$1.50 PER YEAR. DEMOTED TO THE AGRICULTURAL, MECHANICAL, POkTTCAL AND MATERIAL INTERESTS OF NORTH CAROLINA. DXvilfjL WUIUHAKD. ' Editors and Proprietors. • GREENVILLE, PITT CO., —— -#—-• t : N. C., THURSDAY, JULY 21, 1881. VOL. IV. NO. 39. I <*. . 4 f i A Lore Song. Oh lassie, wilt thou gang with me Adown the meadows green ? The pretty thrush sings merrily The lilac-leaves between ; The ox-eyed daisy noddeth low Among the grasses wet; The soft wind sigheth sweet and low Athrough thy locks of jot. And wherefore should I gang*with thee Adown the meadows green, E’en though the thrush sing merrily The lilac-leaves between? Low nods the modest daisy flower The soft wind bloweth free ; B,ut, at this early matin hour, Why should I gang with thee ? The ivy singeffj on the wall, With sunlight glints between ; Oh lassie, thou so fair and tall, Como down the meadows green ! Apd by yon brook grow violets blue, Like unto thy sweet eyes, Oh come and hoar my lovo so true— The love that never dies I Yea, laddie, an’ that bo the why, I fain would gang along— Tor true, true love doth never die, :' -? But yearly waxoth strong, Oh winds, and flow’rs, and ivy-vine, \ How sweet you be to-day ! , Oh yellow sun, how bright you shine ! Come, laddie, let’s away ! KENNETH CARLE’S LOVE. They aro standing upon the cliff to gether, Kenneth Carle and .Grace Ells worth, and he is holding jher hand in his and gazing earnestly into her beauti ful gray eyes. “Grace, turn back,” he exclaimed, passionately; “turn back before it is too late. You do not know what you are doing ; you—” “I believe I know my own mind,” interrupted Grace, with a forced, laugh. “Iam perfectly sane, I assure you.” Kenneth looked at her with a sad, doubtful expression on- his handsome face. “I cannot deem it possible,” he says. “I never thought that Grace Ellsworth would sell herself for gold, paltry gold!” ' She disengages her hand from his . 'clasp, and drawing herself up haughtily, replies in a cold tone that tlio tears in • her eyes belie,— “Neither would I, Mr. Carle. Yog preovmic- t^r-mneh upon friendship; but there are some things that even friend ship does not make admissible. You are very unjust jj^jraur accusation. My heart is my own and I am free to bestow it upon whom I please, .fray do not speak of selling again.” “I amtto infer, then,” he says “that you have never loved me; you have been trifling with mo all this time, you—” “Infer anything you please,” retorts Grace, hotly. “It makes no differenee to me.” “Ah!” It, is not a short exclamation that Kenneth Carle utters, but a long, low sigh, that thrills Grace’s heart with a strange emotion, and causes tho color to rush in her cheeks. Then there is a long silence, while Kenneth gazes fixedly at tile glass beneath his feet, and Grace stands motionless now and then casting covert glances at her companion. “Mr. Carle,” she says, suddenly, “look at the darkening' skv. There %jll bo a storm soon, I shall return to the house. Will you come with me or stay here ?” “I will stay here,” lie replies, without raising his eyes from the ground ; and she turns and leave? him. At a short distance she pauses and looks behind her. She sees the rocky cliff, with the sea lathing itself into foam at its base ; the tall figure standing near its edge, liis "bead bowed, hi? dark, Greek-like . features clearly outlined agaiusti the dull gray sky, and an ex pression of anguish aud pain crosses her face. It is succeeded, however, by a look of stem determination, and in a low, firm voice she says,— “I will not let this foolish love con quer. Money I want, and money I will have. I shail wed this rich stranger, for indeed he is a'most a stranger to me, and Kenneth Carle shall diever be more to me than a friend.” As Grace has predicted, a storm comes up quite suddenly; and as she is quite a distance from her home, she seeks shelter in a cottage at the foot of the hill. It is a quaint, low-roofed building of very ancient date, and has been inhab ited for pi any years by a tall, gypsy looking woman who, when she first took up her abode there, was a comely, bright-eyed, rosv-cheeked maiden, and now an old woman, yellow-skinned and gaum. Her black eyes, though, have never lost their keen brightness, but shine with such a steady, piercing light that, when any valuables are lost, the vil lagers laughingly remark that they could discover them instantly had they the light of Mother Leman’s eyes to aid them. These bright eyes turn upon Grace now as she enters the one room of the cottage that serves as kitchen, chamber and parlor, and a metallic voice says : “Ah, is it you, my child, Grace? You were caught in the shower; are you not drenched Y‘ “Oh, no,” Grace replies, seating her self. “I have walked very fast, and the wide-spreading trees sheltered me. Ton are very busv, I see. Do yon never rest, Mother Leman 7” with an arch smile. * ‘Tes, when the night comes,” replies the old woman. “But, my child, you are ill.” , “No, indeed,” says Grace. “Why, I thought I was looking unusually healthy. Are not my eyes bright, my cheeks rosy ? For once, Mother Leman, your eyes, sharp as they are, have deceived you.” “No, I am sure you are ill,” the other says, gazing at Grace so earnestly that she grows flushed and warm and wishes those pierceing eyes.would turn in some other direction. “You are ill, not phy sically, perhaps, but mentally. Grace, my child,” wamingly, “take an old woman’s advice and never exchange an oia love ior a new. Now, Mother Leman lias heard several stories concerning Grace and her two suitors, and determines to discover whether they are teal facts or idle rumors. J§lie is satisfied* as to their truth when she sees Grace start sud denly, while her face flushes deeply. “Ah, Grace, my child,” she says, “don’t act against yout own heart. Turn back, turn back, before it is too late.” Grace draws back haughtily, while the same proud, angry expression that she wore when Kenneth Carle uttered the same words crossed her face. “I don't know what you mean,” rises to her lip3, but knowing it is useless to try to evade or deceive this sharp-eyed woman, she answers : ■ “I am acting as my heart dictates. I see no reason why you should warn me.” And Mother Leman, perceiving that the subject is an unpleasant one to Grace, immediately changes it. It is not long before the storm clears away, and Grace takes her departure. She is fully resolved now; she will marry the wealthy stranger and crush her. love for Kenneth -Carle. Nothing can alter her decision. That very day the betrothal is sealed, and preparations for the wedding, com menced. The wealthy suitor showers costly presents upon her with a lavish hand;; but somehow they do not afford Grace the pleasure she anticipated. The little , ruby ring that Kenneth gave her is far! more precious to her than all the mil- i lionaire’s diamonds. At last the eventful day arrives, and Grace dons the pure white wedding robes that .are worth a fortune in-them-, selves, excepting the costly jewels that glitter on her fair neck and arms, and among the braids of blue-black hair. Then the bridal party are driven away to the village church, and the marriage ceremony is performed. Grace stands like a statue through it all, her face white and cold as the sparkling diamonds about her, and the village maidens’ envy turns to pity, for they see what the love-blind husjiand does not, that she is an unhappy bride. * Kenneth Carle is not present at the wedding ; he went away a week ago, the villagers say, and Grace is spared the pain of seeing him. A few hours later Grace and her hus band have left the little village and are on their way to the Old World, where, amid new scenes and new people, sur rounded by every luxury that money can buy, Grace will endeavor to forget ner sorrow. Ten years later. In the largest, handsomest room that the “Eyrie Ho tel” can afford sit two gentlemen; one a slim, blonde young man, whose attire borders on the “dandy” style, the other a tall, broad-shouldered gentleman, whom we have met before, Kenneth Carle. But he is no longer known by that name, for some reason of his own he has changed it to Ellis Cary. Ten years have altered him' greatly; indeed, it would be difficult for his nearest friend to recognize him. He is thinking of old times now ; and, chanc ing to glance into the mirror opposite, smiles at the bronzed, bearded face revealed there as he contrasts it with the smooth, boyish one of ten years ago. He is aroused from his revery by the voice of his^companion, saying,— “I say, Cary, have you seen the new arrival—a young widow, with no end of a fortune ? Worth looking after, I tell you. There she goes now.” Kenneth glanced out of the window in tiqie to see a slender figure, attired in deep mourning, pass by ; but her head is averted, and he does not see her face. “Handsome, too,” continued his friend “I got an introduction last evening. I’ll present you to-night.” That evening Kenneth Carle, for by that name he is best known to us, meets the young widow in the hotel parlor, and is introduced to her. “Mrs. Ashly, Mr. Cary.” The widow bows low, and softly mur murs a few words of acknowledgement. Kenneth glances at her face and draws a long breath of surprise, for beneath the dainty widow’s cap he recognizes the blue-black hair, the dark grey eyes, the piquant features of his old love, Grace Ellsworth. “Shall I reveal myself to her?” he asks himself; and after a moment’s !hesitation decides he will not, for the present, at least. She does not recog nise him; let her know him only as Ellis Cary. The ie days pass by, and slowly the con viction dawns upon him that he is fal ling in love with Grace Ashly over again. Yet, is it over again ? Is it not the old love that he believed dead rising like a phoenix from the ashes ? He can not tell; he only knows that she.has grown very dear to him, dearer than the maiden Grace Ellsworth had been. At last he determines to know his fate, and, without revealing his identity, he fair asks her to be his bride. Grace’s face does not flush, nor her eyes droop, as she places her hand in his and replies,— Mr. Cary, let me tell you my story, and then if you are willing to claim me, Ten years ago I met I will consent. ‘Kenneth Carle and loved him. He was ;hot wealthy, and in my desire for riches I cast him off for another, who I knew could give me everything my heart de sired. Everything, did I say? Oh, no! ihe could not give me happiness. Since his death I have traveled from place to place, until I came here and met you. I like you, I respect you greatly, but I cannot love you. I can never love again. If, knowing this, you are willing to make me your wife, I have nothing more to say.” “And if this Kenneth Carle should return and ask you to marry him, would you do so V” her companion asks. “No, no,” replies Grace, sadly; “that is impossible.” “It is not impossible,” Kenneth says, passionately. “Don’t you know me, Grace?” Grace looks up into his face with a • dazed expression. The resemblance has ■puzzled her, .. \ii !- - MILE MEAT AS A DELICACY. Expedients of the Confederate Soldier* at theSieceof Port lindeon^ D. P. Smith, in the Philadelphia Times, says: The twenty-first of May, 1862, found Port Hudson invested by an army of thirty thousand men, while Farragnt’s fleet guarded the river; but the garrison of six thousand men was provisioned for two months, so no alarm was felt in regard to short rations, as no one realized that the siege would last more t^an a few weeks. About the tenth of June a shell—they had been seeking it for three weeks—found the commissary building, sot it on fire, and, with it, destroyed two thousand bushels of corn and the grist-mill. Heavy were the hearts of the corn-bread-loving soldiery. Reduced rations of unground com and cow peas were issued for sev eral days, till the commissary rigged up a portable grist-mill in the depot, banded^om the driving wheels'of an old locomotive blocked up. The com missary was getting so low that the ex pedient was tried of mixing it with peas, but it was not a success, as the pea meal would not cook in the bread, and the peas were issued as a separate ra tion. On the nineteenth of June the mill was in good order, and a pound of meal was issued per day, with a liberal ration of peas and half a pound of bacon. The supply of fresh beef was ex hausted early in the siege; but the bacon lasted till about the twenty-fifth of June. A number of mules remained, which, unworked, had grown fat roam ing through the fields and woods. Some of these were slaughtered and the meat served out to all who would tako it. The flesh was rather coarse but tender, with much of the flavor of veni son. It was very fat, and the “Dutch” ovens in which it was baked would be half-full of yellow oil. Many of the soldiers could not eat the novel food, and lived on a corn-meal-and-pea diet. To suit these delicate stomachs the commissary corned a considerable amount of choice portions of the meat, and, announcing that forty barrels of corned beef had been discovered issued it to all. The general verdict was that it was an unusually goad-artwiV* trv’T,,V,> ruimcea to very coarse litre, those of the garrison who kept well did not suffer for. food, for when other rations failed there were c jw peas,and these well boiled made a very tolerable dinner. Beaten in a mortar till the hull was loosened and then wihnowed, they were not far inferior to English split peas. They were stowed in bulk on the; floor of an old church, whose windows the concus sion of the bombardment, and, perhaps, a stray shell or two, had shattered into fragments. In spite of care it was not uncommon to get a splinter of glass in the mouth while eating dinner. The soldiers were accustomed to pea fare at home, but seasoned with bacon, and they pronounced it dry eating with ! glass as a substitute for meat. As the Well men had to eat at the breastworks day and night, the cooking was done by negroes and details in sheltered spots in the rear ; but the cooks had no bomb proof positions, and minnie balls and fragments of shell fell even in the fires. One of the most serious questions to be solved by cooks and commissaries was to provide food for the sick. By the latter part of June at least fifteen hun dred men were on the sick and wounded ' lists. Boiled cow peas and mule steaks were not dishes for invalids, but their well comrades devised wa to giveys -them some delicacies. Bullets were cut up into shot and a wandering bird occasionally killed, but the bombard ment was too heavy for many such to find their way into the lines. Bits, however, were plentiful, burrowing even under the fortifications, and miny a one was served up in the hospitals as squirrel. On July eighth, with about a week’s rations for the twenty-five hun dred men able to eat still on hand, Port Hudson was surrendered. She Took Her Sister’s Place. Daisy Shoemaker, the pretty daughter of a fanner living near Richmond, Va., had agreed to elope with Westland Pierce, but when the critical moment arrived she feared to transgress her par ents’ wishes, and would not go to the rendezvous. Her sister Jane, two years her senior, begged to keep her trust with her lover, but all in vain. “Well, if yon don’t keep your word with West. Pierce, I’ll do it for you,’ she said, and indignantly leaving her sister, she got into the buggy and dashed off, despite the screams of her sister. Miss Jane reached the waiting place; explanations were made; she said she was willing to take her sister’s place. The lover, touched by her pluck,'and captivated by her determination not to let the plan fall through, did actually marry her. _ _ . Be not diverted from your duty by any idle reflections the silly world may make upon you, for their censurers are not in your power, and consequently should not be any part of your concern. StrawbeiTy shortcake is so called be cause it is Bbort of strawberries, ITEMS OFIXTEREST. Napoleon’s “N” on the Seine bridge' is being chiselled off. Philadelphia and New York are con* nected by more telegraph wirea than any other two cities in the world, the number being 110. A bride is reported to bare lately said : “I told all my friends to bare my name put on my presents, so that if di vorced George should not be able to claim them.” Sunday dances are coming into vogue in,England, and many of the clergy ap prove of lawn tennis and cricket, bat the “unco gude” still draw the line at the grog shop and shun the museum. The Prussian government has ordered the provincial authorities to send de tailed information of the extent and causes of emigration,' which, however, has somewhat, slackened in some dis tricts. The new Tichbome claimant, who al- » most convinced San Francisco of his honesty, and told a story of adventures tilling many columns in the newspapers, has been identified as C. 0. Ferris, a swindler. _ ... j ‘ John Momfort married a widow at Buena Vista, Ga., and on the day after the wedding undertook to whip his stepson. The bride seized her husband and held him fast, while the boy killed him with a knife. /I An exhibition of pipes and snuff boxes at the Crystal Palace, London, contains numbers of pipes collected by the EmpCror Maximilian, which were found in the buried cities of Mexico. There were smokers thousands of years before Ealeigh. ~V'. j.. A Cincinnati seamstress grew tired of \ the needle, and hung out a sign ab a doctor. Hor first patient was a man who had congestion of the brain, but she thought it was rheumatism, and nearly covered him with alum plasters. The treatment killed him. A crowd of side showmen, pedlars, and gamesters follow every circus, and pay for places ckve by'the main tents. A soap vendor reiased the customary tribute to Forepaugh’s menagerie, but persistently bawled his wares near the main entrance. Mr. Forej; •mmm 3MHgRNiBRM>i jAk***::. fined $24. Longevity of Animal*. A German paper states that in Lap land an eagle was shot and that ‘'around its neclt it had a brass chain, to which a little tin box was fastened. The box contained a slip of paper, on which was written in Danish, ‘Caught and set free again in 1792.’ ” The study of the lon gevity of animals is wanting in accuracy, but it does seem quite certain that the span of life of some few of the lower creatures is much more extended than that of man. The Hindus believe that an elephant lives to be 300, and there seems to be several authentio cases noted by Europeans of these animals having arrived at the mature age of 120. Camels are shorter lived, the ordinary . breed living forty years. Beeent zoolo gists state that the swifter race of camels are even shorter lived. A horse at twenty is considered an old animal in deed, but he hasbo^n known to do some service even when he was thirty-five. Oxen are short-lived, twenty years be ing considered as about their limit of life. Dogs rarely live beyond their fifteenth year. The stories about fish must be taken with a great deal of dis crimination. That of the lives of carp extending over hundreds of years rests on very poor authority. It is quite cer tain that numerous species of fish, espe cially the salmon, are not long-lived. When we hear, then, of trout fifty years old we might think that there were ex ceptions to the general rules governing the “Sfilimonidce.” The whale is said to live up to 500 years,.a certain bone structure giving a possible clue to his age, but this does not rest on the beet authority. As to the birds, certain kinds do live very long. There area great many parrots, as well known in' families as the men or women com posing them, who have lived fifty years and over and then been killed by an ac cident . There seems to be good reason to believe that a parrot in the south of France came to Marseilles when he was full grown during the First Empire, and is as hale and hearty and garrulous to-day as when he was contemporaneous with the Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. A chicken will live from ten to twelve years. A story some time went the rounds of a 100-year-old goose. Though swans of seventy-five years old have been known, .it is hot likely that geese outlive them. As to the eagle, he is known to be long-lived, and sixty, sev enty and even 100 years may be found in the books as the limit of his life. The present bird shot in Lapland, if the story is to be believed, had been cap tured ninety-one years before. Ashe might have been of a certain age when taken, the account would make ns be lieve he was 100. A remarkable lon gevity for an eagle is possible, but, on the other hand, it is quite certain that the tin box around this particular bird’s neck would have rnsted and gone tq pieces in less than ten yean.