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Plato and Socrates and Seneca
reached philosophy, but phi-
Insonhv won't heal a broken
!heart. " I .believe that it, is
possible for a man to school
.himself so that no ordinary mis
fortune would affect his tem
per or his serenity. His house
might bum up or his mill be
washed away or his cattle all
die, and itvwould bring no depression.-
But philosbphy has
no control over the affections.
.Int tear a, child away from its
mother, and what can philoso
phy do there. David arose and
washed and had food set .before
him, but the mother '. didn't.
It was Rachel who mourned lor
her children, and refused to be
comforted because they were
not. It was a mother who was
at the cross, and earliest to
the grave. It was Hagar ana
mt Abraham who wept over
li er starving child. It was the
uother of-Moses who hid him
in the bullrushes and watched
him for months to save his life.
This is all right. It is not only
the hw of nature, but is the
will of God, and a proof of His
iPrnviderice. A mother's love
!is the best protection for her
Lffsnfiiikr. The tigress with her
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young is more terrible than'the
tiger; Oi course the tatner
loves his children. He thinks
that no love, can be stronger
than his, but he is mistaken.
About thirty-five years ago we
lost a bright and beautiful boy.
I did noVknow how much I
loved him until he was gone-
gone from the house and buried,
t would have cbmpromised
with dearth if I could have kept
the child at home, though dead
dead and undecayed so that
1 could see him and touch him
and ki.-'S his 'marble - forehead
How crushing was the thought
i that he was away off alone in
- . ti Sit.
tne aarK nignt wnu u. wcigut
nf earth unon him ! How ut-
ferlv helDlss I felt ! How the
world did shrink, and how
paltry everything around me
that I had been living for! But
old Father Time is a good
doctor, and by measurable
degrees my grief wore away un
til I could pass whole das, yes
even weeks, without thinkmg
of that child. Not 'so with
the mother. Her love never
trrows cold. Many a time and
often does she open the old
f,imilv trunk and look over the
little treasures that she has
kept the little tangible me
mentoes that she can touch and
see, and it does her good to let
the unbidden tears come, i
feel ashamed that I cannot
weep, for sometimes I want to
but cannot. The fountain seems
to be drying up. The other
dav I -saw a beautiful child
llvint? dead in the crib where
it slept. It was the first brand
khild that we have lost the
Wiz9 babv that I wrote about
last fall the child that gave
its mother a queenly dignity,
a conscious pride, and filled the
house with joy a little sun
beam a light without a
shadow-and there it lay, smil
ing and beautiful in death. I
saw the mother's anguish, the
father's tirief. and heard the
?obtings of the children,, while
the good old grandmother
walked to and fro in her house
hold duties, and groaned with
broken spirit, and every little
while cam near and. kissed tne
boy and dropped a tear upon
Lis bTow and then resumed her
work. That tood old grand
mother has ha? her own cup full
of sorrow, but'- she naver rests
nor broods over her trouble nor
tells her trriefs to others. "They
have, enough of their own," she
ays, "and I'll not trouble them
with mine." When she came
for a last look and knelt beside
tliH boy and took his little hand
in hers, there came a sudden
hope that he was not dead.
"Hiafltjsh is not cold enough
for death" she said,"please don't
put him in the coffin yet; please
don't maybe he is a trance for
he died s sudden. Maybe the
good Lord will ppare him to us,"
and she felt his flesh and look
ed into his eyes and shzhed
while seeking some sign of life
to hang a hope upon.
Lonely and sad I wandered
to the city of the dead the
beautiful cemetery hill that
overlooks J,he river of Rome
our own little boy was buried
there and now the sexton was
1 iitwuig another grave close by
Uiild and grandchild were to
51j together until the resur
rection inorn." My parents are
there too. and a' brother and
children. Four generations
nestled . together and wait
ing. Numerous kindred are
Hteredaround kindred. How
hfce a patriarch will mv auod
o
uther rise among them and
ciU the flock and marshal them
the way to judgment.
"What becomes of these chil
re" after death ?" said
iHtiHr-lo Tn "Whwn tn iha
littles boy's spirit now ?" The
kord only knoweth, and He
"as not seen fit to tell us. Reve
There
is enough revealed to guide
us in our conduct: enough to
make us strive for heaven and
shun despair; enough to prove
our immortality. - Beyond that
tfll is speculation and faith. But
I .believe that child is in heaven
and is still a child without the
flesh the flesh is all that is in
the casket. I believe that angels
ministering spirits received its
spirit, and with tender love will
train it and expand it, arid give
it heavenly employments, and
it will grow arid increase in
knowledge as! time rolls on,
just as children do here. I
believe there arerades or de
grees in the spirit world, a
seventh heaven and a heaven
of heavens, and the spirit of
thiargood are always approach
ing but neyer reaching the in
finite. I believe there are
occupations intellectual, refin
ing and progressive for all,
architecture, music, painting,
botany, astronomy and oth
er sciences, and we. learn
how - a beautiful fragrant
flower can come from a little
seed in unfragrant soil, and
what, are the boundaries of the
universe and all the mysteries
of life and evolution
It is good for a man or wo
man to visit the . city of the
dead and meditate npon life
aud upon death. It is good to
become acquainted with the
place where we must soon rest
vith the innumerable throng
who have gone before. It is
good ... to real -the names
and epitaphs upon the marble
the names of friends almost
forgotten, friends of our youth.
I recalled their busy life, their
hopes and their sudden deaths,
and I remembered the grief of
those to whom they were dear.
L saw some women clad in
mourning and thy were placing
fresh flowers upon the graves of
those they loved, but I ' never
saw a man showing the same
devotion. A river separates
these two cities the city of
life and. the city ofdeath, as
pur Chief Justice Bleckley so
Ifptly expresses it in his beauti
ful poem. Every one who
IT WOULDN'T PASS-
Happy is the Man Who Can Laugh
at a Jcks en Himself
Ingenious Charley York, driv
er of Water Tower No. 1, sold
ered a bright two-cent piece to
the head of a long nail early
yesterday mornipir. Then he
went ont in Centre street, drove
a piece of wood between one of
the interstices of the flagging
in front of the : window of the
ouse of engine 7. and ham
mered the nail into the wood
Two girls on their way to work
came along, saw the coin shin-
iner invitinelv at them, and
rj w j - -
dived for it simultaneously.
There was a muffled roar of
laughter fiom the engine house,
aud the girls abandoned the
tussle for the money, looking
red, and made faces at the fire
men, and went on- a3 Tar as tne
NAUTICAL LIFE.
AT THE FAR FAMED
DIAN THRESHOLD.
Beautiful Bombay On Malabar
Hill A Native City. Street.
Scenes And Custom. Hindoo
And Pamees. Tower of Silence.
Bombay Hindustan.
iLTidurav on the western coast of
th central nenlnsnla, that reaches
drwn from the Asiatic continens
into the Indian ocean, lies one oi
the greatest cities oi mis eioneu
land of the world. Bombay is
ated on the extremity of an
w - - - . . .
island, skirted with a broad nartwr
that is dotted with saiis, and Btaurts
corner, where they stopped anal -t the gateway of Iudia, the jeute
lnirliorl fnr vpra I minutes rf oriental tramc, in coraiuuuicnu
rwr thfl offrtrts of a nrosnerous bv steam, rail and telegraph with
Hr,n- i n otiv hot tn i or.nei ciiies uu mguu
-s emuire. With a million inhabitants
Viun. uV iuc wm. . .. ,i o(ra ooml.ination of DeO
In less than half an hour tne - - " :r--nf '
M I)ie. W 11 11 UlVDtQU wumq.o '
ana iaropeau civiijatiuu i'ii(,mi6
curbstones on both . sides
Centre street were lined with
people anxious to see their
fellow beings look ridiculous.
Everybody who got fooled
joined the spectators, and the
laugh that went up every min
ute or so could be heard nail a
block away. , The saloon acr os
the way from the engine ho us
did an immense business from
7 o'clock until dark, as 'specta
tors of the fun sought refuge
there from the rain.' These are
some of the things the firemen
observed:
An Italian worked for a
minute trying to pry the coin
with an old jack-knife. When
he got the laugh he opened a
arimy fist. and displayed three
cents, and indicated by taking
an imaginary drink that he
needed the undetachable two
cent piece to get a glass of
something.
An armkss man kicked the
beel of his shoe off trying to
get the money, and then called
a boy who was passing, lemark
ing, "Say, Johnny, pick that up
for me; I've just dropped it.
together, with the old and the Lew
in architecture ana lnsuiuuous
struggling lor Bripremacy,
citv of po little interest
. .
traveler.
Xear the landing place by the
harbor, is a large and treeless pai k, tne highest,
it is a
to the
the arm
less man took a front row
among the spectators and had
his revenge.
A plumber, with a limited
sense of the ridiculous, tried to
pull the coin up with his
pinchers; A cop drove him
away.
These are some of the reflec
tions of the firemen :
Silk-hatted men who look
prosperous are as anxious to
add two cents to their pros
perity as men who hayen't two
cents oi have only two.
The average New Yorker
likes a.joke, even if its on him
self, and laughs with the laugh
ers. New York Sun.
OHIGIN OF "UNCLE SAM."
Hew a Joke will Pass Down
' History.-
dies must cross over the river
and rest under the shade of the jThe boy was fly, and
trees. If they could only
breathe a whisper to those in
the city of life what- would
that whisper be? -iWhat would
Colonel t Shorter sty ? And
what would Burwell and Ma-
guire and Tom Perry and Col
onel Cothran aud Judge Under
wood say? What message
would old Mother Hemphill,
who lived one hundred .years,
send to us. What would the
scores of patriot soldiers say?
the soldiers who are, sleeping
side by side and head to feet
under the brow of the hill.
The graves of three noble
girls are there lovely girls.?
teachers whom everybody lo
ed. It sweetly sad to think of
them and wonder why they
were taken in their young wo
manhood and others were lejft.
Marion Banes and Nellie Ayer
arid Lizzie Gwaltney will live
in the hearts of all who knew
them sweet girls, who honor
ed their parents and honored
their chosen calling. Hearts
were almost broken when tuey
died, and all that friends could
do was to be silent for they
saw that their grief was very
great. No wonder that mourn
ers go to funerals ! lhe be
reaved know how to sympa
thize with others who have
suffered the same affliction.
But there is ' no . money in
grief or funerals, and so the
broken ranks must close. If a
soldier- falls in battle the
column. does not stop a moment.
"Close up; close up, men !" the
captain cries, and on they go to
victory or death.
A man is not of much conse
auence in this world not near
n.s much as he thinks he is; If
Governor r5rpw; and Governor
Colquitt and Governor Gordon
were to die to-morrow the
Tinks would close up and their
places be filled within a week,
and in a month they would
cease to be mentioned in the
papers. Everything is business
now. and the procession must
proceed. An intelligent citizen
asked me yesterday whether it
was Arthur or Hayes who was
dead. , Bill Anr
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EEO. BAILEY WILL JOSS.
And This Time He Has a Good
on TheiPresbyterians, ;
One
Speculation has recently
arisen reeardine the origin of
the term "Uncle Sam" as ap
plied to the United States
government. I
In the war of 1812, between
this country and Great Britain
Elbert Anderson, of New York
purchased in Troy, N. Y.,
large amount of pork for the
American army.
It was inspected by Samue
Wilson, who was popularly
known as "Uncle Sam" The
barrels of pork were marked
E. A., U. S " the lettering be-
ine done by a facetious em
ployee, of Mr. Wilson.
When asked by fellow work
men the meaning of the mark
(for the letters U. S., for United
States, were then almost en
tirely new to them), said "ne
did not know unless it meant
Elbert Anderson and Uncle
Sam." alluding to uncie sam
Wilson.
The joke took among the
workmen, and passed currently,
ana "Uncle Sam" himself being
present, was occasionally ral
lied on the increasing extent or
his possessions. Soon the inci
dent appeared in print, and the
joke gained favor rapidly, till
it penetrated and was recogniz
ed in every part of the country,
and. savs John Frost, the Bos-
1 " -. - . .
ton historian, will no donDt
continue so while the United
States remains a nation.
Aalteil the EsDlanade, with Droau
walks and drives, formmg a beauti
ful lawn and promenade, where a
band plays every afternoon and
entertains with music those wuo
frequent tbe place. Here are seen
all classes ot people. J.ne weauuj
Rnroneana drive about in their
" . .. , , ,
drays ana carriages, attenueu uy
footmen and servants in ongui
and attractive liveries. Pedestrians
stroll through the grounds, chat
ting and visiting with each other.
The handsome dresses of tbe
women, the gay uniforms ot the
military, and the odd costumes oi
the Hindoos and l'arsees mane a
varied and interesting sigat. The
dark skinned natives give a quaint
and picturesque look to the scene,
as they sit about m happy groups
laughing and playing games, me
womeu clad iu dresses of very bril
liant colors, aud the men weaiing
trouHers of scarlet, green, blue ot
yellow silk, and black coats, with
high black hats that are worn
tilted back from the forehead.
Children meet to play together,
accompanied by servants and
nurses.' r or a ic w uuuio cai.u icj
it seems as if the whole population
were given up to out door diversion.
The island is comparatively level,
except at one point where a con
siderable elevation exists, Know as
Malabar Hill, a beautiful spot over
looking the city on one side and
the sea on the other. It is covered
with luxuriant vegetation, ana
aboniids with attractive garaens.
Delightful w&lks and drives,
shaded with large trees, lead up
the slopes of the hill. The rs
ldences of the more wealthy peoj
pie occupy this commanding sife,
many of which "are magnificent in
strnenre and .charming in ap
pointments, where ease, luxury and
refinement art sare to be found,
and where customs and mode of
life lose somewhat their striking
oriental phases.
In the upper or native poitiou oi
thu citv the streets are narrow, ant)
the houses are crowded togetoer
very closely. The buildings are
three or four stones high, ana
fairly swarm with occupants, sever
al families often living under the
same roof. Among the poorer
people there mcch poverty
and distress. The revolting and
sickening scenes, incidental to the
overcrowded apartments in a hot
i-limare. are common enough. In
passing through the streets at night
one is likely to see any number of
persons sleeping- in tbe open air,
with the least bit of Clothing ahuut
them. .In the bazaars, where much
of the retail business is dine, not b
ing is' worn above the waist except
turban on the head. None of the
Hindoo women of the better
classes ever appear iu public
places, but those usually met w.ld
are comely in form and erect in
figure, who carry all kinds otbnr
dens upon their head. A.11 the
poorer people go bare-footed the
vear round, and dress witb the
greatest ot economy in ine matter
of wearing apparel. In their lea-
tares, although- dark and inclined
to the negro type the native women
present some genuine character
istics of beauSy, in many cases
availing the superior races.
Throughout this portion of the
city large bullocks, the so-called
sacred cattle- as exhibited in the
western world, are used almost
nnirersallv for transportation of
both passengers and merchandise,
which attached to carts and car-
the bride and groom, who are often
mere children from four to ten
years of age. In the procession,
whieh )t was my privilege to wit
ness, the bride was a pretty little
girl of four summers and her com
panion appeared to be about two
years her senior. After the parade,
which takes place at night, the
celebration is continued by the
nantcu girls,, a numerous class of
young womdh who are employed to
dance at entertainments both
secular and religious. Thus the
bride becomes a wife, entirely se
cluded from the world, and hence-
fortk is' seen only by her female
friends and her husband, to whom
she is a slave rather than a com
panion.
Among tbe various classes that
enter into the lite ot this mixed
people,-who retain their old-time
customs find above all others im
press themselves n?'.u tbi visitor,
are lrarsees. As descendants oi
the old Persians and ancient fire
worshipers, they are a distinct
people. Dark complti.ioued,eourtly
and dressed in br'ght coles their
appearance is stricklngly pic
turesque. Followers of the teach
ine of Zoroaster, they are devout
in their religions zeal," worshipping
the elements and bowing in prayer
before the rising and setting sun,
and cling to their native marriage
and burial rites and usages. Thev
are eminently philanthropic!, and
are founders of a large animal hos
pital, where all kinds of suffering
beacts are treated with the best of
care, in social ranu mey among
and in matters ot
THIS ITmo
Permanent Organization to -Forward
Emigration Perfected.
The negroes assembled in Kal-
f :gn last week in laree numbers to
attend the State Colored Emigra
tion Convention. There was but
one sentiment expressed and that
was in favor of organizing and go
ing to tbe bouthwest. Geo. w.
l'nce, of New Hanover, was Presi
dent; Isaiah Q. Hayes, of Raleigh,
v ice President; and is. vv. Turner,
of Henderson, Secretary and Treasurer.
Resolutions were adopted repre
renting that the eitnation of the
negro was more precarious now
than ever before; they had not ad
vanced with the age; that they
.WANTS 7ZS GC2?E.
Seiieres the Stat Would U ena-
fitted ty Ea Alsenca.
The writer has nought but
feelings of kindness for the
negro race. He will not at
tempt to discuss the negro
problem here. The negro is
here not by his own seeking.
He did not ask to be brought
here. His bearing has been
commendable, and we most
cheerfully bear testimony to it,
but in the light of oar surround
ings, we feel that it would
have been far better for our
race and for oar dear South
land. LI the first ship that
NEWS OF A WEEK.
WHAT IS HAFPRSIXQ IX
1HK WORLD AROXJXD US.
A Condensed Report of tk AWa
as Gathered From tho (Mnmiu
of ovr Contemporaries. Stats
and XaUonal.
Cardinal Gibbons will tpend two
weeks in May at Hot Springs,
C
rne Journal says
New York, hu ap
11. Oliver. ia of
a commUkiener of
State of 'ew York.
.ere subjected to legislative eu-l brought him to our shores had
come laden witn war. pesti
lence, famine and death. It is
not his freedom, not his social
or political status that is the
trouble, but his rv.miscz, for
none of which is h to blame.
He is hex uvincubai a tolld;
dead barrier to our progress,
and keeps the whit man away.
He is, and will ever remain, so
long aa.be stays, a running, fes
tering sore on onr body politic.
The Progressive Farmer, there
fore, would hail ylih delight
and rejoicing his peaceful de
parture, and would pray God'e
blessing to attend him. Ra
leigh Progressive Farmer.
business they are most substantial
and prosperous people, of
reeoemzed wealth, influence and
orobitv. The Europeans occupy
the official positions, both civil ana
military, and are largely concerned
in banking and mercantile pur
suits. They form the progressive
element in Bombayan society, t he
English controlling the affairs of
government. The Uiudws are the
representatives- ot tbe original
inhabitants, being a large factor in
the old civilization, nnd make np
tbe lower classes.
From the busy 6tir of the streets,
the markets, the exchanges, the
motley crowds aud the Indian
scenes, one is quickly transferred
to the native burial olaces, where
strange rites and customs may be
seen. On a lotty point of Mala
bar Hill, enclosed by a high stone
wall, is that wonderful city of the
dead, known as the Tower of
Silence, whose sacred precincts
none but the faithful Parnees are-
allowed to enter. Massive stone
pillars, thirty feet in height and
fifty feet in diameter, built of solid
masonry with the exception of an
oneninz through the center, dot the
space within the inclohure. The
ground about the towers is laid out
in conceutric paths, with interven
ing plots sufficient to hold a human
body when placed lengthwise
After death the bodies are borne
by tbe friends to the entrance at
the bottom of- the hiH, and are
taken by attendants and laid in
the shadow ol the tower, where
they are left exposed to the ele
ments to become food for the birds
Mvriads of vultures t watch the
approach of the funeral cortege,
and on the retirement of the mourn
ers fill tbe air with their black
pinions and settle down npon tbe
bodv like a dense cloud. In less
than half an hour nothing is left
but tbe bare boues to bleach in
the sun and rain. One after an
other the bodies are placed at the
foot of the Tower of Silence, where
the flesh is devoured. After 'the
space is filled, the whitened bones
are gathered np and thrown into
the secret chamber of the tower,
which communicates by a subter
ranean passage way with the sea,
and are carried out into the deep,
sparing the earth from pollution
with the. dead. The whole scene,
the silent group of mourners at the
gates, the gorged vultures the
uncovered human skeletons and
the mingled bones drifting out into
the ocean, becomes a grim and
horrid spectacle, and marks the
silent departure of this strange
I people to the bourne of their fathers
in contrast with the funeral pyre of
the Hindoos and the simpler burial
rites of the Europeans.
Salisbury.
ctmenta which kept the negro far.
t ler at the mercy of the landlord,
that they were at a disadvantage
in every coutest: that when lodges
were just, juries were not; that the-j
system of education as - applied to
the negro was being assaulted : that
t he united action of landlord farm
ers bad put the wages of the color
ored laborer at from ?3 to 58 per
month. Therefore, on account of
these and other causes, the colored
people are acting wisely in seeking
homes elsewhere; that tbe oppres
sion was growing and that H
might be kept np successfully, the
Farmers' Alliance had been organ
.ed, and that tbe practices now
l i i r I
t.urreni snouia ue more eucccssiui,
be Alliance seemed determined to
rapture the Legislature; that the
ispoaition to divide tbe education
I fund in proportion to amounts
id in by the races was unjust;
ad a direct attempt to keep tae
i-olored people in ignorance; that
osted lands which prevented them
trom shooting the wild birds and
icking blackberries was a great
eprivation and encroachment on
i heir rights; that the stock law
fhich interfered with their right
of common was an imposition, that
i he county government system was
impious and UDjust and specially
esigned to keep the colored men
irom participating m government;
'Ut the most unkml u of all was
he election law receutly passed
which prevented any man from vo-
ing who could not read and write;
that lastly, in-every campaign, the
Democrats proclaimed that this was
white man's country and that the
neero must oe septuowu.
The resolutions provided that a
State Committee be appointed to
visit a desirable section of tbe Uni
ted States and report to this reo
ile before trey take any definite
action iu moving.
There were not a few amnsing in-
ctuents during me convention
There was a lively controversy oyer
whether it should be called a "col
ored", or "negro" association- The
President spoke strongly in' favor
of tbe term negro and showed bis
xood sense in so doing. The great
est ofall negroes in North Caroli
na, Rev. Joseph C, Price, always
refers to his race as the negro race,
:tud propfrly so. The President
said that if tbere was any one in
the hall who objected to being
called "negro" he bad better retire
and wash himself with lhe soap ad
vertised to wash the blackest negro
hite.
Discussing whether it was wise
o go, one negro saia he uia not
now how much better tbey could
do, but that it could not be worse
than here unless tbey went to
h 1.
Tbe President spoke and said be
Loped that none who wanted to go
away at any time would be in debt,
bat if any one was, and couldn't
pay, -lor God s sake don't let that
Mop you. Just tell tbe man who
urav s bis little bill on you to J.0 to
the d 1, and yon go on." State
Chronicle.
Monopoly.
The eloquent Tatxick Henry
said, ''we can only Judge the
future by the past." .
Look at the past
When Egypt went down.three
per cent, of her population
owned ninety-seven per cent, of
the wealth. The people were
starved, to death.
When Babylon went down
two per cent, of the population
owned all the wealth. The
people were starred to death.
When Persia went down.one
per cent, of the population own
ed the land.
When Rome wet t down. 11-
800 men owned all the known
world.
For the past twenty years the
United States has rapidly fol
lowed in the steps r I these old
nations. Here are the figures :
In 1850, capitalists owned
thirty-seven and a half per
cent, of the nation's wealth.
In 1870, they owned sixty
three per cent. liftou Progress.
Cant Knzde Ha.
Richard Smith, of the Cincin
nati Commercial Gazette, will
not profit by Mur-it nalsted'a
fate, but talks right out and to
the point. In conversation with
a reporter of the New York
Star the other day, he said : "I
have been for tweuly-five years
advocating the election of U.
S. Senators by popular vote.
Under the present svstem we
have a Senate composed mainly
of money bags instead of the
ablest men of tb respective
States. Everybody knows that
many of them owe their
seats ' to the use 'of money
among their respective State
legislators. If the Senators
were elected by a popular vote
there would not be the chance
for bribery tbere is now, and
we would have an r bier lot of
men in the Senate.'
A gun dab baa been organized in
Raleigh.
Shelby had a f 10,000 fire last
Friday morning.
A Rowan boy, 10 years old,
weighs 139 pound. '
Blowing Rock had a snow.
Monday, April 'jlh, one inch deep.
The Lenoir Topic n-porte tbe
birth of a colt with enly three legs.
-.The finrrj county weather
prophet is still on deck witb bis
frost for May 17th. 4
Durham will vote in June to get
tbe bar-rooms back, and Raleigh
ill vote to close them. '
Maj. Robert Bingham will de
liver tbe memorial address tn
Goldaboro, Mar 10th.
No men who enlist in the State
Guard after J one 1st can go to tbe
encampment this year.
A young mat was stabbed and
Dearly killed with a bat pin. Ue
made a hairbreadth escape.
Tbe last Legislature made it an
indictable offence for one to point
a pistol or gun at another, even for
fan.
Mr. Thomas Danie-a eaocbt a
stureeon in N"ene river at 2e
Berne that measured nice feet in
length.
La6t Friday Robert Williams-ana
Walter Uairis. both colon!, were
handed at llictstord. Ya-. for
mnrder.
A bed of pure rock salt 300 miles
lone. 25 miles wide and 400 feet
thie has been recently discovered
in Kansas.
Vice-President Morton was in
railroad smash op on the Baltl
more & Ohio Railroad last Friday,
bat was not hurt.
Evangelist Ilowren, the Charles
ton newspaper man who bas
turned preacher, will come to Char
lotte at an eany day.
A Texas law firm at Fort Worth
Capps and Cantey, baa just re
ceived tbe biggest fee ever collected
in Texas some ?45,0O0.
The Richmond county Farmers'
Alliance has decided to build
cotton seed oil mill at Hector, four
miles west of Laarinburg.
Tbe wealthiest colored man in
the South is a Sew Orleans sugar
planter named Marie. He bas an
income of 940,000 a year.
May 1st the Board of Missions of
the M. E. Church, South, met in
Nashville and decided to send two
new Missionaries to Brazil.
"Sunset Cox is lecturing in the
South. He appeared in Memphis
on Friday night before a crowded
house and delighted eve one.
Tbe Raleigh Call say that Mr.
W. G. Unchurch recent'? sold a
fine Jersey calf three months old to
a gentleman of Sew lork (or fiou
In Oklahoma a glass of water
sella for 25 cents and a glass of
whiskey for 50 cents. Between tbe
two a man bas a poor chance for
his life.
HTI3-JSTEIAL NOTES.
ii - . i r i , 2
4ue XT0gres3 ana aieriax i.eg:ia.
of a Week.
A Safe In:nc:t.
Tbe frost Saturday morning was
very general an over toe oiaie.
, Yonng cotton was iojured aligbUy.
"No apprehension is felt in regard
to fruit.
Get There Because He Was
tinedTo.
Predes
Our Presbyterian brethren
are not specialty aaaicieu io
humor, either in their synodic-
al meetings or official publica
tions, but occasionally they
nrnfttrate a solemn one. as ior
,
instance in the minutes oi tne
seventv-fifth session of the
Svnod of North Carolina ior
in an nhitnarv oi one oi
their dead brethren, they say
'The. Synod regrets that ithas
not had an opportunity Derore
this to placft liis name on the
Register of its honored 'dead.
Raleigh Chronicle.
Ages of Animals. ;
An elephant lives 400 years.
A. whale lives 300 years.
A tortoise lives 100 years.
A camel lives 40 years.
A horse lives 25 years.
A bear lives 20 years.
A Hon lives 20 years.
An ox lives 25 years.
A cat lives 15 years.
A dog lives 14 years. :
A sheep lives 10 years.
A squirrel lives 8 years.
A Guinea pig Uvea 6 years.
riages, trot along over the pave-
The' Figure Catches His Eyes
Not Far Outcf The Way.
Some of the Intellectual pro
digies in the Democratic party
have discovered that the South-
iv-is nuuavi . Ran,.hiiMn nartv is like a
Quigley ot ! JJagiey. -utesaea u . . . a trinz aroUnd
"Whose face is painted on
the 810 greenbacks ?" asked
- . i n. i
I know.' said liagley. 1 never
studv the faee as much as.I lo
the figure." Albany Journal.
Asheville is to have a large aad
elegant opera house.
hla necls tied to the axletree ot
the G. O. P. band wagon. It is
not often they come so near
tfiA truth. Greensboro North
State, Kep. ; .
ments at a very brisk pace. Cabs,
drawn bv miserable horses, are
occasionally seen, and furnish a
more aristocratic turnout. A"ine
of horse cars has been built
recently by an American compauy
Dut has been slow In gaining lavor
among tbe natives, and at first met
with strong opposition- ' As the
cars were opened to all classes, the
caste distinctions, which are ob
served so largely, have proved a
serious obstacle to general patron
age. However, the conveniences
of horse-car ' travel are being re
cognized, and the new methods are
likely to gaia in popularity, aespue
the powerful social castes-
Of the native customs none are
more novel than the forms of mar
riage celebration still in vogue
amons this people. The festivities
are observed with great display
an. i nnnnist of feastiucf. music and
danciner. which are continued
several days. A showy parade,.
made up or two or three Danus, a
lartre number of carriages, and a
hnt nf followers on foot, isa-strik-
ing feature of the event. " In the
midst of the pageant, riding on
richlv canarlsoned horses under
neat'n a silken canopy -with
liveried attendants, are to be seen
A sad and disappointed Re
publican cfflce-seeker from
Pennsylvania, sick at heart
with hope deferred, on his way
home this morning, stopped
at the capitol to see a friend
and while there said that Mr.
Harrison did not deem himself
at all beholden to the Republi
can voters for his election, but
being a strong Presbyterian,
believed that ha was foreor
dained and predestined to be
President, and had expressed
himself to the effect that his
majority would have been
greater than it was had it not
been for the questionablejactlon
of -some- of the "workers" m
his party who are' demanding
pay for their services. V ash
ington Specials, 4th
The street railway in Abbeville
is said to be clearing $300 a month.
The looms in the Sidney cotton
allls at this place averaged an
utput of 62 yards per loom per
lay week before last. This is
onsidered extraordinarily good
vork. Graham Gleaner.
The Wilkesboro Chronicle says
that town is, waking np. and that
number of new booses are being
erected. The prospoct of the early
completion of the Wilkesboro
extension from Wist on is infusing
new life and energy into tbe peo-nle.
The C. F. &. Y. V. shops
here are constantlyadding to their
tolling stock, and have just com
pleted 25 new fiat cftrs and have
in course of construction ib new
1kx cars. Besides this they bave
just overhauled and painted 4
passenger cars. Fayetteville Ob
server.
Mr. Vanderbilt is still adding to
lis magnincent domain souta oi
Asheville. We are informed be
las purchased the V. F. Patton
(Swannanoa) farm, of about COO
icres, paying therefore 87,000.
Ue now has the handsomest estate
in the South. What will he do
with it! Asheville Journal,
Is one which i 'uaranteed to
bring you satisfactory results, ol
Increase of failure return of
purchase price. On this safe plan
yon can bay from our advertised
Druggist; a of Dr. Kings New
Discovery for Concuinptiou. It
is guaranteed to bring relief in
every case, when uned for any
affection of Throat. Lungs,
Chest, such as Consumption,
inflammation ol Luntt. Bronchitis,
Asthma, Whooping Cough, Croup,
etc , etc. It is pleasant and agree
able to taste, perfectly safe, and
can always be depended npon.
Trial bottles free at A. W. Iiow
land's Drug Store. ! ,;
We Shall bo-
This is the best climate the
sun ever shone upon,our land is
productive, oar seasons are
uniform, our society is good,
our water is pure, in snort we
have everything at hand that a
kind Providence can bestow
upon His creatures and why
should we not be happy and
content? Morgantou Star.
Don t Ask Questions.
Aged and Unctuous Moke.
Here'e yo' cole roaB' chick'ns ?
Northern Philanthropist
Mv friend, where- did those
chickens come from ? ,
A. and U. M. Is you from
the norf ?
N. P. Yes; I'm a northern
man.
A. and U. M. Frien' of de
colored man ?
N. P. Yes ; and always
have been.
A. and U. M. ell, den, jes
say no mo' 'bout whar aese yer
chick'ns come from here's yo'
cole rcas' chick'n! Portland
Transcript.
,Merit Wins
We desire to say to our citizens.
that for years we have been selling
Dr. King's Discoverv for Consump
tion, Dr. King's New Life Pills,
r.acklen's Arnica Salve and Elec
tric Bitters, and have never
handled remedies that sell as well,
r that bave given such universal
satisfaction. e do not bestitate
to guarantee them every time, aud
we stand readv to refund tbe pur
chase price, if satisfactory results
do not follow their ne. Their
remedies have woo their great
popularity purely on their merit,
A. W. Rowland Druggist.
When you yourself are gradually
breaking down don't wait nntil you
bave taken to yonr bed. While
you are still able to be tip and about
fight tbe grim monster oisease by
tbe use of proper restoratives. The
best remedy for malaria, indiges
tion, weak kidneys constant
fatigue, fits of dizziness short breath
and other complications or a disord
er! system is Brown's Iron Bitters.
Its magic influence in conquering
diseases of an exhaustive nature is
most astonishing.
Good brick clay bas been found
near Hickory, and already a firm
has gone to making brick.
The receipts of the Asht ville
:08toffice are fn exws ol
810,000 the amount rtonisito for
tree delivery. The new iko' truster
promises to establish free delivery
-n Asheville at an early date.
Tbe Georgia Farmers' Alliance
has contracted with tbe Lane
Mills, New Orleans, and West
Point Mills, Georgia, for two mil.
lion yards cotton bagging, to be
delivered the 1st of 'August. The
bagging is to be not lees . than
thirty-seven inches wide, and to
average twelve ounce, to tbe yaid,
manufacturers agrtinz to take
cotton as covered at ten cents ad
ditional per hundred pounds, to
cover tbe Ices ot weight in the
light covering.
The Record says tbe first car
load of Northern bay ever brought
to Pitts bo ro arrived last week, and
we sincerely bope it will be tbe
last one.
Tbe next annual session of tbe
North Carolina Coo fereoce, M. E.
Church, South, meets in Greensboro
the 27th of November. Bishop
Hargrove will preside.
Last Friday, in Johnston county
about 20 miles from Kaleigb, a
young man named Bnstoe Bouldin
was shot and fatally wounded by a
moonshiner he was attempting to
arrest.
Tbere are 4,?G3 school districts
ior white children in tbe State, and
4,433 schools were taught last year.
Tbere are 2.301 districts for colored
schools and tbere were 2,217 schools
taught. ,
Tbere is a rumor of a shortage lo
the Cuban sugar crop and a corner
in that commodity by some conti
nental capitalists. There has been
a sharp advance in prices Char
lotte Democrat.
Somebody stole a gold pen from
the desk of the editor of tbe Bur
liugton News. Tbe . Greensboro
North Stale says It served him jnt
right. Tbe very idea of an editor
owning a gold pen.
E. J. Irvin, superintendent of
Oates's factory in Charlotte, bas
accepted a position at $175 per
month as boss carder io a cotton
factory tn China the only one in
the Celestial Empire.
Eli Ward, colored, who attempted
the mnrder of Mr. W. 3, Farmer
at Rich Square some time in Janu
ary last, was banged at Jackson,
Northampton connty, last Friday.
Ue was cool and firm till tbe last.
Since March 4tb, 1500 changes
have been made in the force of 5,-
300 in tbe mail service throughout
tbe country. At tbat rate tbe
entire service will be changed by
September 4th. Civil Senrice Re
form, lld you eayf
Tbe New
Cov. Hil of
pointed Vm.
New Berne,
deeds for the
The term of cfUce expires April .
27tb, imx .
The' Charlotte Nwa aays the
new milling plant of Mr. Tboa.
Refers, of Cabarrns county, con
siating of saw and grM mill and
cotton gin. was destroyed by fire
Usl "Saturday night. Los 13,000;
no iueuraore.
It is announced that a Northern
syndicate bas pnrcbased cod
SO.ouO acres or timbered lands la
this State and tn Virginia, pajieg
5 an acre. And so onr wooda go
f'jr a Ntuz. MrcidaL Terr! Wit
mipgton btar.
The bra of Mr. J. 'A. Iladley. a
IWton, was horned Monday nirbt
Tbe building u a total loss with
about 100 barrels of euro. Tbe fir
is snppoM-4 to le tbe work ef aa
Incendiary. No lnnriDce. La
Grange Sentinel.
And cow watchea arc to be ma
by electricity. M. L. Ilusey, tbe
inventor, has secured a patent to
run a watch by electricity. A
company to manufactnre electne
clocks aud watches will be formed.
Wilmington Star.
Tbe Fayetteviile Observer says
the Ladies' Memorial Association
bave secured tbe services of Mr.
Ed. W. Poo. Jr.. as orator for tbe
10th of May. tbe Rev. T. V. Bar
clay, as Chaplain, and Dr. J. A.
Hodges, Chief Marshal.
Master Pope Washington, son of
oar esteemed townsman. Col. J. A.
Washington, in the competitive
examination at Warsaw Friday
was awarded the apttoiotment to
the U. S. Naral School a: An.
napolis. Goldsboro Argna.
"What are you Indicted lorf
asked an attorney of Moses Carr,
colored, in tLe United S'atee court
at New Heme cn e day uut week.
Ten 'dieted lor Vaulting a colored
man dat went back on bis race and
woted tbe Confederate ticket.
Since the good Bishop cave his
"remedy" to the world paregoric
bas been bought in North Carolina
by tbe gallon. Bishop Lyman's
theology is good for every hotly, but
bis remedy for insomnia is bad.
We've tried it. Winston SentlneL
Miss Fannie S. Knight, of Gates
county, N. C, who graduated from
the Chowan Female .Institnte last
summer, has been appointed by tbe
Baptist Foreign M Union Board as
a Missionary to China, and will
assist Miss Moon in Ler prork,
Tbe New Berne Journal says
We pred let tbe exodus agents will
have a bard time working np a
real exodns fever in tbia section.
Dey will never git me to leave
New Berne,aid one yesterday ,,aa
long as berrln's.fell like de do now."
Concerning Bihop Lyman the
New l'ork Churchman says : "Tbe
Presiding Bishop has oechned to '
accept the proffered resignation of
tbe charge of tbe foreign churches
by tbe Biftbop of North Carolina
and bas reappointed bin to aaid
charge."
Tbe latest sensation is a 'L axles
ton preacher, Henry J. I o wren,
formerly a newspai-r rip ..."er. He
bas been a wild character, aud only
two weeks ago was on a big spree.
Last Sunday, In tbe Opera House,
fifteen hundred people Lcard him
preach.
Tbere is a man from one of tbe
Western counties who is out in tbe
Argentine Republic, South Amen
ca, doing weJL lleoentlv Le tent
bis mother a check for (fOOO, with
tbe following note of explanation:
"Dear Mother : Here is a check
for $-V0, tbe iutent on the debt I
owe you lor raiding roe."
Greensboro U to bare a new
Presbyterian church to cost 115,000.
Each of tbe following named agree
to give 51,000: Gov. Scales, Judge
John A.GiImer, Mr. Julius A-Ory,
Hon. D. F. Caldwell and Mrs. A. L.
Wright. Several will give 1500
each.
ExlYesident Cleveland bas sub
scribed y to the fatid in aid of tbe
Confederate Home in Aotia, Tex,
sad bas written is follows concern
ing it- "1 am in full sympathy with
this enterprise, and want lo contrib
ute to its sncoesa. It appeals to
the broad humanity wh.th ought
to characterize tbe American peo
pie.77
The Snow Hill Baptist taya:
Kador Ward, a colored nan. was
drowned in tbe creek at Fools'
Bridge about six miles above here
yesterday morning. Iier. J;
E. Thompson closed bis meeting at
tbe Methodist church here last
Sunday night. .Four were added
to tbe church, others re-connected
themselves to tbe Lord.
From Snow Hill items in Durham
Tobacco Plant we 'learn that Mr.
N. II. Beaman bas been, appointed
postmaster to succeed Mr. J. T.
Sugg, who has beld the oQoe for
half a generation. Tbe old
"Grrene County Rifles," Company
A, 3d iiegt, N. C. Troop. Leld
their annual te anion on tbe 23d
alt. Tbe jail of tbe conoty is .
empty fot tbe first time in many
years. Local option did it.
The Goldsboro Argus says: Mr.
Harry Walters and party, of the
Atlantic Coast Line, came up from
vvilmmgton on bis .private car
yesteiday at noon and went down
to Kinston iu tbe evening for the
purpose of going over tbe ground
towards Ooriov county aol In
forming himself from H-rsonal ob
servation concerning the country
before determining tbe route of tbe
proixxied railroad into tbat prolific
and uti touched section.
A correspondent writes tbe Star
tbat the cyclone Wednesday last at
Warsaw caused damage tbere and
in tbe surrounding country estimat
ed ?1 j.OOO. Tbe storm demolibed
twelve buildings, including tbe
Presbyterian Church, which had
been rebuilt only a year or two
ago. Tbere was a heavy fall of
bail, which was piled op in drift
about fix inches deep a oi'.le from
town. Tbe storm played Sad bavoe
witb tbe farms of some of tbe
trackers In tbe neighborhood. A
farmer suffered the Iom of Lis entire
crop of forty acres of straw berries;
not a berry or leaf being left.