"Our Aim trill be, the People's Right Maintain,
Unawed by Ppicer, and Unbribed by Gain."
VOL- VI.
WILSON, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNSDAY, JANUARY 25. 1888.
NO. 45
A LIFE'S
' . yonnsr
vrD IX THE COM SCHOOL-
OF BITTEB KPEBIEKCE.
WOOSI WH W vmwv
and Happy. wn H"w
the Ana;ihe-Threadel
titerr f Bitter Dleappotntmeat.
tp dear old mother earth is wrapped in
lnC ll IT- .111
of deep sweet sieep. uw mi
i! A flood, of thought comes
Bris
We'9
a mantle
...., thinsr is:
W andfsitting alone, thinking of the
nment and future, I find myself
lwhT so much sorrow is often
-,dedin cne short life. My thoughts
fvback to the dear old past when I was a
abpy. child, knowing , nothing of sorrow
l bitter disappointment, whdh life was a
bappv dream. I built air castles. OhI
r life was to be one of bliss, joy and
,nk borrow, hate and strife were to find
no entrance there; what a glorious life it
astobe! yet they were . only, air castles
9nd doomed to fall in the dust to "become
utter ruins. I look back to-night and a
.... ' rc- OT-tr line ixrVtCkn T c ff
deep, bitter crv csi. v ... - -
u m fond hopes Diasiea iaia iow m
rains. Then to the present, with all its
heartaches and yearnings, its "Might have
kens-" I think, how have I born it so
. 1 1 A. - M A.
lona? I have tnea nara not 10 murmur at
mvtot, vet "It is hard sometimes to be pa
tient, to suffer and still be strong.'-' I have
seen happiness lying almost in my reach,
if I could only have grasped it; I could
not, let it glide by, j-egardless of the fierce
ruleand wild appeal my" heart made.
Poor heart, you must hush, be still ; per.
haps some day you .will learn never to
throb faster; poor, aching heart, hush
vour moans and pleadings. Death is has
tening on. What is death? Only a short
struggle, and then deep, sweet, dreamless
"sleep, that is rest, sweet rest, free from all
yearnings and bitter pangs of disappoint
ment So more passionate ' tears - to be
shed in the lonely hours, no more heart
aches, no more cries and. prayers to God
for strength to crush down the longings of
our poor tired heart that cries aloud, and
struggles wildly like a captive bird against
- the prison bars that shut it off from happi
ness and freedom. Only a little while be
fore the life will close. The future ! what
does it hold? Only a repetition of the pre
sent with perhaps more misery. God help
those who are heart-sick and weary that
long so intensely, to hear a few words of
tender endearment, long to feel a loved
one's arms thrown around them and hear
sweet words of comfort whispered, that
would surely make life more worth the
living. God, help those who have none to
caress them, small wonder that they should
grow cold and careless.' Every true m?Ji
or woman longs for something to pet and
ove; if they have no one, they will often
grow cold, careless, perhaps satirical.
hen there are loved ones near, who
now their affection for you, vour. heart
will surely feel .lighter, pleasant thoughts
will fill vour busy brain crowding out the
, waones. God in His mercy will vet Hess
His unhappy children, for troubles are of
ten sent to try their faith and fit them for
a lighter home. Yet it is hard to be situ
that words of praise or endearment
dom come to our ears. Husbands, show
mi,. 1-
rave lor your wife, let her feel she is
n... .
to ot your heart; pet, caress her, she
'I neVPr lnn, ...1 -1. l J
-..ivjy, mien sne nas numoreu
!u enough. Parents, love your children,
haye -vu ever thought how they miss
pse uttle caresses and pet names you so
0 -en bestowed upon them in their baby
lce is short, . make them happy
-de you can, when the angel of death
walked along life's pathway, those with
whom we took sweet counsel and dropped
from our 6lde, where are they but just be
yond us not far away, it may be very
near us in the heaven of light and love.
Is there anything to alarm us In the
thought of the invisible?
We think not Oft-times when the
head is weary with the heartaches of this
world, and is resting on the pillow, there
comes whispers of joy from the spirit land,
which drop into the heart thoughts of the
sublime and "glorious, as if some angel's
wing had passed over the brow, and some
dear little one sat by the pillow and com
muned with the soul to raise the affections
towards the other and better world.
a mixture;
EDITOBIAI XTCniWcb ' EUPHOCT.
OUSLT ELUCIDATED.
Inntnu Vtwij Ntlf and JXay
Merry Hersela Pararaphleallj
Packed and Pithily Tlate.
am-
The Depths of the Sea.
The greatest known depth of the ocean
is mid way between the Island of Tristan
d'Acunha and the mouth of the Rio de la
Plata. The bottom was here reached at a
depth of 46,236 feet, or eight and three-
A neck-and-neck race Giraffes.
Concealing the truth--Lying In
bush. .
An early closing ordinance "Shut
the door."-
One hundred womert ride tricicles in
Washington. -)
A man who docs business on a large
scale a coal leader. 7. r , ."
A skillful cook is the most popular of
all interior decorators.-; 'j- '
The signs of war may yet be discerned
on the European horizonv .
The mother with twin boys know what
fourths miles, exceeding by more than 17,- (it is to toil from son to son.
STATE NEWS.
niOH THE DEEP DZ.UE SEA TO TOE
OLD BOUHTAIIS. '
The boy who quails at the sight of a
mustard plaster b the same lad that goes
fearlessly forth to tackle a bee's nest with
a handful of willow switches.
A Boston surgeon has extracted the
nerves from a man's cheek. What busln-1
ess nouse uie patent. Intends to serve as 1 " apeat vrisa oar
commerfeal trY!r U not ttA Delightful Exehaapea.
t . . ...
r-penencc leacnes many imngs, pro- There are 272 Farmers' Alliances In the
mineni among wnicn, to a man is tnat it is 1 state.
safer, to run your chance with a bajky
mule than to dictate to a woman on wash
day. '
"Humph!" grumbled the dock, UI
don't know of any one whois harder
worked that I am: twenty-four hours a
day year In and year out."
struck.
Both sides in the Reading strike still
The Baptist Church of Clayton has
called Rev. Dr. Harrell to be its pastor.
The Tobacco Plant says Durham has
upright, eloquent, consecrated preachers."
The first cotton ever raised in North
And then it Carolina was planted in a field near Ral
eigh.
Representative Simmons has introduced
holdout and no sign of compromise is a hil for the erection of a public building
000 feet the height of Mount Everest, the
InVthe
of New-
crossing
loftiest mountain in the world.
North Atlantic Ocean, South
foundland, soundings have been made to
depth of 4,580 fathoms, or 27,480 feet;
while depths equalling 34,000 feet, or six
and one-half miles, are reported South of
the Bermunda Islands. lhe average
depth of the Pacific Ocean, between Japan urally follows that he is out of practice.
Thousands of tourists are
Niagara river on the ice bridge.
Ernesto Rossi, the v eminent Italian
tragedian, is publishing his memoirs.
We are all fortune-tellers. That is,
we can tell a fortune when we see it.
When a physican loses his skill it nat-
mining towns Sunday, the Most import
ant at Reading.
5lr. Wilfrid Blount repeats his state
ment that Mr. Balfour said last fall that he
The West Market Street Methodist
Church, of Greensboro, has raised $500 to
buy a new bell.
Durham has four banks, two newspa-
and California, is a little over 2,000 fath
oms: between Chile and the Sandwich
Island, 2,500 fathoms, and between, Chile
and New Zealand, 1,500 fathoms. The
average depth of all the oceans is from 2,
000 to 3,000 fathoms.
J ant Like 'Xi
The following conversation, hard by a
reporter-on the street is suggestive:
Women are the best detectors of coun
terfeits when the counterfeits are not men.
The price of rubber goods remain very
firm. One would think that it would be
elastic.
"Westward the 'star of empire takes
his way" but he frequently walks nome
again on the ties.
It is said now that the storms follow
the steel rail tracks. ! Such is the theory of
'Are you still tugging away at 4.hose the Safety Valve.
gloves of yours?"
Yes, dear." V
"You know it disgusts me to see you
walking through the streets making your j
toilet." -,
"Does it, deaf?"
W hy, do you know that I would just
Fred D. Grant is to be appointed
Quarantine Commissioner, to succeed
Thomas C. Piatt. J I
In matters of conscience first thoughts
are best; in matters of prodence ' last
thoughts are best.
The man who can never get a day off
. . 11; 1. 1
as soon see you puiung on.y"r- the chap who has "thirty days" from the
mgs m ;ne street as your gioves. Hce court d
"Most men would, was ail sne saui, ana
he had nothing else to say. ,
She XTmu KlddlBff Him.
" "Tight money," murmured the un
fortunate in the police court as he paid the
usual fine and costs.
A law prohibiting the intemperate
would inprison six of the physically week- I pcrsi one tobacco journal and three tobac-
est Irish leaders, Mr. Balfour.says the story co warehouses. I
is a ridiculous fabrication. It is calculated that colored people pay
The Pacific is not always pacific The on $4,000,000, worth of propertr in
other day it got itself into a perfect fury North Carolina.
and dashed its waves clean over the top of The Tarboro fertilizer factory is now
Tillamook lighthouse, which is hearly two running on full time, with a capacity of
hundred feet above the level. fifty tons per day.
In his valedictory the retiring editor Congressman Henderson is reported to
and proprietor of a Nevada Journal says: the effect that he preferred to be Congress-
"Thanking an ever-indulgent public for man to Governor.
not having mobbed me long since. I am There is to a book-sellers' convention
sincerely theirs to serve," etc for North cj on February 22nd,
M. de -Lesseps maintains that the either'in Raleigh or Greensboro.
Panama canal will be made available for c L. Rcege q BaltimorCj e
transit of the vessels in 1890, by means of ted Proessor Chemistry at Wake For
immense metallic locks, which Engineer e .t colIcgc tQ 6uccecd Df
Effel has been ordered to censtruct. , . -' "
, ...... The Durham Tobacco Plant has entered
-There are moments in hfe when past upon a new volume and anothcr jear of
events like winged shuttles, dart to and usefulnes8. M lt reach man Ug
fro before us, and by their incessant move- presen( agC
ments weave a web which we ourselves, In
a greater or less degree, have spun and put :Thc Young Men's Christian Association
upon the loom. 7 " throughrout the State" seem to be meeting
-Mrs.- M. Hurley, of San Frandsco Wltn umve 8ucceM- In Charlotte they
who is one hundrednd five vears old, has have a vcr ,arSe building,
left alone in the world, with no one tp look The Newberne Journal says: "We learn
after in her old age, having recedtly lost a that recently Mr. L,'. F. Tillcry, formerly
son, aged eighty, and a .daughter, who. was telegraph operator here, but now of Rocky
sixty-eight at the time of her death. Mount, who is vkiting his father In law,
Th sneerh of Senator Vane In favor Mr'" Geret Vvne of Havelock, went OUt
Sarcasticus and his wife were going to hoarding of wealth might prevent money
. . . . I frrt m hpcnmi n rr ticrVit
the opera. "Will you please go in and get " &
my goats off the dressing table?" said Mrs. We send 1,000,000 barrels apples every
Sarcasticus. year to foreign-nations, and won't take any
"Your goats?" queried the puzzied Sar- "sass" in return either,
casticus; "what fangle have you women . The Crown Prince's case is now hope
got now?" less, although -you will see occasionally a
"I'll show you," snapped the wife, as she more encouraging report
sailed away and soon returned putting on It does not a schoolboy long to
her gloves. evince a love for division, proveded an-
"A re those what you mean? Why, 1 other ooy owns the apple.
During the past thirty days the price
call those kids."
"I used to," replied Mrs. .Sarcasticus,
"but they are getting so old I am ashamed
to any longer." He took the hint.
Regardless of Cost.
of real estate in Anniston, Ala., has ad
vanced from 15 to 20 per cent.
It is sad to see family relics sold at
auction but the most painful thing under
the hammer is generally your thumb nail.
Statistics show that girls who work ia
a match factory do not get married any
"Young man," he asked "what is your
amhition in life?"
"To get rich, sir," replied the young quicker than those who work at other pla
man, lighting a fresh cigar.
im But while vou I What is the dofferense between
J O - 1
are trying to get rich aren't you spending country school
a Efood deal of money?"
"Oh, I don't mind the expenses,
I'm willing to get rich regardless of cost.
SHT.
had
;our loved ones, vou will wish vou
remember! tv.
Sn 10 kte' the sealed 15ps wiU
- eed the kisses you rain upon them;
closed ees will have opehed upon
scenes. If we :had the power to
Y'nto the heart, in manv, no doubt,
0u'd be found the following "lines: -
friends, I pray to-niht.
The? "Ct yur kisscs f".mT dead, cold brow
1y 7ZJ ls loneIT, let me feel them now. .-
ilv faiffently m: 1 am traTel "o '
tenn? feet are Piercei "with iaany a thorn.
iTi h' ieart3 estranSed; forgire, I plead,
tfreamless rest is mine, I sfaalLnot need
e tenderness for which I long to-night."
A Save Cate far Te.elaaehe.
J
master &nd Britannia?
One rules the wave and the other waves
the rule.
It U no use for a piano to be i-quare or
upright. Mr. Taltnage
6aying that there will
Heaven.
is authority for
be none of them in
. -1- 1 r - y: 1
Doctor1 Blake, of tae lanoon wcwwi
Society, in a recent lecture said that k was
perfectly useless te extract teeth because
they ached, as any case of the toothache
except those connected with rheumatiajn
mav oe insianuv tmw wv-
The rnot dull aid sickening t-aud is
that produced by the dropping of aa old
fashioned copper cent inte a church contri-
i bution box.
The difference between the sun and a
re art
ar Ired Qaea.
Alum reduced to an impalpable pewder, 3 man's nose is one is the center of the solar
drachams,; nilrou. spirit, 7 drachams; mix system and the other the sctnter 01 tne nu
and anniv to the tooth. The remedy ls so man system
simple that it is certainly with trying.
J
A MATTER BBCT.
arBiLCJhaTe P8 fro us but where
ttaw" JU6t bejond the invisible. And I
ho d" mothere who educated us
they.ted and comforted us, where are
V 1 Wond the line of the invisi-
i.wo ui UUI 11TCB. uia.i
There will We three eclipses of the sun
in 1888, but you need not get out your
smoked glass, as they will not be visible in
North Carolina.
onA, u,tmArA miprants from IS el fort.
I'm really very blue to-night, . . I . . rioVo lact Ti,..
For somehow things have not gone right, r ranee, icu " 7 ---j
SHE.
And all the world seems dark to me.
So I'm a little "Sad-you-see."
There
are;
France is increasing
signs that iraigration from
HE.
My eyes have ekher.lost their sight,
Or else quite dimly burns the light,
For other sect you ne'er can be,.
Sirce you are always "Phar-i-see.?
Several Bulgarian mH&ary 'officials,
Government oflcials and teachers have
been arrested cn the charge of oonspiriag
1 againt Prince Fredinaad.
of the abolition of the whiskey, beer, wine,
apple-jack, tobacco, cigars and cigarettetax
is well worth reading. It is an able speech
throughout, and in his accustomed clear
and excellent style. Senator Yance al
ways makes strong Speeches.
A colored woman, the wife of Willie
Ellis, of Albany, gave birth to twin boys.
They are said to have weighed the enor
mous amount of thirty-seven pounds, one
turning the scales at twenty pounds, the
other at seventeen, the heaviest babies
ever known. Mother and children are do
ing well.
The forest lane's of the United States,
excluding Alaska, embrances 500,001,000
acres, or 28 per cent of the entire area.
The farmers own about 38 per cent of the
forest area, or some 185,000,000 aeres.
The rest is oned by tailroad corporations,
mine owners, charcoal burners, tanneries,
lumberman and speculators.
The estimated expenses of the Chicago
police department for the present year are
$1,550,000, which, the Macon Telegraph
says, is more than the total income of the
State of. Georgia. The amount spent by
Chicago on her public school system an
nually is over five times as much as the
entire sehool fund of Georgia. .-
The Farm and Home has had a care
fully prepared statement made of the
money in this country and finds the ac
tural money of the country i thus about
1917 millions of dollars, of which nearly
one-third is locked up in the treasury, over
one-eighth is absorbed by the national
banks 1050 millions are in "di culation,
of which amount we have $1.75.
The man who first used the torpedo
in navel warfare died a few days ago in
Georgetown, D. C. Francis Edgar Shen
pard came of sn old North Carolina fam
ily, was educated at the Annapolis Naval
School, and at lhe outbreak of and war en
tered the Confederate navy. Just twenty
five years ago thb ssonth Sheppard blew
up United States gunboat Cairo on Miskis
kippi by means of an old fashioned torpedo.
Captaia Sheppard watched theexplosion
from the bank of tne river, and declared
that torpedo warfare was cowardly. He
never again set a torpedo.
with a little son of Mr. Vyne fqr a hunt.
In some way young Vyne's gun went off
unexpectedly and a great part of the load
lodged in Mr. Tillery's back and shoulder.
The shot, fortunately were small and Mr.
Tillery was not seriously hurt, but we
learn that his wounds were quite painful.
He ha many friends in the city who svm-
pathize with him."
There is an old lady living in the north
ern part of Stokes county, aged about 70
years, who never saw a railroad, a cook
stove, a sewing machine or an organ. She
has not been on the public road but once
in ten years. She lives within one-half of
a mile of her brother-in-law, and has not
visited him once in four years, has not vis
ited her brothers and sisters, ho live tut
a short distance away, in twenty-five years.
She does not employ a cook, or wash wo
man, spins and weaves, and makes her own'
clothing, besides doing the work of a fami
ly of four, and thinks there is no place like
home.
The Watchman says "Salisbury to-day
is very different from the Salisbury of five
years ago. Six denominations are repre
sented here by a place of worship ; Presby
terian, Methodiut, Baptist, Lutherian, Epis
copal and Catholic. All have Sunda
schools attached and are well attended
The press consists of four papers, the Her
ald, Truth, Press and Watchman. There
is also a colored caper printed here under
the auspices of Livingstone College, The
Star of Zion. We have three tobacco
warehouses, four large plug tobacco manu
factories, ith a big capacity, another to be
built in the spring, and two f moking tobac
co factories. The full capital stock for
two cotton factories has been subscribed
by our home capitalists within the last two
months, and the erection of both mills will
bebpgun as soon as the spring opens."
Three Cs. There are three c's that
seize the children and carry them off. The
three c's are colds, coughs, and croup.
Mothers! Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup saves
the little eaes lives! -
If men are suffering tortures with tooth
ache they ould not try to smile and look
cool and handsome, flow much wiser to
j ease the pain with a bottle of 8alvation Oil.
Price 25 cents.