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. ,- ' - . I a- 1 H JIaudius F Wilson, Editor, "IBT Ai-JL. THE ENDS TIIOU AIRI'ST AT, BE THY COUNTIirS, THY GOD'S, AND TRUTHS' $1.50 a Year, cash la Advance VOLUME 21 WILSON, WILSON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, APRIL 2, 1891. NUMBER 11 BILL ARP'S LETTER A Recommenuitna. A GOOD MODEL. A Novel Collection. A WAR SCENE A Dull Scaaon. THE CAPITAL. HE INDITES A FEW WORDS TO - SPRING, AN OLD LOVE LETTER THAT WILL BEAR REPRODUCTION. WHAT THE 'PRESIDENT AND POLITICIANS ARE DOING. j . n i 3 . LOVE AMD FLOWERS. SEE OUR NEW STOCK OF KATS! HATS! ! HATS!!! SEE OUR NEW STOCK OF ' HITE GOOD ..... AND...... LACES TRULY CATCHES THE NASH STREET NOTICE! Having- qnalifled as executor of tho estate of Solomon Lamm, deceased, before the Pro bate Judire of Wilson county, notice is here by (riven to all persons indebted to the estate of said deceased to make immediate payment and to all persons havinsr claims aganst the deceasrd to present them for payment on or before th- l'.uh day of February 1892, or this notice will be plead in bar ol their recovery, I. H, LAMM, Executor. F, A, & S. A. WOODAKD, Atty's. - . 2-l'.M5r, " NOTICE j. Havinsr qualified as alministratrix: of Os wald Lipscomb, deceased, late of Wiison coua ty, N. C, tr is is to notify all persons hpvinsr claims against the estate of said deceased U exhibit them to the undersiirned on or before th" da v of February, 18SCJ, or this notice wH1 oe y ead in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to paid estate "will please maV9 imiiiij ,:ate payment: Mrs. rf. !J. LI PSCOM-H; Administratrix, JN'O, F. UKUTON, Att'y. 3-j-rtt, NOTICE! Havii'jr qualified as Administratrix of the estate of W.T, Williamson, deceased,' before the Probate Judg-uof Wilson county, notice ia hereby given to all person j indebted to the estate of suM deceased to. make immediate payment anil to all persons hayinjr- claims ujraitist the deceased to present them for pay ment on or before the 5th day of March 1892 or this notice wi.l be plead in bar of their recov ery, PKNELOPE WILLIAMSON Admx. Y. A A, WOODAED, Atty's. . NOTICE! Havinsr qualifier! as administrator of the es tate of Edleth Dew, deceased, notice is hereby Riven to all persons indebted to said estate to make immediate payment and to all persons having, claims against said estate to present them for payment on or before the 25th day of March 1892. or this notice will be plead in bar ot their recovery. a SO. W. FARMER, Admr, J. D. DAItDIN, Atty. - 3-2(i-tit NOTICE ! T5y virtm;of an execution to me directed, -from the Superior Court of Wilson county, in the case wherein John 'T. Barnes la plaintiff and James Knight is defendant, to enforce a Mechanic s Lien, I will on Monday the 6th day of A aril 1891, at 12 o'clock ro at the Court House door in the town of Wilson, N. C, offer for sale to the highest bidder for Ofaoh. all tu right, title and interest, which the said James Knight, the defendant had in the loHowtng dserited real estate to-wl- one house and lot on Spring- streeVin the town of Wilson, N. .'., and bounded as follows: on the North by James Wiirgins lot, -on the West by Sam Williams, on the South by Jan.es Wiggins lot and on the East by Sp.ing 8tret; containing one-fourth acre more or less, to satisfy said execution. J. W.CROWELL, Sheriff. March 2, 1891, NEW REGISTRATION. A new registration of the voters embraced in the territory of the Wilson Graded School District haviug leen ordered by the Board of County Aitnmissioners of Wilson County, and the undersigned having been appointed Registrar, this is to notify the voters of said District that the Hoaristrntion Books will be :open at the ollice of the Clerk of the Superior ; Court of Wilson County, 'on Monday, March U. 1891. and will close on Saturday, April25t. -at 12 o clock, m, - A. J. SIMMS, Registrar, .0-0 id. t CASH LIFE LOOKING AT THE FIREMEN IMMERSED THOUGHTS OF LOVE. IN Hail gentle spring! saith the poet- She didn't hail, 'but she snowed and sleeted a little. Anotner poet says: WiDter lingers in the .lap of spring. The old rascal keeps on linger in there he likes the place. I wish the gentle maiden would shove him off and tell him to go. , She seems to like his ca-rej-se- 1 haveut p.een an alder lag nor red maple eardiop this year. It is time for the dogwood to bloom and wild vi olet:; to peep out from their wintiy beds and the minnows to play in the branches and the lain to shake their new born tails. Every few days the rob ius come and the bluebirds sit longingly on the broken corn eUlks, but they don't stay long. The plum tree blooms look sickly and the peach bud don't ki.ow whether to venture out or not. Spring1 poets are languish ing and, languishing, do' live and all nature seems waiting and wishing for the - grass to spring and the flowers to bloom and the birds to sing and the voice of the turtle dove to be heard in the land. There is but one real, genuine sign of spriug; King Cotton has unfurled his banner. And scents the air with sweet guanner. It is now five long weeks since . the good St. Valentine told the birds to mate and the girls and tho boys to go woo- i f i . .St. Patrick has been out and shook his shelalah at the snakes, but still Gentle Spring keeps on flirting and fooling with Old Man Winter and waken him believe she is in love wih him. But she isent. May and December never mate; nor March and Novem ber. It is against the order of nature. We old people can look and linger and admire, but that is all. We have sailed down the river and encountered its perils, its reefs and rocks and shoals and quicksands, but, strange to say, we give no warning. Maybe it is because we know that warning will do no good; maybe because mis ery loves company; maybe be cause it is the order of nature. the fiat of the Almighty. Ver ily, the young people would mate and marry and launch their boat and sail down that river if they knew there was a Scyll i and Charybdis at every head and leviathans and mael stroms and cataracts all the way down. Poor, trusting, suf fering woman. What perils, what triaLv what afflictions does the maternal instinct bring upon you. Close by us, while I write, is a beautiful young mother lingering in the graep of death dying that her first born child may Tve. There is nothing more touch ing, more pitiful, more heroic in nature. There is notbing that a man is called uron to endure that compares with the death of a mother in child birth. lut there is a brighter, side a iLore charming, comforting picture of life married life, domestic life when the good mother is a matron, and looks with pride upon her children and grandchildren as they come aud go lovingly before her. What calm serenity hovers ov er her matrouly face. What sweet content, what gnteful rest rest from her labors, her pains, her care and anxiety. Well may she exclaim with Paul: I have fought a good fight; I have kept the faith; I have fioished my course. Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness. Yesterday I was looking at the firemen as they; were array ed in their handsome uniforms, and as I viewed their bright, expectant faces I saw history repeating itself, for we, too, used to run the machine, and felt like the world was turning upon our pivot. It is all right. Let the youDg men begin early to take part in bearing the bur dens of life. Let them wait upoa us and protect us and our property. It gives them confi dence and self-respect. These young men are to take our places before long. 'They will nurse us and bury us, and at tend our funerals, and after that, will pursue the same jour ney of life and linger and die as we did. They are now look ing on the bright sid9 and are happy They are in love, or have been, or will be. To ev ery lad and lassie there is a period of life not always thrill ing or tragic, but always emo tional and absorbing. I mean the period of loye young love THE BRIGHT SIDE OF "Well, Rastus, I hear you have left Mr. Smithers." "Yas-sir." "Did he give you a good recommenda tion?" "Yas-sir; he dun write it, an' said I wuz de mos' mendacious an' fallible nig gah he knowed." Harper's Weeklv. or love's young dream, which sometimes runs smooth and sometimes dont. What a priv ilege it would be to look be hind the curtain and see just what love has felt and suffered and enjoyed. Such a kaleido scope would have a world of eager lookers, for the old are fascinated with stories of love and courtship as well as the young. In looking over the daily or weekly paper may skip the news with displayed headings; but any little para graph that has love in it ar rests the eye and demands ats tention. Children go to school to study books, but by the time they are in their teens they begin to mix a little timid, cautious love with their stud ies. A sweetheart is a blessed thing for a boy. It straightens him up and washes his face and brushes his hair and stimu lates his ambition to be some body. How J did luxuriate and palpitate and concentrate and concentrate and gravitate towards the first little school girl I ever loved. She was pret ty as a pink and sweet as a daisy, and one day at recess when nobody was looking, I caught her on the stairs and kissed'her.: She was dreadful ly frightened, but not mad. She ran away with blushes on her cheek, and more than once that evening I saw her glance at me from behind her book, and I knew she was wondering if I would ever dare to do so again. Oh, that kiss on the stairs! And now, if a thous and of your readers peruse these random memories, 800 of them can finish up the chapter from their own unwritten books. Who has not loved? Who has not stolen a kiss? Who has not caught its palpi tating thrill, and felt like Ja cob when he kissed Rachel and lifted up his voice and wept? Oh, Rachel beautiful and well favored! No wondtr that Jacob watered thy flock and then kissed thee, for there was no one to molest or make him afraid. For fourteen long years he served thy father, waiting and wishing for thee. That memorable kiss is now 4,000 years old, and has passed into history as classical prose but r doubtless vou have had them, dear reader, just as sweet and inspiring, and never wept nor told it. - I reckon it must be the sweet south wind the harbinger -of spring that inspires these ten der thoughts and pleasant memories. They are not set to verse or to rhyme, but they are spring poetry, nevertheless, and will need your kind con sideration. What can the aged do but revel in the memories of their youth? Bill Arp. STAND YOUR GROUND, When you make op your mind to take Hood's Sarsaparilla, do not be induced to bny some other prepara. tion instead. Clerks may claim that "oars is as good as Hood V and all that, bat the pecalar merit of Hood's Sarsaparilla cannot be equalled. Ttieiefore have nothing to do with substitutes and insist upon having Hood's S rsaparilla, the best biood purifier and building op medicine. Work for eternity mast rest on a solid foundation. - POISONS IN CO SMETICS. It seems to bj tht fashion for joangladieswithpiniple8andblotch es oa their faces to make experi ments with various cosmetics. Ma dame Plffypaffy advertises her for eignr-named compound, composed of a combination of poisonous min eral substances that deaden and bnrdea the delicate substances of the skin. There are no complexions like thoss that aatara give. The tonic, strengthening and heaithgiv lug effects of Swift's Specific (S. 8. 8.) permit nitnre to work her will in this respect, as thousands of la dies, both young and old, have dis covered. The cheapest and most beaatifoT complexions depend on health and vigor. It ia the office of Swifts Specific (3. S. S.) to give vigor and tone and health to the system, and in this way to give lustre to the eye and roses to the cheeks. HOW ONE YOUTHFUL SWAIN EPISTOL IZED HIS FAIR ONE. AsHEviLLE, N. C, Jan. 2 1st, '83. My Deaeest: Every time I think of you my heart flops up and down like a churn dasher. Sensations of unutterable joy caper over it like Spanish needles through a pair of old time trousers. As a '. gosling swimeth with delight in a mud puddle, so swim I' in sea nt glory. Visions of ecstatic rapture thicker than the hair of a blacking brush and bright er than the hues of the hum ming bird's pinion?, vi9it me in slumber, aud borne on their invisible wings, your, image stands before me, and I teach out to grap it like an old hound pup snapping at a blue bottle fly. When I first beheld your angelic perfection, I was bewildered, and my brain whirled around like a bumble bee in a glass tumbler. My eyes stood open line cellar doors in country towns, I lifted my ears to catch the silvery accents of your voice. My ton gue refused to wag and in si lent admiration I drank in the sweet infections of love as a thirsty man swalloweth a tum bler of hot whiskey punch. Since the light of your face fell upon my life, I sometimes feel that I could lift myself by my boot straps to the top of a church steeple. Day and night you are in my thoughts. Au rora, blushing like a bride, rises fiom her saffron couch; when the jay bird pipes his tuneful lay in -the apple tree by the spring house; when the chanti cleer's shrill cry heralds the coming morn; when the awak ened pig riseth from bis bed and gruntecb and goeth for his morning refreshment; wheu the drowsy beetle wheels his drony flight at sultry noontide, and when the lowing cows come home at milking time, I think of thee, and like a piece of gumelastic, my heart seems to stretch clean across my bos, om. Your hair is like the mane of a sorrel horse, pow dered with gold and the brass pins screwed through your waterfall, fill me with un bounded awe. Your forehead is smoother than the elbows of an old coat and whiter than seventeen hundred linen. Your eyes are glorious to be hold. In their liquid depths I see legions of little cupids bat tling and fighting like cohorts of ants in old army crackers When their nre nit me lull on my manly breast, it permeated my entire anatomy like as a load of bird snot would go through a rott9n apple. , Your nose is from a chunk of parian marble and your mouth puck ered with sweetness. Nectar lingers on your flnger9 like honev on a bear's paw, and my riads of kisses are ready to fly out like yountr blue birds from the parent nest. Yonr laugh rings on my ear like the wind harp's strain or the bleat of a stray lamb on the bleak hill side. The dimples on your cheeks are like bowers in bsd of roses, or like hollows in cakes of home made sugar-. I am dying to fly to your pres ence and pour out the burning eloquence of my soul as thrif ty housewives pour out the hot coffee. Away from you I am melancholy as a sick cat. Uncouth fears, like a thousand minnows nibble at my spirit, and my soul ia piei ced through with doubts as an old cheese is bored with skippers. My love for you is stronger than the smell of old butter, switzer cheese or a kick from a mule. It is purer than the breath bf a youug cow and more unsel fish than a kittens first cater waul. As the song bird hun gers for the light of day, the cautious mouse for the fresh bacon in the tray; as a lean pup hankers after new milk, sol long for thee. You are fairer than a speckled pullet, sweeter than a yankee dough nut fried in sorghum molasses, brighter than the top-not plum age on the head of a muscovy duck. You are candy kisses, pound cake and sweetened tod dy, altogether. If these remarks will enable you to see the inside ol my soul and me to win your affec tions, 1 will always be as haD- py as a woodpecker' in cherry time, or a stage horse in a green pasture. If you cannot recip rocate the thrilling passion, I will die away like a poisoned bed bug, and iu comiDg years, when the shadows grow long from the hills, and the philoso phic irog sings his evening hymn, you happy in another's love, can come and drop a tear ' '' Kingsley Great Scott! old man, what under the sun are those bits of rags in that frame? v Bettison That, my boy, is Towser's private collection of trouserings, sampled from the various insurance, lightning rod, tree and book agents who have called. Puck. and toss a clod on the lapt rest inf place of your affectionate Johnnie. A WONDER WORKER, Mr. Frank Huffman, a young man of Burlington, Ohio, states that he had been under the care of two pro minent pliyKieians, and used their treatment until be was not able to get around. They pronounced his case to be Consumption and incur able. He was persuaded ro try Dr. King's New Discovery for Consump tion, Coughs and Colds and at that time was not able to walk across the street without resting. He found before he had used half of a dollar bottle, tbat he'was much better; he continued to use it and is today enjoying good health. If you have any Tbroat, Lang or Chest Trouble try it We guarantee satisfaction. Trial bottle free at A. W. Rowland's Drugstore- How Sralned Cotton Can to ' White. Made The Augusta co-respondent of the Atlanta Constitution tells how Mr. J. J. Williams, a suc cessful farmer who lives near Ellenton, S. C, manages to re move all stains from his cot ton: "He takes his seed cotton and packs it In layers. Over each layer lie sprinkles water with a pine top, and after he has done this he leaves it for three days: The stained and blue cotton wheu taken out is clean and white, with the staple just as good as ever. The cot ton, when packed in the man ner above described, generates heat. This heat removes the stain, an 1 the farmer is saved the difference in price between the stained and the white cot ton, besides gaining one pound in eight in ginning. The heat generated in the packing kills the germ in the cotton seed, but when the ginning is done the seeds easily let go all the cotton. Though the seed? are dead, the oil in them is not in jured, and they are still salea ble to the oil mills. Mr. Wil liams thi? year sold his entire crop as first-class cotton.'' -ELECTRIC BITTERS. This remedy is becoming so well known and so popular as to need no special mention. All who have used Electiic Bitters eiug the same song of praise. A purer medicine does not exist "and is guaranteed to do all that is claimed. Electric Bitters will cure all diseases of the Liver and Kidneys, will remove Pimples, Boils, Salt Rhni3 and other attVc-. tions caused by impure blood- Will drive M.ilaria f om tueeyatemand prevent as well as cure all Malarial Fevers. For cure of Headache. Constipation and Indigestion try Elect'ria Bitters. Entire satisfac tion guaranteed, or money refunded Price 50 'Up. and $1.00 per bottle at A. W. Rowland' Dragstore. If you want tuiugs to go light, live right yourself Hood's Sarsaparilla is on the flood tide of popularity, which posi tion it has reached by its own in trinsie, nudoubted merit. It is hard to ruffl keeps close to God. a man who V A delicate child is more subject to worms thau a healthy one, as in the economy of naturo one animal is made to subsist upon another, and the weaker goes down. At the first indication of worms administer Shriner'a Indian Vermifuge, the ins fallible remedy. . The most blessed is a desire for God, of all desires When will the average citizens stop spending his hard earnings on eigars and tobacco? Give it upl Well when he finds be can io with out tobacco and cigars, but Dot without Dr. Ball's Coogh Syiup. Salvation Oil, the greatest patn cure on earth, is compounded of purest drags. It is guaranteed to contain nothing of a poisonous character: Only 25 cents a bottle G)d has do use tor lazy peopk, either on earth or in heaven. Ten minutes in heaven will make us forget all we ever suffered on earth. AN IMAGINARY INCIDENT OF THE LATE WAR. 'THE BRAVEST ARE THE TENDEREST, AND THE LOVING THE MOST TRUE." Some time last fall a New York letter to the Baltimore Sun con tained the. following: There was buried at Grt-enwood to-day a man wfth it curious histo ry. He had been a Confedente soldier, as brave as any of bis com rades, but ' he deserted' his army dnriug the war and was tried by court-niar.ial fo- doius; so. Ed ward Cooper wus his r.aine. For the past year he has beu living at No. 335 Fourth avenue. One b!enk. December morning in 1763 he was' before a couit martial of the Army of Njrthotn Virginia. The prisoner was told' to introduce1 his witnesses. He replied, "I have no witness's." Astoatsued at't he oalmnes i with which ho seemed to be submitting to his inevitable fate. Gen. Bit tie said to him: "Have you no defense? Is it pos sible that you abandoned . your comrades and deserted your col ors iu th3 pieseuee of too enemv without reason?'' ' J" 'There was a leason,'' .'replied Cooper, but it will not avail me be fore a military tribunal." ' "Perhaps you are mistaken," said the General; you are charged with the high?st crime known to military law and it is your duty to make known the c.iuse that influ enced your actions. Approaching tho president of the court Cooper presented a letter saying as he did so: "There Gen eral, is what did it!" The letter was offe-red as the prisoner's. defense. It was in these words- Dear Edward; Sfnce your connection with the Confederate army 1 have been prouder of you thau ever before. I would noi have you do anythir i "rong ior the world, but b ! .v J d, Ecin ward, unless ye u coau home we must dif! Lasr night I was arous ed bv little Eddie crying. I called to him and eaid: What is the matter, Ei'ditl Ho replied: Oil, mamma, I am so hungry. And Lucy, your darling Luoy.. She never eomplains. .But 8he grows thinner and thinner every day. Before God, Edward, uuless you come borne we must die. . Your Mary. Turning to the prisoner Gen. Battle axked: What did you do when you received that lettfcif Cooper jephed I made applica tion for a fur lou ih. It was rejects ed. Again I made application snd it was rejected. That night as I waudered about our camp thinking ol my Lome, the 'wild eyes of Lucy looking up to me and the burning words of Mary sinking in my brain I was no longer . the Confederate soldier, but the father of Lucy and the husband ot .Mary. If every guu iu the batteiy had been tireil upou me 1 would have passed those lines. When I reached home M iry flung her arms around my neck and sobbed: Oh, my Edward! I am so glad you got your furlough. She must have felt me shudder, tor she turned as pale as death, and catching her breath at every word, she said, "Have come without your furlough! Go back! Edward, go back! Let me and the children go down to tLe grave, but, for Heaverf y sake, save the houor of our "name!' Tliere was not an officer on tbat court-martial who did not feel the for;;e of the prisoner's word,s, but each In turn pronounced the ver dict guilty. The iiroceedmgs of. the court were reUjwed by Gen. Lee, and upon the ri cor d was written; Headquarters A. N. V. The finding of the cojit approved. The prisoner is j.a don d- and will re port to his company. R. E. Lee, General. - The above i s a very incorrect yersiou of the sfory, if we remem ber correctly. Gen. 0. A. .battle, of New Berne, who1 was here last week, is the author of it. In a speech in Alabama sornef years ago he related the Incident, melting his audience to tears. It .was au im aginary picture, bat so vividly aud luridly drawn that it looks m'ghty real. Editor. Doctors are to gnard humn life and. briu g relief to the sick. So does Dr. Bull's Baby Syrnp; it con tain nothing injurious aud is al ways reliable, Sold by. all dealers for 25 cents. What aa unsatisfactory life, to be suffering with catarrh. Go and buy a twenty-five eentboxofOId Saul's Catarih Cure aLd be cired. He who learns by experience, both sweet and bitter, touches the secret spring of success. ADVICE TO MOTHERS Mrs, Winslow's Soothing Syrup should always bs used ior children teethiDg. It soothes the child, sof tens the gums, al!ways all pain, cures wind colic, and is tho best remedy for diarrtoe. Twenty-five cents a bottle. Mrs. Laura Hart, Beaulort. S. C writes: "A loathsome form of blocd poison was killing me. My appetite was lost, my bones acbed, and parts of my flesh seemed as if it woild come off my bonea. A friend brought me a bottle of R. B. B. The sores began healing at once, and when I bad taken two bottles I surprised my friends at my rapid recovery." "Why don't you fro to work?" "There ain't much doin' at my trade now." "What is your trade?" "Pickin' flowers off er century plants." Life. THE WIPE YOU WANT. ALitilo LeC'Uro on tho Qiaalifica Hons of a Husband. You say you demand a do mestic, useful womau as your wife. If that ia st, marry No- ra Mulligan, your laundress' daughter. She wears ccw-hide shoes, is guiltless of corsets, never had a sick day in her life, fakes in washing, goes house cleaning and cooks for a family of seven children, her mother, and three section men who board with her. I don't think she would marry you, because Con Reagan, the track walker, is her style of a man. Let us examine inti your qualifications as a model hus band after your own matrimo nial idea, my boy. uan you shoulder a barrel of flour and carry it down the cellar? Can you saw and split ten cords of hickory wood iu the fall so as to have ready fuel aM winter? Can you spade up bait" an acre of ground for a Ki tche:i garden? Do you kuow what vill take the lime taste out of the cis tern, and can you .itch the leak in the kitchen r)f? Can you bring home a pane of glass and a wad oi putty and repair damages in the sjttin room window? Can you hang some cheap paper on (he kitch en? Can you fix the front gate so it' will not sag? Can yon do anything about the house Con Reagan ran? My dear, dear boy, you se9 Nora Mulligan wants a higher type of true manhood. You expect to hire men to do all the man's work ibout the houe, but you want your wife to do anything an woman can do. Believe me, my son, that nine-tenths of the 'irls who play tho piano ana sing so charmingly, whom y u in your limited knowledge s . & down as mere butterflies of fission, are better fitted for wu.'a than you are for a husband. If you want to marry a first-cla cooK and experienced housekeeper, do your courting in the intelli gence office. But if you want a wife, marry the gin you love, with dimpled hands and a face like the sunlight, a n l her love will teach her all these things, my boy, long before you have learned one-half of your own lesson. Robert J. B irdette. Ahm a Mortgage. The editor of th3 Santa An na Standard, hai in- just suc ceeded in paying ! a mortgrge on his ranch in Orangethorpe, rejoices iu the full ownership of 61 acres of as fine land as Californialboasts. ilia . experi ence with the "dead pledge' now so happily passed moves him to wise reflections, as fol lows; A mortgage is a queer insti tution. It makes a man rustle and keeps him poor. It is a stroug incentive to action, and a wholesome remiuder of the fleetin? months and years: ful ly as symbolic in its meaning as the hour glass and scyihe, that represents death. A morti gage also represents industry, because it is never idle and never rests.' It is like a bosom friend, because the greater the adversity the closer it sticks to a fellow. It is like a brave soldier it never hesitates at charges nor fears to close in on an enemy. It is lik the sand bag of the thui; eitent in ap plication, but deadly in effect. Ic is like the hand of provi dence, it spreads ail over the creation, and its influence is everywhere visible. It is like the grasp of the devil fish the longer it holds the greater its strength. It will exercise feeble energies and lend activL ty to a sluggish brain, but no matter how hard the debtor works, the mortgage works harder still. , A mortgage is a good thing to have in the fam ilyprovided always it Is in somebody else's family. It Is like a boil always a good thing on some other fellow. TH SWIRL OF POLITICS AT THl NAV TIONS' CAPITAL, "" SpCll Cor. THl ADYAfC. Washington, March, Stb, 1891. Ex-Senator Makone became a Republican and attained his first political prominence through a retard! a political bai gain as ever was made in this or any other country ny persons as eminent as the President of the United States and a member oi the Senate. By at ba J?ain Mabone obtained much notoriety and absolute coo trol ot the Federal patronage oi Virginia as the price of his allegi ance to the Republican party. Ho has now mad another bargain, by which he hopes to again get his grip upon the tbroat of Virginia. His partner iu the present enter prise is that blatant WashingU ' negro demagogue John M. Langstoa who for office holding pnrposss, claims a residence in Virginia, and who baa broken Mahone's powsr in his own district by taking the negro vote away from him. The terns of the bargain, as told to me, ars thtt Lang. ton shall again turn the negro vote ver to Mabone, who is to re same his position as Republicaa boss of Virginia, in return for which Mahouo is to urge the name' ef Langston upon Mr. Harrison for one of the new United States 01r cult Judgeships, It is believed tbat Mr. Harrison has already partly promised to elevate. Lings ton to the bench and that be had this bargain in mind when he told the delegation of oheeky negroes, callin themselves journalists, several days ago, that he would be pleased to -consider the name of a member of " their race, whom they cousldsred sufficiently learned In the law to discharge the duties of a judge, Harrison is to gat the solid Virginia delegation to th next Republic national convention for his pay. If he dares to appoint this negro, LaDgstoo to the bench be will also get and fully deserve the execration of ninety-nine decent white men out of every hundred in every sees tion of the country. It is entirely in keeping with Mahone's . political career that it should wind up in a partnership with a negro. The trial of judge Charles . -Kincaid who while a Washington correspondent shot and killed ex Kopresentative Tanlbee, of Ken tucky, in the Capitol building oa Febuary 28, 1890 is going on this week fc.nd is attracting much atten tion. The defence is self-defence. Ex-Representative Grosvtnor of Ohio, has taken the place of Sena tor Vorhees, who is under treat' mentat the Arkansas Hot Hpriagi, ' asKlncaids chief counsel. Russell Harrison, who is said to be mixed np in several specilatioas involving questions affeoting put lio lands, has succeeding in having his man, ex-Representative Garter of Montana appointed commissi!, er of the General Land Office, to succeed Jndge Groff who was com pelled to resign, because he womld not change his opinion in order to oblige Secretary Noble. Thsre's nothing like being a son i-f ibe ap-; pointing power, Rnd nobody knows any better than Raisell. The National Association of Democratic Clubs has sent a circu lar letter to Demooratio dobs all over the country requesting them to appropriately celebrate the anni versary oi the birthday oi J. nomas Jefferson, Thursday April z. The letter calls attention to toe contrast between tb simplicity of Jefferson with the prodigality, centralization favoritism and corruption f the last Congress, ot wbich it says: They could go no farther for they ' have exhausted the surplus ia th Treasury and in the McKinley bill, raised taxes and prices to the last points' of endurance. The Unto Is especially appropriate-while cele brating the birth of the great apos tie of liberty to rejoice over tho popular repudiation and tho final adjournment of the odious billion dollar Congress, whoos existonoo was a menace alike to th a freedom, the prosperity and the hasiaess of the' country. Considerable scandal has boon created by the State department sending ex-minister Foster -who, is known to be. a paid Attor ney' of the Spanish Government, to 'Madrid as a speoial enovv, and the matter isn't mended,any by the knowledge that he it accompanied by that worthless yousg scapegrace James G, Blaine Jr, "vho woald not bo tolerated io decent socisty ho is only just tolerated were it not for consideration of his parents feelings. Sore Care. Miss Laflin What has become of our -friend Mr. Clay? , Mr. Band He has taken employment in.a powder mill for six months. Miss Laflin How stranger Mr. Rand Not at all. He wished to break himself of smoking. Puck, A "