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WILSON ADVAiNE. W1L30H NOBtg QABOLIWA. j if. C. DStELS, EdUors and froprieteri WILSON ADVAJ-'OK: H Bites op ADrrrrisn j A arrr -rKirTioN. Kates in AbvANOB sckoi'. . oo On.' Vcar-.. . v 1 8 an f risk. il uriv" . . Tir'joro street, , .liUlinir. . sent by Money Order o ! . ' In the Old roil BILL" AUP'S LETTER, -:o:- ;r; S.tr.s the negro js t lU. A CUlilOSltX. "IV"' vid'-Towna of Alfibama. "LET ALL THE ENDS inOV AIM'ST AT, BE Tlir COUlfTBr'8, THY GOD'S, AND TRUTHS' VOLUME 17.-- WILSON, NORTH CAROLINA, DECEMBER 8, 1887. NUMBER-45. Tlrpf MintI Um ih Ubwml A4 ut4 for ttTtrxeii by t ' t country except the negroes. The black land region li black with thera all the week except Saturday, and then they go to town and paint the town black. I arrived in Eutaw one Satur day evening and could hardly get through for the negroes, and was told it wasn't? a very good Saturday for them either. They, were all in a good humor and has happy as possible. If they brought any money they spent it. If they had any credit they used it. If they had neith er they came anyhow 1 just "to have a good time. They have got a new ktad of religion down there nowund it is spreading fast. It is called 'Sheep-calling' and, ia taken from the scripture 1 that says feed my sheep.' An old; preach er darky takes a basket of shell ed corn on his arm and goes out behind a big tree in the woods and begins to call his sheep. You can hear him half a mile awav saying. 'Co-sheep, - co Abbama is mighty close kin to us. Ke is ouf sister and our . daughter, too. She is a little -tui lt up around Birmingham ami Anniston and Decatur, and carries her nose io the air just like snmo children lord It over the old folks and make them take a back seat. But I found the old settlers down, in the canebrake region very filial and affectionate. The people have changed less by emigration and immigration than any region I Lave visited.-'.-The old Standard L ' ahaan Aik-Dhnan ' on1 rTT a n n rtTT and Diiontown and Greensboro rTT.- " Xi an ' Marion and Eutaw and Liv i aan, Mr; Dunlap, now past f our score years and is the accepted feader of the Sabbath school and" the best singer in the town,' Ind exempmlary in all the, vir-? es that belong to a Christian entleinan. He is a fsample of r people. He leads and they How. Then we have the site j of the old Mesopotamia church, the oldest church in this region; and near it is the old grave yard. : " . "' 'Where the rude fore-fathers. of the hamlet sleep.'. There is; history buried there history those people did not "worship Mammon. No. sir : they wor- shipped God.' ,-; - Bill Arp, ing-tou are .still solid, aud sure, for they have health and cli mate and a: vast" area ;of;.black land to back them.. They, are proud of the new cities that are developing their mineral wealth but there is a shadow of regret that these new towns are entic ing their best men away. Many of the most progressive citizens in all these towns have moved to Birmingham and Anniston, and have carried their money and trieir brains with them. The best lawyers and j doctors and merchants and the best preachers have gone. J Where the carcass is there will the e igles be gathered together, and the eagle you know; is the i;reat 'American bird that is stamped upon money and fol lows it about. i . The country is the nnrsery of the towns, and the towns are the nurseries of our cities. It is just so everywhere. "When a, farmer gets ricn enougu to go to town he goes, for the town hagood schools and churches and society. When b town mer chant gets a little ahead he gets ainbitivus, and wants,-; to , get rich with moro alacrity. He becomes a little ; uppity and BARBAEA'SEREOK SHE REPENTED OF HER MISTAKE. ' A. Lesson of Love as . Taught by Barbara and Her Devoted Hus band. AllEnds Well. ----- AN EZTEAOEDINAEY STOST. "WHoh Shows the Fertile Imagina-j x tion of a Correspondent " - : i COLTJMCIA, S. C, Nov. 26. An extraordinary occurrence is report, ed from Summerton, Clarendon Co. A colored girl, seventeen years or the darkies begin to come from the neighboring woods, .where they have been hiding, and they come blating and crying, 'baa-baa-baa,' and some comes, on their all-fours, and they cut up all Jorts of capers, and the young rams fall over one anoth er, and butt their heads! togeth et and still they come and cry baa baa and. eacn. one-goes up to the, old darky and gets grain of corn and goes away with another baa and takes roundance, and after! awhile comes back again for another grain of corn, and so on, 'and so on all the day. Theyj are all black sheep, and remind one of the old song,. 'Ba a, ba-a, black sheep, got any wool.' ) The negro is still a curiosity an. unsolved problem. Judge Webb, of Eutaw, an elegant old gentleman of leisure and obser vation,' told me that & negro was tried in their court for 'lar ceny after trust.' Two boxes of tobacco were entrusted; to him to be hauled some distance and be delivered to the purchaser. He arrived at his destination with only one box, and could not account ror tne otlier ex cept by saying that another ne gro rode with him on the wagon a part oi tne way, ana ne aian't age, who has been ill several days, WW, ana so ,,,, to t city egoi li.sl s m-Ju-t sj with lawyers and "T " -t- d' ic tors, and even the preachers are not proof against high sal aries and beautiful churches. w e needn't taiK aoout tne ne groes going-to town. ; White folks love to go to town -too." Some of them go to educate their children, but a good many go like the father goes to .the circus just to please the child ren. The town is a fair .comp romise between the city;, and the, couutry. It is not so-good as the country, but a good deal better than thecity. ,1 would ent live in a city. I wouldent live in Atlanta or Birmingham if I could help it. Why, my folks can't keep up with the visiting right here in Carters ville. They are away behind in their calls. They have J to keep a list just like keeping a intiffter roll. . It keeps thern trotting half the time.; . They talk jabout calls just like we talk 'about ' debts and attach about the same importance to them. Th folks come died last Wednesday, The, body was properly prepared and dressed for burial, and placed in a coffin, the darkies of the neighbood hold iug their customary noisy wake'? over tte corpse all through Wed nesday night. The funeral services were to ', be held in "the colored church Thursday afternoon, and the body was to be interred in a graveyard about two miles away; When the cortege had reached a point within 500 vards of tne ceme' tery, the pall-bearers were started by a crying noise somewhat resem bling, the mewing of a cat, appaf rently eminating from the coffin. The procession was halted, and af ter considerable discussion it was resolved that the coffin should be opened. Upon removing ..the lid it was found,,. to the great consterna tion of the funeral pary, that the woman was alive, but unconscious, and that a new, born babe shared with her the narrow bed. Several of the pall-bearers and mourners were terror stricken and fiedr j Those who remained, however, ministered to the wants of the dead woman and uer miant, ana in a shart time both were carried to a neighboring house where they re ceived kindly and necessary atten tion. At last accounts ithe mother was doing well, there being every indication of her complete recovery, whilst the infant is hearty and ror bast and is thriving as well as any pickaninny born under ordinary circumstances. - ' The voung people of Groveland. were having a pic-nic. It was in a pleasant grove, just at. the edge of the main road. . The scene was a pictureeqe one, and drew many an admiring look from the passers-by. Most of t ie b'oc m'ing village girla were there, dressed in their crisply starched and neatlv ironed whitt dresses; some with bright-colored sashes and bows to match, others wreathed with wild flowers gather ed in the woods which stretched in vitinelv awav iu their Bhady cool ness at the back of the grove ; ConsDieuous -among the rustic beauties was Barbara Wild man She was a tall, bright-looking girl, whose great, dark eyes usually flashed back a merry answer to the jests of the rustic beaux who gen erally hovered around her like moths around a flame. Just now, however, their brightness was un der a cloud; for Mark Everson was standing at her side, and tne tete-a-tete she bad for some time been endeavoring to avoid was inevita ble. She was sorry to lose Mark's friendship, and with a woman's in stinct, she knew that it Hiiust be all or nothing from henceforth with him, and with a newly-learned in sight into her own heart, she now knew that she did not love him. Her answer must be "No." With all her gay, friendly ways; she had not an atom of intentional coquetry about her, and with a sud den resolution to end his suspense, she turned toward him "Well, Mark'"' slie aid gently, "what is it you want to eay to me!" You must know without my tel ling. Oh. Barbara I it is your own sweet self I want I I have been as true to you as the needle is to the Dole since the time when, a little boy and girl, we used to go unt ting together." "Poor Mark ! I am sorry." There was no mistaking the, ex pressioh of r the eoft brown eyes, GenniDepity was in them for the nain she was causing, but uo love. and offered to work it out, but, nevertheless, he was indicted and arraigned for trial. The case was fully proved-against him, ana mere seemed no es cape from conviction, but a kind hearted lawyer volunteered to defend him, and said; in sub stance: 'Gentleman of the jury, this negro did not steal that to bacco, norVas he knowing or willing to its disappearance. 3 have been raised with' ! negroes. My first cry was in my black mammy's arms, and from my early youth until now; j I have been an observer of the' negro's character, and I have yet to learn of a single case were the negro was guilty of a breach bf trust. He will lie and; he Will steal, but I put it to you now In all seriousness, did ypu ever en trust anything to him j and he failed to take care of it and de liver it if he could ? JSever. I put this question to his honor An Economist. How much yer charge ter go tt mile!" an old negro asked of a street car conductor. "I wan ter go out to see Brndder LiasSmif. Ain't er flesh an' blood brndder, yet, un derstan" jes er brndder in de faith.'? "Five cents." "Je fur er mile I I tell yer dat de man am' mor sho nuff brndder - jes a brndder in de faith" "The fare ia five cents.7 "Jes fur er mile.'' "Yes." ."- ' "How much is it fur two miles ?' "Just the same' -. ''Cook yere, hew fur yer take me far fi' cents!" - - "Five miles." ' "What's de name o' de place!" "City limits.'' "Take ue all de way out t'.ar fi' cents?" i "Yes." JAu' won't take me no mo'n. er mile w'ar Brndder Srnif libs fur no less!'' '.--;; - "No."' , . ..; - "I ain't got no bizuess out dar at fur pv pliAt n 011 tne bench, and to th Isobar, yer limits, but but yer may take me , & tZ, it and to these bystanders," did on out dar an' I il walk back ter Brudder Sniif libs. Yere'd ver fi :l 1 1 ra t Ti i t rrnanr(nfinfl T Iovp. to Bit tw -nfl iTa- a nero betrayed a trust ?' you ever kriow of a case where w ar prudder bmir nos. iere yer money, sau, l so one o' uese p uncai talk over their -calls and tell what Mrs. A said and Mrs. B ,eaid, and the mother-in-law and the old grandmother, and how the children behaved, and-they can tell more innocent new than I thought was in the town. Thatis all right, that is; social pleasure, and we are all social beings. But in a city.it is im possible for folks to keep up with so many visitors, and tLoy have to classify into sets, and these sets try to draw the lines Then he rehearsed his faith fulness during the war apd how when his master was far away on the, tented field, be stood by the wife and the child ren, and was their friend nnd protector. He said the negro had some bad traits and bad passions, but he never ws known to be guilty of a breach of trust. , i The jury was profoundly im pressed, and so was the court. Judge Webb remarked to a 'conomists, an' blebs in gittiu' de full wuth o' mor money. It would be er mighty fool man dat woold pay er dollar fur er pair o' britches w'en he ken gib er whole suit o' cloze fur de same price. Take me on,out to yer limits, sah." Arkan saw Traveler. "Don't. Barbara I T can't bear it! Give me a chance before you sey a decided 'No.' I'll do thiugs for you no one ever did before, if you'll only promise to try and love me." Just then a young man rode by on a powerful black horse. Mark saw a sudden change pass over Barbara's face. Turning, he saw, with a bitter pain tagging at his heart-strings, that the eyes of the girl he loved were resting - on t he stranger's face with a rapt, linger ing expression in them which had never irradiated them for him, her pld-time, faithful frjenu. - , -There was no mistaking the an sweriug look in the eyes of the equestrian, as bowing low, he rode ingeringly by, turning, ever and anon," to sm'.ie at the tair - tace which Mark knew now was not to be the lisht of bis home. "So it is that stranger whom you love I You need not deny it," he said, almost fiercely. 'T 8aw it iu your eyes." Barbara answered proudly t "I do not wish to deuy it." Then witu a sudden chauge of manner. she held out her band- "I love him as I love my life, and have nromised to marry him; but, dear old Mark, let na be friends, for the sake of the pleasan; days ol our happy childhood. Be, ray brother. Mark I" - Mark hesitated; but he could not resist the pleading wistfnlness of the eyes, whose brightness sbouc through a mist, which suggested He his bv of demarcation, but5 they can't friend, 'that jury will acquit do it exactly, and so they dove- that negro ana they did. The tail into one another in' spite of other-darkey stole thel tobacco, au tuey can do. Women are for he was under no Judiciary very peculiar about this set obligation. . business these sociali distinc tions. , Monev is knerallv nt the bottom of it a big pile of inpney but money is frequent ly set-off by culture and style. A rich family without; culture ranks pretty well with a pbor family with culture. The irouoie is tnat this keeps the f As Good as Golden Eggs. : i The goose that 'laid the golden eggs is a famihar:bird, but a dog was found in the. West recently which seemed as.frnitfnl a produces of wealth as the goose. A conjurer visited au Indfan camp at Lewis ton, Idaho, and made'himself famil iar with a small dog, to which he took a fancy. I He asked the Indians how much they would take for him, to which they replied that they did not want to sell him. The professor said, uHim heap fine dog," at the same time rubbing him down the back to his tail, at each stroke taking a handful of money from his tail, also from h mouth, ears and nose. ' At these strange proceedings the Indians stood in awe and astonish-' ment. After the professor left their It is sad to travel overland through this splendid blackland region and see the stately man sions deserted and tumbling into ruin. The old patrician families who lived there, sur rounded by their slaves, have passed awy, or moved away, and their dflscenrlftnt.s ' n.r t- i - , ; , I . ' -. 1 . T i uicui r.sV'nv i , , " zt , . c Biruggung in me towns or on village they. took the doglown to uuuuc, ttiui;uo inins tnat the railroads for a living; many the river bank and killed and dis tue rich folks ought to give of them are the best blood of sected him; but to their great cha bont and help these poor folks the south, and they show it grin, they found that the professor uui, lor a ricuscruD is not equal still in their pluck and energy had milked him of all the money. ! a poor thoroughbred. under misfortune. - Tricks with which everjf boy is . roms who have nothing else nonovn., fa familiar are still miracles; among to thiftk about are very jealous muZC'JZ " 8avaSe PePIe- finement there. - It is the home of . Governor Seay, the .'most popular man in the State, ex cepting, perhaps, Sepator 'Mor gan. Uniontown boasts of her annual fairs, which have been a success for many years. Livingston has the (Normal Female college, - a state institu tion that is the pride of her well deserves the the public square never sent me. nnv nnM t . 1 there is a mineral artfinlrm w11 that tears were not far away, took the soft, little hand in ereat brown - palm, hardened manly toil. , -1 'I will be your friend, Barbara, but I cannot see you and be in your society as I h jve been. I could not bear it. I shall sell the farm, and leave the. place." "No, Mark, you need not do thai to avoid seeing me : lor : we are to be married next week, and -ami I shall go with him." - ' " Mark looked at iter in pained sur prise, as, blnshingly and hesitating ly, she told him this, overcoming her maidenly shyness and reserve bo that the Jionest heart, whose friendship " she coveted, need . not drive its owner to take a rash step which might mar his whole future. "Going away so snoo, and with a stranger! Oh, little Barbara! what do you know or him! lie may be a fraud, lor aught you can tell." ' A sadden anger flamed np in the girl's eyes. , "I know this, Mark : I love him, and It is crnel in you to make sack- He had a number of daughters pleasant, lively girls and it was not long before they drew Mark "out of his shell," as they called it. He grew to enjoy their merry chat ter, and found his way to their home quite often. One of the cousins had formed a friendship with a young girl named Alice Maron while away at school. t , It had proy- give." ed mor et lasting tfiau '3 ordinary Cai liking between schoolmates, and she was to spend the summer in Groveland. , She- was a gentle little thing, whose shy blushes at the most tri vial word addressed her by Mark at first apm used him greatly. " He tiied to draw her out, and in doing so found, after a time, that the pain or the old wound had gone iorever. Little Alice) withLer childish wayp, had brought "peace and happiness into the heart once so fit led with the image or the lost Barbara, ' " From the first Murk had seeited to Alice all that was good and no ble, so his wooing was a speedy one, and in a twelvemonth after their introduction Everson Farm bad a gentle mistress. Comfort and luxury joined hands ia beautifyiug the quaint old home stead, "for' the prosperous young farmer had plenty of mouey, and "Alice limst have pretty surround ingsj.'' ho thought, ' tenderly, "to make no for such n commonplace, work a-tUysort of a husband." It would pot have done to say the concluding clause aloud, however, for'-he 'well knew that the little wo man would not have changed him for a king; aud though be consid ered himself sadly overrated in ber mind it was very sweet to have it to. Barbara had faded completely out of the Groveland world. The aant with whom she had lhed died sud denly soon after her marriage; and all trace of the village beauty seem ed to have vanished. If Mark ever thought of her it was to wouder at the pognancy of the old sufferings. His wedded happiness had been without a cloud to mar its brightness. Alice as a matron had grown even more at tractive than in her girlhood. Care sat lightly on her white forehead; and her sofr, pink cheeks seemed made for dimples to play hide and seefe in-; One evening Mark came home from his weekly marketing expedi tion to the neighboring town seem ing strangely thoughtful aud trou bled. . Alice noticed it; and after a tBf : - . , . "Has anything gone wr ng with you ta.day, Mark!" lie look up Jn'Miirprise. "Why, little wile, what put that into yonr head"' I don't know, I'm sure. Unless it is that you seem so quiet and un like yourself. ' : Mark thought a moment, then Le said : "The truth is, Alice, I am sorry and paiued; but not for myself. - Did you ever. hear any oue speak of a girl who wai once the beauty of the village Barbara Wild man V Alice had heard, the whole story of Mark's infatuation and disap pointment, but she. made no sign, though her heart gave a great throb at hearing the name from her hus- bnd's Hps.' ', - "Why, what of herT ' she asked quietly. ' "I saw herto-iay, and it made my heart ache. Sue is the mere shadow of what she was, and she is alone aud friendless. . Think of it I Barbara Wildman looking for employment! Couldn't we finJ a place for her, Alice? She was a uotable worker io. the old times, aud could help in the butter and cLeese making." . Alice would rather have died than let Mark see the keen paiu that his words bad caused her. The thougLt of ins first love domiciled in her house! It was like a dart aimed at her heart. Bat she was too uoble not to strive against the unworthy feeling, and as soon as she could command her voice, she answered: '(Jertaiuly, Ma'tk.' . If it would p:ease you orjug ber iiere. luere is always loom lor au extra helper." So. it was arranged. . lUibara came. A qmet, reservea woman- still beautiful but not. with the winsome brightness of old. .Suffer- ing aud. sorrow bad set its stamp upon her high, broad forehead; and the bright eyes seemed looking away into some unapproachable dis tance. Iler lips were shut so tight ly together that the pretty, pouting curves which .naik remembered so well bad merged into two straight, to and fro, moaning to and God has ed herself herself: ' I am unworthy, punisued me." ) Alice caught the words, and said, softly : ' j - "If you have done wrong and are sorry for it, He who chasteneth the children he loveth will also for- NEWS OF A WEEK. what is UArrEXisa iy I HE WORLD AROUND US. Can ho bring the dead to lifeP said Barbara, suddenly looking at Alice with eyes that seemed to read her very soul. "It is past the time of miracles; but He can bring healing to the afflicted heart of the mourners." The woman's dark eyes filled with tears. "There is no de.ith like that of love, and I have killed it in my huv oand s heart. He bates me! and I l am to blame. 1 see it nowi Had I beeu like you, the gates ol my paradise would never have been shut upon me, But I; drove him from me with my hateful, wicked temper, and the rest of my life will be as joyless and wretched as it deierves to be." "While there id life there is hope," 8id Alice, solemnly. The words came to uer instinctively. She was greatly snrpriied to learn that Barbara's husband still lived, as, judging fiom her deep mourning she had thought her widowed. "Are you In earnest? Do you really think what joa say T" Bar bara's whole soul seemed concen trated in her eager eyes, as she looked at Mark's wife. "You are an angel, and I will believe what yon say. It is yon who have taught mo wherein my wedded happiness was wrecked. I should have given my husband loving words and ca resses, instead of anger and neglect, I woakl give ten years of my life to see him, and tell him cf my love and repentance. But it is too late." They were inteirupted byla sud den eoundof hurrying footsteps. The .door opeued aud Mark enter ed, followed by a stranger to Alice, but not to Barbara! She sprang forward with a wild cry, and was caught to his breast. , "Oh, Llnier, forgive, forpive !" "My poor girl ! It is I who should plead to yoa forgiveness. Can you let the past be as a sealed book, auu oegm our me over again." "Oh, so gladly so joyfully I if you only knew Low I longed to see your dear face fince my wild flight away from you anywhere I thought, so as to relieve you of my unwelcome piesenca." . . ', . . "And I, too. my poor darling ! Lite has scorned a blank since I lost yon ! But, please God, nothing shall again divide ns." : Explanations followed. Elmer uauguiou was weaituy; ana in her wiH aager at some fancied neglect ol her haudsome, worship ped hutband, Baibara had thought to puuish him by. leaviug her ele gant home, aud ,goigg away from him penuiless. T As she had told Alic.', Ler tem per was fiery and unreasonable. Its constant friction -had worn upon Elmer nntil his fervent love had apparently merged into indiff erence toward the wife whose beau ty and bright ways had first at tracted him. But mutual absence had proved to each how great was their love for oue another. Owing to the in fluence of the example which Alice lyil nuconciously held before Bar bara, all is now-peace aud happi ness with the re united pair. A eotulensed renort of the newt at aathercd from tlte column vf our contemporaritM, Stat and National. . Work has been resumed on Greenville Baptist church, the Hector states. the lle- ETOXtt 7ZZ GATttTLS?. AS FAEiESS. The obenu or Burke county was the first to fettle his taxes with the State this jear. Jacob Sharp, the New York bio dlcr, gets a new trial The old fel low in a complete wreck, ana wj doubt oot bnt that sympathy wll be felt largely for him when he ia again tried. - ihe cultivation of sorghum is growing to be quite a popular and profitable industry in North Caroli na, we are pleased to Bee. The greatest Deed of the State ia diver sified cvopa. Five moonshiners were captured at one raid of the revenue cfftrer in Cleveland county: we ae from the Shelby Aurora. Two Urge U licit distillene were aJv captured at the same time. jTJobn Weatherspoon, the negro who robbed the" Fayettevule iost ofico Dot long sine j, an account of which appeared In this paper, has been tried at Kaleigb, in the Fed era! Court, and convicted. ' The National Prohibition Com mitte met at Chicago on the 20th of lat month. The meeting is de scribed as being more like a Sun day School committee than the rep resentatives of a more political party. Commission of Agriculture Pat rick states that the cotton crop of this State will probablv be 5 per cent, this year than it was last. We truly hope the people will be better able to sottle; up than they were last year. During the fiscal year, which end ed Nov. 30th, the Department' ol Agriculture has issued sixty.niuo licrnsfu for the eale of commercial fertilizers, making the receipts from fiat source $ 34,600. Of this amount ?25,OoO goea to the department. The Charlotte Chronicle says the Rev. L. O. Vase, of New Brne, bas beeu chosen oue of the representa tives of Evangelical Christianity Iu North Carolina, to be a member of the great Christian Conference to be held in Washington City in De cember. Dr. Yass is one of the best educated and prominent men in the Presbyterian church io this State. The western Union Telegraph Company has reduced its rate?, we see it stated in the newspapers The people will be greatly benefited by the reduction. The company could well afford to make still farth er redactions and make big money on their investment. The telegraph business of the country has become a necessity to the commercial world and unless the W estern L mon does reduce its rates to a living price the business men will demand that the governmeit establish a telegraph system. Lf7 Vidt to a Persia CsUes (Special Corrotpooacoce to the AdtaceJ Ma. Editor: Sometime aiocjl had occasion to pass through a ctr town in thU Stale which boasu of rrrj worthy and largely attended college, designed to elevate and train the femaiv! mind; While wait ing for a train, and when time w&a hanging heavy on my hands, it oc curred to mo that it would be the roper thing to go and visit one of the atteuJants at that school, with wuom I was so fortnuato an to be acquaint 1. Now, I had Lcard from a friend, bo "had gone before," that at a college they were mighty dcvil hh kind or creature, these girls were, and that a fellow had to run a i cr fett gaantlet of female gibea aud glancri to gain nn entrance into cne. Forewared is forearmed ; so after carefully retvuaoiterinc by past ing up and ddtvn the street in front of the co'.lege a time or two, to a-v saremyw.lf that the coatt waa clenj. and not seeing aiy sign of life, I concluded that I woald make the trip in safety. So I gave my coat- taiHaflirt, my cravat a twist aud Great Activity Arrrr 3 cf rarest TOterCarkaiill: CTZZS wt2l.5.n 11:: The Raleigh cfrre;-oscct' Petersburg Indrx-Apj--r w follow-. CRticg about for a . able Democratic caudil&to bernatorul honors ccr.tirct iu th'.a vicuiitT," and the friends of d.Ucrest cjiri . beginning to boom tbeir te According to a wall -. jbT.s cedent, tie caudula'vS ne I naturally belong to tl o cas middle aect'.otn of the H'-a! tints xwitive t-.ai'. rg u It I Ibe opisun cf i tb Looting ones tbr.ttM l fat narrowing down to t tletueu Jadg Walter CIj Lient-G'vrnnr 8U-d::. i3 bmt the representative ct I die Kection nnd th latin eastern faction. LatIi C have au entLn;l?5 f. founded oa ditiuct t'.a JadgoHark oudoaV.'-Jlr snpjoTfof what tn.T l ir . my breeches a hitch, assumed a gay J-mral elemeLt' cf li e gta buu careiesi nieirt, wmcn wa very 1 acis s jaare iiave ;m t loreism to my fhoga and marcLed proudly iu. Al.! men Lever Ikl uu JrrMand girls way. Tbt re thev were every girl to hnz window, wo;idenng who int luna tic wa who M-crned to bo hesitat ing whether to back out and run, or t3 come la ar.d btoin the citidel. Triere'I wa., raicalatii that they were out in tbo back playing Rome'ikinJ of girl' g mea. or np town increasing the -xpense ac count. My entrance ,ato the walk him to thare who a'de with : acd iiid co-troctioa of '. a ap'Ji-tl to puai'liP'aat fc In additiou to tbi. ill the rarcept and a!ajft ot aapjMiit cif ihe MttLod;-t tie tiou t ( L'. u tf ! ic': If i oietclK-r. A Ji;l Irn! dene tlat Judre ( l.irk I np to form id a Vie profK nis raoe, roy be mt-uti ikIi that Juhaa S. Crr, rf I who has teen' promine t.ily t M in coantcuoo with-i! e which leailn to the d r at once de- OovcrLor, baa recently I-c monlrar-d tbc ijll.icy -f myc-il;u- H3V7 era Vomaa Successfully llan a2i a Farn. A. Sal Cass. 0,1 li'id ostracism of ,the sets. iweri.poor folks with no culture at ail are affected by it. Once iu. xjl. j?ttiiuu Bent louia garden seed 'fro.n U'ah. IlUin tO 111-7 n.nr. nK- nr.. WilliaiiH but diWi'f o Mm. Jones, and ?t u Jones mad win, r. w,,,- nd the doctor too. ana cho,,, to iuv wife. 'Dr. vLh::"1" l viLii 1 i.iiu- urtn Always Gmmbling.' wit a passel of tjarriin people, and to Botsy AnnAVilliams. hut praise. In J. ' 1 I . BBut me any and I'm jest fcUCiro ia a miua artesion wen good a3 Betsy Ann WilHamo tliat is fast becoming celebrated Diet- Clli'-inf-i,n I - "other time -that he ehant ' And Dick didn't. A candidate u.-it always send seed to suc ceed. lhese Alabama' fr. 'Yvnnf Tio tra rrrn rf of T?n taw?' said I to a friend. What constitutes a state 1" said . he Droimlr. ' 'Men who sheir duties know, bnt know pronpring and have good eir tlSta ; and knowing, dare schools and chnrrha , 7. a maintain.' society. Nobody livM in th L 'We have a good people, sir. - . WUW I T T -A.I. . . - - mm WHO. at, i,uat grana 01a gentie- Tlie grumbler is a grumbler part ly by nature and partly by force of naoit. it is not otten tuac he is brought to see and acknowledge the absurdity of the practice. In. the case of the yoang Irishman - who is reported below he was honest enough to own that the fauit, was with himsel. and not with New Zea land which he- was running down. "Arrah! this country is no geod," said he, -'the best of the land's , all taken up, and you can't get work when you want it, and little enough wages too." . :. - --' " ; When he was cross-examined, he admitted - taat he ;had'"bBen:"ftve weeks at harvesting and was twenty-five pounds in pocket. ; ! "Troth, that's a fact," said he; 1 Cleared five pounds a week. You see I'm oue of . thoee chaps that's always grumbling, and don't know when they're well off.",, : :;" ' -.-i" . "But you know nothing of his family of his past life." "He brought, letters to auntie His mother was -an old friend of hers. Don't be worried, dear old Mark. He is good as gold. I would stake my life on it."- - ,. . . Mark sighed heavily and " turned away. The joy of the afternoon had gone for him. . and another hour found him on his way home, lie did not -see Barbara again un til long after her marriage though her wedding was quite an event in the quiet neighborhood, for the friends aud neighbors were invited for miles arouud ; but poor, heart I sick Mark staid away. : . For weeks .after the beauty and happiness of the bride was the vil lage gossip, and jviark beard., it talked over until he felt as though he must cry out in his agony. Several years passed by, -during wnicn Mara ieu a toneiy ,r.ie. ivs dlsappointment.'wfeile nob-souring Lis kindly nature, had made - him indifferent to social pleasures? But after a time his uncle Clifton mov ed with his family into the village. red lines, suggesting an idea of firmness which made her face too severe looking to be attractive. She went-about her dnties with a pre-occupied air, as though her thought were far away; bnt they were faithfully performed. ' She made no effort toward sociability. Alice at hrst regarded her with a mixture of ;' feelings; but she soon grew to feel only a sorrowful pity for the lonely, unhappy woman moving about in her sombre, black robes. ' . : The Eversen housoLold was a strangely nappy one. Sometimes Mark's quick temper made him un reasonable and exacting,-and hasty words would escape his lips : but Alice had sweet, loving ways of her own that he could not resist. She woul go np to him and thread her fingers through his enrley brown hair-, and put up her lips for a kiss; so what with soma would have end ed in, a quarrel invariably made Mark feel that uo one in the wide world had such a dear little wife as There is a woman in Washiug- connty, Ga., who well illustrates what Ler noble sex can do in an fcnuTgoncy. Iler hnsband died, leaving an Indebtedness against his estate of 2,00. Having eight children to care for, the eldest of whom was about twelve years of age, she realized the responsibility of their maintenance and educa tion devolved npon ber. She did not shrink from the task in despou dency, but set to work with a de termination that has overcome all obstacles. She assumed controof the plantation, made good crops, paid off the Indebtedness, and is now tanning the business on a cash basis. With favorable neasous she will not make lesH than seventy five bales of cotton this year, with corn, fodder, e.c, iu abundance. Mrs. Haford, now a resident of Ma con county, was before the war, the wife of au overseer. When soldiets vere needed, her hu-b ud enlisted, and was killed, leaving his wife with five small, hopeless children. Thrown entirely on her own re sources, she in reality laid her band to the spindle, and supported her family by ;iuuing thread and weaving cloth. - This she did sue- The Lexington correspondent of the BJeijth News-Observer says a case'etanda for trial here at the next .term of the Superior Court that' is creating considerable btir iu the county. Court convenes en Monday the 5th of December. The facts are about as follows: On the.first day ol May last. Sarah Warren, a white woman of resiec- table parentage and connections, give birth.to a child wboe. lather is a negro named Charles Ilanes. About eix weeks ago the child was missing in the household of its mother and upon inquiry It was learned tba? the mother bad deliv errd'the baby to its fatber.wbo.bad said be would care for it, but was going to lave the State. Last Friday evidence developed that the child had been murdered, the partial remains of an infant having been found inthe neighborhood. i-.'inu", iitii , H-giiai lor a pflfiC, Cltaf Oi" L .J t'J !! Out )1 tt.c w-m'.-.w, ju fjr the wotld like tnrlle will -;, , j(.j,j 0nt 0j hell, and thy n-twi'tering aiid u U ggling just as if tby wtrelickhd to !t a.h. i)at luoue cf tLebe tb'uga moved me.' Pom, ms 1 i of poor but re- f-:ectab!e prviit-t, whst bid I to t--r from tli-r.i, being, a I am, riru g'.l u'y li tndomc foronaeoyoungf V I iJ-ille 1 the .l-.r.t-:i I threw a gl nice upward at them, (alsoaorso km-'j mcil to ailing thm U!Mpily. Hut they couldn't :tnd thii racket, i,nd I kept thelr h'-U pr-lt Urr l)o'bio(t in and ouvt fil.f i ulii r, aiter I had got warnu-u up ro i y aorir. iy a per fi Cr. fu-iil.vie o' oiT-baitd o. rulitioa. livery hud t li-n a dnlcet voiced maiden would, in the kind est and ir:ot obliging manner Im aginable, volunt : cr the information, you're at the w..t" door, to which I answered not, but as Blind Barti ma as crii-d, knocked Hhe more a great deal.' , rre.ser.tJy a little negro came to my relief and f-howed me to the parlor. Althocch I hadoondnctel myself as became a young man and a christian, 1 was still filled with a strong desire to sneak out the back way and seek safety in flight. I3nt I composed myself, in a luxurious rioua and inviting chair, and waa soon deeply absorbed iu the pleas ing past time of tipec'-ring oa what kind of a wekon- .aid bo extended to me by my yr ung lady fuend. Liad sbe forgo-' n me, ia the few thort months we Lai been separated ? Perish the thoanht 1 Oh no! Here was a tender yoang girl away .from home, for the firht time had poibly not seen a fa miliar face fir.ce ehe has been la the college, and was In all probabil ity home sick. AH fhe though ts a not .empLaiie msLu-r.i . wonM nft, under aty cirrc: C, ent-r the re, trdrs! . id bu It lend tlroogboct iLr totbiowtbc weight cf th"i eoce for Jadge Clark- T: e .: and ( ap'iortfi ol Lirctrr.at ernor Medmau may U among the yoang Am-lie State. They ee in tWsr rb a repreentativegfnt':ni 11 r; did executive ability, tvf p and of first-clap vi-rfri'i:? t He has presided orer ti e !. : tions of the State S?r: .e ri ner calcuUttnl to w'.a IrJeLds all hade of jMihticAl ( pu.k it weddel to ro polituvd w:i . Is not identified witli aiy "issue? that C'at -irt cnl miscnousiy in inene luner . Ue M a gennine, ulS zrl.n crat of what may b trrai true Jeffetvoaian typ. lie est, bat firm, and to fn e f:o ocritical prt-teusioui thai L be said to be one of t .:c k ciaua of the day who on flater Jove, even for h: tl bolt." That Lieut-Ucv-rDor man ia the beau ideal i the yoang Democracy of 2CurJh na, is beyond question- .-.Ld t candidacy will be of tLe cjo midable character in couct' alL were being rauv.iK4i. and iert!l.i- tod njoij, arid I was picturing to myself ihe gla I fni! wtieli would ilJome ber face, t'jo bright spaikJe C:svezti:ral Tzt'zlz: It is comparatively c'.r t ghe an offcLce, bnt t)ut after doing that, concU t'.'.-.i frala from forgetting it. l am acre 1 fotgir; hei.u. to be forgiven said a rrr :r. . bad violently quartei:-1 .i ative. "I lay up nttl.".-c t her. She treated tre -.!; . and if I'd bad any i-pii.r. I have reneoted it bflo.e. I w irurt oer a iar a 1 cvc.j t and at for (leaking to r, I lower nvaelt to tt-ai! i;t 3 bel eve iu treasuring t; wi w I've forgitea Ler al! il oflheeje, and the gentle rresanre MDfM ue . w,rt .. 0 c rt..i,.i n,it n.,u ki,. . ti . Uni&H me. JMe uiu t mts, genciii.ene! of ir.y welcome, when lbe;door of the .irlr opened. I nrose qcickly to my feet to re ceive ti c fc'tfc inleforev mentioned symptoms of a bearty welcome with a glad smile on in) tips, but it, and be never w;u 2' 111 kep my oa ber. a .1 ber at every turn. And if comes io my ay to d t er a abe mar wbiv.-c f t it." WLL SAD. To ttiT htit rt. Tb nro-tiiuoa thr:ira a aoii un, and the f mile froze on my lips, and 1 realized that I had the dry grirm. For instead of the girl, I bchi-ld tie principal of the school stalk soberly In, with the lull tense of the digni ty and responsibility, of Lis flice clicking out in kaolia'ali over bia. However, "I RunnM my"lf wlih daunt Ktr iUHura il the cbivf Iu baiurbtf iro." r We find In the Winston Republi can the following from the tins of cessiuuy until ".-tore-boughr cloth Judge Gilmer on the bench, which bis own "cross, surly self," as he would mentally stigmatize himself. . Barbara, being constantly with them, was .often an unthonght-cf witness ot tneso scenes; wnere a hiving word tnrneth away wrath. , . Once she disappeared suddenly, and when; ia1 a few moments, Alic had need ol her services, and went to her room to call her, she found her kneeling by the bedside, rob bing convulsively. Going to her, she put uer tender arms about her, aud said gently.' :- Tell me your trouble, llarlnrii. Tehaps it will make voar iie i't lightly to speak of it." "Tho woman raisrd her head nnl looked wonderiugly into the kind, sympathelid face for a moment. At first she raide Ao answer, but rock- causeu uer trade to 1.111. Being un educated and without capital, there was no opening for her but the field. She rented a mule and some land, aLd began farmiog, paying halt she made, and the laud she cultivated was very poor, and she bad no belp except ber email child ren, none of whom could aid ber much. She was exceedingly ener getic and economical, and begen by laving something every year. At length she bought a home. 2fow she has a cemfo; table home, mules, cattle and other stock, all paid fbr; maaes pieuiy provisions and bas money a thousand do"ars laid by forarainv day. Her children ate gron and are respectable- Southern Cultivator. T3i9 33:tton Fousd. and answered some very i.Ttiuet.t It is Tree ia TllislSoCtlKlrcf ti.8 qu-slions as to Aether I had pvr- r:',; I "... "' I nna m r an wer re nal ik! artorv and vety evidently greatly impress ed by my "distingue'' air, be retir tired, and presently the young lady was ushered in. Time then flw a way on Ler light est pinions. "OIi that I could ways remain iu that fort res cf sweetness! Did they want to em ploy a bearer ol coal, or a pompcr of water, or perchance an ariUt on 6hoes I Anjthing that would give me an excuse to atay thr forever. All these thoughts were chaiu' one another arojud and over the convolutions of my now fieuzird brain, as I relied ihat, Loer.r pleasant it would be, I could D't camp there alxajg withr-nt, o:':t excuse. Sadly I bade her good lc, a;. ! as gracefully as possibly withdrew. And in this connection, did you obseive ijw d.rical: it uto walk on level g:ou::d v. u half a hun dred pair of blight, l.ioghing, ro- The fittst thing to lie Ik ke ; is to ilect boneist ti a r.i? have proved theme!ve, ir tical an well as otlf r c iicle. the friends of t:e pe'-le a of a f-w if th pnu-ly it'. ttie land as borirty 1- t l ferrel to gtct a!.ii!j !d ts cy mixed it ti raca!.t . . T! ond thirg w to e!-ct t'u ' men from among tbe-p endorsement of the j , lres-u ia vat 10a v. iXese to things we l iio ti elements of Bacces. The KbonlJ select men wbicia Ihe npixrt of mot cUsse ciety. FayettcvJle Newsy Sorry'to say it; but there is one mean man in Durham county. Ue carried his poor old mother-in-law to the poor house, and made the county pay him for his team and a di y's work. The fcr- becomes meauer when we say tuit she. wea too old to" assume the nggrcsdve, aud that her tongue was puinl jed. Durham Recorder. we transfer to our'columna for the benefit of our colored readers : Judge John A. Gilmer, in sen tencing two colored lads daring Superior Court last week, made a very practical address to the race, and especially tp the parenta. He stated that during bia term of of fice he waa forcibly impressed with the number of individuals arrested for.larceny and transgression of the law, and that two thirds of those arraigned were yoang colored men between the ages of fifteen and twenty-five. He further stated his observations evinced a deplorable Dictare tor the race unless some steos were taken to remedy the growing evil, and attributes the fault to a great extent to careless parental training, and admonished bis colored hearers that the foun dation of all true citensbip and re siect for the law was the family fireside, and urged tns parenta to bo more c&refal in home discipline, keep their children from off the streets, and out of bad company. When two colored tat a tteevtsofa fight, it 1 cot qneutly the ce th it ue a cea bin lDU-nt 10a of ;.;; t er up. raU-rday lis: k S ar. Juhn Walker, both co!. red, g a fisbt, beu Smith sim:!! Mtrr r.nt tlix aK'.w. t " r-r mi-de a vicious tsap at W noe, bnt aimed too low iml W a-ker'a upper lip ia t:. t tore off a go.xl ba'.f of .!.-2C-w-Obterter. W. P. Simpson, Ksq., of W.lson, has been appointed notary public by Gov. Scales. He Now tbet we are married we are one, and 1 suau insist that tbia I be the last time you appear in a low neck dress. She We may, be one, bn? you are only half of us, and I shall dress my half as I please. v guish eyes belougiog to lie oppo site sex leveled at you. What uu. exacted obstructions present tben selves to your feet, where the e.m cau uiscover noming to uistn u your eqaiiibriam I But to return, as I aaU befoi I withdrew, and I migbt say In a perfect blaze of glory,- so to fpetV, If the aforementioned large var'e: of heads, which were-kept ba-.iy engaged in the dizzy proceaa of bobbing Iu and out cf ihose iu dows by a liberal use oftue a:e ammunition which was found o ef fective on my entrance. J Thus ended my first visit to a French College. YEE0C. ' Sick and B.lioa ! all derangemeaii t-f '.u;.; .. ; b wels, cured by Dr. !'. rvd -T' -l-t or anti-bill.ou i-r. .i.: . 2.rentaa ial. No c'.cio t..-j. -i to allow waste cfvirtm . ;y t'n g g m a I you find jur evt .Ms b ra pleasant t was ad... .: :i Lota minister. "Not altogether o, at t:;a wa the reply. Tor iataocc 1 -.' Sunday newly conver."! c.t :..Vr oftbecborch, who fit tf..i t!-e door, tLreatened to C 1 re f.'l cf bfdeaif 1 d.da't aie-k kt-Icr. 'Life-.