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cahhath at n a- a- ma 8 p. m. tray er meeting
iiibath at 9:30 p. m., . P. Erwln, supt.. and
sil rti.rson Chanel Mission School at 4 p. m..
4 Koss aupt. Kev. J. M. Kose, pastor.
THE OLD : MISSIONS.
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Prayer meeting
sunaay scnooi
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K''V- J-JJ.-a Prpftrthlnir everv Sabbath
t ii a. ni- ana 8 p- m" Praver meeting every
-Thursday at S p. m. buuuuj ouuuui ery
Tliursuaj r mMprhranil. mint.
pastor.
( Eriscop At.). Services Sun-
ova at j :30 a. m. aim n . ui., ouuimj ovuwi a.,,
aavso .wi-uhii. Riirvt. : Evnnsonc. 4 D. m. :
iHnVsdav's. Fridays and saints' days. 4 p. m. ;
i nther'an eonarreeatton will hold services
n the i'iwn lla11 lUe flr8t and thlrd Sunaav8 ln
very month. -
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it 'he ursi aiw tunu jiuuj u. wuuui.
lieirular mectlnir of Eurke lodge No. 4
KLtiAitsof Pthias on Second and Fourth Mon
?.J voninff"s at 8 o'clock. Visiting brethren
Icordtally invited to attends
HEART DISEASE 3D YEARS!
Short Breath, Palpitation.
Mr. G. "W. McKinsey, postmaster of
Kokomo, Ind., and a brave ex-soldier.
6avs: "I had been severely troubled
with heart disease ever since leaving
the army at the close of the late war.
I was troubled with palpitation and
shortness 'xf breath. I could not
6leep on my left side and had pain
around my heart. I became so ill
that I was much alarmed, and for
tunately my attention was called to
Dr. Miles' Heart Cure
I decided to try it. The first bottle
made a decided Improvement in my
condition, and five bottles have com
pletely cured me. "
G. W. McKINSEY. P. M., Kokomo, Ind.
Dr. Miles' Heart Cure is sold on a positive
cnaranle that the first bottle will benefit.
All druggists sell it at 11. 6 bottles for 15, or
ltvillbesent, prepaid, on receipt of price
by tho Dr. lliiea Medical Co., Elkhart, lad.
Mexican
Mustang
Liniment
A History of the California Missions
'iVthe'DaJs-of the Good Old Padres.
SANTA BARBARA, DEC, 1786.
The Hospital of the Friars Kindness to
the Indians Beautiful Gardens The Old
. Bells that Have Outlived Their Glory ;
' A Beautiful Sketch of the Winterless
rand of the Olive.
Written fo The Morganton Herald.
On the 16th of July, 1769, Father
Jnuipero Serriuand his little band
of devotees landed in the harbor
of San Diego and began his lubor
of founding u The Missions," the
method of which was the same in
all cases, for in the form of taking
possession of the hew Jands the
church, by right of sacred honor,
came first, the religious ceremony
always preceding the military.
A cross was set up; a booth of
branches, was built; the ground
and the booth were consecrated
with holy water and christened
by the name of a saint ; a mass
was performed ; the neighboring
Indians were roused and sum
moned by the ringing 'of bells
swnng on limbs of trees; presents
were given- them to inspire them
with trust. Two Franciscan friars
(never, at first, more) were ap
pointed to take charge of this
cross and -. booth and to .win, bap
tize, convert and teach all the
Indians accessible.
Later, as the -dusky congrega
tions grew, the possibility of better
things began and, under the direc
tiou of the Padres, the patient
Indian converts raised the noble
churches which were to stand long
alter the race tbat built them
should have vanished from the
earth.
Thus was laid the corner-stone
of the civilization of California,
and missioa alter mission was suc
cessfully founded, until in 1804 the
occupation of the sea-coast hue
from San Francisco to San Diego
was complete, there being 21 mis
sion establishments, only an easy
day's jouruey apart from each
other.
Up to 1804, besides those that
were already-founded, beginnings
had also been made on a projected
second fiue to be from 30 to 50
miles back from the sea and this
inland, chain of settlements and
development promised to be in no
wav interior to the nrst.
The wealth of mission establish
ments had grown to au almost
incredible degree. In all of l hem
were buildings on a large scale
providing for hundreds of occu
pants, for all the necessary trades
and manufactures, and many of
the ornamental arts of civilized
Fn'e." Enormous tracts of land were
under cultivation. In - these 21
missions were gathered over 20,
000 ludians, leading regular and
iudnstrions lives.
The Santa Barbara, founded by
Father Junipero Serra, Dec. 4tb,
1786, was the first church built
aud, being hastily put up, was
gallery. The building is two stories
m height. The interior is formed
by a t;ourt, ornamented with fount
ains ana decorated with trees. I
upon ine ganery which runs
trolled over 20,000 acres of land,
and no other mission had so fine a
church. Itwas -IQO feet.long, 50
wide and CO-feet high, with walls1
4 feet thick. A tower at one tide
aronnd it open the dormitories of held a belfrylor eight bells. The'
all the monks, of the major-domos,
and of travelers, small work-shops,
school-rooms and store-rooms. 'The
hospitals are situated in the most
quiet parts of the Mission, where
also the schools are" kept. Here
they learn to make cloth of wool,
cotton and flax, and do not leave
the Mission nntil they are old
enough to do for themselves. The
Indian children mingle in school
with those of the white colonists.
A certain number, chosen among
the pupils who display the most
intelligence, learn music, chant
ing, the violin, flute, horn, violon
cello or other instruments. Those
who distinguish themselves in the
carpenter's shops, at the forge, or
iu agricultural labor?, are appoint
ed alcades, or overseers, and.
charged with the direction of the
laborers." . ,
Surrounding these buildings, or
arranged in regular streets upon
one side of them, were the homes
of the Indian families. These were
built of adobe or of reeds after the
native fashion. The daily routine
of the Indians' life was simple and
uniform. They were divided iuto
squads of laborers. At sunrise
the An gel us bell called them to
mass. After the mass they break
fasted, then dispersed to their
various labors. At 11 o'clock thev
were again summoned together
for dinner, after which they rested
until 2, when they went again to
work and worked until the even
ing Angelus, just before the sun
set. After prayers and supper
they were in the habit of dancing
aud playing games until bed time.
The rule of the friars was, in the
main, a kindly
one, and the best
for
Burns,
Caked & Inflamed Udders.
Piles,
Rheumatic Pains, .
Bruises and Strains.
Running" Sores,
Inflammations,
Stiff joints.
Harness & Saddle Sores,
Sciatica,
Lumbago,
Scalds,
Blisters,
Insect Bites,'
All Cattle Ailments,
All Horse Ailments,
AU Sheep Ailments,
Penetrates Muscle,
Membrane and Tissue
Quickly to the Very
Seat of Pain and
Ousts it in a Jiffy.
Rut in Vip-orouslv.
Mustang Liniment conquer
Pain,
Makes Han or Beast welt
again. .
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. Umon Street.
nearly destroyed by au earthquake
m 1812. iiepairs were at once
made, and the Mission reached its
present proportions in 1820. Time
and man have dealt kiudly with
the Mission; it is scarred here
aud there aud some oJv its oldeu
attributes of interest have been
lust, but the building presents es
seutially the same appearance that
it did nearly a century ago. The
building is now presided oer by
half a dozen Franciscans and is
the only one now occupied by the
friars of that order. They wear
the coarse robes of the order and
conduct regular services for the
benefit of the few worshipers who
cling to the church of their ancest
ors. t ' ,
The garden of the Mission pos
sesses charming originality of de-
w. . t a 1 . 1 m. .1
sign, it re niiea wun trees auu
flowering shrubs. ,Over the sides
of the chnrcb and high adobe
walls grows the dark green-ivy ;
far overhead rise the towers with
their clauging. bells; near by is
the corridor with open arches aud
red-tiled roof. It may be inter
esting to know that Mrs. Harrison,
wife of the ex President of the
United States, and Princess Louise
are said to be the only women iu
the world who have ever put foot
within the cloisters of the mouas-
tery. After their visit tne gronnu
whereon they had stood was forth
with . reconsecrated with solemn
ceremonies, fasting and prayer.
The Mission of San Fernando
was founded in 1797 in honor of
Ferdinand V., King of Castile and
Aragon. The beautiinl old church
is now a complete ruin. Formerly
its buildiugs aggregated over a
mile and a half in length. Those
of my readers who visited the
World's Fair in Chicago will doubt
less recall the California Building,
iu which the architect carefully
followed the old mission style in
design, aud especially that of San
Fernando With its ornate Moorish
arches. On the four coruers'aud
flauking the dome, wer.e - towers
designed after the Mission belfries,
and in them swung some of the old
Spanish bells that have outlived
the padre and their crumbling
churches. This Mission is 21 miles
from the City of Augels or Los
Angeles, and has some' fine old
olive trees, whicb still staud np
against the storms of one hundred
years.
The Mission of San Luis Key
was founded after the death of
Serra, Juue 18, 1793. A descrip
tion ol this one give a clear idea
of the form'aud some of thesmeth
ods of the mission establishments
in general. ,
De Moi'ras, who wan attache of
the French legation in Mexico in
1842. says: 4 The JbuiIding is a
and most unequivocal proof of the
good conduct of the fathers is to
be found in the unbounded affec
tion and devotion invariably shown
toward them by their Indian sub
jects. The picture of life iu one of these
Missions during their period of
prosperity is uuique and attract
ive. The whole place was a hive
of industry ; trades plyiug indoors
and outdoors; tillers, heiders, by
hundreds going to aud fro; chil
dren iu school; bauds of young
men practising on musical instru
ments music, the scores of which,
iu many instances, they bad them
selves written out. At evening all
sorts of games of running, leaping,
dancing and ball throwing. At
every mission were walled gardens
with waving palms, sparkling
fountains, groves of olive" trees,
broad'Viueyards, and orchards of
all manner of fruits, and over all
the . sunny, delicious, winterless
California sky..'
The friars were forced by the
very facts of the situation into the
exercise of a constant aud abound
"ing hospitality, and most royally
did they discharge the obligation
of this hospitality. Travelers'
rooms were .always ready in fevery
Mission, ana there were even set
apart fruit-orchards called trav
elers' orchards," and it is said that
a mail might ride from San Diego
to Monterey by easy day's journeys,
spending each, night as guest iu
a mission establishment. As soon
as he iode up an Indian page
would appear to take his horse,
another to show him to oue of the
travelers' rooms. He was served
with the best of food and wine as
long as be liked to stay, and when
he left be might if be wished, take
from the. Mission herd a fresh
horse to carry him on bis journey.
All the California -voyagers aud
travelers of the time speak in
glowing terms of the generous
and-cordial entertaining of the
friars.
-
With the increase of wealth and
however, came 'increasing com
plexities in their relation to the
military settlements of the coun
try. The original Spanish plan of
colonization - was threefold, re
ligious, military and civil. Its!
first two steps were a mission and
a presidio or garrison the presidio
to be the guard of the mission.
Later was to come the pueblo or
town. , '
From indefiniteness in the under
standing of property rights and
rights of authority, as visited
under these three heads, there
very soon rose confusiou which led
to collisions collisions which have
not yet ceased and never will so
long as there remains a land title
in California to be qaarreled over.
In the beginning there were no
corridor on the opposite side had
256 arches. Its gold and silver
ornaments are. said, to have been
superb. For ten years after the
Secularization Act, affairs went
steadily on from bad to worse with
the missions and, at last, in Match,
1846, an act of the Departmental
Assembly, made the missions lia
ble to the laws of bankruptcy, and
authorized the governor to sell
them to private persons. On the
7tb of July, 1846, the American
flag was raised in Monterey, and
formal possession of California was
taken by the United States. In
many of the missions, squatters,
without show or semblance of title,
were found ; these the officers
turned out.; Finally, - General
Kearuey, declared tbat all titles of
missions and mission lands must
be held in abeyance till the United
States Government should pro
nounce on them. Thus were
turned intolbe possession of the
Church all that were left of the
old mission chuiches. La Purissi
ma, fouuded Dec. 8th, 1787; Santa
Cruz, Sept. 25tb, 1791; Saledad,
Oct. 9th, 1791; 8an Jose, June
11th, 1789; San Juan Bantist
June 24th, 1797; San Miguel. July
25th, 1797; Santa Inez, Sept. 4th,
1804, as well as the other of the
twenty-one prosperous missions,
planted on a line of 700 miles, run
ning from San Diego north to the
latitude of Sonoma. San Diego
was used as a barracks in 1846.
San Juan Church was thrown
down in 1812 by an 'earthquake.
The little hamlet oi San Juan Cap
istrano lies in harbor, as it were,
looking out on its glimpse of sea
between two low spurs of broken
and rolling bills, which, in June,
are covered with shining yellow
and blue and green, irridescent as a
peacoek'8 neck. Helen Hunt Jack
son, who took so much iuterest in
studying the old missions, says:
"It is worth going across the con
tinent to come into this village at
sunset or a June day. The peace,
silence and beauty of the spot are
brooded over aud deuomiuated by
the grand, gray ruin, lilting the
whole scene iuto an ineffable har
mony. We are fihown the door,
where, every Sunday after mass,
came the Iudiaus, in long proces
sions, to get their weekly gifts.
Each one received something, a
handkerchief, dress, trinket, or
money. While their gifts were
being distributed, a band often or
twelve performers, all Indians,
played . lively, airs . on., brass Lor
stringed instrument." The most
desolate ruin of all is that of La
Pnrissima mission. Nothing is left
there but oue long adobe building.
At San Juan Batista there liu
gers more ot the atmosphere of
the olden time than p to be found
in any other place iu California.
Here part of the bnildings are still
haoitaoie. service is neiu regu
larly in one of the small chapels.
The church is a splendid ruin:
the grounds are enclosed aud
cared for; iu its garden's are still
blooming roses and vines, iu shel
ter of palms, and with the old
stone sun dial to tell time time,
that leveler of all things. .
Edmokia.
MONAZITE INDUSTRY.
Borke, Cleveland, McDowell and
Rutherford Counties, the Center
of Monazite. District.
grants of land ; everything was
done by royal decree.
From 1817 to 1820 great requi
sitions were made by the govern
ment upon the missions. They
submitted to a tax per capita on
aH their thousands of Indians to
pay the expenses of a deputy to
sit iu the Mexican Congress. They
allowed troops to be quartered in
the mission buildings. At the end
of the year 1820, the outstanding
drafts pn the government in favor
of the missious amounted to $400,
000. At last, in r834, the final
blow fell on the mission's. The
covefrnment of California, in com
pliance with instructions receiyed
from Mexico, issued ao edict for
their secularization. Ju 1&34, there
were, according to the lowest esti
mates, from 15,000 to 20,000 Ind
ians in the missions. In 1840,
there were left, all told, but 6,000.
In many of the missions less than
100.
Under the new regime the friars
suffered hardly less than the
Indians and some fled the country,
among the number oeing Autonio
The South Is Marching On.
Baltimore San. Jan. 15th,
Since three of the large cotton
manufacturing corporations of
Lowell have applied to the State
of Massachusetts for amended
charters, so that they may operate
factories in the South,, increased
attention is given to the facilities
for cotton manufacturing pos
sesseed by that section. It is con
ceded that, contrary to predic
tions, the Southern mills have suc
ceeded and made money. Their
goods are sold in competition with
New England goods and have in
some grades almost displaced the
latter. The reason, in fact, why
New England thinks of manufac
turing in the cotton country is
that competition with the South
in certain kinds of yarn and cloth
has become impracticable.
' But there is a noticeacle disposi
tion to minimize the advantages
for cotton - manufacture enjoyed
by Southern factories. The New
Englanders, as a rule, affirm that
the reason manufacturing is
cheaper in the South is that their
hours ot work are longer and
wages are lower than in the North.
This is an old, assertion which
Southern manufacturers have
again and again denied. The real
factors of success are the nearness
to the cotton field and coal miens,
the milder climate, the newer ma
chinery and cheaper cost of living
generally. At present coarse goods
are made, but there is no reason
why after a time the finest should
not be made.
House Cleaning
is considered an acknowledged to be a
necessity. The nature of man is op
posed to filth. If , however, the cleans-.
iDg of the house is necessary to health,
how much more necessary to health,
should we consider it to keep the
Temple of God the human body free
from the taint of impurity. Dr.Pferce's
Golden Medical Discovery . is like the
thrifty house-wife, going through
every nook and corner, Searching out
the accumulated filth, purifying the
system and restoring perfepf, health."
It's the only blood purifier, liver an4
lung invigorator, so sure and certain in
its curative action that ft can be sold
through dealers, on trial, being guaran
teed to cure or money returned.
quadrilateral, 450 fee square ; the Peiri, who had been for over 30
church occupies one o the wings ; years in charge pf the splendid
the facade js ornamenied witU a missiou of San Luis Bey. It cour
, For Over Fifty Tears
Mm. WinsloWs Soothing Sykcf has been
used for over fifty years by millions of moth
era for their children while teething-, with per
fect success. It soothes the child, softens the
grams, allays all pain, cures wind colic, and is
the best remedy for Diarrhoea. It will relieve
the poor little sufferer immediately. Sold by
Druggists in every part of the world. Twenty-
five cents a bottle. Be sure and ask for "Mrs.
Winslow's Soothing Syrup," and take no
other kind. . dcc20-ly
THORIUM SILICATE $260 A LB.
Monazlta Is Precious Used for Making la-
naaiwaii um It a men Uot of iToi no
tion Msjsn.r of Mining A. gooreo of
Wealth.
8tate Geologist. J. A. Holmes in Charlotte
, Observer.
Among the rare minerals in
North Carolina, of which there are
a large number, monazite has at
tracted more attention during the
past year than any other. Its
mining has come to be-a recog
nized industry in portions of those
piedmont counties. Burke, Mc
Dowell, Rutherford and Cleve
land, which' cluster around the
South Mountains. ;
This industry was " begun in
1893, and about 130,000 pounds of
monazite was mined and sold for
about $7,600. During 1894, 546,
000 pounds were mined and sold
at prices ranging from 5 to 6i
cents per pound at the mine, a
total of a little more than $36,006.
Judging by the number and
character of the inquiries received
by the Geological Survey from
various European countries, the
industry and the amount of money
brought into these counties for
monazite in iSo? will be many
times larger than it was during
the past year 'certainly not less
than $100,000.
Monazite occurs in the; form of
a fine sand, made up of minute
reddish or yellowish brown crys
tals, which are distributed through
the sand and gravel in the beds of
streams in the counties named
above. These small crystal are
distributed through the rocks of
the South Mountains ; and as
these rocks decay and the result
ing soil is washed down the slopes
of the mountains by rain water,
monazite is carried along with this
soil ; and being heavier than the
other portions of the soil, settles
in the beds of the streams. It is
neaily twice as heavy as the ordi
nary soil and in mining it the
operation is simply that the
miners take up this gravel from
the beds of the streams and wash'
it in a trough or rocker or pan,
somewhat as the do for gold. The
monazite, on account of its weight,
separates from the soil and settlss
at the bottom. Gold frequently
occurs in the gravel with mona
zite, and can be separated from it
by the use of quicksilver. Inas
much as these gravels contain
both gold and monazite in many
plates, it will. pay to work them in
cases in which there might not be
gold or monazite enough to make
the mining remunerative.
Small quantities of monazite
have been found in a number of
other countries; as in the Ural
mountains, Russia, Norway, Bo
hemia and in gold washings in
Brazil .and in the mica veins at
Quebec, Canada. Nowhere else
has it been found in anything like
the quantity in which it is known
to exist in piedmont North Caro
lina. Specimens of it have teen
found in Alexander, Madison,
Mitchell, Yancey, and a few other
North Carolina counties, but in
none of them have large quantities
been found except in those coun
ties around the South Mountains.
The value of monazite sand de
pends upon the rare metal,
thorium, which it contains. This
thorium is separated from its as
sociated material by very compli
cated chemical processes, which
are kept as a profound secret from
all persons outside of those who
manipulate the operations. It is
then used in the manufacture of
incandescent gas burners of differ
ent forms. The thorium, after be
ing separated from other materials
in the monazite, combines with
oxygen, and in this form it is al
lowed to soak into a cloth, which
cloth is carefully wrapped around
a gauze made of platinum, just
the size and the shape which the
completed burner is to have. The
cloth is then burned away and the
thorium remains attached to the
platinum gauze. This, when heated
by the gas jet, becomes brilliantly
illuminated and gives perhaps the
most beautiful gas lights now
known.
The methods of preparing the
thorium are exceedingly compli
cated and expensive, several tons
of chemicals being required for
the treatment of a single ton of
monazite. This, of course, makes
the thorium burners more expen
sive than they otherwise would be.
and this, expensiveness is still
further increased because of the
fact that unless handled in' the
most careful manner the thoriqrc
becomes 'separated from the film
in being used, and the burners are
as a rule short lived.
The percentage of thorium in
the monazite vanes considerably
and is always small. Even in the
same region there is considerable
variation, for in the same regions
the monazite is generally regarded
as being richer in thorium than
that of certain other regions. In
the South Mountain region the
best monazite (that richest in tho
rium) occurs in the northern por
tion of Cleveland county, and near
Brindletown, in Purke county.
The best of this contains from 4 to
6J4 pounds of thorium in ' 100
pounds of monazite, The mona
zite and, as it is usually called, is
furthermore not pure monazite
the best of it, after being washed
and dried, containing from 55 to
65 percent. of monazite.
iThe thickness of the'gravel de
posits ia the streams where the
monazite is usually found is usual
ly from one to two feet,. and the
width of the stream beds -ranges
from three or four up to twelve or
fifteen feet. The sluice boxes in
which these gravels are worked
are usually about 18 feet by 20
inches wide atrd deep. Two men
usually work at one box, one
digging the gravel and shoveling
it into a box and the other work
ing it up and down in the box
with gravel fork or perforated
shovel, so that the current of water
in passing through floats off the
clay and lighter sands. These
boxes are cleaned out at the end
of the day's work, and the mona
zite sand which remains in the
bottom is then cleaned and dried.
If it contains manv small black
particles of magnetic iron ore,
these are removed by passing a
magnet through the sand, the
particles sticking to the magnet.
The monazite sand is thus ready
for shipment.
From ao to 30 pounds of clean,
dry sand is regarded as a pretty
good yield per man in one day.
The value of this monazite ranges
from 5 to 6 cents per pound
at tne diggings, ibis seems a
very low price when we cone to
note that the pure thorium has a
value of more than $200 per
pound, but it must be remem
bered that the whole process of
separating the thorium from the
monazite is an exceedingly com
plicated and costly one. Thus far
there is but bne firm manufactur
ing the thorium lights in this
country, but there are others
starting in Germany and in
France, and the present indica
tions are that the demand for
North Carolina monazite will con
tinue to increase. Let us hope that
with this increasing demand the
industry , may become a more
profitable one, to the mining peo
ple of piedmont North Carolina.
a
inesoutn Mountain region 10
which the monazite. occurs, is an
exceedingly interesting one from
the standpoint of the miner and
mineralogist. It is here that quite
a number of rare North Carolina
minerals have been found, includ
ing seven out of the fourteen dia
monds that have been discovered
in the State. There is now a grow
ing interest in the region in con
nection especially with the mining
for gold and monazite.
POUDER
.Absolutory Pure.
of
A GREAT MAX GOME.
North Carolina Mraru Rev. Bobert L.
Aberaethy.
Atlanta Journal, Jan. 4th.
The recent death of the wonder
ful benefactor is regarded by thou
sands of North Carolinians as one
of the heaviest blows the state has
ever received. Every' day in his
long life was but one chapter in
the history of sacrifice and devo
tion to his fellows. The world
knows that story, as every southern
city is familiar with the beaming
face of the white-haired hero who
fell so lately in girded armor at
his work. We doubt if the pages
of romance present anywhere such
a histoiy as the life of this philan
thropist. A mere farm boy, in the
county cf Catawba, without in
fluence, money, books, or even
health the torturing dream of
ambition penetrated the roof of
his cabin -home, and waked the
spirit of unrest in his brave young
heart. et how could thesedreams
ever come true?" lie was denied
books, teachers, schools ; he had
not even leisure, if these had been
accessible. But, like his sturdy
Saxon sires, where there was no
way, he would make one. Diffi
culties daunted not, but developed
the hero. He walked across two
counties to procure copies of Pike's
arithmeticand an English gram
mar, and coming home from his
farm work at nigbt-fall, be brought
a load of pine knots io his arms,
and throwing himself prostrate on
the floor before their generous
light, he studied till the dawn.
At the age of 21, he entered the
regular ministry of the S. C Meth
odist conference, remaining in this
connection for three years. He
was an orator. Scholarly men'sat
in open-eyed wonderment under
the thrilling eloquence of the
back-woods boy preacher; the
thunderbolts of his irresistible ora
tory were always forced in the
white heat of direct contract with
his audience. Of majestic mien,
of princely figure, piercing, yet
tender eye ; with a voice of un
rivaled compass and ' melody, a
heart of volcanic heat and energy
and the nervous sensibility of the
born orator, he awayed men -as
they had never been awayed be
fore. But the fire burned too furtously
and fast to burn long. After more
than 1,100 accessions to the church
under his three years ministry, he
fell a victim to neryois pros.ua-
lion. 1 nis qiq not arrest u oniy
changed his work he never rested
a day in his life. During his mm.
istry, his heart had bled for the
dense ignorance of the masses,
and the absolute impossibility of
its dissipation. His daring brain
contemplated the miracle of lift
ing this night of gross darknes.
God found for . him the means.
John Rutherford, of Burke, donat
ed 600 acres of almost unbroken
forest, and here, in 1853, young
Abernethy founded Rutherford
college. It was first a double log
cabn. but the magnetism of the
man wa;.;o great mat crowas
flocked to him in such numbers
that only ope class could be ad
mitted at 9, time. A new and
larger building was the result. At
the doors of this building no poor
boy or girl ever knocked in vain.
is well known, he gave the last
dollar in his pocket with the hope- I
ful expression: "God will give me
more. If there were a hungry
mouth or a heavy heart within bis
knowledge, he could not sleep for
it. His unceasing labors were
quickened and his dreams were
filled with one and but one
thought, to do good ; and almost
the last words from his lips under
the twilight of approaching death.
were the words to his son: MI wish
I could live to do good, His
scholarship was varied, accurate
ana proiound. ttis courage was
magnificent. His faith was sub
lime. If rascally men abused his
charity, be closed his eye and re
fused to believe it. He looked at TT!L0.' Vf' P0- n
- f . . . , . -- . .iirHiauim I 1 1
iiic uiruugu iac pure spectrum 01 cum uotkhiut root urstr.
his " unstained soul, and to his
vision all men were virtuous and
pure. The shrewd sharper and
the tattered tramp knew they
would ever find his home, his
heart, his purse, open to their call.
The writer remembers one story,
among hundreds, which illustrates
this trait ot Dr. Abernethy's char
acter. At one time he was forced
to indict an offender for selliog
liquor to some of his students.
The defendant was fined $25 and
costs. After the trial, the prisoner
approached the doctor and, with
tears in his eyes, said :
"Dr. Abernethy, I did not mean
to violate the law. I did not know
these boys were your students. If
this sentence is enforced, I must
go to jail, and my sick wife and
poor children must suffer. What
can I do?"
He had hit the right spot. Dr.
Abernethy took the last cent be
had in the world,' borrowed the
balance and paid the fellow's fine
and costs. He, himself, went with
out a new oveicoat that winter.
After all, he died penniless, and
with a debt of $1,500 on Ruther
ford college. We do not believe
the people at the South will let
his college be sacrificed. He was
regarded as the greatest man of
his State. Senator Vance said
that Dr. Abernethy bad done more
more good than any other North ' The prices on all of our Woolen
Carolinian liviog or dead. Almost Good have been made to conform
every public man in North Caro- to the new woolen schedule, a
una, ana wcu-nign every newspa- 1 saving irom Zt to HQ per cent.
per, nas saia tne same tning. 111s
last words were : ""I am so tired, I
must rest awhile. The God whom
he had served so long and faith
fully beard this cry of the strong
heart, and the answer came im
mediately : "Come unto me, and I
will give you rest,"
Uojalllakinc Powder Co.,
is "Wall su. n. r.
January
Woolen Prices
We are selling at very low
prices, worth your consideration.
Fur Capes,
Down Quilts,
0
Ladies Coats,
Fine Dress Goods,
Woolen Bed Blankets,
Men's Woolen Underwear.
Under the new tariff, there has
been no duty on raw wool since
Oct. 1st, 1S'.1.
The new tariff" reductions on
manufactured woolen became op
erative Jan. 1st, 1S93.
W. H.& R.S.TUCKER & CO.,
RALEIGH, M. C.
OCR XATIOXAL CAPITAL.
and here 2,200 were educated free
of all cost to them. Money flowed
like water into his coffers; it went
out as it came. A rule he never
broke in all his life was to give
every cent he had to charity. To
do this he often suffered hunger
and cold. Hundreds of tirncs it
Soaae of w Latest Xews.
From Our Regular Cormpowdeat.
- Thursday-there was a dutin
guisbed gathering of the ladies of
the official circle in the Blue room
of the White 1 loose, Mrs. Cleve
land having invited her friends to
a musicale to bear her former
nchool-mate, Mhu Katberine Wil
li rd, who is a brilliant pianist.
Congiessman Alexander says:
The new LegisUtnte of North
Carolina, will pas an election law
which I telieve will be an im
provement on the existing one.
Although the Populists and Ke
publicans have control, I have no
fear that tbey will make any
radical change; but will look
rather for the improvement of the
present ystetn. Although new
men, the members of the Legi
lature are good citizens of "oiib
Carolina, and will do nothing
against the iuterest of the State.
The complaints against the elec
tion methods of North Carolina
were not dae to charges of fraud
so much as o the construction by
the courts of our registration law.
It makes certain requirements
which the negroes and other ig
norant people have failed to ob
serve. I do not, however, believe
that any barm can come 'from a
change in the registration lafis
W bat my peopie desire is a fair
election, aud if the new Legisla
ture makes the necessary pro
vision for this result we- will be
satisfied.'
The Pastoftk-e Appropriaticn
Bill, drafted by IIou. John S. Hen
derson and carrying the fast mail
item for the Richmond and Dan
ville railroad, has paused the
House. A "fusion" in Sooth Car
olina between straight Democrats
and stalwart Republicans is being
organized. Butler and Hampton
are the leaders of it ou the Demo
cratic side.
The Winston Public Bill is
about the 11th ou the Calendar.
An effort will be made to pass it
this session. Memorial ervice
in honor of Senator Yauce will be
held iu the Senate next Saturday.
Hon. John S- Henderson has
charge of the memorial services
in the House. These will take
place early in February and every
member of the North Carolina
Delegation will tx present.
Although emphatic denial was
tnhde by all the Democratic mem
bers of the House Committee,
there is good indications tbat there
will be an extra session of Con
gress. This of coarse is based on
the assumption that there will be
nnanoiai legislation and this a
sumption is pretty thoroughly
warranted by a canvas a of the
opponents of the Carlisle Bill
based ndon a vote by which that
measme was knocked out of the
House. v
In the House Thursday Mr. Hill
of New York attacks theCoustitu
tionality of the Income Tax.
Senator Vest introduced a new
financial bill in the Senate Tbars
day by which be pro pose to re
lieve the present unfortunate con
dition. This measure abolishes
the National Bank and.U a free
coinage measure, '
1 Does This' !
Hit You? I
The raanagemeat of the
Equitable Life Assurance
Society in the Deportment of
the Carolina.:, wishes to se
J cure a few Special Resident
J Agents. Those who are fitted
J for this work will End this
I A Rare Opportunity
Z It b a vrX1, however, and those
who succeed best in it possess
character, mature judgment,
tact, perseverance, and the
respect of their community.
5 Think this matter over care-
X fully. There's an unusual J
X opening for somebody. If it J
2 fits you, it will pay you. Fur- 5
5 ther Information on request, x
W. J. Roddey, Manager, I
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