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"Prove all things; hold fast that whichis good."
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Vol. 6-
DUIMIM, IM. C, .JULY T, v 1897.
No;26.
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lj.;SK VOKMAN McK'.VY.
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v Ik mcoh light ;i- In- thought the
bank,.'
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Ami tlii- .iini'l e:ls ele-t js white
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Vim iikiv lie.ir.tionh faint and far.'
I'll.--Iirit k- of tli sailors lured to death
iiu ill.- i re;ie herus Nag's lleud bar.
What is News.,
Ktcrntly The Augusta Chron
le coiu.iiiicil ail intorosting ar.-
ticte on, 'W iiat is xewsr and
in rcly th(;ro to, it answered
his nu n query as follows :
News is anything that the
I general pub ie ought to know."
X vs eotisists of events that
arc cimer very .usual, or every
uiiusumI ." . '
'News is the daily record of
Iminan race put into cdn
v njeiit form for the public."
"News is the nanamora of
the .Avorld every twenty-four
hours iii embryo.".
."News is whatever the pub
lic will read a'nd pay for."
"News is' anything from
loiies' arrival in towii to tlje
nil in iiu cuquu:,
.".News is the truth concern
i ti u: men, nations and things.
Th.it is truth concerning thejn
whii h is lielpfulj or pleasant, or
iisrfnl, oi" necessary, for a read-
! to know."
While on this subject our con
teinjxirary refers to the practice
which people make of reques
ting that news concerning them
selves he left out of the paper.
They want all the news, but if
it is about themselves or those
connected with theni, they ask
that it be omitted, but if it is
;ihom other people they like to
"sr it in print . In other words,
"if tli e news is about us leave it
"in ; .if .about the other fellow?
print it
and be sure to give the
I IH I sjorv
Tins is about the idea which
many convey to the newspaper
I'l'in. and there is hardly a day
that some request along the
'hove line is not made of the
lai I newspapers.
It never occurs probablv that
the
requests are
embarrassing
... i
me newspaper men,
'he same it is. As the'
but all
phroni-
"itserves, "when it comes to
culogv and llatterv, however
eserved and extravagant,
these "people are read enough
lo si'e that-in print ; and it is as
nniislung how much it takes to
s;itis'v rke'm. As long as it is
smishine they will say publish
u hy all means, but when a
shadow comes their way ; when
'hey violate law ; when the as
"ct in which the' will appear
.'"'fore ttfe public is. not compli
m' jitary. then at once the' say :
''Kee p it out of the papers,"
litis is liiin4'in nntni'P ' Rllt
should
ac(-f,i,.
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a . newspaper publisher
to the reouest? Is he
baling fairly with those who
l'y fr the news? these are
'liK'stions that persons who re
flUt st the. suppression of , legiti
mate neWs items should consid-er-'
Norfolk Virciuian.
The wreckers of the Ameiv
ican National Bank at. New Or
leans, president and cashier,
were last week "sentenced to
eight years each in the United
States penitentiary. Prompt
prosecution and conviction of
bank defaulters will have a ten
dency to lessen the failure of
banks. f
No increase in the revenue
on tobacco will be made by the
Dnrgley tariff bill the old rate
of six cents a mmnd will re-
main. Cotton bagging and cot
ton ties will remain on the free
list. White pine lumber will
be taxed at .U.OO ner 1000
feet.
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President McKinley has
been at the head of the govern
ment now 120 days and Fourth
ssistant rostmaster ijrenerai
Bristow has severed the official
heads of more than 8,000 fourth.
class postmasters with his -re-
publican axe during this time.
It is said that he is beating any
predecessor in the number of
removals and; appointments to
office. ;
Shipping fruit from Cali
fornia to Europe is getting to be
quite an industry. The fr.uit is
shipped in cars across ''the con
tinent to New York' thence by
steamer to London and Liver
pool. The first shipment this
season was six . carloads started
from Sacramento last Tuesday
night for , London which place
the shippers expected to reach
in twelve days.
benator Mills, ot liixas,
introduced an amendment to
the tJirift' hill Saturday placing
a tax of 20 cents a pack on playing-cards,
which was accepted
by the Senate. This tax .will
raise considerable revenue to
the government. It is an in
crease of ItS cents per pack, the
tax under the Wilson bill being
2 cents per pack. This is a tax
well. placed and should be adopt
ed by the House when the bill
goes to it for concurrence..
.
Building and Loan Asso
ciations in Kentucky -are'--seemingly,
having, a rough time, of
late in that State. Only a short
while ago the largest Associa
tions in the South with head
quarters at' Knoxville, Tenn.,
went into the hands of receivers,
and how comes Louisyille with
four assignments in three days
last week of the largest Associa
tions in that citv, and still Con-o-ress
is debating the -tariff and
revenue and not doing anything
to restore confidence in the
money market. -
Postmaster General Gary
is the only member'of President
McKinley's cabinet that is from
the South and he being from
Maryland is not a Southerner
to hurtbut he has knowledge
of the South enough to know
that the people down here don't
wan,t negroes for postmasters,
lie is quoted as saying that no
negro would be appointed to
any postbffice where there had
never been a negro postmaster.
He said it was "a social as well
as a political matter and that
he would not inllict on any com
munity a colored postmaster,
provided it had .never had one
The city of New York has
een excited for the past week
over one of the most brutal and
fiendish murders known in the
the catalogue of crimes.- Parts
of the body of a man was found
floating in the river.C The legs,
arms and "head I were severed
from the body and hip! in dif
ferent places. The head has
nor yeioeen, loumi x,. pui-
. . - a. i rru
tions of tlie body tound nave
been identified as the remains
of a man Darned Guldensuppe
who lived with a woman named
Nack. The police jhave arrest
ed the woman and the circum
stances tend to show;, that .she is
the perpetrator of the crime.
If 'ou want to get t
ie home
UN'S; COLUMN.
Items of Interest to the La
dies, FURNISHED BY OUR
Correspondent.
GRACIOUSNESS
NER.
OF MAN-
Every woman in the world
would like to possess a gracious
and pleasing manner, but the
impression seems to prevail that
such things comes, as Dodberry
thought reading and writing
1 -V . , a. a. f
did, by nature." To some in
deed, it is given to have a win
ning sweetness of presence, and
a tact that knows when" and
how to say the word in season
but lacking this natural endow
ment much can be done to! cul
tivate an agreeable manner. '
The , first requisite' tovards
making one's self agreeable is
unselfishness. Try to remem
ber that the one absorbing topic
of interest to every one is them
selves, their houses, their ser
vants, 4 their children. No one
is everbored so lonjg as you en
courage them to converse freely
and unstrainedly about them
selves. When it - comes to" lis
tening to you, that, as Mr.'
.Killing would justly observe,
is quite another story. A clev
er woman of the world, a wo
man with infinite tact and vast
ly popular, once confessed that
the' only person she had. ever
met who Was really interested
in hearing about her own af
fairs, what she thought and
felt, was her mother. J
The fascinating woman,
which is another way of saying
the woman with agreeable man
ners, is never "the woman who
drags the family skeleton from
its closet. She does not be
grudge paying a friend a compli
ment. Slie acts like a tonic on
those about her, stimulating
them to healthy and cheerful
enjoyment of the world.
One of the chief charms about
her is that she understanlls the
art of letting people be mista
ken. She does not fancy that
it is her duty to set ithe (world
aright. If her husband says
he cjime home; at 4 o'clock she
does not say : "No ; it was
3 :55." If a guest says that
Shakespeare wrote the " Psalms
of Life," she lets it go that
way. She does not point out
to her friends who has bought
a ready-made gown on the sup
position that she .was economiz
ing that she might have j had a
tailor-built frock for the same
money. , . j
There is no other such intol
erable nuisance in society as
, the woman who is always set
ting people right. She has all
the dates in history at Her fin
gers' ends. She is always cor
recting, us, and worse luck, she
is always" aggravatinglv right.
The agreeable woman! takes
the trouble to -'think out the
subjects other people are most
interested in. She realizes that
nothing is more exasperating to
a .specialist, for instance, than
to meet with some one who
tries to inform him on
he has sjient years in studying,
and nothing more subtly flat
tering than to have others ap
peal to him for information on
a topic on which he feels him
self an authority.
So great and potent are the
charms of an agreeable manners,
so far do they go towards mak
ing or marring one's success in
life, the subject is worthy of the
most serious consideration bv
every woman. Not only should
she cultivate agreeaWe manners
herself, but she should see that
the foundation of good manners
should be laid in the nursery
not only the decencies jof life
but the graces should be taught
to every child as soon as they
are able to understand anything.
In one well-regulated nursery
known to the . writer the chil-
, receive a thinir that
. , . . ftr;
is asked for in a cross orj impa
tient voice. A common expres
sion is ' 'when you ask for it
pleasantly, I will get it for you,"
and it is needless to say that
sour looks and sulkiness are an
unknown quantity in that home.
More than, that the children so
taught graciousness of looks
and speech from their very
babvhood will ro out into the
world like rays of v sunshine to
be eagerly welcomed by all.1 A
wise mother can srive her chil-
dren no better talisman than
gracious manners to carry with
them in their journey through
life. -Picayune.
HOW TO SUCCEED.
If you speak the right word
at the right' time; if you are
careful to leave a good impres
sion ; if you do not trespass up
on the rights of others if you
always think of others as well
as yourself ; if you do not for
get the courtesies which belong
to your position, you are quite
sure to accomplish much in life
which others with equal abili
ties fail to do. .This is .where
the race is not to the swift. -.nor
the battle to the" strong. It is
where you make people feel
that you are unselfish and hon
orable and truthful and sincere.
This is what society is looking
for in hieh and it is. astonishing
how much men are able to win
forself-respect and usefulness
who possess these qualities of
good breeding. It is almost the
turning point of success in prac
tical life. People wHl not, in
long run have about them per
sons who make themselves of
fensive, and they yield position
and influence quickly and grace
fully to persons who make
themselves useful in a genial
way. This is thepoint where
friends are at once most forgiv
ing and most exacting.; They
.will-overlook great neglects if
they can.be assured of the lov
ing heart behind the outward
sight ; but the moment you do
rude things in a rude spirit and
with personal coldness and self
ishness the friends make the
bitterest enemies. It may be
set down as a rule that one -can
never afford not to be a gentle-
TT . " 1 a
man. it is best to learn tins
rule early and practice it late.
it is not Ayell to say mean things
of another, because in most ca
ses you will have to take back
iill in bitterness of heart when
he does vou an unexpected fa-
vor. It is not wise to treat any
one brusquely, because you can
not always judge a bird by 'the
feathers it has on. It, is not
well to look down on anybody,
because the ) time mav come
when he ill ay look down on you.
There is a certain selfhood in
every one that should be respec
ted. We have no right to in
fringe upon it. It is not a
mere conventional rule; it is
something in the nature, of
things, that you should always
show a delicate regard for
others. One who does not . fail
here is never known utterly to
fail elsewhere. ,
sympathy.
A little word from a warm heart
to a fellow-being burdened with
care, or sorrow,, how sweet it
is ! It is not from joyous, un
tried youth whence we may ex
pect sympathy, but it comes as
a reward to one who has learn
ed to "suffer and be strong."
It is a reward, a rich gift, for
ubjects'rt brings its possessor the sweet
satisfaction of an unselfish de
sire to help others ; and when
to desire is added an accom
plished deed, then reward is a
fact and a blessenl one. Like
mercy its quality" is not strained
''but blesses, him that gives and
him that seeks."
There never 'was a man or
woman so selfreliant, but what
at some time the touch of this
divine well-spring of humanity
would not have been sweet and
helpful. Thet cynic and hermit
are made of the material which
has not been permeated or-
made malleable by sympathy
Christ himself longed for it, as.
He showed by His "cjoiild ye
not watch one hour?"' in sad
but gentle rebuke to the disci
pies whom He took into Geth
semane. He also possessed in
a measure, which riopJiuman be
ing ever can attain ; and He
gave it unstintedly, ..always,
everywhere. Even when suf
fering the cruel pangs of the
Cross, He recognized the agony
in his mother's face and with
that last touch of loving
thoughtfulness said -.-"Woman
behold thy son !" Then saitli
He to the disciple, "Behold thy
mother !"
FLIES.
Flies ! Flies. ! - Flies !
Like the cloiiids that rise
Far in th slyies.
Floa t i ng; i ny ri ad ,
Humming, drumming myriad,
Would you were buried "
In the far blue sea,.
Far, far from me ;
Buried deep down in the sea !
Buried to rise no more,
Never to see the shore,
Nor hum as before.
Dp you not hear me?
Should you not fear me,
(oming so near me?
Know that for relief .
I'll take a handkerchief
And drive you all to grief.
Thrash you and drive you away
Beyond the light of the day
Where shadows forever stay ;
r . -
And where you will stay too,
Scattered eold in the dew
For the deeds that you do.
i . . y
Then, no longer tormented,
No longer prevented
I'll sit down contented, '
Beneath the skies azure
And write out with pleasure
Your elegy's measure.
Write of your crimes,
And how many times
You spoiled my rhymes.
Write of your badness,
And tell without sadness
Tell it with gladness.
The victory's won '
The flies are done ;
Killed, every one.
Nor for your elation ;
Give a word of laudation,
Torments of the nation !
II. C. in Rowland Times
Pictures on Bank NotW.
An old woman in Scotland
was living in abject poverty.
Her neighbors thoug h t- it
strange, knowing that she had
a son in America reputed to be
in comtortabie circumstances.
One day one of them ventured
to ask her about the matter.
! "Does your son ever send you
any money r
"Ao. reluctantlv answered
mother ; but eager to defend
liim against the implied "charge
qf forgetfulness and ingratitude,
she added, "But he writes me
nice longletters and sends me
pretty pictures in almost every
one of them." -
"Where are these pictures?"
queried the visitor ; "may I see
one of them?" And the. old
woman went to the , old
Bible, and there between ; the
leavesjay the "pictures" tjuit
her son had bee,n sending from
America through all these
vears.
What were they? Nothing
more nor less than bank notes
each for a considerable amount.
During all (his timeuf need the
woman had under hand a sum
of money suffcient to satisfy her
every want, and she did not
know of it. She had looked at
the pictures ; they had been to
her reminders of her far-off son
and evidence that he had not
forgotten her, and that was all.
Exchange. t
Cutlet Aeil I.
laiuerKon nl Horn
cr's
The Oxford
Ledger
of yes-
erday, m referring to the clos-
m nvoi'iicai! nr Hripnni e Cfliuil
HILL I.AV A a . IV L. A.V-'a liv a. . 7 OVWi,
pays
the
following deserved
compliment to a
ho : Messenger.
Wilmington
: "All the declaimers and
sayists did splendidly as is
es-al-
Wvays the case with the iiorner
cadets,: but conspicuously meri
torious was the declamation of
V V"
mington,N. C. His subject
was the 'Dream of Clarence,
,,
I : I fi T-a"i n fa
and this young man spoke with
a beauty, earnestness and elo
quence that electrified all pres
sent, eliciting a storm of
well
deserved applause. His
rare
c rifts will assiiredlv win for him
future fame on the arena of
(eloquence if he will cultivate
his native gifts in that direc-
tion. He was awarded the;
declaimer's medal and was for- j
tunate as the recipient of many,
beautiful flowers '
Tetter, Salt-Kheuni and Eczema.
The intense itching and smartinsr. inci
dent to these diseases, is instantly allayed
1 i . a . V
uy uppiying LiianiDeriam 8 atiye and
Skin Ointment. Many very bad cases
have been permanently cared by it. It
is equally efficient for itching piles and
lavome remeuy ior sore . nipples,
chapped hands, chilblains, frost bites
and chronic sore eyes.
25 cts. per box.
v
Dr. Cady'tt Condition Powders, are
just what a horse needs when in bad
condition. Tonic, blood purifier and
vermifuge. They are not food but
m'edicme and the best in use to tut a
norse in prime condition. Price 25
cents per package.
For sale by N. B. Hood,. Drug,
gist, Dunnt N. C.
Hailstorms Scattered.
The. principles of producing
rain by means of powerful dis
turbances of the upper strata of
air by means of explosions turn
ed out to be. unsuccessful, but
the reverse principle, that of
dissipating rain and hailstorms
by meaiis of explosions in the
upper Currents of air has proved
successful. Unlike the rain
producing experiments carried
out in this country which was
conducted for the exposition of
a scientific principle, the exper
iments Which proved successful
were carried out in Austria for
the commercial purpose of pro
tecting valuable vineyards from
the devastation of hail storms
which are of frequent occur
rence in that section of country.
Mr. Albert Stiger, Burgoniaster
of Windisch-Freistritz (lower
Steirjnark, Austria) owns1 ex
tensive vineyards, situated on
the southern slopes of (he. Ba
cher Mountains, a locality often
visited by ' destructive hail
storms. According to Consul
Germain, at Zurich, having ex
pended a great deal of money
and labor on the improvement
of his lands and in securing
choice cuttings from which to
raise his vines, he-began to ex
periment to protect his crops
from their worst enemy hail.
At first he purchased galvaniz
ed iron wire netting and stretch
ed it over five acres of his best
vines, but. found the scheme too
expensive for general applica
tion. He therefore, concluded
to try the shooting or explosive
system to scatter the clouds and
drive away approaching hail
storms. He erected six sta
tions on the six most promi
nent summits surrounding the
locality and commanding a ter
ritory of about two miles in ex
tent. These stations, built of
wood,! shelter ten heavy mortars
each. In the neighborhood of
eyeiy station is a cabin, in
which the necessary powder is
stored.
A corps of volunteers, con
sisting ofi neighbors who are
also owners of small vineyards,
have been trained to handle the
mortars at the slightest indica
tion of an approaching storm.
The .mortars are immediately
manned and loaded with about
four and a quarter ounces of
powder each, and shooting com
menced simultaneously and con
tinues regularly out of the sixty
mortars until the clouds have
scattered and the storm has
blown over. These experiments
were anxiously watched by the
citizens of Windisch-Freistritz
last summer. At the approach
of threatening black clouds over
the summits of the Bacher
Mountains a signal was given
and all the mortars were fired
off, and'the continuous detona
tions in a few moments caused
a sudden reaction in the move
ments of the clouds. The
cloud wall opened up funnel
J , of ,'ic f infi,
.
began to rise in the form of con
secutive rings expanding grad
ually until all of the clouds
scattered and entirely disap
peared. There was no hail or
even a sudden downpour of
rain. The same experience
was gone through six times last
summer, and has without a sin-
jgle exception proven a success
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1 ill ll M llllli . nillllHi iimii
1
Record.
A volcano in the Phillippine
Islands known as the May oil
I sent forth eruptions last week
1 for the first time since the vear
1G 17 and 120 persons were de-
stroyed with the village Libou
in the province of Albay.
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If we, who never met, should meet,
-And Mfter meeting, come to know
That, If we Ii.ol but sooner met.
We might have loved each other so;
If, after meetiiii; many times.
The thought should swell into regret
That Clod h:nl uot onlalu'd It so;
That we In freetloiu could have met;
If, looking in each others ejes
The while Jjoth knew the same tweet
care, ' , s '
And all but passion conquered we
Should reui the same thouglit written
tliere;
If, knowint; then that we must walk"
Henceforth In ways as far apart
as sea to .ea, because eacli saw
What trembled in the other's heart; '
Then, If fo but one single time, "
u ell knowing, too, that It v as wrong.
Our lips should meet in one last kiss,
Keplete with pasilon tender, long;
Would this, I say, be sin so black
Let those all-sinless cast hc Moiie
That a whole blameless after-life
-Could never for it quite Atone?
-Ella Iligginson In X. Y. World.
STATE NEWS.
Items of nkws oa'tii khkd prom
ALL I'AUTS OF TIIK STATE.
A ceiisus, says the Argus, of
Goldsl)oro shows 5,000 ' people
and ir0 dogs in the town's
limits.
The Dispensary for Fayette-
ville began business on the first
of the month and the twelve
saloons that had been doing
business in the town closed
their doors.
The Park Hotel
at Raleigh
Mr. J. ('.
It is said
has been sold to
Brown for $:.(),000.
that the Hotel cost the Page
Lumber Company $f,000 to
build it.
Jiidy Roberson, col., died on
the Roberson farm in Bel voir
township" on the 1.1th of June,
at the advanced age . of 120
years. She belonged to tbo
Roberson family, and a few
years ago, before the death of
Mr. John Roberson, son of her
first master, the date of her
birth was traced up and it is
said that the above age is cor
rect. She was able to do work
up to this year. She picked a
little cotton and did some otber
light work last year.
An earthquake occured here
about 11 An o'clock last Mon
day night. The shock was. per
ceptibly felt in 'various-parts of
the city. It was not a severe
shock but was deep' and tremu
lous, lasting several seconds.
In. one part of the town a lady
was1 frightened at the shock
and jumped, out- of bed. In-'
other parts of the city people
were awakened from their sleep
and thought burglars were try
ing to enter their homes. So
far as learned ho damage was
done. -Conductor D. P. Es-
tels and Engineer J. A. Shu
man brought down on the Wes
tern. yesterday morning six car
loads of .chickens, containing
in all forty '.thousand. They'
came from Western North Caro
lina and Tcnnessc, and were
shipped tolhe .Northern cities.
Salisbury Sun.
An bachelor who had late
ly been hanging tb' pictures of
an exhibition, having rejected
those of a crthin painter, was
waitejl upon by the painter's
wife, to know why, when In
had the courage t address the
lady in the following terms :
"Madam, reason vour bus
band's pictures wen rejected
was that they were as big as a
tree; but if he will send us any
thing as small as you are, and
as pretty, and as nieely'frained,
and as well painted, veii hang
it:-
An engine oir th" Chicago
and Northern Pacific railroad
bursted last Thursday while
running at full speed and pull
ing a train of cars loaded with
passengers. The engineer and
fireman were instantly killed
being thrown fifty feet into the
air. Three passengers were
seriously hurt.
Guilford county is report
ed to have more corporations
and largest capital of any coun
ty in the State, The -number
of cororations doing business
is 93 and the capital stock in
vested is $2,000,000.
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