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VOL. II. NO. 40.
GOLDSBORO, N. C. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 1889.
Outcoiptioa, 01.00 Per Year.
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UNHINDERED.
Far westward is a snow-bound train;
Eastward, a soul is saying:
"Though I have looked so long in vain
This is not love's delaying;
For I have such a certain sense
Of answer; it is prescience."
The letter, from its barriers free,
Hastes to the love that waited.
Lo! its first words: "So close are we,
That, if by snow belated,
This message you are sure to feel
The day before you break the seal."
O ye, that never dwell apart,
Though half a globe may sever,
Thus w ill it be, when heart to heart
Can show no sign forever !
Though death -snows loom like Himalay,
Yet soul to soul, unbarred, will fly.
Charlotte F. Bates, in the Century
HIGHLAND NORA.
A rosy-cheeked lass, with great gray
i-vts :ind white dimpled arms, was gayly
Mtipncr, as she wielded the churn-
rWicr:
Hear what Highland Nora said:
"The Earlie's son I will not wed."
k'Do you mean that, Nora?1'
A youug man thrust his head and
shoulders iu at an open window, resting
his elbows on the low, old-fashioned sill.
'Do you mean it, Nora?" he repeated,
Nora started in well-feigned surprise,
:iad the rich blood dyed cheek and
I) row.
"Of course, I do," said she promptly,
adding, 4 just as did that other Nora."
But the bint was entirely thrown away,
for the young man only answered :
"Did she? I never read the poem.
But I have been thinking, Nora "
"Indeed! Is it such a strange thing for
the young 'squire to think?" the girl in
terrupted saucily.
"Don't. 7ailO-Vl of ma v,tv 1
said he, not heeding the indignanl
flash of the gray eyes. "You have
said the same thing a great many
times before, but somehow I always
thought you did not mean it, and thai
yon did love me, in spite of all. Now.
Nora, I ask you for the last time, will
you marry me?"
Nora did not answer; she was busy
aking the butter out of the churn. As
ie placed it on the table she turned,
facing him.
"I beg your pardon what did you
ay? I was busy."
The young man bit his lip with vexation,
I ut repeated his question.
Placing her hands behind her, and
assuming an attitude of defiance, Nora
sung:
Hear what Highland Nora said:
' 'The Earlie's son I will not wed,
Should all the race of nature die,
And none be left but he and I;
For all the gold, for all the gear,
For all the lands both far and neap,
That ever valor lost or won,
I would not wed the Earlie's son !"
'But I mean it, Nora," he pleaded.
''And I, too just as did that other
Nora."
iuy Karlc turned his face away and
closed his lips tightly a moment.
"Very well; I will never ask you again,"
said he, coldly.
The rich color faded from Nora's face,
:mt she turned away that he might not
notice it, and said tauntingly:
"All, that will be something new! I
o.illv don't see what you will rind to talk
?, however.''
4uy remained silent a short time; then
'30 spoke in an entirely different tone one
hat made the girl stare in astonishment,
o masterful it was.
"Nora, I shall take you boating this
iftf moon."'
be hesitated.
"I did think of gathering ferns; but
ni go," she added graciously, as she
rhought of his words, "I will never ask
rc.i aaain."
"Thank you."
'Did he mean it!" the girl wondered
she watched him out of sight. 4 'The
iroo-vc : Why doesn't he read the poem
nd see what the other Nora meant?"
Meanwhile, Guy was saying:
"I know Nora loves me, she only
wants to torment me. Never mind, my
!ady ! I'll change the manner of my siege,
ind be commander-in-chief a while: vou
have occupied that position quite long
nough." Then an amused smile broke
irom his lips. 44IIow surprised she
iokeu at my commanding tone! I ex
pected her to refuse me."
After dinner, Nora donned her prettiest
fress, a dainty gray, with ribbons the
:okr of the sweet lips. Tying on her
'vide-brimvned hat, she thought: "I'll
:,ke my zinc-lined box for ferns, there
i'e such lovely ones on the island.
here," giving a parting nod to the face
in the mirror, "you'll make him ask you
u iin, my dear, this very afternoon!" see
-aid, and smiling at her own conceit,
dipped away.
She was purposely late.
"It won't do for him to think I am too
anxious to go," she had said.
To her surprise Guy was not there,
anxiously pacing the sands and wonder
ing at her delay.
"Where can he be?" she wondered.
"I never knew him to be late before."
She waited nearly half an hour, expect
ing the young man every moment, then
she grew angry.
"How lucky I brought my fern case!
Til go into the woods and pretend that I
never came here at all."
Saying this, she turned to enter the
forest, but hearing the tramp of horses
drew back, hidden by the bushes. To
her surprise they stopped quite near
where she was hidden; she could see the
animals, but not their riders,
a woman's voice said :
Suddenly
"GuJ you are sure your love
is
lasting?"
"Of course, Elsie; I should not have
spoken of it otherwise," said the rich
voice Nora knew so well.
Parting the bushes she looked through
them eagerly. Yes, it was Guy! But
the lovely creature by his side who was
she?"
Nora thought her the most beautiful
woman she had ever seen. But she was
speaking again. The girl moved forward
a few steps in her eagerness to listen.
"How pretty the Hudson is to-day!
See how calmly it flows as if there were
no such, things as heartaches and disap
pointments." Guy took the tiny hand that was laic
on his arm.
"We will be happy yet, Elsie," h
said.
As they turned the horses' heads anc
started homeward, Nora's face was pal
and set.
"How dare he?" she cried. Then sh(
moaned brokenly, "Oh, my love, why
did you take me at my word? But no
he must have known her long ago, lit
called her Elsie, and said they would yel
be haDDV. He has only been triftinc with
me," she thought miserably, as she walked
slowly homeward.
When she reached the gate she heard
the sound of strange voices in the house
and saw the marks of carriage wheels.
Before she could slip around to the back
door a young man ran down the steps
holding out both hands.
"This is cousin Nora, I am sure," said
he, smiling eagerly.
Nora brightened instantly.
"You are my cousin. Laurence Nor
ton, are you not?"
"Since you recognize me, allow me a
cousin's privilege," he said; and stooping
kissed her on the cheek.
The sound of footsteps caused her to
turn her head just in time to see Guy
Earle pause, as if transfixed by astonish
ment, then turn hastily and stride away.
This little episode was not observed by
Cousin Laurence, who was in the best oi
spirits all the evening; Nora was not so
"What will Guy think of me?" she
pondered. 44 But I am glad he saw it.
And I do hope, after what I heard this
afternoon, that he will never, never read
4 Highland Nora!' Cousin Laurie," said
she, later in the evening, "don't tell any
one you are my cousin while you are here ;
I need a cavalier to accompany me in my
rambles, and beside, I want revenge on
somebody."
Of course Laurence was delighted tc
act a his cousin's escort, and henceforth
she was seldom seem without him. When
they chanced to meet Guy, Nora bowed
graciously, for she thought, "I can af
ford to be magnanimous, as I am victor."
She learned from the current gossip that
i lady and gentleman were visiting at the J
Hall, distant relatives, the servant said,
md that the lady was very wealthy. Guy
limself Nora had not spoken to since that
norning in the dairy.
In a few weeks an invitation came foi
Nora and her guest to attend a picnic
riven in honor of the young lady at the
Hall. The party were to go up the river
ibout two miles in skiffs, and cross over
the opposite side. Here the woods had
een cleared of underbrush, the green
rrass was thickly matted together, and all
iroundthe flowers and ferns grew in
tbundance.
When Nora and Laurence arrived Guy
mdthe strange lady had gone to the
pring a short distance away, and Nora
lurried Laurence off ere they returned.
3e accompanied her reluctantly, for he
lad some curiosity concerning the man
ie was sure his cousin loved.
"Fern gathering seems to be a perfect
nania with you, Nora," he remarked,
presently.
"Qhj I don't care if I never see a fern:
I just do not want to meet that stranger,'
Sfora said quickly.
"I thought we were invited expressly
io meet her?"
"How rude I have been!" she ex
slaimed. "So we were! Let us go
ack."
They turned to retrace their steps and
rame face to face with Guy and the fair
.tranger. Guy introduced her to Nora
is Miss Benton. Nora bowed coldly, but
lie lady held out her hand.
"Guy has spoken of you so often, Miss
Sfeale, that I feel as if I had always
tnown you. I am sure we. shall be the
estof friends."
Nora was not so sure of that; but she
:ould only murmur something supposed
be a polite reply.
But when her cousin was introduced,
Sbra was greatly surprised at the glad
ight that flashed into his eyes, while Miss
Jenton's pink cheeks changed to deepest
aimson. They shook hands, and Lau
rence turned to his cousin, saying briefly :
HWe have met before." Then offering
tfiss Benton his arm, which she accepted,
hey walked away, leaving Gay and Nora
together.
They stood looking at each other in
puzzled silence ; then, as the funny side
f the situation struck Nora, she burst
nto a merry laugh, in which Guy joined.
The laugh seemed to relieve their em
jarrassment. "Nora, may I walk back to the land
ng place with you?" asked Guy.
"It seems that you must," she said,
aughing. "It is a matter of necessity,
lot choice. I wonder where they met
jefore!"
"No matter, since they have given me
he opportunity I have been seeking f oi
io long."
"And I" said Nora, interrupting,
'want to apologize for not going boat
ng that afternoon. I changed my mind,
md went for ferns instead.
Guy looked at her in astonishment.
"Did you not go?"
Nora flushed, but said, smiling:
"Did you find me at the meeting
place?"
"No," said Guy, bravely, "for I was
lot there. When I reached home, aftei
eaving your house that morning, I found
hat Cousin Elsie and her father had ar
rived. She wished very much to take a
ide that afternoon, and I felt in duty
ound to accompany her. I took an extra
lorse with us as far jrs your house, in
.ending to invite you to join us, but you
vere not at home. I Since then I have
sought an opportunity to apologize in
rain."
A great load seemed lifted from Nora's
leart.
"She is your cousin?"
"My only cousin," said Guy. "Your
juest is a very handsome man," he added
Dresently.
You mean Cousin Laurie? Yes, he i
aandsome."
Guy turned like a flash, and, taking
Nora's hand, exclaimed : "
"What a blind, jealous fool I have
been ! I saw him kiss you Nora, and 1
thought "
"Never mind what you thought. Lei
us hurry; we shall be late to luncheon.,:
She walked off rapidly.
"Nora," said Guy, as he overtook her.
"since Cousin Elsie came I have beer
reading Scott's poems."
She gave him a hasty glance, and sink
ing on a large stone that seemed to have
been placed there for the express purpose,
Guy said afterward covored her face
with both hands.
Guy dropped the fern box which he
had taken in charge and took those trem
bling hands in one of his, placing the
other beneath the dimpled chin, then he
lifted her face till the sweet gray eyes met
his. What he saw there must have satis
fied him, for he bent his head and kissed
her.
"Guy," said Nora, presently, "to-day
is not the first in which I have seen youi
;ousin."
Then she told him of the conversation
she had overheard.
"You see, pet," said Guy, looking lov
ingly into the gray eyes. "Elsie's is a
pitiful story; her name is not Benton, for
she is married, but her father insists on
her being ealled by his name. I will give
you the details of her story some day; a
brief outline will suffice now, as I am
uore deeply interested in my own,"
jQueezinj? the soft hand. "Elsie went
a vn"it. tn an sunt in Rn .idioimTitySfjitp.
and while there was secretly married to
" " - j o i
i poor, but. worthy man, The next week
she returned home, and had hardly en
tered the home when her father an
nounced that he had selected a husband
for her. Finding refusals useless, Elsie
it last disclosed her secret. He was
simply furious, and shut her in her own
room till he could bring her here. He
jays the ceremony was illegal, and de
slares that Elaie must remain here until
ihe forgets Will Norton."
At the last words Nora sprang to hei
feet.
"Guy, Cousin Laurie is Elsie's hus
band! His name is William Laurence
Norton, but I always call him Laurie.
And he isn't poor now; his mother'
brother died last week, leaving him hali
i million."
You will let me row you home,
Nora?"
"And Elsie?"
"She will prefer going with her hus
band, of course. Uncle Ned's objection
him is removed now that he is rich.1
Ifter a pause, "Do you know, sweet,
ifter Elsie had confided her love story tc
lie I returned the compliment. And she,
3od bless her! referred me to Scott 'j
poems. Did you mean it, darling? Say
jou did not. Let me hear you say it,
io!"
"Of course, I meant it just as that
ther Nora did," said saucy Nora . 'Don't
rou remember, Guy?
"But Nora's heart is lost and won.
She's wedded to the Earlie's son !"
WaterUy Maqazinc.
The Whelping 'Ice.
Thousands of seals are found in patches
on the floes, but when one patch is ex
terminated the men often have to wander
far from the ship in search of more prey,
and it is then that their early training in
copying comes in advantageously. Occa
sionally the sealers go eighteen or twenty
miles away from the vessel over the ice,
and in all places it may not be equally
strong. Sometimes the pans are scattered ;
then the experienced copyist will use a
slab of ice as a raft, guiding it into the
desired position with his gaff, and so
ferrying himself across the 'leads" or
open water. At other times the "lolly"
or "sludge" is soft, but will bear just
one foot at a time, so the hunters spring
rapidly over till they find a more secure
pan on which to take breath. When they
have gone far and have to drag their
"tows" of skin a considerable distance
back to the ship, it may happen that
where the ice has been all secure on the
journey out the sealers find a gap too
wide to jump lying right in their home
ward path. But even if no floating pans
are within reach, they are at no loss what
to do; the "tow," each containing five or
six sealskins with the blubber attached,
are flung into the water; the blubber
causes them to float and the men use them
as stepping-stones across the open water.
Accidents, of course, occur from time to
time, and men often go through the
"lolly" or miss their footing and come in
for a cold bath which, considering their
filthy condition, may not be altogether
an unmitigated evil; but it is rarely that
any of them are drowned, as help is al
ways at hand. Occasionally the whelping
ice approaches so close to the shore that
the landsmen come in for their share of
the spoil, and then even the women and
children eagerly join the scene of carnage.
In the spring of 1883, at a place called
Bett's Cove, one woman secured five-and-thirty
seals in one day, and at Twillin
gate many women killed heavy loads of
seals, the people going twelve miles from
land on the ice to reap this harvest.
When the ice remains tightly packed for
any length of time in the bays the seals
sometimes crawl on to the land, and at
Bonavista Bay it has happened that as
many as 1500 seals have been killed
among the bushes on one of the islands.
A few years ago the seal ice came close
to the town of St. John's, and the in
habitants sallied out to reap the benefit.
As they went seaward in the morning
some of the hunters saw a man with his
gun.beside him sitting on a hummock of
ice not far from the mouth of the harbor.
At his feet lay a dead seal. They went
on in quest of their prey, and walked so
far out that it was late in the afternoon
before they returned. Happening to pass
by the same spot they saw the man still
sitting on the hummock and the seal lying
as before. They went up to him. The
man was dead, sitting upright stark and
staring, frozen hard as the ice on which
he rested. Nineteenth Ccrdury.
The Cherokee outlet is the next section
of the boomer's promised land. His ad
vance guard is already there, announces
the Washington Star, dodging the United
States armv. fighting: over worthless
J claims, and, as in Oklahoma, swallowin:
great quantities of alkali dust in the
water and air. Alkali water in the
Oklahoma cities is now very expensive,
and, after drinking, the imbiber heartily
wishes thatjie hadn't- :
LADIES' COLUMN.
POPULARITY OF CHKI8TTA2C SCIENCE.
It is estimated that three-fourths of the
women of leisure in New York and Brook
lyn are interested in mind cure, Christian
science or faith healing. The number oi
teachers in both cities is phenomenally
large, and all have full classes. The
pupils are invariably women, while the
teachers are both men and women. - The
popularity of the mind cure is amazing tc
those who are outside and not acquainted
with the subject. Slar-Sayingi.
THE EMPEROR FAVORS BERLIN MILLINERS.
The Emperor of Germany in ordering
the trousseau for Princess Sophia, sistei
of the Empress, who is to be married tc
Prince Frederick Leopold, and that of bif
own sister, Princess Sophia, who is to be
married to the Duke of Sparta, stipulate
that they shall be entirely of Germac
manufacture, and specially forbids the use
of any French silk, linen or other material.
The Berlin milliners are in a rush of busi
ness. All the members of the imperial
family will make presents of jewelry,
which have been ordered in Germany.
Keie York Herald.
PICKING UP VICTORIA S TRAINS.
Sir Spencer Ponsonby-Fane's duty al
Queen Victoria's drawing rooms is tc
pick up the trains, and it is very ardu
ous work and admirably calculated tc
give iLe strongest man a fit of lumbago.
Sir Spencer, who has been in the public
service for nearly thirty-nine years, has
I become rather infirm and stoops fearfully,
never having recovered from his desper
ate exertions during the jubilee ; and at
the last drawing-room it was only with
great difficulty that he got through his
task, which would surely be more appro
priately confided to a stalwart footman or
some other domestic rather than to an
aged official, for whom such menial du
ties appear decidedly undignified. Lon
ian Truth.
A SHREWD . INDIAN WOMAN.
There is one Indian woman whose in
come from coal royalties is estimated to
be not far from $60,000 a year. She is
said to have succeeded in driving a hard
bargain with Jay Gould himself. A
white man cannot- mine for himself in
the Indian Territory, but he can mine for
an Indian mine discoverer on royalty.
This lucky Indian woman is said to have
discovered that the lease she gave Gould
was somewhat irregular, and to have
turned that discovery to her greater
profit, for the little man of Wall street
knows as well as any one that it is better
to settle quickly in all cases involving
fuel supplies for western railroads. The
2oal mines of the V Indian Territory are
very productive even in the present in
fancy of the industry, and there are inti
mations that they will soon be worked on
i large scale by a combination of capital
its closely identified with the Standard
Oil interest who are behind a new rail
road reaching from Denison, Texas, to
the coal fields. Botton Tranteript.
FASHION NOTES.
An "ivory room" is the latest craze in
the "house beautiful."
Hemstitching is the rage just now in
both table and bed linen.
Boas of tulle will be worn the coming
summer with evening toilets.
Crepe de chine will be largely used for
afternoon watering place gowns.
Moire ribbon is as much id favor upon
lace gowns as it was last summer.
Black is' now stybshly worn with any
color from the palest to the deepest.
Colors prominent in house decoration
ire yellow, green and a grayish tint.
A caprice of the season is to combine
surah silk with the finer cotton fabrics.
Lilac and wistaria will be favorite
flowers for ornamenting summer lace
bonnets.
The favorite bracelet just now is a mere
thread of gold, set with a single diamond
or ruby.
Fine cut-glass divides honors with sil
ver in decorating the tables of our mod
ern sires.
A "crash'' bonnet, which can be "sat
! upon ' witnout injury, is tne latest Lon
don fad.
A unique bracelet, of chased silver, is
made up of tiny mice, linked together by
the tails.
An odd combination of fabrics now
in vogue is that of ladies' cloth with
India silk.
Work has already begun on the elev-j
enth census. ,,,..
MORNINQ IN THE COUNTRY.
Bhrill crows the cock, a misty light creeps In
At windows looking on the eastern sky,
The cattle low, and pigs and cows begin v
To raise their voices in discordant cry,
When Farmer John, with many a lustj
yawn.
Deserts his bed and stalks into the dawn.
With ears a-point, subdued but joyous neigh
Comes faithful Dick his outstretched hand
to "nose,"
While Beauty, springing from her couch of
hay.
Sweeps circling round, loud baying as sha
goes;
A hundred voices answer to his call.
The robin's treble winding through it all.
With liberal band he takes from stack and
store,
And smiling feeds his trooping flocks and
herds.
Each known by name; the weak he lingers
o'er
With soothing touch and kindly, c heering
words.
From him they learn obedience and trust,
They teach bim that the gentle are the just.
Compared to his what pleasure may they
know
Who in dull round of cent-per-cent en
gage?
About his feet the fragrant blossoms blow
E'en while the thunders o'er the hill-tops
rage.
Here thick-leaved maples grateful shades ex
tend, There cowslip blossoms o'er the brooklet
bend.
The sloping uplands clothed in emerald
sheen.
The solemn woods, the fields of velvet corn,
The clover meadows stretching gay between.
The lark in carol to the dewy morn,
These, these are yours, with all their cluster
ing charms.
Great hearted tillers of our country'i
farms.
And here among these rich, sequestered
scenes.
An independent, peaceful path you tread;
:No tainting substance e'er your sky terrenes,
' Nor marshaled chimneys turn your airs tr.
lead,
'Above you bend the blu unsullifd dome,
! The sun unveiled looks smiling on youi
home.
CharUs E. Banks, in Farmer's Voice.
FUN.
Ksh are a pretty good instance of a
Case where neither end is meal.
An important branch of education in
the olden times The birch switch.
Because a man lacks polish, by no
means does it follow that he isn't bright.
A Cape Cod fisherman calls his boat
The Kiss, because it is nothing but a
smack.
There is not much milk of human kind
ness in the pale of civilization. Harper't
Bazar.
The product of the electric plant may
be sold at a profit even though the yield
be light.
It is strange that in throwing up our
hands to a highwayman, we throw down
our arms.
"Why do you use paint?'' asked a vio
linist of his daughter. "For the same
reason that you resin, papa." "How's
that?" "Why to help me draw ray leau."
Smith "Jones, I owe you a debt of
gratitude which I can never pay." Jones
"Never mind, old man. I know your
habits better than to expect it." Loweli
Citizen.
"Oh, mammal" exclaimed a little
Burlington boy, on seeing a calf for the
first time, "there's the little cow that
gives the condensed milk." Burlington
Free Frew.
Wife "I've found exactly the girl I've
been looking for but unfortunately 1
can't engage her." Husband "Why
not?" Wife "She's too large for the
servant's bedroom."
Among other recent important scientific
discoveries is the fact that a woman can
be cured of angular penmanship by tell
ing her that she and her handwriting
look alike. Boston Traveler.
"Old Mr. Skinner is a very charitabl
man, isn't he!" "Oh, yes; of course.
But if ever he casts his bread upon the
waters you bet he expects it to come back
a sardine sandwich." The Hatchet.
Prison Counterfeiters.
A band of counterfeiters has just been
discovered at Sebastopol, Russia, in a
prison. The prisoners were engaged dur
ing the day at their convict labor, and
visitors compassionately saw them so em
ployed. But at nightfall the keepers fra
ternized with the prisoners, and together
they devoted certain hours to the manu
facture of twenty-kopeck pieces. In
Drder to get rid of their money to the
beat advantage the keepers went out at
night and the following day took the
place of the prisoners, who in turn be
came keepers.
TheTe are explosives which have sev
eatytimfiLiaoie jaower.than runiKwder
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