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VOL. II.
RALEIGH, N. C, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1885.
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STOLEN KISSES.
ftJ. C. Bingham.
In silt-iiee and hush of a dream,
With never a sound to be heard,
Hut a touch of lips in the gleam
Of the fire and never a word ;
The eolio will ever repeat,
Breaking the silence in twain,
Stolen kisses are always sweet,
And love is never In Tain ! "
For a kiss would a maiden wake
From the charm of a dreamful sleep,
And a touch of true love would break
The peaee that the blue eyes keep.
Forever the echo shall greet,
Like song of a ripening rain,
Stolen kisses are always sweet,
And! love is never in vain ! "
Wbeu hearts and lips have grown cold,
And love lives but for aa hour;
When life's romance has been told, . .
And kisses have lost their power,
Thcu shall soft memory fleet, - .
No. more a dream to enchain :
Yet stolen kisses are always sweet, .
Aid love is.never in rain.
OUR REPUBLICAN CAPITAL.
Society C'nder the Democratic Besime,
fNew Tort Herald.
The question is frequently asked what
sort of a season will the first winter of
Cleveland's Administration develop. Will
it be like the motto of the President,
guarded by Jcffersonian simplicity, or will
it follow the impetus of Republican lead
ers as Washington has for nearly a quarter
of a century ? The answer is that the ap
proac-hing season promises to be the most
brilliant the National Capital haa witness
ed for many, many years, but the gayeties
of Washington will not have so much
method in them as has been known in past
years. When Mr. Blank gave a large re
ception, the gossips .invariably asked,
Why did he do it i " " What axe has he
to grind now?" Giving entertainments
for the sake of the notoriety or pleasure of
tie thing has not been one of the accom
plishments of society in Washington. The-
nrngnificcnt suppers, with ravishing music
ami unlimited wines, have invariably been
accessories of jobs of some kind.
The House will be Democratic, the Sen
ate Republican. So they have been for
ten years, with the exception of one Con
nts. What reason, then, for a change of
tactics? The Administration-is now Dem
ocratic. The Cabinet and Bureau officers
are not what they have. been. Subordi
nates above the grade of fourth-class clerks
are now in sympathy with the party in
power, so the modes of years gone by are
no longer useful in transacting business
according to the grand old party methods,
l.i jiiate of the tinsel and glare of lights,
this city win witness-next winter an as
scmblatre of people from all parts of the
country w ho will count it an honor as well
a a pleasure to have contributed to the
inauguration of Democratic festivities.
The South is coming in force, no longer
with its chattels and the earnings of the
slaves, but with the wealth of an emanci
pated region and the fruits of the labor of
an emancipated race. The West is com
inLr. and the brilliancy of New York soci
ety will be brighter than ever in the con--i
which the sections will make for the
l. 'iii rs of the season.
TI1E WAY IT IS DOSE.
" Did you read in the papers that cx
Couressman Z. is going to give one of
; the most elaborate entertainments of the
season?"' asked an official of the Senate of
a prominent lawyer one day as they were
travelling from the Capitol to their house
last winter.
rI did not notice the paragraph," re
plied the lawyer. "Has Mr. Z. any case
oefi.rc the Supreme Court of importance,
do you kDOW?"
"Well. yes. I believe he is largely in
terested in the favorable decision of a case
which is to be argued. s Why, the very
day the argument is to be made is the date
of this "Tear reception at his residence.
Weil, well! What do you think it means?"
a.-ked the lawyer.
"Just wait until yon get the details of
the affair and read the list of guests,, and
see if the members of the Supreme Court
are not the most conspicuous in the throng.
Then about the time the Court will prob
ably discuss the case in the consultation
room, see if ex-Congressman Z. don't give
another swell reception. For the sake of
his social relations?- No, my legal friend.
He docs not invest his money that way.
He spends it only when and where he
thinks the investment will pay."
The Senate official knew whereof he
spoke and everything happened just as he
predicted it would. The tip which he
cot through social influences paid him for
his seemingly lavish expenditure of money.
Now. the mass of the readers of the two
paragraphs detailing the account of their
entertainments undoubtedly believe to this
Jay- that they were given " all on account
of society." But they were not.
Another class of cheerful and generous
entertainers has been those who give ex
pensive dinners at Solaris', Welcker's and
W ormley's. The object is generally for
favorable legislation, or, more likely, for
a decision in one of the departments that
'-l contribute to their wealth. Such an
outlay has hitherto had its influence. If,
however, the departments are reformed,
vhat is to take the place of this prodigal
expenditure and apparent waste of money?
I'KEPAKIXO FOR A CKUSH.
It (Iocs not follow because the mode is
' '.tier useful that the hostelries are go
'i close. On the contrary, the Solaris
have for several years been confined
inparativtdy small quarters, have now
'1'iet hall, the largest in Washington,
enlargement of their premises which
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and
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1 -vc them prominence in catering to
-'rangers within the gates of Washing
I In re arc more accommodations here
lay for first-class patrons than ever ex
'' I" fore, and yet at this early day every
' 1 f rooms in the best flats and hotels
''imaged for the winter season. A
' in Democrat, -who is to serve his first
in Congress, came here a few days
II!.
-)''( ting to have the pick of apart
t the Portland, which has been a
IJH-llN
!' P '-ar place with Congressmen who come'
'' y w ith their families. He was surprised
' 1 ' ar that every room in the house had
"a iiaie-d for some time. The Hamil-
I'll is next in nonnlurit v nrrnallv
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ioum s tli.in ;t a t - : t
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' M,l" structure. LNot until this sea-
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of
- ue actn mat ine evmence
a" overflow of
visitors is very positive.
Congressmen, as a general thing, have had
apartments at the hotels, hut quite a num
ber now own residences. Most of the Sen
ators are wners of their dwellings. Sen
ator Edmunds is completing an elegant
residence. Senator Palmer, of Michigan,
will have the finest mansion in Washington
for his home this winter. He has been a
tenant-at-will heretofore. Senator Van
Wyck's residence is in the midst of the
grand improvements made near Farragut
Square. Senators Sherman, Morrill, Mil
ler, of California, McPherson, Logan, Jack
son, Hawlcy, Hale, Gibson and Allison are
possessors of spacious residences. Senator
Cameron sold his dwelling, and, if able to
attend the session, will rent a furnished
house.
THE ADMIKISTBATION AKD THE SENATORS.
The administration will be equal to the
occasion. Secretary Bayard will give
card receptions, as is customary. Secre
tary Manning and Assistant Secretary
Fairehild have each leased large residences
in the most fashionable part of the citv.
Secretary Endicott has the house of Min
ister Pendleton, near Scott Circle, large
enough for a hotel. Secretary Whitney
will have a home where he can entertain
according to his means. The other mem
bers of the Cabinet are not so fond of so
ciety. Secretary Lamar and Attorney
General Garland are widowers and live
very plainly. Postmaster-General Vilas
has made the Ebbitt his home,- and may
continue so to do. Postmasters General
Key, Tyncr and May nurd did so. The
President will make the White House
memorable for its receptions. Irksome
as it may appear to others, his delight is
to be in the midst of a crowd. It is, he
says, the most agreeable relaxation from
the cares of office, and even now the daily
handshaking with the visitors in the East
Room gives him the only pleasure he gets
in the daily discharge of his duties. Miss
Cleveland will have frequent afternoon
receptions, which will give the strangers
an opportunity of seeing Washington so
ciety in its outdoor attire. The foreign
legations, recognizing it as the first win
ter under a change of administration and
party, will do just as diplomacy dictates
they should, and vie with one another in
making the acquaintance of the new class
of officials, their families and their friends.
Then there are the established families
from New York and other parts of the
country, owning the palatial residences on
Connecticut avenue,. Sixteenth street and
along K steeet, which also take in the best
of official life. But the particular feature
of the season will be the influx from the
Southern States, which, as the oldest in
habitant remembers, used to be the reign
ing power before the war. The belles of
Richmond can come and go on the 6ame
day, so swift is the means of communica
tion between here and the capital of Vir
ginia. Kentucky and Louisiana are to
have their quota of visitors, and Wash
ington is once again to witness the pres
ence of representatives from all parts of a
Tmited and prosperous nation.
OCR COLORED FOLK
Astonish, the People of Atlanta.
Atlanta Constitution.)
For several days past there has been a
remarkable family of negroes in Atlanta.
Their name is Williamson, and they came
from Wilson County, North Carolina.
There are three brothers and four sisters,
all of whom have been totally blind from
their birth. They are the children of
black parents who were slaves and ordin
ary field 'hands. Unto them were born
fourteen children, seven of whom had
sight, while seven were blind. The blind
children were not only hardier and health
ier, but their mental endowments are supe
rior to those of their brothers and sisters
who could see. They went to Raleigh to
the State Blind Asylum and were there
well educated. Every one of them devel
oped a remarkable talent for music, and
on leaving the Asylum they organized
themselves into a concert company and be
gan to travel through the South. The
oldest brother married a smart negro
woman, who acts as guide and business
manager of the party. They have been all
over the South giving entertainments, which
have paid them handsomely. They sing
and play on various instruments with re
markable skill. All of them have good
voices, which have, been well trained.
Their most remarkable performances are
the exhibitions of their powers of mimicry.
They imitate a brass band so perfectly
that a person outside the hall in which
they arc humming would almost invaria
bly be deceived. Their imitation of the
organ is equally perfect. Each of the
singers makes a peculiar noise and carries
his or her own part of the performance,
and the combined result is a deep music,
very like to the pealing of a grand organ.
These are two of their many tricks. They
are constantly adding to their repertoire
and perfection themselves more and more
in their curious arts. They have educated
the sense of touch to a very remarkaDie
degree. By feeling of a person's face and
head they can give an accurate description
of his or her appearance: and one of the
sisters claims that she can tell the color of
the hair by touching it.
The seven will stand with joined hands
and any object can be placed in the hands
of the oldest brother at the end of the line ;
while he holds it he claims that the mag
netic current which passes through the en
tire line will enable any one of his brothers
and sisters to tell what he has in bis hand.
At any rate some remarkable guesses of
this kind are made.
The blind negroes have given a scries of
entertainments- in various negro churches
in the city, and have created a great sen
sation among the colored population. It is
said that they take good care of their aged
parents who still reside at the old home
stead in North Carolina, in the same cabin
where they lived as slaves, and where their
fourteen children were born. The blind
singers have bought the place and pre
sented it to their parents. The brothers
and the wife of the eldest manage the fi
nancial affairs of the combination so suc
cessfully that they have accumulated a
snug property. The oldest brother is
about twenty-eight and the youngest sister
about sixteen years old. Various efforts
have been made by professional managers
to secure the control of this remarkable
family, but they prefer to take care of
; their own affairs. They are all intelligent
' and remarkably well posted on matters in
general.
Won't do mo no More.
New York World.
Sympathizing Friend Is it true.
my
dear Mrs. Brown, that your husband com
mittcd suicide?
Mrs. Brown (recently bereayed) I am
afraid itlsv
Sympathizing Friend What in the
world could have induced him to commit
such a rash and desperate act?
Mrs. Brown I haven't the faintest idea.
I never knew John to do such a thing before.
REVENUE REFORM.
Mr. Randall Haa (be Floor.
(New York Herakl.J
Protective tariff is a subject at all times
and in every country full of difficulty and
embarrassment, and yet it is as old as gov
ernment itself and has exhausted, as we
know, the highest mental efforts of the
most celebrated statesmen. Some few
points have been settled and accepted gen
erally, but they are not many. Hallam,
the constitutional historian, in his "Europe
During the Middle Ages," lays down this
axiom, which our experience as-a people
justifies, and which will not be disputed :
"It is difficult to name a limit beyond
which taxes will not be borne without im
patience when they appear to be called for
by necessity and faithfully applied, nor is
it impracticable for a skilful minister to
deceive the people in both these respects.
But the sting of taxation is wastefulness.
What high-spirited man could see without
indignation the earnings of his labor, yield
ed ungrudgingly to the public defence,
become the spoil of parasites and pecula
tors ? It is this that mortifies the liberal
hand of public spirit; and those statesmen
who deem the security of government to
depend not on laws and armies, but on the
moral sympathies and prejudices of the
people, will Vigilantly guard against even
the suspicion of prodigality."
Excessive taxation, even when it is suc
cessful in securing excessive revenue, is
ultimately destructive of the sources of la
bor from which it is drawn, while at the
same time it engenders extravagance, cor
ruption and decay. For when the govern
ment sets the example of extravagance it
is soon followed in every walk of life, and
one does not need to be a prophet to fore
tell the general ruin which must inevitably
result. Frugality and economy never, de
stroyed any government, while they have
bujt up the most powerful empires the
world has ever witnessed. The existing
condition of the Treasury brings a demand
for the reduction of the tariff and internal
revenue taxes. In such a condition of our
finances, reduction fi. taxation should at
once begin. Unnecessary taxation is inju
rious to the interests of the people in many
directions. The government has no justi
fication for the collection of burdensome
taxes in excess of the sum requisite for the
support of its proper administration.
NECESSITY FOR REVISION.
I favor a total abolition of our internal
revenue system, and am ready to join
bands with any and all in favor of an equal
ization of our duties on imports. JNo one
who understands the existing tariff laws
will deny the justice and necessity of thor
ough revision. High duties were for the
most part levied during the war, and for'
the purpose of raising a large revenue. It
will suffice in this connection to quote the
Industrial League as unanswerable in this
regard, as it in an admission on the part of
those who favor the highest protective du
ties. They consider such revision desira
ble for the interests both of the industries
affected and those of consumers, partly on
account of some original imperfections 'in
the present tariff, and partly on account
of the modifications which are demanded
by the changes which have occurred in
conditions of production and commerce.
I do not favor a tariff enacted upon the
ground of protection simply for the sake
of protection, because I doubt the exist
ence of any constitutional warrant for any
such construction or the grant of any such
power. It would manifestly be in the na
ture of class legislation, and to such legis
lation, favoring one class at the expense of
any other, I have always been opposed.
In my judgment, this question of free
trade will not arise practically ia this coun
try during our lives, if ever, so long as we
continue to raise revenue by duties on im
ports, and therefore the discussion of that
principle is an absolute waste of time.
After our public debt is paid in full our
expenditures can hardly be much below
$200,000,000, and if this is levied in a business-like
and intelligent manner it will
afford adequate protection to every indus
trial interest in the United States. The
assertion that the constitution permits the
levying of duties in favor of protection
" for the sake of protection ' is equally un
called for and unneccessary. Both are
alike delusory and not involved in any
practical administrative policy. If brought
to the test I believe neither would stand
for a day.
PROTECTION FOR PROTECTION'S SAKE.
Protection for the sake of protection is
prohibition pure and simple of importa
tion, and if there be no importation there
will be no duties collected, and conse
quently no revenne, leaving the necessary
expenses of the government to be collected
by direct taxes for internal taxes would
interfere with the protective principle, and
when the people were generally asked to
bear the burden of heavy taxation to sus
tain class legislation and the interests of a
portion of our people at the expense of the
great bulk of our population, there would
be an emphatic and conclusive negative.
So, too, with free trade, there is hardly a
man in public life who advocates it pure
and simple. Nobody wants direct taxa
tion, although it would bring taxation so
near and so constantly before the people
that Congress would hesitate long before
it voted the sums of money it often does,
if not for improper, at least for questiona
ble purposes.
WHAT DIRECT TAXATION MEANS.
We are to-day dealing with issues vast
as the hopes and fears of fifty-five millions
of people, whose moral, social and physi
cal condition is the alluring example of
every government on the faceof the earth.
Shall we blast or bless them with our leg
islation ? Shall we unsettle their business
interests by constant tinkering with the
tariff? Shall no law last longer than the
meeting of the next' Congress I Shall
nothing ever be settled, for a time, at
least; but shall doubt and distress always
haunt the walking and sleeping hours of
the people ? For one, I am emphatically
opposed to any such suicidal policy. It
would be madness for any party to pursue
it. What does direct taxation mean ? An
answer is found in an extract from a speech
delivered April 12, 1882, by Hon. Colum
bus Upson, a Democratic Representative
from the State of Texas : :-
As an illustration of some of the practi
cal workings of free trade and direct tax
ation the people Of each State would have'
to pay annually their share of the national
tax, according to the number of population
in their respective States:
Alabama's share would be about . $6,500,000
Arkansas' share would be over. ..... ,000,000
California's share would be about. . . 4,300,000
Georgia's share would be over. 8,000,000
Illinois' share would be about 10,000,000
Indiana's share would be over. 10,000,000
Kentucky's share would be over. .... ' 8,500,000
MissisBippl's share would be about. . 6,000,000
Missouri's share would be about 11,300,000
New York's share would be about... 26,500,000
South Carolina's share would be over 5,000,000
Tennessee's share would be about. . . 8,000,000
Texas' share would be between J '
18,000,000 and. 10,000,000
Virginia's share would be about 8,000,000
CONSTITUTIONAL QUE8TION DISPOSED OF.
It is too late to urge the unconstitution
ality of "incidental protection." The un
broken practice of the government for
more than ninety years by those who have
preceded us, including those who framed
our constitution, and our success under
this system down to the present time, con
clusively dispose of such tardy objection.
The value of "incidental protection" is at
tested by the experience of almost a cen
tury. This mode of -laying indiscriminate
duties on our imports has supported our
government, paid the debts of three wars,
given employment to . men, women and
children numbering in 1880 many millions;
increased the investment of capital to the
enormous sum of $3,000,000,000 and con
sumed more than $3,000,000,000 worth of
agriculture, mining, lumbering, fishing
and other industries. It has rendered us
a nation independent of the world. - It is
alleged that overproduction, under at in
cidental protective system, has caused the
present stagnation in business. If so,
could it be corrected by adding to that
over production by increased importation
of like products from other countries com
ing here because of reduced duties? It
could not, for then the government would
be still richer, while our own people driv
en out of their own markets would be' im
poverished. THE BATE OF INTEREST.
It will not be denied that the rate of in
terest indicates the cost of living, that the
cost of living indicates the price of labor,
and that the price of labor indicates the cost
of production. This rule may sometimes be
disturbed by abnormal conditions such as
crop failures, war or overtrading. The
country which has the lower rate of busi
ness interest will drive the country having
the higher rate of business interest out of
the world's markets, and eventually out
of its own domestic markets; it will ab
sorb all its means of paying its debts, in
cluding all iljspecie, than which nothing
can be worse. There is no mode of recov
ery from such disaster save, first, by the
reduction of the rate of business interest
to a par with low interest countries; or,
second, by the impositon of such duties on
inports as will raise the cost of the foreign
article to the cost of the domestic article
in the home market. The first of these
remedies must result in depreciation of
all values, and therefore in insolvency, in
disemployment, discontent and general
disturbance. The best cure, therefore, is
imposition of duties equal to the protec
tion of American labor, to be repeated
just as often as theorists disregard the les
sons of experience in this respect. The
degree of credits bears relation to the dis
aster inflicted, and when the former is
large it promotes and increases the latter
to the same or a greater extent. All the
conditions alluded to are more to our dis
advantage in this country than in most of
those we trade with, and it is therefore
clear a greater degree of distress is sure to
follow here than elsewhere under these cir
cumstances. We have to-day about 55,
000,000 of people 25,000,000 living by
agriculture and 30,000,000 on the earnings
of personal property invested in general
business, or by their daily labor with head
and hand, or by both combined. The ag
riculturists receive fair prices for farm
products, their farms are free from debt,
and no commercial embarrassment denies
them the necessaries of life. Not as fortu
nate are the other 30,000,000, and, conse
quently, considerate, if not more tender,
treatment, is essential to their success, so
far as our trade and commerce with other
nations are concerned. Seven thousand
millions of personal property are invested
in 120,000 miles of railroad; $3,000,000,
000 in manufactures, as much more in mer
chandise, banking and other employments,
all facilitating exchange between produ
cers and comsumers,and all extremely sen
sitive to every change of statnte and con
sequent disturbance in trade and com
merce. Of this 30,000,000 of people 3,
000,000 are engaged in manufactures, while
aa many, or nearly 7,000,000 altogether,
are dependent on them for support v If we
were to listen to the counsel and advice
given to us to abandon the heretofore set
tled policy of tbe government in favor of
incidental protection and thus enable the
foreigner to glut our markets with the
products of ill paid toil, panic and bank
ruptcy are sure to follow.
SPECULATIONS OF PHILOSOPHERS.
It will not do for any public man to nar
row his mind in men a momentous ques
tion as that which affects not only the in
tegrity of the government, but brightens
or darkens the home of every citizen just
as we shall legislate. Speculative philoso
phers have contrived the most fascinating
forms of government, but wherever they
have been subjected to the touchstone of
practical operation they have gone shame
fully to pieces. It will not do for men to
say. "I have laid down this theoretical
landmark and you must not go beyond it."
There is a divinity that shapes oar ends,
Rough-hew them how we will.
If Canute had not moved his chair upon
the seashore the incoming tide would have
overwhelmed him and his weak advisers
under the mighty waves of the sea.
We are no longer a - few scattered, iso
lated colonies of 3,000,000 of people hug
ging the coasts from Massachusetts to
Georgia. In 1880 we were a united nation
of 50,000,000 of inhabitants, with indus
tries of the greatest diversity,and grown to
such size and power as successfully to con
test the markets of the world, and with a
military prestige that has surprised and
kept in awe the most warlike nations.
POSSIBILITIES OF THE REPUBLIC.
In the year 1003 we are told that, accor
ding to the ordinary rate of increase, we
will have one hundred millions of people.
Is there a human mind that can foresee
all. the possibilities of a free republic of
such vast proportions, leading the
coming century in wise legislation? Is
.there one so foolhardy who will stand
up and say that he knows all about it, and
that the ways of Qod shall bend to his per
emptory dictation.
Self-interest controls the world, how
ever much men may turn the periods and
grow eloquent in swelling sentences about
abstractions. And while men will suffer
patiently and yet yield willingly to stern
necessity, they will not submit quietly to
what is causelessly and idly to their loss and
annoyance. - .
When every element which can enter in
to tariff revision is known, when every in
terest, large and small, is scanned and
measured, when proper objects of taxation
are reached and adjusted in their proper
relations, wnen inose items are eliminated
which only embarrass and produce confu
sion, then, indeed, tariff legislation is
made easy and sure and of happiest Conse
quences. SAMUEL J. KAXDALL.
A young teacher in Sunday school on
the east side of the pillage, in the lesson
about Elijah the TAbite a week - ago,
asked one of thJ little girls what tha
prophet was called who flew from before
Jezebel. With great promptness the little
one replied, "Lijah tho Tintype 1" Sarn
toga Journal.
THE CONFEDERATE PRESIDENT
Aa Old-Time Letter Show Illm.
New York Times.
An old friend showed me one of his
treasures a week or so ago. It was a long
letter of a half dozen foolscap pages bear
ing the signature, of Jefferson Davis, dated
more than 10 years before the war. It was
extremely entertaining, filled with personal
chat and family gossip and tinged with
political reflections. Addressed to a rep
resentative of an old Maryland family with
whom Mr. Davis had all his life been inti
mate, it is easy to conceive of the to-be
chief of rebellious States writing in this
fashion : "I can only tremble when I think
of the outlook for the States. The clouds
are all dark. Not s sunbeam penetrates
anywhere. The very heavens arc filled
with the rumblings of a thunder that shall
finally come to to 1 scarcely dare write
what is the end I foresee. Only disaster
seems possible. Fanaticism has taken roots
that are of fire. Men are turning eowards.
The picayune spirits of Connecticut and
Massachusetts arc agog with plots that
bode ill far-stretching and terrible." And
further on the same cry breaks out : "But
yesterday I sat at dinner with a good
man from New York, a man of clean hands
and pure heart, who means well, who is
above all manner of dishonesty a mam yet
who is ready for robbery by wholesale, and
even for persecution. He and such as he
are the men whom we must fear. A great
change has come over him in one year. Last
December he was my guest. Then he was
careless of these things that seem to be
burning questions to him now. He is dip
ping into the anti-slavery craze. He talks
of lthe Constitution as a mere creature of
circumstances: talks of sentimental con
structions; talks of laws that 'are born of
humanity.' That is stuff that sounds well.
It will catch the mob. The North has
nothing to lose in such preaching; the
South may lose everything. When the
North can be righteous at no expense, ex
pect all manner of piety there. We are on
the brink of turbulence."
What prompted thisort of an epistle
from Mr. Davis was advice that had been
asked of him concerning the education of
two lads, sons of the Marylander to whom
he was writing. It was the custom in
ante-bellum days for most rich Southern
ers to send their sons to Northern colleges.
Jefferson Davis was dead set against the
practice. "It were better," he said in this
letter, "that your sons forego altogether
the polish that a college training can pro
vide rather than that they should be
put within the reach of influences such as
are now becoming rampant North.
You do not put your young calves with
wolves; you should not be less kind to
your own flesh and blood than to the dumb
brutes of your stables. Seditious things
arc filling the air of every house in New
England to-day. Poison floats in all the
Northern atmosphere. I care not how the
schoolmaster may cringe, nor how the
Elders of the church may smirk and smile
over your patronage; you have not a black
in Maryland with heart so traitorous. They
will uncover before you; that is for your
dollar's sake. Be gone but a moment, and
schemes and plots the nastiest are on foot.
Keep John and Andrew at home there is
no need that they should go above Balti
more for their schooling."
But it was not all in this turgid,dyspep-
tic tone that the letter wenton. Think of
"Jeff' Davis writing this: "My mind of
ten goes back to the old days when we
were laughing and hurrahing our lives
away boys, for the little time wholly hap
py, l never see a young uareioot inai my
heart does not warm to him; and while
the old-fashioned boy survives I must still
have hope abundant. And old
Aunt Rachel God grant her peace is she
yet alive and with you? Do you remem
ber bow she used to scrimp herself at din
ner to eke out some favorite kitchen dish
for us youngsters? She was a glorious
darky, ever. Sally? Yes, she's
gone. An honest woman is in heaven. Once
1 was sure she was going to be your wiie.aua
then I was certain that 6he was bound to
be mine. Ah, love of our callow days! It
was only last month that she was buried.
'Cousin Sally' to the end. tier life was
not all joy. She trod down a good many
thorns, I fear. Her poor husband, aa I
told you long ago, is in a poor house, mad.
He quit his pulpit penniless more than a
year ago. But do you know I've
often regretted that I did not take to the
cloth for life. The life of a country Par
son, a life of ease, but still of earnestness,
I reckon would suit me better than any
other fortune in the world." Strange
words, surely, from the ambitious rebel.
OUR SYSTEM OF LAW.
Its Foundations Laid on Stnal.
I W. C. Prime, in N. Y. Journal of Commerce. J
Are you who read this, my
friend, one of those who regard the old
orthodox religious faith as of no special
account in tbe political, commercial, or
social systems which surround you ? You
are in blind error if you so think. The
work of the defenders of the faith lives in
the body of our political and social fabric.
It is not the blood, but it is that charac
teristic without which the blood would
be foul, would grow poisonous, abomina
ble. Men talk a great deal about the per
manence of Republican institutions de
pending on the virtue of the people, and
forget that the people are not virtuous.
Whatever of the saving quality of virtue is
in them comes from the religious faith of
the fathers. They who are not profoundly
sensible of personal responsibility to a
Divine law of right and wrong, which will
reward merit and punish demerit, cannot
be sensible of a personal responsibility to
any human fabric of law. Men will either
obey a God or follow the dictates of self-
interest. Exceptions to the rule are few
There is no natural law of humility, of
self-sacrifice. You will see this truth llius
trated in countless ways, liut a serious
student of his country's history and condi
tion needs no illustration. The truth
stands out on every page of past or of con
temporary history. The value of real es
tate depends on , churches. The stability
of society depends on the religion of those
who are the actual leaders, the governors
of society. Tbe great charities of the day
are founded by religious people. .
The power of the church in the middle
ages, much despised and decried in mod
em literature, and, without doubt, having
much evil mingled in its good, neverthe
less did establish in the minds of all civil
ized men in Europe the sense of a respon
sibility beyond this life, the fear of God
even where there was no fear or respect for
man; and this sentiment has been handed
down from generation to generation, and
remains in the . sou I of Europeans. No
frenzy of . infidelity among the people, no
wild rush otat of its restraining influences,
as in the French Revolution, can eradicate
it, so long as here and there the church
still preaches the doctrine of immortality
with future reward and retribution.
The church has been thus far the salva-
tion of this Republic. Nor is there a sane
man who reads this who can doubt that if
the church were suppressed, were to die of
inanition, or become a mere rationalistic
society, teaching the religion of natural
humanity, the republic would have a short
lease of life. And by the church we mean
the old orthodox churches, teachers of the
doctrine that God is Judge as well as
Saviour, that there is a hell as well as a
heaven, that however men boast of liberty
of thought, there is certain judgment for
evil thought as for evil deed.
Thus the restraining power of the teach
ings of the pulpit is an element in the so
cial and political forces of the day, which
only superficial politicians dverlook. There
is an awful restraint on human action im
posed by the power of an endless life.
Not many years ago a performer in a low
class theatre, or circus, who had many ad
mirers among the lowest classes of our city
population, died suddenly. His funeral
was attended by vast crowd of this sort
of men. It was one of the most remarka
ble assemblies ever gathered in a church.
The countenanees were indicative of the
class represented. These were men whom
no church, Roman or American, had under
any influence. But a more solemn assem
bly never gathered. The silence which
reigned over crowded pews and aisles was
profound. No one whispered to neighbor
or friend. When the voice of the minister
was heard, reading portions of the burial
service, I watched the emotional indica
tions of the faces. There was no smiling,
no sneering, no listless looking around ; but
after awhile, under the simple influence of
the occasion, the surroundings, the sub
lime words of Holy Writ, the tears began
to run down cheeks here and there. Such
emotion is catching, even among such men,
and in a few moments, out of a thousand
New York roughs, a large majority were
weeping like girls.
Perhaps they all went away and forgot
it. That has nothing to do with my point.
There was in them all a certain leaven of
character derived from a knowledge of
immortality and the responsibility to a God
somewhere in the endless hereafter which
made that strange scene. And that same
leaven in the general character of the worst
men of the sovereign American people is
the restraining power which, from day to
day, saves us from the terrors of unbridled
popular no-government.
If it were possible to trace the effects of
the teachings of the good men who have
gone from the American pulpit, leaving
their works to follow them ; if we could
see the influence on one and another indi
vidual character, and from those on others,
we should recognize the indebtedness of
the whole country to them. Why will not
men be frank with themselves ? They ac
knowledge the preserving power of virtue,
but they have a vague idea that virtue
means something not quite so rigid as pure
and undefiled religion. Read the history
of Europe for two thousand years, and
learn from it that there has been no such
thing as public virtue, and the only ap
proach to it has been in the private indi
vidual acceptance by many of the faith de
livered to the saints of old. We call ours
a Christian country, because among us are
such a vast number who accept the cross
and its lessons. Beneath our whole sys
tern of law, as its foundation, lies the law
delivered on Sinai. Nor is it possible to
erect a system of law on any other basis
than this that the decalogue is the law of
a God and not of man. If there be no
God, there is no natural or possible ground
for any such enactment as " Thou shalt not
steal," or " Thou shalt do no murder."
All the virtue there is in man can only
teach him that for himself and for whom
soever he loves, it is his joy and duty to
rob others when be can do it with impuni
ty, and murder every one who interferes
with what he calls his personal liberty.
Artlnclal Rlver-Maklng.
New York Times.1
Little confidence has generally been felt
in the plan of maintaining a certain depth
of water in the upper Mississippi River by
n . -r i .
means or reservoirs near DC. raui, to oe
opened as the river falls. It seemed to be
too big an undertaking to dam up water
enough for the purpose. But the govern
mcnt engineers report the result of exper
iments made in the last six or seven weeks.
The upper reservoirs, 500 miles above St.
Paul, were opened oalue. 1, and the re
ceiving reservoir, 400 miles above St. Paul,
two weeks later. On Sept. 1 the surface
of the stream at points from 250 to 300
miles below the receiving reservoir was
two feet higher than it would have been if
the gates had not been opened. At SL
Paul there was about one foot of reservoir
water. It is expected that when the full
effect of the system shall appear about
four feet will be gained at a point 100
miles above St Paul, and from 1 to 1 1-2
feet at St. Paul. This indicates that the
effect of the system in raising the level
will disappear not far below that city. The
reservoirs will greatly improve the water
power at Minneapolis in the dry season
and be of some value to commerce on the
stream from Pokegama southward to that
city. But freshets in tbe lower part of
the stream will be made hereafter in the
old way.
Boards hla Wife for Nothing.
New York Sun.
The world will be glad of the assurance
that there are some men in tbe humblest
walks of life who can't be bought with the
clink of gold. A Hoosier. who lost hi
wife a few weeks ago, was waited upon
few days after the funeral by a man who
introduced himself as the agent of a Cin
cinrratt medical college, and he went right
to business by remarking:
" Mr. Blank, neither of us has any time
to fool away. Your wife is dead and
buried. I want her body for the college.
I could snatch it any dark night, but that's
not my way. How much cash will buy the
cadaver ?"
" Dig 'er up at your own expense ? "
"Yes."
"How much'll you give ? "
"Fifteen dollars."
"And the coffin?"
" Oh, that's no use to me."
" Stranger," said the widower, " you
skip, or I'll shoot. If you think I'm foot
enough to throw away a forty-dollar coffin
in these hard times, you haven't sized me
up k'rect. Let the old woman stay thar.
She isn't costing anything for board and
lodging, and there ain't a penny out for
repairs." i
TO RALEIGH GIRLS.
P. L. M. Dowb on Laee and Bang-.
. J bow down to youth and beauty.
And almost worship grace,
And I owe especial duty
To an honest, tell-tale face.
Bat I don't like a girl
That uses too much lace,
And gives her bangs an extra twirl
To try to beautify her face.
PARTNERSHIP I FT POKER.
'There's Millions In that Nigger!
Philadelphia Times.
I met in Colorado City's Gold Room to
day a man who was familiarly known along
the frontier ten or twelve Tears aeo as
Jew Sam." I think his real name is
Simon Rosenburg, and he was particularly
distinguished as a very "slick" poker
player. Sam is as fine a specimen of man
hood as you would meet in a week's travel.
He is over six feet in height, of athletic
build, and his face dashingly handsome.
He always dresses in perfect taste and car
ries a six-shooter of forty-five calibre,
which he will use to kill on the slightest
provocation. He is very quiet and gentle
manly in manner, and perfectly temperate
in his habits.
One day, at Murderville, when Sam was
getting tired of the monotony of walking
arjout witn plenty of money in his pocket
and nobody to play with, a simple-minded
colored man named William Amber arrived
from Laredo, and displayed a big boodle,
which he modestly declared he was willing
to risk at poker. Amber had been a ser
geant in the Twenty-fifth Infantry, and
from long years of rigid discipline did not
presume, bam formed his acquaintance.
He said confidentially to a friend :
A nigger's money is as good as a white
man's, and I'm going to rob him."
This friend, who, liktj Sam, recognized
no class or color distinctions where poker
was concerned, agreed that this was a
sensible view to take of the matter, and
offered to lend his assistance in robbing
the ex-soldier. Sam admitted him to part
nership, and they began work. Amber
was coy, and it required a day's hard work
before he could be induced to take a hand.
At last, however, he succumbed, and the
three men began to play at a little table in
the rear of Buckskin Burs cantena, " The
Sunset." Nearly every unemployed gam
bler in the camp was interested in the
game, and quite a crowd gathered about
the players.
It was easy to be seen from the start that
Amber knew nothing about poker. He
handled the cards very clumsily and seem
ed always more tban half asleep. Sam
stole half the cards in the deck and put up
all sorts of hands. Amber lost several
hundred dollars, but it was literally wrung
from him, and Sam was disgusted at his
stupidity.
Finally, when, by skilful manipulation
of the cards, he dealt the negro two queens
and allowed him to draw another and a
pair of tens, while he himself held out a
king full on jacks, the latter roused him
self from his lethargic stupor and began to
bet. Sam's partner drew out and the great
gambler began to lead his victim on to his
doom. He made no large raises, but he
saw every bet and went back at the negro
ten or twenty better, until the pot mount
ed into the thousands, and every dollar of
Sam's bad been risked.
"I'd bet a million on my hand, " he said,
and began to borrow from his partner.
Amber kept covering the bets, and the
crowd pressed around the table closer.
Sam grew excited as the bets mounted
higher and higher, and his hand trembled.
The negro was impassive. Finally he laid
down a crisp one hundred dollar bill to
cover Sam's last raise, and said :
" I calls you, sahl "
" King full on jacks! " cried Sam, reach
ing out for the pot.
"Hold on dar; I beats dat ban , inter
posed Amber, and he spread out four treys
and an ace.
A low exclamation of astonishment burst
in chorus from the lips of the bystanders,
and Sam slowly withdrew his hand.
"Great God, man!" he cried at last,
" where did you get that hand ?"
"Drawed it, sah, fa'r an' squar',"
chuckled Amber, and he raked in his win
nings. That night Jew Sam and the negro held
a long conference in the former's den. The
next day Sam paid his debts and he and
Amber left for San Antonio together.
"I'll tell you all about it," said Sam, as
he leaned over the bar at the Gold Room
to-day. " That coon was one of the slick
est poker players I ever saw. He used to
belong to an old Mississippi River gambler
named Jack Little, and the latter taught
his servant the tricks that won him for
tunes. After the game at Murderville, I
had a talk with him, and he showed me
more about cards than I ever dreamed of.
I saw at once that there was a million in
him if he was properly worked, and I made
him a proposition. We went to San An
tonio. I replenished my wardrobe for
more civilized garments, and we began a
tour of the country together, he travelling
as my servant. I had a big stake at my
back, put up by some sporting men in San
Antonio, and the way we raked in the
shekels was a caution. We visited every
prominent city in the country, and next
summer we are going to Europe. The
scheme is mine, but if you won't give it
away, I'll let you into the secret. The
character I assume is that of a wealthy
Texas cattle owner who is fond of a quiet
game of poker. I spend plenty of money,
put up at the finest hotels, and easily make
the acquaintance of gentlemen of means
and sporting proclivities. I usually let
them suggest a quiet little game of draw,
and I handle the cards squarely, simply
backing my judgment. After the game
has been in progress an hour or two,; and I
have lost several hundred dollars,- as I
usually manage to do, Amber comes upon
the, scene and hands me a note., which I
break open and read. Of course it's only
a dummy, but I pretend it is from a friend,
calling me to an immediate and important
business appointment. I excuse myself to
the gentlemen, who, having won a little of
my money, are sorry to see me go, and
seem perplexed. The appointment 1 am
obliged to keep will only necessitate a half
hour's absence, I hate to break up the
game, and all that sort of thing, and sud
denly turn to Amber :
"'William,' I say, 'can you play po
ker?" " 'Little, sah.'
- " 'Gentlemen.' I continue, turning to
the company, ' this is my servant, William,
as faithful and trustworthy a nigger as
ever a man had.'
"At this William chuckles and grins
and looks as simple as possible, for the
gentlemen all eye him critically. I pro
ceed :
" ' It is necessary, gentlemen, that
keep this business appointment, but I'll be
gone less than a half hour, and in the
meantime, if you have no objection, I'll let
William play my hand.'
" Of course they do not object, and Wil
liam takes my place at the table. I lay i
big roll of notes down beside him, and, as
a parting caution, bid him not to lose all
my money. The gentlemen, who are be
ginning to feel the wine that I have or
dered up, laugh uproariously. I always
throw a word or two in about their being
shrewd poker players, which tickles their
vanity and blinds their eyes. William
gets stupid, and, when I leave, goes to
sleep over his cards, just as be did that
day when be robbed me at Murderville.
The gentlemen! put np all sorts of games
to win my money, and when they feel cer
tain they have everything fixed, William
wakes up, and fthey generally get up from
the table broke. They all know they have
been cheating and have been beaten at their
own game. Being gentlemen, they don't
kick, and I begin to lay for fresh suckers.
We have been making a cool $50,000
apiece every year since we started in, and
about two weeks ago William bought his
old master's plantation above Bayou Sara.
He's spending his vacation there, but we'll
meet next winner, speud a few months in
the Southern cities, and sail for Europe. I
tell you there's millions in that nigger."
THE MULE AND HIS WAYS.
Iessons n Nataral History-.
Dyersburg State Gazette,
I so".d Clay Porter some mules last fall,
and he inquired if a certain one would
jump. I told liim I never knew him to
march up to af fence with malice afore
thought and charge into a cornfield, but
pointed to a stooping tree that bent over
my fence, and told him, tender-footed ly,
that I had seen' him climb that tree and go
out on the limbs and swing off into the
field. I did not guarantee against jump
ing. This incident has set me to think
ing, and I know now that the mule is the
only animal that Noah didn't take into the '
ark with himj I have looked over the
freight list carefully, and could not see a
mule way-billed for any place. So clear
headed 'a man as Noah did not dare to take
one on board, as he knew he would kick a
hole through her in less than a week.
The origin of the mule is enveloped in a
good deal of mystery. Tradition informs
us that when the flood had subsided and
the ark had lain on Motrnt Ararat, Noah
was very much surprised ia one of his ob
servations to find a good healthy, mule
standing on this top of an adjoining moun
tain. The same tradition informs us that
the mule is the only animal that lived
through the flood outside the ark. The
mule can be considered in a great many
ways, but the worst place to consider him
is directly from behind, anywhere within
m radius of ten feet. I never consider a
mule from that point unless I am looking
through the flue of a boiler. The mule
has one more Leg than a milking stool, and
he can stand on one and wave the atber
three round in as many different direc
tions. He has only three senses hearing,
seeing, and smelling. He has no more
sense of taste than a stone jug, and will
eat anything that contains nourishment,
and he don't care two cents whether it
contains one per cent, or ninety. All he
asks is to pass him along his plate with
whatever happens to be handy round the
pantry, and he won't go away and blow
how poor the steak is. He just eats what
ever is put before him, and asks naquestions.
If I were to have a large picture of in
nocence to hang up in my parlor, and I
did not wish to sit for it myself, I should
get a correct likeness of a mule. There is
enough innocence in a mule's countenance
to fit out a Sunday-school class. It looks
as guileless as an angleworm. A mule
never grows old or dies; once brought into
existence, he continues on forever. The
original mule is now alive somewhere in
the South, and is named Bob Toombs, be
cause he is so stubborn. Mules are chiefly
found in the South and West. They have
been more abused than Judas Iscariot. A
boy who would not throw a stone at a mule
when he gets & chance would be consid
ered by his parents too.mean to raise. The
mule is a good worker, but he cannot bo
depended upon. He is liable to strike,
and when he strikes, a human calculation
fails to find out any rule by which to
reckon when he will go to work again. It
is useless to pound him, for he will stand
more beating than a sitting-room carpet.
- He has been known to stand eleven days
in one spot, apparently thinking of some
thing, and then start off again as though
nothing had happened. It used to be the
custom down South, when they had a sur
plus of small darkies on the plantation, to
send them out in the barnyard to play
where there was a loose mule. They al
ways bade them good-by when they start
ed out, for they were sure the parting
would be final,
You never can really know whether you
like a mule or not till you hear him sing. I
attended a muue concert at Chickamauga
during the war. The-wagon train was in.
front. The mules were starved for water, ;
The gallant Cleburne was protecting the'
rear. Thomas pressed him hard. The
music,or programme, opened with a sopra
no solo and then swung into a duet and
then pranced off into a trio, followed up
by a quartet, and ending with a full cho
rus of the' whole army train. I didn't hear
the whole thing, for when I came to, the
regimental surgeon was standing over me,
giving me powerful restoratives, and I
heard him say that I might possibly getout,
though I would never be a well man again.
I have been in places where it took nerve to
stand such as falling out of a three-story
window and have been through the New
York exchange and spent a day in a boiler
factory, and nave been on one or two Sun
day school excursions where tbe crowd
were all girls, but I never knew what noise'
was till I heard ft lot of army mules bray.
Every man now living who drove a mule
team during tbe war draws a pension.
I was near buying a mule once. 1 He was
a fine-looking animal. His ears stood up
like side spires on an Episcopal oharch.
His tail was trimmed down so that it look
ed like a tar brush leaning against him.
He was striped off like the American flag,
and Raphael'sicherubs never looked more
angelic than did that mule. He looked all
innocence, though he was in no sense. The
owner sat in his wagon, with his chin rest-,
ing on his hand and his elbow res tingn
his knee. In i the other hand he held a:
stick with a brad on the end of it. I ex
amined the mule and asked the man a few
questions, and out of mere form inquired
if the mule was kind, or if he ever kicked.
"Kind? Kick?" said the man, and these
were the last words he ever uttered. He
reached his stack over the front of, the
wagon and stuck the brad into that mule.
It was awful to see a man snuffed out as
quickly as ha was. ' That mule" simply
ducked his head, and then a pair of heels
flew out behind. There was' a crash, a fly
ing of splinters, and that was all, and the
next moment that mule and I stood alone,
my face coveted with astonishment two
feet deep, and his covered with part
of an old bridle. The next day I read aa
account in the telegraphic news of a show
erof flesh in Kentucky. I was the only man
that could explain that phenomenon, and
I did not dare to lest I should be implicated
in the affair with the other mule. I have
seen death in knany forms, but don't, rec
ollect of ever'seeing a funeral gotten up
-with less pomp and display than on this
occasion. . If jl had my choice to work a
nitro-glycerine factory or take care of a
mule, I should go to the factory as, in
case of an explosion there would be more
possibility ofj friends finding some me
mentoes of me with which to assuage their
grief. A very small piece of me would"
lighten a very, big sorrow.