MARY S. MacRAE.
Lorenzo Faginoli, who saved Garibaldi's
life in 1849 by hiding him in the swamps near
Ravenna, after he had been obliged to leave
his dying wife iii the retreat from Rome, has
just died at Revanna. Garibaldi and he from
meir mam? piace saw me Ausinau somicia
'What did St. Patrick do?" asked a marcu Dv Wlth US Ba8S1 aDd tne otner pa"
small boy. "Preached and drove snakes triots they had captured, who were soon after
out of Ireland.'' was the nromnt reDlv; tried by court martial and shot.
J iLf il . t .1 - 1 I. I
ana mis is me aenmte iaea mat aweu in
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the minds of many of us who wore the
green on the seventeenth.
The patron saint of Ireland was a Roman
aristocrat by birth and is first seen in Gaul
when the fierce: Irish overnowered the
Roman province in which he dwelt and. At St. John, Porto Rico, a Spanish. soldier
his parents being slain, young Patrick and attempts to assassinate the United States
his sisters were sold into slavery. f consuL Gen. Weyler contradicts the re-
r or six years he tended the sheep of v a
a - - Ai ? v- nortofhis intention to resigu. A man
iuncuo, a cuiei oi Antrim, on me erreen . , , , . .
hills of Erin, and here at night, the story attempting to hold up a passenger tram in
goes, he was visited bvaneelsand Dlanned California was killed; he wounds the sheriff
and another officer. The Treasury De
partment issues orders for the seizure of the
Bermuda if to be found in the jurisdiction of
the United States. Thomas B. Keogh is
the representative of Morton in this State and
is organizing the districts to send Morton
delegates to St. Louis. It is said in Mad
rid that the Cuban war can only be ended by
goes, he was visited by angels and planned
out the great work of Christianizing
idolatrous Ireland.
Being aided by a kind hearted sea
captain to escape and return to his old
home, thirty years of St. Patrick's life
were now spent in preparation for this
great work.
He. studied, preached, made pilgrimages,
wvftug ? a j o iuio uud cuu iu ion, auu i "
at last' prepared for this great undertaking, sending large reinforcements to the island
laouou IU JUBrVlU III Oi5.
Having heard of the arrival of the saint,
You woulj pot knowingly swallow poison,
When you drink poor whisky you poison blood,
body and brain. Besides this you don't enjoy
the drink. Buy good whisky. There's com
fort, health and enjoyment in it. If over
worked, worried or run down, you need a
warming soothing tonic. Nothing like good
whisky. It aids digestion, makes flesh and
pleasantly invigorates the system. Good
whisky does this, mind you. Poor whisky ir
ritates the stomach, inflames the tissues and
poisons the blood. You can't afford to run
risks; get the best, it pays. Physicians drink
and recommend I. W. Harper's Nelson Coun
ty Ky. Whisky.
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PAYETTEVILLE, N. C.
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Prince Dichn came down to the coast to
drive him and his religion into the sea.
But when he rushed upon St. Patrick to
attack him, the Prince's sword arm be
came rigid as marble, and, feeling that a
power more than human was at work, he
abandoned his purpose and himself em
braced Christianity;
To convert his old master Milcho was
St. Patrick's great ambition. Accordingly
he set out toward the north in the direction
of the fields where he' had been used to
tend the sheep.
Vhen lie came insight of the castle,
however, he beheld a great red ligh . on
the horizon.
Milcho had heard of his annrnanh nnd
fearing that he might be induced to leave
the faith of his fathers, set fire to his an
cestral home and perished in the flames.
St. Patrick proceeded to the palace of
the King.
It was the night before the lighting of
the sacred fires, and the Druid priests
were gathered to worship in the national
fashion.
In full view of these ceremonieu, St.
Patrick and his followers built their camp
are ana sat ooiaiy in its glare.
and formins: a comnlete blockade. The
twentieth annual convention of the Young
Men's Christian Association met in Charlotte
yesterday. The Iron Trade Review an
nounces very dull times in the iron and steel
trade. W. H. McNuit is arrested in Chicago
for tapping the wires and causing the big
swindle on the New Orleans race track last Sat
urday. - -The Democratic Senators caucus
on the subject of the Senate patronage ; the
two parties are about to come to an agreement
as to the division of the patronage among the
ninety Senators.
mn.
Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley Railway
JOHN GILL, RECEIVER.
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CONDENSED SCHEDULE.
In Effect December 8th, 1895.
City Tax Sale.
City Tax Payers are notified that I Mlu .
ing out my list for levying, advert ism? ;
selling. Do those who have not paid w.f
be advertised T ' antto
Respectfully,
S. W. TILL1NGHAST
34-6t City Tax Collector.
Wilmington & Weldon R, it
AND FLORENCE RAILROAD
Condensed Schedule.
TRAINS GOING SOUTH.
DATED
Jan. 27, 1895
2;Q
O OS
. . A. M. P. M A. M.
Leave Weldon.. Jl 53 9 27
Ar. Rocky Mount 12 57 10 20
Leave Tarboro.. 12 20
Lv Rocky Mount
Leave Wilson...
Leave Selma....
Lv. Fayetteville
Arrive Florence
.NORTH BOUND.
1 05 10 20 6 00
2 03 11 03
2 53
4 31 12 53 .
7 15 ,B 00 .
....
No. 2, Dally
Leave Wilmington,
Arrive Fayetteville,
Leave Fayetteville,
Leave Fayetteville Jnnctiou,
Leave Sanford,
Leave Climax,
Arrive Greensboro, '
Leave Greensboro,
Leave Stokesdale.
Arrive Walnut Cove,
Leave Walnut Cove,
Leave Rural Hall,
Arrive Mt. Airy,
7:25 a m
10:35 "
10:55 "
10:57 "
12:19 p ru
2:25 "
2:56
3:05
3:59
4:31
4:38
5:17
6:45
O oS
Fayetteville, N. C, March 19, ?96.
Mr. Editor: If Robert Barns,
"Nature's Poet as he is sometimes called,
had lived in this enlightened nineteenth
century, he could not more aptly have de
scribed some of the "Religionists" of
America than he does in his poems, "To
the Unco Guid" and "Dedication," "To
Gavin Hamilton." Religious zeal without
Christianity has, in all the ages of the
past, been a curse instead of a blessing.
It was this that threw the pall of darkness
over the ninth and tenth centuries, very
properly called "The Dark Ages." It was
u:.. tl.t ui:i i u T :
This was a grave offense. No fires were ?
allowed to be lighted before the sacrificial H,U !I5 h?rpors lt ls religion, the religion of
fi.Ao trio I n 11? f not t rv . rl o 7 ia ma ooo nvuin r
On the following mnrninir' thrfrt Christians of Armenia, and like their pre-
the King ordered him broneht before the dece!sors 'their zeal for Islam is only
.. . .
ceremonial and it was only when St.
l atnckJs supernatural powers had out
numbered those of the Druids that the
King gave up, and, though he, himself,
did not at once accept Christianity, decid
ed to make the best of the situation and
give this great missionary the freedom of
his kingdom.
Eleven years after h!s arrival St. Patrick
equaled by their slakeless thirst for plun
der." jit is religious zeal that to-day
would again persecute Jew and Gentile
for differing with them If they only had
the power. I once beard an eminent di
vine speaking of a narrow sectarian ser
mon to which he had listened, and his
comment was, all great and good men are
TTT -
oroaa men. we Know that the revrs
i. rHirinv i . - . .
was made a membtrof a cnnnnil fnrmo of this proposition is not necessarily true.
to remodel the lawsof the land. . We have heard of Ministers who had
So goes the storv of his ministry and Deen Poaching tor years before they found
be merely legendary oul . at laey nad uever been converted,
unchris
them, we
w ' u..u.uv , lUUf
mhutnnia ! it. 1 ... l
" ci kjl lt txiay uh merely legendary , . ' -"-j vu .
with no foundation save the superstition . 3udinff from the unkind and
of the times, certain it is that at the age Van, n!?e expressions of some of
of 120 after sixty years of work among a do1S 'dgut .lt- c T
once nerce and idolatrous people, St.
Patrick breathed his last on March 17th.
492 in a Christian country of over 3,000,
000 souls, where not an idol was to be
found.
NEWS AND COMMENTS.
Thd Religion of Jesas Christ h as baan
wonderfully exemplified in the powerful
sermons to which we have listened for the
last week, and it is that Christ like spirit,
with which he is possessed, that civfes th
preacher his great power. Appropog of
the sermon on Friday evening, I heard one
Minister who takes a very prominent part
in the meetings, charged with having got
ten religion under that sermon, his reply
was: "1 COt that berrra tho wrt unn hAVu
SOUTH BOUND. No. 1, Dailv.
Leave Mt. Airy, 9
Leave Rural flail, 11:05 "
Arrive Walnut Cove, 1,1:35 "
Leave Walnnt Cove, ii:45 "
Leave Stokesdale, 12:12 p m
Arrive Greensboro, 12:58 "
Leave Greensboro, i:03
Leave Climax, 1J32
Leave Sanford, 's-iQ
Arrive Fayetteville Junction, 4"30 "
Arrive Fayetteville, 4:33
Leave Eayetteville, 4:45
Arrive Wilmintrton, 755
NORTHBOUND. ' No. 4, Daily
Leave Bennettsville, 8:25 a. m.
Arrive Maxton, 9:23
Leave Maxton, g:29
Leave Red Springs, 9I55 i
Leave Hope Mills, 1 :35
Arrive Fayetteville, 10:52 "
SOUTH BOUND. No. 3, Daily
Leave Fayetteville, 4.8 p. m.
Leave Hope Mills, 4-58
Leave Rea Springe, 5I42
Arrive Maxton, ' 612 "
Leave Maxton, &13
Arrive Bennettsville, 7:20 "
.NORTHBOUND. No. 16. Mixed,
Daily Except Sunday.
Leave Ramseur, 6:45 a. m
Lieave Climax, g.35 u
Arrive Greensboro, 920 11
Leave Greensboro, 9I35 i
Leave Stokesdale, 10:50 "
Arrive Madison 11:50 "
SOUTHBOUND. No. 15, Mixed,
Daily Except Sunday.
J'. M.
Leave Wilson... 2 08
Leave Goldboro. 2 55
Leave Magnolia. 4 02
Ar. Wilmington. 5 30
P. M.
A. M.
6 35
7 20
8 29
10 W)
A M.
TRAINS GOING NORTH.
DATED
OO
Jan. 27, 1895.
c &
Leave Florence
Lv. Fayetteville
Leave Selma....
Arrive Wilson..
Leave Tarboro. . 2 48
P. M.
A. M P. M.
8 15 7 15
10 55 9 19
12 32
1 20 11 15
A. M. P. M.
Lv. Wilmington. 9 20 700
Leave Magnolia 10 56 8 31
Leave Goldsboro 12 05 9 40
Arrive Wilson.. 1 00 10 27
O OS
c"3
P. M P M. P. M. ......
Leave Wilson... 1 30 11 20 10 32
Ar Rocly Mount 2 33 12 02 11 15
Arrive Tarboro. 2 48
A recent expert estimate of the exte nt of
the anthracite coal fields in the United States
places their contents, at U.921.400,000 tons, aever lo "and those 'who know him
o. uutt luuucuofl averages &,uoo,000 can testiry to the fact that he still has it,
tons, at which rate the supply would last some his broad minded, Christian liberality
ver .......
Leave Mndiann.
Leave Stokesdale,
Arrive Greensboro,
Leave Greensboro,
Leave Climax,
Arrive Ramseur,
12:25 p. m.
1:28
'35
3:10
3:55
Lv Rocky Mount 2 33 . .
Arrive Weldon.. 3 48 ..
P. M.
12 02
12 54
A. M. P. M.
I
t.
5:50
265 years.
proves it, and a man of this kind will do
more good in a year that one who, as
Burns says
"Grunts up a lengthened solemn groan
auu aamns ail parties but his own."
The town of Wenatchee, Wash., is to be
moved two miles from its present location to
a pome on me Dan or a river, it is a pretty A . .. . ,
- . tr "J Will flrt in n I fV 1 i
fair sized town, too. All the buildings will be T T- j lur " , m 5 every
la the nsnai wa, to the neAcat 53285
I here is not an adequate supply of water
where the town now stands, and in addition SHOULD YOU TRY UeDOBALD'S COUOHCTTRE
the citizens are incensed at the avarice of the and fail to be benefitted by it, return emntv
vYYuors oi me present town site, who have """" tt,lu j"" money win do rerunaea
fixed the Price of nrnnorfv nt n uow T,i,Ti
figure. Ltn rirsn Lrv i- r fi i-rv .ciA.in
NOUTH BOUND CONNECTIONS
at Fayetteville with Atlantic Coat Line for all
points North and East, at Sanford with the Seaboard
Air Line, at Greensboro with the Southern Railwav
Company, at Walnut Cove with the Norfolk &
Western. Railroad for Winston-Salem.
SOUTH BOUND CONNECTIONS
at Walnut Cove with the Norfolk & Western Rail
road for Roanoke and points North and West, at
Greensboro with the Southern Railway Company
for Raleigh, Richmond and all points North and
East, at Fayetteville with the Atlantic Coast Line
for all points South, at Maxton with the Seaboai-d
Air Line for Charlotte, Atlanta and aU points South
and Southwest.
W. E. KYLE,
J. W FRY, Gener,l&rPaa8ngerAgem
tDaily except Monday JDaily except Sun!aj.
JVain on the Scotland Neck Branch Read leaves
Weldou 3:48 P M, Halifax 4:05 P M, arrive Scot
land Neck at 4:55 P M. Greenville 6:37 P M., Kin
ston 7:35 P M. Returning, leaves Kinston 7:20 A M,
Greenville 8:22 A M. Arriving Halifax at 10:55 A
M. Weldon 11.20 A M, daily except Sunday.
Tiains on Washington Branch leave Washington
7:00 A. M., arrives Parmele 8:40 A. M.. Turboro
9:50 A M; returning leaves Tarboro 4:50 P M, Parmele
6:10 P. M., arrives Washington 7:35 P. M. Daily
except Sunday. Connects with trains on Scotland
Neck Branch.
Train leaves Tarboro, N C, daily except Sunday
at 5:00 P M, Sunday 3:00 P M; arrives P.y mouth
9:00 P M, 5:25 P M. Retaning leaves Plymouth
daily, except Sunday, 6:00 A M, Sunday 9:30 A M,
arrive Tarboro 10-.25 A M. nrt ll-4.n A m.
Train on Midland N C Branch leaves Goldabio
daily except Sunday, 6:05 A M, arriving Sniithfield
7:30 A M. Returning, leaves S i.rthtield 8:00 A. M;
arrive Goldsboro 9,30 A M.
Train on Nashville Branch leaves Rocky Mauti
4:30 P M. arrives Nashville 5:05 P M, Spring Hope
5:30 P M. Retnrning, leaves Spring Hope 8X0 A
M, Nashville 8:35 A M, arrive Rocky Mount 05
AM, daily, except Sunday.
Trains on Latta Branch Florence R R leave Lata
6:40 P M; arrive Dunbar 7:50 P M. Returning
leave Dunbar 6:30 A M; arrive Latta 7:50 A M.
Daily except Sunday.
Train on Clinton branch leaves Warsaw for I'liu
ton, Daily, except Sunday, at 4:10 P M. iietnirJ,
leaves Clinton at 7:20 A M., connecting at Ware
with main line trains.
Train No 78 makes close connection at Weldon for
all points North daily, all rail via Richmond, aud
daily except Sunday via Portsmouth and Bay Line.
Also at Rocky Mount with Norfolk and Carolina
Railroad for Norfolk daily and all points north via
Norfolk daily except Sunday.
J. R KX2TLEY, J0H2T Y. SIYIKE,
Gen'l Manager. General Sup i
T. M. EMERSON, Traffic Manager.