THE HERALD. rririu riria or jomstc cct Jftr. st ttMMiM-to fcATfcsi I ill' Year, t A(rnnt. t. .....? 0. Mi Mouths, " ..-' AdrertUinglUtes mad known on applic lm While we are always gtad la iecelte hrighl, newsy letters from iHTcreiit sections of the count:?, l"!'19 coatrlbutofs In wtit legibly and on one side of paper only 4 '! name of writer must accompany nil article. Address corresntdehce to "TtSK l!KtiAt.l " Sndthfield. X. f. NOIlTfl CAROLINA NOTES. iMtOtVH IT KMs TAKEN FROM OtfU EXCItAXUttS AXO lUUt.Kt) tOWX FOUTItK ItEUAI.n ukaukks. Wake county levied taxes to the- full constitutional limit. The average of the age of the Senior class at Trinity, was 23 year;. The news from all over the State is that the crop prospect is very good. it is estimated that Edgecombe county has paid out since Jamtry STo.OTK) for horses and mules. Major Robert Bingham will leave in a few days for a Euro pean tour, and will return about September 1st. The Conference of the M. E. Church, for the Warrenton dis trict, will open at Kocky Mount on July 4th. The opening ser mon will be preached by the Uev. T. Page Mcaud. Double freight trains are run ning daily over the Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad from Goldsboro to Morehead City, thus affording unusual facilities to the trucking interest of Eastern Carolina. Messrs. Natt. Atkinson !t Sons., Aslieville, call for an exhibit of grasses and cerials in that city on the 4th of August, and offers premiums for the best, aggre gating fifty-four dollars in cash. This is commendable. The Pittsboro Home says that the recent commencement at the University was its ninety-second one. We have had occasion sis the visiting committee to exam ine into its management and we hesitate not to say that it is em inently worthy of the patronage of the public. Last week the revenue men captured two Karrels of whisky, about one hundred gallons, in a barn in Hadiey's Township, in Chatham county. It was brought to the depot and shipped to the collector at Reidsville. They found the place of the still but it had just been removed. It is estimated that at least twenty thousand barrels of Irish potatoes went forward to North ern markets from New Berne and vicinity last week. At an aver age of four dollars per barrel some brought five and six this would brinr in the neighborhood of seventy-five thousand dollars to the community. Mr. W. S. Caffey, while walk ing through his new ground near Hurling ton, recently, found a curious collection of keys, which probably belonged to some bur glar, who evidently believed in having plenty of tools to work with. The assortment, number ing about seventy-five, consisted of nearly all sizes and kinds, including skeleton keys and lock picks. The Charlotte Democrat says : We saw in the Museum at the University of North Carolina last week, ninety-two specimens of different kinds of North Carolina birds. They were killed near Chapel Hill and stuffed by ProL Holmes. The varied and bright plumage was really wonderful to behold, and the neat manner in which the birds were "put up" reflects great credit on the Pro fessor. We see in the Ashviile Advance that Ruth Lytic, the wife of Harvey Lytle, both colored cit izeus of this county and resident near Cooper 'Station, gave birth to a female double-headed child recently. , The two heads spring from the same neck ; both faces the same way. The rear skull seems to be growing into the front skull, leaving the left cheek distinctly visible. The front face is well formed, the features natural, but hair grows on the forehead down to the eyebrows. The hair on the arms? is an inch long. Both heads are covered with long, black, silky hair. She weighs eleven pounds, appears to bo perfectly healthy and is doing. The mother is of mixed blood, Indian, negro and white. The father is a negro. Dr. K. J. Wilson is physician to the fam ily. Great excitement prevails among the negroes of the neigh borhood, who think this is a curse sent on their people. Sev eral persons have ottered to take the child, hut the parents refuse to part .with it. j l ji iii ? 1 y Eslabllftlicil 1HH3. VOLUME 6. Why Ike Deinoernflc Otigl&t to Win. Paris' The Sun indulged yesterday in the prediction that Mr. Cleve land will not be a candidate In 1888. This is so contrary to the general opinion, and indeed to the general wish, that we are in clined to ask for the facts on which so odd a prophecy is based. We refrain, however, lest we re mind our neighbor of his fali billty in such matters, and that would be needlessly distressing. If lie had predicted that the land reform which the President is so vigorously pressing, for in stance, is fast becoming a nation al issue which will render his re nomination inevitable, that could be easily undetstood. Or if he had asserted that the clean and honest government which the American people are enjoying is creating an appetite for more of the same sort, that would . show that he recognizes the drift or current of public opinion. Not to see such a drift or current is to be strangely blind, and leads us to fear a personal prejudice has been mistaken for the proph et's mantle. The political situa tion, as we view it, is peculiarly encouraging antf may be summed up as follows : The people of this country see plainly that a Democratic admin istration means peace and com mercial prosperity. It is evident that the business community in every part of the continent is not only satisfied with the pres ent order of things, but decree its continuance. Nationl affairs are conducted on the lines of a policy at once conservative and patriotic. If there is a lack of the dangerous brilliancy which would entangle us in foreign com plications there is an increase in the public sense of security. Confidence prevails everywhere. No doubts or fears or suspicions lurk in the air. There is no pre vailing feeling of uncertainty to interfere with commercial enter prise and adventure. When we take an account of stock wo find that our political books bal ance, and there is no dread cris sis to which wo look forward with trepidation. The country is on its feet, with cool blood and level head and the p leasant consciousness of health and strength. That is what the Democratic party is doing for the people. It is distinctly the people's party. It goes slowly, perhaps a little too slowly for some of our most aggressive citizens, but it carries a heavy burden of responsibility and does not propose to dump it into a ditch. It is better to have a reputation for looking before you leap than a reputation for leaping before you look. The mere partisan, like Blaine, might make a brilliant administration, but it would be personal rather than national and its brilliancy would be at the expense of the nation's happiness and welfare. The man of more sober counsel, who regards public office as a public trust, who is the people's servant and not a monarch with a four year term, is the only fit person to become the Executive of the republic. We are not a war loving race. We have a great country to develop. We are ab sorbed in the manipulation of our material resources. We are making use of the opportunities for wealth which are everywhere offered to the industrious aud perserving. When an adminis tration to which we delegate the oversight of our national inter ests honorably steers clear of for eign entanglements, keeps us free from intestine confusion and ! checks the encroachments on the rights of any section of the conn try, it archieves the loftiest vic tory and wins the? highest renown which a republic affords. This is what the Democratic party and the Executive has been doing for more than two years. They have serve! the country faithfully and the country recog nizes the fact. The Republican party was over thrown, in spite of its desperate use of patronage, by an alarmed and aroused people. It had fal len from its high prestige of great moral ideas, and while it retained the garb of the patriot it entered upon the life of a spoils man. It was lom of love of country, it cuded in love of pow er. It becaii by serving the ! whole, but it ended by serving I itself. Smitmfijeld "CAIIUJLI1TA, CAROLINA, nEAVEKPS It Is now the Jacobin power in American politics, while the Democrats represent the conser vative, cautious Girondists. Mr. Blaine is an ideal Jacobin leader. He is the restless head of a rest less party. He wants place at any cost not for the nation's sake, but for his own sake. He is the mosF desperate politician of the age. And therefore the one least to be trusted. The hot Jacobin blood is in his veins. He is perilously ambitious. He has followers who have fed on the treasury, and like lions who have tasted blood, they are eager for another chance at the public crib. The Jacobins talked the most about patriotism when they po sessed the least of it. Their pro fessed object was to save the country ; their real purpose was to enrich themselves. They boasted of the rights of the peo ple, but they had firebrands in hands and their eyes were fixed on vaults containing valuables. They were the prototypes of cer tain Kepublians of the present day. The Itepublian party has come to be a Jacobin party. Tiie Girondists were progres sive, but cau tious. The flambeau was not to their taste. They were constructive and consistent. They effected changes by legiti mate means only. They never ran for ducats, but for the pub lic good. They were slower than the Jacobins, but they got there all the same, and there was neith er fire or pillage in their path. In 1884 the people invited the Jacobins party to retire. At the same time they invited the Gi rondists party to take posession of the White House. As a con sequence the country is .quiet, prosperous. Its people are one people. North and South are shoulder to shoulder. The past is dead. The future is hopeful. A Democratic administration has given the country what it wants peace and plenty. And the country has stood by this admin istration, aud will stand by it in 1888. N. Y. Heralds - Fur 1KS8. In a year from now delegates will be chosen to the Democratic national convention. In July, 1888, the presidential ticket will be nominated. Mr. Cleveland is the strongest man now and he will be the strongest man then for the head of the ticket. Two or three democratic papers, so called, and a few public men are trying to create disaffection in the Democratic ranks. They have never liked Mr. Cleveland's frank and honest policy, and they are working with all their might to defeat the President in the convention. But against a few kickers we find arrayed the great majority of Democratic congressmen, the great majority of the Democratic newspapers and t he masses of the Democratic party. What has Cleveland's admin istration done? ask the Republi cans and the handful of anti- Cleveland Democrats. The an swer is easy and the masses cau understand it. Mr. Cleveland has broken up sectionalism by being the President of the whole country. He has turned out of , office the Republicans who repre- BdllCU DCVj 1,1 V' 11 (i. J. lltXtKKJ UilIU UUOU- sive methods. In Virginia near ly every postoffice and every in ternal revenue office was in charge of a Mahoneite. One of Mr.Cleveland's first acts was to re placeRepublicansby worthy Dem ocrats. Throughout the South good Southern men succeeded corrupt Republican henchmen. The day that Cleveland took the oath, of office stealing in the government had to stop. Thievs had to flee from the public crib. Star-route frauds were 110 longer possible; navy yard frauds were exposed and stopped. The Treasury Depart ment could no-longer be used as a syndicate for making million aires of government officials. Millions had been stolen annn- i ally through the Pension Beureau j and other divisions of the Inte ! rior Department. All this cor ! ruption had to come to an end. j A new system of book-keeping j began in 1885, and the million i aires who had been robbing the i government every year through jthe channel of land i grants found it no longer possi- i ble to wine and dine coramisson- ers of railroad accounts, and SMITHFIELD,-H. C, JUNE 25, they have been squalling ever since. "Public office is a public trust" is written over Mr. Cleve land's desk; and this motto has been faithfully lived up to. The Secretary of the Interior has presented a scheme which lias been; approved byHhe President providing for the opening up of 100,000,000 acres of land. Rich Western lands held by the rail road, syndicates arid long unoc cupied will be sold,at reasonable rates to industrious" settlers, the rights of the millionaire corpora tions having, expired by limita tion.'. When :this; scheme isr carried out thbusartdupori thous ands of worthy me ill be able to acquire small farms on.t easy terms and develop tlfe country, while the government at the same time will be able to reap a a rich benefit by the sale of the vast stretches of unused territo ry. But something more is expect ed of a President, of course, than mere attention to details. The President must have statesman like qualities. He must have pronounced views upon finance and political economy. Well Mr. Cleveland has shown his statesmanlike qualities in many ways, and he has put himself squarely on record in favor of a sound financial policy and as a revenue reformer. Every good Democrat appreciates what the administration has done; and we repeat it, Mr Cleveland is the strongest man to-day and he will be the strongest man in 1888. Richmond State. N. 0. AT THE EXPOSITION. We find the following editorial in a late issue of the Ashviile Citizen. We commend it to the attention of every community in the States that toucli the Piedmont region : At the Atlanta exposition of 1881 crude mat trials selected from the almost "totally un developed resources of western North Carolina were exhibited, and the display not only rat tried all North Carolinians who saw it, but as tonished t cm as well as others. That ex hibition has becu worth untold thousands in dol'ars directly to our section, besides adding comforts, conveniences, etc., not to lc cstitna niatcd. Notwithstanding the improvements wck-h have taken place, yet real dcrlopuients have scarcely been entered u on. In October Atlanta wlil offer auothrr opportunity for western Carolina. We have faith enough in the tesources of our section to hope for and urge a full par ticipation of the l'icdmont exposition. Every c unity sliMtld have a full exhibit, a suc'i ; aud it would be eminently proper for the county cuinm ssioners of eac!i county to c 11 sidrr thi matter ami at least re omnu-nd their people to tane the necessary steps to secure a good exhibit, and appoint some per sou to superintend the collection. Our sec tion must be represented. We cannot afford to We ruch an opportunity. Thousands of people from all sections of the union will cer tainly attend to see for themselves what for an exhibit a sectiox of which so much boast ing has been made, cat. offer. It may cost a few hundred dollars to our people to make the collection and exhibit not more but, if well done, doue upon a sca'c which the real resource will justify. Thousands upon thous ands of dollars will come back to aid the fur ther development und prosperily of the sec tion. Let us all be up and doing. It is admitted on all sides that the Cottou Exposition at Atlanta was the starting point of the present development of southern resources. That exposition first attracted northern capital to the south. Even the exhibit made by North Carolina, as incomplete as that was, has, according to the Citizen, repaid that State a thousand fold. The Piedmont exposition will equal the Cotton exposition in every respect and surpass it in many respects. Its buildings will be as large, and its equip ment much more complete. Its programme .is more attractive and will bring larger crowds. The interest in the Piedmont re gion is a hundred times greater now than it was in 1881, and visitors from all sections of the north will be here in large num bers to study resources of this section epitomized at the expo sition. The people of Atlanta are spend ing one hundred and fifty thous and dollars to get this show ready, and every accommodation will be offered to visitors and ex hibitors. They furnish this money themselves and ask for no outside help, and are project ing preparations on a scale that leaves little hope of the return of a dollar invested. All they ask is .that the towns and cities throughout the Piedmont region take advantage of the opportuni ty thus offered and make such a show of their resources as will confirm the lessons taught by ATTEND HER." 1887. the Cotton exposition in this city. Applications from exhib itors from the north and west are already overwhelming. Every building .that can be erected can possibly be erected can be filled with fine exhibits from be yond the Ohio or the Potomac. The directors, however, are anx ious that the Piedmont region shaJi come to the tront and take first place in this exposition, which is primarily for its benefit. It is necessary that applica tion for space should be made promptly. The, directors have already provided one hundred and fifty thousand feet of space. If it is necessary - to have more buildings in order to accommo date exhibitors this fact should be known as soon as possible. Atlanta's whole heart is in the enterprise, and her whole people are ready to back the directors in anything that is necessary to make it a complete success. The directors, from president down are working without salary and giving their whole time to the work. ow, let every to wn, every community, every individ ual, in the Piedmont region that has anything that would be in teresting to show, or that gives an idea of the riches of this sec tion, undoubtedly the richest section of the republic, send for ward at once his application for space, stating exactly what he proposes to show and exactly the space he needs. The Cotton exposition found it necessary dur ing the last month to decline as many exhibits as they had al ready exhibited, it being impos sible to erect new buildings in time for their accommodation. It is earnestly hoped that the Piedmont exposition will not have to curtail its show in the same way. The directors are ready to furnish the buildings if the exhibitors will only make known their wants in time. Vie ask the newspapers in the Piedmontregion to help in getting thia request before people. There is not a community whose best interest will not be served by such an appeal in its local paper. Will not our brothers of the press give us their aid in this matter. The Constitution can not hope to reach every commu nity in the Piedmont region, but wherever its circulation extends it gives the Piedmont exposition its hearty and gratuitous help. Will the press anywhere through out the whole section he back ward in giving their sanction and sympathy to this enterprise, which promises so much to de velop the communities through which they circulates. Atlanta Constitution Tar Heels of Long A so. THE IMMORTAL CHARGE OF THE NORTH CAROLINIANS AT GET TYSBURG. As the time advances we con template with increasing admi ration the almost numberless deeds of heroism enacted by men from both sections in the great civil war. JThe grandest among these achievements was the im mortal charge of the North Car olinians at Gettyshurg a display of heroic fortitute rivalling that of the Greeks at Thermopyle and casting into the shade the mad gallop of Balaklava, made famous by the song of England's poet laureate, or the still more renowned assault of Boneparte's Imperial Guard at Waterloo. Compearing this latter event with the charge of the North Carolin ians, let us see in what respect the North Carolinian perform ance excelled that of the French. In the first place the North Carolinians had endured a heavy fire of artillery for several hours before the charge, which was cal culated to unnerve the most sea soned troops, where the French Guard had previously, been se curely sheltered behind a hill in the rear. Secondly, the distance travers ed by the Confederates to reach the enemy's line was very much greater than that covered by the French, and therefore they were exposed to fire for a longer pe riod of time. Thirdly, the firearms used by the Federals were manifold more destructive than the flint-lock and muzzle-loading muskets in the hands of the British soldiers. Fourthly, the Imperial Guard charged in column, the rear men pressing forward those in front, Subscription $1.50. NUMBER 3. while the Confederates moved in line, with nothing to carry them onward except indomitable plant. Fifthly, the British position was in the open field, while the Federal troops were protected by intrenchments hastily thrown up but quite formidable. Sixthly and lastly, the Confed erates penetrated the enemy's lines, seized their guns, and were prevented from holding the po sition only by a lack of reinforce ments on their part and the ar rival of fresh troops from the Federal reserves. Boneparte's Imperial Guard, composed of picked veteran soldiers, not only failed to break the British ranks, but were driven back before ing their lines by a counter charge of Wellington's Guard. 'I he Valley of Silence. In the hush of t he valley of silence I d 1 earn all the songs that 1 sing: And the music floats down the dim valley. Till each finds a word for a wing, That to hearts, like the dove of 'the Te'iige A message of peace may bring. But far on the dep there are billows That never shall break on the beach ; And I have heard songs in the silence That never shall float into speech ; And I have had dreams in the valley Too lofty for language to teach. And I have seen thoughts in the valley Ah, me! how my spirit was stirred ! And they wear holy veils on their faces Their footsteps can scarcely be heard : . They pass through the valley lis virgin, Too pure for the ttuoh of a word. Do you ak me the place in the valley ? Ye hearts that are harrowed by care ? It lieth afar between mountains, And God and hk angels are there ; One is the dark mountain of sorrow, And one the bright mountain of prayer. Father liyan.- Sentenced to Solitary Confine ment. The trial of a man for selling liquor was held in one of the Dakota prohibition counties. A quart bottle of whisky was pro duced by the officer as having been found on the premises of the defendant. ."Just lemme see that bottle o' likker," said the Judge. It was handed to him. He pulled the cork out with his teeth, smelled of the contents a couple of times, held it up to the light and said : ----- - . "I sentence this 4ere likker to solitary confinement." "What's that ?" asked the pros ecuting attorney. "The contents o' this bottle is hereby sentenced to solitary con finement." "Why, you blamed old snoozer, you ain't trying the bottle it is the prisoner here who is before the Court." "Five dollars for contempt o' court your redeved pettifogger !" roared the Judge. "The prisoner is discharged ! Get out o' here, every one o' you ! I'll show you ef this Court- can't enforce . its own sentences!" And he put his feet up on the desk, threw his head back and there was a sound like pure cold spring water running out of the bunghole of a barrel. Dakota Bell. Sad, if True. A sad and touching story comes to us from Grand Marias. A guile less red son of the forest whose early education in the intricate sciences seems to have been somewhat neglected, found a nitro-glycerine cartridge, and, of course, thought it was something good to eat. One of the peculiarities of the noble Indian is that when lie finds a thing and doesn't know what it is he invariably classi fies it with his alphabetical list of foods and entombs it in his always hungry midst. This In dian made a fair, average lunch from the tenderest end of the cartridge, smacked his lips with satisfaction, and returned to his tepee. After family prayers that evening his squaw washed the children and put them to bed, and soon the aged couple also re tired. During the night his wife yelled to him to "lie over," and at the same time dug her elbow into his abdomen with wifely vigor. He did as she requested. He laid over a portion of the adjacent real estate, while here and there f ragements of his once proud frame could be seen dang ling from the limbs of the trees in the soft moonlight. His wife hasn't been heard from since. This story is a sad one, and should teach the untutored red children to always investigate before they bite into a substance with which they are. not person ally acquainted. JOB PRINTIHG. raovrr ATTEXTIOS mo TO OBSESS. . u4vc ..!. -. i t? . u 1 iii,.li,c iiuting est itilishiiietit.-. 111 this ntiuu, aud arc pre pared to execute all kinds b' Book and Job Printing in tlie neatest style and as cheap as good work can be Joue. We pad all. station ery in tablet form which makes it more con venient for office uje. I'lace vour orders with I The Uekaij and we will guarantee to give satisfaction. ' Address correspondence to HESAID FEI.mS HCI SS, Bnithfleid, X. C. BAXTDOM BAKINGS. NEWSY ITEMS WHICH AKEGLEAXED FROM MANY VARIOUS SOURCES FOR OUR READERS. It is announced that the Scotch Thistle will not take part in the Jubilee races. Secretary Manning hasretured from his European trip, greatly improved in health. Young Albert Victor, son of the Prince of Wales, will go to the House of Lords as a Peer. A young rascal named Will Guess fired a rifle ball at Miss Irene Fan n at Cleveland Tenn.. killing her instantly. Ex-Secretary Daniel Manning, commenced his business career in New York last week in assu ming the duties of the office of president of the Western Nation al Bank. At an Anarchist picnic in New Jersey a riot occurred. A repor ter who wore an American flasr was beaten and thrown over a fence. Some indignant young men stormed the Anarchists when a fight ensued. Six were injured, none fatally. Clubs and pistols were used. Star. News has been received in Dub lin of the Phceiiix P.irk inform ers, sent by the government to various come three and a-half years ago, after the Invincible trials., Kavanagh, the carman, has been dead some time. He always drank hard, and after leaving Ireland went from bad to worse, and finally succumbed to delirum tremens. A gentlman who recently talk ed to President Cleveland about being present when a fair is held in a New England State says the only thing necessary to get the Chief Exective to an anffair of a public nature when it will not interfere with dates already made is an assurance that no evil can come of his presence that is, that there is no politics in the occasion. The labor vote might hold the balance of power in a few of the close States, but' that would be the extent of the movement, and it is seriously questioned that it can be solidified sufficiently to accomplish even this much. There would be no apparent in centive for a solid labor move ment, no direct benefit to accrue therefrom, and without such in centive the vote would be hard to control. Another very interesting dis covery has been made at the Acropolis in Athens, in the shape of five marble statues. Two of them are over life-size and are good examples of the art of the period before Phidias. . They represent female forms, and are in a fair state of preservation. All the statues have been sent to the Acropolis museum, which has already been greatly enrich ed by the discoveries made du ring these excavations. Ex- Speaker Randall said re cently that he believed the House favored a repeal of the tobacco tax. He thinks there will be an effort made to review the tariff, but insists that if duties are low ered revenue will probably in crease. He sees no necessity for an extra session, and earnestly depreciates any financial legisla tion that is likely to disturb the present satisfactory economical conditions, but says the revenue must be reduced. Secretary Bayard's position on the subject of emigration from Ireland is entirely sound. He de clines to make rule regarding immigrants without means, be yond that laid down by the law. The government will take care through special investigations to prevent the landing of "foreign contract labor," and that persons liable to become public charges are not landed at our ports with out giving the security required by law. Columbus, O., June 14. A lodge of bloodthirstp anarchists has been discovered in this city. It numbers ninety men and women, and some of the circulars are of the most revolutionary character. The organization dates from the visit of Mrs. Parsons last March. Their work in this, as in other cities, is carried on with the greatest secrecy, and it is a difficult matter to locate their place of meeting or to learn much about their work.