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THE JOURNAL. s. tsnrxa.; 'e.T.aircKX,; Local SqporUr. Bern! S. m ernd ttmm matter. . TfaelNoncoiiformiBU of Russia Russian Protestant are increasing every year. Politics waa neTer a more uncer tain," oecapation; than it is these '"davi." 'Hi i : :. - If the republicans can afford to nominate Boss Quay the democrats might even things np by nominating Boss Croker. . I George Ooald af t? an Indian princess! He has obtained permis Bioa-Xrom Uen. Miles to nnnt in Indian Tenrritory. ' - Even political bosses are entitled to credit for one thin;; they seldom do . any totaling after they get licked," s The oftener man who make love to other men's wives get used for targets, a la a recent Kansas incident the better it will be for society at large. " f v v '- "- . . . . Teat Virginia has a paper that chums to be "ran in the interest of everybody." Its editor isn't likely " to become a victim- of ennui, if he tries to live op to that claim. - The'coontry that has a powerful "nary always finds it easy to discover reasons for making use of it. This .' is a lesson taught by history since - th.ere.werd powerful navies. Nellie Bly seems to have taken . " tire first stops towards believing that marriage is a failure. She accuses her wealthy husband of hiring men vta -watcb. her movements. Maybe the old gentleman is afraid that she 'J, might get away from hiau ?Tb adventurous small boy no . longer dreams of taking the war-path, against the Iadians, bat of winning glory fighting for Cuba. Sesatora Hill and Gorman might . exchange something like this: . The rose is red, r . "Tis true, tis true; -But I am blue, "J .; And so are yon. "... . t --. - . A Very satisfactory means of pre venting loss from the onion maggot ia jo, the use of kainit, which has a - i-rm&jderable insecticide value. It . should be applied about the roots of the plants, five hundred pounds to - the- acre; or as a solution one pound to the gallon of water, and the soil thoroughly wetted. Pro gresiive Farmer. Nothing could accentuate the carelesaneaa of people more than the Official , statement that 6,31 9, S73 , pieces of mail matter found their way to-the Dead Letter office last ear. The annovance and serious -consequences resulting therefrom are untold, bet still the masses go sjrighc on with - their miserably bad and careless band-writing. At a meeting of the Executive . Committee of the Tennessee Cen tennial Exposition, Thursday, No vember 7. it was decided tnat no charge will be made to exhibitors for tpac- The committee on Class ification, with, the Director-General 7 as chairman, waa given absolutely authority to iioept or reject each " exhibit proffered, and to say how mKch space each shall have and where located. The leading article in the Novem- . ber number or tne Jorum wm De a discussion of the third-term question ' by Professor John Bach McMaster, the historian, entitled "The Third : : Tern " Tradition." Mr. McMaster ;eits the well known historical pre-t-cedents against a Presidential third ' term) and, thinks there is no reason - to believe that the old-time antipa : - thy te a third term is one whit less "strong than it ever was. Mr. Mc- ifaster says that while our practice ! of choosing Presidents, not because - of their fitness, bnt because of their ..availability, is in theory all wrong, ' in practice no harm comes from it; -for under oor form of government we .do not need a President of ex- . Inordinary ability: the average Baaaihaa sonae fine porkers . is good enough, and for him two -' terms is ample. What we want, in ',- Ur. McMaster' s opinion, is a strong '-. govemmeot of the people by the people, not- a government of. the -v people by a strong man, and we ought not to tolerate anything Which has even the semblance of heredity. Mr. McMaster counsels - the advocates of a third term for Mr. Cleveland to remember the ' doctrine cf the illustrious founder of ' their party, that "in no office can rotation be mo re expedint." IS H. C LT5CHI5U IXMI5EXT. A 18 Tear Old Rearo Fieae Shot a 'lfflarl4 Walte 6irl Beeaase 8ke Befse4-t9 8slt te Mia-Will ' Crrtala'T Ljseae tf Caaffct. WtsSTOK, N. C, Nov. 18. Bob ' Scales, a yonng colored man bound to a farmer named John Mead era, near Madison, shot and fatally wounded the twelve-year-old daugh- tr of Thomas Belton, a tenant on Headers' place. The negro went to ' - Belton s house while the latter was ; away from borne and tried to get ' her to sro with him to a piece of - wood, She refused, and began screamine. Scales told her he would kill her if she declined to accompany him. and at the same time drew a - -niitnl from his Docket and shot her : above the left eye. Scales is only sixteen years old. He has the reputa tion of being a bad character. Offi cers ami a mob of citixene are hunt ilor biro, and if canght there will certainly be a lynching bee. A report received to-night aaja.. they are on the negro't track.. . t . 1 STAPLING HFSBIENCI And Narrow Escape of a Line- man in Wilmington. fw Taousaad Volts of Electricity Passed Tsretxs Him. s Blue Blaze Eaveleped Rls Eatlre Body and he Tet Lite. A rather peoulliar and almost fatal accident occurred yesterday afternoon, ; in which George Martin, of Winston, N. (J., a negro man about 24 years old, narrowly escane loeinz his life. The new tele phone company s iorce was at wom. raising a sixty-five-foot pole near th corner of Front and Market streets in front of Solomon's store A wire was in the way, and George Martin, one of the employes of the Inter-State Telephone Company, climbed a pole which waa exactly ou the corner to move the wire. In some way he came in contact with the Electric Light Company's wire, which conveyed a shock of two thou -sand volts of electricity through him. As soon as the wire was touch ed, he yelled "murder! fire!help!" A number of the workmen ran and stood underneath the pole to catch him when he fell, but in the mean time the current rolled him up in a knot and threw him a summersault, and he fell about ten feet when the strap on his "climbers" caught on a 4ike in the poet, and he hung de pended about twenty-rive feet above the ground, head downward. While the wire touched him a blue blaze lit his entire from, and the large number attracted by his screams thought he was dead. Mr. t. M. Cutts, loremau oi uie work, rau up the pole and held Martin fast until help came. The strap which he was suspended by had torn half in two by the weight of his body. Wbau he was brought to the grouud Mr. L. L. Pritchard, the superintendent, sent the uncon scious man to the hospital in a car riage. Ills face abont the was bruised from striking mouth against he pole when ho fell. It ia Runnoiud that the shock was gotten through a pair of plyers in his hippocket, or his hand touching the wire making a short circuit. If he had received the two thousand volts squarely it would have killed him instantly. He was apparently improving rapidly late last night and no danger is feared. Wilming ton Star. SVTAX8BORO CORKESP0DKME Items of News is the Village and Yioialtj. Mr. Win. T. Parker, of Wilming ton, in town visiting his daughter Mrs. Capt. Jones. Mrs. Mag Russell of Bear Creek is in town visiting her sister in law Mrs. A. Duffy and other friends. Mr. T. D. Lindsey and family are going to move to Goldsboro to live. Mr. u and family are good people, we wish them success. Mr. G. Young takes charge of the Hotel vacated by Mr. Lindsay, and says he knows what is good to eat and will treat his friends to it when they come to see him. Capt. H. Titus and crew of the little steam launch and sloop, men tioned last week, sojourned here several days. The captain and doc tor called on the young ladies and made many friends. The Missionary Baptist's vill ganize a church here on the babbath in next month. Rev. Mr. Stephenson, M. K. is our preacher here for the or 2 nd C, next year. Blue Ridge Conference. Rev. Dan. Reid gave us a good sermon Sunday night. It is the last one before going to his confer ence in December. We hope he will come buck to us again. Two Sunday schools are in opera tion here, Methodist and Baptist. We have a nice private school here, C. B. Frazelle, teacher. It is verv dull among the mer chants. "The fishermen are more lively. Capt. K. Sewell, our all-round worker, starts to New Berne today with 100 bbls. of rosin and turpen tine. The C. Hay, Capt. Davis in port ready for sailing. The three mast Howes, Beverage, schooner ( leo. and master, freak Hall, Moore, master, cleared Saturday with Jnmber from our Lumber Co., here. The Hall, we believe, cleared a day so ahead of the Howes. A true bill of indictment was found against Dr. J. W. Sanders, postmaster of Ocean, Carteret Co., was in Wilmington last, so we hear, and continued with capia issue for bond. The doctor says he is not gnilty, therefore fears no danger as to the verdict when the case is tried, be believes malice was the cause of his arrest at first. Mr. K. N. Bell, our neighbor and friend just over the river from here to kill, lie killed some last Saturday and sold in this place. Mr. B. made a very large crop of good corn, peas, and potatoes and of course bis hogs are good. Mr. S. B. Holland says he never had a better crop of sweet potatoes in his life than now, although it was very dry in Sept. and (Jet. The pilots here have some lively times now and then. Sunday, one set (there are two seta of pilots here) saw a vessel mast over uie nanus and started very quietly in their boat for the inlet. The other party smelt a mouse and watched them with the same quietness until the first boat got across the channel, then such quick work getting about you never saw, in just one half a minute 4 stout fellows were scooting down another channel to cut the first one's off, and as the first boat only had 2 men in it, the second boat won the race and got there first, though she started over a quarter of a mile behind. I think Capt. Joe did some capital talking and used some most beautiful language, because, he can do it when li? sots his head right. How Is Tkis for High! Extremes always meet; this time it will be doublv so. A marriage license is soon to be issued to two residents of Raleigh whose extreme ages and weight is something re markable. Ihe lady who is the bride to be is 22 years of age and tips the scales at 310 avoirdupois. The groom to be is 60 years of age and registers on a rood pair of i scales 100 pounds at the most. This couple can stand up against the world without a parallel, says the Visitor.. - . IMPORTANCE OF FA It 11 1 Mi As Showa in National Lrgis:a in and in the Development of hs Agricul ture Department, I here is a vague idea, in some quarters that the occupation of farm j mg is one of the lot aits, am! that ! at the present time comparative few people are onsraired in it. hat nas I perhaps contributed to this impress ion more than anv tiling eise a: the statements w. ih.i rreu ,1, .lent I v prints ; tin-.;' tinu their wav m the public in regard to p ::.. homes in the country ami g-ing to the cities. It is not surpiising then that there should he an idea tiiit farming is in its decadence, and t.'iat the class of people w ho gai n t heir livelihood from thefi'ii is gmdually disminishinr in numbers. '1 he fact.. pin- however, do not justly t his c ion. According to Mr. .M-iUm. Secretary of Agriculture, there in the United States move than OuO.OOU lurms, where are locate homes of more t ban ' .t ' ' the population of this country. tho arc b. the .' i.i It iL a i- evident from these ligu res tii.. i j r . I. IV uii v per eei. i. in me ". t!.c 11 !a live in the country, a.- : :si i ngu ishc i from towns to vi I leges. It is further estimated by the .Secretary of Ajn- . culture that these farm-dwellers furnish more than seventy four per rfnt. of the value of the exports of this country. In point of numbers, as well as in their contributions to the wealth of 1 the country, tiie farmers constitute perhaps the most important element of our population. It is evident that the interests of this class are consid ered by Congress, especially if any weight can be attached to the amount of money which is annually expended under the auspices of the Agrieultureal Department. During the vear lM'4. the appropriations for "the Agricultural Department amounted to nearly tluee and rjne half millions of dollars, and this largo sum of money was expended in investigations and in directions that were deem, d of importance and value to the agricultural interests. The department itself is constant ly growing, and during the year above referred to then ii. .y rolls some twenty was c, . . , , upon e hun.tlre .1 employees Uf oourse aii thes-c we! citv. but tl not located in this foroe here found necessary to iindi kc;it IS i i:e i eaeii: ii. u.u o.we n ;");. o tions read v that the department has al- otitKrown the present baild- ins and additional room is totina m structures w hich have been erected on 1 1 1 c grounds. The design of tho department i to afford assistance to the farmer and to supply him with information which will be useful in his calling. For this reason the department em ploys a class of experts, men of scie'n title training, who investigate soils, the effect of climate on plains, the character of fertilizers, and other subjects which present daily problems to the agriculturist. There is another duty which has been as signed tho department, and its per formance serves to advance the in terests of the farming ulags, it also protects the public, and that is the efforts which are made to prevent the importation of deseast d cattle, and also to inspect meat. One of the important functions of the department is the study of the habits of destructive insects and t he suggestion of the best means of put ting an end t. the damage which they cause and to lead ultimately to their extinction. A great deal has been done by the department in dif fusing information relative to the cultivation of fruits ami sni.fi nuts, calling the attention of farmers and cultivators of the varieties that ca" profitably be raised in the various sections of the country, and in other wavs showing how farmers can ex tend their business and icrease their income. The influence of the department is felt throughout the cou Hry: but in order that its work might be made more effective, a system of ex periment stations has been inaugur ated in various localities where the local needs arc studied and where practical methods arc worked out and the result made known to the farmers. I lie fact tnat tannins nas hela its own in the contest with Other occupations is an evidence that the cultivators of the soil have kept abreast of the times and that modern methods now rule the farms. FROM THE NATIONAL CAPITAL Senate Kt organizat'on Sc uatnr Butler Talks in Favor of ihe tio'd Mm i f ail Parties Standing Together as the Gold Men Dn Personals. Special Correspondence. Washixotox. Nov. 1 h '!., "The Senate will be reorganized but the Populist?, as a party will not be reorganized," so a prominent western silver Senator who has just arrived says. Senator Alarion Butler came yes terday. He says: "I am ready to co-operate with the silver nun of both the Republican and Democrat ic parties to prevent the old men from controling the organization ot the Senate, and to put the control of the important committees in the hands of the silver men. The six Populist Senators stand ready to do the same thing. One thing is sure, either the gold men or the silver advocates will control the next Senate. A majority of the Sena tors were elected as silver men. and inasmuch as the financial question is now the overshadowing issue, the voto of every Senator will be watched bv his const itueiits and the whole country on every measure pertain ing to financial legislation. The people clearly understand that the committees control legislation, and therefore if a man is friendly to silver his first duty ami most impor tant vote will be to organize the Senate so as to put silver men in control of the committees. The gold men of the two old par ties always combine when the gold standard is at stake as we have lately seen in Kentucky. They have done it in the past in the Senate, and will do so in the future, and unless the silver men show the same common sense and devotion to principle by combining in behalf of bimetalism, the gold men will remain in power, lu short the silver men will control the Senate if the Senators on that side will co-operate in the work of reorganization: if they do not, the opposition will effect a crmbiuation, the result of which is obvious. I fear there are some who will not pursue this course, but it is getting time, considering the condition of the country, for this matter to be brought to" the test, so that the peo ple may know where every man stands. IMOCENT MAN KILLED. Outrage lommitred by :i Chi- ctcctu e '(Min s Eifc'lit l.'mp ojes Arifvtid for Shoot ing a .Hun in Mi-take for his Itrotlior - Private Dc;ectiv ' U.jrhts. Cii tills Fran No I lie 1 quest 1 y o f shot . .n:o-! -' hire w.;.c r: ih r of t , i 1 1 : i r . : Pun e 1 rick 'an 1-d I.. .-J:s- '.e: a To: at W n - ni: g, and .-in-c- ell t;;..- pall of f ilett rti ( s have el. q-meii' s. The n.ay i i it most '-s t !i:.n si x mem- etect i c A gene v. !l:i in... s.-r.i ' i.ers i : ; e 1 1 p-ssi hie:: T: ti;.- ii-i f -.. P'Tlllte n m:n:. w VH'lll. ho iiad and ! ; n,jt :t:l: lg y r.iii; .g was s:;d when :.:.- t hat at ' :. ' e who i t iii arresi in e'Joi t to id emptied of t heir re s' the in no- lea,: of fla C .'nil 1 one t. ohcr : en , W i le out li. more e V e . 1 e. . i idiamhe; 1 i reel ion rs in the ( man. wh.. cent was killed, f the poiice As a result ;. gation, a wii m e : u ; ;e i'a i I 1 1 . . !iv Iusi.e. investi hesale Hi rest of th '.v as o ru ,i and to il t i o n to rre -ted , ad. mar is also : sevi u ird 1'ix. 1 1 i ' K c 1 A si ar ! mi P aih Kdw ere l'.u 1- re w . aiM k scene in r die! b. th. it i i'i : , , i Di.v. on I he U'i' two I icl by. i no now: of til 1 1 U" having b. c: an oii-louki l'::.chel a fired two s; L'ave evid"! i 1 ,j..t Unit he 'i"v. ur.d in: : t T nr. an ivisoue used a'nii'..-; two bl a: -o d n. i : ds revol - to pieces dels hay - Y...; I he i in. .eil w 1 i o 1 he W:i mi th. aige v arrest of the w e : d ! s shot : rear. ! aKbcfj of d -r roe at ( . ue ;i r v U'.l coni Bcrrv j prise t lie entire i' areney, with the man, and the p. h i u. iecpt ion of one jc are chasing SilACKLINt; Ol'RSfcLVE. At England's Dictation )" a Financial Policy that Enriches Her and Op pressed L's, The gold monometallists of this 2onntry and of Europe are rejoicing in the result of the late elections be cause they construe it to moan the quietus on the free silver agitation. They were never more mistaken in their lives. Tiicy n: ay i,,:ry elec tions now and. thev may elect a Re publican President iie.xl year, but that vviil only delay the settlement of that iiuestioii. and will only con tinue the agitation until silver is fully recognize 1 and rehabilitated. I for that is the only way in which it j can be se'tied. It is not a quest'; n of polities at it is a quistion "1 seit- es.nva- tion , and prosperity will never come to this conn serts it final reiiiieS to j inonev man: rv until this country as- nil Hi;eiemi.'uce an:! automaton to the ators of other coun ially of Ire, it Britain to dictate the finan- tries, which elal p w hi' ii cial di ut e assu f t h.- ooi-itr;es with ;:d or eommer fact is that this we.dtii and ail -ue ha iiilio ina: i our.trv wilii all it its unbounded resources bv its own voluntary act has become a mere fi- naneial depency of Great Britain, which now accomplishes by the strategy of her financiers what she was unable to do a hundred year ago with her armies when this coun try was poor and didn't have one twintieth the population it has now. England has no dependency that pays her as much tribute as she an nually squeezes out of the American people through the money system which her financiers, with their co laborers in this country, fastened upon us twenty two years ago. We then adopted England's gold standard and converted the debts we owed her. (contracted when sil ver was one of ..ur lawful moneys,) into gold debts, to be paid on a gold basis, thus practically doubling our debt and at the same time practi cally diminishing by one half our means of paying it. The American statesmen wdio execu !ci th is scheme, maiiipuia- and t he Amei i tors vviio aiih n money in its exec ion, not the and ow. far- on't mind this, for thev do bv have it fo iia v. and p'-Ohted joh, i j n t. to t lie people at large especially to the men of the it is a t tv ser-oas business, too reach i ng for ev en many of them fully com prebend. Wil. Star. ".Mire 1 liiims" iu Polities to 'We have a the Republican e thing "f cai seem to ing the an next l're.-i the most deulial election." Sn frequent comment h is upon elec- the meaning tions. And so it thought. N mocrats fail. id hist week s ei tain iv seems it rst ot only have tl i to carry New De York in the vear the Pr'esid,. tirst i iilie s.: lost New .1." tm-k y S:a: eouuie ; partv. Moiw 1 IM Uled lal !y preceding ion. for tile it t hey have .ml and Ken - long been dn for thai were beaten iiina. To un til ree other ecu so long the opnosi- .-. M: lav tney last fall in .N ml li C an essee and Missouri, States where they had 1 dominant that maliv of tion had grown hopeless of ousting them. When Republicans have won such victories in lo'.id and have they not a "sure thing"' of lo'.'h? lief u'c o:.e returns an affirmative answer, however, it is wel. to recall two other '--ur' things" in our recent puiirieil idstiey. In !S the RepuMl ans , . a: rh d the country for President, sec: red control of the House of Representatives for the first time in eight years, and with a majority in the Senate were able carry out anv policy thev chose. to In the order to entrench themselves in upper branch of Congress beyond danger of dUlodgment for many years, they proceeded to admit as States thinly populated Territories which were counted upon to support the party. At the same time, to secure a stronger majority in the House than t he votes had given them, they turned out a lot of De-! mocrats, ami gayly carried through their McKinleybill and force-bill policy. A few weeks later the people passed judgment upon this record, and the boastful majority in the House was transformed in a day into one of the smallest minorities ever known. In lb92 the Repub licans also lost the Senate, which was supposed to have been "fixed" ; for the partv until the close of the I century. At the same time they W( v overwhelmingly beaten on tho 1 rrs.doiitial issue, more than one of j tne newer States upon which they had ti' coiiii iently counted turning ag.unst them. Coming into power i with full control of all branches of it lie government, and boasting that ;;hey had a "sure thing"' of a long I lease of power, they had lost every- j i thing within four years. j : i he election of lS'Jv! resulted in aj ! Democratic ictory of such propor-1 ! tions as had not been equaled for' ore than ;, generation, hor the i : . . .t i i .i nisi i:me since nucnuuan s uay, tne , i resiliency, tne senate ana the House were controlled by the party. Slates like Illinois, that had gone 1 ? i 1 M 1 1 1 ! I fill in ii'.rv iii'iivirtiu ti.i J , t"""" " i tionai contest smce the ioundation cf the party, went Democratic, and I ther 'Hepu ican strongholds" like iui"in,'n e-inrni-t. Sn Ohio barely escaped capture. So overwhelming was the i .-..... Kepublican ! di'ieat that it was hard for all but the most hopeful to question tho claim of the victorious Democrats than they had a "sure thing" of ruling the country indefinitely. Hut within two years the Demo- Icratshad lost the House of Repre sentatives ami so many scats m the Senate that they have now lost con trol of tho upper branch also. Illi nois, Wisconsin and other former Republican States, which had gone Democratic, are back in their old p!a. e. Ohio, which was almost evenly divided in lo'.'2, h;i3 gone against the Democrats in three suc cessive elections bv majorities rang ing from o,iio,', to idi,iU(. New , i or:-:, winc-u iiai not fiioson a single ' K-'publicim to a State office since ls:-. lias elected oidv Republicans 1 u h:ii, iv4 am 1 iv.), ami by ma . liorities n.nuin'' from IU(iOik) to i 1 f'iM. To cap the climax, New J Jersey. Maryland and Kentucky are : to lia.e ijepab'ican ( lovernors. This review of the past seven years demonstrates that nothing is r-.tdly so '.uieertain as a ''sure thing" in politics. The people resent nothing so much as the assumption by cither set of politicians that they have been given indefinite control of the Government. Nothipg givea them so miich satisfaction as to de tiironii ror their presumption the McKinley, Reeds and Harrisons of one party, or the Hills, Gormans, Brices a-,d Llackburu3 of the other. (duly ft short-sighted observer, ! therefore will regard the national contest of next year as already decid ed. The next President will not be chosen until the 7th of November, 1800, and his choice will turn upon the issues that are then before the country not the questions that were up for decision in November, li)5. The Republicans can undoubt edly carry the country 12 mon;hs hence if they deserve to, but they must deserve to. The I'latts and Quays and Forakers have not a 'sure thing-' any irtorc than had the (ionium; ami Brices and Black burns. The independent voter was never so omnipresent as now. New York Evening I'ost. HOLD-UPO.V TIIE PENNSYLVANIA Tramps Keported to Have Robbed the South-bound Express, PHILADEI.I'HIA, Pa., ?VOV. 15.-South-bound train No. 95, a fast express on tho Pennsylvania liail road, that left New York at 8:30 o'clo'. k to-night, was held up bv tramps near Morrisville, Buck: county, as short distance from Phil adelphia, to night. The train con tained valuable matter, in charge of the Adams E?pres3 Company. It is not known what booty was so cured. The railroad officials dec line to give any information con cerning the holdup. 1 HE MO.N'KOE DOCTRINE. Resolutions in Conirr. ss Yen ziirla. Annexation of Hawaii. Washington. November 1C. From hints thrown out by leaders of both political parties, a strong probability seems to exist that two important joint resolutions will be offered immediately after the assem filing of the Fifty-fourth Congress. The lirst will be an arlinnr.tion of the principles embodied in the Monroe doctrine, and will express in plain and vigorous language the sympathy of the American people with the government of Venezuela in its boundary dispute with Great Britain. The second joint resolution, which is oeing prepared with much care provides for t he annexation of the Hawaiian Islands to the United States, under a territorial form of government. TOIUCLO TRUT. Legal Measures to Prerent ihe Company Doing Ruciness in New T rk Svracl'SE, Nov. 18. Attorney General Hancock has decided the Tobacco Trust case against the American Tobacoo Company on the ground that under the conspiracy laws their consignment agreement which compels dealers to sell their goods exclusively is illegal and con stitutes a ti list. Tho Attorney Gen eral will immediately begin action iu the Supremo Court to prohibit the company from doing business in ; his State. ' ie.qie(l b. ing a confirmed dyspeptic to k iuit A v -i's Pills in lime.'' This is bv ihe experience ol many. Ayer's Pills, whether as an alter-iiinner pill or us u remedy fir livir complaint, indipestion, flatulency, watir brash, and nausea, are invaluable. I From the Texas Christian Advocate. I Mr. A. K. Hawkes has gained a nat- ional reputation aa a practical optican, i and liis celebrated Spectacles and Patent 1 Spring Kyc-G hisses are known through- out the United States. We are writing ! this article witU a pair ot liis New Crys I tallized Lenses, mid tliey seem to us : as transparent as light itself; aud with j them the finest print as clear as in i vouth. Mr-AUeyes fitted by F. S. DUFFY. A tit guaranteed. Some one wants to know if four quarters make a yard, how many will make a garden. REGIMENTAL HISTORIES Of the X. C. Troops Which are Now Being; Prepared. JUDGE WALTER CLiRK'S REPORT. About Hair the Sketches Are Written and Ha r Yet Ktmaiii to be Written The Chaplain Service and Three Regiments Assigned to Four New Rernians Two of The'se Have Fin ixbed Their Work-Importance or Each Writer Itotng His Part Pre nipt y, Mr. President and Comrades of the Veterans Association: At the meeting of the association a year ago a resolution was pas:ed appointing ine a committee of one to secure one Boldier from each rPo-imeiit and battalion to write a brief history of his command, with a view to publication of the com plete series by the State in one or more volumes. My enrasrements were such that under any other cir- Pll rnRtilTinnQ T chrwil.l hner. .1 . i .1.1 blU T felt that no sol(iler shoM .. . . ...... mse imv aiil reouire. ot him lo- WiU.d3 naVinLr prol)l.r tribute to the i fame of the allant men whoso loo" have filled soldiers' graves. Tho task proved more ditlicult than any one could have imagined. The lapse of thirty years since the close of the war has made wider gups in our ranks than the musketry and grape shot of the battle held. Competent men in many commands were hard to find, and among these, many were diflidcnt of their capaci ty, and'some few were too engrossed with the business ami needs of the present to be willing to assume the duty requested of them by their comrades. 1 have writUm with my own hand considerably over 5UU let ters in an effort to execute tho trust confided to me by you. I have suc ceeded in procuring a historian for each regiment and department and j for several of the battalions, exeept ! ing the Seventy-thin! and Seventy- fourth regimcut3, which being senior reserves, the youngest living mem ber would now be over SO years of age. Fortunately, a sketch of tho Seventy-third, written many years ago, has been found which can be used. The object in procuring the sketch o.f &ach command to be writ ten by one who had served therein was to have an authootio record from eye witnesses of a part, at least of the events recorded, for few soldiers served the entire four years in any oommand without absence from wounds, furlough or other cause. To add to the correctness of these sketches, therefore, the idea was conceived of having each aketch published in the newspaper circu lating most largely in that section where that command was princi pally raised, with a request that the survivors might seud iu suggestions, corrections and amendments to the regimental historian who might make all needed changes before the sketches were finally issued in book form. The press of North Carolina, with the public spirit and patriotism which has always especially marked the press of this State, readily res ponded to this call upon their columns, for which this association owes them grateful thanks. Each paper has cheerfully published every sketch sent to it, but it has so hajipened that up to this time the heaviest call has been upon the columns of the Charlotte Observer due to the fact that the extensive circulation of that paper is in the great white belt of North Carolina, the Piedmont country of our State, which furnished so large a per cent, of our troop3, the Eastern section having a large slave population, and beyond the Blue Ridge being at that time relatively thinly popu lated. While all sections did their full duty, the Piedmont country had the largest per cent, of material for soldiers. FINISHED .VXD PUBLISHED. The following is a list of the sketches so far received, with names of historians and papers in which published : First regiment, Col. II. A. Brown, News and Observer Third regiment, Col. W. L. De- Rossett, Wilmington Messenger. Fifth regiment, Maj. James C. MacRae, not yet published. (Later published in this of the Messen ger. Sixth regiment, Capt . Neil . Iay, in pamphlet. Seventh regiment, Maj. J. G. Harris, Charlotte Observer. Ninth regiment, First cavalry, Gen. Rufus Baninger, Charlotte Observer. Eleventh regiment. Col. W. J. Martin, Charlotte Observer. Sixteenth regiment, Lieut. B. II. Cathey, Char. Observer. Seventeenth regiment, Lieut. Wilson, G. Lamb, News and Ob server. Eighteen regiment, Lieut. Thom as II. Sutton, Fayetteville Observer. Twentieth regiment, General Thomas F. Toon, Wilmington Star. Twenty second regiment, Maj. Graham Daves, Charlotte Observer. Twenty-third regiment, Lieut. II. C. Wall, Rockingham Rocket. Twenty-sixth regiment, Asst. Surgeon, Geo. C. Underwood, Char lotte Observer. Twenty-seventh regiment, Capt. James A. Graham, Land We Love. Twenty-eighth regiment, Gen. Jas. II. Lane, Charlotte Observer. Thirtieth regiment, Col. F. M. Par ker, Wilmington Messenger. I hirty-fourth regiment, Capt, I. D. Latlimore, Charlotte Observer. Thirty-sixth regiment, Second artillery, Col. William Lamb, Wil mington Messenger. Ihirty-eighth regiment, Lieut. Col. Geo. W. Flowers, Charlotte Observer. Fortieth regiment, Lieut. T. C. Davis, News and Observer. Forty-first regiment, I bird caval ry, Sergt. J.,I5, mil, not yet pub lished. Forty-third regiment, Col. Thomas S. Kenan, in pamphlet. Forty-sixth regiment, Lieut. J. M. Waddpll, Wilmington Messenger. Forty-eight regiment, Capt. W. II. II. Lawhorn, Charlotte Ob server. Fortv-ninth regiment, L'eut. Thos. R. Roulhac, Charlotte Ob server. Fifty-first regiment, Lieut. A. A. McKethan, Jr., Fayetteville Ob server. Fifty-second regiment, Adjt. J. II. Robinson, Charlotte Observer. Fifty-third rogiment, Col. J. T. Morehead, Charlotte Observer. Fifty-fourth regiment, Capt. J. Marshall Williams, News and Observer. ! ' FiftV'iifth regiment, Adjt, 0. M. I Cooke," News and Observer. I Fifty-sixth regimeut, Capt. I Robert D. Graham, not yet pub lished. Fifty-eight regiment, Lieut. Col. Isaac H. Bailey, Morganton Herald, Sixtieth regiment, Capt. T. W. Patton, Charlotte Observer. Sixty-third regiment, Lieut Col. John M. Galloway, News and Ob server. Sixty-fifth regiment, Capt. M. V. Moore, Asheville Citizen. Seventy-third regiment, First senior reserves, Lieut. Col. W. A. Albright, Land We Love. First battalion, Maj. R. W. Whar ton, Charlotte Observer. Eighth battalion, Capt. Wood bury W heeler, University Magazine. Adjutant General's Department, Maj. A. Gordon, News and Ob server. Chaplain Service, Rev. A. D. Betts, New Berne Joi rxal. rxi'i hushed. The others sketches are not yet in hand, but arc being prepared as fol low : "Bethel" regiment, Maj. Hale. Second regiment, Capt. Manly. Fourth regiment, Col. 15. bo inc. :. j. Matt A. Os T. J. Eighth regiment, Capt. Jar vis. Tenth regiment, First artillery, Col. W. J. Saunders aud Capt. J. W . Saunders. Twelfth regiment, Lieut. Walter A. Montgomery. Thirteenth regiment, Lieut. ( 15. B. Withers. Fourteenth regiment, Col. R. Bennett. Fifteenth regiment, Cant. H. 'oi. T. Kearney. Ninteenth regiment. Second caval ry, Maj. W. A. Graham. Tweiuy-first regiment, CIen. W. W. Kirklauc Twenty-fourth regiment Capt. E. A. Thorne. Twenty fifth regiment, Capt G. S. Ferguson. Twenty ninth regiment, (ion. R. li. v anoe. Thirty lirst regiment, Adjt. E. K. Bryan. Thirty second regiment, Lieut. Henry A. London. Thirty third regiment, Maj. J. A. Weston. Thirty fifth regiment, Capt. W. li. S. Burgwyn. Thirty seventh regiment, Lieut. J. B. Pool. Thirty ninth regiment, Adjt. Theo. F. Davidson. Forty second regiment, Col. J. E. Brown. Forty fourth regiment, Maj O. M. Stedman. Forty fifth regiment, Sergt. C. B. Watson. Forty seventh regiment, Capt. J. H. Thorpe. Fiftieth regiment, Capt. J. C. El lington. Fifty seventh regiment Cal. II. C. Jones. Fiftv ninth regiment, Fourth ca valry Capt. R. B. Gaddy. Sixty first regiment, Capt. N. A. Ramsay. Sixty Becond regiment, Col. G. M. Clayton. Sixty fourth regiment, Capt. M. E. Carter, deceased, his place not yet filled. Sixty sixth regiment, Adjt. Geo. M. Rose. Sixty seventh regiment, Col. R. W. Wharton. Sixty eight regiment, Capt. John R. Webster. Sixty ninth regiment, Tho ma Legion, Maj. W. W. Stringfiekl. Seventieth regiment, First Junior Reserves, Iaeut Col. Chas. W Broad foot. Seventy first regiment, Second Junior Reserves, Adjt. R. M. Fur man. Seventy second regiment, Third Junior Reserves, Lieut. Col. W. Foster French. Seventy fourth regiment, Second Senior Reserves, none to be found. Seventy fifth regiment, Lieut. W. F. Parker. First artillery battalion, Lieut. T A. McNeil. Second battalion. Lieut. Col. W J. Green. Fifth battalion, Lieut Thos CFul ler. Sixth battalion, Lieut. M. f Tavlor. Tenth battalion. Lieut. C. S Powell. Medical Staff. Sur. Gen. P. E Hines. Engineer corps. Capt. C. B. Den son. Conscript bureau. Lieut. P. Cow per. (Quartermaster's department, Maj A. Gordon. Commissary department . The steamer Advance, Capt, Jas. McGleun. Blockade running, James Sprunt It is to be regretted that this work had not begun sooner. Our comrades are beginning to fall around us like leaves in wintry weather. Of the eighty historians selected, already three have died Gen. Barrinser of the First cavalry just after finishing the sketclr. of his resriaient. and Col. J. V. Jordan pi the Thirty first regiment, ad Ct M. E. Carter of the Sitif fourth regiment, unfortunately Ijtefore com pletetiug theirs. V hen all theaef sketches are in they will ooatitktnte 1,000 or 1,200 pages of in valuable! and authentic material, which, will perhaps make two volumes. Yjmi have already ap Eointed a comimttegto request the egislature to authorise the print ing ana binding or uus matter oy the State. Had care been taken to have similar sketches of each of our resriments in the Revolutionary and other war written by participants it would he exceedingly interesting and valuable. But North Carolina. who has always known how to make history, has been careless in recora .. i . i i ills' tne aeeas oi ner neroic uye More than 2,000 years ago, rencies, O . - - - 1 in nis oration over nis countrymen who had fallen in a gieat war, said with ..ronhetic truth: "The whole earth is their sepulchre, and in all and iu all times whenever there is speech of great deeds they shall have remembrance, it is our auty, the duty of our State and of this veneration, to see that the same lm- mortality shall preserve tne tame or - . . . , our bretnren wno aiea in oeimu of North Carolina and the Confed eracy. Respectfully suomittea, Walter Clark. Raleigh, N. 0., October 23d, '95. A cap of muddy coffee is not whole some neither is a hottle of mudily medi cine. On3 way to know a teliable and skillfully-prepared blood purifier is by its freedom from sediment. Ayer's Sursa parilla is always blight and spark ling, lecause it is an extract and not a decoction. . , bit, COMjtfUtJ.4 I URHAM. The Distinguished Baptist Divine of Raleigh Who Died Fiidar Night-A Sketch of His Career From "he News and Observer, In the death of Rev. Columbus Durham, D. D., as announced in yesterdays issue, the Baptist denomi nation in North Carolina lost a most aggressive and influential leader, and a figure unique in church and public relations disappears from scenes in which he has played no small part. Dr. Durham was born in Ruther- cotinty, N. C, April 28, 1844. The family name is well known and the j family characteristics equally well j from the career of Plato Durham, a , name honorable in the annals of our State. On his mother's side. Dr. ' Durham was a nephew of Gov. Baxter, of Arkansas, and Judge John Baxter, of Tennessee. II is early life was passed on the ; farm, and until 18G0, when at the I age of sixteen years he united with j the Baptist church and a few months later enlisted in the Confederate! ranks, there was little evidence but that he would remain comparative-: ly unknown. He had uot been in! the arm v lonsr. however, before hoi was marked as a boy of fine mind, thorough piety and undoubted bravery. The boy that he was he frequently conducted army prayer meetings. When the war ended he returned home, bearing the honors of four wounds and an unblemished record. lie entered Wake Forest College, bv aid of the Baptist Board of Kducation, in lnt, and gradu ated four years later in probably the lirst senior class after tho war, his classmates being the distinguished Dr. A. (,'. Dixon, of Brooklyn, and Dr. H. A. Brown, the honored Bap tist pastor at Winston, N. C. In the fall af 181T he entered on a pas torate at Goldsboro, which was one of the most successful in tho history of that church; and when in 1 s 1 ; he decided to accept a call to Durham, the membership had increased two fold, an old debt had been paid and a parsonage had been built. At Duiham ho served with ever increasing zeal and usefulness twelve years, during which a new house of worship and a parsonage was built, and the foundation of the present Baptist holdings in Durham were laid. As a pastor Dr. Durham worked with the same vim and faith which has characterized in his larger work as Mission Secretary of the Baptist State Convention. His people were devoted to him, and long years after he left them they delighted to manifest their appreciation of his work. But the man had a mission. He had accomplished much as a pastor; but there was need for a larger work to be done in the localities of the State in which the gospel was not preached by the Baptists; and he was the man chosen "providen tially," said a prominent Baptist man yesterday, "when I sec what ho has done.'' For seven years Dr. Durham has been Corresponding Secretary of the State Board of Missions and Sunday Schools of the Baptists. Iu that time churches have been organized in every direction and many hand some houses for worship have been built. The Board has grown to be a great agency, distributing $15,000 annually and employing about one hundred missionaries. The Secre tary became acquainted with every Baptist of any prominence in the State, he travelled ceaselessly four months every year, often making six speeches a week and preaching on Sunday. He said not long ago that he had never experienced the sensation of weariness but twice in his life. "Such an indomitable will, such a magnificent physique, such abound ing faith! Surely God made the man for a mission, and took him when it was filled; took him when he hai! risen to lead the denomina tion, when ho had reached tho highest places of trust and useful ness, id its gift," was the expression of one vyf his warmest friends. His magnificent response to tho demands made upon him when Pace and Heck and Bailey were gone will linger long in the miuds of those who knew him. As president of the Board of Trustees of Wake Forest College he not only threw himself into the breach in its be half, but he instituted a policy which made, itself felt in the faculty and the students and the denomina tion at large. Dr. Dnrham was one of the Mar tin Luther typo of man. Ho would burn at the stake of public opiniou rather than yield ground which he was convinced was worth holding, and yet ho was not the austere and uncompromising man he seemed to be. The world knew him as the fearless Baptist, the aggressive and imiulsive worker. His brethren knew him as the comrade, and hon est servant of -tho Lord. It was worth much to see him at a general Baptist gathering, at home with everyone, saying a goon wwti tu everyone, it was inspiring io nov him at work, never resting uutu ins tasks were done. It may be doubted if any man in the State has labored more unremittingly than Dr. Dur ham. It is certain that no man has given more to his work; for he dies poor man, having regularly gnen all money he could spare to the work iu which he gave his life. NO MORE FIUHT IN CQRBETr. FizsioiDions Si ens Bxuutf Agreement bat the Californlaa Has Ktll el El. Paso, Tex., Nov. 15 To night Dan Staurt received following . I . IT . .. . 1 1 ... in answer to nis ouer maue mw. ui"fht: New fork, Nov. 15. To Dan Staurt: Corbett has retired from the ring. W. A. Bkapy. Stuart showed the telegram to a reporter, and said: "I will go to New York anyway, and ask Corbett to sign, and if he positively refuses, then l wHl ask Alalier to go against Fitzsimmons, and I promise you Maher will prove a good card. He is a good man."' TURKS THRICE DEFEATED. Army of 46y00 Well Armed Arabs Besieging tbe Town or Sna. Aden, Nov. 18. Tho Iman of Sana, the capital city of Yomen, Arabia, at the head of 4p,0()0 Arabs, armed with Martini-Henry rifles, has defeated the Turks in three fights. The latter are now confined to Sana, which is a walled city about five and a half miles in cir cumference. Beyrout, Syria, Nov. 18. Ihe news received here from the interior shows that the Druses are pillagiqg the villages near the springs of Jor dan. SPECIFIC For Scrofula. "Since childhood, I have been afllicteil with scrofulous boils and sons, which caused mo terrible suffering. Physicians were unable to help me, and I only grew worse under their care. At length, I began to take AYER'S Sarsaparilla, and very soon grew bet ter. After using half a dozen bottles I v;is completely cured, so that 1 have nut laid a lxiil or pimple u auv part of my body for the last twelve ears. I can cordially recommend Ayer's Sarsa parilla as the very best blood-puriflcr ia existence." G. T. litiNHAiiT. Mversville, Texas. TllT. ONLY WDT'WS TAIU M. Ayer't Clierry Pc:ts;-I cu.-i Coujhi and Coliia M W I Ml SP0KI ConnmiCJit HniiUrs Their llan;l Air a In :i (inn inn to Try Cut Fxh Lake. The Norwich S i . u I an onmig i:':iin t' : In nvclv spot in Ml II II V Nun I Mr. 'Pped eal s '.mil. In the ( ai ulina, at t in? Bryan Benders when we were ' an I bad so resilience ol where we st Son 1 1 1 t w.i v much I'n :i. I'm thiinkfull to-av we will he ::i Pollocks ilic on 'I hankKgiving to start our bunting, and where there were onlv two uf us hcfoic there are live of our No: I hein vpuri.s coming this time to cujuv the good quail and t u i ke v sho. ' i n g. uml we xlso expect to hunt, lots of de !' ami if we bavegoo:! luck we epct to stay until the Fair comes oil in February and enjoy nonie the grate sights of the Southern waters and forests. 1 will venture to say there is no spot on earth where a sportMnau can enjoy himself bettor than ho can in .North Carolina, especially in Jones aud Craven counties. 1 say it excells all otheis I have been to, and I have been fioin the Moohc head Ijake in" Maine to Arlington, Texas, and we had more fun in North Carolina than we had in any other place. We can never forget th'3 exciting fox races and deer drives we had while we were at Mr. Bender's. I must confess Mr. Bender's boys have the finest lot of deer aud fox hounds I ever followed in a chase. It is wonderful how these true, good hounds will follow a fox aud we had lots of fun hunting opossums and raccoons. The opossum urc somet bing curious to a Northern man. so we had lots of fun in an opossum hunt and wo also had vjry go )d luck shooting wild turkey No one birt those in the South know how much real sport there is in turkey hunting and qur.il shoot ing. 1 hope we can spend two or .three weeks on the shore of Cat-fish lake. It is a great place for game of all kin Is. I only wish it was in Con necticut so wo could go to it. every week and enjoy catching some of Lhose fine fish such as wecright two years ago while we were at the. lake and I also hope we can Kill another fine deer. Among our party this year are Messrs. John M. Johnson. Gilbert Pierce and Charley Pendleton and Mr. Joseph Mitchell of Norwich, Conn., and Mr. Fred Harmon of Boston, Mass. We ail expect to re turn to North Carolina with Mr. Finmett Bender and to his home in Pollocksville, N. O. He ia to be our hunting guide. I also will say it is not be very strange if some of us don't make North Carolina Our home for some of our party are very much pleased with the climate and the good hunt ing makes it more pleasanter for a sporting man. We would he pleased to meet all of our acquaintance that was with us two years ago on Thanksgiving and enjoy another deer chase. 1 hope all of our crew will meet ns at Mrs. Lucy Benders ou Thanlsgiv ing morn for a jolly day of deer chasing. You all may be sure if we wre not pleased with North Carolina, we would not come again for so long a stay hoping we will all have a jolly hunt aud hag lots of game, such as we did while we was in North Carol ina before. It is impossible for to express my fun I had while in North Carolina before, and fully believo we will have a line time this year for we have had correspomle nee from Mr. V A. Bender and lie says he has lots of wild turkeys ready for us to shoot at the baits and we Norwich fellows are just the ones that are niore than anxious to kill them as they are such a curiosity of a wild gaum fop we northern men to kill. I hone nothing will hinder ns and when the !l:'!5 train conies into Polloksville we will b - found get ting olf full of fun. Very truly, Til K NollW Mill SPOUTS Norwich Conn. Itb'LL 1 1 It CO It U ES V 0 N DE X C E. Missionary Mretinir Farming- 0 etc. Missionary S- cratl 'lis. The Beech ! rove ciety will have its annual iiieeling at the church, on Friday. Nov. M Those who are interested in mission work and who would like to spend a day pleasantly with us, are invited to nil their baskets and come on. We meet at ten o'clock a. in. Here is Novenib r PJt.h and no killing frost, no freeze of any im portance and very little check to vegetation except that caused by dry weather. It, is wel enough now to set cabbage and sonic are prepar ing to set very soon, if not already setting. It was too wet to pick cotton last week in our midst, except a few who were going to sell it in the seed. There is not much more now to pick in our vicinity. If the crop is shorter the price is longer than last year. So we are some better off in cotton than we were last year. The roads arc good now except a few holes (hat are weari ng deeper since the rains, but we have lothanft the Lord, not the overseers for the condition. Some people preach more religion in n Vimir tliun tliov rw-uriTini in A I... ....... ....j .. ... w life. I On ft 6: I ts 1 .t 40
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