular. Soci
ety is very exacting and very
attractive. A ball or a ger xian
is just delightfulbut it cost3
a young man about!five dollars
a pop. I don't like society. It
strains my habits, my content
and my purse. Sometimes I
tret canight in it, and it ne' rly
kills me. I wish that I was'nt
6ueh an old fogy; .4A.bout tven-ty-four
hours of "society ..ises
me up, ana i ieei liKe a lutie
boy who "wants to go home. The
last time I was cauiht they had
a swell dinner, and there were
six forks at every plate, an 1 I
don't know how many sp"ons.
I got demoralized at the siart.
I thought that 1 would' watch
the-others, and do 'is they did,
but unfortunately 'the servant
tackled me tirst, and presented
a. waiter with a lot of silver
screws on a napkin: Vhat
they were for I ha.d no more
idea than tne man in the moon
but I sorter gauged! the lot to
the number of the guests, and
took four. A sly glance around
the table discovered the fact
that the others "were watching
me and so they all took four
apiece too. I laid them down
by my plate and waited for
signs. ; I looked at .the ho&tess
and she looked at ime with a
kindly smile that 'encouraged
me and I said: "Madam, it you
will excuse, me please, maim,
I really do not know what to do
with these, screws, j My diges
tive organs are not so strong as
they used to be an da
She burst out into a iu of
laughing and said, '-Why Mtjor,
the screws are not to eat; they
are to fasten down your napiin
with; we dont uso.; pins low;
' - . n -a a 3 1
pins are snoaay. r auu hub
laughed again, anct every tody
laughed. - .
"What do you ' screw the
napkin on to?" said I, and
whre is the screw driver?"
Then she showed me how to
fix it, aud 1 got ready tor busi
ness. I told 'her that nobdy
used napkins at my house ex
cept the children, j Sometimes
we had to pin tcjwels under
their chin, epec'ially .when
they had bread aud' molasses.
Put T crnt olrnr nrAttr V"11
after that, for I waslsittiug next
to the hostess, and she helped
me out whenever she saw hat
I was embarrassed. The ice
ed just lite I was when I
saw a grander pulling or a man j
hung I never want to see an- 1
other. He is not fitten to live
nor to die. He is a nonenity
and just occupies space that's
all. Some of them imagine
they have honor stuck around
some where and they talk big
about the code duello and some
times they raise a rumpus go
off to another state to fight, but
they always take along some
body to fix the matter up just
before . the fight cornea off.
Then they come back and strut
around as big as Watch. They
mistake the public sentiment.
Nobody cares a cent whether
they get killed or not. In fact
a disgusted and long-suffering
public feel like ticking them
both on that particular region
where all their pretended hon
or lies. May the good lord pre
serve us from a flood of fools.
Bill Arp.
THE LEGISLATURE
WHAT dUR RETRESEN M
TIVES ARE UOING.
A Summary of The Work tf Th e
General Assembly Now in Sea -8
ion at Raleigh.
NUMBER 2
Wednesday 30th .
. " . SENA.TJ3,
The committee on printing snli"
mined, a report awarding tto
pnuting to Mr. Jo jepbus Daniel
at the present prices, and that tW.
contract bad been si.gned and boawi
The, Senate refustKl to concur ia
certain amendments to the bill'i
Libraries and Taxation.
The Librarian of the State
asks the Legislature for an an
nual appropriation of 1,000 to
gradually increase the library.
This sum Is not too small for a
State with sixteen hundred
thousand inhabitants., Thus
far the State Library is rather
a small affair, It would offer
but small opportunities to men
of letters for the prosecution
of important literary undertak
ings if we had such in the State.
North Carolina onaht to have
not less than 100,000 volumes.
If the Legislature shall grant
the appropriation it ought to
elect a Board of Four to assist
the Librarian in. selecting the
works to be purchased. lLe
money ought to be well expend
ed. What we are saying has ret
erence to books. As to the
adornments, &C, they do not
come under our comment. The
State for the next quarter of a
century ought to buy each year
$1,000 worth of books uutii
a grand library has been gath
ered. We are looking after
braiu food. '
In the connection we take
leave to refer to books in anoth
er connection. The meanest
tax levied in that on small
private libraries. So far from
trying to accumulate a well
chosen library and foster a
love of reading, the . legisators
lay a sort of embargo on brains
and tax books as if they were
public enemies.
The Republicans in the Con
gres tax Bibles, but put pearls
Gn the free list.
puihibmng tne sale ot corn oi lesn
than five bushels between suase t
and sunme.
Mr. Stubbs introduced a bill
appropriating $1,000 that the Stati j
might participate in tne centennta 1
of the inauguration of Washiagtoi i
sent to the commi ttee on Feder-
al relation. "
HOUSE OF KEPRE SKNTaTIVES.
Mr. Phillipps repo rted the com
mittee on agntultur d favorably on
bill making Ai feet a lawful fence.;
relieving Gov.from noting chairman ;
of the .Btord of Agriculture: relat-
dz to the sale ot" of seed cotton ;
preventing the spread of disease i
among stock, as to trespass on
crops; relating to eleetion of trus-
tesn of the Industrial school.
The committee on Bank repo rted
favorably bill to amend the law in
regard to Saving Bank.
Mr. Daughton. for commute u
printing, reported favorably on bill
of instructions to State Printer m
regard to binding books for St ato
Library.
Mr. Danghjon handed to tfae
speaker, for the committee u
printing, a report m which it 'raa
stated that the committee b:al
closed a contract- with Josep iiaa
Daniels as Public Printer lor the
next two years, at the pres ent
prices prescribed bv law, .
A bill introduced amending the
charter of Greenville to protect the
farmers against stock Taw territory
to regulate the sale of property
under mrotgage; relating to gamb
ling; relating to witness fees pay of
juror.
' The question of whether unsuc
cessful contests shall be paid
created considerable interest.. It
was finally decided to pay only
successful contestants Bight
Thursday, Jan- 31st. .
SENATE.
The bills to amend the school
law was taken dp by the Senate as
committee of the whole.
The bill was read by sections
and section 1 was. adopted, as
oonveyii ig real estate; to increase
. leddleni tax: to prevent fraud nrt
perjury:, for the better protection
of landlords and tenants; to abol-
isl 1 the State normal schools and
ap propriate the amount to the
ini vtltutes; relating to fees of clerks
of Superior Cocrts; (FJolloway) to
est ablish a mechanical and agn
cui taral iastltute for the colored
peo pie (appropriating 5,000 ana"
platting the institute under the
direction ot the Superinteudant of
Pub lie Instruction); to secare pro
tection 10 creditors irom prtie
making assignment; to prevent
drunkenes8; to define what pfrsons
are allowed to obtain retail liquor
licence; relating to school taxeK
amending the charter of the Wes
tern North Ca.-oiida railroad; au
thorizing sffs to administer
oaths; limiting the -appropriation
to the State Guard to three hun
dred dollars; to establish a troe
meradian in certain counties.
Finance favorably, i. B. 143. to
compromise and com mote the State
tiebt: ptnal institutions: judiciary,
f.borally, II. B. 236, relating to in
di ctmenta and to expedite criminal
tri als; H. B. 449. relating to per
son s under disabilities; Q. B. 278,
forcaing corporations before clerks
of wurts: H. B. 191, relating to
registration of dentists: read, U.
B. 451. relating to railroad eating
houses hotels, favorably: rules S
B. 205, printing of the inaugural
address ot liovernor Fowle: also
H. B. 288, purchasing maps for the
balls of the General Assembly
favorably.
Passed third reading II. B. 7.
preventinz disease among stock:
II. B. 393, regarding the sale of
seed cotton: S. B. 150, providing
additional educational facilities for
the Groatan Indians: n. B. 388.
authorizing the State Printer to do
binding for the State Library not
to exceed $1000- H. B. 444. rel-tine
to election of trustees of Industrial
School.
STATESVILLE.
Snort Sketch of a City Euilded
. cn a Hill.
were also sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
sugar, is iiui increased by a
rise in the price. When sugar
ki seven cents a pound and is
suddenly cornered up to eight
cents it is the same as . robbing
the consumer of a cent on every
louud. But this is an old sto-
ya chestnut. 1 (ion c care so
but the example is eo bad, to
pur young men. when they see
millionaire riding over the
country iu Lis private car aud
.puffed up and bloated with
surplus money, and the news
papers much ado over his ar
rival and speak of - him . as a
brilliant exemplar of enterprise
nd sagacity, and call him' a
commercial king, and all that,
the young man who is clerking
at fifty dollars a month, sigh9
and wonders if he can't find
some nearer cut to fortune, and
buys a lottery ticket -its on-
cream was servea on peaiea
oranges cut iu half, land I diln't
know whether to bile it out, or
suck it but, or take a spoon nd
spoon it out, until fehe sho ved
me. I never , used jbut one of
the forks, nor did I find out
what they were for, ntless
it was to let us knqw that she
had them. Society . is a mighty
big thing in this! sublunary
world, and the poor lolks
cotlld'nt get aln,g jwithout it.
It is a great distributor of - sur
plus money. Some poor fellow
got a patent on those screws
and is making money out of the
society. When a bwell dance
comes on tne tailors and mil
liners get plenty to 'do, for the
ladies have got to keep up v. ith
the latest thing from Xew Y ork
or Paiis,' and the men have got
to have twallow-tau coats and
three-dollar gloveb and slipper
shoes, and all sort oi favors.
I don't know what favors are,
but I read about them in the
paper, and I reckon they cost
money; And the livery stables
thrive too, tor dancing ftlks
can't walk, you know. So it is
all right for rich folks to swell.
It scatters their money, and so
far as I'm concerned,' they may
keep on swelling" until they
burst. But I don't want our
hard ruu folks. to turn fool and
try to swell too. If! they can't
get into society without swell
ing let them stay but. Silver
ware and diamonds and napkin
screws and coats with a swaMow
fork in the tail are all very nice,
b it we common folks can't af
ford them, and if that let's us
out we will 'Stay" out. I iave
known society men' to spend all
their salary on tlothes and
theatres'). Now a swallow fork
is becoming to some folks. All
the colored waiters in the New
York hotels weai them, and so
do the negro mitiisters who
tramp o 7er the country, I
used to mark my fogs wita a
swallow fork in the left ear.
it seems to be a popular tl ing,
but I "have known some pratty
good people; who never wore
a swallow fork coat. Stauley,
the great explorer, was invited
to a swell dinner ini New York,
and was told that hie must wear
a regulation suit, tie said that
1 . irli-i't Vi rt T7t Ana I TTia fr?ATll
Uaid that he must get one. "I
PLAIN TALES- ."
The casa m South Carolina Contras
ted with the North.
The Greenville (S. C.) News,
edited by a man of ability, is
plain spoken in the matter
of the South Carolina elec
tion law. Jit says that the law
was intended to allow the in
t6llegence and moral force of
the state to retain control, and
that -what the Republican
Chairman of the State Commit
tee said, was true. It admits
the charge and then squarely
asks what the Republicans are
going to do about it? It puts
the case nlainly. directly, vig
orously after this manner:
"These laws ore constitution
al. Thev are the laws of the
State, who rule because they
have the mental, moral, physi
cal and financial power to rule.
The entire Republican party in
the United States with all the
Dowerof the government be
hind it, cannot make boutn
Carolina a Republican State,
because it caunot make the
Repnblican party here respecta
ble. The gaunt and unkempt
Southern who pokes a shortgun
into a. voter's face to throw him
from the polls is a better man
than the sleek, portlv Northern
manufacturer i ho offers a poor
laborer or a workman .he choice
between voting for high, pro
tection and starvation. The
most reckless night-riders who
ever bulled a trigger are less
guilty than the wealthy hypo-
crits who have, and the heelers
who handle the money that
corruirDted the ballot last No
vember. ' They may send
trooDB here, as they did before,
to btand at our polls and purify
the ballot with the bayonet,
hnt for all that, there will be
nn more stealine South Caroli
na.
We are Eeaathens, Then.
and 'J. without objection. Section
10 was amended by striking out a
clause whicfi gave non-resident
teachers tire privilege to be exam
ined at special examinations.
Sections 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 and
17 were adopted without objection..
Section 18 was ameudod by re
quiring the treasurer to oe present
the tirst Monday lu.eacu mou'n to
nav educational vouchers, iaectionn
19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 and 25, were
adopted without objection. ora
tion 26 and 27 were stricken out.
Mr. Shaw submitted a substitute
for the two sections stricken oat
which was adopted, requiring the
retiring treasurer to turn rer his
school accounts and books to nis
successor in office June 30, iusteand
of November 30. Section 28 was
adopted as read. Section 29 was
amended, to include an amend
ment to the Code, enacted by the
laws of 1885. Section 30 was
adopted without objection. Section
31, was amended by striking out
. . -1
a clanse preventing persons wuuiu
two degrees ot 'kinship to two
members of the committee from
being employed as teachers Section
32 and 33 were adopted without
objection. Section 34 was amended
so that misapplication oi scnooi
funds shall be "willfully and un
lawfully" done to merit the pun
ishment provided lor in said
section.
Mr. Williams, of Pitt, moved that
the committee ot the whole now
rise, report progress and . ask
lerve to sit again, which motion
prevailed.
The unfinished business, mr.
Lusk's bill to extend the time for
sheriff to collect bv distress and
settle the taxes due and unpaid.
which was amended by the author
by exchanging the dates so that
the sales ot land tor taxes advertis
ed for next Monday (first Monday
in February) might be postponed
till the first Mdnday in April, was
taken up This bill was strong
ly supported by some while
others seemed opposed to It and
the firsts skirmish of the session
took place, and was, after some
discussion on the merits of the bill,
opened by a motion to adjourn,
which was voted down.
A motion to lay on the table was
defeated, and again the Senate
voted down a motion to adjourn.
A motion was made to make the
Among the progressive towns
of North Carolina are none,
which for public spirit and en
terprise, surpass this little city,
which is the capitol tow'n of
Iredell county. It is on the
line of the Western Jt. C. R. R.
the tremlnus of the A. T. & O.
R. R. (a road which Bill Arp
epoke of after traveling over it
as "the roaa 4 nours long and
40 miles short") and Also of the
Statesville & Taylors ville Air
Line, more familiarly known as
the "June Bu Road," which
synonym originated in a epeech
by Mr.- R. Z. Linney. In descri
bing the resources of the coun
try through which the road
would pass, In the Legislature,
he among othe things mention
ed the Hiddenite, saying "it
was a gem so valuable that a
une-bug could uy away with a
housand dollars worth of it on
its wings, and not feel the
load.
And in this connection, it
may not be amis3 to state that
Statesville pays more freight
than every other station on the
road, between Salisbury and
Asheville.
Here is the Botanic Depot of
Messrs. Wallace Bros., which
is the largest thing of that
kind in the world, .who do an
immense busines collecting the
2,000 different varieties of medi
cinal roots, herbs, &c, which
are indieuous to the forests of
N. C.
eted aud shipped from this
point.
Two barrel factories are bus
ily engaged in the manufacture
of ke?3 and barrels to ship the
whiskey in, and make no mean
showing in the list of the
enterprises of the town.
A epoke and handle factory
is at work all the time sawing
the persimmon, dog-wood, and
hickory timber which grows in
such profusion in that section,
into shuttle-blocks, spokes and
handles. The shuttle-blocks
are Bhipped direct to England,
from which place it has orders
for its entire out put.
The Brush Company Is busi
ly engaged in stringing up the
vires for thn Electric Light,
tfhich in a few days will be
rned on one of the brightest
ind most shining monuments
io the enterprise of the place.
A 75,000 Public Building is
to be erected next spring, to ac
commodate the U. S. Court.
Post Office, and Revenue Servi
ces: it will add largely to the
architectural beauty of the
place, and furnish employment
to the workingmen of the
section.
For the Bection, Statesville
has a large cotton market, and
pys good prices for the "fleecy."
It is right in the fine tobacco
belt, and large quantities of the
weed are marketed in her ware
houses annually. And, what Is
better, its factories manufacture
a great deal of it and are win
ning reputation on the excel
lence of their brands and work.
The wholesale business is
well looked after, and extensive.
Having a large back country to
draw from, it flourishes in the
hands of the acute merchants
who conduct that department
of trade.
The residences of the town
are handsome, the stores pretty
and cityfied in ap' e ranee, the
people refined eua intelligent,
society good, the girls are good
looking, the boys can nearly all
ing, or at least play the nadle,
the streets are being paved with
granite, property cheap, both
improved and unimproved, of
fering rare chances for invest
ors, and last, bat not least, tha
people are alive to the impor
tance of manufactories, both
great and small, and co operate
to the extent of their whole
length 'with any one who goes
there as an investor in auy en
terprise that furnishes employ
ment to laborers, or tends to
the upbuilding of the town.
bituated as she is among the
foot-hills of the mountains, the
heat of summer is tempered by
he breezes from their crests,
ind a hot night is an unknown
hing. The tovn is intelligent
iy and well drained, and the
sanitary condition is well look
d after. But if people will die
he town has recently bought a
lice tract of lan i for a cemetery
vhich is to be beautified by the
trts of the landscape gardener,
is soon as Spripg renders that
kind of work practicable.
All in all, it I is one of the
most enterprising! progressive
towns, in a quiet way, in the
State. Without i bluster and
.vithout brag she has taken her
stand at the front, with a deter
mination which shows she in
tends to stay. J. M. W.
TH3 PENITENTIARY.
VAGBOND JACK.
THE LIFE OF T2IE WAY
WARD LOVER.
A Story fa "ShlfUen. Ne'er do
Well' Beautifully Related.
the whites and the colored A Great Burden Upon the Tax Pay
' This Story was bofcun J.nuarr Jrd.
''What brings you here, you
unlucky mortal f said the cure.
'Don't you know that all the
gendarmes of tb depirtmeot are
after you, and that they are deter
mined to. make e ort work cf you !
Save yourself as quick as you can ;
and Heaven grant that there ia
jet time !"
.'Bab! don't trouble yourself
abjut that, sir ; 'I have quite other
carrs iu my head at present and
shall turn my attentiou to the rules
by -and by. Let us Uke what is
most important first, if oa please.
uAud what can there be more
important for than to escape I''
"You nee Felise here" replied
Jack, gravely ; "well, we have
eloped this morning, and I do not
wih to Uke her to tbe mountain
with tne w:ttiout making ber my
IawIuI wife. Say vur m image
aiasa lor u as soon as midnight
bounds, and praj to the good God
lor tne poor bride and bridegroom."
Iu the simplicity ot Lis soal Jack
thought this p'roposal tbe most
natural in the world ; and the
worthy cure was rea.ly sorry to
have to inform him that both the
civil aud canon law fo.bade unions
of this sort that be would render
himself liable to puuisoment were
he to graul bis wiob.
"What is so be done then, sir V
said Jack, with a iu.k of dis
couragement at Felise, "what is to
be doue t"
"Jack," said tbe pri. moved by
the uiu.e eloquence oi ' :U glance,
"1 have kno u jou fo: .t long time,
aud I know you to bv
honour and one whr
Horn, here aro Ffclimt
but tnau aud wife, rr.
received tbe nacrt. uent, aud
Feline's good uauie iuut be restored
by every means. Yu are young
aud wiil not tear a liU. j fatigue, so
you uiuat be off to i. voy by the
ouoiteet road. Ov there tbe
priests miry people without the
civil powers naving at thing to do
witb the matter. On your kuees,
uiy cbildieu, and blew.ug ous your
journey !'
Jacfc aud Felise kntlt down and
prayed lor a moaieut under tbe
uuietteu-ned baud of tue pastor.
"Jstk," added 'the cure, as.be
made tbem rise, 1 co'itide Felix;
to you aud place her uuder your
cnarge? you will treat tr s your
owu sistef by dsy aud night till
you come tne end of y our josruey
you prouiiae 1"
Deioie iieveu I will V
"1 take your word; adieu, my
chiluituP
As Jack was crossiog tbe tbrea
bold tbe cute drew him back a
little aud oaid to bitu in a low tone
There are two louisd'or, epeud
them carefully, aud if you should
liappeu to tiud auy bpanibh tobau
co over there keep iue iu mind."
While JLtck and Felloe were
rudging along la obtain tbe
uupiial oenedictiou, uuoobing paths
kU aud rugged enough to trigb
tcu a goal, tue cordial of Mor
uioirou, eager to avenge his failure,
was exploring Mount Yentoux iu
all directions, aud, woaring out bis
. -
men iu a vain pursuit. t,verj
where, it is true, .be lonud traces
of Jack : here a sleeping-place,
there an outlook, sta ioii, farther
ou large slabs ot stone si ill black
a man ot
tears God.
and you all
out having
hTo ?ms orrxcn-J
Tf .aTmahftftn asserted, the bill the special order ior tomorrow
: . I i :. u lff,H
civilization of a country is in- at iz o-ciock. Kuiuund c.
dirated bv its public roads, then as was auo -
H.ll V2LIllCLl I -
shall not do it," said he. "These
clothes lit uie and' suit me. 1
wore them in the presence of
Queen Victoria and she made
no complaint, and I shall not
civilization ha? not
vpirv much in North Carolina.
The roads of this State are not
kept in much better conaiuon
than years ago. Great improve
rnent has been made in them
in some localities, but in all
the counties there yet is a very
broad margin for improvement.
In fact, the roads generally are
grievances.
Again the
adjourn.
a substitute
Senate refused to
truckle to the snobbishness of generally about as bad as they
Tk - ii r .i 8 . ;..;Tir. that.
New lork society I am net
a society man." i Hurrah for
Stanley! 1 am. proud that he
is a Louisiana boy,j I do 'love
independent people those who
do not run after f society and
who ojo not fawn in the pres
ence of the millionaires. 1 saw
a genuine society dude the oth
er day. He was pointed out to
me and I was satisfied eatisfi-
can ne. cuuoiucii",
they receive any aiienuou au
oil The trouble is not that we
havfi not sufficient road taws to
m.to rrnnrt Tnada DOssible. but
that the laws are not enforced
Th work in most of the coun
ipa ia done during a few weeks
of th spring and fall, and it is
nnt well done. Goldsboro
headlight.
was offere provid
ing that the county commissioners
mierht extend the time one, two or
" . . . . r
thrpirt months as tne exigencies oi
their counties might require, but as
this eonld not apply to the btate
taxes it was voted down- '
The bill passed its second read
ing and was ordered to be read a
third time, when objection was
made. A motion to suspend the
rnls was made but was lost o& a
call of the roll by a vote of aa ayes;
15 noes, a two-thirds being neces
Rrv. The bill was placed on the
third reading calendar.
BILLS INTRODUCED.
Relatine to binding out colored
children undertwelve years of age,
trooDS bringing up in the rear
with three.
Its educational advantages
are unsurpassed. The States
ville Female College, under the
management of Mrs. Fanny
Vfalston, nee Everett, is well
patronized, and stands among
the first iu the State, in point
of the excellence of its teachers
and thoroughness of instruc
tion. There is also a good male
school, liberally patronized,
and growing rapidly. In March
a Graded School will be voted
for and I am confidently cer
tain the progressive people of
that town will, in a short time
have it in successful opera
tion.
A good notel the Cooper
House with all the modern
conveniences, furnishes enter
tainment tothe traveling public,
and three livery stables, are
convenient, which will hire
you a horse at prices which do
not create the suspicion in your
mind that you have bought the
outfit, and made a good healthy
payment in advance on the
same.
A National Bank faciliates
the commercial tranactions of
its DeoDle. does a lar;e Dull
ness, and pays the stockholders
eight per cent interest ou the
investment, right straight
aloDg.
The Building and Loan Asso
ciation puts cheap money in
the reach of its rubscribers,
with which to build homes,
and particular a good bavitig'a
bank for the thrifty. Aud there
ers of the Stats.
An interview with Gov.
Fowle, in regard to his idea of
the disposition of the convicts
was published in the Messen
ger some days ago, in which he
estimated the cost of mainte
nance . (clothing, feeding and
guarding) convicts at about
twenty-seven or twenty-eight
cents a day. lo.day your cor
respondent was informed by a
gentleman who ' has for many
years made that question a stu
dy, that it costs about $130 per
annum to support a couvict.
This gentleman does not be
lieve that so long as the pres
ent opposition of convict labor
exists the penitentiary cau be
made self sustaining. For in
stance, there - was a large shoe
factory in the prison, which
employed many convicts, but
the Knights ! of Labor got in
their work, the making of shoes
ceased, and the State was em
barrassed. Again a large force
of convicts was employed quar
rying stone near Henderson, at
seventy cents a day a good
contract for the State but the
tree laborers would not work
on the etone which these con
victs quarried. The result was
that these convicts were with
drawn. If a lot of men could be got
ten togother who had no politi
cial axes to grind, the peniten
tiary could be taken out of
politics and made self-sustaining.
New York has the eame
state affars as exists here, and
is a Plow Factory iu active ope- the newspapers are making
ration, the funds to run which things lively for the legislatoss
are obtained on the B. k L. wh'j enacted the law. lhe
plan. It Is behind on its orders ; penitentiary has no business
now, and will be sure to pay being a poll ticial question, with
handsome dividends. : its attendand question of con-
A Cotton Factory is soon to , vict labor. Raleieh Correspou-
organized, and will furnish em-', dent of The Wilmington Mes- tDII,k9 to lierard's
with iKJunded charcoal . but of
Jack himself notbu. was Been.
This tieud incarnate tuew bow to
keep out of reach as well as out ol
sibu One evening as the corporal
watf returning dowu tue mountain
by Combe-Obscure, alter having
pushed as tar as pooofjle into the
Black Cave, and to as little pur.
Iose as before, be stopped for a
moment at Christol's la: m to take
a little refreshment. 'Jack's dog
bad remained there siuce tbe even
ing of the great battle, ' and
waited philosophically till bis
master siiould come u Uke pos
sessou of turn agaiu,' At sight ot
the corporal, pel haps .l.o at tbe
characteristic odour c; the gen
darmes, the bold an iual darted
forward, baiking furiously, and
made at tbem as if he would bite.
"What dog's this joj bave got.
Christol f" said tfce co. poral stand
ing on bis guard ; ' mi i very
awkward customer
Oo, it's Maripan, Jack's dog,
he's not very fond ol tbe three-
hat, 1 must admit. II ire ilanpan,
here; won't you bold y our tongue
and be hanged to you H and tbe
farmer aimed a tremendous kick
at the doe and sent bim rolling
under the table, l'eor Maripan
bad no doubt been long used to
this kind of argument, for In spite
of tbe pain and disgrace be too
tbe matter as settled and te
mained ouiet la bis corner bis
eyes sparking with anger
glat ing menacingly.
"Ou. it's Jack dog," aad the
poral "I bave a good uiiod to make
him a prisoner of war; what do
you think BerardT
"What would do with a nasty
brute like that corporal I" replied
the eendarmewbo was somewhat
chary about pushing matters to;
aa extremity with a do whose eyes j
sparkled hka live costs. 'lie can
only give aa trouble."
"I bave an iJea of my own," said;
the corporal, majestically raising
bis forehead ; "let a Uke i
possesion of bim iustantly." j
This however was not m easy;
Maripan defended himself a loug
time before giving in; bat t lafct,
and
cor
fcue sense of smell it would perLaps
be posible to track bis master and
come npon bim unawares. For
this purpose it was necessary to
conquer the inveterate dislike of
the animal and modify bis temper
by goou treatment. Maripan was
accordingly recommended to tbe
particular care of the . corporal's
wife, nd soon experienced tbe
seductive influence of savoury
messes. It is sad to relate, bat
why should we conceal it t after
I'.is treatment bad lasted some
Ume Maripan was scarcely recognizable-
II is horror of the
Trench gendarmes bad so diminish-
d that be found no difficulty ia
allowing Berard to pat him on the
back. lie was a dog lost to a life
or freedom, and the chain which
-' it bim from tearing tbe conrV
l rd of the barrack was quite nn-ii-cessarj.
On his return from Savoy Jack
was very aoon informed by bis
T. lends of the uuwraiied search
him which bad teen made, bat he
-paared to give himself no farther
trouble about it. lie bad installed
Jr'elise in a vast grotto, almost
inaccessible, and known only to
a few hunters, and bad recommen
ced his old life of poaching and
emaggling. His habits seemed to
he in no way changed, except
tnat he did not as formerly sleep
lre and there at random, and bad
I -come infinitely less confident and
each more suspicious, lie felt tbe
loss of his dog very much, and bad
a . open quarrel with Cbristot for
King carelet., if not indeed faith
l.s to bis truitt. lie seldom came
dv'wn to tbe village, and beard bill
mass in preference to any
o' 'ier.
The corporal on bis part seemed
to have accepted bis defeat, and to
i -va,gtvea op all idea of revenge,
l ie first snows had ju-t fallen, and
.'ianl Yentoux was white to far
br iow tbe beech woods. Jack came
...vn to Marsrat, fearing lest
l'-lise, who w.is now enceniolf.
wjnld not m able to bear tbe
i:;onrofibe cold aud tbs 1olence
iu the wind. Maraval was well
'.fltered, and only little more
aichfulties would be oeceasarj
t'.eie.
Christmas eve arrived without
anything noteworthy baring
happened. Jack and Felise bad
remained sitliug by tbe side of
' ir primitive fireplace, waitiog
lit' the signal tliou'.d be given by
I.' a village bells in order to Join
a iatentiou tbe failblal and
o ebrale as well as tbey could I be
bulb ol the Satiour. Meantime
it-y talked ol various things.
1 caa ' scarcely U-lieve that
Fifteen Ounces was a traitor," said
1'ilUe; lor why should be betray
y oal w bal could be fct by tbalT"
I don't know," replied Jack;
Htat 1 shall find oat some time or
utUer, and be won't bave lost aot-
fbing by waiting. Ah. tbe little
beggar ! Bat ior bim yoa woald be
walking to church on my arm at
is moment, with your bead ae
b-b a auy of tbem, and would be
getting reaiy ior caring your
b tby re.-peciably in jour father's
I ue."
That is true," said Felise sadly.
My poor faihei ! 1 wonder bow be
Is getting ou alone down there
without me.
"Ob, be is wonderfully well; tbe
ere, whom l rsw this very even-
g, met tim returning f'orn town,
id be was quite In .... usual
balth and Hunts lla i another
v. uose conduct I ball briL to light
1-,-me fine day if it pl-ase tieaven!"
MVou see traitors everywhere
Jack."
That is because there are traitors
everywhere, Lise. Chris toL too,
what right bad be to tell tbe gen
darmes tbat Maripan was mine!
I call that lreaoni, I do."
'Poor Maripan !" said Lise; Mbe
was a good dog, and 1 am sorry
al oat bim."
Oijes.be was a good dog; it
would not have lx.au eay to flud
bM equal. I cannot believe, that
be is altogether lost, and I am al
a its axpecllng to see bim rnnning
It. here wt:b a piece of bis chain at
bM neck. What can tbe cursed
poral bave done to him!''
And involuntarily so to speak
by there pure force of habit, Jack
i.f ered tbe shrill whistle which
Ld to recall Maripan even from
farthest wanderings. Ia tbe
cm silence of tbe night tbe dis
tort barking of a dog arose from
tue plain in answer to tbe whistle
ur if it bad only been waiting for
th:s signal.
Jack trembled from bead to foo
a"d rose upright on bis feet, al
most breath U ss.
-Did you bear it, l.ie fsald be
Yes, bat there are plenty of dogs
in tbe plain, my or Jack; especi
a..y tonight wteu everybody Is
awake."
It is be, I tell you; I know but
b-.rk. lietide listt-u again."
lie went to the moutb of tbe care
Uud in the deep siirnceof tbe night
melted lully three timet at
equal Interval'. la a few seconds
a dog wan iieaid to reply la tbe
iisUnce with three .distinct barks,
lucre was no doubt this time
i'. was Manpan coming back.
Ab, pood dog; better than men !
What a feat thcie will be for yoa
when yoa return ! lie will cot be
inc, i warrant; be Is run nine
straight forward, without troubling
himself about roads or foot-paths
at- Sa aa
.vu. x coaiun t cave wtsned for a
belter CbrUtmas than this !
.it a .wuiNiieu again and again.
4ja. to bis great astonishment tbe
barking stiil continued far off and
t tone became more plaintive.
-uy mamier . cried Jack, gloom
miB ovtv him all at once. "It is
Maripan sure enough, bat be is
not at liberty."
(TO BE OOJSTIItCED.)
NEWS OF A WEE&
WHAT IS HA PFUXIJTQ Z3
1IIE WORLD AROUXD C3.
A Codened Report cflks Xem
am CatAeretf JVoms CWCWsmsm
omr CotUempora ries, 8lal4
and National,
light pla&t
at Lenoir
Charlotte's electric
is to be doubled.
A mad dog was killed
a lew dsjastnee.
Goldsboro has already contract
ed for water works.
Tlw Louibburg Timet believes a
tobacco warehouse will shortly be
opened in that town.
An entire barn of Granville fa
mous gold lear fetched jL03 per
hundred pounds at Oxford.
The Goldsboro Argot tayt larf e
quantities ot track it being plant
ed in that section this year.
Senator Sills is one of the
most modeet and xaost useful .
members of the Legislature.
Geo. Johnston Jones, late Adju
tant General, bas become editor
in-cbief of the Ashe vine Cltirea.
Preseut arms!
Last week's Weldon Newt con
Uined picture cf Eev. W. B. Mor- -ton,
tLe pastor of tbe Mlwoiiary
Baptistt church at that place.
Two tickets were Uken ep on
tbe W. & W. U. one wfclcb ru
told fourteen years aro and the
other told nine years ago.
It It reported that tbe Vf. & W.
It. H. Con will shortly complete
tbeir road from Itocky Mount to
Spricgbope on to Uaieigb.
We tee it stated that Cot. Tboa.
S. Kenan, D. G. M-, baa been re
elected director of the Oxford Or
fan Asylon for a term of fire
year.
We e it stated la the papers
that Mr. Chaa. S. Brran. of Ntv
Berne, via b married to Mist An
nie A. Mac Wor ter, of ArasU, Gt
retry ota, x(3.
Tbe JTewt of Oxford aayt: FlU
Oxford full of smoking tobaooo
factories like Winston 4s of ploj
then give as a special Health o&oer
to keep tbe town clean ad wt art
hd,"
Tbe Elizabeth City Economist
aayt largt quantities of oysters art
tbipped from this Slat. There it
money in oar oyster if oar peo
ple will only lve tlem the proper
attention.
Tbe people of Dallas, Texas,
bave subscribed ' 1 130,000 for a
State Fair to be belj in that cty
next falL That It tbe way for the
people to abow tbeir interest la
tbeir city.
Shelby Era: Miller Brothers, ot
Colombia, are about to start a cot
ton batting milL which will eon.
same about four bales of cotton a
day and tarn oat abor. 2,009 .
pounds of bats.
Clinton Caucasian: 7-r are
four generations of a t . t f bow
represented at onr couoir poor
boose, via; Treat grandmother
grandmother, mother and child. It
it to be hoped that it It tbe only
case on record.
Tbe rrogrtawve Fanner, pob-
hsbed at Raleigh. I L. Poll, edi
tor, is to be enlarged for 1SS3, tod
many new features added to ft.
Such writers as Iter. Edward Ev
erett Hale, Joaqoin Miller aod
nlkra will jwntrlhnf Iji IV. .
tbe coming year.
Th Witmnerfn Kfr - illi
Anborn, Maaa it takes an lodos-
Irious girl two days to make 12 '
pairs or stockings for which the
geU 14 cents? oentt a dsy for
ber work. She leedt berselL Ani
that ia what protection does for
tbe stocking-makers.
We beard a min aay that not
very long tinoe, over 1M w a root
loaded witb tobacco, all from Sua
tod Franklin, passed bis bouse la
two davK, in sncceaion. on tbeir
way U Henderton and other mark-
eta. His wife conn ted tbe war on a.
so yoa may know it it correct. And
tbU occurs almost every week, da
ring tbe tobacco aeaaoiu-Loaurbarg
Times.
.Raleigh Progressive Farmer: The
High Point Enterprise aart
that twenty-four car loads of ttel
rails were on loaded therw tbta
week for tbe High Point, Ran die
man, A be bo ro and Sootbern Bail
road Com pant. Ileotntf wa
have been Informed that the prioe
of all manipulated (ertilixert it ad
vanced from 120 to per ton.
We bare been enable to trace tbe
cause for tbit advance.
Mr. John T. Patnck annonnoee
that falling health will compel tit
retirement from tbe Imm'.rratloa
department and recommendt Mr.
Peter M. U ilson, wbo bat been as
sisting bio in bit work, for bit
socneasor. So better selection
could be made, aod tf be it placed
at tbe head of tbe Department tbe
good work commenced by Mr. Pat
rick wdl be faithfully aod sacceat-
miiy conunned- Moaree Planter.
r t
xoanoae ews: a negro man
iving near Garysburg, wboee
tame we am not learn, was reoeuc-
OrVctgaaScCT.
It is aked on behalf of onr dia
abled North Carolina soldiers of
tbe war, that property in tbe Bute
be Uxed flva cent on tbe one ban
dred dollars valuation, for a pension
ployment to a large number of senger
operators. j
The bulk of core whiskey j
in the surround A ne8ro
UlUMaMiviv
ing counties of Alexander,
Ashe, Wilkes, Watauga, Dare,
i; oat st use,!!; paid floo. in back pensions by tond to be applied to tbe relief of
adroitnefsand-.be United States Government, the disabled veterans aod the de
ns abrasions, and be bss been also pat on tie pendent, destitute widows of 5ortk
Yadkin, and Catawba, is mark-
ooiwikuowauuiUK juu ne oss been also pat
tueiaw pre eu, oua lU" --H -'" r-ensioo roi- and will continue to
ed enemy, duly mnzrled, followed receive twelve dollars and fifty
the conquerors with bis ear bang- cents a month as long at be lives,
ing and bis tail between hit legs. ite was in tie Federal army dario
xu wipvix -- - I iue war ana lost aa ere in tea ser.
brake man was kill at
T'l i r i w- o . II.. w n u
niUBlOU a tew waB aju. u t "
irnvkfi off the car bv the eves of
the cotioa warehouse aud ruu over,oaet jjy meaB8 of Maripan exqui Tjce,
Carolina soldiers wbo fell in tbe
late war. or. aabteqnenUj died of
woonds received in battle. It there
a DTonertv owner in "n k rw...
who will not cheerfallr anhmit t
J that tax! Wilaifljtoa Htsaenftr.