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oil X, "Jsb. 1G, Fayetteyille, N. C., Mahcii 21, 1883. 50 cents a year. i COilO UNICA TIQ JViS. v v or th Cirauxcn. Another Strange Dream. The republication in the GixvNn: of tho wonderful lnaro of tho Kcv. 3Ir Thomas rt calls another; Htartliti;; vision f the niht, which caniv to a youthful Ire azac-r. vixny .years r.o. Ac t what is vtTt r rnnrk.ibl' in thin other d ream, the distinguished tt-rsem to whom it rr fern d jdeeps his list tep in the Fame "God's Acre'" v.-itji the Jtev. Mr. Thorn-, as, nnililt frw (ret fron hira., Itii h.mllv tieci&iarv to" sat that that dis tinuished person was the lb-v. John Todd Unmie.4 IuCi J;tr (4 rove C .: t ry in Nrwlx rn, within a radius of fifty frr t, arc silently awaiting the resurrec tion, the botlhs, of G-.stnu, Munly, harIc-3 Shcpard.IJramc, Thomas nnd IJrent, men who, in tho furuni and the pulpit .nud. v:i the? lupch, vr "ohh and powerful pirits in their day. Thf Iter. John iod J, 15 rami? won sta Honed bv the N. C. Conference i the town of Washington in the war 1KII In thft reeling 'year Featheritnnc, a very ztalous aud holy preacher, had bill-ii nt his pent tniT of yellow fTcr He was succeeded bv j.rnnu, n scholar lv vounr evaurrtdist. who was inlerWlv "intellectual, conibiiuu;! with a keen char, logical nature a hi"blr ininim tiv? temperament, and. whdrew every heart tirhim by his thaitltoess, his chiv alry and his wnniJcnrons impulses. -The writer has seen minv j:iftel men. with' very swct and attractive charac ter.', but such a man a.s llrarao has never nain clasped his hand aIon the . crdarn alleys of this. world. Living in the town of Washington at that time were two bovs, studious and ambitious thr cider fourteen ana the younger thirteen vears of nr:e. They both took their first Jatin Irtowiit from Urame and were almost continually with him i:i his study. Th? younp r, who has rown 11 n to ' distinguish himself " - - - J - Lrii'Lut the? Sl it both uh oratur and phvsdcian, wa Hrame's pet, con stantlv with him by night and by day. and participating in nil his thoughts, plans and opinions, his criticisms on oks, his dream-world id imagery and hopes, and h?s grand idials of beauty, uofulnoMi nU iratrnsi- After n uc- rr Ndiilycirt?frkr.rojio was returned to Washingfon for the tear 181.1. It was jtoci? rime during that yertr.T think in the summu. that the! elder of these Ixivs, sleeping br himself nt home while his hruthc r uas sp ruling tnrnignr wun th. tr mutual fnrnd. was thrilled auti startled bv the following dream: It seemed to him that the whole pop ulation of Washington was gathered together at the Academy, to celebrato some wonderful event, hn could not tell what. Hut the great crowd was there, rilling and overrunning the building above and below, and i;ten thronging the campus on the outside. There .seemed to be through the whole crowd id com pan a ttrangj repression of fedtng, though every lace was intent, , v ry mind around, and ever) heart I ntiti!' waldlv with excitement and anxious intertht. The dreamer could not tell uliat startling j occurrence or strange mvsterv had drawn the con i-rtisrst? together, but he could see dis- Minrtlr. even faery and knf.r. the form an 1 name of every cit::d present. The hours of the afternoon wore quickly awav arnid ti5r;,jLvl;jtir?c3 ol whirling figures, the low whiSTitrs of ci cited .th(nN nnd the earnest cretinirs of n r " - t lor. and friends.! At last the .hrtows of evening fell, and as the first drapery of darknes-4 began to settle noon the scene, there wilh a long, wild rrv went ringing from the people with out, and instantly every foot within tiie building was turned toward tho doom, ari l rout, confusion and dismay took rocsion of tverf tM-ti. The dreamer well remernoers, iiuny-t igr.i jram terw&rd. the imprisxnion male ujkiIi his mind, ai prr-s-vd around by the boiling, m thing crowd, ho tdejij-id from thif front door of the Acabmy, and looked nim th --tir. Kverr tyo wps turned upwarl, and tba.lniJ, UJSvi hva! nljnek tht thnlUl wry L--trt wa. "The mdgiiict-t! thi judurnt!" 'Jim oramer ht drrmed rnn tlmH of t .e rowing the "On ut Ani-." J Jut ftO':h u txct-uiU v4 tI-ro broke uu Uim V. tl-fe nIuxiUr- A i tjntch he .-tr 'brwht to hi tmutu lxfor: nr t ll.e framj of the. yhr.U tnU riu uu.Mtt, dittir.nly mi jd U forts him. with iB sun, moon nud stars,, was aflame. Tnrough stratum after stratum of ot raosphero he could sec, and an ocean of lire raged and stormed everywhere. c kjicwkh of artillery from all the bat ten s, of Gettysburg, ik dan, and Xeip sic could shake th e-arth ns it- then trembled under his fet. It was all the excitement and paridysia of life con densed into a moment. ; In the midst of this wide-spread terror nnd amaze ment, the attention of the surging, pal l.d multitude was drawn to another strange lject. Almost immediately over the ground where the people stood, there came out of tiie regions of flame and heat burning above some thing like a throne sublimely canopied, and on it sat a Majestic Prtsciice, whom every olio instiuctivi 1 felt to bo the Judge of nuick and dead. And now the strangest tiling qf all happened. . 'This throne paused in mid air; a beautifully; earn- ted stair seemr 1 to' be let iown from it ti the earth, and" while the youthful -dreamer, surrounded by the stricken, sobbing jwultitum, was gazing in speechless awe upon the wonieriu throne and its royal 1 airway, -BrUme; whouHie had. cut Kcvu.beforo dunp the evening, pressed his wav to him through the crowd? and. taking him Irv the h and, with a patln tic voice and Be raphic manner, said, Farewell, my bov. I must lo and leave vou." He then trod tho first step. of. the stair way.. It rolled, ui behind him as ht ascended, and throne. King ami preach er passed awny Iroai Uie scene. ' . 31 can time, in the rear of tlir Acade- mv another cause of horrcr andivstop ishment had seized upon the, excited fears of tiie multitude." A 'wide, deep pit, fringed with the very blacknessof dukne.sN, nnd pouring forth billows of .ulpliurous vaixir, had opened m the midst of th& people. Around this gath ered hideous figures, dark, grim and ghatlv who run -hither and thither among the multitude, seizing victims for the furious names of the terrible pit. The youthful dreamer saw plaudy ev try aspect of this appalling spectacle. and marked even incident that trans pired before him. He knew the names of neighbors and friends who ivere pursued and captured by these fearful demons, R3 well as of those who escaped. Tho dork, sinewy forms, the wicked, scowling faces, the desperate, reckless expression of there ftnds, ami then the lost, fiopeies-s manner 01 lueir victims, as well us the triumphant appearance of those who escaped, were all vividly fwrtraved upon his sont i At last, un der the terrible pressure of this dream, wfcich neither tho faculties of mind or body could withstand any longer, the power of consciousness returned, ami the dreamer t-prai:g from his couch, bathed in sweat nnd trembling with fear. I A few weeks after this, tho distin guished minister, scholar nnd gentle- man, who ligured no -conspicuously in this vision of the night, was dead, nnd by the loving hands of kind friends was laid out in the calm majesty of death's repose upon the Very cot where this dream ban ished shtmber, although at tho occur- ronce of the tlreim lie was in perieci health. And before the close of that vear. at least three, if not more, of the persons seen prominently in the dream had passed from earth! also. ?uch a visitation of the night, which is utterly impossible to describe, would under any ctrcurxiKianct-s have muoe a vivm impression upon thr imagination, but followed as it was by the death of so gifted a person nnd devoted 11 friend, and the diath of others ho intimately known to the dreamer, it stamped it- . lf upon the brain in n perfection of remembrance whirh nothing could ever obliterate. The leading facts in this dream were published in a tract called liH Ir.e,' issued Iu Itukigh in lbo'd. o often bx)V upon IJramo n tomb in Cedar drove; Cemetery, which already needs the cunning hand of tho statuary or the mason to restore it, nnd think of hisgeni d faetMiiid brilliant tub nts. An honor to Nexib ni, to the illuhtriouH annals of his oh 11 Church, and to tho forgetful Htato which iavo Jiim birth. Inn memory hIjoiiM v kept frenh rmd rrren forever, mid a iioble tomb ithould murk hut hrial renbng phu e, A. I'fiii.hl ! lfUd lli dMihtrr f fr. ( i,f l.Ufly. Jfilhl U -aliviiit lll ld 11 h'i'.ii 1 fly ifi.ria P l- !.! ! d tilli tOMli'll. V I tVief -rr---rrr -fr-g t m ! ' rl - ' How diiTeront people' appear at dif ferent times: as w!u we aro sick or well, rejoicing or mourning, laughin or -'weeping. 'A. few. days' since I met an old lady who nod Jed very familiarly to me. and vet I hesitated to call her by name lest I should miscall it. She looked ( old and yet young; .soft and snnlintr. and vet wore stern irowns She was fair in face, yet her hands were iron. It seemed as if the wind would bl vw her lawny, and yet she moved with the strength of an ele phant. "Why, sir," said sdie, "you frem to stare at me, though vou have seen me a thousand times before." "That may be, madam, but I never saw you so loaded down with all sorts of things. I am curious to know about them. Would it bc'riide if I should ask you a few questions?" 'Not at all. Ask nwav." " Well, w hut ard vou doing with those smailMhid todies' shoT H ' "Whv, make the ladies Wear them, to be sureV i " Not this'cold, wc t' season 1 Why, I can hardly keep my f-et warm in these thick-, double-so!exl;bdtta. ; I must have overshoes. How can they wear such thin cold-catching shoes? " " O, air, I have onlyto bring them to them, ami thotlear cixvitureft put them on, and never hesitate A moment 1 hey know me. 1 u . . "And those little l-df-dresses hang ing on your arm? " ' "They are to bo put on little chil dren in cold weather, or to walk out in; naked at the knees, naked at the neck, and hardly covering half the body. You can't think how eager parents are for these dresses." . j "What have you in this little tin box ? " "Loze enges, sir; tnches, noarhound things tiir.t .io,vs go with tlun candy- shoes and thin dresses. And this bright red box, sir, contains what is called 'con science salve,' which I always keep on hand to rub. on, tho conscience when any one feeLs that ho. has done wrong in "obeyiugne. It's in reat demuiid, sir, and a' certain cure." What have" you in that bundle, madam? ".This? Why, a few knick-knacks which I sometimes distribute in bab-bath-schools, in the shape of dialouges, speeches things to make people laugh, and to prevent them, from feeling, too serious, or tlunkiug too much iibbut re ligion. You must understand; sir, that I continually have to attena churcli to regulate things there, and see that the bonuets are right, the; rings are bright, and dresses complete; yet religion itself I hato as poison. And here is a box of the finest what shall I call it? It is a sort of wit aud smartness, which I deal out to preachers, with which they spice their strmons and become popular. 1 sell them by the gross. They are grow ing in demand, and they are a real sa ving of conscience and heart-ache. Warranted to keep in any climate a kind of sensation-powder." Prav, madam, what arc those screws for?" Whv, to pinch the feet, and make them look small, without regard to corns and bunions. They can't wear those little, dear little shoes, except ynu have these pinchers to go with them." "And that great neap 01 dooks in ... your arms : ".Thoso? They are the latest, most exciting, and the weakest, most silly novels. But I baud them out, and shake my head with a smile, and crowds read them." "Well; madam, Tin very inquisitive, I know; but I do want to know what you have in that bag thrown over your shoulder." ' MA great variety of vttluablea; such things us 'late suppers, 111 great de mand, and which sen I people to the 'ravo early, and thus make, room for more, 1 lien inero nro iavo nours una l.ltt , rifting,' nud all manner of hair- drenning and expensive dressing, things that IndifH must have, even if their bus buiidii fait. Hero aro diamond piusuud . . I ! 1 t ' ringN, Jiui tun uimgn 10 nur up envy and creaUi oxtrUTaganen. Hero aro joh! watrlieH,cignrH.nccrchaum pipes, ( ;rld hf adrd ciuiew, rye-glasseH, nud all iiMlihrr f IhlliH" lo fedt 11 inm.nrr of hmjU And t ltifh nnd hai, ft lid flown ntul com- Ixnand, till I get them to wear nnd use them nd do jast what I please. Kowl have stoppe to talk vrith- you a few moments; don't you see what a crowd have; gathered around me? Low neeks. tbin shoes, mcsl in. dresses, tight loots; tome on crutches, some coughing, some hreutlung short, all crowdicg to get cer me and when I move, you will see how they all run, and rush, nnd crowd after me. Oh, sir. I am ' tho great power of the world- I rule kings nud queens, beggars and philosophers. Don't you see?". . . t ...... Truly, madam, truly. And now jiay I r.sk your name?" "Name! Fashion, sir! My name is Mks. PaiivjULiNG Fashion. I thought everybody kne mo." Dr. Todd. ThG New Scholar For the Boys. A new scholar came to Kackford school at the beginning of the half year. He was a well dre-sed,; fine-looking lri, whose appearance all the boys like!. , , . . ' - There was a et of boys at this sehool who immediately invited him to join their " larkt?,'" and , I rsnppose boys know pretty, well what that moans. , . , . , . . , They 'used to spend their money .in eating and drinking, and olten nui np large bills, which their friends found. hard to pay. They wanted the ntw pcholar tojoin them, aod fhey dways contrived hy 1 mghiag at him, or re proaching, him, to, gctral-oost any boy they wanted mto their meshes. The new boys, were afraid not, to yield to them. This new scholar refused their invitations. . They, called hjm mean and stingy-n chargo which -. - always' makes boys very sore. .- ' You are reaj mean not to go with us," they aid. . j . " !Ioan ! "he answered; 'whereis the mean ness in not spending mouey which is not my own? 'And where : is the tinginess in npt spending money which is tot my own ? . And where is the stinginess in not choosing to bf g money of my friends in order to spend it in a way w h icU . t b ey would not a pp ro ve ? " ' " "He talks like a minister," exclaimed one of them. "After all," he continued, "our money must come from o,ux friends, as w hatcn't it, nor cm we earn it. Osb, boys, I -do not, mean to spend one penny that I should be' ashamed to p,ive on account of to my father aud.mother, should they ask me." ' "JBhl not out of yourleading-stiings theu?!V "No, nor am I in a hurry to get out of them." I ; "Afraid of your father, eh? afraid of -his whipping yon? Afndd of your mother? Won't sho give you a sugar-plum? "What a precious biby ! they cried, iu mocking terms.. "And yet yon are trying to make me afraid of vou," said the new scholar boldly. "You want me to be afraid of not doing as you say. And wfcich, I should like to know; is the bet ter sort of tear the fear of my school-fellows," which would lead me into what is low, or fear of "my parents, which will inspire me with things noble and manly ? Which fear is the better ? It is avery poor service ym are eloing me, to try to set me against my parents, and t ach me to be ashamed of their authority." . The boys fe!t that there was no headway to be made against such a hew scholar.- All they said hurt themselves rn&re thau him, and they liked better to be out of his w ay than in it--a!l Lad toys, I mean. The others gathered around him, and ; never did they work or play with greater relish than while he was their cham pion and friend. j , "Thejnew scholar is a champion fellow," said the principal, "and carries more influence than any boy in the school. They study better and play better where- he is. Yon can't pull him down. Every thing mean and bad sneaks out of his way." '1 j ; ; - ' . - " That Cbtbtaij Sekmon.' An unconverted young woman stands by the bedside of a dying Christian J They have, loved eac other like two sisters. Unahle to articulate, the, dying one speaks through her eye. Catching the eye of her friend, and looking upward, she silently hut signilicantly (savs to her, "Meet me up there." I A siupje tear slid out from under the j - , eyelid nnd paused on her pallid cheek, and re mained there after her spirit had fled. To the hiirvivor that crystal sermon was the most ef fective ono ever uddressed to her. 2o rest could sho find, though she btruggled for months, j till sh ojHned the : door, and let Christ in. For twcuiy-rlvo years that iudivid tin I ha Ihhu tlio companion aud helier of a loiniitwr of Jcuuh. s . . . Siciuru-K Dutx. In our lato war a lit tin drummer boy, . after dwerihing tho hard nhij o( tho vrinUr campaign, tho oot,' tho biting, tho pitllrw wind, tho hunger and tho imkMnm thloh thy had ti mduro, cvmolu dd ld Irttrr to hia mother with tho itimplc mid touching word, "but, mother, it. is our duty, and for our duty wo will dio," , j Temperance Talk. Abstixexce iok Boys. "Put down my name," if you please, sir, I want jto join the Cotd Water Army." .' j1 Why do you wish to join it, my.lad?", "Bdcauise," he said,- with-a-very serious; look, "I do. not ioant to be suQk,a man as mt father is." ' " "." . ' ' " " " Good in Its Place." Bishop Asbury was a guest of a family where brandy was placed on the table, nnd he was invited to partake, but he declined. J The lady blushed and said, " Bishop, I believe that brandy is good in its place." -'f So do I," said Mr. Asbury; "if you have no objection I will put it in its place;" so hn put it in the old-fashioned cupboard in the corner of the room, sayiDg, " That is the place, and there let it stay;" and there it did stay, never to be brought on the table again. Mb. Greelex's AusnNXKeE. Horace Gree ley was once met' at a railway depot by. a red taced individual, who shook him warmlv by the hand. -I don't recognize you," said Mr. Greeler. '" Why, yes, you must remember how we drank trandy and Avnter together at a certain place." This amused the bystanders, who knew Mr.' Greeley's strong tern pe ran ce . principles. " "Oh, I see," replied Mr. Gree- eyr " yoa drank the brandy, and I drank the water, i Mr. Greeley once wrote an account of a wine dinner, and said that the party had indulged in Heidsick and Champagne, these both being Dames for the same iind of wine. His associates laughed" at his mistake, which they pointed "out to him. "Did I write it so?" said' he. with a crood-natured ; smile. Well, I reckori Tin the only man in this of fice who could have made such a mistake. " i - I ' ' . 'T-" Watl or a Dbtkabd. The brilliant Charles Lamb wrote,' The waters have gone over me, hut out of the black depths,' could I be heard, I would cry out to all those who have set a oot in the perilous, flood. Could the youth to whom the flavor of the first wine is delicious as the opening scenes of life, or theenteriug urjpn some newly-discovered paradise, look iiir to my desolation and be made to understand what a dreary thing it is when he shall feel' himsedf going down a precipice with open eyes nrd passive-will-Tto see ail godlin ess -emptied. out of pim, and yet not be able to forget a time when it was otherwise to bear about the pit eons spectacle of his own ruin ; could he see my feverish eye, feverish with Jast night's drinking, and feverish looking for to-night's repetition of the folly; could he but feel the body "of death out of which I cry hourly with. eebler outcry to be delivered, it were enougn to make him dash the sparkling beverage to the earth, in all the pride of its. mantling temptation.". -J ' The Contrast. An active temperance man was assailed in a public place by a drunkard, w ith the taunti " There goes a teetotaler ! " ' Ie retorted in hearing of the, crowd, " There stands a drunkard ! Three years ago he had a - sum of" $400; now he cannot produce a penny. I know he cannot; I challenge him to do it; "or if he had a penny he would be at a public" house. There stands a cirunKara, ' ana nere slanels a teetotaler, with a purse fall. of money honestlv earned , and careful! v kept. There stands a drunkard ! Three years ago he had a watch, a coat, shoes, and decent clothes; now he has nothing but rags upon : him, his watch is gone, and his "shoes afford free passage to the water. ; There stands a drunkard; ancl here stands a teetotaler, .with a good hat, good shoes, good clothes, and a good watch, all paid for. Yes, here stands a teetotaler 1 ' And now, my friends, which has the better of it? " . The chagrined drunkard slunk away, while the crowd cheered the temperance lecturer! ;' , ad, eutisemext. Photographic Notes. -: - i ' f -' t " " ' " j BY B. FBAVK PETEBSOJJ. ; yIIoi to Dress. Avoid black or brown velvet jas much possible, and' all goods with large t-pots or stripes. Silks, brocades, satins, alpar cas, .fcc, drape nicely and take artistic folds, and reflect light well, so that you get the details out well, which adds mucb to the effect of a , photograph. , Alpacas trimmed with satin are about the best for black. Trimming of beads, fringe, &ev, giye excellent effect. Avoid too much white about the neck. Such colors as crimson, dark blue and green give a fine dark gray in Ta i picture, and light red, light blue, gray, light drab, slate, Jfcc,,' give a light gray photograph, - Goods that are soft and black or. brown do not give. much detail, but look, very black and flat in the picture, and are therefore very objectionable." Jewelry is no great help . to n picture. Be sure to fix your hair just like yo'i want; it to look in the picture.,,. My -thoughts while posing a sitter are all concentra ted on lighting the face and adjusting the fig ure to the position; therefore, I am inclined to overlook any little defect about the hair or dress.' So yon most look out for that your? elf. Whito, If of silk, satin or other nice ma terial, and well made, with - suitable trim mings, gives most beautiful effect. The most elopint stylo of photograph gotten up are the rvnels, which aro of two sires. One ia ix$x inches, w hich is worth $o.00 per half dozen, and tho other xs 5x10 inches, $7.50 per half dociu . x - ' March 21-lt
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