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MILMOKY v tiM L-ippr4ch -life's western' sloje ; ' "Imv4 me Untls the noonday skies, Ke'vomlim- spiieads the realm ofhope, lJt himl. the hand of memory Hies, "fknow hot whiat the years matfbrinjr, ( if (Lakers wild, or joys serene; IJiit tummt" the east I sins, 'jJ,nl;,kcepjmy memory green " Oh land of winter and ofblooru, ot'-inL'ins: bird, and moaning pine, n-i... .voldi-n light, the tender gliwm, . n,v vii!v(i and mountains, all are mine : The i..K' loves t other years, With fo konin hands towards me lean, " ,vl whimper through their falling tears, ' "Lord, kftj my memory green." H.ar rn' I'i'TV 1 whose unt'loixWl gaze Can ii i'" the darkest wilds of space. 1 livr: morning watch-hres b.luze, . 1 f.'t I hi r brei es fan my far-; ;. . J w,.iild not K''e the light" she'llings' ,.r,. my lutnre s landscapewm1; ; 1." lit- jx'inp aiKl power of Kin "Lord, keip my memory green.'' j.,.t Mei-'iorv near my soul aludv.i. Willi Ove and voice to. warn jiuid'win, Till II"le and: Memory, side Uf side, , Shall Walk alve the tides of sin Till Inm hl' s' western lakes and rills Tiu- aiini-l luts the sunset shen. . .Ami li -nit's it i-r t he eastern lulls T.i,rd.:ki p my memory grewi; J A M KS I'; ( LA f K S A ("It A M ICXTA Ij Sl'XDAV. Dr. Talmae's Sornio'nl sit the i Tabernacle. (.in ."-mm :iv, March t'th, at his TiKffiiai-Ic.i 111 Brooklyn 'Di. lal- .1. in;itr"' delivered the following elo quent sermon: troiir the texts, I 'jn miiles, p xxiii,-5 : "And four iiiiusniiil praised the, Lord f Kxo ihw xii. LI : "This day shall lie unto von for a memorial : t , W'lit-n .week before lastu.the com-. lnuiiiiantiiH-iiibership oftliiscliurch pitsscd into the four thousand, now reaching' four thousand and fifty -oiie. the tiist part of my text came t mv mind.' and I hethoujiht my ' s If wliat a grand tliinj; it would le if the four thousand of our commu nicant, membership would like the four thousand of the ancient Tein pk'nijtke it their lifetime, lminess to praise .the Lord. Let them all all take harjfVand' timbrel'; and an them and doxolo.i:y. The allusion of my second text is to the Passover, which ' cmnmemd rated the deliverance of the rlnldren of Israel on ft he nitrht wlieti the de- nroying- a ozel spetitnroufrn me l:ii! 1 1 id 4pt, ((.estrovins! the enemv hut saving- tjhe Israelite s. because on tlie (loorioss of their dwellings was . sprinkled tile blood .((fa -lamb. To day We eonie to celebrate- a grander 1'assovt r, al peri.l going away lr'orn our soul at ihe sight of th'c . sprinkled blood of tlnj Lamb of (od on the doorposts of our hearts. Christ, our l'assover. skeriticed tortus. '"This dav shall be unto vou for mi mcmo- " rial.5' -l- ' J'.-". : f - . - ' . . Till: SAflVM-EXTAL fAtUJATJIj . wlutlier it! conies in" art ; 'American church or an English chai')el, or a Septch kirk is more imp'ressive than any other Sabbath. Its .light is ho lier,' calmer sweeter'; ijs-Voiccs more .tender, "its touch is softer, , its meracj ries are more chastened. : rThc fruits . of the Christian life sTd,denly ripen . like orchanjs on the bill lronting , the South. I The wine- of 7 the holy sacranient leems' )re?ed from - the grapes ot celestial vineyards, and the bread broken seems to s drop from the hand of hiiii who f parted the loaves for .fMHJ. We walk to the church of (5od with inor thoughtful face and with quieter stcjC The iii- !1 . 1" . .1 . t 1 i main songs ot other Mindavs are struck through with. nensiveness and are all a-ti'emble withears ; and wheif at tli close of th' service, at the door w shake haiuU,: it is with a more cordial grasp, because we leel thrilling through our body and mind and soul the great doctrines of Christian: brotherhood f.'.and our minds go back to our 'forefathers cel ebrating the sacrament in timbs of persecutioiij in 'Scotland f among the ; Highlands j commemoraiting the dy ing love of Christ, while! they were lmrsued oft their enemies, pouring the wine into rough woollen cups, 'lipping the waters of baptism from the mountain rock; until., one day they heard the voices ot their ene mies coming up the hill, and the pastor cried out: "Oh, Lofd, the Nieplu rd; have mercv on.tlie sheep!" and instantly therf- was .a roaring heard as "of great Hoods, and sure enough a cloud had -burst and there were great torrents run nm down the mountain side that -whelmed their ioes with sudden wrath. What a - deliverance it was for tlietn on thai ierantf mal dav ! Oh, rliat on this sacramental dav the cloud pf God's mercy might burst arid; our sins be I ns is the amethvst 'of davs 1 his is .the pearl- of davs. this' is the diamond of davs: .this is the day trf days. Among the' ten thou sand million ages -of eternitv the nrrt &hhah of March' 1887, will be to vou significant and hnemorable, 'w 'this day shall be unto vou" for ever and ever "a -memorial."" THERK IS MX-ch IX THE SCENE OP TO- Ml DAY ' " .impress b, because it is a time of. -' ' Jwemtnt I used.' to remark jaat it 1 evr Hved -to gee QUr mem. !pi nach 4'(XK) I thought I outd be filling to sav with one of "pr ' Lord' Attest thou thv pv.u -part in-PweWfor mine es have jseen Thv salvation." But J nave changed my mirrd, and I 'erso much wanted to '.stay as u, so as to see them all enlisted U-u . ?n to watph their victories. hat might they not accomplish m " jay oh making .the world better lnnr wtre a11 baptized with a Fo?,;fi.poittioaof the Hblv Ghost! rPo?lthoufan(J! That is four full th, entf'jas military men count a Ori?;and-Oaregiment: I think not iatn tPP amonS them- Taken aZL Turch sometimes in large bers, but each one : is carefully VOL; XVI.--NO. 11. examined as to change of heart, and evidence of regeneration as though he or she were the only one presenting himself or herself. Many of our for mer members have passed dway into theskies,and have joined the church triumphant, but we have 4,000 and more left for the church militant, loarms ! Quit you like men ! We want no reserve corps among them. Go into action all of you. Some will be. officers in command; some will make cavalry charge; some will be sharpshooters; some will stand, guard ; some will be on picket duty ; many of you will belong to the rank and file. LET THERE IiE NO STKAGLERS, none off on furlough, not one deser ter. With Christ tor commander-in- chief, and the. one-starred, blood- striped banner of manger and cross to lead the way, I give the order that ihe general in the war gave, when rising in his stirrups, his hair flying in the wind, he cried out till all the host heard him:' "Forward! the whole line !" . There is also something in such a ?cene to deenlv iirmress one. because lit rehearses a death scene. Now. you know, there is something very touching in such an incident. Though you are in a hotel, and it is a stranger that is dying, how softlv you move about the place, and if you come up to his couch, it is with uncovered head. Even the voice of the jester is stopped, and when the eyes of that stranger are closed it is with emotion. But I am to tell you this morning of a death such as has never before or since occurred. When we die, we die for ourselves and the crisis is alleviated by all beneficent ministries. Bathings for the hands." bathings for the head, bathings for the feet; the light turned down low or set in just the right place ; all the offices of affection about, us when we come to die. But not so with Jesus. HE DIED NOT FOR HIMSELF, but He died in torment and He died for others. He might have moved around in gardens made by His own hand, an earthly potentate amid vineyards and ive groves sloping to the sea. Instead of being tossed in the fishing boat on Tiberius He might have chosen a sunshiny day an d a pleasant wave for the lake cross ing. Instead of being followed by an unwashed jabble, He might have charmed sanhedrims and universi ties with His eloquence. Instead of a cross and a bunch of twisted bram bles on His brow He might have died in the castle of a Roman mer chant, the air bland with lilies and frankincense. But, no ; He died in torture ; the good for the bad ; the kind for the cruel : the wise for the ignorant; the divine for the human Oh how tenderlv we feel towards any one who has done a great kind ness and perhaps at the imperiling ot his own -hie ! How we ought to feel towards Christ, the captain of salvation, on the white horse riding down our foes; but in the moment He made the victorious charge, the lances of death strucic him ! THERE WAS A VERY TOUCH IN'G SCENE among an Indian tribe in the last century. It seemed that one of the chieftains had slain a man belonging to an opposite tribe, and that tribe came up and said : "We will exter minate you unless you surrender the man who committed that crime." The chieftan who did the crime stepped out from the ranks and said : "I am not afraid to die, but I have a wife and four children, and I have a father aged and a mother aged, w hom I support by hunting, and I sorrow to leave them helpless." Just as he said that his old fa ther from behind stepped out and said : "He shall not ,die. I take his place. Ham old and well stricken in years.' I can do no good. I might as well die. My days are almost over. He cannot be spared. Take me." And they accepted the sacri fice. Wonderful sacrifice ! you say, but not so wonderful as that found in the Gospel, for we deserved to die, aye, we were sentenced when Christ, not worn out with years, but in the flush of his youth, said : "Save that man from going down to the pit ; I am the ransom. Put his burdens on my shoulders. Let his stripes fall on my back. Take my heart for his heart. Let me die that he may live." Shall it be told to-day in Heaven that notwithstanding all those wounds, and all that blood, and all those tears, and all that ag ony you would not accept him ? Was it for crimes that I had done, He groaned upon the tree ? Amazing pity, grace unknown, And love beyond degree. There is no woe amid the sur roundings of that scene that im presses me more than that of His own mother. You need not point her out to me. I can see by the sorrow, the anguish, the woe, by the upthrown hands. That all means mother. "Oh," you say, "why didn't she go dowrn to the foot of the hill and sit with her back to the scene ? It was TOO HORHIBLE FOR HER TO LOOK UPOX." Do you not know that when a child is in anguish or' trouble it always makes a heroine of a mother ? Take her away, you say, from the cross. You cannot drag her away. She will keep on looking. As long as her son breathes she will stand there looking. Oh, what a scene it was for a tender hearted mother to look UDon ! How gladly she would have sprung to His renei! 11 was Son. Her Son! How gladly 1 -w-. - a T . 1 I ner she would have clambered up on the cross and hung there herself if her Son could have been relieved ! How strengthening she would have been to Christ if she might have come close by Him and soothed Him! Oh, there was a good deal in what the little sick child said, upon whom a surgical operation of '& painful na- 4 lie "HERE SHALL THE PRESS ture must be performed. The doctor said : "That child won't live through this operation unless you encourage him. You go in and get his con sent." The father told him all the doctor had said, and added : "Xow, John, will you go through with it? Will you consent to it ?" He looked very pale, and he thought a minute, and said : "Yes. father, if vou will hold my hand, I will." So" the fa ther held his hand, and led him straight through the peril. Oh, wo man, in your hour of anguish.whom do you want with you? Mother. Young man, in your hour of trouble, who do you want to console you ? Mother. IF THE MOTHER OF JESUS could only have taken those bleed ing feet into her lap! If she might have taken the dying head on her besom! If she might have said to Him : "It will soon be over, Jesus ; it will soon be over, and we will meet again and it will be all well." But no, she dared not come up so close. They would have struck her back with their hammers. They would have kicked her down the hill. There can be no alleviation at all. Jesus must suffer and Mary must look.- I suppose she thought of the birth hour in Bethlehem. I suppose she thought of the time when with her boy in her bosom she hastened on in the darkness in the flight to wards Egypt. I suppose she thought of his boyhood, when he was the joy of her heart. I suppose she thought of the thousand, kindnesses he had done her, not fosaking her or for getting her, even in his last moment, but turning to John and saving: ."There is mother ; take her with you. Mi is old now; Mie cannot help herself. Do for her just as I would It rare done for her if I had lived. Be very tender and gentle with her. Behold thy mother !" She thought it all over, and there is no memory like a mother's 'memory and there is no woe like a mother's woe. 1 I remark again : This is a tender scene because it is a Christian re union. Why was it that in the ses sional meeting, when I asked a wo man if it were her son w ho sat next to her, making profession of his faith, she made no answer ; but after a moment, trying to control her emo tion, she burst into tears. I skid within mvself, she need not tell me the story. It is the old story of a prodigal got back. "The dead is alive, and the lost is found." Oh, how many families there are that REJOICE TOGETHER TO-DAY. These Christians during the rest of the year, perhaps, will not know much aoout each other, lou go in one circle of society, these go in some other circle of "society, and this one travels in that path and this one in the other path ; but to-dav we all come on one platform, and we make one confession, and we cling to one cross, and we gaze upon one death an guish. It seems to me this morning not like a church, but like a great famil' circle, and we join hands around the cross of Christ and ;we say : "One Lord, one faith, one bap tism. one cross,' one Christ, one dox ologry, one heaven!" While I stand here it seems to me as if this coin munion table, which is only seven or eight feet long, and three or lour feet wide, widens until all the Chris tians of our own denomination can sit at it ; and still the table widens until all the Christians in this land, of. all names and denominations come and sit at it ; and still the ta ble widens until it bridges the sea, and Christians on the other side of the Atlantic come and sit at it ; and still that table widens, until the re deemed of heaven mingle in the communion. Christ militant, church triumphant. One army of the living God To his command we bow, Part of the host have crossed the flood, And part are crossing now. Agairi, my friends, this is an ab sorbing scene, because it arouses so many precious memories. We look back and remember the days of our childhood when, long before we knew the meaning of the bread and the wine, we sat in the side pews on sacramental days, or in the gallaries, and looked as our fathers, mothers, and olde r brothers and sisters sat at the communion. Or, if we sat with them, WE PULLED MOTHER'S DRESS AND SAID : "What does that mean ? What is that in the cup ? What is that on the plate ?" O, yes ; we remember those sacramental days of our boy hood. We rernember how much more tender faner was on that day than on any other day. We re member how mother stood, and without saying one word looked at us, and her eyes got full of tears. Oh,dearold souls ! They have gone! But until the day of our death we will associate this holy ordinance with their memory. And wrhen our work on earth is done we will just go up and sit down beside them in the heavenly church, as we used to sit besidethem in the earthly church, and then we will drink new wine in our father's kingdom. Behold the saints, beloved of God, Washed are their robes in Jesus blood ; Brighter than angels, lo ! they shine, Their glories splendid and sublime. I remark again : This scene is ten der to-day because it is a confes sional. You and I remember the time when if a man had charged us with anything like imperfection or wrong doing, we would have thrown ourselves back on our honor and said : "Yiou don't know who you are talking to. I shall resent such an insult to my honor and integ rity." We do- not feel that way to day. As we gaze upon THE SACRIFICE OF CHRIST and think what we have been and what we have done, our hearts melt within us. We see one dvinjj ac &l0 llptoii THE PEOPLE'S BIGHTS MAINTAIN, UNA WED BY INFLUENCE DURHAM, N. C, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 1887. cursed for our sin, and we hear him in his dying words begging for our service, and vet how little service Ave have rendere'd. Of this short life-we have begrudged God even a frag ment. Alas ! alas ! Some of us have lived out the most of our days, and yet we have rendered to God no earnest service. Sad, that we could have so maltreated HimVn whom all our hopes depend. Oh, my brethren and sisters in Christ, to-day join hands with me in a confession before Christ ! II there be any place more humble than another, let us take it. If there be any nraver more importunate than another, let us breathe it. If there be any confes sion more bitter than another, let us now weep it out. Well might the sun in darkness hide And shut his glories in. When Christ, the mighty Maker died For man, the creature's sin. Once more : This is a tender and absorbing scene because it is a'n ticipative. My, brethren, we are not always going to stay here. This is not our home This is only only the vestibule of the church in which, at last, We expect to enter. After awhile our names will betaken oft' the church books, or there will be a mark in'the margin to indicate that we have gone up to a better church and to a higher communion. Our father is not going to let His children remain in the dust. THE GRAVE IS NO PLACE FOR I S TO STAY IN". " The trumpet shall sound and the dead sha41 rise." The Lord shall de scend from heaven with a shout and the voice of the archangel and we shall" rise. The white robe in which they put us toour last slumber here must get whiter. Oh, the reunion of patriarchs, and apostles, and prophets, and of all our glorified kin dred, and .of that '"great multitude that no man can number !" Our sorroAvs over; our journey ended. It will be as when kings banquet. And. just as the snoAV of winter melts and the fields will brighten in the glorious springtime, so it will be with all these cold sorrows of earth ; thev shall be melted awav at last I before THE WARM SUNSHINE OF HEAVEN. While I present these thoughts this morning does it not seem that heaven comes very near to us, as though our friends, Avhom Ave thought a great Aay oft', are not in the dis tance, but close by? You have some times come doAvn to a river at night fall, and you have been surprised Iioav easily you could hear' voices across that river. You shouted over to the other side of the river and they shouted back. It is said that when George Whitelield preached in Third street, Philadelphia, one even ing time, his A'oice was heard clear across to the New Jersey shore. When I Avas a little while chaplain in the arm, I remember how at eventide we could easily hear the voices of the pickets across the Poto mac, just when they Avere using or dinary tones. And as Ave come to day and stand by the river of Jor dan that divides us from our friends who are gone, it seems to nie we stand on one bank and they stand on the other ; and it is only a nar row stream, arid our A'oices go and their A'oices come. Hark! Hush! I hear distinctly what they say : "These are they Avho come out ot great tribulations, and had their robes washed and made white in the blood of the Lamb.1' Still the "oice comes across the Avaters and I hear : " We hunger no more, Ave thirst no more, neither shall the sun light on us, nor any heat, for the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne leads us to living fountains of Avater, and God wipeth away all tears from our eyes." Extra Session of Congress. Special Correspondence to The Flaxt. Washington, March 12. Demo cratic members of Congress . and others, Avho have access to the Presi dent, and means of knoAvledge on the subject, do not believe that there is any possibility of an extra session of Congress now. The prevalent im pression, as gathered from conversa tion Avith members of Congress, is that the Fiftieth Congress will 'be called together in the fall, perhaps in October, in order that some of the important legislation to come before it may be matured early. It is a well-known fact that Congress scarcly eA'er does any business until after the holiday recess. In vieAV of the fact that the questions of reve nue and taxation, of fortifications, and others of great public interest must recei'e attention at the next session, it is thought that the Presi dent will call a session to begin in the fall, and that it will run along into the regular session. The Tax On Drummers. Washington, March 12. The U. S. Supreme cout has rendered a de cision in a case brought from Ten nessee, which involves the right of one State or municipality to impose a license tax upon drummers or trareling salesmen from another State seeking to sell goods by sample or otherwise. The decision is that such taxation is an interference with interstate commerce and is, therefore, unconstitutional. When Did it Become a Demo cratic House ? Greensboro North State. The most inexcusable bulldozing ever done was by the Democratic House in trying to force a record that will shoAV that magistrates were elected by the legislature. Clerk Bulla says the record is falsified. That should be enough to arouse all good men to a resistance of the re sult accomplished through such a high-handed outrage. WASHINGTON WRIT. NEWS FROM THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. Extra Session of Congress .Prob able Political Gossip atid Gen eral Gleanings North Carolina News Notes. 1 ' Special Correspondence to Tin: J'i.ant. Washington, March 12.--A con siderable number of Congressmen remain in the city looking after their constituents' and their own interests in the departments. Some: are de parting every day. Messrs. Bennett. Skinner and Johnston left for home immediately after adjournment. Mr. CoAvles went Tuesday night. Mr. Henderson has gone to see jhis ocu list in Baltimore. From there he v, return to his home in Salisbury. Messrs. Ransom and Vance will go to-morrow. (Jen. Cox is hi Balti more. Col. Green leaves . a day or tAVO. ; - The talk of an extra session to be held in the fall is revived. ; Several Congressmen express the opinion that one will be necessary, land that it will probably be convened in Oc tober. :Mr. Henderson said to me : "'Yes, I think Ave shall have an extra session, and that it will meet early in October. You see, the -surplus is large; no steps have been: taken to reform the tarriil'. etc. ; thedeticienrv appropriation bill which failed con tained some important items, and there are other reasons why such ;i session should be held. Tiik- ivgulai sessions, beginning with December, do no Avork on account of dhe 'holi days before the first week in'.fanuary. That is too late." The IVwsideiit. 1 is belieA'ed, has not yet conideri 1 the matter, as lie icis lutd jus b imb full of other things and; there is plenty of tim'. 1 There are no outgiviiiirs;j from tin White House as to the nine impor tant appointments that are soon to 1?.' made that of Secretary of the Tyeasurv. those of five 'Interstate Commissioners and three ' ( omniis sioners to investigate the' affairs ot the Pacific Railroads. These latter Commisioners receive S7oU0 each, and are every Avhit as important as the others. It is believed by every body that Mr. Morrison Avill head the Interstate Commerce 1' Commis sion. Mr. Reagan to-day recom mended Mr. Mills, of Texiis, for one of the places on this cojnm'ission. This is understood to l ie fi com pro mise betAveen Messrs Maxtlv and Ire land. . f Among the bills signed by the President on the last day of the ses sion Avas House bill No. 1 .bSb, to re peal certain provisions of the act ap proved March "d. 1S7", relating to the purchase of arms for the States. This bill restores the right of North Carolina, Alabama and Florida to draAV their quota of arms. - There is some unsubstantial gossip about John Sherman's candidacy for the Republican nomination for the Presidency, due to his Southern tour. Opinion here is decidedly to the effect that Blaine will be -the nomi nee, and that Cleveland wii 1 1 he the Democratic candidate. With the latter I hear Carlisle's name often coupled as the Vice-Presidential can didate. . ifc It seems that there is some doubt whether the experimental stations are appropriated for in thebill Avhich passed and was signed by the Pres ident. The bill reads that'" the sum of S15,000 is hereby appropriated to each State, to be specially provided for by Congress in the appropriations from year to year from the sales of public lands, the first payfnent to he made on the 1st day of October, 1887." This is clumsily wdrded and doubt is expressed as to whether it is an appropriation or only a recom mendation. ' - The total of actual appropriations for the next fiscal year is '274,387, 144. Besides these the .River and Harbor bill, which was not signed, t?ppropriates 0.913,800. and the de ficiency 4,275,023.06. i , r r t At the meeting on the 15th. lGth and 17th of March, at thej National Museum, in this city, of the National Department of Superintendence, there will be a large attendance of teachers and superintendents from all quarters of the unior. On the eAening of the second day the sub ject of " Industrial Education in our Public Schools " will be discussed. Maj. Robert Bingham, of the Bing ham school, will be one the speakers. Another North Carolinian, Prof. J. L. Tomlinson, superintendent of the public schools at Winston", will par ticipate in the debate on the after noon of the third daA'. The topic will be " The Best System of State School Supervision." I 1 ., 1 The postoffice at Hnnsucker's store, Mongo.mery county, is changed to Star. ' Postmasters commissioned : John S: Efird, Whitley ; John.1 E. Hart, Big Creek ; Fannie W. Dickson, Vol lers. : ) Messrs. McClammy, Rowland and Brower were the Congressmen-elect in attendance on the closing pro ceedings of the late Congress. The two former left before th6 adjourn ment. I Recent visitors : F.W.Clark, Ral eigh ; T. M. Emerson, Wilmington ; A. J. Galloway, Goldsboro) railroad men; Thos. V. Strange,; Wilming ton, and B. F. MayheAV, Goldsboro. For weak lungs, spitting of blood, shortness of breath, consumption, night sweats and all lingering coughs, Dr. Pierce's " Golden Medical Dis covery " 19 a sovereign remedy. Su perior to cod liver oil. By druggists. AND UNBBIBED BY GAIN. UNITED STATES SENATE. Tin Close Political Complexion of That Body. The breaking of the Senatorial dead-lock in West Virginia and NeAv Jersey, and the appointment of Gen. Fihlev to succeed .Jones, of Florida, completes the list of -Senators as it will stand during, at least, a portion of the Fiftieth Congress. The out going Senate stood : Republicans, 41 ; Democrats, 34. and Riddleberger, in dependent, 1. The incoming body will stand : Republicans, 38 ; Demo crats, 37, and independent, 1. The changes are Democratic gains in four States California, Indiana, New Jersey and Virginia and a loss in N evada, where Stewart succeeds Fair. ALABAMA. 1S01 James L. Hugh, n. ls,sy Jiio. T. Morgan, I). 1! ARKANSAS. 13 Jus. K. .Tones. D. ls Thos. W. Berry, I. 4 CALIFORNIA. I.. Stanford. K. 1MV George Hearst, I). COLORADO. isn II. M. Teller. R. lv-y T. M. llowen. It. roxNWTicrT. lf o. II. Plait, K. 1-W Jas. R. llauley. R. DKLAWAKF... lvs'.i Kli Saulsliury. I), l.v.lil tieorge Oray," 1). FLORIDA. I;i1 Wilkinson Call, I). ls;C. ,1. J. Kinley, It OF.OKOIA. l'il .los. K. lirnun. I. Isv.i . 11. Col, (nit. I. II.I.lNlns lS'.i c. !!. Faruoll. R. lss-.i s. M. ( it Utiiii. K. INDIANA, l-'.'l I. V. Vonrhees. I). 1 vj,; 1 laviu Turie, 1 . IOWA. 1-VI AY. li. Ai'.N(,n. K. 1.v.t .1ns T. WilMHl, K. K A NS AS. I-'jI ,!nlni ,1. IimalK R. l-.".i 1'. I', riunih, It. I Mississiprt !l'.i3 Ja.. Z. Oeonre, I). !lss;i E. C. AValthall, D. I MISSOURI. 1SH George O. A'et, -I). jlW! F. M. Cockrell, I). I NEBRASKA. ilW. A. S. PartdiH'k, R. .ISS'J C. F. Manderson.R. NEVADA. 'l!H John 1 Jones. R. jlsic; V. M. Stewart. R.t I NEW HAMPSHIRE. lS'.H Henrv V. lilair. R. !l-v.i I'. C. Cheney. R. , NEW JERSEY. li:: R. Klodgett, !. , 1-vvp J. R. Mi l'herson, I). ! NEW YORK. is;il v. M. Kvarts It. lvi3 F. Hiscock.R. i NORTH CAROLINA, .ls'.'t ZeK li. Vam-ts 1. l'.i M. V. Ransom, l. I OHIO. 1 ls'.n U. 11. I'ayne, I. jl-!i:l John Sherman. R. - OREGON. Iis-.n .!. H. Mitchell. R. 'l-s'.i Jos. N. Dolh. R. PENNSYLVANIA. .1. I. Cameron. R. il-'.N'. M. S. Quay, It. i RHODE ISLAND. Iis; N. Y. AMrn-h. R. jlsv.i Jonathan Chace, R. i . SOt'lH CAROLINA. u- rvn i -l.- v l-.i .la. 11. Reck. D. I vs;i M. C. Rutler. 1). I.OCISIANA. J. R. Knstis, I. Ism: i K. I.. ;il)4ci. I. M A 1 N K. l:r; Kiicnc Hale, R. ls-.i Wm. R. Frye. R. M AUYHND. isnl K. K. Wil-on, D. is;";; A. R. Onrman. I'. Mass VHrsETTS. Ki:i II. I.. Dawes, R. lss'.i (.co. F. Hoar, U. ; TKNN LSSKK. ilvc. Wm. II. Rates, D.' liNv.i J. i; Harris, I). j TEXAS. !is: J. II. Repan, I). . lsvj. Richard Coke, I. i VEllMnNT. l-:d S. Morrill. It. . I'.. F.dmun.ls, R. 'ivi:t. ; j VIRGINIA. ilr.r.T. V. Daniel. T. Ilvs'.i II II Riddlehcn;er, 1 ! WEST VIRGINIA. MICHIGAN. 1 VI F. R. Stockt)ridf.-e R. ! l.i-u. i.t lss:i T. W. 1'almer, K MINNESOTA. I-.'.. C. K. I'nvis. :. ls-'.i D. M. Saliin, R. lsv.i John h. Henna. 1. WISCONSIN. ls!l John ('. s(K,ner, R ls'.i:', I'liiletns Sawyer, R. Republicans. :',v Democrats,"": Independents, 1 Neu" meinher:-. flly executive appointment. Wake County 3Iagistratcs. The following are the magistrates appointed by the Legislature for YVake count v : Barton's Creek Toavii ship. R. D. Honeycutt. Dudley Peed. Ruckhorn. J. A.Norris, Rufus Gard ner; Carv,C. I I. Clarke. A. W. Move; Cedar ForkvM. L. Carlton, .lames K. Gibson : House Creek, John C. Wig gins. Willis II. Whitaker; Little River, Eugene T. Jones, R. Calvin Mithell; Mark's Creek, John W. Smith, L. L. Doul ; Middle Creek. James I). Rallentine, Rosea J. Mar ker; Neuse River, Kugene C. Rcd dingfield, R. Walti" Jeflrevs ; Ncav Light, A. L. Lynam, J. A." Powell ; Panther Branch, Sion D. Williams. Joseph J. IVnnv ; St. Marv's.C. Nick Allen, W. Thomas Howie; St. Mat theAvs. Alonza R. Hodge, A. C. Green; Swift Creek. L. D. Stephenson, J. Z. Bennett: Wake Forest, W. Knox Hunter. A. Ii. Vann : White Oak. Rul'us Bari.ee. A. C. Council : Ral eigh, Rufus G. Dunn, Ceburn L. Harris. Tiik Plant published, in its last issue, the lists lor Durham and Or ange counties. The ISsibv Weighs .Tust a Pound. Lkxixoton. I.n.,March 12. Ftica. Clark count, a few miles South of here, bears the distinction of num bering among its citizens probably the -smallest babv in the world, it was born on Friday to the Avife ot Raymond. Ferguson, a farmer, and only weighs sixteen ounces. It is Avell formed and in very good health. Th ' arms of the little stranger are juskthree inches long, while its legs measure four inches. Dr. Williams, the attending physician, says it will survive if nothing unforeseen hap pens. The mother and father of the midget each weigh over 150 pounds and are in the best of health. ! Good Postal News. Washington, Mar. 12. The Post master General has made an ar rangement with the Danville rail road system by which the train leav ing New York at 9 p. m., and leav ing Washington at !) a. m. the next morning for the south, Avill on Sun day next leaA-e Ncav York at 4:30 a. m., Washington at lip. m. reaching Charlotte.'N. C. 21 hours sooner, New Orleans 24 hours sooner, and a cor responding time for all points along the coast and in the interior. See official change of schedule in The Plant. " It Knocks the Spots," j and e'erything in the natureof erup tions, blotches, pimples, ulcers, scrof ulous humors, and incipient con sumption, which is nothing more nor less than scrofula of the lungs, completely out of the system. It stimulates and invigorates the liA'er, tones up the stomach, regulates the boAvels, purifies the blood, and builds up the Aveak places of the body. It is a purely vegetable compound, and Avill do more than is claimed for it. We refer to Dr. Pierce's " Golden Medical Discoverv." Wrong, Only $100,000. Washington Progress. Three hundred thousand dollars has been appropriated to the main tenance of the penitentiary, this is about one-sixth of the taxes collected for State purposes, or say 4 cents on the hundred dollars valuation. Senator Ingalls is engaged on a no'el. $1.50 PER ANNUM. ABOUT AUGUSTUSBERG. ONE OF THE CASTLES OF A SAXON KING. What Our "European Correspon dent Has to Sav About It and Other Things Romantic Well (ienersil Gossip. . Special Correspondence to The I'i.ant, Chkmnitz, Saxony, February 1S87. The air was in that peculiar condi tion which Mark Twain has aptly termed "juicy."' Tiny globules of. moisture hung suspended in the at mosphere awaiting the approach of something substantial on which to settle. As every man knoAvs. mus taches in such weather as this lose all their air of vivacity and self-satisfaction and droop as discontentedly as the tail feathers of a rooster af ter a brisk April shower. As our plans had been previously mapped out, hoAvever, avc took our umbrellas and sallied forth to se what Saxony looks like in bad Aveather. Augustusberg is one of the castles of the King of Saxony. The Avav our journey led Avas almost entirely up grade, so that it was with a feel ing of satisfaction Ave at length found ourselves Avithin the castle Avails looking down on the rest of the world. Augustusberg, Avhile it is very large in extent, has none of the pic turcsrjueness of the castles along the Rhine. It is built in the form of a hollow square, Avith a large court yard in the centre. Over the en trance, Avithin the court, a number of tablets are fixed in the Avail bearing the arms of the families and A'arious inscriptions- in mediaeval Latin. The castle is deserted now with the exception of a Icav rooms which are used as a place of refreshment for trawlers Avho visit the castle during the summer months. Under the guidance of an old man whom we found aAvaiting us, avc started at once to see the great attraction of the place, its gigantic wdll. This is inside ofia building, and it requires the strength of two horses attached to a Avindlass to draw the bucket holding thirty-six kilolitcrs up from the surface of the Avater, six hundred feet below. Our guide assured us that the Avater is itself one hun dred and twenty feet, deep thus making the total depth of the Avell seven hundred and twenty feet. At the surface of the earth, its diameter is fifteen feet and the decrease is very gradual as the Avails go down into the bowels of the earth.. As soon as Ave were tired of peering and dropping pebbles down into the darkness.our guide took a frame con sisting of two pieces of. board eigh teen inches in length and crossed at right angles, having a lighted can dle at each ot its four ends, and low ered it slowly by means of a .stout cord. For an hundred and fifty feet the well is Availed, but below that point the excavation has been made through the solid rock. Smaller and smaller, like a cross of iianiing fire, the candles sank.showmg clearly the jagged edges 61' the pit. until at length Avith a thud, rather than a splash, it struck the Avater. As we gazed down through the wire netting Avhich has been placed, by Avay of precaution, across the mouth of the well, the old man told us how, many years ago, ;i lady leaped down into the abyss, and how a young man had been lowered by a rope and had succeeded in bringing the corpse back Avith him. : The origin of the well is at once rom'antic and interesting. In the middle of the sixteenth century the Count of Lichtenwalde, whose cas tle is a few miles away, Avished to marry the daughter of the Count of Augustusberg. The latter, however, objected, and a feud arose at once. The Count of Augustusberg gathered his retainers for the defense of the castle and drove up from the mead-' oavs his herds of cattle, Avhich he quartered in the inner court of the castle. Then the siege began. Be fore long it became apparent that the supply of Avater was groAving Ioav, as it Avas very difficult to carry up irom the creek, at the foot of the hill, enough to supply the garrison as Avell as the cattle. Accordingly the bid Count, scorning to yield to his enemy, began digging a Avell from the very summit of the hill. The nature of the rock and the great depth which it Avas necessary to reach required a period of seven years for the completion of the AAork, and at the end of that time the Count of Augustusberg, weary of the con flict and deprived of the necessaries of life, was forced to yield ; and the fair young countess soon afterwards settled the matter by marrying her bold loA-er, the Count of Lichten walde. From the well we Avere taken to see the chapel, the first Protestant church in Saxony. This quaint old building is erected somAvhat in the style of a theatre 4 funny little boxes for the nobility occupying the sides and end in a succession of tiers. In the body of the church seats Avere arranged for the peasantry and re tainers of the castle. Over the altar is a remarkable painting represen ting the Crucifixion. The body of Christ is painted very well, but there seems to be a ludicrous anachronism in having at the foot of the cross the count and countess who built the church, Avith their fourteen toAY headed children arranged in rows betAveen them. By time we had seen the tower sights.night Avas approaching : so, af- kter reAva'rding the old man liberally for his trouble, we hastened to set out on our eight mile Avalk to Flocha, at which plaee Ave arriA'ed in time for a hearty supper, before taking the train home. G. H. M. 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The Paris journals declare that His Majesty the Czar spent three days in Paris incognito recently. There are politicians in the United States who Avould like to hire Prince Bismarck as an election manager. Senator Colquitt, of Georgia: "In one sense Ave may be the Ncaa South, but in other senses avc are the same Old South.", Patti's receipts for seven perfor- , mances in Mexico Avere So,CXX). Ten ' performances of Sarah ' Bernhardt paid 847 ,000. 1 The impression is taking a pretty firm grip that Cleveland is a bigger man than the demagouges. Bk-h-moml Dixpaivh. When eighty members of the Mis souri legislature vote against a State militia it is a stinging . rebuke to Thomas Jefferson. Senator Riddleberger may not smash much china in the next Sen ate, but it seems quite possible that he will be able to break some slates. The really great man of the Cabi net is Mr. Lamar, and yet he is the only member of that .body w ho lias a particle of sentiment. Augusta Chronirfe. King Humbert, of Italy, has re cently knighted .George M. Pullman. Mr.Pulhnan w;svery much surprised Avhen he received .'official notice of the honor. Prof. Turner, the celebrated anat omist of Kdinburgh,receives a salary of 821 U K N ). This said to be the lar gest salary received by any professor in the Avofld. If it settles down to a game of '"frccze-out" between John Sherman and J. Benson Foraker, the careful investor will not lose sight of the remarkable coolness of the former. James Russel Lowell has convinced himself that Shakespeare ne"er wrote "Richard HI."' It is not stated Avhom Mr. LoavcII suspects, but avIio ever it is undoubtedly lives in Bos ton. Lieut. Col. Robert N. Scott, Third Artillery, in charge of the office of the publication of the official records of the Avar of the rebellion died at his residence in .Washinton on the 5th inst. It is said at Ottawa, Canada, that Premier MacDonald jfs to resign and go-to London as dominion high com- ; missioner. If the ' tories hojd the ! pOAver he is expected to return as governor general. . j Alex. McDonald, of Manchester, N. II., has discovered a brother in ! the new Lieut. Governor of Michi I gam They las;t saw each other about forty years atxo in their old ' home in Sidney C. B. i . . "... ' ! The King of Spain is going to give I a party. II is "Majesty lias recently ; acquired the art of Avalking, and he is naturally anxious to display his ! skill before a larger circle than that in which he. Usually moves. Some of our esteemed exchanges I are afraid that Mr. Cleveland is hurt ing the Democratic party. Well, there is this much about it, our es I teemed exchanges are not hurting I Mr. Cleveland. Atlanta Constitution. Mr. Blaine's organ does' not like the plan of electing United States i Senators directly by the people. No ! wonder. Such a scheme would not j suit the Republican party at all. I Democratic States avouM elect Dem i ocratic Senators. ! Fifteen years ago. a man named Patten Avas poor as death in Nevada, Avorking as a miner. He stumbled OA-er a claim tfiat made him millions. He is" dead, but his Avidow and her daughters live in a palace, and are served on gold and silver dishes. Ben Perley Poore's widely quoted assertion that no President -who called an extra session of Congress eA-er secured a renoniination is picked to pieces by by the Chicago Herald, which remarks that Abra ham Lincoln called more than ornr extra session and was both renomi nated and re-elcted. Senator Stewart's celebrated "Cas-- tie" in Washington City is for sale.; The Chinese Embassy is soon to va cate and the Senator is not in a con-f dition to occupy Avith all that such1 housekeeping requires. When he built the house he Avas the .sih'er king of Nevada. Now he is only a plain Senator with a moderate in come. Much has been said, "and justly, too, in praise of the tact and lack of all affectation and self-consciusness observed in the President's wife dur ing her first season as mistress of the White House, and those who knoAv her mother, Mrs. Folsom, are no less cordial in commending her for the same lovable traits of character. Quoth a Washington lady to Mrs. Folsom, in speaking of Mrs. Cleve land : "It is easy to see whose daugh ter she is by her looks and who brought her up by her manners." To this Mrs. Folsom, though evi dently much gratified, modestly re plied : "Yes, I suppose she does re semble me somewhat, physically, but all the lovely features of her mind and disposition which you have been observing, she gets from ber father. I often think she is her father over again in her gentle ways and bright mind. She has been the sunshine of mv life since her birth." v;: tpi 4i '. Hi f 5 A" St. t fii. 4 ' t 41 ,3r ii -1 I if SO t II 1
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