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VOLUME 18.--
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When a man travels abroad
ami mixes with strangers ancl
would be treated with civility
he should not do anything or
say anything that ruris against
their opinions,' their interns or
their prejudices.. Zeb Vance
said that one time away back
when he was mni!ivg tor con
gress against llolden he had to
go over a mountain range and
down into a valley where he
had never beei before. The
humble people i" that, valley
were almost cut off and hid out
from the ret of the world, and
especially from that Hide of the
world in which Mr. Vahte
lived. He knew nothing' about
their. politics or their religion.
N,irtii C'aroliua is! a curious
state,' said he. 'Hex religion ia
speckled and Spotted like it had
the measles, in "lie vaiiey you
will find the people all Episco
palian:? however poor or primi
tive. Thf. ancestors or first
settlers came irom old England
and brought that religion with
them, and, as nobody ypved in
or moved out, their descend
ants kept the faith of their
fathers. In another valley you
will find them ail Presbyteri
ans, because the ancestors came
from Scotland. In another they
will.be all -Methodists or all
Baptists, and every one of these
been my opinion I that a man
has got to go under the water
before he can get to heaven.' A
gleam of satisfaction spread all
over Jthe old man's face as he
said: 'Give me your hand,
Brother Vance . Boys, I told
you so ; I told you that lie were
a Baptist afore he come; He is
thejman. You can all vole for
him, but Holden won't do nary
time for they do say that he ia
on8 of these ehouten, cavortin
Methodists.' j
ft I was thinkinar about this
when I arrived at Annlston and
Ironaton and Tannifer and all
these iron towns, and where I
fouDd every man, woman and
lives on. Do you tell your mv
bora that. I ain't hunting for
poor men's votes. I don't want
'em." And he left him and
went back home. Well the tal
low thought It was Davis, aud
he was mighty mad, for he was
a poor man himself, and so he
spread the ne,ws and it got all
over the county, and when
Davis denied it the fellow made
an affidavit and swore to It, and
described the man and the
horse, and as. the election
came off before Davis couia
straighten it out he got badly
beaten. Bnt it got out before
the next election and Davis got
inand4 then r he got to be Judge
'-WILSON, NORTH CAROLINA, MARCH 15, 1888.
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TRUE KNOWLEDGE.
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DIFFICULTIES THAT SOME
TIME A TTEND 1TST URS UIT
The Charminy Story of Sweet Ivy
Geeras She Treads the Flowery
Path way of Learning. i
Thla stery was oommencei Feb. 18th.
"Mr. Clerron !"
He roused himself suddenly, and
stood up. . , .
"1 thought, perhaps, sou baa a
headache."
"No, Ivy. But this U not climb-
child ret hot for protection. It oixiie Circuit ana gotmmer ana
not healthy for a mm to talk uglier as he lived. , Butherwai
free trade down hareand he a good man and a good lawyer
.. I mm- .1-1 i ' J
must not say much about tariff aaa mas-es a gooa jnage. .mere ing the LiU of scienee u it V
reform or cut rate3. These are "icks in all trades but more "Not so much as it is climbing
people sav 'let well enoueh "icfcs in politics than any other the piazza."
alone,' and I don't' blame them, "e are going to have fun In our "Suppose we (ate a vacation to
f. fha i, iifo or. I district this year for the bova day, and investigate the state of
thrift anJ industry and happi- are hungry for office and thete
ness around thess furnaces than are not enough to go round and
anvwhere I have been. Annia- tay say that rotationis a sound
democratic aocune ana l recKon
ton has now ten j thesand 1 in
habitants and is Increasing fifty
per cent, a year. The" Bigns of
a vigorous prosperity are all
about. The hotel next the depot
has just added sixty rooms and
is crowded all the time. The
new compress handled twenty
thousand bales of cotton this
season. A graudi union depot
is going up. The; great "south
ern car works are established
with a million dollars capital
and many new plants and enter
prises are projected. "Wheie
does all this money come from ?
But my business was ' . not
there. I had a pleasant invita
tion to get put of the world for
a little while, and so I went
oyer the mountains and found
myself in Clay county and
down among a people . who are
happy in their homes. A people
who areall farmers and have
the atmosphere I",
uYes sir, I am ready."
Ivy did not understand the na
ture of his proposition; but if he
. . j i .. : j, I I jv-v.w v
I thonht we were badlv ?"u KVoa?" l" ?1"fB moke for
. 7 r line earta in iony ojiuulcs, sue : r
ljineland ana Ashland are as
well to do as can be found in
any farming country. There
are no delapidated homesteads
to be seen. No rotten fences or
perished out stock. They raise
their own corn and meat. They
sell more than they buy, and
have accumulated enough to
separate communities will have simple habits and limited de
an old patriarch worKing in
the lead, and he is Looked upon
as the bell-wether of the flock.
Now, it is necessary that a poli
tician should kuow the re
ligious faith, of those with
Thom he is. lectioaeeriiisf' j f or
votes. If he can't chime! in
with it exactly he musent say
anything 'agin' it. 'Now,' said
Vance, 'when I got over ' into
'tte valley to meet my appoint
ment, I found about seventy
five of the humble' sovereign?
gathered at the cross-road3
where there was a little store
and a wagon shop and a meet
inghouse. They had on their
home-made clothes ana were
standing around chawing ; to
bacco and talking about 'crips
and waiting for me to come. I
soon got familiar with them
and got thom in t first . rate
humor but as Holden was to
come ower in a day or two I
wanted to fix things in gome
way so that he could'ent unfix
thein. Hoiden was Methodist
and I was afraid that these
people were. I noticed an old
man sitting off on a chunk and
marking in the tand with his
long walking stick. He had on
big brass spectacles and ! his
heavy shaggy eyebrows and big
long nose indicated character
and so I set him down as 1 the
bell-wether of the flodi. After
awhile I got up close to him
and was about to address him
when he gave a prayerful grunt
and got up and braced himself
on his stick and looking at me
said in a solemn voice, 'This is
Mr. Vance I believe,' 'Yes- sir,'
said I, giving him my hand.
'And I am Emanual Stenor'
said he, 'and I suppose you have
cnine over the mounting to talk
to my boys about their. votes.'
tYe?, sir,' said 1, '.that is my
principal business and ! 1 '
'Well, Mr. Vance,' ,?aicl he, : in
terrupting me ; 'before you pro
ceed any further with ti. it
business, I would like to ax yon
a question or two.' ' 'Ceitauiiy
sir,' said I; 'certainly. 'Well,
Mr. Vance, allow me to ax you
what church do you belong to ?
'Well, that was a socllologer
and it come right straight at
me, and for a moment lfwas de
moralized, but I rallied,!' (and as
the boys had ail .gathered
around to hear the, old man-put
me through, I cleared ; ' my
it is.
hurt when Nat Hammond was
beaten for congress, but belie-?
that judge Stewart is making
a first rate member.' I thought
it was an outrage when judge
Branham was beaten' but judge
Mattox is making a splendid
j udge and so it ia all right and
no loss on our side.
Bill Art.
"Stand Upr
A certain steamboat captain re
lates the following: "While trav
eling down a certain stream I saw
a man squandering in the water
and screaming lustily for help.
Knowing that he was in shallow
water and could easily save him
self I called oat to him and said,
'stand op!' He at once rone up
and waited safely to the shore."
Now it seems clear to as that the
farmers of this country are mach
in the same condition. Tbey are
Aor.nnlli- lrnwni rt rr arQ anr.nanv
sires. A people wno indulge in
no folly and hanker after no
big thing. The communities of going down to poverty, to debt and
financial rain, when In fact they
are actually in "shallow water,"
are in a condition to save them
selves if they will only "stand up"
All that the great farming mas
ses now need is nerve, the back
bone to stand np, bat it is hard for
one man or a few men, with the
present rings, cliques, pools,- com
binations, etc- to stand . against
of farmers only be arouse a,
and then could only see them
selves as others see them, they
could easily reach the shore and
place themselves on a solid basis
and bid defiance to every puny ef
fort to manipulate or oppress them
ia any way. And we are happy
to say to-dayjjhat we are fall of
hope, from thpre8ent outlook of
the Farmers' Alliance and the zeal
and energy displayed in pressing
the work, that success will even
tually crown our efforts. We are
co-day looking forward with bright
hopes to the time when the farmers
not only of Texas, but of the entire
country, will stand together as! a
unit and bring order out of this
present, cou fusion, istop this high
banded combination brigandism
and' bring again that peace and
prosperity which shall yet gladden
the hearts of America's vast mil
lions. But to do this will require
not ouly firmDess, devotion, sacri
fice bnt above all unity. Dallas
Mercury,
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build academies and churches them, bnt could the entire masses
of good stylo and capacity. The
schools are prospering and
nothing seems lacking to their
happiness save j a railroad.
They average about thirty
miles from a railroad market,
and have to cross mountains
that are a trial and a trouble,
and I .was told that it co'st
those people about fifty thous
and doUars a year to wagon
their produce to " market and
back. They raise; eight thous
and bales of cotton, and it costs
two dollars and a half a bale to
get it to ai railroad. "Well, they
have fine land," and they have
iron and tin and copper and
gold, but they want a railroad.
I lon't think that a railroad
will1 increase their happiness,
but it looks like their time has
come for a railroad. Thei are
grown-up children over there
who never saw a jcircus, nor a
monkey show, nor the negro
minstrels, nor slight of hand.
The book agents get over there,
and just harvest, i Now shall we
give those good, kind beatted,
hospitable, Christian people a
chance to see , some of these
things, or not. That county has
sent out lots of good men, and
great men. from Senator Mor
gan down. They are all for
Morgan over there. Well, it is
strange tha t a mountain range
should make such a difference
I in people. . All for protection
on one side and all .against it on
the other. I'm afraid that our
people are not going to harmon
ize on this great question. 'Poli
tics ia a hard road to travel. It
is a science and has to be stud
ied just like mathematics or any
other science. IE a man suc
ceeds, he is a success whether
he ia right or wrong. I rememb
er, that a long time ago Alfred
Holt ran against Charley Davis
for the legislature in Walton
county. Holt was a whig and
Davis was a" democrat, and they
Bill Uye Mvertisss His Cowl
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would have said and
sir, I am readj," just the same.
He took np the basket of grapes
which in bad gathered, .and led
the way through the window,
down-stairs. Ivy waited for him
at the hall-door, while he carried
the grapes to Mrs. Siuim; then he
joined her again and proposea to
walk through the woods a little
while, before Ivy went home.
"You must kuow, my docile pu
pil, that I am going to the city to
morrow, on business, to be gone a
week or two. So, as you must per
force take a vacation then, why,
we may as well begin to vacate to
day and enjoy it."
'I am sorry you are going away.'
'You are J That is almost enoogh
to pay me for going. Why are you
sorry !' ' '
'Because I shall not see you for
a week; and I have become soused
to you, that somehow I don't seem
to'know " what to do with a day
without; and then the cars'may
run off the track and kill yon or
hurt you, or you may get the small
pox, or a great many things may
happeu.'
And suppose eorne of these ter
rible things sbouid happen, the
las'", for instance, what would you
Hat)
'I! I should advise you to send
for the doctor at once
Mr. Clerron laughed.
'So you would not came and
nurse me, and tuke care of me, and
get me well again V
'No, because I should then be in
danger of taking it myself and giv
ing in to papa and mamma; be
sides, they would net let me, 1 am
sure."
'So you love your papa and mam
ma better than 7
He stopped abruptly. Ivy fin
ished for him.
'Better t han words can tell. Pa
pa particularly. Mamma, some
how, seems strong of herself, and
doesn't depend npon me; hat papa,
O, you dou'c know how he is to
me! I think, if I should ale, he
would die of grief.. I have, I can
not help having, a kind ot pity for
him, he loves nie so.'
Do jou always pity people when
they love yoa very much !' ;
'O do ! of course not. Besides,
nobody loves me eurmgh to be pit
ied, except pp. Isn't it pleasant
here? How very green it is ! It
looks just like summer. O Mr
Clerron, did you see the. clouds this
morning V '
There were none when I arose.'
Why, ye, sir, there was a great
heap of them at sunrise.
,1 am uot prepared to contradict
"Oh ing to ill-health I will sellaat
my residence in town 29 ranger18
west, according to government sur
vey, one crusbedra8pberry colored
cow, aged 8 years. She is not
afraid of cars or anything else.
She is of nod united courage and
gives milk frequently. To a man
who does not fear death in any
form she would be a great boon.
She is very much attached to her
home at present, by means of a
trace chain, hut she will be sold to
anyone who will agree to treat her
tight- She is one-fourth short-horn
and three-fourth hyena. 1 will
throw in a double barreled snot
gun, which gees with her. J
in May she generally goes away
somewhere for a week or two, and
returns with a tall red calf, with
long swabby legs. v . jj
Her uamiis Hose and I preier
to sell her to a non-resident."
How Men Die.
throat and said ; 'That is a fair were both awful 'ugly, and fav-
question, my friend ; a, fair
question, and I will tell you
about that. My' grandfather
came from England, and as over
there the established - church
-was Episcopalian, of course he
p'was an Episcopalian.'
I paused a momeut to see the
enect of this, but tnere was
none that was favorable: The
old man marked a little more
in the sand and spit Lis tobacco
away oil on one side, bo I con
tinued.: 'But my grandmother
came trom bcotland, and you
know that John Knox left his
mark upon .that whole nation,
ana so or course she grew up a
Presbyterian. I paused again,
but there was no sign, no awak
ening, ho chord struck, and the
old man marked some more in
me sana. "jjui my inend. mv
ored each other ; so much you
couldn't hardly tiell them apart
except by theirf clothes. The
race v. as getting pretty hot and
it was about nip and tuck be
tween them. Davis had a flea
bitten gray horse that he al
ways rode. So one Saturday
morning Holt borrowed anoth
er flea-bitten gray and started
over to Vinegar; Hill district,
and just before he got there Iw
met a fellow who howdy'd with
him and called him Squire
Davis. Holt never let on, but
he asked the fellow how the
boys were going to vote and "he
saw that most of 'em were for
Davis, and that it was narrated
around that Holt was a proud,
stuck up fellow and wore a
ruffled sairt.and a breast-pin.
Liolt said he didn't reckon
fatherwas born and grew up la that was so, and that Holt
a Methodist community whn wnnMsnt trflt anv votfts hnt
were in this country, and con- from poor folks who dident own
verted by John Wesley, and, of a fool ofland and said he : 1
course, he became a Methodist, don't'want them sort. I don't
l thought that now I had him 1 want anv poor man to vote for
.sure, but I didn't. There was me. If I can't1 get the rich
no sign of sympathy from him folks ta vote for me, I : don't
or the boys, and eb T took my want to-be elected. I don't
last shot. 'But mv cood old want nnv man to vote for me
mother, sir, wts born and rais- who ain't worth a
If we knew all the methods; ot
approach adopted by an' enemy we
are the better enabled to ward off
the danger and postpone the mo
ment when surrender becomes in
evitable. In many instances the
inherent strength of the body suffi
ces to enable it to oppose the ten
dency toward death. Many how
ever have lost these forces to each
an extent that there is little or no
help. In other cases a little aid to
the weakened Lungs will make the
difference between sudden death
and many y ears of useful life. Up
on the first symptom of ia coagh,
cold orany "trouble of the throat or
lungs, give, that old and well-
known remedy Boschee's German
Syrup, a careful trial It will prove
what thousands say of it to be, the
'benefactor of any home." j
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The Weldon News tells of an
accident a few days since. It says
as the mail train on the Seaboard
Railroad from Weldon tp Ports
mouth dashed around a carve near
Cofer's Crossing, between Garys.
burg and Seaboard station, a col
ored man sitting on the track was
ran over and instantly killed. The
train was stopped aid. the body
removed to the roadside and
you.' .
'Perhaps you were not up at sua
rise.'
'I have an impression to that ef
fect.'
He smiled so comically, that Ivy
could not help saying, though she
was half afraid he might not be
pleased.
'I wonder whether you are an
ea'ly riser.' '
'Yes, my dear I coinider myself
tolerably early, I believe I have
been up every morning but one,
this week, by nine o'clock."
Ivy was horror-struck. Her couu
try ideas of early tobed and early
to rise' received a great shock, as
her looks plainly showed. He
laughed gayly at her amazed face.
You don't seem to appreciate me
Miss Geer.'
"Nine o'clock'!' repeated Ivy
slowly, ':very morning but onel
and it is Tuesday to-day.' '
'Yes, but you know yesterday
was a dark, cloudy day, and excel
lent for sleej ing.'
'But, Mr. Clerron, then you are
not more than fairly up when I
come. And when doyou write V
'Always in.the eveaiug.'
'But the evenings are so short,
or have been."
'Mine are -not particularly so.
From six to three is about long
enough for one sitting.'
'I 6houl(l think so. And
must be so tired !'
Not so tired as you think. Yon,
now, rise at live or six, and runniDg
round all day, become so tired that
yon have to go to bed by nine; of
course you have no time for reflec
tion or meditation. I, on the con
trary, take life easily, write in the
night, when everything is still and
quiet, take my sleep when all the
noise or the world's waking-no is
going on, and alter creation is
fairly settled for the day, 1 rise
leisurely, breanfast leisirely, take
a smoke leisurely, and leisurely
wait the coming of my little pupil.'
Mr. Cleiroul'
'Well !'
'May I tell you another thing I
aon't use in yon I a oad habit V
as many as you please, provi-
aea you won t require me to reform.'
, vuat is the use or telling it.
thenf -
But it may be a relief to you,
ed a Baptist, and it's always J dollars and owns the land he I tramp,
p ac-
ed in charge of-Jtbe section master
at that point for interment. - The Yon will have the satisfaction arts
man was unknown to anybody on lint; from dome sour dutv. We shall
thousand the ground, and may have been a I exchange opinions, and. perhaps
come to a better understanding.
smoke so much.'.
'I don't smoke very mach, little
Ivy. 1
'1 wish yoa would not at all.
Mamma thinks it is very injurious,
and wrong, even. - And papa says
cigars are bad things.'
Some of them are outrageous.
Bat, my dear, granting your father
and , mother and yourself to be
rightr don't yoa see I am , doing
more to expiate the evil than yoa,
with all your principle ! I extermi
n ate, destroy, and rain them at the
rate of three a day; while yon, I
venture to say, ' never lifted . a Au
ger or - lighted a spark against
them.' : "
Now, sir, that Is only a way of
slipping round the question". And
I really. wish yoa . did not. Before
I knew yoa, I thought it was almost
as bad to smoke as it was to steal.
I know, however, now, that it can
oe; still-.,
Feminine logic'
'I have not studied Logic yet;
still, as I was going to say, sir, I
don't like to think of yoa as being
in a kind of subjection to any thing.'
'Ivy, seriously, I am not in sub
jection to a cigar. I often don't
months together. To
promise yoa I won't
smoke for the next two months.'
'O, I am so glad I O, I am so
moch obliged to you!. And you
are not in the least vexed that I
spoke to yoa about it V -
'Not in the least.
'I was afraid yoa would, be. And
one thing more . sir, I have been
afraid of, the last few days. Yoa
know when I first knew yoa, or be
fore I knew yoa, I supposed yoa
did.nothing.bat walk, round and
enjoy yourself all day. Bat now I
know yoa do work very hard; and
I have feared that yoa could not
wall spare two hoars every day for
me, particularly la the morning,
which are almost always considered
the best. Bnt if yoa like to write
in me evening, yoa would just as
as soon I would come m the, mean
ing 1'
"Certainly.'.
'Bat If two hoars are too much, I
bone yoa woa't at any, hesitate to
tell me. i have no claim on a mo
ment, only,
'My dear Ivy Geer, pupil and
friend, be so good as to understand
henceforth, that yoa cannot possi
bly come into . my bouse at any
time when yoa are not wanted; nor
stay any looger than 1 want yoa ;
nor say anything that will nor
please me ; well, I am not quite
rare atoat that; bat, at least, re
member that I am always glad to
see yoa, and teach yoa, and have
yoa with me; and that I can never
hope to do yoa as much good as
yoa do me every day of your bless-
'O Mr. Clerron !' exclaimed Ivv,
with a great gash of gratitude and
happiness, 'do I, can I, do yoa
any goodT
'Yoa do and can, my tendril I
Yoa supply an element that was
wanting in my life. Yoa make
everyday beautiful to me. The
flutter of 'your robes among these
trees brings sunshine Into my heart.
Every morning I walk in my gar.
den as soon as I am, as yoa say,
fairly op, till I see yoa tara in tne
lane : and every day I watch yoa
till yoa disappear. . Yoa are fresh
and truthful and natural, and you
give me new life. And now, my
dear, little trembling benefactor,
because we are nearly through the
wools, I can go . no farther with
you ; and because i am going away
to-monowfinot to see you again
for a week, and because l nope you
rill be a little lonesome while I am
gone, why, t think I mast let you
kiss me !' .
Ivy had been looking intently in
to his face, with an expression, at
first, of the most beaming, tearful
delight, then gradually changing
into waiting wonder; bnt when
his sentence finally closed, she
stood still, scarcely able to compre
hend. He placed his hands on her
temples, and, smiling involuntarily
at her blushes and embarrassment,
half in sport and half in tenderness
bent her head a little back, touch
ed brow, cheeks, and lips, whisper
ed softly, G now I God bless you
for 'ever and ever, my darling I'
agd, turning, walked hastily down
the winding path. As for Ivy, she
went home in a dream, blind and
stunned with ioy.
The week of Mr. Clerron' ab
sence passed away more quickly
than Ivy supposed it would. The
reason for this may be found in the
fact that her thoughts were very
busily occapied. She was more
silnet than usual, so much so that
her father one day said to her,
'Ivy, I haven't beard yoa sing this
long while and seems to me you
don't talk either. What's the mat
ter!' ..
'Do I look as if anything was the
matter V and the face she turned
upon him was so radiant, that even
the father's heart was satisfied.
Very qnietly happy was Ivy to
think she was of service to Mr.
Cltrran, that the could give him
pleasure, though she could in no
wise undertand how it was. She
went over every event since her ac
quaintance with him; she felt bow
much be had done for her, and how
much he bad been to her ; but she
sought in vain to discover how she
had been ofanynse to him. She
only knew that she was the most
ignoront and insignificant girl in
the whole world, and tbat be was
the best and greatest man. As this
was very nearly the same conclus
ion at which she had arrived at an
early period of their acquaintance,
it cannot be said- that her week oi
reflection was productive of any
very valuable results.
The day before Mr. Clerron's ex-
pected return, Ivy sat down to pre
pare her lessons, and for, the first
time remembered, that she had left
her books in Mr. Clerron's library.
She was not- sorry' to have an ex
cuse for visiting the familiar room,
theugn its usual occupans was not
there to welcome her. Very quietly
and joyfully happy, she tred slowly
along the path through 'the wond
where be last walked : with Mr.
Clerion.:r SM,irae. Indeed, at a loss
to knoWcWhy she was so calm. Al
ways before, a sudden influx of joy
testified itself by very active de-
Lonatrations. She was quite sure
tbat she had never In her life been
so happy as now ; yet she; never
had felt less disposed to leap and
dance and sing. The non solution
of the problem, however, did not
ruffle her serenity. She wai con
tent to accept the facts, and await
patiently the theory. j
Arriving at the house, she went,
as usual, Into the library without ' Om
ringing, but not finding the books,
proceeded in search or Mrs 'Sirum.
That notable old lady was sitting
behind a huge pile or clean clothes,
sorting and mending to ber heart's
content. She looked od over her
will Ta u4f tar La-r
uw4 for Cmimi far ik j a . r
EDITORIAL TALK.
-rot'
OUR BROTHER tjUILL DUI-
VERS OA VASSISO EFEX7S.
Comment, Mingled , With
Thone of Olhtr Eilitor. on Poli
tic, rarminj, and Olhtr
Thuiff. 1 i
spectacles at Ivy'n bright; 'good
mormog,' and invited her to come
in. Ivy declined, aud iuquired
if Mrs. 5imm bad seu ber ; books.
To be sure she bad, like the good
houskeeper that che was. j'You'll
find them In the book cas, second
shelf; bat. Miss Ivy, I wish yoa
would come in, ror I've had some
thing on my mind that I've felt to
tell you this long while.'
Ivy come in, took the seat oppo
site Mrs. Simm, and waited for her
to speak , but Mrs. Simm seemed
to in no hurry to speak. She drop
ped her glasses ; Ivy picked them
op and handed tbem to her. She
mattered something about the de
structive habits of men. especially
ia regard to buttons; and presently
as il determined to come to the
sabject at ouca, abruptly exclaim
ed, i
'Miss Ivy, you're a real ceo 1 girl
I know, and as innocent as a lamb.
That's why I'm going to talk to
yoa a& 1 do. I knqw, if you were
my child, I should want somebody
to do tne same by you.' !
Ivy could only stare in blank as
tonishment. After a moment's
pause, Mrs. Simm continued,
'I've seen how things have been
going on for some time; bnt mv
month was shot, though my eyes
were opeo. I didn't know but
maybe l'd better speak to your
mother abbot it, but then, thinks
I to myself, she'll think it is a great
deal worse thau it is, and then, like
enough, there'll be a rumpus. So
I concluded, on the whole, I'd just
tell yoa what I thought ; ;and 1
know yoa a e a sensilla gal aud
will take it ah right. - Now you
mast promise me not to get mad.'
'No,' gasped Ivy. j
'I like yoa a sight. It's no flat
tery, but tbd truth, to toy 1 thtak
yon're as pretty-behaved o 'girl as
you'll find in a thousand. And all
the time you've been fcere, I nerer
have Known yoa to do a thing yoa
hadn't ought to. And Mr. Clerron
tbiuks so too, and t here's tbt trou
ble. Yoa see, dear, he's a man,
and men go on their ways aud
like women, and talk to them, and
sort of bewitch tbem, uot meaning
to do them any hurt, and j enjoy
their company or an ereuing, and
go about their owa busme-a in the
morniog, ard never Hi nSs of it
again ; but women, ft ay at; home,
and brood over it, and think there's
something in it, aud build a tine
air-castle, and when they find it's
all smoke, they mope and pin and
take on. Now that's what 'I don't
want yoa to do. Perhaps! youM
think I'd better have apoken witi
Mr. Clerron , bat it would't signify
the head of a pin. He'd either put
on the Clerron look and scare y ou
to deatb and not say a word, or
else he'd bold it up in such a n
dicnloua way as to make you think
it was ridiculous yourself, j And I
thought I'd put yoa oa yourj guard
a little, so as yoa neeila'i fall in
love with him. You'll like i him of
coarse. He likes you; but a youug
girl like yoa might make a mistake,
if she was ever so modest and
sweet, and nobody could be mod
ester or sweeter aud thjiuk he
loved you to marry you, when he
only pets aud plays with yoa. Not
that Mr. Clerron means to no any
thing wroug. He'd bo perfectly
miserable himself, If be thought
he'd led you on. There aiu'c a mor
bonorable man every way iu the
whole coaatry. Now. Mhs Ivy,
it's all for your good I say this. 1
don't find fault with yob, not a bit.
It's ouly to save y ou trouble in
s'ore that I warn yoa to look where
yoa stand, and see that you don t
lose your heart before yoa know it.
It's an awful thing for a Woman,
Miss Ivy, to get a uotion 'after a
mn who hasn't got a notion after
her. Men go out and . wdrk and
delve aud drive, and forget; but
there ain't much in darning stock
ings and malciug pillow cases to
lake a woman's tbouebt 'off her
troubles, and sometimes tpey
spiled for life."
To be continued.)
Ollyer H. Dockery, it is about
conceded, will be the - Republi
can candidate Tor Governor.
The record and character of the
gentleman rtll be generally
ventilated after thei nomina
tion is made. We will let him
rest, so far as we are concerned,
nnt'l he is regularly put up to
be shot at. .
The Democratic County Ex
ecutive Committee of Franklin
county has been called to meet
at Louisburg on the 2nd day of
April, we see from the Times.
Tbe'Democrats of that county
J T. 1 1 M TIT
ixmy wmiama irmMN
from the papersto bo the
coming man In the 5th Con
gressional district.
.A leading farmer of Wilson
(we do not know his name)
writes the Raleigh State Chron
icle the following sensible ar
ticle in regard to the public
roads: "I want to eay In regard
to the road qaeetion, that I
think the principal . point in
having good roads is : to hve
me wora aone directed by in
telligence. I believe that the
amonnt of work done oa the
majority of roadt of ttoe State
is amply enfflcient If It was
dene as it should be. Roads left
In a condition for the water to
stind on them, and all the wa
ter that falls on or near them
to run down them can never be
good roads however much work
is done on them.: A man who
don't know how to terrace his
land and run Lis rows t) keep
his farm from washing down
into the streams is not fit for a
road manager. I mean to say
that oar roads should be pat
ander the very best engineer
ing skill in the State, that be
should be a man of brains and
as yoa please and off mbca yea
want to. Don't bare to tbcw
yoar ticket and tb conductor isn't
expected to do aoythiog lat ixus
tbe passengers. No sir, I wis of
fered a paaa bat 1 dos t like the
line, 1 doat Cke to travel on a road
that baa no terminus. Do yoa
knew sir, I asked a division t.n;'r
intendeat where that road ran to,
and b said be hoped to die If he
knew. I aaked him if t! geat-ra!
superintendent could tell me t&J
be said he didn't believe thcy
had a general saprintendent auA
if tbey had be Itdn't know any
thing more about the road ttaa Ha
regular passengers. 1 a-keJ.
him who be repotted to and Le sa.d
'bo body.' I aaked conductor L
be got his orders from, and be f-'Z
be didn,t take order from auy
living in a a or dead gbot asu
when I asked the engineer wbo t
got bis orders from, he si 1 be'J!
like to t anybody giving bin or
ders, bed ran tbat tram to n;
himself, or he'd ran her iu tho
ditch.' Now yoa see nr, I'm a
railroad man, and 1 don't care to
ran oa a road that has bo tinn-, or
makes no- connections, mm to.
where, and baa no saperin'ertdrt;.
It may be all right, but I've i.i-
roaded tootoagto uuJetu-.;J it."
"Maybe you went to the Couu
gregational cbarch," I aaid.
"Popular road." said the Ir tk.
n me county n tuorouguiy or
ganized there is no reason why
a good Democratic ; majority
should not be returned from
t rankhn. W e are pleased that
they propose going to work in
time iu the way of rgaoiz
ing. j
do not propose to lose anytime there sbouid be a road eystem, L-jeit lQ this eoantry. 'gkk1 Wi
in preparing to meet the enemy, as the railroads have, and all I ted aud cotnforUHle crs. wvi
roads ehonld be worked under managed road too; dure: or c'. . . ;
his discretion aud all new interfere with divuiou
roads cut and opened by the dent aod train orders. K-iJ
best skill to be had. More than mighty popular, but us pufy ..
half the work rinna on- manv m. loepenueni, too. lea. U'Ju t o;u
farm is worthless and does no
good, bat barm, and two thirds
of the work done on the pub
lic roads is worthless. Our
road managers to a large ma
jority are careless and indiffer
ent and profoundly Ignorant of
what shoal i i.o done on a road.
Now I aia in faver of some
kin 1 of tax to keep the reads la
good condition, but not to Lave
the people pay.lhia tax and then
have it as poorly and foolishly
directed as tLo labor is now. In
just this way two thirds of oar
publlcjsrhool money i thrown
a ay. ' If you mean that each
wheel shall be taxed to keep
up tb- roads, I don't mach like
that, for hundreds of well to do
people in towns and cities don't
own wheels but Lire when they
wai4 to ride. I like a tax
thai reaches all according to
ability to piy.
The 'Jounty Convention of
Edgecombe county will be held
at larboro oa the 17th of April:
ror the purpose of electing dele
gates to the different conven
tions. Edgecombe county is
hopelessly Republican (unless
the luds. fiht among them
eelves) but the Democrats of
the county ar nono the , less
v.gorous in their labors for the!
cause of Democracy. The pao-
plo of no county in the. State
appreciated mow fully -the un
told benefits of the present
system of county government.
We doubt if there is any coun
ty thau can boast (?) of a more
turbulent, disrepactful, impu
dent crowd oi negroes nd
these negroes are led ; by a pet
or wnite men, who are, t any
thing, the inferiors of the Igno
rant negroes they lead. We
look for good work from Ivlge-1
combe this year in the caueof I
Democracy, and its inseparable
accompanyment, white suprem
acy. '
itieaivisioa aopenniroarni nau
Bast dlacootioaed one of the o !
stations on this lioe, door i !.;-
yearn ago! But U' a tntir
pleasant road to travel on, 1 j;.
hassoch a alendid cUak of p
aengersV
-Did yoa try the MelUl!ir I
aid.
Now you .re aboutirjp , be
wick come eDtboiam. -N. o
roadebl r"at tirte aod plrui.vt f
passengers. .rjgioe carry a j j-
erol steam, and don't yon v-t
it; at earn gaoge boi a fcjulu t
and enough ail the lime. LaiJ,
roal; when the condatfor tow.-,
all aboard,' yoa can bear Lira I t
the next station. Every traio 1 vuv
bioea bkea bead li;tL. btopcirr
checks are' given oa all ttr -(lu
tieketa; paaaengers can li4 :!
the train an often be 1 l . -
the station two or three time uu i
bop on the next revival tra.n tl.t
comes thundering along. 0)l,
wbolceouled, compatkionab'e
C JU
TS AT
Ti3 Views
Sail
cf Lifa tzi rHartat
asHzsiei ty tl
Any farmer who will take
the trouble to estimate ibe co?
of preparing, planting, cuUivr.-
tiug and housing an acre of
cotton or corn will at once see
that he cannot make it pay to
cultivate land that j will not
make two barrels of corn or
half a bale of cotton to the
acre. Mmy of theinknow this
already without making the
calculation, bat they keep on
planting just the same and. in
the fall complaiu of short crops.
Take a trip through almost any
neighborhood in this section in
October or November and you
will see land that has been cul
tivated in cotton that 7. ill not
yield one fourth of a bale to
the acre. i
There are ' numbers of 'good
farmers who will bear witness
to the truth of this. "TlTey are
uot guilty ofsilch folly, and it
is Loped that the Grange and
the Alliance by bringing the
farmers together will cause such
interchange of views and- expe
riences that all farmers will
pitch their crop in accordance
with the dictates of . common
sen:e and practical experience.
Newbt-ni Journal.
Com i
unlcated.
Tha Biblical ec:rder.
Cet
you
The Biblical Recorder, the organ
of the Baptist denomination in
North Carolina, is an unocnmnuly
vital and vigorous pap. r. IBesides
it special work of fostering and
and building up the interests of its
church people, aud always contain
ing something excellent for I he ed
ification aod benefit of Baptist, it
has recently acquired a social gen
eral value, by the lutroduution of
a weekly essay or treatise oa some
popular current subject, alway s to
tally leaviog oat politics, j
These articles are either the work
of the ed.tor, or are contributed by
the most learned, able and. widely
known writers iu this and ' other
States, and are as forceful, , discur
sive and Interesting as the articles
that appear in the leading maga
zines oi the day. i
Among the subjects recently
treated are: "A prorosition to cre
ate another lot of offices," Arbitra
tion of International Disputes,"
"Roman Catholics Their Plan of
Work in the United States," ."Evo
lution and Like Matters." ; Among
the forthcoming articles are: "In
sane Asylums and the Treatment
of the Insare," by Dr. IBogene
Grissom, feupt. of tb9 N. C. Ay
lum, and many others.
Altogether.it is a happy combi
nation of an excellent lie'io-nina-tional
and family paper and ruaga-
The sentiment of the party
as gathered at Raleigh is that
we are to have a stubborn fLtht
this year. The lethargy of the
Democrats in 188G came so near
losing them the State that the
Republicans will enter ths con
test with more hope than they
have had for tVelve years.
They will be able, it is under
stood, to use the election figures
of year before last to secure
from . the North considerable
money, and this tbey prcpose
to turu to good account. The
features of encouragement to
tho Democrats are these: It is a
Presidential year aud they can
get a fuller vote thin in an off
year; there are no factions in
the party, they are aware of
the gravity of the situation;
and lastly, there i a. general
disposition t waive - personal
preferences and nominate for
Governor that man who may
zine.
1
The Morning News is a be w daily
started at Greensboro.
be found, when the convection
meets, to have the greatest
strength before the people.
There is absolutely no booming
of anybody. Men expres their
preferences but are willing t i
yield them for the party's good.
This is well and out of this pa
triotic spirit will come good re
sults. The contest at . present
is between Judge Clark and
Lieut. Gov. Stedman. Minister
Jarvis has a following and the
names of a number of other
gantltmen are mentioned. It is
too early yet to prophesy: The
Democratic party will in its
wisdom do what is best to
be done. Statesviile Land
mark. . . ,
Oa the toad once more with
L-ojuou fading ia the disUnce,
the fat passenger dramming idly
ou the window pane, the cross pas
eoger sound asleep. To me comes
the brakeman and seating himself
o i the arm of the seat says:
"I went to church yesterday."
-res," I aaid with that Inter
ested inflection t hit nv for a
snore, '-and what chore i i. J yoa
attend?"
Which do yoa guess?" i asked'
"Some union nussionaiy enures
I baztrded.
No," be said. ' I dout like to
ran oa these branch roads mach.
I don't often go to church, and
beu I do, 1 want to ran oa the
maia line, where yoar run is regu
lar and yoa go oa nche tale time,
and don't have to wait oa connec
tions, I doa t like to raa oa a
brauch. Good enough, bat I don't
l;k it."
Kpisc umI," I gaeiwd!
"Limited tip re," be Slid, afl
paenger cars and two dollar ex
tra for a Beat, last time and only
stop nt big stitioo. Nice lioe.
but too exhaustive ror a brakeman.
aU traio men in uniform, cood ac
tors punch and silver plated lan
tern and no train boys allowed.
Then the p.vtners are allowed to
talk back to tbe conductor aod it
makes them too free and eaay. No,
I couldn't stand the palacd cars.
Rich road, though, don't often bear
of a receiver being appointed for
tbat I'.ne. b3me mighty Diet peo
ple travel on tbat lioe too."
"Uuiverslist!' I soggrated.
"Bro ul gauge," said the brake
man, "doe too much compllaeotary
bu sines. 1. very body travels oa a
pass. Conductor don'i get a fare
oncd iu fifty mile. Stops at all
flg Mtatiucs, and won't ran into
aayib'ng bat a noioa depot. No
smoking caroa the traio. Train
orders wie rather vagae and the
traio meti don't get along well
with tl piM'n?era. No I don't
go the UniversAiUt, thoagh I know
some awful g'-od (tea who raa oa
that road."
Preabyttmu,"' 1 ked.
"Narrow gug4 eht" said the
brakemao, "pretty track, straight
as a role; tunnel right throngs a
mountain rather thao go round it,
spirit level grad-. poger bate
to show their tickets bei re tbey
get on the traio. Mighty s'net
road bat the cars are a little nar
row, have to sit one la a neat and
no room ia the isle to dance. Then
there is no aton over tickets al
lowed, got to go straight through The
doctors; aint a road in the c;ui; r r
where the paaaengers ft-t-l oure .1 -home.
No pauaca, every paex;'T
pays full traffic rates for bi tal-.:.
Wa&leyaa-air-brake on all :r2i-
too, pretty safe road to ride ra, t.ut
I didn't ride oa it yesterday"
"Perhaps yoa tried the B.V.r"
I guessed once more.
Ah, ah!" aaid the b akru.. a
she's a daisy, ain't tht! l:-w
road, beaatifol carves t-vt ,
aroand anything to kep
aloogisde the river, bat i: n'l
ateeifjrail aod rock balUst, v.t..'
track Ul the way aod not a
track from the round bouse tjv -terminaa.
It takes a heap of aU r
to raa it tnongb; doable
every station, and there ii.t a',
engineer ia toe shop thtt c.uiuu
aoile or pall a pound w'. i i
than to gauge. Bat i rr.:
through a lovely com try. iV-.-
river roads always do; merj" -aide
and hills oa the otl ex, I i
a steady climb np the cr.ie uH
way UU tbe mo end ttus t -fountain
bead of the river b -r -
Yes air, 111 take tbe river rx4 r
ery time for a lovely trip, ware tx.
necjtons and good, time and to
prariedast blowing in at tue .u
down. And ycsterdy wa t.e
conductor came around Ij.- t .e
tickets with a hltle baakc-t i-auc'.!,
I didn't ask blm to pass to-, bjt I
paid my fare like a l.t '-' Oisu;
tweoty-flve centa fcr an boura rn ,
..... . . .
an a niue concert oy iuc i
gers assembled. I tell yon, B 1
ginm, yoa take tbe river tond n 1
when yoa waot" Bat ja-t I
the load whistle- aaacdel brnw C
aod tbe btakeunaa horned to '' "
door shouting, "Zknvi:U!
train makea no stop betc-u ?'(
and IndiaDapolirT RoV. J.
dette,ln the Burlington llal:..""
A; correapondent orth" N i;
miogtou Star writing Ua-u 1. --
Mount referring to the r-a n-..l of
tbe remain of persona int-nrliu
tbe Methodlat churchyard li-
new cemetery at that ; '.
makes tbe following rran.. '
statement: "Upon exami&ii'm f
some of tbe bodiea tbey ee i n . d
to be In a very n at oral c-n It
and eaeily recognierd toy tf r
friends, looking aiD0ia fci'i!
aswben first plaoej aar.
body of Dr. U. G. Ti'.loy,
oar moat prominent ci'tru;
been buried about thre yr-!
upon examination fosni to Ik
Ing as natural a when borid- H r
moaatacbe had grown -an it c'u :
more and wu mach- bUcker, n I
tbecVn whiskers wete ffn nz'i
to ten inches longer. li t-t-en.-J
to bn in a perfect stale of : s- r.
uon, a were tbe remain U .:-
ladtea which were removtd.''
to tbe station you're ticketed lor, or
yen can't get oa at all. ben ine
cji'm ate fall there are no extra
A daring crime was cMuui iud
at Berry, N. C, Satnrdv
dwelling and rvrai ca
booses adjacent ot C. W. MM T, a
prominent farmer, were fi-d tn j j
inv.nd-:xv with Utrotis ic-a';.
coaches, est .re bailt at tbe shops The family awoke intuneU
to bold just m many and nobody I their dwelling, bat the irwusry
e.K allowed on, bat yoa don't of- and aUb4e, eontaini&g lbr.ruiif
ten bear 6f aa aociaeui oa inu
toid. lt"1 running op to tbe
rule."
"Mayb yoa joined the Free
Thinkers?" I said.
"Scrub road." aaid the man
"dirt road bed and oo ballast, on
time card and do train dispatcher.
All trains run wild and every en
gineer makes bis own time, joat as
he pleases. Smoke if yoa want to.
kind of a go-aa-joo.plenee road
Too many side-tracka, and every
switch wide ooeu all tbe tlmf, with
the, Bwitcbmm aound asleep and
tbe target lamp dead oat. Get
Crop OI tDW HI cx-Jin,
mulef, two ibreawnz m
carriage and two wagona wrr
bnrnad. Tue Mil fn;m;-i
14,000, wita DO Insurance an I i
qaite a blow to Mr. Mo..l& T
identity of tbe man wbocuj.. :- l
tte deed 1 known, it is tb
aod be will no doubt be cau;h
Near!? all of the :eam t uirc
factories are at work and Ue 1 1-
rtadtv of the mU1.u-j.
taxed to their almost to
orders now being received.
fit
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