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WADESBORO', N. C, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1882.
NO. 49.
R. M. COWAN, Editor nd Proprietor.
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rKOFESSIONAL CARDS.
SAM J. PEMBERTON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
ALBEMARLE, N. C.
f- Attends the Courts ol Anson, Union.
Cabarrus. Stanly. Montgomery and Rowan,
mnA the Federal Courts at Ch
iiarlotte ami
Greensboro.
. . DENTIST,
py Office S. E. corner of Wade and Mor
as streets (near the Bank.) 23-ik.
A. J. DAROIN,
J. D. FIXBEBTON.
DARGAN & PEMBERTON,
ATTORNE YS A TLA W;
WADESBORO, N. C.
y- Practice in the State and Federal
Courts.
J AS. A LOCKHART,
Att'y and Counsellor at Law,
WADESBORO, N. C.
jgj Pratices in all the Courts of the State.
B. K. LITTLE
W. L. PARSONS.
Little & Parsons,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
WADESBORO, N. C.
J3? Collections promptly attended to.
SAMUEL T. ASHE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
WADESBORO, N. C.
l-gf Special attention given to the collec
tion of claims.
T. B. wtLrra.
BUBWKLL.
Walker & Burwell,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
Will attend regularly at Anson Court, and
at Wadesboro in vacation when requested.
CYRUS J. KNIGHT,
ATTORNEY- AT- LA W,
SWIFT ISLAND, N. C.
Will practice in the courts of Anson and
adjoining counties. 31-1 y
HOTELS.
WAVERLY HOUSE,
CHARLESTON. S. C.
This favorite family Hotel is situated on
King street, the principle retail business
street, and nearly opposite the Academy of
Music
The WAVERLY under its new manage
ment has recently been renovated and refur
nished, a'nd is recommended for its well kept
table and home comforts.
Rates $2, and $2 50 per day, according to
location of room.
The Charleston Hotel Transfer Omnibuses
will carry guests to and from the House.
O. T. ALFORD, Manager.
YARBROUCH HOUSE,
, RALEIGH, N. C.
Prices Reduced to Suit the Times.
CALL AND SEE US.
pURCELLi HOUSE,
WILMINGTON, N. C.
Recently thoroughly overhauled and reno
vated. First-doss in every respect. Loca
tion desirable, being situated near all busi
ness houses, Post-office, Custom House, City
Hall and Court House.
Itxzs, $2 00 and $2 50 per day.
Our motto is to please.
B. L. PERRY, Proprietor.
D. J. GASHERIE, Proprietor.
Convenient to all the trains.
A full stock of Groceries and Con
fectioneries always on hand.
CHARLOTTE HOTEL,
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
Newly Furnished and Entirely Renovated.
Sample Room for Commercial Travelers.
Terms, 12.00 per day. Special rates by the
wees or Montn.
F. A. WIcNinch, Prop'r.
30-tf
TENABLE WILSON,
Manufacturer of
Boots & Shoes.
Fine Goods Specialty.
Repairing solicited. Work done with neat
ness and dispatch. Call and see him, in the
post office building. 2-1 y.
J. C. Brewster & Co.,
RALEIGH, N. C.
Wholesale and Retail.
Orders promptly filled, and at the
lowest prices. 23-ly
.CHINA, CROCKERY,
Gttxssvxire, Lamps, Table Cutlery,
Plated-ware, Refrigerators, and Tea Trays.
. . ; RALEIGH, N. C,
3 Doors from the Yarboro House.
gee Dyspepsia,
CstiTaes,
tMek Headache,
Chraale Diar
thosa, Jsnadloe,
Imparity of the
Blood, rerer aad
1wrnIIII7.wi4ral
Au, Malaria,
and afl Diseases
eamsea by !-
raagwmactf of liver, Bowel aad Kidneys.
SYMPTOMS OF A DISEASED LIVER.
Bad Breath : Pain in the Side, ttimrttmri the
vmim is felt under the Shoulder-blade, mhtnkn for
Kbcumuism ; general low of appetite; Bowels
geaerally costive, sooactiaMs alteraatna; with lu ;
the head k troubled with paia. is duB aad heary.
L1JJ IIH JTTtl
-r- - &sw t m,
with considerable lots of memory, accompanied
of weariness and debility : nervous, easily staided;
feet cold or burning, sometimes a prickly sensation
of the skin exists; spirits are low and despondent,
sad, although satisfied that exercise would he beae
fcial, yet one can hardly summon up fortitude ta
try it ia fact, distrusts every remedy. Several
of the above symptoms attend the disease, but cases
have occurred when but few of them existed, yet
examination after death has shown the Liver to
have been extensively deranged.
It should ho naed by all persons, old aad
yoong, whenever any of the above
symptoms appear.
Persons Travallaf or Living- In tTn
healthy Localities, by taking a dose occasion,
ally to keep the Liver ia healthy action, will avoid
all Malaria, Bilious attacks. Dizziness, Nan
sea, Drowsiness, Depression of Spirits, etc. It
will iavigoratc like a glass of wine, bat is no in
toxloaUns; beverage.
If Ton have eaten anything- hard of
digestion, or feel heavy after meals, or sleep
leas at aight, take a dose and you will be relieved.
Time and Doctors Bills win be saved
by always keeping- the Regulator
in the House t
lDOon: the Dattent complains
For, whatever the ailment may be, a thoroughly
safe
purgative, alterative and tonic can
never
' be out
of place. The remedy is harmless
aad does not interfere with business or
pleasure.
IT IS PURELY VEGETABLE,
And has all the power and efficacy of Calomel or
Quinine, without any of the injurious after effects .
A Governor's Testimony.
Simmons Liver Regulator has been in use in my
family for some time, and I am satisfied it is a
valuable addition to the medical science.
J. Gill Shorts, Governor of Ala.
Hon. Alexander H. Stephens, of Ga,-.
says : Have derived some benefit from the use of
Simmons Liver Regulator, aad wish to give it a
further trial.
only Thing
" I have use
that never falls to
x"we. t nave used manv r
have used many remedies for Dys-
pepsia. Liver Affection and Debility, but never
be;
nave ic
found anvthinff to benefit me to rhr rrtrnt
Simmons Liver Regulator has. I sent from Min
nesota to Georgia for it, and would send further for
sucn a medicine, and would advise all who are sim
ilarly affected to give it a trial as it seems the only
thing that never mils to relieve.
P. M . Jamnzt, Minneapolis, Minn.
Dr. T. W. Mason saysi From actual ex
perience in the use of Simmons Liver Regulator in
my practice I have been and am satisfied to use
and prescribe it as a purgative medicine.
JSfTake only the Genuine, which always
has on the Wrapper the red Z Trade-Mark
and Signature of J. H. 7KTr.iv jO.
FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
SCHEDULES.
Carolina Central R. B. Comp'y.
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.
Office General Superintendent, )
Wilmington, N. C, Dec. 30, 1881. fv
On and after Jan. 1, 1882, the following
schedule will be operated on this Railway :
passenger, kail, and express train.
. I Leave Wilmington, 8 20 p m
L t Arrive at Charlotte. 5 50 a m
1 T Pl.olfft
10 10 p m
7 32am
55 ' s Arrive at Wilmington,
Trains Nbs. 1 and 2 stop at regular stations
only, and points designated in the Company's
Time Table.
PASSENGER AND FREIGHT TRAIN.
( Leave Wilmington at
5.40 A. M
No 5. Arrive at Hamlet at
( Arrive at Charlotte at 7.55 P. M
I Leave Charlotte at 4. 15 A. M
No. 6. Arrive at Hamlet at
( Arrive at Wilmington at 5.55 p. M
Trains Nob. 1 and 5 make connection at
Charlotte with A. & C. R. R. for Spartan
burg, Greenville, Athens, Atlanta and all
points beyond.
Train No. 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. Genl Sup't.
Raleigh & Augusta Air-Line
Railroad.
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.
Superintendent's Office,
Raleigh, N. C, June 5, 1879. J
On and after Friday, June 6, 1879, trains
on the Raleigh and Augusta Air-Line Rail
road will run daily (Sundays excepted) as
follows:
No. 1 Leave
Raleigh, 8 00 p.
Cary, 8 31 p.
Apex, 8 53 P.
New HilL 9 14 p.
Merry Oaks, 9 30 p.
Moncure 9 56 p.
Osgood. 10 17 p.
Sanf ord, 10 44 P.
Cameron. 11 27 p.
No. a
Hamlet,
Hoffman,
Keyser,
Blue's,
Manly,
Cameron,
Sanford,
Osgood,
Moncure.
Leave
2 30 a. M
8 14 A. M
3 37 A. M
3 54 A. M
M.
M.
M.
M.
M.
M.
M.
M.
M.
4 13 a.
4 56 a.
5 41 a.
6 02 a.
v
M
M
M
M
M
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M
M
M
6 25 a.
Manly,
Blue's,
Kevser.
12 09 A. M.
12 29 A. M.
12 48 A. M.
Merry Oaks, 6 42 a
New Hill, 7 00 a.
Apex, 7 23 a.
Carv, 7 59 A.
nuuiiuui, x 1-1 a. 01
Ar. Hamlet. 2 00 a. m
Hoffman
1 14 A. M.
Ar. Raleigh, 8 30 a.
1 . ucUiUCV. ri w.. I - 1 ; "
Tm mimKarl rtTlrtTJZ at If ATTllt; With Cj.
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. WINDER Superintendent.
Cheraw & Darlington R. R.
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.
President's Office,
Society Hill, S. C, Feb. 28, 1880. f
On and after Monday, the 28th 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,
u Society Hill,
44 Dove's,
44 Darlington,
44 Palmetto,
Arrive at Florence,
COMING
Leave Florence at
" Palmetto.
10 30 A. M.
10 50 "
11 15 "
11 45 "
12 15 P. M.
12 35 "
1 00 "
UP.
2 35 p. M.
3 00 44
44 Darlington, 3 15
44 Dove's, 3 40
44 Society Hill, 4 05
44 Cash's 4 25
11
Arrive at Cheraw, 4 50 44
Close connection made at Florence with
trains to and from Charleston and Wilming
ton, every day except Sunday.
B. D. TOWNSEND. President.
Cneraw & Salisbury Railroad.
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.
Until further notice, the trains on this road
will run as follows:
Leave. Arrive.
Wadesboro, 7.15 a. m. Cheraw, 8.20 A. M
Cheraw, 9.25 A. M. Wadesboro, 5.80 P. M
Making close connection both ways at Che
raw, with Cheraw & Darlington train, and
at Florence with the Northeastern train.
B. D. TOWNSEND President.
Silverand China.
LAW'S S. & C. HOUSE,
INEST TRIPLE PLATE AND CHINA
WARES. ?MJ
wiu cnrniocraotc loss ot memory, accompanies) I wo gravuu sisi cwx ennmr uc svwv
ffiaffl2;win assist and strengthen, a. the light
aad sVssend face is sometimes aa attendant, often lifts np the acorn to the oak tree's height.
RESOLVE.
Build on Resolve, and not upon regret,
The structure of thy future. Do not grope
Among the shadows of old sins, but let
Thine own soars light shine on the path of
hope
And dissipate the darkness. Waste no tears
Upon the blotted records of lost years,
But turn the leaf, and smile, oh smile to see
The fair white pages that remain for thee.
Prate not of thy repentance. But believe
The spark divine dwells in thee; let it grow,
That-which the upreaching spirit can achieve
The grand and all creative forces knowv
Thou hast but to resolve, and lo! God's,
whole
Great universe shall fortify thy soul-
Ella Wheeler
The Bombardment of Alexandria and
Ita Interest for Artillerists.
Speaking of the efficiency of the
heavy ordnance in the late bombard
ment of Alexandria by the English,
the London Spectator says: The
works of Alexandria were shelled for
more than ten hours by eight iron
clads, mounting 'sixty-two heavy,
armor-piercing guns an armament
greatly exceeding that of Gibralta at
the present time. The conditions
were highly favorable to the ships.
The sea was calm, the return fire
"weak and ineffectual." Even the
fact of the smoke hanging low was
not altogether disadvantageous to the
attack. It necessitated temporary
cessations of fire, but it may, at the
same time, have served to veil their
targets from the Egyptian gunners.
Their fire is stated to have been good
in direction but bad in elevation,
which the showing-up of the masts
of the ships, while their hulls were
obscured, may serve partially to ex
plain. Moreover, the men working
the machine guns in the tops and on
the upper decks of the ships were not
exposed to a return fire of similar
weapons or of small arms from the
shore. The Fgyptian shells hardly
ever burst and never penetrated the
armor belts of the ships, so that there
were none of the frightful scenes be
tween decks which occurred during
the Chilian war. There was no dread
of torpedoes an important factor in
modern naval warfare. On the fight
ing decks, or in the turrets of the
ironclads, the men working the guns
must very soon have realized their
security, so that the conditions of
their shooting would correspond more
nearly to those of target practice
than could ordinarily be the case in
action.
Realizing all these favorable cir
cumstances it is not to be wondered
at that slight symptoms of disappoint
ment appear in some of the earlier
telegrams disappointment, not at
the results, but at the expenditure of
time and metal required to produce
them. Jt may, perhaps, have been
expected that the works would have
been at once rendered untenable, un
der the shower of enormous shells
poured into them; that no gunners
could be found to stand to their guns
under such a few d'enfer; that the
guns themselves must all be dismount
ed and the works ruined in an hour.
Yet the Alexandria, Superb and Sul
tan, assisted by a flanking fire from
the Inflexible, hammered the north
eastern defenses all the morning lat
terly at eight hundred yards' range,
according to the Times without ab
solutely silencing them, and it was
even found desirable to send the
Temeraire to their assistance ; while
the Mexfort engaged by the Monarch,
Penelope, Invincible," Temeraire, and
apparently by one turret of the In
flexible, continued to reply till after
11 A. M. 'The enormous power of
modern English artillery" may, as
the Saturday Review states, have
been "amply demonstrated," but the
conditions were highly exceptional,
and the expenditure of material was
very great.
The task of silencing an enemy's
work is capable, however, of being
underrated. It can be accomplished
only .in two ways, either by throw
ing powerful shells with low velo
cities at high elevations into the in
terior space, dismounting guns,
damaging carriages and making life
impossible, or by battering down
material defences and destroying by
direct fire the embrasures and the
guns in them. But good earthworks
stand a great deal of knockingabout,
as the Plevna redoubts proved. Ex
posed masonry may be "crumbled
into powder" and parapets "knocked
into shapeless heaps," as is stated to
have been the case at Alexandria;
but shapeless heaps will still afford
cover. Much of the earth thrown up
by the shells falls back, it is disin
tegrated, has lost ' its consolidation
and some of its resistance to penetra
tion ; but it may require the cumula
tive effect of several shells striking
near the same spot to effect a com
plete breach, laying open the work
in rear. Guns mounted in well-built
casemates can hardly be destroyed
except by direct fire, and such fire, to
produce speedy effects, must be ex
tremely accurate.
There was, doubtless, plenty of in
different shooting at Alexandria, in
different, that is to say, relatively to
target practice. The Times' corres
pondent "saw several of the Inflexi
ble shells burst right over the cen
tre of the town," and from the notes
taken by an Englishman in the town
and published n the Daily Netcs of
the 18th, it is clear that the shells of
the fleet were j flying about pretty
freely. The firing of the Monarch is
specially noted as disappointing. This
vessel fought j throughout under
weigh, that is to say, in the normal
condition of naval warfare, but with
the very great advantage of a station
ary target. The Alexandria, Sultan
and Superb also seem to have made
less satisfactory shooting, till anchored-.
,
- On the other hand, the work of the
gunboats appears to have been ex1
tremely good. The little Condor, with
her single 7-inch gun and two 64
pounders, engaged the Marabout
work "the second strongest fort,"
according to the Times, mounting
"four powerful guns and twenty
smooth-bores"-t-lor an hour quite a
lone, and, aided by the Bittern and
Beacon, seems j to have given a very
good account of her antagonist. The
material damage these little boats
effected was doubtless small, but
their success in silencing the enemy's
fire compares favorably with that of
the great ships. Moreover, they
were never once bit.
The Needs of the South.
With a cropj of 6,000,000 bales of
cotton, and the ability to raise an
abundance of wheat and corn, the
South ought certainly demonstrate
its ability to j support itself. The
present high price of meat should ad
monish our farmers that they must
bring their corn cribs and smoke
houses nearer home. Besides cotton
they must make a plenty of food, and
this more thart anything else would
add to south erp. prosperity and ren
der her independent of the great west
for her supplies of these necessaries.
But there is another lesson the
South has yetjto learn. She has to
demonstrate that there is no need of
her paying tribute to the North and
West for implements, machinery and
other accessories that are required
for the cultivation of her lands, and
it is gratifying to note the efforts that
are being made at various points in
the South to supply these articles. In
commenting upon this new develop
ment upon the part of the South the
Savannah News truly asserts that ev
ery additional factory erected for
their manufacture is an added factor
to the work of southern progress. If
farming implements and machinery
can be made ati the North, transport
ed here and sold at a price satisfac
tory to the manufacturers, there is
no reason why they should not be
made here at a profit and be sold at
less cost to our farmers. The ma
terials for their construction are
abundant in. jour section. Skilled
labor can be easily obtained, if not in
sufficient quantity at home, it can be
secured from abroad, if once the need
of it is made known.
i
"The fact that the southern farmer
has made enotugh from his land to
support his family from the labors of
the season jusc! closing, and with the
profits of his cotton will be prepared
to enlarge his operations, is the
strongest argument to induce immi
gration that has been advanced in
years. Let the next season make a
similar, and, jif possible, a better
showing, and our waste places will of
necessity fill up. Moreover, let the
would-be immigrant know that he
will not only find land here, but also
the means to cultivate it, and he will
be the more ready to cast his lot
with us."
To many, remarks the News it may
appear that the time is not yet at
hand for, "new departures." So
thought the planter, who for years
picked his cotton and looked to the
West for his stores. Happily he has
changed his mind and can now medi
tate upon hisj folly, with the calm
satisfaction that it will delude him
no more. Thifi change, we are hap
py to believe, has been brought about
largely by thB persistent efforts of
the press, which, in and out of season,
pointed out to the farmers of the
South the path; to true independence.
More remains to be done. 1 b.3 South
has entered Upon the high road to
prosperity. Let the press of the
South lose sight of nothing that will
contribute to j the increase of that
prosperity. Oiur thriving cotton fac
tories are an irrefragable argument
in themselves j for the diversity of
southern industries. Those industries
can be varied indefinitely if the pur
pose is formed and the will is shown
to have them o.
"The South's one purpose should be
to grow wealthy. With wealth will
come power, and with power respect.
Every southerner should resolve to
enhance by his labors the general
good. In doing so he will advance
his own well being and have the satis
faction of knowing that, however it
fared with himself, his children will
rank in the republic as did his fath
ers. This is the lesson that confronts
the South, and it remains for the
press of the South to enforce it until
it shall have been thoroughly learn
ed. Qoldsboro Messenger.
I
"For whom are you tolling the bell ?
asked a eentleman of a sexton in a
country village. "For Mrs. ," was
the reply. "Vhat?" said the gentle
man ; "she is hot dead !" 4 'Not dead I
Then I have tolled a lie'" Eli Per
kins.
The Girl Fishing for a Husband.
The season's husband fishery at the
Summer resorts is generally reported
a failure. One reason why the fishery
failed' was that the bait was too gorge
ous. While it compelled admiration,
it dazzled those who admired it. Its
glitter was beautiful but a glance at
it was enough to drive the poor fel
lows away with feelings of thankful
ness for their escape. While plainer
and less expensive girls meet their
"fiiaies, the elegantly over-dressed
lady remains solitary.
If the girl who is fishing for a hus
band makes any mistake it is that of
thinking that the young man who is
looking for a wife wants a costly
piece of goods for show. Some young
men want this, but there are few who
can afford it, and even those who can
are In many instances afraid to yoke
themselves to it. They know that a
too showy young woman, even if she
has wealthy parents, is apt to be full
of troublesome whims and of notions
very difficult to satisfy. Even if
they be so sordid that they would like
to marry for money these young men
know enough to reflect that riches
sometimes take wings and go out of
sight. They stop and consider that
if there be wealth and whims, when
the wealth flies away and leaves
nothing but the whims, the residue
is an exceedingly undesirable piece of
finery.
Every Summer there is a complaint
of the lack of young men at the wa
tering places. This year the com
plaint is louder than ever. One of the
reasons is that the extravagant dis
play made by some of the girls fright
ens them away. They cannot afford
such expensive luxuries as these girls
appear to be. They go fishing or boat
ing or hunting by themselves, or take
long pedestrian tours out of reach of
the girls. The girls mean while sit on
the fashionable hotel porticoes, with
their papas and mammas, and lament
and wonder.
The girl who lets nature take its
course ; who avoids putting herself on
exhibition as if for sale, who makes
no more display than is consistent
with gracefulness, beauty and good
common sense, is reasonably sure of
one of two things. Either she will
make a delightful wifo for some sen
sible and worthy man, or else she will
turn out a happy and lovely old maid.
Better be a nice spinster than an un
loved wife, married for money or
show. Philadelphia Times.
Advice to Young Writers.
William Cullen Bryant once gave
the following sensible advice to a
young man who had offered him an
article for his paper:
"My young friend, I observe that
you - have used several French
expressions in your letter. I think,
if you will study the English lan
guage, that you will find it capable of
expressing all the ideas that you may
have. I have always found it so, and
in all that I have written, I do not
recall an instance where I was tempt
ed to use a foreign word, but that,
on searching, I have found a better
one in my own language. Be simple,
unaffected ;be honest in your speaking
and writing. Never use a long word
when a short one will do as well. Call
a spade by its name, not a well
known oblong instrument of manual
labor ; let a home be a home, and not
a residence ; a place not a locality, and
so on of the rest. When a 6hort
word will do, you always lose by a
long one. You lose in clearness ; you
lose in honest expression ; and in the
estimation of all men who are capable
of judging, you lose in reputation for
ability. The only true way to shine,
even in this false world, is to be
modest and unassuming. Falsehood
may be a thick crust, but in the
course of time, truth will find a place
to break through. Elegance of lan
guage may not be in the power of us
all, but simplicity and straightfor
wardness are. Write much as you
would speak, and as you think. If
with your inferior, speak no coarser
than usual.: if with your superior,
no finer. Be what you say, and
within the rules of prudence. No one
ever was a gainer by singularity of
words or in pronunciation. The
truly wise man will so Apeak that no
one will observe how he speaks. A
man may show great knowledge of
chemistry by carrying bladders of
stranga.gases to breathe; but one
will enjoy better health, and find
more time for business, who lives on
common air."
Sidney Smith once remarked:
"After you have written an article,
take your pen and strike out half the
words, and you will be surprised to
see how much stronger it is."
An Austin boy who is very selfish,
and wants everything he sees, no
matter whether he has any use for it
or not, was seen on the avenue a few
nights ago with an umbrella hoisted.
"In the name of common sense,
boy, what have you got that umbrel
la spread for, when there is neither
rain nor sunshine ?
"This is the only time I can get to
use it. When it rains or shines the
old man is so mean that b uses it
himself." Texas jSiftings.
Nerves, brain, and muscles gain
strength and the power of endurance
by using Brown's Jron Bitters.
Household Rights of Woman
No one who has not been tried can
imagine the discomfort and incon
venience that results from irregulari
ty in regard to meals. The whole
business of the day is broken up by
the tardiness of part of the members
of the family, and it is unjust to
practice it; and yet many men who
would chafe and fret if their business
was. delayed never give a thought to
the fact that it is just as inconvenient
for their wives to wait for them. Or
der is the first law of nature, and it
should be the same in families. A
regular day and hour for especial
purposes make housework easier and
far more pleasant, and this order
should be recognized by each indivi
dual in the family, and it is the mis
tress's privilege to insist upon her
rights in this respect.
Again, the various contrivances
and improvements, for making house
work less laborious, and thereby sav
ing both time and strength, should
be considered as great a necessity in
the house as upon the farm. A wom
an does not grudge the money ex
pended for machinery in cerryirig on
the business of the farm, and if she
did it would probably make no differ
ence, and it is just that she, too,
should avail herself of the helps that
lighten the labors of her department.
Spirits of ammonia is useful in ex
pediting the tiresome business of
house-cleaning. And it does not cost
but little, yet how very few house
wives ever think of availing them
selves of its assistance, because, for
sooth, it costs so much; and just the
same with other articles of utility,
and a wife will make a martyr of her
self by scrubbing, and working, even
unto death, to save a little expense.
Afraid to Face the People
From time immemorial the people
of North Carolina have been in the
habit of having contestants for public
offices to come before them and pre
sent their claims and discuss the
issues of the day conjointly. This
custom gave to us before the war a
race of public men unsurpassed in
power upon the hustings. Of late
years, however, this venerable cus
tom has been discarded. . And by
wh'bm? Not by the Democrats. Jarvis
did his best, in 1880, to get Buxton
to vanvass the State with him, but he
would not. Dr. Mott refused to al
low Dockery to stump the State with
Bennett, and Bennett 1: as since made
a formal overture to his antagonist
for joint appointments, but Dockery
will not consent. We ask the people
to mark these things. Our speakers
ask those of the opposition to come
out into the presence of the sovereign
people and discuss with them the
issues of the day before the electors of
the State. They decline to do it.
Why? If their cause is a good one
why are they not willing to come out
and defend it against the attacks of
its adversaries? By their refusal to
do so they acknowled its weakness,
and so they go their own way, two
or three of them in a drove for self
protection, telling their own story in
their own way and taking care that
it shall not be contradicted where
they wiil be called upon to make it.
good.
We can trust the white people of
North Carolina to pass the proper
judgment at the polls upon a party
which is afraid for them to hear the
truth and the whole truth. States
ville Landmark.
Not to Be Discouraged.
At Dalton, Ga., they pointed out
an old darkey who was to be married
that evening, and I took a seat by
him on the depot platform and said :
"Uncle Reuben, is it true that you
are to be married to-night ?"
"Yes, sah yes, sah, you's hit it
'zactly right, sah."
"Were you ever married before ?"'
"Why, bress your soul, boy, dis
will be my fo'th wife !"
"How long since your last one
died r
"Jistfree weeks next week Satur
day." "Isn't it pretty sudden, when you
have been a widower only two
weeks ?"
"I reckon not, sah. I doan' see
how I kin help de old woman any
by trabblin' round alone."
"And they tell me you are over 70
years old ?"
"Yes, sah I'ze risin' of 73."
"And you don't even own a chick
en ?"
"No, sah."
"And the bride is as badly off as
yourself ?"
"Jist 'zactly, sah."
"Don't the future look a little dark
to you ?"
"See heah, white man," replied the
old chap ; as he slid to the ground
and brushed the dust off his coat
tails, "1 doan' like dat sort o' argy
ment ! Ize ole an' poo' an' doan'
know much, but I ain't de sort of a
mule to take a fo'th wife widout all
'rangements to board wid her fadder
an' gin him my note wheneber any
thin' am due ! Spose Ize gwine to be
sleepin' in fence co'ners an' libin' on
green apples kase my las' ole woman
tuk a noshun to die ? No, sah ! I
isn't dat sort a mourner i Ize got to
aige whar' Ize got to tooken car' of
if I has to mar'y free w'ves to do it."
Detroit Free Press,
The Good Old Times.
Dearly beloved, so there are many
men in Burlington, who sigh for "the
good old times" when our times sur
pass those of Solomon more than his
days surpassed the years of Egyptian
bondage. You cap buy a box of
matches to-day for five cents, while
Solmon's throne of ivory and gold
couldn't have bought one match.
The queen of Sheba thought Solomon's
wisdom greatness beyond compre
hension ;what would she say could she
only have beheld a yard engine of
the Bur'ington and No:thwestern
narrow gauge? The weight of gold
that came to Solomon in one year was
six hundred three score and six
talents of gold, but with all of that
ho couldn't buy a common hard cool
base burner. Ho had fourteen
chariots and twelve thousand horse
men but he couldn't telegraph to
Hiram that he wanted a cedar raft
as soon as it could be shipped and ho
couldn't even give his messenger a
horse that could trot in 2:30. There
wasn't a newspaper nor a printing
press in his kingdom, so he didn't
know what it was to write "dimes"
and see it printed "dinners." There
are conveniences to-day in the
county almshouse that Solomon had
to go without. We can buy a watch
for 20 ; yes for $5, that he couldn't
have bought with his kingdom. We
haven't so many wives as he had, but
we have better children ; much better,
indeed, for while Solomon had the
theory of training children all right
he never put it into practice in his
own family.
There are no times like these wo
live in. There will never be any to
equal them until we are dead, and
then times will be better and grander
than the3r are now. Enjoy your own
day, then. Remember that the
world is better to day, dearly beloved,
than it was when you came into it;
and that it is going to be a great deal
better sjtiil when you go out of it.
It is getting better all the time, and
thou dost not enquire wisely when
thou sayest, "What is the cause that
the former days were better than
these V Burlington Haivkeije.
Couldn'Shut Him Up.
Little Johnny Fizzletop went-' to
the circus and was very much ab
sorbed in the equestrian perfoman
ces, which seemed to puzzle him ex
ceedingly. "Don't you think he rides well?"
asked the parent whom Johnny took
to the circus.
"Yes," replied Johnny, "but why
does he try to run on the horse's
back for? The horse will take him
aroumfanyhow. He can't get around
any faster by jumping. If he wants
to go faster than the horse why don't
he get off the horse and run on the
ground if the horse is not fast enough
for him, say, ma?"
"If you will keep your mouth shut
you shall have a glass of nice red
lemonade."
"But, ma, if I keep my nouth shut
how will I drink the lemonde? I
have to open my mouth just a little,
anyhow, to let the lemonade run in.
Ma, is the elephant going to ride that
velocipede across that little wire be
fore he is fired out of the cannon, or
or only afterwards, ma? I say,
ma,
The rest of the conversation was
lost in a glass of auburn lemonade.
People sitting in the vicinity say that
the performance in the ring was, a
mere sid-show compared to Johnny's
subsequent performances.
Mrs. Surratt's Daughter.
Annie Surratt, the poor girl who
suffered so terribly as to make her
old while yet young in years, lives
near her brother John. She is the
wife of Prof. Tonry, who is now the
leading chemist of Baltimore. After
her mother had been hanged, and
her own mental faculties had been
shattered by the agonies she bad un
dergone, the innocent girl was os
tracised and persecuted to an extent
that is a disgrace to our socalled
Christian civilization. Years after,
when Mr. Tonry then a government
clerk dared to marry her, he was
dismissed from office for the offense.
For a time they were very poor, but
being turned out of the government
office proved to be the making of him
after all. They are now prosperous
enough in a worldly point of view,
but the once blithe and beautiful
Annie is a wreck, both mentally and
physically, with hair as white as the
driven snow, though but little more
than 36 years of age. She never re
covered from the shock of that awful
day, the last of her mother's life, and
is subject to .fits or extreme nervous
ness, bordering npon delirium.
Cincinnati Commercial.
If you shake up a basket ef fruit
or of gravel, the smaller portions will
go toward the bottom ; the large wil
come toward the top. This is the
order of nature. There is no way of
evading it. And the same order pre
vails in the basket of human life. The
world's shaking will 6end the small
er characters downward, and bring
the larger ones toward the top. The
larger characters are not to blame for
this. The smaller ones have no right
to complain of it. It is the shaking
that does the business.
SOME BIO TIIINaS.
The greatest obituary bard is
George Washington Childs, A. M., of
Philadelphia.
The three biggest railroad kings
W. H. Vanderbilt, Jay Gould, atid
Russel Sage.
The biggest fraud the fraud by ?
which Rutherford B. Hayes was put
in the White House.
Master Warner of Atlantic, Iowa,
iy not yet 4 ytars old, but he weighs
nearly 400 pounds.
The biggest diamond in New York
city is worn by Dock Commissioner
Jacob VanderpoeL
The greatest navy in the world is
that of England. The most invisible
one is the United States Navy.
The greatest cornet player is Levy.
He measures fifty-six inches around
the chest, and is said to have tho
largest lungs of any musician in the
world.
The largest diamond cutting houso
is in Amsterdam, where they employ
400 men. The famous Kohinobr dia
mond was cut there. The cutters
make from f7 to $12, and even tl4 a
day. .
The largest suspension bridge will
bo the one now building between
Brooklyn and this city. The length
of the main span is l,595feet 6 inches.
The entire length of the bridge is
5.989 feet.
The Pennsylvania Railroad's new
locomotivo Jumbo has seven feet
driving wheels, and has drawn a
train from Philadelphia to Jersey
City, a distance of ninety miles, in
eighty minutes.
Juinbo is the largest elephant in
the civilized world. He is 11 feet 0
inches in height. The measurement
of his ears when outspread is 15 feet,
and he can reach upward 26 feet with'
his trunk. ? '
x ruuiiuiy iii uiggesi, iuet are iuoso
of a Chicago girl named Lizzio Mertz.
They are said to measure 16 1-2 inches
each. It is reported that she onc&
kicked a ;young man and fractured
his spine.
Fortresa Monroe is the largest single
n..1.-H.. iL - I f.i 11
fortification in the world. It has al
ready cost the Government over
13,000,000. The water bat Wry is con
sidered one of tho iinebt military
works in the world.
The loftiest active volcano is Popo
catepetl (smoking mountain), thirty-
five miles southwest of Pueblo. Mex
ico. . It is 17,781 feet above the sea
level, has a crater three miles in cir
cumference and 1,000 feet deep.
The loncest sDan of wire is used for
a telegraph in India over the river
Kistnah, between Bezorah and Sec
tanagrum. It is more than 6,000
feet long, and is stretched between
two hills, each 1,200 feet high.
The largest university is Oxford,
in Oxford, England. It consists of
twenty-five colleges and five halls.
Oxford was the seat of learning in
the timo of Edward the Confessor.
It claims to have been founded by
Alfred.
The largest ship is the Great East
ern. She is 680 feet long, 83 feet
broad, and 60 feet deep, being 22,927
burden, 18,915 gross and 13,344 net
register. She was built at Milwall,
on the Thames, and was launched
Jan. 31, 1857. f
The largest body of fresh wpater on
the globe is Lake Superior.- It is 400
miles long, 160 miles wide at its great
est breadth, and has an area of 32,000
square miles. Its mean depth is said
to bo 200 feet, and its greatest depth
about 900 fathoms. Its surface is 635
feet above the sea.
The largest tunnel in the world is
that of St. Gothard, on the line of
railroad between Lucerne and Milan.
The summit of the tunnel is 900 feet
below the surface at Audcrmatt, and
6,600 feet beneath the peak of Kastel
horn, of the St. Gothard group. The
tunnel is 26 1-2 feet wide, and 19 feet
10 inches from the floor to the crown
of the arched roof. It is 9 1-2 miles
long, 1 5 8 miles longer than the Mt.
Cenis tunnel.
The largest trees are the mammoth
trees in California. One of a grove
in Tulare Cuunty, according to
measurement made by members of
the State Geological Survey was
shown to be 276 feet high, 106 feet in
circumference at base, and 76 feet at
a point 12 feet-above the ground.
Some of the trees are 376 feet high
and 34 feet in diameter. Some of the
largest that have been felled indicate
an age of from, from 2,000 to 2,500
years.
The largest empire in the world is
that of . Great Britain comprising
8,557,658 square miles, more than a
sixth part of the land of the globe,
and embracing under its rule nearly
a sixth fjart of the population of the
world. In territorial extent the
United States ran a third, containing
3,580,242 square miles, including
Alaskaj in population it ranks fourth
with ite 20,000,000 people. Russia
ranks second : 8,352,940 square miles.
That feeling of languor aad debility
that follows ! physical exertion,
removed by Uoiug Brown's Iron Bilr
ten.