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11 .4 . "Our Aim xcill be, the People's Right Maintain, . Unaiced by Poicer. and Unbribed by Gain." boh VII. WILSON. NORTH CAROLINA. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13. 1889. NO. 48 TWO GIANTS. tOU AND VANCE CONTltASTED BY HENRY BLOUNT. der Which Kinsr, Oil Bezonliu, inall TVe Row and Worship? learned and distinguished gentleman Ls done us the honor to auk our opinion of e merits of these two gentlemen, and de Us us to state in The Mirror which we :0Jght was the greatest orator. While we Lnot pretend to be a judge of oratory, we re no objection whatever in giving a can- Jand impartial opinion of the elocution- -r powers of these men, whose names jw occupy such a lustrous niche in the . r f ii .sipie oi ivmencan iame. v e nurse an ulted admiration for the attainments of iota ot tnese aisunguisnea spcaKcrs, ana it really difficult to decide which has the r.est powers. Wc have heard Vance on nu merous occasions and on numerous themes, id every single time he surpassed our ex-; :ecuiions anu piucKea a ongmer, newer afiet for his garland of fame. And while he iay not be as graceful and as polished and charming and as felicitous a sneaker as ansom, still he has that passion and vc- ernence and magnetism which kindles the . . m m m - imci oi entnusiasm in the coldest and host phlegmatic of bosoms, and floods the eir.s of feeling with those billowy sheets f fire which set the soul "in one wild hrensy rolling." And while he has the :1ft to woo and to win the senses bv the harm and beauty and persuasiveness !?f his rhetoric, yet his fame as a speaker ests upon those avalanchian sweeps ot ogic which he hurls with such resistless orren: down the mountain sides of argu ment. And though his eloquence revels round the top of the stateliest columns of rose, and ever and anon, in sublimer Tiood, towers amid the very stars of a gor geous and luminous diction, it can no more e compared to the potent and serious force at his reasoning faculties than can the sheet ightning of the summer cloud 'be corn- bared to the quivering and death-dealing iash, which goes hnrtling forth from the hundering bosom of the storm. And Vance is always Vance; and find him when -ou will, you will see that his well-kept quiver is always bristling with the arrows f argument, railery, illustration, sparkling it and corrosive sarcasm, which he can always fling out with well-directed aim and telling effect. As we said above, he never disappoints an audience, and many of his efforts come glittering with some of the richest diadems of beauty that ever crowned he brow of thought. And we have seen Ransom on great xcasions, and he too always comes up to expectation nr.rl nvAr vf hit ve feen him fail to add brighter and rosier tints to the already bright and lus trous escutcheon of renown. Wc remem ber one occasion particularly. It was six ears ago, but wc remember it as vividly as 'fit had been yesterday. It was in Snow Hill t a political meeting, and we wish we could depict Ransom as he appeared on that oc casion and describe the magical effect of -!ut wonderful speech. But there are c things which cannot be described. The glorious attributes of loveliness which -rows around woman the rapture- world of Witchery and sweet enchantment; the mu ;cal and awe-inspiring roar of. the ocean, hen its deep-toned organ is swept by the Storm-King in his glory ; the hurtling flash fthe lightning when it goes quivering tarough the skies on a pavement made of tiouds;the exquisite coloring of the rose, 'hen rapture gazed and made it blush; the delicious perfume of the violets, when rude inds trample their life-breath out; the nriegated hues of sunset, when cloudlets rushing to the very brink of the sky to catch upon their fleecy cheeks the last roseate kiss of the departing day these arc hings which cannot be described, and -either can that wonderful speech. For o hours he stood, like Coclcs at the 3ridge, and hurled back the Marmalukesof misrepresentation which had assailed the utcheon of the Democratic party. And he thus stood, with lips tremulous with the quivering pulses of deep feeling, and hk eyes flashing out the light his soul had kindled, he seemed inspired for the work in :iand, and he poured forth the pent-up fires 1 indignation in streams as burning and as vthring as those which rushed through -he lips of Mark Anthony, when over the oad body of the mighty Casar he silenced the curses of the rabble at the market place and turned their hisses Into shouts of ap plause as they were made to feel that the "very stones of Rome should rise in mu tiny. Never did we enjoy a richer 4feas of reason and flow of soul." lie caned, as if he had been spreading a dish for the gods, and never have we witnessed before such well-poised and graceful strokes. It was one of the grandest efforts we ever heard and since hearing it and contrasting it with some of the mighty ones the gifted Vance has made, it Is difficult to decide "Under which king, oh Bezonlan," shall the ban ner of preference be floated. And yet there is no rivalry between them, for both are crowned in their respective realms, and the garlands they wear are woven out of flow ers entirely different. Vance, in the tower ing strength of his granitict logic ever which, ever and anon, the: aurora borealis of his flashing wit plays with its twinkling electricity, is grand, un approachable and smblime; while Ransom, amid the magnificently-chiseled columns of his polished logic, around which creep the vines of the most luxuriant rhetoric in which glisten the sparkling dew-drops of richest fancy, is glorious, matchless and superb. The eloquence of one is like the bewildering coruscations of the flashing meteor sudden, dazzling, thrilling, glori ous; while that of the other is like the gleaming of the stately evening star- bright, steady, serene, beautiful. Tile lan guage of one is like a mountain torrent bold, strong, vigorous, sweeping, 6ome times beautiful and ever bearing on its limpid current the richest argosies of truth and wisdom ; while that of the other is like the crystal purity of the silver deeps of mudlcss lakes clear, pure, pellucid, spark ling, stainless, and nursing upon its volup tuous bosom the purest gems of intellectual worth ard culture. The manner of one, when fully aroused, is like the breath of the storm, when "forests are rended and navies are stranded;" while that of the other is like the swell and sweep of the sea, when its tides are seeking :thir homes on the beach. The argumentative power of one is strong, convincing, overpowering, and falls like the trip-hammer strokes of Vulcan, when beating out judgments for eternity; while that of the other is pleading and persuasive and winning, and falls like the honied notes of lovers, when Weltered in vines from the glance of the moon-beams. Doth are kings, and both stand peerless in thatj area where Titans meet in combat; and both are brightest jewels in the coronet of North Carolina's glory. Written- for The Mirror.; YESTERDAY AND TOMORROW. BY MRS. E. M. ANDERSON. The day was done, and its cares were o'er, And in the eventide, Grandfather sat with his head bowed low, At the cheerful fireside. And on a stool at his feet, A curly headed boy, Watched the flames, and his eager face, Lit up with childish joy. Grandfather's face wore a peaceful smile. Calm and serene he seemed, . As the flickering firelight danced on the wall While he sat by the fire and dreamed. "Of what are you thinking Granpal" said I, "In the firelight what have you seen!" "Of the days that are past and gone," he replied, " Of the happy days that have been." And a tear-drop stood in his mild soft eye And he turned his head away ; There in gentle voice he said again, "I was thinking of yesterday." "And of what are von thinking ? I asked of the boy, Whose young life had known no sorrow; Said he, with rosy face upturned, "I was thinking of to-morrow When the sunlight shines on the hills again And gladdens all with its light. What huppy times I'll have!" said he And his bright eye flashed with light. With a strange, new thought, I walked away, And asked mvself, Is it true That the aged e'er muse on the da s that are gone. While the youthful think of the new ? The future tempts the young and the gayj And life before them is bright, J And there's joy for the old in looking luck If the life they have lead be right. A MIXTURE. EDITORIAL ETCHINGS EUPIIONI OUSLT ELUCIDATED. Numerous Newy Notes and Sfany Merry Morsels Paragraphical! j Packed and Pithily Poltned. A land of distress Wales, On strike a parlor match. Dank examiners burglars. Light headed the locomotive. A shepherd's crook a sheep stealer. The seaboard salt pork and hardtack. A serious case a doctor without one. News of the weak the hospital reports. The home stretch a nap on the lounge, Two for a scent a pair of blood-hounds. With the builder it's either put up or shut up. ' The latest thing out generally vour match. Inthc matter of fans the Chinese take the palm. A sea captain is usually the nainstay of his family. The "nimble shilling" must be made out of quicksilver. Milk that is absolutely pure, must be milk of the first water. Norfolk has received 419,043 bales of cotton this season. A mule is not necessarily an artist be cause he can draw. Kenna, of West Virginia, thinks "he will get there." We hope so. Will L. Scott has been waltzing with the handsome Mrs. Cleveland. cess as a Naval Secretary. Italy is suffering from a financial deficit of $50,000,000 in her budget. i I The lighthouse keeper ought to be well posted in light housekeeping. New York can stand tlie raz and tasr. but it can't endure the bobtail car. The shades of night are not fast colors. The morning light fades them. A beetle can dray twenty times its own weight. So can a mustard piaster. It is not surprising that an alma mater should give her students a diplo-ma. Judge Merrick, of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, is dead. When a man sits down and reflects, it does not always prove that he is brilliant. A manse, little friend, is a house and a romance ought to be a boat-house, but it U All men are born free and equal, accord- ing to law; but all of them do not stay that way. I Now sav the bees after the hive is orea pared for them. "We'll make things hum here. u -t, . . A spirit thermometer is best for cold- weather purposes, because there is always a drop in it. An exchange aays: "the buttermilk habit is spreading." So is the butter habit for that matter. Shrewd inqurics are being made as to whether the cup of sorrow has a saucer. - I Can any one tell? Knowledge is the accumulation of facts the large crowd of colored people who at and ideas; but education is the improve- tended the court cheered Taylor on his ment of experience. j There is nothing so sweet as a duty, and The report of the Commissioner of Ag all the best pleasures of life come in the riculture for the State of Georgia shows wake of duties done. "Mama," said little Willie, inspecting a porous plaster, "arc them holes vhere the pain comes through. A man who h nn UA ;nio f himself, always has great respect for who ever agrees wih him. Resolve rather to err bv too much flexi bility than too much pcrvcrscncss;by meek ness than by self-love. A wedding ceremony shouldn't pass off too smoothly. For instance, there should be a hitch of some kind. One of the parachute jumpers has been killed out West in falling from his balloon. lie took a drop too much. "The churn must go," says an agricul tural exchange. Of course it must, in order that the butter may come. Whosoever would be sustained by the hand of God, let him constantly lean jpon it; whosoever would be defended by it, let him patiently repose himself under it. "Be sunny, girls, be sunny," says Ella Wheeler Wilcox. We don't see how they I can, but still they daughter be. A spiritual miud has something of the nature of the sensitive plant. There is a holy shrinking away from evil. God openeth many hearts with gentle picklocks, While with others I le useth the crowbar of terrible Judgements Bill collectors sometimes imitate the pro moters of a colonization scheme and offer special inducements to settlers. A Pittsburg man has a parrot which can. say "l'olly wants a cracker!" in three differ ent languages. She is a Pollyglot. No one has ever yet been able to explain why a kiss is such a pleasant thing, but the subject is being contantlj investigated. It is hardly fair to sneer at a carpenter because you see him driving every day Driving nails is not a luxurious pastime. Those who piously and conscientiously discharge the duties of the closet usually prosper in temporal and spiritual blessings. The' lessons "of life make deeper impres- sions lhan the lessons of took, because they touch the heart before they reach the head. Let those who would affect singularity with success first determine to be very vir tuous, and they will be sure to be very sin gular. You must love in order to understand love. One act of charity will teach us more of love of God than a thousand ser mons. Nothing can equal the postage stamp for evenness of temper and calm. You can lick it until it perspires in every pore, but it won't even chantre color. It is said that the English government is In full accord with ours n - - - v v -r VMll A question, and will uphold the, treaty made with ours and the German government. American genius should utilize the grass- hoppers. There is no doubt thev could be dried Pulverised and made into soup caes Ior ine use 01 lne arm7 and navJ I rri m . 1 ne senate 01 Arkansas has passed a con current resolution requesting their repre sentatives in Congress to use their utmost efforts to defeat the Blair Educational bill. Rumor comes from Midlothian Texas, that a strip of earth near that place 200 feet sank a few days ago, carrying with it a part of Fort Worth and New Orleans rail road. Germany has presented a proposition in regard to the settlement of the Samoan affair which it is probable the Uuited States will accept. It accords with the position helci b.v Ir- Bayard. The number of millionaire Senators, es timated now at from 30 to 32, or nearly one naI tne entire Senate, has increased by the choice of Gen. W. D. Washburn to suc- ceed Sabin from Minnesota. Washburn is a railroad president, is worth $5,000,000 and lives in a $1000.000 house at Minneap- uc was earn m i-ivermore, ivie in x3 is a graduate of Bowdoin Collece. , . , niuut ni money in lumoer. For the first time In the history of At lant2 a colored lawyer appeared in the city court last week as attorney for an unfortu nate member of his own race. The law yer was ex-Minister to Liberia Charles II. j. Taylor, who will hereafter practice his nmf?nn in a it- , u:, r. l - ... ..tHMiw. aav. nun 1IJ3 lilSl case. When the verdict was announced victory that the average cash price of baton in that State for lSSS v' as 9-7i cents a pound the credit price 12.3 cents. Tne average credit was or our months. Corn, cash price 77 cents credit Pricc 9$ cents. The advance is about 26 per c ?nL for four months' credit or 6.5 per month, or 7S per cent, per annum. The Commissioner actually congratulates the farmer on having reduced the rate from 10S per cent, last year to 7S yer cent, this year. He attributes this "encouraging reduction" to the efforts of the Farmers' Alliance. ) Opium and Liquor Habit Cared Without XerTOU fthock or Dltre. Our Double Chloride of Gold Remedies for i the Cure of the Orii'M and Liquor llAbirs, have been on the market for 10 years, during which time they have never failed to make a cure of either Habit, where they have been jriveft even a meagre chan v. We will cure Omi m 1'au'cnt at their own homes in fro.i 4 to 6 weeks, painlci!r, and without lojs of fijod, sleep or occupation. We easily cure Uxi Nkl-WM inside of Three week. Fall proof of the above furuished. and Literature for the Cure c-t either Habit sent free on application. Address, T2e Ieslie E. Ketlcv Co.. Dwiht. I j injrton Co ;ntT, Illinois. STATE NEWS. FROM THE DEEP BLl'E SEA TO THE . CaRAND OKD MOUNTAIN. Au Hoar Pleasantly Npent With Oar Delightful Exchange. Tarboro is to have water-works. Asheville is full of Northern visitors. ' Durham has a pork packing establish ment. Shaw University, Raleigh, has 300 stu dents. - Asheville's electric street railway is a success. Reidsville expects to have a cotton 'fac tory soon. The copper mine business of Granville U on a boom. Th truckers around CliDton proposes to organize an association. A new county is wanted from parts of Richmond and Robeson. Shad have made their appearance in the eastern part of the State. It is rumored that an evening paper wili . be published in Asheville. A company has been organised to build a large opera house at Asheville It is said that it costs the Stale $130 per annum to support eacli convict. Sampson county poor house contains four generations of the same family. The hotel men of the State will hold a convention at Morehead City in May. The silver mine just discovered in Cald well county yields $370 per ton of quarts. The Iron Works at Rocky Mount is on a boom. It is doing more work than ever. The Cabarrus Black Boys is the largest company of the State Guard. It numbers 73. The cotton factory at Tarboro is expec ted to begin work bv the middle of Febru ary. There are more pupils at the Deaf Dumb and Blind Asylum than ever before at one time. - The Supreme Court last week granted license to practice law to nineteen appli cants. The Rocky Mount Bottleing Company is a new enterprise just started at Rocky Mount. When all the old bonds are funded the bonded debt of North Carolina will be $6, 4oS,5ii. It is reported that Holly Springs, Wake county, i to have a large oil mill at an early day. Wilmington's business men have formed an organization for the purpose of develop ing that city. , " It is rumored that the railroad from Springhope to Raleigh will be built this spring and summer. Mr. John Adams, of Harnett county hju plowed 77 summers and never took a dose of medicine in his life. J There are fifteen counties in the State that produce as much grain as Hyde which is called the granery of the State. Amma Ellis, colored, was hanged at Clin ton on the 29th of January for killing his father. The execution was wituessed by 3,000 people. The motion to advance the case of Cross and White has been granted by the U. S. Supreme Court and will be heard on the third Monday in March. There is talk now cf building a railroad from Salisbury to Wades bo ro. This will complete an almost air line from the former place to Charleston, S. C. Durham county has twenty-one Farmers Alliances. Chatham has forty-nine the largest number of any in the State. There are fourteen hondrcd and fifty-three in the State. It is rumored that the C. F. A: Y. V. railroad will, upon the completion of the Wilmington extension, have its own line of ocean steamers to New York, Haiti- more and Norfolk. The meeting at Raleigh in the interest of an extension of tfye Atlanlic and North Carolina road to Charlotte, determined to apply -for a charter to builJ a road from Coldsboro to Charlotte independent of but to connect with the A. Sc N. C. The di tance U 160 miles and it is estimated that- $10,000 a mile would build it. . i 3)
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