"Our Aim will be, the People's Right Maintain.
iKw,eu uy jrovcer, am vnonoea by Gain.
NO. 16
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Vui- in UAKULINA. WEDNESDAY. JULY 4. 1888.
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THE TO
fSAv WOMEN, BEAHINGLT
ttBllXlANT, BEWITCniXLY
- BEAUTIFUL.
, star that (iemmed the Brow of
wisrht DIpiy rurer, xucner
-l-hl, tnmn uavamcu
Within those Eyes which. Paled the
Bloom inff Jlionigm bhics.
re are told that when Meranon, the
worshipped son of Aurora, was killed by
Achilles- for having killed Antilochus the
son of Nestor, a grand and imposing and
teautiful statue grew -up out of the very
ground whereon he f til, and it is said that
its germ found its vigorous growth and
vitalizing powers in those refreshing dew
mos which were said to be the tears that
urora shed o'er the grave of her wor
shipped Mem non. And it is further said
that every morning precisely at sunrise
this statue would respond to the inspira
tion of some sweetly wooing agency, and
under the touch of some unknown power,
would send forth the sweelest and most
thrilling utterances that were ever heard.
So potent, so inspiring, so soothing, so
thrilling and so enthralling w ere these en
npturing sounds that even the wild beasts,
hearing such strains of beauty, flocked to its
intoxicating shrine, and under the magic
spell of such sweetly flowing music they
forgot their, passions and wild natures .and
knelt in willing homage on the harmo
nious banks of this rippling stream of
song. And on Tuesday night, as we sat in
Mamona Hall, and listened in spell bound
rapture to that exquisite ry thm of melody
that floated in such entrancing wavelets
upon those angelic currents of song we
fancied that even the strains of music
which Memnon's statue did o'er the bosom
of Morn thus pour, and make the Seasts
their beastly tastes forgo, would have died
away in plaintive insignificance were they
but near the sweeter, purer nobler, grand
er, sublimer flow which rolled in grand,
majestic roar, and almost seemed like
God's own waves of melody beating in
sweetest ripples upon eternttjTeTeTBeW
shore. Yes, indeed, they would have
surely softened and subdued their own en
trancing rivulets of melody to listen to the
sublimer strains those angel voices mur
mured, even as the little brooklets hush
the songs of their own pure, glorious rip
plings, as near the sea they creep, when
Neptune's grand musician sweeps the oc
taves of the deep. The music on Tuesday
night indeed was grand, glorious, gorgeous,
heavenly. We wish we had the language
to depict in graphic terms the rich and
sumptuous and felicitous season of enjoy
ment, and describe that lullingr and trans
porting ecstacy and delight that were born
m each sparkling ripple that danced upon
those murmuring waves of song. But we
't, for scenes and emotions like these
wordless. The brilliant quiver that
trembles in the flash of lightning, the va
negated tintings that adorn the rose,the ex
quisite colorings that make up the irides
cent promise that God gave birth in the
wedlock of the sunshine 'and the shower,
and made it the roseate and gorgeous off
s?nng of storm and cloud, cannot be de
nbed. And neither can we describe the
appearance of our beautiful maidens, for
e never saw them more beautifully
jessed, more exquisitely sweet, more ra
UI beautiful. The whole seen blushed
with the richest bloom of richest beauty,
0r each one indeed was a full blos
$omed flower of sweetest witchery and en
chantment. Yes, indeed, the ladies were
ltchinSlv resplendent in their countless
health of radiant charnls, and their witch-
rL filled eyes looked as if thev were
jd in the glimmering sheen of .Night's
e'rSt Puient drapery of brilliancy, for ev-
heart aimed glance flashed as brightly
in thf"V had cauSht an were then nurs
finS those indescribable sparks of brilliancy
out from the clashing of falling star-Pa!-??
l,he-v 8 on their nightly errand to
Te the sky with jewels of light.
nseitmertainment opened with selec-
mhp r lne "Little Tvcoon," and a
of spirited airs were rendered with
f?d will and effect. The.dexter
pgja flexible vocalisms of the several
feE?61"8 showed artistic culture in its
eacj 0 state ot development,, and proved
$te!at5ne lo be a radiant star in the c6n
were v 2 nBm A'nd the chorusses
tho HFy ' for lhe excellent voices of
otib, ,ave.n tuned singrs blended in har
med Unison and their mingled notes
reathiraWa n one mellowing, peace
river o?' care IuUing, rapture "freighted
Mhich x0 that Srand ocean melody
in rnusicai tl lU angel voiced s vm phonies
imttiortaS lnunderings upon the shores of
tiW',.,ThevocaI sol "When the
csn was most sweetlr and beau-
by Mrs. Ed Barnes. whr
nas a voice of exquisite purity and tender
r.ess, and whose every note seemed like
the distanced mellowed echo of some ce
lestial harmony. The vocal solo: "The re
turn of Spring," by Miss Lizzie Barnes,
was as redolent with the perfume of rap
ture, enchantment, delidousness and de
light as is, that vernal season of joyous
beauty with the odors of its blooming flow
ers. We were gloriously surprised and
most, felicitously charmed with her adml-
raDie and faultless and most exquisite ren
dition. Her voice showed wonderful pow
er, wonderful compass, wonderful elastici
ty. Every transfer was skilfully made.
and every note was as pure and as sweet
and as exquisite as the radiant loveliness of
her own bewitching face. Yes, indeed, her
voice was as sweet as the blue bird's low
note, in those morns when the cold of
March is abating, and each note had the
thrill that you catch from the throat of the
bobolink joying in May and the mating.
In the difficult solo of "Solo un Bacio," the
superb and finely cultivated voice of Miss
Mena Branch arose in full orbed splen
dor, and flooded all hearts with the drip-
dings of its sublimity. In deference to a
hearty encore she gave a beautiful lit
tie love ballad in which she most felici
tously interpreted the delicious tenderness
and thrilling endearment of those exquisite
little experiences, which are but as pre
cious little buds to the luscious and full
blossomed flower of ecstatic emotions and
which are but the rapture written prefaces
to those blessed volumes of wedded bliss
which make earth so sweet and beautiful.
And she breathed out this exquisite per
tume this odor of the heart when the
spring of love is in its richest bloom and
verdue with such bewitching expression
and delicious piquancy that every heart
was thrilled with the intoxication of
rapture and high delight. In the vocal
solo of "Ernani," Miss Lily Gay made
a thrilling and dazzling flight into those
empyrean heights where Pareppa and
Nillson and Lucca and Malibran built
their thrones of song for the delectation of
thg'atTgmiarrd there,' w 1th a s n eetness and
a purity that is indescribable, her bird like
carohngs came from her music lined lips in
waves of delicious rapture. And while
she did, in her bolder and grander and sub
limer sweeps, stir and quicken the pulses of
admiration with her meteoric flights of sub
limity, yet when she touched those divine
notes angels tuned-she breathed out their
celestial creations in tides as soft as the
spray of star waves which fall upon mid
night's shrouded shore, and her notes of
melody baptized sorrow browed spirits in a
stream as soothing as that which flows
through the grottoes of sweet elvsium, and
drowns all care in the murmur of its ripples.
Her lute like voice doth sweeter grow, and
purer streamlets from it flow; the tides
which ebb through her pure lips, are sweet
as odors Heaven sips ; each note did ripple
sweet and pure.as flowers bathed in morning
dew; all felt her spell, all felt her power,
and dreamed of Heaven's sweetest bower.
The concert was interspersed with some
delightful recitations which proved fra
grant isles of sparkling radiance in that
beautifully throbbing ocean of entrancing
harmony. Gertrude Blount, in her brieht.
e w
vivacious, sparkling, piquant and inimita
ble way, pictured very graphically a bald
headed man and, an inquisitive boy on the
cars. Miss busie Simms told "Whatmv1
over said," and we never saw a prettier
picture. Her recitation was perfect. Her
gestures were poems of grace. Her utter
ances were rhythms of melody, while the
roseate blushes, which deep feeling had
kissed upon her cheeks, w-ere as beauti
fully becoming as the variegated tintings
of the flowers she wore upon her breast.
The recitation "Sister and I," by Miss Hat
tie Kincaid was a magnificent triumph of
dramatic power, and revealed the richest
ustre of artistic excellence. It was very
ender and very touching. Her voice was
as clear and smooth and musical as the
softly dying notes of a mellow and sweet
toned bell, and it came on that deep tide of
patnos which melted all hearts in its ten
der current. More than once we felt a
thrill deep in our bosom start, and this of
tt-r 1 X U 1 . I A. A. A T-l I
iiscii suuwcu i iiiii our preiiy miie menu
was standing at the very fountain of the
A MIXTURE.
EDITORIAL ETCHINGS EUPIIOXI-
OUSL.Y ELUCIDATED.
.numerous Kewajr Notes and Many
i9YT7 Morsels Parafc-raphlcalljr
jraeuea and Pithilj Pointed.
Noted down Eiderl
To the point A wasp sting.
Faithful to the end A dog tail.
Egotism is only a weakness of the I's.
Truthfulness is one . of the great vir
tues.
A moment of time is too precious to
waste.
Leprosy is spreading at a dreadful rate
in Russia. Thirty cases have been official
ly reported in Darpat alone.
Baltimore has a nice scandal in mon-
ey aristocracy. Mrs. Swan sues for
divorce on serious grounds. '
The English government think thev
have discovered a Fenian plot to assassi
nate Irish Secretary Balfour.
We pass our lives in regrettine the
past, complaining of the present, and indul
ging false hopes of the future.
The Farmers Alliance, introduced
into Mississippi in March, 1SS7, has now
1200 lodges and 40,000 memblers.
Is not he imprudent who. seeing the
tide making haste toward him apace, will
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juost great words are accomplished sleeo till th"
slowly. I
JL . ! The success of Booth and Barrett in
xnirr.een boston churches are without tragedy has led to talk of an actin o part-
pastors.
Simplicity and huury are equally en
joyable.
The boy playing marbles stoops to
conquer.
Rough on rats The kid-glove manu
factures
The best of prophets of the future is
the past.
The Alabama State Treasury contains
$400,000.
Never be contented with a bubble that
will burst.
Interior decorations Puddings, pies
and things.
nership between Jefferson and Florence.
The next session of the Presbvterian
General Assembly will be held "in the
F ourth Avenue Church in New York in
1889.
With two exceptions Tohn Ouincv
Adams and Martin Van Buren no Presi
dent ever nominated for'a second term has
been defeated.
, m
Alabama boasts of nineteen cotton
mills, represention'an investment of nearly
$2,000,000, and an annual production of
over $1,500,000.
Secrets are but p jor property : If vou
circulate them you lose them, and if you
keep them, you will lose the interest on
WAKE FOXIEST COLLEGE.
And! Allen
Parfei
The largest cabel read in the world is vour investment
at St. Louis. ' .
Europe is conforted by the assurance
A s.range disease has appeared among that there xvill he ... 1 xir..,,s. rr
the Texas cattle. lie j . . .
"vcu .emperor in September.
Claims for sidewalk injuries in Detroit Thanks for that much.
aggregate $100,000. everv nublic inters w
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and the qeality of all our citizen hefnre
soon overtakes him. . the law. without
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has been steadfastly maintained.
accumulated wisdom. No man's life iR free frr.
and mortifications, not even the happiest.
V b,,t ;veO' one may build up his own hanpi-
earthquakes, ma'am."
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E:Senator foe McDo5aldsaW I
man rin r-irr,. f I In Balfimre it trX-A'ZSA.jt ll'lf'!
..j n.uwua.
A big fire in Panama destroyed $300,-
000 worth of property.
To young men : It is better to be fast
asleep than fast awake.
"Christian science" has driven a Cin
cinnati young man crazy.
In three months Germany was ruled
by three different Emperors.
-In Baltimore ft rsopsetuOT'' Vhou!fe2ne to'aduate at a
a m
ter ooxes on the street cars. This will
bring a letter to the postoffice from any
part of the city in half an hour.
Ella Russell, the American singer
now in St. Petersburg, Russia, was recent
ly presented with a rose of diamonds dur
ing a peiformance of "Traviata." '
Bobby Newcomb, the well known fa-
once song and dance man, is dead. He
The 40,000 Bohemians in Chicago are was one of the neatest anH mt ti
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preparing to become citizens. performers on the soedaltv sta
A Cape Cod man, now a Bostonian, is In everv branch anH n,rf f
a director in 57 national banks. the Government under nti,
trol the rights and welfare of all the neo-
100,000 and is rapidly growing. pie have been guarded and defended.
1
Ex-President Hays is teaching one of Meet difficulties with unflinchingperse
his sons the trade of carpentering.
The pride of Kingman county, Kan.,
is a bull that weighs 4,250 pounds.
Mackayi the California millionaire, has
a dinner service that cost $195,000.
One of the men-of-war at the Brook-
yn Navy Yard is sold for $10 to a iunk-
dealer.
No man ever offended his own con
science, but first or last is was revenged on
him for it.
verance, and they will disappear at last;
though you should fall in the struggle, you
will be honored; but shrink from the task,
you will be despised.
The French are acknowldged to have j
me nnest guns and projectiles in Europe.
Their Ferminy shell has been shot through
an armor plate twenty inches thick, and
come out with its steel point uninjured.
A Republican Senate for partisan pur
poses delays action upon the confirmation
tt I j uow,t. x unci. 11 me i resident
-Henry George a verj--able thinker had taTe appointed , Republican
We notice a dispositon on the part of
some of the newspapers In this State to
critlrise the Board of Trustees of Wake
Forest College for their so-called refusal to
grant a diploma to a young lady who had
completed the course of study at that insti
tution. Believing that much of this arises
from want of Information as to the facts In
the case, we HI say a few words in reply.
In the first place, there was no request
made by the young lady, or any of her
family, that she be allowed to graduate and
take her diploma with the class. Thus it U
an entirely mistaken idea that the diploma
was refused; for how could it have been
refused when no application for it had
been made?
Furthermore, degrees are conferred bv
the Board of Trustee "only on recommen
dation of the faculty." In this instance
there Mas no such recommendation; not
even a mention of the youns ladv as enr?.
tied to certificates of proficiency in the va-
f . - .
nous scnoois in which she had studied
How then could the diploma have been re
fused?
This college was founded for the educa-
tion of young men and for them only.
There are other i
where ample provision has been made for"
the mental training of women and where
they could enjoy advantages fully as great'
as those which they could obtain by attend
ing the male college's. You answer the
objection that the charter makes no men
tion of the graduation of girls by saying
that the laws of North Carolina are silent
concpag giving license to women to prac
tice Taw. Are the cases parallel? Does
not the law affect all classes alike, male as
well as female? If so, then it is but fair
that women, since they are under the law,
be admitted to a share in its practice. In
this case it is different. Wake Forest does
not in the least concern or exerciae centrol
over the women pf the State and as its ob
ject is to reach the young men onlv, we
see no reason 'why any. lady should be al-
10 weajo .grad uate.
f would have been
i weeks.
confirmed inside of two
heart, and was pumping into the eyelids
some of those crystal waters which bubble
out of its hallowed Jeeps of feeling. No
actress, who ever visited Wilson, has sur
passed her in the power and compass of her
dramatization, the graphicness and realism
of her characterization, or the intensity and
subtlely of her emotionalism. Her passion
was as deep as the soundless depths of old
ocean, and- her tremors of feeling were as
the waves that furrow the bosom of the
deep,, when the w inds bid old Neptune to
murmur and to weep.
Foraker, in a speech in the Chicago
Convention, said, that there would be a
gentleman in the White House next year
This he intended as an insult to Mr. Cleve-
and political writer, is out for Cleveland
and Thurman.
Ex-Governor William Tohnson. nf
Kentucky, died at his home in Bardsfovn
at the age of 71.
The lone fisherman is angling in pret
ty deep waters, but his smile is as c mpla- land, who, as everybody knows, is to Fora
cu as ever oeiore. ker as "Hyperion to Satyr."
Opinions alter, manners change, creeds Levi P- Morton, of New York, the re
rise and fall , but the moral law is written publican nominee for Vice President, is at
on taoiets ot eternity. me nead ot the banking concerns of Mor
Mr. Villard, the famous American ton' Bllss & Co of New Yo-k. and Mor
railroad financier, is orcranizinsr an exrjedi- ton' ost & - of London. He was min-
tion to the South Pole. :
That was sound advice given bv a
sage to a voung writer. Think much,
write little, publish less.
Thus far in 18SS, 30,000 Italian immi
grants have reached our shores. German v
alone has exceeded this.
Nine thousand pictures have been sent
to the Roval Academy for exhibition, in
eluding 3,000 landscapes.
Fabius W. Rix, a crippled war vetei
an of Marblehead, Mass., has inherited a
millicn from a rich uncle.
The New York World's editor and
proprietor, Mr. Joseph Pulitzer, has entire
ly lost the sight of one eye.
ister to France under the administration of
Prensident Arthur.
The surplus in the Treasury is increas
ing at the rate of $100,000,000 a year.
These figures repiesent the great sum of
money that is taken away yearly from the
people for which there is no need. It is
unconstitutional and unwise to do this.
Freemen, what will you do about It?
The triumph of Wise in the Monopol
ists Convention at Chicago is temporaiy
in its charter. It does not guarantee a tri
unph of his faction in Virginia. He
whipped out the little traitor at Chicago.
but being tarred with the same nasty sticl
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couege in wnich she was not a student?
This young lady was not and has never
been a student of Wake Forest. She was
neither subject to the performance of col
lege duties, nor was she amenable to col
lege discipline. Her name was not on the
roll: it does not appear in the catalogue.
She was allowed to recite with the clases
under the various professors by the courte
sy of the Board and out of respect to her
father who was connected with the college.
She herself fullv understood her position
and never expected a degree. Those who
have taken up the cudgel in her defense
seem to put the Irishman's Interpretation
on that old saying, "One good turn de
serves an other," and 1 think that since the
Board of Trustees, as a mark of special fa
vor, allowed her to persue her studies un
der the supervision of the faculty, they are
now under obligations to go still farther
and grant her a diploma. For the young
iaoy herself, for the talents and energy
which she has manifested, we have the
highest respect and admiration, and yet we
see no reason on that account for breaking
the rules and regulations enacted for the
government of the college and for making
an exception in her case, especially when
she is not even a student. Gallantry is a
quality always to be admired in the male
sex but we fear that some of our widower
and bachelor editors have allowed their es
teem and love for the ladies to obscure
their ideas of what is just and what is ex
pedient. With regard to the proffessor who Iiad
spent his life and broken his health In the
service of the college, Prof. Simmons,
there was no action taken in the matter of
continuing his salary, but it was deferred
until the next meeting of the Board on the
19th of July; so that remarks upon this af
fair are to say' the least premature.
T. M. H.
Davidson College conferred the decree
bf D. D. UPOn Rev. Samuel M Cm!th
of Washington, N. C. He is a younz man
of excellent education and superior parts.
Col. J. W. Alspaugh, President of the
Board of Trustee, of Trinity College, say
the prospect of endowment is very encour
aging. He says there are four new Professors.
A letter has been received fiom Minu
ter Jarvis and himself continues so bad
that thev are cnmnelbr1 - t t :i i
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ne nas yet to. develop his ability to clean I mav be expected tn
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this summer.