THE JOURNAL.
Proprietor.
Lacl BepcrUr.
f?" Entered t tike Put Offiet al Xtv
Borne N. C, ttxitd-Aaia matter.
SELF'S WdHDIRFCL BILL.
A Act f ti FiiloB Lf RlsUtir That
Cap ABjtklBic Tei DlsMrered.
Of aH the ."extraordinary acta
passed by the recent "reform' Leg
islature of North Carolina, the one
introduced . by Chatham's distin
guished BepresentatiTe, Mr. Self,
caps the climax i up to date. It is
truly a wonderful bill and wiH
attract great, attention. It stands
unique and 'alone, both as to its
remarkable prorisions and the still
more remarkable language in which
they are expressed, and will no
doubt, win tot the distinguished
-"statesman' who drew it a national
reputation. ,"V'
Tbe following i an exact and lit
eral copy of this extraordinary law
ns it is enrolled and filed in the
c:'ac of the Secretary of State:
"Tk General Assembly of North
Carolina, do enact :
"Section 1, .That it shall be un
lawful for any male hog, sheep or
goat, to run at large in the county
of Chatham to greater age than six
month without castration, unless
the same shall hare been turned out
for the improrement of the stock.
.."Sec.' 2. That any malo cattle
running to. a greater age. than .two
rears, without castration, shall be
contrary to the provisions of this
, act- "
thia act shall be subject to a fino of
. A 3 1 . J a i
cents. 3.50, nor more than fire
dollars! $3. Said fine to go to the
: Sec 4. That thia act shall be in
.DUW& AWUU V A. .a w wuwwj.
- iorce ironi auu aiter ratiaca-
m .3 i i ? r .
- won.. , . - ... ,
xai8civu rauoea on mo zu
- a- a 1 1
uay 01 x eDruary ana nas teen in
- iorce ana eneci ever since mat aav
and ret the eituens .of Chatham
- have been in blissful ignorance of it
- and riolatine it every day 6ince its
' passage, oter two months ago. Mr
; rell asrely ongnt to nave given
them some timely notice of it.
Until. our citizens can get the
Supreme court to construe the above
law, says the Chatham Record, there
will exist great doubt as to its mean
ing, for if it means what it says (as
it reads'! our' eood old countv will
. Via jA.wvrin'laf srf torwi lliora -wilt Ka Tin
m m. t - 1 . a
for there will be no children to edu
fate. ;"
It will be seen that section , 1 al
a.u. .... r '
: lows certain hogs, sheep and goats
- six months, and section z allows
certain cattle two year?, bnt section
3 does not mention what time is
allowed "Persons and it is left
in doubt whether they are allowed
G moa. like noes, slwep and goats or
two years like male cattle. If 'they
are allowed two years, then there is
some hope for them for they may
get the next Legislature to come to
.their rescue by repealing this won
derful law I ;
- ; It will be noted that section 2
. . does not make it unlawful for cer
tain male cattle to run "at large, but
wakes it unlawful for them to ruu
at all, so that all oxer f years old
must be killed or theirlegs cut off.
And, in section 3, Mr. Self should
hare stated- how often (whether
e? err day or hoar) a person may be
. fined for Tiolating this act by run
ning at large! Raleigh News aud
Observer.
Tie Treatary la a More CotfortibU
CMtitiM Be increasing.
'" The. United States Treasury is in
'a decidedly more comfortable condi
tion than it has been for a long time
The gold reserve is $90,643,307 and
the net cash balance in addition is
47.273,954, making a total, availa-
ble for a pinch, of
187,917,61
How much Better the position of the
treasury is now than at the close ol
February. 1 1893, when President
iiarrison wasaooueuutug um wasie
S ul administration, may be measur-
.1 1 'i A I 1 1.
p( DJ vue xaci vast uie geuenu ie-
. lance in tne lTeaaurv uien was out
23,128,087, as agvnst the $187,-
ifl7,z6I just menhonea as the gen
eral balance in March, 189-1).
, Not only is the present situation
satiBfactory, but the future looks
' bright. Treasury officials say that
; rwoiym mtv xmom vwi Hi.iug gAuui-
" t u'i'eB, ' and there is no prospect of
the heed of an extra session of Con
gress to provide extra revenue. Both
:astoma and internal revenue are in
creasing and will increase faster dnr
inr the next three months. In the
nine months ended March .'50 the
receipts frem customs were 11-V
34,92; front internal taxes, 100,-
:j,doo; misceAianeous sua i cue,
A O.n . ML) A A I t -If IT 1 I .
Taking March receipts as a b.isis for
Adt.m&tMt of Tftfinta in the next
lhree months, Secretary Carlisle's
estimate fo the year of $30,000,000
"trill oe aimosx exacny vermeu, ami
-, i hA exTjected deficit ot IZU.UW.toi
!It L V. ..wv Mnt if no
:" t cSems ' likely, the receipts of March
" are exceeded in the remaining month
ot the fiscal rear, the expected defi-
' cit may be Tery materially, decreas-
jx not exunguisuea. Dmumure ouu.
mm t. t -..I mm - li: w .
-f Tse Hew Fnsloa Magistrates.
. fcuuiibr m kuc iuoivu n
that the appointment or tue aaai
tional three magistrates in each
AmiMn will Tint inrnr additional
MftvuxMUu n . . - -
' . ' A
expense, as mere is no prKYitsivu w
v.An. w.tVi the Cndf and
4UIIUOU WKJAI " AVAA
other instructions.
. . . .i.n. i-
- xilla IS a ICiUA. Aauio a i t.A.Ak v.. --w
form. Uo they expect onr piain
ererr day people to Know iue laws
and dispense justice in obedience to
1 J. mm mt mm AAVjAA I
lw booa: nare never uau any use
- . 1 .1
for one, and will now have to con
duct the office without any guide
l. n Ca-n wo rcftsnnahlv PT-
wiuwrw . vw " , .
pect a correct and proper adminis
tration of the law? What, then,
I.aa nrf,fm rrpAtfid for? Is it
rimnlf a bid for fusion votes, with
in Tomrd tn the intellieent admin-
atMlinn of instice and law?
Wllaesooro unromoie.
1 1 -1
Heke Ssaltli hanging ror tne seoamr-
WASHllTGTOJr, April 12 Secreta
ry Hoke Smith dia not care to dis
cuss the report from Atlanta, Ga.,
to the effect that a political combi
nation had been made by which
.Senator Gordon would rnn f or Got
ernor and Secretary. Smitfr would
jnake the race for the United States
s ite. lie stated, however, - that
iTHE CROATAS SAFE IN PORT.
She Steams Into Wilmincrton
Without Aid.
Nearlv Six Feet of Wa er io Her Hold
- Five Days of bales Some FiTty o:
Seventj five Tons of Freight Thrown
Ovei board to Lighten the Ship.
The Wilmington Messenger has
this to say of the steamer Croatan
which we reported in distress at
Cape Lookout.
The Clyde Line steamship Croa
tan, which anchored two miles off
Lookout on Wednesday, in a leaking
condition, left there Friday morn
ing at 9:30 o'clock and arrived here
at 4:30 o'clock Saturday morning.
The ship was immediately pump
ed out and her cargo was discharged,
some of it being in good order but a
large portion of it being ruined,
sncluuing drygoods, shoes, hardware,
paper stock, sewing machines, sugar,
molasses, flour and other groceries.
The water was in the lower for
ward hold, and the ship's officers re
port that at once time it was be
tween five and six feet deep in the
hold. The bottom of the bold was a
mass of tangled burrlaps and barrels
of flour and hogsheads and barrels
of sugar and molasses that had been
smashed made an ngly sight. The
water had lashed and- twistod and
tried the bnrlaps into knots so as to
require an axe to aid the stevedores
cleaning out the debris.
Nearly every merchant in this
city had more or less merchandise
on board the ship and some were
insured and some were not. A con
siderab'e portion of the cargo was
thrown overboard at lookout. It is
not known yet what the loss will
amount to
It is not known yet whether the
ship fsprnng a leak or whether the
seas filled the hold water as they
broke over the ship. Her ofhVcrs
report a Tery rough passage, The
vessel left New York on Saturday
of last week and on Sunday and
Monday night about a hundred
miles north of Hatteras she struck
a terrible southeast gale that blew
fnriouely for forty-eight hours.
The gale shifted to the southwest
on Thursday and on Wednesday
night and Thursday it turned and
blew from the northeast. The Bea
was very rough aud the ship labored
heavily, with cross seas constantly
breaking clear over her and piling
water on deck. In the words of
one of the officers there was '"a
terrible perturbation of the elements,-'
and a little southwest of
Ilatteras it was discovered on Thurs
day afternoon at 4 o'clock that the
vessel was leaking. She then
steamed to Lookout, and while
anchored two miles off shore four
of her passengers were sent ashore,
a gentleman and his wife and a
colored woman and a child. Two
men passengers remained on board.
Telegrams for assistance were sent
through the life saving station,
and the tug North America was
started out from Delaware Break
water to take her in tow. Before
the tug arrived, however, the
Croatan steamed away for Wilmin
ton and came in safely.
The Star says the amount of
freight thrown overboard to lighten
the ship was between fifty and
seventy-live tons.
fche will take on a cargo and sail
at once f or ew lork.
ORATORY ASD ITS TALUATI0S.
A ScBonl Composition Advice to Those
f Either Sex rTbo Would Sneer at
Poetic and Elocutionary Excellence.
BY ROY FELTOIT, A STUDENT IS" THE
ACADEMY AT VAJDEMERE, N;.C
Oratory is the art of speaking
weal .Webster rightfully terms it
eloquence" and "rhetoric," To
gradually learn it, we must make it
a momentous object to laboriously
contemplate the manner of forma
tion and the architecture of all sen
tences in momemtons and eleeant
literature, defining and memorizing
all exquisite and material words
Pcultivating your (iod-giveu faculties
of ideality, language, agreeableness,
fortitude and comparison; and even
in conversation with your inferior,
and especially with your equal or
superior, be very careful to eloquent
ly talk and write with simplicity
and harmonv. Memorize many of
Lord Byron s and Shakespeare's ex-
lent verses, and learn the total defi
nition of nearlv all elesrant and
material words in dictionary, ob
literating all common ones which
arc so ineligibly inefiieaeious, and so
habitually used with such extreme
inaptitude by the illiterate, the care
luss and the offensive.
Speak gracefully, with the greatest
purity, and ever according to the
rules of grammar. It ib not at all
advisable to study "big" or hard
words, but those that aro sweet and
material. Of all the words in dic
tionary, only a portion, or about
three-fourths of them are necessa
rily worthy to be learned for the
pulpit, senate, or in private discourse
and correspondence.
Make your gestures, appearance
ami all your movements forcibly
graceful; and speak clearly, with
your teeth apart; articulate your
words and sentences distinctly, and
bo careful not to fall into the dis
gusting and unintelligible utterance.
Practice reading aloud, and slowly;
master the simulation of the pas
sions, for if, beneath the infinite
canopy of heaven, there is anything
reproachably annoying, is to hear
anyone speaking in private or pub
lic, and especially upon the stage,
tear a passion to totters, or to allow
vanity or buffoonery to master him,
instead of him tastefully mastering
the passioas. There are various
passions in elocution to simulate in
order to master authentic eloquence,
and the most pleasing manner of re
lating or exhibiting a phenomenon,
these are viz: Tranquility, cheer
fulness, mirth, hope, raillery, irony,
joy, delight, love, pity, hope, hatred,
anger, reproach, fear, sorrow, re
morse, dispair, surprise or wonder,
pride, courage, perplexity and vexa
tion, envy, malice, jealousy, modes
ty, shame and gravity, etc. These
are wonderfully weighty, and should
be matered by every individual, and
especially by those who are pursuing
art and the professions.
How interesting, delightful and
exquisitely wonderful to hear an ac
complished essayist, poet or orator
sneak and act; and how annoyinglv
offensive to hear any one speak badly
without animation, but with
rapidity and indistinctness, with
teeth clinched and tongue tied
against them. The former, bring
him hither, and cherish in con
summately ornamental and admira
ble remembrance, his excellence and
sBTterioritY: bnt the latter, cast him
thither, put ns asunder; for if not,
, put us asanaer, : ior u dqs,
ifT,..,:i,;Ml..nii ,
publicly on want to nersuad
I- --" - 1
pie, anu uu arc iiesuous or iiemg
universally admired, ttc, and "You
easily feci that to please and charm
people is an extensive leap toward
persuading them. You must then,
consequently be sensible of how
advantageous for any one who de
sires fame and admiration, to please
his hearers so much as to gain their
attention and estoem which he could
never do without the aid of oratorv,
says Lord Chesterfield.
hy is it that all nice and accom
plished speakers or orators are po
universally resected and admired?
It is owing exclusively to their en
tluential capacity the proficient aid
of oratorv. Therefore, all of both
sexes should love to practice reading
and reciting pieces of eloquence.
Then articulate distinctly and har
moniously: be careful and courage
ously read and recite at the
wishes
of your teachers and associates. If
you never study and practice the
excellence of oratory and general
elocution, you will never be able to
perceive the elocut onary excellence
and dignity.
And now, not speaking ill of the
past or present, it is owing exclusive
ly to this, and the perversion of
envy and illiteracy, why some of our
esteemed yet offeusive of both sexes,
will allow their chiding aud preju
dicial physiognomical expressions to
manifest such jeering and demonia
cal indications of sarcasm and
malignity.
YV. T. SHERMAN IN HISTORY.
His Opponeot thn Real Hero in the
Wsrrh to the Sea, 11:11 Aru Declines
toTske any Part m Honoring the!
Foimer and (Jives His Reason!
Therefore. f
From the Wilmington Messenger
we take the following which shows
somethii.u of the valor of Gen. Joe
Johnston's army in its opposition to
three times their own number.
Bill Arp, of Georgia, a common
sense humorist, was solicited to give
twenty-rive cents to the erection of
a monument to honor that prodig
ious old head Bummer, "Cumli"
Sherman the fellow who burnt
Atlanta and Columbia and hundreds
of houses in Georgia and the Caro
linas along his march. Maj. Smith,
(the real name of Bill Arp) declined
"the honor" as auy good and true
Georgian, or Southron for that mat
ter, must do. Like the level-headed
man he is, faithful and wise, he has
good reasous for doing so. Leaving
out the wreckage and general devil
try of Sherman s band of marauders,
Maj. Smith takes a view not gener
ally considered in presenting the
make-np of Sherman, who actually
organized tho corps of Bummers.
For proof see a Northern history of
the war by Prof. J. W. Draper,
whose father, we think, was once a
Professor in liandolnh Macon Col
lege, and an Englishman. You will
find the order of Gen. Sherman in
it creating the corp3 of plunderers
and ravishers But let us Maj. Smith
give hatw says of the chief Bum
mer:
"I will go as far as any rebel so
called to keep the peace and bury
the past and be friendly; but you
must excuse me. I have lived all my
life in the path of that march to the
sea, and for thirty vears I have been
straining my mind to see the hero
ism in it, aud I can't do.it. It just
shows how- blinded we poor mortals
are. All the heroism I see is in the
retreat of Joe Johnston, who, with
40,000 men, resisted that march of
Sherman with three times that num
ber and killed more, man for man,
than he had soldiers, There is where
the heroism comes in. But we will
make a fair compromise with you
If you and your boys will contribute
2o cents each for a monument to Joe
Johnston, the real hero of the march
to the sea, we will let you build one
to Sherman and say nothing about
it. We thought that the time was
about out for bragging, but if you
are determuned to Keep it up let s
tote fair."
WJien Gen. O. O. Howard s. corps
passed through Warren ton after the
war ended, we met a bherman sold
ier an Irishman in the office of
Dr. William T. Howard, now Pro
fessor in the University of Maryland.
The soldier, among other things
said, admitted. that Sherman suffer
ed very greatjy in his inarch.. He
said Gen, Johnston was a great sol
dier and he fell back from time to
time and Sherman advanced he-pun
ished the federals most severely. In
fact, said the Irishman,, who was on
the wrong side, for no Irishman had
any busipess. figh ting on the side of
the oppressors and ruthless invaders,
"the Southern people do not know
yet how many men we lost, but I
tell you it was awful."
Maj. Smith states another point
that should make braggarts modest.
He says: "It seems to me that it re
quires a good deal of cheek to brag
about an army of nearly 3,000,000
of men whipping' an army of ?", (00
in four years time. 1 wouldn t men
tion it if I were you. We are very
tired all this ridiculous gush about
the Grand Armv of the Republic,
especially wheu you know or ought
to know that you have on the pension
rolls more men than we had in our
army during the war. You can't
knock the truth out with monu
ments.
No, nor by falsifying records and
playing universal braggadocio. The
Federal war records already pub
lished, show that the armies of the
North exceeded 2,T0,u00, and with
the navv added, in all arms of the
service there were about 3,000, (00
men on the Northern side in the
war. (ien. Cooper, Confederate Ad
jutant General, said that 600.000
troops were what the South had in
all, and that on no day during the
entire war could 00,000 lighting
men be put in the field. Facts are
facts and cannot bo blinked. But
the lying Northern so-called his
tories represent tho numbers in
almost all battles as about equal and
in some instances the Confederates
were defeated when superior in force.
Bah:
SWEDEN TO MOBILIZE TROOPS.
New and Threatening Aspeet of the
Scandinavian Crisis.
Stockholm, April 14 The poli
tical strain between Norway and
Sweden is still intense.
A roval commission of eight
members of the Swedish Diet is
sitting secretlv and trying to de
vise means of upholding King
Oscar in his refusal to yield to the
Norwegian majority.
The Commission was convoked
under a special constitutional article
which was framed to meet only the
gravest political crisis. It has not
been in session before since the
Crimean war.
The members are now said to
have adrised the (xoverament to
""""- -
foT,T-mobiz9 the fleet at once and
to
JERUSALEM AS IT IS TO-DAY.
f Intercut
Hulv (in.
in th
Mt. of Olives-Pool of Uethesda-Hirth.
place of the Virgin Mary Pilate's
House The Road to Calvary Place
of Crucifixion The Churches Tlipre
- I hrlst's Sepulchre Reputed Tomb
of Adam.
The following letter written by a
former New Bcrniau, giving some
account of his visit to Jerusalem,
and of its holy places, will be of in
terest it is thought, and especially
at this season :
Keturning from the Dead Sea by
! way 0f Jericho, we. entered Jerusa
lem by the eastern gate that looks
out upon the Mount of Olives, called
by the Christians St. Stephen's gate,
as it was there that their first mar
tyr was "cast out of the cicy and
stoned." Just within the gate is
the reservoir of Birkeet Israil, an
ciently the pool of Bethesda (i. c.
the house -of mercy), where Chiist
healed the paralytic. It is now a
stagnant pool. Opposite the pool
is the Church of Ste. Anne, the
mother of the Virgin, ereeted on
the spot where she is said to have
lived, and where her daughter was
born.
The street that we were walking
in is nearly a mile in length, and is
at first straight but afterwards nar
row and winding. Tho Mohamme
dans do not name their streets, but
this is called bv the Christians the
i Via Dolroosa, or Way of Suffering,
i as that along which onr Saviour
I toiled from the Judgment Hall to
Calvary. On the left as we advance
' is Pilate's house, on the right the
Judgment Hall, a ruined lioninn
building, and here are pointed out
.lie se--eral rooms in whih Christ
was mocked, buffeted and scourged.
Just there is thrown across the
street an arch called the Km- Jl'mm,
ii3 from a window close by, Jesus,
crowned with thorns in cruel mock
ery, and arrayed in the purple robe,
was shown to the people.
A short distance further the street
is intersected by another, coming
from the Damascus gate, ami at this
point it is said that Simon of Cyrene
met the sad procession, and was
compelled to bear the burden of the
cross under which our Redeemer had
fallen. Here also is a prostrate col
umn whereon tlve soldiers in coin
passion allowed Him to sit and rest
Himself, and not far beyond credul
ity finds an impression in the wall
against which, they say, He leaned
to save Himself from sinking again
from exhaustion. Near-this (though
not connected with Christ's Passion)
6tands the house where dwelt the
rich man of the parable of "Dives"
and Lazarus, and further on is
shown tho place whence the Ste.
Veronica came out to wipe from her
Lord's brow the sweat of agony.
CALVARY.
Calvary, to which in due time we
came, is under the roof of the
Church of the Holy Sepulchre, or
more properlr, series of churches
united into one building. The Ar
menian, Greek, Latin and Syrian
Confessions each have their separ
ate Chapels, and they moreover all
hold service in turn at the Sepul
chre, and in the Chapel of the Cru
cifixion. Three services were going on as
we entered, but it was shocking to
see a guard of Turkish soldiers loll
ing within the door way and around
the Sepulchre, not to keep the
crowd in ostler, but to preserve
peace between the rival sects.
What a sad commentary upon Chris
tian charity here at the very grave
of the Savior !
Just within the doorway is the
"Stone of Unction," an oblong
stone covered with a marble slab
and hung around with lamps, before
which manj- worshippers were kneel
ing and kissing it. It is the repu
ted spot on which the crucified
body was placed to be prepared for
burial. To the right a few steps
lead up to the dimly lighted chapel
which tradition has consecrated as
the scene of the Crucifixion. Gol
gotha, the place of a skull is duly ren
dered into the corresponding (.reek
word by all of the Evangelists, and
is Calvaria in the vulgate. whence
the word Calvary of our version; bnt
it is strange that the expression
Mount Calvary should have so com
pletely passed iuto the popular
speech, for there is no mountain or
even hill here, and there is nothing
in either of the Gospels to give rise
to such an expression. All that we
actually know of the locality is that
it Wits without the walls nigh unto
the city, and from St. John that
"there was a garden m the place
where he was crucified.'' The
question of this site has given rise
to much controversy, and learned
authorities arc arraved on opposite
sides, but the uniform tradition of
the Church has accepted this as the
true site from the time of Constan
tine. Awav from this scene the question
may be discussed coldly and even
skeptically, but on the spot itself
imagination has full sway, and it is
with feelings of severest awe that
one places his hand in the hole in
tho rock where the foot of the cross
mav have rested, and then in the
fissure near by, said to have been
made when the "rocks rent," at the
consumation of that mighty sacri
fice. As we stood there a procession
of pilgrim monks entered, who,
kneeling around the altar, sang a
sweet solemn chant, it was very
impressive on that spot, and when
they moved away their voices were
very plaintive as thev died awav in
the distance.
Descending into the body of the
Church we approached the Holy
Sepulchrer Before it the Armeu-
ins were holding a service, and a
cordon of troops was drawn around
them to prevent the Greeks or Lat
ins, whose turn it might next be,
from crowding upon them and
thrusting them from their places
before their ceremony was conclu
ded. Their service was conducted
with much display by the venerable
Patriarch of the Armenians in per
son, his robe all heavy with gold
aud his mitre glittering with jewels.
I he Sepulchre itself may have
been originally a cave hewn into the
rock under ground, but the rock
having been cut away from it all
around, it is now above the level of
the floor of the church. The native
rock faced with marble, and this
outer covering is built up into the
form of a small house, which stands
directly in the centre of the rotunda
under the great dome of the church.
On entering we found ourselves in a
small ante chamber cut out of the
rock, where, it is said, the angel
appeared to the two Marys when he
"descended from heaven, and came
t .l,l. -A..... , 1,L
door, and --at upon it." Passing
through that low, narrow doorway,
from which the stone was rolled
away, we stood in the holy place it
self. ft is about six feet square and
arched above. The rock-hewn
grave occupies the length and about
half the width of the chamber, and
being covered, is like a stone shelf
about two feet in height. It is
guarded by a priest night and day
and above it hang many votive
lamps, some of them of precious
metal. We tried hard to realize
that the body of our Lord mav have
lain here on the firt Faster Eve,
but the mind fails to grasp clearly
such a thought. We do feel how
ever, that whether this be actually
the Saviour's grave or not, it is still
a holy spot rue towards whic h the
hearts of thousands have yearned in
all ages, where numbers of weary
pilgrims come year after year, hop
ing there to lay down their burdens
of sorrow and sin a spot consecra
ted by human tears
There is nothing in the church to
! compare in interest to these two
! places, the cross and the grave, but
devotion and superstition have ooni
! bined to locate here many other
I memories. An altar marks where
i the Virgin may have stood to wit-
! ness the sufferings of her Son: the'
tomb of Joseph of Arimathea is i
I near the one which ho gave up to i
!his Lord: and the place is shown
where Christ appeared to the weep- j ri stood on tbe windowsill twentv
mg Magdalen when she mistook him t.0 feet :l!)0ve tlie gronn.
for the uardner.
On the north sideof the Sepulchre
I is the chapel of the Latins contain
ing, among other relics, the "Pillar
j of Scourging:"
Greek, spacious
' rich in its stvle
on the east is the
aud loftv and very
of decoration: In
its centre is a
the iKtvtl of the
curious stone called
earth. It is a very
ancient belief that Jerusalem is the
centre of the globe, founded on a
literal interpretation of the words
of the Psalmist: "God is my king of
old. working salvation in the midst
of the earth " and Sawulf asserts of
this sport that "Christ himself
signified and measured it with His
own hand as the middle of the
world." A corridor aronnd tho
Greek chapel leads to a flight of
steps that decend to the chapel of!
Ste. Helena, underground, where
the mother of Constantino is fabled
to have discovered the true cross.
Hard by the corridor are several
small chapels, mere recesses in the
wall. One contains the crown of
thorns: another is the "Chapel of
Casting the lots," marking the
place where the Roman Soldiers
divided amongst them the garments
of Christ. A third makes a strong
demand upon one's credulity, for
it contains an altar shaped monu
ment, which we are requested to be
lieve is the tomb of Adam! I was
not. like Mark Twain, moved to
tears at thus finding the grave of a
blood relative in a distant land, but
it occurred to mo that if the old
gentleman's ashes really rested
there, his somewhat numerous off
spring might at least erect for him
a handsomer monument one be
fitting antl expressive of their filial
affection.
There are several curious tradi
tions connecting our first parents
with the place of the crucifixion.
One is that, after tho Hood, Adam's
skull was found in a crevice of the
rock of Calvary, "in token that the
sins of Adam should be expiated in
that place." Another tradition
declares that his grave was under
Golgotha, ami that lie was one of
the saints whom St. Matthew says,
"rose and came out of the graves,
after His resurrection, and went
into the holy city, and appeared
unto many."
SUBSIDENCE OF TUE WATEKS.
"Will the Whole Earth in Time Become
a Dry aud Barren Waste as the Moon
is Now.'
The Atlanta Constitution, in
speaking of the subsidence f the
waters of earth, hiis this to say:
"It is said by some of the scien
tists of the present day that water
is disappearing from the face of the
earth, and that the globe is slowly
turning into a desert.''
The Constitution quotes the. fol
lowing from the St. IaOIus Republic:
"At Dumfries, Ya., ther still
stands a mill wtncii mis often had a
ship's gang plank pushed in at its
back tloor. At that time ( I0" years
ago) fifteen feet of water washed
the old mill's foundation: today the
ocean is hardly in sight of it. The
report of the liritish hydrographers
for 1 S'X says : 'Harbors everywhere
arc rapidly growing shallower, des
pite the fact that many of them were
long since dredged to the solid rock.
The same report for lS'.U mentions
the discovery or removal of 20
rocks and other obstacles which were
formerly not considered dangerous
because lying below and out of reach
of the same vessels they now men
iice. Put wliv multiply proofs!'
The very fact that we see dry land
at all, or even exist, is proof that
the waters of the globe are vanish
ing. Why? Because, if wc believe
the astronomers and geologists, our
world, in the days when it
young (without form, and void)
entirely covered with water.
The marked ,diinination in
world's water supply was never
ticularlv noted until within the
was
was
the
t wenty-five years, although the noted
philosophers of two ami three cen
turies ago gave it as their opinion
that the earth would, in tbe ages to
come, be as arid as the moon is now
believed to be. What is becoming
of the water is a question that has
never been satisfactorily answered.
Some authorities believe th at it has
gone to help form hyd rated mineral,
The late 11. A. Proctor believed
that as the earth cools, its interior
opens into enormous fissures which
suck in immense quantities of water.
One authority is of the opinion that
it is accumulating at the poles in the
form of ice ami perpetual snow,
while another, somewhat visionary,
thinks that 'in all probability it is
being dissipated into space through
the medium of our atmosphere.' "'
IT'S EASY TO GET iV,
-wbere there's a sluggish liver, for ai ly of tho
germs of tlisease that surround you. If your
liver wero active and healthy, it would keep
tbom out of your blood. You'll have to
watch your liver for self-protection.
Just as soon as you see the first symptoms
that it"s wroiiR ( eruptions on the akin, or a
dull and worn-out feeling) you ought to
take Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery.
That will start your liver into a healthy,
natural action, purify your blood, too; it
will brace up your whole system, and giva
you strength and color, and put on needed
flesh-not fat, but wholesome, neeessary flesh.
Ma ford. Centre, O.
Dr. R. V. Pierce : Dear Sit I heartily
recommend your "Discoveiry " to any person
isuffering- from general debility as the best
thing they can take ftr it. After taking
the " Discovery " I am happy to say I never
ielt better in my life than I do now.
F.I
FEARLESS FIRFIEN'S FEATS.
InteresMnp; Exhibition bv Haiti,
more Firemen.
Some Novel Methods Tor Having Life
The Extenson and Pompier Ladders
A fcteei K'-d Attached to Cord i'n-f d
Fr. m a Pistol.
The Baltimore Sun gives the fol
lowing interesting report of a fire
men's, exhibition given in that city.
Chief Loddeu and some of his
bravo firemen were on exhibition
yesterday. Life saving was the
Same at winch thev plaved, and it
looked like hazardous sport or "ban
work," as one of the men described
it. Three thousand people saw the
exhibition and many watched with
awe tiie daring feats of the firemen.
The rear of the old Tinted States
court house was selected as the
building hiipposed to be on fire.
While, the erowd waited, a ladder
was placed against the north wall of
the court house. It reached the top
of a second ttory window. Four
firemen scaled the ladder and three
disappeared through the window.
The life belt recently designed In
Chief Ledden was then brought into
service, and the three men were
lowered hastily to the ground one at
a time. lhe lourtn man momenta
Suddenly he jumped, and cries of
alarm were heard in the crowd. But
the life net was there, held by
comrades of the bold jumper,
he came down safe! v. Then
the
and
the
crowd applauded .
The big extension ladder was next
run up to the roof, oighty feet from
i the ground. A fireman climbed up
there and the ladder was then taken
awav. The fireman on the roof
represented a helpless person,
had to be rescued. . small
rod attached to a cord was
from a heavilv charged pistol.
who
steel
fired
The
first and second shots fell short of
the roof, but the third placed the
rod on top of the building, where it
was grasped by the fireman and he
able to draw up a heavy rope. lie
fastened the rope on top of the
building and then took a long slide
downward to the ground.
Methods of saving persons from
the windows of burning houses were
also shown by "living pictures."
The firemen carried a life-belt and
line up the long ladder until they
were near the top. The lower part
of the ladder was a number of feet
from the lower windows, and could
not be reached by any person in tbe
windows. The line and belt were
then lowered from above to persons
(firemen in this instance) at the
lower windows. Several men were
lowered from the third storv win
dows in this way.
The exhibition of the Pompier
service came next. A Pompier Lad
der is an insignificant looking stick
of tough wood about ten feet long,
with a 6eries of rungs or pieces of
wood stuck through it and a cum
bersome-looking r -shaped steel hook
at the one end. Such a ladder
weighs 42 pounds. When the fire
men showed what can be done with
them, the ladders were viewed with
a great deal of respect.
Starting on the level of the first
floor a fireman inserted the booked
end of his ladder in the window of
the second floor above. Taking
another ladder he climbed to the
second floor, and then hooked him
self up to third floor. Another fire
man followed him and hune a lad
der in the fourth floor windows and
the lower ends were held by firemen
on the around. Ihen followed a
series of life-saving feats.
Men supposed to be" unconscious
and helpless were rescued from the
windows, fastened to the stout belts
around the firemen's waists, and the
firemen by the aid of the ropes and
use of their feet, literally walked
and slid down the wall.
An exhibition was also given of
the method of rescue when the fire
men are on the same floor as the per
son to be rescued, but in adjoining
buildings. A star act was tbe use
of a single Pompier ladder to take a
fireman from the ground to the
fourth floor. Thia was done by the
fireman going up one story at a time
and then drawing the ladder after
him. The men have a huge steel
hook attached to their belts with
which they can fasten themselves to
the ladders, if they wish to have the
free use of their hands. Xos. ."
anil IX engine companies are the
only two equipped with the Pompier
service, and tins part of tho exhibi
tion was by members of those com
panics. Members of .Nos. -i
truck companies participate!
other exercises. "
and (J
in the
;lor.k mills should iunu.
A Petition to Save the .Veck of the
Hrulal Wake Comity Murderer
Such Sickly Senliiiteiua'ily an Incen
tive to Lynch Law.
The Kaleigh Press speaks of a peti
tion being circulated in the interest
of !eo. Mills who in a most shock
ing and deliberate manner murdered
his niece in cold blood by clubbing
her to death, as if he thought no
more of her life than he would that
of a venomous reptile. The Press
declares itself against the petition
and we think rightly. A sickly
sentimentalism that shrinks fr m
meting out to a criminal the just
deserts for his offence is the prime
cause why people take the law in
their own hands. If trial and
speedy adequate punishment quickly
followed every crime, lynchings
would seldom if ever be heard of.
"We copy what the Press says:
"A petition is going the rounds
in our city in behalf of the mis
creant, (ieo. Mills, who is sentenced
to be executed on May od. It is
being largely signed by our people,
we suppose from force of habit
Petitions of this character should
have very little weight with his
excellency, the (Jovernor.
'The Mills crime is one of the
most revolting and damnable that
has disgraced our State, and he
should have the full benefit of tho
law. Society is much better off
without such infamous brutes as
Mills. They are a blot upon the
escutcheon of humanity. Justice
should be tempered with mercy, but
the scale should not be dipped so
low that society will be injured by
letting such characters escape their
just deserts. If such a villainous
reprobate is allowed to escape the
gallows, then let capital punishment
be abolished.'
Mrs. Cleveland unconsciously vin
didated her husband of Btich charges
as that of Rev. Dr. Lanseng in a re
cent letter to a friend in which she
said: "I could wish the women of
America no greater blessing than
that their husbands were all as kind
find considerate as mine is."
CLEVELAND TALKS MONEY
ig'unm-
TieiiLitum
View-.
lie Declare liimse'.f for a Sound Fi
nancial Policy and Draw the Line
of Ua tlc Helween Si.f'o Currency Ad
vocates and Silv r
The Amasses Sufi, r
stiib'o Currency
Mununietalli sts
Firt from L" li
ClIM'A'.O. A I H
I 11. M
Henry
I.'obbins received I'r
Cleveland this ecnin.
lining the invitation
business men of ( 'hiea
III PvcMilellt
a h tter dee
fa 1 1 u ii i ber 'if
o to attend a
I ! public reception here to him-elf and
I I . "l,.vnh,,,r, !
The following is the principal part
Oi
tilt
President 'levciand's reply to
( 'hioago i-oiii init tee :
K i:t i 1 1 k Man.iIh n . !
Y. - ii i n t i in . A pril Pi.
srt. WiUiiim Jlnl.ir. ('unnjr 11"
Mr
Smith Jo,,i A. .,,; 7'. II. ,-!
rry, Ih'vi'l KrUij uml llnil il S.
J.'oMiit:
"I .entlerneii : I am much gratified
by the exceedingly kind and eonipli j
mentary invitatH'ii you li:ie tender-1
ed me on behalf of many i-iliens of
Chicago to be their gm-M at a'
gathering the inteiv.-t of sound ,
money ami wholesome financial doc-j
trine. My attachment to this cause I
is so great, and I know so well the
hospitality ami kir.dnes- of ib- peo
ple of Chicago, that my personal'
inclination is strongly in favor of,
accepting your flattering invitation, j
but my judgment ami my estimate j
of the nronrictiei id' mv official i
place oblige me to forego the enjoy
ment of participating in the occasion
you contemplate.
'If the American people were
only concerned in tin- maintenance
of their precious life among them
selves they might return to the old
days of barter and in this primitive
manner acquire from each other the
materials to supply the wants of
their existence. Put if American
civilization was satisfied with this it
would abjectly fail in its high and
noble mission.
In these restless days the farmer
is tempted by the assurance that
though our currency may be debas
ed, redundant and uncertain, such a
situation would improve the price of
his products. Let us remind him
that he must buy as well as sell:
that his dreams of plenty arc shade!)
bv the certainty that if the price of
the things he lias to sell is nominally
enhanced, the cost of things he
must buy will not remain stationary ;
that tho best prices which cheap
money proclaims are unsubstantial
and elusive and even if tiny were
real ami palpable, he must necessar
ily be left far behind in the race for
their enjoyment. It ought not to be
difficult to convince the wage earner
that if there were benefits arising
from a degenerated currency they
would reach him least of all and hist
of .all. In a healthy stimulation of
prices an increased cost of all the
needs of his home must be his por
tion. While he is at the same time
vexed with vanishing visions of in
creased wages and an easier lot.
The pages of history are full of this
lesson.
"An insidious attempt is made to
create a prejudice against the advoc
ates of a safe and sound currency by
the insinuation, more or less directly
made, that they belong to financial
and business classes, and are there
fore not only out of sympathy with
the common people of the land, but
for selfish aud wicked purposes are
willing to sacrifice the interests of
thoso outside their circle.
I believe that capital and calth
through combination and other
means, sometimes gain an undue
advantage; and it must be con
ceded that the maintenance of a
sound currency may, in a sense, be
invested with greater or less impor
tance to individuals according to
their condition and circumstances.
It is, however, only a difference in
degree, since it is utterly impossible
that any one in our broad land,
rich or poor, whatever be his occu
pation, and whether dwelling in a
center of finance or a remote corner
of our domain, can bo really bene
fitted by a. financial scheme, not
alike beneficial to all our people,
or that anv one should be excluded
from a common and universal in
terest in tho safe character and
stable value of the-currency of the
country. In our relation to this
question, we are all in business, for
we .all buy and sell; so we all have
to do with financial operations, for
we all earn money and spend it.
We cannot escape our independence.
Merchants and dealers art: in every
neighbrhooil and each has its shops
and Manufaetoi ies.
"Whenever tin- wants of man
exist, business ami finance in some
degree are found, related in one
direction to those whose wants they
supply ami in another to the ex
tensive business and finance to
which they arc tributary. A fluct
uation in prices at the seaboard is
known the same hour or day in the
remotest hamlet.
Tho discredit or depreciation in
financial centres of any form of
money in the hands of the people
is a signal of immediate loss every
where. If reckless discontent aud
wild experiment should sweep our
currency from its safe support, the
most defenseless ot all who would
suffer in that time of distress and
national discredit will be the people
as they recKon the loss m tneir
scanty support ami the laborer and
workingman, as lie sees the money
he has received for his toil, shrink
vntl shrivel in his hand when he
tenders it for the necessaries to
supply his humble home.
Disguise it as we mav the line ol
battle is drawn between the forces of
safe currency and those of silver
monometallism. I will not believe
that if our people are afforded an
intelligent opportunity for second
thought thev will sanction schemes
that however cloaked, mean disaster
and confusion, nor that they will
consent by undermining the founda
tion of a safe currency, to endanger
the beneficent character and pur
pose of their Covernment.
' l ours very truly.
(J HOV Kit Cl.KVF.I.A Nil."
Two Lives Savid
Mis. Phouhc Tiinmis, of Junction
City, 111, was told by her doctors she had
Consumption anil that lb ere was no hope
for her, but two bolllcs Dr. Kind's .New
Discovery completely cured her and she
says it saved her life. Mr. Th"S. Kiru'ei's.
1:1!) Florida St. Sin Kr-mcieo, sullen!
from a dreadful cold, appi-eaclen Cmi
sumplion, tried without lesuit tverytliing
else then bought oiu' hottle of Dr. King's
New Discovery and in two wet ks whs
cured. He is naturally thankful. It is
such results, of which these ate sample?,
that prove the wonderful efficacy of ties
mediciue in Cout lis and Colds. Free trial
bottles at F. S. Duffy's Dri;g Store. Reg
ular size 50c. and $1.00 5.
SW ANSBORO C0RREM'IKN('E
A Variety oT New dom the Vil an
mil Surrounding- loumry.
A few drummers aro around now
and t hen. barnc r-
tre dying to
ducking a
work, snine few arc
little.
The merchants have
but the buyers are not
ful, so they say. Mr.
ots of goods.
very I'leiid-
J. T. I
li t I v
is hard at work
his IleW
Iwel
ing.
The fishermen are not doing
anything now, no fish; fish are more
scarce than ever known here.
Clams are more plentiful, but low
in price; ",'"c to .'5'ie per bushel is all
they sell for now.
Capt. I!. Foster and sons are bard
at work on the new steamer for the
lumber company here. She will
lie lis ft. long and -W ft. wide.
Wo have two Sunday schools,
Mr. McJones supt. of one: .Mr.
Lindsay the other, both methodist.
Schooner "Stonewall" Capt.
Moore, from New river is here up
on the ways of Capt. Foster and
sons, the si i i p builders and repairers
here, for repair. The vessel belongs
to Mr. W. N. Marine of New river.
Prof, llarrv 1). Reno, the Serio,
Comioo, Ludicro. .Magic Legcider
main trick performer, gave one of
his shows hero last Thursday night,
and thoiiL'h tho watchful eves of
many tried to detect some of his
tricks, they failed to do so in all
save one.
Tin- .-how was good, several of
our boys who have been to Honda
for several months, came home last
week. They report good times
out there and say they are going
back in An jr. next.
Mr. Fra.elle and Miss
teaching school yet, both
Barber ate
have good
schools private schools.
L'ev. J. II. Fine preached two of
the best sermons hero last Sunday
and at night, we have listened to in
a long time. Tho day sermon was
an Faster sermon in kind, text.;
Matt, '.och and v., ".7v Jrt us
ho iditii): Lrhold lie it d lnnul that
ilnlli lictrai me.
The "Sunday school here will
give a May banks party on (he 1st
Saturday in May next, 4th day; tbe
Sunday school of different daces
are invited to join without pre
judice, all denominations tho same.
The "I.insey House" is open to
the public now, charges very mod
erate, air. Ihos. V. Jjindsay pro
prietor, will give you
market affords.
the best the
The saw mill had
down last week,
pulleys attached
machine, but our
the firm, quickly
a
in
to
ngnt hreaK
me of the
the edgdnc:
Mr. Palmer, of
hied to New
Beri.e, and the mill will be buzzing
to-morrow.
Little Miss Mary Frazzelle has a
duck, that baa laid -i0 eggs to date,
since February and she continues to
lay right on, she is the "Roue"
breed she has tho right name, as
she can ruin tho faces of the other
ducks in regard to eggs.
Capt. Jim Smith and Mate C.
Uay, with their crew, went up "White
oak river last week about 2 or 30
miles looking for shad and herring,
they were gone only about a week
and returned with "nary shad,
eleven herrings, a "red horse" two
"mud cats," five "red fins or
raccoon perch, and one "jack fish."
Now Capt. Jim and Mate Hay don't
want to be interviewed at all, but
we out generalled 'em and stole one,
guess they won't go there any more
tliis year.
Mr. G. W. Ward has returned from
Carteret, ami will be glad to hear
from any community where a school
is needed now.
W.
A COI'.MTKY MAID.
Her eyes the sun-kissed violets mate,
Anil fearless in their gazv:
She moves with graceful, cureless gnit
.Along.the country ways.
The r"scs blushing in her check
That ne'er decay nor f;inV.
Her laughter gay, her words l)e?peak,
A simple country maM.
No flashing gems adorn her hair,
Nor clasp her lily m ck,
No jeweled ciicLt, rich ami rare,
Uer bun-bron ncl hands be Ii ck.
But peaily teeth through lips as ml
As reddest lubics gleini;
The tresses o'er her slouhlers prc:nl
A golden ninth. e sci n.
Her looks are kind, anil swtet lhe smile
That sparkles in her ey;
Her mind, her heart, an- Ire.: limn guile;
She is not learned or wbe.
No worldly art, no end ha din
Acquired, Sier charms tonid;
And yet sh- s'ole my lr ait fun mo.
This siinp'e country unid
- M. Hock, in Cbanil) i-i' Jourti;.!.
lbniy Waul IVi ile r arce infonin il a
man who came to him ecinpliiiniiiir ol
gloomy ami il spondent leliu;:s, that
what hi' most needed was a g ioil cathar
tic, incaniu'j, ol cfKifrc, s-uch u medicine
as Ayei's Cathartic Tills, every do-e being
etfi liv e.
Still in the Lead
NOW 13 THE
Horses, Mules and Buggies.
Ihey arc being sold now at a loss protit than ever in order to re.
ducc my .stock preparatory to remodeling stables.
J'The way to make money is to buy right,
t r'Conic and examine for yourselves.
fe Everything first-class anil gunranled as represented,
DON'T FORGET
J. W. STEWART,
SALE, LIVEKY & EXCHANGE 8TAI.EES.
L. II. CUTLER25 CO.,
PEACE HANGING ON A THREAD
lda!) lLs ,,t Livt l'n-'cnled
Hi i I !'i!!i.itii:n tn I lima
I d 1 'in r.
m: i ;i i n i;i it to decide.
file Kcfiisiil if he Yici-io) t Nl;n the
Ti ( at) Mi an a lie ncwal of IIih War
ihe sum I in ;in led a Indemnify
R Un l hy On Ml lien Tn.
J.omiiin. April A Central
News despatch from Shanghai Bays:
A telegram from 1'ekiu gays that
Japan lias presented her ultimatum
giving China oiu' day in which to
accept or refuse it. Japan has re
duced the si; in demanded for indem
nity by one million yen. Tho gov
ernment are divided as to acceptance
of th
part '
.L.pai. proj
is willing 1 1
insalH. 1 lie peace
. accept the terms
but t
! If.
The p
1.1-
part v is liolll
ding
I out.
! i I - orit jeal.
IV Vi
- ' I I.' .
Si
Slate'
Pus.
d I j .
tloM
Asm:
Ii.:
1 I.
a ii
ma' :
i.v .1
., An ii C!. It is
it authority that
mined to make
KOi tot he an nexa
n y port ion of 1 he
ti
Continent. Tbe liunsian
army and navy in the far East are
lx.-ii)g reinforood with tho view of
v.ii ling Hii b-i i-i'in. The T?mp
si in government lias also resolved
not t' i.itcrfere in Armenia in order
to have a lice hand in the far FaHt.
China, c;iiiidoi ing it impossible
for her to accept the Japanese con
dition); for pence, is sounding Kus-ia
ami the other powers as to whether
thev will intervene.
I I 111 i Ol
I'K.M K N Tlt.V PIC.
W ash i i . I i
v. I). C. April ;f.
The effects on Japanese trade of the
signing of a treaty "f pence are al
ready being discussed. 'I hut peace
would give an immense impetus, it
is as-ertcd, tlo re can be no pie6tion,
though it has been found that
Japan's trade has not onlv not
Buffered the flied; that, was pre
dicted on account of the war, but
its total volume ill money value in
1S.U was vi-rv nearly :iO per cent
over that of tho preceding year. In
the case of some articles the war. lias
done some injury to the foreign
trade, but on tin- whole it has exer
cised little influence. The greatest
increase in tho export trade of 1894
was in the case of raw silk, of the
quantify sent abroad exceeded 1-hat
for 1 Sm by as much as 11,C 00,000
yen.
TEI. MS OF rE.U'K A(JKEHI) UP0S
Hy the Keprcs, n' alive f CblAa and
Japan lhe Treaty Sisnid
London, April 1" The Times'
correspondent in Shanghai says:
"fii Hung Chang's son-in-law tele-
graphs that the treaty of peace was
signed in Shimonoseki today, April
ICth, and that the terms aro:
"First, the independence of
Corea: second, Japan's retention of
the eotiipiered places; third, Japan's
retention of territory Fast of the
Liao river; fourth, permanent ces
sion of bormosu: lifth, indemnity of
of $100,000,000; sixth, an offensive
and defensive alliance between
China aud Japan."
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