The Smit ERALD. HFIELD VOL V. FRANK THORN TO . , 0 ib greeting lkegd people Jolm-tn mmm&f, sul otagrahitaftcs them upon 1k ' : Railroad facilities. With pardonable pri le we aniuune thai wo have the lar- wrf ' .t... krs! stock and the most perfectly jll.lUvt" at t se ef :'!ir NtawnuMh -it He show perfect lines in elesrant Black Gras1 Grain, Striped ami Colored I -Vl'X'S (Kir ssortaet is unsurpassed In beautiful black, colored, striped and mar 1 fvj V 1 ' VETS a an "aallj htaimM exhihil is wade of Si k Velvets, strip r . 1 i ' Vc'.vf-; sMl Brocaded Velvet-. I S3 3.84 IL.l'SIIIBS arc seen al WNf v,- :v IN FINK DRESS tltiOOS. All the novelties are secured ami ex 5 : ' sr. Striped Hondo. Assabet, 1 inches "ante; Lasamere inajEona --. . asaawere uwitf uong, aH wool lrie Casn atn eiqne, travcrs, Faai ia Serge.-. Colore! Faille Colored RVada m . . , lii v:iv f Pelt Ball Kd nines. Mohair Marbo t Trilaminar-, Feathers Mar- enAalE? noaV ..f Uah. nv I r? iarv Beaded Gimps, all calOrs, entirely new; ficot Braids, Lacinjts Oortls," Be- fTT . , . , . ,. . a short time AVOUld hardly learn I Irieie. ,nd all the new designs in But,ons in matcc design- IN BLACK GOOl , th . And XU what proportion ? &nd nQ interprVter 4a j m u eifect. A large and fell une ot Mouraiaf goods, taclaaing sitk Wrap lien I AS trie OOUOI mail and NlVlOUl of I , Tor H Vf:, ntvehe. Blk etc. In Wraps wo take pleasure ta the worM lo wasabove the Umi- ! niutJonoa- ry i--ertiou o the ni.i eomptete array ever saowu n tins pjirt ot the country, a- ' l$Ut We CailllOt agree With tnOS6 KSwrar- V,h and Brocade sHk Kewmarketa in yiothand lUwade silk nil JatlOllS of VjUV, nationality and j holarswllo maintain that Christ j ES-Jf - It. t-te -lewest designs: se-i. Blus;k sac-pics. 4 menes Ion . satin haed a language. He was absollltelv t -i i i uHv wmp LO A , ,c-v heavy and haadsoute stock i shown embracing every available Novelty in n&MaTcaraetiag ia flai l an I stripes. Ingraina 3 plays, Tapestry, Tapestry Brussels, Body - J" f Velvet.. Axauaser,taojr Caraet ia Ingrain and Brusel. Ilerap. sc. In ..j. -tprinicfu is 'i i j,-v--. Bros tine shoes, and aake of shoes. J?Urj fEmgr Brns-" EvTJ pair is '-rr.nded. jjgamz kn6a-n to tho aristie trade. There are no e.iiv. .-...-.. We use Our Best Endeavors 1 rtf.iitf s;,v to Kv. i-w , . L ... .hm.T iM i ' Kit' l .1. 1 1 i.nuc"4a.i'i..-. Me, - . ". A. . " - . ti...i-..iolv ftrnishe.l Parlor C v ' i .it. ..-.. -. ... . .... . . , .1. II ...... ; a - i. ... , - i ... fct.. HTi ORl'r.l.Jt. ai. l oruers ic-r sami'i. -.it. in. i"'i" - - - FRANKTHORNiDN- FAY KTTEVILLE, X. Q WHERE TO BUY :o: tV. M rev.iin i :uv frionds that his ami Ml D RE fiR 1 GS. PATENT M T. R. 1 1 IOILKT ARTICLES. BOOKS. CIGARS AND TOBACCO, ICBCOLDSODA AND VARIOUS MINERAL WATERS. :o: 1 HAVE THK AGKNCY FOR THE ELEBRATED SEELEY RUBBER TRUSSES! I. B. I Gl RAMEK A PEKFK'Jl :o: IF YOU ARE THINKING OF PAtNTING SOON, CALL AT MY STORE ANPOKT A COLOR SHEET AND EXAMINE MY LARGE STOCK OF WHITE LEAD, OILS AND COLOBP, To the People of Joimston and ADJOINING COUNTIES: I have in -rock at botn stores on Hav selected Stock ot HI ROCEBIES. FERTILIZFRS. PLOWS, CASTINGS IE irn- n aad General Fannin- attcatkm. I am A-ont for celebrated TENNESSEE WAGONS, ART WHEELS, ad Axle, an! hav,- ju received .1 ear load. Ttkere b no r WTagea made than the TENNESS3S- t'd jwtlv merits its reputation. COTTON AND NAVAL STORES. n itshest market nriecs paid !r Cotton ;.n this hnc are eoKeked. I guarantee 1 a etoek when m town. Quotations Dialled n application. Fayette vile. A-XjXj STOCK I We beg leave to inform the I'nbitc tnai we are reeeivinj uur Fall stock of Goods, GmsMtttg Dry Goods. Notions. Clothing, Hals. Boots and .Shoes, Hardware, Croekery. Gasa ware. Tin ware. Bagsng, lies and a full line of Groceries which we will sell low lor C iL S Ha AL : Our Baw and Saw Mill. Rowing our brick store Call ana see arranged establishment in the entire State. Store will convince uwtte tln-t we csrrv all all wool snitinxs. 4 ine ios wide; Oueko, -- "- -" - ---t-- c - ; uo one esse can nay or sou it em in ims em- I : to cat the tonaiae eae .ire and looB for W aVwr these ffftmda & every -!vl. a:; savo the Uur.e-m 1,V ..f iH.li r fr.-.m one store an! we flatter ourselves that we can. wit ti . . i , .... u..; , ,. the parehasw ith . - - - ni i cilet Koem.a teat arc uatae frj uwni 1 ? . tt..v. t. Ml' YOUR DRUGS HOOD, IN le I an S KITH FIELD ! is iv etect st. ek i ED1CI ES. STATI ONERY KIT l InKoB aud Gill ume ccreet a la rev and well ftm lmentj, to arhieli 1 iavrte your and Naval Stores, and consignments satisfaction. liosuroand call and cxam- N- C- Wagon, and line Ycmt i.ut us. BeweetfnUji , PEACOCL BEO, SMITHFIELD. N. C. SMITHFIELD, N. C, XEW YEAR'S EYE. Jesus, tender shepherd, hear me, W Let me Se thy little lamb ; Thro lgh all danger be thow near me. so very weak I am. Oh. I thank thee, blessed Jesus. Thou dosi all my wants supply: That thy mercy iu-er ceases. Even unto such as I .' Thui hasi clothed me, warmed me, fed n;e Green me toe air to breathe : All the way thy hand hath led me, To this happy New Year's Eve. In the year that conies to-morrow. May I never from thee stray ! Keep me safe from sin and sorrow. Heavenly Shepherd, the.- 1 pray ! THE r,lXi:E OF C HRIST. UII.i I BCHAFF, 1. 1. What language did our Saviour penecr, me model lor universal nil -i - imitation. Nevertheless he was a historical person, and, as such, had a well-defined individuality. He was a son of David and Abra ham, born and raised in Pales tine, and could nor have been bora anywhere else, either in China, or in Italy, or Greece, or among the savages in Germany or England, where no prepara tion ia as made for his reception and appreciation, and where the seed of the divine word would have fallen on ice. lie was a i stood by them if he had not ad dressed them in their own tongue ? What then was this tongue? He wrote nothing. lie is him self the Book of Life to be read by all men. He stamped his image upon the world's history and upon every human heart and life that yields itself to his trans forming and sanctifying- in- flnertce. lint some of his disci ples wrote books the New Tes tament. And they all wrote Greek. Only one of them, Mat thew, is said to have written his gospel first in Hebrew, and after wards in Greek. Even James, the brother of the Lord, who spent all his public life in Jeru salem, as far a-we know, address ed his epistle to the twelve tribes j of Israel, in the Greek language. Did. then, our saviour likewise , speak Greek ? There is something pleasing in the idea. There , never was a nobler, richer, more flexible language spoken or writ ten, than the language of Homer, '' of Plato, of Sophocles, of Aristo tle, aud all those immortal poets, philosophers, and historians, whose works are to this day studied as models of style all over I the civilized world. And the ! noblest of all uses to which it was put is this that it became the organ for the everlasting truth of our religion, the silver picture for the golden apqle of the gos pel. The Greek was the language of civilization, and of inter- ' national intercourse. Since the conquests of Alexander the Great, who carried the Greek into : Orient, and still more since the conquests of Rome, which united all the nations from the banks of the Euphrates the banks of the and the Nile to Rhine and the shores of the Atlantic, the Greek had become the cosmopolitan language, as the French was on the Continent in the last century, and as the English is now in the "British colonies and in North America. This was one of the providential preparations for the introduction and spead of Chris tianty. The Greek penetrated into Pal estine two or three hundred years before Christ. This is evi- dent from the numerous Greek names of Jews, and of places of Palestine, from coins and in- scriptions, from the Greek ver- sion of the Old Testament which was used by the apostles and evangelists, from the large num ber of Greek-sjieaki ng Jews, call ed "Hellenists," from the writ ings of Philo and Josephus, who wrote in Greek, and from the New Testament itself. For it need not be supposed that the sacred writers learned the Greek language miraculouslv on the day of Pentecost. They had I abundant opportunity to learn it naturally in their youth, on the street and in common intercourse ' with their felhnv men, especially j in Galilee, their native province, which was full of Greek-speaking Gentiles. . ii-i a cognate dialect which supplant - phywfenomy, dressed, ate, spake ,,5 Tr , , -TTV 1 . 1 ed the Hebrew after the Baby- land lived like ms countrymen.-,, . . TT . , . J , Ionian exile. In this their 11a- I-1 Mi- r-t-lrf Itn hofit noon midow. JOHNSTON COD From all these facts we may safely infer tliat our Ixrd, too, knew tlie Greek language, not in deed from books, nor from school, but from ordinary intercourse. Why should he have been igno rant of a language "which was known to his disciples, -the un lettered fishermen of Galilee ? We have no doubt that he used the Greek language when speaking with strangers, and with heathens, with such persons j as the Syrophcenician woman, 1 the heathen centurion, the "Greeks" who called on him j shortly before the passion, King j Herod and Pontius Pilate. For a I Roman governor appointed for j j sively or eAren chiefly. We must ! distinguish between the common everyday language of the people, j and the occasional language of i the higher classes, and of busi- -w -v -a i . a ness men. raiestme was at tne time of Christ a bilingual couit- 1 try, like the frontier countries on i the continent (Alsa.ce, Lorraine. 1'osen, some cantons of Switzer, land), or like Wale in England, ; or Eastern Canada, or the Ger j man counties of Pennsylvania. The popular language was the Hebrew, or rather the Aramaic Live tongue, our aaviour would address the people. We have the positive proof of that in several words which have been preserved to us in the Gos pel of Mark, which is the faith ful echo of the original impres sions of St. Peter. When our Saviour was to call the daughter of Jairus back to life, he address ed her in the Aramaic words, Tctfith a cmi; thai is, "Damsel, arise." When he opened the ear of the deaf and dumb man in Dc eapolis. he said to him Epliphd tha; that is, Be opened." And when he reached .lie height of hi:- vicarious suffering on the cross, he exclaimed, again ill Aramaic. JJloI, Elm (the Hebrew ' would be Emiy Eli), lama sabacM thatti f that is, f'My God, my Got?, ! why hast thou forsaken me?" It is very significant that the inscription on the cross was in three languages in Hebrew, tin language of religion ; in Greek, , the language of culture ; and in ; Latin, the language of the em pirethus proclaiming that Jesus ! of Nazareth died for all nations and all classes of men. S. s'. i TSmes. Only two or three days ago a'l overseer in an America millfoun'l a pin which cost the company three hundred dollars. "Was it stolen?" asked Susie. "I suppose it must have been very handsome. What was it, 1 diamond pin ?" "t ill Tin iiiv ilfflv' nOf. lixr ;m v V ' . , . -, J . . . ' ' J " .7 means. It was just such a pin as people buy every day, and ure without stint. Here is one upon my dress.'' Such a pin as thai cost thiVe hundred dollars!" exclaimed John. "I don't believe it." But mama says it is a true story" interposed Susie. "Yes, L know it to be true. And this is how the pin happened to cost so much. You know that calicoes after they are printed and washed, are dried and smoothed by being passed over heated rollers. "Well,, by some mischance, a pin dropped so as to j lie upon the principle roller, and f indeed became wedged into it, j the head standing out a little ' from the surface. ' "(Her and over went the roller, jand round and round went the j cloth, winding at length upon still another roller, until the pieee was measured off. Then another piece began, to be dried and wound; aod so on till a hun dred pieces had been counted oiF. These were not examined imme diately, but removed from the machinery and laid aside. When at length they came to be in spected, it was found that there were holes in every piece throng h- out the web, and only three quarters of a yard apart. Sow, in each piece there were from thirty-five to forty-five yards,and at twelve cents a yard that would count tip to about five hundred dollars. NT Y, JANUARY "Of course, the goods csuld not be classed as perfect goods, so they were sold as remnants, at less than half the price they would have brought had it not been for that hiddeo pin." Now, it seems to me that when a boy takes for his companion a profane swearer, a Sabbath breaker, or a lad who is untruth ful, and a little girl for her play mate one who is unkind or diso- bedient, or in any way a wicked cliild, they are like the roller which took to its bosom the pin. Without there being able to help it, often the influence clings to them, and leaves its mark upon everybody with whom they come in contact. That -pin damaged irreparably forfyliiiTidred yrds of new print, but bad company has ruined thousands of souls for whom Christ died. Remember, "one sinner destroyeth much good." therefore avoid evil companions. Selected. A Boy's lecisiou. Many years ago, Mr. Hall, an English gentleman, visited Ire land for the purpose of taking sketches of its most beautiful scenery, to be used in an illus trated work on Ireland, which has since been published. On one occasion, when about to spend a day in the neighbor hood of Eake Kilarney, he met a bright young Irish lad who of fered hl-j service as guide through the district. A bargain was made with him and the party went otf . The lad proved himself well acquainted with all the places of interest in that neighborhood, and had plen ty of stories to tell about them. He did his work well, and to the entire satisfaction of the visitors. On their return to the starting point, Mr. Hall took a flask of whisky from his pocket and drank some. Then he handed it to the boy and asked him to help him self. To his great surprise the offer was firmly but politely de dined. Mr. Hall thought this was verv strange. To find an Irish boy Tho would not touch or taste wmsKsey was stranger than any- u l.: 1. ii j t r uuiii ne Usui seen uiai uay. lie :ould not understand it; and he esolved to try the strength of he boy's temperance principles. He offered first a slulliinr, then ialf a crown, and then five shil- ings, if he would taste that whis- j iy. But the boy was firm. A j eal manly heart was beating on- I ler his ragged jacket. Mr. Hall j leter mined to try him f urther,so j le offered the boy a golden half j sovereign if he would take a drink )f whiskey. That was a coin sel lom seen by lads of this class in :hose parts. Straightening him- 11 ui), with a look of indigna tion 111 his face, the boy pulled mat a temperance medal from the ..1 J. . J? ; . t ,1 j jn ,iuiier iHK'jt.et 01 ms jacKei, ana holding it bravely up he said: ''This Wcis my father's medal. For years he was intemperate. All his wages were spent in drink, it almost broke my mother's heart; and what a hard time she had to keep the poos children from starving! At last my fa ther took a stand. He signed the dedge and wore this medal as oiyr as he lived. STARTIXCi IX THK U'OllLD- Many an unwise parent labors iard and lives sparingly all his life for the purpose of leaving nough to give his children a tart in the world, as it is called. Betting a young man float with honey left him by his relatives s like tying bladders under the irms 01 one wiio cannot swim; en chances to one he will lose is bladder and go to the bottom. 'each Mm to swim, and he will never need the bladders. Give rour child a sound education, and rou have done enough for him. ee to it that his morals are pure, jiis miuQ cultivated, ana ms Ivhoie nature made subservient to me laws which govern man, and rou have given what will be of more value than the wealth of he Indies. JY. C. Farmer, HOW THEY LOOKED. A lady noticing the queer look ing legs of young man, that they "looked very much like a dis carded tin water spout that had been knocked about and been driven over by the city drays." And now the young man is sorry that he ever wore thin pantaloons. 8, 1887. Extra Feetl for Cows. As cold weather approaches, it will require the best efforts 'of fanners to prevent serious shrink age of milk. So'me loss is una voidable, but if the yield falls off greatly it shows that the cow gets insufficient food, and tliis will make her poor and decrease her value for another year. If the cow is with calf it is not best to give her food for stimulating milk flow for three or four months before her time for calving. Try ing to get all the profit there is ii a cow in one season spoils her usefulness for one or two years after. How is The Farmer Doing. Amid the enormous industrial inprovement of the south, what is the farmer doing? We are building cities at a great rate. Fac tories, mills, railroads come into existence as if by magic. Mil lions of money and thousands of men are hurrying south to assist in developing its resources. The next few pears Avill witness such an industrial growth in the south as has seldom been seen. But what is the southern far mer doing ? " Is he growing with the general growth and strength ening his lines as we all grow stronger ? After all, the farmer is the test of prosperity. If he waxes fat and happy, the land will be abundantly blessed and all men may smile. If he falters and fails, the crash will come to all other interests. Agriculture is at once the basis and measure of all 'progress and prosperity. How then, pending this sharp ad vance in industrial matters, is the farmer getting along ? In Georgia he is doing well. He is gradually paying out of debt. He is becoming more in dependent. As every year passes he comes nearer making his sup plies at home, and making cotton at once his surplus and his mon ey crop. The compost heap is appearing on more farms every year, and less commercial fertili zers are being used. The drift towards intensive farming is de cided, and "fewer acres better tilled" is becoming the motto of the Georgia farmer. We hope that farmers in all other south ern states are as prosperous as those who live in Georgia. We have every reason to belive they are, and shall have positive in formation to offer on this subject very soon. The industrial improvement will help the farmer very much. It brings his market home to him, and it is the farmer who has a home market that prospers. In the country about Birmingham a C7 chickens sold before the town was built at 10 cents, and now bring 2o cents; eggs at 6 cents, and now at 18; butter at 8 cents a pound, and now at 30, and oth er produce in proportion. Wher ever a factory is planted, or a city built, a home market is crea ted for the farmer's truck and his land advanced in value. A farm worth $2 an acre without a rail road is worth 10 an acre when the railroad comes near at. Every man who comes into our section and does not earn his living by farming, becomes a buyer from the farmer, and helps just that much. The richest agricultural sections are those nearest the manufacturing districts, though the land is there notoriously the poorest. When the south gets a home market for its farm fruits and produce, and .has its monop oly of the cotton crop besides, it will become the richest agricul tural country in the world. The South will become a great mai.u facturing section; and this, more than all things else combined, will bring prosperity to the south ern farmer and high value to his lands. Atlanta Constitution. the profits out of a newspaper can be aptly termed the editors ink-come. Be not unmindful of the feel ings and rights of others. Idly spoken words often cause the deepest wounds and many times are the source of the direst trou ble. In the depth of the sea the wa ter is still; the heaviest grief is borne in silence; the deepest love flows through the eye and touch; the purest joy is unspeakable; the most impressive preacher at the funeral is the silent one whose lips are cold. NO. 30. FLASHES OF AMI WISDOM. From the Sunny Heart of W. H. Blount, or the Wllaon Mirror. So closers the sympathy between night and day that after one falls the other breaks. The more nature ia sad. tho dearer is home, and sweeter still is the thought of Heaven, The heart of a beautiful woman like that of a beautiful flower may be tlie abode of a reptile. Some genius proposes to introduce paper shirts. But a shirt out of a story paper would have too many tales. The firmest friendships have been formed in mutual adversity, as iron ia more strongh united by the fiercest flame. Hard iqards are l.ke hailstones in sara mer beating down and destroying what they nourish were they melted into drops. A slight from those from whom we have a right to expect some considerations of courtesy coes through the heart like a dagger of ice. Politeness is but the outside coveriag of a good heart the natural, graceful foli age and drapery of inward refinement and j elegant delicacy. Every duty well done, doubtless adds to the moral and spiritual stature. Each opportunity eagerly grasped and used is the key to larger privileged. Storm and cloud are kind hands that cool the sunshine out ot its withering touch into a kiss tender enough tomakthe earth laugh the joy of liarrcsts. Love i the most terrible, also the most generous of the passions; it is the only one that includes in its dreams the happiness of some one else. The man who worries himself half to death because he is unable to liquidate the little bill held against him by the proprie tor of the gin mill on the corner bar-owes trouble. Sensitive people spread out their feel ings to far that they frequently imagine some one is treading upon them, when they have not even been touched. Hence, so many unnecessary growls. A lady who assumes to know how boys ought to be trained, writes as follows; !'Oh, mother ! hunt out the soft, tender, genial side of your bo3r's nature." Moth ers often do with and old shoe. It may be accepted as a maxiam that fco a man of an aesthetic nature no woman ever looks lovely while in the act of flatten ning her nose against the window in order to catch a glance of a dog fight. Life is a book ol which we hare bnfc one edition. Let each day's action, as they add their pages to the indestructible volume, be such as we shall be willing to have an assembled world to read. Good temper is the philosophy of the heart a gem in the treasury within, whose raps are reflected on ail outward objects a perpetual sunshine, imparting warmth, light, and life, to all within the sphere of its influence. A geutle word a kindly act is a sweet and precious flower Pom the beauteous and oder-laden garden of goodness while a harsh and uncivil one is the detestable thorn of ill temper and poor breedingwhich grows near it. Woman, in her deepest shame, in her lowest degredation, holds some little "keep sake" of that higher existence, and like the star t shines out in her darkest, night with quenchless brilliancy, and reveals the heaven from which ic was lost. Candor is a virtue, but when indulg ed to excess it becomes the worst species of impoliteness, and may induce the belief that the heart which prompts it, is gnn "Teened all through with the loath some cor ruption of malice and venom. When you convince narrow minded people that they have done wrong they try to drown the conviction in a storm of anger, and retaliate upon their own lash ings of conscience by abusing and denounc ing those who have shown them their er ror. A real Christian seldom sees a defect in his neighbor. A pure lake reflects tha beautiful sky, the clouds, and the whole overhanging trees; but when it is ruffled it reflects nothing that is pure. A bad man seldom see.4 a good trait in his neighbor. The earth is every day overspread with the evil of night, for the reason that the cages of birds are darkened, so that we may the more readily see and appre hend the higher' and purer and sweeter harmonies of thought and reflection amid the hush and stillness of darkness. ( )f all the agonies (if life, that which is most poignant and harrowing that which for the time annihilates reason and leaves the heart in one torn lacerated mass of ruin is the conviction that we have been disappointed and deceived in the devotioa of the woman to whom we have paid heart worship. Do at least, one good, kind, and gen tle act every day, and when night comes aud you seek the couch of repose, Memory will shake from that flower of goodness so much delightful fragrance that sleep will come on the sweetest perfumed pinions, and sprinkle the thoughts with precious dews of Heaven. Entwine in thy garland the rare and precious flowers of charity and kindness, tor their bloom wiil ever keep fresh and beauteous, while the perfume they shed is both sweet and -fadeless. Po this and though thy life Work should be humble and lowly such trophies a thec will make it both noble and holy.