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I -NOW IS TEE TIME TO- 1 n Vf -a in 7 TTT XT rA ; -TV -r n J - l . . ' I, ' The Wilson Advance " " v U--w. N Vy 11 1 j . , e Vo - - y - -MKJBT ALL TME EMpgifnop AIMgT AT, BE THY COUMTKV 1, THY OOP I, ABB TItLTHS' " SXXDTOCBOBDirKS J 1 VOLUME !).' . WILSON, NORTH CAROLINA, FEB. 14, 1889. NUMBER 3 IQi'3" BILL AEP'S LETTER -:o:- PR O TO PL A S TIC A NCES TORS A French Scientist Suys They tVere 12 S Feet llitjh. The world is still perplexed about A darn and Eve. Darwin hasn't fettled it, nor Dr. Wood - row. Mark Twain thought lie found the grave of our illustri ous ancestors, but according to late discoveries .he shed his tears on the wrong tomb. The book of a learned Frenchman has come to the front 'and crea ted a sensation in France. He BayB that Father Adam was 128 feet high, and Mother Eve only uve ieei lower ana tnat ever since they evoluted into exis tence the hnman race has been on the down grade, getting snorter and shorter, and small er and smaller, as the centuries roll on. Well, it does look reasonable that people 900 years old ebouia be 900 years biir, but they were not. The largest men are not the longest liven In our day. In fact, they do not live as long as the medium eize. AmoDe animals, we know jhat a goose that is not of much consequence lives five times as long as a "horse, and a turtle lives longer than a whale. I wish we did know more about our first parents. I wish that Mose had told us nJore. He gaverus thirteen chapters about the history xf Joseph and only two about the creation. I was talking to a scientific gentleman about this and he said he supposed that'.Moses told all he knew, and that be could not have known so very much about what happened be fore the flood and all he knew was buy uncertain traditions that came along down the centuries and gathered some and lost some on the journey. He said he thought it very probable that the people who lived before the flobd were of very large stature, for Moses eaid that there were giants iu those days. Well, it is astounding how men of science icnore the Bible not all of them, but most of them. They do admit that there was a flood a'nd an ark, and Adrm and Eve, and' Noah, and they got that from "the Bible, bnt they depend upon science to unravel all the mys teries and what science does not prove they do not consider proved even though Moses wrote it. They do not believe in miracles although the move ment of the hand or the growth of a flower is a miracle. Now, here is thig new theory that Mother Eve was 123 feet high and large in pro portion. This beats the old preacher that Henry Gray told about in his speech,t the banquet for he made Eve 30 cubits highland lined inside and out with pitch." I asked my scientific friend if he didn't think such a great height was very inconvenient to Adam about tieing his shoes and walking through this forests. "Ob.no," said her, "the trees were larger and taller in, pro portion, something like the redwoods in the Yosemite "Val ley, that are 300 feet high and 150 feet to the first limb." But how about the animals, said I the horses and oowsf How would Adam manage to ride one of our horses or ever milk one of our Jerpey cows." He smiled and said: Well the animals were no' doubt of .a corresponding size to the lords of creation' "Elephants and camels and giraffes too" said I "Of couTse," said he, "and boa constrictors and rattle snakes" eaid I. "Yes," eaid he, but I thought he was weakening a little. How about that ark, eaid I, "that was only 30 cubits -high and had three stones of ..' ten feet each, how did those large creatures get in there?" "Oh I suppose," eaid he, "that that those cubits were very different from our cubits." He reminded me of the fel low who came back from his travels in the unexplored west, and eaid among other marvel ous things that he got on the borders of a valley where every thing was petnBea, and turned to stone, and hu did not dare to venture in for he saw stone horses and builalos and goats and serpents and btars, and in fact everything was pertrified; even to the trees and grass, and he saw a hunter who had stray ediu there unawares, and he was standing stock stone stll with bis gun pointed to an ea lein the air and the hunter anrt gun and tbe eagle were al petrified and all turned to etone. "Oh, pshaw, Jim, that won uo, eaid one of his hearers "Don't you know that gravity would Lave pulled that eagle uown?" "Gravity, the dickens,1' said he, "why gravity was petrified uarcier than anvthmir. I saw a treak of it hanging down from mo eagle to the ground." But our Frenchman eays tha every generation fell off a few eet, and so we must suppose aa aaara lived to Bee Lamech, of the mntn genera tion, it was like Gulliver in his travel, when Adam ; wanted to talk to Lamech and tell Mm about the Garden ot Edan and the appletree and about Cain and Abel Be didn't tetoop down but just lifted the llctle fellow up on bis little finger and set him on his shoulder and told him all about it. How scared Lamech must bavf been for fear he would fall into that great mouth that was five feet wide, or into that ear that looked like a cavejwUn bookers in it. And just to- ihjnk what a time they had in burying the old gentleman when he cied; what a long, wide, deep grave and what a coffin,; for he- iMiat have been abeut. 'fifteen i'eet high when he was lying d wn Think of the levers I and prizes and the great cterrie t t'-ey tbuilt to swing jhim down into the grave. I wonder if the Frenchman has found some of his bones or his teeth. Mark Twain was not looking for a grave like that and, so wasted his tears. i Now, it does look like M n&s wouldv have mentioned U if Adam had been such a gHnt He tells us about $he ag-j of man beinr reduced after the flood to 120 years, and is ery particular about the size oi tae ark. Josephus says the Lord taught Adam language md letters and figures and science and Moses says that Jwbal made harps and organs and Tu bal Cain was an instructor in working brass and iron. Niah could not have builfe the ark if he had not 6een a good mecl ap- ic and had pleuty j of tool to work with. - ri But to come down to facts nint was the trouble about Mo3es receiving th trutl. of history even though he was not inspiied. Fori certainly Adam told it straight to Lamech who was" Noah's father,, and so Noah trot it straigh and he lived to see 1 Abraham, who was nine generations fnth er down and told everything to him and that covered U tnty generations and composes 2,- 000 years of time and history and all the facts passed throngh onlv two persons Lamech and Vimhwell Levi ! was Abra ham's great grand30u and he was Mores' great Igrandfathr - 9 I think it must have come down pretty straight. Now, if these scientists were all 'like Dr. AVoodrow, and would study the Sceipture vatu a reasonable faith, then science would become the handmaid or inspiration, and not its enemy. But it looks ii&3 ; they i-iaa rather pull - down ;than Lnild up, and they are eucouragiug scepticism and agnosticism; and all kmds of infidelity in the minds of the yoUng. Young man, you had better stand by the faith of your fath ers. It sustained them and made them good men and good wdmeD. They lived by it, and died by it. It nosj not mattei so much how high j Adam was nor whether he evoluted or not, do you take the Bible and study t; ry to live by its precepts, and be happy. Op: to cnurcu every Sabbath and listen v ith humility and reverence to , r, gome good preauer. church and the preachers are the hope of the world. TI ere was a time when there was but one preacher, and .the eKrth was filled with violence , ana the flood came and destroyed everybody -but hita and his family. And just so the wrld would be filled with violence now it it were not ior me chuTch and the preachers. The righteous men would have aiv- ed Sodomand it is the preach ers who save us only. I was 1 thinking 1 about iur preacher and . what ' a taiailv record he has got. , .Nearly 200 years ago his ancestors came nvpr the waters and went to Dreaching to Cotton Mather, He died and his son toox on ms mantle, and from that day to this there has hardly been a time when some J descendant of the first Jameal munouse has not beeu standing up before the Lord in the Lord's house. And now here is James Hill house Dreactiing in bur church He is the son and the grandson if preachers who came from the samo old jonn jvnox eiocis., and he j ist had a son bora to him. and his nanje will be James, and he will.'be a preach er, too. I have no doubt about that, for it runs in! the stocK Hike : that. e7ery body likes it. I like the Caldwell and the Waddells and -Ithe Battles and the Bakersi because wherever I go, from "North. Caro lina to Texas, I find them teach ing or preaching a hey are holding the fort land doing good in their day ind geuera tion. j Well, we have gotten our or gan. The, Estey Organ Com pa ny took us up so jquick that 1 was almost Boiryl we offered fifty dollars for dollar . organ. would have given a nun area aybe they it to us. I felt like the Dutchman who asked a man eight dollars for a cot. When the man paid it without jewing, he went out and kicked himself because he didn't ask him ten. But they gave us a hundred and thirty dollar" organ, and it makes splendid music, and our choir is happy and every body is calm and serene. Long live the Estey company to gladen the world'with harmony. BrLii Aep. . Take Action. If the people will not take the selectiou of the railroad commission in hand, they will have no one to blame but them selves, if the railroad lobby in Raleigh get men whom their employees prefer. The lobby is there, citizens, in all their seductiveness. The Atlantic Coabt Line is represented, the Richmond & rDanville system has its agents, and John Robin ton's roads have men there to look after the" interests of his railroads. Yju needn't send lobbyists there, but you should meet at your county seats and demand that your representa tives shall select as railroad commissioners, men who will be just, iair and equitable In the masses and the common cairiers who hold charters granted by you. Let us have no olind prejudice or petty spite. We want the railroads to build up "North Carolina ind not to damage her. We want them to be ran in the interest of North Carolina and her peo ple, but not with a v iew to hav ing termini beyond the State. Tarboro Southerner. How Lcncr First. Donn Piatt, in Belfo'd's Mag azine prophesies that the time will come when the rich Bood lers will hide themselves in caves! He says: "Violence follows, fraud as surely as night follows day, or a thunder storm a poisoned atmosphere.' The day is not far distant when these million aires will be huntiug holes in which to hide from the very mobs they are now so assidu ously calling into existence. God in .His divine mercy for give3 us our sins when we are repentant, but the law that governs our being.called nature, knows no forgiveness." Teacher Now, children, will give you three words' Boys, .Bees and Bears; and I want you to compose a sen tence which will include ail three words. Small Boy I have it Teacher John McCarthy, you can give us your sen- ence. John McCarthy Boys bees bare whin they goes in swim ming. Harper's Bazar. Holds them Liable. The Supreme Court of Vir ginia made an important decis sion the past week. It was held that bank creditors must direct, and that "gross inatten tion neglienre, allowing fraud or misconduct on the part of agents, officers or cod irec tors, which could have been pre vented if they had given ordi nary care and attention, to their duties," makes them liable to depositors. This is a good law, good business doctrine and good marality. Ex. Judge D. L. Russell, of Wil mington, N. O., ad a prominent lawyer of our State, has written a letter to tne Jew xora 111- bune in which he severely crittcises the Democratic party of the South and comes out as the special advocate of negro domination in the South. painting a horrible picture of how they are cheated out of their political rights, as he says, and surprisingly, it must be to every one, he takes a fierce stand against his white friends and neighbors and the land of his nativity. LaUrin- burg Exchange. The Republican Aim. We think before many years the South will be no better than the protection, vote buy ing, labor striking, pauper filled and money devil North The great aim is to .decoy the South in the net of protection and create a few millionaries and thousands of half starving Daurjers. Protection will do the work. Wilmington Star. Why, Certainly it Was a Failure, A young couple in Winston, who were married four weeks ntro. have resolved that it i3 bst to live live lives of '-sin irelness," and have separated and now epeak of applying for a divorce. The blushing young bride is yet in her teens while the g.oom is but a few years the elder. Such marriages are naually failures. Wiuiston Daily. CMcago Captured it. Th T.ihhv nrison is to go to Chicago after all. The work nf takiner apart the old struct ure is now going on in Rich mond, Va., and as the bricks and beams are displaced they n.r numbered", bo that the hnildinir can be put together inst as it stood in Virgin ia. The interior of the old prison is to be need as a eort of war museun. jEjX,. -:o:- WMAT OUR REPRESENTA TIVES ARE UOING. A Summary of The Work of The General Assembly Now in He sion at Raleigh. Tuesday, Feb. 5 th SENATE. Mr. Tbomaa reported aa properly enroled and the President ratified biil to pay certain claims against the University of North Carolina; to incorporate the town of Hot Springs, Madison county; to change certain law-books from the State to the Supreme Court library; to amend the charter of the town of Smith field, Johnston county; reso lution in relation. to the boundary lines of North Cerolina; to prevent frand in the sale of mortgaged, property; to amend the 1a w to com promise, compute and settle the State debt. S. B. 106,10 amend the constitu tion and to provide for an election n the proposed - amendment was taken up. It provides that no member of a legislature which uioates an office of profit or trnst stiallbe eligible to the first term of acboffice. Again it provides that i be, commissioner of Agriucltnre Mliall be of equal dignity with other State officers. And third, it pro vides . that tha term of effice for State officers shall begin on the third Wednesday alter the first Monday in January. The bill was vigorously supported by Mr. Mean, the introducer, aa well as by Mr. LeGrand. It was opposed by Tunrer, Kerr, Little aud Luak. Tha bill failed to pass, A message from the House o. Representatives announced itf concurrence in the Senate reso lution to attend the New Berne Oyster and FUh Fair, and that it had appointed on tie joint committee proposed Messrs. Lvoo; Cooke, Baird, Madison and Wall. Tha President appointed Senators Kerr, Twitty and Lnsk hs the Senate branch ot said committee and requested that they make an early report of Its action.- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. The bilt authorizing the com missioners'of Put county to appoint a tax collector was reported unfa vorably. The following bill were introduc ed: Incorporating the Bank of Goldsboro; relating to bastardy; to prohibit the sale of liquor within three mites of Free Mission church in.Greene county; to provent hunt- og on tne tanus oi anoiner. The bill incorporating bpring Hope, Nasb county, passed second reading- The following bills pessed their hird reading: to remedy defects iu'wills in certain cases; relating to joint stock companies (allowing bares of stock to ue nre aonare and over, which will allow Alliance men and others to take Btoct in miDufactories, the old law fixes be amount at not less than buy dollar relating to preserving the reports of State oBicer s(reqmr- n g that two copies ot eacn report shall be deposited in the State librarv;) amending tbe charter ot Greenville, Pitt county; relating to the practice of medicine in tbe State (regarding registrtlon). H. B. 431, The billto en able the penitentiary to be come selt-sue'taining . After adopt. ng some amendments relative to clerical errors; tne out was put upon its passage. Mr. floke, the author of the bill, Bpoke, giving the purport and effect of the measure. He said 1,400 able-bodied men. under per tect control, should be able to make living; that the S'ate had been douatmg the s rvices of convitts to the railroads tor many years, and it amounted to tbe same as taking the money out of the public funds; that the appropriation would be cat down inty tuousana uoiars, aud in view oi the many appropri ations, such as pensions, etc., it was imperative that there should be economy, aud this was tbe place to cut down th) expenses, The section relating to the hiring out of convicts elicited considerable discussion. Mr. Carter " opposed striking out this section. He said the railroad company now building tbe Western North Carolina liail- icad to Murphey would be relieved from Coins to that place if tbe State should take away the con victs now at work there. The peo ple ot Cherokee expected this leg's latnre to stand by them and see that their hopes of the early com pie tion of the road should not be disappointed. Mr. Cooke also SDoke favoring the passage of the bill without further alteration. Mr. Hoke called for the previous ques tion The bill was placed upon its readings and passed its final read ing. A message was received irom the Governor transmitting a report from Gen. W. G. Lewis asking the legislature for an appropriation for a permanent encampment at Wriehtsville. Referred to the committee on military affairs. A message was received from he Senate, in which the House conenred, relative to the legislature visiting in a body the Fish 'and Ojnter Fair to b heia at jxew Berne, N. C. A resolution was adopted creat ing a joint committee on roads two from the Senate and three from the Honse. Wednesday, Feb. 7. SENATE- The follow ieg bills passed their third reading: a bill for relief of (.sheriffs and tax collectors and heir legal representatives; bill to amend chapters S95 and 399, Laws of 1885, in relation to the stock law: bill to repeal chapter 159, Laws 1887. in relation to freight rates; bill to repeal chapter 126, Laws 1887, restoring tbe bonds of tbe clerk of Superior Court and register of deeds of Halifax Co. to 115,000, j A bill to pnnisn tbe keeping of houses of ill-fame and those who rent houses for the purposes thereof was taken up. An amendment offered that all visitors to snch houses for - immoral purposes should be olassnd as keepers thereof and be liable to the penal ties provided- for in the bill, was adopted; tbe vote by which the amendment was adopted was reconsidered and tbe same amend ment was again adopted, the bill passed its second reading and upon a call of the roll the bill passed its third readiog, ayes 32, noes 14. A message from tbe Honse was read in which t!ey did not concur, in the resolution to attend the New Berne Fish and Oyster Fair. A resolution for the Senate to attend was tabled. BOOSE OF EePBESENTATiVKS. vTnere were half a dozen petitions presented prohibiting the sale of liqaor withu certain distances from churches; 'several asking the repeal of tbe purchase tai: about fifty from Farmer' Alliances, in as many counties, asking a repeal of the law giving away convicts, railroad com mission; also asking for 100 couyicts to work on the public roads in Lenoir county. Reports of Committees Finance, favorably preventing hunting on the lands of another; requesting Congress to appropriate an amount for the erection of a monument to Nathaniel Macon. Agriculture favorably, repealing all laws relat ing to the tax on ferterhzera; preventing trespass; 'relating to tbe , sales of wood incorporated towns; lor the better protection ol landlord and tenant. Unfavora bly, relating to ex sheriffs: an act to encourrge sheep husbandry, Corporating incorporating the Bank of Goldsboro, favorably. Insurance amending tbe fnaur- ance law of the State. Fish aud Fisheries H. B. 565, protecting fish in Martin county U, B. 5t9, Improvement of . the shell fish interest of the State. Bills In trod need. To protect Janes adjoining rail' roads of the State ; to preveut tbe sale of liquor ia localities iu Greene couuty; to regulate tbe public schools in Tarooro townsbiu in Edgecombe county; levying a spe cial tax in Greene county; incorpo rating the render aud (Jaslow Laud and Improvement Co; to re quire surveyors to have their ctiaiu sealed by the standard keener; u relation to the lees of staudaru keepers; explanatory to the act in regard to sheriff aud tax collect- oi-h; regulating tb.nle ot liqaor in Greene county; to prevent the tbi owing ot dead bodies of animals in lioauote river, changing tbe Superior.court of llarnett county. incorporating the farmers' Co operative School of North Carolina; creating a tree school district at Rocky Mount; to make ten (10) hours a legal working day, wuere women aud children are employed, to prevent fishing with nets iu Greene couuty. The committee on propositions and grievances reported unfavor ably, on the stock law questioning Edgecombe county. Mr. L ou moved a reconsidera tion of 11. B. 431, relating 'x mak- tug tbe penitentiary self sustain ing, he objeced to furnishing con victs to the W eetern N. - C. Rail Road and withdrawing them from the east. Mr. Hoke (author of tbe bill) spoke in Ueleuco ol the bill, aud moved to table tbe motion to reconsider. Mr, titepueus, upon this motion, called lor the yeas and nays. The motion to recousid- er failed upon a vote of 55 to 49. Tbe bills incorporating Spring Hope, Nash couuty and Jason in Greene county passed third read ing. Bill to promote tbe efficiency of the State Guard, after considerable discussion, and upon the yeas d najs, failed to pass by a vote of 39 to 65. lid Net Snow Her- As Mrs. Cleveland was enter ing the Palais Royal, a little street arab, who makes his liv ing by selling five cent packa ges of lavender, approached her and asked her to buy a package. She Inquired as to the price, took one and dropped a dime in the boy's dirty hand. He did not have a five cent piece to give her in change, so said: "You hold my basket and I'll run and git the change." Mrs. Cleveland . told him it did not matter about the change and passed on into the store. Just then another street arab ran up and told the first the name of the lady whom he had asked to hold his basket. The lavendar boy not one bit abashed, ex claimed: Dog-gone my but tons, : if I'd er knowed it was her I'd er giv her one. and not charged her a cent." North Carolina at New York. Governor Fowle has made the following appointments as commissioners to represent North Carolina at New York, April 30th inst., when there will be a celebration on a grand scale of the centennial of Wash ington's inauguration is Presi dent: W. T. Dortch. vyayne; Frank Coxe, Buncombe; E. R. Stamps, Wake, James Edwin Moore, Martin; J. A. . Forrey, Rutherford; R. O. Gregory, Granville; Charles C. Clark, Craven: Josephua P. Caldwell, Iredell, Judge W, M. Shipp was sick and the sheriff was campelled to ad. journ Lenoir Court. The Free Press says tbe county is put to an expense of 9300, besides a great inconvenience and expense to indi vidual?. Tbe law ja deficient and some provision, should be made for such cases. VAGABOND JACK THE LIFE OF THE WAY WARD LOVER. A Btorv of a "Shifliea. Ne'er do Well1 Beautifully Related. "What do you mean, Jack f 'I mean tbkt he should have been here already. Yes, yes, It i he, be Is running by the fccent, but he is held in k c&h- Wo oiuttt look out, Lise, it ia as they are alter, and Maripan too is atrattorr It was only too true : tbe dog was following on tbe track, t and was acting as a guide to bis' master's enemies. There was nc time to lose, they mast lake to flight at whatever cst. Felise quickly made up handle or ber best clothes, and Jack, lifting an enoi moos stone, hid his implements for makiug gunpowder; (ken having pat two loaves into bis game-bag, be took Felise by tbe band and marched straight for the heights. It was a keen frost, and tbe moon, now in her last quarter, -glittered ou tbe hardened snow. Tbe barr ing of tbe dog reached tbem more and more distinctly the farther op the mountain became, and by aud by he-ottered a series of barks so peculiar in tone that Jack "topped to listen. '-They are at Maraval," be said, -and the dog is el ping as he finds the scent warm, t owever we have good (.tart, Line, nd nnless the devil helps them tney won't over take us," Judging only from tbe voice of be dog, the pursuit never slacken ed, bat continued with uutiring vith perseverance. Jack nd Felise were stlU marching along ia silence long after day break, and fatigue began to gam visibly on tbe young creature. Several times already she had been "l ged to stop and fake breath; u fpite of her cou:Uii- the por bild felt that ur Mrenthwas - xhausted. She hung more and more heavily on Jack's arm, etardlng bis progress, and at last tie stopped altogether. Jack," - be said, 4,I cannot go a step : art her, leave me beie and savr jourself. They will not do me any iarm, and you will easily find me again." Wbat I. abandon yon f never, never. Let as see if you can't make one effort more, my girl." "It's no use. Jack, I have alrettdj done more than I was able. Save yourself, save yourself I conjure you." i "No, a thousand times no ; we are hardly a buodred yards from tbe but ot tbe Holy Cross, come and rest yourself there, and never mind me." Felise dragged painfully along to the hut tbe entrance ofwhicu was half tilled op with snow and sank dows, utterly worn out on the soft bed of laveuder and wild tbyme which the shepherds always took care to have in this rude abode. 'iRemain there and wait for me without impatience ; with Heaven's beip l shall not oe away long." Jack nad last formed .a great resolve. Taming oa his step be quickly re-descended the moan- tain in the direction or Marat, and uastlly posted himself behind a rock which way and forced it to take a sharp turn. He had not long to wait. Maripan, hfld in by a geodarme, soon made bis appearance, as barking he followed op tbe scent his tongue banging oat as if in the dog-days; the corporal and his men came oentna streaming witn perepiratioo. Jack raised his gun and slowly took aim, and the poor brute fell, shot wilb a bullet right through tbe foreHead. "This wav, boys," cried tbe cor poral, darting forward, "after him, Berard : after him, Bassy look alive, my men I" Bat Jack, more active (nan a chamois was already along vay off in the direction of Curnier, saving the hat of tbe Holy Cross tebind him intentionally and tbe jorporal, perceiving that the game was lost, gave his men the signal to retreat. The carcass of Maripan Iready stiffened by the frost, was t-jft aloue, with its feet in tbe air, to serve as a feast for the first passing wolf. Jack was not able to rejoin Felise at the hot until nightfall. He found her half-dead vith cold and terror, shivering with fever. am repeat lug disconnected and meaniDglesj words, snch as people ntter when in deliriam. He quickly lighted a great fire, and b risky chafed tbe ice-cold limbs of his poor ife, calling he by the tenderest names, bat Felise remained in sensible ; her eyes were fixed in a vacant stare, and she seemed only to answer the questions of invisible interlocutors. To crown Jack's misforunes the wind had just risen, the wind of Mount Yentonx, an icy wind that ground the snow into powder, and blew in about in violent eddies. To think of descending tbe mountain again at such a time was impossible, and nothing remained but to stay there till morning. Jack, with a heart fall of anxiety and misery, airanged some armfals of dry lavender in the most shelter ed corner, and there laid poor Felise covering her up with some of his own clothes aad keeping a good fire burning all night at the en trance of the miserable hovel. Every moment tbe tempest shook the walls with redoubled fary and seemed to draw from them melan choly groans, while the these mis eries was added the danger of suffocation, the smoke Wing driven violently back iuto tbe interloo of the bnt. Felise, who was tormented with a raging thirst, was asking for water every noment and poor Jack had nothing to give ber but lumps of frozen snow which he broke down small with bis Lkoife. . At 1Mb iuls areaiui night came to aa ead, aad the unhappy man I I wius ouisiae ior a mon.ent to look about him a little- Tb wind bad fallen a. the sua rot.-, bat his situation was no less terrible. TWe he was, alone, on the top or Mount Ventonx, his wile ill, delirious on able to move, and be himself utterly worn oat and exbaoated with the fatigues of tha preceding day and tbe anguish or snch a night, and no one to look to for ase-stanc, no on to save him but bimseir. For the firel time in his lire Jack felt his beau rail, and large tears trickled do u hi hollow beeks. Ue raised hi eyes to heaven witli a deH(nu-ng glanca, and entering the ha: again sat down la otter dim ry beside Felie, who Tar tbe hm 'ledth time called Tor wa.vr. - This excessive prostr .tion lasted but a short time t Jac. was soon bimseir again, and Looking hts cruel position in tbe f .c. Before all, it was necessary . leave the hat at any coot, and to do this be mast recover safficien ttreogb. Having eaten bait a lo .f and drunk two or three moathlu: ofmet:ed enow, he ottered a curt prayer, ana mung reuse n bis arms pUeea ber oa bis shclders, then, using bis gun by wav of staff, be lowly desoeoded the steep slope. birong and sore-foe rd as fce was Jack was obliged to st p from time to time to recover bre.in. He then deposited his precious burdeu on someadj acent rock mod manfully resumed it after a stort rest, lo this way be reached the caveol MaravaL after a harsMug march of bee mortal boars, an ra glad to find that tbe enemy is their passing visit bad uot greatly d ainrbed hu lavoarite abode. It was time Jack's strength was literal! ex hausted. Having n covered a little from bis first fatigde he turned bis atteution txlukively to Felise, whose state i'ji"pired him with increasing anxiety A pro found torpor hadlolloive tbe violent fever and delirium. Fellie seemed overpowered with . a lethargic drowsinasa, and she lay without sense or motion.-, Jack did all he potsibly ooaie ta raanimate his poor wife and exhausted all tbe resources of a heart rendered iueuions by necessity. Bat all is vaiu and his despair t.ocu equalled bis tear. Day was declining; was be tbeu to pass a aeooud night of auguieb and terror aktie, abandon ed by all, auable to aSuid tbe dear safferer any relief, a hripless wit uess ot all ber pain. Jack rushed from the cave and K..,ijued with eager ee tbe whole inrroanding xceue but, alas! act -oul, not saeHTed, not a floefc. Lot a dog was to be seen, nothing jak silence and noliinde I Down below in the valley the eveuiug aogelos was xvwly tolled on the be 1 of the vill. se church. aud fur the first time iu bis life Jack felt a bitter smile ti.e to bis hps at the sacred aj-'-al. In bis storm tcs-ted soul the cv. tiing bells seemed a gratuitous' irony, tbe tranquil mockery of e-'ablU bed order triumphing - iu it selfish regularity. "A wav, vagabond "tid tbe little bell distinctly, die l kc a dog on your mountain 1 Odi cires, our services, our assUtauce, our doc tors, oar priests, are c for you! He owe no help rxcepi to lboe w io live oar life, share ar da ties, beud under tbe- gt -.e-burdens as we, and do not cl&L' , like yon, the right of living & i: ey pleaae, free from all laws aud !1 duties P As Jack was about to re-enter in despair, two shot ere fired near by, and aa uufort: i.re from tbe cave. Jack ran to pick it op. and met tbe sportuiu wbo had just left his post. . Imagine bis Joy wbeo ae round that it was biflrem, a comrade, a brother, poacher, a friend 1 In a few words iffrein was informed of tbe state or affairs, and at once promised- but assistance and it was arranged tbatbe should see the doctor and tic care, and t 11 them ia what state tie bad left Felice. Comforted by tbe cer tainty of ftooa obtaiaibg help, Jack re-entered tbe cave, an.', worn oat by ftigae aud emotion, soon fell into a deep slumber by tbe corner of tbe firo. He was awakened bv tieart tend ing cries. Felise was writhing on her .miserable bed ; the deliriam had left her, bat with the return of reason terror bad entered ber souL "I am going to dte,n she cried "Jack do not leave me to die I jacir, i am afraid, jick, l am dying! Help me, help me! Do not lr. ma iliA Tah- f pnninr rn 'f Felise, Felise !w replied Jack ia depration ; "calm yourself, i am here, I shall uot leave you ! what is there to frighten you I I am Oh, you are suffering cruel pain win rwvp T.iaa f?T She clung to him with extraordi nary force, clasping him spasmodi cally in ber arms so ms almost to choke him. A convoke sob aroe from the depth of bev chest and issued from between her closed teeth ia violent giis with rattling sound, a whte froth moistened the corn res o her month "Ah, Jack r cried FcDse with sn accent of despair, '-dea, Jack aaieu: it is an over i' tier arms all at ooce relaxed th ir hold, and she sank back Ufeii n her coach When the cate ma'. u e doctor at length arrived abou. midnight they were too lat? to render any assistance to poor Felise. Jack's agoj was great, bnt very quiet andnt was a long tt oe before be could be roused to Lp?ak of tbe necessary preparation for the funeral. Tben.witb pt-;fu! earnest ness, be begged the cu:4f it could be done, to consecrate - little bit of ground beneath a ''.11 juniper which grew near the ce, so that Felise might be buric: there, and he might be always nerher as be had promised to be the day of their betrothal, "ihe cur, ' -consented and Jack himself do: tbe grave, resoiateiy retastogau assistance lo in that melancholy t&z. All the people ot Ue village, and many from the r..-ighboaring bamlets. marched op tbe cave of Maraval to attend thr uocral. Old Martin was there aud at tbe grave be flaog htmse.'f Into Jack's arms, manifesting extreme grief, which was do doubt more poigu- - aut by remorse. Simoa Fifteco Ounce flaog into the opea gtave the knife which bad tempted bin t become a ttaitor. and ia tbe nmeof Felise implores? Jack to forgive him. . "Yon bve done mpcb harm, S mon," said Jack, sadlj; -but H s-11 not be to vain that joa invoke the name of Fehse, I P-rdon jou from the bottom of mv I.-art,' FelUe's death finally determined U coarse ot Jack's life. Bat for t - it event the rtlractory conacipt, " . despiser or social trammel t-rcamstances aiding might have b some like other mea sod entered n a sett!ej i,fe. Married, aod fiVbrot. f-roily, Jc wookl Uve been the fimt to recognize v-z uocesAiiy oi teconciliog bimsrlf -.iu society, ana wald certainly b. f e takeu advantage of the g-.neral amnesty that followed the re.-olation of 183a. Bat wifeless, ne, and no loogtr havlog any reason to straggle agaiast IbUna iural bet)t,Jftcit was bound to return to tbe life of vsgabuodage which had fo-him become a second nature. it oe uvei a uie ol hardship oa the it-acceunbie mountain, where the u.-ies baa ended by leaving him Site unmolested, yet be was dependent on so one be was trnly u'j own master in tbe i an aenoe of ti.e wora. By building some pieces of dry et jne-wall to keep out tbe wind, he had mah) of the cave or Maraval an abode that a human being could L&oet live in. He had his head quarters there, bis provision store, and his workshop, he came there every evening to sleep, often from a long distance, and in all sorts of weatner. In the morning, before starting on his eicursious, be knelt heaide tbe tomb of Felise said his prayejs devoutly, tUn piously if tew m stoue on the shapeless b- ap, which being aogmeoted by a olone from tveiy pawc-by, was wn, and Is mill called Tie Dead Woman' Cairn. Thus he lived for many a long y.ariu this wild solitude, alooe s:th the remembrance or ber whom Ik- had lost, freldoiu descending to I village except oa Sundays and i olidajs foi the puriose ol beating a;. He spoke Iiilie, and avoid ed society us much as be could, bi't by a sort or tacit agreement he b-emed to be constituted tbe natur al guaiduu of all ike old custom of tbe country on Laster even, for example, be was always sore to be f.und posted at the corner of tbe iuare wtli In floger on the trig ger cr hts gun, waning till the betht H ould ting the teturn irom Borne, in order to shoot Lent Lent be ing represented oy egg-shells, flh- uae, aud dried vegtablea sua-p-nded to the boop of bairell at lbs hight of the roofs. It was fee 9 gve tbe morning serenade of ti. brothers or bu Mark, and be U iot bis eoti4l st bea'inz a rod the big drum or tbe brother hocxl- Wbeo St. John's dav came as be again who lighted tbe t bonfire on the mountain it bwi-or or his patron saiot. Ha tu al a bombardier, and on t?L An- -ne'a day, the patron ol tbe vil- ttf, or on that of St. Barbe, the K:roneM or artillentnen. It waa J'Jk who d scbarged tbe mortars ot tbe commune, into which it Is h-jajbtbe pat but little govrro ovut powder. . He knw rhyme for making swarms or ! -4 come br..k, and, the prayer by wuicu ob- Jtt that have been 1 wt are round. Ue was aUo aomeihinir 'joneetttr. had a secret wav of drt-ssing wounds, discovered sp.iogs with tbedivioing rod, aod naiaarog that was a sovereirn care for tbe bite or amid dog. Jlveryone loved him for ten Iegaes round, and be was often consulted iu difficult circamfttaoces, ior oe was known to be as prudent a be was clear-he aded. Tbe young men were unanimous ia proclaiming the superiority of Jack's powder to mi oi toe government; and tbe g lis gaee him always the pres ence if the proclamation of a rob- bage bad to be made. So when b.nrest was over, aod went shoot fxoin farm to farm, sack on back I ke a medicant hermit, be was ure to received his peck or grain, ois uanuiul of olives, or bis bottle oi new wine. W ben a dip was k.lled, Jack got always a good Pi ice for fricassee, and there was hardly a marriage or christenlog party of any consequeuce to which ce was not invited as if or fall ngui. co mat tnis man wbo pos sessed - nothing under tbe sao. reitber lands nor booses: wbo, I ke tbe aucient philosopher, carri--.i abcut with him all that be bad. this vagabond bevond tbe pale of society, half smuggler, ha'.f poach er, wit bout re o'mzed trade or pvowtd employment' this man lived in comparative abundance, and undoubtedly enjoyed tbe cordial is'eeia of bis ueigbors. - From tbe Kevn dee Deax Mondes. HIE ED. L SsrziV.e Sjcstlca. A widow, who has murdered teer husband, is entitle to her rower and distributive share in his eetate. ouch a decision of our State Supreme Court at re ported in the last volume of re ports. We would therefore sug- ' est to the Legislauure the pro priety ox amending the law, in tnis particular.- There is an old law maxim . uat"Xoone can take advan Uge of his own wrong" and it veins abborrant to all Ideas of all right aud justice that a .roman who kills her husband hould be rewarded for her un natural crime by the law giv ing her a portion of his proper- tyi cuatuom Kecord. The only men who have tho courage to wear shabby clothes are millionaires and candidates for oface. Atchison Globe. You can of tea determine the value of a man's character from tbe character of his enemli Tuscod, Arix, Star. NEWS OF A WEEK mat is UArrzsixo IN 1UR WORLD A.R O VXD VS. A CbMrfenaed Rpri of the JTeww Gmihrml IHh (A (Ukmm r Crnlemporarie, Uats and National. The Topic wsnte a JFurtittr Factoiy io Leaoir. The Argonaut says a more ment is to-build a ew Method church la f hnlie u on foot. " Tbe Banner mti the focr Saa. day Scaool tu Tarboro hare s average atteodaooe or four hv dred. The Farmer's AU:atce has ..- . ed a Tobaooo warehouse it J ham. The opening ! wa. . socoeaa. " Tbe Clio ton Caocama is lo tar power pre, it u a readable psper, rail of posh and vim, aod it seems to be paying. Bockr Mount bas one cotton factory and is preparing to buikl another. A bottling eUbUebmeBt is the l.tm; enterprise. The wooden plate, dia and box rctory or Mr. O. F. Jobnaoa, st Cli-too is booming. Such enter prises ia the South pay. Tbe EbeJby Aurora says wisely aad well: 'Let or farmers rairs more grasses aod give teas toort- gate, more clover and leas cot ton. Mr. Beo Webb, formerlr of Kin. ston, ' Dow of Birbmiortoo. Ala- - has applied tor m nsteot tat a ma chine to utilize tbe force or running Tbs Gleaner says the Building and Loan Associatioo of Graham ta moviog off spleodidly, and ia or the opition it will do moch for Graham aod community. The last issue or the Weldon ew records two caea of nerro children being borned to death in the absence of their mother from the house. Tbe old. old storv. r - A 'petition has been went ta th. Legislature by Onrood Alhanc. Cuiibam county, to pass law re quiring every person to show his tax receipt before he is qail.fied to vote. ' Tbe Weldon New aavs there are over one baodred sod mtr ease o ducket for tna! by tie Inferior uuji nexi wee. x terra brakeman was caught tw-i veen two cars aod bajdly mashed laat Mon day morning. He will live. The Scotland Keck Democrat tells of a man who killed a bog that weiguea i28 founds, and aa onlv about 2 yrsrs 2 moothaold. 11 was over six feet loog sod threo tall, aod was of Poland China breed croed with native. SampMoa'coboty bas Tracker's AsKociatioo. It Lai prepared aa addreta to the State railing oa hem to send delegates ! - reoer al convention lo be held i.. lialoa tbe 4th and 2lb or Aprl. This looks like baioeM. Mr. Simmon's bill to- tjv Mr. J.C Thoroe, of Litlktoo, CL I12.VJ0. foil payment for cotton seized baring the war by the U. 8. Government io 1SG3, bas beea fa vorably reported aod it is hkely ill pass both Houaes of Con ere. The Gold Leaf says the Hender son Smokiog Tobacco Compajy is boomiag and Dukbio tllnrs ith m vim. Thev are uior elec tric light aod running ulght aod dsy with orders ahead for one honored thousand ponods of their goods. Tte Wilmingtoo Mesaee ser tires so itemized state ment snow, log that the theft of Ccbickrn val- ued at fifteen cents cost tbe tax payers ol tbe State t&OLTO before tbe State was finally rid of tLe offender. What an arrameat ia favor of tbe whipping poit. Brother, of tbe Ilockr Mannt Pboeoix, is farming this year aod we surpose be will pat la Practice tbe following advice, which" we clip irom bis paper: Oor farmers sboald crow at home this rear, as many or tb necessaries or life as possible. Let them sell more aod buy less, aod keep oat of debt. The citizens of Morehead Qtv have organized "The Farmer's Co operative School Company." of North Carolina for which ther mo- pose to obtain a charter authorizing a capital of 11 jO.OOO. ta be raided by subscription on shares of stock at $10 each. They propose to make it so institution of learning second to none in the State. Tbe Jones County Alliance, con sidering the bomectesd law the parent of tbe present bardensome mortgage system; aod that it has a tendency to drive capital and maa nfacturiog enterprWs from tbe State, resolved to a-k it a repeal at tbe bands of the present Leg it la. tore, aod requeM the cooperation of all A'.tienoes in the State. Tbe Scotland Seek Democrat says there was over 37 marriages in Halifax county daring tbe month of January During the eosion of tbe CommiaaioBers Court a colored man asked the privilege T aekiog the Doard some qoeotioua and his request being ac ceded to, be aked them very grave ly, now ne coojd make mooey by UlWng rented Uods They re I erred him to the Far met 'a Alliance as tie proper sootce oTiBrurmaUoa. Aa Z:b73 Uerdazt Priroa. TescterAnd when the prodigal sou's father found that Lis hob was lost to Lira, what did he do? Willie, you may answer. WUlIe Adve r t lfe. Araeri. can.