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j - .: . ' i i i .i ; . . - ' ' ; .Uii !v: l J 1 . !- . - - ' . i . ' . x, - ,; . - , : ,:'':, 1 i ' ' : - ' " - 1 -'--'' V. I: TFRMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: I " ' . . NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS. All correspondents are hereby notified what to insure the insertion of their : com munications they must furnish ' us with their bona fide name and address, vhich we obligate to keep in strict confidence, v- Write only on one side of the sheet. ' -. The Piant is in nos wise responsible for the views of its correspondents. Address all communications to THE TOBACCO PLANT , j Durham, S. C. f W. W. FULLER, Attorney and Counselor at Law I, DURHAM, N. C. f I SAM'L T. ASHE, k ATTORNEY AT LAW, ! DURHAM, N. 0. j -Office in Green building, Main street. j A. MANGUM. j . -A-ttorne3r at - LaW, j FLAT RIVER, N. C. 7 Collections and settlements a specialty! " - iJNO. M. MORING, ATTORNEY AT LAW, DURHAM, N. C. WOFFICE IX DUKE BUJLDIX(3.S ' " MANNING &. MANNING, Attorneys at Law, DURHAM, N. C, in Orange, Chatham ,ancl lractit-e Counties. Durham au3-ly I WM. A. GUTHRIE, . i . Attorney at Law, DURHAM. - - IV j C. , -OFFICE OVER s P. V. VAUGHAN'S DRUG StTORE. R. B. BECKWITH, M. D., PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, DURHAM, N.C. offii e over Mrs. Ada SI. Smith's millinery store, Iain street. Can be found at office day or night. Pr. Win. Lynch, DENTIST, V Durham, N.C. Office in' the Parrish Building, Mau'gum St. T. W. HARRIS, IVL D., PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, DURHAM, N. C. OFFICE 1IOURS : 12 to 1 and 5 to, F. M. - ,"-Oflice over Rawls' new store on Main street, between Mangum and Chnrch streets. JWResidenee corner Main and Roxboro streets. J. D. JOHNSON, HOUSE PAINTING! INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR. DURHAM, X. C. C, G. YOUNGER, and Ornamental Painter, Sign and Ornamental Painter, DURHAM, N. O, "Will do work in anv part of the State. All work guaranteed, utl'u-e on Church street. ' W.'C. BAIN, CONTRACTOR AND. BUILDER, GRAHAM, N. C. J-Or HOPKIXS HOUSE, Durham, C,- REFERENCE GIVEN. W. FBJi MINGTO Nr fONTR A f.TAR ANTnnTtfiRIU,forward until the whole house comes Will itllv A VII 11UV 1JU11JV1J1II DURHAM, N. C. C. H. NORTON, Contractor and Builder, DURHAM, N. C. J. Southgate h Son, . INSURANCE ! DURHAM, N. C. WHEN YOU WANT SOMETHING GOOD TO EAT ; - . GO TO - Barkley's Parlor Restaurant,. O'-Briant Building, Main St., Durham. ftS-Oysters in every style a specialty. - i J-R. BaRKLEY. Ellington, Royster & Co., BUILDING CONTRACTORS, Raleigh, N. C, Will contract for work anywhere in the State. Manufacturera of SASH, D00ES AND BLINDS. And everything in theJ3uilding Line: Prices be yond competition. Correspondence solicited and orders promptly filled. ! au31-if THE LEADING TM WOOD & SONS 10 S. 14th! St., Eichmond, Va. Request all Gardeners, Farmers and j Truckers to send for their HEW SEED CATALOGUE for 1 888. It contains descriptions of all new and desirable varieties of PLANTS for the Farm and Garden that are j adapted to the South. Grass & Clover Seeds a Specialty. Catalogue, mailed free, i Send for it. Eyerything for the Garden. Trees for shade, and Shrubbery and Evergreens for decorating the Lawn and Cenietery. The most cesirabie turns or ! i FRUIT TREES! Keiffer, Lawson, LeConte Pears, and Aprles and Peaches In full assortment.' Newly introduced urape ines ana ptrawDemes. : 1 MAGNOLIAS And all Trees and Shrubbery supplied by this Nursery will be planted in a thorough and careful manner by an experienced hand free of charge "Roses for immediate planting. BOUQUETS AND FUNERAL DESIGNS A SPECIALTY ! i ' I SEEDS IN BULK To arrive shortly from the north of such Tarieties as have been tried and proven a success in this LANDSCAPE GARDENING, Gardens and Cemetei-v trt -Ul Ko. nut with judgment and skill, and, if desired, taken care of ., by the year, j i - , i . - . maUers. pertaining to the garden, it will fi, jour interest to consult the undersigned, Z offere the benefit of his long and varied ex-, u, lne laaies ana gentlemen of Durham, ira BUiie. j THE.DCRHAM FLORAL NXRSERY, L . j. . ' Durham, C. SOUTHERN HE SEEDS I :r - i ' ": I " VOL. XVII, NO. 1. NOT AS I AVI LI.. Blindfolded" and alone I stand. With unknown thresholds on each hand : the darkness deejens as I grot, Afraid to fear, afraid to hoje ; Yet this one thing I learn to know Each day more surely as I go, That doors are open, ways are nfade, Burdens are lifted or at e laid By some great law unseen and stUI Unfathomed purpose to fulfill, j j "Not as I will." Blindfolded and alone I wait : Loss seeths too bitter, gain too late ; Too heavy biirdens in the load, And too tew, helpers on the road ; And joy is weak and grief is strong, And yetirs and days are long, so long ! Yet this one thing I learn to know Each day more surely as I go. That I am glad the good and ill ISy changeless laws are ordered still, ".Not as 1 will."; i J f'Xot as I will !n the sound grows sweet Kach time my lips the words repeat ; "V a oo I n-i I 1 71 I. H.. -L- hiA k More safe than light when this" thought steals Like whispered voice to calm and bless All unrest and loneliness. "Not as I will," because the One SVfio loved us first and best has gone . IJelore us on the road and still For us must all His, love fullill ij "Not as we will!-! , j Helen Hi st Jackix. "RECREATIONS." Dr. Talinase's Seriiioii.-I'reaclicd Siinday, Deeomber 18, 1X87. Texts : They that use this world, as not abus ing! it. I. Corintliiuns vii. 3. "Ami it came to liass when their hearts were merry that they said : Call tor Samson, that lie may make us sjiort. And they called for Samson out of the prison house;aaid he made them sjiort.'' Judges xvi, We are entering the gayest season ofjtheyear. The winter opens be fore us the gate of a thousand amuse ments, some of them good and some bad. One of my texts will show you that amusements may be de structive, my other text will show that amusements may be under the Divine blessing and direction. There were three thousand people assembled in the temple of Dagon. They had come to make sport of eyeless Samson. They were all ready for the entertainment. They began to clap and pound, impatient for the amusement to begin, and the- cried : "Fetch him out! Fetch him out!" Yonder I see the blind giautcomins:. l&WiLte first appearance there goes up a shout of laughter and derision. The blind old giant pretends he is tired and wants to rest himself against the pillars of the house ; so he says to tire lad who leads him: "Show me where the main pillars are." The lad does so. Then the strong man j'!,'-' f:i- r-j. hand on one pillar and his left hand on another pillar, and, with the mightiest push that i . ii i.:., if j--.-. dowfl in thunderous crash, grinding the audience like grapes in a wine press. "And so' it came to pass, when their neaTtswrjiiejTy1 that they said : Call for Samson, that he may make us sport. And the' called for Samson- out of the prison house : and he made them sport. In other words, there are amuse ments THAT ARE DESTRUCTIVE, and bring down disaster' and death upon the heads of those w4io prac tice them.' W-hile they laugh and cheer, they die. -The three thousand who perished that day in uaza are as nothing compared with the tens of i thousands wfib have been de stroyed by sigiul amusements. But theotfTer text 1 have read im plies that there is a lawful use' of the world,-as well as" an unlawful abuse of it : and the difference be tween the. man Christian arid the man un-Christian is that in the former case the man "masters the world, while in the latter case the world masters him. For whom did God make -this grand and beautiful wrirld ? For whom this wonderful expenditure of color, this graceful ness of li:ne, this mosaic of the ground,' this fresco of the sky, this slowing fruitage of orchard and vine yard, this full orchestra ofthetem pest, in which the tree branches flute and the winds trumpef and the thunders drum and all the splendors of earth and sky come clashing their cymbals ! For whom did God spring the arched bridge of colors resting upon buttresses of broken storm cloud? For whom did he gather the upholstery of fire around the window of the setting sun ? For all rhen, but more especially for his own dear children ! If you build a large mansion and spread a great feast after it to cele brate -the completion of the struc ture, do you allow strangers to come inland occupy the place, while you thrust your own children in the kitchen or the barn or the fields ? Oh. no. You say : "I am very glad to1 rpr strane-ers in mv mansion, but my own sons and daughters shall have the first right there." Now, God has built this grand mansion of a: world, and he has spread a glorious feast in it ; and while those who are strangers to his grace may come in, I think that God specially intends to give the advantage to his own children, those who are the sons and daughters of the Lord Almighty, those who through grace can look up and say : "Abba, Father." You can not make me believe that God gives more advantages to the world than He gives to the Church bought by His own blood, j It, therefore, people of the world have looked with dolo rous sympathy j upon those who make professioii of religion, and have said : "Those new converts are going down intd privation and into hardship. Why did not they tarry a; little longer in the wprld, and have some of its enjoyments and AMUSEMENTS AND RECREATIONS?" say to such men of- the world : "You are greatly mistaken," and be fore I get through I will show that those people . who stay out of the kingdom of God have the hardships "HERE SHALL THE PBESS and self-denials, while those who come in have the joys and the satis factions. This morning, in the name of thjb King of Heaven and earth, I serve a writ of ejectment upon all the sinful and polluted who have squatted on the domain of earthly pleasure as though it belonged to them, while I claim, in behalf of the good and the pure and the true, the eternal inher itance which God has given them. Hitherto, Christian philanthro pists, clerical and lay, have busied themselves chiefly in denouncing sinful recreations ; but I feel we have no right to stand before men and women in whose hearts there is a de sire for recreation amounting to pos itive necessity, denouncing this and that and the other thing, when we do not promise to givx, them some thing better. God helping me this morning, and with reference to my last account, I shall -enter upon a sphere not usual in sermonizing, but a subject which I think ought to be presented at this , time. I propose now to lay before you soipe of the recreation's which are not only inno cent, but positively helpful and ad vantageous. In the first jlace, I commend, among indoor recreations, MUSIC, VOCAL AND INSTRUMENTAL. Anvng the first things created was the bird,, so that the earth might have music at the start. This world, I'll . i wnicn oegan with so sweet a sere nade, is-finally to be demolished amidst the ringing blast of the arch- ingel's trumpet, so that as there was music at -the start, there shall be mu sic at the close. While this heav enly art has often been dragged into the uses of superstition and dissipa tion, We all know it may be the means of high moral culture. Oh, it is a grand thing to have our chil dren brought up amidst the sound of cultured voices and amidst the melody of musical instruments There is in ibis art an indescribable fascination for the household. Let all. tht,)ui families who have the means to afl'oftl it, have flute or harp, or piano or organ. As soon as the hand is large enough to .compass the keys, teach it how to pick out the melody. Let all our young men try this heavenly art upon their nature. Those who have, gone into it fully have lound in it illimitable recrea tion and amusement. -Dark' days, stormy nights,, seasons of sickness, business disasters, will do little to depress the soul which can gallop off over musical keys or soar in jubi lant lay. It will cure pain. It will rest fatigue. It will quell passion It will revive health. It will reclaim dissipation. It will strengthen the immortal soul. In the battle of Wa terloo, Wellington saw that the Highlanders1 were falling back; he said: "What is the matter there? He was told that the band of music had ceased playing, and he called up the pipers and ordered them td strike up an inspiriting air ; and no sooner did they strike the air than the Highlanders were rallied and helped to win the day. Oh, ye who have been routed in the conflicts of life, try by the.forc of music to rally your scattered battalions. 1 am glad to know that- m our great cities there is hardly .a night in which there are not concerts where, with the best musical instru ments and the sweetest voices, peo pie may find entertainment. PATRONIZE SUCH ENTERTAINMENTS. when they are "afforded you. Buy season tickets if you can for ,the "Philharmonic'1- and, the "Hande, aridTHaydn" societies. Feel that the dollar and a half or two dollars that you spend for the purpose of hearing aa artist play or sing is profitable 'investment. let your Steinway halls and your academies of music roar with the acclamation of appreciative audiences assembled at the concert or the oratorio. Still further, I commend as worthy of support the gymnasium. 1 his in stitution is gaining in lavor every year, and I know of nothing more free from dissipation or more calcu lated to recuperate the physical and mental energies. W hue there are a good many people who have em ployed this institution there is a vast number who are ignorant oi its ex cellencies. There are men with cramped chests and weak sides and despondent Bpirits who through the gymnasium might be roused up to exuberance and exhilaration ot file There are many Christian people de spondent from year to year who might through'such an institution be benefited in their spiritual relations There are "Christian people who seem to thinlc that it is a good sign to be poorly, and because Rich ard Baxter and Kobert liall were invalids they think that by the same sickliness they may come to the same grandeur ot character. want to tell the Christian people of my congregation that God will hold vou responsible for your invalidism if it is your fault and when through right exercise and prudence you might be athletic and well. The ef fect of the body upon the soul you acknowledge. Put a man of mild disposition upon the animal diet of which the Indian partakes and in a little while his blood will change its .chemical proportions. It will be come like unto the blood of the lion or the tiger or the bear, while his disposition will change and become fierce, cruel and unrelenting. The body has a powerful effect upon the soul. There are good people whose ideas of 'Heaven are all shut out with CLOUDS OF TOBACCO SMOKE. There are people who dare to shat ter the physical vase in which God has put the jewel of eternity. There are men with great hearts and in tellects in bodies worn out by their own neglects magnificent machin ery, capable of propelling an Etruria THE PEOPLE'S BIGHTS MAINTAIN, UNA WED BY INFLUENCE DURHAM, N. C, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1888. across the Atlantic, vet fastened in rickety North river propeller. Martin Luther was so ruightv for God!,'- first, because he had a noble soul, and secondly, because he had muscular development which would have enabled him to thrash -any hve ot his persecutors, it it had been Christian so to do. rnvsical development which merely shows ltsejt in a fabulous lifting, or in per- lous rope walking, or in pugilistic encounter, excites only our con tempt; but we confess to great ad miration tor the man who has a great soul in-an athletic body, every nerve, muscle and bone ot which is consecrated to right uses. Oh, it seems to me outrageous that men, through neglect, should allow their physical health to go down beyond repair. A ship winch ought, with all sail set and every man at his I03,' 10 oe carrying ancn cargo ior cut- nit', employing all its men in stop ping up leakages ! When you may, through tlte gymnasjum, work off your spleen and your querulousness and one-halt of your physical and mental ailments, do not turn your back upon such a grand medica ment. Still further: I commend to you a large class of parlor games and rec reations. There is a way of making our homes a hundred fold more at tractive than they are now. Those patents cannot expect to keep their children away from outside dissipa- tions unless they MAKE THE DOMESTIC CIRCLE RKKiHTER' than anything they can find outside of it. Do not, then, sit in vour home surly and unsympathetic, and with a halt conderiinatory look, because of the sportfulness of your children. 1 ou were young once yourself ; let your children be young. Uecause your eyes, are dim and your ankles are.stitf do not denounce soorttful- ness in those upon whose eve there is the first lustre, and in whose foot there is the bounding joy ot .robust health. I thank God that in our drawing-rooms and in our parlors there are innumerable games and sports which have not upon .them. the least taint of iniquity. .Light up all your homes with innocent.hilari ties. Do not sit down with the-rheumatism, wondering how children can go on so. luither thank Uou tha.t their hearts are so light and their laughter is so free, and that their cheeks are so ruddy and that', their expections are so radiant. The'- night will come soon enough, and- the heartbreak, and the pang, and' the desolation it will come soon enough for the dear children. But when the storm actually clouds the sky it will be - time enough for vou to haul out your reef tackles. - Carry, then, into your homes not only 'the innocent sports and games which, are the inventions of our own da', but the games which come down with the sportfulness of all the past ages che'ss and charades, and r tab leaux and battledore, arid calisthen ics, and layn tennis and all those amusements which the young peo ple of our irom-es know so well how to contrive. Then there will b,e t he parlor "socialities groups, of people assembled in your Ironies, with wit and mimicry and joviality, filling the room with joy irom the door to the mantel and from the carpet to the ceiling Oh ! .-is there any ex hilaration' like a score of genial souls in one room, each one add inga. con tribution of his own individual mer; rrm'ent to the aggregation of general hilarity? - - -. - . ; ' - Suppose yo"u, vant to go' abroad in thecrty, then you will find-the pan orama and the art gallery and the exquisite collection of pictures. You will find the Metropolitan Museum and the. Historical Society rooms full of rare curiosities, arid scores of places which can plainly stand the test of what is right and wrong in amusements. You will find the lec turing hall, which has been honored by the names of Agassiz in natural history, Boynton in geology, Mitchel in astronomy, John B. Gough in moral reform, and scores and hun dreds of men who have poured their witandgeriiusand ingenuity through that particular channel upon the hearts and consciences and imagina tions of men, setting this country fifty years farther in advance than it would have been without the lecture platform.. . I rejoice in the popularization of outdoor sports. I HAIL THE CROQUET (I ROUND and the fisherman's rod and the sportsman's gun. In our cities life is so unhealthy and unnatural that when the census taker represents a city as having 800,000 inhabitants, there are only 400,000, since it takes at least two men to amount to one man, so depleting and unnerving and exhausting is this metropolitan life. We want more fresh air, more sunlight, more of the abandon of field sports. I cry out for. it in be half of the Church of God as well as in behalf of secular interests. I wish that this winter our ponds and our rivers and our Capitoline grounds might be all awake with the heel and the shout of the swift skater. I wish that when the warm weather comes the graceful oar might dip the stream and the evening tide be reso nant with boatman's song, the bright prow .splitting the crystalline billow. We shall have the smooth and grassy lawn, and we will call out people of all occupations and professions, and ask them to join in the ball player's sport. You will come back from these outdoor exercises and recrea tions with strength in your arm, and color in your cheek, and a flash in your eye, and courage in your heart. In this great battle that is opening against the kingdom of darkness we want not only a consecrated soul, but a strong arm and stout lungs and a mighty muscle. T bless God that there are so many recreations that have not on them any taint of iniquity ; recreations in ; which we may engage for the strengthening of the body, for the clearing of the in tellect, for the illumination of the soul. ' There is still another form of rec reation which I commend to you, and that is THE PLEASURE OtDOIN; GOOD. I have seen young men weak and cross and sour and repelling in their disposition, who, by one heavenly touch, have wakened up and become blessed and buoyant, the ground under their feet and sky over their heads breaking forth into music. "Oh," says some young man in the house to-day, "I should like that recreation above all others, but j I have not the means." My dear brother, let us take an account of stock this orning. You have a large estate, if you only, realize it.4 Iwo hands. Iwo feet, l ou will, have, perhaps, during the next year, at least 810 for charitable contribu tion. You will have twenty-five hundred cheerful looks, if you want to employ them. Yftu will have five thousand pleasant words, if you want to speak them. No,w, what an amount that is to:start with. You S0 out to-morrow morning and you see a case of real destitu tion by the wayside. lYugive him two cents. The blind man hears the pennies rattle in his hat, and he says : "Thank yo:i, sir ; God bless you." You pass down the street, trying to look indiiii'tvnt; hut you feel from the very depth of yjur soul a profound satisfaction that you made that man happy. You go on still farther, and find a poor boy witn a . i w leelbarrow. trying to get up on the curhstoi attempt. You e. He fails in tin say: "St-md b-iek. my lad : let me try." You push i' up on the curbstone lor mm. ami pass on. He wonders who tliat well dressed man was that helped him. You did a kindness to the hoy, but you did a great joy to your myn soul. You will not get over it all the week. On the street to-morrow morning you will see a', sick man 'passing along. "Ah,"1 . you say, "What can 1 do to make this man happy? He certainly does pot want money ; he is "not poor ; 'but lie. is-sick." Give him one of those ' "TWE.NTY-EIVE HUNDRED CHEERFUL . ' ' LOOKS that you have garnered up for the .whole year. Look joy and hopeful ness into his sou)'. It will thrill him 'through, and there will, be 'a reac tion upon your own soul. - Going a little " farther on you will -.come to tire stofe of a friend who isjenibar- d iii 'iusincss matters. k)z will go in and say : "What a fine store you -have! I think business will brighten up, and voii will have more custom after a while. T think there is coming a great prosperity to' all the country. Good morningi" 'You pass out. You have helped that young man, and.'you have helped yourself. And that night Vou go home ; you sit by the fire, you talk a little, 3'OU-sihg a little, you laugh a little ;'you say : "I really .don't know what is the matter with me. I never felt so splendid in my life."' I will tell you what, is the maltef with you. You spent only two cents out of the S10; you have contributed one out of twenty-five hundred' cheerful looks ; you have given ten, fifteen or twenty of the five thousand pleasant words you are going to speak: during the year; you have with your own hands helped the boy with the wheelbarrow, and you feel in body, mind and soul the thrill of that rec reation Which do you think was the happier Col. Gardiner, who sat with his. elbow on a table j spread with all extravagant viands, looking off at a dog on the rug, saying: "How I would like to change places with him ; I he the dog and he be Colonel Gardiner ;" or ' those two Moravian missionaries who jwanted to go into the lazaretto for the sake of attending the sick, and they were told: "If you go in there, .you will never come out. We ne'er allow any one to come out, for he would bring the contagion." Then they made their wills and went in first to help the sick and then ito die. Which was the happier, .Colonel (Jardiner or the Moravian riiission- aries dying for others? Was it all sacrifice when the missionaries wanted' to bring the Gospel; to the negroes at the Barbadoes, and, being denied the privileges, sold, them selves into slavery, standingiside by side and lying side by side down in the very ditch of suffering in order that they might bring those nien up to life and God and heaven? Oh, there is a thrill in the joy olf doing good. It is the most magnificent recreation to which a man pier puts his hand or his head or hiatheai. The Verdict Unanimous. AW I). Suit, druggist, Eippus, Ind"., testi fies: "Iran recommend Electric Bitters as the very best remedy. Every bottle sold has given relief in every case. One man took six bottles, and was cured of Rheumatism often years' standing." Abraham Hare.'druggist, Belleville, Ohio, affirms: "The lest selling medicine I have ever handled in my twenty years' experience, is Electric Hittersj" Thou sands of others have added their testimony, so that the verdict is unanimous that Electric Bitters do cure all diseases of the Liver, Kid neys or Blood. Only a half dollar a bottle at K. Blacknall & Son's drug store. 1 A "Woman's Discovery. "Another wonderful discovery has been made, and that too by a lady an thjs county. Disease fastened its clutches jupon j her, and for seven years she withstood the severest tests, but her vital organs' were undermined and death seemed imniinent. For three months she coughed incessantly and could not sleep. .She bought of us a bottje of Dr. King's Xew Discovery forX'onsumption, and was so much relieved on taking the first dose that she slept all night, and witH one bottle has been miraculously cured. Her name is Mrs. Luther Lutz." Thus write W.'C'. Ham rick & Co., of Shelby, X. C. Get a free trial bottle at R. Blacknall & Son's drug store. AND UNBBIBED BY GAIN. IX NORTHERN SAXONY. The Plant .s Letter From the Old World. Southern Saxon-, as I have inti mated in former letters,"is. a rolling, mountainous region picturesque of ten, but rarely romantic. . Eastern Saxony is likewise a mountainous country, much more rugged though not so elevated as the section in the neighborhood of Jo hanngeorgenstadt and Annaberg. The central and northern parts of this little country, however, are hilly, with a. gradual slope towards the flat, sandy land of Prussia. This section is, therefore, in its geological formation; much less interesting than are many other parts of the country. Still, I have found inter esting things wherever I have looked for them. Leipzig,which is in the northeastern corner of Saxony, is only ,'S7 feet above the level of the Baltic; while Dresden is still less. It was a warm, sunny morning when we alighted from the train at aldheim on the Zscliopau. Wald heim is a pretty little dorfonthe irect line of railway connecting Chemnitz and Berlin. The Germans have a very dull kind ot humor. 1'iiey say a great many go to Wald- 1 lei in involuntarily than go of their own accord. ( )ne of the largest pen itentiaries in Germany is situated there. We were, fortunately, among those who go of their own accord. Waldheim is a long, straggling vil age, situated on both sidesi of the Zscliopau. Like most German towns it seems so loathe to stop straggling that it wanders off and diffuses itself into a dozen dirtv little eoually straggling villages, which, in turn, lose themselves completely in the shallow, winding valleys, where they have existed, perhaps, for ages. . A rapid walk through the Markt I'latz and a narrow alley which led beneath the glass-strewn walls of the prison, 'satisfied our curiosity in re gard to the village of Waldheim. We accordingly sauntered out of the town by means of a shady, well beaten path, which for a long time followed the river valley. At length we espied in the distance, rising above the trees which capped a high hill, the graceful turrets of a rittergut, or knights residence. Op posite this, on the side of another hill, stood the perpendicular yellow walls of an ancient castle. We ac cordingly hastened our steps and at length stood before the castle gate. Looking beneath an arched entrance we. caught sight of an interesting old courtyard, but--alas! before our eyes, in plain black and white, stood i untnttist quivalent to our the notice, Der h ten, which is en terse expression "No Admittance." The day was very warm and we were in despair. After all our walk were we to be thus baffled? Yet, when we raised our eyes they rested upon the floating banner of the proprietor, red and white per pendicular stripes, with a lion ram pant surmounted by a gilt crown. This is the European way of saying that the baron, count, king, or what not is visiting his castle, and on oc casions of this kind it is not custom ary to admit sight-seers. t My friends lost patience. What were old castles for? What fight had one man to monopolize what we as free born American citizens deigned to wish to see. ay, to such an extent that we had walked three miles to see it ? I tried to persuade my friend that any man had a right tchis own house, but I could not convince him to admit the truth of this principle when applied to cas tles. He argued that castles were not houses and that the proprietor showed a. lack of common sense by not building a modern house for himself and either turning the castle into a summer boarding house, or charging foreigners and especially Americans a modest fee for the privilege of ransacking the place from garret to dungeon. Arguing in this way we soon reached the Gasth of Kriebstein the castle is known as the Krebstein and sat down to rest. To settle the matter I called the waiter and made some inquiries con cerning the castle and its owner. Yes, said the swallow-tailed Gany mede, the Herr Count was at home and no one was admitted at such times: Did he suppose the Herr Count would allow us to see his cas tle if I would send him my card? Ganymede shrugged his shoulders as much as to say that be doubted whether such travel-stained persons as ourselves had any cards to send. This miffed us ; so I told him to take my card and compliments to the Herr Count and tell him we wished to see what was to be seen. Awaiting the return of our envoy, we solaced and cooled ourselves I with a villainous mixture of claret and selters water and discussed the general subject of feudalism and de cayed institutions. By and by, Ganymede stood before us and bowed much more respectfully than at I first. The Herr Count was at dinner, but we could see the castle at three o'clock, if we wished. Accordingly, at a few minutes after three, we entered the castle yard arid were met by a young man who informed ua that he "no speak Eng lish ;" so we pushed on in search of something more exciting. In a mo ment this appeared in the shape of a worthy person in a white vest and pin-tailed coat who was no doubt the general factotum and manager of the place. A smile covered the greater part of his flabby red face as htj doubled himself and told us that hip master had instructed him to show us everything. Up a narrow stiircase and down another, round a corner and up another staircase arid we were ushered into a large $1.50 PER ANNUM. salon furnished elegantly in blue. Our guide proved loquacious if not reliable. History, I imagine, was not his strong point ; cr else, the Kriebstein has had more than its share of adventures. In the red salon he stopped before a large painting. .This picture, he said, rep resented an historical occurrence. In the mkl die ages the castle was captured and a beautiful young countess carried away through a window. Somehow the picture did not seem ift sympathy with the story, however. The female in the painting was neither, young nor pretty, nor was she being carried through a window. Sjhe appeared to be a huge Amazon who was elop ing with a poor little warrior whose ma wasn't along to protect him. From th"e.sitting rooms with their pictures and bric-a-brac we went in pursuit of our worthy guide down another flight of steps into the chapel This proved to be the most interesting feature of the castle. It j was a low square room with grained roof, and the entire appartnient had undoubtedly been hewn from the solid rock. On one side stood an altar surrounded by an ancient altar piece painted on wood, representing the apostles and evangelists. How old is this castle? I asked. It was built in the eighth century, replied our conductor. Passing over this absurd statement, I returnedvto niy examination of the picture. The wood on which it was painted was oak, but so great was its age that it crumbled readily in our fingers like decayed cork, From the chapel windows a sheer precipice of a hun dred and fifty feet separated us from the sparkling waters of the river. Going again up the stairway, which also was cut from the solid rock, we passed through the private rooms and sleeping chamber where the Count's friends live when they visit him in the hunting season. In some of these ancient armor and weapons are placed side by side with those of more niodern date. In a window. lay a breastplate which the present count wore in the France Prussian war, and directly over where his heart must have been there . is a deep dent which ,- was made by a French bullet. 1 In an adjoining room hung the pictures of an old count and countess. In the innocense of his heart our guide informed us that these were the parties who had built the castle in the eighth century. But, alas for the anachronism ! The count's cos tume was that of the time of Louis XIV, white silk stocking and all. After a quiet inspection of the ! dining hall, where we found two most beautiful chandeliers, made entirely rbo-vjftheantergofd d d J .,.4'4i.i i' ' i r uiiuei iiiiu me uuisaieicneu uuiiu oi our glib-tongued guide and, passing through a gateway where stood a line of rOjUskets such as were in use three hundred years ago, we passed in front of the main door, a heavy oaken affair, every inch of whose surface was covered with' the wings and skeletons of large birds. Ten minutes later we were walking through the forest on our way back to Waldheim. XXX. Two Strings to Her Bow. Washington Star. A Wilton woman tried to get a pension but failed, because her mar riage took place subsequent to her husband's discharge from the army. Nothing daunted, she began to look around, and found that her first hus band had served in the Mexican war. Her case was presented, and a few days ago she received a pension of 8 per month. "Consumption Cure" would be a truthful name to give to Dr. Pierce's "Golden Medical Dis covery," the most efficacious medi cine yet discovered for arresting the earlr development of pulmonary dis ease. But "consumption cure" would not sufficiently indicate the scope of its influence and usefulness. In all the many diseases which spring from a derangement of the liver and blood the "Discovery" is a safe and sure specific. Of all druggists. Like a Democratic Plank. Washington Post. The Indianapolis New, an inde pendent Republican journal, put a great truth into this strong sentence : The foundation of government are. Kirepl away u:hen it w conceded that jx'o ple may be (axed for anything but 1h-' expenses of government economical!' administered. It reads like a plank for a Democratic platform. 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John Jacob Astor has contributed $1,000 to the pension fund for the New York policemen. X RATES FOR ADVERTISING: 1 inch, one insertion, $ 1.00 1 inch, one month 2.50 1 inch, three months, 5.00 1 inch, six months 7.50 1 inch, one year, 10.00 J column,' three months, 17.50 J column, six months, 1 30.00 j column, one year, 50.00 ! column, three months 25.00 column, six months, 45.00 column, one year 80.00 column, three months 45.00 1 column, six months 80.00 1 column, one year, , 150.00 1 column, one insertion,.... 10.00 2 columns, one insertion, . .'. 15.00" Space to suit advertiser charged for in accordance with above rates.' PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT. Lord Randolph Churchill has gone to Russia. The Chief Justice of the United States receives a salary of $10,o00 per annum. The Crown Prince is more hope ful, and the report conies from Ber lin that he may be spared for many years. The late-Mrs. Dinah Mulock-Craik left a fortune, of $8o,UH to her adopted daughter, Miss Dorothy Craik. Chauncey M. Depew has bought of John Jacob Astor property in the twenty-third ward of New York for President Cleveland is said to be worth about S1(K.),0 K, much of which is i, .vested in real estate that is rap idly increasing in value. "Nearly everybody in Washington expects Blaine to run again and be defeated," says the Washington cor- respondent ot the Springfield (Mass.) Hfjiiihliran. Dr. Catling's new police gun, a seventy-eight-pounder, is warranted to kill a thousand rioters in five min utes. Not niueh chance for "the in nocent spectator there. Rev. D. R. Winfield, editor of the Arkansas M'kodist and one of the' most widely, known Methodist di vines in the South, died Monday night of pneumonia, in Little Rock. There is one excellence about John G. Whittier's poetr- you can un derstand it readily. Much of the poetry of the last forty years is as perplexing as a fiddle. Wilmington Star. The . Republicans areJbnd of abus ing the famous Cobden Club a free trade body. "President Garfield was a member of it and he was once elected by Republican votes. ?Fi7 mingtun Star. , Senator Beck has introduced a bill 'regarding the currency that will bring up that question for discus sion during the present session. It 'proposes to abandon gold and silver certificates payable in coin. Presidt nt Cleveland wishes to pro- tct American industry by giving it the wages it earns unreduced by un necessary taxation. The best, the greatest and the truest friend of American workingmen to-day is President Cleveland. Though out of sight, the genial Eugene Higgins will be by no means out of mind when he shall have quitted Washington and federal of fice. We shall hear from him daily in the reports of the proceeding of the Maryland legislature ; for it ap pears now to be as good as settled that he will be chief clerk of the next House. The Americans must understand that Dr. Parker is regarded here as a professional religious quack. His let ters to the American newspapers, putting up to auction a contemplated interview with Mr. Gladstone, "pi quant, graphic, and in a proper de gree dramatic," and "to extend over six printed columns," is about as impudent a thing as even he has ever done. It is reported that Senator Quay says Don Cameron, his colleague, is not a candidate for the Republican Presidential nomination next year. Mr. Quay said Mr. Cameron had never mentioned the subject to him, and that there was more talk of a Cameron boom in Pennsylvania than there was in Washington. Mj. Quay said that there seemed but one candidate for the Republican nomi nation, and he is Mr. Blaine. Miss Phabe Couzins has announced that she will be an independent prohibition candidate for governor in the coming campaign. She dis cusses the issues of the day, and is an ardent supporter of President Cleveland's tariff policy. "Mr. Cleve land is right in not suggesting a re duction of the tax on whisky and tobacco,'" she said. "If people will have them let them pay well for them." Miss Couzins recently -vacated the office of marshal of the eastern district of Missouri, which she filled with great success for sev eral months after the death of her father. Gladstone's journey through Eng land en route to Italy called forth extraordinary expressions of enthu siasm yesterday. The holiday traf fic was much interfered with at the railways, owing to the mob assem bling at stations where it w as known Gladstone's train was due and in dulging in tremendous cheering and calls for speeches, with which Glad stone complied. There is no doubt that while no statesman of living memory has been so mercilessly as sailed by fashionable and would-be fashionable society, no other has so succeeded in winning the affection of countless supporters. Tuesday, December 27, Mr. W. W. Corcoran entered upon his ninetieth year. Congratulations have poured in upon him by telegraph arid the mails. His house is fragrant with the flowers which have been sent to him. He has received calls from a large number of friends and. acquaintances, and the observance of the day has been quite as elabo rate as it was last year or the year before. No one enjoyed the day more heartily than Mr. Corcoran, and his appreciation of the remem brance of his friends is just as keen , .as it always has been. He haa not, like most old men, lost hia interest in current affairs or in the life about him. He likes to see people and to talk with them. He wants to hear what the world is doing and saying. The infirmities of age are upon him, as might be expected in one who has lived to such an advanced time of life, but his mental faculties are aa bright and active as ever. .-. . i . .A
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