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Carolina Central It. R. Comp'y.
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.
Office General Superintendent, )
Wilmington, N. C, Dec. :10, lsfcl. f
On and after Jan. 1, 12, the following
schedule will be operated on this Railway :
PASSENGER, MAIL, AND EXPRESS TRAIN.
No. 1.
Leave Wilmington, 6 20 p m
Arrive at Charlotte,
5 50 a m
.- Leave Charlotte,
f Arrive at Wilmington,
10 10 p m
7 32 a m
Trains Nos. 1 and 2 stop nt regular stations
only, and points designated in the Company's
Time Table.
PASSENGER AND FREIGHT TRAIN.
Leave Wilmington at
5.40A.
M
No 5.
Arrive at Hamlet at
Arrive at Charlotte at 7.55 P. M
( Leave Charlotte at 4.15 a. m
No. 6. Arrive at Hamlet at
( Arrive at Wilmington at 5.55 P. M
Trains Nos. 1 and 5 make connection at
Charlotte with A. & C R. R. for Spartan
burg, Greenville, Athens, Atlanta and all
points bevond.
Train Io. 6 makes close connection at Wil
mington with W. & W. R. R. for points
North.
Through Sleeping Cars between Raleigh
and Charlotte.
V. Q. JOHNSON. Gen'l Sur't.
Raleigh & Augusta Air-Line
Railroad.
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.
Superintendent's Office,
Raleigh, N. C, June 5, 1S79.
On and after Friday, June 6, 1879, trains
on the Raleigh and Augusta Air-Line Rail
road will run daily (Sundays excepted) as
follows:
fto. 1 Leave
Raleigh, 8 00 p. m.
Cary, 8 31 p. M.
Apex, 8 5.J p. M.
No. 2
Hamlet, Hoffman,
Keyser,
Blue's,
Manly,
Cameron,
Sanford,
Osgood,
-Leave
2 30 a. M
3 14 a: M
S 37 A. M
8 54 A. M
4 13 a. M
4 50 a. M
5 41 A. M
6 02 A. M
New Hill, 9 14 p.
Merry Oaks, 9 30 p.
Moncure 9 56 p.
Osgood,
Sanford,
Cameron,
Manly,
Brae's,
Keyser,
10 17 p.
10 44 p.
11 27 p.
Moncure,
. 6 25 a.
M
12 09 a. M.
12 29 A. M.
12 48 A. M.
1 14 A. M.
Merrv Oaks, 0 42 a. m
New "Hill, 7 00A.M
Apex, 7 23 a. ii
Hoffman,
Cary, i o a. si
Ar. Raleigh, 8 30 a. m
Ar. Hamlet, 3 00 a. M.
Train number 1 connects at Hamlet with C.
C. Railway for Charlotte and all points south.
Train number 2 connects at Raleigh with the
Raleigh & Gaston Railroad for all points
north.
JOHN C. WJNDER Superintendent.
Cheraw & Darlington R. R.
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.
President's Office, )
Society Hill, S. C, Feb. 2?, 1SS0. $
On and after Monday, the 2Sth inst., the
train on this road will run as follows mak
ing connection at Florence with trains to and
from Charleston, Columbia and Wilmington
both ways:
GOING DOWN.
Leave Cheraw at
" Cash's,
" Society Hill,
" Dove's,
" Darlington,
" Palmetto,
Arrive at Florence,
COMING UP.
Leave Florence at
" Palmetto,
" Darlington,
" Dove's,
" Society Hill,
" Cash's
Arrive at Cheraw.
10 30 A, M.
10 50 "
11 15 44
11 45 44
12 15 p. M.
12 35 44
1 00 44
2 35 P. M.
3 00 44
3 15 44
3 40 "
4 05
4 25 "
4 50 44
Close connection made at Florence with
trains to and from Charleston and Wilming
ton, every day except Sunday.
B. D. TOWNSEND. Presidents
Cneraw & Salisbury Railroad.
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.
. Until further notice, the trains on this road
will run as follows:
Leave. Arrive.
Wadesboro, 7.15 A. U. Cheraw, 3.30 A. M
Cheraw, 9.25 A. u. Wadesboro, 5.30 P. it
Making close connection both ways at Che
raw, with Cheraw & Darlington train, and
at Florence with the Northeastern train.
p. D. TOWNSEND, President.
PERSEVERANCE.
One step and then another,
And the longest walk is ended:
One stitch and then another,
And the largest rent is mended ;
One brick upon another,
And th highest wall is made :
One flake upon another,
And the deepest snow is laid.
So the little coral workers,
By their slow and constant motion,
Have built those pretty islands
In the distant dark-blue ocean ;
And the noblest undertakings
Man's wisdom hath conceived,
By oft repeated effort
Have been patiently achieved.
Then do not look" disheartened
On the work you have to do,
And say that such a mighty task
You never can get through ;
But just endeavor, day by day,
Another point to gain,
And soon the mountain which you feared
Will prove to be a plain !
4 'Rome was not builded in a day,"
The ancient proverb teaches,
And nature, by her trees and flowers,
The same sweet sermon preaches.
Think not of far-off duties,
But of duties which are near.
And having once begun to Work,
Resolve to persevere.
FAME VERSUS LOVE.
"It cannot be!"
As these words fell from Helen
Armstrong's lips she arose from her
seat, an old overturned boat, and
moved slowly toward the water's
edge.
For a moment her companion, a
man of perhaps twenty -five, hesitat
ed ; then he joined her, repeating :
"It cannot be, Helen? Surely you
are not in earnest. You love me,
have you not said it? and yet you re
fuse to become my wife !M
"Edwin, I"
"You did not mean it," quickly in
terrupted Edwin Bennett, adding:
"Come, darling, why should not we
bo happy?" And he drew her hand
within his arm.
For an instant she let it rest there,
then slowly but firmly she loosened
his clasp, as she said :
"For two years you and I have
been friends. In that time did you
ever know me to change after I had
once decided upon anything?"
"No, but " answered her compan
ion quickly, while she, unheeding,
grP on with-;
"You know the one great desire of
my life is to win fame as an artist.
Could I do this as your wife?"
"Why not, Helen? Would I not do
anything in the world to help you?"
came the proud answer, as Edwin
Bennett bent his eyes fondly upon
the fair face beside him.
"No, Edwin; as a wife I could
never hope to obtain fame. Marriage
brings to women so many cares that
there is very little time left over for
other work. I should not make you
happy. I should be constantly long
ing for my old, free life."
"If that is all lam not afraid to
risk my happiness, Helen," answered
her lover, a more hopeful look light
ing up his handsome face.
"Think how for five j'ears," con
tinued Helen, "I have worked with
the one end in view. My home, you
are aware, has not been particularly
agreeable. Uncle and aunt are kind
in their way, and have always let me
have my own will about painting,
providing it did not cost them any
thing. As for love or sympathy, you
have seen how much they have yield
ed to me."
4 'Seen and felt for you, Helen, God
knows. And now that I will make
your life, if love can do it, one happy
dream, you will not; and yet you do
not deny your love for me. "
For a second Helen's eyes rested
longingly upon the face "of the man
who loved her so dearly; then into
their dusky depts crept an intense,
passionate longing, as they swept the
horizon and noted the glorious splen
dor of the setting sun, while she ex
claimed :
"Oh, Edwin! If I could only repro
duce that sunset just as it is ! If I on
ly could !"
With an impatient sigh he turned
away.
"Always her arc, never me; per
haps she is right after all. It would
always stand between us."
She, not noticing, went on with
"If it would only stay long enough
for me to catch those colors, but no,
it is fading now."
Turning, Helen found that her com
panion had left her side, and stood a
few yards away.
"Edwin," she .called.
In an instant he was beside her,
everything forgotten except that she
was the woman he loved.
"I wanted to tell you how good Mr.
Hovey is. It 6eems he was acquaint
ed with poor papa years ago, when I
was a baby, and therefore feels quite
interested in me. You have heard
how he praises my work, and last
night he proposed"
"Proposed !" exclaimed Edwin Ben
nett, hotly. "Why, you don't mean
to say that old man actually had the
audacity to ask you to marry him?"
"How ridiculous ! How could you
think of such a thing?" answered
Helen, a ripple of laughter escaping
from between her pretty teeth, as she
continued :
"No ; he proposed, if I were willing,
to send me to Italy for two years, he,
of course, defraying the greater part
of the expenses. He said when I bo
came famous I could refund him the
little amount if t wished. Was it not
generous of him? Just think, two
years at work among the old masters.
What could I not do then? It would
be such a help to me. My little in
come would do, with care, I think."
"And you would go ?" As Edwin
Bennett asked this question a look of
pain crossed hisi face. - '
"Why not?" J came the reply, as
Helen raised her eyes questioningly
to her companion.
"You say you1 love me ; and yet you
would put the sea, between us. Helen,
wait; I will work hard and earn
money enough to take us both abroad.
Do you think I could deny you any
thing? You should paint to your
heart's content, from the old masters,
or anything else you pleased. So
long as you were happy, I should be.
Perhaps I might turn painter, too,
some day, with you to inspire me,"
he added, smiling slightly.
"I do not doubt your love for me,
Edwin ; but I shall never marry. I
intend to devote my life to my art.
As a wife it would be impossible for
me to do so. j I should be hindered
and trammeled in a thousand ways.
Believe me, I have thought very
eamestly of all this, and I "
4 'Helen, when I came to spend my
vacation here at Little Rock, so as to
be near you, I said to myself, Now
you can ask the woman you love to
be your wife, I and know that you
have a home to offer her. For your
sake I wish I j were rich ; but I am
still young, and with the good pros
pects I have, l do not see why I shall
not be able before many years to give
my wife all she can wish.".
"It is not that, Edwin, I should not
love you one bat the more if you were
a millionaire," interrupted Helen,
glancing reproachfully at him.
"Helen , my 'holiday is over to-morrow.
I must j have my answer to
night." The words came somewhat
sternly from between Edwin Bennett's
lips.
Mechanically, with the end of her
parasol, Helen Armstrong traced on
glittering y ellow sands, ' 'Fame versus
Love." Then,j as she became aware
of what she had done, she sought to
efface them. Too late. Edwin Ben
nett's hand stayed hers, as pointing
to the letters stood out, he said,
hoarsely :
'Choose!"
For a second she hesitated, then
slowly came the answer:
"I accepted 3Ir. Hovey's offer this'
morning. I am to sail in a week."
Spurning her hand from him, Ed
win Bennett cried out, passionately:
4 'God forgive you ! I cannot !" Then,
without another word, he turned and
left her.
A faint cry of "Edwin" escaped
her lips, as her arms were held out
imploringly toward him. Then they
fell to her side, and she, too, turned
and went slowly across the 6ands in
the opposite direction. If he had
looked back and seen those outstretch
ed arms, how different their life
might have been ; but no, he plodded
angrily along the shore, glancing
neither to the right nor the left. Lit
tle by little the waves crept up and
Love was drowned, while Fame stood
out bold and 'clear upon the yellow
sands.
Ten years ! have come and ' gone
since Helen Armstrong and Edwin
Bennett parted on the shore, and dur
ing that time they have never met.
Helen had won that which she had
striven for. i She had become an ar
tist of renown. Even royalty had
been pleased to compliment her upon
her art. ;
For the last month one of Helen
Armstrong's paintings had been on
exhibition ai the Academy of Design,
and crowds !had been drawn thither
to see this last work of the celebrated
artist. The subject was simple, noth
ing new, yet visitors returned again
and again to gaze at it.
It was thejlast day of its exhibition,
when a lady and gentleman, the gen
tleman leading a little girl of perhaps
three years by the hand, passed into
the room wfcere the painting hung.
"Oh! isn't it too bad there is such
a crowd ; I wanted to see it f ' exclaim
ed the lady to which the gentleman
replied : j
"We will look at the other pictures
first and came back again ; perhaps
there will not be such a crowd then."
An hour dr so later the gentleman
and lady returned; then the room
was almost deserted, except for a few
stragglers Here and there. It was
just about time to close the gallery.
For a few moments they stood in
silence before the painting; then a
little voice said :
"Baby wants to see, too, papa."
Stooping down the gentleman raised
the pretty, Jdaintily-dressed child in
his arms. After gravely regarding
the picture for a second, the little one
asked;
"Iszaymad, papa?"
"I am afraid one was, pet," came
the low answer, as "Edwin Bennett
softly kissed the fair cheek of his lit
tle girl. Then his gaze returned to
the painting.
A stretchy of yellow sands, dotted
here and there by .huge boulders and
piles of snowy pebbles, against which
the overhanging cliffs looked almost
bleak. Gentle little baby waves rip
pling in toward the shore, while ma
jestic purple-hued, silver-edged clouds
seemed floating en masse toward the
golden, crimson-barred sun that
flooded the sky and water with its
warm light -
In the center of the picture, where
the beach formed a curve resembling
ft horseshoe, was an old boat, turned
bottom upward; some few feet off,
the figure of a young man, apparently
walking hurriedly away. Although
the face was not visible, the gazer felt
that the man suffered ; that the glori
ous sunset was this day as naught to
blm. Perhaps it was in the tightly
clasped hand, the veins of which
stood out like great cords ; or, maybe
the man's apparent total disregard of
his surroundings.
To the right of the picture the figure
of a young girl, trailing a parasol in
the sand, as she appeared to move
slowly in the opposite direction from
her companion. Only a little bit of a
delicately shaped ear and a mass of
glossy braids showed from beneath
the shade hat, but one could readily
believe that the pretty girlish figure
belonged to an equally attractive face.
About half way between them,
traced upon the sands, were the
words, "Fame versus Love."
"Is it not lovely, Edwin?" a ud Mrs.
Bennett laid her hand upon her hus
band's arm as she added :
"Yet how sad it somehow seems! I
can't help feeling sorry for them. I
wish I cold see their faces. - I feel as
if I wanted to turn them round."
Clasping the little hand that rested
so confidingly upon his arm, Edwin
Bemett inwardly thanked God for
the rift of his fair young wife, as he
said;
"Gome, dear, they are commencing
to cbse up. Baby's tired, too."
"Ess, rae's tired. Baby wants to
tiss namma," lisped the child, hold
ing out her tiny arms.
Husband and wife failed to notice
a laiy who stood near, gazing at a
pain ing. As the pretty young moth
er stfloped down to receive her baby's
kissei, which the little ono lavished
on ha cheeks, lips and brow, a deep,
yearling look gathered in the strange
lady'i eyes and she turned hastily
away.
"Oh, Edwin I" exclaimed his wife
as they passed the silent figure in
black. "Wouldn't it be nice if baby
should grow up to be a great artist
like this Miss Armstrong."
"God forbid, Annie," came the
earnest reply, followed by "let her
grow up to be a true, loving woman,
that is all I ask." The lady's hand
tightened its hold upon the back of a
settee as the words reached her ears,
bat she did not move until they were
out of sight. Then lifting her veil
she went and stood before the paint
ing that had won such fame. Tears
gathered in her eyes as she gazed,
and with the words, "I will never
look at it again," she, too, passed out
of the building, and in her own hand
some carriage was driven home.
Scorn shone in her dark eyes as
they fell upon the costly works of art
scattered in lavish profusion about
her luxuriously furnished apart
ments. Hastily throwing aside her
wraps, she crossed over to a mirror.
A very handsome face it reflected.
Not looking the thirty years it had
known.
Helen Armstrong for it was she
had heard of Edwin Bennett's mar
riage; heard that he had succeeded
in business beyond his most sanguine
expectations ; beard that his wife was
one of the loveliest and gentlest of
women, and that Edwin Bennett
idolized both wife and child. This
day she had seen them.
Then came the thought that she
might have stood in that wife's place;
she, too, might have had those baby
lips pressed as lovingly to hers ; but
she had put it from her. She had
chosen Fame versus Love. If she
could only go back to that day on the
sands, how differently she would now
act.
Turning away from the mirror, she
exclaimed, bitterly
'Too late, Helen Armstrong. As
you have sown, so must you reap."
Florence Revere Pendor.
What the Deputy Marshals Cost.
The amount appropriated for the
payment of special deputy marshals
at Congressional elections for the
roar iRi and nrior vears is $112,600.
Attorney-General Devens prepared a
statement on the subject, showing
th unnnintments for 1879. Bv this
it is seen that the whole number of
deputies appointed who served were
s AQ5 Of this number 5.001 were ap
pointed under the provisions of the
law reiauug eiciusiciy ij cicvwyuo.
and 493 we anDointed in certain dis-
fmnfo Kir xrirt.no of th nnwprs conffir-
red upon marshals by Section 780 Re
vised Statutes, to appoint. uepunt
with general powers to preserve or-
Aaf an A Iroan
Ubl uuu a -
pointed under the general authority
of the marshals were not entitled
to the $5 per day provided under
the election laws ior special ue
Alahftma had 410 marshals.
Arkansas 175, Florida 180, Illinois
215, Louisiana 241, Maryland tyo,
New York 2,210, Pennsylvania 792,
South Carolina 46. Texas 79 and
Virginia 95. In the Southern States
hitherto, the Republican deputy
marshals have been election-runners,
svna nrdit.irn.l nrtv And Tiaid
by the public. Their aim is to help
tho T?ormhlioAn candidates, and not
to prevent fraud at elections, when
that fraud works in favor of their
party .--Neics and Courtei.
A Word to The Striker.
What is it that drives so many
thousands of industrious men to leave
off the work on which they depend
for subsistence ? They do this be
cause their wages are insufficient to
support them, and because they hope
by striking to compel their employers
to pay them more.
Why are their wages insufficient ?
Because the enormous taxes which
are imposed upon all the people of
this country, and which, at last, fall
with the rao8( crushing weight upon
those who labor; with their hari3s, sb
increase the cost of the absolute neces
saries of life that workingmen are no
longer able to procure them.
Why are such enormous taxes im
posed ? Originally they were imposed
to meet the necessities of the civil
war which was fought to maintain
the unity of the country. In that
war a million lives and many thou
sand millions of dollars were sacri
ficed ; and the sacrifice was cheerfully
borne. In order to bear this enorm
ous expense, taxes never before
known in the history of the country
were levied upon the people ; and, in
addition to the money raised by taxes,
an immense public debt was con
tracted, the interest of which and
the payment of which also had to be
provided for by taxation.
But has not a large part of this debt
been paid ? Yes, a yery large part of
it. The taxation has proved to be far
more productive than was ever ex
pected. So much money has been
poured into the Treasury that in the
short period of seventeen years a
greater proportion of the debt has
been extinguished than any one sup
posed would be extinguished in fifty
years. The Republican administra
tors of the Government have made a
great account of this premature pay
ment of the public debt. They have
been vain, proud of it, gloried in it,
and have never had a thought about
the terrible burdens they were laying
upon the shoulders of the people.
But is all the money which is rais
ed by these awful taxes applied to
paying off the public debt ? No ; it is
not. Notwithstanding the enormous
sums paid on that account, there is
now in the Treasury a surplus of
more than a hundred and forty mil
lions of dollars ; and this vast surplus
the Republicans are eagerly pervert
ing to every kind of job, to every sort
of useless and unjustifiable scheme ,
and to various dishonest purposes,
such as a hundred millions to un
necessary pensions, mostly fraudu
lent. Moreover, millions upon mil
lions have been stolen outright and
divided in various sums among
thieves connected with the Navy De
partment, thieves connectedjwith the
Whiskey Ring, in the Washington
City Ring, and thieves high and
low, limited and unlimited.
But now when the pressure comes,
and when the people in their distress
es are crying out in agony, and even
refusing to work because their work
does not bring them a livelihood, do
not the Republicans who control all
branches of the Government, legisla
tive, executive, and judicial, propose
to lessen these burdens and leave the
people a little of the substance which
they have saved, notwithstanding
their terrible extortions ? No ; they
do not propose to do any such
thing. They look with indifference
on the suffering mass of laborers,
those who are striking and those
yet continue to work in the hope
that they may be allowed to earn a
livelihood. From their burdens they
will not remove a hair's weight ; from
their taxes they will not take off a
penny.
The only safety for the people is in
turning the Republican party out of
power. N. Y. Sun.
The Jute Boom.
Quite a boom in jute culture has
commenced in Pamlico. It is claimed
by some of our farmers who gave it a
trial to some extent last year that it
is one of the most profitable crops that
can be planted. The sands of
Pamlico, particularly those in the
lower portions of the county, are well
adapted to its growth, yielding in
some instances as. much as forty tons
to the acre, twenty five to thirty
tons being an ordinary yield, and it
sells readily for three dollars a ton.
Mr. C. E. Burch of Vandemere
dropped in to see us Friday. He is
one of the most successful farmers in
that section. He informs us that this
year he put seventeen and a half
acres in jute, and expects to realize
some seven hundred tons or $2,100 as
the result of his labor. It is a crop
easily cultivated. Mr. Burch also in
forms us that Mr. Jos. Morris has
planted five acres, Thos. Voliva two
and a half, John Wilson and James
Credle five acres each, Morgan
Midyett three acres and many others
from one to three acres. We intend
to allude more fully to this subject
It is an enterprise we particularly
wish our people to take hold of, and
one which bids fair to supercede
cotton to a consideroble extent
What is wanted now is a jute milL
Let us have it. I'anuico jLmerprwi
More universally recommended
than any proprietary medicine made
A sure and reliable tonic, Brown's
From Bitters,
Four Very Rich Men.
CXCLE RCJTS HATCH gives somx very
BIO riaUHES THAT MAY BE TRUE.
"Well, there are just four of them
in the first class. First, Vanderbilt
and his sons; second, Russell Sage;
third, Jay Gould, and fourth, James
Keene. I suppose you refer to men
who have been directly connected
with stock operations. Vanderbilt
and his sons, who are all together,
have got $300,000,000. I am sure that
this is not overstated, for the $60,-
000,000 or $70,000,000 they havin the
government loans represent their
interest as it has accumulated. The
next man is Russell Sage, who is
richer than Gould. He is worth
from $60,000,000 to $75,000,000. Gould
is worth some $40,000,000, and Keene
from $25,000,000 to $30,000,000. These
are prodigious figures. See what
they represent of other men's losses,
when you look at the present state of
the stock market, and what it is tumb
ling to. There is about $450,000,000
to $500,000,000 in the hands of four
men, who have made it all around
this Stock Exchange, out of the
gambling propensities and the cred
ulity of the people."
"You surprise me in rating Rus
sell Sage so high.
"Well, it is a fact. He has been a
cool, steady, strong man, playing no
tricks, but scooping it in all the time.
I may say for him that if you get
his name to a piece of paper it is just
as good as any obligation in the world.
Gould has been the most dexterous
of this lot. Keene represents his
name. In character he is certainly
a wonderfully keen man. The his
tory of hi3 operations in Lake Shore
and Northwestern would be a great
subject for one of your letters. He
took Lake Shore at 60 and got rid of
most of it at a prifit of 100 per cent.,
and in the same way he took North
western when it was about 40 and
sold most of it at about 300 per cent
profit, for it went up to 126 last year,
and stands now at about 130.
Vanderbilt now owns the railroad.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Some Things I Have Noticed.
I have noticed that when a horse
gets up he gets up forward first and
jerks his hind parts after him, while
a cow will get her rear half up all
right and draw her forward half up
in place ; also, when drinking, a horse
will draw in water rapidly with ev
ery breath ; the cow, on the contrary,
will suck in one continuous draught
as long as she can hold her breath.
I have noticed that sheep and goats
are both butters, yet a sheep has to
run a few steps backward before he
can butt, while the goat has to raise
himself on his hind legs to execute
the same movement. One is called a
buck sheep, the other a battering
ram. They are tne only two animals
I know of whose butt .ends are in
front.
A squirrel can run down a tree
head first. The cat and the bear must
get down tail first (if left to them
selves). If your dog finds his way into your
cellar and sees a nice steak he will
steal it and run out, but if your cat
gets in and finds a steak, she will sit
right down by it and eat what she
wants (if not surprised before).
I have noticed that a leather strap
buckled about the height of yourself
around a young tree in a few years
will be away beyond your reach, but
if nailed at the same distance will
never get any higher (only the outer
shell runs up).
Although turkeys are much more
swift of foot than geese, yet in a
week's drive a flock of geese will
come in ahead; for geese you can
drive at night, especially moonlight,
but when evening approaches turkeys
will roost.
A man can stand on one foot in the
middle of a room and pull on his
shoe, while a woman must lean up
against somethingj,o accomplish the
same thing.
A man holds the needle in his left
hand to thread it, but a woman holds
it in her right.
In one thing I think every one will
agree with me: Dress a man as a
woman dresses and you will freeze
him to death. Ex.
A Crank who Wishes to Avenge Oul
teau. A telegram from Corry, Pa., July
1st, says:
"A strange crank passed through
here to-day on the down express who
professed to be on a divine mission
to Washington to execute the cdm
mand of God by avenging Guiteau's
murder, as he termed it.
He resembles Guiteau in personal
appearance, and professes to be a
distant relative. He said he had nev
er taken any stock in Guiteau, until
the night before he was hanged, when
God appeared to him in a vision and
commanded him to go to Washington
and avenge Guiteau s murder. As to
the manner in which this is to be
effected he is in doubt, as God prom
ised to reveal it to him upon his ar
rival in Washington.
He refused to tell his name or
where he was from, but he had a
ticket from Chicago to New York.
He uttered terrible threats against
Arthur and others. He is supposed
to be crazy on the subject.
When he learned that he was talk
ing to a newspaper correspondent he
refused to talk further, and said that
it would all come out in time."-?-Washington
Star.
No Grovoda for Dlvorctv
A woman who seemed to be full of
confidence in her cause Thursday
halted a pedestrian with whom she
had a slight acquaintance, on Con
gress street, and asked him if he knew
anything about the law of divorce,
and added that her husband had
threatened to file a bill to procure one
from her.
"Are you mild-tempered?" asked
the gentleman.
"Mild as grass, " she replied.
'Have you ever clubbed him
thrown tea-pots waved the botcher
knife lugged the ax around or made
threats?"
"Never."
"Have you cold feet?"
"No."
"Do you drink or swear?"
"Neither one."
"Do you try to make home happy f
"I do."
"Do you seek to boss him?"
"Not at all. "
"Are you choice of your company
and economical with his money?"
"I am." -r
"Did you ever maliciously annoy
him?"
"I never did."
"Did you ever talk against him to
the neighbors?"
"Never."
"Well, while I am not a lawyer
and therefore not posted, I don't see
how he is to secure a divorce from
you."
"That's just what I say ! Ho can't
do it! He may scold and threaten
and tell what he's going to do, but he
can't do nothing ! I'm glad I met you,
for you've lifted a great load off my
mind, and if William comes storming
around again to-night as he did last
night, I'll give him another choking I
If I hadn't been able to handle him,
he'd have made my lite miserable for
a whole ten years past!" Detroit
Free JYesa.
Literal Answers.
Literal answers are sometimes
quite witty.
"Will you kindly put my fork, into
a potato?" asked a young lady of her
table neighbor.
"With pleasure," he responded;
and piercing the potato, coolly left
the fork extended from it.
Again, we hear of a very polite and
improetsive gentleman who said to a
youth in the street : I
"Boy, may I inquire where Robin
son's drug store is?"
"Ceartainly, sir" replied the boy,
very respectfully.
"Well, sir," said the gentleman,
after waiting awhile, where is it ?"
"I have not the least idea," said
the urchin.
There was another boy who was
stopped by a middle-aged lady with:
"Boy, I want to go to D --street.' '
"Well, madam' eaid tho boy,
"why don't you go, then ?" i
Sometimes this wit degenerates'
into punning, as when Flora pointed
pensively to the heavy masses of
clouds in the sky, saying :
"I wonder where those clouds are
going?" ,
"I think they're going to thunder,1
her brother replied.
Also the following dialogue :
"Holloa, there ! how do you sell
your wood ?"
"By the cord."
"How long has it been cut ?"
"Four feet."
"I mean how long has it been since
you cut it ?"
"No longer than it is now."
A Simple Remedy.
Dr. Hall says that it ought to be ex
tensively known that ordinarily
boiled rice, eaten with boiled milk, is
one of the best remedies known for
any form of loose bowels. Its ef
ficiency is increased if it is browned
like coffee and eaten at intervals of
four hours, taking no other food or
liquid whatever; its curative virtue
is intensified if no milk is taken
with ii and the patient, will
keep quiet in a warm bed, then it
becomes an almost infallible remedy.
Greensboro Bugle.
Some years ago a farmer living in
the hamlet of K. found that some one
was stealing corn from his crib. lie
suspected a neighbor named 3am,
and decided to arm himself and watch,
in order to catch the thief. So he
concealed himself near the crib, and
in due time some one came and climb
ed up by the side of the crib to help
himself to its contents. Now the
time had come. The farmer fired;
something fell. It was Sam ; not shot,
but terribly frightened. So soon as
he could get breath, he exclaimed:
"It ain't me, Jake!. it ain't me!"
Chicago, Weekly News. . ' .
Maj. L. W. R. Blair was shot and
instantly killed at Camden, S. CT, on
the 4th inst., by Capt. J. L. Haile, in
a personal difficulty. Haile surrender
ed himself and was released on a bond
of $5,000. Charlotte Democrat.
Physicians say it combines all the
desiderata of every ferruginous tonic
prescribed by every school of medi
cine, ' Brown's Iron Bitters.
Why is a beautiful and fascinating
girl like a butcher? Because she is a
"killing" creature.
It takes three scruples for a drachm,
but many a man will take three
drams without a scruple.