North Carolina Newspapers

VOL XII. PLYMOUTH, N. C, FRIDAY MAY 31, 1901. NO. 13. , t ( nyo veiidicts.. She was a woman, worn ami tlihi. Whom the world condemn'!! tor a slnnl'4 sin; ' iiiey cast ner out on uie kimk i inyinvay, ' And passed her by as they went to pniy. Ho waa a lii'hi 'find litnro tf hlnirnv Hut the world spared him a breiitli of fchanie. lumeatli his feet he saw her ho, , 1 j l-lut- uiuij1 )ilu anal imuuml lin r They were the people who went to pray At the temple of liod on a holy day. They scorned the woman, forgave the man ; It was ever thus siuce the world tegiin. Time passed on and the Woman died. On the Cross of shame she was erui illed: But the world was stern and would not yields Aim mey uuneu ner 111 the rotter s u icia. The man died, too, and they hurled htm In a casket of cloth with a silver rim. Ana said, as tuey turned from his grave away, we nave uurieu an nonesi man 10 nay. Two mortals, knocking at Henven sjiale, Stood face to face to inquire their fate. He carried a passport with earthly sign, But she a pardon from Love Divine ()1 ye who judge 'twixt virtu?1 mid vice. Which, think you, entered to Paradise? Not he who the world had said should win. For the woman alone was ushered in. Arthur Lewis Tubbs. SAM JONES' LKlTEIt HILL ARPN LRTTKn. As the poet Browning Raid: "I j thought 'tii 6 He whs dead and damned, ' 1 but it seems not. Andersonville has" I broken out again. We thought that our general Senator Hill had killed that whole Andersonville business in his masterly reply to Blaine some twen ty-five years ago. He proved from the federal records -.that the suffering of their soldier boys in that prison was the sin, ine crime, tne sname 01 oianton, who refused to exchange with us and refused to send medicine and supplies ! fgr their sick .- We did thevery best we of the road. We will brand, it . when we meet at Memphis. I want to meet at Memphis. I want to meet Colonel John Cussons there and thank him for his little book. I want every veteran to have one. The price is only 25 cents, and it is worth ten times that much to have it in the house and refer to it sometimes when we get cussin mad.; " Providence spring! I'm going to see if 1 ca n t beat ' my nabors, Cary and Yarbrough and Corley and Mrs. Fields, raising tomatoes. Mr. Corley has put out only six plants and says they will give him twenty bushel of fruit. . Mr. l-ould and some honest northern soldiers Yarbrough;. the preacher, has six plants! 1 ; r-A Savannah, Ga. I came over' to Sa vannah Monday morning. I preached to 10,000 people, crowded in and around the tabernacle Monday night, and the great crowds have bee 11 gather ing at the tabernacle each night, with have so written and published in north ern papers.,, nut ever ana anon th.e same old lie breaks loose again, and How they have started a new one about a snrintr the "Providence stmnsr I which they say gushed forth from the ; gr und just in time to save their soldiers I from perishing for lack of water And thev are spending money in inclosing and beautifying the grounds around the spring. The contemptible liars. Scores of cood old men still live who knew of that spring away back in the 40's, when Andersonville was a wilder ness and tne spring was known as a deer stand. Yes, it was a Providence a day Congregation number from 1,200 Hr'?'- Prov!denre, il d to 2,000, Savannah- was mad; her de cency was shocked; and her' urbanity was outraged by things I said hi Way- cross, but Savannah was not mad about I what she was mad about If Savannah had had no saloons, gambling1 hells, Bhameless houses, pot politicians, red nose rascals, pink nose Elks, etc., I all the other springs 'when lie made the contin'ent and the . rivers and moun tains. Andersonville never lacked water and was selected for a prison be cause of the abundance of 1 water, and that little spring was of no consequence, for it ran only about thirty - gallons an hour, which would be less than; halt a He dug six wells about t wo feet deep and filled them up with, all sorts of fertilizers and says he willhavea wagon load. Last year he had eight on one stem all touching each other, and the eight weighed twelve pounds! I've seen the photograph. I've got out 100 plants and am not done yet, and they laugh at me, but I want a load or two to give away. My garden must keep me busy. It won't do to sit down and brood over trouble and slander and lies. I pick strawberries efery day, but I'm not fond of the business.- Have to stoop too much and it gives me the backache. . I m the only loy left arid my folks keep me very busy. Bill Arp. don't believe Savannah , would - have S111 a lc? me prisoners, ane spring been mad at all. r Savannah lias been was covcrcu up - vy me nanus . wnen quarreling mad; writing mad; talking ditching for the stockade and its water aA- ht it i all n irL-A nlwmt wi ,.,. found some other channel and bro.ee . fighting mad. It did not seem to effect ,ut aSain, ftf ter. a l"S m and that 8 a' Tf the V- them that way. ' ' " - v fere,18 ah?ut .U ? Providence spring! - J T " Oh", theseinnOcent aldermen; not in- Thosd everlasting liars are ust hunting J , ...1,1 1. .1 tin Sinn p ninrfl devilment. . This snnnr nocent by reason of their virtues, but by reason of their ignorance. The fellows with a cowhide up their sleeves have evaporated and disappeared from the face of the earth; and the chief of police that kept his extra men at his beck and call the first two nights of the meetings in order to quell riots and -put 'down insurrections and to protect Sam Jones, seems to have decided to let matters go on in the even tenor of their way, and that no emergency will arise. 'I have preached plain gospel sermons until now.. I have been after souls in stead of hides. You know it is my rule never to kill hogs until I get the water hot. Then I have been scared too. You have no idea how I have trembled in my shoes. Vulgarity, blackguardism, and . mountebankism trembles in the presence of the iminac illate officials of this city. This city of wings and angels; this city with its vir tues and vices; with its gamblers .and angelic officials; its rum and red nose rascals. If "my fright gets bit me, and mv nerves get steady in the course of up some more devilment, lhia spun; business is another Barbara Frietchie delusion gotten up to keep the northern heart in tune, and .fire up God man Smith to write some more historic lies about the south.. But "whom the Lord loveth He chasteneth," . and our faith is that is that He loves our people Very much or He would hot chasten us so much and so long with these vile slanders. "And I said in mine haste all men are liars," said David. If he had lived up north in our day he might have said it at hia leisure. We are get- ing 'so accustomed and so hardened to their exaggeration and prevarication that we don't believe them when they f,.i-ifV, TTiatrirv cava thtit Tsii'fiol Putnam crawled into a cave and killed r ,ry ut bfe" Kellet'tions of a Itaclielor. New Tork Press. Nobody is a good judge of af baby who has had anything to do with it. If a woman only loves a man enough, he can make her do anything she wants to. The best cure for a woman who can't bear the smell of tobacco smoke is to make her eat a cigar. average woman could have her woum eat her supper once the cemetery. At some time in her me every wo man spoils hersell with some man simply because she loses her temper. Laughing will cure dyspepsia, but any man who can laugh when he has got dyspepsia has got something worse Probably if they didn t give them a pain in the back, women wouldn't be half as fond of wearing high-heeled shoes. It's not very often you find a man' Wife the bosom friend ot the woman who thinks she has a mission Ho helj him.. , A meal to a man means a 'piece of meat and a cigar; to a woman it means something new to talk about and N K W lOHK'S MATOIl ON NOIITII CAIIOLINA. a wolf. I used to believe that, hut I doubt'it now since Goldwin Smith has set up Benedict Arnold as a hero. Providence spring! what a lie! But oiir veterans are clearing up th't history business and our teachers nad better be very careful what they teach. I never did understand until recently A man's letters to a girl never begin to be really dangerous till after he gets too far along to bother with quoting jioetry in them. After a man has once told a woman that her soul was wearing out her body she goes around trying to look like something ailed her. A wnmnn Hnpnrls hnlf tVifi timfi won a few days, I -may have a few brief why Maury s geography was ruled out d n whftt the Lord thinks of her short remarks to say, in reference to of so many schools and lrye s was put husband and the other half wondering some thinga that are and ought not toiin. .mere, is some uuueiy 111 uu what the neighbors think of her school book business. Money is paia to school commissioners, or' teachers, or some outside lawyers for their in lluence. Last year a teacher high in office at be in inis city . I am glad to note that old friends, Judge Falligant, Editor Stovall,' Dan . Lester,- x leming duJJignon, etc., are either up in the band wagon or hailing to driver to stop for them. But if Knox ville was expelled for accepting a "Little Billie" has been in or about the bribe and I have heard it charged .that band wagon, I have not seen him. He a lawyer in Atlanta got big money for . is a very busy man, and may not have booming a book into the public schools, time to come. If ever I get Billie, and Money rules the roost in every calling, the aldermen and the mayor all togeth er in my band wagon, T am going to start down Bull street kicking, rearing and pitching, and strike a telephone oost somewhere about Oglethorpe ave nue, turn the wagon over and spill tne course. "I have seen the wicked pros and there is a money job A ndersonville business. spring! Oh, my country, Providence have to do with lows excel t to let them behind this Providence what does those fel- run their whole business out and order the hos pital wagon to pick up the pieces. Thfey had better take the ride in my band wagon one at a time; but I am willing for the whole city "to get in the wagon, and ' all takea ride.' Some will enidy it; some will thiiiK I am driving too fast:some will fear lest I run over a prucipice, or into the river; some will think my team will be stalled and cannot pull it; but when the pro cession ends, if we have not reached a purer moral atmosphere, and a better state of things, then 1 win nam inem back for nothing. The Jfilks don t ffeem to be saying much since I told who their step-daddies were in Georgia. I have got no respect for a kid that is ashamed of his father." Will the Elks of Savannah, or Atlanta, or Nashville, invite me into per like a green bay tree," says David An old darkey heard me say, "1 won der what makes the Lord smile on old Jim Wiikins so. Jim is as mean as a doT. but everv trade he makes and everything he touches turns into money. He is getting richer and richer every year, The old dark ev said: "Why, boss, de Lord hain't got anything to do wid Jim Wiikins, Lord haint noticin him, Lord dilutive him up long time ago. Dat's wh'v he gittin rich old debit ar runnin him.' Providence spring. But it is mighty strange to me that the northern people will lot Goldwin Smith scandalize the founders of our government. I though t that everybody north and south idolized Washington and Jefferson and Madison and Monroe. I thought that After a woman gets to be thirty she gets over the idea that only her JJtender and unswerving love stands between her husband and the cold hard world It is the opinion of nine women out of ten that the average man believes he isn't getting everything that is coming to him unless he is leading a double life. - . - : ' . . ItOt-ai Paper ierve Support. . Pi'ess and Printer. The effort of any newspaper to bui'd up a town is practically nullified unless it is backed up by the business men of the town. 1 A stranger turns lrom -the news colums of ai paper to its advertis ing columns, and if he fails to find there the' business earda of the mer chants and professional firms he comes Ho the conclusion that the editor is not appreciated, in which case it is a. good place to kejp clear from. Is o town ever grew without the active assistance of its papers.- ' Nor can papers grow and build up their localities without the assistance of the town. Business men should realize this and rememlier that in lending support to their local paper they are not only building up their own business, but are helping to supjiort that which is steadilv working for the growth of the whole town. ' . ' . 1, i r tt infitinn Kiit niof "S ; ; t ,ev everylHidy outside of Massachusetts was have inside that lodge sent to them to ' A"ck a"a, . drink, and if I don't tree something in there before I come out, then I will admit I am barking up the wrong tree. I am everlasting down on any club, clique, gang, that takes our young men into their membership to drench them with beer, or debauch them with whiskey. If I am wrong in this, then I am wrong on the right side of the question; and I had rather be wrong on the right side than right on the wrong side. , No fear of plague, or storm, or dis aster; no political contest; no rumors of war have ever stirred Savannah as the coining of Sam Jones to this city. She is thoroughly aroused once. It has been 18 years since I held meetinga here. Savannah is now far more beautiful in its streets and parks, its hotels and residences, and has grown apace with the years in popula tion, business, etc. More anon, Sam P. Jones. and Henrv Clay. I dident know that Benedict Arnold had an admirer or an apolgizer north oi- south or in England or anywhere. 1 dident know that uold win Smith was such a conspicuous his torian until this last history appeared. It appears that he is a great favorite in England and Canada and is a. contrib utor to the leading magazines and co- editor of an English cyclopedia. , But we are making progress. Provi dence spring!. Those yankees say that just in the nick of time when hope was nearly gone and despair had set in for want of Water Providence upheaved the ground and the water gushed forth (like it did when Moses struck the rock with his roil. Mr. Pillsbury, of Americus, an lionoranie veteran, .was mure on guard and says the whole thing is a I "That eccentric Mrs. Wyshbone had ma.ie mi ho. and it can be proved so her picture taken witn ner nanus in bv manv old citizens of Sumter county, the dough We will have to nail that Andersonville "Going through her husband s pock- lie to a board and pnt it up at the forks ets, I suppose -, BiffS?t Bank In tlie World. Private dispatches from Washington and elsewhere hint that J. Pierpont Morgan has in mind the establishment of "the largest bank in the world," an institution which will involve the coh so'idation of several of the more im portant houses of this city, the object being the creation of a bank strong enough to act as1 a bulwark between the Treasury Department and the financial world in case of need. It is stated that Mr. M organ has conferred with officials at Washington as to the feasibility of such a scheme and that while he has received no direct en couragement, the financial system of the country practically precluding such recognition, yet there are those high in liower who have assured him that such an institution might be not only useful but actually necessary. The following is the address of Judge Augustus Van Wyck, President of the North Carolina Society, at the Waldorf Astoria, New York City, May 20, iy01. Carolinians, I salute you in the name of a great race reared in the beautiful land sloping from the dizzy heights of the Blue Ridge to the storm -washed shores of the Atlantic," from, Mitchell's Peak to Cape Hatteras, furnishing men of varied mental and physical habits and every variety of mineral and agri cultural products; a race composed , of Irish, Scotch, Scotch-Irish, English, Swiss, German, Dutch and French; Catholics, Presbyterians, Moravians, Lutherans, Huguenots and Quakers; a race by nature and such environments, lovers and maintainers of civil and re ligious liberty; a race which first en joyed on this continent a chartered government that guaranteed religious freedom and no hixation except by con sent of the people; a race, who, in 17G6, successfully resisted by force the Eng lish stamp act; a race who in 1771, re sisted with open war and rebellion the oppression of the English crown, and though defeated in the battle of Ala mance by Tryonyet they never there after acquiesced in nor yielded allegi ance to England; a race, as will be de scribed to you to-night, who boldly an nounced in solemn form their Declara tion of Independence a full year before the one that was proclaimed at rhPa- delphia on July 4, 1776; a race that first instructed her delegation to the Continental Congress in favor of' that declaration. . Now North Carolina's hills bristle with church spires and - school domes. Her fields teem' with rich fruits of mother earth, while the cotton spindles and looms and factory wheels line ner water-courses. N Her mountains g isten with metals and precious gems. In her lovely daughters are sweetly , blended culture, grace, refinement, intellectu ality and purity of character which always elevate mankind and give lustre to a nation's social history. In all the advanced . movements of the human race her sons have kept fully abreast of the front column. Some think our country will reach a much higher alti tude, but remember the labors and efforts of the future must be as great as ever to keep our country in the fore front of the sisterhood of nations. The increase of" wealth alone enables America io do more, and the power 0 wealth itself for development has ben increased more than a hundred-fold by the discoveries of science and'niochani- cal inventions. The children of such a race anil land should justly f ; el a pride in their ancestors who did so mucn in the formative period to build. and to much in the period of -maturity to pre serve the structure of our nation, her institutions and her material progress. In peace and In war this .. common wealth has done more than her mathe matical part to the glory of our country in every field of human activity. . I extend to you a thousand wel comes, recognizing among you tnose renowned in the service oi the only King to whom the loyal sons of a Be public can ever owe allegiance, the omniscient Ruler of the'eternal empire pf peace; those eminent in the learned professions; those distinguished in the service, civil and military, 01 tne country; in the councils of the nation state and municipality: princes of finance, commerce and the varied mer cantile and industrial undertakings of our happy and prosperous land. Such a citizenship gives energy to enterprise, igor and cheerfulness to industry and life, elasticity to patriotism. There is a vivid reason for the exis tence of this Society, which imposed upon you the duty of creating and maintaining it. Love of home, esteem tor parents and utilization 01 their ex periences constitute a radiant trinity, which gives strength and hie to suca societies. The simple word "home" brings to m ind and heart the dearest and most sacred interests of life. There is the home of childhood with its light-hearted memories, tenderness and love.' There is the home of manhood with one nearer and dearer than all others, a home hallowed with joys, the heart instinctively turns (here for rest and peace of mind. 'Home is not the mere dwelling, for many a palace is not. Home is where the heart is, be it at the poor man's lire-side or in the grand edifice of the rich. Home, sweet home, stimulates that laudable respect for parents which induces worthy sous to avail themselves of the best exper iences of noble sires. . The fundamental sentiment (a com posite of love of home, esteem for par ents and pride in their commendable deeds) which is creative of such socie ties, while tending to make, in the eye of a dutiful son, the vacant chamber in which mother once was wont to sleep, a sanctuary; the empty chair in which father once was accustomed to';l, an altar; and to stamp upon his vision (he image of devoted parents, yet also im presses uium his memory their good and just deeds and thoughts, and even urges him onward and upward 111 the faithful discharge of his mission in the economy of life. To this sentiment is largely due the preservation, utilization and augmentation bv the living of the best acts and ideas of past passing gen erations, sanctified by a healthy devo tion to home and parents and their sweet memories. This brings to the living all the experiences of the past, to be by them added to and transmitted to the coming generation, to be by the latter, in turn, further enlarged and. again transmitted, and so on to the end of time, unless the tide of our boasted progress shall be backward turned. : Let her sons who live under other skies than' "the land of the sky" gladly make the welkin ring with cheers and praise for the old North State. THE fill EAT FLOODS. The Catawba Hirer Higher Than Ever Before Knowo-ThouMndi of 1 Dollars of Damage. Done to Crop, Brldsea Washed Away, Etc. Marion, May 23. The storm of Tuesday was the worst one that has ever occurred in this section of the State. A conservati ve estimate of dam age done to property and crops in this (McDowell) county : ia 200,000, . All crops along the water courses are en tirely, destroyed. Some small farms have been left absolutely worthless. Four or five cloud-bursts occurred on the mountain above here, washing away" houses, barns and mills. So far as known ho lives were lost. The iron bridge over Crooked creek was washed away and one over Muddy, creek was badly damaged. The Catawba river at this- point was three feet higher than it lias ever been, was two. miles wide whftre the average more. I nun wmom hr rl,lr, T nC,wl 10 aw icci uu uas uiiauKeu us kov terns t. ti Trri'a taWo nt course in several places. Logs and all it has been years since I saw such tears. The Twentieth Century Satan. In the course of his address to the graduating class ot the Reformed Theological Seminary at New Bruns wick, N. J., last' week,- the dean of the faculty, the Rev. 'Dr. Samuel Wood bridge,' said: - , "Where in your social gatherings is me name 01 uou mentioned? It 1 never heard. Man is at wrath with Ckd. And it is becoming so that' peo- pie uou 1, ueueve in repentance any kinds of timber have drif ted to great, heights- against the bluffs along the river, lhousands of hsh were left in the river bottoms when the water sub sided. ; . - Winsto5-Saj.em, May 23. Reports received to-day show that the Yadkin river bottoms were covered with water and that wheat and other small grain crops were practically ruined. A great 1 don t know what the matter is. God I sits uppn His throne in silence, but I sometimes wonder why He does not speak. .1 wish He would speak to me. hut when He does speak on the judg ment day " lie will surely remember these things. " ' il uoes not seem mat there is any hnitftf 111 linll loft - A itrni.anf LnltrAMn..! ism is sweeping over Europe and this deT f what on uPlands also down, country, and you will have to contend 4 ,A Norf,olk & Western Railroad man -with the doubts of the existence of a 8 me. he ' never saw the Dan and. place of , punishment. The devil will A,layo ,nver f hlSh- The Methodist show you no evidence of his presence churci assett, a. , was washed for he does not appear with a forked &v h' Snuth "v,er- ' . m tail,' long horns and cloven hoof, as :, Statesvilije, May, 23. Reports of iiic uaiiiitgc uuuc uy uiw uigu waters continue to come in. The greatest damage done is along the Catawba river. AH trains on the Western branch, between here and Asheville,; have been annulled for six days. There' was material damage to the railroad bridge across the Catawba. The bridge was carried a few inches from its proper position and besides some of the im portant iron supports were bent and will have to be straightened before it, Luemi , vv uhi Kiuu 01 a norse was ltr 11.. : me uamiigB geuerauy 19 ear- wuise than at first reported, especially to the crops and the fields. Many fertile boy torn lands Were entirely denuded of the soil and are totally worthless. ' On the Spartanburg road, beyond Hendersonville, the tracks were torn to pieces long distances. At Lick Log cut, on the top of the Blue Ridge, there is a washout of sev eral hundred feet and at several places down the mountain there are washouts fully as long. Elizacethton, Tenn., May 23. The relief committee to-ihght reports Luther thought he saw him. He is deceiving and blinding the eyes Of men and your battle against him must go oir." : Only a-GI!lllie. London T4d-Bits. ,. Detective Did you see a man and woman driving past here in a' dog-cart about an hour ago? -Mrs. Blank Yes. ; ' fti 7 11 il - t t aii, w 10 geuing on me iracit 01 11 flrtmit of trjl;n9 Anssin ftvAr YYMof Hrwl .f a K,.r,., i O 'i nwv tvtijit. j j. a XiJl BVi WHO It . "They were driving so fast I didn't notice that. But the woman had on a Scotch mohair and wool jacket of tur quoise blue, last year's style with stitch ed lines, a white pique skirt with deep, circular tlouncc, a satin straw hat, tilted and rather Hat, trimmed with hydran geas and loops of pale surah and her hair was done up ompadour. That's all I had time to see." It is no crime to le poor; neither is ita-virtue. ; When a politician announces that he is out of iK)litics for good people begin about 250 persons in the town and 1,000 to wonder for whose good. in the country homeless because of 111 tnese days when a ; man displays Tuesday's flood. The more fortunate common politeness he ia referred to as nnonle the. town arc furnishing fnrwl a gentleman of the old school. , and clothinsr. but unless outside heln is SllllCUS "The widow always gets seenrerl mneh suffering will rfimiW. her thirddoesn't she?" Cynicus "I Bristol, Teun., May 24. Later de beheve she has to get her second first." tails from the flood-stricken section 1 here S 7l new walk that IS fashion- shnw rpnt. rlamap-e rinno in thft wen- able. It is known as the coif limn: tmmVnHhiiimHno mntintaini uino.. One need not be club-footed to indulge dale, a new town at the southern ter in it. .j v minus of the Tennessee division of the When a man announces that he Ohio River . f!h,irleRrnn Rnilwav wa would rather fight than eat it is safe to completely wiped out. At Unaka, the usaume uiai xihwouiti rainer nimu man arge railroad iron bridge which spanned the Chuckey river has been destroyed. u; The lumber and pulp mills of General do either, Rollingstohe Nomoss "Come let s take a walk" Tired Timothv John T. Wilder, and ln 45. 000 In Roily. Me dear on a large quanity of lumber property "Do not tempt me, ole. mudder uster tell me nebler to take nothin' w'ot didn't belong ter me." Scribbler "What are you writing now?" Scrawler "A book of love let ters." Scribbler "Striking while the i: On ia hot, eh?' ' . Scrawler' 'Exactly. I'm going to call it 'The Love Letters of a Blacksmith.' " ' property have are you a woman suf- ConnlMtent. "Madam, fragist?" "No, sir; I haven't tune to be." "I Invent time? Well, if you had the privilege of voting, ' whom would you supjiort ' " "The same man I have supported for the last 10 years my husband." Why Pat Itefimed to Bur a Trunk. 'Buy a trunk, Pat?" paid a dealer. of the Unaka Lumber Company gone down with the flood. Asheville, May, 22. For two days and nights the rain here has fallen in torrents and much damage has been done to crops, mill' and railroad pro perty. Hundreds of Asheville people liave visited the Vanderbilt estate to see the damage done by the flood in the millionaire's ideal village. One row of cottrtges was flooded by a swollen creek and the tenants had to move out. Small trestles at Biltmore and on the main line of the Southern have teen washed away and no trains can pass over until late today.- A car on a side track loaded with stone was washed 30 feet. The Asheville electric plartt is badly damaged and the city was in darkness last night. ' ' ' ' Charlotte, N. C May 22. A tor- "And what for should I buy a trunk?" nado passed over a section of country rejoined Pat. jn the vicinity of Fort Mill, S. C, tear- f'lo put your clothes in, was the "And go naked? . exc L'laimed . Pat; "not a bit of it. A school census of rural districts in' Wakcr county reveals that there are 220 white children' and 394 colored children between the ages of 12 'rnd 21 who can neither read nor write. "This re veals the task of the party in "power. It must do more for the free schools ind quit giving money so grandly to uglier education, or fail ingloi'iously o carry out its promises. Jiiblical lie- order. A Daughter of Eye, Wife (dressed for the opera) For goodness sake, why did you get all these fl iwers ? Husband I thought it would ' be well for you, dear, to have somthiug to over you. A little house well fil'd; a little field well till'd and a little wife well will'd are great riches. ing away, the main building 01 the Charlotte Brick company's works and doing other damage. The office build ing was blown away leaving the furni ture intact. The house of a "colored ' man waa demolished but he and, his family were left unhurt. Another negro house was also demolished and much timber destroyed. - Cut Thrown In. ' , "Men of my-profession are very good story tellers," remarked the barber. "Yes," assented the. smarting sufferer in the chair, "and they usually illustrate their stories With cuts." matrimonial Fiction. Mrs. A. Do you read fiction? Mrs. B. Oh, yes; my husband often sends me a note from the otlice telling me that he will be detained down town by business all the evening. "How many persons can you crowd into a train?" I asked the conductor. "That depends on whether they are married folks or couples thinking about it," he replied. '