_The Gastonia __r__ °1 Romo wid th« InTiii V<|1- *V»1___Gsmtoala. N. C.. May 20. 1807. THB BOWSERS’ TROUBLES. THE OLD MAS TRIES TO SHEAR THE LAMB. Rite ih* MHyffcit Mftrep KrOiMt it We AHortt lrt. Uoxver »n lufererUHl WIluftn-IowMr Witt At ti'lnk, toil i Hr ThlM tv I ah it WrlahloM H«a linflokt klm Dt«M-Irlcr on B——y Jr IlMr)f4 Ttirorfh the flat*— Wktt He It Rulv«4 by Mirim o4 Ibt taut* ptirv HotUo, hr Ttllci r4 UttUar n Hlroree. M Ida fleece off in 10 mluutos." "Hut don't farmer* use iheep •hear* V" “Farmer* may use ao ax or a cross cut aaw or a corncuttcr if they want to, but theee shear* will do me. I’ll get b I id under the shed in the barn yard, and you can como out and nee Farmer Dowaer shear the thyfal Sheep.’1 »vny uot get someone to do it ? It’s a knack to abear a sheep, sail from what I've aeen-of this ooo he's ugly tempered.” “Don’t you worry about that 'knack,1 Mra. Bowser. Before we go back to town we'll be wearing stock ing* made of hu fleece. If be goes to show off with me I’ll show him a trick or two.” Mr. Bowser went oft whittling “The Shepherd's Dream” end took a look at bis victim from Hie tup rail of the fence. No sooner did lie appear than the sheep begin to buck and snort und shake his wrinkled bead lu a de flint miuuer. It lie was anybody's victim Ue didn't seem to realize it. "The lamb doth (risk 1” chuckled Mr. Bowser at he walohwl the pro. need mgs. “Well, Unit's aU right. He's here to frisk, sod be can't do too much of it. He’ll be so glad to gel that wool off that hell he playing cir cus all day long. The sliourer will now proceed to store.” The Ant proceeding wn» to let down tbc fence dividing the field from the barnyard. Mr. Bowser went at this quietly, to as not to scare tlie sheep awsy, but the animal did uot scare. On the contrary, ho ttood Ills ground with a look of mingled expectancy and exullatiou Id his eyes, and no sooner was the last rail rtowu than be drew along breath, lowered liu head and allot through the opening like a cannon ball, lie had an object lu view, and that object win the top but ton on Mr. Bowser's trousers, sad though he missed It be shaved the thing so closely that Mr. Bowser ■printed serosa the biroyard and through tho gate, and waan’t three seconds ahead of a catapult which struck with a crash aud made the •plIntern fly. “Havo you got through shearing the shyfnl sheep f" asked Mra. Bowser as sbe came down from the house. “ Blast his hide !’* exclatmod the panting Mr. Bowser as lie shook his fist over the fence. "Rut I’ll allow uo critter oo this placa to run me across the barnyard I I thought he was only frisky, but he made for me liko a run away horse I” “1 told you you’d better let the job out.” “And 1 tell you 1’U do nothing of lire kind I Hero’s a foil or an old sheep who needs shearing. Here am I ready to shear him. it’s Ills duty to behave hltoetlf. and by the great horn tponn If he doeeu’t do It I’ll break him in two I I must havo pieaeulsd a pretty sight humping myself across llio barnyard with that old roprolwte at my heels I” “ret, yon dhl 1” laughed Mra Bow ser. 'And you are chockling over it. I’ll ItaTc ills life for that t Where’s a olub? 1 didn't oome out Item to bo chased around by a sheep nor anythin* rise, Lerok st the miserable rcptllt I” *’I slioutti say he eras dangerous.” observed Mrs. Dowser, “and you'll do well to keep away from him . ” “Ho am I dangerous I" shootoil Mr. Dowser as ke discovered a club In tho (rate. “After I’ve knocked his Itrad off three or four times be won’t feel so blamed funny. I'm going over there and show him wbu runs this farm.” "Don't do It. If you 1st him alone bell go Imck into Uir held sifter a bit.” •’But I’ll wipe tip Urn ground with his carcase' Think of my basing to run for my life before a sbvep ! Her him standing there and defying ms 1 list out o’ the way ar.d I'll make him see a million stars at the first swipe 1” Mia. Dowser plead with him but that race across the barnyard rankled In his mind and ho would not listen tu her Us spnt ou Ills hands, got a firm hold of tier club and ordered liar to open Uis f ile. The sheep asw what was coming and liaekrd off This movement of his was interpreted by Mr. Dowser to be one of fi*ur, and hit courage rose and hs pressed forward •’Look out for him.” motioned Mrs. Dowser -"he's Just drawing yoo on.” “And I’m Just drawing him on. As soon as I get near suougli I'll-" He had thn club drawn book tod grasped It wltb both bauds, but when the ' 'shyful eheep” made bis dash Mr. Dowser struck wildly and failed Co bud. He struok to kill, nnd the club flew out of bit Hands and bo fell spraw ling. Ashe Struggled op something lilt him and knocked him down, anu ho beard Mia. Bowser soroaming. He got up for the second time to see a wrinkled bead and a pair of horn* close upon him, and wltb a yell he started off. In hia ©on fusion he ran away from the gate and Mrs. Dowser sod took s circle around the barnyard, lie wasu’t running tor a medal nor to break a record, bnt simply to keep ahead of an unshorn sboep, and sueh was bis pace that bs held his lead until the gats was only Uu feet away. Then Nemesis put on extra steam and overtook him. Mr. Dowser’s breed back offered a Uns target, and as the blow wnt delivered be went bead over heels tbiough tbe open gate and Mrs Dowser closed it not a second too soon. Ten miuutes Ister Mr. Dowser opeued bis eyes, waved the camphor bottle away from hit nose and faintly asked: “Wha—wbat are yon trying to do ? •■You’ve been bunted by a lamb,” replied Mrs. Dowtor as she chafed bis bsods. “IX tile lamb dead?” * Ob, oo. He’* walking around and waiting to frlvk with you again I (low do jrou feel, Mr. BowLer?” “I—I don’t quite understand thi»,” he said a* tic eat up and clutched at the grass. ‘‘Why, Former Bowser went cut to shear the slijful lamb, and the lamb objected to being shorn. You gotu club to kill bleu, hat be dodged aud hunted you la the back. Yon turned over Qve time* and etme through the gate, and l am restoring you to lire. Thai’* all. Uow do you feel now ?” “I feel,” be replied as he looked around and then struggled up and leaned against the fence—“I feel that yon almost succeeded In carrying out yoor murderous deslgos, and this afternoon-1” “But what bad X to do with It?” "tillenoe, woman! I sue it all 1 Don’t make the ease worse by offering excuses This afternoon Pll write to my lawyer, and to-morrow every thing can be arranged—aatlstacloilly arranged. Mr*. Bowser I Not a word — not a word I I understand your little game and the plot stands re vealed I’’ Aud he limped off to the house aud left Mrs. Bowser looking alter him with tears lu her eyes. OeuMraltm Prays*. iu-v. James X. trillion, ■» ibr May forma. The question which tome still think It worth wlnlo to ask, -'Why does a loving God, who kuowa our needs, require us to petition for tltcir sup ply?” both reveals tlte fundamental misconception and brings into contrast tho luudamental troth in regard to tbo whole subject. Dr. Edward Oatnl has noted, as a strange survival of tbe pagan mode of thought among Christiana, that some of them still conceive of prayer n* an attempt to get God to do man’s will rather than as an aspiration to get God’s will doot hr men. Jeans has expressly cautioned us not to thlok that either He prajm or we pray for the purpose of informing God about our needs nr inducing Ulm to supply them. What end, then, Is served by petition ary prayer for the things God knows we need, and that He wills to bestow ? Sorely no thinker is unaware that ver bal expression lias muoh to do with both clearness of thought snd the con centration of altsntlon and will. It 1* muon enough for eugaglng in peti tionary prayer, that the confession In winds of oar wants to God enable* and pledges us in a dearer conscious uos« to work out more reverently and pntlenlty the Dlvlno conditions of their supply. Thu* it Is that through prayer the individual will strives toward unity with the Universal will. To iuapuU to tha leaders of religions thought tc-day the crude, primitive fancy of hooding the Divine will loto line with tlis hamsn is unworthy of any who profess to keep alireatl of the world’s advancing Intelligence. Tho true function of prayer is to lift the will of mao Into line with tho will of God. Thia It does by Its effect In clarifying moral Insight, deepening reverent convictions of responsibility, I and dedicating self mors thoroughly to Divlun ends, which can be uccnm pliahed iu tbo world no sooner or more fully than men deyoto themselves to their fuldlmmit. AvhaaMl >fu I nrst 1'ukUsboni' WrcUf. The Author U woll 'known who ob jected to Um length of the page* of bis • forthcoming book when the galley proof* were toot to Mm. Wold now comp* from a customer who returned 0 copy of a book with unant edge* be oau*o aho "llnd* that It '.a not eom pMod, and can scarcely bo called a book, as tho leave* am mostly cloaod.” Hbn eloae* her letter to the bookseller Wltb: "I atnoersly hopo that you will ham it Ootahod and return It to ras. 1 bought it for a friend who I* 111, but 1 wai italmmfd to present It In that foim.” —IW ' ■__| I rrn-untea ainh. Kvery he.irty laugh tend* tu prolong life, a* It makes the blood Dow more rapidly and glm* a naw and different atlmnlua to all tho organa of the body freer) what Ir In farce «t oilier timer The saying: "Laugh and grow fal” lias ilivrefore a foundation lu foot Bruklee't AnilMSkln. Tim n«*T »ai,v« in ths world t>« Cola, Dciiiana, dor**, 11 leers, Halt I theme, Fsmr Done, 'iWter, Ubnpiwl rtands. Chilblains, Coma, end all dkin Krrpeiona, and positively cure* INIna, or no pay required. II I* goaranU wl to give perfect *Ati*faetlou, or money refunded. Price 25cents per box. Lo a ilc hy .f. R «h)rry A Co ARP IN SOUTH CAROLINA. BILL ABP RETURNS FROM' A VIS IT TO THE PALMETTO 8TATE. ■«» <• rimM Kia-hSHn** • WoiMtrfnl lsi|iMr«MnlM« lk« Pwofil* tppnr VnMffNM. Dill Arp ui Atlanta Uunetitmioa. “S* 0°. •mbaiuxjO and sainted dead. Oaar aiuta blood rou iravi* (To liuuloua footstapa bar* ahaJI mad, The kgriaura of your Slavs." Tula is ooe of ilia Venn on a beauti ful monument looked upon with tear ful reverenoo while walking through Hoar mo at cemetery at Newberry. Calvin Crosier «u a Texas coofed erelt soldier, who, shortly after Die olutie of the war, waa going home aod had some ladles to bis charge. When the trslo arrived at Newberry so ura lawless negro soldiers who were in oamp uear by went Into the oar and grossly intuited the ladies. Crosier and soma others dsfended the ladle*, and In the melee one ol the negroes was slightly wounded. Before the train left Col. Trowbridge sent some of tbo negroes to arrast tbo man who aid U. They made a mistake and seined Ur. Jaoou Ho wore, a railroad employe, end hurried him sway to tlis colonel's quarters. Without trial he was summarily ordered to Ur. shot. It was near midnight wbeu Crosier was told nr Bowers' arrest sod oondsmoa tioo; h« promptly went forward and declared that bo himself was the man who wounded tlie uegro. Bowers was released and at auorlas nest morning Crosier was shot to death, notwith standing hie demand for a trial and protest of Prince Rivers, on officer to Trowbridge’* command. The uegro soldiers danced with Qendish delight upon sud around tbs shallow grave where they had laid him. Long aftor the war hla bone* were removed and thia monument was erected by the gnyd people of Newberry to bis mem ory Does history record any nobler socrl Qoe ? Damon «u the friend of Pythias, but tide man I lower* >u ■ stranger to Orozlee. Much more of title petbetlo story le recorded In tbe “ Annals of Newberry,” »u Interesting volume writtoa by John Uettcn O'Neall, LL t). 1 we* pleased to loarn that other coonUea in Carolina wars basing their snnale written and publlalied In book form. Ilow else can we hand down to posterity llie good deed* of our an cestors l1 State histones einnot do it, for It would malts tn tny ponderous volumes, but evsu now it Is not too late for some one of literary taste and fidelity in eyery county to confer with tbs old men and compile such a history, tiuch publications could be cbcdply down and would be of Inestimable val ue to the citizen*. Mr. Chapman, a well-preaerved veteran, a cultured scholar, a gentleman of tbe olden times, la now writing the annals of Kdgefleld, I was informed on good authority that this Mr. Ohapmsu was tlic real author of tbe school bUinry of tbe United States tbst was published in Columbia, S. C„ as the work of Alexander H. Stephens. Mr. Chap m:m submitted bis manuscript to Mr. Stephens, and for lbs use ana prsntlgs of hla nemo gave him an interest In the royalty. There was scarcely a change made la It from beginning to end. Newberry Is a *0® ot a olty, sod its population Is perhaps mors oalluied and refined than any oily of South Carolina Tbe professors of her col lege and high school, her lawyers and doctors and preachers and odllora aro all gentlemen, not only tu manners, but at heart. The standard of good Oiltxeosldp la high and tbe influence of her leading men pervades tbe entire community. Mr. Aull, the editor of the News-Herald, la perhaps tlie beat all-round man for hla work to befonud, forks 1* not only a mao ot high cul ture, but Is emlently a practical nows papsr mao and la devoted to hla Calling. He has wrllteu >he history of the state, and It is the standard In schools Two of bis boys, aged ten and twelve, are at work In the print lug-room and do good service. Mr. Aull is not at alt reconciled to the modern system or grading 11m schools so tint it takes eight ytars to go through their courses. If four years more are added for a college oourae there Is no llmo left tot s boy to ac quire a knowledge of work or habits of work. From elgtit to twenty be Is a nonpmduoer. And when be graduate* is fit only for ths lenrned professions, If fit for anything. Hut bis boy* Imre to mingle study with la bor and alternate ths years of each. Mr. Aull Is the president of tbs burn 1’resa association. Of course. No*, harry luta a large cot ton mil). Almtat every Ovrullnu town has on* or more. Aa you travrt from place to oWce they are in light, and give employment to the poor, five years ago Union hud ouly USt** Inhabitants, hot during all tlirae dis treaaiog yenra has continued to grow and prosper, until now then 0,000. One little mill, aa tboy call it, started thu boom and etioouragod (Item to build another-a very Urge oua, wliuao four (luors cover * space equal to tlx acres. Next came an oil mill aud u knitting mill and other Industries, and now they are boring for arteaUu water to supply a system of water works. • Helllter ia llis city nor naar It are uny people begging for work, for employment la at baort. Then go to Spartanburg and b« arouand. When 1 was there a few yeora ago lliero was nothing to make note of save a college, but now there aro cotton mill* near by that menu factor* 140.000 heirs annul)/, and H la claimed that no ont county In the United States eonaamea its maeh. Nut an acre of aubnrhae land can to bought for Iroo than tUO Everything piste pore and everybody seem* happy. The i larabln property lau locreaard foar faW wuliln eight years sad the pupa : lotion b«s mom Ilian doubled, i ••iVltere did all tha mousy coaae I from ?'• I Inquired . From a small beginning—from one lltilo mill, aad It did so wall that otb on aooa followed. Northern awou factarere of machinery wsra attracted there and look one-tblfd Of the slock and paid for It io spindle* aad looms —aad have mad* good moot? and are eooteat. Boms Charleston money la Umr, too. Taaas mills have made from tan to twsnty per cast, aad theae machinery man op north will do tba same thing for Mm people of Carter* alii* or any othtr souuwrn town tbst le healthy and well eitoated. They ouly well to be levltad. The Pied mont region of Boeth Oarollna Is now the New England of Ibe south. HVen the yooog msu andyonag ladle* of good families In tbslr towns sre not too proud to take positions la ths factories. TlMy ere bookkeepers, JTPawnlers, correspondents end super intend lu some of Mi* deperlmanta, and earn good, buneet money. Jest think of it, what a rarelattoo I Per many years ere hare supposed that the state was nserly worn out aod bar young mtu wo aid have to aeoept Greeley's maxim, "U© west. young min, go west,” but not to. Northern South Uerollo* |* richer to-day aod more prosperous than aay portion of Gaorgla. Aoderaon boo nearly doubled her population during lb* last Cr* yeurs. hew stores, o*wdwellings, new cliunjhes, personsges aod a flea public school bulidlug have gone up. a new oonrtUouse l» projected, aad alllbls onmea from lb* cotton mills. It doe* seem aj tlicogh the cotta* we grow should bo spun and woven at bom*. ily liut visit was to the did historic town of Edgefield—a town almost re. •i1®"1. *rMB ll** P“Wle gsas, bat one that haa always fait proud of itu pres tige us Ibe domicile of mere greet men then may in tbs *uto. MoDufOe lived hero, and Gov. INckeus. end the Hot leva, and ItUells, aod Oarr*. sad many others. The Tillmans live her*, aad 1 wos the bouored guvst of one of them. The nobility have no better' meaner* than mine host sod bostswi, and It Is rare to bod a handsomer couple. -— -_ THti rautau amuL I* Crratoi n IX«w uhnu «ma >1 ■•‘•WrW. atmisrvlUc lanamni* Ex-Judge WhlUker o< lUlslgh la 1U and wc Cud the following lu a contem porary concerning bin: “Kx-Judge Spier Whittaker bad a (light attack of paralysis, but t( much from 'WlDtiouOfgafgfg fgflaofgfifigffg batter to-day It laaatd.” Part of Uia above la Greek to ns, but if It ia the came of the diaaaae from whioh Judge WUIUker It enSericg, then we fear hie days are numbered. Probably, though, Ui«te word* are tbe product of tbe Inhuman Linotype ma olilnee which have lupplaaled oar old friend, tbe “Intelligent compositor,” in ao many daily newspaper office*. *»■ Weller's Falter 81. Lnwln HcpuWie. Dou litres Congreeeman Halley bu choren a wise course In refraining from urelie* attempt* to control tlie action of Uie liuuae. It it a arruie of energy to fight tbe will of tbe over whelming majority of the Republicans. This course, however, should never ho oarrled to an extreme. There it a limit which should be observed. It should not degenerate into allenl sub mission to auylhiog ilia Republicans may propose. Tbe argument In favor of giving the Republican! rope in tbe expectation tbat they wilt hang them solve* may bo carried to a specious point. Tlie Republicans will carry out tlieir designs wltli or without tlie op position of a helpless minority. Per sistent opposition ia at likely to goad them on aa to sbeck them. Frequent ly tbe madness tbat arises from tba goad of a sharp opposition drives a powerful majority to rxlrauiM upon which it wonld not otherwise venture. Hut the opposition oweed.be country a duty. It is charged with tbe task or promoting good end prevrotlng bad legislation. If it bat not tlie power U> prevent bad legislation It can at least expose the vlolootuee* of the mentors supported by tba majority. It oait keep the country Informed of tlie nature and tbe motive of the erork done by the majority. It can record a protest against injustice and folly. Reasonable sad vigoroo* criticism Is of vwlua to the country and to the party of opposition, but it would be well fur Mr. ltatley to bear In mind that a leader sboald reserve hie public criticism fur tbe enemy. There can i<* but one opiolin of his oonfeesla*. In connection with tbe question of ap pointing House committee*, of Demo cratic discord and folly. Tbe only effect of tuch a wail is to aggravate tlm quarrel and hold up the party to the ridicule and eonlempt of lu fees. Bicker Inge and lector** should be relegated to the caucus: party ipaak log* should be attended to In the •eervoy of the closet. Nt*|W« FlMt CeptareO. Uuiherronkon VloOlmaor. Itevenue men eaptured a atlll on White Oak Monday morning at day light. Flea atatida bear ware poarvd out, and tba atlll emptied of a live bog and alop, and then destroyed. A run bad Juat teen mada a day or two be fore. and I tie hog In ftaaixb of paw bad fallen la.__ Tree rilto. Rend your edilrem to II. E. Huokten to Co., t'bteago. and gat a free aample l«o* of Dr. King'* New Life Pin*. \ trial will convince yon of their merila. Tbeee pllli aro eaay In aetlon and aia IwrUeularly effective In tba oara of Honetlpatloa and Kick Headache. For Malaria aud Liver Uoublee they have bean proved Invaluab*. Thvy are guaranteed to be perfectly free from every deleter Iona an latent* anti to be purely vegetable. They do not weaken by their action, but by giving tone tn atornach and hiwvla greatly Invigorate the ayatem. Itegalar aim 96a, por box. hold by Harry k Kaavwdy Dragg let. Kxuur Champ auk khe other M4e~ag« rnrM aaw iMMiwUMr* PrapaaAa at bout* W.UHiKcrTOK, M«7 S_To-day, dur ln*tbaaeml-weekly melon oftoaBa publlsan Hooke, Champ Clark made a raw obaanraUooa upon tba iDutlone af Oapubtlona pronbaa. Hla remark# ware rcorned with lively appreciation by the Democrat*, and ebould Internet good dllmoi everywhere. Mr. Clark mid : “If there erer wan a party com mitted by erery rule of juatloe aad of logic to tba paooago of a baukroptcy bill. It U tba Be publican party. It la tba great mother of beokrupto, and lt« lawa bare reduoed amat number of people to that lamentable plight, aad now It owm It aa a duty to IU vtctlme to giro thorn aa opportunity to puli out of the bole. Am la 1M tba Bo* publican party ttaolf will aead aa may way of going loto voluntary bank c tie man from i'eanaytraola (Mr. DaTaeU) aaya that the QepuMleana narer evade a reaponalblllty. They don’t don’t they 1 Why tarn not come out In the open and aaanaao rerpouatbtllly tor legUlatloo. Why don’t yoo lag) date boot to redeem your gorgoooa, multtfariou* and del naive ante-electloo promlaee f Beoauae you are afield to. Why don’t yon Intro duce your bill to reform toe fionaooo and to fa*tea the liagle geld atoodard legally on too country T Heoauae yoo dare not. Why don't you retire too greenback* aad turn tba oouatry orar to toe trader oaerciea of the national bank ring—aa you inland to do ulti mately T llecauaa yoo an tender footed about to# tall oleetioni. ”xoj promiscu to a vagqe. idhoci We way to *do eomelblug for silver.’ Now let’s see what that something Is. rrest dent McKinley has appointed three commissioners to go Junketing oyer Europe at an expense af HOO, 000 to the people, to tee if Id metal Hem can be arranged by International agree ment I That’s the pretense. The real objeet la to save from destruction hie bosom crane, bis Fid as Achates, Marcus Aurelias llanos, at tba November election. That’s device No. 1 to hoodwink the people; aad it will fall utterly. Tha thing U a ridicu lous faros, and everybody knows it. Device No. 3 to hoodwink tbs people, thereby enabling you, aa you hope, to tide over the elections In 1006, wilt be fur tbs American Congress to abdicate Ha high functions and pass a taw authorizing the President to appoint a monetary commission. Tbit cowardly and Ignoble aobame will also fall ignomlnionsly nod completely. “Yon Republicans do not evade responsibility—ob, no 1 You simply shirk them. That Is not so high sounding a word, but it is a better description of your performance; or, rather, your nonperformance. 'Tint and last I have beard a good deal bare about Democratic Incompeteocy. Republicans roll that phrase as a sweet morsel under their tongues. The changes on It have been rang In our eras constantly since early Jn IMS. “Loid Byron, after enumerating every tweet thing that be could thick 1 of, exclaimed: ‘Sweet 1* revenge.’ Our , turn bee eume at lest. You crowed over us long aad lustily; derided us, mocked us In ISM, because, through the instrumentality of Qve Senators, recreant to tbuir high Democratic trust, 603 visions amendments were added to tbo Wilson bill, and we bed to swallow them. It was an awful, ■M—UM dOM. ••Yesterday the Dingley bill—poor thing—was reported to the Senate with 1,000 and odd amendments, which la a mathematical damoostrstlio of Beyub I lean iacompcteocy le this Douse, with Its beastly RepuWIcau majority of 33 over all. “Most of you, gentlemen, have studied er lib metis. This question, stated according to tha old rale of three, Is as follows: A■ 009 )■ to 1,000, so U Democratic loeompeteney to Republican incoas pet racy. No men can gainsay the correctness of that calculation. It is now your turn to do the great swallowing act. ' In 1000, with the McKinley bill to year head, yon went to tba country with tba faaetnoting cry of ’a free breakfast table.’ Yesterday your Re publican oonfereee Mapped a tax of 10 cents a pound on tea and a stiff tariff oo sugar, which knocks tbs 'free breakfast table’ delusion ktgker than Qllderoy’s kite. “And you’ll liar* to grin aud boar IL “Tli» Republican majority la the IIoum put hide* oo the free Hat Tba Sonata pula them on tba tariff Hat, and next fall and Uis eoxt and tba next and tba( aaxt am will bang your hid as on tba faooo to dry, and to stay. “Yesterday. Mr. Speaker, I want to tba cirooa to enjoy again tbe glorious illoskma of childhood. I even lingered to aeo the wild anknals fed and to hear tba Hona roar. Whoa I returned to my room* 1 observed la tbe papwa tba awful roar of my philosophic friend from Athena (Orosweaor), la wMah ha osUuerad all tbe Hons to Africa be eauee the Senate Committee has dared to lay sacrilegious hand* on tbe wool schedule In the Hooae Mil, for wblob be appears to stand sponsor. Ilut he might aa wall quit roaring, lla wlU have to take his medicine from Urn 8*oate physicians now, aa we look oars Id ISM. “In view of the Imminent peril now Impeodlag over the head of the Rena lOilal oiMlrman of the Republican National OoeamlUoa and of the Inter ueeine war now ragtag between East ern and Western Republicans aa to which ahull perish by reason of UM tar “My eloqnewt friend from Iowa (Dolllrer) «o«»n lima ago aanoannad to ua that William MoKluley had oouM to Waahtogton no tba advacoa ngrat of psoeponty,' William It ber»-!iai toy* tow two moethe—but wham. ok, wberv.letto proa parity tto* wm to rollow him u ilthfully and cloMly a. hia ahodow? At tto pmaant rale of PNgiwii WitUam >a liable to gat ao ter •byto of hu Mmw that It wfil savor oatoh op with him. “McKinley pioeperity tea myth. U la alwaya Juet over tto divide, la tto •wt eoeoty,on tto other aide of tto bUL It la Ilka tto mirage af tto doaart. pUsaiagto tto vtalon, but Im poaelbieto nacb; Uka the pot of gold at tto rainbow'* end, which no dm ever found; Ilka tba fabled fountain of perpetual youth, which pddoo de Laoti *>«gbt far io vain; Mm tto pliaaiim of a dream, which tto awakening die alpatea forever; Uka tto alctoatlrtl de tenad dtooveir. -hugged by tto old to tto vevy verge of tto oburchy ard mold.* “If are live till MeKlaloy prosperity «•« «• will al douMo dtaoooat Melboaelih In length of dayl.” Wilarioacoa Ur. J. Whitney Honk, general tut n* agent of tbe Chitfornia Jfrult Tranaportatloo ooopsoy, who baa kia headquarters la Wilmington UQ the strawberry season Is open, tells os Ibat avjrfcJSjsrwwB railroad Saturday was a record breaker. His company sank oat two Mg trains. I consisting of 48 refrigerator ears, all loaded with berries for northern mar beta- Ibsofaipowat amoootedto 15, 000 crates, which sollpaas tb* shipment of any sue day In tb* history of straw Mrry oaltore ie eastern jforth Caro line- The shipment consisted of 460, 000 quarts, which, at U cent* par Besides tbs above shipment* tbe Son there Bxprem company and freight care carried out probably 1.000 eretes. Im l*war(M* men Shoutad a flee ate 'Old and 1 would Ube to have It sUnv*d.” Meade •sited beM of Ills eyeglasses, oon •pleuoutly large In slga. clapped them astride life note, glared through them at the otBevr, and exclaimed: -Well, what ef that T Bow can I prevent It > Why, I hear that, when I rode oat the other daj, some of the men called mo • -7«« *°gfJ*-oy*dswaputagturtle,' end I oao't even atop Uist i _ . *y SM * -j* ♦Wfc**#VSS®s “£S,.toJ!S'53r£Kffi,S augural*!. We folk, who uomioated rtjS1.1 **? ^ '.. bid belter take u> assistant mretnj ■“P- Tbe adsalsiatfatloo w.uij^o* CBM who know something about poll «£aS82- 1 “ ■*'“« “«• March ft-Big crowd at tbe While House. They ought to girt tbe t*na|. toot thee to aoUio hloswir. Hava told my excursion Defeat aud will stay awhile. Too man* people saafeu a hotel uncomfortable. bare found a rayaas PMaidaat In the Meet Boom and told Mm I would anil oo a Boiler trfboal neaa In a few dm. lie maul pleased. . March 1&—\faat to tho oaritol aad Ha wu soar. Bald the whole Stale waa hrre chaalog blaa. Aakod mo what I wonted aod mM. ‘ Bottargofor amethlug in reach.’* Maybe an aunitonblp would be the thlog. Mareb 83—'Teak my aapara to tbe White Hours u>-dey. Thought I’d emu and have apt) rata talk with the frwwdcot, bat Secretary Porter said IMharologo along with tbe rest. Who* an lU-mannersd sat they wen. Elbowed me right along just hocaoM they mw the Preaidant wasted to talk with uaa. WU! have to go back aad Quloh oar conversation. Jlansb 37—Hot some mew mooey from home. . March 3d—Went to the White House, but the chop at l’urter’a door woulda’t let me la. Sold It waa after hour*. He ought to he fired. April 9—b;»»*• X**** y* J’ftW m■ I'M. VTW Mad fur my trouk later. I tram Me for the Mum «t tbla aJmloletretlea. £*-%•*«» C*%«vot Tf»».