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"TRUE TO OURSELVES. OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD.
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Gladness Comes
' th a better understanding1 of the
x i -i. nf nature of the many phys
lls, tvhicfa vanish Ix-fore proper ef
l? ntle fTort pleasant efforts
ris v .1 rected. There is comfort in
ledffe, that so manv forms of
- are not due to any actual dis
but -imply to a const jputed condi
th -v-tem. which the pleasant
laxative, Syrup of Figs. prompt
That is why it is the only
th mi I lions of families, and is
here esteemed so highly by all
Rood health. Its beneficial
re due to the fact, that it is the
m dy which promotes internal
sa n ithout debilitating tlie
on which it acts. It is therefore
taut, in order to pet its bene-
(feet, to note when you pur-k-M'.
tl at u have the genuine arti-
ia manufactured bv the Cali-
i Fig Syrup Co. only and sold by
putable druggtata.
the enjoyment of good health,
stem la regular, laxatives or
r r aietlies are then not needed. If
, " i with any actual disease, one
mmemled to the most skillful
n s, hut if in need of a laxative,
hould have the best, and with the
formed everywhere, Syrup of
E stands highest and la most largely
1-0 g re m. st general satisfaction.
Or. Pritchard.
1 his community and the St ite
vill sine relv regret to learn of
the death of Rev Thomas Hen
derson Pritchard. D. D., which
occurred on yesterday mornin
in New York city. He left 1 ere
but two or three days ago. He
had been in failing health for
some time. A month or so ago
iium ui nome at LDar
STATE NEWS'
Old English Law.
a leather o
last week,
Mr. K. P. Davh
Vlni o . dud
ged 42.
Herhe-r Binghan. has succeeded
Riv. II. C: Kegley as principal of
Me bane High School.
Fred Moore, a flagman on the
Southern, was killed last Satur
day by falling from a freight
. -" iiiiKuisiiuc i l nic none ir...n tj i r.
r . i.i, . r "-ai i uuuu JMIOD.
itgrtiuuiij neaun, out
n:
n .1
La F
cuml
A Disgusted Northerner
X r he n man and a Repub
can. a Mr. Baker, of Fall River,
l . arrived in the city last
with his eyes opened. Mr.
r was sitting in front of the
rivet tr Hotel, listening to a
er ol gentlemen dtscusine
politics. He suddenly arosefrom
his scat and sail "Gentlemen,
y hi are all strangers to me, but
ll yon will allow it, I want to
unburden my mind of an humble
thought I was b irn and reared
in Massachusetts, the hot bed of
;ib ilition, and hive been taught
to believe a 1 my 1 fe that the Re
pul ic ms and negroes were bad
ly treated by the Democrats of
tin South, in lact they wete still
little better than slav. s. Last
Fiidayl -tj ped n a Southern
the city of Raleigh, for the
ti tie in my life. I heard
mere was a Republican
convention in session and
city,
first
ihit
Stat
1 went, charged with svmpatby
for the oppressed Republican. I
stood ami gaz d at the howling,
8 ething, cursing mob, and but
n fc w mon cnts were sufficient to
convince me that if this was Re
pablicanism in the South, then
God deliver her from it. Boys,
I am a Southern Democrat in
heart and spirit, if not by resi
dence. Fayette ville Observer.
Mr ll p. Davis, a prominent
veivman and merchant ol
Goben, a . has this to say on
the snhject of rheumatism: I
take pleasure in recommending
Chamberlain's Pain Balm for
rheumatism, as I know from
ptrsoi al experience that it will
do all that is claimed for it. A
J ir agu this spriite mv brothe
Was laid up in lx-d with infla
it was
not to be Some imorc vement m
short time ago gave hope to his
friends that be would be able to
resume his labors as pastor of
the First Baotist churrh t
Charlotte. It was so published
in some of the State newspapers,
but was delusive. A life of use
fulness and toil and not witftout
distinction has been closed, and
the toiler now rests from his
laoors. W e trust he is now with
the redeemed of the Lord in the
"many mansions."
tr. tTitchard was a native of
Lharlr.tte, and was born 8th
February, 1832. So his last
birthday was his 64th. His
lather was Rev. Joseph P. Pritch
ard and his mother was Elizi H.
Henderson, a kinswoman of the
distinguished Hendersons of
Granville count v. He was grad
uated at Wake Forest College in
aoo. ne entered the Baptist
ministry and was ordained the
next year. In 1858 he was mar
ried to Miss Fannie G. Brinson,
of New Berae. who survives him
as do several children. Inl8(i0 he
as pastor ol Franklin Square
Church, Baltimore, and so con-
niiutu uunijHiy, jooj. tie was
captured and imprisoned for a
few weeks while attempting to
get through the lines. He came
to Raleigh after serving as chaD
lain lor a few months, and served
as sub-pastor of First Baptist
Church at Raleigh. In 1S65, he
became pastor of First Baptist
Church, Petersburg, Va. He
served there for two or three
years, when he was elected pas
tor of his old Raleigh charge.
and continued as such until
1878. In that year he was
elected President of Wake For
est College. In 1882, be became
pastor of Broadway church.
Louisville, Ky ,and aftera short
pastorate was chosen pastor of
First Baptist church in this clt3
Here be served for some nine or
ten years, when he was invited
to bis charge at Charlotte which
closes his ministry.
He received the degree of D D ,
from the University of North
Carolina in 1868. He was a
trustee of Wake Forest Col
lege for a long time as well
The University su nnier Law
School, conducted by Judge Jas.
L. Shepherd and Dr. John Man
tling, will open in Chapel Hill
July 1st.
vv right Meddlin, a Durham
painter, while walking on the
track of the Durham and North
ern railroad, was struck by a
train and instantly killed Satur
day night.
l he limes says that the Davie
Republicans are dissatisfied with
Kussll's nomination, and a
leader in their ranks has openh
declared that he does not think
he can suppoit him.
Mr. Brown, of the National
Fish Commission, called on Fri
day. He released 450,000 oune
siiau
tank Kiver, and
look for them to
penrance in four years. E
Economist.
. - ft. . . A I f ft
i usi iiiiteiiea in t'n so un
says we may
put in an an
City
mater v -.heumatism and sufferer!
intently The first application
of Chamberlain's Pain Balm
sd the pain and the use of one
completely cured him
1 'rsalebv Hood Bros. Smith
field and J. W. Benson, Benson.
v c.
One Correct Answer.
OIK'
Met
uorero r
was at
c'minii
Wsdidates
' ol C.ai donia
ported that one
Mattox. of Vermont,
time eh irman of the
tppoinred to examine
or admission to the
county. He
of the candi-
w in his opinion, unqual
having answered correctly
i . ""e ol the
''ltn.
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that
questions put to
.1.
one.' Well, what was
iked the presiding
1 askei
it tra
im
th
v
"He ma
-Hiat
ith a
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f'l the
him what a freehold
" replied Mattox.
t ant rpiestion," said
'and what was his
tn
Bee
it without the least
11 s lid the chairman
tA-inkle of his eve: "of
at f let is in his favor."
impa-
as of the Theological Seminary
at Louisville.
Dr. Pritchard had talents. He
wrote with good taste. He had
a full, rich toned voice and spoke
impressively and interestingly
He delivered a great many litera
ry addresses and was a popular
speaker, enjoying a fine rcputa
tion among his own people and
with other denominations.
We first knew him durine his
war pastorate at Raleigh, and
tor many years after was in
something like close fellowship
with him. After 1876 we saw
but very little of him until he
came to this city to live. Here
we met him now and then, and
in pleasant association. He was
very companionable, and we
found him ever responsive to
kind words. He was a minister
of decided influence with the
great family of Baptists in this
State, and his death will be sin
cerely felt. In Dr. Carroll's, Dr.
Durham's and Dr. Pritchard's
death the Baptists were indeed
bereaved. These were all tru
North Carolinians, proud o
their birth, and willing al ways
to serve their old mother. Wil
mington Messenger, May 24th
Manager McKissick has leased
the Battery Park hotel from Col.
Coxe. Mr. McKissick was the
best newspaper man abroad be
fore he went into the hotel busi-
IT
ness. tie is now at thf trw,
among hotelists. He belongs at
the top and you can't keep him
from getting there.
Charitv and Child rcn snvs
that Mr. Geo. W. Vanderbilt
needed the Baptist church at
Biltmore for a barn. He told
the brethren he would build them
another if they would let him
have it. They agreed to do so
and now t' ey have a beautiful
house worth" $7,000 for their
old one worth about $700.
In the case of IMIiard vs.
Abeilte, decided by the Su
preme Court Tuesday, some
$150,000 is involved. It is a
case in which suit was brought
to test the city right to make
the property- owners on a street
pay two-thirds the cost ol pav
ing. The decision is in favor of
the city. Raleigh Press Visitor
The fruit crop throughout the
country promises to be immense
It is not often that two good
f it years come in succession
Last year was a good one for
fruir, but this year promises to
be a still belter one. The peach
t ees are loaded down, and the
crop of cherries, apples and
pears is as promising as ever
known. Raleigh Press-Visitor
The ordeal of the old Engh.-h
law was combined with religion
rifes The interventit n f thi
Church 900years ago was called
upon, and the direct hand of
trod or Providence was assumed
to interpose in behalf of the inno
cent. We retain this idea posi
tively to-dav. When we kill en
masse, we invoke God's sanction
and gloiify a victory with a Te
IJeum. The measures taken bv
cne a ngio-baxons were revolting
in their cruelty. There was the
boiling water ordeai. A bo
-111 . m ...
wm nnea witd boiling water
and a stone in the scalding fluid
naa to oe pulled out. Then
was the cold water ordeal
Thumbs and toes were tied, then
to the man or woman was given
noiy water to drink, and next
the person was tossed into the
river. If he sank, he was inno
cent; if he did not sink he wan
guilty. It is the intervention of
the priest which shocks u. We
are told by those learned in old
English laws that the words
cruelty and superstition" con
veyed quite different ideas in the
Middle Ages, "superstition being
tne foster brother of ignorance,'
The idea of torture bad quite a
umcrcDc siguincation in tn
Middle Ages. It was Divine in
terposition which made the dif
icrcnce men. out we do not
conceive to day of any such dis
crimination. People in England
nept on, however, believing in
tne fcupreme bod busving him
self with a thief or a king, and
so if a low churl stole a horse, or
a mighty earl somebody eUe'
castle, the ordeal for the first
was the watery one, and for the
second the handling of or the
walking over hot iron. Then
came as an "improvement" the
ordeal of battle. The whole of
this ordeal business did not
come to an end until 1751 . Then
a man was banged for drowning
a woman subjected to the water
ordeal. The duel only ceased it.
1818. It was a remnant of sav
agery which was the most diffi
cult to eradicate, and there is
just a little of this same kind ol
savagery still remaining among
so- ailed civilized people. Au
gusta Chronicle.
com-
Words of Wisdom
They nevei pardon who
mit the wrong Dryden.
The meek enjov almost a ner
petual Sabbath. M. Henry.
No one who cannot master
himself is worthy to rule.
Goe.he.
When the judgment is weak
t nfAlllfl.A.. -tTT
fvjuu.t isairong. kj M a ra.
The truths a man carries about
with him are his tools O. W.
Holmes.
The greatest misfortunes men
fall into arise from themselves
Steele.
In manners, tranquility is the
supreme power. Mme.de Main-tenon.
Worth begets, in base minds,
envv; in great souls, emulation.
Yielding.
At a touch sweet oleasurt
melteth, like to bubbles when
ra:n peltcth. Keats.
Education is our only political
safety. Outside of this ark all is
deluge. H. Mann.
A good discourse is that from
which one can take nothing
without taking the life Fene
Ion.
that which we are, we are all
the while teaching, not volunta
rily, but involuntarily Emer
son. Ob, what authoritv and show
of truth can cunning sin cover
itself withai. Sbakesoeare.
a
Our life's floor is laid upon
eternity; no crack in it but
shows the underlying heaven.
C Kingsley.
Often do the spirits of great
events stride on belore the
events, and in to-day already
walks to-morrow. Colt ridge.
We seek advice in difficulties;
bat in common spetch we are
apt to confound it with admoni
tion Charles Lamb.
hHMm the first beginnings; look
to the budding mischief before it
has time to ripen to maturity.
Shakespeare.
Duty of Southern Men.
Highest of all in
Patriotic to the Last,
A couple of Englishmen,
route for Rome, were f ined
As has been noted already in
these columns two medals and
lipl
mas were awarded North
Ca olinians by the World's Fair
committee of awards. Mr. Fred
Oliver, of this city, receiving the
award lor the bi st cottonseed
oil, and the late ex Governor
Thomas M. Holt, of Alamance,
that for the best wheat. Now
comes an awxrd of medal and
diploma to Mr. VV. S. Pharr, of
Mecklenburg, for the best exhibit
of cotton, judged for staple
quality and nice and carefu
handling Is there anything
that North Carolina and Meck-
I nburg does not exist in? Char
lotte Observer.
.. U A 1 1 .
" 'i ll Clin he sn v '
d(,'e with some
' " ! replied the chair
, ' ,ht lie did not know."
"s rg Hispatch.
i,, .
s ;ire
ppth,t
T IK
the hi , "!c1 uy impurities
tr;
"'Agists
'langerous. Better
rheumatism or nnv
a e you mav have
lrtfd by impurities of
Kheumaeiile is
How to Treat a Wife.
(From Pacific Health Journal.)
Firat, get a wife; second, be
patient. You may have great
trials and perplexities in your
business, but do not therefore,
carry to your home a cloudy or
contracted brow. Your wife
mav have trials, which, though
of less magnitude, may be hard
for her to bear A kind word, a
tender look, w ill do w onders in
chasing from her brow. ill clouds
of gloom. To this we would
add always keep a bottle of
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
in the house. It is the best and
is sure to be needed soontr or
later. Your wife will then know
that you really care for her and
wish to protect her health For
sale bv Hood Bros , Smith ield
and J W. Benson, Benson, N. C.
Kind words do not cost much
They rever blister the tongue or
lips. We never heard of any
mental trouble arising from this
quarter. Though they do not
cost much, yet they accomplish
much. They make other people
good natured. I hey also pro
duce their own image on men's
souls, and a beautiful imageitis.
V'e have never yet begun to use
kind words in such abundanceas
they ought to be used. Pascal.
ELECTRIC BITTERS.
Electric Bitters is a medicine
suited for anv season, but per
haps more generally needed,
when the languid exhausted
feeling prevails, when the liver
is torpid and sluggish and the
need of a tonic and alterative is
felt. A prompt use of this medi
cine has often averted long and
perhaps fatal bilious fevers. No
medicine will act more surely in
counteracting and freeing the
system from the malarial poison.
Headache. Indigestion, consti
pation, Dizziness yield to Elec
tric Bitters. 50c and $1 per
bottle at Hood Bros. Smithfield
and Edgerton & Hare, Selma,
en
bv
an American, whose blatant
patriotism first amused, then
bored them. No matter what
was admirable, rich, or rare,
i here was always something
in America to tel ipse it, accotu
ing to our countryman. The
Britishers determined to teuch
the Yankee a lesson, and taking
ad vantage of the chronic thirst
of their companion, they plied
him with all the liquor that he
could be induced to absorb, and
then proposed a visit to the
Catacombs. Before they reach
ed their destination they were
obliged to guide his errant steps
betwien them, and at length
overcome by drowsiness, the
American begged to be left alone
to he down at his ease. When
sounds as of a discharge of
musketry issued at regular in
tervals from the nose of the pros
trate patriot, his companions
concluded that he was dream
ing of the Fourth of July, and
would therefore be oblivious of
n thiug nearer at hand. Pro
lucing a sheet from their hotel
and until now carefully conceal
ed, th y wrapped the sleeper like
a mummy in its folds, and then
lelt him to "do" the Catacombs
on their own account.
Returning an hour later, they
found bim still slteping. One of
them then drew from under bis
coat a tin fish horn, and blew
upon it a blast that oniy elicited
a grunt and produced a flutter
ing of the eyelids of the sleeper
A second blast, however, longer
and louder, brought him to a
sitting posture, with eyes wide
open and senses all alert. A mo
ment of bewilderment, and then
he exclaimed, joyously: "Ga-
And though mine arms should
conquer twenty worlds, there's
a lean fellow beats all conquer
ors. Thomas Dekker.
Let Southern men remember
that we have a devastated coun
try to upbuild. To accomplish
this object is rs great a duty as
any that confronts the true man
of the South to-dav nrohnhUW
is bis paramount duty. Let him
think this over and see if he doe
not owe his county somethino
iuis uircction.
The South is rich in natural re
sources, and there is a very good
reason why they are not yet
largely developed. The results
of the war left the South impov
crished millions of dollars
worth of property were wiped
off the face of the earth. There
is no wonder then, that the
South is poor to day the
wonder is that she is as well ofl
as she is. No wonder her re
sources are not further develnn
ed the time has been short and
there bas been little to do it
with.
But the South is blessed with
inherent though largelv latent
wealth for field, factory and
mine
Btcause the South is confront
ed with new conditions is no
reason why the South should
sit idle or inactive. She must
addre s herself to the new con
ditions and go on to greater
glory in them than ever in the
old.
The paramount duty of every
Southerner to day is to lav bis
shoulder to the wheel, and aid in
the development of the South on
the new lints that hvf ho
made for her. This is the great
duty of all Southern pattiots.
There are forests to cut; mines to
dig; fields to be made fertile and
productive; factoties to be built;
sparce districts to be settled. To
do tht se things will require much
ot outside capital and popula
tion The object of the hour ir
the South is to attract capital
and population.
The Southern States Exposi
tion at Chicago is one of th
most important steps yet taker
to aid in the practical develop
mcnt of the South. Be not a
dreamer but a doer in the field.
LeavMung fowar. Lata U. S. Gov't Report
MIRE
GENERAL NEWS.
Lait Hamilton, the authoress
is seriously ill at her home in
balem, Mass.
Ex-United States Senator Wm
A. Wallace, ot Pennsvl vama
died la Ne York last FnH
the 108th General Assembly
oi me northern Presbvtenan
church is in session at Saratoga,
. i .
A building in Buffalo, N. Y.,
collapsed last week, killing three
persons and wounding twelve
others.
The city attorney of Pitts
burgh, Pa., has been found short
in bis accou its to the amount of
$425,000.
A terrific cyclone passed over
Oklahoma Territory last week,
killing several people and huc
dreds of cattle.
Edward Mulryman, a team
ter of Rochester, N. Y .sbot John
Lennon last week for refusing to
drink with bim.
The Do-Nothing Congrtts.
DUCED RATESjrO RICHMOND
Th. ,,h Annual Re-Unlo xhm
United Confer.,, v.l(r.D,
will b H.ld in Richmond.
Va ,Jun 30tb-July it
and and, 1S96
For this occasion th Ha.
r . . "rill u
em Railway Company will
round-tnp tickets to Richmond,
Va., and return, mt f i
The follow.n V rmttrm am. Ill I-
lective from nnint.:.: . ,
Burlington. N.C a o
Chapel Hill " "
n l - O
I'urnam
Goldsboro....
I n1a..A.
vuuvisuO O DC
Kal-H 'I c
?a!ifcb"rJ 75
Asncvnie
Charlotte
t'.r-- 1
X , 'wro 8 HO
ord mm
Z'. 3.30
Tickets from Stations in Vir.
Da, to be sold June 29th -30th
ana July 1st., and on lulv 2nd .
trains scheduled tn ,u
ef-
80
80
3 20
3 75
7 OO
for
assembled at Washington there
never was one which bad great
er opportunity than the Fifty-
fourth Congress to afford the I
country helpful legislation, or
which more utteily failed to
grasp its opportunity.
It would have greatly dimin-
ot
Carolina
Salisbury,
To Take a Northern Tour.
A perverse temper and a dis
contented, fretful disposition,
wheiever they prevail, render
any state of life unhappy.
Cicero.
I have al .vays said that the
greatest object in education is to
accustom a young man gradu
ally to be his own master. Syd
ney Smith.
If martyrdom now is on tht
decline, it is not because mar
tyrs are less zealous, but be
cause martyr-mongers are more
wise. Colton.
briel's trump! First man up!
Hurray ! America still ahead !"'
Harpers Magazine.
bucklen's arnica salve.
The best sal ve in the world for
Cuts, Bruises Sores, Ulcers, Salt
Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter.
Chapped Hands, Chilblains,
Corns, and all skin erutions, and
positively cures piles, or no pay
required. It is guaranteed to
give perfect satisfaction or
money refunded. Price 25c per
box.
Fc r sale by Hood Bros Smith
field, Edgerton & "are, Selma
Sunday Selections.
All are sculptors, cutting char
acter in living marble.
Gather n'ses the thcrns will
take care ot themselves.
The hardest wound to heal is
the one inflicted by a friend.
This world is a bad world only
for those who have bad hearts.
Treasures laid up in beaven al
ways enrich somebody on earth.
If good seed is put in good
ground some of it will be sure to
grow.
The devil is the only gainer
when a boy is whipped to make
bim go to church.
Do the duty which lies neatest
thee, which thou knowest to be
a duty. Thy second duty will
already have become nearer.
Carlisle.
If church members are hungry
for spiritual food, the heat, mud
and rain will not be likely to
keep them from church.
The Univsrsity of North Caro
lina base ball team will leave
Chapel Hill about the 8th ol
June lor a tour of the Northern
States. They will first go ti
Richmond, Ya , where they will
play Richmond College From
there they will go to Washing
ton and play the Columbian
University. Then they will
strike Lafiette and the Univer
sity ot Pennsylvania. Other
teams that they will play are
tbeOrat ge Athletic Club Rutgers
Cr liege. Harvard University,
I uft s College, Newton Athletic
club. Brown University, Yale
College, University of Vermont
and Cornell University. It is
said that Manage- Carmicbatl
fears the Brown University team
morethananv other, by reason
of the fact that thev bave beaten
every college team up North this
season. Chapel Hill News.
For every quarter in a man's
pocket there are a dozen uses,
and to u?e each one in such a
way as to derive the greatest
benefit is a question every one
must solve for himself. We be
lieve, however, that no better use
could be made ot these quarters
than to exchange it for a bottle
of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy, a medi
cine that every family should be
provided with. ror sale by
Hood Bros., Smithfield, and J.
W. Benson, Benson, N. C.
d:i . .
Probably since Congresses first 17 . u"1 ,a!" tnan n.
ui,i" . aate. with firud iU
nasmiiKion mere -
m I I I J w n 1 will.
Tickets from Stations in North
Carolina to be sold Inn. 9Q.h
and 30th , with final limitofjuly
6th., except from Stations on
the Western North
Rail Road, west of
ishtd the chances of electing a a I 1.IOM. Mrphj Branch.
Republican Congress and Presi o! V f a"d anburg Rail
dent in November if this Con I 'rom P0'."t North Car-
gress had followed the recom-L- r' ncaeis
mph iu oc sold June 28th..
and 29tb., with final limit of fuly
6th.f 1896. J 3
TK fil,.-.: . 1
" "- wiug is tne pro
gramme as arranged for this oc
casion. June 30th.
Light the Camp Fires and
Merry, Merry be.
July 1st.
Grand Parade in which 50,
000 Confederate Soldiers will be
in line.
July 2nd.
Laying Corner Stone of the
Jefferson Davis Monument in
Monroe Park.
There is no doubt but this re
union in Richmond will be very
largely attended. The trans
portation rates offered by the
railroads arc exceedingly low,
and from the entire South the
grand old Veterans will gather,
and it is hoped that North Caro
lina and Virginia will be repre
sented by a largecrowd.
Call on any Agent of the
soutbern Kailway for full
formation, or address.
Mr Chas. L Hopkins,
T. P. A So. Ry.
Charlotte, N.
Abridged History of
Courtship
mendations of the President
with regard to financial legisla
tion. It would have been al
most as hazardous to bave
adopted some temporarv meas
ure, like a beer tax, a tax on
coffee or tea, or slight tax on
sugar, t cover the leseening de
ficit in t be Federal revenue. But,
notwithstanding the early ad
mission that the ooerationa of
the Treasury would have been
facilitated and large sums of
money saved by arming the
Treasury with the power to is
sue low interest short-term
bonds, and that more revenue
was an immediate necessity,
partisan-hip overbore every
other consideration. Speaker
Reed announced at the begin
ning of the session that it would
be a do-nothing Congress. He
has made good his phrophecy.
Nothing has been done ex
cept to make heavy appropria
tion, and by neglect and delay
to prolong a season of industri
al distress and apprehension in
the hope therefrom to reap politi
cal advantage.
These are hard words, but
they are true. If they need con
firmation beyond that which the
facts bear on their face, the con-
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aaraission 01 Kcuuolican leaders
A.X.- ' , , .60,000 Americans.
lum lucii inactivity nas oeeo
deliberate. They bave only at- The man who will not improve
tempted such general legislation bis chance, is bound to lose it
as they knew could not receive no matter whether it bas to do'
the sanction of both bouses with seeking salvation or mak-
of Congress, or if passed both ing a fortune,
bouses could not receive the
approval ot the executive. A 634 carat diamond, the
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but it isdeatb to trade and discovered at Jaggersfontein, in
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Bits of Knowledge.
dustry. Philadelphia Record.
Those Few Sweet Weeks
Only a few sweet loving words
that is all; but coming from
the Transvaal, on the dav af
Cbiistmaa. When cut it is ex
pected that it wiil be woitb
300,000.
Charlemagne possessed a fa-
Wben some people learn to
put as much of their life into
their religious professions as
they now put into their political
professions, it will be a great
day for Christ's kingdom and
good government as well Ral
eigh Biblical Recorder.
Christ's sufferings are a rebuke
to our softness and self-pleasing.
It i- not indeed wrong to enjoy
the comforts and the pleasures
of life, but we are too terrified to
be parted from. Too much a
fraid of pain and poverty.
James St dker.
Met him met him again in
iu't witu iiiii wi unii agttiu j luc iicai i nuu guiug io iac near i uicviuui woven irom asoestf 8.
no longer in love with bim, "they would brighten many a He used to astonbh his guetts
but he is in love with me because ' lile and comfort many a soul aa after dinner bv Catherine it tin
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tne spcaxer 01 mem nine Knows, ana mrowing it into the hre,
Let us not be so chary of them, from wb-nce be drew it cleansed
especially as we get far on in the from gravy and other grease.
journey of life, and often find the
I am so beautiful. Met him a
gain he is still in love with me,
not only because I am so beauti
ful, but becaue lam also good.
Sorry for him. Again I meet j way a lit tie hard and wearisome.
If they are but few, let them be
often spoken between ns we
who love each other in any rela
tion of life. It is easy to get oat
of the way ot speaking them.
but is not easy to get out of the
1 as a
him ne is co der tnan he was.
Think he has forgotten my
beauty and my goodness. I,
however, am inclined to think
that I am in love with bim after
all. How lucky he is, and how
angry mamma will be. Mamma ' way ot hearing when once they
proved to be strangeiv pleased have made their sweet music in
Makes me angrv. or I know she our ears. And let us for onr
is not a good judge of a young own sakes be sure to speak he
girl's heart. Flirted with him ! fore tbe hearts which they
outrageously to make mamma i might gladden have gone be
an gry didn't succeed Engaged j yond the veil that hides them
to him glad. Married to bim j from our earthly love and core,
sorry Philadelph:a Times. ?Jary v. Perkins,
New Hampshire has reason to
be proud of her free public libra
ry system. Splendid work has
ll ..il r s . n-t r . 1 i L. .J ! . 1 11 u i
- aviuuipiiauru BIUIX IB.tJ,
and of the 233 cities and towi s
in the State there are now not
more than fifty that hare no fne
public library.
Negotiations are in progress
by which tbe Art Institute t f
Chicago, may become the ps
sensor of tbe sixty-four paintings
by Gustave Dore which for tl e
past few years have been ex
hibited in this country. The
price is said to be $1,000,000.
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