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"Our Aim trill be, the People's Right Maintain, Unawed by Porcer, and Unbribed by Gain." WILSON. NRTH CARLINA. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1888. NO. 23 " l ' - THE WARFARE. ctfOBT SIMPLE SERMON BTf IltNBY BLOtXT. i I mian Conflict When Once Be t(f Should cver end Until the ....... o iw AVoil. flea lVeniy'1""- - e people think that as soon as a per "ns the church he has nothing in the .0 except io an(j quietly take his rest as his if- tVrque g!ides dow'n the river f time he ocean of eternity. They seem to Jfcthat the curent of religion, which " from the precious fountain of a cru Ssavior, will bear them safely through Iciinel of Christianity and waft their Cat last into that peaceful and blessed L' of blissful immortality. What a r It is then that the brilliant ser- nd that splendid activity ences which is to make the crown indent and beautiful with the rich -and .'cnin jewels of triumphs that have won. The warfare is then begun in est, for its victories and its triumphs j'ti trophies are to be counted on the ;i-s of eternity under the love lit smiles jac approving Saviour. So the church in demands and requires that its mem-je-5 shonld work. Work and not rest life sin cursed vale of ours is her nor--i&te. A tireless activity is essential l rovth and prosperity. God does educate of save the race by rest. Out " V flash ana sursrincs of the notions hu- " j w f-r; progress is evoked. There is a rst, fs: it is the rest of stagnation. The brook sprestand brightest where it murmurs jrer pebbles and breaks in waterfalls over racks at once giving and receiving life. Follow it down to the meadow where it aHess in pools, and there, beneath its gbsr sorface, you will find dead insects aad !oasome black mud, breathing the dreaded miasma. And so it will be seen that activky is necessary, toil is essential, aaj ia addition to incessant 'work and rales effort and struggle' there will be asany obstacles in the way, arid there vibe so manv nights in which not a sin- star will be seen to glimmer and sprin iiawave of comfort down. But despite ii clouds and their ray less deeps of dark as the stars are still there and their light 5ti$ureto cheer you. So don't de mand despair because difficulties and oc&cles are in the way. The bigger '"opposition the grander and more bril stttiilbe the achievement, and richer 2 shine the jewels that will gem the cor ttcf your triumph. The river that has "Bncd barriers and precipitous steeps which to leap, and reveal the splen- of its powers as seen in the splashing r-tiet3 and foaming current and seething -jW.hus brought up byits high effort, r on ana on so smoothly, so quietly and Noiselessly that not even the murmur of 1?i??iiis made to respond in reciprocal sto the wooing notes of whispering jR that fondle upon its almost dead fed n'' i P-sciess and passionless bosom. Even unbeams, that fall upon it, find the so deep and so profound that they er the shadows of the overhanging about them and close their glittering res asleep as deep. as that which lies r1 e waters. But when that river has C es m its way, when it has rocks of fcon to p!eree its current and try to c"SflOv. th.n ife nnvvpr i fplt nnrl t. , 1 - - - - 1 tit k . U'C nrpqn i -1 - i i ii.. -vdu wiien tney uasn upon me t '. then it bcoomes "a thing of beau- ...... ' r 1 panning with its thousand radiant w-es and each one flashing with the dia- 2e..., llse Chancy of their glittering ace Wo en out of the corruscations of nS sunbeams, goes dancing andrjllick .na iroilicking onward to the sea, .... no to the splendid rvthm of a. mag 1 sweep the entrancing melodies of ordless song, set to the unwritten 0i the breeze swept harp of Na- . lt Is with the stream of christi- Mt ft goes coursing down the channel ears. Were there no obstacles it prof !n a keeping lake of heartless Uer U ' SCum of indifference would upon its bosom; bogs of mire of l0n Would margin! if; weeds of evil o'dvSprin- UP and a pestilence of sin "riathe out the exhalations of ever- ealh- But there are agencies to , and awaken its current into the st fi i:str- 'r'--and in the thrilling swell mphant sweeP the radiance of its "Slaves to Heaven reach, and the roar of its music of redemption "mingles with the tides of song that ripples upon that shore! There is nnnrsiHrn in -r r- the way but that very opposition gives its current a grander and more majestic sweep. There are many rocks in the channel, but it makes its waters purer, clearer and more pellucid. There are sharp jutting edges and crags to pierce its current, but they only serve to ripple its glorious bosom with a thousand dimples of radiancei and make us think of the shining rills that go purling through the vales of Heaven. Yes it is labor here, refreshment up there; work below, rest above ; fighting z. warfare here, reaping the victories there ; wearing the cross and its thcrns for a time, and then to put on the crown of fadeless flowers and wear it forever in celestial bowers. And then with loved ones gath ered there, we'll weave joy's garlands pure and rare; for where the crystal waters flow, no weeds of trial ever grow. The Modern Girl of Fashion. This modern girl hardly knows what she wants, whether it is higher education an aestheetic wardrobe, love or fame. She plays tennis and progressive euchre, and flirts, aud does Kensington work, and reads Herbert Spencer, and verv often writes ; she dabbles in music and talks theosophy, and if there are more things in heaven and earth that are dreamed of in her philosophv, one questions what they can be. Withal she is as restless as the wind. She does not love the qniet of home ; she lives on excitement ; she goes to Europe, to the springs, the mountains, the theatres, the receptions, if she can' get ihere, or to the modiste ; she can always fall back upon clothes as a divercion, and when every thing else faiis she has nervous protrac tion and a trained nurse In fact, the chief trouble with the inorden girl, be she rich or poor, is that she does too much, keeps her nerves on the strain, and by and by goes to the other extreme, and literally does nothing but consume drugs, talk of her ills, and consult the Christian scientists ; or she has no real interest, fritteis, awav her time in ; shallow persuits, becomes pessimistic and dyspeptic, dissatisfied with herself and all the world; cries and ques tions if life Li worth living, and feels especially blue on holidays. The remedy for all this is, perhaps, an object in life; those who are well and .'-unselfishly occu pied do not question if whether they are bus' in the shoe factory, behind a country at the fireside, in the kitchen or the dining room, so long as they are busy and not shirking or reaching forward for something more congenial, and neglecting present duty, their minds are at rest and uninvad ed by despenednce. One cf the best remedies for depresin of spirits is the ef fort to bestow happiness; it has been known to prove effectual when all other methods have failed ; when novels and new gowns and codlivcr oil and bovinine and bromide; when admiration and flatterv are no more serviceable than an abracadabra or any heathern spell. 'Melancholy or other is a ilts of this naturd are the direct result of a too strong egotism, and an absorbing in terest in others is a safe aud agreeable medicine, and is usu .lly the last thing a modern girl tries. Keep Your Letters. Never burn kindly written letters; it is so pleasant to read them over when the paper yellow with age, and the hands that traced the friendly words are s folded over the hearts that promped them under the green sod. Above all never burn love letteis. To read them in after years is like a resurrection of one's youth. The elder ly spinster finds in the impassioned offer she foolishly rejected twenty years ago a fountain of rejuvenescence.' Glancing over it, she relizes that she was once a belle and a beuaty and beholds her former self in a mirror much more congenial to her taste than the one that confronts her in her dressing room. The "widow in deed' derives a sweet and solemn consola tion from the letters of the beloved one, who has journeyed before her to the far off land, from whicn there comes no mess age, and there she hopes to join him. No photographs can so vividly recall to the memory of the mother, the tenderness and devotion of the children who have left at the call of heaven, as the epistolary out- pourings of their love. The letter of a true ton or daughter to a true mother is v .i . . - -.., some.mng ueucr u. uic -s - - . . Keep ail loving letters. A MIXTURE. EDITORIAL ETCHINGS EUPHONI OUSLY ELUCIDATED. Xnmeroas Xewsy Xotes and Manx Merry Morsels Parapraphleallj Packed and Pithily Poitned. A good deal A pat hand. High rent A hole in the top of your hat. The slow match Four years of conrt ship. How to cut a person Look daggers at him. A tragedienne's hair is composed of ac tresses. A pin can generally be lelied upon to carry its point. To make a long story short Cut away all but the wisdom. The French eaters of horseflesh prefer the animals curried. The Quick and the De'ad-The telegraph and the messenger boy. In going up the ladder of fame, we meet many coming down. Ii is no easy thing to put a full stop to the girl of the period. It is the counterfeiter who always "pays a man in his own coin." ' Miss Rose Elizabeth Cleveland is very hard at work on a novel. Mrs. Manila M. Ricker is a successful lawyer of Washington. Queen Natalie of Servia has decided to open a saloon in Paris. Amelie Rives Chanler is said to be very happy in her married life. The baker strange to say, more than any other man kneads bread. A physician usually treat his patients, but he does not treat them well. Mmc. Carnot. vdfe of the French Presi dent, parts her hair on one side. A very poor oil, and one that should never be used at come, ts turmoil. Atlas supported the world, and to this dav the world owes Atlas a living. We are all creatures of habit especially the "iris who are out horseback riding. The sweetest ot sweet girls who will wait for you i- worth her vait in gold. A young man who is too fresh generally finds himself in a pickle sooner or later. It oftens happens in nohtics that a fact that has "leaked out" had never leaked in. ime. Lippmann, daughter of M. Dums, has made a great hit in amateur theatricals. Pa v heed "to the idle rumor. Some dav the idle roomer may f;iil to par- his room rent An early settler The lodger who has to pay for his lodging before going to bed. The dearest object to a man should be his wife, but it is not unfrequently her clothes. A man who is hung is usnally cool. It is the fellow that is guillotineu that looses his head. The first assisted Italian immigrant to this county was a person named Christop her Columbus. - Judges are the oges who lay down the i law, and when it is nicely laid down the lawyers jump on it. "Sarah," said the small boy at the lawn mower to his nurse, "come out and help me peel the grass. It is confidently asserted, that not all the men killed by falling beams are vic tims of sunstroke. Miss Robinson, of Staten Island, cham pion lady tennis player of the United States, has won twenty-four prizes. The scared cow of India is the only rep resentative of the bovine tribe which can be classed as a beast of praey. Ships are about the only thing we know of that can travel mile after mile on tacks and shows no signs of pain. The artist who put up gilt signs may not be much of a conespondent, but he turns out some brilliant letters. Miss Ada Harvey, the first female child born in Denver, is iS years old, and is now visiting the scenes of her babyhood. "How fond Cnarlev Roberts is of his . , orshjD3 him r ..yes he in that respect.. t x. Princess Beatrice has sent some of her own musical compostions to the exhibtion of woman's industries in Sydney, A nstraha- Mrs Mackey, called the Silver Queen in London, is going to rent the Duke of Sutherland's celebrated mansion, "Stafford house." A statistician has discovered that in "Herod and Mariamne" Amelie Rives makes use of the word Mmad" and its varia tions no less tha eighty-eight times. Mrs Carlisle is said to enjoy having guests at dinner, and to desire her husband, the speaker, to bring friends home with him when possible. Mrs Carlisle is now keepidg house at Washington for the first time. There are 20,000 Cherokees, 5000 Choct aws, 5000 Chickasaws, and from 2ooo to 3000 Seminoles in the Indian Territory. Creeks number about 8000 to 10,000 souls but it is thought about half of these are colored. It is stated by the Commercial Advertis er that the fonrth centenary of the discov ery of America will be celebrated at Genoa by the revival of an opera by Morlacchi entitled "Uhristofore Colombo," composed in iSS2S. There are Soo,ooo freight cars on the vari. oys railroad lines in this country, of which 60,000 are the property of the Pennsylva nia Central road. They lange in value from $300, the cost of constructing a flat car, to $1500, the amount expended in building the average refrigerator car. By the naval manoeuvers just now fin ished in the Irsh Sjsa, it appears that "the average speed of even the best ships was much below the figure given in any authoritative naval work." A Cunard steamer ran by them as though they were anchored. The Mexicans are hard at work on the 1 banks of the Rio Grand opposite El Paso, Texas, building wiug dams and wiliow mat tresses to prevent their territory from being washed away by the turbulnnt river They have lost much in past 3 ears this manner. Somebody delving in the history of Newburyport, Mass., has found, asserts the New York Sun, that lumber was once sent across the Atlantic Ocean in the form of a rult similar to that which recentlv ar rived in the port of New York from Jcg gins, Nova Scotia. The ex-Confederate colony in New York continues to grow. At almost every social gathering may be seen one or two men who won the title of General when they wore the gray. The southern society started a short time ago, now has a mem bership of humdreds, and will soon have a building of its own. Miss Leona Dare, the famous athlete, re cently made a balloon ascension in En gland, hanging by her feet from a trapeze. On alighting, six miles away, she found that she had forgotten her clothing, and had to ride back to town in an open wagon clad cnlv in tights. Ben Butler sas that he is going to flop over to the Republican side this fall. Ac cording to the Burlington Free Press there is no man under the face of the sun who has done so mush boarding around in politics as Benjamin F. Butler, of Massa chusetts. That fierce warrior, in peace, Murat Hal stead of the Cincinnati CommercialGazette, spent a day with Mr. Harrison. It is presumed that Warrior Halstead instilled a great deal of courage into the wilted spinal column of the already defeated cand idate. The yellow fever scourge continues to spread over the South. The greatest alarm prevails and people are fleeing almost panic stricken fiom many Southern cities. Poor Jacksonville. Her people have been compelled to flee for life. Those who re main seem to be facing almost certain death from the plague. The population of Jacksonville is between 34,000 and 35,000. Probably 2,500 ot her people were alre?dy sojourning in other States when the fever broke out. A census shows less than 13,000 inhabitants at present within the corporation. Of these 6,821 are colored people leaving something less than 4,000 whites present in their homes. There is notldng to equal the heroism of those who have gone there and are staying there solely for the purpose of ministering to those who are sick and dying, vljen they themselvos are not one second, free from a fatal attack. What could or would be done for the stricken city but for the unpretentious heroism of the men who stick nighj after night and telegraph '.he situation over the country. There have J been i,745 cares in Jacksonville and 202 deaths STATE NEWS. FROM THE DEEP BLUE SEA TO THE GRAND OLD MOUXTAIX. An Hour Pleasaatly Spent With Onr Dellsrhtfnl Exchanges. Mr. John G. Williams has been ap pointed acting auditor of the G C. & N. Railroad. His office will be Monroe. Mr. Chas. S. A mall succeeds Dr. Carter Berkley as resident agent at Raleigh of the Valley Mutual Life Association of Virginia. TheVestry of Christ Episcopal Chuich re fused to accept the resignation of Rev. Dr. M. M. Marshall. He will be given a vacation. Hon. A "E. Stevenson, First Assistant Postmaster General, will deliver the an nual address at the Cumberland' countrv fair in November. There are over 200 pupils at the Insti tution for the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind. This is a larger number than has been heretofore taken. The Seven Day Adventistists have been holding camp meeting at Hickory. Their . tents were pitched near the wagon works. Rev Mr. Rees presided. A party of ladies and gentlemen en gaged in a moonlight fox chase Friday, night, at Asheville. Thej returned about 11 o'clock bringing back a fox. Greenville has a twelve yesrold instruc tor in the art of dancing Miss Novella Higgs. It is chaimed that she is the young est instruuctoi in America. The loss of crops in the State, mainly by the flooding of bottom lands, amounts to millions of dollars.People are jusJeginning to realize the extent of the losses. ' The Newton Fair was a decided successs. The exhibit of stock was fine and the agricultural products of every variety showed what good farming will do good lands. Rev. Jos. Blount Cheshire Jr., of St. Peter's Episcopal church, Charlotte, has . received a call from the church at Tarboro. He has not yet signified his acceptance, says the Observer. The Salem and Winston postoffice are only three fourth of a mile apart; but the Twin-City Daily says a letter irom.oneto tiie ether has to go bj way of Greensboro, thus taking a fifty-seven mile trip to go less than one mile. The Henderson News tells thi on its neighboring town: '"Oxford needs more courting men. Beaux must be scarce or verv slow here. We winessed last week the spectacle of seeing a couple of young ladies throwing "crack lou" for "a beau who was oy no means an Adonis." A correspondent of the Chatham Re cord says:."Now, Mr. Editor, I am not a preacher, nor do I propose to preach, but I am gcing to prophesy that Colonel Dock ery will not get one per cent, of the Bap tist vote in the State they are white men Colonel. Mr. C. M. Busbee, of Raleigh, was on the 1 5th inst., elected Deput- Grand Sire of the Sovereign Grand Lodge of I. O. O. F., by that body In session at Los Angeles, Cal. This is the second highest honor within the gift of the Order. Gov. Scales has been invited and has accepted the invitation to open the Dur ham Tobacco Exposition. Tbe Exposi tion will be one of the biggest things ever know in the State. Among the special features will be a great parade of floats. The Henderson Gold Leaf says: "The force of laborers on the Durham Si Hen derson railroad has lately been greatly increased and the work is being pushed with all possible speed. The rainy weath er has retarded work somewhat and some damage has been done to the road bed bv washing it out, but this will be repaired and operations prosecuted all the more vigoronsly." Roger P. Atkinson informed a Patriot repoi ter to-day that the work of locating the Western extension of the C. E. Sc Y. V. R. R. on across 1 he Blue Ridge Moun tains to connect with the Norfolk & Wes tern will in all probability be completed this week. Work on the Norfolk c Wes tern is being pushed with great rapidity to meet the C. F. & Y. V. at the Virginia line, and those who have hitherto con jectured that the further extension of the C. F.Sc Y. V. across the Blue Ridge was next to an impossibility will find consola tion in the fact that it is only a question of ' time. J
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