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V AVKItTISIKG BATES. Advertisement wfl be Inserted for One Dollar -5 1 By P. U. HALS. 1'' FvetteviHe St., Second Floor Fisher Building. RATE8 OF SUBSCRIPTION: per square (ooe inch) for the first and Fifty Cent for each subsequent publication. Contracts for advertising for any space or time may be made at the office of th One copy one year, matted post-paid .. ... .f3 00 Ono eoiiv six months, mailed poet-paid. v.. IjOO I 1 RALEIGH REGISTER, i , yQ name entered without payment, and J 7""T TT RALEIGH, N. C., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 1885. NO. 59. Second Floor of Fisher Building, FayettevUle no naper seni alter expuauou o uwe paiuior. i, v- Street, aext to Market House. . V '-II 1411 ,11 I II II VI II TWO TABLEAUX. 't "i At! MOTHER AHD CHILD. Two little dimpled rose-bud feet,u As the apple blossomssweet, -r.,j-Nestled in one loving hand Where bright sea wares kissed the sand, : . Long ago! f Two little hands like; rose leaves lay On a warm breast as fair as they , Two little hands all pink and white, Like the.tinted sea-ehells bright, C , 'Long ago! , , Two merry, glad, wide-open eyes " Looked lip with wondering sweet surprise''' Into two mirrors, faithful, true, ; Which mother eyes looked fondly through, Long ago I Two pretty, pouting, pink-pearl lips, Peach-tinged, like toes and finger tips ; Two lips of richer, riper red !.-.-On love's warm kisses sweetly fed, ' Long ago ! A precious, helpless lump of clay -In which a pure, bright spirit lay, Waiting the mother's watchful eye To train it for the " by-and-by," Long age! C, to collect the amount due on the judg ment above mentioned. Defendant relied upon the bar of the statute of limitations. HeldY that the action was not barred. The Code, 8. 164. i 2. Defendant, in the Supreme Court. made the objection that leave of the Su preme Court, in which the, judgment was rendered, to bnne this action was not ob tained by plaintiff, fHeld, that thbjec t on ought to have been raised by motion or in the answer, and now came too late and must be taken to be waived. Besides, o. j. v. x-. is noi Drougni iorwara in The Code. ,., ' ! (Lynne v. Lime, 88 N. C 478. cited and approved). ; , y . 8TBATHORK V. GBEKN. J L It is not necessary in substitutinir one trustee for another, in pursuance of section 1Z( U oi I he Vode, to require a bond of the substituted trustee. .'-.'. Whether a trustee so substituted shall be required to give bond rests in ; the dis cretion of the court, and, upon proper rea sons oting assigned, tne court would re quire a bond to be given, if the nature of the trust required it. Uray v, bfaither. 74 N. C. 237: cited and approved). SENTENCED AND SAVED. A Lincoln Reminiscence. CHILD ASD MOTHEH. ; II- Two wrinkled hands like dead leaves lay Soft folded o'er a breast of clay ; Two wrinkled, bony, bare, brown hands, Where sea waves kiss the crystal sands, - Now as then r ' Two tired, tired feet, all thin and worn On life's rough rocks, oft bruised and torn ; Two weary feet too weak to go On life's rough pathway to and fro, ' i Now as then ! Two tearless eyes close veiled from light, 'Neath soft fringed lids of pearl-gray White; Two love-lit eyes, deep, tender, true, No more the mother-soul looks through, Now as then! ; ' - . - i A precious, lifeless lump of clay , From which the soul hath passed away ; A loving woman, tender, sweet, Ki.-ses the face, the hands, the feet, Now as then ! SCPBEJIE COBf. HIltSON V. ADRIAN. 1. In a sale of land by order of Court. the Court has the power to re-open the bidding, and order the land to be sold a second, and possibly a third time for ex traordinary cause, but the, power should be exercised cautiously. 35. Where in an action brought by mort gagee and judgment creditors to have the mortgaged property sold for the payment of the mortgages and judgments, a sale is made without objection by the debtor, it is too late for the debtor to ask for a home stead by .metes and bounds after such sale has been made. His homestead can be paid to him in money.- , ; - 3. A mortgagor is entitled to a home stead in an equity of redemption, and if tne land is certainly of greater value than the mortgage debt, the homestead may be assigned by metes and bounds, but if by doing so, the value of the homestead would be impaired, it is competent to order a sale, and assign the homestead in the money arising therefrom. (U heat ham v. Jmet, 68 N. C, 153: Bur ton v. Spiers, 87 N. C, 87: Wilton v. Pa- tm, Ibid 318, cited and approved). Declalona Filed Febraaiy Term. Fmm Advance Sheets of Davidson's Reports. WARD V. FARMER. r The rule declared in Caldwell v. Neeley, 81 N. C, 114, that an ouster of one ten ant in common by another will not be pre sumed from an exclusive use of the com mon pronertv, and the appropriation of its profits to himself for a less period than twenty years, and the result is not changed when one enters to whom a tenant in com mon has by deed attempted to convey the entire tract affirmed. This rule extends to purchaser of the interest of a tenant in common .... at execution sale and to his vendors.' - Day v. Howard, 73. N. C. 1, explained and approved. Cloud v. Webb, 3 Dev., 317; Caldteell v. Neeley. 81 N. C. 114; Coving ton v. Stewart, 77 ft. C, 148, and Neeley v. Jietley, 79 i. C, 478, cited and approved). ' BORDEN V. GtTLLKY. In an action to rescind a contract for fraud, which fraud consisted in represent ing a bond, dated prior to August 1, 1868, to be unpaid, the obligor in such bond is a competent witness to prove that it has been paid. The in section 580 of The (Jode, making any person incompetent to testify who at any time has had an in terest in such bond, only applies to actions founded on the bond. Senator Dan Voorhees in the N. Y. Tribune. When I was a member of the House of Representatives, during the war, there lived in the 'county of Owen, in my Con gressional district, a gentleman by the name of Bullitt, related to the well-known family of that name in Kentucky. His wife - was a refined, cultivated, and very attractive woman. l hey were in moderate circumstances, but in my travels and labors in their vicinity I often par took of their warm and genial hospitality. Their friendship for me was constant and devoted, and I was strongly attached to them. One gloomy, dark afternoon in the win ter of 1863-'4, while seated al my desk in the House, I received Mr. Bullitt's card, saying he was at the east door and wished to see me immediately. t was almost a year since I had met him, and I at once felt, I know not why, an ominous dread that some calamity had overtaken him. The moment I approached him this present iment became a certainty. His wife was standing by his side, with a look of terror and anguish, which, once seen, could never be forgotten. Her face was white, her lips apart, and her eyes filled with an ex pression of intense fright, and at the same time intense supplication against some im pending and appalling disaster. They had come direct from the depot to the Capitol, and were travel-stained and without rest. I quinine I would pot interfere to save , bis life if he were my. own brother.'" I began to answer with the .circumstan ces which mitigated the offence, but ob serving his irritated look, I desisted, and KINO V. 8COGGIN. 1. here a reversion or remainder, ex pectant upon a free hold estate, comes by descent, and the reversioner or remainder man dies during the continuance of the particular estate, a person claiming the estate by inheritance must make himself heir to the original donor who erected the particular estate. 2. Where the reversion or remainder comes by descent and is conveyed by deed or devise to a stranger, before the deter mination of the particular estate, the donee lakes by purchase, and the estate will de scend to his heirs. x S. V here the remainder or reversion is acquired by purchase, one claiming the estate by descent must make himself beir to the first purchaser of the remainder or reversion at the time when it comes into possession. 4. So where an estate was devised to M for life, remainder to G in fee, and G died in lifetime of M; Held, that asG took the remainder by purchase, it descended to his heirs, although he was never actually seized, and not to the heirs of the devisor. (TMwrencev. Pitt, 1 Jones 344, explained ana approved). SMITH V. BYNtTM. If a mortgagee has a settlement with the mortgagor and takes a new note for tne balance due, with a new mortgage to secure it on the same property, and after the execution of the first, but before the execution of the second mortgage, the mortgagor sells and delivers the property mortgaged; Held, that by the settlement and the taking ofjhe new note and mort gage, the prior mortgage was discharged, na the purchaser got a good title. ' - ' LA88ITEH Y. LASS ITER. 1. In applications for alimony, under The Code, section 1291, it is competent for the husband to controvert the allegations of the complaint by amdavit or answer, and the judge must find the facts and set them forth in the record. 2. Where the facts as found by . the judge would, if found by the jury on the final hearing, warrant a divorce from bed and board, they per se constitute sufficient ground to award alimony pendente lite. 3. Condonation is forgiveness upon con dition, and the condition is that the party forgiven will abstain from like offences afterwards. If the condition is violated, the original offence is revived. 4. Much less cruelty or indignity is suf ficient to revive transactions occurring before condonation, than to support an original suit for divorce. 5. In an application for alimony, it need not be found as a fact that the plaintiff was a faithful, dutiful and obedient wife. (Gordon v. Gordon, 88 N. C. 45; cited an.d approved. WARKEJi V. HARVEY. 1. His Honor in the court below refused to extend the time to file an answer, and signed a judgment, but stated that if an answer was hied be lore izociock at mgnt of the last day of the terra, he would strike out the judgment. An answer was filed before 12 o'clock, but the judgment was not stricken out. Held, excusable neglect. 2. Qumre, whether a defendant has until this time to file an answer. 3. The refusal of the judge to extend the time to file an answer is not ret adju dieata in this motion to set aside such judgment for excusable neglect. (ateu v. narnam, eo Pi. u., rai; aimon- ton v. Lanier, 71 JN. C, 498; Bant v. Foots, 77 N. C, 131; Hudgimv. White, 65 N. C, 393, cited and approved). MC MILL AN V. BAKER. 1. AVhen a new trial is awarded by the supreme Court on appeal, the case goes back to the Superior Court for. a new trial on the whole merits, and the Court below "ugni to proceed with the trial, as if no former trial had taken place. It is imma terial that the evidence is the same as that used on the former triaL 2. Where in an action to recover land, me ueienaant failed to hie a bond to se cure costs and damages as required by The (-'ode, section 237, it is error to strike out the answer on n mr.tinn mnrif at the trial term, without giving the defendant an op portunity to file a bond at that time. ;i The bond under this section of The Code is foe the benefit of the plaintiff, and he can waive it, and will be deemed to have doae so, if he allows a number of terms of Court to pass Without demanding ll- If not waived entirely, it is waived until demanded. , 4. An order of thts Superior, Court, striking out : an answer in an action of ejectment for want of a bond by the de fendant, is reviewable, where' the defend--ant has been led to assume that the plain tiff has waived the bond. (McMillan v. Baker, 85 N. ., 291; I'ler v. Koonee, 83 N. C, 55; Menmey y. Mclnjyre, 82 N. C, 103; Fergumm w. Me tarter, Taylor's Term R., 107; Brittainr. JJorteU, 2 D. &B., 107; Ktuteli v Banders, 4 Jones, 432, cited and approved). DUNLAP V. HKNDLEY. " ; 1- In October, 1870, A, as administra-. tor of B obtained judgment against C in August, 1880, A .died,, and in June, iS3 D became administrator de bonis nan f B. IU February, 1881 C died:, and 'n September, 1883, E qualified as his ad. "nistrator. In January, . 1884, P, .the umini8trator rf honid . of Wtiicrlit this action against E, the administrator of MORRIS T. MORRIS. 1. The undertaking for costs required on appeal, is to secure the costs of the ap pellee, therefore the surety is not liable for the appellant's costs, where the judg ment is reversed. 2. Each party may be required by , the clerk to -pay his costs when they are incurred.- When this is not done, the clerk must look only to the party incurring them, except when the appellee recovers costs, in which case the surety on the ap peal bond is liable. (Clerk's Office v. Loehman, 1 Dev. 146; Clerk's Officer. HviTtteller, 67 N. C, 449 Shepperd v. Bland, 87 N. C, 163, cited and approved). YOUNO V.! JACKSON. The provision in the acts of 1868-9, chap. 64, requiring the certificate of pro bate by the probate judge of a county, other than the county of registration, to be passed oh by the probate judge of the latter county, is directory oniy. bo, wnerc a mortgage on lands in Cleveland county was proven by the prooate judge oi mecK lenburg and registered in Cleveland with out being submitted, to, or passed upon by the probate judge of the latter county; it teas lield, that the probate was not void and the mortgage admissible in evidence. Holmes v. Marshall, 72 N. O., 37; Rol lins v.: Henry, 78 N. Ci, 342 ; Keener v.. Goodson, 89 N. C, 273, cited and approved. SHERNKB V. 8FEAR. 1. Where the inrv found, that the de . 4 j , : fendant administrator had, in another ac-i tioa in which he was plaintiff, fraudulent ly suffered a judgment to be entered, by which the estate . of his., intestate . was cheated; it was held that a motion would not be allowed to re-instate said action and set aside the fraudulent judgment.' 2., Courts of justice will not aid a party to a fraudulent transaction, to force h.is confederates in fraud to account. (Turner. vt-Eford, 5 Jones. Eq.. . 106; jHnckstonv. Brown, 8 Jones Eq., 494, cited and approved). We sought 'the shelter of a committee room, and there I heard from Mr. Bullitt, aided now and then in eager but sup pressed tones by his wife, the cause of their hurried trip to Washington and of their deadly alarm. Mrs. Bullitt's father was the Rev. Henry M. Luckett, a Methodist minister, then over seventy years of age. He had preached during his long life in Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri and elsewhere. , At the time the rebellion broke out he was living at St. Charles, Missouri, and had saved up quite a competence for his old age. It happened that his means were so invested and sit uated that everything he had in the world was suddenly lost to him. The blow prostrated him. He was not physically strong at best, and being of an excitable temperament, his nervous system became greatly impaired., and finally broke down His mind and spirits partook of his gen eral depression and he took a very morbid view oi his condition and of his future. He was exceedingly sensitive about being dependent on any one for support, and soon drifted into the gloomy belief that he would become a pauper and die a public cnarge. inese ideas were combated by his family and friends, but they deepened their hold upon him until he was really a monomaniac on that subiect. although sound on all others. In this condition he visited a niece at Memphis, then in posses sion oi ine federal iorces under command of General Hurlbut. His excised and un guarded talk on the subject of his losses, and his great anxiety to repair them if possible, soon attracted the attention of certain vigilant detectives in the em Of the Government. This old man, shat tered in health and unbalanced in mind, was not a ditncult subiect for their tact and skill. They found he was a Southern man by birth and that he sympathized with the trials and sufferings of the South ern people. They assured him. that the Southern people were at that time in the most urgent need of quinine and of per cussion caps, and would pay fabulous pri ces for them; that there was no difficulty in trading through the lines; that they would put up the necessary amount of money, go into the enterprise with him, and make a large sum in the way of profits. This alluring scheme was successful in cap turing its intended victim. The contra band articles were procured, a wagon with a false bottom was furnished to carry them to the enemy, and when all the details of the plot were ready. Mr. Luckett was ar rested by his accomplices, loaded with irons, and speedily tried and condemned by a military court. At this stage of the narrative, which I have given in substance, we paused, and for a few moments looked at each other in silence. " He is to be shot day after to-morrow," said Mr. Bullitt, while his wife shivered as with a chill. " We have come," he continued, his eyes filling with ! tears. knowing you will help us if you can. We don't know what else to do, nor whether, in fact, you can do anything. Before leav ing home we got some papers signed by those who knew Father Luckett and know his condition." With this he handed me several written statements, hurriedly gotten up, but which corroborated his own just made to me. It was then 4 o'clock, and in less than forty eight hours this man was to die, andI felt that the volley of death poured into his breast would hardly be more fatal to him than to his devoted -daughter. I thought rapidly, and yet for 'some minutes I could strike no plan in my own mind which promised success. There was no time for formal application to the War Department for mitigation of the sentence, and if there had been I knew not to make it: Stanton was Secretary of war. I saw from tne nrst tnat Mr. Lincoln nimseit was our only hope. I knew him well. During the first eight years of my practice in the courts I met him very often and in all kinds of litigation. In all his intercourse with me, both before and after he became President, he was very courteous and kind, and yet, in a matter so grave as the one in hand, I doubted and hesitated as to the best metnoa oi approacning mm. . it was a period oi great distrust, the very air was full of it,-and the offence committed by Mr. Luckett was of the highest charac ter and called for the penalty of death, unless his mental condition and the con duct of the detectives made the exercise of clemency proper and necessary. At that time the Senators from Indiana were Henry S. Lane and Thomas A. Hendricks. I had known Colonel Lane f rom; my boy hood; had studied law in bis office, and entertained for him a warm and enduring friendship. , , He was, indeed, a charming man to me, and upon finding myself his colleague in Congress, he in the Senate and I m the House, I had always gone to him for assistance, and never in vain, in all matters not of a political character. I knew his relations with Mr. Lincoln were excellent and I determined to ask; his aid in behalf of the unfortunate old man doomed so soon to die. I sought him at once' at the Senate Chamber, , and finding that body adjourned, I went to the. Na tional Hotel, where Colonel Lane lived. I met him as he was going to dinner, and begged Mm to allow me a few moments. He- did so, and listened , until I hurriedly and imperfectly outlined the offence for which. Mr Luckett was sentenced fo death. For the first and only time in bis life Col onel Lane replied to me impatiently and in a tone of some asperity: ; gH ; . . ; ' "If the man,' he exclaimed,!, has been supplying the rebels with ammunition and bidding him good evening, withdrew. , f I called immediately on Mr. Hendricks, ' I had intended to ask him to go, , with Col onel Lane to the, President; now I was compelled, to ask him to, go without his colleague." He had but 'recently entered the Senaterknew Mr. Lincoln but slightly, and was a pronounced Democrat; yet bis nign aDiuty, periect integrity ana courier ous bearing had already given him great weight, tie responded warmly, and with out a moment's hesitation, to my appeal,, Agreeing upon the hour next morning when a earn age should call for him, I next turned my steps toward the lodgings , of Colonel William R. Morrison, then, as now, a member of the House from Illinois. I wanted some one of the . Illinois delega tion to assist me, and I knew Mr. Lincoln held Colonel Morrison in very high estima tion as a man of sincerity, courage . and ability. Upon reaching his room, he de cided with characteristic promptitude and manliness to be one of the-party to call on the President on the proposed errand of mercy. Then, having laid my, plans as well as I could, and feeling I could do bo more that night, I went wearily back to-. ward my own quarters. For. some .cause which I do not now remember, I stopped for a few moments in the office of the Me tropolitan HoteL It must have been 8 or 9 o'clock, and quite a large crowd was there. In the midst of the throng I ob served, with surprise, Colonel Lane mov ing about as if in quest of some one. Di rectly he saw me,-and approaching said: "I have been looking for you. I men tioned the case you spoke of to Mrs. Lane at dinner, and I have been thinking of it since. I don't feel satisfied; come with me to my room, and we will talk it over." When we reached his room he . took the papers I had in my possession, read them with care, made some severe comments on detectives inducing weak and infirm peo ple to commit crime, . and reached a very decided conclusion that this was not a proper case for the death penalty to be in flicted. At 10 o'clock the next morning two carriages, in a heavy rain, drove up to the W hue House with a party of six, consist ing of Senators Lane and Hendricks, Col onel Morrison, Mr. and Mrs. Bullitt and myself. Before starting, and on the way, I sought to reassure Mrs. Bullitt by telling her that Mr. Lincoln was a plain, kind man; that she could talk to hiiL. without dread or awe. and that I wished her to do so in ner own way, about ner father, as soon as she could get a chance, Of course she was suffering great distress and agita tion, but her self-control, under the cir cumstances, was admirable. We ascended the stairs and filed into the President's room. As we entered, I saw at a glance that Mr. Lincoln had that - sad. - preoccu pied, far-away look I had so often seen him wear, and during which it was diffi cult at times to engage his attention to passing events. As wo approached: he slowly turned to us, Inclined his head and spoke. Senator Lane at once, in his rapid, nervous style, explained the occasion of our call, and made known our reasons for asking Executive clemency. While he was talking Mr. Lincoln looked at him in a patient, tired sort of way, but not as if he was struck with the sensibilities of the subject as we were. When the Senator ceased speaking there was no immediate response; on the contrary, rather an awk ward pause. My heart beat fast, for in that pause was now my great hope, and I was not disappointed. Mrs. -Bullitt had taken a seat on coming in not far from the .President, and now, in quivering but dis tinct tones, she spoke, addressing him as Mr. Lincoln." He turned to her with a grave, benignant expression, and as he listened his eye lost that distant look, and his face grew animated with a keen and vivid interest. The little palefaced wo man at his side talked wonderfully well for her father's life, and her eyes pleaded even more eloquently tnan ner tongue. Suddenly, and while, she was talking. Mr. Lincoln, turning to Senator Lane, ex claimed : r "L.ane, wnac oia you say this man's name was ?.", "Luckett," answered the Senator. "Not Henry M. Luckett 2 " quickly queried tne president. xes," interposed Mrs. uullitt; " my father's name is Henry M. Luckett."' " Why, he preached in Springfield years agcv, didn't he t " said Mr. Lincoln, now all animation and Interest. " ies, my iatner used to preach in Springfield," replied the daughter. " Well, this is wonderful 1 " Mr.Uncoln remarked; and turning to the- party in fronfr of him, he continued: "I , knew this man well; I have heard him preach; he was a tall, angular man like 1 am, and I have been mistaken for him on the streets. Did you say he was to be shot day afterv to-morrow 1 No, no I - There will be no shooting nor hanging in this case. Henry M. Luckett ! There must be something wrong with him, or he wouldn't be in such a scrape as this. I don't know what more I can do for him, but you can rest assured, my child," turning to Mrs.. Bullitt, "that your fathers life .ia safe.:' He touched a bell on his table, and . the telegraph operator appeared from an ad joining room. To him Mr. Lincoln dicta ted a dispatch to General Hurlbut, direct ing him to suspend the execution of Henr ry M. Luckett and await further orders in the case. . .. - As we thanked him and took our leave, he repeated, as if to himself: "Henry M. Luckett! No, not There is no shoot ing or hanging in this case.". With what feelings we all left his pres ence; now tne woman's neart oore lis great flood of joy and its sudden revulsion from the depths of fear and despair; how she sobbed and laughed, and how tears and smiles were in her bright face to gether; how, in broken words and chok--ing voice, she tried to pour out her unut terable gratitude to Abraham Lincoln; how some of the party returning in the same carriage with her ; and her husband were almost as deeply moved as she was; how all these things and others occurred in the swift transition from deep distress and overwhelming dread to happiness and security, cannot now be told. Perhaps they were recorded at the time somewhere else. - Two or three months later the obfect of all our solicitude, and labors was feljCased and sent North to his friends. I saw him but once. The first use he made of his liberty was to travel, poor, as h was, to Washington to express his gratitude for. his preservation, from, a violent and igno- - - i . , tt , i j r minious ueam. exo caueu uie uvui mj seat in the House, and I met him exactly where I had met those who came to inter cede for his life a little while before. - He was a tall, spare old man, with an excited, startled, hunted; expression oi tace, .. .jue. wanted to call and. thank the President in person for his great kindness, but the cir cumstances at the time were not favorable to such a"call, and it Was not made. He remained with me not more than fifteen minutes, and then in the hurried manner I of one who has much to do and whose time is short, he moved away and I saw him no more. ' The incident I have related occurred twenty-one. years ago, and of the nine ac tor mentioned in it but three remain to mingle in the aff airs of life. Mr. Luckett soon slept with his fathers, and, sad to re alize, he has been followed to the grave by his faithful-hearted daughter and her , kind and ! generous husband. (General Hurlbut died in a foreign land, while in i the diplomatic service of his government. Henry 8. Lane, full of Years and of honors, rests from th labors of earth in the midst ! of the. people: who knew and loved him front the earliest to the latest days of his manhood, tr ; Lincoln, in the hour of his greatest glory, ia the very zenith of his success and fame, was transferred, as it were, in the twinkling of an eye, by red-handed mur der, to"" the immortal pages of never-end ing history. How the memorv of his kind acts, hia gentle deeds of charity and of mercy, plead against the deep damnation of his taking off I tiovernor Hend neks, as we m Indiana always style him, is the beloved and hon ored Vice-President of the United States. Colonel Morrison remains one of the strong, controlling men of the House; and I live to rescue from the fast-gathering mists of j the past the .history of this very informal, but at the: same time very touching and characteristic act of Executive clemency. i D. W. VOORHEKS. THE LOVER'S MISTAKE. A Very Awkward Predicament. ! California Hospitality. . (Chicago Times. California hospitality is more remarka ble than that of Germany. I have expe rienced it in the following impressive and peculiar manner. Anyhow, the peculiar ity is so' noticeable that the newcomer is always surprised by it. The other day I called on. a leading business man and was engaged with him until noon, and our af fairs were not yet settled when he invited me out to lunch with him. As he is a man whose business runs away up into the mil lions annually, I supposed he would go to some neat restaurant and enjoy a civilized lunch, and the belief was made stronger when be led the way toward the restaurant of the Palace Hotel, the finest place of the kind in America, and yet the cheapest. But, alas for human expectations! he turned to the left and entered the bar room. Walking up to the bar, he said to the attendant : " Give us the bones." ine D&rKeeper at once nanded him a little round box containing five dice. He took, the box, rattled it awhile, and emp tied it upon the counter. The barkeeper drew aside two of the dice, put the other three back in. .tne - box, and my friend spilled them' out again. Then the barkeeper-put all of them back in the box, and passed it over to me with the remark, Shake. T I shook and spilled the dice, and my friend said, "Will you nil or throw, again?" I thought I would throw again, though I did not know what he meant, t ; When 1 bad spilled the dice again he only remarked, "It's on to you; whisky in mine. I have been around enough to know that I was to pay for the drinks, wnicn.vere 2a cents each. Then my friend-turned around to the free lunch counter And proceeded to fill himself. I feared that he was absent-minded, and re marked to him : " Ain't you afraid you will destroy your appetite for lunch?' fThat s just what I am trying to do, or I wouldn't be eating luuch here. What do you have for lunch at bars where you came from!" he asked. Usually cloves or burned coffee," I answered, for I had Indianapolis barroom lunches In my mind. Then my friend in formed me that this was the lunch that he had invited me to, and that as it was a "stand-up lunch," it Was quite popular with all classes. Later in the day I was sitting in the of fice of another leading merchant when a fruit peddler came in with his basket full of truck on his arm. iMWant anything to-day?" he asked. M Xes. give me a shake," said the mer chant.-:. The neddler at once drew a dice-box from his pocket, and they proceeded to shake, and 1 knew the merchant was ahead, because the fruit dealer remarked "Oh, h 1, pick 'em out." The merchant took two large apples from the basket, and, nanding me one, remarked as the peddler passed out : x don't pay for half the fruit 1 eat ; in fact, I nearly always come out ahead of those' fellows." "Upon "inouirv I learned that this prac tice of 'gambling is quite general, and that even sober business men who are active and liberal in church and Sunday-school affairs do not regard it as at all improper. A Beralnlaceiice of Kllan Howe. Baltimore Herald. J . At the outbreak of the rebellion, when he was a millionaire, he enlisted as a pri vate to show his patriotism and indepen dence. Money grew scarce, and his regi ment, which was sent South, was left un paid for three. months. At the end of that time Howe, in his private's uniform, one day entered the office of the quarter-mas ter and asked when the soldiers of the regimenf were to be paid. 'I don't know," replied the quarter master. "Well, how much is owed them?" blandly asked the private. ! What is that to you ?!' said the store keeper, witn a iook oi surprise. "USI noining, repiieu no we, uuu chalantly; "only if you'll figure out the amount 111 give you my check for the whole business. " Who are you ? " gasped the quarter master.' " Elias Howe, and my check is good for the pay of the entire army. ' The quartermaster made out bis Dins, and Howe gave him his check for three months' Pay for his regiment. The Gov ernment afterward reimbursed mm. The EToIation Troubles. jDoLVHBia,' S. C-, March . 31. Prof. James jWoodrow, of the Presbyterian (jnurcn, wno was laieiy rcmoveu irom me Perkins .chair Jn; the" theological seminary in this city, because he refused to sacrifice his evolution theories upon the altar erect ed by the Board of Trustees a. d the four synods oC South Carolina, Florida, Georgia, and; Alabama, has revived the issue be tween him and the Presbyteries in a new and more interesting' form. It having come. to Prof. Woodrow's knowledge that certain newspapers and ministers of the Church have charged him with heresy, he has demanded- a trial, which will i be ac corded him. f Julian Magnus in Harper's Weekly. You must have been in some pretty tight places at different times, Roger. We know what you got the Cross for, but I suppose that the chances were often very nearly as heavy against you." The man who made this remark was seated opposite his fiiend before the cheer ful tare in the smoking-room of a London military club. Both had the bronzed faces and prematurely grizzled hair which be token long sojourns under almost tropical skies. The one who had been addressed as "Roger" was slightly the elder, and upon his broad chest bore the tiny scrap of ribbon that indicated that the wearer had won that most prized of English dec orations, the Victoria Cross. He did not reply for a minute or two to his compan ion's words. Apparently they had called up many reminiscences, few of which were agreeable, but at last a smile lighted up his features, and he said .- "Yes, old boy; I've very often thougbt my life wasn't going to last a second long er; but the most awkward moment I ever put in wasn't in the field." No ? Then 1 presume it was when you were besieged in the Residency during the Mutiny?" "It wasn tin action at all. It was on board ship." "Wreck!" "No. That is to say. the ship wasn't wrecked, but I thought I was." " Tell me about it." "Well, I don't mind. It's twenty years ago, and the telling can t hurt any one now. Still, you will understand that the names I shall give you are not the true ones, and you must promise not to try to find out what those were." "All right. I'll be content with the story." " Here goes, then," said Roger, settling himself back in his chair. "It occurred just after we'd finished up the last of those black devils. 1 had pretty nearly got over the wounds I received in the affair for which the Queen gave me the Cross, and I reported myself as fit for duty. The colonel, however, bless his old heart! wouldn t hear of it, and insisted on my taking a year's leave. There was no canal in those days, and the pleasantest way of going home then and 1 don't know tnat it isn't now was by one of the fine clip per ships round the Cape. I was fortunate enough to get a cabin to myself on board the Winchester, of Greene's line. Ihe purser, Watson, I had met at some mess dinners in Calcutta, and he promised to make things as pleasant as possible. We had very few passengers, mostly invalid officers, two or three civilians, and four ladies. I saw three of the ladies on deck when we sailed, and none of them im pressed me as being specially charming. The captain, whose name was, we'll say, John Smith, looked like one of the regular navy. He wore a uniform and sword, and was very severe of aspect and still in Dear- mg. 1 tound out aiterward tnat ne was a regular martinet, and the half dozen mid shipmen and the minor officers stood in considerable awe of him. On my being introduced, he favored me with a formal grasp of the hand, and jerked out a few- words about having neara oi me oeiore. " We did not begin to drop down the river till the day was fairly advanced, and I had scarcely got my traps in order when it was time to dress for dinner. In those days the captain would have been insulted if his passengers did not turn out in full evening toggery. We soldiers were seated at table in accordance with our rank, and as I had only just got my company, I was prettv well down toward the foot, or pur- sera end. i nis i oio not ai ursi ieei in clined to regret, as the prospect appeared that we should be a little more free and easy than were the fogies up at the top. But when I had got fairly settled into my place, I looked toward the captain and immediately began to deplore my insig nificance. Seated on his right was the prettiest girl I had ever seen. Her eyes were well, it's no use my giving you an auctioneer's catalogue of her charms. You just picture your ideal, and she would come very near it. All I knew was that I was completely knocked over. I am sure my neighbors must have thought I was ei ther surly or stupid, for I never addressed them, and I was scarcely conscious what re plies I made to their remarks. All my at tention was given to a silent watching of my new divinity, and 1 frantically envied the captain and a bluff old colonel who were privileged to sit beside her. As soon as dinner was over i got noid of my friend Watson, and inquired the name of the young lady. " ' She's a Miss Latimer ' he said ; came out with us this voyage, I suppose only for her health, since she's going right back Understand she s an orphan, and got some monev. Dresses well, at least. Shall I introduce vou?" "Of course 1 jumped at the oner, and very soon tne magic woroa were spoaen which privileged me to speak to my idol. You see even now I get enthusiastic and romantic in inv language when 1 talk about her, so you can imagine the condi tion of hopeless ' smite ' in which 1 was then. Well, she proved to be just as charming as she looked, and before I turned in for the night I was deeply, des perately in love. " I don't suppose there is any place in the world so favorable for love-making as a comfortable passenger ship. Not one of these new ' ocean greyhounds ' that rush at break-neck speed through all kinds of weather, and land you at your destination almost before you have time to know any one aboard, but a fine clipper vessel, whose only propelling power is nature's breath, and to the passengers on which everv change of weather or shift of wind is of vast import and interest. These af ford endless themes for talk, and natural interest seems to draw people closer toe-ether. Miss Latimer had quite an affec tion for the Winchester, which had brought her safely from England, and was then bearing her back. She and the Captain nnrteared to be on excellent terms, and she was often invited to walk on the Captain's own side of the quarter-deck a pathway which we were supposed not to venture to tread without a special summons. " There was sometning about Miss lat- imer Rose was her name which was irresistibly attractive to me. I do not know exactly how to describe it, except j i : -X. : as a CUriOUS compouuu ui giniau luuu- cence and womanly frankness. One. would never dream of flirting with her, and I fancy few people would have ventured on uiv direct love-making without a speed accompaniment. of a humble entreaty for her hand, one was awiuuy amu. u m ; used always to be afraid that I'd overexert mvself. and was constantly making me tell her stories of my experiences. I am afraid that sometimes I a little overdid the Othello business, but she never seemed to mind. ' . ; : "Day after day slipped away in. an ec- stacy of happiness tempered with occa sional .qualms of : doubt. ' I hesitated to put my fate to the test, for if by any chance she should refuse me and despite my belief that my; affection was returned, such an event was barely possible it would be very unpleasant to meet her every day for at least two months. Again, if she accepted me, I should be so anxious to be married thai I couldn't bear to think of waiting till wefgot to England. There is no need for me to say that I was very young : you can see that from my state of mind. Well, finally I made a confidant of Watson. He out the Gordian knot at once. 4 Ask the llady,' he said, and if she consents, get the Captain to marry you as soon as she's agreeable.' : " ' But is that tegal ? ' I inquired. "'Perfectly, tt will be duly entered in the ship's log just the same as a birth. The Captain is ex officio clergyman, magis trate, registrar, and sometimes doctor.' "The idea was splendid, and I gave Watson my best 'thanks. I should have at once proceeded to act on his advice, but it occurred to me fthat it might be as well to sound the Captain, and see if he would be willing to perform the ceremony. You see, I wanted to nave everything sure be fore I put my falte to the test. I waited through one day for a favorable opportu nity to speak to the Captain on deck, but he never invited ine to share his walk. So the next morning. I sent a message by his boy, asking if he could spare me a few minutes. The boy speedily returned with a request that I would follow him to the Cnptain's cabin. " ' I found the reat man sitting at his table looking over a chart. Somehow or other he appeared to me to be unusually formidable. J " ' Good-morning, Captain Hamilton,' he said, as he waived me to take a scat. ' Can I do anything for you ? " "'Well, Captain, it's rather a delicate matter, but I wahted !to ask you some thing about your powers on board.' " 'They are absblute,:sir,J he answered, a little sternly. 'Why do you ask ? Do you want some one put in irons for insult ing you ? ' I "'Not exactly Captain. The fetters that I would like iyou to use are of a dif ferent kind the matrimonial ones.' "'The devil yau say!' he exclaimed, jumping to his feet, and bis face lighting up with a sailor's: quick sympathy for a love affair. 4 So you have lost your heart to one of my passengers ? Pray which is it?' : " ' Well, Captain,' I answered, ' I know I can trust you not to let this go any fur ther at present. It is Miss Latimer."' " I didn't quite like the look that came oyer his face. Is it possible, I thought. that this old sea-dog is a little bit gone in tnat quarter bimseit i " He gave me plenty of time to think before he made any verbal comment on my announcement. His first words were: 'Pray, sir, have you spoken to the lady on the subject of your hopes ? ' "'Not yet, Captain.' Has sne given you any encourage ment to think that; the love you say you teel is returned by her if ' No, Captain: but she has been very kind to me, and has talked to me a great deal, and seemed to like, to have me talk to her.' " ' And on these faint grounds you base your hopes ? ' I didn't at all like the tone in which he made that remark, arid I was about to reply a little haughtily; l suppose he saw the expression on my face, and he stopped me from speaking by holding up his hand. " ' lion t say any more, Captain Hamil ton. I ought to have stopped you before. I couldn't possibly marry you to the lady.' " Why not, (Japtam Smith r ' I asked. rather warmly. 'Because, sir, I couldn't very well marry you to my own wife.'' " What?' I almost shrieked. "My wife,' he answered, firmly. 'I am sorry you should be placed in so un pleasant a position. It is partly my fault, but much more that of your own youth and rashness. You are an officer and a gentleman, and will respect the secret I am obliged to confide to you. ' I felt so utterly crushed that I was scarcely sensible of where I was. Cer tainly I did not fully understand all he was saving, but I managed to retain sense enough to bow my head in sign of assent. " I was married, said the captain, when I was last home, to Miss Latimer, who was left an orphan under unusually sad circumstances and surroundings. She dreaded to be left in England alone. The owners of this line do not allow their cap tains to have their wives with them even as passengers. We therefore decided to keep our marriage secret, and my wife booked as a passenger under her maiden name. Not a soul on board except your self knows the truth. I trust to you to keep it sacred, for I don't want to retire yet for a voyage or two.' 1 1 am sure I don't know how I got from his cabin to my own, but once in the lat ter, I bolted the door, and never came out till the next morning. I can't tell if the Captain ever confided to his wife what took place in his cabin, but I sometimes fancied J could see in her face, when her eyes fell on me, an expression of mingled pity and amusement that I never noticed there before. One thing I was sure of, however, and that was that when I became more familiar with her I did not think her quite so pretty as I did at first. "When the Winchester touched at St Helena I arranged with Captain Smith that I should go ashore there, and wait for the next vessel of Green's line. We made ill health and the need of land air the ex- THE EUROPEAN ENEMIES. BrlUah and Raulaa Forces of To-Day, . few York Sun. 1 ' The comparative military strength of ! England and Russia has become a Question . - of the hour. I Theoretically the possible army of a natjon is limited only, by Ihe ,t number of its aduit male population with in the ann8bearing age. Practically, htfw-n ever, in wars between European power, the great immediate necessity is to know what forces are enrolled, organized, mere or less drilled,' and quickly available. In . v. T" . : i J. . t , . . ' tuo xniisu army me nuinoer oi men reg istered on the! regimental establishments '-' of the army, tne auxiliary forces and the i reserves, is made up for as late a date as January 1, 18&5. The effective strength, . also, for that date, is known : All Ranks, I 18S&-S. Regular forces, regimental, Dome ana colonial lsi,7w Army reserve, first class ... 46,500 Army reserve, second class 6,750 Militia, including perma- ' nent stall anai multla re serves L 141.334 Yeomanry, including statf 14,405 Volunteers, including staff 251,417 EffectiTes, Jan. 1, 1886. 129,831 39,244 7,738 115,192 Total home and colonial 592,175 518,508 Regular forces, regimental, on Indian establishment, 61,597 58,826 Aggregate... .. .'.. 653,772 577,834 The " peace effective strength " of the Russian military establishment is some thing over 75Q,000 men. At a recent date the regular troops numbered about 700,000, and the Cossack and irregular troops brought the aggregate peace effective to 757,238. The; war footing is nearly two millions l,9f7, 904. This great addition is due to the jittiversal liability to seivice of the armsbearing population. Russian subjects, unless exempted, must serve for six years in the active army, nine on fur- ' lough reserve, and five in the second re-i.j serve. As there are many exemptions,.; from the annual contingent for service in r the active army and navy, the total Rus sian force that could possibly be organized and used, including the militia only called out in war, would be much greater near- . ly three millions. . So, on the other hand, England's actual effective, already spoken of, could be in time enormously increased from her great Indian and eolonial popu- . Jations. It will be observed that England's ; regimental force of regulars, of all ranks, numbers aboet 130,000, exclusive of the India establishment, which swells the to tal to about 190,000. k The British navy is, of course, greatly superior to the Russian. The latter is credited with 126 ironclads, built and build ing; but, as Hobart Pasha has said, " one cannot think there is much to fear from her fleet when such vessels as the Peter the Great and the two Popoffkas are among its most formidable itemsXThe British navyj excluding a scorVof her ironclads considered obsolete, has about 30 powerful armored battle ships, with about 10 more under construction. They range from 4,(000 to 12,000 tons displace ment, the average being over 8,000. Their thickness of j armor on the water line ranges from tjhe nine inches of the Hercu- ' les to the twenty-four of the Inflexible, , and the average is over thirteen inches. Only one of itnem has so low a speed as twelve knots,j and the average is fourteen. A few carry fnly the 12-ton or 18-ton guns, but the greater number have the 25-ton, the 38-ton, the 43 ton, or the 63-ton guns, while the Inflexible carries four pf 80 tons, Besides her ironclads, England has a force of swift coinmerce-destroyers. During''1 the last five years she has launched or laid ' ' down thirty-eight of these. Kussia, on, ner part, nas oi late -paid ,, great attention to coast defence. She has a larger number of torpedo boats than any other nationi Having found it hopeless ' to overtake England in aggressive naval strength, she has devoted herself the more , energeticallyito a system of defence against the attacks of the huge British ironclads. THE OYSTER MINKS t "That time in the Captain's cabin was the most awkward moment I ever knew. I suppose I am the only fellow who ever asked a man to marry him to his own wife. At any rate, if there is another, he has my sympathy.' Uealea Destroying- Sneep. Chatham Record. J There has been an unusual mortality among tbe sneep in tms county, during the past winter. Many farmers have lost nearly all they bad. Mr. W. J. Lutterlon is said to have lost about one hundred. An old citizen says that he remembers many years ago, when measles was very prevalent, that the sheep died in great numbers, and as measles among tne peopi and an unusual mortality with the sheep seem to have gone together this year, it may be that the same cause exists for both V- . A Lively Tw. I Durham Recorder. There are not less than one hundred dwelling houses being built in Durham and contracted for. we tnougnt last or Northeastern Nortb Carolina. Elizabeth City Economist. J North Carolina is peculiarly well situ ated for engaging in oyster culture. There are probably in our lower sounds, bays, rivers, creeks and estuaries, more than -600,000 acres of oyster bottom, land locked and protected from foreign depre-; . dations, which give our neighbors of Yir- , ginia so much . trouble. In this 60(,000 , acres there its every variety or bottom adapted to joyster culture, differing in quality as much as our high lands differ 1 in their adaptation to different vegetables. The adaptation can only be known by trial. Far Creek oysters differ as much from Long Shoal River oysters, both in quantity and quality, as Tadmore corn -does from corn raised on the Sand Hills. Lynnhaven SBay oysters in Virginia have a . reputation beyond ail others, but there are other localities that produce just as good, which have not yet been discovered, , Far Creek oysters are probably as good as Lynnhaven Oysters. Core Sound oysters, in Carteret (county," stand high in the family. Broad Creek oysters, in Dare, are ' growing in favor. Long Shoal oysters are - said not to suit tne nose and are siignwy s copperish in; taste from some cause. . The quality of ousters in the various bottoms . in North Carolina can only be discovered"' by exploration and trial, and the matter is well worthy of examination, for U the ea- timates and figures and experience are not . erroneous there is a vast amount Of profit . in oyster culture. North Carolina ia look-"r ing to tbe benefits of tms Dnsineas to our 1 people. xux aireauy mere ia auipie tegia-.n lation. Any citizen of North Carolina can,., now enter and stake off ten acres of oys-' ter bottom Anywhere, with due regard tcP riparian rights, at an expense Of about j five dollars, (and ten acres will accommOf date from five to eight thousand bushels , of planting, which in twelve months will multiply the investment, witn proper at tention and cultivation, fifty fold.' Religions mflereneea of Stan ui Wlft, i tArkansaw Traveller.) ' Why di you desire a divorce !w asked'1 the chancery judge. ' '' Well," ! replied tne man -. irom i may mountains, "because me an', tne old, wo- . mim can't get along together, ,he belongs , to one church an' I belong to another." " A religious incompatibility, 1 sup- . pose." - t ' -- ' v xes, a ecaon faH 1W i i :..: "You don't agree in your religious,- ideas?" 1 ' "No; salt' - ,--v"" Give me an example." 5 ' s!u--rt. f WelL tether day I shot Ham BaleatViI , shot him Ifith a rifle. . Wife - ihe'Jowed; spring there were more dwelling houses 1 that if I fcad belonged ter church If erected than would find occupants. But! would hav shot: him. Wh pistol.' I after a busy year with the carpenters, w find every house occupied and .one hun dred more could be rented within twenty - four hours. know that , I am right for 3 don't want to take no cnancea."f r - -p . -.;.-.- . .The case has been taken under aayiao ment 4&
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