North Carolina Newspapers

E DEE COURIER JUJ1JJ- nn JOHH DUCKETT, Editor Drilling Away. r r Drifting twa;t from each other, Silently drrfting apart. Nothing between but the cold world's . screen, I . : ' Nothing to Joose but a heart ...... . Only two lives dividing r t More And more eTery day j Only one soul from another soul 6teadily drifting away. , Only a man's heart striving " Bitterly hard with its doom j Only a hand, tender and bland, , Slipping away in the gloom. Nothing or doubt or wrong, ' Nothing that either can cure j Nothing to shame, nothing to blame, Nothing to do but endure. . : - . . r.i. .. ' j r The world cannot stand still, r - " Tides ebb, and women change?) Nothing here that is worth a tear. One love less nothing strange Drifting away from acJotherf Steadily drifting apart No wrong to each that the world cm reach, ": '' " - , t Nothing lost but ft heart. A m&TMJ CSRAVELED. I Lai hem "doing" the continent in 4 nnW:n; ,wn,y acd had stopped for'a f w days t Yonioc. Kcu X '..met my cld-collogo clium, V 01T;r. j'lin iVtl-r- lw 3 Vcomo a famous duel or -vriDvv'yhe last fW years. Having at jftbt nirried a rich and lirutkuno ycun wktow, ho kvl con ruJaJ to . ti'V short p- riod cf re laxation, a.a-1 Lt-cce lib presence in this client f lima Of c ;nse ho vras overjoyed to see nic, at J having Ujeii tliero tang en-oiv-hto liaorv BOitLothing of the place, ho voluiifcecitd to si.ovi lufc mound. "l?y G oorgu i" T iicla!mo(!, bu d clcnly, fts vro stopped before tho piaz za cka ilarc j. "XLtre'a as haiiildomc a piotiir j p. I over saw. Inno-ience por-Mni'jed." . A youn,' and nvt I'wctuul. f,'hl stood Vx foro u onajreu in feedi:: - th" piteous. The i;rii wore lrrrfllmcly tame, and approached h;r faark-ss'r, even lihtii-' oii her hcidfi. "Did you ever so a mere .to trartire e'ghtr I' of lied my fviond, fEthiwiab- tie!!;-, 'wo pr."wd- on. - " "Iliini ! I doi 't knov," vis the rath cr donht'-cl rly. "Rumor h'aa brier. h-jsj alcut that Ldy's aoroe 0 lato." 'Ir. That way?" I cried iniUgnr.at ly. 1 2Pver saw a swector f.ice in all my lu-. ' "Wc)', III U-il you the story as nnar nn I've heard it. Iho voman is "Countess ArdotlL Her 'hiwhand, the cour4.3iis repuled to bo imracnsely. ; -wealthy, whilo tho vifo v.raa but a pcor pensanV "girl wheu ho mnrncd her. Of coorsa tho gw-?ral belief ia that shd wedded him fcr his wealth. ' This would not ftmount to much were it not for tho fact that she makes no effortto show dielike' for her hus band's society. I happened to be present at' a llrgo ball given hen a , few ytn&a ago. On that occasion the counleci flirted shaiiiefully 'witlv a young Italian, the son of some noble man. ECer conduct attracted univer sal attention, but eha did not Bc'cm to heed that in the least, JTow you see why I am ra'her more doubtful of her innocence than you arc.' 'Still you may bo mistaken by your prcjudico against her," j retorted gai- ''ly. - . We anived homo at about four o' clock ia the afternoon, and the doc tor's wife met us with a look of hor ror on her face: "Have you heard the news?" she gasped. "Isn't it perfectly honiblo?" .""Wliat news, dear?" asked the doc tor, ia surprise. "YouH havo to en : lighten us 6a the Bubject, Tm afraid." ' "Rouni Ardotti has been nvdrder- ; .. ! The doctor looked grave at this in telligence, and glanced toward rae. As for myself, I was trembling with conflicting emotions. "Let ne hear, tho parUauars ?" I f lea, qtLckly V31 you all I know," replied ROCKINGHAM. NORTH OAIlOI,ISrA,'rOV3StBER 11, 1870. tho lady. "The count was found sit ting in his chair with a poniard driven in his heart" He must have fallen aeleep and ' been attacked in that state." - ' 1 ' - '-. "What time did it occur?" asked tho pootor, briefly. ' ""About three o'clock they discov ered hini, and then his body was not quite cold. The countess was imme diately suspected of the crime. She was engaged in feeding tho pigeons when they, arrested her, and there was blood, upon her delicate hands." . Tfou was rather mistaken in your judgment that time," said the doctor addressing me. "I suppose you U ad mititnow?" " : ' . "Never I I replied. "It strikes mo that there is some deep mystery at tho bottom of this, and tfcjit the countess is still innocent" "Your legal -icetinct is wrong this time, I'm afraid," said the doctor's wife. "Tho poniard with which the deedjwag jlona belonged a tho-cun-tess, and has been already identi fied." . " "Pooh!" I retorted; "tha is proof positive of her innocence. No one but a foci vsuldhave Jeft anartie!e behind that would - havo convicted them." - "I left the" doctor, find proceeded at once to the police officials. I found them in perplexity, some of thorn be lieving in the innoccnes of the con- te5r and tho rost firmly believing her to bo guilty. I had proviJcd mrself with a letter of introduction from the doctor, and was politely, received. Stating that I wt,s a lawyer by -pro- fessijn. aud mA id unraveling jnys- terieB, I Cered my servicus iu the- present case. . It wan accepted with out hoeitaii6o,-aaYO by one mcmbtr of the board, who was most bitter in his hoctility to tho countess. Thia man alluded to sliovred such an amount of etrjMi g. dislike to ' m that I reserved Ij find out tho cause. All I could leflrn,liowcvcr, waff his name, ttnd the fact that he was the falh r f ahalf-wittcd girl. I had two interviews with the' coun tess, and each of tlu m strengthened my belief in. her innocence. I endeavored to find tho young no bleraan whose neme hadbwn coupled with hers, but he had left the country. Of conrRO tliis gave a fitill darker look to tbo case, but I'd? 1 not des pair. v ..; Cne n'ht I was proceeding home ward at a late hour, when I .heard a stealthy footstep behind me. I turn ed quickly and junt in time to catch my assailant by tho arm. A keen stilet to was in his hand, and my prompt action had saved my lifs. ynatching out my revolver, I leveled ii at his head, and ordered him to movo cn,at tho samo time keeping a firm hold upon his1 collar. The muzzle of my weapon was ft convincing argument, and he did not dare disobey. I marched him straight to tho house of my friend, Dr. Glover. As I marched my prisoner into the doctor's presence, I, for the first time caught a glimpse of the face beneath the slouch hat. .' . I started back in astonishment It was no less a person than my strange enemy among the police! officials. I knew then that he was able to throw some light upon tho mystery. "Ssa here," I said, assuming my fiercest tone; "you are fairly conered now. .. Confess what" you know con cerning tho murder of Count Ardotti, and you shall go free,, othervviss I shall give you into custody , for your attempt upon my life." - t The man frightened by my man ner, told all ' he know. His ins:eSe daughter had been mads so by the coun't former attentions, Having betrayed her, ho had ca3t her off, and she had brooded over her wrongs un til sha had become dangerously in sane. " .: : 'r- .:;',' After the count's marriage 6he had sworn revengo, and became. so violent that she required consutnt watching. On the day of the count's murder she had succeeded in eluding the vigilance of her friends. ' Her father was the first to miss her, ani fearing her purpose;, had gone to the count's entrance. He I st Dsvctd'to tHe Interests 'of had arrived just in time to see his crazy daughter escaping by a beck entrance, and shrewdly guessed that the deed had been perpetrated. His wTsFIor revengo upon tho new countess for usurping his daughter's rightful place, and his fear that the crazygirl might have to pay the pen alty pflier act with her life, and led to hia silence. - Strange to say, the sight of her murdered lover had brought back the girls "wandering senses, and slip was legally liable for the act The doctor listened in open-mouthed astonishment, while I drew up the statement in legal fowl, and compell ed the man to sign it; then we ac companied him liome, and had the truth eorroborated from the unwill ing lips of the daughter. Tho countess was cmicklyTibernted, and public opinion swung around in her favor. ' The real murderess was never prosecutcttTopinion sttuigTJ be that it was an act of justice, fe'uch is the story, ar, told me ly a lawyer friend on Iu3 recent return from abroad. Kis wifo was tho for mer Countess Ardotti, and was,in doed, a most beautiful woman. ' U'Jiat a Stat V'c Arc Professor Kc-rr La jml returned from a trip into JtfDowdl, linrk'o and Catawba counties whore lie has been eugacd iu looking up iron ores and gold mines. Dr. Powell has j a. ;t open ed some new iron bods on the Cataw ba and in manufacturing very fine forge iron. He sells it ir. tho neigh borhood and Eupliea the laoal marke t with bar iron and plowshares.' They have re-opened tho old SLuford gold mine n?ar Catawba station . and it is worked .Quito aueeoKHailly. They wash out the gold in tho old fashion style and ad it to the-nierchents and dhip it to Charlott.?. In the same neighborhootl witMn a few miles of "the ecid mine ia tha lariJcst bed of blaok lead in 'ho State It was work ed last year by a company who put up inachinc-rj' for preparing it for maket They ars not vorking it now but Pro feasor Kerr -received a letter from a New Yorterr. a few weeks sine o en quiring Jbr black lead in tho State.and after txamininsr the lines ia this county ho sent kirn up there whore he ia now engaged .in prospecting that mine. 'Another New York party has opened the manganese- mines near Lenoir. In "tho Coulli mouutains there is a good deal of gold getting just now in tho old Erhidle Town fnines. All " the people at worlr through that ranga of mines aro get ting in the aggregate upwards of one hundred dollars a day. At the time of the. diseovery of the, California mines thcra were a thousand hands working in those mines and got out several millions of dollars. Over on ihe Black mountain in the mica mines the other day Professof Kerr . found seme very remarkable crystals of feld spar. Ono weighed not less than six hundred pounds, tho largest crystal on record." They are now on the way to tho state museum. Mr. Lumsden, a tinner and stove . man of this place asked Professor Kerr the other day where he could get some mica and ho cent him to Tuiy's mine on the Blck . mountain, a mine which has already made a large fortune for ita owner. On Ivy in Jladison county tho Professor found abed of iron ore of very fine quality. When the rail road is completed down the French Broad this ore will come into market. Professor Kerr wiH visit the-west erain'in a few days. 'LifeUjh Kcu$. A negro witness in ' a? trial the other day was asked what -Jig, was doing in a certain enloorint'la cer tain time. He explained that he had gone there to "change his breff." .The explanation was ac cepted. "We can't understand" why it' is that a married man can't go into a store to. buy a new rolling-pin without lluslups to tho tips of his ears, if anybody happens to giggle when he' prefers his reoacEt. ITorth: Carolina. Does Farrtlng Pay . By Cane Hun." Tlis question ia of ton asked by fanners and agricnltural papers. 1 will try and answer it. There is, perhaps, no better or Bafer business on tho globe than farming, when followed ou prudent . or ecicntific principles, Take farmers (is acla.s and coinparo them to ' merchants, and compare ntimbera and capital invested. Then compare number of failures with the number en gaged; or, take an equal number of each around you town or village, and jtheiL-Comparc notes, and let mo know tl result. Take the tradear people, and you will find comparatively few who l.avo sno ccedod in making more than a bare wppor t. A mt wTfero vcr yon will find ono who has succoeded in' in laying np wealthj notico that he has attended strictly to his business. Now whon you ro asked tho ques tion, does farming pay? don't Bay no; but coinparo it with other pur suits in life, and then niako a bal-nneo-slu-ct, and you will have tin; rcEult. 1 will cow try nnd toll you how fanning paya Look over the country whero you live, and you can pick out farmers who have "made fortunes ct farming, end oth ers are following on in their foot steps, Tl-.ey are wide-awake; theytabusive and intomperate, and was throw their whole time, energy, and skill into.tVjir-lwsinosF; they keep up tho fertility, of .'their soil, eulti vato no more lan4 than they can cultivate) well; they push their work, and don't lot their work push hcir., me tho best machinery,' bow tlie beet eeedj keep the best 6tock, and keep no more than they can keep in higli condition-arid nino times out of ten they will sell what they havo to sell when it is ready far market I consider this the true principle. Such read agricnrtural books and papers aro posted all the time as to the market and- crop prospects throughout the country, and sharks rarely get the. nppcr hand of then. Now I willtell you why fann ing doesn't pay.. WTien you travel over the country and pee the fence rows grown up with bushes, briers and weeds, where grass . ought to and would grow; .where all the crops are planted from two to three weeks too late, and no clover is sown;, take, then' a rido to the barn, and you will find the mamiro thrown out at the end,, the stalls left unclean to produce disease, the owner of tho farm epending his time at town or village, may be at the cross-roads blacksmith sliop. Every neighborhood lias its' cross roads. Yon will thero find the poor farmer dealing out gossip and scandal by the square yard. Ask one to subscribe for an agri cultural paper, as I ask"ed one tho other day to subscribe for the Home Journal. lie told me lie wa9 taking more prpers than he could read, I asked him what pa pers he was taking. lie 6aid lie was taking the Ledges, Chimney Corner, Brick -Pomeroyi and 60 forth. In conclusion when ..yon see farmers devoting all their call ing and using their capital judi ciously, you will find it pays well nerhai.3" better than any other business,, for farmers have less risk than merchants or manufacturers, besides they can enjoy the fruits of their labor Jo an extent that no other- peoplo can. "Nor need the farmer be debarred from pleasures, for they aro all accessible to luin i'Wr- IFoiiie Journal. ' Jlrd. Lincoln is now quietly ing with friends ia California, 1 IV- $1.50 " lalfrcsting F&cts. . The following enrions facts are not generally known. 1 - If a tallow candlo bo placed in a gun and shot at a door it will .go through without, injury; - and if a mnskct ball be 6hot into tho water, it will not only rebound but " bo flattened. If fired through a pane of glass it will make a hole the sbe of tho ball without . craeMng the glsa; if the-glass bo suspended, by a thread it will make no difference, and tho thread will not even vi bratc Cork, if 6unk two hundred feet under water, will not rise on account of the pressure of the wa ter. In the Arctio regions, when the thermometer is below zero, persons can converse more than a mile distant from each other. & Horrible Tragedy. . CraorsirATi, Oct. 25. The Gazette's Rnsnvillc, Ind special gives the particulars of a horrible tragedy wliich occurred last evening about six miles south east of that place. Chadrick B. Brittain, a yoim man from Paris, Ky had married tho only daugh ter of John Ilhodcs, a fanner, and after living peaceably with tho old peoplo nearly a year, ho finallydc inanded tho farm. " ', Upon -their refusal, he became ordored to leave, IIo loft on Fri day, but returned lact night, and, after an altercation with tho old ladyj shot licr dead. Mr. Rhodes, -hearing the shot, hastened , to tho liouaoand was fired at,, but the pis tol missed fire. Brittain then fired twice into his own body, dying instantly Brit tain's young wife, now approaching confinement, is reported nearly in sane over the affair. Brittain .left a letter blaming Jlra. Rhodes for making trouble. Snail Farms. Small farms make near neigh-' bors; they make good roads; . they make plenty of good schools and churches; there ia more money made io proportion to the labor; less labor is wanted; everything is kept neat; less wages have to ho paid for help; less time is wasted; more is raised to the acre, besides it i tilled bet ter; there' is no watching of hired help; tho mind is not kept in a wory, stew, and fret all tho time. The Semi-Tropical'.' . "Tho times aro "getting hard, my dear', said a man to his better half, "and I find it ctlffiawlt to'keep my nose above WRtcr." "You could easily keep your noso ahovo water," returned tho lady, "if you didn't keep it eo"bf ten abovo brandy." .. ina stern-wheel steamboat was passing np the Ohio river, tho oth er day, a little girl who was stand ing on th hotel stoop ran into the house to hr mother, calling out, "Mother, inother, come out aud see this-6teamboat-it's got a bustle oh." y J -,- , Tliere's a mining town out "West called "Nowhere." That's 'where a man has always been when his wife lets him in at 2 o'clock in the morning, . A maiden lady, not remarkable for either beauty, youth, or good temper, came for advice to a Mr. Arnold, as how to get rid of a troublesome suitor. "Old marry him marry, him!" he advised 'Nay I would see him hanged first." "No, madam, marry him, ns I said to you, and I'll assure yod that it will bo but a short time be fore ho hangs hiratclf. , per Ammm in -Advance, WholoJN"o.l5i: On thfl Cse of BIclcs. Mnles, on a general average, live moro than twico as long as horses. They aro fit for servieo from .three years old to thitfy. , At twelve a horse has seen his best days, and is going down hill, but. a mnloat that age has scarcely risen out of hia colt-hooJ, and goes on improving until he is-twenty. Instances are recorded of mulea living sixty or seventy years, but these aro excep tions. Tho general rule is that they average- thirty. Mnles are never exposed to diseaso as 'horses are. Immense sums of money aro annually- lost in tho ' premature death of high-spirited horses by acv cident or disease. Mulea'have "or gans of vision and hearing far su perior ! to thoso of . the horse. Hence they seldom frighten and run off, ; A horse f rightensbnt a mulo, having superior discernment, both by the eye and car, under stands everything ho meets, and thereforo is safe. For the same reason ho is surer footed, and hence moro valuable in mountainous regions "and on dangerous roads. VTe doubt whether on thcAlpino paths a mule ever made a misstop. IIo may haveboonf deceived-' in tho firmness of the spot where ho ect liis foot, but not in tho propriety of the choieoali appearances con sidered.' Tho mule is much more hardy than the horse. A pair of these animals, although' small ins size, will plo w moro land in a week than four horses.- Their faculty of endurance is moro creditible. An other very important fact is, that in the matter of food, a mule will iivo and thrive on ?esa than half it takes to keep a horse. They had a head of eabbagofor d in ncr. Con tempi ating the st cam ing vegatable'on the table, little thre-year-old observed, ,Ma, is thata head of rcabbage V "Yes, my dear." Where's its"mouth, then?".; J; : . ' . . Tte HoTjesonian.a '. PUBLISHED EVERY "WEDNESDAY monniotf In Lnmbcrton, N. C, by V. Wallnco MoDiiirmld, hu the largest circu lation of njr country puper in tho State. It cireulntti extensively in th,e counties of Robeson, Riehmond, Blntlen, Columlma, . Cmaberteud, Brunswick, and in the adjoin-' ing counticg of Marion, Marlboro' aud Car. lington, in Houth Carolina. As a Local Newspaper it haa no superior. It Is one of tho tho tevr country papers 'wliotse Editor and Publisher gives his wtyole time and at tention to Ha columrs. Iu Politic the ROBE80NIAN will striva to promote the principles of tho Domoorntic- conccrvativo iarty, and U nncompromi. singly in favcr of' Whita Bupremaca. Jts Local columns will always teem witn tho latest and best news, written -in ft brief, In-.' telligcut and business-like manner. Ita Editorials will be fshort and lucid and upou subjects which directly concern our peoplo. As an advertising medium it ia much sought after and hits a patronage second to no other country paper. Established in 1870, it has ever Bince' been increasing iu influence and popularity until, it has reached and occupied tho very front rank of orth caroliua jour nalism. SiTIS CHS ADTAHC I One Year , ....$3 50; V six Months,..., ........... Jl 25;- ' Three Months,;... 73. "' Bend, a three-cent stamp for fpucimen copy. Advetumg races luruistiea on nppu- aation. Also campaign rates wmcb are very reasonable. BROWN MOXTSli, WADESB 0, N. C. THOMAS II BH0W1T, lnIKIETOK. , TABLE SUPPLIED WITH CHOICE rOOD Special Rooms for Traveling Salesmen, Profoasional and Business Mea. .. . - . '. Tbi Hotel ia situated convenient to the business part of town and oilers great inducements to the traveler who wishes to be well provided for with good rooms excellent fare, polite servanU Ac, &o. ' My new coach meets all the trains both day and night, so you may visit Wodos bore at any. time with the assurance of being met at the depot The choicest Philadelphia Lager Beer, Imported Ales and fine Cigars are kept convenient to the dining room. Terms as low as consistent with good fare. ' , Special arrangements made with fami lies and excursionists. Try the new house and I will guaran. tee satisfaction. - - Thos. M. Brown, 10-ly. rroprietor. ttu0--w