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VOL. VII. ASHEVILLE, N. C.., THURSDAY, MAY 4. 1876. NO. 15. xo oxj-; AS2.8':3i;2”. SI‘'i,), my il l take tliy rest-, <Jr..,aie>l on earrlT.-i teudoi- bossoni— Noiii.nK-iiiui'e can tuee molo.st. t'.o e aiiove tliy quiet b,east Beii 1.1 Kill many a .uni ami ulossoiii. On ea.til's bo.soni 'Take cliy resi ! B.i.stbeloved, iiisbt ami morn S.veetesl l)ivil.> siiall .suiK lUiove thee ; Tliuil .snail uoi be leU rurmrii ; All iria.i KUiu'.s of .sam.iiei' bora SmJiU itiv iiea. thee, aiM slialJ love tliee— Siii;' above t,iu;e, iNig.it ami 1110:11! Vv'lieiithe wintry snows slialt fall, 0.1, ii.'loveil! never fear tiiee ! Wiu-ii tli-j im-iLs fo.Ket to call, .\inl decay broovl.s over all, I huall still, <lear lieai t. be near thoe ; Never lea. lliee. Neve, tear! Best beloved, take thy rest! N icinn r evermoni can iiartn tiioo, Not imo' evermu.c ai trin thee, ihiio.re i on me kni.i earc.i’s brca.st, Take thy rest— Take '01/ rest !•! I now caref't'.ly veialaceil it, apparent ■ yonr heart, and I am quite content, ; h’ wiLliont noticing tlie look of an- ■ I may speak now and you will lis ■ noyance tor a second resting on her ; ten, I think ’ 1 le generally renibvecl the small hands, and raised the thished face till the sweet eyes met his—and then he told liis slory. Alter a while Anita spoke : You. may look at the sketch now, i face. j They were seated on the remains ■ of the earth-works composing the , hatiery which coramandod the town j of Asheville, and which in time of I war had protected the place. But miow every vestige of cannon had if you choose.’ 'been removed, grass was growing i ‘1 don’t think I care to just now I up over the dismantled fortltica- ■ tlicn he udiled quickly, fearing she i tions. and in the Viilly below la3'’ miglit misunderstand him, ‘unless ’ strctciied out in all the calm of a i you want me to, sweetiieart.’ i summer evening, as if wars orru-i T do wisli it,’ she replied. ‘I I h.ors of wars Iiad never reached it. ■ must have seemed very ungracious Tlie recent- visit to New York of Col. Horace Featheustock, the vete ran Arkansas journaiist, recalls an animated and hitherto unpublished banged ti e muzzle of the pist< down so savagely that it made deep dent in the desk, and th words that accompanied the actio were: ‘Well, I've come, by G—d, t passage in the earlier days of that. : gentlein.an’s variegated career. In i buried hi that graveyard tliat time and place a vigorous mus-: cular development, quick eye, and ■ steady nerve, were counted of no life the Colonel 'weakened, rtcgmed to him that life had nevt To the right tlie waters of the’ : Frenoli Broad glistened in tiie sun- , . set light—a tiny silver thread ttiey j when I forbade you looking through it.’ She opened the book as she spoke [i'\i>.ii die Sunny Suiith. Beau- Catcher. BY M.lY MLUEDITn. ‘•Certainly this is a most beauti f.il view, uo'.v we have reached the ^ s,umiiiil; of the lull; but wliat a pull t> gnt up an 1 what a name: for a moiiiitaiii. ‘B-ian-Catclier 1’ VMiom <loe^ it .siigger-.t Oil,” lie said dolling his hat and making a low bow. -Of coui-se,” with a soft, low laugh, ‘dt suggests me and Miss \VaiTen !” ‘•XdL Miss Warren, certainly,” lie said quickly, d never think'of lier III eonneciion with vcu.'’ "ibit 1 retnemlier wnen I came to A.slieviiie your name wa^^ men tiotu;il as lirsi. on the list of IMiss 'Warren’s admirers,- and ” He interrupted her eagerlv. 'Bui. then 1 had never met vou. N'iW everything is so changed.— -'k .Miss Anita, will ^'ou listen to me a nKinnciilT ( , r ■’ ‘Not a second,’ slie answered gaily, dor I want to sketch that glorious peak now so clearly out- lined on the cunset skv, and if I '■ list,(Ml. I cannot sketcli. Will v<m givv mo iny book, [ilease. I tliink i laiii It d:)wn just ciiere.’ But suddenly’ slie spi’ang up. •Oil, tio, I will get it myself. I quite forgot ■’ Then she stopped short, while a bright color surged to her brow and cheek. dVTiy are you so anxious I sltoiild not iiave your sketch-book ?’ he asked qnietiv’. ’ ds there some tiling ill ic you do not wish me to sec V’ ‘01’ course not hut—liut—why should I trouble \'ou to get what is ill my own reach V Siie SDoke hurriedly, while the deep col-or tinged now even tlie tiny cars. dint are yon sure it is within your reach?’ lie asked, with a look of amusement, df 1 am not mis taken, I placed it In pocket as we stood on the hotel porch, lialf an hour ago, and if I am not inista ken again, it still pocket.’ •Tiien you will give it to me at once, I Iciiow.’ She spoke very coaxinglv. ‘I am not sure of that. You re fused to listen to my words just rr)w and perliaps I may refuse r.o l.sten to your request. Surely I have a right to retaliate.’ d deny that v’ou have the right, but you have certainly the might, so I suppose f must be satislied , watching tiiis lovely sunset, without; attempting to reproduce it in m3’ j book.’ j dndeed you must.’ he said, ‘for I i do not propose returning the book ■ till I have looked through it. Ifi there is nothing in it v’ou object to i my seeing, I presume I may be<riii i at once.’ ; dlow canyon think of lookiiio-i over it now, when wo have tliis beau-! tifiil panorama before us? The! sketches you can look at any lime * ‘ seemed to form, twining in and out' and placed it before liim. The fiili ' one mom(.‘nL visible, tiie next lest dnoon pouring down on them a flood ' iietween low-browed hills of thickly- ! of bright light, enabled Mr. Brooke ; wooded forests. Tlie mountains : to sec plainly cacii sketch as he 1 themselves foi'ined a perfect ampliit-: turned . tii<- leaves. At the fourth ■ heatre, extending rotn left to right, paee lie stopped. On one side of ‘ as far as the eye could reacii, and ' the open book was drawing of Beau ^'ar.hod in that sofi- purple glow j Catcher—a perfect representation xvhich onlv’ a mountain sunset can ' of the little inouatain, its grass- give them. ; grown fortiflcations ami tiie two No wonder Anita Stanton and ; oddly shaped .trees on its summit. YValter Brooke sal so still as tlie3'' ; marking it at once. Below, in An less value in the editor’s equipment so sweet as Just at tin : than a powerful mind, i lie rugged * * " ■ and impulsive nature of tlie inhabi- ! tants led them to a liastiness in the i settlements of personal disputes j that prospered the undertaKers even ' at times when all other business : pursuits languished, in this ros- : peot they <lii1ered maferially from I their mo're ])iiilosophical fellow-cit- ' izens of the East Here, if, as I might ha[)pen in even the best reg- ' ulated oitice, an error crept into moment-—a sentiment fosterec doubtless, by the knowledge th he was standing face to face wit a man who was fully determined kill him. But if for an instant h courage wavered, his suavity nev/ forsook him, and he looked up a smile: / •I am right sony, my friend, I can’t accommodate yon, bny^^y graveyard is full There reallyS"*’^ room for another one.’ / T was afraid you coiil/li’t y waiched tiie sun descend beliii the Blue Kidge, leaving so lovelv’ a sky of bright soft tints that any tiling more beautiful could scarce ita’s clear, legible liaml was writ ten: -Beau Catcher, near Ashe ville, N. C.' On the page oppo site was written in the s-tme hand ■ the paper, the aggrieved party i would call quieti3’ and conrteou-sl3’' ! said ye I and state Ids case, securiog as j .'ind lie wrapped his /ords/ ' ! courteous a correction ; there the I si^eer that made the Co^ueH I offended per-sou walked in behind a | wasn’t worth /a cj i pistol, and casnailx’' expressed a j iiad answered^ \uvve. ■ belief that ■' • •• ...... ...1.. i writer retractidii wriLten before lie Jiad - if the editor wa.s a rapid : pleasant words he that might possibly get the ■ i*e'iire(l on a great Aer ogva ‘ins desk reposes in my iy be imagined. It was only when : below the sketch : ‘Beau-Catcher, ! Mr. Brooke spoke that his compaii- ' in Asheville, N. C.,* and above was : ion started, i drawn a ridiculous caricature of I ‘What did you s.ay f I was so i Hiss YVarren. Beaux of all .‘^izos, ; lost in admiration of this sunset, shapes and de.scriptions surround- ■ that I quite lost yonr words. Do ed lier—were clinging to her dress, i excuse me.’ ! suspended from the streamers on ‘Certainiy. I onl3’' asked ii’ I ! her h;it and some iiel[)lessly attacli- ! might lo »k tlirougu \'Our sketch- ■ ed to lier watch-chain and to the ! book now.’ -ribbon by which she led a liiy'- dog j ‘Indeed vou must not, Mr Brooke,’ | —and one and all uvuloubtcdly boro : she said earnesll.y; ‘now, or at all. ! tlie features of Ylr. Brooke-^so hu- I shall think you very unkind if ; moaoasi\’' p.jrtrayed, thougli, that you open it. and I ask you again to {even the geiitleni.an himself ^ave T'eturn it.’ i vent,to a laugli of l-lvoroijgh enjov •1 should like tn. Miss Anita, but : ment a's he gazeif.^'*' I ’and he hesitated. “Well, on j ‘I supposed I was foolish to draw i one condition ?’ -it,' .\nita said, joining in his mer' ! ‘And that condition?’ iriment, ‘but the (by I lini.slied i Ts very easily complied with. I ; skeUliing the mountains, just as I ' only aslv you to repeat after me ; wa-s iiutting on the last touch, you I certain W(jrds.’ i and .Miss Warren, liappened to pass : T am not generally a parrot re-i and the other ‘Beau-Catcher’ at ’ peat-ing otlier's words,’ she said once to-ik pos.session of ny pencil, smiling; ‘but in tins case I am will j Remember 1 did not know either of iiig to become one—to the best of i you then, and after all, it is tlie m3’ abilit3' at least, for if your words j fault of the inoiiiUain itseli’ for liav- siioiUd be Greek, Hebrew or Ge/-! ing so absurd a name. I propose man. 1 warn you my pronunciatfon i we change it,’ will be ver3 impcfcct.’ | ‘Indeed no,’ he interposed quick- ‘Tlie words shall be good, plain I I}’. ‘I would not liave it changed old Englisli words.’ i for tlie world, ‘Beau-Catclier’ it ‘Very well, then. 'I'lie bargain is Ds ; ‘Beau-Caetiier’ may it remain, made, Y”©'! return ray liook ami 11 and it will more than ever suggest repeat after 3’oii some simple En j to me—not Miss Warren, my dar- glish sentence.’ j ling, but vmu !* j ‘So be it. You have your book, t ■» ! Miss Anita,’ and he placed ii in lier j A 3'oung lad3'' dre.ssed in much 1 bip. I false hair was vvarhiing at the piano, j She thanked him witli a smile. | and when her mother summoned j ‘Now it is rny turn, and I am i her to assist in some household ! quite ready to perform in_y-fjart.’ i duties, her rosy lips opened pout- ‘Perhaps it will not prove as ea* 1 ingly. ami she snapped out, ‘0, do it yourself,’ and then slie went on singing ’Kind words can never die.’ Do sneer changed the whole fliiislied ai] the shots in bis revol-: Colonel, readied 11/ kv qu vcr. : ito the pistpl.sKlf. In many cases this aggression I i'- : arouso<i equally combat, ve qnalities.l° ,tock\“"on of >'« in the editor, and it not inlrequeiitiy i ^^...nagnificent stock c.\ic liappened that one or the other was j .,.*magniriceiit stock oi gflannid.s, killed These circumstances grad '•A magnjlicent stock .(>f'^:)ress Goods, ually developed the so-called tight- ,, ing ehitor, a inotiu-esqne and ,,ow-^ erlul character peculiar to American Do. I, EAuEE riUlEE. journalism. .To him were referred all questions', of dispute involving personal argument. He was tlie j 'le Clothing. Bc'st Tobacco and Cigar?) diivairous, 0[)en-Mearted, and brave [ ,^11'To'.ir, Pork, bacon, Cheese, Crackers, representative of a class now nearly I ^-'ASH. extinct, \vlios*e-character has suffer-f%^s • ed only from the reckless exagger i ation of local tiistorians, tliomsclvop luxuviaut products of the same soil. Col. Featiierstock. was scarcely twenty-one when he entered the sy as you think to repeat my words.’ ‘1 am not in the least afraid.’ she I ■nar answered carelcsdy. then added : 1 Texas papers are holding up their •Of course the words, whatever they | hands in holy horror over a much- may be, are yours not mine. You 1 married chap, who proves to have perfcctl3' understand that, I pre- i wives in no less than ten different sume.’ : cities. The in ten-city of that fel- •I quite understand. The words ; low’s affections fully justifies their are these, and will 3-011 look at me | exclamations. please, as you say tliem? ‘Walter! — Brooke, I love you and am quite! or OiaarrEa. wining to become 3’'0ur wife. , Dull, heavy he.adaclK'., obstruction of th?:. Ii lie expected her to e.Nciaini, he ! nasal passages, discharge falling into the was mistaken. She simply raised i throat, somoLimes profuscs, watery, acrid, her eve to his and repeated : i tenacious mucous, purukMit, ■‘Vir Brnol'f. T ’’ ! muco-purulent, bloody, putrid, offensive , , -etc- III others, a dryness, diT, waterv. He interrupted her gravely. | weak, or intiamed eyes, ringing in ears.' ‘Y'ou are not repeating m3’ words. ’ deafness, hawking and coughing to clear the throat, ulcerations, scabs from ulcers, voice altered, nasal twang, offecive breath E.aglcviile ‘Tri-Weekly Tomahawk ami Mirror,’ and ue had been there scarcely three weeks when the suin- mory and scicmtilic manner in which he ejt^.cted a powerful backwoods man. vvli liad ventured to remon strate against a savage personal reference to I im.self, deteniiined the chief to appoint Foatiierstock to the arduous, and respun.sible position of ligliLiiig editor; a post winch he held for seven years with lionor to himself and credit to his paper. He was a good shot, and similar in his suddenness to light ning. It is said that during his stay in the ‘Tomahawk’ oliice he killed nineteen men. In fact, the numiier of those who blundered in tiieir dealing witli liim was so great that it became a current humorous saying in the region that Feather- stock kept a grave3’ard of ids own. There lived in a neighboring county a gigantic and bloo(.Tlursl.\ ruli a , "who had often heard of th renowned flghting editor of the ‘i'omaliawk.’ and, having held ids own, and soineumes more, wdih everybody lie liad ever met, he resolved to go to EagleviUe and clean out the Colonel. W hen he appeared in the •Tomahawk’ otiieo lie inlgiit, but for Ids great- size and ferocious aspect, have been mistaken for the drummer of afir-e arms establishment. All his pock ets were full of assorted weapons. hi: would fit you.’ ;klnm lli foren?- , 'Tihe -strangmiiy suit and tim en was gone. 'The '”''^ ^.13'-‘A’b too siKidoii for' 'V U crowd th.at the altereaticin had drawn into the room, the Colonel was the tirst to realize the change, and most accurate in his estimaie of its extent. He proceeded pleas antly and delilierately : ‘Now. I may nave conveyed to you wlien 3^011 hrst came in that this is not one of my regular slanghter- ing days, but at the same time if you insist ’ The Colon‘^1 tugged at the ham mer of his pistol, but the lock wa.s rusty. Frobably that rust save.,! tile stranger’s life ; lie didn't insist, but turned and started off; aM before tlic Colonel could get hrn pistol to a full cock the strange! w.as on the other side of tlie doorA walking away, sad and thoughtful. ’1, —‘Sun.’ \ l\ Fixing The Day.—“YYTien,” lie said violent'y> “when are you go’ ing to pay taut bijl? I’ve dunned you till I’m tired and mad. Now, I want a positive answer—-when will 3’ou pay it?” “By Jove!” was the reply, you must take me for a prophet! How can I tell ?” YVhen Charles James Fox was pressed by an impo .’tunate creditor he w-as more exi>licit. ‘‘I beg yonr p.ird.o'a Mr. Fox,’’' said the dunner •'but you know I have waited a long while. Still I do not want to make the time of payment inconvenient to you.. I only desire j'ou -will fix ‘So I can, and this view, only af ter a long walk and a steep ascent. Very well.’ Ho had taken the book out, but Have 3’ou so soon forgotten tliera?' She hesitated, tlien began again —this time a painful blush mant ling her face. ‘Walter Brooke, I—I—’ I can’t say it, and you are cruel and un generous to ask me.’ She had turned quite away from liim and had covered her facf' with her hands. ‘Thank Heaven you cannot. An ita,’ he said earnestlv', while the light of a groat joy shone in bis eyea. T thought it would show me liupaiied sniMl and taste, diiizincss, mental depression, tickling cough, etc. Only a few of the above symptoms are likely to be present in any case at one time. When applied with Dr. Pierce’s Xasal Douche, and accompanied with Dr. l-’ierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as con stitutional treatment, Dr. Sage’s Catarrh Kerne iy produces perfect cures ofd.e worst CSH.SCS oi (h^tarrh and Ozaina of many years' st.anding. This thorough course of med ication constitutes the only scientific, ra tional, safe, and successful manner of treating tliis odious disease that has ever been offered tq t,he afflicted- some day certain in the future and his belt looked Uke.a fence witii * pay.” “That is vjiy piSt)Ol pickets. He stalked in with responded Fox. “and au air of brtital insoieiue, and said j ^ atxiede to your request with to the Colonel: pleasura Suppose -wq name the -Are yoi. the ‘Tornabawk’s’ inv editor?’ that wih be a very busy day, sup- The Coioiiel modestly allowed I the day after," that lie was. ‘I understand _you keep a select bur3’iiig-grouiid of your own.’ ‘Yes,’ said the Colonel, T must admit that X do find it necessary to keep a private cemeterv'.’ The ruffian reached down in his right hand outSide coat pocket, and lifted out an immense old fastiioned revolver that bore a striking resem blance to a young Gatling gun. He swaggered up tQ '.he Qoionel, and A minister who was accused of wasting time and muslin on his enormous white cravat, excused him self upon the ground that it was his duty to attend carefully to, his fold. ^ ObserTation is tho beginning of education. That bay is half educa ted who knows how to use his eyes, and the man is nat half educated who dries not kho^-w bo,’??- to usft them,
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