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it Our Aim will be, the People's Sight Maintain, Unawed by Power, and Unbribed by Gain." 0h VII. WILSON. NORTH CAROLINA. WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 12. 1888. 33 1 THE OLD WIFE. jfEDr'B AXD TOUCU13k'tl! SCENE. .Ttario - " ,., ncnnion nn There. fli" -r all day in a stupor, breath th heavily-laden breath, but as the t- to ivst in the far-off Westen skv. 3 aii "jedinto dense shades she awoke and 1ed feebly to her partner, who sat 0uonkss by her bed-side. He bent .,!,; dvinsr wife, and took' her worn cickled hand in his. "Is it night? " she pd in tremulous tones, looking at him sieves that saw not. "Yes," he answer- children?" she asked; "are they all in!" poor old man! How could ne answer her.' $e children who had slept for, long years the old church yard, "who had borne the rden and heat of the day, and growing W.d, had laid down the cross and gone ear the crown before the father and softer had finished their sojurn. f4The HMren are all safe," answered the old'! . . can, tremulously ; "don't think oi them, met; think of yourself. Does the vay seenioarK: - uy ; u u&t is m xncc, ict ie never be confounded." What" does it citier if the way ips dark ; I'd rather walk with God in the dark than walk alone in ie light. I'd rather walk with Him in faith than walk alone by sight. John, where is little Charlie?" she asked. Her fewnd was in the past. The grave-dust of twenty years had lain on Charlie's golden hair, but the mother had never forgotten him. The; old man patted her cold hands hands that had labored so hard that they fere sealed and wrinkled and calloused dth years of toil and the w edding-ring was worm to a thread of gold --and then he essedj '"his thin lips to them and cried. I id encouraged and strengthened him ! .( ky toil of life. Why, what a woman Rrad been ! What a worker! " What a ider is Israel! Always the gift of prayer rservice. 1 hev had stood at many a ith-bed together closed the . eyes of led ones, and then sat down wi'h the Sale between them to read the promises. Nok- then she was able to cross the dark live alone. And it was strange and sad 'o irie old man, and the vellow haired graa'ddaughter left them, to hear her bab bie 'f walks in the woods; of gathering May flowers and strolling with John; of petty household cares that she had always put down with a strong, resolute hand; of wedd.'ng feasts and death-bed triumphs; and w hen at midnight she heard the bride groom s voice, and the old man bending over, ciVied pitifully, and the young grand daughter kissed her pale bw there was a olemnjoy in her voice as she spoke the names cff her children, one by one, as if she saw thelm with immortaf eyes, and with neg!adt smile put on immortality.. They kd the cjfild man sobbing away, and when he saw er again the glad sun was shining, fte air J, as jubliant with the songs of birds, and she; lay asleep on the -couch under the north window, where he had seen her so 'ten lieh down to rest while waiting for the -abbath Vie!!. And she wore the same best and the string of gold beads sbout herOthin neck, and the folds of white tulle, only ft now the broach with his minia te was wHanting, and in its place was a hite rose if and a spray of cedar she had 10vedcedafr she loved to sins over hsr ork: vJh. mai T in Hi ronrts ht sppn kike a vov ang cedar fresh and igreen." 111 a Strang, je transformation was there! wrinkle fe gone; the traces of age and Poland v erHriness 'were all smothered out; t!le face 1- U y grown strangely young, and a Placid srr Was on the pale lips. The old ,Ran was Jed by the likeness to the bride liisvo i. He kissed the unresponsive t rolled ft,! 44You'VC foundHea aich xr-iQ ' Jt you'll ccme for me soon or And it was not lef fr h i a tows have not fallen, and to ariVp c 1-e been their diamond wea- ttiiIJ .T-. 1 .... . feifa a "r Akned much for it, and I won rhut no ! Where they are itli er marrnage nor given m I. . " J iption Surely Cured. 1 tile: r-Please inform vour readers positive remedy for the above e. i5v nstimeiv use tnuusr.uu! . . . - .1-.-... lo ijf)V.. il ises have been permanently ill be glad to send two bottles ! .o; ..... . er EE to anv tit vour read i consumption if they will send 1 'Ul'.e less and post oihee address. ; lespr f 1 fully, ttQi I A SLOCUM, M. C, v York. HOME SWEET HOME. When Lore Sheltered Regained. Is Paradise When two young people love each other and marry, they restore the picture of the apostlic church. They are of one heart and ot one soul. Neither do they say that anything they possess is their own, but they have all things in common. Their mutual trust in each other, their entire con fidence in each other, draws out all that is best in both. Love is the angel who rolls away the stone from the giave in which we bury our better nature, and it comes forth. Love makes all things new; makes a new Heaven and a new earth; makes all cares light; all pain easy. It is the one enchantment of human life which realizes Fortune's purse and Aladdin's palace, 4nd turns the "Arabian Nights" into mere prose by comparison. Before real society can come, true homes must come, As in a sheltered nook in the midst of the great sea of ice which rolls down from the summit of Mount Blane is , found a little green spot full of tender flowers,so in the shelter of home, in the warm atmosphere of household love, spring up the pure affections of parent and child; father, mother, son, daughter; of brothers and sisters. Whatever makes this insecure, and divorce frequent, makes of marriage not a union for life but an ex periment which may be tried as often as we choose, and abandoned when we like. And this cuts up by the roots all the dear affections of home; leaves children or phaned, destroys fatherly and motherly love, and is a virtual dissolution of society. We know the great difficulties of this question, and how much wisdom is 'equir ed to-olve them. But whatever yeakens the permanence of marriage tends to dis solve society ; for permanent homes are to the social state what the little cells arc to the body. The are the commencement of organic life, the centeres from which all organization proceeds. The Editor. The "editor" is dupe of destiny. Hi lot was knocked to him ct a bargain, and it turns out to be a fraud. His bed of roses is a highbacked chair filled with thorns. His pleasures are heavy penaltie?,his laurel -wreath, a garland of nettles. He 'seems to govern opinions, and is in reality a victim to the opinion of others. He incurs more than nine tenths of tjie risk i.nd responidil ity, and reaps less than one-twenieth the re ward and reputation. The defects of his work are liberally assigned to him ; the merits of it magnanimously imputed to his correspondent. If a bad article appears, the editors, is unsparingly condemned; if a brilliant one, it is attributed to some "out sider," who perhaps never wrote a line for the paper. Accepted articles may be bad : rejected articles are invarably good Week after week, month after month the editor succors the oppressed, raises np the wenk. annlauds virture. exalts talent; he promulgates the praises of fools, pictures, 1 I i safety lamps and stream paddles but from the catalogue of names his js an eternal ab sentee. His life is spent in ushering clever people into deserved celebrity; he sits, as a rharintppr outside the vehicle in which prodigious talents are driven to immortali ty, His career in this life is a mysteiy be continued " in the nexf. to Seeking; an Unadvertised Solitude A nervous-looking man went into a store the other day and sat down for half an hour or so, when a clerk asked him if she could do anything for him. He said no, he didn't want anything. She went away and he sat there for half an hour longer, when the proprietor went to him and asked him if he wanted to De shown anvthing. "No," said the nervous man, "I just want to sit around. My phy sician has recommended perfect quiet for me, and he says above all things I should avoid beinir in crowds. Noticing that you did not advertise in ihe newspaper thought that this would be as quiet a place as I could find, so I just dropped in for a few hours' isolation." The merchant picked up a bolt of paper cambric to brain him, but the man went out. He said all he warned was a quiet lite. T 0ll permanent Basis and Out of - . . ueoi. At mt;eting c the ofF.cers of the t-rs..r ,.? fa;r on Saturdav. Mr. Mc - tunn r.rrrt-(l the fair n out; of dedt and on a good, sound basis. Much praise is . t the priJent, Mr. Walter atson, Mr. McKetnan am wwrencc .or . .ir Vnerirv in . conducting its affairs. They and Lawrence lor ineir - - r . t haveworked hard and accotnplihed much, A MIXTURE. EDITORIAL ETCHINGS EUPIIOM OUSLT ELUCIDATED. Nnmerom Sevssy Kotes and Many Merry Morsels Paracraphleally Packed and Pithily Polined. Fresh heir The new kid. Anger is generally despair. Delays in duty are dangerous. Ill-fitting garments Law suits. Make no resolutions act them. A still hunt An internal revenne raid It is the deer hunter who wanders in his stalk. The political outlook in France is very stormy. ' I I PhesanU are fools if they invite the hawk o dinner. I with you. One hair of a woman draws mors than cart rope. Small cheer and geat welcome maketha grant feasd. The envious man's face growns sharp and his eyes big. Why call a man a crank, when no one can turn him? It is unnecessary to tell a corpse to keep a stff upper lip. ii wisnes were woooococks, oeggers ashington Monday. He who throws himself under the bench w ill be left to lie there. I v. ..wnwuv vfcWiw ...v.. are nome less man oints. There are four candidates for Speaker of I the House of Representatives. J Two negroes were lynched by drowning I in Georgia tor insulting a laoy. It is not altogether strange that a be- 1 1 etrothal should lead to a honeymoon. Domestic recipe: To bring up a child nrnnpriv nrsi nan? ics pranamoiner. 1 i 1 J o o A new paper in New York is called the Man. It is presumable a late evening pa- per. The pride of others is not to be brought down bv anv direct efiort of ours to that end. Why is the pen mighter than the sword! Because it can draw money, while the other only draws blood. All our actions take their hues from the complexion of the heart, as landscapes their 1 variety from light. x . I Make present duty, even though unim- portant, th constant object of effort until it is accomplished. Blaine, Sherman, Harrison & Co., have 1 not yet decided how many States they will make out ot canaaa. The hiirstinnr nower of the Bessemer- 0 r - - - steel gun suggests that it would be very ! vaiuaDie as a projecuie. Herditary gout is a most- unjust disease. The father has had all the fun and the son catches most of the pain. 'Tis predicted that the number of States in the Union will be increased by three or four in the coming year. There has long been a southern feud be- tween Yellow Jack and Jack Frost," and it is safe to Tack Frost every time. The Grossest at home are the pleasanlest abroad; so be a little careful how you trust too much to a too smilling face. There is nothing more universally com mended than a fine day ; the reason is that people can commend it without envy. A Yankee editor sneering at tne stupia- ity of a contemporary, says, "the best thing u r rtff tMc -fk is a dirtv shirt. "c IMW ' The Signal Service is not always posted 011 coming rain, but when a blizzard is trav - eling the bureau generally gets wind of it The law is a pretty bird, and has charm ing whings. It would be quite a bird-of-pardise if it diden't carry such a terrible bill. An effort is being made to get all the ministers to have special services on the anniversary of Washington's inauguration, April 30th. "Riches take unto themselves wnigs and fly away," slid th2 teacher. What kind of riches is meant? And the 6mart boy at dass said he "reckoned they 1 u,c iUUt"i muct be ostricr.e?. Nothing suits one's pride better than to see some pioud man humble himself in his presseuce to see him stoop to things of low degree. A man may live a hundred years, and howl temperance as long as he can speak above a whisper, yet after all he will come to his bier. in tne tar west a man advertises lor a woman "to wash, iron milk one or two cow," What does he want his cows washed and ironed for? 'One of the brightest of the Paris corre spondents of the American newspapers savs that 'Zola is not as bad as he seems." It is to be hoped so. "The Chicago Anarchists announce in a cricular printed in flamins? red that their time is comin No doubt of it. iVs com. ; u -.a l"g HI Lilt 9 tllJ. It is inexpressibly sad to spend Ion vears .;f t, i-,,.-, j:,.j--i . -:u vwiii ci laigb unuiutuv ijninj , uui mill there is much to be learned there which could be learned nowhere else. Burnum will exhibit next season one of the createst curiosities ever shown to a wonder-loving pubic, namely, a barber who never invented a hair tonic. "The London newspapers are greatly dis pleased with Mr. Cleavland's account of his dismissal of Lord Sackville." But what are they going to do about it. The politicians are not yet through say ing what defeated Mr. Cleveland. Senator Puerh. of Alabama, rises to say it was the goldier vote that did the work for us I A rMi.1lKtl.MAn U.. AMP Al ik-f M I ungual Jiucii uai uciiiuusuaicu uiai a snail can creep 300 feet" between sunrise nnd Ruset. This is seven feet wore than the boy who issent on sn errand on Satur dav a consictat jouet enmoea a lotty cer sv nnA rorc n nm n tv. ;: hose was turned on him and he was wash ed down. He could stand anything out water. Senator Ranson says of the Prasicents - message, "t think it was like all of Cleve land's public communications have been a very able and concisely framed instru mem., Wear the old coat until you have got the new one paid for. Better be humbled a little now, tnan more, aner tne new coat has become old and battered while vet un piad for TIip Tvniorhts nf Honor now numhpr 12S. ..v r 000. In the fifteen years of its existence the Ordor has contributed to i2,ooo be- reaved families and paid over$42,ooo in death benefits The phiadelphia Inqirer says: "The - modern world is gradallv developing into a great peace society." Evidently the In quirer does not consider the continent of Europe a part of the modern world General Longstreet has been to pay his reSpectsto Mr. Harrison. He says the visit was nersonal entirelv haanopoht 1 ' - ical sio-nificance. Of course the General o wants no ofike; oh no,of course not I hip and towns in Western Kansas. which two years ago had from 500 to 2,000 j :nhtahitants. have now scarcelv 200. All I who could do so have moved away to cs cape the terrible experiences of the last two I winters. T. Washington correspondent of the New York Sun concludes an article on . m. - - 0 . the inauguration ball, thusly : "But Frances Cleveland, not Caroline Harrison, is going to be the cynosure by all eyes at the inau- guraium ua. The smalles steam engine ever made has just been completed, after two years, for the Paris exhibtion. It is Composed of 1S0 pieces of metal, is a shade under Ihree- fifts of an inch in height, and weighs le; s t. one.ninth of an ounce. A atch maker made jt. I A dispatch from Nashville, Tenn.. ys Bishop Holland N. McTvreof the Metho- 1 cit Quircht South, U critically ill at his home in the Vanderbilt University grounds. He has been sick a week, and to his family expresses the belief that he will not recov er. His physicians admit that he is ser iously ill. The Wilmington Messenger is en'hu he- Presidents messase. It avs: "It is an able and comprehensive state paper. It inculcates the best Demo cratic doctrine that has emanated from the White House since General Jackson left it. Upon the relations of the Federal Gov- verment to the States it reads like 'Old Hickory' himself." STATENEWjS. FROM THE DEEP BLUE KEA TO TUB OBAXD OLD XOOTAIX. An Ifonr Pleasaatly Hpent With Onr Delljpntful.Exeliancea. The Constitutional amendment va adopted by majority of 92,56s. Halbert'L. Thomas, of Raleigh, aged 23, killed himself with a pistol last week. Mr. H. A. Latham, editor of the Wash ington Gazette, is a candidate for reading clerk of the House. A gentleman who lives in Maxton last week received a letter that was mailed at Wilson three years ago. Th Legislature meets on the first Wed-, nesday after the first Monday in January, which falls on January 9th. The E'x-Confederate soldiers wi'l meet at Raleigh on the 22nd of Januray for the purpose of prevailing upon the Legislatuie to increase the appropriation for pensions. There was no evidence that Messrs. Stamps and Primrose were implicated in the frauds of the Raleigh bank and con sequently do action was taken against them by the U. S. Circuit court which was in'ses sion at Raleigh last -week. Merchants tell the Newton Enterprise that the Catawba farmers are in better con dition financially this fall than they have been for years. They have money in their pockets, are trading freely and are taking up the old notes that are held against them Good for old Catawba. Mr. Jas. W. Wilson, who was chief en gineer in the survey of the Western North Carolina Railroad, had just been appointed by the Canadian government to inspect the Canadian Pacific Railroad from Ottawa to he Pacific Ocean. We believe Mr. Wil son is a native of Orange countv. There will be five eclipses in 1889; a to al eclipse of the sun January 1, igS9, part ly visible in North Carolina, the sun set ting eclipsed. A partial eclipse of the moon January 1 6th and 17th, between 10 o'clock, p. m., and 2 o'clock, a. m , visible in North Carolina. None of the othe rs visible in this State. It is announced that a five hundred thous and dollar company will locate a manufac turing town near Asheville, laid out and built with reference to all future wants and to have all the modren and best im provements with reference to lights and water. It looks as if the Western portion of the State was on the biggest sort of a biz bloom. Rev. Dr. J. B. Bobbitt, who was arraign ed before the Conference upon a charge of deception and crookedness in a business transaction, has been acquitted. The trou ble arose from the sale of the Methodist Advance to Mr. Pottor, of Beaufort who charged that Dr. Bobbitt made misrepre sentions concerning the business affairs of the paper. The Newton Enterprise notes the arrival in Catawba, of a farmer from the northern part of New York, who came all the way in a two horse wagen. accompanied by his sen, Oil a prospecting tour for a satisfactory location as a farmer. He found what "he wanted in Catawba, has bought a farm and settled down. The Piedmont is attracting settlers and capita ltoa greater extent than any other section of the State. The people of Mecklenburg are great patrons of railroads, and have assisted in the building of more roads than any county in the State, and they carry, the heaviest radroad debt. They are evidently satisfied with their experience, and want more of it, for the County Commissioners have order- ed an election to determine wnetner tne countv shall subscribe to four more new- railroads leading out of Charlotte. Wo k is being actively presented on the extension of the Halifax and Scotland Neck railroad to Greenville, on the exten- of the Williamston and Tarboro railroad to Plymouth and on the Chowan and South 1 1 r t 1 v.-rtii- ' r V-. ern rauroaa iroin iaruuiu w m completion of these railroads will open up northeastern North Carolina to Raleigh. From Raleigh to Norfolk via Selma, Rocky Mount an J Tarboro thence via Chowan Southern will be fie mile further than the present route by Weldor. Should the road now stopping at Spring hope be built into Raleigh it will shorten, the distance to Norfolk nineteen mile The railroad from Ridgway to Peierburg will make the distance between Raleigh and Richmond and points north forty miles shorter than by Weldon. - Pearl St. V it
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