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Published by Hoanoke Publishing Oo, "FOR GOD, FOR C GUN TRY AND FOR TRUTH." W. FLRTCI1RK. AUSHON. FmroR. V. V. W. AL'&UCN, UUtUNktS AlAJUGER. VOL. III. PLYMOUTH, N.C-; FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1891. NO. 24- THE irSXDOO SKEPTIC. I think till I weary of thinking. Said the Bad-eyed Hindoo Kins, And I e but shadows around me, Illusion in everything. How k no west thon aught of God, Of His favor or of His wrath T Can the little fish tell what the Hon thinks, Or map ont the eagle's path? . Can tiie finite the Infinite search? Did the blind discover the stars? Is the thought that I think a thought, ; Or a throb of the brain in its bars ? For aught that my eyes can discern. Your god is what you think good Yourself flashed back from the glass, When the liyht pours out on it in llood. You preach to me to bo JusC Aud this is Ills realm, you say; And the good are dyinf? with hunger And the bad gorge every day. You say that he lovoth mercy, , And the famine is not yet c.ono; That he.hatcth the shedder of blood, ' And he siayeth us every one. ; You say that my soul shall live. Tbat the spirit can never die If lie was content when I was not. Why not when I have passed by? You say I must Lave a meaning. So must dung, and its moaning is flowerai What if our souls are but nurture For lives that are greater than ours? ' When the fish swims out of the water, ' Whon the birds soar out of the blue, Man's thought may transcend man's know! edge, . And your God be no reflex of you. The Spectator. WALTER SCHNAFFS'S PERIL Ever since he entered France with tha Invading army, Walter Schnaffs had considered himself the unhappicst ol men. Tie was stout, walked with diffi- culty, puffed a good deal, and suffered a good deal from his feet, which were fiat and very fat. Ho was, beside, of a peaceful and kind disposition, not at all heroic or warlike, father of four children whom he adored, and husband of a fait young'' wife, whose kisses and caresses and thoughtful care he missed sadly every day. He liked to go to bed early .and get up late, to eat good things at hia ease, and to drink beer in the breweries. He believed, moreover, that everything worth having ended with life, and he cherished in his heart a' deep hatred, which was both instinctive and rational, for cannons, guns, revolvers, and swords? and, above all, for bayonets, for he felt that he was not able to wield that weapon quickly enough to defend hia large stomach. And when at nightfall he went to bed on the ground, rolled Up in his cloak be side his snoring comrades, be thought for a long time of those he had left behind and of the dangers which surrounded hk path. If he should be killed, what would become of the little ones?- Who then would feed them and bring then-, up? At that very time they were not rich, in Bpite of the debts which he had contracted before leaving home in order that they might have some money. And sometimes Walter Schnaffs wept. At the beginning of each battle his legn felt bo weak that he would have fallen if he had not feared that the whole army would pass over his body. The whistling of the balls made his hair stand on end. And so for months he lived in ,a stata of fear and anguish. The main body of the troops was ad vancing toward Normandy, and one day he was sent to reconnoiter with a small detachment which was simply to explore - a part of the neighborhood and then to fall back again. Everything seemed quiet in that sec tion, and nothing indicated an organized resistance, but just as the Prussians were calmly entering a little valley, crossed occasionally by deep gullies, a brisk firing brought them to a standstill, cut ting down a score of their number, and a body of sharpshooters, rushing out from a handful of trees, charged them with bayonets fixed. Walter Schnaffs at first remained mo tionless, so surprised and desperate that he did not even think of flight. Then a mad longing to run away seized him, but he thought instantly that, in comparison with the thin Frenchmen who werecom ing on like a flock of leaping goats, he would run like a tortoise. Just then, Bix steps ahead of him, ho saw a large gully filled with brushwood 'covered with dried leaves, and into this fi jumped with both feet, without even stopping to think of its depth, ns one might leap into a river from a bridge. Ho went like an arrow through a thick growth of vines and sharp briare which scratched his face and hand3 and sat down hard on a bed of stone. Looking up immediately ha saw the sky through the hole which he had made. That telltale hole would betray hira, and he crawled along on hk hands and feet, at the bottom of the ditch, under the roof made by the interlacing branches, going as fast as ho could away from tlio fighting. After awhile he stopped and sat down again, squatting like a hare in the tall, dry grass. For some tini he still heard the shots, cries, and moans. Then the sounds of the struggle grew fainter and ceased, All was calm and quiet again. Suddenly something stirred close by him and gave him a frightful start. It was a little bird which had perched cu a branch, and rustled the dead h aves. For nearly an hour Walter Schnri's heart beat with great bounds. Thanisrht v;u3 cotiiliu: on, filling t.!-,.i gully wtui snauows, ana toe soiaier be gan to reflect. What would become of him? What, should he. do? And how? And where? And must he begin again that horrible life of anguinh, terror, fatigue, and suffering which h had ted since the beginning of the war? Not He no longer had the courage and energy necessary to bear the marches and faco the incessant dangers. But what could he do? He could not stay in this ditch, and conceal himself until the war was over. No, indeed. 1 he had not been obliged to eat that pros pect would not have disturbed him ; but he was obliged to eat, to eat" every day. And so he found himself alone, armed, in uniform, in the enemy's country, far from those who could defend him. lie shivered to think of it. Suddenly he thought, "If I were only a prisoner!" and he was filled with a sud den, violent longing to become a prisoner, A prisoner! Ho would be saved, fed, odged. sheltered from shots and sabers, without any further apprehension, in a comfortable, well guarded prison. To bo a prisoner! What a glorious dream! And he immediately decided to make himself a prisoner. He got up, resolved to carry out his plan without a moment's delay, - But suddenly he stopped motionless, assailed by disagreeable thoughts and now terrors. Where was h to go to make himself a prisoner ? In which direction ? And how? And frightful pictures of death rushed into his mind. He would run great risks in venturing alone about the countiy in his spiked helmet. What if he should meet some peasants?, As poon as they saw a wandering, defenseless Prussian, they would kill him like a stray dog. They would murder him with their pitchforks, their pickaxes, their scythes, their shovels! They would reduce him to a pulp in their rage at their country's defeat. What if he should meet sharp-, shooters ? They, madmen without law or discipline, would shoot him as soon as they saw him to amuse themselves, to pass away the time, for the fun of the tiling. And he fancied himself already stand ing against a wall, opposite to a dozen gunbarrols, whose little black, round holes serned to be looking at him. And if he should meet the French Army itself t The vanguard would take him for a scout, for some bold and crafty soldier rocon noitering alone, and they would shoot him down. And he heard already the irregular firing of the soldiers,' hidden in a thicket, while he, standing in the mid dle of the field, sank down, riddled like a rkimmer by the balls which he could feel entering his fleih. -' ' He sat down again in desperatiot). His situation seemed -hopeless to him. Night had by this time quite settled down dumb, black night. . He did not move, but trembled at every slight and unknown sound which was heard in the darkness. A rabbit that struck against the edgo of his burrow nearly put him to flight. The hooting of the owls tore his noiil with sudden fears, as painful as wounds. He strained his large eye3 to try to pierce the gloom, dad every mo ment he thought he heard a footstep near him, After endless hours and tortures of the damned , he saw the sky growing light through his roof of underbrush. At that a great relief filled him. His muscles relaxed, and he stretched himself with a tightened heart. His eyes closed, and he dept. When he awoke the sun seemed to b almost overhead ; it must be noon. No noise broke the dull quiet of the fields, find Walter Schnaffs discovered that he was seized with sharp hunger. ! IJe yawned, hi3 mouth watering at the thought of the good sausages that the soldiers liad, and his stomach felt emptier chan ever. He rose, walked a few steps, found that his leg3 were weak, and sat down igain to think. For two or three hours he weighed the pros and cons, changing its mind every minute, hesitating, un lappy,' and distracted by the most con flicting emotions. One idea seemed to him sufficiently practical. It was to watch until some .inarmed villager should pass bv, one who had no dangerous farming tools with him, and then to run out aud put him self in his hands, making him understand that he surrendered himself. Then he took off his helmet, the spikq of which was likely to betray him, and thrust his head out of his hole with in finite precaution. Not a soul was to be seen. Yonder, at the right, the smoke rose toward the sky from the roofs of a little village smoke from the kitchen fires! At the left he Baw, at the end of an avenue of trees, a large chateau, flanked with towers. , He waited thus until evening, suffer- ' ing frightfully, seeing nothing but flocks of crows, hearing nothing but the com plaining rumbles of his inner man. And once m'ore night fell around him. ' He stretched himself at the bottom of his retreat, and slept an uneasy sleep, haunted by nightmares, the sleep of o famished man. ! Dawn broke again over his head. Once more he took up his post of oh- , serration. But the country was as te Berted as it had been the night before, and a now lVar po'-w-wd him the fear of dying of hunger! lie saw liimsolf stretched at tin bottom of his hole, llatpn . his back with his e--s clo'-'l. T'i. u ani mal lilt!-1 r.i.viri? ; . f all : .-rt-i. ch.-v ivsr hia t. i".-,.' . ;:d I ".. to ' : I:, at -.in ; fcevcrywncreatonce, nna crawhng uncter his clothes to gnaw the cold flesh, and a great crow was picking out his eyes with his sharp beak. ! This thought nearly maddened him, ' for he feared that he would be overcome with weakness and become unable to walk. And he was quite determined to hurry to the village, to dare all, to brave i all, when he saw three peasants coming toward the fields with their pitcbforlrson their shoulders, and ho drew . hack into his hiding place. I But as Boon as evening darkened the plain he crawled slowly out of tho ditch and started off toward the distant chat eau, preferring to go there rather than ui the village, which seemed to him as for midable as a den of tigers. The lower windows of the chatoau were lighted up. 1 One of them -was open, and a strong odor of roast meat eamo from it. an odor which, rushing through the -nostril of Walter Schnaffs and penetrating to the depths of his stomach, made him im patient, made him pant for breath. drew him irretustibly forward, and filled hia heart with a desperate courage, r Suddenly, without stopping to think, "he appeared with his helmet on in ho open window. Eight servants weiv seated at dinner, round alarge table. A.U at once a nurse stopped opewnonthed, dropping her glass, and stared fixedly ahead of her. All eyes followed hers. They saw the enemy I Heavens! The Prussians were attacking the chateau! There was at once a cry, a single cry, composed of eight criei uttered together by different voices, a cry of frightful ter. I o, then a confused rising, and a stam pede toward the door at the back of the room. Chairs were knocked . down, the men upset the women and rushed over them, and in two seconds the room was empty, abandoned, with the table cov ered with food staring in the face the as tonished Walter Schnaffs, who wa3 still standing in the window. AfVr an instant of hesitation ho climbed in and went toward the table. His great hunger made him as weak aa a man in a fever, but he was still para lyzed by terror. He listened. The whole house was in a tumult; doors were slamming and rapid foots tepa were heard overhead. The uneasy Prus sian listened to these noises, and heard dull Bounds as if bodies were falling iuto the soft earth at tho foot of the walls, human beings who had leaped from the story above. Then all movement, all tho'commotion stopped and the great chateau became as silent as a tomb. - Walter Schnaffs seated himself beforo a full plate and began to eat. lie ate in large mouthfuls, as if he were afraid of being interrupted too soon, before ho hao bad enough. He threw morsels iuto his wideopen mouth with both hands, anc lumps of food went down one after an other into his stomach, stretching his throat as they passed. Occasionally he Stopped, almost bursting, like the dis tended, hose pipe, and cleared out hi? throat with a draught of cider, ns they wash out a stopped up conduit. He emp tied all the plates, all the dishes, all the bottles ; then, satisfied with eating and drinking, stupefied, flushed, shaken by hiccough, his mind uneasy and his tongu thick, he unbuttoned his uniform to breathe more easily, incapable of taking a step. His eyes closed, hi3 thoughts grew confused, he leaned his heavy, head on his arras folded on the table, and soou lost all idea of persons and things. The crescent of the waning moon lighted the sky indistinctly above the trees of the park. It was the chilly hour which precedes the dawn. Silent shadows were gliding about ir the thicket, and every now and then o moonbeam made a steelpoint gleam in the darkness. The quiet chateau raised its great black silhouette against the sky. Two win dows only on the ground floor were lighted. Suddenly a voice of thunder shouted, "Forward! To the assault, com rades!" And in an instant the doors, the shutters, the windows gave way under the flood of men which rushed forward, burst open, broke down everything, and invaded the house. Instantly, 50 sol diers, armed to the teeth, ruyhed into tho kitchen where Walter Schnaffs was slopp ing peacefully, and placed against his breast 50 loaded guns, knocked Mini down, rolled him over, seizod him, and bound liim head and foot. Ilo panted with astonishment, too much bewildered to understand what was going on, knocked about, beaten, and wild with fear. Suddenly, a large soldier, much be decked with gold, planted his foot on his stomach, crying out : "You are m3' prisoner! Surrender!" The Prussian heard only the one word "prisoner," and he groaned 14 Ya.ya, yal" He was lifted up, bound to a chair, and examined with lively curiosity by hia captors, who were blowing like whales. Several of them sat down, overcome by emotion and fatigue. He could smile now, sure of being a prisoner at last. , Another officer came in and an nounced: . "Colonel, the enemy has fled ; several seem to have been wounded. We aw masters of the place. n ; The large officer wiped his forehead and cried "Victory!" Ami he wrote in a little memorandum book which he Cook out of his pocket : "AfuT a desncrato struggle tho Pru;; ;nns were put to flight, carrying with t!iem tl.'.ir d.y.'A r pd i"-;idrd, c.-tipia: -t ..io. C'veuii i: th:.1 : ; i:i o .; I give?" said thd "We are going to fall back to avoid a renewed attack with artillery and supe rior force," answered tho colonel, and he gave the order to retire. The column formed again under the shadow of the walls of the chateau, and began to move, mtrrounding Walter Schnaffs, who was bound and guarded by six soldiers, revolver in hand. Scouts were sent out to reconnoiter, aud they advanced cautiously, halting from time to time. At daybreak they reached the prefect ure of La Eoche-Oysel, whose National Guard had accomplished this feat of arm3, , The anxious and much excited towns people were expecting thorn. When the i prisoner's helmet was. seen' loud outcries j were raised. The women held up their j hands, the old ones wept, and an old man threw his crutch"' at the Prussian and i wounded one of his guards in the noso. The colonel shouted, "Keep the prisonei safe!" They came at last to the Town Hall. The prison was opened and Waltei Schnaffs, freed from his bonds, was, put in it. Two hundred armed men mounted guard around the building. Then, iu spita of the symptoms of indigestion which tormented him, the Prussian, wild with joy, began to dauce madh about, j waving his arms and legs and laughing I crazily, until he fell in a heap, quite ex. I nausted. He was a prisoner. Saved 1 This is how the Chateau of Champignet was recaptured from the enemy after only six hours of occupation. Colonel Bo tier, cloth merchant, who managed the affair at the head of the national guard of La Roche-Oysel, was decorated. Translated by Mies C. D. Browne, from the French of Guy do Mau passant. The Congregationalist tells of an erring church brother in Vermont whose con science forced him to get up in open meeting one day and make the following confession: "Brethren, my conscience compels me to coufess that when bailing down my sap this spring I put into the kettle two buckets of water, and sold tho sugar at the same price as that made from pure sap. " . Wouldn't Accept It. People who strive to elevate certain classes in the social fabric, often find, to their surprise, that these very iersons jealously guard the barriers of .class dis tinctions. The following illustration of that fact is given by the author of "Four Years in Rebel Capitals. A Richmond lady had amaidwhc de voted and constant to her mistress stnl burned with curiosity for a sight of every thing pertaining to "Mars' Linkum's men, and especiahy for do skule. For swift in iecxl had new comers been to preach the gospel of Alphabet, and negro schools seemed to have been brought in by every army ambulance, so numerously did they spring up in the captured capital. So, early, one day, Clarissa Sophia donned liar very best, and with shining face, hied her, like any thing but a snail, to school.' Very brief was her absence ; her return reticent, but pouting and with unduly Up-tilted nose. It soon came out that tho teacher had begun by impressing the children with the fact that all present were born "free and equal," and that each of them was quite as good as she was. "Wa' dat yo's saym' now? "interrupted Clarissa Sophia. uYo' say Pse jes' ek?.l asyo'is?" "Yes, I said so, and I will prove it to you. " " Ho ! 'taint no need, " was the response. " Reck'n I is, sho' 'miff. But does yo' say dat Pse good as missus, my missus?" "Certainly you are." ' "Den I'se jes' gwine out yere, rightoff, " cried Clarissa Sophia, suiting action to word. "Ef I'se good as my missus, I'se goin ter quit, feer I jes' know she ent 'sociatin' wid no sich white trabh like you is ! " a' Fire From 4Ir. The principle of thcgeneration of heat by the sudden compression of air is utilized in an ingenious manner for firing blasts in the, Aubin collieries in the Province of Aveyron. Frar.ee. Tho apparatus consists of a metal cylinder, in which moves a well fitted piston, the rod of which carries a cross piece for a handle. The end of Ihe fuse is bassed through a l ubber ring into one end of the cylinder. A quick and strong thriibt is then given to the piston, and the eompression of the air within the cylinder generates sufik-ieiit heat to ig nite the fiwo. It ig said that after a lit tle practice the fese is always ignited at the first thrust. The sparks from the burning of tho first inch of the fuse are thrown off inside the cylinder and the danger of igniting the gases which abound in the mines is thus obviated. A Growing RtTtnne, The internal revenue receipts of the United States for tho first nine months of the current fiscal year are greater by $7,000,000 than for the same time 13 months previously, and considembly in excess of the" estimates. If the same rale I? kept up to the end th;i receipts of tiie fiscal ycrir will exceed 150,000. 0'; for Hw fivsi; time in two di-cades. For the vst wh.h 1 :t June the tal w;- -o, i, , '.-ut s::j.Oj,co.Ar -What orders shall young officer.1 STARVING RUSSIA- TUB PITEOUS PLIOIIT OF THE FEASANTS. The dispatches f;oin St. Petersburg to the Telt graph describing tho situation iu altos, wia a lining from the lailuro of the crops and dctailiug harrowing incidents of the fnuiiue bow prevailing, part of which Las already been cabled to the Utiited States, adds thut not for centuries has uetf wide spread div tress been recorded. It is nothing lesss thftu a calamity. The Telegraph's conespoud euf t.ays that tho trouble is Chiefly due to the government, which at the beginning of the year was well awbre that a famine was emniiuent. Tho authorities delayed takiug any action to relieve the dwtre&i uutilit wwi too lute. What benefit wonld have been darived from the prohibition of the export of rye was nulified by the action of the government iu extending the tiaio for the deorese to go into effect. . Iu addition to the scarcity of food which ha3 caused untold distress has been iuteu. silled by the enormous n umber otunuitialiy disastrous fires that have occurred through, out the, farmne-atricken districts. Iu m;tuy of the districts, entire Milages have, beoti destroyed. The iithabinraiB of the.barning village, weak from lack of food and with no prcspocts of improviug the condition, luude no attempt to check the progress of the flames, but stood and ; watched their dwellings barn. Some of them, more de vout than others, fell on their knee and prayed the Almighty to extinguish the fire. Added to these kcrael strokes of fortune came tho cattle plague, which caused in creditable havoc, ThonsaDds head of cattle took the diseaso and porished, and thus runny families lokt their ouly means of sub sistence. Whut little rood it is possible for theTas ants to obtain ia of tho vilest description, but so sharp are the pangs of the hunger that they gladly eat food that at other time they wonld'iit touch. In many cases their only food ia the sweeping and refuS9 from the fiour mills. In Saratoff the landowners foaud this refuse so iujurous to their cattle that tbey would not leed it 10 them. But thought it was not fit for the cattle to eat( the land.owners made bread of it and sold it to tho peasauts. Bread mado of finely ohopped,ptraw and bran mixed with a vtry naa!l quantity of rye is considered a God sei;d. Iu many districts the starviDg peus. antry arc not able to procure cveu these miserable substitutes for nourishing ; food, and are reduced to the dire atraights to procure auy thing that will prolong lifo. Ex, HOW. QUARRELS BEGIN. Sunday Afternoon. I wish that pony was uiiue, s:iid a little boy, who stood at a window looking down the road. , What would you do with him ? asked hh brother. liide him, that's what I'd do. All day loug? Yes, from morning till night. You'd luve to let ma ride him sometimes, said his brother. ' Why would I ? You'd have no right in hiai if he were mine. Father would make you let me have him part cf the time, , No, he wouldn't. My-children, ttaid the mother, who Lad been listening to them, and now saw that they wer beginning to get HDgry wifh each otner all for nothing, let me tell you of a quarrel betweeu two boys no bigger nor older thau you aro that I wad about the other day. They were going aioug the road, tulluug t;yeiber in a pleasant way when oit of them uaid : I wished I hiid ull tho pasture laud in tho Wvi'ld. . - And I wish I had all the cattle in the world, said the other. What would you do then ? asked his friend . Why, I would turn them iato your pas ture land. Ho, you wouldn't, was ike reply. Ye, I would. But I wouldn't let jou. I wouldn't ask you. You fc-tjuuldii'l dj it. 1 Should. i'ou shaVc. 1 will. And with that they c:zel and pouaded each otlior like two silly, wicked boys as tbey were, The chv,dniu lauglu d ; but their mother aid. "Yon teo in what tnfk'K quarrels often begin. Were j on ay wiser thau these boy ju your half angry lalk about an imaginary pony ? If I hud not been here, who knows but you might Lave btea as silly and wicked as I hey wt-re?" HINTS FOR YOUNG CHRIST IANS. 1. Never neglect daily prayer; E.r:d r tuvm.r that Gtnl hears your prayers. . 3 Kcv.r Jicgh-ct d:uly jrivato Lil..-- read. i ; ano r-.uifc!.'.! ' that '.,( .uni::., to you, and that you are to believe fcnd act upon what lie says. 3. Never let a day pass without aiming to do something for Jeuus; every morning reflect on what Jusus has done for you. 4. If you are ever in doubt as to anything boing right or wrong, considor whether you can do it in the nam i of Jesus and ask God's biesbing upon it. 5. .Never tako your Christianity from Christians, but ask yourself, "How would the Lord have mo to act?" and allow Him. 6. Never trust your feelings, or the opin ions of men, if they contradict God's word. THE WORLD'S DEATH RATE. Clio rch Progress. Here are a few facts complied by the 5'innncir.l and Insurance Chronicle, of Lou don, which will interest all, and life insur ance solicitors may find valuable: "The yearly mortality of the globe ia reported at 33,833,333 persons. This is at a rate of 'Jlfioi pt:r day, ' 3, 733 per hour, 63 per minute. marks tho decease of Houie humau creature. The avoraga of human Jilo in 33 years. One-fourth cf the entire population die at or before the aga of 7 years j one-half at or bcl'oro 17 jeurs. ' Among 10,000 persons one arrives at the age of 100 years, oue in 500 attain the aga of 80 and oue in 100 lives to tha age of CO. Married men five longer thau single men. In 1 ,000 persons 95 marry, and , mora marriages occur in June and December than ia any other mouth of the year. One eigtu of the whole population U military. Professions exercise a great influence on longevity. In 1,000 individuals who arrivs at tha age of 70 vears, 43 are, clergymen, orators or public speakers, 40 are agricultnrista, 33 are workmen, 32 soldiers or military, em. ploycn, 2!) advocates or engineers, 27 ' pro-iesyoi-ii and 24 doctors RAIN.MAEIN& SCIENCE. PKOF. HOUSTON'S VIEWS OF " THE WFGRT3 TO COEKCE JUPmsB rLUTIUS.. ' Wilmington Star. At the last meeting of tho electrical bcc. tiou of the Franklin Institute Frofetwor I T . Tl 1,..-.. U . . 1, U 1 - IViUWill ,J . U()UeiU(, iub woii-jkiiunii cicu tncal and scientific fcxpert. read an interns. nn" nunt'. r on ur uncial ram-maxinc; li thinks that to attempt to produce rain by explosions iu midair irrespective of tha quantity of uioiuture in the air is to actempt to cause water to fall from the air when practically none is present, and such au attempt is, thr.-for, not only illogical, hat absurd. The profaasor sauas up his Viuna .hi i..iv no. if nst, that lain can never be made to fall on any part of lha e&rtb surface irrespec tive ot tbe climate couditionn there exist ing. tfecnnd, that during pertain meteorologi cal cuuduioud mid-air explosions - may result in rainfall over extended areas, bat tho liberation of t nergy necessary for such rainfalls ia not due entirely to the mid-air explosions, but to the euergy stored up in ttie mohit air from which the rain is derived. The ProfesHor'a third conclusion is that the meteorological conditions which mnet t-xht for the tjuccceaful action of mid-air explosions would probably in most, though not in all cases ihemselvea rtfcult ia tha natural production of rain. 1 - , Onr llaleigh correspondent informs us Rays the Wilmington Star, that tha colored people took great interest in the opening cf their department at the Raleigh Expo. , Hition, Weduea-liy. Rev. J.. O, Prico and other colored mob. have shown coumenda. hie zeal in travelling over the State to awakou an interest among their people in the Exposition and get them to do their be -it in tho way of making an exhibit of iheir handiwork and of products of th 1'irm. and. we trust their best hopes will be realised, A good exhibit will etimalata thorn to higher endaavors, and encourage indiiHtry aud thrift amongst them. When the Hpirit of industrial emulation is arouse;.!, andtney compete In friendly endeavor with each other it will, ba the dawning.cfa better tvy for them, ond in it they will Ir.ivc the best w ishes and every encourage ment of the wtiite people of the Ktate. Our Courts. . SSruiKG Judgo Urynn. r AX.li Judge urown. JVnufort Feb. 10th, May U5th, Nov. ?Mh. - " Currituck March 2d. Sept. 7th. Oauiden iilaruh loth. Kept, 24ih. raiuotank March lOtii, Sept, 21st 1'eiquimaun Vlarch S.'lh, Sept. i.'8th. (Jhowan March 0th, Oct. 6th. Gates Aprii Cth, Oct. 12th. HertfordApril 13th, Oct. 19th. Wiu.hh?ton April 2nth, Oct '2(Uh. Tyrrell--April 'J7ih, Nov. 2d Dare -May 4th, Nov. S)ih. Hyde Slav Hth, Nov 16th. Pamlico--May ISth, Nov. 2:$d. . " REMEMBER. ' That every promise is a debt. That children hear more than gr wn people give thctu credit for. That it'is no disgtauo to lo poor, Lai mighty inconvenient. That tho num who Kmoktfs ci; arettus is not i.oiii-HHarily brainier!;. Tbat the girl of the j riod knows n o-o than ):-Trar:'j ihcrl r her grandinoti-r-r is 0. Tlv. t' e av. 'i about lowuu
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