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alrigfi fUgisftir. "' - , f' .!? ;aWj)li Pi--- By P. K. HALS. advertising rates, omcat C . - Fayetteville St., Second Floor Fisher Building. RATES OP SUBSCRIPTION : One copy one year, mailed poet-paid .. ... .$3 00 One copy ix months, mailed post-paid.... 1 00 Advertisements wfil be inserted for One Dollar per square (one Inch) for the first and Fifty Cents for each subsequent publication. Contracts for advertising for any space or time may be made at the pffiee of the RALEIGH REGISTER, Second Floor of Fisher Bufidfogj Fayetteville Street, next to Market House. no uauie cuireu wiuumt payment, uiu no papersent after expiration of time paid for. VOL. I. RALEIGH, N. ('., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2:?, 1884. NO. i). 1 1 "i" ' ' - 1 i ' i ' T t ROCK OF AGES. CntiKwo. ' Rock of Ages, cleft for me," Thoughtlessly the' maiden sung: Fell the words unconsciously From her girlish gleeful tongue. . Sang ajs little children sing; Sang as sing the birds in June: Fell the words like light leaves down On the current of the tune j Rock of Ages, cleft for me. Let me hide myself in Thee." ' Lei me hide myself in Thee." J Felt her soul no need to hide; Sweet the song as song could be, And she had no thought beside. All the words unheedingly Fell from lips untouched by care. Dreaming net they each might be On some other lips a prayer ' " " Kork of Ages, cleft for me. Let me hide myself in Thee." " Rock of Ages, cleft for me." 'Twas a woman sung them now, Snng them slow and wearily Wan hand on her aching brow. Rote the song as storm-tossed bird Beau with weary wing the air; J Every note with sorrow stirred, 'Every syllable a prayer Rock of Ages, cleft for me, Let me hide myself in Thee." ' Rock of j Ages, cleft for me. " Lips grown aged sting the hymn. Trustingly and tenderly; Voice grown weak and eyes grown dim. ' Let me hide myself in Thee." Trembling though the voice and low, . Ran the sweet strain peacefully. Like a river In Its flow. ' Snng as only they can sing : -, Who life's thorny paths have pressed;' uag as only they can sing 55 Who behold the promised rest Rock of Ages, cleft for me, Let toe hide myself in Thee." " Rock of Ages, cleft for me." Song above a coffin-lid; I'nderneath, all restfnUy, AH life's joys and sorrows hid. Nevermore, 0 storm-tossed soul! ; - Nevermore from wind or tide, Nevermore from billows' roll Wilt thou ever need to hide. Could the sightless, sunken eyes, Closed beneath the soft gray hair; Could the mnte and stiffened lips Move again tn pleading prayer, Still, aye still, the words would be, Let me hide myself in Thee." STEELE. L BRIEF RECORD OF THE USEFUL LIFE OF L Public Man wbo alao Find Time for Practical Vork, for Sport and for Letters. Hon. Walter L. Steele, of Rocking ham, is not only one of the most distin guished citizens of the State, but also one of the most fortunate in his distinction. He has never suffered from an inflated rep utation. He has done much solid service as a private citizen and as a publieaervant, and This uniform solidity of character and services has been appreciatedJjy his fellow ritizens; but no especial achievement of liis has been magnified out of its proper proportion. Not a few valuable men suf fer great damage to themselves and to their usefulness by becoming the victims of pop ular praise for a single deed or a single utterance, and ever afterward they are prevented by this reputation from receiving credit for services quite as great, or even greater. Mr. Steele, therefore, is pecu liarly fortunate in having what may be railed a uniform reputation. As a farmer, as a politician, as a manufacturer, and as a man. he has done his duty; and not merelv that, but he has done it with unu sual promptness and ability, and he has been happily relieved of that restless am bition which must make or mar ?n a min ute. ' He was born in Richmond county, on April 18, 1823. He has told the story himself that one of his ancestors came here ' with the army of Cornwallis to "put down the rebellion." But this shrewd ancestor managed to have himself, "put down," and when Cornwallis got into trouble, this good soldier had already beeome a citizen of the " States." On the other side of the family Mr. Steele comes of one of the early settlers of Jamestown, Virginia whether through Pocahontas, he' himself or his family Bible must telL At any rate, when he was born he found himself the child of most excellent parents, and he saw the sun rise for the first time sixty-one years ago not very far from the place where he sees it set now. His young idea was taught to shoot by various teachers, distinguished or not, who have gone to rest under the sand. 3 At the of fifteen, he was sent over to Boyd- ton, Virginia, the seat sat that time of the ;vonrable Randolph-Macon College, and entered the preparatory department under the charge of the veneraDie Boiomon who now lives at Leasburg, in Caswell. Tn 1838. he entered the college regularly, but algebra, I think I have heard, was the direct or remote cause of the young man s departure. In 1839 he spent one session at Wake Forest College: and for what be came of the algebra there, I refer to the recent historical sketcnes oi imi mswiu t ion to derermine. Next year, 'in J anuary, he was at Chapel Hill, where he spent an uneventful life till September. Then came the making of him. , ! In the first room to the right as you en ter the southern end of the old West Build ing, one quiet night, ex-Judge , the Rev. , Dr. a and Mr. were indulging in a game of "seven-up.". A knock was heard at the.door. There was a quick shuffling away of cards and an animated conversation, was begun about Some religious topic. In came Walteb L. Steele ! After the laugh was over the game was resumed,, and Judge-. . wishini? to thrust his feet. over the fire place, prevailed on Steele to play his hand. The game went on. Presently there was another noise heard at the door, hih excited no frreat confusion. This time in walked one D.'L. Swain! The future Judge escaped, but the fu ture Congressman from the Sixth District didn't. He re-entered the University, however, after a season of repentance, and later was craduated. The class was a distinguished one: W. 8. Battle, I Kev. P. H. Dalton; A. G. Foster, Ji. L.. Whitaker, Robert H. Cowan, James H. Horner, James S. Johnston,-Stephen A. Stanfleld and Rev. Dr. George. B. Wet more, being members of it. After serving an apprenticeship at farm ing, Mr. Steele entered political life, and in 1846 was elected member of the lower House of the Legislature, and was re elected in 1848, in 1850 and ia 1854. In I 18.12 he was elected to the Senate, and again in 1858, and in 1861 he was Secre- tarj of the State Convention, j Mr. Steele was no mild critic of the acts of the Re construction, "patriots.' In 1872 he, was a sort of unwilling elector on the Greeley ticket a bitter pill for him, but to pHrgc the! country of Radicalism was worth a bitter pill. In 1876 he was elected to Congress from the Sixth District by a majority of nearly 7,000. He was re elected in 1878. The next term he de clined to enter the ree, and this has thus far ended his active political career, In Congress he was an active and useful member and took a stand in a single ses sion among the readiest members at repartee and among the most conservative in com mittee work. In 1852 he was elected a member of the Board of Tiustces of the University a position he held 'and filled faithfully till the dark days oTT" University reconstruc tioa" came. When the institution was strain organized he was called back to his f old post on the Board a position that he vet holds. Mr. Steele has recently given his time and capital business talents to the man agement of the Pee Dee Manufacturing Company, at Roekingham, which makes cotton plaids another conspicuous in stance of the devotion of lur best talent to the work of building up onr industrial possibilities.- . - . . . n 1. There is, however, anotner Kina oi worit that Mr W. L. Steele has done, and, -it is hoped, mav continue to do. which de serves conspicuous notice even in so brief a sketch as this. He is one of the most graceful writers that we have ever had He has written for the Forest and Stream several sketches, which, if he had done notihihg else, deserve to keep him in per petual remembrance for more than one generation. -By the way, why should the Register not publish some ot tnem i Mr. Steele is not an ambitious man, as most men are ambitious. Yet he is not without ambition. He desires, for instance, to have the best gun and the best dogs in the world (and he succeeds) and to get Wan ty m forth at least once a week during the sporting season. " It ia not evprv dav that vou find so hap py-a combination a trained and high- minded politician, a successful man of affairs, a gentleman of a good deal of leisure, of rare accomplishments and most lmrnmmnnlT irraceful stvle: and to these aualities added the keen enjoyment of out oor life, which, unhappily in these days. Vwlnncrs too seldom to our men after the period of .silver hair begins. rhalhamU Educational Advance. rPittsboro "Home. I The" progress Chatham county has made within the last four years in the advance ment of her public schools has been truly wonderful. And the good work still ad vances with accelerated speed. Prior to the era of which we speak the school dis tricts of the county were impracticable in size and shape, in the districts there were either no sites, or sites with no school houses, or sites with old and dilapidated school houses, or log hquses too small and uncomfortable; and among the people there was not only wide spread lack of effort in behalf of the schools, but also wide spread apathy concerning their suc cess. The people had lost confidence in the practical utility of the schools and therefore interest in their perpetuation and success. The standard of scholarship among the teachers had gone down too low apd the value of the schools had diminished in proportion. The people knew it. Dufjng the last four years the standard of qualifications for , teachers has been steadily raised' higher and higher, the shapes of the school districts of the county have been changed and greatly improved, old school houses have been renovated and made more commodious, sites have been bought and new con venient and substantial school houses built in every section of the county, and public sentiment in a great measure revolution ized in behalf of the general cause of pop ular education. The people have been led to believe that a system of public instruc tion can be made valuable. Therefore Chatham county is in a pecu liarly favorable condition just now with her new and improved school nouses ready, and her teachers prepared for work, to receive --annually $20,000 from the national treasury, swelling her school fund to about $30,000 for the promotion of the education of her children. Such is our judgment. BINGHAMSCH0OL HEABINfl ITS CENTENNIAL YEAR, And Yearly Aadnvto Itst Strength ana v igor ana mj aei num. Chance the Suggestive Name! Salisbury Watchman. Bilesville, in Stanly, threatens to become a town. People have moved in and set tled there. Mr. Ivy has laid off contigu ous lands into lots, arranging for streets. The people have built a school house 26 by 40 twoBtories high with a belfry, and Bilesville bids fair to become a handsome town. The location is healthy, the society good, and the lands being productive, living is cheap. Altogether, there is no reason whv it should not grow. There is one steam mill there already, one or two more will send the place right forward. Remarkable Woman. (rMttsboroHome.) Mrs. Elizabeth Wilkie, of Gulf township, is 77 years old, has had twelve children and sixteen grand-children ana twenty- five great-grand-children, never took dose of medicine from a doctor, ana is now in robust health, and does her own cookiiur. " waShine. milking, and weaves the cloth, cuts and makes her own clothes, and savs she can walk now twenty-nve miles in a day. , j , 1 A Puzzled North Carolina IHan. Asheville Citizen. What is to be the end of a Buncombe farmer, dressed in Baltimore clothing, with Massachusetts shoes, who tills his North Carolina land with a Kentucky plough draws by a Tennessee horse fed on Ten nessee hay, who rides to town every Sat urday in an Indiana wagon to lay in his week's supply of Tennessee bread, New York butter, Chicago meat, Cincinnati whisky and Durham tobacco? On the Safe Side. j -' From the Philadelphia Call. I First Western desperado--' 'Well, did you kill old Col. Rich?" I Second -desperado" Yes, I fotched him." , " How didou do it?" i j "I found him riding on his horse along a lone road, and had plenty of time to aim." f " But where is his horser a "I did not touch that." j "Did not take the horse?" i " Certainly not. In this section they Will hang a man forstealing a horse. " In these latter days North Carolina has aroused from the traditional Rip Van Winkle slumber and has become eminent,, not Only by reason of such physical features as the highest land east of the Rocky Moun tains, and a more varied flora than any other State in the Union, but likewise and especially by reason of hei material pro gress. It has irequentiy oeen saiu oy com petent judges that the track of the West ern NorthGarolinaRailroad serosa and under the Blue Ridge is the most remark able piece of railroad engineering in the United States. The exhibit oi specimens of natural products made at Boston last year was the best; exhibit of such kind ever made by a State. 1 Durham, N. C, has the third largest tobacco factory, and the very largest granulated tODacco iaciory, in me world. In these things surely there is no Rip Van Winkle slumber. Apiece and apace with this eminence 'in material progress and advantages, North Carolina eoiovs educational eminence amonc the Southern States by reason of the location in its borders of the oldest boarding school for boys in the South a school that in its latter dav success and expansion can boast also of the largest . .. .. . . number of pupils, tne widest territory oi natronacre. the latest improvements ano the best equipment for physical training, Age often brings effeteness; but in this case the experience and traditions of age have been supplemented at every step with renewed Youth. It is a remarkable case of hereditv. that every Binffham has had succeeding Bingham who was able not only to'maintain but likewise to extend his edu cational work. So it was with the late W; J. Bingham, who, in 1825, as the second Bingham, succeeded his father, the Rev. William Bingham, who founded the school in '83 of the last century. So it was again with the late Colonel William Bmeham, the third William Bingham, and the third head of the school, who began to teach in 1857 and left off working only when he left off living, in 1873. So it was agam with Major Robert Bingham, who has taught continuously since 1857, except when he wore the gray with General Lee, and who became superintendent of the school in 1873 at his brother's death being the fourth of this line of teachers, the superiors of whom as educators, and the like of whom as a continuous line, the Sotith has not produced. While the school nas grown steaaiiy iu efficiency and in reputation since its now almost ancient foundation, in the hands of the fourth Bingham it has become more progressive and there-lore more tamous than ever before. For the teaching, though always thorough as far as it went, is now on the whole better done than ever before by broader and better equipped men, espe cially in mathematics ; the superintendent has acquainted himself more thoroughly than any of his predecessors did with the best and most advanced educational mcth? ods at home and abroad ; the school is more cosmopolitan, drawing from our best peo ple in a wider territory and representing more shades of religious and political opin ion, though none the less moral and con servative wherever conservatism is synony mous with safety ; the social training, too, is broader and the opportunities greater for forming' useful acquaintances and friendships with the coming leaders in Southern thought and action. But the most noteworthy and most dis tinctly independent forward movement made by the fourth Bingham is the leader ship he has taken among Southern educa tors by providing for the physical as well as for the mental training of boys. The tana mtn In eorpore mno has been an adage in the mouths of all men ; but it was never made so prominent in action by any other Southern educator. The progressive spirit of the present Bingham has not been sup pressed either by the financial disadvan tages r which overtook all such Southern enterprises, or even by fire which two years ago swept away all the old buildings and the large new one wnicn naa Deen only recently constructed. The school rose from its ashes ana opened on scneauie time with far better buildings than ever before and with more of them, and with the best gymnasium in the South and the only very extensive or complete one except the Vanderbilt University gymnasium and this, too, though in the North and in Europe a gymnasium has become as essen tial a part of school equipment as a dining hall or recitation rooms. Added to this is the Bingham bath house, lighted with gas and heated. with steam, with more than twenty long metallic bath tubs, and a swimming bath twenty feet long, six feet wide and six feet deep it desired tne last an entirelv original feature, of which the present Bingham management alone can boast. The natural tendency of the life of a teacher is not a progressive tendency. Although the older Binghams in their day and generation were progressive educators, yet in their day progress was slow in com parison with its rapidity now, and the pos sibilities of doing good work and of wield ing a wider influence for teachers as well as for other men have constantly become greater. Recognizing this, the present Bingham his not only added greatly to the motive power and therefore to the success and usefulness of his own special work as principal of a private school, but has got out of the narrower private school work which absorbs most teachers of such schools and has zealously thrown himself into the broader cause of popular, common school education. He has addressed more audi ences, more common school teachers, more normal schools, more graded schools and more teachers' Institutes than any' other private educator among us. From his own i classroom to the platform of the National Educational Convention at wasmngton, . . . . - . i . . . t which met to lurtner tne cause oi naiionai aid in the fight against illiteracy, -his voice has been heard, and his words have never been non-committal but always in favor of progress. We suffer from illiteracy, not because our distinguished school-masters have not done their work well, but because there were not enough of them, and espe cially because there nas not been the same aggressive movement in popular education as along other lines. This is a work in deed all education is a work which de pends pn public spirit. And without doubt the most public spirited of our educators is the fourth Bingham. This is indicated not only by Major Bingham's personal Activity for every pro- freasive .movement in educational work, ut also by the spirit of progress which he infuses into his pupils. Although no distinctively normal instruction in the na ture of the case is or ean be given in the school,, such of the Bingham graduates as win honors and carry away the school's coraniendtttion, command as high salaries as progressive teachers as the graduates of our colleges. And it is a hopeful sign as well as a very strong endorsemept of the school that the demand for Bingham- trained teachers is much greater than the supply. It is becoming not uncommon for teachers ladies as well as gentlemen- to visit the Bingham school to see the .meth ods at work there. The school deserves a place, then, along with our high mountains and instances of great material advance ment, by reason of its progressiveness and public spirit under the management of the fourth Bingham. The writer knew the school as a student under the late Colonel Binghnm's superin tendency and he knows it now. As a pro gressive and public-spirited institution it has a wider and surer grasp on our life than it ever had beforehand must there fore influence our future more than it has our past. The school's continuance of the military feature of discipline rigid enough to be healthful and effective, but never carried to the extreme which has in some cases defeated the very purpose in view, and yet pleasant and healthful has no doubt much to do with the noticeably pleasant and frank relations between teachers and pupils. It is simply companionship. Among the Kt.iidpnta themselves there has at the Bing ham school always been a manly esprit du corps a not unnatural result of the associ ation of representatives of so many of the best bred people in the. Southern States. Mm COUNTY. THE BEST-COTTON BOUNTY. Which la Alao a Good County for Much EUe that i m. NORTH CAROLINIANS ABROAD. Honorable John F. Darby. It is probable that the above name is one unknown to most of your readers ; yet it is an honored one in the great West, and for many years a name of power and enter prise in Missouri and the city of St. Louis, reflecting no little credit on its maternity. John Fletcher Darby was born in Person county, North Carolina, the son of John Darby, a respectable fanner and to bacco planter. While the son was quite a youth the parents emigrated to the West, settled on a farm, where John F. worked for five or six years, aiding in making a comfortable home for the family. The youth had received the elements of an education in North Carolina and now de voted all his spare time to increasing his stock of knowledge. He began the study of Latin without the aid of a teacher, and in the intervals of farm -work learned in a single summer to enjoy the beauties of Virgil. His parents dying before bis ma turitv. his great desire was to return to North Carolina and obtain the best educa tion which his limited means would justify. The journey then was a long and tedious one, but with a brave heart and resolute determination, he not only undertook but accomplished it successfully, and in a few weeks found himself domiciled with the family of an Uncle. His next ambition was to place himself under the tuition and educational training of the Rev. William Bingham, of Orange county, N. C. Ap preciating the advantages that surrounded him he was diligent and studious, and ever afterwards grateful to his kind and able instructor, with whom he remained until prepared to eater on the study of law. This accomplished, his thoughts turned again towards the bustling adventurous West. We next find young Dakbt in Frankfort, pursuing his legal studies un der John J. Crittenden, (afterwards the great senator and renowned statesman) with the erratic, brilliant orator, "Tom" Marshall as his room mate and companion. "Old Kaintuck, " like his mother State, did not, however, present an inviting field for the exercise Of his youthful aspirations and cherished hopes. His next and last move was- to St. Louis, the growing city on the western banks of the great "father of waters," where he arrived friendless and almost penniless, but oon found employ ment in the office of Judge Gamble, where he was enabled to support himself by copy ing legal papers, briefs, &c., while pre paring for admission to the bar. After difficulties and delav he was finally and fairly launched in hfs profession, in which his success was immediate and remarkable. He was a growing man, extending his practice into new fields as years elapsed, and alwavs with credit and profit. The people not slow to discern his ability and energy, soon began to call him to impor tant offices of trust. He served as Alder man, became a popular stump-speaker, and in 1835 was for the first time elected to the mayoralty of the city. The admin istration of this high office at the time was a task which demanded peculiar energy and efficiency, and Darby possessed both. He established the Mayor's court, ridding the city in a large degree of its lawless and dangerous classes, 'laid out public squares and parks, and in every way justi fied the confidence reposed in him. He was re-elected in 1840. In 1836 he called a meeting of the citizens to meraorilize Congress on the subject of completing the National road (Clay's great scheme) to 6t. Louis, and during the same year issued an official address to the people of the State urging the importance of railroad develop ment in the West, and a great Convention was held in the city for that object. In 1838 Mr. Dabby was elected to the State Senate, and introduced bills, to charter the first railroads west of the Mississippi river. He was far in advance of the times, the period for such grand enterprises in Mis souri had not yet arrived ; yet he lived to see bts enlarged views and earnest labors . 1 , 11 1. J V in tnai uirecuuo mure iubu reuu, ujr the arrival and . departure of more than a hundred daily trains from one depot (the Union) m the city. In 1850 Mr. Dabby was elected . to Con gress, and much was expected from his ability and working qualities, but an acci dent on the boat on his way to Washing ton for a time paralyzed his extremities. He slowly recovered in a large degree, and did good service for his State during his Congressional career. After this, iot a time, he engaged in the banking business, but finallv returned to his original profes sion, the . law, and enjoyed an extensive practice until the day of his death. r - . .r ii- - j i tn 1880, Mr. jjarpy puuusueu a vuiumu of "Personal Recollections," containing a varied store of reminiscences relating fp the early history of St. Louis and many of the inhabitants who figure in it. Familiar with each old landmark and honored name, proud of his adopted city, no name occurs oftener in the reports of bar meetings ; and during the later years oi his lire, no impor tant public meeting seemed complete with out his presence. In 1878, the St. Louis Law Library made him an honorary mem ber. He married when quite young, Mary M. Wilkinson; daughter of a captain in the United States army. Her family on both sides were among the first settler on the Continent. John F. Darby lived to see St. Louis grow from five thousand inhabitants to several hundred thousand, and died in 1882, the last of those with whom polit ically and and, legally his early days had been passed. Heartily and eloquently he had paid kind tribute to the memory of one after another of them all, and it was from those of a Younger generation who bestowed like honors on him, told of his active and useful career, and followed him to his last resting place. Hon. R. T. Bennett. Anson county is situated ' in the south eastern part of Middle North Carolina, It was established in 1741, and comprehended all the western portion of the State from New Hanover and Bladen on the east as far as the limits of the State extended on the west. It derives its name from Admiral Anson, who obtained a Yictory over the French fleet off Cape Finisterre a short time before the county was erected. It is bounded on the east by Richmond county the Great Pee Dee river, the name by which the Yadkin river is known after its confluence with the Uwharrie, runs the entire length of their common boundary ; on the south by Chesterfield county, in South Carolina; on the north by Stanly county, Rocky river being the line of divide; and on the west by Union county. It is on the thirty-fifth parallel of latitude and third meridian of longitude. Its height above the. sea-level is from five hundred and fifty to seven hundred feet. The sur face of the county is hilly, and its area is about five hundred square miles. There are a number of creeks in the county, which give it a fair proportion of good bottom lands. Lane s creek in tne northern part, Big Brown creek about seven miles from it, with the same general direction m the course of the two ; that is, from the west northwest to east Little Brown creek, Goulas Fork and Culpepper. All of these are north of the capital town of the county, Wadesboro; originally .New town: changed to its present name after Colonel Thomas Wade, who achieved rep utation in the war of 1776. It is one hun dred and twenty-five miles by rail from Raleigh, one hundred and thirty-five miles by rail from Wilmington, fifty-one miles by rail from Charlotte, one hundred and sixty miles by rail from Charleston, 13outh Carolina, and sixty-five miles from sans bury. It is located about the geographical centre of the county, which is nearly souare in shape. South of the capital town the most important of the streams is Jones creek ; Dead Fall is in the western part of the county, and Savannah, Cedar, Smith, and other creeks, rise and empty in the eastern part of the ounty. The southern part of the county has a good deal of long- leaf pine. The streams, including the two nvers, afford water-power amounting to hundreds of thousands of horse power, and their banks are in many places covered with choice shell-bark hickory, common hickory, white oak, water and other oaks The two geological lormauons that is, the flat low country bordering the ocean and extending thence one hundred or more miles, and that common la Jthe more ele vated part of the State meet and overlap . . . t ' w - . m eacnuiernoout inerep iweriTw. mere are madv bed of the finest building-stone in Ansasounty. Eed pafe ajad gray sandstone, UitoadTax granite, abound ; indeed the Quantity ia such that tat neces si tie of several cities as large as Richmond, Virginia, and Charleston, South Carolina, would not exhaust it in many years. Cotton, corn and the small grains are the staple crops of the county. Cotton is the leading crop, and the staple grown here is the bes upland cotton grown north of Mobile, Alabama, It is said that many of the fleecy j woollen- blankets made in the United States are jpade of Anson county cptton. . The . granite grit immediately nprt and south caT Jones creek ia specially noteJ for theaoperier staple nrodaced on .. TVT "a.?.-.". -IT -fU- 1 Dili 11, . . toe face fjm. auunsUfW vwwy xuu, whaJoet his Gfeia th i&tereat of acience, pronounced tha jpra granite grit of the Jones Creek sectMn the best for cotton he had seen. . It ia jconfidently believed this part of the comnty would produce as -good tobacco as is grown in the United States. Blackberries, strawberries and raspberries grow spontaneously, and yield most boun tif ully when cultivated. ' Vegetables of all kinds grow to perfection, and mature as early as at any othef place in the State as far from the Gulf stream as this. The grape is an unfailing crop, free from dis ease, ana tne iruit oi excellent quauiy, Since the late war the system ol farming has been greatly improved in Anson county, and the yield oi cotton per acre nas oeen increased a hundred percent. This has been wrought by judicious attention ap plied to farming, showing itself in im proved seeds and tools, better manipulated fertilizers, increaised home-made manure, more thorough preparation of the land, and fuller and more accurate knowledge of the cotton plant. It Is believed that a sys tern of rotation of crops, such as has been tried and approved by leading intelligent - A . .1 u 1. -11 J- ! larmcrs oi tne Atlantic coiwu ueu, win become the settled policy of our fanners at an early day, and that the results will far surpass the most sanguine calculation of to-day. Every man who owns cattle, hogs, sheep, goats or horses, in Anson county is now compelled to pasture them on his own land ; none are allowed to run at large on the range. This system came into effect in GOOD DRINKING-WATER. Commissioner McGehee in April Bulletin. While speaking of this section, it may not be amiss to speak of another dis advantage to which certain localities there are subject? namely, the, drinking-water, ftnd which Can be remedied by a simple expedient within the reach of every one. It may not be very logically connected with what has gone before, but it is essentially so in purpose ; the great aim of the Depart ment being to bring within the reach of all our people all the discoveries of science that can affect their material welfare. This matter is so well explained by one of the most illustrious chemists of our age (John ston, in his "Chemistry of Common Life) that the passage relating to it is given in his own words : " Well-waters sometimes contain vegeta ble substances of a peculiar kind, which render them unwholesome, even over large tracts of country. In sandy districts the decaying vegetable matters of the surface soil are observed to sink down and form an ochrey pan, or thin yellow layer in the sub soil, ! which is impervious to water, and through which, therefore, the rains cannot pass. ' Being arrested by this pan, the rain-water, while it rests upon it, dissolves a certain portion of the vegetable matter; and when collected into wells, is often dark -colored, marshy in taste and 'smell, and unwholesome to drink, n hen bailed, the organic (vegetable) matter coagulates, and when the water cools, separates in flocks, leaving the water wholesome, and nearly free from taste or smell, lhe same purification takes place when the water is filtered through charcoal, or when chips of oak wood are put into it. lhe properties of being coagulated by boiling, and by tannin of oak wood, snows that the or ganic matter contained in the water is of an albuminous character, or resembles white of egg. As it coagulates, it not only falls itself, but it carries other impuri ties along with it, and thus purines the water, in the same way as white of egg clarifies wine, coffee, and other liquids to which it is added. Such is the character of the waters in common use in the landes of the Gironde around Bordeaux, and in many other sandy districts. The waters of rivers, and of marshy and swampy places, often contain a similar coagulable substance. Hence the waters of the Seine, at Paris, are clarified by introducing a morsel of alum, and the river and marshy waters of India by the use of the Mrychnos potatorum, of which travelers often carry a supply. One or two of these nuts, rubbed to powder on the side of the earthen vessel in which the water is to be poured, soon causes the im purities to subside. In Egypt the muddy a. -r Au v:i. ... i : c J i... v. v. : bitter almonds on the side of the water- vessel in the same way. " In. all these instances the principle of the clarification is the same. 1 he albumi nous matter is coagulated by what is added to the water, and in coagulating, it embraces the other impurities of the water and carries them down along with it. "These cases, and especially that of the sandy landes of Bordeaux, and elsewhere, throw an interesting light upon the history of the waters of Mann, as given in the fifteenth chapter of Exodus: 1 ' So Moses brought Israel from the ued Sea ; and they went into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wil derness and found no water. And when they came to Marah, they could not drink oi tne waters oi jnaran, lor mey were ou ter ; therefore the name of It was Marah. And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we dnnk? And he cried unto the Lord, and the Lord showed Mm a tree, which when he had cast into Wa nratAM k Tfttorfi V0M mtrlo QXX7of ' " UIC OT a tC I Oj uiv yv wi t n viv utuv k v. "As in our European sandy dunes, the waters of the sandy wilderness may contain an albumen-like substance which an as tringent plant will coagulate. The dis covery Of such a plant among the natural vegetation of the desert, would give, therefore, the means of purifying and ren dering" ijt wholesome, as cuttings of the oak tree, render salubrious the waters of the Landes of La-Gironde. . , Every one familiar with geography will recognize the resemblance between some of the countries described by Johnston and parts of the eastern section , of our State, ft is pretty certain that the cause of the impurity in all these Waters is the same. It is calculated to excite .surprise, and should awaken a sentiment of profound gratitude, that as evil so great as that of using unwholesome drinking-water admits of a remedy so easy and simple. There is no one who cannot command a few kernels of bitter almonds, a small bit of alum, or a few chips of oak wood, which, used as i- -i i, l 7 . oireciea, win give wuoicbuiuc uuuiuug water everywhere in that section. WASHINGTON. EASTER MONDAY AT THE NATION Al. CAPITAL. What a Rrfantevea' 'Woman Saw There That Day, an What She See Ahead for us at Home. Correspondence of the Raleigh JRegisteb. J WASHtNGToX D. C, April. 14th, 1884. This being Easter Monday, the children of the Capitoline city have held high car nival on the grounds immediately behind the White House. From the windows of the Presidential Mansion many a brilliant spectacle has been witnessed, but never one more beautiful than that of to-day. While I write, standing beneath the stately porch with its grand outlook across the country, there are at least ten thousand children, misses, grandmas and fond mothers, all enjoying egg-iolling, a custom peculiar to this city, to which time has given its sanc tion. The grass has the vivid and tender green of the spring ; the buds of the grand trees are bursting into leaf; hyacinths of all colors bloom in the enclosed parterres, and tulips of brightest hues shine and glow in their circular beds. But the little folks, God bless them, have this day as their own, and on every side you see them disporting like the young lambs of the poet that "gambol on the hillsides." In some parts of our State the youngsters "peck" eggs on Easter Monday, but here they roll them, the grassy hillocks giving them all needed facilities for that lively sport. ! It is not only a lovely but a democratic, scene, for these little folk represent all classes, from the most aristocratic to the lowliest fami lies. None are more than fourteen, and the majority are little tots that have not walked but a year or two. As for the eggs, bearing all the tints of the rainbow, mottled, striped and in solid colors, what a destruction of hen fruit ! During Lent, these and fish are the meat of the faithful, but now that the days of fasting have been ... . . i n accompusnea, iney are turneu raw inuruo toys, and when their brightly dyed shells are cracked, the children pause long enough from their merry game to eat the "innards." One of the beautiful effects in this picture of animate life is produced bv the brilliant colors now fashionable.' All shades of red, blue, yellow and orange enter into juvenile costumes,, these , con-: trasting finely with the green Sward under foot. ; : ... .' Among the multitude I notice '.partfen-U means. lany one ntue iaa wnose cnppieu ieet, Jones. , is ... i; i- t 1: 'I i Durham "A Brick. our county about two years ago, and so much is it esteemed already that a return to the old style of fencing the crops against the incursions of stock is next to impossi ble. This is regarded as the most impor tant single step taken in this county in the last twenty years. Its beneficent influence is apparent in the great appreciation of our cattle. If people have to keep a cow up and feed her they will be sure to have a good cow to begin with, or improve the strain at the earliest convenience. , Very little -virgin growth will be felled in future. Clearings will extend only to lands once cleared and tilled, then turned out and now covered with old-field pines perhaps the best friends owners of worn out Southern fields have in the way of re cuperators of the soil. Now the hedge rows are cultivated : brier-beds have been cleaned and turned into smiling plats; flats have been invaded and made to yield of their opulence. This no-fence system in a county like Anson, which has been long cultivated and much of the original growth destroyed by our fathers, and all of the present labor to hire and pay for, is a solid blessing. If the solid and, sure progress thus far accomplished were suppiementea with well-made roads, Anson county would I be as desirable a spot as there is on the earth. Our educational advantages are good. Choice 'schools at Ansonvule, Polkton, Lilesville, Wadesboro, 'and other points, afford abundant opportunities for those who wish high 'academic training. Our public school system is, intelligently ad ministered.' The health of our citizens is unsurpassed in this division of the State. .We are en tirely free from contagious diseases, , Our public debt bearing interest is about (15,000; our floating: debt is cashed at sight.. The officers who control public affairs are honorable and justrna..tiere are but few petty jealousies a the county. We have a population largely composed pf honorable; ancU brave; foe,, accomplished and virtuous women. Durham Reporter. Durham is making six millions of brick Fitzgerald & Co. making two million Linthicum one and a nau minion, ine cotton and woollen factories one and a half millions, and other smaller yards a million. And these six millions win be laid up in factories, stores and dwellings just as soon as they are cold enough to handle. Can any other city in the state make as gpoa a showing? This is one million for every thousand inhabitants, or one thousand bricks of permanent improvement for every man, woman and child in the place. A Wild Western Woman. From the Chicago Tribune. At noon a girl about nineteen years old, and wearing a somewhat faded costume, came up' to the delivery-window of the postoffice, threw down a letter, and said to the clerk : "Is that air stamp all squee gee?" "Yes, it seems to be all right." "An is the address writ so's thar kin be no show of it gittin' offn the trail an' monkeyin' all 'round the country afore it gits to whar it's addressedr "Oh, J guess so. The mail boys can manage to " " I dont want no guess work about it, for that's a matter o' life and death. If that ktterTl go straight say so, and, if it wont, lust unfimber your tongue and give me - . . . T,l A XI A Square mUSlC. 1 U guarantee uui, 11. will find the person to whom it is ad dressed,' said the clerk, who had deci- ?ihered the hieroglyphics on the envelope. Then that's all right, but if if dont git thar on tame III have you took up fur murder. That letter's fur my feller back in Iilinoy, an' he writ that if I wouldn't marry him right off he'd kill hisself, an' I've writ back that he kin come on in' double up jest as soon as he wants ter. If that letter dont git thar straight Jim's jest fool enough to swallec a dose of pizen or somethin!, an' mind, young man, that you are liable - to be pulled any minute for held in steel snlints. prevent him from act ive participation in the sport, but bis old; nurse, black as the ace of spades, chase the scarlet and golden eggs he sets rolling down the slope, and the small chap clapa his hands in great glee when one escapes her and breaks against the brick gutter at the base of the lawn. Another pretty picture of the scene is the pic-nicking, Everywhere are groups who, tired of play, and blessed with healthy young appetites, have spread their shawls and wraps on the damp grass, opened their dainty baskets, and are now sitting chatting and laughing while munching their home made goodies. French and German nurses in white caps and aprons, bright quadroons in : stylish gowns and gaily trimmed hats, wizened old dames in rusty mourning, portly matrons as fussy as hens with their broods, delicate young mothers pushing dainty carts before them, and looking proudly down upon.he one wee birdling of the domestic nest, these, and sucn as tnese, add to the picturesqueness of this rare spectacle, which is worth a ride from Raleigh to see. Washington has lately been illuminated nightly by electricity. Coronals of burners have lieen put at the dome of the Capitol. at the summit of the VV ashington monu ment, and at other conspicuous heights, It was said by some that when the full force of the current was turned on, Penn sylvania Avenue would be as light as day. A delusive expectation theirs. The great blue arch overhead is too vast a receiver and absorbent of artificial light for any such result to be obtained. These bril liant coronets do shine like stars in the j firmament, but that is all, and the rays of Venus when, as Evening Star, she blazes in the western horizon, give quite as much light to Pennsylvania Avenue as do both those- that have been named. They help the gas light& to dispel what would other wise be "the blackness of darkness;" that is all. Our Senators and Representatives in Congress are very proud of the progress the State Exposition is making; nor are they alone here in the interest felt in its future. General John Eaton, Commis sioner of the Bureau of Education, has promised to send to Raleigh an exhibit fully equal to. that he made last year at -r fil rrll - .1 4- liOUlSVllie. 1 lie press tuireoRiuucuw iuic also taken hold of it cordially, and will give it a boom. Colonel Paul B. Means, of Concord, is an enthusiastic worker for it. for he believes that it will be of inesti mable benefit to every county in the State, He and others in Washington have noticed the steady flow of the Northern emigration wave towards North Carolina. Even the Bureau of Education has received inquiries about the State from people who wish to there if their children can have the RICH WEN IN THE SENATE. Who they Are What they are Worth, and How they are Interested in She fceclalatton. Special to the New York World. J Washington, April 11. The' majority of the Senators ate rich men. - Edmunds, the President of (the Senate, is probably worth half a million, and has a private law practice worth at least $75,000 a year. Aldnch, of Rhode Island, is a rich whole sale grocer. Allison, of Iowa, is worth at least $100,000 and has an independent in come from his wife s estate. Anthony, of Rhode Island, owns a fine property in the Providence Journal, and has a good pri vate income. Bayard, of Delaware, has a moderate fortune. Beck, of Kentucky, is in moderately comfortable circumstances. Blair, of New Hampshire, is a poor man. Bowen, of Colorado, is many times a mil lionaire. Joe Brown, of Georgia, is a mil lionaire. . Butler; of South Oarolina, is poor. CalL of Florida, is well off. , Cam den, of West Virginia, is very rich. Cam- Wisconsin, has ample means. Cameron, of Pennsylvania, is worth 4, 000,000. Cockrefll, of Missouri, is poor. Coke, of Texas, has a large plantation in terest in his State. Colquitt, of Georgia, is rich and has been associated in many railroad speculations with Joe Brown. Conger, of Michigan, is in comfortable circumstances. iCullom, of Illinois, is poor. Dawes, of Massachusetts, has a moderate fortunel Dolph, ot Oregon, is rich. Fair, of Nevada, is many times a millionaire. Farley, of California, has a large fortune. Frye, of Maine, is poor; so is Garland, of Arkansas, ueorge, ot Mis sissippi, has a number of large plantations. Gibson, of Louisiana, is very rich. Gor man, of Maryland, has a good property and so has bis colleague ttroome. Eugene Hale married rich and inherited a great deal from Zach Chandler. Wade Hamp ton has a large property interest in South Carolina. Harris, of Tennessee, has plenty of moneyj Harrison, of Indiana, has a moderate fortune and a fine law prac tice. Hawley, Qf Connecticut, is poor. Hill of Colorado; has very large mining Interests and has ! great wealth. Hoar, of Massachusetts, has a good private income. iBgalls, of Kansas, ut supposed to De poor, but he has any number of Western enter prises which must make him in the end rich.: Jackson, df Tennessee, has private Jonas, oi Louisiana, is very ricn. of Florida, is poor. Jones, of sro benefits of good instruction in its schools. Within a week parties have passed through here from the North, after visiting the Agricultural Bureau and other places, to have verified by disinterested officers what they learned while in Boston. If this rainy season ever gets to an end so that travelers can be assured of a few dry weeks, there will be hundreds of visitors going to Ashe ville and down the Duck town branch road, Before hot weather sets in for good, the eastern counties also will get their share of visitors. Oh, the Old North State is bound to go ahead, and Thk Register, which has done its part faithfully to help the Commonwealth onward and upward, will doubtless share liberally in the general prosperity. Phuo. CongreMional Wit and Humor. fNew York Son Letter.J During the discussion there was a lively passage at arms between Mr. White, of Kentucky, and Mr. Budd, of California. The latter called Mr. White to order for not confining his remarks to the subject. "Oh," said Mr. White, "you are not posting bills. You -are a young member and dont know the rules." Laughter. Mr. Budd I may be yoUng, but-1 am not going to' have my brains kicked out by a mule. ' Mr. White-Of course not; yon would have to kick yourself in that case. Mr. Budd You have none 4o kick out. I understand my place better than' the gentleman ever will. Laughter. - f Nevada, is rich land poor, according as speculation, tnrns. He is believed at pres ent to bcl very 'rich.' Kenna; of West Vir ginia, is backed i one of the largest coal and raUroadrnterestsinhis SUte Lamar is poor., Laphant, yof . New York, is well off. Logan, of .Illinois, is poor. McMil lan, or Minnesota, is well-to-do. jacrner Son, of New Jersey, Is a capitalist who has a large fortune invested in stock-yards in the cattle business iMahone, of Virginia, has large property interests in railroads and banks. Manderson, of Nebraska, is a rich man. Matey, of Texas, is in moder ate circumstances. Miller, of California, is very rich, and Is one of the largest stock holders of the Alaska Fur Company. Mil ler, of New York, has a large income from his paper mills. Mitchell, of Pennsylvania, is poor. MarganV of Alabama, has a large private income. Morrill, of Vermont, has a large fortune, which he made by specu lations during the war. Palmer, of Michi gan, is said to have an income of $175,000 year from Ids private fortune. He has a winter residence in New Yorktand owns property all. over the country. Pike, of New Hampshire is poor. Pendleton, of Ohio,' must be very rich, because he spends from seventy-five to one hundred thousand dollars a year ia mere entertaining and . living.. Piatt, fj Connecticut, is a lawyer of good practice but small means. ' Plumb, of Kansas, is making money all the time and ha large investments in Western en terprises. : : PughJ of Alabama, is a man of ample means. . Ransom, of North Carolina, is poor and alwavs hard up. Rlddleber- ger, bfrYirginiaj is not rich. Sabin, of Minnesota, owns a large milling interest, and is supposed to have an immense in come, in the neighborhood of $75,000 or $100,000 a year, j Salisbury, oi ueiaware, is poor. Sawyer, of Wisconsin, is .worth $4,000,000. Sewell, of New Jersey, is worth a million, j John 8herman is a mil lionaire. . Slater,! of Oregon, is man of substantial property. Vance, of North Carolina, is welj-to-do. Van Wyck has money from his wife. ' Vest, of Missouri, has an income of from $15,000 to $20,000' a year from his law practice. Dan Voor- hees is poor. Walker, of Arkansas, has to ciepeuu on nis oeaatuiiai saiuij. itnuoiiM, of Kentucky, has large farming interests in that State. Wilson, of Iowa, is $ spec ulator and a heavy holder of railroad secu rities. . Nearly every .commercial interest in the United States is Represented in some way by the propertj-holders in the Senate. There is no question relating to public lands, to cattle raising, to mining, railroad or telegraph that does not at once involve the interests of the Senators who are to pass upon them If the rule was to be strictly adhered to that no Senator Or mem ber should be permitted to vote upon measures in which he is directly interested there would often be times in the Senate when there woukl be no quorum to con sider matters. . murder , if ha does. My -name's Rods Lnmlv. an' anvbodv that knows the Lunv Jys'll.tell you that we're not to be fooled witli when human life's at stake." And she shook a warning finger at the clerk and walked out. -, , IHnt Flay Well Enough. . PitUfcurg Chronicle. ' "Walter," said his fond wife, " will you not learn to play) poker for my sake?1 ' "Learn to play poker?" he exclaimed in astonishment. " Why ahemj why, the truth is, I do know something about the game. ..:I I have played it." . " Yes, dear, but you don't know enough. I thought if you; would only learn how to play it you might not lose so much money, you know' j ; . s ' is youj Small, But Great. T The sun can mirror his glorious face , , In the dew-drop on the sod, . Aud the humblest human heart reflect ;; The light and love otod. .. Advice forthe office-aeeker-,,pnt your self in his place." ,r "What is voui politics. Patf Inquired an old citizen of Ian Irishman who had been expressing himself upon the common issue. 'PoHyticsr replied Pat, "faith its the liberal parthy that can count me an infioo ential number.", "The liberal party 1 What dot yon meanf , "The 'wan that's most liberal widi th' munny ay coorse." , Noble sentiment by a Washington de partment clerk: "Let me bat' draw- the nation's salary and I eare not who does its work ,;.(! iJ-i. Wartttnao OhocrvaUona. ' -" ; UiWgnrQrtiia.'l " '" They sat on the broad veranda ' ; O'eriooklng the moonlit aea, c M J And tram out on the dancing water , f. Came floating a sound of gleej v 4? But suddenly with it blending s V 7 Came cries of cafldish woe 'v V ; Came the sound of a slipper descending ? f In measured cadence stow, irs tri t : :4. u There's a squall but there," said a lounger, . "Out there on tte moonlit teas." "Oh, no; not a squall," said the other; ; ' " TO ealy a spSnktag breese." ' f V..
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