The Gastonia
_ _XJ__ DOr°t*d to Ul* fiottQtlon of lion* and tit* lntnraata *1 th C'oanty.
v°l- Gastonia, N. C.. September 22, 1808.
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MAJOR JONES TRAVELS
FIFTY YEARS AdO.
By Major Joseph Jones of Georgia.
f.KTTER IX.
RaltiMOHK, May H, — 'To Mr.
Tbompeon: Dear iUr-l’vs always
ioood that It was tbs best way to make
"good digestion wait on appetite and
lielth on both,” aa Mr. UcUsib ses, to
■Ur about a Uttlo after eatln’m harty
bate. So after eattu’ the excellent
dinner at tha Exchange what I told
you about la my tost letter. I tuck
aaotbec turn round through the city.
nr this time 1 begun to git lb:- turn
of the place a little batter, and wasn’t
so fraul of gettln tost. I turned up
Sonth street as they call It, whnrther's
inoro tailors than would make a dcxru
men—even If the old lusrolm Is true
which I oarer did bllovo—and went up
llsltlmore street agin, whar the floe
stores la kep, and whur the galls all go
s-sboppln’ and permlnadln' In tbs sf
tetnnoas ta Show tltrr new dresses.
Well, nr, i cm lull yuu wbat’* a
posltlv fact, It would take n French
dancin' mailer Vo git along In lUlil
toore street without runnin’ agin sum
body, and even he couldn’t shsssay his
way round through the troops of g.ills
without roooin' a-fowl of oue now and
then, or rakin' hts ablna all to pieces
on the pine boxes wbat is piled all
aloug Ute sldawslk after you git above
Charles street. 1 dour the very best
dogin’ I could, and then while I wka
Lowin' and toraplo' a apology to 'em,
ten to one if I didn’t knock sum baby
oyer la tbe gutter wliet was cumin'
nloag with Its ms behind me. or git
my cola-tall fast In among the crate*
iu)d box** so tile that I ruu a mon
strous risk of loaln' It Itowdacionely.
But 1 wasn't the only one wbat gut
bung—two nr three galls got ther
‘dresses hit abed ap, on the nails and
hoop*, so they blushed as rnd as Bre,
and a old geotleooan with n broad
brimmed bat, and Ilia atockiugs over
hts trousers, tumblod over a wlioel
harrow rite into a pile of boxes and
tore his ololbea drtdful. It tuck the
old man torn lime to gather hlmnelf
up. and git out of tbe Jaw be was In.
W'hor ho got eut Its never coined a
word, but be fetched a groan that
sounded hka It cum from war down
below Ills waistbands, sad went ou.
1 thought, at lust, that tlie store
keeper* must be doln a terrible eight
of bisness. to be shore, to be aeudiu uff
and recelvln so much goods, bat I
knocked on sum or the boxes with my
cane, and they sounded as boiler as a
old empty bee-gum. I epoee tbe city
gtts a fust rate rent for the pavement,
but If tbe merchants was to kerp tber
empty boxes lo liter sellers. It would
lie a great deal mate convenient for
the people to pam aloug. and I should
think It wouldn't hurt ther cootenls a
bit. The fact Is a body can’t get luto
Ute stores to buy nothing for tbe piles
of lx sea round the doors. I wanted a
piece of tobacker my**|f. bat I couldn't
see do store wbat 1 could git Into with
oot running tbe riak of breaktn my
ucek or tcsiin my troweer*.
You may auppoeo I teed a heap of
liatlful wlatmln In Baltimore street.
Well, »o I did, but to tell you Ute
truth, I seed cpme bumlnsUo ugly
ones, too. The fact is, Mr. Thompson,
wimmln s wlcomlu, all over the world;
nod Ute old sayhi, that "floe feathers
makes fine birds.” la jest as true here
ul It Is In Georgia. I'm a married
man, you know, and exit speak my
sentiments about the galls ’thout glvln
offence to nobody; or, at least, 'thout
beta speoted of selfiah motives. Well,
then, I ear Baltimore needn’t be
ashamed of her wimmln, so far a*
holy’s concerned, "Ilaodium 1s ss
hsndsuin doee,” is a old end irue
snyln; and if the Baltimore galls is
only a* amiabbi and good as they |t
Dutiful, they’ll d> fuit rate, take 'ooi
on a avorage. But, llkn every other
place, tbor’s some here that ncods a
monstrous sight of guodurav to make
no for ther ugliness.
I know i» used to ije a comtnun opiu*
ion, tint the HiOiiinoro wirruniu was
tlte prettyest In the world; and I'ye
heard people what had bean here be
fore, adrlee the young merchant* wbat
wae gwlira to New York to boy goods,
that If they didn’t want to loee thcr
liarta, they’d better go round this city.
But that waa a good many year* ago,
and you know times altera ouenm
stenser ae well ai alroumatenoas alters
name, and thla Is the way I account
for the change. Then the Baltimore
galls waa moat all natives, and cone
from tbe same stoek, and they was so
universally band sues that nobody could
help but notice It. But lira city le
growed a monel roue sight aleoe them
data—a great many people from all
parts of tbe world have oome Into II
and what waa the bntr of Baltimore,
baa bean mixed up with and distrib
uted aboat among slcbnkeapof ugli
ness, that a great deal of It le eptlt
altogether; end wbat does remain pure
and onedallerated, ain’t usora’n half
•0 esoapfmioue now aa It uaed to be.
Bat notwttbeUhdln, (tier's some mon
strous baud tuns wtmmln In Baltimore,
•erne butlfel meters with dark bezel
eyes, bright auburn rlngleta. Grecian
now*, ooral lips, and plump, greovfal
forma, that la encogh to melt tbe ice
from roond the heart of u old imchellor
who bad been cold ae ,» Hazard for
twenty year*, and IU my posture opin
ion, that a mau what couldn’t And a
gall handium enalT In ibta city, would
stead a meietroua poor obaeee at glt
tlo suited abort of gwlne to Qcorgis,
where the guilt, you know, Lake (her
moiperments from tlte warm Heulhern
•kite, tber baty from the wild flowere
tfcal grows la our fields, and that
••leas from the Mrds that sing In oar
rrovee.
Aftor gwioa up u rer at Youtaw
•treat, ( oroaawl o»*r and cam down
M tMbtf *M* of U)« ktreet I on kin
•joo*»*ona thing and another til I
rot moat down to Charlo alrort By
tMo tlaM I begun to he moartruua dry,
(ld m I'd hoard toll a good deal about
the »ody watsr what ttioy hav« In the
l»lg cltii-a, 1 thought I'd try a little at
the fust place xUsr they sold It. Well,
the fust doctor's ih. p i com to bad a
s-xly water sign op. and lu 1 went to
git sum.
Se* I, “f w».,l a drink of jer sody
water.”
‘•Wbat Hoi' of syrup will you have!*”
sea he, puttix his hacd on a bottle of
molasses.
"I don’t want no ayrup,” set I, "I
wautaoJv water."
‘‘Ab.’’ sot lie, "yon wai.t eatra
anily."
Acd wlili that hn luck a glass and
Pht sum wbit sluS In it and (hen held
it under the spout til it was full aud
handed it to roe.
1 put it to my hed und fulled away
»t it, but I never got slcii a overlastin
dose bntore In all mv life. I got three
or four swallera dawn before I begun
to taste IIia urailed stuff, aud you tnty
depend it lilted to kllhd me right ded
iu my tracks. It tuck tho bretii clean
Out of tor, and when I cum to toysell
roy tongue felt like It was fall of
needles, and my stummlck liko l*d
swullered a pint of fiozeu soapsuds,
and the tears was roonlu out of my
eyes In a stream.
I aruppM the git91 and (purled the
iret out of my mouth quicker 'n light
nln, but before I could gll brelh to
epnak to the olitp what to etendio
behind tha counter staralu at tua with
»U hie might, he ax'd me If I waiir'l
well.
“Well I thunder and llghtnlu,'' see
I. “do you went to plaan me to deth
end then ex me if I’m well *'»
“Piaen !•’ «u be.
“Vee," eei I. “pleeo I tax’d you
for sum sody wuter. tod you cln me a
dose bad miuCf to kill a hoas.”
“I gin you nothlu hut pU<n end*,"
aei tie.
“Woll," sex I. "if that*» whet you
call eody water, I’ll be dadfetcb’d If
I'll try auy aioru of It. Why. It’s
worse nor Ingin turnip juice stew'd
down six gallon* Into a pint, cooled off
iu a snowhaak and mixed with a liar
rycaee.”
Jeat then some Miln hot steam come
up into my tbrote, that liked to blow’d
my uoee rite oot by tbe roots.
“See he, “Maybe you ain’t used to
drlnkm It without syrup,"
“Xo." ee I, “and wbat’a more. I
never will be."
“It's much better with eaasypuriUer,
or gooseberry syrup," in he. “Will
you try some with syrup V"
“Xo, I thank you,” see I. and I
paid him a tlivlp for the dose I bad,
and put out.
I wanted some lobacker monstrous
bad, ao 1 stepped Into a store nnd ax’d
for Slim. The man said be didn’t sell
nothin bnt staples, but he reckoned I'd
And some a little further down, at
Smith’s. Well, I went along lookin
at tbe eigne till I cum to Shew, Smith
A Co. Thinks I. this must be the
place. So in I went nod ax’d a very
good-looking man with wblikers. what
was etandln near the door, If he had
any good cbewln tobecker.
"So, elr,” sea he, "we lisln*t got
toy more of that article on bond than
we keep for our own uae; but wo would
like to aell you some carpets to-dav."
“Corpete f" ees I; and shore enufl,
oom to look, tbar wasn’t another thing
but earpete and oil clothe eed mettlu
end ruse and sueli things la thn store;
and I ao Uleve ther wee snuff of 'em
of all sorts and Agere tn furnish all Uie
houses in Georgia.
After a little explanation he told me
tbe Smith I wanted was J. C. Smith,
down opposite to the museum. He
■Aid I’d (ind lota of to backer und su
gars ttisr, and I’d know the place
by n big login standin out borore the
door. Shore enulT. when I went that
I got soma fnet-rute eegers and to
beeVor. and m box to pot it In.
That’s tbe way they do blends here.
They dont keep dry goods and grocer
Ira, calicoes, homespuns, rum, salt,
trace ebaloa and t-booker oil togethor
like they do in Mnevtlle. hot every
klcd of goods has a store to itself. If
yon ever come to Baltimore and want
some lobacker or Mgars, you must go
to lh« store* what'a got little painted
logins or niggers standin out by the
doors, for you mought jest as well go
to a meet In hcuM to borrow a bond
saw as go U> any of the stores here lor
anything out of ther line. I apoee,
like the eody water, It’s well muff to
them that’s need to It, but It’s mon
■troosoggrarokln tnlhem what ain’t.
A* 1 hadn’t bten down la the lower
part of the city, I thought I’d git Into
5??.°.’ i!*® °*nlbheee and ride over to
and see how it looked.
Well. It a a good long »tret oh from ooe
eewd of Baltimore to the other I can
tell you. and after yen cross over
Jenri Ml' what rno. through to the
liver and divides the old towa from
£?»•» mooauoeaap* to
think your gettln lato another city, 1/
not In another nation. I lik'd to pot
my lew* out of jlot tryln to read turn
of the eigne. Hum of 'em was painted
It Dutch, so t couldn't make out the
fust letter, and sum of the people
looked so Dutch that yon nought *i
moot feel It on Vm with a stick.
I noticed when anybody wnulM tu
f II out they jeat pulled a leather Krup
and tha oinmlnylma oum to a halt. So
•lien wa fnl down to Poll atr*«t, i
luck hold of tha strap and fin It a
J*rb. bot tha houaa want on faat aa
avtr. an I Uhl mj wall on tha
•trap to atop 'am “Hallow t" aa* Uw>
drlaar outaida. "do you want to pall
mo In two f" Coot to Dud out tha
ttrmp waa hitch'd to the roan Iwoted of
the nooaaa, aod f llkad to drnw'4 him
Uirough lha »>ola wt^r ha tuck hla
mnoay. Ho waa mad aa a Imrn It, bat
wl«n ho looked In and aaod who It
*»•. ba had nothin mora to
I arpaot aorno porta of Palla* Plat
waold salt Mr. IMekaoa foot rale u*a
1 m -t- ——rnmmmwm
old a* lh» hill*, and crooked aa a ram’*
bom. and a body can bear Jest aa moeli
bad English tin aj be could among
the cockney* vt 1/indon tod can Sod
aria fancy c i.solcr*. male and faro sic.
Cbat would do honor Vo J*t. Qllaaea or
any other romautlo quarter of tSa
Hritlah metropolis.
After lookiu thout a little While at
the sallori tbnt waa drink In tout* and
•ingle aonga in the tavern*, I went
dowu on nnv nt tit* wharve* wliur ther
wa* a »bl|> jeM cum from Liverpool.
Themilnn were ilngln ••All togellicr.
oh, have nli 1" and pulllu her in to the
wharf. Poor feller*, they had brao
out JO day*, worltin Irani, to all kind*
of weather, and now they waa omnia
labor* to glr thar money to the sharp
an that waa look In out for ’em lit y I
•bark* for a dad body, r couldn’t kelp
but feel entry tor ’em, wlieu I thought
how in a few day* tb»y would ho with
out money and without friends. a id
would glad'y go buck to the peril* of
tho ocean, to aecapo ilia trenchary that
beact >m un there.
I went *nd tuck a wait on «oao luge
what waa luv.n on Uin wharf, aud
smoked a cigar aud looked at the ve*
**t* aaillu about In the barbonr. While
l wn actUu tb»r tblukrn of ablp* and
sulloni, and on* thing and another, a
little faller come along with a liaiklc
on hi* arm. and ax'd me if I wauled to
bur loose matches. I told bins no I
didn’t want none.
“You l>ott*r buy some, air," *•« he,
••[ aall ’em very cheap."
The littlo falter looked »o poor and
pitiful that I couldn't help fovlln a lit
tle sorry for blur.
“How much do you ax for 'em y"
K1 I.
"Kight boxes fur s levy." ses In-.
They »u JeM tbs asms kind of boxes
Uiat we git two for s Ihrip in (Jenrgla.
and though I didn’t want none, 1
thought I’d l>u* some of him Jest to
patronise him.
‘‘Wall,’' sex 1. "gif* me two box**.”
The lltU# feller handed me two box
es and J gin Mm a terse pence.
Yon may keep ;be chant* for pro
fit,” ses L
"Tbrnk. joj s' ,” nee lie, and Ills
*»«• br'gbUuiHl •> > as bo put the mousy
In his pocket.
•‘I ):ke to rococugs hv.e't enter
prise" seal. "Be hooeat, and never
lie or cheat, aud you'll always Hud
friends,” am I.
•’Yes, sir.” ses lie. ”1 never atevle
uor cheat* no body.”
"That’s light," are I. ••Tint’s a
good boy.”
I went on sarokio aud lu a few m’o
IU. when 1 Drought be was gone. I
lieurd the little feller behind me agio.
••What," sea I.
"My slater died last woak,' irt he.
"aud we’re very poor, aud my mam
my’a sick, and I can’t make money
enough to buy modiolus for the ba
by-”
“Well,” *e* I, "L d-m't want no
more mulches, but lien:’* a quarter to
add to your profits to-day."
"Thank you. air.” ses he. and he
went off agio ihaokln ms for the quar
ter.
Poor little feller, thinks I, how
modi belter to give him that quarter
of a dollar than to smoke It out In se
gars. He’ll go home to bis poor moth
er, happy, sod if he bat felt any temp
tation to be a rogue, the recollection of
my kiodnesa will give trim courage to
he honest. I hadn’t got done thTokln
about blm before bere lie was baok
agio,
"Daddy died last week,” see lie,
"and elster Betsy got her foot skaMed.
sod we haiot had oo bred to eat not
for a week—ever sense daddy died —
and
"Look bere,” aea I, "you better go
before you kill off all of your relations;
I begin to think you’re a little Impos
ter.”
• Oil. no sir. daddy is ded,” ses he,
"aud mammy and sister lire all alone,
and ruamipy told uio ui ax you It you
would como and sue tier and give her
some money.”
I begun to a mull u rat, and sot f,
"I'll »eo your mammy to the mischief
fnst, and If I’d had the same opinion
of you that I have now, I’d never gin
you the fust red cent ”
With that t)M little ragged cos Set
up a big laugh aud put hia thum on
bl* note and wiggled hit Ungers at me.
"Do you nee »oy tiling grese," tea
he, ”eb, bo* T Whet do you think of
me now, ah ? Would you like to buy
another levy’s worth of matches? You
tee,” aea he "1’as one of tbs b’hoyal—a
out aud out Fell’s Plutar, by J
aud then be ripped out a orth that
made the hair stand on my bend, and
away be went.
1 felt like ( was oompletaly Ink in,
sod f ntvtr ted another word. But 1
made op my mind whan l gtn another
quarter away to enoonrage hooastj, It
would be to a diffararent tort of oandl
dale; end, throwing the stump of mv
cigar Into the sealer, 1 left the place
tad tuck tbs Brat otamloybaa for Ibe
Kxobaeg*. I'm dorse with Baltimore,
sod shall start to-morrow for lit* City
of Brotherly Lore. Ha as more at
present from your friend til doth,
Jo*, donga.
(To Iw ooatltiaad next week.)
fin HII.Kt I* A RM.UINJ.
n Trip Takm fcjr E>(lkk Awnuap
Til* anil— »• ar««lfc» f«m(M ;mi<
a>f|M aai MnfferM MUa( Ml
WMllHr.
I.hicmo.-i. Sept. 13 — Next to Uj«
Unheal hallo.mi aaeemlmi on record
wai aiade her* tliia uftoraoon from the
Create! Peleeo Sydenham, by Stanley
Sfwoner, a well-known aeronaut, and
Dr. IWreon. The balloon waa Inflated
with pore hydrogen and hat a eap««Hy
of SO fiOO coble feet. It attained an
eltltodt of >7,300 feet, or (Ire and one
Afth mi lea
At a bet flit of kS.OOO fart the air wee
*o rarlfled that the oocaponte of Iba ear
were compelled to breathe ooeapraaaed
oiypea by tebee. The tewperatnre
was 01 degrees Mow freer in* point.
The atmosphere wasolaareod the coast
diet lastly ylsIUe. The balleoe deecaa
ded near Romford, In Xmm.
ARP OH TOMATO WORMS.
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«"» K»Mk« »iain«w ITmih.
rill .Irk III Allinu ClkaUaiM.
Thli popular writer mart uut bs
criticised for mil being up on every
thing relating to natural history. He
Is inure entertaining and does more
good than any ten of tbe learned pro
feasors itut wlren are see mistakes
tint lead to mischief or to tbe damsgo
of tboen Interested In fighting worms
rod bug* ws fool compelled to tnlnr
ponj t word of remonstrance.
B'.r 4rn loeakt of the tomato worm
us a oer dlsoovery to l.l®. He knva:
"Tb ■ s.’aton has developed a ’big,
lung bnll-huaded g-enn worm, with a
atlng In the tail. They are covered
with whir* pustule* about oue-elgbtb
of an Inch long sod stand up thick and
aliil uod seem to be eggs or embryo or
germ* of nomething that is devilish.'1
Concluding, la says: “It Is sot 00
like a tobacco worm.*'
Libs a “tobacco” worm; sod well It
might be, for it !• tbe earn* Though
there ere several species of them they
are all larva of the large sphinx moths
that nay be seen just st dnsk flylug
around JlnoDton flowers and tobacoo
blosaomi, and tbev a” fsed upon the
dlffareiil specie* of lo onsoeasr.
Tbe‘‘atlng in tbe ami!." None of
Uiem atlng or bile, and their looking
horrible depends entirely upon duo’s
Igonraooe and prejudices. Goutetn
pla»wi m works of Uod. adjolted to
certain ends, tbev are all busutlfut.
And beta we might as well at neoa
object to bla theology ebont tho devil
being tbe atstbor of noxious insects sad
wild boasts la It not a mistake to re
fer all tbiog* to man's use or pleasure?
Surely God Is tha father of all bla
creatures and inlands them all to live
and enjoy life.
The "white pustules” observed oa
bis solits'- tomato worm were not eggs
of nay klud. but the little silken
cocoons spun by ill* larvae of some
species of tcheoemon (1y, which bavin 1
*--tou out all vital part of tbv poor
wurru, had coins to the sarface and
gone >ntu the pupa state preparatory
to coming out new ichneumons to go
•id lav their eggs on arore eatei pillars, I
t'’ ear. them also. Tbe ugtr worm was
therefore lo u dying erudition wheu
discovered by our humorist.
l'or this reasou worms smu wiUi Lho
white cocoous on them ebould never le
destroyed. They eaa do uo more barm
raid will never become Oise lu propa
gate their specie*. It is to oar interest
to save sll thsoe ltbarnmoj aouonnt.
Tiiey produce file* that are among our
belt fnands.
Lawbkxce 0. JuttiCHiM
Pachwta, Miss.
I like that. I like *11 aucli gentle
criticisms Man in never too old to
Irani «od if 1 had my life to live over
again I would try to learu more of
natural history and the mysteries of
nature. I would like to be «u Vgassit
or Audubon or Cuvier or Munacut, or
even e Huber, tbe blind muo wbo
taught ue ell we know about bee*. Out
Lord Bacon said. “He that hath wife
and children hath (Iven hostage to
fortune for they are Impediments to
great enterprises." A man who rnir
rios early and has a numerous and
lovely wife end offspring don’t have
much lime to lnveeUgat# thing* out
side of home, end eo it was never In
tended that e family men should de
vote mueb of bis time to bugs r nd
birds end Bailee. That l* alright If be
ia a professor in e oollege end makes
bis living by it, but even then he oan
nol comfort Ills wife or play horse or
booger-bear with Ms children to any |
alarming extent. And so a kind
provldenoe lias wisely ordained that
only a few should be set apart for in
veutioo. discovery and scientific re
search, while the great majority should
be engaged In multiplying and replen
ishing. I had fondly hoped that in the
retirement of m> old age l would dud
abuodaut lime to read and ponder and
philosophise upon tkses things, bat
there t* no retirement at my house.
The grandohlldrea are more nnmer
oos than the children end quite as
lively and mlaobterous and it takes
half my time to sratob them. Only
yetteiday two little girls borrowed
some scissor* from their grandma and
while I was gone to the pxt-ofiise tboy
got my stamped envelopes from my
table and cut them lets Imaginary
cow* and doge end boras*. But they
love me devotedly end follow me
around and pull lb* flows** and are so
happy that It makes me happy, too,
rod I wouldn't swap tiralr little
company for all lh* seteooa and learn
ing In the lend.
My faith in that If w* lie* right In
this world end lay tbe foundation of
knowledge we will have plenty of time
to advenes in wisdom l» the life that U
to some. Heaven I* not stagnant with
beatitudes. The worship of Uod will
be mingled with study and maybe with
work and the mysteries of oruatlon will
be opened to us l>y degree* eod an ug
with wonder and Might. But I
•lldent Intend to write about this. My
friend. Mr. Jolineoo, or Professor
Johnson, I reokor, I* surely no lets ken
ebom the lehneutoon fly having «at*n
out all the vital purte of the worm *od
com« to the surface sod spaa the HtUe
white oooooos. I found soorea of these
worm* rind In their whit* ooooon robes
«nd they were of various *!***, from an
I neb to three tnolies long, and were
prwtiy lively oornae*. The smaller one*
war* •till hnogry trowing, i
round non* In * dying ooodltlon. Th«
•harp born or lha tail looks Ilk# It wai
n ntingnr, and son* to bo a weapon of
dnfonaa. flat wby abobM am not do
strop them? l)o tl>ey »ot pray apon
llvn Pinas? And what do wa want
with tba tohnouwoa HIM, o' any other
«lm? Am not all oath lb lag* aa It In*
and Coaa and bod bMl and MOeqattnoa
•ad bolt %imi and ealerpMlara and
pack aaddlaa tba pnU •>? nntnr*. and U
nut tba world oound la trying to
dantroy Kill ■ mallar ihlag* much aa
Uvr germ i nt obolam and yeWnw fapart
Ant three JSra*1.Jior2!m 5 S»'m,
An 1 w pr jBou*~nd WSajlum.
Wh»t would bar* baooaae of my po
taiote If I bad uot deatroyad Um boa**
No. 1 do not bailer* that I'rerldano*
made nil bis orenluree to eojoy life,
but eoua were created tike Utoroe aad
tlilatiae, to laeraaaeoar toll and dia
tutb our tranquility. They are part of
Ui« cure*, or eta* Satan who walk* up
aod dawn the earth Hke on Inspector
genital. had toot* hand in tbs boat
oeea. Vrvfresor Jobueoo nr* that
‘ ‘Cod I* the father or all Hie omnium,
uad Intend* them all U lire aod enjoy
Mfe.” That dcotriae won't eran do
for a vegetarian. for both fralta aod
rtuaUbta* hare lb* germ* of animal
cule life in them. Our Maker did oso
Bue mankind to Iruit* aod herb* until
aflar U.i flood, and than. forth* Bret
.late, saro Noah and hi* daaeetldanU
permiaatnn to eat mast—Bah, Hash aad
fowl aa<l every hr log thing. Cbleknaa
do oerUInly enjoy life, but w* kill aad
eat them. aad ereo eat the embryo life
that is hidden iu an egg.
Ho, thlf la a attain upon our hamaa
Ny, and w* will continue to destroy
yellow jacket* aad waep* and hornet* >
“** atiag our abltdmn, aad wa will.
k.ll every snake tint we mm oar path;
aod my wit* will oooUno* 'her forty
yea**’ war upoc bedbugs and roacbo*
tnd rata. But etfll tbam I* a line
• liexa one realty o**a** nod cruelly b*.
gms—cruelty to lioma* aad dog* aad
bird*, f don't take much ttock la
boye who kill bird* for sport, or la
meu wbo torture tbelr horaae with
tightly drawn check rein*. I Would
ratiiar lean to pity'* aide aad a* Oow
per said, “I would out eater a poo my
hat of friend* Um maa who aeedimaty
aato faot upon a worm." Or Ilk* the
good, kind Unci* Totw. whom Sterae
wrote shunt—Uncle Toby who, when
a fly kept alighUug on hi* bus*. Anally
caught Mm aad taklag him to Lhe
window, ecntly put bim out. “(io
By," ba said, ‘'the world is largo
enough for you and mo."
Rut my human* friend. Frofoaaor
Jolineon, baa ay regards aad my thank*
for the leeeon ba ba* taaght OK.
« mm ruimr.
liarlasnM *f rulM Han la *,n
in Canary.
II. C. C. I brant In CUjioUi UUmtf. Ok
TU« Republicans cm eUct anybody
to otOea ban | Bertie county] with Uw
•“rf* tS. Po^il,Lf Al “*• •‘•ctlon
of 1800 Cltreo Urqubart. onlorad, waa
dieted constable of Woodvltle town
■blr. Before be bad qualified be was
arieeted for larceny of cotton belong*
lag to WiUUm Clark, colored, who
teetlded on the Hand that he bad voted
for “Bro. Cicero.” Ctoero ores bound
oyer to court, A true bill waa found
against blra at tha May term of court,
lb97 and at the November term of that
year lie *»» tried. On lbe jury were
11 while tneti and one negro— a preach
er, nn ottoe-holdmg politician. He,
end he alone. voted for acquittal.
Whllo the Jury area deliberating Cic
ero Had tha court and forfeited bis
bond, which was Moored by a mort
gage on bii home. Ha wne afterwards
captured in Norfolk, Va, and triad
again bane at tba May term of coart of
this year. He was promptly convicted
and sentenced to one year at tba coun
ty work bourn. After tlio grand jury
bad adjourned on Hstarday of tbe him
term of court It was announced
that Cloero bad escaped from tba
jail. Tba jailer, a negro, that morning
sent Cicero’s breakfast to him by a
•stall negro boy. lit looked tbe boy in
the cell and look Ml own tleaa about
•soaping. lie is etlll at large. Tbla
same negro jailer to chairman of Uie
Republican party of bla county. Ho U
Uio boat dog. Here !• the cate of a
thief being elected by the vote of tbe
Republican* and PopullsU to bo oon
atablo of a country township; a com of
a Jury balng bang by the one negro ou
It, because s negro wa* on trial; a vase
of gross negligence on the part of a
negro official—alt In one. In 1890 the
Republican* of the county eteotod
Champ rags, a negro drayman, coro
ner. but be could oat give the bond rv
qnlred.
Bav. l.uke Flares, oolored, it on tha
board of sduoallou of tbla county. He
wa* elected by tbe BepubUesn-PopultM
board of ooanty cow mission tr*.
rsast bunsaiyr
n«n,il-crsrere Iword
A dispatch from Washing slates that
lha Navy Department baa determined
that tha three proposed battleships tor
which bide were recently opened shall
bava a speed of at least eighteen knots
an hour, lastoad of sixteen knots as
originally proposed. It is understood
that tbe shipbuilding none panic* will
be request** to emigrate on vassal*
shout lwanly fast longer then toots for
wbtoh bid* wore originally solicited.
In order to give more moot for the en
gine*. This decision I* la accordksoe
with the yiewtfof Oomieodore George
W. Melville, chief nf tbe burean of
■team engineering U* Ire* fur aavsral
rents ad root ted the oonstruotlon of
battleehlpd of high speed. The correct
ness of Commodore MalvIlU’a tbaary
wee shown In tbe engsgameut off San
tiago, where the Oregon, by her re
markable speed, completed tbe deetriM
tloa of tbe Spanish Meet. Commodore
Melville daalgned tbe mecblavry for
tbe Oregon a* well as on other battle
ships end larger cruisers which have
•bows snob remarkable efficiency.
t-r<ee mimhum bfwt
Maura* JutuI.
For toot time Oy Thoataoo, Soar*
Ury of SUlr, baa barn male lag a great
hoe and ery a boat tba fraud ba had
rtlaeeenred la tba oAoa. Jaat ■■ nuteb
aa ba wn«M make bla ebargaa definite
enough to ba not load. Kr-Haeratary
Cook earns out tn a latter and rxpoeed
tba whole lying aobaaaa of thla traaeb
eroua Had leal tool. Ba promt by tba
raoorda that Thowpano bud llad
throughout, lia rraa prod used Uia
renelpu that Thompeea bad glean hlw
for certain money that Thowpano Inti
mated bad bean atataa. TbW la why
Thoapaow wwa ao eawed awd beaked
at Oononrd Monday by Ayaoek.
POPULIST^ PAPERS j
WHIT run Ui» or the tram,
uri'u «it mar.
t%»r (>M l* w firm >«• mm
w*»** it WOT V IttH-inil Mm **»»•
Ha Mant *mk 4 ««4» kr n«lr
votot>
Jt> to UiU date Um >,agtat Ultra la a
daiuoeblu diagram to tba HUM.”-.
OiuatriftA, February 37th 1867,
J00A doao by tba Ugtelatura
nould bo printed la o oaaoli an mob lot
Tlus bod dooo ood tbo good omitted
would dll tororal forgo ▼oiatMa*’—
Progrroafio Fkia»*r.
"Thar* la ooaao talk of as antra aao
alou of tba LagUlatara. Piaaaa don't,
CorwDor HuMall. Wo oon eadon
fomiof. MottUaoo, dronlb, war. bot
don't India* toy pruioogad agony on
tbo State luoh m oo aztra mnalcn.”—
Pfogrutln Furmtr, March % 18T7.
"A* to tba LagUlotaro of 1837, tbo !
oao bow la aatelon, wo baara to any ao o 1
foot that It baa woo tbo ooatompt of 1
tbo people ganrraUy of all partite, tad .
wa ban to oaf oa an opinion that wo
do oot bailor* It ran ontrootw that
eo. tempt ta two yoorn' time red <
boroo oio net tot - b* approval of Ibe *
ptopl* ''—Carnation.
“Tbo LtjtUlataio only boa about tan 1
data now to oomplata tbo work, ud ,
It h >ant btgau tba work you Let tba 1
aalatrab)* pin hunter* go to work or 1
go hoami"—Pay.ymirt Arm* . Tab
iiiary S3,18T7. . i
“Swepton la not ba only bora oar ,
Koidi Carolina LagiaUiuo am bad. ■
“To a man ap a true it appaaa that ,
ti n Hmw aoteloatad am* nxtnotly ,
•*>rry Umber for tba J-agUUtnra but
r***."—PiO!irt‘il't A. ntr,', January) i
SIS, IH07.
‘About tea moie day* remain of I be r
Lsgtral!** session. Unless there *bsli
be. w'th.'u th'.a time, *a utmost rouacs
lone el.aa.pi, tn« rwo.-d of foe I^sgtsU
tu e w r H eota1 jc, abso'.o‘«ly nothing ■
All it wi . hat* done when it .mitre ’
w'.U l* the »|.»ndioa of $JO.dO.) of |
•70,0JO of toe public food*, (or which ; ,
not-i'.u^ will bw returned.Oekambn, I ■
February 3d, 189/.
“Of course there are aouw good men J
heie, whooid not, -g justics. be held ,
reap.ottlila for the record, but w« era • i
speaking of Urn record of Uis r.agliU
Luiw as a whnlsi and unless that recc'd i
shall be phenomenal)* changed within ,
a week U will bs Um imperative duly,
and we think It will he the pleasure of i
tbe peouie to are that such a orewd Is
never sect ap to meae lb* laws (gain.” i
—OuajrMi-m, Februtr;' 37,18W7.
“The various crmailtteot to whom |
bills ere referred xrem to bu composed ,
of aw who are either generally indif
ferent or pltlaldy ignorant, ft la al- i
most impossible w> get their attention |
on any bill that flora notcsxryaea* job
with ft,"—C«u.-»i*«(m. Fvb. *7, 1897.
“Let llm invratlgatlon of tbs char g«s
ef brlbsry by promise* of patronage
aod money to influence votes for
Pritchard junxed. Pritchard's frtmid*
■ay the clh'gvn are tru*. Investigate
or stanl convinced.” — FrogrtnWt
Farmer.
“Tbns the people’• money is being
divided out to pay political reward*.
Them 1* no help for it now. But tbs
tax-pa yen of North Carolina will apeak
to thunder tones at the poH* when
Uwie Is another election. No party,
no man baa ovar been able to run
rough shod ovar the people of the
Stats, but ■ abort tlnm.”—Pregreeelrt
Farmer, February 33.1897.
“When Pritchard was skated United
States Senator tbs wlrtiss and trusts
of th* pccpls were betrayed; the people
had repudiated McKinley lu tote and
Pritchard stands for nothlag but Me
Klnley.”—Oawtjvintr, January 38,1897.
Total, mien t» rut
t»*JM IM Tf*IMar« K a apwl*
k* min B«ikn »ktmwwr
KtJIkl CtallUM ar (ke a^arau
rraaiMhtl tITMr «ntk.
Cbarlgita ueaswer.
Vioo, gpelo. dept. 10—A crowd of
about 700 people besieged (bo houao of
Oooeral Tore! to-day, demanding that
tho troops which arrived here yester
day from Santiago do Caba. on hoard
tho Spanish eteemer Leoa Xllf, be tm
aoodlatalt landed. Ttiet preoeadod to
tha quays, cheering the troops and
were with dlfflcolty dleporeed by oal
dlen of Urn garrison. Afterward a
croerd of about 1,M0 poop* re to read
to the quays sad when they aw the
eoldien laodlog barefooted aad nearly
naked, they became Infarlatod aod sur
rounded Ueoeral Torsi's bouse, booting
aod hissing sod stoning the building.
Bveutuelly the Spool* general eoo
ooodrd la eaeoplag to.tbe Loon Xftl.
On learning (his the mob gathered on
tbs dock and »toe ad Uw si earner for
half an hour. (morning ibnntMa win
down The Leoa XIII eras nbUgnd to
leave (be ptaoe wham tbe eraa moored.
Five steamers era ready to transport
tbn returning Spool* soldiers and rivl!
ndoerm, with tbs archives tad maal
Morn of war from Cuba, bet It It be
Moved It will take four month aad oast
90,000,(XX) pet'stae to brlag tbs troops
beck to Spain,
tianirt Mmm
Hntirr llMjak U endttad by Strata
with tfca following Lincoln Mary.
Whm Mr. Harala wan * boy. tiytag la
8prla<t0'l<l ItflooU, ha woo nppotetad
to aMloat money to bar a now rqntp
aaomt for a tiro dopnrtaoant boaniart.
I vlalud Mr. LlaoMo,—Aba Lloeoln
bo wna eailed than— oad toM him ay
■tory. Ha tab ad aaa many amMlll
In n luoat aarloot OMuioar, oad tbaa la
oAoolutina aoUmaly nnirtil:
-MrMl, Ml co borne to ouppar and
•Mi Mra. Lincoln what aba baa to my.
After tvppar tba will ba ia mod hu
mor, and 1 will aab bar |r wa anal) give
Bfti dutlara- Sha will toy, ‘Aba, trbaa
will you toun Mm aaaaa T Twoaly
dollar* la aooofh.* Umaa around la
ton morning mi mt yaw moony.*'
Tba plan wartad, and t lotlfid
twmly dultara.
wm.
(ttepteBfcee tij)
win their acooa
exheeitten. taken, a
ere Ju«t aow airfflog i_
It wltt be intermUag te Aamrteitae ta
ltaer what tba reeatrteteg totetera
u ™ “t,OVJt
What laooaaMerad to baa fair rep
fMMtetlM OC tlnir |ohh|q|| wJj
tsss^AsiS&Zis
IUM Hi *11 tba «H*M 11 IMIIIII
ft kae fePeara i
“JlWly all tee Aa
Ben, etrlrlog whlab
solan fa ctharett forward.
k*Tha aolilata am U three rotor*
»'*8h, brews aad white.
» that of «bt troop*, dlsUoaitlahwl
wly by the atrip* won at tboatmST
K8a
yjZS£iffiSZ%£2i»«
wnssfSfh. in*.
iam to the left a tenth hraah *ad p,
ha (mat a aaull ablate. oa whlah an
imbcaMerefl amend oarbtoae a ad tba
umber of the battaHoa.
“OMttaHr the aoteier curie > with
ilm hbi provlaiaoi end a fltek fall ot
rlaegar, the .'alter u preventive
igeloet the age*.
rat a liM* ooop.
"fta iimijlit of the aoldiet te
yod. He carrie* a rifle eimflar ta the
daoetr. oaiy ehaigad with mrm ear*
'"idjc* In place oI flee, ot the aame
Mtlbre, and la a on ot white metal
i a word bayonet )tt« that or the Id*
wf. bat ahortdf.
“Tba battaHoa* an very fall, uod the
lumber of eompaolo* to eeeh aoparior
Mouia.
“Thar aaid te agaaklikg u> our
idaaoteh) oOteara. that they did nut
n'nd haeiug haarr laaaea, n than waa
o orarabuo dance of popatelten ta
lie' r eo an try.
"Their regular aliamaUthm ooaefc
ted of eeCte ta the morning, tern other
naate aad lead drtoka-la* wbtah they
Brought in large earn ta the eeaum—
tad a two-jkjuod loaf of bra«A
“la their cam pa they have their
Banda, which play aatU 4 in the Bora*
lag and until 9 at ulgM.
The sentinels lo Ue esmpo conduc
ed UwmiItm with tba esost ntisai
duo sad vigilance. not allowing Uiom
him any MniUm ur ran Una,
but when, on tba other baud. they warn
mi tba in arcii. thay atea bad aod
chatted and eat erbfle they placed
tbelr guae up egeioet a wen.
"Tbe soldiers are cot allowed totm
tartheeune place eethaeOoera. Kor
nuopie. lu tbe boulevard of thuitlig*.
where e bstulten bad bee* pelted,
sentinels were placed at the doors or
tba oalee. aod tbe sold tan oowtd oely
obtain refresh men Ls by Derm iss loo
"To avoid aoaodala ttfiwte, tbe
American generals had deemed that
tbe drinking eetabtiehmeata teonld be
dosed so that the aoMiars abated not
drink alcohol.
“Among the volunteer*, as lekoowa,
were warn of the riprneetatlveeof tbe
highest families In tbe United Staton
end bom millionaires.
“There warn some medical volun
teers , who, together wUb tbe Bad Croat
Society, were at deatlsgo. at tbe dis
position of tbe Hpaoieb eoMiare. Them
were also some ladles tod^mg ladlm,
a£V3SSJ *iq the cum *of
oarelDg tbe wooaded and slab, (torn
highest to lowest.
“Hellgloe, being free, them wen
eoilm bettaiiooe of Boama Catholics,
ud oa tfoadaya they treat to aaae at
ManMagy,
“Tbe doctors were wiMlbity well
paid, mete via* as meek aa MK per
month. Bat Is this there le enggera
tloa,
“Tbe geeerule oeoswy tbelr order* lu
tbe eftepKei pmHili neay^aod they
jnfmltadrSSibtete^'mi
(Sp«ntardsTfrotTum* boiptuS salted*
tbe walls tba Aterrlaawa pave all titter
ambulance eeaebaa. which am yery
wall vq nipped sad draws by ala males,
with aatomatle brake, sad drive* by
one aw.
“Tba regular aray always fights la
tbe vaegeerd. In marching they go
whistling or sieging.
"From tbe teoaaat they reeehod
Santiago they never mimed a moneel
le practicing with ante eed drilling.
"Tbelr Infantry la very well iaetruo
Ud, end one of tbelr Imtlabeae dlatie
gulabed Itself by the i straws rapidity
with which is dog and farmed
Tnnrtm
"Their aetlyliy U as greet that they
ham not non..ping a ptaoe mam Him
half aa boor before they have It forti
fied. Of cavalry Ibera le IHUa. Tl#
n«u»n art poor."