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U ; a :t3v i'lthe time TO- . ICS ALL C? 1 1 1 1 JOB WOBK- t j 8E5D TOCR 0EDEK3 I ry AW H sHiK'imiE FOR ' M 6 The wi'son Advance "LET; ALL THE ENDS THOt' AIM'ST AT, BE THY COUNTBI '8, THY GOD'S, AND TKUTHSV FOE 1SS9, a ,-to Tnis orncz.- VOLUME 19. WILSON , NORTH CAROLINA, APRIL 18, 1889. NUMBER 12 v A YA 1 BILL-ARP'S LETTER -:o:- 2T7K JOVS, FL.i V rJiA.KS ON THE OlA MAN. r i Mu,l ; .'. , Those ill n nun lie ! Ennivivd When '; ' '! J'o. Last Monday morning the brealiiast ueu ranr e.3 usual, and when we Vathered at the festive hoard we found, the chair all' tied to tlie center legs ot" the table 90 that we could not draw them back to take our seatn. Two mischiev ous chaps were pepin.! at us through the crack of the door, but we never noticed them. I quietly stooped down and eut the strings and wr'took our. seats and I invoked the time honored blessing upon the food but the .food wa? not there. iAVlien the dish cover were IrAmoved the. dishes were all . .1 tr. fr. 4. .... empty ana me cone put pave us. nothing but hot water. The stifled jiifTiriint; behind the door told us that it wag an Ap;il 1 fool, but it d'du t latlong, lor the Vmpiy ensues were soon re-jil-iced and .Jensie asked me if I hadn't bet-er as another ble-intr. Quinine is a good medicine, but it does not go well in a glass of milk. Salt is a good thine but will not sweeten c 'ire; but tho.se chaps enjoyed the frolic so much we never got mad, tor there is but one- All Fool's day in a year. Once upon a time I caught at mole in the garden ' and shut him up in thw suaar dish, and when Mrs. Arp removed the tor. tlit" sweet little varment stood no on his. hind legs and laid his red nose on the edge of the dish, and there was a scene that the children have not for gotten, and so as the? baa my naternal, example they take a good many liberties. There never was very muchdignity in my household, no how. Sometime-" f try to look solemn, but the children know it is all put on and they run over me as usual. I n aiced that the school bell did-i't rim: hist Monday innriiiiiL'. and that evening I asked the professor, what was , the matter. He said it didn't ring because he couldn't find vne Ciapper. -. n; . n'j)B.. um worked rk'M hard in the dark til get the clapuer oil and they thought, t'-ere fwvild ,b&- no school, but he c'tlled the'm in and made no sign. The pro fesser is mighty good, and said (he was gointr to give holi day and go fishing with the boys if it had not rained. The dogwood has not bloomed yst, and so I reckon the holiday will come before long. I like that. I like for a teacher to steal a day Fometimen and go out in the woods and fields with the pupils and have a good time. It looks like a sin to pen up the children every day in this blessed mouth when na ture, like a Hushing maid, is putting on her summer clothes. April comes from a Latin word that means to open The earth is opening ior me spring coin, the trees are opening their buds, f owers are t opening into beauty and the birds are . open ing the balmy air with music, f wish that we all could lay aside trouble and toil and go to the woods and meadows and gather flowers and sweet shrubs and fish iu he creeks and branches aud picnic upon the :ras3 and be happy in com munion witli nature. What is the use of hurrying through lib ? hat is the use 01 so 1 much cooking and cleaning up arid making' line cloths and living on a 'strain. I knew tha-t the boys were up to some mischief about that school bell, for Jessie was sing ing "The Curfew will not ring in the morning." I asked Carl about it, and he said they. were just going to have a little fun lie I used to have when I was a boy that's it. The chickens -always come home to roost.. Vhen a lather tell3-his chil.: df en of his own youthful frolics aud colors them up a little and makei hi '.me If out a hero, it is like a hen laving eggs. They are k'iit7r to hatch srme- time. I Itislllf.; planting seed in the ground, 'i liey will come after a wiiilt) and ' h-.-ar fruit. I re membered telling the children how we college bos tied a wire to the chapel bell one night and put it through ttie lattice of the belfry ,afid ' down to the ground and then across to the culleg and up. to the third sto ry window and drew it tight no tli iX it was away in the air and 'almost invisible from below 8-twl about midnight Tofli King, 1' -e room was close by, began V1'11 the bell for a'fire signal, ai'l aroused the town a,ud the Wu;i and the lire company a"l when they couldn't 'find Uc 'ire they came to the chap el ;ir.J hunted all round for the 'amp but couldn't find him. fiie next niht it rang ol it a-;t in and the police ran to the Muipnl a train -and went away up "'to the belfry with a lantern l'it -'iuldri't find anybody and '' next night a man slept in l'" cliiipel and we boys, knew U anri didn't ring- and so they fetched aud we watched and ue ringing waa kept and on for a week and ' Dr. Church, the president, got aw ful mad and the professors lec tured us and said the ,boys would certainly be expelled if found out. Most of us got scared and quit, but Tom. King wouldn't quit, and Hen Mosley and Dick Farmer were patting Lim on the back and aggin him on. One morning Old t Mack (that was professor HcKayj told our class in a kind Jr way that he thought the chapel bell had rung about long enough and he would stop. He said he did not know who was doing it, and did not wjant to know, but that he knew very well how it was done. "Young gentlemen," said he, "I j know pretty much all the tfoliege tricks, tor I was al64eria them when I was in college. I sympathize with you in all miscLiet chat has no meanness in it, and I was willing that the bell 'should be run until the boys got tired and quit, but the faculty do not agree with me and the citizens of the town are complaining, and so j hope it will stop. But it didn't stop. Old Mack knew ail the time how it was done, and wouldn't' tell. He never reported to the faculty; but a niht or two after this advice, old Nahum Y06d, the tutor, slipped up stairs in the dark find laid his hand on Tom King's shoulder while Torn was pulling away ai the wire. Tom was summoned before thef acui ty. Old Dr. Church's ; black eyes flashed fire as he (talked to him, aud Tom was excelled. Old Mack beed for "him. but it was no use. Tom": was sent home. He was th son of Bar ringtou King, of Ilpse we'll, and the college had its best support from that town. The K'ihg3 and Dimwoodies were grand old families, Charlie King had just graduated with the highest honor and Tom was universally popular. It was a bad sad day for u?.'al when Tejii told THE MUSIC LID THE WOIX The Yankees -Frightened off. 137 the '' Sound of Music. . . COUNTY INSTITUTES g, lhem ia -tbeir -:0 us good by. We waited I about two weeks for j things td quiet down, and then w e f, go tj up a petition to the faculty to re store Tom. One hundred and sixty Itcys signed it, and,; we at tachea to it a letter froih Tom that showed, the rirht Ispirit, and Old Mack presented it to the faculty and plead for Tom's restoration just like a lawyer pleads for j his client, land so Tom came back and aftfer that he "let those thapel bell 41one." as Cobe would say. Poor Tojn trood Tom. I saw him bound ed at Manassas. lie gH well in time to be killed atChica mauga. And now old Mack is dead. He died in Baltimore a few days ago died .of goiod old nae. I .ionder ' how Imany thousand hearts gave ia sigh when they read it. Ie was the students' -friend.- anjd they loved him. Many I a btv has studied his lesson for old Mack's sake when he would not have done so for his- own sakei lit w kindly, tender was his voice as he tolled us along through the mysteries of geometry and conic, sections and calculus. How patient he wa witli us in the field when he taught us pratical surveying witlh the chain and compass.1 How earn est and eloquent when teaching us astronomy by nijrht and pointing the constellatmus in the starry heavens. Yes, I think I see many a s-ad .face and many a. bosom heave all over the sunny south Jas the alumni of Franklin : College and , Columbia college one by one read the account of his death. It is comforting thought", that the loving memory of a j good, man goes up like incense from so many hearts, though they be far apart and scattered from Maryland to Texas, )t we cannot all love., each; oth"4rv we can-all love mm. lhere -is but two left no of that j'aculty of noble men Dr. Lecoiite and Professer Fulloh are lefti alone V e love them too, for, like Pio fesser McKay, they were our unselfish friends. Next to our kindred come the teacher of our boyhood in affectionate memory. It is a mutual com fort of love upon our sifle and pride upon the other; f 01; what teacher is not prouud when his pupil has attained honor and fame and dignity in the land.. - I; Bu.iil Aup. In the winter of 1863, a- band belonging to the 'army of Northern Virginia, was in camp at one of the hospitals in the suburbs of Richmond, Va. The members had seen long service, and were ordered to this point for rest and practice. . It was at this time that Richmond was threatened by a raid tinder Colonel Dahlgreen, who came with explicit instructions "to kill Jeff Davis and his cabinet and to releaseHhe prisoners on Belle Isle." Every available force was called out to meet the exacted raid. Perhaps The only organisation left in the city save the necessary guard , for the prisoners and stores 'was the band above al luded to. The weather wa3 severely cold, the ground was covered with snow and the soldiers of the band were hov ering over scanty fires. The Teader of the band was Capt. Bill Smith, of Robeson county. Among others are remember ed the names of Wat. McPhaul, of Red Springs, and Arnold, of Moore county. The entire number was about- 24. Rod McMillan-, private in Co. K, 28th N. C. Regiment, had been wounded in a recent fight and was located in a hospital near at hand, and visited the band with a request for some music. In response to the invitation, the band commenced playing, aud had given "Dixie," when the report of a gun was heard, followed by the explosion 6f a shell. "What does that mean?" asked a soldier. '-Oh, nothing, only some drunken soldier tak ing Christmas and saluting the band." - - Acting on this snsgestion, the band rushed out of the hospital upon the snow and played sev eral lively airs. The shells continued to burst till at last the band ceased playing. "I tell you, boys, that must be Yankees," said one. "Officers would never allow shells fired by drunken artillerymen in that way." A few hours afterwards it was discovered that a part of the raidintr force had approach ed to within sight of Richmond and hearing the band playing, threv a few shells in that di rection, and supposing that a large force was gathering, re treated with the result, of the death of the bold raidler and dispersion of his force. The city was defenceless, and if the NEtV DEPARTURE IN Eli C CATION. 1 The success of this new de - parture ia Normal . instruction ; depends much upon the char acter 4f the men who are ! chosen to do the work. Oar ! wise Superintendent of Public Instruction, Maj. S. M. Finger, was anxious to secure the best ; talent and the mo9t earnest and enthusiastic teachers for the , responsible aud important j tasks imposed by the Legisla ture. He wanted native North J Carolinians. The State Board i of Education determined to , have the two best men in North i Carolina and with a wisdom ! most cnmmendahl-.'' rhflv hatrn tutions public and private. lt;foUld them. Thev did nrt believes that a system that will !look for whsZ-nated a put education within the rea.-n , Th k e tb t energetic boys and girls in caDabie of doiuif the work wprH already engaged and that they NAUTICAL LIFE. -:o: THE GATES OF THE EAST. Step Forward in Preparjfj Ttachera lor Tlieir Work. The Chronicle is always glad to see any advance movement iu the education of the people. It believes in edu cation , of every kind. It is a friend to all educational insii- 01 energeac poys ana girls in North Carolina will do more for our people than they dream f and that it is the solution of 1 many social and political prob lems that now seem difficult to solve. ! Education means freedom; had good positions. For this responsible work the Board of Education elected Prof. Charles D. Mclver, a member of the i faculty of Peace Institute, and Prof. L, A. Alderman, Super- ignorance, under tue most ioteudeiit of the Goldsboro favorable circumstances is THE. Graded School, both native slave intelligence. ' 11 ; .e patriotic North Carolinians people couia always rememoer ( The educational population ot this it would be well for them !h etntp, arjii gnni9ni M.a and for the State. Whatever can be done for the education of the people oueh tto!meet with the approval and hearty en dorsement of every citizen who loves his State. The Chronicle never lets an opportunity pass, when it can aid or show its; sympathy for such a movement. It is, therefore, with peculiar pleasure that we call the atten tion of our readers to the pr -posed County Institute work abcut to be inaugurated by the State Board of Education iu accordance with an act passed by the last General Assembly. This act provides that :tll the white Normal Schools in the State shall be abolish.-d and that the 1,000 heretofore annually appropriated foi the purpose of holding these Nr mals be appropriated "for the purpose of holding County In stitutes and conducting exami nations of teachers and for such other work for the in struction of teafcers as may be selections. We do not beiieve there are two men in th State better suited for the arduous In !.rs to which they are called They are both good scholars Hiid they graduated from the University iu th same class. Raleigh State Chronicle HE SEBPE2TT IN THE GRAPE 'It Biteth Like a Serpent and Sting cth Like an Adder-" raiding party had entered, - the object of the expedition might have been realized. Many of the band alluded to are still living, who remember the inci dents above related. Scottish Chief. The "Farmer's Ctita Trick. Thc.utest trn kl ever ecd play ed on a tbier" whs one .John Wiley, a neighbor cf mine, got up. Ye see, John had been tnissm' cor u-for .some time, Every night some boily wns j)nyin' the crib a visit. John thought over-it a long time and didn't know hardly what t' do ittxjut, it, tur, je see, he thought 'he Irnew lac poor devil that wnz.doin' die woik aud duln't like to expose ?un, specially as they lived right joiniu' most. At last he 4hoaght of a way to stop the thievin' with out settiu' traps or anything of that short. lie tnk an' he whittled out null lot ov little pegs 'bout 1 inch thick and 2 inches longs Then he druv theses pegs into two or three doz ea ears ol corn, hamtuenn' a peg into th' butt end eacl ear. These eai he sprinkled arouu' over hus pile uv corn near the crib door. W ell, th' nex.' day wuz a Sund.iy, an' John found that corn had been stolen as usual. So he put ou his o-to-tneetiu's' and' walked over to the neighbor's little place. They nlked and smoked, you kuov, and John kept kinder saunterin' along until they were at .the letter's stable. rhere Willey saw 'a pile uv fresh" cubs which lust been thrown out. Still talkin' urieon cerned-like, John, picked aip a cob in7 comiueuced whitlin' oil it. rur ty soon a peg dropped to the groun'. 'iiell;" savs John. "Fuuny kind ot corn is this. Got, a wooden peg in th' end uv it." Then lookin up; "Why, Tom. what's tbe matter! You loot pale." Tlie feller ditfu't knew he was cacghtT THEY WAI'T'' TO COME -fiOME- up off ITera Escdusters are Writing Back to Get Money to Come Heme- There are an v quantity of letters being received hefe just at this time ibv the former em ployers from nuufbers vpf col ored people who went M est from this section somei weeks ao with the exodus ilever. poor, deluded "nitrs"1. went West. And they are-askintr for monev to come home oii. The wording of the letters are very earnest, though, of course, dif fej int; somewhat in expression Some say, "Please, sir, snd me money-enough to como pome. Others say, "Do, please dead me money to come home ;" and yet others" write, "For the. good Lord's sake send" me mdney to come home" but it i-t "come home Argus. every time. Goldsboro The officers of the Wakej county cattle club have decided! to hold their "attle show again this year there tremblin' an' atidwer. lie in' he stood waitin' fu Wiley to accuse him uv stealin' th corn, uut . tuat wnzn t donu s way. lie jest went on talkin' an' whittled saveral more, pegs outen th' cob?; thvii he bid his neighbor good day an' went home. Well, sir, Wiley never mention ed th' matter agio, but he ' kept on neighborin' with feller same ai ever. But you bet he didn't lose enny more corn. 'Bout a year after that the man come to -John an' told him with tears in his eyes that the peg business wuz the kindest trick he'd ever had doue to him, that th'corn he tuk from John wuz th' first stealin' he'd ever done an' th' Lkit. "Like enough," he said to John, "ef you'd exposed me I'd uv been a tmef theest of my days, but your, savin' notour . bout it, an' your treatm' me so. nice af terward, made me ashamed uv myself, and I've been trying to be a better man since- i ll starve tore I'll steal again." be- A Detroit gentleman, whose hair is becoming a little sparse, says that his marriage certifi cate is beginning to show through. deemed advisable in the vari ous counties of the State." '? a State Board of Education i given the full power of carrying this law into effect. In con formity thereto they have em ployed two prominent and well furnished and enthusiastic educators who will hold these Institutes in the diffei ' counties in the State; begini about the first of July. The Chronicle desires to s-ay that it believes great good will come to public education fro - this work. Not only will U.s teachers of every county in thH State be benefitted and enco tr aged, but, what is of as g't at importance, tn.e ieople will have the question of educati hi and espscially of public educa tion constantly before th m t is, the people of Xi- h Carolina hear little of put liv? education except in campaign years. The most prominent politicians, and those who know the people best, of what ever party they be, make r o political speeches without try ing to show that their partv .3 the friend of education, aiid that it therefore deserves lh4 support of the people. We d' condemn this in the pon ticians. It is ritjht that t!nd question should be made i.a nortant. 1 or the greatest an most momentous question to the average citizen is the edu cation of his children. What ever party gives this is his b-t friend, and, if government is for the greatest good to the greatest number, such a party deserves the support 01 all nin. But it is a . matter for regret that the people do not he some of the eloquent speeches for education at other times be sides campaign seasons. One of the most important thing to be done is to keep the people alive and awakened on this great subject. We think that this will in a large measure be accomplished by the work of the Institute conductors. " Another good feature of the work is the examination of teachers. As we understand it, no teacher is compelled to stand an examination utder the conductor of the Institute, but those who wish to 6ecur first grade certificate good for three years may stana an ex amination given by; the Insti tute Conductor and the County Superintendent. . At present al public, school teachers are 'i liged to stand an examinas -'.n under the County Superintend ent every year. Those who prefer to continue this method can do so, but there are mny complaints against it and we doubt.,not that many of the bt-st teachers will feel that it is much better to secure the firt grade certificate for three years. We believe that this and many other features of the work will greatly benefit the profession of teaching, will advance the cause of education and will therefore be of great advantage to the State. - The gentlemen selected l r the work have a rare opp -r-tunity for service to their State and the teachers thron li mit the State and the pe -ple ought to do everything in their The Rock ot Gibraltar Forti fications, Guns And Gallerie. Tlie Town And Harbor. Neu tral Ground. The Summit. Poet of Gibu altar. It ia a notorious fact, well authen ticated by historical allusion, that the ttock 01 Gibraltar ban strod itr long period of time jurt where it is to-day. There ia no -competent evideucf extent that it U- ever been in any other pUce. In the niemorty of the oldeat inhabitant! of the garrisoned town at it tae, it has remained unchanged in form and appearance. No one c.id re member when it wan not a rock. To be dare it axed to I called :ie Pillar of Herculea.. became, I .ippose, that ancient personage . some mufeular development pro- sed to fence in the world, making ;s is outer boundary, aud utterly i..mnng our own fair America. It w a believed that it held up the !ies but science has dissipated ' iat notion. In time it became a sort I'gate post to the East, aud is niw ao Englisb'fortress that, rsetor- ;g somewhat the original 1 tea of 01 vtholoK.v, helps to support the, i.ntisii ivnpire iu tbe east. seen, however as it may be, leave the place between sunset and 6onrise. While this m a very whole some military requirerneot, as well as a wise precaution, it I a practice that sometimes results in the di coumGtureof the tHaed traveler, as a bit of persoual experience exemplified. In company with a friend, shortly after our arrival in poi t, to indalge my propensity for horsi back riding I hd Iven out in ihe Spanish domain lor a gallop ov r tbe coun try roads. Across the '."tbmus tht con ecu Gibraltar wit'u the main . land is a strip of land, a half mile iu width known as neutral ground; Along its borders, on either Bide, the sentinels of the two nations are arrayed, who seeru to be employed principally in looking ' each other. We passed through both lines in 1 the morning without let or bin dranre. ai(l w.th th t' oughts or a 1 1 1 . ... 11. . . 1 1 . 1 uei'gir.imtv peut ia -iouo id curj miuus, wcie ruakintc uir way back to the city.. The Spanish guards o!Terd no opositioo, a wcentcreJ the neutral ground ja' after tl; sun ha-1 droped down between th hills, nnconscious of Gibralta:s hour lor retiring. At tbe " En-li- h gauril line m we'f stopped at tlie point of a bayonet, aud were informed that wc rool i not enter the town. Awricaa I ke we. ar iiued the case, but wir'joat a veil. Tlie seutiuel, as we'l as tbe officer of ti;e guard who w:4.- called for consultation, ex;.I.i;;ied iu a most courteous in.itin'-r that, regretting it as thej- did, the.r tirders werv impera'ivi. Nothing : "nained for Pclitlcal Chat ai Tia ITaticral Q'.pltal ty Or Ssgilar Lcj:rtsr. Washington, April 12th. 1S3. Harrison is still keeping np bis r llcy of wearing out the office -ekers, and judging from tbe wy " e hotel lobhifs are beginninf to t.in oat he i succeeding pretty ; elL With tbe exception ot 1 itch of pootin asters, b has made n important appointments this eek, and tbe republicans are s' w!y discovering that it Is J-oor r licy to try to drive bin Into a l;.:rry after he has annooncM his 1 tent ion of poine slow. Patience ! y ssrs office-seekers, your machine 1 ' en slowly bat every time is ap- f mis a man it is a repabican. free m any svmptotns of a question ol ne when every democrat now In -Joe will be sncoeeded by a rt- 01. can. nat roo;e can yoa K! in tbe mean time if yoa want see the republicans apnointed ia uemocrats r moveu with liirhu ng rapidity jot drop ino First .iKtant Post master General C .arksons ode and see him mint , .late tbe fourth class post offices i tbe country. lie reached an f -'crage of over fifty a day. Who would imagine that dis fase, ruin and death could lie hidden iu the clustered globules of the vine so fair to look up on, so delicious, so refreshing But if there be evil in anything, perverse man is bouud to have itou1. Out of grapes brandy. Ihe worm of the still firs cousin to "the worm that never aietn" wrings Irom the ex quisite juices of the fruit s mortal poisom ; Everybody knows it is a poi ton, but it is not. the less popti lar on that account. Every body knows, too. that its pois onous qualities are quickened and intensified by adulteration yet, for every man who eats grapes, ten men drink cheap brandy. Tell them there is stiychnine in it; prove the presence of the drug by analyst-; still they drink it. Tate tii nn t t the delirium tremens wara ana snow them a man possessed of demons, bottle imps, yet none the less they drink it. Poverty, Crime, Shame. Paralysis, Madness. Everlasting Uuin, menace them from the goblet's fiery brim, yet they press it to their 'I'9- Wonderful, most wonderful ! Men do not walk into the file, or leap into boiling caldrons, or fling themselves into the rag uig sea, ana -et fatal as hre, as eethiug oil, as the abysmal ocean, is this same brandy and all its spirituous kin. The ordinary means ot suicide slays at once, but these slowly and with torments unspeakable Boay and soul they kill; yet they are swallowed eagerly. With their eyes wide open, iu spite of all warnings, thous ands deliberately destroy them helves with strong drinks. In all the phenomena of liy there is no infatuation like to this. Japanese, who kari on a point of etiquette is less of an idiot than the Chris tian druukard. N. Y. Ledger f. THE OLD NORTH STATE. Shs's a Grand 014 Commonwealth (ibraltar is an iuspiriuz sight. It is well worthy of the. rntbsand the stories attached 'to it, and of the popular conceprion of its Im pregnable firmness, and is not amiss iu giving a vigorous sii:;ile to our language. As our ship passed Ihe Straits, at which hundreds of essels seemed to center making a I vely n val scene, the llock ol ibraltar appeare ) In it grandest proportions. The Iteams of the rising sun touched it-- rngged sur face and kindled if ;i the Ham ng colors of morriug. Tins natural ciudel is a solid iim.ss of rock, fifteen hundred feet in height aud seven miles in circumference. It is joined to the v mtinent by a low is-tbmu, that is scaicely visible at sm, and has the appearance of an inland. At first sight its irregular walls. which have a reddish color, seem nevoid 01 vegetation, out a rearer approach reveals the scanty cover- i)j of grasses and shrubs tat and f.-oftig in its crevices It stands like 1 grim warrior guarding the en trance to tbe Mediterranean. hic'i s'ncu thebpeningof the Suez Canal, has become tbe great passage-way of the comaieice of tbe world be tween the east and the west. It is very humiliating to the ne man, to ce tbe defensible f ;rtress iu the bands of their rivals and they still hope some day to regain Its possession, a hope winch in this generation is not likely to be fulnlled. The world, however. goes on, little caring whethpr Gaul or Saxon garrisons tbe citadel so long as its traffic Is allowed to pass unmolested through the fefraits Town of Gibraltar extends along the western base of the llock, with a large and commodious harbor 111 the foreground, am pi.- to anchor t'lenawesof tbe world. It Las population of twenty thousand People. Tlie Spanish and I'ortu uese nationalities pre iominate in .imbcr. and with Afrits Moors an 1 1.... 1.. 1 1 . . iit ii-uinr. cuiuuiiii; in uittKiuj; motley and nustable community large garrison is always siatiou l here, ofteutime numbering five iimspnd men, giving to the place decidedly military look. As In all garrison towns but Jitth.. nprovemcnt is made by private i- tizens, with a view to per;niK-iu .i:cup-uiey, as resident erniits are .ranted for a time not exceeding livejCirs. Tbe official residences ro handsome buildings with l-au;i The heathen J f igl round, and are well'desicned to 1 ; I . .... ...f.l... .1.-- couiiinis nan-1 lortikt? a iciiifui ai j oii iiiw.uiuiu verv en joyame. 1 uere are no serious hardships imposed cbion those tiuartered in this stronghold, de. pite the necessarily strict-discipline fit the climate is charming and the whole world is knocking at their doors. Toe lortifica ions. cover the west em and southern bases of the Uocl and command tbe harbor as well as the entrance to the sea. Tin consist of three forts, !esidcs batteries on every available oiut They battery includes two 130-tons Armstrong guns, twenty-one feet long and nix feet in diameter, with ;evt nteen inches bore, capable of fi'ing a shot of the weight of a ton a distance of twelve miles. through the northern end las li-en cut a seri s of galleries, that rise from the Dottom nearly to the top. They are made in the solid rock, and are about two aud a bail miles in lenghr, high enough to ride through on a donkey, and wide enough for a carriage to pass. t intervals of tbnty-six feet there are port noies, in which seven inch rifles are mounted, so as to commaud tbe approaches from Spain. Ir the upper end of tbe galleries it their point of termination, an "uroense chamber has been formed ...died St. fieorge's Hall overlook ing the .Mediterranean ana the continent, the window: of which are twelve hnndred feet above tbe sea. In this chamber it is cus tomary to hold oQical receptious entertainments and balls. Tbev remind my picture the novel snr roundings of such an event ablaze with naval and military regalia, in tbe very interior of the mountain and recall the traditipu of the fieuzied lover, who in the presence of bis latfy-love threw b;i::e'f from me of the openings down t n jkt eudicnlar will of stone to the ticks and waters talon-, w! re it presumed bUfcetiees W i.It) jvor The town is most s.rnpu'otisly i guarded. The gates ou the ti .itK j cm side ate closed at suudon .:, and sentries are posted aim;: :- line. INo one is permitted to cuter or And the Old orth State is a trrand domain rich in its broad acres, rich in its timbers and minerals, rich in its water powers and f waterways, and blessed with' a . thousand ad vantages denied to other sec tions. She is to-day working gold mines in thirty-one coun ties and silver mines in five others. She mines and markets seven-eighths of the mica usod ri the United States, .Shesup-- plies this country with the emery of commerce. She has 112 varieties of native timber which a.re usable and market able. She has 170 varieties of minerals, bhe has water pow er estimated at 3,000,000 horse power. She can grow any gr.T?", fruit or vegetable kuown to the United States. She has an liouent, conservative admin- istra ion, a lo-.v death rate, a high standard of morality, and in no State in the Union is the law mora respected or more closely obeyed. She has the coal and iron and timber to in vite mmufacturers the cli mate and soil winch promise the best reward to the farmer. So much for the State at large M Quad in Detroit Free Press. lemocraoy Will IT ever Die- t.ie rpan across the the sua to us to do but t retain ; ish tosvu of . L'.io-., borders, and wait i-jt give us a i-assM)it. At t ha bpauisii lit we were stopped as peieroptot tl. as though he ganrd h alt:ken r'.n cue fiom bis Jreton neighbor. For 4 moment the state of siff.nr-: e-as dubions enough. Tne prosjiee! of camping out in Pentral lerri"rv between two lines ot frowning .Miers, and without bed and Ihmp'. were never tetrer. Alter some -.uleyiu2 tbe Spaniards permitted us loeuter the king's dominion, wru- e we found 1 caravansary, though dirty and nhospit:ii)Sf, in ui-K -o obta'n a show of r-j-t fur :' -elves and horses. in- asceti b.'ig Hie i; -;t of (iibrsl- tar, as well as in exploring its galleries and cave.-. i!;e donkeys are nsed almost ex i'iv.-ely. And little mites of ereVuus they are too, but hardy and si ire- footed." I verily believe that t hi-- one which cariier me about dm it:g ai entire Utcinoon, without s:. twiug anv si-tis of latine. I e :! could have lilted from tbe goiun ', and huve walked away with 1: under my arm. In tbe siree' oftbeto-cn the donkes sub.-crvc muv aa- mir.iiih j nrjKjses, but none so novel 10 foietgnvr a- substit-jies for baby carriages. T.iose s:de- tralk uu!s!ic s are ben -lone away NEWS of a week -XX- WUAT IS HAPPENING 19 THE WORLD AROUND VS. A Com!enrt Report of the Netn m Gaiht-red From the (Uhmi omr Contetnporari, Htate umd National. wlr!:, nnd tb" bibies ! Gibraltar take their p! ices wi';- apuarcnt d. light iti .1 ba-ki-i 'iat hangs u-p.-n t..i :o !'., '. .v' b,ck. while th little I. p... j igs aboii v, i; ti pi it'.e and gi u -ss by the side of lue nure. A ci ignitlcent view may te ob tained Irom (Gibraltar's aoary sum mit, wiiicli is reached b steep and dlflicuit paths up in ng !opes. A signal tatio;s .heie commands tbe riiiir, sweep of la? d and sea. A taaiitilal pan -)r..in- .-; unfolded, that stretches, away )s far as tbe ete can see. The hii.4 ol Spaia toilet the 001 .( on on side, anil the Atricaii Leadla ds loom u;i at-ni-s Ihe StraiU, wi'h Afes II. il. the coaipauioti ol Giota'tar, in the tregrouuil. Tne har'.n.r is dotted uitii sliip-, Hnd wntti- hails aud wreaths of smoke higna! Ihe atiproach of the world's armada, whilo ihe sea breaks' and is dashed into spray agaiust tlio g anite walls that riso abruptlr from tbe oceu's bed. Assisiant Secretary Hussey of the Jiterior Department baa jot icversed a jension decision of ' . .-neral Itlack, that will affect man v v her applications. Tb applicant m injured by tbe fall ol a tier of s-ata at a c;rcos, and General : lack leject tbe application for a . nsion on the ground that tbe ; jary was not received during tbe I -rformance of duty. Tbis de c.sion has now len rcversetl and : pension allowed. . Tbe publiehcl (Vsaereement l -tween Mr. Harrison and Mr. I Mine does not exit a far aI can .. it-rtain, therefore the rumored r titeu.eiit of l.Uiue from the l 'luiii-l iit a fide p(ea.alure. I jub'.le'.s tbe c .r iecndeiit who s nt the matter off, like tbt most "' other eop!e, bere, regards such s "rate of arlaus almost a cer l nty at some time in tbe futa-e, id did not think be was taking f .y very great r:sk in Heading the itter off as hiving already I. come a certainty. Mr. II sMsrins litest rap at toe ( raocratic party wa-s to inform a o mocralic Senator, who called 00 I: m ia In-half of a democrat that v ins to t a metatar of tbe Civil rvice lmai!sion, ,tbat 10 ap- iiiunz itiose dennH-tats, wtmU b law be is compelled lo. Le should ly recogmze ib.ise that are I .Unionists. Tbia m-un to be t iastice to the CTeat majority of democrat Ic party. Solicitor General Jenss has been r guested by tbe Attorney to re : tin in office until tbe Supreme nrt disp'sea of the goverment 1 .epbone ces. Mr. Jenki has 1 sen ted, although it seriously -refers with arrangements be . d prevkn-ly made, in relation to 1- 5 private bui m 'lepreentative Spr rger. maid ; t tafore leaving lor Lome I feel u-'ich better than 1 have t long 1 1 u 1. t f e N. F. Dixon ta elected Senator by the Rhode Inland Irgitlatnre last week. Tbe Farmer' Alliance in f LU State now La fire tobacco war bonses. tue horse pmvl tbrongb Greena boro. sats tbe Workman, rained at 9 30,CKu The Salisbury Watchman y on old negro found while dltchinf, 43 Indian spew beads. Ol. Fred Olds says there is an average of fifty in tbe different companies of tbe State Guard. Greensboro baa an ice factory with a capacity of ten tons per day. Tbe oatfit cost tJ0,OO0. Tbe GoMnboro Mercury eiyg a stork company ha teen organired 10 iti!!j m steamboat to navigate Ihe Neur liiver. Tbe owners of the Long Island rott-.n lactoty on Catawba liiver have ju: abided ooetbnnsaad fpln dles, we learn from tbe Newton Kntetpnse. Tbe Argus says a fpiritual revival is now going on in St. Joba Second Methodist church. It U being attended migbtlv by increas ing nambrri." Tbe Friend ssys a fine yong or chard cr 1,00 trees, apple sod reaches of tbe best varieties, las been lately added to tbe attractions of tbe Asylata grounds. Itisbop V. W. Duncan, of tbe Methodist church, will preach tbe lUccalanreats aermt n be lore the gradaatlng claa of Cbapel Ilillon the SIM of May." I'rof.Tbo. Huaie, IK 1) of tbe iate University win. deliver the annual address at tbe cke of Kin aton CV.llege, May 30th. Tbe peo ple of Kinstott bare a treat in store. S- S. Arendell,ol Iurbam.aasign ei last week. Llabilm- ud assrU otik nown. Preferene. amoant to atxKU ,00J. I). l . Arr, of Tarboro, u assignee, talLe Kan, TJie Durham Tobacco risnt aay. Kvery town in the Stite feema 10 ta on a Ikmioi. M-si of '.tern are laying s.:.I fouadatlona f mills, lactones toud other ucb good mate rial. Tbe News, of Oxford, vea it op in this way: "Nothing la-ads mj snrelv to bmid up a community aa tbe eKtablxthment of m.Jl tnacn lattories judici .usly mauaged bj practical uien." The FajettfviIV Iron Ikna4 Bucket Factory has oummenoed ojieratiuas ia eatatfst, turning oat about -j doren buckets a iv. Tbe Th9 C:wc's Tici- Tliey were telli'iff experiences tbe other iiiglit, and Cr-l. Grannls fold one of hi, lie male tbe trip tin 011.; u the Soatheru o-untry here just alter the road had lcen .ojien cd. Tbe festive i;ob"V bad just Iwgun to enjoy ti e siort of ranoiog the Main ia the rough r- giou, and at one of the stations a formidable spei-:iiie'i ol that totih human boanled the c..rs. Th- conduc'or came along punching tbe tickets, aud this cowboy did not pay any attention to him. At last tbe con ductor laid his hand on the cow lsy's shoulder and i-a.d, "Ticket, please." Th cowl; turned in true cuwtioy style, pu'led out his revolvi r snd ii:tel it at the con ductor- "Here's my ticket." Tbe conductor walked on ai-l punched everyloly else's coupon. Then be disappeared Tlie l:t j incident had iH'esi foreoitct by almost every liisly on the ar. The cow- lV.v w is iu a juiesceiit state, and thecal- was quite sill: when "the conductor came in. I'e walked leisurely up the aisle at.l suddenly stopjH-d le.o;-e the coa lioy, placed a creat leg knife lai:?--ansy con titfuon, to h'.s vi'a! p-ut and said, quietly. "Lemme see that ticket again." The cowboy j tid bis fare. If we could have beaten the Republican party -this time it would have died, but the Dem- j cratic party will never die.: They will burn up Democrats when tbe world is on fire. Sam Jones. ie. 1 nave gained ., ten inds in welnht smew tt "fourth March, due probably t :be fact at 1 bave had nothing to do witli i jneat Naiioual steeple sbase .office. My supporters are not tered for that court. A treat uj 01 mem were irar years ago j tben 1 bad a busy time all day a :l when niibt came I rtm!! do n tbinz but dream of the thoaand o anxious fjct-s that haunt the hite House and tha Depaitmenta. tin (roo.1 leal more of a Civil rvice reform.-r than 1 ever san- SW aa Jsea 1 could ie. Of coatse I ir d-rstand taat wben we Lave a rrectl'ivil Service the milleniam II not ! Tar away, but I think ft tier to move in tbe tbrection of t e miileniam than towards pand e- onlam which is the result of tbe oils faj tern. There is too much i-itrotiage in the hands of tbe 1 esideot and tbe Departments, d I sbai; next winter, iu '.rod ae d advocate, a h.W to relieve tbem much of tbe pressure. I will try lift tbe Congressmen's bnrdsrv, , by working ior tbe election postmasters by tbe eople, that n l done without changing tbe ss'Uation, for tbe election would aiinply a recommendation. t. .1 1 uemocrais nere are conDdentJ) ;s-cr,iiig rnar, .110 n. ma will go niocr?tir, thus a-slmrr tiro Sena- " and nne refires,-!!! to tbe rtj'a vote in Congress. Tbe department clerks that were charged during Cleveland's ad- inistratinii are ting to gt llar onto chance tf.e rule ol Givil rvice, which s that no clerk scharzed shall be reinstated after lapse of otie year without pas ig a new examination, so as to ike it four years. Harrison has t decided the matter, but it is t believed tha". be wii: do it. company expects t lat. dozen jVr day, eoou. I-refs. Cbaa. D. l I ver r Alderman bare Lv 3 v. nlaoo of Satierinlcndrnl Teachers Institnt in tb IK A S:raj cf Papsr Zva Her Lifo- r It was just an ordina wrappwg paper, fait 1 scrap of savel her lift . Sh ws in tbe i" t stages of consumption, tol l v jiiysicians that she was incurs'. and coul i lire on l asborttia-e; he weighed less than scv;ily . iwv.nds. On a piece of wrapping pap -r she fead of Dr. King's Nw Ii ?overy,ani; 1.. Imnnrlit o limn U- h.'iu.l I '-SCd ber more, borght another and grew ! bet let last, coatinal .ts ase-andj!, is rn;W stronz. healtliv, rosy, plump, j weighing liu pounds. For fuller' particulars send stam;- to V. II. ' Cole, Druggist, Fo'it ulth." TriVi ', liottle of this woai 1 il Discovt y , , Free at A. W. U iwla d. This is what yoa oabt to have, tact, yoa mast bave it, to folly ;oy life. Thousand are searcb e for it daily, and mourning be- use they find it not. Thousands ontboasaLds of dollars are spent s.uually by our ieople in tbe bo: tat they mv a'tain tbi boom .nd yet it may ! bad hy alt. We aaranteetbat Electric IbMers. according to directions and .e nse persisted in, will bring yoa .ood Digejtinn and ou-t tbe demon vrufiia an.t i.tttt imiaa.l j I - 1 - - . . ... v a 4 "..--. unepsy. We recouimend Electric tters for Dyspepsia and al' seases of Liver. Stomarh and tdneys. Sold at .irt. and 11.00 pr Jttle by. A. W. IlomJand Droggist. it iO ' E. A. tbe c! tb SUte. Tlieir ealanes are J ,0 n ear b per year. They pay only their trarel eling expenses oat of tbis salary. Ix tiovt-r nor Scales will dellvrt Ihe annual ad J res litlare He La dies Memorial Association of Ual cigb on tbe 10th of May. His abject will be Tbrt Lite and Servicea of Gen. James Johnson IVviigTew. Tlie ex Governor knows bow lo handle Ihe anbject, . Last week a colored nan named Isaac Kn'gbt was found dead on tbe dividing line between Wayne aud Greene counties. Tbe coro net's Jary broagbt in verdict that tbe man came to Lis deaib by fl. log (rota a wagon a ad breaking bis neck. , Genera! William B. Coi. has ac cepted an Invitation extended to him by the ladies Memorial Asso ciation of Wilmington to deliver the annual address tn that city on tbe loth of Mar next. His tbeme will be "From Petersburg to Appomattox. , logemea IS. II. Utroa ar nourtts that there will boa com petitive examination for naval cadetsbip, to Annaopbs. on Tues day, Msy 2d, Ifesj. Tbe applicants must be teMdenta ol tbe fourth distiiet and h-twcen tbe ages of 15 and 2l jears. Tbe uccefal candidate will rejiort at tbe aocade- my on tne 1 jiu 01 iay ior exami natioo there. Tbe Goldsb'iro Ice Factory is onderfu'l rnnniog headway for tbe season. It is a place of jert"etaal motion."' night aud day all tbe lime; while I be orders for superior quality of ice toll in cout-taully by every roan fiom an eter widening territory of lucrative trade. S3 it is lib 'i ol Go.dsKiiu s factories. So would i. le with as tuaav more fcVnes if G dJ-Uoro b i tbem. Lei n In ve more factories. Iet ct bave a cotton factory and canning factory at 0:1 oe.- Argns. Julia. "Do fiiir.'eat some thinif for a real twe!'. tea, Kate.' Kate. "Well, bow about, Tbe saw mil! of Mr. II. It, Flem ig, at I'acU.lus, r(;t county, w as irned last week, together with J,0o0 shingles and 40,000 feet of dried apples V Texas Sif tings I lumber. N 0 inaarance. An associated 'eJegram sent oat from New York, dated April lltb, i:assdl Har rison was arrested this afternoon in tbe ofSce of tbe Jn.lge, in Potter building on tbe charge of havitg published in bis parr toe Montana LiveStock Jooraa', ma article taken ftota a buffalo pl-r, aor us ing KX-ifOernor joba bcburier Crosby. of Montana, with baviog stolen jewels from a Washington lady. Harrison came on Irom Washington Iat ntgbt for tbe pnr-fo-e of bavicg tbe papers in tbe suit ser'ed on Lias. A warrant was issued by Jadge Iacb, of tbe Supreme oomt ko flxel Lis bad Svphen ii. i::kie, Vice Preaide&t Uice, of tbe l'rk IUi.lt, and W. IL ArkelU of the Judge, became HarrUoo's bondsmen."