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very prominent minister there
was induced to head what he
thought was a petition for a
charitable purpose, and on the
strength of his signature the
name of almost every reputable
citizen of that place was signed
to the document. It was then
presented to the county court,
and, being in regular form,
passed, as a matter of course,
without any attention being
paid to it, and the first intima
tion the minister bad that a joke
had been perpetrated was when
he received notice that his ap
plication for license to keep a
saloon had been granted and
would be issued as soon as pay
ment therefore had been made.
Of course this was only a joke,
but cases of this kind happen
all oyer the country when
prominent men recommend dif
ferent objects without knowing
what they are doing and in this
way the public is swindled.
"KILE Oil KCIX."
The motto of gold men is rule
or ruin. They would split their
party to pieces if they could not
rule it. This fact was demon
trated at the recent Democratic
State Convention, which nomi
nated almost the weakest set of
men they could find to lead the
party.
It was impossible to nomi
nate men in favor of gold so the
agents of the Wall street crowd
went down to Raleigh deter
mined to nominate men that
would split the party and while
they were well tangled up Mc
Kinley might capture the State.
Kope Elias, from the western
part of the State, boasted while
in Raleigh that Mr. Cleveland
bad told him not to let things
go wrong down here and that
he had come to the convention
With TWEKIV-TWO KF.VEM E OF-
ftCERS AS DELEGATES.
Now isn't this a pretty state
of affairs? Mr. Cleveland, a
"gold bug" telling Mr. Elias,
another "gold bug," not to let
things "go wrong" down here,
and be making this kind of a
boast. A set of gold candidates
could not be nominated, but this
agent could assist in nominat
ing men who could not be elect
ed, and thus throw in men who
favored a single gold standard.
The people of North Carolina,
the south and the west, have
teen slaves long enough. It is
now time for action. Vote for
men who cax be kleoi tu and
who are in fator of sii,vf. as a
money. This is the final strug
gle. Will they lorn or win?
CAKK MHOl l.lf UK TAKE.
It is getting fco that our nH
citizens will sign almost any
petition that is handed them
without even knowing what it
is for, and in that way a great
may unworthy objects is coun-
tenced and encouraged by men,
who, if tbey would take the
seconed thought and entuire in
to the matter, would not think
of doing such a thing. ,
A popular illustration of a
case of this sort happened in an
Ohio wn not loDg since. A
"OX TO 1UCHMOXD!"
The famous and well-known
cry of "On to Richmond" has
again passed from lip to lip,
from one old war Veteran to
another, wbo fought four years
in tl e "Lost Cause" a cause
they believed right and a cause
for which they were willing to
lay down their lives on the altar
of their country as they hur
aied on yesterday to the Capital
of our Southland during the
late and desperate struggle be
tween the States.
This time, though, thank God,
it is a cry of peace and not one
of war. It is a cry raised when
the North and South stand
hand in hand and ready to de
fend each other against all comers.
But "peace hath her Vitiras,
no less renowned than war,"
and today the eyes of the entire
country are turned t Rich
mond, where the corner stone
of a $2000,000 monument will
be laid in memory of that gal
lant leader whom we all love
Jefferson DavK May it stand
until "Time is no more," ever
telling the tale of love for one
who believed he was right and
who clung to that principle as
as long as he lived. '
Durham is well represented
in this grand gathering. The
"R. F. Webb camp of confed
erate Veterans" left yesterday
about two hundred strong
These old patriots looked as
happy as if they were boys go
ing on their first excursion. Let
them be happy. They deserve
it.
The Herald wishes them one
and all a pleasant trip and
safe return to their homes. And
when the last long roll is "called
yonder" may they all answer
"here!" and again be united
under the command ot their old
and gallant leader.
TIIKllK IM NOTHING NKW.
Changes on "the new woman"
are still being rung with' weari
some iteration, and often in an
offensive manner. It makes us
tired and it seems now that it is
time to call a halt. The appli
cation of a New York lawyer
for a divorse fiora a tyrannical
wife is the latest occasion for
this sort of pleasantry.
It appears, from a slight in
spection of this hew York law
yer's complaint, that he is a
pusillanimous creature. No
manly man would endure such
treatment as be sari he has
borne. And a man who would
submit to it for a week would
desere it for a lifetime. He
complains that he was compelled
to find his unshared dormatorial
accommodations in the garrief
that when his wife had com
any he was not permitted to
fume to the table, and that he
was forced to take care of the
babies his own and the callers'
while his wife entertained
company in the parlor. All this
was bad enough, but it was not
the fuii measure of this man's
wo's. Jie might have borne his
solitary vigus in the garret.
might have found life endurable
even to a man shut out of the
diningroom and compelled to
tend babies in the kitchen, but
a greater indignity at last
aroused his anger, and be fled
to the court. The crown ing out
rage was reached when he was
compelled to hand over"aII mon.
eys and property" to the head o
the family. These are thereas
ons why this limb of the law
wants divorce and alimony. The
chances are ten to one that
there is another side to this
story, but, supposing it to be
true, it presents no , novelty
This wife is not a new woman
but one of an ancient type; aud
this husband is a fellow who
needs bossing.
TWO OP1XIOX8 OP CV WATSON,
Senator Butler, in speaking of
the nomination of Cy Watson
for governor, among other
things said: "Two men who
have struggled ten years for a
place on the State ticket de
clined to be put in nomination
They see no chance for victory,
As for Watson, he is a good
man. He has been hunting long
enough for an office."
Judge Russell, the Republican
nominee for the same office Mr.
Watson hopes to get, paid him
a compliment, as follows: "I
know Mr. Watson very well. 1
have met him at the bar an 1
tried cases witn nim, and I re
gard him as a strong and able
lawyer and, one of the brainest
men in North Carolina, .vhich is
equivalent to saying that he has
one of the best minds in the
United States."
A SITCCESSFL'Ij COLLEGE.
Trinity College advertises in
this issue. The past year has
been a year of great success in
college work. Trinity College is
reaching and influencing the in
tellectual life of North Carolina to
a marvelous degree. Its faculty
has delivered more than a bun
dred lectures in this and other
states during the past year. The
courses ot study are up to the
best standards of college work.
Located es Trinity is, in one of
the leading cities in the -state, it
offers to its students opportunites
not to be found elsewhere. Young
men are brought in contact with
the best cultural life, the most
successful business enterprises,and
have the best opportunity to be
come acquainted with the leading
men of the state. Expenses are
very low, though the appoint
ments of the college are most
modern. Extravagant atheletics
are now allowed. No opportuni
ty is lost to build up the highest
cultural life. Young men going
to college would do well to ex
amine the catalogue of Trinity.
BKGl ILED A LOVER,
A unique violation of the pos
tal laws has been developed at
New Orleans, rostoffice inspec
tor in charge of that division, re
ceived a complaint against Mrs,
Sophie Hoffman, a widow of Aus
tin, Tex, charging that some time
ago she beguiled a young man of
another state by letter writing to
fall in love with her.
Photographs were exchanged
and marriage agreed upon. Pro
bally unaware that she was vio
lating section 331 of the postal
laws, relative to using the mails
for improper purposes, she re
quested her fiance to send railroad
fare and a sum for other neces
sary expenses so that she might
meet him and be married.
The money was sent and from
that moment, the young man
claims, the widow was "as mute
as the harp that hung on Tara'i
wall. The deceived man put
the matter in the hands of the
poctoflice authorities and Satur
day Mrs. Hoffman wos arrested at
Austin by In.ector Woods and
is now in jail.
Ll!ATIO All IXVKXTOIM.
A Londer letter to the St. LouU
KepubJic myt:
"A lunatic asylum is about the
last place try one would search
in for ingenious and valuable in
vention, in't U 7" said the resi
dent physician of one of'the larg
est of these institutions. "We
have a patent in the asylum now
who believes he is shut up in the
old fleet prison for the national
debt. In the Lope of raising the
money to pay this Irifls off and
obtain bis releese, he has for the
last two years devoted his poor
hrain to inventing things, fctrange
to say, among a ' host of , utterly
absurd ideas, he actually has
produced two which are really
practicable. His friends and I
have supplied him with such
harmless materials as he requires,
and he has just finished a simple
automntio contrivance for the
head of a lawn tennis racquet, to
pick up the balls and abolish
stooping. It acts perfectly well,
and: I'm so -convinced there's
money in it that I've advised his
friends to secure a patent for bini
incase he becomes cured. His
other invention is of a different
kind, beiug a really efficacious
preventive of seasickness.
"It's very simple; two of its
components are iu every kitchen
and the rest in every chemist's
shop. I have successfully tested
it myselt on two occasions recent
ly, when crossing the channel in
every stormy weather.
' 'HK XEEIW XO HELP."
The annual baccalaureate ad
dress lefore the graduating class
at Trinity college was delivered
oyDr. J. C. Kilgo at "the com
mencement this year. It was a
grand address and since that time
his words have been continually
going the rouud of the press. The
following paragraph (delivered at
that time) has been copied and
commented on by papers through
out the length and breadth of
North Carolina and we reproduce
it for the great thought it con tains:
"I was born a poor boy and
expect to live a poor man. The
hope of the world is in the poor
boy and. he needs no coddling at
the hands of any one. He has
made the old world. lie has
written our poems, cirved our
sculpture, constructed our cathe
drals, thought out our philoso
phy, written our literature, de
veloped our science, and con
structed moral and religious sys
tems. He needs no heln."
LIVE WHILE YOU LIVE.
The following is from the pen
of A. M. Lord and well deserves
the space that we give it: "Live
with all your might, ith al
your mind and heart and soul
Live to the utmost of your power
up to the utmost verge of life,
Make your life rich, strong, wise,
happy; take into it all that nature
or books or friendship or tender
memories of great hopes can give
you, and then let it pour out as
freely as it pours in. Live as if
life were exhaustless. and vou
shall know its exbaustlessncss,
Live for others, and from others,
and you shall know how God
lives in you, for you, with you
and yours forever."
"As an instance of the clever
ness of lunatics, it may interest
you to know that a very valuable
improvement connected with ma
chinery, and now in daily use
everywhere, was inventor by the
inmate of an asylum well known
w every one oy name. As he is
now quite cured and is a some
what prominent man, I won'
mention any details; but his in
vention, designed and modeled as
diversion while absolutely
insane, has since brought him in
thousands of pounds."
The surest way for a man to be
robbed of a good name is to write
it on his umbrella.
We are constantly being asked
when and wbete will the judicial
republican convention meet. We
would thank the chairman for the
above information.
There is nothing in the South
. . .
mat is more conducive to its
growth and progress than the
press, says an exchange. Like
great beacon fire, it furnishcj the
intellectual light by which the
public can discern that which will
ultimately promote its best inter
esls and general welfare.
Tnc stork is one of tLo most
faithful birds to her young that
is known. In fact she is more
faithful than any other creature
living to her off-spring. It is
aid that a stork will perish in
the flames of a burning build
ing rather than desert her
young and seek her own safety. '
The first crematory wns estab
lished in this country in 1876,
There are now twenty-six in ae
tive operation. The number of
bodies incinerated up to this time
is reported at 3670.
; Dan Roberts, colored, who was
to have been hanged at Aiken, S
C, last Friday, cheated the gal
lows and did not hang. By some
means he procured a knife and
committed suicide by cutting his
own throat.
' Frof. Starr, of Chicago, on a
trip to Gautemala discovered a
species offish which haa four eyes.
The fish swims with one pair of
eyes above the water and one pair
below, thus being able to see in
both elemcnti.
The largest grape vine in the
world is located near the old
town, Carpenterit, Cal. The
trunk is at least, three feet in di
ameter near the ground and the
limbs are as large as the noted
vine in Montecito. (
As attempt was recently made
at Elsenthal, Germany, tosee how
soon a part of a tree could be con
verted into a newspaper. The
tree was felled, reduced to pulp
and paper, and after two Lours
and twenty-five minutes the news
paper made from it was ready for
the readers.
There was a good deal of sound
human nature in the unexpected
reply of the dying old woman to
hr minister's leading question,
"Here at the end of a long life
which of the Lord s mercies are
you most thankful for?" Her
eyes brightened as she answered
Myvituals." ,
A newspaper published in an
Oklahoma town, where the wo
men recently carried the elec
tion, sent the following order to
a supply bouse: "Pleas send us
one small cut of a hen. Women
carried the election here, and
suppose we will have to swing
out a hen instead of a rooster.''
There arc two ways of attain
ing an important end force and
perseverance. Force falls to the
lot only of the privileged few.
says Mme Swetchine, but austere
and sustained perseverance can
be practiced by the most iusignifi
cant Its silent power grows
irresistible with time.
A condemned murderer iu H
Louis the other day utilized lit
gallows on which he wa to be
banged before the sheriff iot
ready to officiate. Toe night be
fore the execution he crawlti
through a sewer to the scaffold
climbed that, jumped to the brick
wall, from that to the ground, and
lit out.
The Richmond Times, gold
standard paper, advises the silver
men to drop silver and take up
state banks. Drop nothing says
the Wilmington Star. Stick to
free silver and state banks, too,
The gold men Lave no more idea
of giving us state banks, if they
can help it, than of giving us free
silver, nor as much.
The Raleigh News and Obser
ver says if anything could fully
show the earnestness of the
North Carolinians for free silver
it would be the performance of
those people wbo listened for
three hours to Senator Butler
last Thursday night in Wil
mington. They had evidently
made up their minds to die for
their cause. Mr. Butler ought
not to ask too -many sacrifices
of his followers.
A Manchester photographer
relates that he recently took
a s
pnoiograpu oi a cm id who was
apparently in good health and
hat a clear skin. Tho negative
showed the face to be thickly
covered whh an eruption. Throe
days aflerward the child was
coveted with spots due to prickly
heat The camera Lad seen end
holographed the eruption three
days before it was visible to the
naked eye. It is said that another
case of a similar kind is recorded,
where a child showed spots on
his portrait which were invisible
on Lis face a fortnight previous
to an attack of smallpox.
eat Removal Sale!
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Entire Stock at a Sacrifice ,
To Save Money
$12.50 Suits for $10, consisting of throe pieces onk.
Bed Lounges worth $10 for $7.50. v
Raw Silk Lounges worth $3 for $2.75.
Moquet Lounges worth $7.50 for $1.
Hedstead8 from-$1 each up. ,
Mnttrwscs from $1.50 each up.
ROYALL& BORDEN
At Cooper Building, next to Harner Warehouse, opposite
Postoffice.
Bell 'Phone No. 23.
Interstate 'Phono No. If).
W. K. qv-8.
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RACKET GROCER Y!
Wholesale and Retail.
The Largest Stock
AND
LOWEST PRICES
Of Any House In The City.
we offer to the Public COO dozea Giius Fruit Jars, 600 dozer.
Jelly Glasses. Also a Largo stock of Tin Fruit cans, and ctmmou
stone Jars.
Now is your time to buy before Prices Advauce.
Plain and Decorated Crockery and Glassware.
We tiro m1
Come to see Your Friend,
W. EL Proctor.
PRIDGEN & JONES.
107 West Main Street.
Great Inauguration of Our Annual Clearunce Sale of
Spring and Summer Footwear!
Consisting of Shoes, Oxfords, and Slippers. At ihis season of the
year, our lines are badly broken and it is too late in the season to re
plcnisn stock on Summer goods. Therefore we have decided to close
out all broken lots st greatly reduced prices. We have about one
. thousand nd five hundred pairs
ins, B&S, lib, misses and Childrens
Bl, rt.r...t. ci: .1 . . . .. .
UUv, viuauu -upinris, id iue various siyies and tliades, but in
broken sizes. We don't want them snd are willinjt to make a sacrifice
ivL j i rrooawy you can find jnst what you want, ai d it
nut uc uvuaia savcu VJ comiEg DCre 10 DUy.
en
PRIDGEN & JONES,
Get
Your
Seed
At .
Ycarby's.
Every
Paper
Fresh.
We
Guarantee
Them
To
Irow.
Your
Money
Hack
f
Not
Satisfied.
Nothing but Firxt Clana Work
1ono nt Klirlburn'n.