- . .
-THE ADVANCE"
roii ONLY
ONE DOLLaR 1SD FIFTY CEJTS
-U HEN PAID FOB-
Cash in Advance.
BILL ARP'S LETTER
X SOLVE ITSELI.
jfe Want Northern Gentlemen to
Come South. .
Has there ever been such a
time and such a country?
Verily it looks like the an
cient' Aladdin had 'come to
l--fV withl his.' lamp, anfl was
fust Koing about building
ivitie.-. Two weeks ago I waa
at Cram Plains, a little place
fifty iailegfrom herej and there
WiliSu't anything there much
nt vry much ja3t a wide
'piace-in the road- and a ranee
of Lih hills a mile or two
suvay. There was some good
ruiton land stretching out in
broa3 Wvel acres, and there
was a , creek not far away.
- Thera was a little settlement of
unpretending cottages and a
few stores where the merchants
tsat upon boxes and whittled
and talked politics and watch
ed the trains go by, and that
was all. There wasn't a blank
acre in towa that I couldnot
have bought for two hundred
dollars. Weil, Aladdin hasn't
rnbbed.his lamp yet, but he is
there fixing to rub it. Mil
lionaires have been there since
I 7ar-, and have bought out the
whole concern everything but
t is women and children and
graveyard und they have stock--d
the 2,500 at a million dol
lars and have laid off a city
and actually sold three hun
dred dollars' worth of city lots
-in three days and the -cry is,
s-tiil they come !" jfam told
tiiey havn f sola
a; hundred
thousand
acres yet. lnree
i Hiirs:an acre, , dust tnius oi
it; I wonder what the poor
f low thinks who sold it for
Stty ? But he got all it was
worth, and ought to be satisfi
eu. He couldn't, make it worth
nuy more. But capital can.
This is the -power, of money.
Money is going to pnt ma
chinery there and build furn
aces and rolling . mills and
banks and magnificent hotols.
AVhV they have got a bank
already with a hundred thous
&v3L "dollars capital, all paid in.
Had to have a great big iron
safe expressed there tb keep
the money in.
Some of the Vahderbilts: are
in the ring and lots of mouied
men from all over the North.
They say that in twelve months
there will be five millions in
vested in Tieamont. lhat, is
the uiw niiue they have given
the new city. We used to
think that such things were
just an artful scheme to fleece
the lambs, but it does not look
that way now . the whole
South is on a boom. Look at
Florence only two "years old
id twelve millions invested. I
Eook at Sheffield and Decatur
arid Fcrt Payne and Middle
Yes. Middleboro only six
.months' old and ten millions
invested. Look at Birming-
liam onlv ten years old and
Hfty millions invested ; and
the thing is going on from
Virginia'-, to- TeXas. The
mighty Norh is moving this
way nigger or no nigger. They
send down their agents to spy
out the land, and beiore we
know it they have squatted
somewhere and "Aladdin goes
to rubbing his lamp. What is
the outcome of all this thing ?
Within the last twelve months
one uunarea millions in
i flu i .
capital has been added to the
industrial and commercial
valued of the South. They will
talr a wide placain .the .road
aud buv up 2.500 acres of land
for twenty-five thousand dol
lar and "presto change" in a
week it is worth a million
.v ell of course there are nan-
er'al treasures behind all this.
The mountains or the hills are
close by, and tbey are full of
iron or coal or i something
Now, will these movements
make a break into the solid
South and help us to fiolv the
race problem that seems' to
divide the country so much.
, ill we become lanKeened or
tliev become Dixified or will it
result in a harmonious inix-
: ture ?
A year or so ago some Bos
ton Yankees settled a little
town not far from us and, went
t work. For a while they
- were shy and peculiar and
when one of them was intro
duced to one of our folks he
reached his hand out at arms
length, but by and by they gpt
acqiiamtea and found out . we
.were very harmless and clever
people and we found put the
same about them und now
1! V 1 .
iney , anats. lianas right up
ciose ana tell jofces and anec
dotes just like we do. They
.have got a little newspaper in
their little town and have em
ployed a regular South Caro-
lioa rebel for ah editor .and
sure 'enough when Jefferson
Davis died he slapped the
black monrninir lines all over a
whole page and they said it
was all right and just human ;
and the paper went to Boston
on the . exchange list r and a
.Bojtou paper saw it and no
wants toknow by what leger
demain or . hocus pocus or
transmbrgification a Boston
Republican can eo to Georgia
ana live a year or so and be
come a Jeff. Davis rebel. Well,
that is all right;lhe Is not a Jeff,
Davis rebel, but is a high-
toned, liberal hearted
6ciivx
1 HE 'WlLSON MIMA Mill
VOLUME 20.
man an d , had respect- for the
feelings of the people hej lived
with and expected to die with.
In the first place, if he hadn't
been a gentleman he wouldn't
have come here at all. A gen
tleman1 is not afraid to go
anywhere. A true gentleman
can get along with an y people.
I have observed for forty years
that the Northern men who
come Sonth to sty are among
the very best citizens we have.
A young man of onr town told
me the other day that, when he
made np his mind to come
Sonth his perilous venture was
made the subject of earnest
prayer in the fa; dly, for they
believed, he was risking his
life, and they felt as much con
cerned aa if he-was going to
the Cannibal Island as a Mis
si onary. We are glad ie came,
f or he gentleman, too, and
I wish some moro of the same
sort would corns. Bight now
it looks like we are harmoniz
ipg. Even Ingal'.s is repenting
and is going to make a speech
for peace and pay a tribute to
Grady. He has leen very sick
they say, and that 'does take
the venom out of a man. If
Ingalls does repont and will
shed all the tears he ought to
shed it will give many a dis
consolate Peri chance to get
into Heaven.-
There is a little rhyme that
says r
The devil (rot sick the devil a saint would be,
.The devil got well the devil a Mint was he.
All that we ask is that the
race problem be iat alone, and
it will work out its own salva
tion. Providence is overseeing'
the business. - It is His will
that they should be brought
here and held in bondage and
for a purpose. New England
ships and New England money
brought them here and may be
they will get bacii to Africa the
same way. Who knows ? The
South has had them in school
tor a hundred years and if they
are npw.fitten to go back and
civilize their brethren in
Africa they will be sent, I
reckon. But the time lias not
come yet. Arkansas seems to
want them a whi'3 longer and
wants more of them. So let it
work along. There is no fric
tion; we are all calm and serene
upon the question. If he wants
to go, we say "Go, and God
bess you.'' If he wants to stay,
we say "Stay and behave your
selves." So it is all righ all
round with us. I can draw
water and cut wood and feed
my horse and work my garden.
I can cook breakfast and my
wife or daughter .can cook
dinner and supper. I j havn't a
child girl or Doy but can
catch Molly and put the har
ness on and hitch rher to the
buggy and drive aud go where
they : please and when : they
please. The old ones will : stay
anyhow and they will
last
&3
we will. Uncle Ham says he
ain't goin' narry tep; -says he
will run away fust, just like he
used to when old, massa gwine
to whip him. "Where ar von
"going to run toUncle Sam 1"
said I. "Rurtb de cane brake;
lay dar all day au' sleep ,wid
one eye openpeome out at night
and git sumpin' toeat. I hain't
forgot how to run away!' The
truth is, we Jiaveu't hi
yet that they have got
all. Wise men keep
ding that old maxim
son and other philosophers that
an inferior race can't live in I
Lven it up
go at
oiivpara-
of Merler
peace with a superior race. IajA Wll to clojarmer Shot Lead Near
that so ? "Why cot? They are ) t-;-v
doing it right now all over the
- .
world. There is not as much
difference between the CastiV
lians and the greasers of Mexi
co as there is between the ne
gro and the white mas; There
are grades ana castes all over
China and IndK And there
are the Jews and uentiles-4
both races claiming to be tha
peculiar people of God, and yet
they get along. Let us waijt
and see. If the neero will be
have and the white man be
considerate, 1 am sure we can
get along. If he doesn't be
have he will havcj to go some
where, and that's all of it. Here
we are , paying 8850 to the
colored teachers of their public
schools in Cartersville, and we
furnish a good school house for
them, and yet their part of the
tax is only fifty dollars. The
white folks pay $800 and the
negroes pay fifty to educate
their own children: and its tha
way all over the Sonth. Now
the Yankees don't believe that
and we don't care where they
do or not. We are going to run
XI- - 9 .
me macnine accoraing to our
own convictions of justice and
morality. It is either our flgh
or our iuaeral. and we are
ready to meet it. Bill Abp,
Ills,-Wills, and Pills.
f An old mixtuje of words, but
the sufferer from constipation, in
digestion, impure blood, billiouss
nes8, and other such ills can be
pared if he willn, without taking
the horrid, old-fashioned pills.
These are superseded in our day by
those wonder-working, yet tiny,
little globnes, known as Dr.
Pierce's Pleasant Belletts. 2To
griping, no drastic, purging; do
not caaee costvenesa afterwards
as the oldstple pills do. One lit
tle Granule a dose.
She Don't Fly This Way
Catch prosperity oh the fir :
don't wait tar liar tn ArnrtMntn
- jr uui uty. iurnam cnm.
FOR THE FARM.
-:o:-
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO
TILLERS OF THE SOLI.
Original, Borrowed, Stolen and
Communicated Articles on
Farming. ' '
"As long as the industrial
masses will vote to tax them
selves for the benefit of mono
poly classes, just so long will
labor have oppression and un
rest. Philadelpha Times.
A farmer was rather noted
among his friends for a com.4
plaining disposition. One
year the crops were exception4
ally good, and some curiosity
was felt to see how he would
meet the case. "I am afraid,'j
said he, ''that such a great crop
would be a powerful strain on
the ' land. Evangelical Mes-?
senger.
A MODEL DAIRY FARM.
The Asheville Citizen, which
is efver alert in looking after
the interests of the section of
the State in which it is publish,
ed Is doing a good work in try
ing to awaken more interest
in the dairy industry in the
mountain region of the Western
North Carolina. In doing so
it calls attention to the sue-1
cess which has followed the
efforts of Dr, Benbow, who
some years ago opened a dairy
'farm near Greensboro. Last
year he churned 11,098 gallons
of milk, from which were pro
duced 4,162 pounds of butter.
This dairy was located on
worn out lands years ago, every
acre of which had to be re
deemed. Bu industry,' perse
verance, and good management
have done this and now the
pastures oh which the Poctor's
herds graze, can show as luxuri
an growth of the various grases
grow, as can be seen anywhere.
But IJi. JJenbow's success is
not an exception, for there is
no portion of North Carolina
where the dairy industry has
been started and followed with
good judgement that it has
not proved a success, especially
since the breeding of thorough
bred has become more general
and the butter made on them,
too, will compare in quality
with the best batter made in
any of the noted Northern dai
ries. We saw a few days ago at
the grocery store of J. L. Boat
righ'i, in the city, butter from
the dairy of J. C. Powell, near
Tarboro, in Edgecombe county,
as sweet and beautiful as ever
came out of a churn. It was
putup with as much care as the
finest toilet soap, cast in
moulds, each cake weighing
a pound, with the name of the
dairy imprinted upon it and
neatly wrapped in flue tissue
paper. It was nice enough to
place upon exhibition at a
world's fair.
, We speak of this because it
shows a pride in his work
which does Mr. Powell credit,
while it also shows the North
Carolina dairy under good
management can hold its own
with the dairies of any other
State. In time, with the pro
gress that has already been
made; this will become a great
industry in this State, Wil
mington Star.
MYSTEEIOTJS MUEDES
II I XiUUlhUU
. c.
Raleigh, Jan. 23. A special
tOythe News and Observer from
Lonisbnrg, gives an account of
a sensational murder in Frank
lin1 county night before last.
Ransom Gill; a well to do farm
er, living about three miles
from Franklinton, was a juror
in court and was going home
from Lonisburg in his buggy
late in the evening, when he
was mysteriously shot. He was
found next day six miles from
Louisburg, with a bullet-hole
through his head. His horse
was found unhitched and tied
about three hundred yards off.
Gill was f ound lying on his face
with his overcoat on and both
hands in his pockets. The ball
had apparently been fired from
a 38-calibre revolver. Robbery
was evidently not the object of
the murder, as Gill had some
money on his person when
found. The affair is eveloped
in prof ound mystery. -
Vital Wicks-
'.'There are three wicka to the
lamp of of a man's life; brain, blood
and breath.J' Thus writes an emin.
ent American author.- The most
trequent derangements occur In the
blood and in the liver, by which
when in healthy condition, diseases
that owe their inception to torpid V
liver and consequent impnre blood
When the symptoms or liver and
kidney troubles, ' consumption
(Lung-scrofula), bronchitis, and
dropsy, make their appearance, the
system is in immediate need of a
course of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medi
cal Discovery. Its marvelous effects
have been tested and proven in
the care of tens of thousands of
cases . it purines and enriches the
blood, restores the lost vitality and
effectually eradicates the seeds
of the worst maladies that afflict
mankind.
Three women have received
the degreee of LL. D., namely
Amelia B. Edwards, . Maria
Mitchell and Mrs. C. W. Dail.
"LET ALL THE ENDS TUOV AIH'IT AT, BB THY COUNTRY'S, THY OOBl, IND TBUTB8' "
WILSON, NORTH CAJiOLiNA, JANUARY; f3Q. :1890.
MOONSHXNEB'S FUN.
They Catch
. Alone in
a Deputy Colieotor
Bookiale County.
The Constitution gets off the
following:
A deputy collector, who lives
in Atlanta, had a memorable
experence in Rockdale county
a few nights ago.
The deputy has said very
little about the matter, and
the story comes first "from
Rockdale.
Quite a number of officials
and employes about the collec
tor's and marshall's offices were
more or less familliar with the
story yesterday, and smiled
knowingly when the subject
was brought up. ' " "
They all object, however, to
being quoted in the matter,
and this story was told with
the solomon assurance that the
name of the author would nev
er, never, under the circum
stances, be made public
"It happened on the night of
December 27th, in Rockdale.
It was a moonlight night, about
10 o'clock. The collector was
driving, and was alone. All of
a sudden, just as he was on a
bridge, five, or six men stepped
ahead of him from the opposite
side of the road, with guns
right at him. Be looked back,
but there was another gang be
hind him, and and every one
of them armed.' All of them
had been drinking.
" "Git out!! said the leder,
and the collector got out. They
made him stay cn the bridge,
but drove his horse on a piece
and hitched it. And then they
all got around him. -
" 'Double shuffle 1' said the
leader. v
"The collector shuffled for
his life, and the moonshiners
yelled with delight, occasional
ly firing off .a gnn or a pistol
over his shoulder or ; between
his legs to keep up his cour-s
age. . . i
" 'Virginny reel!' was next."
The poor fellow's breath was
gone, ana ne was so exnaustea
that he could hardly stana.
.The sweat was rolling off of
him. He begged pitifully.
They kept him at it for about
an hour and then let him
Stop. '
" 'Hold up your hand!' said
the leader. 'Now swa'r you'l
never set foot in Rockdale
county ag'in!' The collector
held up his right hand and
sworei by all that was holy and
sacred that he would never
put his foot in the county
again. j
'Then they took the stopper
out of a half -gallon jug of pure
corn liquor and turned "it over
to him. They made him
drink until he was too drunk
to get any drunker. Then they
lifted him back Into his buggy
covered him up and started, his
horse towards town. I
"His horse stopped, at the sta
ble, and about four o'clock next
morning a darky found him in
the buggy and gave the alarm.
He was Btill sorter queer
when they put him on the
train at least, 'that's what
thev tell me. All I know
about it is that you'd better
not mention anything about It
to him."
Convincing Proof-'
In manv instances it has been
proven that B. B. B.(Botania Blood
Balm), made by Blood Balm Co.,
Atlanta, Ga will cure blood poison
in its worse Dhase. even wbeu all
other treatment fails.
A. P. Branson, Atlanta, Ga
writes
"I had 24 running ulcers
on one leg and 6 on the other, and
felt greatly prostrated. I believe 1
actually swallowed a barrel of
medicine, in vain efforts to cure
the disease. With little hope
finally acted on the urgent advice
of a friend, and eot a bottle bf B
B. B. I experienced a change, and
my dispondency was somewhat
dispelled. I kept using it until I
had taken sixteen bottles, and all
other horrors of blood poison have
disappeared, ,and at last II am
sound and well again, after an ex
perience of twenty years oi
torture." ;
i Robert Ward, - Maxey, Ga
: writes : 'My disease was pro
nounced a tertiary form of blood
poison. My face, bead and should
era were a mass of corruption, and
finally the disease began eating
my skull bones. My bones ached
my kidneys were deranged. I lost
flesh and strength, and life became
a burden. All said must sorely
die, but nevertheless, when I had
used ten bottles of B.B.B.I was pro
nounced well. Hundreds of scars
can now be seen on me. I have
now been wen over twelve
months." -
A Sad Story-
A marriage that we predict
ed, last week, did not come
off. A beautiful young lady of
this county was engaged to be
married to a handsome and Jine
looking-, yonng man,, also, of
this county, the day wis i set
and tha license Droonred. ,Qn
J.he. morning cr tneuiay st-xcr
the wedding th& young man i
beared Tfoxe"JUS, AwaaQiftWi
apa, sue jteiea tuut&itJiWJMi
She.lef t on rthe trainwthe -same
try. and hajwent with. her beg-
:.,The , eable of the . PosUl Tele-
Cgcaphoonipanx, v has -v been. safely
laid across tne . ijape eMJtiver
says the Messenger.
A WILD GOOSE HUNT
MR. RISER'S MARVELOUS
. TALE.
A Story Often Related Among
The Com Field Sands of the
"Old North State."
Mr. M. C Kiwi solemn after the
manner of anni- brethren, and
scrupulous in statement aa the wa
ry witness who t :t)fled thet his
name was "Abraham Jones, or
words to that effect," has yet this
tale to tell."
, He ays it was told him many
years ago by a gentlemen of char
acter and reputation for veracity. ,
Old man Lundeford wa out hni
ting one day when he saw , eleven
turkeys sitting jn a line on a rail
fence.. He had lot! led his gan with
turkey shot and f f.ottt-o to pall
out the ramrod.j V aeaf be shot at
the nearest gobler -e rod, enfiladed
the turkeys and rat off all their
heads, so that tb-y dropped for
ward and fell on t ground wnere
they lay in a stran at row.
Joat then he het d a noise in the
bushes on the otl . nide of the
creek, and going i ver to investi
gate its cause, he blood on the
leaves. Following ?hm sanguinary
trail tor a couple of hundred yards,
he came upon awo ;:;led8tag. .The
hrute was nnab e go further aad
bad sunk to the gt
.'nd. Sticking
through his body
from the other aid-
ptotruding
vr-.s the'ram
s tbe stagal-
pull out, tbe
:e blood euehed
e animal was
etirefally from
led and letorn-
rod. Weak as he
lowed Lnndsford
rod. After it the
and in a moment
dead.
Wiping the bloc
the ramrod he relc
ed it to its place ui -ler the gun bar
rel. Then he shonlde.od the buok and
staggered across tuesreek to the
place where the tu. Keys lay.
As ne sat down 'o gee uis oreacn
and rest from the o uenal exertion,
he beard the familiar "cronk !,"
cronk !" of wild g sway .up m
the sky. Their kc r. eyes discov
ered the creek, t ;-'d down they
came to a broad ad deep pool
made by a widening of the chan
nel a hundred yard above.
Afraid to go within gunshot for
fear of frightening them off, Lunds
ford sat still and tl night the mat
ter over. As he 6 1 no nia yes
fell upon a stont p:-iof very Urge
cord, the end of wh
jt hang pat of
, Jbappy tbonght
-iulied out the
long enough,
ooongh and to
c-lully si ound
his hunting bag.
btrnck him and be
cord to see if it we
was fifteen feet ;
spare.
Coiling the cord
bis left arm, be ere
wutiously to
a bend in the creek
here be was
out of sight of the eese. Quickly
divesting himself oi aid clothing be
waded quickly up t ie creek, keep
ing well under tbe :iank to avoid
frightening the geee. The beud
concealed him from them until he
was within about thirty yards.
Through tbe overhanging foliage
be conld just see th -i sailing, di
ving, and cavorting rtbout tbe pool.
They were in high rh its aud ap
peared to be total.? uncoueoious
that they were wa ched. There
were lourteen geese and one big
gander, who kept aloof and looked
On at the sport as if it was a little
too undignified for 'oi.
Luodsford had be a a wonderful
dh er in bis boyhoo 1ai s, and now
he prepared for a Io 2 w.m under
tbe surface. DiPL -g noiselessly
id the water, he b it swam, half
crawled, terrapin rasbion, along
tbe bottom of tbe p till he got
under the geese, iuey were dis
porting themselves -bout in a cir
cle, and Lnndsford slowly rose iu
the center till the t ti p his bead
appeared like a mor covered rock
above the surface. I he geese took
no notice of this, an i he managed
to get his nostrils r hove tbe ear
face and take a long breath.
Then he sank without making a
ripple and deftly k-rsoed his cord
around the feet of o-.e goose after
another, Tbe Qth-r geese could
not understand the queer capers of
their neighbors, wi seemed sud
denly to be attacke ; by a fit of the
St. Vitus dance, urn;;, one by. one.
tbey found thernsera in the same
predioamsnt. Then they all knew
they were tied, and their demeauor
became suddenly li antic.
But it wis too la'o. Lnndsford
bad tied tbe feet ot all fourteen of
tbein, and lastened the ends of tbe
pord together. . Then be threw cau
tion to tbe. winds, &ud rose sudden
ly iu the middle of a circle, with his
hands stretched om, grasping tbe
cord on opposite si-ies.
- Alas for bis terot rtty ! Tne old
gander who was frt set np a terri
ble "cronk ! cronk i ' Tbe geese
answered in notesN-f despair, hut
tbe old fellow seemed, not to have
lost the courage of f leadership, for
he Iiovered within u safe distance,
and by a series of energetic cronks
Inspired thsm with a sudden and
desperate resolution.
All at once tie gtnder. with an
unearthly cronk that sounded to
Lnndsford like the wail of the
damned, lifted bis clumsy body and,
led the flight. Wit n a tremendous
flopping und a succession of cronks
that, itiangely resembled the "yo
heave ho !" bf the negroes, they
rose from the water and sailed away
towards the sky, carrying Lnnds
ford with them. Before he knew
what was going to happen be was
fifty ieet from tbe ground,- and
when he realized bis perilous peat,
tion be was too high to drop. He
was in for tbe flight. He myst mi
grate whether or no, and .up undor
the edges of tbe clouds as the cool
winds of the upper air fanned the
perspitation from bis brow, he had
time to think over the situation.
Where would he land, and bow far
from home 1 Would these fool
birds drop him in tbe ocean or the
gulf?
. In tbe meantime his position was
exceedingly irksome. He had
managed to draw tbe two sides of
tbe cirnle together, so that he was
virtually standing in the stirrups
of his many winged steed, but he
was standing on hi hauds, aad his
arms began to tire. The geeoe oa
his right and left were so close that
their wings rubbed against his bare
'.sides and chafed them. They tick-
led his ribs, and but for' the Leril
ana pain of tbe situation; be womld
have been forced Jinto Involnntary
j au xnongnc or mirth, soon left
mm. xne situation . had . Jfibaaged
iroui uiscomiori into AXtrsrnn rmril
x ne muscles of his . arms mnld nnt
uiuuu iyuer, a coia
sweat gathered oa hU brow, and
began to nerve' himself Tor the
wursw n was reeoiVBd ro re
aeacn uae a brave ntan, and he al
rnosc fonvmaed hunseir that be
was wnune to eo. bat to die at t.h
nanus oi a lot of geese was a dis
I ' r .
g-ace to which his lofty spirit would
up ue reconciled. .
J.o tne bitterness of this dimrr&nn
apd tbe agony oi leaving all that
waa dear in lifn a ni. anvt
ppeaKabie horror was now added.
He wm passing over a town and he
could seethe people gather fn clus
ters along the streets, and twist
thtir necks ho look np in : the sky.
It was a laree. town, and; the nh-
- ---- - "j hv-tc atm.iiu"
ubs stretched way, or j nearly a
m)le ; To his unutterable horror be
rtiADihni1 that h !.. 1,1.
r - - . wik, uu
clothes on the bank pf the creek.
fijen u ne naa taem if would have
been imnossible tn TinK'ihti m
This new fangled vehicle of his bad
no faoHitles lor m'aklng 'toilettes,
and he had to ienMn hs' nature
formed him, without aoWof the sa-
pernaiues ot Taskion. i ft even a
big leaf encumbered hU person.: It
was an a4qiFaWeflywt; cqstume,
licperformanoe;. He aS just cop
eratulating himseirtbat is wss'too
fai? above those' ' curfons ,'eyes "for
them to discover, bis obstnme vheu
he saw that one gronp" held1 some-
uuik iu uueir u noun, lb was Wk long
field gUAt. He bent' bis1 "agonized
face ouoe more rigidly to the front.
At least they would jidt : recognize
bim. . . -r v .,... !; :
Just a this time he noticed that
the occasional , tcronks , began ,to
growfeebler, and jthafc 'the, geese
appeared to labor in their fliebt.
They Were , becoming " tired 'and
must inevitably sink under his
weight very loon. 'Then he prayed
that the wings or the ge8e nilght
be strengthened for a -ea8ou: vHe
wa willing vefl, lil' i.f Tiah, to be
It into the sea : u uan&ratber
than land in thai town. . Tkak hk
clucked eooonragiogly to 'Jis tour
teen winged .steediahd eptljf jerk
ed the cord as If he were ftrkine
the1 reins of his borsr.-bat still they
labored. The old' gaMer'a hoarse
"cronk! cronk!" seemed to moel
him in his detpair and his down
cast spirit began to: sink; ' - ' - !
l at once he .beard.. something
whiz by him and he saw a paff of
blue smoke sway' down below. A
second or two later he beard tbe
shajrp crack of a rifle, 'tbe sound
oaving traveled slower, than, the
ball.' - !'!, ! ' ' i
His blood almost frose In bis
veins. Horror bad been added to
horror, and his sou-its sank' in the
depths of despair. ' -" V''i
' DU 1. I I L
before the dawn. IThe whiz of the
bullet and tbe report of tbegun.bad
frightened the geese and nerved
them to renewed exertions.? , They
made one desperate effort to reach
the friendly cover .of. tbe' .woods.
Lnndsford spirits rose as he' saw
that the geese were like! j : to ac
complish taeir object. "Now the
cronks of tbe gander seemed more
cheerfna and tbe breeses brought a
grateful tooloesi to the man's fe
vered broV. He began to hear the
solemn laugh of, the ifprest as the
suburbs disappeared and the song
of tpe pines ;wgthed. imlike . an
seoljn harp. V ' '
A! mile or so from town the ean-
der gave a peculiar!,'crbnk'''at.the
sight of water, an d thei geese began
circling to descend With an inde
scribable feeling of relief, Lunds-
iord tishtened his grip as hit wing
eu cuanoc swung round - tne eiro e
and he wrecked not of tbe toy cool
ness of tbe pop) into wbiob Lhe was
pinoged
Having made fast) te esd ef the
cord to a tree he began tovoonsider
what he would do. .Fortunately at
this juncture he heard a dog hark,
auu iuiiuwing lue irisuuiy souuo ne
soon came in sight of a cabin in a
clearing. Oonoealing (Iniself la the
unaerorqa, ne snoutea a iona nei
lo. J A woman came ' to' the' door
looked around curiodsly, and went
back. " !
"Hello ! he cried again
Then a man came to the oor.
ana ne rdcognieaa wrrner tenant.
'Hello. Uoddard J" he cried.
"Hello, yourself : but why don't
youcome out of the brnsb V'
'Because I aitt'C Atten." '
kln't fittenT' ' '
"No, I haven't go, on" an? of tav
oiotnes. ' ; 1 .
; i?Who are you, anyhow V' V
- ''CQttie.aj Uttle oeareriwid I'll tell
yon'
.. Tbe. man, was a JHtle skentical
acdleame put .ullously j.with hjs
gun jiujiis nana. . , . -
" Who are. yon now f" he (calied
out When' thirty steps off. ' !!l -
"Sam Landsford.7'
'am -' Lnndsford- in that fx i
Well, I reckon l'fl1ta tohelpiyou
out,? And. he- went in and got the
best suit of etathes he onld spare
and flung them over in the bushes.
Samj jumped into, them ; and .then
sheepishly came, forward and told
his. story. ' v - " ;2
Goddard's eyes opened wide as
listened and ha evidently,: thought
Lundsford was' off his balance bst
when he went with Ijlm to the
creek and saw the. wild geese teth
ereti to the tree -he no longer
doubted. 'k--t.:5
. Qoddard lent him ; a., horse and
Lubdsford went hone " He bitched
up his two mules tp, the. wagon and
veht site? the deer and tvvkeys, ,
He found them just where he had
(eft them, and loading up the wag
on with the game, be started borne.
When he got within a couple of
miles of home, a heavy shower
came np. , He got soaked, hot did
n't mind that so long as be had the
turkeys and the . deer,;; while the
geese; had, already :bfetn carried
homej , ',' j - , .-,
He forgot all about lis ..raWj bide
traces, and did" not'nqfiee ksathey
of the
males,
ey. gojetiy
walked on
ight-road
faomei
wkb oaly a
nnduhv
ting.
and' tbej
16 was a itr
iue
- When ne stopped tbe mnleo. in
the yard and dismounted, he was
asxonisnea to find that there was
bo wagon in sight. There were
tne traces, stretching away over
the bill in parallel lines as far as be
coma see, xaing in the situation
at a gianco. he drove the mules
round a bijr oak tree once or twice
ouuiiicnea inem ana puc them in
tne stable.
. -mm . . .
me next morning when ha cot
up the waeon was standincr in the
jrara, wnn . tne aeer and turkeys
outbiereu au aoouc. Tbe wagon
tongue had been thrust thronvh thn
oar tree and was never pulled outi
xuu uui go mere ana see it re
maining to this aar.-Wj ti. fi in
quanta uon stitntion.
ULGBIPFZ.
A Few Slight Symptoms u Observed
- By a Sufferer.
Oh, yes, I've.got It, or ratker
it has got me; I mean this up
your 1 nose craze now going
round, i am greatly tickled
with it; that is. mv none l
They say it is the genuine im
ported article; duty paid, and
not adulterated, with the letters
Dlowu in. My throat and
language, I am sorry to say, are
nigniy mnamea. The mucus
gambrinns, I mean membranns,
won't yield to anything I may
pour down, and I have tried ; a
little of everything especially
toe latter, j. suner irom sever
al stitches in my head and the
lack of several in my vest
which were burs t in sneezinar.
sneeze at everything I see.
which I do not think is alto
gether proper, and I have such
a roaring in my head that the
ooaraer next room complains of
t seeping him awake. I have
to get a trtep ladder to talk
above a whisper, and "I am
afraid I will have to breatka
throngh my eyes. I can't: shake
off? this tired, feeling
that . is
upon me more than
usual,
perhaps; I can't find any
fellow
tqsnafcelt off with. When I
sneeze it lifts me off my feet
with two-skyrocket force. It
is worse in the morning than at
night, and at night - it is worse
than at morning and when I
cough I don't raise anything
bnt the neighbors: tbey say I can
stop it by twisting a rope tight
ly around my neck. What
little I do eat distresses me,and
it does not always
come irom l
the fact that I have lately
got in arrears with the landlord.
My eyes are as watery as rail
road stock, and my neck is ex
ceedingly stiff and 'formal. It
is a hard matter for me to turn
my head and look across the
street when I meet a creditor
when I am out to let the house
quiet down a little. My mind
has been so affected that I have
been nearly on the point of
calling in a doctor, but it has
not got quitd that bad yet. I
can't write at night because I
sneeze the lamp out, and my
nose is so sore I will soon have
to chloriform it to blow it. I
have pains in my breast every
time I He, which is aggravat
ing, while I am apt to get ir
ritable if any one calls me a
liar or anything of that sort.
lhis is a veritable case of the
epiiootlo, though a mild form,
so the boarders say, and they
say '..they announce their
intention to present. me with a
gold-headed cane when I hurry
and get well,
A Hopeful View
All . things considered, our
people seem to be enjoying a
condition of hope and good
hAlth socially, politically and
In a business point of view.
The possibilities are indeed
great here in the Sonth with
resources so abundant, where
labor is so sure of rich rewards,
and where all the circumstan
ces of life can be made so desi
rable. Asheville Journal.
Negro PhUosophy
This is a negro brothers ext
pi ana tion ot the race colors
' Noah's sons - war all bawn
white, bnt when Ham saw hia
father lyin' drunk he was so
mortyfled that he turned black.
Shem didn't feel so bad an on
ly turned yaller, and Japhet
hadn't no shame at all, so he
'rn.ain.ed white,'
Amsrka Ahead
In China they say a man can
borrow money on his boys, but
girls ain't worth a continental
as collateraL Here you could
n't raise the wind on a baker's
dozen of boys, but with a nice
dear girl there are always lots
Of fellows willing to make ad
vances. Wilmington Star.
To Mothers.
For upwards of fifty years "Mrs.
WlN8tow'a Sootuino Sybup" has
Keen used by millions of mothers
for tbeir children while teething
with never-falling safety and sue
cess. It soothes the child, softens
tbe gums, alrays all pain, regulates
the bowels, cures wind colic and is
tbe best remedy for diarrhoea.
Mbs Winslow's Soothing
Steup" is for eale by druggist li
every part of the world. Price 25
cents a bottle.
It is officially announced that
24,000 negroes have left tbe Siate
in tbe past four months.
Thos. A. Edison, the great hi'
renter, writes to tbe State Li braxi- r
an for nana of a number or coun
ties in this State.
DUMBER 2
.NEWS OE A WEEK. ?
WHAT IS MABJPXNIVO IN
iajroaip ABO VHP tfs.
"ww Jteport of the New
- rrtui our Contemporaries.
Asheville is to h
house to cost 160,000. '
an opera
A big forest fire near Wiims.
ton did considerable damage.
The .State Sunday School rw.
vention meets at Wilmimrton Voh
Hon, T. B. JarniffaH. It.t
is w start a paper
uen.u. Adams, of Baleisrb. ha.
assigaed to W. H. Paoe, Liabili
ties ejjoo, aasetts 170,000.
Bamiones, the evansrelit. win
noia a series or meeting m Char
lotte during the month of April
a sixteen year old how hw th
name of J. F. Little has. confhAd
to two ourgiariet, says the Stably
Governor Scales, of North h.
ifia,- weighs nearly 300 pounds, and
is m powsrrui stump speaker-f a
sort of Dlstform Scales. Wash la g-
The A. & M. College so fat is
very aocessful in the nt
raaeuia. isveiy seat in the class
room has been taken and arrange,
ments are being made for addi
tion aeoominodatlons RalAifh
Call.
Adam Forenansh. the vBtjr
circus manager, died in Philadel
phia "or" pneomonia, resulting
from an attack! of inflnensa. He
was sixty eight years, oemmeneed
life
as a buteher, iid leaves! a
lortnne estimated at one million
dollars. i
.Gansy McLean, colored, waa
caught between a moving engine
tender and a door post of tbe
round house last week. He was
olosely pressed, but fortunatetv
scaped with oo other serious in.
ury than that oi a broken nh.-.
Lauribgburg Exchange, !
The Raleigh Call is resDoasible
for this : ' 'It is - rumored that
W.! 0. T. U. contemplate shortly
calling on tbe Governor to ask him
to issue a proclamation requesting
all tbe saloons in the State to close
up."! The saloon-keepers would
close up, of oonr8e. -
A petition will be sent from
Durham this evening to Congress
man Bun n nrcrincr him tn nan n nr
bis powers to secure a Dublie build
ing lor our city. -- it will be aWerV
strong fene. Durham certainly
needs a building of this kind and
every effort will be made to secure
it Durham Sun.
v 1
The reported sale of the Dnke
cigarette factory atjDnrham for $6,
000,000 may aftec all be true. It is
a Dig sale and a big price, but j it
will injure Durham. wa snDnose. It
is stated that already the process
ot .- removing it to JSTew Tork is
going on, and the Durham working
people will be thrown out of em
ployment.
The Kinston Free Press savs':
.air. tr. uavis, oi near ifalling Creek
bad a warrant served on Pir
ueg- minams, tne ""Mgratlon
agent, yesterday morninr, on the
onarge or taking off a nerro nnder
coacraetwitb. the nlaintiiT. -Pee
Leg" deposited 140 as seoarity fer
uis appearance: rar trial upon his
return in a week or so.
If it rains to-night and von have
nothing better to do4gure this out:
A 'certain family- consists or one
grandfather, two y grandmothers,
oue,iatner.in-iaw,. two . mothers-ln
iaw, three .mothers, two fathers,
two daughters, one son, one daugb-
wr-innaw, one son-iu-iaw, one
grauoaangnter, and there were
only six persons hi the family.
The Raleigh ITsws and .Observer
says : it la stated that the Pitt
County Alliance has pronounced
against tne public schools. They
are nrea of pavtnr out money to
eaueate tne darkey, we ' presnme
ir the Alliance throughout North
Uarelina shall adhere to thwt plat
form, it would raise . a very inter
esting question when the people
come to tne pons to vote.
Mr, E. 'C.Day who recently con
tracted a romantic marriage in
Henderson to a lady from Missis
sippi who advertised for ji hus
band and a correspondence - fol
lowed which resulted in a anion,
has come to grief early in his
honeymoon. . He was arrested in
Oxford Friday night on a charge of
forgery committed in Clarksville,
va. uxiora moiic ledger.
North Carolina came -off with
"flying colors" at the semi-annual
examination held a few days ago
in the (J. 8. Military Academy - at
West Point. Mr. B. P. Johnson, of
Ashevine, carried off tbe first, while
our youngTtownsman, Mr. j George
P. Howell,' son of Capt. B. P
HowelU was , awarded the I second
prize, out of a class f eighty-five
scholars. GoldflboroJIeadlight.
Tom Morgan, . a colored brake
man on the Western North Caro
lina Bailroad, fell off tbe train while
it was in motion, near Greenlee to
day, and broke bis peck.; Green
lee is between Old Fort and
Marion. It is supposed that Mor
gan became careless and let go his
holdlwhile the train was going at
great speed. - Morgan was on
Capt; Tomlin's train. No, 13,
through freight. He had been on
tbe 'toad
fire
years. unanone
Chronicle.
The Raleigh
Call says : Tbe
of tbe . South is
whole sentiment
rine for OTzanuing .the . bontnern
Kdnftational Association. AU the
nreferencea exnresseCare in favor
of Morehead CitV S -the place of
mAtinff and will bring some
three or four thousand risitors to
the .North Carolina Teachers'
Assembly. This Win be the biggest
thing of tbe year in the Southern
States and in connection with the
Auemhlv session In June it will
give a new impetus to tbe cause of
Mueatwo in- K oris tarouna.
JOB
SKHDTOUIIORDZM
h-TO THIS Orj-XCEH
.WASHINGTON L2TTES
What Harrison ani Othe?'-
"Politi.
clans are Doing.
bpeaker Reed is every day show
ing how unfit he is to occupy h
Present position, and the Eepublf-
, Duiuc' oi tne uouse are daU
J ne House committee on Balsa
met TARtAnlill, ttrtA .V. T-.V-1J
meinbraiahe-oommittee, against
the protestor ex-Speaker, Carlisle,
decided upon a schedule , of BulesI
to be reported. Mr, Carlisla will
fight the adoption of the En l by
v wiuh n uu opeaaer per
sisU in deciding eveaUuXi axK
, HUB
Democrats stand little 8horff de-'
teating tbein, unless soma of tha
conservative Republicans fih'AY dis
play courage enough to vofcn
against their party.; Many Ottheni
are known to h Annnud y.
proposed Roles bnt whether they
nave nerve enough to "vote as they
think, is a question. ,
Tbe House has
viawvw hud W&iA
noma town RitA hilL aftAi
week spent in debating it". In' com.
mittee ofthe whole. '
Benator In calls
acteristio harancna in th m.
yesterday arternoon, alleged to be
oeuator cntlefg speech
favor of his
bill. This senatorial spit-fire does
not mellow .with age, but grows
more wicked with - Iau ti.h.u.
The worst of it is that? he cannot
be leu to stew in his own justioe.
because be is nothing hn bMh ay
bones and veins, filled - .with nltro
muriatic acid -
The indications now are that the
special House committee on the
World's Fair will wwn And if.if
in an interminable dead-look. . The
senate committee does not appear
to be rettinc ulnncr miif-U fa.tu
Everybody professes : to ' want to??
Bee the matter settled at once, bnt
the prospect of an early settlement
,UOS KOOU. , ... vt.i'r
As was expected the House com
mittee on elections has, by a strict
party vote, reported in favor or
unseating Jackson, tbe Democratic -
sitting member from West Virgin,
la, ana giving tbe seat to Smith,
the contesting Republican. This
is the first of the seventeen contest-
ed election cases, aad it would not
be at all supnsing if the Republi
cans of the committee reported 1 in
favor of every Republican contest
ant,, except Langston, .- the negro
contestant from the Fourth Virgin
ia district ; (Mabone's home) it is
Understood that Mshone has
secured promises enough to beat
Langston. -
Governer Campbell having been
unable to come to Washington this
week, the House . committee
investigating the Ohio ballot box
forgeries has postponed the further
hearing of witnesses untu Febru
ary 3. Tbe witnesses so far beard
made havoc of what little repata
tion ex Governor Foraker had.
The civil service coam"inoners
having stated to the L ..e com
pittee on Eeform in tli .civil
service that tbey desi -1 an
investigation, that commur- e will
next week make a favorable re
port on the resolution ordering an
investigation; ;
- - . '
Ex Speaker Randall ' has joined
the Presbyterian church. His
health still keeps him confined to
his residence, but be continues
hopeful, and expects if be is sot
able to go to the House, to, send a
written protest against the adop
tion of the schedule of Rules pre.
pared by Speaker Reed. " -
i " ' tT ''1 '
i Oommisaioner of Pensions Raum
gives it out flat-footed that all the
clerks in that office who bad their
pension rarated will be bounced
A chief of division, who was a
special protege of Tanner's, has
been made Jo walk tbe plank. , .,
. ,
Mr. and Mrs. Haraison gave ' a
State dinner to the deplomatio
corps Tuesday evening. They have
made an innovation in the White
House entertainments by having -tne
dinner furnished by an outside
caterer. ' '" 1 " ' '
, Ancient history sometimes crops
out in Crongress. For instance
Senators Pasco and Chandler bad
had a dispute about tbe famous
Florida Returning board of 1876
this week. Mr. Chandler, it will
be remembered, was oae of the
visiting statesmen on that interes
ing occasion. '
..- : -Secretary
Tracy has ordered a
novel court of inquiry to invest!,
gate the charges of certain Naval
officers banding together for lobby,
ing purposes, as alleged in a recent
Senate resolution. ! " s -
Ex Secretary Vilas and Ex Com.
missionar of Pensions Black were
in Washington this week. . , . . .
The'
trial or Mrs. Cora May
Scales
Wentworth promises to attract as
much attention as did the cele
brated Maybrick case in England.
Mrs Morris is charged with having
caused tbe death of her husband
chloroform, Angusc isd, ioov.
a iiAfAnda,nt is 20 years old. a
beauty in face and figure, and as
Vivacious as tbe most romantic
writer has ever pictured one of her
sex. She is a niece of ex-Governor
Scales. Tbe feehng in tne com
munity as to" her guilt, Js ratner
against her, but! it is not ' beheyed
that she will be convicted.; The
. a wiiimI her all - his
property and insured bis life in her
5 r . a strut f n A Wnfn 1
iavoc ior "
n-nflt Lite Insurance Company, of
Newark, N. J. '
ifor a safe and certain remedy
for ierer and ague, use Dr. J. H-
McLean's utuna ana ever jare; it-
warranted to care. ,
i