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SANFORD. NORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16,1889.
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WHAT 'GENERAL MAHQNE SAYS.
is
Philadelphia Xtujuirer Jtirhtnond Special.
Ringing General Mahone’s door
bell this afternoon 1 was asked by
the General's usher to walk down
into his business office. In a tow*
i ■ pitched gloomy room with many
? tables and gns burners sat two • or
1 three private secretaries reading
hovels and a dozen or more political
followers chatting. I had been told
by representatives of the local psess
that the Republican candidate- for
• Governor rarely . over accords an
~ interview for publication. A mes
- longer carried tip my card and scon
returned with the invitation to walk
tip into the library, f
“The general Was taking a snack,”
the messenger said, but would see
me presently. After waiting some
«■ time in a mahogany trimmed room
... well stocked with books, I arose to
greet the Republican leader as he
entered from his dining room dress
ed as so often caricatured, showing
, a greaf expanse of shirt front and
wearing his regulation^ white ^pjd
fashioned big collar, slouch hat and
patent leather pumps. Malione
looked the picture of the grotesque^
and but for his pumps he would
, have, passed for any easy condition
ed fanner. „
Still (n the Ring and Doing Bush
ness at the Old Stand.
% m,
“General JMuhohe^' I said, “did
you think yon would ever be a Re
publican when you were an aspirant
for governor in the Democratic par
ty in lffm".- " ^
“.No, indeed," be said laughingly.
“I was a Bourbon
“Were you prepared for your de
feat on Monday ?.” ,
"Well, 1 knew what wqa'<gau;g
On, but I did not know exactly how
far the Democratic machine was go
ing to work." .
“Do you regard the election held
yesterday as fair?"'
• “Y-e-s. The fairest ever held in
Virgnia." This very sarcastically.
Here General Mahone dilated upon
Democratic methods, claiming that
he had lost heavilv by the purging
process and by the manipulation of
- the ballot-boxes. He claimed bo
would have been elected by 20,000
had there been a fair election.! ;
“Do you think, general; that the
big majority yesterday means Demo
cratic supremacy for everP"
“It would look so, but the people
will become disgusted and there will
be a change some day. I tell you
what the result will do. It will in
vite Congressional action." •
_“What is your idea of National
jurisdicution P" - • i
"Why, I believe that Congress
will adopt a law giving the National
Government full supervision of Con
gressional elections in the States
Only in this way can we ever expect
, fair elections in the South."
“The kicking Republicans at^ue
that you will have to surrender/Jour
Republican leadership in Virginia
since you have been so overwhelmly
defeated. What have you to say on
this point P" I asked.
Ho chuckled significantly aud re
plied: “I am chairman of the Re
publican party in Virginia until the
jftext State convention and death or
resignation would be the only way 1
could be got rid of. I. will live to be
a 100 and it will.be a cold day before
I resign. Who ore the kickers hud
bow many are there?!* .
\ The general J,lion proceeded to
answer the question by enumerating
the kickers on nine fingers. “There
are only niue," ho said,"in the whole
lot. Thu kickers nmount, you see,
'. to nothing. 1 will continue to lend
. < the Republican party for many years
to couio, as I consider that my ’ pa
^ triotio duty.” 4
“It was said that the national
'■*- committee furnished you with f200,
OOO to run the campaign."
“Well, if they did l have never
Seen it. I gtinss it must ...have been
“f- awitehed off to Ohio or some other
g closer State."
^ “How about your aspirations for
the Vice-PreBulensyf" 'r
' “1 do not believe that the . Repub
Heart party lias lost its; senses, and
until it does there will never be a
Southern man on the ticket. John
8. Wise broke from me because I
took him down a peg on that very
question. In 1888, sitting in . this
library, he asked me if I wanted to
be Vice-President, and I told him
'No, and if I did, I couldn’t get it.’
He' thon'.suid he would pu t in for it
himself. I ridiculed him" For his
presumption, and he never, got over
jt. John ’Wise, yon know, is full of
gosh. fie lacks the balance wheel
and a heavy one at that."'
In the course.of the conversation
General Mahone laughingly explain
ed why ne always subscribed himself
“Mahone, Virginia." r=<;
“It is my old Virginia coneeit. I
was a rampant secessionist and
wanted to - smash the Union. I
imagined that Virginia was every
thing, and hence dropped all .other
local designation.”
— General Mahone declared -that he
had not read but one book since the
war, and that was “General Dick
Taylor’s Reminiscences.” “I have
not even looked at a newspaper," he
said, “for a year. I have hever even
seen a copy of my organ, called the
tariff something or other—School
and Tariff AtJjocate.” _
In conclusion -General Mahone
said there was lots of fun in politics,
and that he expected to be doing
business at the same old stand in
the y ear 1900.
A Republican Opinion of Hat risen.
Sat Hathaway in Indianapolis ladeptttul
•*. -V..' cut*. ..
He is a pbenortaenallj singular
man, and his like, in many respects)
can hardly be found in aR the wide
world. 41e is contrary to ostenta.
tiou.yet his right hand is kept welt
informed what his left doetk. Nowt
in all vonr study of the humah heart
and kuman actious, added evidence
has come to y ou of the truth of the
adage, that “there is a responsive
chord in every human heart if it only
be touched,” meaning, of course
that there is no piece of human an
atomy SO thoroughly and perfectly
frigid that it 3 does" not sometimes
uieit to pity. Search the inner life
of all with whom you may.. come in
contact, from the newsboy, who rises
in the'morning with; the ' barn.yard
fowls and gives echo to the crow of
its dominant and defiant cock with
his monotonous cry of "Journal and
Sentinel" to the judge on the bench
and the jnror who has the life of his
fellow in his keeping, and you will
hardly discover a single individual
who has not at some time spoken a
kindly word to his weaker fellow,
or done a generous act at the prompt
ing of the above mentioned respon
sive chord. But here is a man,
clothed with intellectual superiority
and moral character, who cannon t
be accused of ever having turned
aside from the cold path of his life
to help and encourage his fellow by
either word or deed. Poverty-strick
en young attorneys have. struggled
manfully up at the bar where he
has been itt daily practice; some of
his acquaintances have fallen from
wealth to want, whilst others have
battled against formidable difficul
ties towards the hope star they could
hardly expect tareaeh, and battling
they have faltered and faded and
gone under a sea of troubles, aud
yet this man, strange as it may seem
has never been known to offer, a
or
Biiiaty worn oi encouragement
lead a helping hand. He is not un
known to publio charities, in fact ho'
has given quite freely to them, and
we repeat, ha is not ostentatious to
any degree, yet wherever and when
ever he has given to charity you will
find that the lawyer's instinct, that
looks to the preserving of proofs,
has governed the act., for opposite the
figures that represent his giving in
all cases yon will find written in a
clear and legible hand, Benjamine
Harrison r' * j_
rAmoa Gumming’* Big Majority. .
ktrk Prut, . ‘ . 's"' :
Amos Cummings is considerable
pf a fellow. He had 15,470 majori
ty over his opponent of Congress,
out of n total vote of 15,104, The
otlier fdlow wfis n Prohibitionist,
and ho got only 24 votes,. ,_
/ESOP’S FABi-ES.
Revised and Improved and Brought
Down to Date.
IVashlMffton Jhniorrrft.
THE FOX AND THE 6T0BK.
A New England Fox, engaged in
transforming an Infant Industry in
to a Vested Right, having invited
a Pennsylvania Stork, to dine * with
him, the twy friends sat down to a
Copious Supply of Raw Material in
a dish with Low Tariff sides. The
Fox ate freely thereof, but the
Stork derived no benefit from the
Banquet, because was not budt that
way, and having nothing but
t Thought for Food, he Was compell-'
ed to treat his host’s Spread as Food
fqr Thought.- The next day the;
Fox, in turn, dined with the Stork,
who served delicoijis Raw Material
in a dish .with very High Tariff sides.
With his long Bill for the Protec
tion of Pennsylvania Storks; the’
Thoughtful Bird was enabled to
Feed himself Abundantly, while the
disappointed Fox deplored thejGrce
diness which had led him to set a
Rad Example. ^ ; v, _
■ . This Fable teaches us that New
: England Manufacturers slipuld have
joined the Democratic party last
.November. * __
IHJB TWO MAJffUFACTC'REKS AND THE
Two Manufacturers started for the
Home Market Town on the back of
an Ass, which they had Borrowed of
their Neighbors, and which they
called Protection because it protect
ed them from the exertion of walk
ing. But their Neighbors complain
ed that they had to Walk while the
Manufacturers Rode, and they said
it was more Just that Two should
carry. One than' that One ‘ shou Id
carry Two; The Manufacturers
made Many Changes in their-- Ar
rangements in their ■ Endeavors to
Please then- Neighbors, rather than
give up the Ass, and the Ultimate
Result was that they took the Ass
upon their Shoulders, and under
this Heavy Burden they staggered
into Town. One of the Manufactur
ers remarked to his companion . that
it would have been better if They
had started out on Foot.
This Fable teaches us that while
a Tari ff for Manufacturers Only is
a great Convenience to them, a Tar
iff that is Designed to Please All
becomes vqry Burdensome to the
Manufacturers. ,‘
THE WOLF AND THE SMITH.
A Noble Wolf was indulging in
ins Favorite Occupation of Contem
plating his Reflection in the Pacto
lean stream of his Country’s Treas
ury, when his Pleasure 'was inter
rupted by the Turbidness of the
Water. Looking down the stream
hesaw a little- Smith that had
just rakfed §1,^36 out of the Cut-,,
rent,- Running to him Jbe angrily
demanded of him why he befouled
the Beautiful Stream with his Un
seemly, lie-rating. '“It is hot I,"
said the little Smith, “who disturb
your Reflections; it is that big Smith
up there' who got at this Soft Snap
a long time hrfore I did, who had
Cavorted around in it till ho had
dug $(5,000 out. of ’the glitter
ing Sands.” The Noble Wolf glan
ced at the Smith who was much
Higher Up and recognized in him a'
Personal Friend. Then he said to
the little Smith, "To protect this
Stream I have, decided to. ■ destroy
some Sjuith, rihd I prefer to Des
pacth you,” which he did at once.
This Fable teaches us that when
dealing with a Chump it is' a great '
advatage to be a Chiim, - ■ i -
TBX WOW AND THH LAMB. i~i
An- emaciated Wolf from the
Pruirios-of Illinois, who hod not
lind a Mouthful of Patronage ^inoe
he Could Remember, and who was
fooi-spro from much Running after
Judge Gtesbtuu; vr«w limping sud*
suddenly past a. Conspicuous Edifice
when a jneasley* little Lamb on the
Hoof Jo wed him and applied Con*
tumelious E|>ithets»to Him. The
Wolf Retorted with some bitterness,
"It is net you who Deride me; it is
the Roof pi the. White House.whose
Shelter you secured quite as Much
| to your own Surprise as to my Dig
gust." '■.
This Fahle teaches us how much
Greater a Coigne of Vantage is than
the person upon whom a Frolicsome
Fortune sometimes Confers it.
TIUC RUSTIC AMD THE 8REPEHT.
! A Pennsylvania Rustic encoun
tered a Snake in the Grass which
was absolutely dying to get into
Politics, and believing that ha
could Hypothecate the Natural
History Specimen for the Money
that he Needed in his Efforts to save
the Country from Corrupt men,.the
Rustic picked Up the Snake and laid
him in his Bosom. When the in
fluence of His surroundings had
Warmed the Snake into a Comfort
able state of activity, and his Asso
ciation inspired him with the Idea
that he was a Great Politician,-, the
Ophidian plunged an envenomed
.Philadelphia Postmaster into Jthe
Vitals of his Benefactor. -
This Fable teaches us , that Re
publicans are Ungrateful.;;
- The Solid South.
Jfeiti Herne Journal. -—*i
the
Again the attempt to break
S::uth has failed.
When tiro enemies of the South
attempted to draw her sons from
their allegiance through the influ
ence of foreign emisseries they fail
ed, and in their dillerpma conceived
the idea of seducing some trusted
Lieutenant oft he South who could
play the part- of Judas and se
cure their end.
First Lougstreet was sele^ed, and
in bitterness of spirit ho fotuid that
the heroic men “who had followed
him on a hundred battle fields, could
not be led in revolt against the
South. Then Jhey 'trill* TiraKone,
his failure is more conspicuous than
that of Lougstreet. turd if he has a
decent respect for the opinions of
mankind he will follow that exam
ple of bis prototype and- go out and
bang himself. V
. The South is now as she has ever
been since she laid down her arms
at Appomattox. '
With no regre^J^Jier action,
with no humiliating phJyer for par
don she accepts the situation and
dedicates herself to the common
welfare under tbs Constitution and
the Union.
Self-respect and self-preservation
demand her solidity. So long as
she is confronted with a race issue
that threatens her civilization and
domestic peace, she will stand as
solid as a stone wall in defence of
Anglo-Saxon supremacy, social or
der and local self-governnent.
Nor is this all. Federal legisla
tion, for more than a quarter of a
century,- has been averse to- tire in
terests of the South and unfriendly
to her development. . _
Should the time'come when sec
tionalism shall be numbered with
the things that were, and the cen
tralizing tendencies of the govern
ment sha(l g’ve place to ' a broad
and conservative nationality that'
will hold North Carolina' and Mass
achusetts as equal States in the
Union, this solidity may resolve to
unite again at the first approach of
langer- -—--- -——
The present indications are that
the South will remain solid, and the
ap-eat West became her ally. With
no disturbing elements to separate
diem, with a community of «inter
ists springing from similarity of
industrial pursuits, it requires no
prophetic ken to anticipate a union
if the South and West that - will
laminate this continent.
Maiione the Outcast.
fUch*HQU& Timt-.I. ; . V ~
One of the most remarkable of the
ninor featuroe of the late election
vnathe fact that the pretensions of
tfahone were rejected not - only by
iia native State as a whole, but also
ty theeitiyiu which he twMflfr by
he city in which he was born, iyid
ibovo all, the precinct within the
Kmudaries of which he firstsaw the
ight. It is no exaggeration of lan
guage to' refer to him' now as .the.
mtenet, for at this moment ho is an
i lit east in every sense of .that terri
ile wortl. '
A DOUBLE TRAGEDY.
a White Lady and her Little Grand,
son Murdered: in Johnston County.
Newt atul Observer.
Passengers who came in on thf
train from the east yesierdaj
brought news of a “horrible nffaii
which cbme to light jn. Johnstof
county, near^ Selma, 1 yesterday
morning. Mrs. Celia Brown, to
gether with her little grandson,
were living about four miles from
Selma. Yesterday morning it was
discovered that they had both been
murdered the night before and t heir
bodies dragged - to a branch some
distance away from the house.
When the train left Selma yester
day evening no clue to the mystery
had been secured, end preparations
were in progress for holding a coro
ner’s inquest.
Mrs. Brown was 60 years of age
and her grandson .was aged about £
years. The murder is supposed tc
have been committed with a shot
gun And the bodies dragged^ to the
branch for concealment after the
deed Was done. No motive.can be
assigned for the foul act, els the ole
lady was much respected by hei
neighbors and had lived alone foi
Sometime with her grandson ir
apparent security. It is rumorec
that the murder may have beer
eommitteed to present Mrs. Browr
from appearing as a witness agaiusl
Shad Pike, a negro charged with at
tempting rape on a young womai
ih the vicinity sometime ago. Pik<
is now in jail at Selma awaiting trial
Hodge vs. the Railroads.
A good deal of interest has cen
tered in the '‘‘Railroad Penal tj
Saits” brought last summer return.
Sble to October term of Wake Su
perior Court, by. Dr. W. ,T. Hodge
of Wake county, to recover the pen
alty of $500 imposed by statute up
on every railroad failing to rendei
in 1888 the report required by the
code, all of the defendant railroad
companies (forty in number) . filed
demurrers, claiming that If a right
of action had accrued to any one
at all, it had accrued to the State and
not to W. T. Hodge.
Tin* case against the Capo Fear &
Yadkin Valley Railway company,
says the News and Observer, being
first called. Messsis. Spier Whitaker
and A. Jones appeared for the plain
tiff, axid Messrs. Strong, Gray &
Stamps represented the defendant
company. The other railroad .com
panies were represented by their re
spective attorneys and |pade com
mon causa with the Cape Fear &
Yadkin Vailey Railroad Company.
Mr. Whitaker moved for judgment
on the ground that, as he claimed,
the demurrer was “frivolous” and
in a lengthy and able speech sup
ported his claim.' Judge G. V.
Strong in. a clear and vigorous
speech led the argument for the de
fendant company, and was followed
by Col. Fuller and Mr. Batchelor
for the Seaboard System of Rail
roads, Col. Hinsdale for the Palmet
to Road, C. M. Busbee for the Rich
mond & Danville Roads, A. W.
Haywood for the Wilmington &
Weldon Ratlroadf'
- The argument consumed about
four hours. Judge. Armfield refus
ed to hold the demurrer to be frive
lous, and the cases go over to the
February term when the demurrer
will bo argued and determined on
its merits. ; ' ^ ;
The amount involved in the vari
ous suits aggregates r $40,000—a
nice plum for Ur. Hodge and his at
torneys—-if they get it..
Mrs Vance s Subject.
At. the Charlotte banquet. Gov.
Fowle and Senator Vanco spoke.
Vfuica, apiong other things, as re
ported in the Chronicle, suid:
"He said that he had long known
iww: subject towoman, but M «vOs
borue’a.cuse wua a surprise to him;
it was his first experience of a wo
man being tho subject of a man,
(laughter). It was not so at his
house, (laughter).
Then the Senator concluded, with
the assurance of the Irishman at ji
campmeeting that though not a
Methodist he was aVlimmycrat.’ "
The Charlotte Democrats cele
brated the late victories in Indepen
dence Square. Gov. Fowle ledpoff
and was followed by Mr. C. W. Til
lett, Cpl. Jones, Mr. Chrisitian—and
others. Gen. Barringer was loudly
called lo^ gEeia, reported thus in
the lively Chronicle-. ' >
“The general said, strictly speak
ing, he had never been a Democrat,*
though he fought with Democrats \
during the war; After the war he
tried to reconcile differences* so that
white and colored would have receiv
ed their rights but he failed. “But
a man arose, Grover Cleveland, and
and I believe, so help me God, that
he made the best President we - have
ever had since the days of George
Washington, and he had been im
partial to white and colored men,
and brought peace and prosperity to
got the greatest :
evening.”
of the
What Has He to Be Thankful For?
National Jfetnocral.
Mt. Benjamin Harrison did well
to issue hia 'Thanksgiving proclama
tion before the election of Tuesday
last. If hb had delayed it for a week
perhaps would not have felt ' like
publisking.it at all. .
What has he to be thankful for?
Does he rejoice oyer the annihila
tion of his man Mahone in Virgi
, nia? ... ’ - . . .
Does he feel thankfu1 for the
downfall of his friend Foraker in
Ohio?
Does it make him grateful to the
■ almighty to know that Senator
Payne’s successor will be a Demo
crat? ,i
' ' Does: no see anything to make
, him chant a gladsome hymn in the
grand overturn in Iowa? '
Does the Democratic triumph ~it\
New York make him wish to give
thanks to God or man?
Does the Democratic victory in
New Jersey arouse sweet emotions
in his beauty?
Does the reduced republicans ma
jority in Macssachusetts make the
Thanksgiving season to him a sweet
and holy time. .
What is there, anywhere, fwe
should like to know, to make this
gentleman thankful. .
Even the _ Presbyterian doctrine
of predestination is liable to lose its
power over the presidential soul, in
a time like this.
Sack cloth and ashes would seem
to be the fitting habiliments- of a
party leader who leads his party
up to such' results as those of Tues
day last.
Benjamin Harrison will. do well
to devote the National holiday to
silent prayer and self-examination.
That is what he needs, and what
will do him good.
Janausehek the Actress.
iriiminffton
Janauschek is by alt comparison
the greatest player of character we
ever saw on the stage from 1847 to
to 1880, when for. the last time we
witnessed a play. She is regarded in
Europe and .in this country by the
best critics as the greatest actress in
‘fifty years. One fine critic and au
thor, Leland, says after seeing her
in her prime, Rachel, greatest of
French actresses seemed tame. As
Lady Macbeth, Lady Dedlock, Maria
Stuart (Queen of Scots) and Kath
erine, she was tremendous, as it im
pressed as. We never saw her
Phaedra, Queen Elizabeth, Iirunn
hilde and Meg Merrilies, all famous,
wonderful personations. She has
been playing Meg Merrilies in Bos
ton, where New England's greatest
actress, Charlotte Cushman, delight
ed so many in that character in the
past. The Boston Post says of Jan
auscbek's acting: .:
- “The role of 8cott’s famous gypsy
is the most recent of Mmo. “Janaus
chk’s impersonations, but we have
more than once testified to its sur
passing merit, and little can now be
sard beyond, repeating the praises be
stowed two years ago. * * But
gesture, tone- and action are now
'j-rv- •'
t • Jgi,.
bent and broken to suit with those'
of thegypey hog'whose years or#'
more than three-score and ten. •
Through this outward guise must be |
shown a hautre that is at once proud
and tender; the hag, the sibyl, and
the woman with one absorbing sen
timent and purpose, must be united' '.s
in the TMwie,: dramatic ' personality ; '
what Mme. Jananschok's achieve
ment is tii: the role does not now
need to be repeated in detail; Meg
Merrilies in her rendering is to a
great degree a character part, played
on the highest lines possible to such:
an Undertaking; and it is worth note*
too, that, Meg MerrUies, along with* i
many wholly tragic elements, is ■
more a character part than any other .
in the round of Mme. Janauschek’s ::
impersonations that now recalls ^ it
self, except Lady Dedlock'e maid,
Hortense"
$100,000 far JohnsHopKinssB
Baltimobb, NoV. 8.—The True- |
tees of the Johns Hopkins Univer
sity were sumtitoned to the (Sty ,
Hall this morning by Mayor Lat
robe. When they were seated the
the Mayor announced that he had . :
been instructed by Mrs Caroline :;
Donovan-, of Baltimore widow of a
New York merchant, to presen to the J
University a check for $100,000-'
Mrs, Donovan expresses a preference ,,
that it be used to a chair of English
literature, though, if the Trustees .
see fit to make other use of the mon--~
ey, they may act according to their
best judgment. Ex-Judge Qeorge
Dobbin, President of the Board of
Trustees, after a conference with ;J
the Board, announced that they no-. :
cepted the money as a sacred trust
to found a chair of English liters-,
tar. Mrs. Donovan is eighty-six ,,
years of age, and made this money .
herself by fortunate invesments. ;
She had already provided for all h«. %
blood relatives, and thus made1 her
generous gift without Causing fami
ly jealousies. v '
. A*Blg Gold Find. ,
Clartotte Chronicle. ' •'
News comes here to-day of a rick
gold find in Montgomery county by
Tebe Saunders. Last week he took
out 2,000 pennyweights, and sent
besides seven pounds of ^old ore to
the Charlotte mint. In one rocker
fetter of grit four ounces of gold -. ,,:
was found. The gold is in placers’"
grit, and is the richest ever found in-r
the State. Two peck-baskets full of ,
gold and specimens were taken out
of the mine yesterday. Tebe has
one hundred hands at Work, and
gets so much gold that no pretense
is made at weighing it except on ft
pair of grocer’s scales, or'to measure
it in a half pint cup to pay the roy
alty which is shared by the hand's:
Below the grit, small veins are
found that are more than half gold1.
There is no fraud about this, for
the gold should show for itself,,
arid it has created intense excite
ment. *■ ■■
Q. W, Smalley tolegraphs to tha'
New York Tribune as follower
‘Mr. .Spurgeon has again been
heard from, this time on the subject;
}f the Church of England Thera
ire, says Mr. Spurgeon, gracious mid
jodly men in the Church, yet it is
joing from bad to worse every day
svea celebrating High Mas#- with
Qishops Ioooking on, and no man
mows how far that pernicious sup
irstition may run-. It is the hour
lor Baptists take it quietly and the
Vrch bishop of Canterbury is still
Vrchbishop of Can terbury,” |
Bro. Jack Mills, of the Thomas*
ille Orphange, referring in Char
ty and Children, to a pleasant visit
rowMissJosie Batchelor, travel
ng agent far the Oxford Orphan'*
friend, says it is “very strange that
he young men allow her to remain
, bachelor.”' In another paragraph
e says: “Miss Mamie Hatchett
os goms to Nebraska to preside at
ho head of a table, Our young
ien ought. not to allow ft. little
lebruskn boy.to take hi# pick of
or girls,”
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