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OLD SIIES VOL. LII NO. 2.700.
FAYETTEVILLE, JST. O., ; THURSDAY OCTOBER 13, 1887.
NEW SERIES VOL. IV NO. 2U.
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For the OIervcr.
flast tliou within a care so deep
It chases from thy eyelids sleep t
To thy Redeemer take thy care,
Ami ehange anxiety to prayer.
Ht tbou a hope with which thy heart
Would almost feel it death to partt
Entreat thy God that hope crown,
Or give thee grace to lay it down.
Wbate'er the care that breaks thy rest,
Wlinte'cr the wish that swells thy breast,
Spread before God thy wish, thy care,
And change anxiety to prayer.
Why shall we, children, ever fearf
There is in Heaven an eye
That looks with tender fondness down
(hi all the paths we try.
TCk tllA lis C "I . i ti.
- ... uvaiU VI AUUll Allfl H'lnui.oo
m,WRS &lso unartimously carried. .'
The meeting then adjourned.
FLESH. TXTENID IHTO STOITE.
Semarkahlo Stories of Petrification Occurring in
the Bad Lands of Dakota.
New Berne Journal, Oct. 5.
A goo d number of citizens assembled at
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"-'ouaiijja xuuuis lasi uijni 10 aiscussa
Mr. Ueorge Allen was called to the chair cu"l resources, but it abounds in geo-
Milwaukee Journal. j
Dakota is trulv a marvellous eonntrv.
matter or very great interest to New Berue Wot only wonderful in mineral and agri
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ana .Mr. J. U. Smith was made
r S1.mnS speeches were made by Hon. F.
M. Simmons, S. H. Gray, J. J. Wolfenken,
Jonathan Havens, President Washington
Bryan, P. H. P.elletier, T. A. Green and
others. .
Mr. J. J . Wolfenden moved that a com
mittee be appointed to go to-Raleigh and
submit to the Governor a plan for extend
ing the A. & N. C. R. R. The motion was
adopted.
A committee, consisting of F. M. Sim
mons, S. H. Gray was appointed to corres
pond with the citizens of the counties of
Carteret, Pamlico, Lenoir and Wayne and
ask their co-operation in this enterprise.
Moved and carried that a committee of
two be appointed to attend a meeting of
luo "ireciors oi me U. r . cc i . . li. K.
and lay before them our plans, and ask
that they do not deterraino upon an East
ern terminus of their road until they have
considered them.
On" motion, the meeting adjourned.
She Fhoiphorixed Her Too.
Alt California.
A ladv of this c.itv. whnsn lirtla foot ohi
always daintily shod, is also, unfortunately,
the possessor of an obstinate and burning
corn, upon the smallest toe of her left foot.
Chiropodists had dug tunnels through that
corn, yauked at it with nippers, smeared
it with stinging ointments, and, in despair,
suggested amputation. The corn held the
fort, and successfully resisted the assaults
of the best razor the lady's husband pos
sessed used, of course, without his know
ledge. Finally a kind friend suggested
that if phosphorous was rubbed on the af
flicted toe the corn would succumb. The
lady determined to try the remedy, and
did so just before retiring the other night,
and, to h"r subsequent sorrow, forgot to
tell her liege lord what she had done. The
hour of midnight had struck in St. Mary's
Cathedral clock, when the husband sud
denly awoke, and was somewhat startled
to see the flash of a firefly at the foot of
the bed.. Sleep was again asserting its
mastery when once more the sheen of that
eurinir the extension of the Cane Fear caused tne nusoand to open wide.
and Yadkin Valley Railroad to Wilming- P18 wuld not recollect ever hay-
iug nt ii n urviiy m vaiuuruwi, uui u cuuiu
not disbelieve his senses. Again and again
that firefly flashed its baleful gleam, ef-
logical formations
surprise and study
that affords constant
for the. student in the
lugi and Enthusiaaae Meetings in Wilming.
toi and Hew Berne in Regard to the Exten
f the Eoad.
From the Wilmington Star of the 6th.
A large and enthusiastic meeting of the
citizens generally met last night at the
I'itv Hall to discuss the Cape Fear and
ydkin Valley R. R. question.
It was moved by Air. D. G. Worth that
Judge 0. P. Meares be called to the chair,
iod it was carried unanimously.
Judjre Meares, on taking the chair, said
that all were assembled to hear a report
of the committee recently appointed, and
that it was a most important matter. He
moreover said that this city had the repu
tation of being the cradle of internal im
provements in the past, and wished her to
Mistain that reputation. Jifdge Meares al
io stated that he, like many others was not
in favor of the road at first, but that now
he was heartily in favor of it.
The committee, consisting of Messrs. D.
G. Worth, J. W. Atkinson, W. A. French,
'. Kheinstein and Pembroke Jones, made
their report through CoL J. W. Atkinson,
was as follows:
- The undeiaigned, a committee appointed
by a meeting of the citizens, held at the
Produce Exchange on the 29..h day of Sep
tember ulto., charged with the dutv of nre-
KUting to this meeting the importance of
ton, respectfully report:
It being apparent that earnest .effort is
now being made to divert this road from
this, its natural outlet to the sea, and place
elsewhere the tidewater terminus of this
line of mil way, it behooves our people to
leir themselves lest the advantages which
follow upon securing to Wilmington the
connection with this important State road,
ami the establishment here of its depots be
lost to us.
We, therefore, respectfully recommend
the mloption of the following:
ti($olvrd, 1. That we heartily approve
the provisional agreement heretofore en
tered into between the Commissioners ap
pointed by the Board of Aldermen and of
Audit and Finance, and the President and
Board of Directors of the said Cape Fear
and Yadkia Valley Railroad Company, viz:
That the city of Wilmington should sub
scribe to the capital stock of the Cape Fear
k Yadkin Valley Railroad Company one
hundred and fifty thousand dollars, said
subscription to be paid either in cash or in
the bonds of the city at par, at the option
of the Boards of Aldermen and of Audit
and Finance, this subscription to be paid
n follows:
Ten thousand dollars upon the comple
tion of the first five miles of the road, be
ginning at the city of Wilmington, and to
pay in like instalments, as each consecu
tive section of five miles is completed ; pro
vided, tlmtethe last payment of $10,000
shall be, made only upon the entire com
pletion of the road to Fayetteville, the
railroad company pledging itself to build
depot within the corporate limits of
Wilmington, and to commence work on
' Mid road within four months after the rat
ification of the subscription, and continue
id work without interruption until the
road is fully completed to Fayetteville.
fectnally banishing all thought of sleep
from the now thoroughly aroused and
wrathy husband. He determined to end
his own misery and the firefly's existence
simultaneously. He reached out in the
dark, groped with his hand about the car
pet until he felt his own heavy shoe. He
raised the weapon slowly and cautiously,
laised himself in bed, and lifting high the
sturdy brogan brought it down w'ith a vig
orous whack on the innocent firefly. A
wild shriek, an avulanche of bedclothes,
and the husband lay sprawling iu the mid
dle of the floor, while his wife rolled around
the bed, clasping her, foot and moaniug in
anguish.
ed toe.
It was the phosphorous anoint-
Battlo of Bentonville.
most interesting science. The Bad Lands,
located seventy miles southeast of this
point, have no equal on this continent as a
receptable for petrifications of amphibious
animals. The peculiarity of the soil trans
forms flesh into stone, but this power is
not only confined to the soil of the Bad
Lands, but exists in many localities in the
Black Hills. A case has just come to the
knowledge of your correspondent that has
never been made public, and proves that
many bodies buried in the Hills have
turned to stone. The case at hand is that
of a little son of Mr. Eugene Holcomb, a
prominent citizen of Rapid City. Some
years ago the boy died and was buried in
a spot not set aside for general burying
purposes. When the city grew and a cem
etery was selected, Mr. Holcomb had a
large monument erected, and the departed
disinterred. The family expected when
the shovel of the grave-digger reached the
casket it would need replaciug and had
made preparations to that end. The coffin
was reached, and as the man endeavored
to place a rope underneath to twist it to
the surface, he was surprised at its great
weight. Thinking it was the narrow, con
tracted hole that reduced its strength, he
made several more efforts, but onlv moved
it a few inches, and was compelled to call
tor aid. Two men succeeded in placing
me rope aoout tbe casket, ana with a
hard pull it was brought to the surface.
An examination followed, and upon the
deceased being revealed it was found that
the body had turned, not as Scripture
says: "Dust thou art, to dust returneth,"
but into solid rock. From a gentleman
who was present and whose word can be
relied upon, it was learned that the parents
easily recognized the child. Tbe body had
assumed a dark-brown color, the features
11.1 W a .
siigntiy snrunxen, ana no compared witb
the appearance of a mummy. The eye
brows and hair were of a lighter hue,
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wmie tne nanas looked perfect, it was
the most singular sight he had ever wit
nessed, and only the sensitive feelings of
the parents kept the matter from tbe news
paper columns, i ne Doy was again in
terred, and now rests peacefully in the
family lot for aught we know.
The strange transformation of the bodv
is not the only instance recorded. The
few number of dead removed has not af
forded an opportunity to learn how com
mon an occurrence this may be, but learned
gentlemen tell mo that when Gabriel
blows his bugle, or the di.-interring of
bodies becomes necessary in the Black
Hills country, many bodies will be found
turned to stone. The other instance re
lated is that of Wild Bill, murdered in
Dead wood by Jock and Call ten years ago.
Bill was buried on the mountain side, and
building of residences compelled the un
earthing of his bones. What was the sur
prise of his friends when they discovered
that the famous frontiersman was a solid
stone petrified. This revelation may ap
pear strange to eastern readers, but here it
is an open secret.
tory area. At the end of four minutes the
face was quite pale, the upper lids were
half closed, the jaws less firmly clinched
than before.- The knife had passed
through the lower part of the fourth cervi
cal, inese researches snow tnat not a
trace of consciousness remains two seconds
after beheading; that reflex movements of
the cornea can be excited for a few sec
onds; that the heart may beat for an hour.
the auricles continuing to pulsate alone for
over hall that period ; and that, putting
aside the renex movements of the eyelid.
the contraction of the jaws, and the jets of
blood from the carotids, it seemed in this
case as though a corpse had been decapi
tated, ro inert were the remains of the con
vict. Drs. Reenard and Lnye note how
calm and free even from physiological
death-struggle symptoms is death by the
guillotine. There is not even asphyxia.
In this country we take on ourselves the
responsibility of destroying life judicially.
l uat so grave a tasK snouia be done as
mercifully as possible is self-evident.
Hanging is a very different matter from
decapitation. Anglo-Saxon sentiment is 1
against the headsman, but surely a con
trivance lor a txore eaime el taut aoouie
might be devised to replace the ill-fated
gallows.
Sunset Cox in Egypt.
How Wallace Wrote.
Gen Lew Wallace has been talkine to
a reporter. He says: I began The Fair
God' when I was 18 years old. Mexico
and her. history has always had a charm
for me. I began this book and then I
went to the Mexican war as a soldier and
fought over the ground I had thought so
much about. When I returned I took up
the thread of the story and finished it.
"'Ben Bur' is now seven years old and
yet it continues to sell. That story went
very curiously. It did not sell so much
the first year as the second. That is some
thing rather unusual, I am told, in a story.
The public didn't seem to understand what
it was exactly when it was first published.
But it is certainly going very nicely now."
"Don't you attribute a portion of its
success io the fact of its semi-religions
nature f
" I certainly do. I think a great many
people read it who do not read novel gen
erally You know it is said that a large
element of John B. Gough's success lay in
the fact that he had power as an actor.
People who never thought of attending
theater would listen to Gough with great
pleasure."
Had yon ever been in the Holy Land
when you wrote your book t"
'No, sir. I finished 15en liar in the
stand shutting the windows in town dor
ing tbe day than during the night, for the
sake of the sick. The absence of smoke
the quiet, all tend to make night the best
time for airing the patient. One of our
highest medical authorities on consump
tion and climate has told me that the air
of London i never so good as after ten
o'clock at night. Always air your room,
then, from the outside air if possible.
Windows are made to open, doors are made
to shut a truth which seems extremely
difficult of apprehension. Every room
mnst be aired without, every passage from
within. .
One Teatm of a Dime.
The Great Twmble Weed.
Wade Hampton, in an article in the Cca
Mrjf for October, after giving a descrip
tion of the Battle, says:
As, however, lam not attempting to
write a report of this battle, but simply to j
give a sketch of its main incidents, I have
not alluded to the conduct of any of the
troops engaged. I propose merely to give
my reminiscences and impressions of an
engagement which is memorable as the
last eeneral battle of the Civil War, and
which, in my judgment, was one of the
most extraordinary. Ijetme give my rea
sons chiefly for this opinion. The infant-
m V 1 T 1 aJ a.
ry forces ot uenerai jonnson amounted io i
about 14,100 men, and they were com
posed of three separate commands which
had never acted together, lhese were
Hardee's troops, brought from Savannah
and Charleston; Stewart's, from the Army
of Tennessee : and Hoke s division of vete-
of whom had served, in tne
ran, manv or wnom nau serveu in
In exchange for every payment of $10,- campaigns of Virginia. Bragg, by reason
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00u, as provided above, the said railroad
rotnpany shall engage to turn over to the
city an equal amount of the certificates of
the capital stock of the company.
iVrf,2. That the Board of Aldermen
nd of Audit and Finance be requested to
reappoint the five commissioners hereto
fore in charge of the negotiations with
lie President and Directors of the Cape
Fear and Yadkin Vallev Railroad Compa-
uJ't with instructions to secure, if possible,
of his rank, was in command of this latter
force, but it was really Hoke's division,
and he directed the fighting. The troops
concentrated only recently .for the first
time, were stationed at and near Smith
field, eighteen miles from the field where
the battle was fonffht. and it was trom
Wichita (Lan.) Journal.
This weed once grew plentiful through
this country and Colorado. When green
they present a very pretty appearauce and
look more like a dwarf tree than a weed.
They are very dangerous in case of a prai
rie fire, and often dangerous in-plain wind
storms when there in no fire. In case of
fire the flames seem to strip the plant of
its leaves, and it at once goes rolling he
fore the flaming hurricane a perfect wheel
of tire. These revolving wheels of fire will
jump an ordinary furrow or .fire break and
carry the fire into the timber or grass, as
the case may be. Nothing can stop their
progress but a river. Into these they
jump, leaping out into the stream forty,
fifty and sixty feet, and go down with a
kiss, throwing up a column of steam where
they sink.
- In Colorado wind-storms tnese weeds
are also a source of much danger. In
Middle Park, a few years ago, a party of
travelers were suddenly overtaken by a
storm. Seeing what they supposed to bo
a mass of huge boulders in the distance,
they made for them, thinking they would
afford at least a partial shelter. To their
surprise, as tney approcned, tne oouiders
these points that General Johnston moved suddenly bioke loose and commenced roll
them, to strike a veteran army numbering
about 60,000 men. . This iatter army nad
mnrrhfd from Atlanta to Savannah with-
tne 'renewal of the proposition as above out meeting any force to dispute its pas-
toted in brief, or some similar proposition, sage, and from the latter place to Benton-
nd this being done, we urge tne Board of ville unobstructed save by the useless
Aldermen to submit the question of sub- affair at Averysboro', where Hardee made
nmion tn uA i rm K"inr nn y An Kin i - .valiant cfanrt thotip-n at a neavv loss.
allev tn nn t'nn nt tVift ntttV
Pie according to law, said election to be
held as soon as practicable.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
ol. Atkinson, after reading the report,
'poke briefly of the importance of bring-
ne the C. F. & Y. V. R. R. immediately.
No bolder movement was conceived during
th war. than this of General Johnston,
when he threw his handful of men on the
overwhelming force in front of him, and
no more gallant defense was ever made
than his. when he confronted and baffled
weak line lor tnree
Ihw fnmu. holdm? a
there were others striving to induce the daya against nearly five times hm number.
ynmcate to go in another direction, and
'umeu that tbe resolutions of the commit-
't "e adopted. Remarks were made by
B. G. Worth, who stated that he was
" favor of a liberal subscription, and there
raed to be no doubt of the road having
n early connection in the West.
-Mr. Currie, who was called upon, said
he had been talking the C. F. & Y. V. R.
r many years, and was glad to see
lQt KO manv ucrraaA with him. Ha tmH
Aa Early Fall Perdieted.
J Greenshoro North State.
Under this heading, in our issue of July
14th, our crop editor said there would be a
killing frost on the light of the moon,
which would full on Oct. 1, and sure enough
SLt 2:Vh broueht a frost all over the
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Piedmont section of this State and Virgin
; TSia nronhesv was based upon the
that tL w y U V- first sineing of the katydid-which always
fo?ErEXSS Tp"ke0ofthe Sy.days before Jro
lllOCVb UiCkUV f Jf
days earlier than usual, an early frost was
perdieted. The Dutch signs will do to observe.
vat mineral resources and great grazing '
tion that we would be brought into di
"t communication with by the C. F. &
Ai- R anl said what the Baltimore &
ulo railroad was to Baltimore, thU West
erQ connection would be to us.
f ik urre m conclusion, gave examples
.the energy of Durham, Lynchburg and
nnvuin
lu&t the irnnA runnl. rt Wi 1 mi n crinn wnillfl
Pull together and take advantage of their
JPport unities and secure the extension of!
road to this port immediately.
lue question was then called for, and
me resolutions of the committee were ad
unanimously. , r J
Aiter this it was moved that the same
relations to the Board of Aldermen and
.Taa Preddeat will Stop ia Aaaavilla.
AsHEVTLLE, N. C, Oct. 1. A letter re
ceived today by the President of the Ashe-
vine .Board oi iraue xrom uoi. uaniei un
mont, private secretary of President Cleve
land, says that the President has consent
ed to stop at Asheville while on his way to
Washington from Montgomery Ala. He
Willi reach here on Friday, October 21st.
When a young man detects the first evi
dence of hair on hi upper lip he feels ele
vated, when in reality it is son of a com
ing down, -. "
ing toward them at a furious rate, cutting
all sorts of, curious capers and gyrating
menacingly as they came. At times they
would strike an obstruction and bound
high in the air. and again striking the
? round resume their rapid circular motion,
he travelers put spurs to their horses, and
it was only by the greatest effort they
managed to escape from the track of these
monsters. On examination they found
their supposed boulders were really im
mense weeds, which had been torn up by
the roots by the wind-storm.
These weeds are so solid that they are
a great menace to man and beast under
such circumstances. Impelled by a heavy
wind, they go with force enough to kill a
horse, and a human being is in great dan
ger if he cannot get out of the track of
these monsters wnen tney are running pe
fore a hurricane or in case of a prairie
fire. -
About Decapitating.
The Vrogrtt Medical publishes a paper
by Drs. Regnard and Loye on the exami
nation of the head and body of a convict
immediately after his decapitation by the
guillotine. The , prisoner was calm to the
last, and not pale, even when his neck was
fixed ready to receive the fatal knife.
Two seconds after decapitation the cheeks
were still rosy, the eyes wide open, with
moderately dilated pupils, the mouth firm
ly closed. When a finger was placed close
to one eye no change of expression, took
place, but on touching an eye or the tips
of the lashes, during the first five seconds,
the lid closed just as in life. This reflex
tion could not be elicited from the sixth
second after decapitation. The jaws were
tightly clinched and could not be opened
by manual force; no similar muscular con
traction could be detected in the trunk or
extremities. One minute after death the
face began to turn pale, the trunk re
mained flaccid, the carotids continuing to
throw out blood remaining in the. circular
New York World.
"Sunset" delivered a lecture last even
ing at the Windsor Theatre under the au
spices of the Steckler Association. His
subject was "Observations upon Turkey,"
and the crowd which came to listen to him
was so large that many had to be turned
away. After
Bayne's Sixty-uinth Regiment Band had
discoursed a few lively selections Presi
dent Julius Harburgcr, of the Steckler As
sociation, introduced Judge Alfred Steck
ler, who wax down on the programme for
a speech. Mr. Steckler was so anxious to
hear Mr. Cox that he declined to say any
thing. The latter came before the foot
lights in the midst of a storm of cheers.
"I feel," he said, "as if I ought to make
you a Turkey salaam after the hearty wel
come yon have given me. Tbe turk, when
i i . i i tr
ne dows to a man, picxs up ine earui. ii
touches his heart to show the cordiality of
his greetings, and his head to indicate the
confirmation of it by his brain. Then he
loosens his tongue and gives expression to
it."
The speaker went through the motions
with mock gravity, to the great merri
ment of his audience.
"I can't in my awkward way," he said,
"illustrate the grace and politeness of a
Turkish sautann They have many things
in common with Americans, and one par
ticular thing in common with myself.
They always begin the day at 'Sunset. 1
know that ray mother-in-Liw used to toll
me that the old Puritans began the day in
the morning and ended it at sunset, and I
never went back on 'Sunset' when I could
help it. There are a great many young
men I know of who are interested in poli
tics down in our district who end their
day at sunrise.
"It must have struck some of yon as be
ing very strange that in going to Turkey 1
rook only my wife with roe. But it was all
the wife I had, as the fellow said of his
head when the executioner went to clip it
off. The Mahometans are legally entitled
to four wives, but my friend the Sultan
has 4S4. He dosen't know them all, but
he has .their names written on their doors
which is just as well when he wants to
make a call. I never had a chance to get
into a harem and so I can't tell you what
the interior is like. Oh, yes, I did get in
to a harem once, but I got out again in a
erreat hurrv: but I won't tell you about
that to-night.
" When I was in Tihebes I went down in
a freshly opened grve, aud there on the
walls I read the history of its occupant.
He was just 4,300 years old, and he
was dead. The figures on the wall showed
that he had been an agriculturist, and
scales showed that he had brought his
harvest down the river and exchanged it for
gold. I've got the bMly now in a ware
house down town, and I had half a mind
to bring him up here this evening.
"When I came back from my trip on
the Nile I met the Khedive and he says to
me : Your Excellency they always call
ed me that over there, although I did not
like it he says: 'Your Excellency, what
is the reason that yonr country has at
tained a population of 00,000,000 in only a
hundred years!' I replied that it was the
attraction of our immigration system.
4 Have you ever,' he asked, 'had any im
migrants out of our country I' 'Yes,' I
replied, we have had two. I shipped
them yesterday. They were mummies.'
"Perhaps I am the only American who
ever Rhook hands with old King Pharoah
of Egypt. He was a little bit dusty, but
I shook hands with him just the same.
They had him under a glass case, which
was raised for my benefit, and there was a
history of all his movements, even includ
ing those which occurred after his death."
old palace of 4he Montezuma, at Santa
Fe, New Mexico, when I was Governor of
that Territory. I worked with a large
map of the country before me. I studied
every point and carried my characters
from place to place with great care. I
read all the books I could get hold of on
the nature of the country and the habits
of the people, and, finally, when I was
Minister to Turkey, I decided to go to
Palestine and Jerusalem to see if there
were any portions of the book that ought
to be re-writ ten."
"Did you find any V
" I found there was not a single word I
eould change. It was just as I wanted it.
There were, indeed, some very striking
coincidences. I rode out from Jerusalem
to Bethlehem and, leaving my horse, walk
ed back. All this ground I had described
minutely by studying my map for the geo
graphy and studying books of travel for
the topography. At a certain point in the
book I described the mother and sister of
my hero, who were lepers, as taking re
fuge in a tomb and waiting for the com
ing of Jesus. When I reached the proper
point in the journey, sure enough, there
was the tomb, as I had described. I had
also described these women as having sat
by the wayside ton a big white stone. Even
the stone was there. The description whioh
I had given of the view from Mount Olives,
across the valley of Kcdron, wan ax good
as I could have written as I sat there and
actually saw it."
Besides a work of extraordinary merit,
Mr. Wallace has in Ben Bur, as regards
accuracy of detail in historical events, a
novel tnat ranks with the most careful
ever written. However, one error hax come
to our knowledge in book III where a
traveler ix spoken of ax being able to see
the smoking rone of Vesuvius in tbe ear
24, A. D. It wax as latens 70 In-fore esu
vius again became active.
The Eaae of Engineers.
Dying ia the Lord.
Francis Ridley Havergal, during her
last illness, while suffering intensely from
hiirh fever in sweet submission said ''God's
will is delicious; he makes no mistakes,"
Bidding one of her physicians good-bye,
she asked, "Do vou really think I am go
ing!" He answered, " Yes. " " To-day f "
she enqnirey. "Propably," was the reply.
Then she exclaimed, "Beautiful! too good
to be true I" and looking np with a smile,
added4 "splendid! to be so near tbe gates
of Heaven I" Later, as the time of her de
parture came, she nestled down into the
pillows, folded her arms upon her breast,
saying, "there it is all over! Blessed rest!
Her countenance becamn radiant with the
glory seemingly breaking in upon her soul,
and those who watched her . thought she
appeared as if she was conversing with the
King in his beauty. She tried to sin?, but
after one sweet note her voice failed, and
was gone to be with her Lord. .
Rev. F. L. Reid of the Christian Advo
cate, reports the endowment fund for Trin
ity college as reaching nearly $30,000.
This is a remarkably large collection to be
made from tbe time it wax determined to
raise -the fund. President Crowell, of the
College, Bishops Duncan and Key, Rev.
Dr.. Bobbitt and others have worked with
all their hearts in the matter and with the
above success." It seems that the endow
ment of $100,000 will be secured much
sooner than was expected even by the
most sanguine. Educational mass meet
ings are being held all over the State and
from $1,000 to $2,500 raised at each place.
"MtKnlight nights they are the bane
of engineers," remarked a head official of
the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad to a Cin
cinnati CeMMcrrinl Gazette reporter. He
is a gentleman who knows every branch of
railroading.
44 1 would have thought that the train
men would be glad to have moonlight
nights," interposed the writer.
"No, sir; all engineers dread moonlight
nights; they try the nerves of the engineers
to the utmost. Engineers like to run on
dark nights. On a moonlight night the
trouble with them is no trouble at all
shadows. An engineer, looking out from
his engine, sees before him all manner of
shadows. Ho is sure that the shadows
across the track is a man, or a rock, or
some kind of an obstruction. He doesn't
know, and he is kept iu a state ot nervous
excitement all the time. Going around
curves, along hillsides, many curious shad
ows are outlined on the track, and very
often an engineer is so worked npovera
night's ride that he is scarcely able to per
form his dutiex. Some years ago, when I
was going over the main stem of tho Bal
timore & Ohio one nitrht there wax a
freight wreck ahead of ns. They were
running freicht in c0nvoys then, or as we
call them, in section. Our train was
stopped and I went forward to see what
was the damage. Lvincr in a cut wax
about the worst wreck I have ever seen.
It wax a moonlight nisrht and when T got
forward I saw the engineer. H wax shak
ing all over with excitement. He wax one
of the oldest and best enjrineerx on the
road and I wax urpri.ed to see him ner-
a
vonx. ax lie escaped unhurt.
"What ix the trouble. Tom?" I asked
him. I could see nothinir wrong.
'"It wnsartx-k," replied Tom. 4 1 was
coming around the curve when I saw it.
It wax a big on big enough to smash a
whole train. I reversed the engine to
avoid the smash up. and the cars coming
down tho grade just piled np in the shape
yon see them."
" I looked around but eould see no rock
anywhere.. The wreck was cleared away
that night and there waxnt a sign of an
obstruction near the locomotive. We all
were curious to find out what had caused
the trouble. The next night a railroad
man went to the cut, and there in the
moonlight he aaw a perfect imape of a big
rock lying across the track. He looked
np on the hillside and there was a big rock
throwing its shadow down on the track
that cost the company thonxands of dol
lars. No. sir; if an engineer wantx things
to suit him, he don't want moonlight to
suit him, he don't want moonlight by which
to run hi train."
It is almost impossible to attach ray impor
tance to one cent, but at the same time it ix
a very important com at times, says an ex-chanire.
It will take a circular to Colifornia, and
it will make you madder than a hatter and
a March hare combined when yon tro to
pay your fare on a horse-car and find tliat
you have but four cents and a ten-dollar
bill-
One cent is very small, but when it is
added to the rate of interest you receive
on a stock, it posexses a stern magmncent
grandeur that carries you away like a
strain of music
The penny, it seems, was made to put
on church plates, and although a roan may
say it amounts to noininir. ne win wnne
matches and lift mats and crawl about in
the straw on a horse car to find the one he
drop?, it is so small a coin that yon have
to take off your glove to take hold of it in
your pocket, and yet it is so large, when
the baby swallows it. the chances of
the babyfs living are sometimes not worth
a cent.
Although one cent is less than ten cents.
yet one cent ix a great deal larger than a
dime. Many a man has cone thirsty all
day with four cents in his pocket. For
the want of that one cent the four were
ax useless as the eleven men on a jury who
are held on against one.
Tas Morning Hoar.
The best time fcr Bible reading is in the
morning. The mind and body are fresh
after the night, and the highest powers of
thought may be brought to bear upon the
chapter selected. But with most people
each recurring morning brings its own
pressing takx. Besides cares, tho daily
toil and the dutiex ot the household, are
the first aud most engrossing concerns.
Some hours must pan, with many, before
they can find time to ait down to quiet
reading. Let the plan be honestly tried of
of takiug some words from God's book for
the first meditation of the morning. Make
for the next month a fair, xtedfa&t trial of
the plan ot studying the Bible when your
faculties are at mental high water mark.
Yon wonder at the familiarity of this or
that friend with the Psalms, the Epistles,
the Gospels. It has been gained a little
st a time, by patient, daily reading
thoughtful and prayerful reading, too,
which wan lived by the soul ax something
worth t renaming. We shall all gain im
measurably in our influence, as well as in
own comfort, by giving more of oar own
nn wearied t bought to the Holy Book. A few
tired, sJccpy, wornout moments at night,
and these only, are almost an insult to tbe
Master, whom you profess to serve. Selected.
; Wake Up I
P. T. BARNUM
Says our people like to be humbugged, and
such seems to be the case.
Where is the reason ia paying 5 cents
for .a Spool of Thread when it can be
e
bought at the Racket Store for
2 Cents?
Where is the reason in paying I LOO or
$1.25 for Miller's Shirt when you can buy
at the Racket Store, for
65 a 73 Cents,
the CELEBRATED New York Mills Shirt,
warranted the best on the market !
What's the use in paying SO cents for
Half-Hose when they can be had at the
Racket Store at any price from' ,
5 Cents
up, and the Very Best for 25 CevUf
Our Needles are THE BEST, and only
2 Cents
a paper.
We are selling Ladies Silk Jersey Gloves
this week at
28 Cents.
Plenty of other grades for 5 cents np.
Our BEST BRASS TIN is ONLY
4 Cents.
But oar great bargains this week are in
Ladies Jerseys, ranging from "
47c. to $1.55,
for an elegant all-wool, sateen front and
braided.
Klght Air.
Sanitary Engineer.!
An extraordinary fallacy is the dread of
night air. What air can we breath at
night but night air? The choice is be
tween pure night air from without and
foul air from within. Most people prefer
the latter an unaccountable choice. What
will they say if it i prove 1 to be true that
fully one-half-of all the diseases we suffer
from, are occasioned by people sleeping
with their windows shutf An open win
dow, most nights in the year, can never
hurt any one. In great cities night air is
. t I A. 1 . . , .
oiten tne oesi ana purest tn De nad in
twenty-four hours. I could better under-
His "Birdie'" Qsoer Biro-Cage.
From tbe New York Times.
no had gond home a Tittle late the week
before a little the worse for wear, and was
ni?tVincr a. minlv itfFnrt. tn cft tn tfA with
out disturbing bl- silent partner, when his I other house.
foot caught in something that felt like a
bird-cage about his ankles, and he pitch
ed forward until he reached the mantle,
which he found witb his nose. He utter
ed mi exclamation which transformed bis
sileut partner into a very active one, and
-ompclled an explanation. A liffht being
Eroduced, the wreck of the obiect that
.id caused him to fall was brought up for
inspection and analysis. It was bix first
offense, and hut wife, therefore, allowed
her concern over his mishap to dominate
her indignation over the condition in
which he presented himself. So she plas
tered bix nose and said the wreck didn't
matter; it could be easily replaced. "But
where's the rest of itf and what's become
or the bird! asked he. "The bird! what
do yon mean V bix wife exclaimed. Why,
isn t that a bird-cngel" he inquired. "A
bird-cage! ha! ha! Why yes: if I am
your little birdie, as I used to be. That's
my bustle," she said.
A Yew Xadastry.
Tbe New York Truth says: A singular
advertisement attracted my attention tbe
other day. It was a call for 10,000 live
fleas, to be delivered in parcels of not less
than 5.000 eaeh, at a certain address. I
found that the man wax a flea trainer, and
gathered those facts: That it takes three
months to teach a flea to do anything
worthy of public performance; that only
one flea in a thousand can be taught any
thing; that a performing flea usually lives
a year, with great care, and that in re
sponse to bis adrertidement he bad re
ceived in three days one package, estimat
ed to contain 3,000 fleas, and they came
from tbe dog pound, tie paid twenty-five
dollars for them, and they were very good
fleas.
"Dan," said a contractor to one of his
trusted employes, "when yon are' down
seeing about the lime this morning I wish
you wonld mention to Derapsey that I
would like to have that little bill paid.
You needn't prow it, you know, bat just
mention it to him in an off -hand manner."
"Yex,sor."
T evrvft rria tnAn AW Pswwn TainfVAaw ft
a Pkv tuv tuvuvj ovavua ivuircjy svl l a
said Uan, on his return.
. "I am very gUd; yon merely alluded to
it in an off-hand way, I suppose!"
" Yex, sorr; I handed him the bill and
towld him if he didnt pay it I would let off
roe hand and give him a wipe in tbe iaw
that he wouldn't forget for a while; and he
paid it at wanst."
Our stock of Stationery is complete, and
our prices are 100 per cent, less than any
The bargains in
eclipse them alL A large stock on band,
and oar prices are low. Anything in this
line can be found at the Racket.
Oar stock of Gents Neckwear is the
most complete and the styles are.the very
nobbiest to be had. In this department
yon will find Suspenders at all pices.
Also, a lot ot men's and boys' 3-ply and
4-ply Linen Collars at
5 Cents
Each.
We have an A No. 1 Line of Shoes, and
they were bought for eaah direct from the
factory, saving yon
15 per cent.
on every pair yon bay. Come and see
them.
In Hardware yen win find some solid
cast-steel Chisels 1 inch for only
19 Cents.
We will receive this week a No. 1 line ot
Men's, Boys' and Children's Hats, and the
figures we shall place upon them win open
your eyes. Look oat for them.
An Iowa girl who was voted the hand
somest ltdy in .the county fainted away
three times in succession when the joyful
news was brought to her. A different
man eaught her each time. - .
It's time to start a Know-Nothing party
in England, and cry "England for tbe
Jungluh!" l'olydore de Keyset has just
been elected Lord Mayor of London.
When yoa hare read tKet facta. sk rnmr
elf. Why by fm a credit eTxtew. with it a
high Wis, whea yom fcv a litre ea x;teta
ele at kd that mtn yo S3 U 50 per eraL.
oa the 4oUarf
Wake Up
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