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I : TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: gC.T'O "ZV " ' " "ry VV. G.lBURKHEAD, - Editor. VOflCK TO GOttlt ESPO DENTS vll correspondents are hereby notified tliat t'H insure the insertion of their .com iii)ic;iticns they- must j furnish . us. with n-ir Imn'i fil' name and swlilress, which we ,i h.sitc to keep in strict confidence. Write ,iu mit s-'uleof the xhett.t i ' , I n$ I'll .ant is in;no wise responsible for viMus of its conrespomlents. ilitress all ooiummiicHtions to THE T0I5ACC0 FLANT, ;. ; vi . ; . Durham, N. C. Till: : A 31 Kill CAN FLA(5. it"llCll i 1 lifl In-ccloin imai her 1111 mit:rin hciirlit. .(mini her stanilaril t the air, In- .re tlic aurc rol." of night. -' ft the stars- of glory; there ! Kin-miijfihil with its' jjoriHms ilycs i'lln- niiiky l:illri-of tte sides, ". .,- . i rijn.il its pure, celestial white. idi Mreakings of the morning light ; r in 11. I'roiu his mansion in the sun. she called her eairle ji-arer down, .. ' . I nd trave into his mighty hand: r lie svnilol i of her chosen laivl ,! iI:ii-tit monarch of the cloud ! I Vh riar'st aloft tliyjegal form, " !',, hi-ar' I In- tempest trumping loud, - . lnd see' the liirlitniivg tani-es driven,1 -' U In 'l strive 'the! Warriors of the storm,1 And ro'l- the thuridertiriini of heaven 1 iiild "t tlie Sun !:to thee ".tis given : To ginrd the banner of the free, 'To Inner in the sulphur smoke, j "lo w:ipI away the; bat tic-stroke, u-1 lud its Mendings shine afar, l.iki raiiii'ows ijii the 'cloud of war, i ; ! . J in-harhingers of ;ictiry I l-liu of the hra ve! thy folds siiall llv, 1 In- -ign of hoje and triumph high ! Win 11 -peiik tlie signal-trmiHR't tHie, -' Vnd t lie Ioiilt iine'eomes gleaming 011. " l.ri i-t the liie-liloo-i, warm and wet, I l.i- dimmed the glistening bayonet, : . I.ai li soldier's eyelshall brightly turn . 1 11 w here thy skydM.ra glorii-s burn OneYear, - - -$150 TT . OTT II . . . 'i 'i 1 . L Ml - t nd. a-hi--pringing steps advaniS f f .iti-li war and vengeance from the glance. I nd when the caijnon-mouthhigs loud ' Heave in wild wreaths the battle shroud, 5 ; nd !rrv -abres "nisi" and fall' l.i'vi- -liiMits of tlaiiiioii midnight's pall, j Tin n shall thy mei-or ghmces glow, I ; ud cowering fof.-s shall shrink beneath , llaeh liiill.int arnf that strikes behiw : That lowlv misenger of death. I 'lag of the seas ! J, on oi can wave . ; , ; Thy -t ir- -hall glitter o'er the lirave .. When ih at h, "ari"i-riiig mi the gale, " s"(ris il.irkly riiiiml the lK-llitil sail. And fiilitcd wavts rusli wildly back ' l'lct'orc the !roatls)ile's rivling rack, 1 Ii.ii ii d ing wanderer of the '.sou liall look at onee to heaven and thee. inl -niili-to see :thy sjilendors tly In triimijli o'er the closing eye. 1 Flag of the free heart's hope and home. I!y angel hands to valor given ! Thy stars have lit the welkin dome, .VrfTf ail thy hues were liorn in. heaven. Forever tloat that standard sheet ! Where breathes the foe that falls liefbre tfr!i With Freedom's soil beneath our feet And Freedom's lanner streaming o'er us ! I JiisKfii Room as IhtAki-:.'!" '" ' '' I - ' : A FA 31 1 LV !l I If F I Cl' LTY SET- ' ' TLEI. 1 ' ''N 4 Ir; Taliuage's Sernion, Preaches! SHiidavMoriiiuf, Nov. 2Stli.f 1 'l iHtlu if he nit itrife. -1 pray thee. 1eteeii in ' nut t tii e. tiiiil liet wei'ii niy. iiiTilnieii amt thy h iilnuMi. I fiot the whole Hiinl hel'ore theeS".'"! .11..-1-. 1:;. '1 r -.; ' ;H Cncle iind iiepbew, Abram and Lot, both pious, both millionaires, and with swh large flocks of bleaU itig sheep 'and lowing cattle ; tlufii their herdmen got into a fight, per haps about the best pasture, or about the best water privilege, or Weanf tlio i-ow of oiie got hooked by the Jiorns of the otlier.- i Not their poy erty of'opportunity, but their wealth. waslhe ca use l c nun tversv between tlieseitwo nun. To Abram, the glo i riousi 1 ild Bedouin sheik, such coil itrove'rsy .seeined absurd. It, wli like: two ships quarreling f 1 r . st a room! in the middle of the Atlantic : oeoail. There was a vast reach jot eounfry, corn'!' fields, vineyards. haj.r vestsland plenty of room in illimitp alile Isjcreage.f.' "Now," ;says.- Abranij, "Lot kis agree to differ, j Here arehe niotintain distri(-ts, swept by the toiiic aiiil sea breeze, and Avith wide retu h ipg prospect, or there is the ?! ; ' ! 4'J-AIN iK; T1IK JOKI i. N, ,h s ith tropical luxuriance. You may havo either." Lot, who! was not Us ri h Us Abrahi, and might have be'ii .expected to take the second choice, .made the first selection,! and with a modesty that must have made Abfam smilf, . said to him : "You mayj have' the rucks and tlie line prospect ; I will take I thevalley tif the Jordan, with all its luxuriance of corn iieldsj and the river to water the flocks, and the. genial climate, ' and the wealth immeasurable." So the Controversy was forever settled, a nt 1 great sqijled Abram carried out tlie suggestion of the text; "Let there lc n strife, pray thee' between me ; and lliee, and between Jiiy lierdnien and hv herdmen." Is not the whole land, beibi'e thee?" , . ': Well, in tliip, the .last 'garter; of the Nineteenth' century, and. in", this beautiful land, 'which was" called America, after Umericus Yespucius, but ought he) have been called Co lumbia, after'.- its cliscovererj t'oluin-busjwc-have' a wealth of religious trivilege and opportunity thatfis positively bewildering, i Churches' of till st'vles of creeds, ail of all styles of gtjtvrrnnieiitsj ;anl all styles of worship, and all styles of -architec ture.' hat opulence raj opportunity!'. N di-splate region i -there of eeelesiasti w, while in may be only tJiie phtvrch. ami it hUMt be thatibr nothing, tij the ttpulent- diatriets of . this country, there i such a profu sion that there! ought td be no difli eultv in making a selection. .NO FK.HT ABOUT VESTMENTS,. I or between littirgieal or non-liturgical adherents , or! as to baptismal i modes, r a haiidful of water as com 1 tared with a riverful. If Abram prefers to thvell in the heights, .where i lnv can onlv get a sprinkling from WJ t'lou'ilJ. Iethjjn consent that I,ot X liave all the Jordan in which to im 1 merse himself.! "Let tliere be no strife, I prav'thee, between thee and ? me, and between thy herdmen and mv herdmen. i! Is not the whole land,! - before thee?" : I . Especially is it -unfortunate when i "families allowj at the breakfast, or jlif'iihg. or tea fable, angry discussion 1 as PJ yhtph jshe let church or de , pondication, one at one epd pf the i table saying he could pot endure the rigid doctrines of Preshyterianism, 1 ope at the other end responding,that ' she pe er could atapd the forms of , Kpihoopacy, .a)tj pne at one side of the table : saying he tfhl not under i xtahd how anyl ody could bear the - noiste in the AiethoUist- church, and another declaring all. the Baptisfe bigots. there are hundreds ot 1am- VOL. XV. NO. 49. nics nopt-JessIy split rm ccr-lesiastic- ; i.sin, ini in tiie niKlille ot every dis- ; cussmn on such subjects there is a ! viiiiiiuiiu mnignauon, and it needs . ome Ohl lather Abram to come and ! hilt 11 f,. 41.,. 1.1 1 J- 1 1 . 1 1 nit- joaaeu iuse ne- ; foot on tlu i ii t . . tort uie explosion takes plac', and ; ay : "Let there be no strife, I pray uiee, net ween me and thee, and be- ' i.m.i.ny m-iuinon and tny herd- men. Is not the whole-land before ; till' . J - 1 undertake a sub Meet never before ! iwiuertaken in any pulpit, for it is ! undertaken in any pulpit, for it all exceedingly delicate subject, a in not rightly handled might g and j give 1 IsOriOUS ' Otic USe : hut I aimroach it ' "'ui'Hii uie Migniesi trepidation, lor I am sure I have THE P1VINE PIKEtTioN ; in the matters I propose to present. i Jt IS a tremendous question, asked j .! all over Christemloni. often asked; wun tears andsohs and heartbreaks, i ! and involving the peace ot families, , ! the eternal happi-nessof many souls: a in uiaueis 01 cnuren attendance i should the Wlleiro with the hnshnnd !. r 1 or the husband -o with the wife'' ! J r irst. remember that all the evan- i : geiical churches j.ave emugh truth ! lar. As for myself, I feel as much at .in them to save the soul and prepare j home in one denomination of evan i for. happiness on earth and in j geiical Christians as another, and I . 1! heaven. I will go with you into any j tiiiiik I must have been born verv " ell selected theological library, and j near the line. I like the solemn roll 1 I will show vou sermons from min-1 .if tho Fnis-ooiil litnnrv nml I lik-o .isters in all denominations that set forth man as a sinner and Christ as a deliverer from sin and sorrow. That is the whole gospel. ('Jet that into your s ul and you are fitted for i the here and the. hereafter. Tlie world has twenty-six letters in its alphabet, and there are only two. let -, tors in the gospel alphabet S and (' : S standing for 'our sin, C stand ing for Christ, our' rescue, blessed be ; His glorious name forever ! In any : church where you can ' thorotighly j learn these -two letters, and all 'they ; stand for, you ought to be edified j and happy. There are differences, j we admit, arid some denominations j .we like better than others'. But sup j pose three or four of us make solemn agreement to meet each other a week from, now in' Chicago on important business, afftl one goes by the New York Central railroad, another by the: Erie railroad, another by the Pennsylvania railroad, another by the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. One gies this wav, because the mountains tire grander; another takes this, because the cars are more luxurious; another that, because the ;speed is greater: another takes the other, liecanse he has long been ac customed to that route, and ajl the employes arc familiar. .So far as our engagement to meet is concerned,! itmakes no difference if we only get there. .Now, any one of the innum erable, evangelical denominations, it" vor ritA"Ti( e its teaching although some of their trains run on , a broad gauge, and -some on a narrow gauge will nring you out at the city of the New Jeru salem. ' It being evident that you will" be safe in any of the evangelical de nominations, I proceed to remark, first: If one of the niarried cp.uple be a Christian and the othernot, the one a Christian is bound to go any where to a church where the uncon verted companion is willing to go, if he or she will go to no other. You, of the connubial partnership, are a Christian. You are safe for the skies. Then it is your first duty to secure the eternal safety of your lifetime associate. Is not the everlasting welfare of tour wife impenitent, or your husband impenitent,of more im portance than your church relation ship? Js not the residence of your companion for the next quadrillion of years a mightier consideration to you than the gratification of your ecclesiastical taste for forty or fifty years. A imm or a woman that j would not' istop half a minute to j weigh preferences as to whether he j or she had better go with the uncon- j verted? com pan ion to this or that) church or deponfipation has no re- j ligion at allj and never has had,, and j I fear never will "have, You are loaded up. Hvith. what you suppose to be religion, but you are like Capt. Frobisher, who brought back from his voyage of discovery a shipload of what he supposed valuable min erals, yet instead of being silver and gold, were nothing but common stones of the field, to be hurled out finally-fas useless. Mighty God! In all Thy. realm is there one man or woman professing religion, yet so stolid, so unfitted, so far gone unto death that there would be any hesi tancy in surrendering all preferences, before such Ian opportunity f salva tion and heajvenly reunion '? If you, a Christian wife, are an attendant up1 on thip Brooklyn Tabernacle, and your unconverted husband does not come here, because he does not like its preacher, or its music, or its archi tecture,. 'or its uncomfortable crowd ing, and goes not to any house of worship, but would go if you would accompany him somewhere else, change your church relations. Take youf hyhm book ho.ine with you to: day, Hay gooibby to your friends in the neighboring pew; and OO WITIl HIM TO ANY one of a hundred ehurehej, till his soul is saved and he joins you in the march to heaven.. More important than that ring cm the third finger of your lett hand, it is.; that your ........ . w Heavenly Father command thifangi ' rCl of nerey" concerning y'qu'r husband at .his conversion , a ni thp parablp of old : "fut a ring on his, hantt" ' - Nq letter of more Importance ever came; to the great city of Corinth, situated on what was called the "Bridge of the Hea," and glistening with sculpture, and gajoecl with a style of bjass the magnificence of which the following -ages have not been able successfully to imitate, and overshadowed by the Aero-Cor-inthuSj a fortress of rock 2,000 feet HERE SHALL THE PRESS hirh I sa'v no letter ever came to ' that Ereat citv of more iniDortance than that letter in which Paul puts i the two startling questions: u hat : kno'west thou, oh wife, whether thou " . ' . . ' s halt save 1 1 hv litis hanr ? Or how knowest thou, oh man. whether thou shalt savelthv wife?" The dearest sacrifice on the part of the one is ; cheap it it! rescue the other. Hetter go to the sinallest, weakest, most in- L'UmiilOOitt iliMit.ilk ..iixtlt natil lii-k r-K-ojirtnerain ptpmnl Vdica than nn niuuiMUii; vilUItll Mil I dl Li 1 l 1 1' I vour earthly . 'membership in the j most gorgeously attractive church while vour comoanion" stavs outside t of i vnindir-nl nrieilw-r. Better HAVE THE DKOWMN-f; SAVl) by a scow 'or sloop than let him or Cl IVItl ll SI1MMI 111. Ill 111 llllll 111 1 1 i-i1 11 -.i i her go down while vou sail lv in the ' lilded ea 0111s or a Britannic or a (Jreat Ea Second :ern. remark : If both of Christians, the niarried couple be bui one is so naturally constructed that 1 it is impossible to enjoy the services .,1. .-i 1 i i of a particular denomination, and ! , A 4. ' I tUn Atl,i.i.;0nAt cr.t-.inn i.i.'minn my. wuill ISUU1.1U .-VI lilt Kill iu imiK 1 tii;,i w i,Lno iMa nnrt;,,,L with the other who is'verv particu- ! the spontaneity of the Methodists, an(V I lik6 the importance given to the ordinance of Baptism by the Baptists, iind I like the freedom of the Congregationalists, and 1 like the government and the sublime doctrine of the I'resbyterians, and I like many of the others just as good as any I have mentioned, and I could happily liyeancl die, and preach and lie buried from any of them. But others are born with so stout and un bending and inexorable a liking for some denomination that it is a posi tive necessity they have the advan tage of that one. What they were intended to be in ecclesiastic-ism was written in the sides of their cradle, if the father and mother had eyes keen enough to see it. They would, not stop crying until they had put into their hands as playthings a Westminster Catechism or , the Thirty-nine Articles. Tim - whole current of their temperament and thought and character runs into one sect of religionists as naturally as the James river. into the Chesjhtoeake. 'It would be a torture to persons to be anything outside ot that one church. 1 Now, let the wife or hus band who is not so constructed SACRIFICE THE MILDER PREFERENCE for the one more inflexible and rigo rous. 1 Let the grapevine follow the rugosities and sinuosities of the oak or hickory. Abram, the richer ip flocks of Christian grace, should say to Lot, who is built on a smaller scale:' "'Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and be tween my herdmen and. thy herd ihen. Is not the whole land before ' thee?" As you can be edified and happy aiivwhefe, go with your com panion to the church to which he or she must go or be miserable. ' . "Remark the third: If Ijoth the niarried couple are Very strong in their sectarianisms, let .them attend the different churches preferred. It is not necessary that you attend the same church. Religion is between vour conscience and your God. Like Abram and Lot, agree to differ. When on Sabbath morning, you come out of the door of'iyour home together, and one goes ohe way and, the other the other, heartily wish each other a good sernion and a time bf profitable devotion, and when you meet again at the noonday repast, let it bej evident each to each, and to your children, and td the hired hell), that you have bpth been on i tne ..uouni ia 1 i.m:jugui.uuoii, al though you wept up by different paths, and that yoif haye both been fed by the bread pf life, though kneaded by different hands, in dif ferent trays, and baked in different ovens, I ' ' . " But !how about the children?" I am often asked by hundreds of pa rent.- Let them also . MAKE THEIR CHOICE. They will grow up with 'reverence for bothj the denominations repre sented by father and mother, if you, by hoi yj lives, commend those, de nominations.. If the father lives the better life, they will' have the more I .tavoraPle opinion 01 pis oenomina tion. If the mother lives tlie better life, they will have the more favor able opinion of her denoipimvtion. And some day both the parents will, for at least one service, go to the same church. The neighbors will say: "I day, for wife, w wonder what is going on to- I saw our neighbor and his 10 alwavs go to different churches, going 'ami in arm to the same sanctuary?" Well, I will tell you wlujit has broagl it them together, arm in arm, to the same altar. Something very important has hap- penet 1. Their son is' to-dav" umtini with the church. " He is standing in the aisle taking the vows tff a Chris tian, He had been somewhat way ward, and gave father and mother a good deal of anxiety, but their pray ers have been answered in his conversion, and as he stands in the aisle and the minister of religion savs : . ! ' " ' l ""l 1 . . , -. t 1 inncortiHiTa- i-Aiircftlt T 1 I ,' f'." P""- V l-r ,.'V"10.r. w 1 1 . . . . ..-.r , j . ...... i ...... f u'u v.1" ' mane "JIM t.t-m.-ctqeu j uu, and dpi you promise tq serve him all your daVsf' and with manly yoice, he apswers -L do,'1 There ia an April! jshower ip the pew where father and mother sit, and a Baipbow .of joy! which arches both their souls, that' : -s. . iAKES A.1-L PipFEif K-N P.S Of" OtfEED infinitesimal,'. And the daughter who had been worldly and gay and thoughtless, puts her life on the altar ot consecration, and as the sun light of that Sabbath streams through MIE PEOPLE'S. EIGHTS MAINTAIN, UNAWED BY INFLUENCE DURHAM, N. C, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1886. the church window and falls upon her hrow and cheek, she looks like their other daughter, whose face was j lumincd with the hrightness ot another world, on the dav when the j . .-" 1 1 Lord took her into ills heaven iv keeping years ago. i snouid not woimir 11, aner an, t 1 vi j ' 1 i . 11 these parents pass the evening of ! their life in the same church, all dif- ierences 01 cnurcu jtreierences over-, come oy uie joy 01 neing in me bonso of flod where fhi"ir children ' were ltrepared for usefulness and ! heaven. j But 1 can give 'ym a recipe for ! ruining your children. Angrily eon tend in the household that your church is right and the church of h. vour companion is wrong. , Bring . . sneer and caricature to emphasize r: vour opimons, and vour children will make up their minds that reli gion is. a sham, and they will have none of it. In the northeast storm of domestic controversy, the rose of wi 1 i. 1: 1 . c ii 11 : 1 1 i?n 1 u 1 ui 11 1 111 e 111 01 1 ic ucv will , , : , . ,. not grow, right about apostolic 11a 1 1 1 . 1 succession, tight about election and free agency, tight about baptism, ! fight about the -bishopric, light about j gown and surplice, and the religious i prospects of your children will be j left dead on the field. You will be I as unfortunate as Charles, duke of Burgundy, who in battle lost a dia mond the value of a nation, for in fight you will lose the jewel of'salva- tion for your entire, household. This is nothing against the advocacy of l vour own religious theories. Cse all forcible largument, bring all tell ing illustration, array all demon strative facts, but let there be no acerbity, no stinging retort, no mem insinuation, no superciliousness, as though all others were wrong and you infallibly right. Take a hint from astronomy. The Ptolemaic system made the earth the center of the solar system, and every thing was thought to turn round the earth. But the Copernicifn system came, and made the sun the center, around which the planets revolved. The bigot makes his belief the cen ter of everything, but the I.AKOE SOFLEP ( PHISTIAN makes the Hon of Righteousness the center, and all denominations, with out any clashing, and each at its own light and in its own sphere, revolv ing around it. Over the tomb of Dean Stanley in Westminster abbey is the passage of Scripture : "Thy commandments are exceedingly broad." Let no man crowd us on to a path like the bridge Al Sirat, which the Mohammedan thinks leads from this world over the abyss nf !,J1 tu,m,l!l.n P l.,.,,vlfU r.t' I 171 lllll llllll IHllillllDl, lUC lllClUllll Ul the brid.ro Ls th. the web of a 1 ,.?.;' 1.. ti... ,i.. ..r i oiai en spinel in 1111 vviji 111 d.-'Miiiii or razor, off the edges of which many fall. No, while the way is not vide enough to take with us any of our sins, it is wide enough for all Chris- tian believers to pass without peril into everlasting safety. But do not any of you depend upon what you call a sound creed for salvation. A 'man may own all the statutes of the State of New York, and yet not be a lawyer, and a man may own all the best medical trea tises, ami not be a physician ; and a man may own all the best vorks on painting and architecture, and not be a painter or architect ; and a man may own all the sound .creeds in the world, and yet not be a Chris tian. Not what you haVe in your head and on your tongue, but in your heart and in your life, will de cide everything. In olden times in England, before the modern street lamps were in vented, every householder was ex pected to- have a lantern suspended in front of his-house t and the cry of the watchmen, in London as they went along at eventide was : ''Hang out your lights !" Instead of dispu ting ip your"hpipe about the differ ent kinds of lantern, as a watchman on the walls of Zion 1 cry : "Let your light so shine before men that tney, seeing your good works, may glorify your father which is in heaven." Hang out your lights! You may have a thousand ideas about religion, and yet not the great idea of pardoning mercy. It is hot tlie number of your ideas but the greatness of them. A mouse hath ten otfsnriii'i- in her nest while the lioness hath one in her lair. All does no,t helortg to either the monop ideas about forms und ceremonies olists or the communists, and the and church government put ipgether are not. worth the phe idea of OETTIXO Tp lIK.yyEN V0VRSEJ.F and taking youf family with you. But do not reject Christianity, as many do, because there are so many sects', Standing in Westminster hotel, London, I looked out of the window and saw three clocks, as near as 1 can remember, one on the 'Parliament house, another on West minister abbey, aim they were all different. (.Hie said 12 o'clock at noon, another said 1 Loo, -another said 12:(Mi. I might as w'ell have concluded that there is no such thing as time, because the three timepieces were different, as for you to conclude that there is no such thing as Chris tianity because the churches differ in their statement of it. It is about 12 o'clock noon, of the glorious Gos l UllUVjH "Will lv fc.v.ii. .. "i peldispensatiomalthoughthechurch clocks somewhat differ, and mmer the present'light yau have ho excuse for lUglectiv your duty because you I do not like this or that. '.'How shall we escape if we neglect So great ,al, j r iweive yearV c7 faUhfui Bntjet n. U rejoice that, although j service inre, came m be (Jov partof our family may worship on Umor of the State. ; .. earth-in one church, and part in ( It Woult be Callexl IntlmlUation anothey church, or bowed at the ; if it lmd Happened in North same altars, it must be in a compn j Carolina! mise of preferences, we are, if re- ' , AmnA 4b. tn nprfeet Philadelphia Rccorfl, Dem. church, where all our preferences will be fully gratified. Great cathe dral of eternity, with arches 6f ame thysts, and pillars of sapphire, and floors of emerald, and windows a ;low with the sunrise pf heaven ! J W hat wide aisles, spacious enough'' to allow empires to enter! What amphitheatres ot piled-up splendor,; gallery above gallerv, princess and I - , ", 11 I nrincessess. Kinsrs and oueens Dena- ing over them! What gtupendous a ... .. ..M 1 - i 1 i. - .1 towers, wun cnimes angei noisieu and angel rung! What miriads of 1 worshippeis, white robed and coro- neteu : nai an omciaior at 1111 aiuir, een uie great nign priest 01 our nrofession !" What, walls, bun with the captured shields and flags by the church triumphant!.! What doxologies of all nations! Coronet to coronet, cymbal to cymbal, harp to harp, organ to organ ! Pull out the tremulent stop to recall the suf ferings past ! Pull out the trumpet sf- V celebrate the victor)-! 'hen shall these eves thv ihi built . walls An early gates behold ? Thy bulwarks with salvation- strong, Arid streets of shining gold. ; Ieal in an Oniiiibus--Foul Play .Suspected A Iark Mystery. -A man, well dresseiUand appa- rently pertectly sane, hut wearing a sad and anxious look, boarded a transfer 'bus Wednesday evening about 7 o'clock and to the horror of the others present, placed a dead body he was carrying !;. under his arm, besides him. There it stood stark and stiff, of ghastly hue, bolt upright on the cushioned seat, From all appearances it-was of ten der age, quite small, and could not have been dead more than 24 hours. There was a slight discoloring about the throat, i of a dark jbhiish and green color, that looked: as if death had resulted from violence. The body was stripped naked as it was born into the world, and no attempt was made at concealment except a little brown wrapping paper ted carelessly around the feet with a common piece of twine. Death must have been instantaneous, as there was no trace of bipod about it. One foot was sligby drawn up as if in agony and a portion if a toe was gone, as if cuWoff with some sharp instrument. Tihe man Jooked un concerned andlonly moved when a train passenger entered to take a seat, when be Nfted the body ten derly and movejl it along to make room. Soon tUe collector of fare came along anil it was then thought he would takelsome action in the matter or call' a policeman, and when he came to the sad-eyed man, he looked down at the cold corpse on the seat, and hitting it in an un feeling manner with a trunk check, said to the man: 'That's, a likely , , , 1 1 . one, ought to make pretty good eat ! nig to-morrow. Where did vou get it ?'" - i '. And the man and his turkey got out of the omnibus. I Brother Kins-sburv' Words of Wisdom, j Wilmington Star The great mission of the Demo cratic party is to uphold the Consti tution, to insist upon the mainten ance ofa free, democratic, republican Government regulated by law in which all men are free and all States retain their full rights under the Great Charter. The Democratic par ty must stand like an anvil for civil and religious liberty, and under no plea must its representatives in Con gress ever lower thesfemdard of home government, and never countenance, defend or-support any measure that tends to strengthen the Central Gov ernment "and rob the States of their reserved and inalienable rights. All measures like the the Blair, Oleomar garine and Kindred bills must be op posed by all lovers of free government and bv all defenders of home-rule k of local self-government. A great and vital principle is iu great peril. Let the Democratic party prove unfaith ful in this day ot wild ideas and dan gerous transition and the States are destroyed and great Centralized Pow er is enthroned. Like Apples of (iold in Pietures of Silver. Extract from Siienter Carlisle speech before iriMiiois v iim.j "No matter who may desert or who may falter, the great fight for reform will go on. I Ins country j people will save it from both. Be tween tne two there sianus a great and powerful body of ! enlightened, conservative and patriotic citizens, who obey the laws an preserve the public peace, and who in spite of all combinations and conspiracies, will ultimately see that the true principles of justice and equality pre vail in the legislation "of the coun try." . m . --- lie "Little. Hamlet" Mliould Feel Proud. ; Greensltoro Patriot. Gov. Scales sat in his spacious and handsome office, looking aa map of the State. Placing a finger on the little town, of Wentworth, Rockingham county, he smiled and said : 'I was born there. In that little hamlet tf hardly more than i -r i '.i " T J ' I J. il i lo0 people there lived, between the j vef 18ot and lSo Ivesid mv- il i nomas etue, . onn .u and Thomas lixx, ..Each of the -" -v-w- I i -i V T Three carpenters have been dis charged by the Champion Iron Com pany, Champion, Mich., because they voted the Democratic ticket at the' last State election.- J AND UN BRIBED BY GAIN: v. .Tar vis and Trinity College. Extract from hi leiter to liuleiKh Adv.H'ale.l The more I s4e of .the world the IlwirP r ,.,! ,,ftl,, 1, ' uilliUluuj the labors or lethargy of the people, , the progress of some"! and the noth- . 1 ri ' ino-ness of others the more L become rooti-il nd trnmo.h.,1 in tho i.i;..f ti,at intelligence and virtue lie at the loundatu n ofall permanent Trorre. 'SS and true greatness. No ignorant people have ever accomplished any great work for the good of mankind, and never will.' Intelligence means progress. . It creates, it applies.-it 1 goes on to higher aims and broader fields ot of. usefulness. Never content with what it is, it seeks for, more. Never selfish, it does not hide its light under a bushel, but lifts it on high to enlighten and guide diose following on. Its chief instrumen tality for disseminating its light among the people., and in expelling the darkness of ignorance, is the school bouse. The press and the pulpit do much, but the school house prepares the way vfor their great work. The State or Nation that builds the most school houses and supplies them best with teachers and pupils, will' in 'the end have the most intelligent, 'progressive people. North Carolina has done much in this direction, but she has not come up to the full measure other duty or ability. 1 want to see her do more and more, till her educational facili ties, like her natural advantages, are equal to those of any State in the Cnioii. 1 use the terms "school house" ahd "educational facilities" in their broadest sense; and I mean for thorn to include all places of in struction, from the 1 "niversit v to the ommon school, whether established! and maintained . Jy the. State, or- some of her enterprising, patriotic citizens. . " . I have mourned with the Metho dists over the embarrassments of Trinity and its failure to do the work expected of it by its founder and friends. It is of this eollege,and the duty, resting, upon its-friends, that I wish to speak more particu larly. In fact. it is the real piurpose of this letter. Well, to return to Trinity. The State is not receiving the benefits from this college that it should re ceive. This failure is not to be at tributed to the want of an earnest desire, on the part of its friends, but to a want ot the necessary, means to place the college in the front rank j of educational institutions. The du- ' ty of supplying these means devolves ! primarily upon the Methodists of j the State; and secondarily upon the I friends of education generally. Trin-i ity is now the weak point iTi our ad- j vancing educational column. It must be strengthened and made powerful, not as a lival of the Uni versity, of Davidson, or of Wake Forest, but as their effective co-laborer in the. grand work of educating the voung men of the dear old State. In such a work there should be no ! bickerings or backbitings, no jealous- ! ies or detractions, no rivalry that j would check another's progress; but j a generous rivalry to succeed by ! one's own merits and efforts : and ! that is always ready to help each otlier. I do not claim U be wiser or bet- ter than other nicii ; or more earnest ; or unselfish in my desire to see the State go forward in all good works; but I do know- 1 am the sincere friend of all enterprises having for their object the development of .her resources and the education of her children. It is in this spirit that 1 am ready to help, in any way in my power, to place Trinity in a po sition of absolute security and great ly enlarged usefulness. The experi ence of other institutions' similar.lv sitnated teaches uslhat such a nosi- ! . l tion can be obtained by an endow ment. Then why not endow Trini ty? But vou answer me "we have been talking about that for CcllS. Yes, 1 am aware of the fact that there has been- mpt h talk about en dowing' Trinity, bujt I am not aware that there has beij any Ji-red, (Her mined effort to duW. While I do not niean to underrate the vaKie of talk about this important matter, I - stijl venture to ask if the time has not arrived for ivork to begin? Will there ever be any -tetter time than now ? Then why not resol ve to begin and continue till the work is com plete? If the work should be re solved upon I will venture to offer a.; lew suggestions to you wnicp you more Irofltable and more honored." may use as you please: ; ,m . First'. There are a very rich men Nt an Overwhelming Iefeat. in the tatc able and willing to give 1 large .sums to this fund, and such , After ah is said and done, and the donations need not be expected. -UHt over it appears that Chief Jus Second. The onlv condition that f tiee Smith teat Judge Buxton 3.'5,2'h raigllt to be attached to the "donations j votes, and that the whole Democrat is,'that the fund may be invested by the trustees as they may deem best, Land the interest used for the good of the institution. As a trustee would say invest the fund i& North Carolina bonds, but that (juestion should be left entirely to, the trustees, and not allowed to enter into the donation. And just here I will make another N?ws& obnvr suggestion, verv nearly akjn to this, j The treasures President Battle has The libera mingled men who pro ' brought forth from the .almost for poe to give o,ught not to fiay tney ! gotten mine of North Carolina his will te one of a coy-pun number to torv have given general pleasure to give a certain sum. Such offers the State. We trust lie will pursue rarelv accomplish any good. Iet ' his extJorations. them give what they will and others will soon follow their good example. Third, This work must te accom-: plished little by little, or as the Port-; uguese sav, "fouco a' Pouco." It , can be accomplished that way. The commodious buildings belonging to the college -were not erected in a day or at an effort. The clay out pf which the bricks were iide va taken from the earth "a. apuh- full at a time."' The hricka were made "o,ue a time." The ? into the buildings " they were placed one by one.- $1.50 PER ANNUM. Farmers; Head This. The lanners ot rorsvtn call oh the f mi,,. 1 .i. ... , . .... ...v.- v uneie in uie .-?tate to join them in a mass convention. A moVfn'nt- Ke?p agitating it !.lnt SU(''l'ss repays you. gentlemen. 1 1 1 r. i.-VXT tavors it. It will do od. Lets have'it. IMow wo ,-ivn th. Solutions adopted at a meeting of the Fanner's Club of Forsyth, and clipped from the Prvyrrice'Fanm'r,: KKl'OKT OF THE roMMITTEE. '. Your committee, hwhom was re ferred tlie matter of a" mass omiven- tion of the farmers of North Caroli- na, beg respectfully to subnyt the fol lowing: AViiereas, the suggestion of a mass convention of the farmers of this State, made in an address issued ; this club at its first regular meet ing seems to have met the approval : of many' of the 'leading farmers of; the State, therefore fie.ol i-i'd : That the Forsyth Countv ; Farmers' Club-, believing that tlie sooner action -is taken in this matter the -better,- fa vol's the calling of ;u ! 1 mass convention of the farmers of j the State at Greensboro. N. (, on j Wednesday, the BHh dav of Jan- 1 1 w - ...1 IT'" i u ' 1 , t ! tiaiy, inn, wnere a iuu andireedis- j cussion may be had of such matters ' as affect the interest of the farmers ! of North Carolina. ; Re a(l .- That this dub expresses ! the earnest desire to see a plan de- I vised by the mass convention by j which a regular organization of the j tanners ofthe State may be affected and through which we may have the benefit of an annual meeting" of the fanners of the State. Rewcil : That we respectfully suggest to all farmers in the State ' who concur in our views, that thev hold a county meeting op Saturday the Sfh day of January, or sooner, and appoint delegates to the pro posed convention. Kcason for Hope, I$ut at Present 'lrade is Dull and Prices Low. Western Toliaci-o .luunia. There is a falling off of several million pounds in the sales in the Virginia and North Carolina markets since October 1st as com pared with the same period' of 1SS."), and this is not due entirely from scarcity of tobacco in market able condition, but it is generally admitted by correspondents and ex changes that existing prices are the main cause, and tliat a most lament aide dullness in the manufacturing branch of the trade is the moving spirit of low prices. We hope this is so, and that as soon as the surplus manufactured stock is worked off, and buHpess begins to pick up as it inevitably must, as the manufac- turers of these States are entirely too gnod and popular to be long neglec- ted prices pn the raw' leaf will again reach something like old time figures. At the present prices there is no encouragement for planters, handlers or manufacturers, as they are entirely too low to allow orindi- eate a profitable condition of trade. Probably in the spring there will be a material improvement all along the line of trade, and when' it comes, prices on leaf tobacco are hound to increase. Our llvperiinent Farm. Tl ie Si iniio-field farm it: IIomi has thi, to W1V of nu. cxl)er;llunI farm. It will be a great blessing, not onlv to North Carolina farmers, but to progressive farmers everywhere. "The North Carolina experiment station has done such good work that last winter the fanners of the State united in asking that the sta tion be provided with a farm for ex periinental purposes, so as to still further increase its usefulness. The request has been complied with, the farm secured, and the new but sim ple and inexpensive" buil'diugs were appropriately dedicated With large ly attended public exercises in July. Ilr t' " Il-iKniii- Ir tlie . -'lini.nt ; .in1 iYtiftY- li -t in m i-i if P.. i.rh!il 11J11 VllH Ll'M, 1 IV-U.-"H HV, of this recognition of his labors, the State is to be congratulated on hav ing such services at its command, and North Carolina .. farmers have shown their practical good sense in appreciating what science has al- ready done for them, and in pruvid- j ing the means wherehv it may do i still more. Let them apJy to their j own operations tli.e knowledge mi- ! parted by the station, and ever lib- erally supjort its work, and the pro- j (f president Arthur Cabinet Fre ductivenesS and value of their farins linghuvscn and Folger are dead. wiU i1crease and agriculture becomi ic Judicial ticket is elected oy lianil sume majorities. We are very glad the best news came last. . We wen frightened at first, Ltd delighted at j . . ' M . j It in a Loiijj Delayed AYork, I$ut j It is in ;ood Hands Now. He is a Iinjjr time About It. wiimintrton star. Cluverius has promised t tell where he was when, Miss- Madison was murdered Have They See It ? Been to Xen s i Observ er. n, i.lomvmpn of St. Ixjuirf have fonnally and unanimously declared aeainst the Pallet.. I RATES FOR ADVERTISING i iucn, one lnsertign,. $ .75 1 men, one $iontn,i 2.00 1 inch, thred months, . . . . . 3.00 . . . . 4.00 6.00 10.00 17.50 .... 30.00 17.50 .... 30.00 55.00 . . . . 30.00 . . . 55.00 . . . . 100.00 .... 6.00 10.00 1 incn, six months 1 inch, one Jfear. ......... J column, tree months.!! i column, sis months,. . . column, one year, i column, three months,., i column, six months, . . . . J column nnje year, I column, thlree months,., 1 column, si months,. . . 1 column, cnje year 1 column, onp insertion. 2 columns, ote insertion, . . Space to shit advertiser chm-trod fnr in iu.vuiunui:t: null aoove rates. ...i .1 , . o PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT. Lord WoLlov nc ,i;ntnntr. ; ., vr .i'.' " ,"UJUIUIU v"" vral 01 the of 1:1 .")() ; . . ' J : ntish army.gets a salary year. Mayor-elkt Hewitt, of New York, was given d dinner by Mayor Grace it Mr. tirade s residence. - Ceil. Atthlir's will fliinnjno nf S-jm.lHXI. w between hi: lich is divided chiefly two children. i 1 10 lun thur called era! of ex-President Ar- inany prominet men of botlCpolitiJ u parties togetlrer in the Heavenly Rest in New ( huroh of York. ( I'Donov 111 Rossa has published a letter stating his reasons for leav ing the Feiiianbrothe'rhood. If he nad never 1 . . .;. joined it, be might be ow. . I oetter olii 1 The ileti rmination of Mr. Henrv George to the inten establish a newspaper m . . . 11 t of laboring men is a pu ce oi gixjtd news. .Mr. George is a fclicihtus and charming writer. ' Blind tin, the necro musical prodigy, w lis declared an idiot after piterestm testimony has been given hi aliened bondage, his concerning character!? ties and his boyhood. Hugh.O irien is nominated for a fourth tenii as mayor-of Boston bv the Demoi rats; George E. McNeill's labor booni is growing, and Henry ( Jeorge is xpected to champion the sc. . John Solomon, of the 'oniireirational church, of latter s cai Tlie lb Yorkville Toronto, (int., believes in faith cures. His congregation do not. Tlie rev erend gentleman has been bounced from bis til pit. 1 reside it Cleveland evidently thinks th it parties are had masters. but good; nd necessary servants, and should not be entirely discharged until son k'bodv invents something better. Iyiiladilphia Vcss. ;peak et Carlisle says he knows of that induces Thiebe to no niotiv contest in s seat except a desire for further pih forietv. Mr.- Carlisle savs the Lrroun Is upon which the contest is based arc utterly frivolous. ' Lieut. 1 can y, ot the t nited States navy, lue been in Greenland with a view of a ertaining if that route is not lea si 1 e as a means of journeying to t ne .o Hh Pole. He thinks Green- land can Henry defies "of e crossed in safety. k!eorre is busy forming so- workingincn.. in different parts of t ie country. He is giving the organization in each community into tin mds ot a prominent leader. .Mr. Geo it. :e evidently means busi- nt .Since Blaine snubbed Edmunds, a great n any Republicans have had their eyes opened to the fact that with James (J. Blaine as President the Republican party would contin-1 Ually be in the vraU-r. Philadelphia Citron iclt -Herald. Col. William R. Morrison does not intend t contest the election in his district, but it is pmbable that the Democrats in Congress will propose an investigation ofthe methods made use of by the Tinplate Ring to defeat, him. Philadelphia Record, Dem. Congiessman Springer, of Illinois, says that Mr. Blaine and Mr. Cleve land wi!l be the nominees for Presi dent in LS88. He says that if a strong ftbor candidate is nominated that it vill likely throw the election into the house of representatives. Mr. Pcecher's sermon on socialism has bro ight but two critics of note. Liebknccht denounces the Plymouth pastor ssa plagiarist, an ignoramus and an actor, and Mr. George pities him for talking of things which he he has not taken the trouble to think about. " On k st Tuesday, John Peter Rich ardson was inaugurale(LGovernor of South Carolina. The oath of office was administered by Chief Justice Simpson. Governor Richardson is theftl i member of his time-honored family who has sat in the guberna torial chair of the Palmetto State. Hen -y M. Stanley is remarkable for" a b -oad head, very thick through the eh ek bones. His hair is still dark arid thick, covering the tem- iiies. Ie is of middle size, weigh- ing alj jout ISO ' pounds. He looks nan of about 50 years of age. like a New loik Bulletin. j HattoJi is editing the Chicago Hail. Lineolp isr practicing law in Chicago. Gresham is on the bench. .Brewster is taking care of a large law practice ! in Philadelphia. Teller is in the United States Senate Ar. Y. World. Hor . I). A. Hinton, one of the Judge -of the Court of Appeals of Virginia, has filed a dissenting opinion in the Cluverius case. He thinks Cluverius is wrongfully con- ted that the fact of murder is not certainly established and that some of the "evidence excluded ought to have teen admitted. - Tl0 attoniit of the Gladstonians to bring about a reunion ol the Lib eral rartv have failed, so far, to se- curp the cooperation ot Jora iiar- tingU) l. It is reported that he -says nothii g will induce him to serve i ! i 'a in i:. again under, uiausione. ah ni in-te'rc-stJ. prejudices and connections bind llim to the side of the land lords J- T , I T f I 1 1 .f .1 O .- Xl v.iiev. it. .u. iockwoou,ui ineoouiia : ( icorg a Mctliodist Conference, died j jn Th masville, Georgia, Sunday, in bs pi-ty-eighth year. He was for merly of the hrm oi John C. JinugeS' it Co", at one time wholesale grocer i on Commerce street, Baltimore. He , was issishtnt editor of the Christian Aden tie, of Macon, Ga. At the time of his death he was General Sundaj- School Secretary ofthe South Geotr- e" v t'i:vc k is.