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Respectfully, It. R. Harris & Co. Louisburg, N. C. - . NOTICE. "" By virtue of the power conferred upon me Jn a deed-01 trust executed to me by 1 . J Jackson and wife, o! record in the Registry of u ranklm county, m Hook 7, at page 159, I will, on Monday, the 7th day-of March 18i)2, it being the first Monday, of the month, at 12 o'clock, M., at the Court House door in Louisburg, N. C, sell at pab-- lie auction to the. highest bidder for cash thekjjlowing trac or parcel of land lying and being in Harris township, and de scribed as follows: adjoining, the lands of Mrs. J: AV-Whetess and Wesley Denton, con taining 140 acres, more or less, it being the tract of land conveyed on the 28th. day -of : January 1854 to T. J. JaCkson by W. T Spivey hy his deed of record in the Regis ter s omce in nook 33 at page 146.. This 3d day ol February 1892. - 1 - P. S. Spruill, Trustee. v "1 notice: '.- s- v- Having qualified as administrator of 5 Abel Strickland, deceased, notice ia hereby igiven-to all persons owing his estate to 1 come and pay the same at onee. Those ; holding claims against the estate will pre sent them' on or before February 5, 1893, ; or this notice will be plead in bar of their - recovery;- This February 5, 1 892,- . r .i'-' '-;-.:i--.".''"'.-"--G. T. Lafateb,: . ; C. M. Cooke, Att'y. ' 1 -;- . .. : ; . - - notice; : . i is Having qualified as Administrator D. B fe; V. of W.;HJoynerr;decea8ed, rail persons soiaing claims against said estate will - pre y , aem tnenj to me on or before J an, 22,' 1893 -or this notice will be plead in bar of their ' recovery. All persons indebted to said es tat will Bettle at ODce. :; y ; : v t : -- : tV-' '. J. S. Joyker, Admr. ' Jan. 22, 1892. ; :t-k fsiS ; KOTICE. . 5- .Having qualified as Administrator of. J r; 1. - Joyuer -de;eased, all persons having daims against said estate will present the ame to me on or before the 22 dav - of Jan -.1893, or this notice will be plead in bar of A their, recovery. AH persons-; indebted to said estate will settle at once.ir.v-;-;-;t,.;r?J:-; ::'.'- J. S. JoYXZB. Admr,' v Jan.22,189S.;; .- -.;-:;:,-:;;.... ) -y J 3? Hiicnburg1 .Propr '.- hendeeson; Nrc.)S " V? Opod accommodations. Good fare. Po ' , - - ; lit aud attentive servant. t UJUflTI ill - - - Latest U. S. Gov't Report.-; WORLD'S .FAIR. -1 X Office of Board of AGRicpLTtTBS,V .. ;':--.--'; ' - ': . Raleigh, N. C , ' - 3 "- January xr,, 18U2.J r ? :-The Board of Agriculture has un dertaken to make an exhibit of the resources of the State of North Car olina at the Colombian Exposition", and has appointed the World 'e Fai r Executive Committee to carry - out this purpose. - This Committee ap peals to the citizens of the State to give them a cordiat support, and to aid them in furnishing; an exhibit th a t will be illustrative of the State's resources of every kind. We confidently; expect that North Carolina will he able to sustain her self in high Competition with" the rest of the world. . i ' "" Every country in the world and and every State in the Union is ex pecf ed to participate'at this display f .the world s resonrces iind pro- aresfir-m every department 01 the human effort. It will givesomeidea of the extent of this .Exposition when it is remembered that 750 acres, moretnanagreat plantation, embraced in the grounds, and that 150 acres will be covered with he necessary . buildings. These buildings will be filled "with every conceivable product of nature and art, anu i ortn uarouna can ana will respond to what is expected ol r 1 V ... I- uer. . In order that our State may take her proper place at this great Expo sition, the Boar.V-intendsr to make collections in the following depart ments: ' - .: - . Agriculture Food and food pro ducts, etc. Horticultnre-Fruits, wines,", and garden products, etc. Lave fctocK uomestic and wild , ani mals. Mines, Mining and Metallurgv Minerals, building and monument al stones. 1' oresty Timbers and forestry product. , Fine Arts Paint ing,- decoration, etc.- Ethnology Indian relics, and specimens illustra ting the progress of labor and inven tion. Liberal Arts Education, engineering, etc. Manufacturers t ish and r isheries Fish products and appliances for catching fish. All correspondence to be sent to in of T. K. Burner, 'Commissioner Cnarge of exhibits and Socitary the Committw, at Kalwgh, N.C. . F. CHreen, Chairman. J. F.Payne,. A. Leazau, - W. E. TEVEXS, - S. L. Patterson, . - . :, Committee. Scribner's Magazine. AH EXCEPTIOSAti YEAH. The year 1891 bas beon'marked by a greater advance than any si aular period since the Magazine was established. Not only has the literary and artistic excellence been maintained and increased, but a corre sponding gain has been made in the saH and influence of the Magazine. At the end of. 1891 the circulation had risen to more than 140,000 "It may justly be promised that the further improvements during the coming year will be proportionate to thes largely increased opportunities. , . ' '. - JOB ' NEXT . YEAK. - . C " . . ' It is not poesible to give, in a brief space, an account of all the features' in prepara tion, but the material is deficient in neither importance nor range of subject.- . : the poos 1 r ran world's g beat cities-. Iis proposed to publish a series of arti cles, upon a scale not before attempted, giv ing t tie results ot special study and work among the poor of the great cities.-. The plan will include an account of the condi tions of life in those cities (in many-lands) Where the results of research will be helpful for purposes. 01 comparison as well as for rneir own intrinsic interest, winie, irom a r scientiOc point of view, the articles will be a contribution of irreat. importance, t he treat ment will be thoroughly popular, and the elaborate illustrations wiU .serve to make the presentation of the subject vivid as well as picturesque 4 - . - - ; , - . . WA8H3NGTOS ALLSTON. " Unpublished reminiscences and letters of this foremost among early American paint ers.' A number of illustrations will lend ad ditional interest to the articles. ' ;V-'- IMPOETAKT UOMMST&'Zy The aim of this series of very short arti cles is to describe the signal occasions when some decisive event took place, or -when some great experiment was shown, to be successful such moments as that of tike first use of the Atlantic cable; tbeJiret use of the telegraph and telephone, the first suc cessful experiment withether, the night pf the Chicago fire, the scene at the moment of the vote on . the impeachment of Andrew Johnson, etc - ' . otrr o door papers. . ' - In the early spring will he begun a num ber of seasonable articles, among them rbe ingt. Small country places, how to lay -out and beautify them, by .Samuel Parsons, Jr. Fishing Lore from on ".Angler's Note-Book by Dr, Leroy M.,..Tale.': Mountain Station Life in New Zealand, by Sidney Dickinson. Racing in-Australia, by Sidney Dickinson, with illustrations by Birge Harrison. - Th illustrations are made from original mate rial. - Price 25. cents; . f3.O0 a year. ; ; ,v - CHAS. SCRIBNER'S SONS, Publishers V , v 743 and 745 Broadway, New York. . ilALliSTPmOTEli V-W. M. kcGHEE, Proprietbr". o. : Good accommodations, -pulite. servnls 0-ana tne best tare; the market." r GHOSTS. -JL torn of the head, gesture sllsbt .."' Of that girl, unknown. In the u-iqdovr there. Recall ia a flash to nxy" (aiad the night,-"--" ' j The fateful night, of our iMUtinx; where-"" ' We stood oppotedrTier nirry glance, j ;';.;1 ; "... Rer small hand clenched ia passionate rae, Ah! that was the end of our romance. And we both wrote Finis upon the page. "And yet. waa 1t ended, when here tonight- . A girrs slight movement, as it appears, T Can call-up memories clear and bright, - v i- -That. I thought were dead for all the years ' : Of life for me? - And the thought comes nowj If she, by a chance, some man should see Those face or whose ways, were mine, some -v how, ; ':V- - , ' ' i- Jttl what and how would she think of me? '. - -' : -:; ' . ; ' ' Sotnerrille JouruaL A FAIR SMUGGtEll Taman la the tnpst wretched of all onr maritime towns. I almost .died of hun ger there, besides being nearly drowned. I arrived 'very late at niht in a wretched telega. The coachman stopped his tired horses close to a stone btnWing,, which stands by itself at the entrance to the town, A . Black sea Cossack,, who was on guard, heard the bells of my car riage and cried out, with the sharp ac cent of. a" person suddenly waked - up, Who goes there? ' ; - Out came the sergeant and 'corporal. 1 told them I was an officer, traveling by order of the crown, and that I wanted a billet somewhere, -- s 1 .- - r. : The corporal took, us into town. 'All the houses we tried were already occu pied. - The weather was cold; I had been inree nignts witnout sleep, 1 was very. Urea and oar useless inquiries ended by imtatisg me. - . ... "My., f nend," I said to the corporal, "take me to some place where 1 can at least lie down, no matter where it is. , ' 1 know a hut in the neighborhood," replied the corporal, t'where you might sleep: but l am afraid it would scarcely anit your honor." " Go on," 1 said, paying no attention to his observation. : t After much ; walking through dirty little streets we at last reached a sort of cabin on the edge of the sea, " The full moon cast its light on the thatched roof and the white walls of my proposed habitation. In the court sur rounded by a sort of palisade 1 saw a hut. older and 'more broken down than the principal one. From this hut the ground sloped rapidly through. the court. down toward the sea, And 1 saw, at my feet the foam of the troubled waters. "This will do," 1 said to myself: -Tomorrow morning I shall start forGhe lendchik." - "A Cossack of the line was acting as my servant- I told him to .take out my trunk and Rend away the postilion, after which i called the master of the house. I could get no answer. I knocked, but there was still no reply. What could it mean? I knocked again; and at last a boy of about, fourteen showed himself. - 44 Where's the master of the house?" "There is none," returned the child, in the dialect of Little Russia. 'Sio master! . men wnere is the m:s- "Gone into the village." "Who will open the door, then?" I cried, at the same time kicking at it. The door opened itself and out came a wave of damp steam. 1 struck a match and saw by its- light a bund boy standing motionless before me. - - - - : I -must here- say. that lam strongly prejudiced against the blind, the deaf, the lame, the hunchbacked; in short. against the deformed in generaL 1 have remarked that there is always a singular correspondence betweejhe physical! or- mauon of a man and his moral 'nature. as thongh by the loss of a member the individual lost certain . faculties of the souL - . . -' ,. I examined the child's face; but what ,can one make of a physiognomy without yes? I looked at him for some, time with a feeling of compassion, when sud denly I saw on his lips a cunning smile, which produced upon me a very disagree able impression. - "Could this blind boy be not so blind as he appeared? 1 said to myself. ' Answering my own question I said that the boy was evidently suffering .from cataract, and that-Jhe appearance of cataract cannot be simulated. Why,, moreover, should he affect blindness? Yet in spite of my' argument I ' 6till re mained vaguely suspicious, -r - - . 1", "Is; the mitress of, the cabin your mother?" I said to the boy. - - ; c - ' :; "No." -J vw- v ' - - '; ;. . 'r , .-Who are you, then?" ' 1 ' -" : ' "A poor orphan," he replied.-! - ; , -Ha3 the mistress any children?'-:;: f'She has one daughter, who has gone ItO'sea with "a - Tartar." :;: S-"" 'V: . 4What Xartarr . r v "How do 1 know?- A Tartar of : the Crimea, a boatman' from Kertch." I went mto the hut.'- Two benches, a table, and a large wardrobe placed hear the" stove composed the whole of - the furniture. ' No holy, image against, the wall-bad'signl :; - -; rj -My Cossack took possession of the other bench. Ten minutes afterward he 1 was fast asleep, r 1, however,- was 6till awake,' and could not drive from" my mind the impression made upon , me by i the boy, with his two wbiteeyes. , ; Ah hour passed. Through the"window j felVupon theoor the fantastic, light of j the moon, -:; . Suddenly a shadow was cast, where 1' before there had been a bright light.,: I.'. spraug up anu went u lue wmuow. & human'; figure passed ' once more, and then disappeared-heaven knows where. I could scarcely believe ; that - it had escaped by the slope intothe. sea, yet there was no oher issue. .Throwing on my overcoat and taking my saber 1 went out of the cabin and saw theblind boyl.before me. I con cealed myself -: behind the-wall. and he passed on confidently, but with a certain, cautiousness. -He '-was carrying some thing under" his arin . and advanced slowly down the sJone toward the sea.' 'This is the hour." I 6aid to myself,' "in which speech is refitored. to thddainh and sigh to the blind.. c :.J : lie was. now so near , to the sea that with another step be wonld be lost. But this was not the nrstof his nocturnal es- ; peditiona so at least I concluded from the agility with .which he now sprariir from rock to rock, while the sea tpoured in beneath his feet. Suddenly he stopped I as thonsrh h had hm) Rnm tiAi'sa auf down upon a rock and placed his burden by his side,, He. was. nosr joined by a white figure walking along the shore. 1 had concealed myself behind one of the rocks, and overheard the following con versation; " . - - ' -. ' .. t-V.; "The wind. said a woman's voicej "is very violent; Janko will notcomeV . - vf Janko,""repli4 the blind boy, "Janko is not afraid of the wind." -; " -, t-Bnt'the' clouds v get - thicker and thicker.:1;" ' T ; - 'ln the darkness it is easier to escape the coast guard." . . v - : . ." "And what if he gets-drowned?". . . 'Tou will -have no more bright rib bons towear on Sunday." "As 1 Ustened to the colloquy, I re marked ; that the blind . boy who " had spoken to me in the Little Russian ' dia e ct, talked quite correctly the true Rus sian language. . . . You see," he continued, clapping his hands, "I was right. Janko fears neither the sea, nor the wind, nor the fog, nor J the coast guard. Listen! It ia not the breaking of the Waves I hear. No, it. is the noise of his oars." - The woman got up, and with an anx ious took tried to pierce the darkness. "You are wrong." she said, "I hear noth ing." - ;. - .. l I also tried to see whether there was some sort of craft in the distance, bat could distinguish nothing. ' A moment later, however. til black speck showed itself among the waves, now rising, now falling. . At last 1 . could make oat the form of a boat dancing on the waters. and rapidly approaching the shore. The man who was guiding it must have been a bold sailor to cross on such a night an arm of the sea some fourteen miles across, and must have had good reasons for braving so much danger. I watched the frail little craft which was now diving and pluniring like a deck through the breakers. It seemed as though she most the next jnoment" be dashed to pieces on the shore, when sud denly the skillful rower turned into a little bay, and there, in comparatively calm water, effected a landing. The man was of middle height, and wore on' his head a cap of black sheep- sxin. He made a sign with his hand, when the two mysterious persons who had been talking together, joined him. Then the three united -their 'forces to drag, from the boat a burden which seemed to be so heavy that 1 cannot even now understand how so light a craft could have supported such a weight. They at last hoisted the cargo on their shoulders, then walked away and soon disappeared. The best thing for me to do now. was to return to my resting place. .But the exrange scene i naa witnessed nad so struck me that I waited impatiently for daybreak." - lly Cossack was much surprised when, on waking up, he found mo-f ally dressed. 1-said nothing to him about my noc turnal excursion. I remained for .some little time looking through the window With admiration at the blue sky, studded with little clouds, and the distant shore, the Crimea, stretched along the horizon like a streak of violet, ending in a rock, above which could be seen the tower of a lighthouse. Then 1 went out and walked to the fort of Chanagora to ask the commandant when 1 could go to Ghelendchik.. Unfortunately the commandant could give me no positive answer; the only vessels in port were stationary ones, and- trading ships ; which had 'not yet taken in their ' cargo. , "Perhaps," - he said. "in three or four days a mail packet will come in, and then something can be arranged." ; . 1 vent backt in a very bad humor to my lodging. ! At- the door stood the Cossack.' who, coming toward me with rather a scared look, said inquiringly: "Bad newsTi '- ' ' ."I : ' - "Yes," 1 answered. . "Heaven knows wheu we shall get away from here." ' At , these words the anxiety of 'the soldier seemed : to increase. He" came close , to me and -murmured in a low voice: ; - ". - r " -"I'yj ' '. : ''This is not a place to stop at.;. I met just now a. Clack sea Cossack of my ac-quaintance-we were serving iu the same detachment last year. When I toy him where we had put up: Bad place,' be said; 'bad people" ". "And ; what ' do you think of that blind boy? Did any one ever before see a blind person running about front one place to another; going to", the bazar, bringing . in " tread and ' water?.; Here they seem to think ncthin of it." ..'-;."-; .; : t- v.-;':...; - Has the - mistress of the place come ? in ?- "Tms morning, while yon were out, an old woman came with her daughter." "What" daughter? --Har daughter is ajvay."f; ". r V :'' : "1 don't know who Jt Is, then. But look, there is the old woman sitting down in the cabin." . . . - , - .i I .wentln.' A good fire was shining in the stove, and a breakfast was being pre pared, which, for such poor people, seemed to me rather u luxurious 'one. When 1 spoke to the old woman she told t i me that she. was stone deaf. . -; . - j . It wa3 impossible, then, to talk to her. I turned to ner blind . boy, and taking t him by the ear, said: . - . say, you little wizard, where were you going last . night; with that -parcel : under your arm?" He at once began to moan and cry. nd then sobbed out: . v. . . Where- was I-goIng : last night? . I went no where. " ' And with a , parcel ! What parcel?" .u ' -, ' The old woman now-proved that hei ra whAn- shA ao desired., were bv nc means' closed. "It ia not true," she cried. ".Why dc you tease an unfortunate boy? - What dc you take him for? What, harm has he doneyonT - ... V , - - . - I could stand the noise no longer. So 1 - went out, determined somehow or. other to find the solution of this riddle. - About an hour passed, perhaps more. Suddenly the cadences of a singing Toice L --(;; struck ' my ear. ; I listened and beard a Btrango melody, now slow and sad, now . rapid and lively; - Ths sounds seemed to fall from the sky. -1 looked up, and on thereof of the cabin I aaw a -young girl in a straight dress, with disheveled hair. Uka a naiad.";. "v v - 1 looked again toward the dnger, but she had disappeared. A moment' after she passed 'rapidly before me, singing another song-and snapping her fingers. Ehe went to . the old woman and said something to her. The . old woman seemed annoyed. - The young girl burst into a laugh. - Then,-with a bound, she came close' to me, suddenly stopped and looked at. me fixedly, as though sur prised to see me. . Then, turning away with an air of indifference, she walked quietly toward the shore. - , : .- AD the. rest of the day I saw her at short intervals,-always singing and dancing., ; " ' ; : I had never seen such a woman before. She could scarcely be called beautiful, but I have my own ideas on the subject of beauty.. There was a thoroughbred loos aDout ner, and with women, as with horses, there is nothing like breed. What charmed me In her was the ex traordinary suppleness of her figure, the singular movements of her head and her long, fair hair hanging down in waves of gold on her neck, and her nose. which was perfectly formed, and in her sidelong glance there was something dark and wild, Toward the evening 1 stopped my Un dine at the door of the hut and said to her: . - . ' . - "Ten me, my pretty one, what were you doing today on the roof" . "I was seeing in what direction the wind blew.", -"How did that concern youT - "Whence blows the wind, thence comes happiness." - "And your singing was to bring you good fortune?" - " - - "Where singing is heard there is joy." -jux . wuac snouid you say tr your singing caused unhappiuess?" "If -. unhappiness arrives it must be borne. And from grief to joy the dis tance is not great." t - - - - 'Who taught you those songs?" " "No one: 1 dream and 1 sing; those who understand - me Usten to me, and those who do not listen to me cannot un derstand me." - . i '. ' - "What is your name?" ' "Ask those who baptized mo." "And who baptized you?" , "1 do not know." "Ah! you are very mysterious, but 1 know something about you." . t There was no sign of emotion on her face; her lips did not move. . "Last night," 1 continued, "you were on the seashore." " Then 1 told her the scene 1 had witnessed. 1 thought this would have caused her to evince some symptom of anxiety, but it had no such effect. . . i - "You assisted at a curious Interview." she said to me with a, Uugh; "but you do not know much, and what you do know you had better keep under lock ana Key, as you would keep some pre cious treasure. "But if," I continued with a grave and almost menacing air, "I were to relate what I saw to the commandant?" "At these words she darted away, sing ing, .and disappeared like a frightened bird. . " ! - . ' The night came. I told my Cossack to prepare tne tea urn, ugutedawax candle, and sat down at the table, smok ing my long pipe. . I was drinking my tea, when the door opened and I heard the rustling of a dress. I rose hastily and recognized my siren. . ' She sat down silently beside me and fixed me with a look which made me tremble; one of those magical looks which had - troubled my life in earlier days, . ' Her countenance was pale death. In its paleness I thought I could see the agitation of her heart. ' Her fin gers struck mechanically on the table; her body seemed ' to shudder; her bosom rose violently and -the moment after ward seemed depressed.". This species of comedy tired me at last, and f was about to bring it to an end in the mast prosaic manner by offer ing my fair visitor a cup of tea, when suddenly she rose and taking my head in her; hands gased at me with all the appearance of passionate tenderness. . A cloud covered my eyes, and I wished In my torn to kiss her. bat she escaped d j like( a rnake, murmuring a ah did so. 2 1 .-"Tonight, when everything is quiet. meet me on the shore. Then she dia appearedi upsetting as she did so my tea urn and my solitary light j "She is .the very mischief I" cried" my Cossack, who had been looking out for his share of the tea. . " - He then . lay down on the bench, and gradually. ray agitation subsided. r "Listen,"-! said to him. , "If you hear a pistol shot; hurry down a fast as yon can to the shore. - " . tie rtuoea ms eyes, and replied me chanically, "Yes. sir." ' I placed my pistol in my belt and went out The siren was waiting for me at the top of the path leading down to the sea, lightly clad in a stuff which dang to her waist like a scarf. " - - "Follow me." she said, taking . ms by the hand. '. . ! . "We walked down the rocky path to such a manner that 1 cannot understand how 1 failed to break my neck. Then .we turned sharply to the right,-as the blind boy had done, the night before. The moon was not .yet up' Two little stars, like the hres ox lighthouses, re lieved the darkness. The agitated waves lifted and let fall is regular cadence' a solitary boat close to the shore. Get in," she said. I hesitated, fur 1 confess that I hare not the least taste for sentimental excursions on the sea. But-it' was impossible -to refuse. She leaped into the bark, I followed her, and off we went. '-,-.' - . - "What does all this mean?" 1 said. getting angry. . , "It means," she replied, making me sit-down on' a bench and put tin her arms around my waist.. "it means that I love you." Her burning cheek was close to mine and I felt her hot breath in mv face. Suddenly ! heard something faU into the water. Instinctively mv hand went to my belt. The pistol was n tonger there. ., ',-." ... ,v A horrible mspicion seized me. . The blood Trashed to my brain. ' 1. looked at her. W were far from shore and I could not swim.: I tried to escape from her embrace, but she held to me like a cat. and almost succeeded by a sodden jerk In throwing me out of the boat. which was already. on one side. I con trived,' however, to restore the equilib rium, and then began, between . my per fidious companion and myself, a desper ate struggle in which I employed all my strength, while feeling that the abomin able creature was overcoming me by her agility. . What do yoa mean?" 1 said to her. squeezing her little hands so tightly that 1 heard her fingers crack; bat whatever pain I may have caused her, she did not utter a word. Her reptile .nature could not thus be overcome. "You saw us," she cried at last. "You want to denounce us." Then by a rapid and violent effort she threw me down. Her body and mine were now bending over the side of the frail craft and her hair was in the water. The moment .was a critical one.-. I got up on my knees, took, her with one hand by. the hair, with the other by the throat, and when 1 at last compelled her to unclutch my clothes, I threw her into the sea. Twice her head reappeared among the foaming wares. Then 1 saw her no more. In the bottom of the boat I found an old oar, with which, after much labor, 1 succeeded in getting to the shore. As I walked back to the hut by the path leading tor the sea, I looked toward, the place where the night before the blind boy had been awaiting the arrival of the sailor.' The moon at this moment was shining in the sky, and 1 fancied 1 could discern - on the seashore a white fimre. Filled with curiosity. I concealed my self behind a sort of tiremontorr. from which I could remark what was going on around me. What was my surprise, and I almost say my ioy. when I saw that the white figure was my nalad? She was wringing the water out of her long, fair locks, and her wet dress clang to her body. A boat, which I could just see in the distance, was cominsr toward ua, Out of it sprang the same boatman whom I bad seen the night before, with the same Tartar can. 1 now saw thai his hair was cut in the Cossack fashion. and that from his girdle nana a lanre knife. "Janko," cried the young girL "all la lost." . Then they began to talk, but In so low a voice that 1 could not hear them.- "Where Is the blind boyr said Janko at last, raising his voice. ".He will be here soon," was the an swer. At that very moment the blind boy appeared, carrying on his back a packet. which be placed in the bark. "Listen," said Janko, -keep a good watch here; the things yoa know are valuable. Tell" here a name was ut tered which I could not catch "that I am no longer In his service. Things have taken a had torn. - He will see . me -no more. The situation is so dancvxoua thai I must get something to do elsewhere. He will not find such another very easily. You may add that if be bad rewarded more liberally the dangerous services rendered to him,-Janko would not bars left him in the lurch. If be wants to know where to find me where the wind howls, where the sea foams, that is where I am at home." After. a moment's silence Janko went on: "Sa y she accompanies tne. She can not remain here. Tell the old woman that she has done her time, and that she ought to be satisfied. ' We shall not see her again." . ' ."And D murmured the blind boy. "I cannot be troubled about you." -The young girl leaped into the boat. and with ber hand made a . sica to her companion. - - "Here," be said to the blind boy. "Jhat will do to buy m gingerbread. - "Nothing more?" replied the child. "Yes, take this," and a piece of money fell upon the sands. - The blind boy did not rick it up, Janko took his place in the boat. The blind boy remained sitting down on th seashore, and be sermed to be crying. .Poor fellow! his grief afflicted me. ' Why had fate thrown me in the mi art of this peaceful circle of smugglers? As a stone troubles the water. I had brought dis order into these lives, and like the stone, moreover. I had very nearly sunk. ' When I got back to the cabin my Cos sack was so fast asleep that it would have been cruel to disturb him. I lighted the candle and saw that my- litUe box containing my valuables, my saber with silver mountings, my Circassian dagger (given to me by a friend) had aU been carried off. Now I understood what the packet placed . in the boat by the blind boy must bars contained. " ' 1 wok up my Coauck with a blow, reproached him for; his negligence and fairly lost my temper. Bat my sngvr could not make me find what 1 had lost.' And how could I oxmplaia to the au thorities? Should I nothavs been laughed at If I had told them that t had been robbed by. a blind boy, and almost drowned by a young girl? Detroit Sun News. ' ifldrea Cry fcritd: cr sjCostcru. - : Aa Tdorptlo. . The Gold?boro Arrrua says:, nroacl nero Goldboro has w fanner ra the person of Prof. E. E. Smith ex-U. a M inister to' Liberia! "We bave before made . note of his excellent farm, a few milea east of the city. Recent ly Le had upon this market three bales of cotton, aa the first fruib of hieinduslrj'aaafarmer.'V ' This is watt, exceptional .case. As a- rule, V any considerable time in public office unfits most -men for success in private busi ness fife; and more especially Js" this the case amon the neprocs who have filled offices. There are not the advantages in pub lic offices that the avidity with which they are sonirht, would , Indicate. There is too much of- fice seeking too little intelligent energy invested in private bus iness in this country, especially in farming. ; The Present Sevd Law tn"orth varolii It'rnay not be generallyltnowu that the last legislature passed a seed law requiring all persons doing business in the 6tato to have on each package of vega table or garden seed,, plainly stamped, the year in which the seed was grown. ; A failure to do this or to wrongfully mark any package or bag subjects the seller to a tine for each offence of ten to fifty dollars or impris onment of ten to thirty days. Farmers who sell to each other in open bulk are not required to mark the bags or -packages. This law is for the protection of seed buyers, and the honest seedsmen who couductastraight- forward business. The legisla ture is to be commended for their action. - Girls of Cornwall. The girls of Cornwall, accord ing to a recent traveler, give nobody any trouble in - early life. They are little automa tons in youth, silent as pagan stone circles in girlhood, toiee less and blushing 'thereafter nntil wedded, when they at once develop such strength of character, temper and tongue, that half the men of Cornwall arc known individually as Jinny's Jack,' and in railery are greeted with the inquiry, 4,lIowa the woman as awns'ecf' Chicago Herald. Darn and be Clean. As the days grows warmer the spores of, noxious fungi and the eggs and pupae ef injurious in sects which have lain dormant in the dead leaves, stalks and rubbish of last year's crops will waken into new life and stand prepared to attack the earliest growth of this season's crops. Formerly careful and 'intelli gent farmers and gardeners pre ferred to allow those rubbished piles to remain nntil they could be plowed under to furnish bu rn u for the soil. The great in crease of plant diseases in re cent years renders this plan no longer cafe, llumns must ba supplied by other meant than diseased and infectious rub bish. Lose no time, then, In clean ing up your fields, gardens or chards and vineyards, and burn all trash, returning the ashes to the land. Remember that plants once infected by diaeasccannot be cured. Tow is the chance for the "etitch in time Ger ald McCarthy, N. C. Experi ment Station. As a matter of fact, In get ting rid of the excess of acreage in cotton, we do cot want a sin gle substitute for. that staple, and it would be as great a folly to plant all rice, all tobacco cr all anything else aa all cotton. The true remedy is diversifica tion of crops, and the planting and growing of a half dozen products best adapted to South ern agriculture. Winston Sen tinel. . ' ' 'Time "is money." ' If yon have a -bad cold, don't xnopo around and half do your work. Get a bottle of Dr. Bull's Cough by nip; take a dose at night and get tip the next morning-cured. You need not despair! Halra tlon Oil will heal your burnt arm without a sear. 23 cents. Chappie Do you Uh mea un derstand that it Uuiotes ioyrett this suit? JennieOh, no. - With a lit:'- work on the kne- it roiLt iL Jo. J several rropceohi Ttt. ... 'X '