The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1884-05-24

THE PEOPLE Wx mxErn rmx
ssO0eeP 0G @RA2n.
Rsness, Yaess, Fasetss, u3eeslassess
asA e0au Tale Aoooe I'll 0ueen -
I'd like Ia know Why our Nerkl~nhuSx
day docs not nj! the hill in cv~sy parlicn-
lar Of = perfect spring holk.Ay for ~
no ron xno~ Why ail the nea n Gen
eral scaless dis4rsrs fssor his. fnr ooysr-
nore They wish 10 succced him IN Cun-
grcss-somc ffseen ~ twenty cf seaA do
Now that Judxc Glmcr surely Win not
allow his name to 70 before - Demo
cratic Convention, the contest fue tho drsf
plse. ON the ticket Il narucstng down to
an interesting dcdnitencsN vs
Every town that cannot pat up ia ice
in winter-it Is bound to hsvr m Re FAC
tory. The sooner e gsss it. tho sooner IL
left in the race for comfort
Tho evidences multiply that the intcrcnt
taken in chickens in North Carolina u IN.
creasing. and pr0misss 10 becosns profit
able mania have hnAsh Cf 3 cock flsos
game ether that ee5 would not hny. The
Exposition poultry show ought 10 10 big
thing, and doubtless ie will.
Last week you oould hear paople talking
with great eagcrness and curiosity about
the little panic in New York. and the loss
Of millions, who never had d Zoo and
who had never been In New York, and
had never had 81 there. IL 10 . big thing.
you know. 10 know all about Anamee and
to talk glibly aboat millions Of dollars.
met Mr. Mason. the editor Of :hc
Western 7Sd0oco Journal, Of Cincinnati,
on the cars this week He males two
trips year to North Carolina, asiti ,is full
OF praise OF our tobacco, our lansis, and
our tobacco men. Mr.. Mason thinks that
sure that every important manufacturer
in the Union opposes its rep0AL
In the smoking car ON the Richmond and
Danville Road last week there was plcas-
ant looking British youth. Some one
asked him what he had In q peculiarly
shaped case ne carried. "A gun no re-
piled. And whore are you goingf' ITO
Texas" ''By granny" = sleepy old pas
senger in the back Of the car dfawled out,
hes got the right kind Of household fur
niture, shore" i1@ g
Messrs. Allen & Allen, hardware mer-
chants of Winston, told mo Tint q few
years ago they bought three sreApcrs. and
| felt as If they had done a hazardous
thing. They sell so many now they buy
| them by the carload, and three other
Winston dealers also handle large num-
bers of them. The Forsyth and Stokes
and Surry farmers are, all introducing i'm
i
An item has found its way into a num-
Der of our papers which describes. stc,
| whinuin0 of nfttv .cyiminals 6ccn revived.
! IhAve heard it talked about Ia two COM
panies of men, and nearly every one
thought that we ought in that old way to
relieve the pcnitcntiary Of its burden Of
petty criminals. The humanitarian ideas
of the times may discourage the lash, but
I'll risk my reputation as a prophet on the
prediction that one Of these days 1t will
be revived in North Carolina.
There is an uncommon interest attached
to the place of superintendent of Public
instruction, somehow or other. OF course.
the work is overwhelmingly important,
| but not more important now than Il has
always been The place for the profit II
Yields is not worth much. The Only ex.
PLANTATION Of the unusual interest taken in
it is that We must be waking up 70 our ed.
ucational necessity. The publication (half
million times perhaps) of the census
tables showing the extent Of our nlitcracy
has had a most beneficial influence. II
: must have stirred us all up. And wha
| an opportunity the work a. it now stand
affords an ambitious and progressive mar
to push it onward to the full fruits OF ,
| perfect systefn
7 A life insurance agent has been tellinl
me of an amusing superstitiQn that h
l says he meets very often. People VIII
: would be glad to make such provision 70
r their dependents as insuranoe Offers refus
. religiously to insure their lives, because
: they say, they win be paying . premium
a on death. They look upon the transactio
: as q sort of trading on the Almighty's de
q termination that a man shah live or die
= And heard confirmation of this fror
r one of our leading physicians. Said he
: "Do you know have never told my viii
that have two policies on my lief Sh
q would be made very unhappy, and woul
t insist that I should do no such wicke
q things. If I die during their continuance
y doubt whether she would take th
Q money"
9 wild Enth husiasn IN Stokes.
c From ne DassbsSy Pos.