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SATURDAY.
.April 23. 1S9S.
PRESS COMMENTS.';.
Now
now!
York Sun: Wo ro nil jingoes
Chicago Chronicle: On
Remember the Maine!
Cinciniiut i Commercial Tribune: Tin'
nation is ready to meet the issue.
Philadelphia Inquirer: We are all
united in the attainment of one object.
Iniliiinnpolis Sentinel:
policy litis been declared.
Americans.
The American
si tn I we tire all
New York Tress: Spain must answer
at once or lie driven across the Atlantic.
New York Mail and Express; Party
isni imisf yield to enthusiasm. Faction
must lie lost in fealty.
Baltimore American: When war is de
cided upon by the government every
loyal American 'must lie for war.
Hartford ('ouranl: 1'iiless Spain im
mediately relinquishes 1 he island she has
so long misgoverned, the action of (en
gross means war.
New York Tinies: Thus far we have
seen the. powers of the government faith
fully employed to execute the w ill of the
people.
Chieairo Tribune: In the sweat of
their brows, but. in no other way. the
Spaniards may cam their bread in Cuba
from Ibis day forward.
Washington Post: We shall rush' this
war to the earliest possible end because
we wish to end its horrors and cot
back into the path of peace.
Chicago Journal: There is a set. stern
purpose in every breast, which early re
verses, should they come, would only
make the stronger.
Chicago Times-Horn Id:
challenge the world for
ness of our cause.
And we may
the righteous
Indianapolis News: There is no doubt
that Congress spoke for the whole peo
ple. We believe that it also spoke for
civilization, for freedom and for eternal
j'istioe. . m j.:4
New York Herald: If four years were
required to solve the problem of the Con
federacy, how can we hope in a fortnight
to solve the problem of Spain?
Philadelphia rress: War is tile last and
worst of htimnu evils, but even war
must be accepted w hen it becomes neces
sary to protect, the weak, to succor the
starving, to free the oppressed,
Philadelphia Times: Sectional lines
should be obliterated at once until the
army and navy of the Union shall have
given to the world its grandest deliver
ance for humanity and freedom.
Chicago Inter Ocean: lne of the most
significant things pertaining to this de
claration of a new policy is the acquise
cent spirit in which the announcement is
received in Europe.
Baltimore Herald: Before the invin
cible forces of the American nation the
haughty Spaniards will be swept away
like chaff before the wind! Thrice armed
is the worse cause is just!
Philadelphia North American: We are
within striking distance, and we shall
strike promptly if Spain wants war.
Our cause is good; we have the men.
the shins turn the guns to make our
blows effective.
Nashville American: Spain still hopes
for intervention of the powers. If slit
continue to manifest evidences of decay
and weakness the powers will be oonsid
ering the question of administration mi
her estate. .
St. Louis Olobe-Donioerat: The
world can see from the language of the
resolution passed that the course of this
country im free from, any trace of terri
torial uggrossion.
Now Orleans Picayune: Men who
would not hesitate a moment, if their
country were invaded or its honor and
good name were at. flake, to offer their
liven to save "It, have not been able to
see any justification for this war of
sympathy with Cuba.
FOUK NEW CONVICTS.
Four new convicts were yesterday
brought to the ' penitentiary.' Two of
them were from Hertford county, both
accessories to a murder. One of them
got six yenrs and' the other two years.
The other two word from Henderson
county. ' One wag a negro woman, sen
tenced for six months lor perjury, and a
young negro man sent up for a year for
larceny;
-- : j '
Rev. E. C. Glenn, who has been con
ducting" a verysnccesKfnr revival In
Fifth Street church in Wilmington, re
turned' this afternoon,' and will fill hl(
puipit at uentrai cnurcn wiuorrow,
"HEP" CATCH STEP. !
The Governor to Col for Volunteers
To-Day.
Members of the Governor's Guard are
momentarily expecting a call to service.
The men were yesterday served with
a peremptory order to be .in their armory
next Monday night at 8 o'clock. It is
probable, however, that the call for
troops will be made to-day through the
Governor and the State Guard will-be
ordered to mobilize here at once.
The soldiers are now,, for the first
time, convinced that they are actually
going into serivce. Speculation has all
day boon rife as to the . time that the
Guard will be ordered out and its proba
ble destination. While no official state
ment has been made, it can be pretty
delinked stated that to-day will bring
an order for the men to take up arms.
The voluuteer bill, as passed by Con
gress yesterday, gives 84 instead of 100
privates to each infantry company and
makes this important proviso, authori
zing the call for troops: "Provided, thnt
in the event of a. call by the President
for either volunteers or the militia of
the country, the President is authorized
to accept the quotas of troops of the va
rious ' States and Territories, including
the District of Columbia, as organized
under the laws of the States and Terri
tories, including the District of Colum
bia.'' This is important, in that it allows the
State troops ' to . maintain their present
organization and thus be under officers
of their own choosing.
Recruiting in the various companies of
the State is going on at a lively rate and
applications for permission to form new
companies continue to come in. Half a
dozen embryo soldiers yesterday applied
for permission to join the Governor's
Guard of this city. Of course theycoulu
not be taken in, the full quota 0 men)
now being enrolled; but when the call for
troops conies the companies will be en
larged to UK) men.
A very deluge of letters tendering, .ser
vices for the war still continues to come
to the Governor's office. Among those
received yesterday was an application
from .fudge Spier Whifaker for appoint
ment as senior colonel of the State
troops. Judge Whitaker served through
the late war in the thirty-third North
Carolina regiment and Rev. '.lames A.
Weston writes to the Governor: "It
gives me much pleasure in saying thnt
he was a brave, capable and efficient
officer." He is also strongly -recommended
by Major E. J. Hale, who was
the adjutant of the thirty-third regiment.
Another letter received by the Gover
nor was from W, T. ('alio, a lawyer, at
Bayboro. He writes: . "Now that war
with "Sun in has boon declnred. 1 here
with tender my "-services to the State and
government, together with the services
of one hundred able-bodied men, to be
formed into a company of light field ar
tillerv. for active service wherever the
authorities may desire, and ask that I
inav receive a commission as captnin of
said company. We can be 'mustered in
upon short notice.''
W. A. Pegties. a colored preaclier.-'-of
the A. M. E. Zion church, of this city,
wants to be appointed chaplain if
company of colored volunteers, is raised
in North Carolina.
W. B. Steele, of the High Point Table
Company, asks for blanks to enlist sev
eral men in his town who desire to vol
iinteor. .
Thos. J. Rhodes and J. M. Burton,
ex-Confederate soldiers, living in Guil
ford county, tender their services to
anv capacity. Rhodes is .Vi years old
and belonged to Company B. 127th North
Carolina troops. Cook's brigade, and
Burton is 5 and belonged to Company
A. :24th regiment North Carolina troops.
Ransom's brigade. They write that they
are as sound as a Mexican dollar.
.1. K. Forebee. of Elizabeth City, ob
tained bis discharge from the Guard last
.lulv. Now he asks the Governor to nave
him re-instated- and restore his commis
sion as First Lieutenant.
The ; President's call for a volunteer
army was prepared Thursday and will
be issued to-day. it is understood tiiat
he call will bo for 100,000 men, and
arrangements have ben completed under
Secretary Alger s direction for t lie can
ing out thnt number of the State mili
tia, immediately on tne issuance oi me
President s call, says the nsnmgton
Post. The militia will become the vol
unteer armv. The number of men re
quired from each State will be in the
proportion that its population bears to
that of the whole country. If 100,000
soldiers are nsked for. the apportionment
to each will be as follows:
.Manama., . . . . ...... . .
2,000
'1,(120
2,500
1.050
1,28(1
273
000
2,531)
18(1
(1.430
3,442
3,018
2,230
2,72d
1,552
1,005
1,554
3.777
3,405
2,20!)
1.720
Arkansas . . . . . ... , . . . ...
California. . . . . . ... . . . .
Colorado .... . . . , , . . ;
Connecticut. . . . . . . .
Delaware.. .. .. .. . . ., .
Florida . . ........ . . .
Georgia.. .. .. .. .. ...
Idaho. . .... . . .... . . '. '..
Illinois. . .. . . .... .... .
Indiana. . . . . . . . .... . . .
Iowa, . . . . .... . . . . ....
Kansas. . . . ....
Kentucky.. .. .... .... .
Louisiana.. .... .. .. .. .
Maine. . . , . . ...... . . .
Maryland. . . , ...... . . . . . . .
Massachusetts.-: .. .. .. . . .
Michigan ,. . . .... .
Minnesota.. .. .. .. .. .. .
Mississippi . , , , . . . , . ..." . . ,
Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . .
Montana. . . . . . . . , . . . .
Nebraska . . . . ' . . . , . ", ' , . ,
Nevada. ... . . . . . . . .
New Hampshire. ,
New Jersey . .
New York , ,
North Carolina.. . . .. . . .
North Dakota. . .... ,.
Ohio..'... ,
4,32!)
410
1,027
no
002
,2.370
10.011
2,007
309
5,7ft!
003
8.015
5458
1.480
Oregon. . . . . , ........
Pennsylvania . , , . .. . .
RIkmIc Island. ......... .
South Dakota. . .. ..
Sontli Carolina,. .. .. ., ,
Tennessee.. .... .. .... ,
Texas ..',
Utah.. .. ., .. .. .. ..'..-.
Vermont. , .. . , . ... . , ''-, . . .
Virginia. . ",.'
Washington.. . , . . , , .. ,,
West Virginia.. .. ,.
Wisconsin. . .... . ... . .
Wyoming.. .. ,. .. .. .. ,
Arizona. .' . ; .... . . . . , ,
District of Columbia. . . . .
New Mrtleo. . . . . . ....
598
2.448
3,383
340
-.- 507
2.230
042
1.111
2,619
187
145
i 350
Oklahoma.. 114
Secretary Alger stated plainly that in
the Brst call for troops the national or
ganized Guard of the States would lie
a coop ted. The figures in. possession of
the war Department show that in some
States there is no such organization, and
4 In others It fulls below the quota which
such States will be asked to furnish. In
these cases more men may be accepted
from States having large, militia forces.
Of the 100,000 militia it H intended to
use 80,000 men in Cuban operation in
conjunction with the regular armj now
already assembled or assembling at:
points Of concentration. The remaining
20,000 men' will aid the artillery detach
ments in guarding the seacoast and man
ning the heavy guns of our coast de
fense.
CHRISTIAN CHURCH;
John L. Foster, pastor. s Sunday
school at 10 a. in. Mr. John A,- Mills,
superintendent. Preaching at 11 a. m..
and 8 p. m. by the pastor. Ladies' Aid
Society meets just after the morning ser
vice.' The Band of Cousins meets at 3
o'clock p. m. A welcome to all these
services.
NORTH CAROLINA ABOUT
ALL
OF ITS 350,000 VOTERS.
(New York Herald.)
RALEIGH. N. C, April 21. -The peo
ple of North Carolina.- as a rule, do not
want war. but all of thein are for the
country and its flag. - We have now
about 350,000 voters, and in the civil
conflict the total in both armies about
equalled the voting population.
D. L. RUSSELL,
Governor of North Carolina.'
FIRED ON THE SQUADRON.
WASHINGTON. D. C. April 23.-
Report conies by way of London that the
fortifications at Havana fired on the
American squadron, which returned the
fire. Navy Department scouts report.
KEY WEST. Fin. April 23-The Man
grove left here early this morning head
ed southeast equipped as a cable .ship
It is said that she has gone to destroy
the sub-marine cable south of Culm.
WASHINGTON. D. ('.. April 23.
Secrotary Sherman, it is almost certain,
will resign from' the Cabinet.
THINKS FLEET ATTACK ON HA
VANA UNWISE.
i New York World.)
Loudon. April 21. Admiral Sir George
Elliot. K. C. B.. late commander-iii-cliicf
at Portsmouth, and one of (he most dis
tinguished of living British' Admirals,
has given The World oorresHndent: the
following signed statement of his antici
pation of the probable naval strategy of
.Spain.
To the Editor of the World:
I think that the naval strategy of
Spain will be to allow the United States
fleet to attack the forts of Havana, if
tney are so unwise; also to land troops
on the south side of the island, trusting
to yellow fever to light llieni, ; :
Spain will then .defend her fortified
places,, .-but as-Havana is. I nuderstnnd.
short of provisions, a blockade would
soon distress the garrison. . , '.
Thereupon the Spanish fleet would
come to relieve the blockade, and there
the sea tight would be.
That is mv prophecy.
GEORGE ELLIOT, Admiral.
Adjntans General Cowles thiB morn
ing arrived at his office and is ready (o
handle orders from AVashington.
Gypsey Prince left for Henderson to
day.,." - -.''
AN EXPERT OPINION. ,
(New York World.) -.!' ;
"Two 'weeks 'will' nfford snf fioieni time
to wind up hostilities."
This is the answer which General
Fitzhugh Lee gave to an inquiry as to
the. "probable length of time whichwill
be required to fulfill the command of
Congress to drive the Spanish military
forces from Cuba and establish a stable
government for the peoole of that is
land." A hundred other opinions are given,
from Congressmen and others, but this of
r itzhugh Lee is worth all the rest::
First Because he is a thoroughly edu
cated and military man, of long ntut
vnrled practical experience in war.
Second Because he knows Cuba and
the Spaniards. He has seen the "forti
fications. . He has traversed the island.
Ho knows the people old Gomea and
his patriot soldiers among the rest!
Third He knows the resources of our
nation nnd the fighting capacity of
Americans. H(; knows the prepa rat ions
of our government.
'Two weeks will afford sufficient
time to wind np hostilities IF our
government shall strike at once two swift
and decisive Mows one at Havana', the
other at Porto Rico. '
Make it "short nnd sharp!"
NEWS AND OBSERVER'S BULETIN
Peoplo of Raleigh Given till Reliable
News as it Happens.
The streets of Raleigh were crowded
with people all day yesterday, eagerly
inquiring for -war news and discussing
the situation,
A Tavorite resort and a perpetual war
centre wns the News and Observe bill
letin board in front of the Yarborough
House. All day long there was a Crowd
of interested, anxious imtsoiis pausing
lieforo the board to read the news from
Washington, Havana nnd Madrid, be
tween the printing times of the morn
ing News and Observer and the Evening
Times.
The board kept matters up to the war
pitch until midnight last night, and no
mistake about that. It has even been
hinted that the situation has rocked
leisurely along up to this time, waiting
for this arrangement to bo made for dis
pensing the news. At any rate not less
than a hundred people yesterday after
noon and last night blockaded the street
to get a glimpse of the information on
the board.
It was the men who stood around this
board, smoked vile cigars and discussed
the probability of a war in which they
had no intention of fighting. The women
stayed at. home and had to resort to the
telephone Im11. All day long "No. ' 00
was ringing and when "Hollo ' was
shouted by an impatient over-worked edi
tor, a soft, voice whispered in his ear:
"Please sir, tell me the latest about the
war." " '.''-:-' . . . :.;.,. '.'.
It is needless to say 'that she inva
riably got the best he had in the shop.
During the war the News and Obser
ver will maintain its bulletin service aud
give the public advantage of any infor
mation It may have.
Rev. Dr. Wj R. Gwaltney. who has
just resigned hi pastorate at Wake For
est College, after serving, the church
there seven years has accepted n call to
the church at Hjckory. He will begin
his pastorate at Hickory on the .first
punriuy in June, ,
HAD, A NERVOUS FEELING.
Veterans of War Say Fighting is Not ai
( . Pie-Nic.- .
Persons who have served in the arm I
and have been-hi battle, as a rule, wish;
to avoid fighting if they can do so with
honor. ( .'. .-'' 1 vj
"I remember .very ;weir that those who
were most ahxior'tfr war in 1801
were not 'to he ftti when fighting
actually commenced,' said a battle-scarred
veteran yesterday. "And 1
suspect that those" who are trying. now
to bring on hostilities with Spain Will,
if war comes, leave the fighting to be
done by those who have : advocated
peace. - War is a fearful thing.-- '.
The young men 1 who are anxious for
an opportunity to ' win glory and re
nown if they go to battle will wish'
they were far away from shot nnd
shell." '
Is nman afraid to go to battle?
This question is u very appropriate
one at this time. 'Governor Tyler, who
wns a gallant soldier, was asked to
answer it. "I always felt when 1 went
into a fight that I would be Rilled,"
he frankly replied. "Of course a man
when he faces danger is uneasy. It is
not cowardice, hut a fellow doesn't want
to die. He will fight all right but the
(ruth is he would rather he out of reach
of shot and shell than in a position
whore his life might be taken from him
in a moment.
THE GOVERNOR'S EXPERIENCE.
The Governor was asked to tell about
the first battle he was in. "When a
youth and before I volunteered I had
my first experience under fire," he re
plied. "I was at the battle of Freder-
ioksburg and I was with my father. The
enemy fired upon Gen. Early s. forces
and the shells struck the ground not
far from us. I ran to the spot to see how
big a hole hnd been made in the ground.
My father warned me that I was within
the range of the guns nnd 1 made tracks
away from that spot."
Did you get use to seeing men killed
and wounded?
"In a certain sense I did. Of course,
I saw many of them. But it is a fear
ful : thing and I don't think any one
would ever got so used to it he would
not he. affected by the groans of the dy
ing." - , '
"Did I get soared?" asked Mr. Wil
liam Snellings. who participated in
some seventeen battle "I should say I
did. The man who says he was not
snaky, when lie went into a light is
handling the truth carelessly. The
oftonor a man is under tire the cooler
he becomes-but everyone in every bat
tic has a mighty nervous folding."
HE HAD THAT FEELING. TOO.
Col. "Bob" Northen fought his first
battle at Seven Pines. 'I am ready, ti
admit that my fooling was not a com
fortable one., ho said. "It is enough
to make'. any one tremble when In
realizes that in one second a bullet may
end his existence, Certainly, a fellow
gets somewhat used to battle just as
he gets accustomed to chewing tobacco
and .drinking whiskey. They make him
sick at first but he can stand the effect
better after a while. War is terrible
and I am not hankering after another
battle.
"Yes, I was in battle." said Mr. Guns
E. Dolarno. "nnd I assure you it is not
a pleasant position for anyone. 1 would
hghl again if necessary but 1 am not
one of those who think fighting is a pic
nic.
AS DR. LAFFERTY VIEWS IT,
'It is not a task of easy discharge to
tell of personal behavior under fire for
the first or last time, said Rev. Dr. J.
Lafferty.
There tuny been men as 'cool as a
cucumber.- They 'were never in my
neighborhood, when there was 'musk
in the air.' The soldiers under my eye
had a lively sense of their environment
and of the danger of meddling with 'cold
iron' or 'warm lend.'
As to myself, 1 was not contented,
I never thought that I would be hit
Getting captured was the harm I
dreaded. 1 was usually more concern
ed about being thrown by my mare (for
she tised to walk around on her hind
legs like a member of Congress, when
the "zip of the bullets got to buzzing)
than bem knocked out of the saddle
She was a nervous creature, high
strung. So 1 reckon I passed for n
calm person for the reason you get
baby's best photo .by taking his mind
off this serious business.
"It is all 'loatlnfr and prunella' about
men's indifference to danger. The people
who didn't care if (heir skulls were per
forated during an engagement, never as
sociated with me.
"It seems at this distance ot time,
that the restless depression, the nadir
of courage was watching the skirmish
line retreating before the advancing ene
my. The certainty of battle took hold
on yon. The question 'bow will it end f
flashed through the mind and fevered
every nerve. Physical movement stimu
lilted courage. The crnck of your own
rine inspired you. The rattle of tli
musketry in your own ranks elated. J
wild ardor to boat the foe seized the
brain. The appreciation of danger nearly
vanished, it was a common thing for
men to he surprised at the blood from
unfelt wounds.
"To a raw recruit., a wounded picket
is a 'skoory' sight. After a first battle
a dead man or a disabled one was
matter of course. The plentiful
corpses seldom draw attention. A
mashed finger in an iron mill will ex
cite the fellow workmen more to-day
than a barn full of bloody men taking
turns with the surgeons in '04.
A GETTYSBURG INCIDENT.
"At Gettysburg. I rode with Major
Ivocko tieyond the line of battle: passed
as i remember, between the Twenty
fifth and Thirty-first Virginia regl
monts. to get n look at the other follows,
Our horses wore biting some growth
over the fence. Certain sharp-shooters
hlid crowded through a wheat field. They
mistook us for generals. Two of fheni
rose, levelled nnd fired before you could
say 'Jack Robinson.' I slightly ducked
my head in the effort to catch the loose
reius and the lead went into a sapling
on tne ptaue ot my cranium. Locke i
marksman, as usual. In a hurry shot too
high, cutting a twig thnt fell on his hat
The nearness, thirty yards, and the snd-
deuness, the stream of fire sent in out
nireonou, tusrnroca us, ana we -were,
line me logician or the Arkansas' Legis
luture (whoso diaphrnm was curved 'in
wardly and outward' after the fashion
of the plates of the Mane), by a speci
men of 'old red sandstone.' unconcern
ed, and for the balance of the day, aa
to tne inrtnor taetloi of General
Meade, " ' "
' "The affair, would have evoked much
talk in 18C1. but at this time didn't
elicit interest lu our 'camp, so familiar
naa veterans' become to such matters.
Nerves lose insolation, earrv scant cur-
rent. Fighting goes on with a sense ot
danger, font not ; with flutter of the
alves of blood pump. Man slowly be
comes a machine for tilling. And fov
this reason 1 re-utter the recent weighty
words of a great citizen, es-Senator
rjeorge F.-Edmnnda, of Vermont: ' 'War
is' one of ""the greatest 'evils, and is
usually the greatest of -crimes."1 Rich
mond Times. ,v '
WILL VACATE TO-DAY.
The
Oecopants of The
,- , Building.
Batte
At 7 o'clock Monday morning ground
will be broken for the Tucker building
to be erected on the corner of Fayette
ville and Martin streets.
All the present tenants of the 'Battle
building, which is to be torn down, have
agreed to vacate liy 12 o'clock Snturday
ight. ; : : '.; (
Early Monday morning this building
will be torn down nnd work on the new
buijding will begin, and Mr. Tucker says
it will be pushed to completion just as
rapidly as material can lie obtained.
It is hoped to have it completed by
September. Mr. Tucker left yesterday
for the north to consult his architect
m regard to the change in plans render
ed necessary by the purchase ot the
Battle corner property.
The building will probably be four
tories high, Mr. Tucker says, with base
ment. The first story will be three
stores.
The corner store, 20 feet wide, will be
drug store; the store on the north side
will be 32x05 feet and will be occupied
by Cross and Linehnn. W ho will oc-
upy the eonfrnl store is not yet defin
itely known. The other throe floors will
be used for offices.
-..e cost of the building will bo be
tween $25,000 and S30.000.
The erection of this building means
much to Raleigh. It will not only re
move -what is now an unsightly cluster of
small buildings m the principal block of
he city, and replace it with a hand
some structure: but it will give the city
a modern office building something that
very much needs.
Mr. Tucker has always been one of
Raleigh s most progressive and public
spirited citizens, and he will make this
new building such a one as will greatly
add to the beauty of the city.
WILL EMPLOY MORE CLERKS.
The activity in military mnttors will
make it necessary, within the next few
days, to employ additional clerks and
stenographers. The correspondence has
lecome something immense and there
is now on the Adjutant General's desk
many letters that will have to be an
swered immediately a call is issued
for the State troops. .
The Adjutant General's office is a
very .small room in the east Wing of the
oapitol and ordinarily one would never,
in visiting the departments, think of in
quiring for it. Even the newspaper men
sometimes slight it in making their calls.
and n bit of news from there is consid
ered the exception and not the rule.
Hut all is changed in times like these.
The Adjutant General's office is now
the central attraction in the capitol, and
usually it is crowded with visitors peo
plo inquiring for wnr news, seeking to
find out the course that will probably
be pursued by the government in regard
to oalling out the Slate militia. News
paper men haunt the place all day long.
LIKED OUR TUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Miss Currier,- of Cambridge, Mass.,
Into professor of elocution in Wellesley
College, who has been spending some
time at Pinehurst for her health, is in
the city, the guest of Mrs. Meserve.
Miss Currier is interested in studying
southern pronunciation, and the influence
of climate upon the voice. She made an
address to the students at Shaw Uni
versity on the use of the voice.
Miss Currier visited the city schools
yesterday and again to-day. She was
especially pleased with the phonic train
ing m the primary rooms. As n teacher
of vocal expression, Miss Currier real
izes the importance of training the oar
early. She says she had never seen any
thing like this in any primary school be
fore. Miss Currier was also struck by
the original geography teaching in our
schools, and gathered some specinions
of work to take home with her. ' Shi
ga vo an interesting lesson yesterday on
the voice, its use and abuse, to the girls
in the study hall at the Mtirphoy School.
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123 and 125 Fayetteville Street
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We carry full lines of Chiffons, Mouselincs
de Soie, Mouseline Brilliante, etc.
Shirred and Gauffred and Pleated Chiffons
and Monselines, etc. 1
Velvet - Ribbons; Plain and Satin Backs;
Ribbons; etc.,; etc. - We; make a great specialty
of Dress-making helps.
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DR. THORN JtVFLL'S LECTURE.
The Joys and Troubles of the .Country
Parson Tohl By. One of Them,
It is doubtful if ever in Raleigh any
audience ever spent a more pleasant,
evening than did the one which assem
bled in the lecture room of the rresby-'
terian church last night. The seats were
all occupied by ladies and gentlemen of
highest socinl worth, and culture.
Mrs. D. S. Hamilton was in excellent
voice and favored the audience with a
solo most benutifully rendered. ; .
Miss Potter, of Pence Institute, sang
artistically and captivntingly of the un
happy youth whose girl left him "on the -self-same
stile." , :
And then came Dr. Thorn wel'ls lec
ture! But wns it a lecture? And if not,
what was it? -,'
That is a conundrum; and the whole
audience had to give it up. It wns not
an address; not a lecture; it was just
something the like of which we never
Uheard before. The "Conntrv Parson"
took the nudionce into his confidence
and told them all his troubles.
Speaking fluently, rapidly, he gnve us
his trials of sea-sickness, of inconven
ience in railway travelling, of awkward
ncs in the presence of nobility and ma
jesty, of being bored in listening to long,
mechanical speches and sermons. Hu
mor bubbled and sparkled, nnd sunlight
glinted everywhere. Lawyers and Su
preme' court justices, and ministers, nnd
old men and maidens, and young men
nnd elders and deacons, laughed nnd
just kept on laughing, for an hour and
a half.
And after all was over, the inimitable
speaker received introduction after intro
duction, and congratulation upon con
gratulation; nnd even in the informal re
ception thus enjoyed, the Country Par
son's wit and humor flashed nndsrintil
Inted in conversation until the good
night was said and all were gone.
Wherever else Dr. Thornwell has spo
ken, it wns universally agreed that ho
must have been at his very best last
night.
It was not a lecture; it was not an ad
dress; it was a soul-diverting conun
drum! And its humor was the pleasing
medium of information nnd instruction
and valuable practical truth.
'Don't lot your neighbor know the
full extent of your ignorance.
NEW POPULIST PAPER.
"Homo Rule," the new Populist paper
(anti-fusion) made its appearance yester
day, bearing the names of A. S. Pence
and Joshua Skinner as editors. It is the
same size as Otho AVilson's "Hnyseoder"
was, and about as nu-spicy. In fact it
succeeds the Hayseeder and is the Hay
seeder by another nanie.
Dr. Joyful Laughter Ramsey, the
beautiful and aceomplshed secretary to
the Board of Agriculture, yesterday hnd
his mustache Shaved off, hoping thereby
to look like a sixteen-year-old, in order
that he may escape enlistment for the
Cuban war. But it is a vain hope; yet,
in justice to the Doctor, it should be
stated that he does not now look a day
over forty.
TOMATO PLANTS!
Selected Trophy, ronderosa, Acme,
Livingston's Beauty, Crimson Cushion.
Lorillard, (earliest of nlll; 15 cts doz.; 2
doz. 25 cents.
W. A. rULCIIER.
;23-3t . ',-'
HOW DOES THIS HIT YOU? ,
(Copy Writed.)
Yon can for .5.00 per month buy you
a lot 50x105 feet (nice size) of See See
C. C. MoD., 107 F.'iyetteville street.
Syrup, the Bret only 30c. per gallon.
B. W. UrCHURCU.
Boneless Rolled nam, 10c. per lh. nt
B. AV. UPCHURCH.
Best Sugar Cured Hame 10c. per lb.
B. W. UPCHURCH.
Finest Skinned Hams.
B. W. UPCIIUROII.
Finest Skinned Hams, 15c. per lb.' cut".
It. W. UPCHURCH.
Britton Penrce is selling fine Roe nnd
Buck Shad cheaper than eny other deal
er in the cltv. 'Phono 2290.
the city. Thone 220O.
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