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LENOIR, N. C. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1808. NUMBER 7. fiorth Carolina to the Front. Superior Commercial Advaotages CONTRIBUTE TO Ir Wonderful Growth and io Section so fa vored by nature. AND None obtaining supplies at lower cost. The Leading Wholesale House of North Carolina claims the credit for not only carry ing the Largest, Handsomest apd Most Complete Stock of General Merchandise in the State, bat what ia of much more consequence, Leading all in low Tprices. -o- In DryGoodsand Notions we are the acknowl edged leaders. Few Can Meet Our Prices ; none Attempt to Beat Them. The Columbian year promises to to the most memorable in our his tory. It must necessarily be the greatest we have ever had in busi ness, as we are not only fixed to serve Jon better than any of our competi tors, but that is just what we intend to do. Years of experience, a thorough knowledge of the wants of our peo ple, and an intimate acquaintance ith the manufacturers of the East and South,, places us on a footing to do all we claim: You want tobe at the bottom in the way of low prices, and at the top ith handsome and desirable goods. Oar Stock for the Fall Trsde is com plete and we are ready to serve you. ' 4 Yours truly, Wallace Bros. C. S. TV 1 . T.i a tr.n.: ?n F. Bowles an L. B. Bristol will Possible represent us on the road and many of bur .customers ' as SUtearille, N. C June 163. M UTAH IM U1QIR. Written for Thb Towo by M. E. A How grandly do the mountains .Surround the quiet town, Their majestio shadows falling O er the peaceful scene around. In that quiet corner, At the mountains very feet, J Is a simple Church, and Altar, With a beauty most complete. An Altar carved most grandly Witn ly painting there, Makes a wondrous spot of beauty In that simple house of prayer. Within the centre standing Christ our risen Head -With holy hands out-stretched Gives the sacred wine and bread. At His side, two figures kneeling Receive the blessed token; And those words so feeling, Are then unto them spoken. A man and woman kneeling With aspect pure and sweet. She perhaps the Mary Who knelt and kissed His feet i A glorious, radiant light On' the figures softly fall, But on Christ's garments white Rests the holiest light of all. Souls which long have hungered, On that glorious sight may feed, Receiving there the sacred token, By grace are fed indeed. k Naw Yell. Charlotte Observer. They've got a new college yell at the University, and we are surpris ed to see that the Tar Heel thinks highly of it. It's the worst college yall we ever saw. Here she is: "Hsct'e! Hretie! Huctte! 8 La boo ui bub! OcroCuft! C'0' or! . Esb! Rb! Rab: "Haokie"! 'Hackie"? What aw ful pictures 'hackie" conjures up to the mind's eye. It makes one think of a man in the throes of vio lent expectoration ! It calls up hor rible recollections of a vermifu ginous taste in the mouth, vainly trying to get relief by facial grim aces. "Hackie!" "Angels and ministers of grage defend us!" Then, besides, "Carolina" is too indefinite It might mean South Carolina. In deed, such a veil as this would inva riably be mistakes by strangers to be the audible delerium tremens of a set of South Carolina Populists under the influence of dispensary 'licker." Let the freshmen have the use of the "hackie" yell, but in behalf of the old boys, we implore that the ancient yell which brings the glow to the cheek, the thrill to the heart, and the shout to the tongue; that makes the Philistines tremble; that Works in the old Di and Phi colors be retained. As for us, we shall never yell anything but -Bab! Ebl Bf b! Wiiita nd blue! a ' . Vive 1"! Vive a! N. C 0.! ' v Hill Spaiks Is Nsv York. Bqookltn, Oct. 23. The Dem ocrats of King's coHnty tonight be gan their campaign with an immense mass meeting in the Academy, of Music. Despite the rainy weather weather, 4,000 people were present. The speakers announced for the evening were Senator David B Hill, May. r David A. Boody and ex-Police Commissioner James D. Bell. Res olutions were read and adopted pledging hearty support to the ad ministration of President Cleveland, the prompt and absolute repeal of the purchasing clause of the silver bill; commending the course of Mr. Hill in the Senate; approving the administration of Gov. Flower; en dorsing the platform and nomina tions of the State contention held at Saratoga and reaffirming faith w the integrity and ability of Mayor Speaking of unconditional repeal in the Senate, Mr. Hill said: The responsibility for the failure (if it shall occur) to pass the repeal bill proper, cannot be laid at the door of the Democratic party. .Both parties must accept their share of the re sponsibility. Both were divided upon the question, while tne filli bustering was mainly done by tne Republican Senators from the silver States. The Southern Senators, to their credit be it said, while not wholly favoring the measure, m the main refrained from all dilatory tac tics and were never disposed to pre vent a vote. A Democratic Presi dent discharged his duty fully;, a Democratic House nobly met the it sue, but a Senate, politically almost tied, has thus far disappointed the country- i . f. "For one I am in favor of heroic action and advocate a resolute -effort to establish for ever the sacred prin ciple that a mJoriwut mltted to rule in United States aa m any other legislative body m the country. No matter what maT be the outcome of the present strug gle the necewify of a change m the Senate rules has been abundantly demonstrated. . . ; 1 " He intimated if the effor was not made it would not be his fault. The Swiss poitoffice conveys any thing from i postal card to barrels of wfne, scytbesand bundles of old iron CQBHALLED BY FIRE Tki Story of n Unexpected Ciptori By CaptlRowliy. It was the end of a scorching day in AngriBt, 1840. ; The herbage of the prairie, which a m nth before had t aen green and su culent, was withered to its tap roots. The sun bad drunk the last drop from the slough bottoms, and the mud beds were ciiaa crossed with craoks t ill they locked as if they nev er would hold water again. At last the son bad set, and, tired out from a long day's hunting, I tethered my thirsty horse and lay down thirsty myself. I had bur rowed with my heel and my knife fully eighteen inches below the crust of mud, bat had failed to find wa ter. I knew it would be morning before enough moisture would filter into the hole to satisfy the thirst of an abstemious ground hog. A few ill-tempered mosquitoes buzzed .around, but I succeeded in driving them on! with a pipe of to bacco before going to sleep. I cannot tell how long I slept be fore I was awakened by the wild snorting and struggling of my horse, Peter. I only know that the sharp clatter of bis hoofs upon the hani ground aroused me, when at the same momeut I became conscious of a strange chokiog seosatiou. "Great God Fire!'' I exclaimed, springing to my feet and rushing in the direction of my horse. The wind, which had barely wav ed the spindly grass when ?I had laid down, was now blowing quite strongly, and a denseblacki smoke rolled before it along the prairie and enveloped everything in obscurity. Through this murky mass, and above it, I could distinctly see a dull red glow. "Son, Peter, sob !" I called aa I groped my way toward the poor frightened horse, who was securely by the fore foot, and evidently be lieved himself deserted. "Soh, Peter, soh 1" My hand was upon him and he whinnied at the touch, then stood trembling while I bitted him and threw the saddle upon his back. As soon as I had clinched the girths I cut the rawhide lariat from his fetlock, then stood motionless for one instant while I listened to determine whether I could spare the paltry time necessaty to take up the tether rope from the other end. The heated air blew into my face, and now and then pieces of burnt grass flitted by me, but it was not either of these warnings that made my heart stop with fear It was the dull, thundering rumble of a stam pedea stampede of buffaloes ! I knew it only too well, fori had heard it once before on the banks of the Pipestone; "Easy, whoa, Pete," I said severe ly, as the horse began plunging vio lently in his efforts to free himself from restraint. I hesitated no longer, bnt flung myself upon his back, and he sprang madly away over the smoke shroud ed prairie. Mile after mile we raced along over a comparatively unknown coun try, full of badger and gopher holes, and not knowing at any moment whether the . next would find me still on horseback or rolling head over heels down, a steepbank, with pos sibly a broken neck. I strove to encourage a Pete, but the intended words died unvoiced, for my mouth and throat were dry. My tongue moved against my palate like a dry cinder. I reached down and patted the horse on the should er, and the white sweat foam burst through my fingers at each tap and clung to their tips in slimy Suddenly I felt myself flung over the pummel of the saddle into dark ness. The concussion was terrible, as I fell squarely on my back, but I did not loose presence of mind. Springing to my feet, dazed as I was, I groped around and grabbed Pete by the head, just as he was rising I knew, however, as soon as I heard his labored breathing that we could never renew the old rate of speed, but must find some other method of escape from the surging ocean of life and fire that was stead ily rolling up behind us. ".Pete," I gasped, for the jaring I had received had to some exteut'giv ea me back my power of speech, "we're in a pretty bad fix, ut do the best you can." ' Then away we went again; bnt as I expected, we were no longer able to maintain the distance between the buffaloes and ourselves,, and the rumble of the thousands of falling hoofs grew more and.more distinct, while the heat of the flames increas ed in intensity. From time to time I turned in the saddle and peered back into the mysterious ruddy haze, but it was not until I had. been deceived a doz en times by heavy billows of smoke 'that I at last disfcingushed the forms of the buffaloes and realized that the living tide was close upon us. Presently I could hear their wild inortings as they jostled and crush -ed one another in. the mad race for life. Then could I see their dark grizzled forms against the glare, made doubly monstrous in appear ance by the magnifying influence of the smoko and my own fear. Showers of red-hot straws and grass blades that had been caught up by the draught and hurried ahead of the flames, fell like fiery goads upon the frenzied animals, driving them to renewed exertions. Pete was beginning to fag, and now and then his hind feet failed to carry clear of the uneven sod and he was almost thrown to the ground, but each time be recovered himself and staggered on with the energy born of terror. Suddenly I was aware that we were straggling through a heavy growth of rank grass, and then we plunged into an empty slough hole I Never shall I forget the moment when Pete's feet struck with, a loud splutter into the sticky mud; or the moment I glanced round over my shoulder to see how the buffaloes would fare. m Pete struggled on, pulling his feet from the clay with a noisa like the drawing of a cork, but, tired and handicapped by my weight, he was not able to keep ahead of the living line that was gaining upon him with every stride, and which was now scarcely twenty five yards behind, U8 I sprang from the horse's back and, calling him encouragingly by name, rushed on in front. The mud crust supported me, and as I ran I racked my brain for some way of avoiding the stampeding buf faloes. To right and left as far as I could see, the struggling front of the herd extended, and it was now half way across the bare patch of mud, so it was clearly impossible to evade them by turning from their course. The bare ground offered the only natural protection that was available from the fire, and I decided that I migtit as well be trampled to death as roasted by the flames, which were already within a quarter of a mile. Against the glowing background I could see the vast herd surging and rolling up behind me like a tos sing sea, as the huge heads of the buffaloes were lifted or sunk from view beneath the common surface of their foam-flecked backs. It was magnificent, but it was terrible ! "What would be my lot when over taken ?" I asked myself. In my despair I looked along the line for Peter, without for one mo ment expecting to see him, but he was there, struggling along just in front of the foremost buffaloes. I knew in an instant that I could look for no assistance from him, for he had all he could do to keep himself from falling beneath the crushing hoofs of the herd. Then I thought of firing the grass on the far side of the slough when I reached it, and so perhaps turn or stop the stampede. But matches I had not and flint and steel were too slow. There was not a moment to lose, for already I was at the edge of the mud and about to plunge into the tall grass grass again. There was no help for it; I must try the flint and steel. As I thrust my hands into my pockets to search for them, I glanced to estimate how I much grace I had before the herd would be upon me- In doing so my elbow came in contact with the powder horn at my belt, and gave mean in spiration, to wbioh I owe my life. Drawing my hand from my pock et I seized the horn and wrenched off the top; then turning to a patch of thick grass I poured out the pow der. I unslung the rifle from my shoulder and, placing the muzzle close to the little black heap, pulled the trigger A lurid flame and a cloud of white smoke shot up from the grass, but for a moment I feared the scheme was a failure, for the spot where the powder had lain showed no signs of fire An instant later, however, I saw two or three little flames burning feebly in the .old grass fully four feet away. To the largest of these flames I sprang and falling upon my knees, bent a handful of gioss to feed it. It was an anxious moment, but it took fire. Pulling another handful, I lighted it and, running along the edge of the slough, set fire to to the grass as I went. By the time this torch had burn ed out, the first fire had gained con siderable headway and licking along the surface of the ground fully a hundred feet from the starting point. J. turned to see what effect it would have on the buffaloes and saw with relief that the leaders were swerving, some to the right and some to the left, to avoid the new danger in front of them. But the poor creatures were des tined to disappointment, for the fire which had been pursuing them had" made terrific progress while they were in the mud, and was now racing down the slough sides at the rate of twenty-five miles an hour. Before they reached the end of the slough the flames had rounded the corners and were rapidly closing in to meet the fire which I had start ed. In an instant the whole troop was thrown into confusion and with wild bellows of terror the demoral ized creatures of the now divided herd began racing recklessly round the circle of , fire which, owing to the high wind and weight of the grass, continued to burn long after the forepart of the line of flame had passed oyer it. Twice they rushed by me, going in opposite directions and then the two bands met and in a few terrible minutes, while the clashing of their horns and the bellows of the wound ed drowned the noise of the confla gration, great numbers were tram pled to death. The' stacipede was oyer, but the smoke was still suffocating, and I found it necessary to keep my face covered with my arm. Whei I could, I looked around among the panting, shaggy animals for my horse, but Pete was missing I could not see a sign of him any where , ' Had a band of Indians come down that night there would have been a terrible slaughter of buffaloes, but I was in no mood to take life. I con tented mysAlf with watching-, snd strange as it may appear, the buffa loes seemed to understand that they were safe in the slougb, for they re mained quiet until morning, many of the cows even lying down and chewing their cuds, while the bulls, like stalwart sentries, paced round and round the herd, or stood snuf fing the tainted air. In the morning the herd moved off to seek fresh pastures, but leav ing the bodies of fully a hundred dead scattered about the slough. Among them I found Pete. From a financial standpoint of view, that prairie fire brought me great profit, for the buffalo hides I secured and cached I owe the farm on which J now live. Ur. Hill, of law York. CbrrloUe Observe . We have observed w ith great in terest the course of Senator Hill, of New York, ever - since he entered the body of which he is now a mem ber, and the candid reader cannot but agree that he falls little short of greatness. He does fall short of ; it, however, from the Southern stand point, at least, and in this 'material particular: that he is without re sentment. Bold in attack, he seems to weaken when it cornea his1 time to defend himself. Thus, he as saulted Senator Morgan in splendid style, Tuesday, and had a decisive victory over him, but when Morgan came Sack at him "Wednesday, bril liant and bitter, he was dumb. He takes too much he does not hit back as Southern men like to jee men hit back. In executive session of tho Senate last winter, Senator Ransom gave him an awful roasting and he did not open his mouth- He is powerful in attack, but under at tack he seems to surrender. It is a pity that it is so a pity, we mean, from this Southern standpoint. He is not a physical coward, that is certain. Hi do? noi lick moral courage, for he is thf nerviest' poli tician of the day. See his rnfings when he is presiding over the New York Senate. Note what be says he would do if he were in the chair in the Senate for a few minutes and nobody doubts he would do it. Nerve? He has no end of it, but he doesn't always show it wheu we people down here, w Arm-blooded and living under a Southern sun, expect to see it To this analysis and criticism may be added the statement that Mr. Hill is not only one of the astutest politicians of the day but one of the finest intellects. He makes no set speech that does not indicate the highest intellectual power. We need not go away from Charlotte to proye that he is a very able man. The speech he made here on the 20th of May of last year was a sin gularly fine production and one which grows on one as it is recalled and reflected upon. But no argu ment is needed to prove that the man who holds the Empire State of New York in the hollow of his hand is a man of ability. We did not set about to prove his ability but to re fer to one of the eccentricities of his character. He is a hard hitter, but not a nimble fighter, ancKwhen assailed he does not Beem to know how to take care of himself. This is Mr. Hill as he appears in the Sen ate today. . The wisest course in politics is to vote for" the best man, and you can not be mistaken. So, in the use of blood-purifiers, you can't be mis taken if you take Ayer's Sarsapa rilla, because all agree that it is the best the Superior Medicine. Try it this month. - Miss Rural I want to see some dark blue gloves. , Clerk What is your size ? Miss Rural Five feet five with out my shoes. frimttsi Can. We authorize our advertised druggist to sell Dr. Sing's New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds, upon this condition. If you are afflicted with a Cough, Cold or any Lung, Throat or Chest trouble, and will use this remedy as directed, giving it a fair trial, and experience no benefit, yon may re turn the. bottle and have your mon ey refunded. We oould not make this offer did we not know that Dr. King's New Discovery oould be re lied on. It - never disappoints. Trial bottles free at W. W. Scott's drugstore. Large size 50c and. 1.00. ... RiispipsrxfatktSoatk. North Carolinian. The newspaper is the greatest force of the nineteenth century. It is universally accepted as the leader and teacher of the day The editor is brought in direct contact with the people of the land and keeps hie finger on the throbbing pulse of the restless world His influence never ceases us offices for good or for evil, and ia therefore more potential than any of the many, influence which go out from school or college, thea tre or hustings; the whole world ia his audience. Though not naif of our people attend church, there is not one tenth of those that can read the English language that do not take a newspaper of some sort. Many of them start out in life with opinions to be formed and they de pend solely upon newspapers and current literature to mold these opinions for them. Tney read its news, its editorials, its selections until, chameleon like, they a3sume the tone of what they feed upon. How great then, and at the same time how noble, is the mission of this silent teacher, coming day after day to all alike, old and young, forming their opin ions, and thus fitting them or un fitting them for the high duties of life. Lamartine predicted fifty years ago that before the end of this cen tury newspapers would supplant books He said: "Mankind will write their book day by day, hour by hour, page by page. Thought will spread abroad with the rapidity of light. Instantly conceived, in stantly written, instantly under stood at the extremities of the earth, it will spread from pole to pole, sud denly burning with the fervor of soul which made it burst forth it will be the reign of the human mind in all its plentitude; it will not have time to ripen, to accumulate in the form of a book; the book will arrive too late; the only book possible from day to day is the newspaper." This Dredict'on has been fulfilled to the lettur so far as our large and i crowded cities at the North are concerned, where the big metro politan papers sometimes get out an edition for every hour in the day or issue a daily paper of a hundred or more pages. But these are for the most part sensational publica tions, and the fakir style of journal ism has become so common that many of the younger generation of readers Are unacquainted with any other. The case is very different, how ever, in the South. Here is the magazine and the weekly newspaper that exert s the great and controlling influence We have few big cities, and most of the Southern newspap er constituency reside in the rural districts or small towns. It is in these journals, more carefully and conscientiously edited than their Northern 'contemporaries, that Southern thought and culture is to be seen in its real character. The newspapers of the South compare favorably with those of any section. There is very little that is sensation al, very little of the fakir about them. They are for the most part clean and high-toned, striving to elevate, educate and make better. Though a remarkable advance has been made in Southern Journalism within the last ten years the best i days are yet to come and the next decade will witness a progress in this respect more rapid even than the past. - Tbi ThlQbit. . Tbe Freeman, Did you ever take the trouble to look up the history of -the curious little bell-shaped indented piece of metal you wear on your finger when sewing, and which you are content ed to call your "thimble"? It is a Dutch invention, and was' brought to England in 1695 by one John Lofting. It name was derived from the world thumb and bell, "being for a long time worn on that mem ber, and called the thumbel; only within the Jast one hundred and fifty years has the world "evoluted" into thimble. ( All recorda'say that the thimble was first worn on the thumb, but we can scarcely conceive how it would be of much use there. Formerly it was made of brass and iron only, but of late years steel, silver gold, horn, ivory, celluloid, and even pearl and glass have been used in its manufacture. A thimble owned by the Queen ' Consort of Siam is shaped like a lotus, of solid gold, thickly studded with dia monds, which are arranged so ad to form the lady's name and the date of her birth and marriage. Queen Victoria has a valuable gold and diamond-set thimble, upon which are engraved many historical scenes from English history. K JSX For the cure of headaches, con stipaUon, stomach and liver troubles and all derangements of the digest ive and assimilative organs, Ayer's Pills are invaluable. Being sugar coated, they are " pleasant to take, always reliable, and retain their vir tues in any climate. .. For Years,1 31 The population of London increas es at the rate of 200 souls a day. . Bars Cabbib E. 8TOCKWXXX, ot Chester field, N. il, M I was afflicted wltn an extremely , severe pain In tbe lower part ot tbe ebest Tbe feeling was as U a too weight , was laid on a spot tbe slza of my band. Dar ing tbe attacks, tbe perspiration would stand la drops on my face, and it was agony for me to make sufficient effort even to whis per. Ibey eame suddenly, at any hour of the day or night, lasting from thirty minutes to' half a day, leaving as suddenly; but, for several days after, I was quite pros trated and sore. Sometimes the attacks were almost daily, then less frequent. After about four years of this suffering, I was taken down with bilious typhoid fever, and when I began to recover, I bad tbe worst attack of my old trouble I ever experienced. At tbe first of the fever, my mother gave me Ayer's Pills, my doctor recommending them as being better than anything" he could prepare. I continued taking these Fills, and so great was the benefit derived that during nearly thirty years I have had but one attack of my former trouble, which yielded readily to the same remedy." AYER'S PILLS Prepared by Dr. J. C. Ayer 8c Co., Lowell, if us. 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