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VOL. XXII. WliLDON, X. C, THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 1S!)1. - T inu. iy AN INFANT HERO. FAITHFUL NEGRO. ! A CZGRCIA EVANCELIST. VANCE AND RELIC. ON. DYING AT THE TOP. THE OLD NORTH STATE, A SCKNE WHICH IIHOl'tiHT TKAHS TO MANY KYKS. In tlio tciriblo 1 siili ;il disaster, which occurred near Chaile-lon. V. V a . , was one (if the most pathetic scenes. Waller Welchcr and wife, of Charles tou. wen; foin nn :t holiday visit to :i Irion J up the mini. Between them in the fatal car sat their infant, a sturdy little blue eyed buy, whose l:iy t'ul antics attracted t he attention of tins rest of the passengers as they watched liiin at times climbing about iu his mother's arms. When tlit! sickening plunge came I'rom the trestle it meant death to the little one's parents, both being instantly kill ed. The babe that sat between them escaped this fate, although the cruel glass and ponderous timbers were not so kind. When the rescuing party en tered the ear they found the living babe sitting by the side of its dead parents, holding up a tiny hand from which two little lingers had been cut oil. Tears came into the eyes of t ho strong fellow who descended into the wreckage, and bendintr down, he clasped the child to his breast with a warmth which told that he, too, was a father, and the thought of his little ones at home was uppermost in his mind as he grasped the infant suf ferer. Out into the field it was brought aud the surgeon called to attend it. ( In examination the physician found that in addition to the cuts, it received sev eral bruises. The bleeding and torn lin gers were carefully dressed ami the little tot was laid on a blanket by its dead mother. I'util then not a tear had come into the big blue eyes, anil the childish voice had uot given utterance to a whim per of pain. Catching sight of that well known face, the dearest iu all the world, the poor little fellow crawled to her side and silently laying his wounded hand upon the blood-stained cheek, as if to ask "mamma" to kiss away the pain that was racking every fibre. This scene was too much for the stoutest dictated of the big strong ineu who stood looking on, iind, although they were in a very atmos phere of pain and suffering, they broke down and gave way to sobs and tears. They could watch a strong man in his agony, but the sight of the wounded in fant mutely appealing for aid from the mother it would never know again was too much for their sympathetic Datum. Rock Hill Herald. kkadim: Tin: human i-'ac i:. Everyone knows that men's passions, propensities and peculiarities, as well as their callings, are reflected in their faces, but it is only the few who make the study of physiognomy an especial pursuit who are griftod with the power of reading those faces. Judges who have served long terms on the bench, lawyers in large prac tice aud doctors of eminence, possess the power ol interpreting physiognomies more largely than other people, but anyone can acquire the rudiments of the art by diut of hard study. It is impossible to disguise a face (without putting on a ui ask) as it is to disguise one's hand writing. When the expert comes the disgu ise is torn otr, and the face tells the true story of the spirit iusido the body. One only needs to visit the penitentiary to realize how undeniable vice writes its sign-manual upon the fea tures. It is not the druukard only whoso red nose, flabby cheeks and watery eyes betray him; it is the sensualist whose pro pensity is revealed by the shape of his mouth, and the men of violence who has been betrayed by his eyes. An experi enced detective or a trained jailer seldom asks the crinu of w'.iNi a prisinor is guilty: he can tell it on the criminal's face. In short, all the advantages which Fowler told us we are going to derive from the study of phrenology we may possibly gain from the older and more mysterious science of face-reading. St. houis Republic. i . n . 'i Economy" 1 OH Uovs U e' 1'oiiar. Merit "Peculiar to Itself." !.,.-; U.uiH's Sarsanarilla. ACOl.OKKD MAN WHO 8EKYK1) HIE EX l'H ESIHENT. Frederick B. McGinnis, a well known colored man nf Baltimore, has received from Mrs. Jefferson Havis a handsome osage-orange-wood cane, which is a bo quest from the ox President of the Con federate States. The cane has a massive silver head, handsomely wrought, and be neath it a silver ban 1 with the in-cription: "To Frederick McGinnis, from Jell'erson Davis, in memory of faithful services dur ing 18157." Mediums was with Mr. Davis in the capacity of servant during his confinement at. Fortress Monroe, and by his fore thought and tact contributed largely to t'le comfort of Mr. Davis Speaking of Frederick in the biography of her hus band, Mrs. Davis said: "What this judicious, capable, deli eateminded man did for us could not b; computed in money or told in words. He and his gentle wife took the sting out of many indignities uttered to us in our hours nf misfortune. They were both objects of all'eel ion aud esteem to Mr. Davis as long as he lived." Mrs. Davis also relates of Frederick two instances illustrative of his devotion to Mr. Davis. To vulgar inquiry as to the whereabouts of "Jell"," he answered with a bow, "I am sorry, madam, nut to be able to inform you w here he is. I do not know such a person " She insisted that he did, saying; "Are you his ser vant?" lie answered: "No, madam, you are unite mistaken; 1 have the honor to serve ex-President Davis." At another time, when about to marry Mrs. Davis's maid, Mrs. Davis asked him if she might invito several of the officers at the fort, notably Genera! Pulton, to witness the marriage. He said: "I will tend them as much cake aud wine as you choose, but cannot receive people as our guests who hold Mr. Davis a priso tier." Frederick said last night: "I first saw- Mr. Davis in front of (ieneral Beaure gard's tent during the battle of Manassas. 1 had no idea at the time who Mr. Davis was, but I knew from the dignity of his bearing that he was a man of prominence The next time I saw him was at Greens boro, X. C, and after the surrender at Appomattox, when I had the pleasure of s 'mug linn with a cup ot cotlee Die fir.-t, he informed me, he had had since he left Richmond. When I saw Mr. Davis again he was a prisoner at Fortress Monroe. I went there to wait on him, to prepare delicacies for his table that he could not procure at the fort. I remain ed with him nearly two years, until he was released from prison. I went will; him to Richmond, theuce 1o Montreal and for several weeks had the care of the children while Mr. and Mrs. Davis went away. I stayed with them until they completed their preparations to go to Europe, when I bade them good-bye and came to Baltimore. Baltimore Sun. SHU WOSTCOM ESS. One can never prevail upon a woman to admit: That she laces tight. That her shoes are too small for her. That she is ever tired at a bull. That she paints. That she is as old as she looks. That she has been more than five min utes dressing. That she has kept you waiting. That she blushes when a certain person's name is mentioned. That she ever says a thing she doesn't mean. That she she of all persons in the world is in love. The rarest and llcst Articles known to medical science aro used in preparing Hood's Sarsaparilla. Every ingredient is carefully selected, personally examined, and only the best retained. The medicine is prepared un der the supervision of thoroughly com petent pharmacists, and every step in the process of ninnul'ajlure is carefully watch ed with a view to securing to Hood Sarsaparilla, the beat possible result. HIS WAY WAS KATUKR AlillLI'T, HI T IT WAS EFFECTIVE. The death of Miller Willis, the Georgia evangelist, revives many interesting stories concerning his life and methods. He was certainly the queerest character that ever preached the (iospel at a cainp-inceting at which places he was generally found. His pure and holy life, however, wasa model for all. But about his methods: He frequently plopped strangers in the streets, and, planting himself iu front of them, would announce some startling tjxl and then disappear, leaving the man or woman to preach the sermon to his or er own liking. For instance, he on one occasion stop ped a stranger and shouted in his cars: 'This night thy soul shall be required of thee!" Willis vanished. But a year afterward he met the man in another city. Willis had forgotten him, but the strau- er knew his man. Approaching him, he extended his hand and said; "That text you shouted out strangely to me on the streets of Milledgevillc set me to thinking. It was the means of my con version!'' t In another Occasion a dark and rainy night in winter, he passed a crowded hotel iu the city of Charleston. Men were lounging and smoking in the lobby. Willis opened the door, but the little figure, in dripping garments, attracted no attention. Suddenly, after rapping loudly on the floor with his heavy stick, every eye was turned toward him. when Willis said: "There won't be a man in this house alive in fifty years from to night!" And he slammed the door ami went out into the night. Some lime afterward he was approach ed by a yoiyig man on a street car, who introduced himself, saying: "I have long desired to meet you and to thank you far saying what you did in the hotel lobby one winter's night. Your words have been ringing in my ears ever sinco. and I am now a Christain man." "The above are facts within the writer's knowledge. Some people called him "Crazy Willis," but he was far removed from that. He went about doitig good, and his life was a blessing to man At lanta Constitution. MK. U INN'S (.HOST. John (jiiinu, an old man died at his residence on Bowman Avenue, Danville, 111 , about two weeks ago. After his death the family vacated the house, which was soon occupied by another family. ' Yesterday afternoon, after locking all the doors, the family left for a few hours' visit with some frieiids iu another part o' the city. On their return home about dusk they were startled to see Mr. Qninti, dressed in his ordiuary wearing apparel, walking up and down the front floor of his former sleeping-room. Several neighbor)) were called to wit ness the strange spectacle, among whom were Wilber Walker, Mary Wilmer and Mrs. Henry Kirby. Mr. Quinn's ghost came twice to the window, bowed to the people gathered in the street, and then sat down in the window. Suddenly every trace of him disap peared. Mr. Spreht aud Miss Wilmer mustered up courage enough to enter the house, and found that not a lump in the house would burn. Lights were obtain ed from the neighbors, and search made throughout the house. Everything was found securely locked, and no trace of anyone having entered. The neighborhood is greatly excited over the aceurreuee. l.a (irippe Again. During the epidemic of La Grippe last season Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds, proved to bo the best remedy. Reports from the many who used it confirm this state ment. They were not only quickly re lieved, but the diseases left no bad results. We ask you to give this remedy a trial and we guarantee that you will be satis tied with results or the purchase price will be refunded. It has no equal in La Grippe, or any lliroat, liest or Lung Trouble. Trial bottles free at W. M. Coh mi's di jgstoie. Lirge bottles 5lle , aud 1. . THE OU CfilTNTUY MEETING IIOCSE WOKSIIII'S THE 11EST OF ALL. Rev. I!. A. Young, D. D , of Tennes see, is traveling in Europe and met Sena tor Vance. He thus reports the meeting in the Nashville Christian Advocate: We are comfortably quartered in Lon don at an inn where we have stopped twice before. At the table adjoining ours wo have the company of a friend of my boyhood Zeb Vance, of North Caroli na. He and I parted at Washington College forty-five years ago. With uo introduction or hesitation we shook hands instantly. We are both getting old, fleshy and gray. In the evening be sent up the follow ing card : Dear Yoiwo Tf not too late when you come in, let me know, and meet me in the ladies' drawing room for a talk. Vance. Wc did not talk about ourselves, but of the boys we knew long ago of their history's success, defeats, death. Then we spoke of the changes in religious his tory and worship. At the close of this conversation he looked me earnestly in the face and said: "Young, you have read the hi.-tory of the church and have now seen modern Christianity iu all its phases. Is not our good old country meeting house worship the purest and best?'' To which I replied, with em phasis, "It is." And then I delivered my mind on every species of Ritualism. This is the germ and cause of all the evils that have crept into our beautiful aud holy religion. A IH(i COJIiri' COMING ENCKE S VOYAGER HACK FROW A 0110,000 MILK RLN. rou,- Eneke's comet was seen by Professor E. E. Barnard, at Lick Observatory, Mount Hamilton, Cal., early on Sunday morning. This wanderer has been journey ing in space out of sight of all star-gazers for three years and three months. In that time it has travelled more than 700, 000,(100 miles. Professor 1'ons, of Marseilles, France, discovered this comet in 1818. Professor Eucke, of Bjrlin, made it the subject of special study. Eucke predicted its return iu 182 J, and it was seen in that year by Sir Thomas Brisbane iu New South Whales. Encke predicted that it would return again in ISJo and 18l'3. The comet did so, and the comet thus became to be known as Eucke's. hneke s comet is a very sla'd and re spectable home body. It is very different from lliela's comet. This tramp of the heaven: rep irted as uiual in 1S52 and winked one eye at the earth, but failed to show up at theappoiuted time in 185!) and again in 180"). Nothing has since been heard or seen of it. Put lliela's comet was baldly responsible tor what it did, because in 181o' it split iii'o two parts, each a complete comet iu itself, and it seems to have gone off on a celestial jag and "got bewildered among the rings of m teorites." as the professors say. Short period cornels have short tails, and Eneke's comet is of this class. It has a coma and nucleus, and will probab ly h'"v in tail soon. Thcbouv is trans parent to the core. The coni i is tlu ha.-! of light surrounding the bright centre, which is called the nucleus. Happy lliioxlers. Win. Timniotis, Postmaster it Ida- ville, 1 til , wiile-s: Electiio Bitters has doue more for me than all nih.T medi cines combined, for thai bad feeling aris ing from Kidney and Liver trouble." John Leslie, farmer and st.M-km.in, of same place, says: "Find Electric Bitters to bo the lest Kidney and Liver medi cine, made me feel like a new man." J. W. Gardner, hardware merchant, same town, says: Electric Bitters is just the thing for a man who is all run d own and don't care whether he lives or dies; he found new strength, good appetite and felt like he had a new lease on life. Only .') )c a 'utile, at A'. M. Cohen's drug-storc. OREAT UIUTAIN's ARISTOCRACY STEAD ILY UETTI.Nd INTO DIFFICULTIES. Burghley House, by Stamford row, with all the great estate surrounding it, will shortly be thrown upon the market. The descendants of the famous Lord Burghley .the great Minister of Queen Eliz abeth, must part with their ancient inher itance, and a stranger will enter into pos session. This branch of the Cecils has not been as fortunate as the younger branch, the head of which, Lord Salisbury, has entertained the Queen, am) only the oth er day had the German Emperor under his roof. Hatfield continues to flourish, but "Ichabod" must sojn be written ovtr the portals of Burghley. There is scarcely a more beautiful or interesting house to be seen anywhere, aud it stands in a park which is the glory of the surrounding country. Some of the finest carvings of Griuliug and Gib bons are found in the rooms, and mas terpieces by Paul Veronese, Castiglione, Bavano, Kuellcr, aud Lcly adorn the walls. Since lotid the property has been in the same family. Now it will pass to some Colonel North or Baron llirsch, or perhaps to some wealthy American; for there are very few persons in Eng land who can afford to launch out into such a purchase as this. The farms on the estate do not pay under the altered conditions of agriculture; the rents cannot be got in; the revenue uo longer meets the expenses; all must go under the ham mer ofthe auctioneer. Thus one after another of the historic seats are disap pearing or changing hands. The policy of Sir Robert Peel in 184(3 is slowly working out the results foretold then by many. The bulk of the people are thus far benefited, but the old fami lies are going or gone, aud all have got the dry rot. Several years ago when the Great Northern Railway was to be built, the then Marquis of Exeter spent a great sum of money in opposing the line, and he succeeded in his object; but at what au expense, for not only did he have to pay the enormous costs, but ultimately he actually found it uecessary to make railroad, connecting his property with the main line! He found himself com pletely isolated, while the rest of the district was deriving enormous advantages from the railroad. This was the first great step toward the impover ishment of the family. Bad harvests, cheap wheat from abroad, decaying agri culture aud unrestricted foreign competi tion have done the rest. Culess these obstinate, slow-moving, old families can adapt themselves to the times they will all have to g ) the same road. At present scores of thetn are holding on by a mere thread. Carriages are put down, servants are discharged, the London house is given up; but these economies will not suffice to avert the ruin that is steadily advancing on the old stock who once thought England be longed to them. London cor. New York Herald. Tiiiwms it oi r. There is no disease more disagreeable and uncomfortable than catarrh. It at tacks the young nod the old, and it is too often allowed to take its course. Iu such cases it frequently becomes danger ous. The poison extends to the throat and lungs, resulting in complications that ale not readily overcome. All forms of catarrh, however, disappear before S. S. S , and that medicine is now recognized as an almost infallible rem idy for tlu) disease It regulates the liver, improves the digesti-'ti, and brings about conditions that enable the system to throw off the malady. Catarrh an 1 its attendant ag grav.it i mis disappear before S. 8. S., and so do all other diseases that grow out of a bad liver and impure blood. For Malaria, I iver Trou ble, or Indigw3tion,uso BROWN'S IRON BITTERS AS Cri.I.EI) FROM OCR EXCHANGES, A lithia spring has bem discovered near Raleigh. The colored Methodists of Sinithfield will build a $1,000 church. The cotton worm has made its appear ance in several sections ofthe State. D. G. Worth, of Wilmington, has given 8.")0() to remodel the chapel at the I 'niversity. The colored State Alliance was in ses sion at Raleigh last week. It favors the Sub-Treasury. Col. MeClure of the Philadelphia Times will deliver an address at the Raleigh exposition. An attempt to break juil in Wake county Monday night was frustrated, but the jailor was badly hurt. The Farmers Alliance and the State Dental Association are both in session at Morehead City this week. A tobacco exchange has been organ ized at Tarboro to build up a tobacco market. S. S. Nash is president. The heirs of the late Paul C. Cameron have established ten scholarships at the 1 'Diversity in honor of Mr. Cameron. George Dudley who in May killed Redmond Blow over a game of cards in Greenville has been captured. Both men were colored. A negro named Bostic killed a white man named Currio near Rockingham last week because the latter ordered him oil' the porch. Karl P. Harrington, of Connecticut, has been elected professor of latin at the I'tiiversity to succeed professor George T. Winston. He had high endorsements. T. J. Phillips by threats of killing her father induced Ada Bonds, twelve years old to leave her home in Martin county and go with him to Plymouth where they were married. Phillips is now in jail on a charge of abduction. At the recent Tobacco Association at Morehead City the following officers were elected: President, John S Lockhart, of Durham; Vice Presidents, J R Gabkill, of Tarboro; R P Watkins. of Asheville; J P Taylor, of Henderson; Secretary and Trca-unr, G E Webb, of Winston. The central portion ofthe main build ing of Trinity College including the tower Did feet high, at Durham, fell Saturday night entirely wrecking that part of the building. The damage is estimated at from $10,(100 to $-0,000. The brick work had just been completed aud accepted from the contractors. Hasty construction is assigned as the cause. The accident will not delay the opening of the college in the new buildings in Oct -ber. con s uji I' i iox c u i: i :i. An old physii ian, retired from prac tice, having had placed in bis hands by an Ea.-t India missionary the formula of a simple vegetable remedy for tho speedy and permanent cure of Consump tion, Bronchitis, Catarrh, Asthma and all throat and Lung Affections, also a positive and radical cure for Nervous De iiility and all Nervous Complaints, after having tested its wonderful curative pow ers in thousand of cases, has felt it his d'lty to make it known to his suffering t' Hurts. Actuated by this motive and a desire to relieve human sntb ring, I will send free of charge, to all who desire it, ibis recipe, in German, French or English, with full directions for preparing and u ing. Sent by mail by adilicssing with siamp, naming this paper W. A. Noyes, 820 Powers' Block, Rochester, N. Y. apr 30 ly. CantaloiT'ES left out in the ;,rass over night wiM be nicely freshened by the dew fur breakfast. When Baby was sick, we ge her Castorl. When she was a Child, she cried for Castorta. When she became Miss, she chin to Castoria. When she had Children, she gave them Castoria. a- is un ; I
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