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ALLIANCE EDUCATION.
f-::CH OF E. C. BEDDINGFIELD, sec
f;CTAKY STA E ALLIANCE.
Hi
MlY.
Wilson lllu
oi. Adv. nice.
in following is ;i synopsis of one
; most sensible speeches we have
! in :i long time. It was . de
before :i largo crowd of peo
.,..,1 was appreciated greatly. Mr.
(l;i!livil was introduced by Sir.
'.. !Van- ! 'tvsnk-nt of the Cat-
(
i i.-r i '. is simply I ruining the
i ,, think. In its broadest
. ,i i ii!':.!ii--!i!'ient. Now a man
, ..i:.,i t..i certain extent
K I ! '
;ii,r a ie
Iter, but never-
I;,- i :i s nis etincaiion ironi
.!' some kind, with peo
hsue been trained by beoks.
in mind now, a man who
it to school a day in his
i a ' r..
1
. vet if yon were to meet
.,;:,. . u would hardly discover that
u!.. immraiit. lie has associated
! ; it- with people who were ed-,-:.'-d.
;:nd having a good share of
uiii.i'H sense and shrewdness, has
;..v. ;ivs managed to reflect a part of
;r training and intelligence. On
i 'her hard, I know men who
::.e g r.e through college and are
v,. ;; ;r..ii.ed in text-books and yet
.:.e not a particle of common
- i:se. Rut bear this in mind, it was
;i 't the books that made them fools.
Tkev were born so and would have
!e. u the same under any circum
stance.?. There is an old savin? that
"a ma:! will be like the company he
keeps." so will a man's ideas and life
be shaped by the. kind of education
lie receives. If his mind is well
trained and has any natural powers,
lie will think for himself. His
dement will be sound. He cannot
i led by fa'.-e theories i:or swindled
: v scheming rascals nor be induced
.te fVr measures that are ruinous
; the i:i;-.re-L ot his children and
co!i!:;rv .-imply because some un-.-
;,:;!!!. s olitician says it is all
H it, if a man's mind be cn
trained, thtll ho i depend
; vi - i tiie thoughts of others fW
.'- M and will be apt to think
. ::i-;.rs others .-peak. If he
- v.iili people who are large-
;:: pure-minded or reads a
; a, r that is truthful and
; .:: i"s views, then his ideas
x ' ; r et and broad; but, if Jn-
- ;i!uong people who ait
- . . '. ..row-minded or reads a
, .; is controlled by aon.e
i monopoly, then ho a ever
.d no'.iuns may be. his view
ui!i le narrow, seliish ;.nd
A large majority of farmers
i f this State have never studied auy-
!.. '.. except ll-lW tO make lalgC
( : .p;. Kveii t'leii of intelligence
;; ..; t -i'.-.-c, it ion have allowed other
:.. a ri do their political thiukitfg. It
u:,' to this fact that r.ngs h ive
' a '. 'i n . d in must counties and a
?''.; iia u control t!y conventions,
i .a'e whom they will and shape
t'.-- ;.!ati'orm of the parties. The
A i.iance Is. is done much to educate
tli - people out of this. It has taught
tie n that it is every man's Lou mien
i' , to vote, thai it is even more his
'm v to jit to the primary convent-ins
and express his choice for the
candidates to be voted for, and that
much of the i-'amti for bad repre
sentatives being in office lies upon be
shoulder- of t Le pi ople who stay at
home an l let siicti things be done.
The Alliance lists also learned the
i-ple something of Finance. You
:a iy take a member of the Alliance
w!:o cannot read and he knows more
sihrat the financial condition of the
e .,;itrv to-day than the lest educa
ted fanner did live years ago. It i
because the minds of the whole or
ganization have been set to thinking
upon this q '.section, and an Alliance
man who cannot read himself can
a tend ids sub-Alliance and hear
id.- brethren who can read discuss
'i.e matter and avail himself of
ir knowledge. It has done more
i. an this for its members. It has
. asjht them to have a kindlier feel
' u for each other and for their fel
. -v. n.en. It is giving them a broad -1
r view of life and its duties. It is
' ;;;;; away the natural sellishness
has so ioiig been our bane and,
! -: "f idl, it. has reached out and
taken in the farmer's wife and
"i 'lighter and .-'-t them beside their
i - ah;s ::!.d i'sithers and ghct) to
! a-.-M an tipaai share in this educa-
t.
whie'iit l.ri:iL'-. It. is t.rvi nr to
t';i':'a us. lnat liod made woman t lie
-oi.a! ot i i j is i j to he his companion
a'cl i: iper. . -:ti;leil to his strongest
Mi.pathy, and respect, and not
i - s!ae. If there is a:i V class
ti
' p pie i:; i!. w,,rja WJ10 have a
' 'i-d i r ii j In life it i.s the average
i ;nai-r'.- wife and I am sure that
( Very one of yon, whether you are
a - -f the Alliance or not, will
i.i i wit'i delight theday tint brings
' 1 ":;r uies ;md daughters fiod
b!--, thriii more of the joys of
.'id less of its care and drudgery.
' : the i-iliieal ion tln-JAl!iance has
1 giit thus far U-ja been education
' :!i.-riglit kind, lam proud to
' ii ou th it no man can point out
ingle instance where the Alliance
ih'.i Slate has ever lent its aid or
;a iaenee to an immoral or unjust
net.
J t is an organization which has in
it as norile lusirted people as ever
'i'd. A people who desire to do
i i-'iit. and who have unhesitatingly
I u! lowed the leadership of such men
a; I '"Ik, Alexander, Carr, Mewborne
iind hey. Men who are tntellectit-
i' ihe peers of any in our State.
s
lull'' as We f.illiiu.-
vi e counsel cf such men, so
long ;i3 are governed by iutelH-
pence and reason, just so long will
the Farmers' Alliance prosper and
continue the great work it is now
doing, and it cannot die unless blind
ignorance and unthinking prejudice
be allowed to control its actions, or
until its great objects have been ac
complished. Intelligence is our
only hope; ignorance our only dan
ger. In order to avoid the traps set
for us we must be as vvi. e as the
trappers. In order to preserve the
remnant of our liberties, we must be
as watchful as the men who would
tak them from us. In order to
wipe out the cla s legislation which
for twenty-five years has been mak
ing fanners poorer, we must he as
intelligent sis the speculators and
bondholders who have caused such
legislation.
We all see we c uinot isiil to see
the necessity of intelligence. To
be intelligent we must be educated.
To be intelligent we must be edu
cated. TV be educated we must
either be trained by books or we
must have the companionship of
men who are. We must either talk
with those men or read their writ
ings. I suppose about one-fourth of
the members of the Alliance are ed
ucated. I mean that about that pro
portion have a fair English educa
tion. Perhaps three-fourths of
them can read and write. There is
hardly a sub-Alliance iu the State
that does not feel the need of more
education among its members; and
yet, 1 am sorry to say that the most
intelligent members, the very met'
who are best fitted to serve the Alli
ance, are not always as faithful as
some of their brethren who have bad
fewer advantages iu life. I tell you
if all the SO,0U0 Alliance men in
North Carolina were men of educa
tion, that with enthusiasm and
unity, no power could withstand
them.
The government of France wsts
modeled after that of the United
States and now France is pointed
out to us as a model Republic. Why
is it? It is because the people are
better educated. It is because near
ly every man reads a newspaper. It
is especially because every French
man is a politician. Germany is not
even a Republic. It is an Empire:
but her people, are educated.
Therein lies her strength and she i.s
the strongest nation at this time.
She is ruled Ly an Autocrat whose
power is scarcely checked by the
German Congre-s and his power is
bsscked by an army ;3,( n it ,(KH) strong;
yet. if he were to oppress the German
people, as the people of this free Re
public have been oppressed, he
could no more rule Germany than he
con hi si cyclone.
Tho.-e of us who have passed our
school days liiu.-t depend upon our
books and newspsipers and upon our
brethren in the Alliance and our
own minds for such knowledge as
we hope to gain but 1hw about our
children, our sons and daughters;
what is to become of them while we
wait for prosperity? They will soon
take our places in the Alliance and
iu the church and iu politics. Are
they being fitted for the task? They
are the hope of our lives. We live
for them. It is for them that we
work year in and year out. It is our
desire'that they shall be better fit
ted for the battle of life than We
have been, and it lies in the 'power
of the Alliance to see that this is
done. In other States our noble
Order lias acted wisely. In Texa
and other Southern States many an
Alliance school-house is to-day
being thronged with farmers and
laborers children. In Georgia the
Alliance has caused the public school
fund to be increased and the schools
are carried on twice as many months
in the year and are four times as
efficient as they used to be. North
Carolina has not yet acted. The en
emies of the Alliance have taken ad
vantage of this fact and are circu
lating the report that they are op
posed to education. They are try
ing to create the impression to the
outside world that our Order in this
State is simply an organized, mob,
ruled by prejudice and ignorance
and opposed toall enlightenmcnt.Rut
I sit in the office at Raleigh, with
my lingers upon the pulse of this
great organization and I can feel her
heiirt-beat and understand the un
dercurrents of her feelings. I know
that if last year had been a good
year for crops, this year would have
seen a new impulse given to educa
tion in this Stsite. The brethren iu
some sections have this matter sit
heart. Occasionally 1 receive let
ters stating that a certain Alliance
hsis taken the public school money
in its district and added some of its
own money and built a new school
house or employed a teacher for ten
months, and that the children of the
Alliance men and women are being
fitted to make good members of the
Allisince themselves some day, and
good farmers and good members of
society and good citizens. It does
my heart good to read such letters.
Educate the boys and girls and give
them a heritage that no monopoly
csm take away. Give them a heri
rsige that even the American Con
gress cannot deprive them of.
Nearly two years sigo two great
teachers lived in Europe. They
were both men of great ability. One
was sought by kings and princes;
the other taught in the cottsige of
farmer or the hut of the mountain
shepherd. The one spent his life in
training the minds of the rich and
great; the other educated the com
mon people. These men were Eras
mus and Martin Luther. Erasmus
believed in the teachings of Luther,
but he never had the manhood to
ssiy so to the world. His great in
lellect is all that hsis kept his mem
ory alive. The noblest truth he ever
uttered was that "The education of
the girls is as necessary and im
portant as thsit of the boys." Not
a trsiee of his life-work is left be
hind him. Rut Luther's will never
die. He paved the way for civil and
religious liberty in Europe and
founded that system of public
schools thsit hsis made Germany
what she is to-day a system thsit
gives to the humblest laborer an
equal chance with the children of a
prince.- There are many people in
this country who believe in the kind
of education Erasmus taught. An
education for those who are rich
enough to send their childrtn to
college, but an education for a poor
working man's children.
You have heard about the Irish
man who said "one man wsis as Rood
as another, if not better.' Well.
I'm a firm believer in that doctrine.
Further, I believe ontKjaian's child
is aa gooa as anot ner s iixjjiatier
how humble hia circumstances are
in life, no matter how deep in pov
erty he ijniy be sunken. I believe
Le has a mind ihat God save him
and that he has a light to have that
mind educated and trained. I want
to see our children grow up so in
telligent that no trust, uornicnopos
ly, nor corpouitiou, nor demagogue
can ever deceive or oppress them as
we have been deceived or oppressed.
I desire to see them so iitted for the
bat tie of life that they will be able to
cope with tlie children of the bond
holders and the millionaire. Di 1
you ever think about who the friends
of education are? Count up ail you
know and see how maoy bad men
you will find among them. Are
not most of them men you would be
;lad to call your friends? On the
other hand, who are its enemies?
They are invariably the men who
are your enemies. You mav fiud
some good men who are indifferent
about education, but if you compe.
tin-in to take sides, you will find
the-y are for it in some form or other,
while the men who desire to plunder
the people v ill naturally oppose
their being educated. Do you sup
pose Jay Gould or Rockefeller or
!any such men are wdling to see
j the masses educated? True, they
' may give something to endow some
j college ami then some good "pil
lar" in the church will sing their
; raises and talk about what they
haw done for the gospei and the
cause of education; lut tney
know well enough when Ihey give
the ...oncy that there is no danger of
the musses of tlip people being edu
cated in the colleges and seminaries,
and besides, you see, it serves
as au advertisement to their busi
ness. How inanv such men did yon
j ever know to make any eflort to od
ucato the common people tne chil
dren of the farmers and laborers
who sue not able to send their sons
j nod daughters to college. Not one
! Why, they have lived so long upon
jtbo labors of the working people
! that they have coire to look upon
them as a feeding-ground and ac
I ttially feel that they have the right
i to 'plunder us. Of course such men
are uoing to oppose iiiiyuuu ui;u
tends to enlighten the masses and
cause them to see and usider-tand
their trickery.
There arc- hundreds and thousands
of meu in the Aiiianee who have not
hud the advantage of an education
in their youth, but who realize all
the more the need of it and are all
i the mor : anxious to have their chil
drtn and their neighbors children
educated that they may oscape the
snares th.-1 have entrapped their
fathers. All Alliancemen are in fa
vor of education. The only differ
mi e of opinion is as to how it is to
be done. The time has been when a
majority of the farmers could, by
making a sacrifice, jrive their chil"
dun a common-school education;
but that time has past. It is no
longer a question whether he will
help to hire a teacher for his coiu
munitj'. It is now a question wheth
er he can buy bread and ecthes for
his family. The time has come when
the only change i-ok a i'oor man's
child to be educated is by the aid
cf tiie State andGoveunmext.
Our sous ami daughters must be
educated at any cost. Our organiza"
lion can, and I am sure will, help in
this noble work. I expect to see it,
not only educating those of us who
have passed our school days, but
also to help bring to eur children au
education th.it will givo them high
and noble aims in life, a love cf jus
tice and truth and a manhood to
claiia and maintain their rights,"
51 ny FoI.
Mr. W. M. Worrell, onr electric
light man, received a letter from
a man at Columbia, S. C, a few days
ago, asking a great many questions
about the plant here, and stating he
had quite a large manufacturing es
tablishment at that place, which he
would like to have lightenl with elec
tricity. Sir. Worrell packed all of
his occoutrementsand on last Friday
he hoarded a tram bound for the
"Palmetto State." After arriving in
Columbia he called at the principal
hotels, but could find nothing of
his man. When he would ask about
the manufacturing establishment
the people would eye him with a
kind of stare which wsis enough to
say "you had better be going towarils
a lunatic's asylum;" and really that
would have been the best course to
have taken. At hist he went to the
postoffice and examined the City
Directory, and found to his mortifi
cation his man was insaue and was
confined in the asylum.
We saw the above named letter
and it was a perfect specimen of
good grammar and chirography.
The Robinson case seems to be the
"skeleton in the closet" foj Meck
lenburg presbytery. Having been
in legislation in the church courts,
having been before the General As
sembly once or twice before, that
body sit its present meeting,- rein
stated him, in his presbytery from
which a previous svssembly suspend
ed him. This action will probably
reopen the case, as the presbytery is
not debarred trom trying mm.
All HorfN of 1'araKrnpliM.
It is a thankless world. A man
gets no credit when he psiys cash.
A christian is a man who is restor
ing God's likeness to his charao
ter.
Sfontana is the only one of the
new States without a dollar's indebt
edness The population of New Orleans
has increased 120,000 in tea years.
It is now 330,000.
The unmarried ladies of Slsissa
chasetts have $20,000,000 on deposit
in the savings bsinks of that State.
If there is ever a time it's a bless
ing for a inau to be blind it is when
he is in love. He csm't see what a
fool he is making of himself.
An Ohio business msin is afflicted
with paralysis of a very singular
kind. His legs are powerless from
dark to daylight, when he recovers
the use of them again.
A lady wishes to know the best
way to mark table linen. Black
berry pie is our choice, although a
baby with a gravy dish is highly es
teemed by many.
Oik sixth of the bituminous
pigiron made in the United
States is now produced in three
Southern States, ami this amounts
to one ton in nine in all of the pij.
iron.
A shoe' trade journal Ssiys thsit the
best time to get lited to shoes is the
latter part of the day. The feet sire
then at their maximum of size and
sensitiveness.
How absurd for newspapers to
publish, "Rules for Husband." Any
sort of wife can prescribe better
rules for a husband than he can find
in siny newspaper.
There are three men in the Ore
gon State prison, each of whom cut
ofl: a hand to avoid woik. They are
confined in solitary cells. Two oth
ers cut off the ends of their fingers.
Atlanta wants an elephant, not a
white elephant, but a true elephant,
with a snout, tsiil and four legs, and
the little boys anl gMs of the city
have set about to raise the money to
buy one.
A lamp chimney dealer sidvises
his customers thusly: "Although it
isn't to my interest to say it, kero
sene will clean a chimney much bet
ter than soap, and make it less liable
to crack."
Jt is the fashion in Chicago for
the men to buy their wives' bonnets.
The milliners like L'.ie change, and J
say that as a general thing a man
knows better than si woman what is
suit eel for her.
Nine thousand million of dollars
are saiel to have been expended on
the construction and equipment of
railroads in the United States, and
still the work goes on. The average
cost of construction per mile is about
30,000.
-mm -m
A Ioal I'ute at 111 Window.
PiTTsiiuno, Slay 18. This morn
ing, at three o'clock, J.W.Waggoner,
a guest of Boley's Hotel, wsis awa
kened from his slumbers by some
thing like a tapping at his wiudow.
He got upp in bed and pee reel out
into the night, and was thrilled with
horror to see the white face of a
corpse. The body was hanging by a
chain around its neck from a win
dow on the Hbor above, and the wind
in swaying it about caused the noise
that awakened Waggoner. The eyes
of the corpse were wide open, and
the hands were clasped together.
As soon as Waggoner recovered
from the shock he alarmed the
household. The body proved to be
that of J no. Smith, au oil driller.
He had gone to his room about mid
night, taken the chain used as a fire
escape, wrapped it twice around his
neck and swung out of the window,
where he hung until he was stran
gled to death. Several years ago
Smith lived in Edeiisbiirg. A mur
der was committed there in which
he was implicated with a man named
Howls and another named Brooks.
Bowls fled and Brooks was kilted.
Then Smith turned State's evidence
and got clear, hut he was from that
time on known in the oil country as
murderer John Smith. To be csill
ed by this name preyed upon his
mind and led to his suicide.
, A 5iscro ImpoNtur.
PtALEiou, N. C., Slay 22. In
Robeson County Superior Court
William Childs, a negro, was sen
tenced to the county chaingaug, for
two years for obtaining money under
fsilse pretences. His plan was novel.
He travelled through the country
telling the negroes that he was au
thorized, as agent of President Har
rison, to collect $2 from each one of
his race, and gave a certificate that
every one who paid this amount
would receive $200 in return. He
had succeeded in gathering several
hundred dollars, when his scheme
was exposed by some of hia dupes
and he was arrested.
CliniiiU lr;i'iny Yrnrx.
Greensboro North State.
We have just received information
that the life of one of the most re
markable men that ever lived iu
North Carolina terminated a few
days ago at his home, about five
mile north of trinity College.
The name of this unfortunate
being is Jay Hill, and at the time of
h's death he was nearly 70 years of
age. lie has been an idiot from
birth, but since infancy litis possessed
physical strength to a rare degree
and was well formed in every
particular with the exception f his
heaJ, which was so extremely ill
aliaped as to give him mora the ap
pearance of a beast than a man.
When but a child he was often so
-.'olcnt that it was necessary to chain
him to the floor. Notwithstanding
Uiis unnatural existatice he grew anel
strengthened dsiy by elay until his
chain was not sufficient to hold him,
anel two or three tisnes he broke loose
mid lied to the woods. During his
brief liberty he was as violent as a
tiger, and it was difficult to recap
ture and return him to his place of
confinement, lie was fastened with
stronger bonds, and with the except
ion of a few days he remained chain
ed to the floor in the same room for
about fifty years.
He had an insatisite desire for tear
ing to pieces anything thsit he could
get, and at times it was impossible to
keep him clothed. Flax was spun,
into coarse, strong threads and wo
ou into cloth which wsis doubled
kid quilted and made into garments
for him, but with his teeth and tal
on like Onsrers he tore them into!
threads.
He has been known to tear to pieces
ft solid stick of hickorv wood with
nothing but his teeth and lingers.
He ate as ravenously sis a lion and
j'ould drink, without the slightest
psiia, boiling coffee.
Oa several occasions ditfercnt
members of the family narrowly es-
aped being killed by him. One
evening a sister started to go out of
dor rs. She passed too near him and
he sprang at her with great force,
knocked her through thu open eloor
into the ysird, so badly injuring her
that it wsis not thought possible for
her to live-.
The writer hsis often at eveutiele
heard his demoniac yells w hen more
than a mile distant.
His father provided f 3r him before
his decth, leaving property enough
to maintain a wretched life through
all these years. It was stipulated in
the will that he should be kept on
the old homestead.
if
A Tragedy.
On hist Saturday night while fish
ing in Neuse river, near Ihdeigh,
Lemuel Bryan was foully assassina
ted by an unknown party The land
on which he was fishing is owned
by Slessrs Whitfield and Brown, and
they have posted the premises, and
employed a man named Williams to
stsiy on the banks of the river and
see that no one violates their orders.
A man named Pulley was with Bry
an when he was shot, but saiel he
was within a few steps of him at the
time, but it was so dark he could
only see the outlines of Bryan's
body, aud could not tell what posi
tion he was in. When he heard the
report of pistols or gun it frightened
him and he ran and left Bryan.
On Sunday great crowds of people
gathered around the spot where the
body lay, and later in the day the
body was taken to Raleigh, where a
post mortem examination was held.
On Slondsvy morning a coroner's
jury was summoned to meet in
Wake county court-house, where an
investigation of the matter wsis held,
the examination of witnesses being
conducted by Solicitor Argo.
The ball was found to have enter
ed the right side pstssed through the
heart and lungs, and lodged uneler
the skin in the left side. A pistol
was found in the house of h'obt.
Pulley the man who was with Bryan
that night and was introduced to
gether with the ball. The pistol
was a seven-grooved barrel and the
ball bore evidence of having teen
shot from a pistol having seven
grooves, anel would fit the pistol ex
actly. The barrel hsid not been
shot, though one of the chambers
of the cylinder had been.
Sir. whitfield, one of the owners
of the land had said he would stop
the Bryana and others from fishing
there.
Outside of the above there is no evi
dence to show who would willingly
shoot down a human being in cold
blood and try to cover his horrible
crime by the blackness of night.
The investigation will be resumed
Friday.
i:x-Sotinlr .Tones A01:ctin.
Detroit, Slay 19. Charles W.
Jones, the once brilliant United
States Senator from Florida, was
to-tlay committed to the insane asy
lum at Dearhorn, and to-night is no
better than the crsiziest lunatic in
Michigan. The story of his down
fall is not of the ordinary kind.
While still in the height of his politi
cal career this man fell before the
charms of Slichigan's richest maiden,
.Miss Clothilde Palms. He followed
her to Detroit and endeavored to
force his affections upon her, but
she objected. For months he" paced
up and down in front of her house
by the hour and sent her bouquets by
the dozen, lie boarded at the Rus
sell House, Uie best hotel in the city.
His finances were not equal to the
strain and he was asked to leave.
Then his downfall became rapid and
he drifted from hotel to boarding
house and from there to a meagrely
furnished room,and obtained his food
at free lunch counters and anywhere
he could. His apparel kept pace
w ith his decline, and months ago he
drifted far below shabby gentility.
During the past two years his men
tal decline', previously but surmised,
became a real fact, sind he was the
most pitied and noticeable figure on
the street. -The pride o'f birth wsi.3
still apparent and he never lost his
native dignity.
On last Friday his son John made
applicatien to Probate Juelge Dutfee
to have him committed to there-treat
at Dearhorn. Today, while the case
wsis on trial, the ex-Senator stalked
into the court room and read a pe
tition drawn up by himself, demanel
ing that his case be transferred to
the United States Courts, on the
ground that he was si citizen of
Florida and not of Slichigan.
After reading his petition he bade
the (.'on rt "Cood-day," and with
great dignity left the room. A lot
of personal testimony wsis taken,
anel his recent letters to the Sun and
other newspapers were read. Com
mitment papers for his incarceration
at Dearhorn were soon made out,
smd the Sheriff, with four deputies,
found him in his room. For a time,
on account of his physical strength,
they feareel to enter, but at length
rapped at his door. The Senator
bsule them enter, but refused to stc
conipany them from the room. The
Sheriff, however, coaxed him to
have, smd, sifter a great deal of
bother, finally landed him in a car
riage bound for Dearborn, accompsi.
nied by four deputies. Jones was
good-natu reel but obstinate, and only
when his atteudsints promised to see
that he was reles?ed when restored
to health diel he consent to go. The
examing physicians ssiy his csise is
hopeless.
An Awful Irllt.
James H. Parcells, an employee
in the N;ew York post office, met
with a strange and terrible death
last Saturday. At his house on
Long Island he was digging a well,
and when about 15 feet below the
surface he encountered quicksaud in
which he began to sink. He called
for help and the people of the vil
Isige Rocked to his assistance aud
threw ropes to him blithe was una
bla to extricate himself, gradually
sinking lower and lower in the
treacherous sands. His friends
succeeded in tying a rope beneath
his arms and a dozen men pulled on
it without budging the sinking
body. A long rubber tube was pass
ed to him to be inserted iu his
mouth so that he might breathe
after his hesul went under, and he
soon disappeared. A few words
were uttered through the tube but
Parcells soon ex pi reel from suffoca
tion. The earth all around the well
wasdugawsiy, and the boely wsis
finally recovered. It is described iu
New York papers sis the most heart
rending sight ever witnessed on
Long Island.
The heaviest rain and electrical
storm known in years passed over
a large section of western Pennsyl
vania Friday evening, doing great
damage to property smd resulting in
the loss of several lives. No serious
damage was done in Pittsburg, but a
great deal is reported at SlcKees
port, (Ireensburg, Washington Oil
City, Wheeling, Erie and other
places. Several desiths by lightning
occurred, and one engineer of a
freight train was killed on the
Nickle Plate road by his train run
ning into a chasm, where a bridge
had been washed away.
It is a dangerous thing to allow
cows too much liberty iu the clover
fields. Yesterday, Mr. Robert E.
SIcDonald lost three cows, their
death being caused by gorging on
clover. Five cows were made sick
but two of them were saved by
boriug holes into their anotomy and
inserting safety valve pipes. The
other three were too far gone to be
sved by this treatment. Charlotte
News.
- Sleinory or H,'ourley.
EniToit Woukmax: When 1
came here yesterday, I had not
thought of having a word to ssiy
through the columns of your eiaiiv,
but knowing your interest in sill
reform work, I find myselt seated to
pen a few items. This seems to
be a place of very peculiar interest
to Evangelist Fife, since, in the past,
he wsis familiarly known here, as
tie ssiys, for his evil doing, when in
the depths of sin and lniipuiv.
This earnest appesil to those of his
associates, at that time, is truly soul
touching, the hearts of such sire
melting. The Evangelist dwells
very feelingly on the time of his
reformation over two years ago,
when fingers were pointed at him
smd many said, "Alt! he'll be drunk
and down in the gutter in si month;"
smd when he joined the church at
Fayettevillc, there was but bare one
elder who took him by the hand
and gave him si word of encourage
ment. As he told of the poor old
man, the keeper of the cemetery,
giving him a hearty shake of the
hsmd, a3 he told him of the many
times at midnight he had prayed
that he might hold out faithful;
the Evangelist stopped and tears
streamed from his eyes. A wise
smd good man was once asked what
he considered the most important
word in his vocsibuhuy. His rcplv
was, "Ileipfullness." '
"If I had been asked what the
two most important words are, 1
should say, Helpfulness and Sympa
thy.
Should not the prayer of every
human heart be, "Help me to feel
another's woes " SL R. G.
In Greenshoro Workman.
May 20, 1800. High Point N. C.
A Rotable .Marriaire.
A letter from Scotland Neck, N.
C, to the Richmond Dispatch ssiys :
"A remarkable marriage occurred
near Lew is ton a few days ago.
Some two years ago a quartermaster
in the United States army at Fort
Riley, Kan., advertised for a female
correspondent with a view to matri
mony. A young lady in Bertie
county named Eliza Dre w joki.igly
answered the adveriisenient. She
conlel not read nor write, but some
friend wrote for her. Her letter
was answered, photographs were ex
changed, and it is said that lot)
letters were exchanged. The
young lady wsis poor, hsid worked in
the field, cooked and washed all
her life, is not good-looking, weighs
220 pounds, anel wears a No. s
shoe. She wrote the young army
officer all these facts, but to the
surprise of everybody he came a
short time ago with plenty of money,
stayed a few days sit the girl's lmise,
gave her money to dress herself up,
and niarried her. He took her euT
on a bridal tour to Washington city.
He ssxys he will show her something
of the world, bring her back to Fee
her parents, and then take her to
Kansas."
W!i Can licnl This?
Thursday evening about dusk
John Reed and Frank Page, feeling
perhaps in neeel of some exercise
coucluele'd to try a run to the fair
grounds. Leaving the St. Cloud at
double quick time they went to the
grounds, around the track once and
got back to the St. Cloud inside of
22 minutes. They did not walk a
step and elid not break steps. The
distance is at least two miles. They
throw elown the gauntlet to the town.
Who can beat it.?
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Had Forgol.
"Boss," said a colored man to one
ofNolO's best farmers the other
day, "dis am 'ceusion dsiy, ain't it?'
"Yes," replied, the gentleiiisin,
"what is Ascension day? "Well,
boss, I don't recolle'ct jez now
whether that was the dsiy Christ
was bom, or his birf day,"
was the darkey's honest reply. 9
WcljKh I lie IlascnKf.
Another notch turned. The
Richmond & Danville Railroad h is
furnished our sigent with a pair of
new Fairbank scales for weighing
the baggage. A passenger is enti
tled to 150 pounds of bsiggage and
all over that will have to be paid for.
Up to this time the authorities have
been accepting the owner's on esti
mate of the weight, but after this
you'll have your baggsige weighed
for you and save all the mental
trouble incurred in estimating
weights.
By the. way, why not haul pas
sengers by the pound ? Why not
make extra charge for the fellow
that cocks his feet up over two
seats and fills another with his
grips, etc? Anel why not have the
hielies to submit to extra charge for
various boxes that inevitably follow
the gentle person ? These are sug
gestions for our railroad authorities
to consider.
Photographers are the most chari
table of men, for they are always
anxious to take the best view of
their fellow creatures.
Tin- 5Jarc5i to tht Kp.-..
Mi-:ss!:. Ed!to:;s. I saw in the
Daily St.vniu:i of the Htth th:-.t
Ir. N. D. Fetter and the writer had
gone to the coast to attend the
(rand Lodge e.f I. . O. '. and you
were afraid t!:;; I one or both of us
might ro;iK' baek with a l!-h lione in
or.rthiu.ts. I s"ii h.ti.py !o say that
weaiv both around safe ::nd sound
j1"1'.1 v,'l'!1 r!,"lsl with our trip to the
'('it
v bv the
:ud think we'sire
quiie foriuiiaie in not p ting into
file troiible Tilt: SrM)i;i predic
ts! but III-- many residers of your
rveelleni. paper will think we made
ijliile an e-'i-ape V, hen w lell them
ihe pi:!iifity thai we rat'L'h! and site
while gone. On Thursday nisiht
our goml friend Mik' Cnnilv Jr.
told )r. !'-l.ei-and nivri ir he woiihl
eall lime on n jn 1 1 - - morning sit
nine o'eloek, smd we iiiii-l be ready
10 go with him soul be his gm-sl for
Ihe dsiy. As Dr. 1'etei- is a man
that is so good naiured that he
could not say no, aud I had ihe same
disposition pariieitlariy when there
was a day before ih that we could
spend fishing at the Oiton pond, a
plsice noted for being fine for catch
ing the large blue perch weighing
from one to three pounds. I of
course co-isi-ii led. We left the city
on the small steamer named Bessie,
smd about 1 o'clock we landed ill the
Orion farm smd in is few minutes we
were at the Orton House.
one of the old time (I ivy Rock or
stuccoed built; by King Roge-r Moore,
some time stl-out the middle of hist
century. At the Orton pond each
one of us had a boat (. liitn-elf, with
a good o-;;-siiiii'i to ts:k" us to stny
part of the pond, which i.j some eight
miles long and two or three wide,
and full of fish, or u inan from up
ill the count rv would think so, to
iisii there for a sh-Ti lime. After
caleliing many fish as v.v wanhd,
v.e relumed lo the ;;. n house when
we found a !;:!.!e grosiTih.g tmd.-r a
good dinner l!i.; vs:s s.waiting us.
11 wst-: about the timj day that
wo could do simpie jit-lice to it. Af
ter partaking of ii, wo were shown
I lie crave of Kim;
OOiV,
It
was sotneiliing like
that he was found :
itgo. Tiie IimuiiU is: j
si bri; !v vault
-o'ii;' 1 1 o wars
well pre-
served and look.-; like it. will be good
fnr sever;!1 cent n
Wewoitt hi the v.!i.?rf smd hoard ed
the yacht Be.-ie to return to th;;
ciiy; and I would say rigid here if
any of our up-the-country peoplo
sliouhl visit by the sea thi- summer,
they could not get on :( I km-t where
then- would be more courtesy shown
them that! by Cssplain Potter, of the
sl'-anier Bessie: he is a good, genie!,
kind-h eart'-d man and bikes pleasure
in seeing hi.: pas.enger.- well cared
for. Arriving at the city, we hosird
cil t he si reel cars and wen! fo Oak
dale cemetery, one of the prettiest I
have seen in North ('arolinsi; there
sire some macniiicent monuments.
The one that struck nie the most
was the Confederate monument,
standing on au ch-vatcd place some
fifty or sixty yards from Hie main
entrance of the cemetery. On the
top of this monument stands General
R. E. Lee with si musket at parade
rest. On the opposite si Jo from the
gate is Genera! Stonewall Jackson.
No old Confederate soldier can stanel
and look sit, that monument and see
those two generals without shedding
a lestr of sympathy. While standing
there looking sit General Jackson my
mind run buck to t lie night before the
battle of the Wilderness, when he
stood a lone sentinel guarding while
his men rested, and the night of the
Wilderness after he had made the
grandest Hank movement of the lato
war, and Ihe last ever seen of him
was when he was carried .1T the field
wounded, never io return 10 n;s
command. It made me feel like
when I returned to my home I would'
do all I could towards raising money
to erect a monument to the fallen
heroes of Cabarrus. This clones up"
our la.-L day sit the city by the' sea.
I can tstv if any of our Concord
people go to Wilmington and fall iu
(he hands of any man that tresits
them like our friend Mike Cronly
treat al us; it won't be long until
fhev will want to return. May he
live long smd confinu-:- to enjoy him
self as he did while v.e were with
him is the wish of his Concord
friends. J. F.
An i:arlliiu.-We HUnvV..
Bii.i.ini.s, Mont., Msiy 21. At
an early hour yesterday a very severe
earthquake shock was felt over this
county. There, were two separate
visitations. The inhabitants were
considerably sdarmed but the distur
bances have not been repeated. Two
brick houses were shak--!i down s.nd
considerable glass sii d icred. Pic
tures and brie brae sitifovd corres
pondingly. A elaue-e w as in progress
at the hotel and the severity of the
shock floored several of the duuceH
and left the party in fright.
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