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The Wilmingtonian., 1886-03-20

preached in the prominent cities of twenty
states, having met with the greatest success
in Halifax, Portland, Providence, Philadel-
phia, indianapolis, Richmond, Lynn, and
other cities in Canada and the United States
Mr.. Needham is under the medium height,
with form little inclined to stoutness. His
hair and full, short beard are just sprinlled
with gray His features are expressive and
lit up with pair of pleasant gray eyes He
talks with all the lively fueney of the Irish
race. His preaching abounds in illustrations,
but lie never attempts oratory, and seldom
rises above the lecture style. His discourses
are Of a lively, entertaining nature, and very
effective. He seems to make u personal
appeal to each one Of his hearers, no matter
how large is the audience. Like Moody,
what he says is never obscure; the meaning is
revealed instantly by the felicitous wording.
He is now giving much of his time to southern
cities, and this winter has engagements in
Lynchburg, Raleigh, Selma, Galveston and
other distant fields
Henry S. De Witt the evangelist, whose
face is familiar one to myriads of church
goers throughout the country, has preached
over 5000 sermons in all the principal cities.
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hut Mrs. NJ airy
Jane Morgan paid
$4,000 for it, cold
money. What do
you think Of that,
When her collec-
tion was auctioned
OIL a few days ago
Mr.. w. 4. Walters,
of Baltim ore,
bought the thing
and paid Sls,000
What ,lo you think
of that still more.
1t is probable now
thatpeachblow pot
terry viii become
the fashion. Mrs.
NIorgau's So, OOG
vase belongs to
what is called the
Kang-he period OF
Chinese pottery. 1t
is about 200 years
old, moro on less.
Other vases the
The Wilmingtonian., 1886-03-20
t,n, I....t IN Hnnh Trnrels.

.9onIeLody .ays hc hus discovered that the
b,,rl OF a pcnlian who writes thirty five
words in u minute travels over sixteen feet of
space il, HAT time. providing he dots all his
is aud crosses all his t's. 1t ,, hard to see
how there can he any inleXible rule in such
matter. The hand Of John Hancock in writ
ing two score Of words must have travelled
several thousand times further than the hand
Of the man who engraved the Declaration of
Independence on the smoothe0 side Of fifty
cent piece -HaTpers Weekly.
The Wilmingtonian., 1886-03-20

He is a native of
Cayuga county, n.
", and is in his
tifty-first year.
From a child he
had determined on
entering the minis
try, and at the age
Of IS he joined the.
TRUE Reformed
Dutch church, Of
Iwasco. Later h.
became a Baptist,
and accented a mas
The Wilmingtonian., 1886-03-20

Chicago has young woman who sleeps
eight days III one inning, Some women will
do almost anything 20 escape building the
litnI-l, -,L.- nn.imm Trnn.nrimr
The Wilmingtonian., 1886-03-20
PROMINENT EVANGELISTS
ARE WE ENTERING ON A PERIOD
OF RELIGIOUS REVIVAL?

Portraits of Well Known Reviva1ists III
Several Denominations Who Have
Given Their Lives to This Branch of
Church Work.
The Wilmingtonian., 1886-03-20
HOW THE MONEY GOES.
A RACE HORSE FOR $29, 1000 AND A
LITTLE VASE FOR $4,000.

Pictures of Dew Drop and the Peach
blow Yase-How Mary Jane Spent
Charles DIorgan's Millions on Alleged
High Art.
The Wilmingtonian., 1886-03-20

Terms..-Singe copies, As cents; one
copy, one year, So five copies, $40. Trial
subscription for three months, 81. The
Eclectic and any 81 magazine, $s Pos.
tage Tree.
E. r. PELTON, Publisher,
20 Bond street, New York.
The Wilmingtonian., 1886-03-20

expected to appear :
Periodicals.
Quariely Review,
Brit Quartely Review,
Edinburgh Review,
Westminster Review,
Conteinporar, X, view,
FOrtnightly Review,
The Nineteenth rent'y,
Science Miscellany,
Rlackwond's Magazine,
Cornhill Magazine,
Macnillan's Magazine,
LongnIan's Magazine.
New Quart. Magazine,
Temple Bar,
BE gravia,
Good Words,
London Society,
saturday Review,
The Spectator,
The Academy,
The AthenHum,
Nature.
Ftr Etc
The Wilmingtonian., 1886-03-20

The official head Of the signal service is
Gen. w. b. Hazcn, who succeeded "Old
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-01-30
A Kind Voice.

There is 10 power Of love 50 hard TO
gel and keep as kind voice. \ kind
hand is deaf AMI dumb. 1t may be
rough in flesh aud blood, yet do the
work of a soft heart, and do il With q
soft touch. But there is no one thing
that love 50 much needs as :; sweet
voice to tell what il means and feels;
and it is hard to get and keep it in the
right tone one must start in youth,
and be on the watch night and day, at
work and play. TO get and keep voice
that shall speaks At all times the
thoughts OF a kind heart But this is
tic time when sharp voice is apt to
he got. You often hear boys and girls
say words at play with sharp quick
tone rs ii it were the SNAP Of whip
When one Of them gets veyed, you will
bear 4 voice that sounds as if IL were
made Up of 4 snarl. a whine. and a bark.
1t Is often IN mlrth that ono gets a
voice or tone that Is sharp and STICKS
to him through life, and stirs up i'll
will and grief. and fails like drop of
gall OF tho sweet Joys of home Watch
il day by day, as 4 pearl of great price.
for j: will be worth more 10 YOU in
davs 20 come than the beSs pearl hid
II, . l.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-01-30
Orchids.

The orchid family of plants is pecul-
iarly interesting on account of the
strange forms assumed by itsaflowers.
Many of them initiate in perfection
the butterflies and bees and the curl
Gus winged insects that inhabit the
tropics. The plants themselves in
tropical climates are frequently dry
stems, parasitic upon the trunks of
trees; but in the towering season they
burst out into the most superb and
gorgeous blossoms, that set a whole
forest atlame with their colors. For
these reasons they are most highly
prized by the florists. and fine group
Of orchids is considered one of the
choicest treasures of great botanical
collections. In our own country we
have about seventy-tive species, some
Of which are very snowy and hand
some. But the orchid fancier goes
farther ateld for his beauties. He
must have them from the wilds of
Australia or Van Dieman's land, or
from the jungles of India, from the
banks of the Amazon or from the is
lands of tropic seas. Linn4us knew
only 100 species Of orchids; Persoon,
in 1906. knew AZ; Sprengel, in 1880.
had enumerated about 500: and in
more recent times the number has
risen to nearly 5000. The genera.
also, are very many in number. but
those which are most popular with
cultivators are comparatively few,
although they contain great number
of species -Ttic0 HefGid.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-01-30

tell you how grateful am for the use
of the money, and how much more for
the loving confidence displayed in
tending it."
| could not reply, for the little good
left IN me was cropping. dismally, in
the valley of humiliation.
II will consider silence consent,
then. Have you never suspected how
] secured your patrimony to you in
case anything happened to me before |
could repay you:'
But | would not have any security
YOU know that | said, eagerly.
snatching at the last ray of self-re.
spect.
But you did all the same. This
house with its two lots was decided to
you and the deed recorded the same
day | received your bonds. So you see
have not only been using your money,
but living in your house-Etta and J
for the past four years.
"Oh why did YOU | asked.
"Why did live in your house? Be
cause ] had nowhere else to live, and
besides. | rather liked it,
You know what l mean Why did
you deed the place to me?'
Because it was right to do SO. was
acting as your guardian. and had no
| right to use your property without
giving security. Don't you see?"
"Yes. and now l am to deed it back
to you?"
NO. like it just as it is,
Il must write to Aunt Fanny, to.
night" I said more to myself than
him.
He INDUCED in a low whistle.
had unwittingly betrayed myself, and
compromised with full confession
even to the grievous report that he
had only married me for my little
fortune.
did you believe that?" he asked
gravely.
Il tried haru not to believe it, bu
just now l seem to myself such q per
feet type of total depravity that
wonder you took me under any cir
cumstances.'
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-01-30
A Long Year.

It IS over twenty nine years since
we were able 10 view Saturn in peri
helion before and that is the length Of
a Saturnian year While in perihelion
he is under certain conditions nearest
the earth. and under circumstances
most favorable 10 scientific observa-
tion. His journey around the sun Of
5000, ,00000a miles covers almost a
generation of the lives OF the men and
women of this planet and when he
makes each fresh appearance with his
present dlstlnctness, 1t ,s An event in
deed. The science of astronomy is
enlarging as constantly and as RAPIDLY
as any other science, and the obserya-
tions that astronomers viii! now be
able TO take OF the splendid planet un-
der its present favorable conditions.
ought to add much TO the information
concerning it. and certainly none Of
the heavenly bodies has inspired more
eager or intelligent research than the
ono whose return we celebrate But
what Journey is made by this lumina-
~, whose mean distance from the sun
. i oSl, 100000 miles or more than nine
times the distance Of the eaath. If it
has race Of beings fitted to exist at
such a distance from the source of heat
and light, what lengthy seasons they
. must enjoy nder such conditions
there would be some satisfaction in
having a seaside cottage or a mountain
chalet, for what they would call their
heated term would extend over num-
Der of years. But the fact is a hun
dred millions OF miles or so make very
little difference in those almost uninl-
aginable distances Probably distance
lends enchantment to the view But
when our earth is dead the Saturn and
the other great planets in the course
OF some millions of years will take
their turn in physical development
and perhaps in some countless ages
hence the wandering ghosts that have
vanished from the earth viii reappear
in new forms of life upon the yet i'm
perfect, but magnificent world rolling
in space and waiting for its day tc
dawn Proridencc uTo1pudi.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-01-30
SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS.

The use Of electricity as 4 motor is
coming fact The University Col
lege Of London has already founded
department of electrical engineering.
Bv carefully conducted experiments.
Mr.. J. {. Arthur has demonstrated
that bacteria are the direct cause Of
the disease known as pear blight Sap
from an affected tree invariably pro-
duced the disease when inoculated in
TO healthy tree.
According to Il German histologist,
there are ia the cerebral mass over
500 100000 nerve cells. each an inde-
pendent organism and microscopic
brain. OF these nerve cells he esti
mates that 100000 die every day and
that every sixty days the brain is re.
placed.
In countries having marked Winter
seasons, earthquakes are found 10 he
more frequent in Winter than in sum-
+
Society of Japan, finds only two pos
sible meteorological reasons for this
one being the stress OF accumulated
snow, and the other that of high bare
metric pressure during the cold sea
son.
The use of nitro giycerine as sub
stitute for alcohol Tor stimulating the
action of the heart has been recon-
mended by Or J b. Burroughs. The
advantages claimed are, that only a
minute quantity is required, that the
uitro- glycerine is practically free from
taste and odor. that it acts immediate
ly and that it is not likely to induce h
craving for alcoholic stlmulants.
A French chemist proposes coating
the bodies of the dead with skin Of
copper, which is readily effected by the
well known process of electro plating.
A second plating Of gold or silver
could be added if desired The treat
ment permanently preserves the corp
ses from chemical change. and has
already been applied to several human
, subjects and to many animals.
A recent interesting exhibition OF
apparatus in Paris by Dr. Boudet. in
cluded moditic ations OF the telephone
adapting the instrument to variety
Of medical uses In one form the pul
sations of blood vessels and MI sort:
of internal operations were very strik
ingly made audible. the observer being
able to hear at will the NOV cments II
! any part Of the body. Dr BoHdct alst
employs the telephone aS measuring
!; instrument for accurately estimating
the nervous and muscular excitement
!, in the different phases OF Il disease.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-01-30
The BOreS.

Ahers's the man who lets you shake hi, linny
hand
Hes lore.
And the man who leans against YOU wnen von
stand
Get his gore
There's a man who has a fear
That the world is, year by year.
Growing worse--perhaps he's neal
Bolt the door.
There's the fellow with conundrulns quite an
tique--
Hes q Jpre.
And the man who ask YOU "What - rbene,er
you speak,
Though yon roar.
There's the who slaps your back
With p button bursting whack-
II YOU think he on track,
Bolt the door.
heres the runster with his everlasting pun
And the man who makes allltcra'ive 'f,n -
Worse and more.
There's the man who tells the taie
That year ago stale
Like as not hos out OF jail
Bolt the door.
--Eu9ene F1eld.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-01-30
The Ketort Courteous.

MY dear fellow says a.. Indiana
sheriff IL his prisoner. i must apolo-
glze to von fo- the sanitary condition
u this iali Several OF tic prisoners
arc cown with tile measles. hut
asSur. vou that il Is 10. nv fault
Oh. NJ excuses replied the ptiso-
Ter. 1t was ny intention % breat, out
as SION = possible. anyway" -Ye2c
iopk sun.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-01-30
MY PROPERTY.

Aunt Fanny had just come to make
her usual summer visit and | had
proudly taken her through the house
TO have her admire the improvements
made since her last visit
"lt is all very nice and convenient,
dear" she said, as she seated herself
III the easy chair | offered her "but did
you never regret giving those bonds to
your husband. May
Most assuredly not, auntie Why ?"
Because thought it very unwise
and that some day you would bitterly
regret it. 1t was your poor fathers
property and should have been re-
tanned in your own name am sure
Nov. don't worry, auntie. please.
Yon came to have pleasant visit
with us. Ella has been nearly frantic
with delight since told her you were
coming"
"The child. yes She is dear little
thing, to be sure But do you know
that if your husband should die to-day
she would inherit the property you
gave him. If she were your own
child it would be different"
But she is NINE all have, cert tain
ly. love her dearly, and hope to<he
a good mother to her, notwithstanding
all the bitter things written and said
against step mothers
Yes. and you are good mother to
her. But to suppose still farther. If
she, too should be taken away then
your property would not revert to you,
hut 90 to her relatives, Of whom you
know nothing, would that be right? :"
"Perhaps not. But why do you say
these dreadful things? She and her
father are as likely to live as /. And
wife is entitled TO dover.
Yes, the interest from one third of
what her husband leaves Just the in
terest, mind you. And you gave him
the means to go into business You
know he failed once. and may. posi-
bly,, again
But he paid up every penny, |
flashed back. proudly.
IL know. and it was right: but, con
sequently you married a poor man
with child as we'll as a wife t. sup
port on clerks salary"
"Yon forget, auntie. that he still
had this beautiful home when all his
creditors had been fully paid: the
home in which Ella was born and
where his poor wife died"
Il forgot nothing and what re-
member with the greatest bitterness is
YOUR unadvised act Of Welding M your
little patrimonv, intrusted to me BY
your dying father for you. and that
YOU took no obligation for it what.
ever"
"But,". replied, "hc invested it IT
a business which supports us nicely
Besides. il was not his fault. He
wanted me to have interest bearing
notes. or to be the company in tht
business, as If would, and | told hin
never to mention the subject to m'
again. and he never has.
Then all have (" say s yol were
very silly as we'll rs imprndent.
But it was not all she had To SAY
even to telling me that certai'
match making mother had SAID ina
my husband would have rreferred on
of her daughters if she had held prop
ertv in her own right as ] did. ina
ne needed the money and married IN
simply to obtain IT.
Don't, aunty. please" SAID VIII
little shiver.
Nor would |. but to convince yo
that he should have secured your iltti
property IT, y"u, il oni! Tor the nl"nI"
of others.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-01-30

IT Is predicted that, II The course Of
The ne1t i've -years. the Steel naiV ailI
have as completely supplemented the
ron nail a. the steel rail- na- Il. iroir pre-.
cecesbor Already one half Of ;ht nall
manufactured 10 Wheeling are made of
Steel. ard the machinery ard plant
necessary for their manufacture are be-
ng set NJ n every nal centre and at
nearly every nail foundry i. is said
that -teel Eaiis can IL made about ten
ceuis per keg cheaper than those made
Fl iron. even where the manufacture
has 70 purchase lis Ingotr.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-01-30

\ Baltimore negro has t.'eral'v worn
- 0 r.ngErs oH n many teAr- u -f"ts
.n- cotI The case = Truosfe1 - = isng
= tlan as a cgfso-i+y. Tier {, - 4apa'
ga. sr2ae and 10 inconvenience
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-11-04
Spelling an Interview With the
Prince.

THAT gentleman, sir, is Hoco Po, an
African prince, sir, of royal blood, deep
dyed" wildly exclaimed a little dried
up old man, with blue goggles and a
cracked voice, as he pointed a long,
claw-like finger toward a negro who
was leaning lazlly against post at the
Union depot the other night.
"Yes, sir" he continued, "he's q
prince. He can't talk word of English,
but if YOU want an interview | will act
as interpreter"
Without waiting for reply he began
talking in a language that had IA sus-
picious Hibernian ring in it, although it
equally rs well. The negro, who was
in proportion, came forward, and was
about to answer, when a rather pretty
little mulatto girl came forward, and,
grasping him by the hand, exclaim-
ed:
20, Gawge, Use run all the way, and
/ was 'fraid I'd be too late to say good
by to you, but Use here.
'.G'way, can't ye," exclaimed the
prince, us he shook her off and strobe
majesticaily toward his place in the Pan
Handle train. The interpreter gathered
up his two valiseS and box containing
a monkey and a tame snake, and fol-
lowed him rapidly without saying a
word.
Oars dat Gawge Wash'nton. now,
since he's jined dat show and b'cum a
prince. he doan care muffin fer his frens
no mo-" sadly exclaimed the pretty
mulatto, as she wandered back toward
her Webster avenue home.-Fittsbatrg
Dispdtch.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-11-04
WAIT BROTHERS.
e,IEsI PJI PiLEsIll

A sure cure for Blind, Bleeding,
Itching, and liberated Piles, has been
discovered by DIR. William, ian Indian
remedy )called DIR. WILLIAMS INDIAN
OINTMENT. A single box has cured
the worst chronic cases OF twenty-five
years. standing. No one need suffer
five minutes after applying this Won
derful soothing medicine. Lotions and
instruments do more harm than good
williams Ointment absorbs the tu-
mors, allays the intense itching, (par-
ticularly at night after getting warm
in bed,) acts as poultice, gives in
slant and painless relief, and is pre-
pared only for Piles, itching of the
private parts, and for nothing else.
For sale by H. Waterman, aud mail
ed on receipt of price, $l,OO.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-11-04
HAWAIPS LAVA LAKES.
Some Results of the Volcanic EruptiOns Id
tho Sandwich Islands.

The molten lava is visible in three
different places, all of which visited.
Two of the three places are quite diff
cult of access. the approach being cir
cuitous route up and down over masses
of loose rocks, and possible only in the
daytime. These two places are quite
near each other. in the neighborhood of
what was formerly the new lake, though
some little distance south. They can
hardly be called "lakes." should call
them wells. One of these is where
liquid lava was first seen after its first
disappearance in March. This is some
what irregular in shape, being, perhaps.
80 feet wide and 60 to as feet long and
not less than 100 feet in depth. To OBJ
tain a view of the bottom one must go
to the very verge of the well and look
over, and this can only be done with
safety at only one point Immediately
beneath this point at the bottom of the
well, but where it could not be seen
without too great risk, there was an
immense noise and evidence of intense
activity. Over the portion of the bot
tom of the well that was visible the
lava was hardened, except in one place,
where it could be seen as it was putfed
out and thrown up little distance
every few seconds.
The other well was nearly circular in
shape, perhaps thirty feet in diameter
and 100 feet deep. This could be ap-
preached only at one point, and this
point was on the leeward side, SO that
the fumes of sulphur dioxide would allow
one to remain there only a few seconds
at time. At the bottom of the well q
partial cone was formed. perhaps ten
feet across, and IN this lava was boiling
with intense violence, now and then
throwing up spray of lava quite a
hundred feet to the mouth of the well
and almost into the face of one stand
ing on the edge and looking over.
The third place where the liquid lava
could be seen was in the lake below the
west wall. 1t is possible to get down to
the edge of this lake and get specimens
but it is an extremely hazardous under
taking There are or were two lakes
here, but they seem to have merged into
each other, the activity being confined
TO the part last formed. Small lava
flows we're constantly breaking out. and
in the evening there was general
breaking up of about one third the sur
face This lasted only one OF two min
utcs. but was followed by quite exten-
siye lava flows saw no fountains and
no cones here. The best point for OBJ
serving this lake is 800 or 1000 feet dis
tant from it. One can get on the ed c
of the perpendicular wall immediately
above it $50 or 200 feet, but this is un-
safe, as landslides are constantly taking
place at all points. When visited this
lake two days later its surface had evil
Il IL oatf
than when l saw it before. There were
signs of activity in other places, but no
fire could be seen. About the middle of
July some lava appeared in Halemau-
mau, but it has not continued in activ-
ity. The activity of Klauea is evidently
increasing, and, while the sight at pres
| ent is well worth seeing, there is pro-
mise of even much more in the future.
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