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t 1-4 ' - th " to 1 f r t..:-.A cxtum. BY AUCB SHOWN. '"f f f f Tj.'TIMU fu.lt f t I ' -'I 4n, .'11 n-i i,, t w I'm ; ..t v8 t-;..(uf i-y '',..'';:;';;.. red ' ' rkoopio-4 ' v i. . (, : lord! ' ., , , , ., ,-. i r, pride of song, , .A . , - - . .'Udingword. -c - - i ainira of power anlplaoe, n ot holy mind . .,. Iny bleeeed bnriiagQ ,, , "; i vac to ail mankind, x; I Know a spot where bud!8S twigs Are bareabovethe mow, A" ) where swept wlnu-r-kivlng bird : -, Hit Softly to and tro: , ' iTbnrawlththeauororeltar-flre, The earth tor kntwlinirp.aoa, ' ' f Th arnilealr for ohoriator, . . VU4 I adore 1 toy face. JU)inl,un.''oni(-!th the g mat blue Sky, t,'n..i viiitu I'nrHll biifiv. ati woia nit(i nivnu or giro ust love Dime of lbv biriu cLtsi) 'iiiWkM nej, ' Andforihypttinin Tcaraare but Tl'i. I wiU keep , Thesuenceof t-ol. -v IlBoember Harper1! hi I nil nnl nliHriiiv K2 LI Q 1 0 US DE P ART M E N T. -Aditbu t BT,;s,' t. ".. 1BITCHASJ. ' - W " i 'What We Should Pray Bat-, k : Prayer is Batumi to man. If there were - - no command to pray reason Would jug goat tt end the religious element inman Wuuld require it. Sat It U to: revelation ( ' Xhot we mast look for light as to whom " we shoulA-ray to, now we should pray, t! aad especially, what we ihottld pray for. - 1 he Bible telle u that we must address the Father, in the name of the Bon, and Through tbe aislstance of the Holy (Spirit. ' "For vhroBgh him we both have access , toy one 8pirit to the Father." Epheslsns !U8 v The Scriptures expressly forbid - the worshiping of nogele and are pro foundly silent on the anbject of preying M saints, or the mother of. ; Jeeu Col. 5:18. 'tet no man beguile you of your j reward, la a yolnntary humility and worshipping of angels." . - , If. now, the Bible and the Bible only I can instrttct ns as to what we shall atk ,'' of Ovd, what are its retentions cn this - important sabject f ; I answer, first, we . may pray for anything and cTerythicg is the domain of grace. Listen to Paul In KnhMUmil.1l 10 wPn thta o.n I . '; how my knees nnto the Fa'her of our aiuiu ieu v,urin, oi ivuuru vuo wsuie family' in bcavca: and earth is named, ' ' that lie would grant yon, according to the riches of His glory, to be strength ' ened with might by hie spirit n the Inner man; that Christ may dwell ia year - bosrts by faiib; that ye being rooted end 1 gionndod in lore, may bo able to com prehend with all saints ' what is the ' breadth' and length, and depth, and height; and to know the lote of Christ, ". which puseth knowledge, that ye might - be filled with all the fullness of God." ; Suroly with each authority from an la spited apsttle, who prayed that believers . utmM vv uuxa w uu ii tuo lounesi oi r flnfl tira ! nn in'm tf ta viI1m f - being extratagant In asking for spiritual a for the forgiveness of sin, the gifts and gracta of the Spirit, strength o resiit -temptation, comfort in affliction, hope In ilfl.th .Mfl k.ik. ImMnM.Uht J -mm hu n .tijpj aiuiuva lutT umjXfuM the grare; bat there ti no petition la th jmiuio iv aj una urwuv aea na no ' L a. al t T' . rccpk mai aawonses suca a prayer. ewers to prayer in the domain of nature . ,and providence. Solomon asked wledem of God and was heard, and theBavlour . eays expreslyr "If any of yon lack wis- - -dom, let him ask of God." , Abraham ' prayed end Ood healed Abimelech, and - Hezekiab, though sick "nnte death'! had his life extended fifteen years. Paul prayed - and the father of Publins was neaiea, ana James tens uailisny r among too is sick, let nun call lor the elders ot the church and let them pray over nun, ana we prayer 01 taltn shall save the sick and the Lord shall Talis - tarn n.7m'tw h-K-"'. Again, Hannah and Zuharias braved Tor offspring and their petltiens were hmaxilt Ahnhun trnnit that Totim.ol might live before the Lord; the Saviour ucbsu hi yimjm ui turn OrV-Jr fclEIUCllJJ , woman for her daughter and els for the diughter of Jalrus. Peter prayed end ' was delivered ? from prlsoet so did Paul - and Silas, and Jonah tpulrt.a that v.ni i of tbe belly of hell cried I, and. thou , iKiiuwi uiy tviuq. 4. -.or'- - :. " BomaTwenravfoirtliawnn1th!fifnf this life. "Give us this day our daOy uitwu. na prayer or Agur seems to ' he Idatlfled bv thn WnrA nt iiiA ulla. - me neither povertv nor rlcheij feed me wiut 4ouu convenient tor me. Jaoes aikad for nrnannrltw int Mnlt ' "Oh, that thoa wouldat bless me indeed. , : auu Buiargo my . coasir t nai iny Hand , might be with me and tbat thou would'at keep me from evil." . Not to enter the , aomau w me miracuiont, we mar say, flnallr. under thla head, that ' - Joined to pray for all in authority, for . . kuuu but viuiunnt ana sue oiessings oi - peace ana qaietness. v . .. a . ..v; . ia answer to ine inquiry lartner u to the scope and rule of legitimate prayer, I auuiu ur iuu no irnnpni aaama I a a.. . O wwwuv w WV uo acvusaarr to snow.irom I ae general tenor of th Scriptures, that iro thould pi7 wuu ba giTt di an aia mat ire may BMd trt AMt till Antnm Aftirvian). . would bestow all the blessings contained ,. iu . uia pruouaea upon ns, ana give gractf to escape all the evils contained ' II ia thraateniDira. t' Thli whole matter maybe summod up, v it sems to me, brkfly and completely by inqninng what are the precepts of the ' kiua auuieci, appucaojo ' to i i ' Persona apt riteamataMtaat v, 4 . 1 ! WbO are 1 H n..lnn . aVKm' ia i, ""1JUuianign nnto all that call upon Him, ien tbs4 caU npon Him ",."7 "r"" J aesire when yi pray, believe that ye reo,iTe them and ft iu Jl have them. And a!K tw i.7t soever ye shall ssk in prey believlna ye .half receive.-.- AttigaffthSrlSE f rful sutemenu "If 6 abLdi fa and my words abide in you, ye aWl ask Wh,t. ,M ItihaU be doni nnto ,on, lnd,,t111 Mot?.M Scripture I wSd -iu uu taia subject; "Aaa J tn s is the cjnfl( Iabm th.. I. v. him that if we ask anytlog according tj - hit wl 1. he bmrath 6 Gathering up the whole dlscntsion Into one sentence, i would say that men ara at liberty to pray, la the name of Christ. If dctlrat ccordlngto tie ill of God, in the realm of nature, providence, or gra-sc; and they will obtain folly bolievlog that it is Goa-s will to be ito w it and that they will receive It. X)t . ,..';;. ue snauoe grejit.aad shU be called ". "igtiea; nd the Lord shall rtra nntn him ti, tt.. Utut Davt.lj ao-f he shall reign OTerthe house of Jacjb f freverj and of his kins--' ira there shall be no end.Luk : ; , o,oooreoe Stan : . r la va.t, but o are tbe hour. of ni'l . I rnr omn who be on to the, oi. rr, I'lroeS raroitle Pra,.rpUofl cura. nao-a. h.rtialtow, bloadr J wiaa back? :iI07V "...n. debility .o'.TJSpTi to WOU..-U. Krlraihlnfaleep and relief Wh riOT 0I!0t' n "J0" Jkys1 j. BILL ITU A??D YKC HE WRITE3 FP.CM THE CUECN'S CHAW- INQi ROOM, EUCKiNGHAM YALACu. Cenillnf la an Eng-rarad Card Willi a Hot , af Introduction From an AwitUnt rm .. baasador Adveataia iWlth a PoorClrU A Latter From Borne. .... : ' ICopyrfuW, JK3l by MgM W. K 4 Queen's Djuvrixa Eoom, r ctiso-) , ;.v ham Patjicjs, 9 o!Ci.o-ic P. If,::,.;,)-,: ' Most every one, cv, a ia America, has heard. of tliequwn's drawing room. All over the worl J ouo reads of it with won dor and a Ini iration. Many of my friends who knew me na poor boy with all tbe chores on my hands, as well as a large brood of warts, will wonder when they read that Little Snuffles, as I was called as a babe, ia here in the queen's drawing room, noted the whole world over.,'.:'-" I called an hour ago,' just too late for dinner, and asked , the major general commanding tho approach to the front I ' AT THE FALACE : f stoop if the qneea at the present had any nee for her drawing room and if not would she mind if I did a little drawing there. u " 'I'- "v " H sent mynew engtaved'"card with eeqnire at the epd of the name, together With the message and a Sovereign. My card had attached to it a note of intro duction from one of bnr embassy jo London," it whom I since learned has made a eood livelihood by claimlnf that he is an assistant embassador or something of that kind. Be told me all abont London? and t believe now that he is a full born Englishman of the Artful Dodger variety, " ; fie told, me that one evening, when studying the character of, tho cabman of London and epending a couple of hours with them af one of their "shel ters, which her most gracious majesty has provided -for the cold and hungry cabman to all the principal streets, he stepped out ta take his own cab when a pleading voice begged him ' in God's name to give a ride-up the street to the end of Piccadilly. ' He turned to see In the uncertain light ol the nasty night ia rosy faced girl of 10 or 20.j The night was chilling, and the picturesque mud of the great city seemed to rise up out of the earth and oome down out of the sky till the roads were like copperas colored glue. Jle opened the door and' asked the tearful child i to- step In and ''look sharp, "for he was in a hnrry. v Look sharp Is English for "getting a move on pne" ; They rode on for a mile, end he paused to let her out, but she craved a drop of .wassail from a two quart beaker and seemed to show an affection for Urn that would indicate the love at first' sight which Piccadilly makes a specialty of.'' 'f:::t'v:"l . '"'u , "I'm eorry, mo girL"he said, "but your affection is sot returned, While I respect you,. I must Jell you frankly I love another." r-.c 'y-;:.t--'.".' k "May I only ask your name and ad dress?" she said, with a quivering chin and eyes all wet with tears, which hung on her long lashes like morning dew on the whiskers of the waring corn; Then, with a playful pat on his shoulder, she slipped from hla breast pocket letter on the outside of which his London ad dreea was written,':''-.:"-- .-v ;&';-' With a girlish laugh she held It near the cab lamp to read it, but he was ir ritated and rudely snatched It from her, tore It In two and threw it away. Her great blue eyea grew larger, and the color seemed to leave her face. , Her bosom rose and fell with the checked pants which marked her heavy breath-lng.-:v;:'':"'-"; -';'- ""Oh, woe, wool" she Walled In her sweet voice, "that 1 should have taken yon for a gentleman when yon area - fly op the crick. ; Oh, why did I loaf e me lugztuions one to be hinsulted by a blumln harse? ' Give me bob, er -HiTl thaaa tmy'J,K4 :- He looked at her askance ancf told the cabby to pause and let the lady alight Thla bogus embassador was always a gentle and refined roan, even though a fraud.1: 1 would rather be defrauded by him than entertained for an evening by some others 1 know. With that she blackened his eye with her left, and with her right she laid open his jaw with seal ting she wore. Then she mashed, hla chimney pot hat over his entire head and faoe, to that It rested on his collar bone and then let oil a shriek that made every heart stand still within milev He was a perfect gentleman, but he groped for her bonnet, tore it in two and threw it in the mud. He was naturally a kindly man, bnt yon could not prom enade up and down on his stomach with spiked shoes unless yon could give him a plausible reason for so doing. ,: ' ; ; ;;s Then the poor girl walled again, so that, in five minutes the cab was sur rounded, or st least the sidewalk next it wad black with people, many of them worne, wboyelledt"Kill lmi",,Burn 1m at the stake!" M E 'as torn hoff 'er at and ciwst tt hon the Twayl" No body sympathized with the poor Samara lUn who gave her the ride., , ; He saw the jail looming np before him "d gate up all hopv To kill timo 7Cvzl "caomana4 just then caught the wink of another babble near him. This cabbie motioned th poor devil to elido out on tbe street side of cab 1 and into cab t, which was easily done.'ss the Ka was driven hub to hub with No. 1. x Then cabbie cut his horse in two wh the whin, and the boohr-M derons crowd found itsolf consisting r?ly of people named Mndd. ; , The above iticident occurred to a jjood friend of mine during bis younger days. He was born la England and is the son cfag smirol, Jut I ejjeed jh jnt the alor y 6a a'ivtU ri-.nn, oJllcanuJltLitilt cf anybo'y v. ho really deserves tbo proiul-icnce t.iore tlma this bogus era-bna-liT, whose true character 1 shall befn .1 to explain to her moi t gra c' u i 'j ;-ty or do my drau iuj somo V' :9c!,o. In my innll f rotn America 'today I f .; 1 tlie fullow ing letter which has been fallowing me about through the British possessions. It breathes such a gontle, kindly spirit In the midst of trouble and sorrow that I give it a place and reply here for which I know that the reader with the "alabaster brow, the chiseled nose, the penciled nostril, the rich mass of shimmering hair and the bewitching eye will forgive me. Plain people with pearly fangs and ripe, geranium noses may not like it, but it is intended for the Intelligent reader: - CotOKY Fork, Tex., Ang. L Mr. William SVe, Buck Shoal. N. C.s . Dab BiB Aa I cannot help bnt feel that I hare bren oatdona a tittle on baying a fir acra tract ot orange land in Florida, I hare oome to yon to tee what yon think about It, The land waa described in an advertisement aa (olio wit "Jfive acres of rery rich dry land. Cleared and ready to be plowed, and planted In oraoKea. Will not require war irrigattont as there ia generally abundant moisture la the land.' Price, $1,000, eaih, A great bargain. - Well, I bought the land, and I then tobk a trip down there to see K, bat t never did get to sea it, although I round it by wading on my tiptoes In water hp to my chin. The land ia than, m doubt, (or I could feel it : Bnt the trouble is, it ia out in the middle and at the bottom ot a big lake. The company ear they did not misrepresent tha land te their ad, They-aay tha land waa perfectly dry at the time they sold it, although tha lake had not been known to be dry before tn tO years. Now, please let ma know what yon think abont thia. Can yon sea anything wrong abont UT How can I ntiliae tbls land as as to get air 1,000 back out of itr tours truly, - ' - Wnxra Avut. P. S.Please answer ia you letter. I enjoy reading your letters la the paper very much. Yours truly, - : , , - - . W. A. ' Dear Willie, do not be cast down. Other people have been treated just the came and recovered, A friend of mine in the mountainous districts of the ar gentiferous west, once while in' search of a grub stake; which means a grocer who feels like furnishing a. prospector with floor and bacon for the winter with a reward of one-half the gdcondaalouhd by the honest prospector while the grub holds out, saw a large,' juicy eastern capitalist perched on ; the Incoming stage. , - . , Judging that he would make pretty good picking, my friend soon got a con- tractfrom him for nutting a tunnel into the Realization, new mine with no work done on it, the tunnel, to be 800 feet in length, at f 50 per foot, for it was pretty stiff digging, or $10,000 for the job, on completion Dea 3, 1877. .; My friend did not begin work till aft er winter began and a tremendous fall ot snow which totally changed the as-; pect of the mountains. However, he worked patiently at the tunnel and tim bered it aa he went, and on the 81th of December work was completed and the Vein struck, ( s x'-Tbe large, jni,cy eastern capitalist had the gout and so sent his prospect rve son-in-law, aged. 23, who-wae the one-half back of a college football team, to come out and accept or reject the tunnel. My friend, the contractor, whose name was Honor Dbolan of Salt Lake, took the hind of the one-half back and led him away to the tunneL ; Lighting a stub of Candle at the mouth of the tun nel, he led the youth inside among the timbers, but the candle gave a sirs like a wet nrecraoker ana went out. . ' Nevermind,'' said Honore,"Iknow the way Take my hand,- and we will go in where I will light up again at the far end of .the tunnel.'' .". So they jogged on, the young man meantime freezing slowly to death. At the terminus of tbe tunnel Doolan knock ed off some pieces of the ore, while the candle again flickered and went out. Hand in hand they started out, fasten ing a tapellne at the Inner end end un winding it as thev walked. : a - ; r ' ' Doolan ostensibly put the specimens of ore in his pocketTbut really had soma In his other pocket, which he preferred and with which he exchanged on the way out through the dark. - ' u , M The young man was, oh, so glad to get back to camp and warm up. and Doolan opened case of stomach bitters. The young man showed his ore to a delight-' ed audience, went to Denver' with Doo lan and paid him 'off, after which he went on east, and Doolan drank spar kling moselle for a week at breakfast; lunch and dinner. He then went to Aus tralia, where be la yet. . When the large, juicy eastern capU tailst came to look at tbe Realization mine and put men and, machinery into It, he saw on the lumbar region of tbe backbone of tho continent, what looked like the timber for a covered bridge 200 feet long, for Doolnn haddnghia 110,000 tunnel in the enow, and when "hit had done gone off"; the mine was renamed the Dennis. ; . Choke back your sobs, Willie, and try it o'er again. - That's the way we must all do. . Look up, not flown J ou t, not In, Willie, and lend a hand! Tours Buckingham palaoe oar ol Victoria Beglna, London. . ' ' l- f,;-,;.-? Tha Work Baeriwd. " Bodtt Koont Argocsut. . v;.,:"'-..-'-,, ; uTht'ne rt IndurtrisI ,lnfonntlon of all Mod, the I jutxoTTB Onfoiavia nta, asaSBata. ayaeam ana an .nerrtmt troublna eurud by tlairoetl KarrtiU- f) i T WAS C7 IIET3rI0 CItlGIN. EXPLlNTtO H Of TUBS WOMXCB. Frof. Lannaan. rf V aha fotvat, and KJ. Kobblna.of ! :'( !, VTrlte About tha Siraose Viu'tto r 1 .1 1 '-a Btaveaa- It Oght flare Urea a i mil from Uara, , To tbe Editor of tho C '..'ren :-: i i - Kobt eje wi'nc-its of the remarkable phenomenon Wckesday morning give uuEcripilocs wlU.i Indicate that it was simp!y a Urge m .teorlo mass which fell to earth. It f '.!, tt all meteorites do, ia anciriy rtr!.,t, or regularly curved line, lit luminous trail remained dat ing in the air for a half hour. Thls a are, too, his ttt astea in other uze occurreuots. .. .., It is a well esub'.iehed astronomical fact that millions ot tnull bodies, vary ing In weight from less than a single grain to many pouncs, are continually pet ding around the sua in their pre scribed orbits, la innumerable instances taelr paths cross that of our eatta. Every oay ana night millions ct these little bodies plunge into our atmosphere. It is known that their speed is some 83 miles per second. Buca rapid motion, by Mo tion with the rcslei.tr. air. develops great heat, quickly raising the 11UU body to Incandescence. At that Instant It is seen u a "ahoollng star" -a -familiar sightwith Its momentary trail of lumi nous particles brushed back by the air. And usually the little mass of matter is quickly consumed dissipated into vapor by the Intense heat produced by its rapid motion. But occasionally the mass is too large 1 1 be so dissipated. It glows as .a ballet Are it may be tenmingly as large as the moon.- Much of it melted surface, as glowing vapor, is swept behind by lis swift onrush; and remains, it may be, a half hour, as a floating, luminous trail, drifted into sinuous or U.W zigzag out outlines by varying air currents. Ateanwniie. at most la a rew jeconas. the unconiumed remnant of the glowing mass falls to the earth. Ia maoy lottaar ces such masses havs been seen to fall to the earth, and have been quite hot when touaa. wne wmcn iwt in v Arizona, weighed 1,015 pounds. r-, j - uat some accounts or the Wednesday morning phenomenon aiaert tbat the blight object- was seen at 8 o'clock, and was in foil view until about 6:80, when it fell, leaving in ltv wake a- luminous trail which remained tor a half hour. . Such an unusual state of fact. If facts. might posrfWj be accounted for on the assumption tnat the bright obtct was a miniature comet at a distance of about 815,000 miles when keen at S a: mi Bead ing directly toward us at the Tate of 20 miles per eeoond, It wou'd appear sta tionary for about three and i half hours, when, reaching our atmosphere, it wuld plunge downward to the earth la a few seconds, leaving la the air a luminous tall to.be swayed te either aide by air currents. ' X Bat no such miniatvrt e -mot has been observed hitherto. Nor Is It likely that so small a. body nioeiy-odd mlllloa miles from the sun, could shine brightly by reflected light, r r , - The vrobewuttics are that, la noist of fc it was not seen until about 6:80 a. m when it fell la a fow s condt simply a large meteorlo mass leaving Its la mtnoss trail fur a half bout's wonder. .-:-'V ; Jon L Lxnntvt Wake Fori st, N O , Deo. 2J, 1883 ?w WtU, aOBBtaSV AS rtiHATIOH. li BaBtealls Bartag leas m Blaallar rha- BomeBoa la Bia Taatk. To The Kditor of tha Obserrer; .. . . The meteoric phenomenon seen on the morning of the 80th, though rare and interestlDg, waa not unprecedented." I remember seeing one la my youth almost exactly uks u. iu explanation of lucaj pnenomena u easy. waea a meteor tor "snooting star", tn Common . parlance) passes through the earth's atmosphere and becomes lum inous and vltlble by being set on fire In coDBtquetoo of Its rapid movemtnt through tbe air, usually the train it leaves behind vanishes almost as soon aa the meteor itself. Bat now and then. ne like that of the Mtb, either from its great size or eeme peculiarity in the material of which It Is composed, leaves behind It a train ot "meteoric dust" (so called) which remains luminous for some time. Being la the air, this train, though straight at first, like the meteor's path, soon becomes wary and slg-ssg from curretiti la the atmosphere where It Is ft atlng.r;,' ?-,ik-$3i fcv-.jw '- xne nest thing I have read about it waa tha remark of the darkey who ran two miles to Kalelgh and taldi "He waa afeercd de elemeaU wae a-divldln', and he wanted to git whar dar was folks." rrom the variety or absurd and snnsr: itltious aotlont entertained, with regard to it, eviaentiy taat eoarea negro was far frtm being alone ia hie trepidation Any apparent misbehavior In the "ele ments" naturally startles us pigmies on this clod. : Wm M.ItoBBs, i BUtesville, N. Dee 81, 1898. ; J " slay Boat Signal from stara,1 To the latter of the Observer i.;;-? Ai.'l f Has It oocaned to anyone that the re cent nsry oupiav ia the sky, waa an attempt by tha inhabitants of the planet snara to aignat tn earut r , - V eeiiabur, , w. V , Pcoembet 83, 1898. 'A Plea fat a StaM raswr' . ' To the Idltor pf the Obetrven ' ; fr What the ccoDla of North Carolina most need Is good business methods. The state is aii auv wttn individual energy and action. - But there Is little or no guidlag of directing thought This la especially true of the press. There Is pieaty of wlu-nower and mental forca Bat up to the formation of tbe Ohsikvxb uomnany there wu no organized eani taL trained skill and business enternrlsa equal to the hope of success. Now we nave au tnat oonld he desired on these lines Bat the publishers frankly oonfraa that without a larger patronage thev aie 1 arena 10 raise tne rates v 7 his U trail ness; and they offer terms that are ner teeny tair ana cquauy just. . increase at m a. f 4- I M aa at . . e, " once tho number of cash subscribers at the old rate of $6 a yearKand the ad vanced price of 88 may nosslbly not be long continued. Ia thia faith I gladly odd my name to the 88 rlght-dewn-cMh- paying-list. All sincere friends of the UBsinvtx should do the same. 1 1 Bnt more than thist The Sonthnnrt Leader has lately shown that the best talent'- and enterprise of the Southern people are not wisely directed; that too many are frittering away their time and energies on half matured plans and hap hazard schemes. This is all true and well put, and I do not hesitate to sav that the one essential to development la other lines is to see ana maintain a nrst-ciass newspaper. To this end let business men of all classes, and especially merchants, traders and ether advertisers, double up the needed patronage. They will soon morv mm doodis ineu gaias.. ; V rf, ii A CaABvm SuaSCKIBtK. Am Old Baa Bra4 Oaath la Kahwaaw, Bpaoial totha Obwerver. ' LcMBtaTon.Dtc W-Awell respect ed citizen, white, aged 86, by the asm of Olarlda Allen, eight miles from thia town, was burned to death yesterday. ana aiso nis aweiung nouse ana every thing ia it. He was very eccentric and wouia not uve wius either 01 hit sons, who live near him, and are both well-to-do farmers.- Tbey ssw the erflfe and hurried to see what wst tbe matter, and found tho old man about 89 yards from tbe honse. but so badly burned that he only gasped once or twice and wu dead. "03. (north f nl ii aud Enter talomente . I'eiauoat aud Other I Km".. . Ejwcial to tho Observer, . -, KosnoB, YfcO. 3 General rreDara- t'otm are belD! rnida hero to dar for tUii..tii-.s8, and 1 judging 'from all ap toaracces the holidays will be of unusual ktoresX. 1 . ' Latt night, at the Monroe High School, a very intvrettlng and entertaining con cert was riven by the musio class, di rected by illss Maria Dannie. ' ' ,1 There was a slight runaway here yes terdiy evrning, but the only damage done was an upturned wsgou and two burst jags cf Chribtraas whukey ;S , There wiJ . bo services , at all ths churches on Monday, at tbe Mtthodlst church the Epworth League will give a publlo entertainment, which promli-ea to be very interesting. In the morning the Lutherans will have an entertainment for the children. At the Presbyterian church there will be a jog breaking and entertainment on Tuesday evening The Eplaoopaliane will enjoy a Christmas tree, and as usual It will be a success The Baptists, who are never behind, will alio have Christmas exercises to enter tain the Sunday school. , . Rev. Mr Hoylo, the receutly assigned minister t the Methodist church, has ar rived and will prtach bis first seimon In the morning. He ha very favorably Im pressed his congregation. r-t : Miss Marie Dennis, the very iffleleut mujlo teacher la Monroe High School, left for her home at Enfield. this mjra tag to spend a few days' vacatloa.is- Misses Maud ; and , Pearl Ogbura and Odessa Bruner are at homely pnd the holidays, and the choir at the Methodist church will be second to none ia the place, Mr. . Baxter Lemmoad, ot Asheville, Is here to spend a few days with relatives. Mr. Clarence Hous ton, from Trinity, and Mr, J. B Cnrlee. from Wake Forest, are home to spend their vacation j. Mr. Hugs Long, who has been at - Wake Foreat for the put two years, is here oa a visit far a row days Vllss Joe Adams U home from Greensboro Female Colli ge t oec d the holiday a. i Mrs. Dr. W. C lions ton,of t'oncard, li visiting her father, H. B. Adams, Etq - -' It Is reported that there is more meat stealing going on now th.n for many years. Tour correspon lent killed a 800 pound hog to day and is therefore not resting easy. '. ; - ran norvMAH bodss a-Aitv. laahlUty ta ray latereat oa. Bands -Tw Oafas aad tha Botal Clareananl iMludad la tha Order, - f ' ,j Kew Torn Tribune, Rnd. i ' J. -. ' ' " Edward 8. Stokts. the nresident of the Hoffman House Company, which is a New Jersey corporation, was appointed receiver of all the property of the cor poration, inoiuaing tne ttocmaa uouse, at Broadway and T wenty-flftb street; the Hoflmaa cafes, at No. 7 Beaver street aad at Exchange Place and New street, aud the Bote! . Clatemont, at Riverside Drive and Ono Hundred and Twenty prtme"Conrt, In an actloa 'brought bv tne Farmers' Loan ana Trait t omptny, as trustee of a mortgage for $500 000, for Its foreclosure. Mr.' Btokes was re quired ta sire a bond of 150.000 This he did immediately. Be has fall au thority to continue the business pending the disposition of tbe foreclosure suit. " ueorge w. uornlh,tbe secretary of the Hoffman House, In an affidavit support ing the application for the apoolntment of the receiver, asserted that the original 1 500,000 of Donas secured by the mort gage oa tae property er tne corporation were Issued on September 8. 1890, to the Farmers' Loan and Trust Company Subsequently $78,000 of these bonds were retired under the sinking fond pro Vlilon la the mortgage, so that there Is outstanding at the present time $428,000 or me bonds secured by mortgage, tie fault has been made la the ' payment of the coupon Interest on the outstanding bonds which fell dne on July 1st, so that there la bow due $18,750 of luterest. A majority of tha bondholders are snxious that the mortgage shall be foreclosed. ; .The totsl Indebtedness ot tbe corpora tion, the secretary says, itclndlng the bonds, exceeds a half mlllloa dollars, aad the assets -are less lhaa half of that amount at a liberal vlBtlon, so that the security for the bonds under tho snort gags Is inadequate and will not realize 80 cent on , the dollar for - the bond holders. :t;"HA.M' -A I ' WBAT TBT TM Mat Of IT. 1 The fraae tbo Otxarrar'a draaoed . ;. fnlMcrlpuaa rrlee. Relative to the increased subscrlntion price oi tae i harlot ta VBSinvia, we have to say that $8 a year le aoae too moch for soexeelieot a paper. -Winston Bseuaei. . - ,' . . , ;: v ? The Cbablqttb Oantavan. one of the best dalliee la tbe Stat, has raised iti subscription price from 16 to 18 per year, and It Is worth twice that amount. too nonn nuaesoaro news.;; These esteemed ooaUmporarlas fthe unsiavsnana itaieign news . mat ate so worthy of publlo suppoit, have the very best wishes of the Messenger, and it heartily wishes that 1891 may witness their widest circulation and beet returns Wilmlngtoa Messenger. A Tramp jrampa Toa laoav aad tataa v...--. , ra .: Special to the Obaetver. ; AU8BrjBV. Dec 23 4. tramp giving hla same u Luther Wallham, of Vir ginia, wu ran over by the vestibule train at the depot here this morning and hie left foot crushed at the snkle.besldes sus taining other Injuries Be was stealing a ride and attenp'-ed to jomp (ff tha train before it stopped, with tbe above result. He was taken in charge by tha railroad authorities aid taken to tbe Rowan Honse. wbre his leg wu ampu tated by Dr: John Whitehead. It is hoped ne will recover. . .1,. li... ...I I. - ? Mearagas-BoBdares Bavolatla 7." Wasbikotom. Dec 88 A- cablegram hu been received at the Bute Depart ment fiom Minister P. M.- B Young, datsd Nicaragua, stating that the Bon- dura revolutionists are marching frcm Nicaragua to Honduras, The army of the latter country has been put In motion to meet them. - The cablegram gives no hint of the probable outcome of the eon- test. - . '' - : ' - v.;-- ,, f ,; ..II. I I l ' II. , - ' : And thou, child, sha't be called the Kophet of tbe Highest; for thou shalt go fore the face of the Lord to prepare his wan; to . give knowledge of salvation unto bis people by the remistlon of thtlr sins, through the tender mercy ot onr Ood; whereby the dtyiprlng from oa high hath visited ui.to give light tothtm that sit la darkness and la the ahadow ot death, to guide our feet Into the way of peice Lukel: 76 79. ; -ivi:' - 11 11 aim wi W.wawaMai-iaaSaawia .? f ": -1 Attorney Wade, who represents Prcn dergsst, suted In onrt Wednesday that he would not contest the cate further If the prisoner should ne given a life sea tence In the penitentiary or some Inttliu tlon for the Insane, but declared be wou'd keep up the fight If Preudergast should be sentenced to death. Be firmly be lieve that bit client Is lnisne. ..- ; t Bt. Xiouis underwriters aorjounce an advance la lniuranee rates xanclsg from 10 to 80 per cent. Thev say Missouri is the worst Bute In the Union in which to place risks, as losses there are 21 per cent .;as at t. greater waa eisewnere. .-' Tr.:.. l cr.zz:i temarlulila fttory I., 1 Im'. , A: i Catchlft3 aTo- ; T!ilof. The narrator cf the f'' .vlt3 si -y some years e,o had cL".r., u" sp I division on thowehk-rn ctk.,t, '-rin cf wlilch lad wllcm bccn.vL-li-l ly a European eweer. .The pcopla very f r the most part eimple country folic a . I very superstitious. One nionm,!r t:.o narrator received infonnation that a considerable sum of money, forming rut f the contents of the mail from a h i l to a suboiSce, had been etolen on tLa road. , The whole affair waa wrapped in mystery. - The only clew tbe police had been able to obtain was that one runner, whom we shall call Rama, had sinoe the theft paid off certain debts In the village which had long pressed upon him, but there were no other suspicious circumstances, and the man bad 10 years' good service. Aa a last resource It was determined to re sort to trial by ordeal and for this pur pose an aged Brahman, who was sup posed to possess occult powers and ts be in daily communion with the gods, was consulted and readily undertook to dis cover the thief. All the runners- good ly array of sturdy Mahratta peasants were summoned to the office, and under the guidance ot a cheyla, or disciple, of the old Br&hman we all proceeded to a mall deserted temple of Mahadeo, situ ated at some distance from the village. - f 1 It was a desolate spot and bore an evil reputation. .The temple, owing to some act of desecration In the past, had . been abandoned : and was almost burled among weeds and tangled brushwood. . . The hoar selected was about 6 p. m., and the long twilight ahadow gave the place a weird, uncanny look; The old Brahman was awaiting us, and as we ap proached appeared to be busy mutter ing incantations. The runners all seemed to be more or less under the spell of the hour,' but , the look ; of real fright in Rama's face was quite ! distinct The Brahman, having finished hia incanta tions, rose and addressing the men said: ',"NYou ara about to face the gods. To the innocent the trial wOl be nothing, but to the guilty much. In the temple a magio wand has been placed on the altar. " Each of you must go in by turns, take up the wand and turn round three times, repeating the name of Mahadeo. Tne wand will stick to the hand of the guilty one." - By this time it was nearly dark. ;., I glanced in through the door of the temple. - A solitary oil buttee threw fitful light on the altar, oa which an ordinary bamboo aUck about two feet long reposed among grains of uncooked rice and hut limes, the whole sprinkled with red powder, ',;-v-- ' """..v :V A curtain waa drawn across the door, and the men entered one at a time. Ae each one appeared the Brahman seized bis hand and .raised them, to his fore head, and then allowed them to pass on and join hla. fellows, Coming to Rama, he went through the same pantomime, but instead of allowing hint to pass on bade him stand aside. When the last nun had gone through the ordeal the Brahman turned to Rama and said qui etlyi '., "Tell ' the sahib how yon stole tbe money.",' ; , . , , "To my utter amazement," continues the writer, "Rama fell on his knees, confessed that he was the thief, and of fered to show where hi had bidden the balance of the money. He had succeed ed In opening the mail bag without seriously disturbing the seals. The post master had not really examined them and' so their having been manipulated had escaped notice. ; Needless to say, the Brahman was rewarded and poor Rama wu sent to repent at leisure in the district jail." - ., -K Now the natural question 1st' "How was It doner Very simply, The tem ple, the lonely glen, the uncanny hour, the incantations, all were merely acces sories to appeal to tbe superstitions of the Ignorant peasants. The "magic wand" was thickly smeared with strong ly . scented sandalwood otL Rama's guilty conscience prevented him from touhcing it, ae he firmly believed the wand would stick to hla hands, and hie of course waa the only hand that did m.1l nil -Mmt. t T,Atm , - uvv mwu va vw hum w mil . , ' ' Omtovm Bis Tn. 'A justice of the peace, who exercised the functions of that office In a portion ot the state where such ofoolal are per mitted great latitude, had before him a I suspicious character arraigned upon charge of vagrancy. ,; v . ;: :: Tha prisoner, who 1 was quite well dressed, secured the services of a lawyer In court to defend him. The man pleaded not guilty, and the lawyer in concluding hi remarks said: , , "What, your honor, that man a va grant? - Oh, not I insist npon hi dis charge. Why, see the good clothes he is wearing r v- --m"----- w'a "Yes, I see them," replied the justice. "and in consequence of their excellent condition I shall discharge him on the charge of vagrancy and bind him over for simple larceny," New York Herald. "-.' ',. ITea ror Bats. Of all living things rata seem to be among the, most repulsive, and when dead what can be their use? Bnt even they are the subjects of production in the Industrial arts. The fur is valuable and finds a ready sale. The skins make a superior glove the Kant de rat and are ipeaauy used for the thumbs of kid gloves, because the skin of the rat ia strong and elastic. Tbe thigh bones were formerly valued as toothpicks for clubs, but are now out of fashion; while tho tendons ana bones are boiled up to make tha gelatin - wrappers for bonbons, North American Review. - - . A Battered Legead. ; , A hotel in Switzerland bore on one of its walls tha time honored inscription, "Hoepes, salvel ("Welcome, stranger.") After rebuilding the legend had to be restored, but ' the painter, who must have had some experience a a traveler. made very slight alteration in one of Pthe words, and caused it to read, "Hoe pes, solver ("P7i stranger r) San iTandsco Argonaut V . '. Efforts to domesticate the quail have been persisted In by many people, but generally with Indifferent results. ' Rob ert Jenkins of Richmond, Ind., however. claim to have recently tamed a brood of quail, who lira oa his premises, show ing no indication that they prefer the woods and fields. - .. Every crowned head of Europe, with the exception of that of Turkey, 1 dv cended from one of two sisters, the daughter of Duke Ludwlg Rudolf of Brunswick Wolxonbuttel, who lived about 150 years ago,' J 15' t - r f chums ru. f ri.r t" - - f '. t- i. i'il, lit t i ! '. : : ', V ,5 lut I' " ,, 1 f(1 I : I ( ll t - s a.i 1 1 . i 1 :T i' 1. . , i 1 1 euld, to ktc j ca nil: Larbi.Lk li-ih Li, i -,.iA 1 1 1 , t j6 SU.t. ' By a fire in F;. honse at 8var,!i . i y 1 6'J0 bi.k-s t.f c ,1: i tnsiiraace under wxiU t, mskeany suit- im :t ct l w.ll f ' b it ' ' liO.OijDor , .:,l . ,. AT CaKIStV.4-f.lJ BoMithe til's hour, i-1 -if 'llio iurilut,.. . i . Eo hope attune 1, aix u liu ) i i -tirows leas, 6mP fit it tlit,fa ; uu 8o haliowtd. when the m i i i Uh ioog and harpare i . a . Once more, hetwern tv v 't And the pale reined im- . . 'Heaven' niuibi.a llil. a -... o n i i , And far a m wart the Mf. .- " Tbe pencilled luurmutne tii" a tm; - -. All fathwaji men must iuut . y , i Agatn tha Saws and the w r und low bt-fore a lit i ie !; And o'er tha long and slum. ..I r".,!ii, " Ihe dfBtrt aimua vaitt anil wi.il. - The strife, the tumoli, ami the t - ne woaa, ana sauits, uie unu. u,ei. Tls Christmaa-tWel At Mar's tne The tbepherda aud the i-i ino a nii-t ! Lovo-bound in uar bu oi 1 1 1 1 v . Toolaap the Infant bavtor'a f. t. The etar Is brlgbto'er Innd and -; r Tha Gloria song is full and sweet. Margaiet K.8anguter, in Ilarpui'a r i r. TBB StOCK StAKKKrT ABntkla Hi Eogland, with sJ;r Thlaga, Bad a lMmorallxleg f V t MeW York. Deo. 23 Ibe ttot'k mr! : was aotiva and dopreswd durlnir t 1 -part of to-dny's teseton A l-n -.it ot i n l i new sngiana, xuuowing oioteir upon i heels ot the bt. MeholHS bant alfuir and -i nihfortune Of tha Ak)Uiaon ( onii iiii)', v- . orally had a demur) iziui aiU.vi uuua me street. . Tha btar were, of eour", t.,.-i.i aua nammeraa various atokt who i-.n.i vlKor. . ' Tbe heavy nrewure airatcet raw Kni-ian wasdna to rumors that tbe oomp Ima i i unabie to secure tbe nonoy neu l to u t Its January Interest payment. dt-.-ni;t . whleh would probably end to a rMolvt-rxhia. Tbe stories were denied by otfiuiala, but r-v- -arlbeleas found believers. ' be rrimrt tuft an lEjunotlou would be a.tked fur to prevent the piopoaed lcate of the Kw York, he EDgiaud and Kottbern, played a r-rjr au h 1 part ia tha deolin tha queatlon ot iutrt-Ht psymeata being paramount to all ciu-ra. hiroultaneoualy with tbe breftk In Miw t Wbloh dropped f. Western Union til t li Atnenuan txition uu l i; oo, pre -rreu Tobacoo tt Cbloato Gat, IV; Lake toto 3; Lead 1, and Wabash, inferred h. lowrd tba oloaa there were tome ahara rall''. Nw Eogland moving up lMliatuir and u-i' baa IV: Weatern Union i btmerHl I o. o IV: Si York Central IK. and Buenr 1 U e Vrangars were preuwd for ihIs ni-ht to to tneeudur tbe day, ana oioeeaat ouiy a i -)-tlonal advanoe on tha loweat prioos of t a week. With the exoeptioa of tbe f -ur-speculation left off somewhat r ia tooa. Hallway and miscellaneous bonus we weak. Sales of, stocks. aggregaU-d hij,u.J shares. . j-.-; - ;.- art i fon. Deo. 11. Mnnot an eall is . otmioally 1 to lit per oent. Vrima meroantile papar par rnu Bar-silver UeJtioaa doilais ..... I - r ilrur azohana-a la stcadr. with J bualnaH In bankers' bills at t 94 frit t l- r So days and 4 Hit (gK MM for deaiai. t o 4 -rates 4 tiMtt S7. Oommerclal bills SO d " tfcliaHM-, demand 4li,46X. ' Hovernn.-. t bonda easier. State bonds dull.... haurJad bonds weak. .-- , . - tmver eeruncatas at us stock exenanga ware neglected. -i4i-- . r.:Y-g'Xv B INK BTATKMBSt.;..Tv. Naw Tons. fed. 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The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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Dec. 24, 1893, edition 1
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