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THEECONOMIST tgiinrrre imi fsxxut. R. B. Cmcr Editor E. F. Lira Business M&nAer FRIDAY MARCH 17, 1893. GASTON AT THE UNIVERSITY AT THE COMMENCEMENT OF 1332. The address of "William Gas ton, at the University of North Carolina at tho Commencement of 1332, was an event in the literary history of North Caro lina. Gaston's address at the University; Choafs Eulogy on Daniel Webster at Dart mouth College,and Grady's ad dress at Boston, were the three greatest rostrum addresses of "the nineteenth Century, bo far aa wo have heard or read. Gaston's Address was the grandest of them all, and no other of them would huve won from their audience a rap ture that rose above demon strative applause, as Gaston's did. "When" Gaston came to the University to deliver the An nual Address before the Dialet ic and Philanthopic Societies, by invitation of the latter so ciety, of which ho was an hon orary member, he was on the high middle ground of life, be ing 53 years old. He had won fame in Congress, in the General Assembly of North Carolina. Ho had a State and National reputation, and when tho Phis- were enabled by the abrogation of an agreement which had existed, to invite only regular members of tho two societies to deliver the Annual Address, it was regard ed as a great triumph over the Dig. as it was thought they did not have an equal to Gas ton on their roll of member ship, and he was already re garded as tho commencement honor. The appointment of Gaston drew a largo concourse of vis itors from all parts of tho State, the largest, it was said, that had ever attended a commen cement before,cspccially of the prominent and distinguished men of the State. Gaston camo during tho commence ment exercises, a day or two beforo tho delivering of tho Address. He was the guest of Dr. Cadwell, tho Fre sidentjof the University. He becamo at once tho cynosure of all eyes. His manner was grave, courteous and unosten tatious. He was affable with dignity and companionable without familiarity. Ho visit ed tho libraries occasionally and sometimes walked with Dr. Cadwell to his astronomi cal observatory, and we once saw him with the austere and dignified President, who was a man somewhat in stature liko him who climbed the cyc amore tree to seo Chrisl, and Gaston of largo and imposing person, and the thought flitted through our mind- that "Bo lus" looked smaller by the comparison. But the big day of the Com mencement Expectation grew as the time approached. The June day was auspicious. The students were arrayed in their best. All tho arrangements had been made. Tom Ashs, of Wilmington, had been sel ected by tho Phi. Society to walk on one side of Gaston in tho procession to Person Hall, where ho was to speak, and Thomas H Clingman, selected by the Dl. Society, on the oth er. With somo diflicultv we procured a scholar's blacic silk gown largo enough for Gaston to wear. The procession was formed at tho old South building. Tho Richmond cornet band was in the front. Next came Gaston, the orator, costumed in a black silk gown. On one side of him was Tom Ashe,with the trained step of an English grenadier, with the proud and grand vis sago that bespake his' lineage. On th other side -was Cling man, awkward and gauky as a plowman's prentice boy, but with a brain that Webster and Cuvier might have envied. Next to them camo the Trustees of the University, .marching two by two. Next tho Faculty, then the student body and last, tho concourse of visitors. Thn nrnecssion started from thiVOld South." ieft-flanked to tho "Old East" and when opposite Person Hall wheeled on tho loft and tacea ior ine Hall, tho band, meanwhile, blowing their spirit stirring airs, like mad. Tho head of tho column reached the threshold of the old chapel, which, in a thous and years will be a shrine for literary pilgrims. There was then and there a momentary pause. Then Gaston, with tho - . m T" 1 1 bearing of old John ivemuie, entered,flanked on the left and right by Ashe and Clingman; Ashe with a military bearing that would have done honor to the hero of a thousand battle fields, Clingman throwing out his legs right and left like he was stiff kneed, and looking, for all the world, like he thought all the crowd was looking at him and that Gas ton and Ashe were mere small kites daugling at his tail, to give pomp to his pageantry. But "old Billy" had the brains. They marched to the rostrum, and as they were taking their seats near a little table on which Gaston was about plac ing his manuscript, Clingman in moving his awkward legs, knocked the table over and but for Ashe's readiness the table and perhaps Gaston himself, would have gone sprawling on the floor below. The Trustees followed and with the Faculty, headed by "old Bolus," took their snats on the rostrum like "potent, grave and reverend seignors." The Seniors, of the Graduat ingclassfollowedand took tbeir accustomed seats, that they were about to vacate forever for the rosy drama of life. Then the Juniors,thun the Sophs, and lastly the Fresh, proudest of them all, because they were in cipient Sophs., and had thrown off the Freshman's toga. The Frcshbad hardly taken their accustomed seats in the chapel when the crowd of visitors broke ranks, as if in panic, all pressing forward in eager hasto to get seats in the chap el. It was a madding crowd, heaving and setting in a fran tic mass, that beggars descrip tion. Beavers were lifted above the crowd of surging hu manity. Beavers were crush ed. Men were lifted from their feet and borne along by tho smuggling and compact mass. They wero an hour pushing, tusslemg, heav ing and setting to get in and get seats. Tears of perspira tion ran down their rugged cheeks, and passion.was paint- in Oil You may have heard about SCOTTS EMULSION and have, a vague notion that it is cod-liver oil with its bad taste and smell and all its other - repulsive fea tures. It is cod -liver oil, the purest and the best in the world, but made so palata ble that almost everybody can take it Nearly all children like it and ask for more. S (3 QUIT'S EO2UILSB0N looks like cream; it nour ishes the wasted body of the baby child or adult better than cream or-anv other food in existence, ft bears about the same rela tion to other emulsions that cream does to milk. If you m m m m have had any experience with other so-called "just as good" preparations, you will find that this b a fact. The hypophosphltes that are combined with the cod-liver oil grve additional value to it because they tone cp the nervous system and Impart strength to the whole body. oC and ti.oo. all drantstft. SCOTT & BOWSE, Chemists, New York. cd on every lineament of that heavincr mob. while tney were heaving near the door, we. a freshman, full of admir ation for greatness, crept , up to a standing place in the aisle near the speaker, and waited there,standing within five feet of him. At lencrth the mob subsided nnrl vat standincr places, aDd q - , - there was a great calm. The hall was jammed and crammed. Jack Haughton of Tyrrell, a Senior friend and wo stood near together, and gave the speaker a rapt attention during tho hour and twenty minutes of its delivery. It was a cn-anJ effort, the grand est that Gaston ever, made, and should now be in the hands of every school boy and every man of gener ous aspirations in the State. It should go down the generations as the companion pieco of his State anthem to the Old North btate. It should be taught in our schools. It should bo committed to memory in classes. It should be declaimed on our school boards. It should be adopted as a classic in our lessons of elocution. It would make us bet ter boys, better men, better scholars, more accomplished gentlemen. Whv were 25,000 BOTTLES OP ROB ERTS' TASTELESS 25c CHILL TONIC old the first year of Its Dirty ? Answer : Because it Is the BEST AT ANY PRICE, guaranteed to cure, money refunded If It falls, pleasant to take, 25o per bottle. It Is sold and guaranteed by Grists & Sou, Dr. J. E. Wood and City Prufjr Store. THh SPANISH RACE. The Spaniards belong to the Latin race, and the Latin race i3 the great rival race of the Anglo-Saxon. The Spaniard is the worst type of the Latin race. When the Spanish race was in the climax of its glory, when it was among the lead ing nations of the world it was distinguished for the samo traits of National Character that it has to-day. We have lately been re-reading the history of the treaty of Ryswick in 1C97, and in the wars that led to that historic event, there is constant com plaint of-the "rodomontades," duplicity and unfaithfulness of Spain to the allied powers in the preceeding wars, and its great promises and little performance. The same du plicity is apparent in all our transactions in the late conflict, and it is apparent in our dea ings with the Spanish colonies that we have fallen heir to,and which threaten to be the fruit ful source of untold ills to our government, and of peril to our peaceful and Republican insti tutions. j Spain has - been conquered, humiliated and despoiled, but tier gratified vengeance is that the war in which she has been so heavily the loser, has left us with three Latin elephants up on our hands that we are un able to conquer by kindness or conquest. Three elephants that can fight us in their mountain fastneesses 'til the crack of doom, and in which victory will be without glory and de feat without consolation, j The Fillipinos that we faught with as allies in throwing off the Spanish yoke that was so galling to them are in open arms against us and with a bitternesa that surpasses their hatred to Spain. Cuba, that Wo rescued from starvation; annihiliation and death, is bitterly hostile to us and giving us the note of warning with clinched teeth; and Porto Rico, Jnce our professed friend, to overthrow Spanish rule, is now so intensely hostile to us that tho American General in com mand wants his army doubled in numbers to meet the threat ened outbreak. All this grows out of tho Re publican theory of expansion, and tho ambitious aspirations of the President for more power and more patronage. f What are we to do? A fight with an enemy of uncivilized savages of the Latin race, in guerilla warfare,willadd noth ing to our military testige. An internecine contest, onthe dppostte'side of the earth, with an enemy to whom nakedness is no discomfort, and to whom the tropical forests furnish food for tho stooping down for 7 :u fmn oThnnst the most . plethoric treasury and beggar a once prosperous peopie, auu prepare them in time for auto matic rule under a government controlled by one man, a gov- . 1 1 ernment for one man ana by one man. What are we to do? Lick them and leave them. Ana then overthrow the wicked party of bad men who have left us to gather the bitter fruits of expansion. Onldpn Crown Svruo in one quart cans only lOcts. at Roilinsons Stevens & Co'g new store, - New assortment white and figured washed goods at FowUr & Co. HOUT OF THE FILIPINOS. We can now see the beginning of the end. The fight with the Fili pinos for the posseEsion of the Phil- lpine Islands, is now under way in those unfortunate Islands. Our arms are triumphant and all wars is in an open field. But the inhabitants of the islands are deter mined and their bitterness towards our government will, contin ue as long 'as the fight goes on and become more bitter the longer it continues. Since our -last fights have taken place in the towns suburban to Manila, and while the American arms have sustained some severe loss the loss to the Filipinos has been much greater. It looks like inhuman barbarity to secure peace by annihilation and utter destruction of a population, but it now looks like there is no other solution of this vexed Phili pine question. The population of the Philipines Islands is much mixed, but its pre dominate trace of blood is Spinish, and the Spaniard is a natural guer illa,and a tropical climate with moun tain retreats and ioaccessable fast nesses is a guerilla's paradise. Such a contest is an unequal one when waged by trained sold;ers used to the rules of civilized warfare. The native guerillas, maddened by inva sion, and smarting under defeat and destruction, accustomed to all the mountain passes, requirirfg no clothing and getting all the food they want by the stooping down for it, can prolong a savage war indefin itely, and no crow will seed rations in flying over such a country. In such a war, so prolonged, our armies would have an Indian war with an increase of its savagery and a great increase of expense. Proof of the pudding lies In the eating of it. Proof of ROBERTS' TASTELESS CHILL TONIO lies In the taking of It. COST NOTHING If it falls to cure. 25 cenjts per bottle If it cures. Sold strictly on its merits by Grtegs & Bon, Dr. J. E Wood and City Drug Store. CLEVELAND rOR PRESIDENT. It i3 said, with some degree of authenticity, that Giover Cleveland, of Princeton, N. J., wants to be the next Presidential candidate of the Democratic party. "We fear he is aspiring to the Lunatic Hospital of New Jersey. In the first place he would be a third term candidate, and but for the novelty of the thing it would be too ridiculous an idea to tor a sane man. Mr. Cleveland, is a modest man, a little handicapped by his diffidence, and one cannot help wandering how a man so diffident could so far leave his ncrmal state as to be in earnest in accomplishing that which the great silent man in our history, failed to do. Ambition i3 usually painted grave and rugged with austra brow and eagle ey. But Grovers ambition is a jokt-r, laughs at our frailties and infirmities and mocks our acrobatic efforts to accomplish the imposible. But we hope our ideal philospher who leads men in ambitious ways, would do -as cardinal Wolsey told his Sec retary to do, tell Cleveland to "fling it away" and follow shooting ducks Beware of Ointments tor Catarrh that Contain Mercury As mercury will surely destroy the sen se of smell anJ completely derange the whole system when entering it through the inurcous surfaces, such articles should never be used exctp! on the prescriptions from reputable physicians, as the damage they will do is ten fold to the good yon can pur ily derive from them. Hall's Catar rh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co, To'.h1o. O., contaiu bo mercury, and is taken internllji. acting directly upon the blood an mucous surfaces of the systtn J. buying Hall's Catarrh Cure be so you get the genuine It is taken ii ternallally . and is iuaie in Toledo Ohio, v F. J. Cheney & Co. Tesi monial free. Sold by druggists, price 73 canih der bottle. and catching pin hook fish and the like of that Groveri3 a man of luck with a rod and can and was once a man of luck when he was Sheriff in New York, But luck, like all things earthly is as changeable as a Kaleid- escope. Aman wno can m lord duck at a shot and is a lucsy fisherman with a hook and line had better stick to his business than to be a candidate for President with a certainty of defeat. NEWS FliOJl THE COUNTIES Interesting Items trom VariouskHarts of the Distnrt Waterlilly Items. Onr ormners and fishermen have about closed bueiness.for the season, and the geese and ducks are going to their summer home. "We can hear the geese singing their farewell song as they journey aiong. Representative. S. M. Beasly, Via nnfc vet returned home, tut has got as far as Norfolk, where he is very sick witn pneumonia, uui wo hope to welcome him home in a few days. Rev. J. E. MI Davenport deliver ed an excellent sermon at! "Whale's Head on Sunday. j Miss Petrenella Pate and Miss Mary Howe, of little Island, were the guests of Misses Bessie and Mag gie Simmons, on Saturday and Sun day, at Corolla. Some of our young gallants went over and report a very pleasant time. Lieut. S. T. Ansell is still with us, but is expecting orders every day. He is in good health and spirits. Mr. James Hampton has just re turned home from Noifolk, wfcere he has been to purchase a horse. a: p. a. Providence Personal. Mr. C. E. Wood closes Ha scbcil at Providence to-day. Mr. Chas. Morgan left this week on a proiessional trip to Eden ton. , Miss Lela S-iwyer speuf a ftw days last week with W. J. Williams' family at Rosedale. Mr. W. P. Murden and children, of South Creek, N. C, are, visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Wood. ; Sunday school at "The . Fork" school house was organized last Sunday, Mr. Walter Price, of E. City, Superintendent. Miss Ina Maude Stokely j and M. M. Jackson and C. E. Wood were pleasantly entertained at Mr. Chas. Morgan's Monday evening.. Mr. Lesselle Pritchette's school at "The Fork" closes to morrow.. Rev. J. B. Ferebee preached an unusally interesting sermon before a large audience at Berea lost Sun day. . j : Misses Alice White, Keets, and Nannie Wood, of E. City, and .Miss es Elizabeth Thompson and Mary Murden, of Okisko, were the guests of .Miss Missouri M. Jackson last Saturday and Sunday. Mo. I NO CUKE NO PAY. That is the way all druggists s1'. GROVE'S TASTELESS CHILL TON IC for Malaria, Chills and Fever. It is simply Iron and Quinine in a tasteless form. Children love it. Adults pre fer it to bitter, nauseating Tonics. Price, 50c. Meeting of Our Shell Fish Commis sioners. New Been, March 5, 1899. Ed. Economist: The Shell Fish Commission under the Democratic regime met here Monday, every member being, present! They held "three sessions Monday, and prolonged well iit? midnight, and DoctorsXan't Cure It! 4-' Contagious blood poison it absolutely beyond the skill of the doctors. They may dose a patient for years on their mercurial and potash remedies, but he will never be rid of the disease : oh the other hand, his condition will grow steadily worse. S. S. S. is the only cure for this terrible affliction, because it if the only remedy which goes direct to the cause of the disease an deforces it from the system. , I tu afflicted with Blood Poison, and th best doctors did me no good, though I took their treatment laltb fall. In fact, I seemed to set -worse all the while. I took almost every so-called blood remedy, but they did not seem to reach the dis ease, and had no effect whatever. I was dls fiMrtened. for it seemed that I would never b cured. At the ad-rice ol ii.TeTKFZ'U a friend I i then tool & 6. d. and began to inv medicine, and It cured me completely, build ing up my health and increasing my appetite. Although this was ten years ago, I have nerei yet had a sign of the disease to return. W. R. NfWKiK. Staunton, va. . It is like self-destruction to continue to take potash and mercury ; beside! totally destroying the digestion, they dry up the marrow in the bones, pro ducing a stiffness and swelling of the Joints, causing the hair to fall out, and completely wrecking the system. ' pro-re. I continued tn Tor OlAri .TheUMUUU Is guaranteed Purely Vegetable, and if the only blood remedy free from thes dangerous mineral. Book on self-treatment sent free fcj Swift Specific Gompany, Atlanta, Ga. ' i iLr ' Eiollinson, Stevens&Co Vhoksai2 and " Nos. 69-71 Poindexter St., 0 ELIZABETH GIT V, W.- C. fFHONE 125. $5n!H!n!!!!H!n!!H!!!n!n!in!!!!nfi!1!!l!tH!!Hn!minnimn!!!.' This space belongs, to J. A. HOOPER & CO. Water St., leaders of low prices on Dry Goods, Clothing, Hats, Shoes, Notions, Etc. Wholesale and Retail. ""V r W IIMII1UIII 111 I llltl It I tl ) 111 III aUUUMMMmmwiWiWiWUiluumumm imiiMiujuiiiiMii 2 Bolbi and Plants hire gone to thousand of satisfied Customers tor a half oentnrr. and to oelabrate th 2 rdTur VICK'S GARDEN AND -FLORAL GUIDE, Z it nas x Dfures in colors, 2 and gold. A marvel In Catalogue making ; an itv w n?,!ir.5. t' "XL" 7ET vlfiE viS r : .iVnUV bound In wblw T .car tor tne same ana a aescnpuTe cauuogue 01 n m is bmw. - - "1 Z ",( y Indiscriminately, but we want everyone interested in a good garden to have a copy, U'""'"-! eend the Guide with Due Bill for IK rf Q It tell, how credit la Itc J BOMt Ui t .... vh af udi tnr an v lJ bio. of urehaae to buy other a-oeoa. Vlck's Little Cem Catalogue, a perfect little gem .or a pnot-un. u aunpxy j Guide condensed, finely illustratedTaadin handy ihape. Fit EE. T Vlrk'A Masrazlne enlarged, improved; np to date on all tubjecta relating to.Oarden'nf.n?'" Vlture7eti60 'ayeaVTsiclal 99 offer-theMagazineoBeyear.andjVlck'i Guide foi jttc. J a i . in. - v4vm nan far vonr moa.v taaa aav Mtd aeate la AaMriea . MW JIM JAMES VICICS SONS, adjourned till 10 a. m. Tuesday. In the mean time they sent a shell fish delegation down to Meadow's wharf and formally took charge of the steamer Lily, whose crew were aboard, and placed a man aboard without objection. It cauie to the knowledge of the Board while in session in the afternoon, that the crew had not vacated, so they again visited the steamer, and securing a policeman, cleaned the decks of the Fusion stench. Inspector White arrived to-day, as also Carl Duncan, and were in conference with an at torney. They applied for a warrant from the Collector of Customs, who refused to grant it. They' then se cured one from Justice Williams for forcible trespass, the trial to come off at 12 m. to-morrow. Much interest is being felt here in regard to the outcome, but you may rest assured of I this fact, that the end is not near, and before it is the pie counter will.be cleaned of all the dirt that adds so much to the corpulency of the physical structure Ex-Chief Shell Fish Inspector White for example. The grinding qualities of my biters are very much improved since leaving home, and am luxuriating on the bivalve, but should corpulency set in we will have to call on some of our female friends to learn us the art of lacing to prevent its full de velopment. . We are in the hands of our friends, and the courtesies shown us during our stay, are more than we are really entitled to. We elected J. M. Clayton, chair man; C. C. Allen, secretary, and D. L. Ward, attorney. ! Betsy. if! ELS Lung troubles, such as pleurisy or acute inflammation of the lungs, should be carefully treated to avoid serious consequences. These ailments are quickly overcome "by the prompt U3e of Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup, a won derful remedy, which always gives relief at once, eases coughing, allays all inflammation, and- feyjta healing influence soon effects a thorough cure. Cures all Lung and Throat Trouble. Doses are small and pleasant to take. : Doctors recommend it. Price 23 cents. At all draggists. WANTED ! Reliable man for Manager of Ib ranc h O Bee I wit-h.to open in thi vicinity. If jour rr cord is U. &. here i a od op-ning. Kindly mt ntion this paj er when writing. -A. T. Morns, Cincinnati, O. Illustrated Catalogue 4 ctF. postage. Yantel Reliable men to put in all O part of time taking orders for our L,ubilcat ing Oils and Greases. Liberal com mission. ,".v THE FEDERAL CO., Cleveland, Ohio. rs innq j Retail Dealers In - I -r . 1. M j-ancy groceries lllllllillMIIIMI MIIIIKIIIIIIIIIIIIUV 4 pages ouTenir, nu uvmuj .itv- . authority on all subject Injr to th rd".'1 Dl . . ... . UI - . ROCHESTER, IM. T. 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