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'Unawecl 'ly Influence Unbribed by Gain. 1 VOL. 1. NEWTON, N. 0., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1879. NO. 2. PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY, -BY GEORGE A. WARLICK. TERMS: One year, - -Si month, ------- Three month", ------ (2.00 1.0'J 75 IS I All I A tsL. V IN AIJVANCK. To persons who make up clubs oi tea, an ex tra ePX will be ut free. ADVERTISING RATES : " Tin. 2 in. 3 in. 4 col. J col. lcol. 1 wct'k, f 1 ) $2 00 f3 00 .$0 00 $10 14 . 1 50 8 00 4 00 8 00 13 I 18 j 2 00 3 AO 5 (M) 0 00 1(5 22 4 2 25 4 00 G 00 10 00 18 2li 2 months 3 00 6 00 10 00 14 00 25 4.5 3 " 4 00 i 8 00 I 12 00 18 00 30 50 6 " I J 00 12 00 10 00 20 00 45 80 j 10 00 I 15 00 I 20 00 33 00 CO 100 Yearly advertisements changed quarterly if desir ed. Transient advertisements payaMe in advance. Yearly advertisements seiui-auually in advance. Advertisements discontinued before the time con tracted for has expired, charged transient rates foi the time actually published. Advertisements inserted in local column, charged twenty-five cents per line, unless otherwise Con tracted. Ho advertisement considered less than a square. Address all letters, "THE ENTJmPEISE," NEWTON, N. G. SHADOWS. MRS. O. M. IIEWETT. I am sitting alone. where shadows fall, Watching the firo's bright glow Send shimmering shadows to brighten the wall And far out on the pure white snow. The curtains, you see, are never drawn, And the fire gleams warm and bright, MA I hope that sonic of its welcome gleams May brighten his pathway to-night ; And call him back from his life of sin To the loving hearts that sigh ; And lift the shadows that darken my life, And give me a sun-lit iky. I'll bido Thy good time, tho' the night be long, I will patiently watch and pray, If only his heart is mine again Ere earth shall shadow my way. That Wonderful Duel. Mark Twain writes for the Februa ry number of tbc Ji.lantic Monthly an account of his participation in the re cent duel between Gambctta and Fourtou. When he had heard of the outbreak in the assembly he says that he called on Clamhetta, whom he found "steeped in a profound French calm." Mr. Twain after being em braced began the conversation : 1 said I supposed he would wish me to act as his second, and he said ''Of course." I said I must be allowed to act under a French name, so that I might bo shielded from obloquy in my country in case of fatal results. Ho winced here, probably at the sugges tion that dueling was not regarded with respect in America. However, ho agreed to my requirement. This accounts for the fact that in all the itcwspaper reports M. (iambetta's sec ond was apparently a Frenchman. First, we drew up my principal's will. I insisted upon this and stuck to my point. I said 1 had never heard of a man in his right mind going out to fight a duel without first making his will. Ho said he never heard of a man in his right mind doing anything of tho kintL When he had finished the will, ho wished to proceed to a choice of his Mast word." He wanted to know how the following words, as a dying exclamation, struck mo : "I die for my God, for my country, for freedom of speech, for progress and the universal brotherhood of man 1" 1 objected that this would rcquiro too lingering a death ; it was a good speech for a consumptive, but not suited to the exigencies of tho field of honor. We wrangled over a good many ante-mortem outbursts, but 1 finally got him to cut his obituary down to this, which he copied into his memoi nudum book, purposing to get it by heart : 1 die that France may live. 1 said that this remark seemed to lack relevancy; but he said relevancy was a matter of no consequence in last words what you wanted was thrill. 1 then wrote the. following note and carried it to Mr. Fourtou's friend : Sir: M. Gambetla accepts M. Four tou's challenge, and authorizes me to propose Plessis-Piquet as the place of meeting; to-morrow morning at da) brcak as the time; and axes as the weapons. 1 am, sir, with great res pect, Mark Twain. M. Fourtou's friend read this note, and shuddered. Then he turned to ii.c, and said with a suggestion of se verity in his lone : -'Have you considered, sir, what would bo the inevitable result of such a meeting as this?" "Well, for instance, what would it bo ?" "Bloodshed!" "That's about the size of it," I said. 'Now, if it is a fair question, what was your side proposing to shed ?" I had him there, he saw that ho had made a blunder, so he hastened to ox plain it away. Ho said ho had spoken jestingly. Then ho added that he and his principal would enjoy axes, and indeed prefer them, but such weapons were barred by tho French code, and so I must change my pro posal. After proposing Gatlingguns, rifles, navy pistols and brick-bats, Mr. Twain left the choice of weapons to the other second, who fished out of his vest pocket a couple of little things which J carried to the light and discovered to be pistols. The- were single bar relled and silver mounted, and very dainty and pretty. I was not able to speak for emotion. 1 silently hung ono of them on my watch chain and returned the other. My companion in crime now unrolled a postage stamp containing several cartridges and gave me one of them. I asked if he meant to signify by this that our men were to be allowed but ono shot apiece. Ho replied that the French code permit ted no more. I then begged him to go on and suggest a distance, for my mind was growing weak and confused under tho strain which had been put upon it. He named sixty-five yards. I nearly lost my patience. I said : "Sixty-five yards, with these in struments ? Pop-guns would be dead lier at fifty. Consider, my friend, 3011 and I are banded together to destroy life, not make it eternal." " But with all Vny persuasions, all my arguments, I was only able to get him to reduce tho distance to thirt3--five 3-ards ; and even this concession ho made with reluctance, and said with a sigh : "I wash my hands ot this slaughter ; on 3'our head bo it." There was nothing for me but to go home to my own lion heart and tell m humiliating sloiy. When I entered, M. Gambetta was la3ir.g his last lock of hair upon the alter. He sprang toward me exclaiming : -The weapon, tho weapon ?" ' Quick ! What is the weapon ?" ''This !" and I displa3ed that silver mounted thing. He caught but one glimpse of ?t, and swooned ponderous-I- to the floor. When he camo to he said, mourn fully: 'The unnatural calm to which I ha vo subjected rryself has told upon m3 nerves. But awa3T with weak ness! I will confront m3T fate like a man and a Frenchman." He arose to his feet and assumed an attitude which for sublimit3' has never been approached by man and bis sel dom been surpassed by statutes. After a long silence he asked : "Was nothing said about that man's family standing up with' him, as an offset to my bulk? But no matter; I would not stoop to mako such a sug gestion ; if he is not noble enough to suggest it himself he is welcome to his advantage, which no honorable man would take." "At what hour is the engagement to begin !" "Half-past nine." "Very good indeed. Have ou sent the fact to the newspapers ?" "Sir ! If after our long and intimate friendship you can for a moment deem me capable of so base a treachery" "Tut, tut! What words are these, 1113 dear friend ? Have I wounded 3-nu ? Ah, forgive me ; f am over loading 3011 with labor. Therefore go on with the other details, and drop ! this one from 3'our list. The blood3- minded Fourtou will be sure to attend to it. Or 1 m3'self 3cs, to mako cer tain, I will drop a note to 1113' journal ist friend, M. Noir" "Oh, come to think, 3ou may save yourself the trouble; that other second has informed M. Noir." "H'm ! I might have known it. It is just like that Fourtou, who alwa3s wants to make a displa3." At half past nine in the morning the procession approached the field of Plessis-Piquet in the following order : Frst came our carriage no bod3 in it but M. Gambelta and nyself; then a carriage containing M. Fourtou and j his second ; then a carriage contain ing two poet-orators who did not be lieve in God, and these had MS. funeral orations projecting from their breast pockets ; then a carriage con taining the head surgeons and their cases of instruments ; then eight pri vate carriages containing consult ing surgeons ; then a back con taining a coroner ; then the two hears es ; then a carriage containing the head undertakers ; then a train of as sistants and mutes on foot ; and after these came plodding through the fog a long procession of camp-followers, police and citizons general. It was a noble turn-out, and would have made a fine dispkry if we had had thinner weather. Tho police noticed that the public had massed themselves together on the right and left of the field ; liny therefore begged a delay while tiny should put these poor people in a place of safet3. The request was granted. Tho police having ordered tho two multitudes to take positions behind the duelists, we were once more read3 Tho weather growing still more opaque, it was agreed between myself and the other second that be fore giving tho fatal signal wo should each deliver a loud whoop to enable the combatants to ascertain each other's whereabouts. I now returned to ni principal, and was distressed to observe that he had lost a good deal of spirit. I tried m3 best to hearten him. 1 said : "In deed, sir, things are not as bad as they seem. Considering the character of tho weapons, the limited number of chotf allowed, ?he generous disinnee, the impenetrable solidity of tho fog. and tho added fact that one of the combatants is one-eved and tho other cross 03-ed and near-sighted, it seems to mo that this conflict need not ncccssariby be fatal. There are chances that both of 3011 nrny survive. There fore, cheer up; do not bo down-hearted." This speech had so good an effect that iry principal immediate stretch ed forth his hand and said : "I am oyself again ; givo mo the weapon." 1 laid it, all loncty and forlorn, in the center of the vast, solitude of his palm. lie gazed at it and shuddered. And still mournfully contemplating it, he murmured in a broken voice : "Alas, it is not death I dread, but mutilation.'' I heartened him once more, and with such success that he present said : -'Let the tragedy begin. Stand at my back ; do not desert me in this solemn hour, 1113- friend.". I gave him 1113 promise. 1 now as sisted him to point the pistol towards the spot where 1 judged his adversary to be standing, and cautioned him to listen well and further guide himself b3 ni3 fellow-second's whoop. Then I propped m3'self against M. Gambot ta's back and raised a rousing "whoop ee I" This was answered from out the far distance of the fog, and I im mediately shouted: "One two three fire !" Two little sounds like spit I sj.il broke upon my car, and in the same instant I was crushed to the earth under a mountain of flesh. Buried as I was, I was still able to catch a faint accent from above, to this effect : "I die for . . . for . . . Oh, 3-cs France ! I die that F ranee may live !" The surgeons swarmed around with their probes in their hands and applied ! their microscopes to the whole area of, M. Gambetla s person, with the hapjy j result of finding nothing in the nature : of a wound. Then a scene ensued which was in every way gratifying i and inspiriting. Tho two gladiators fell upon each other's necks, with floods of proud and ! happy tears, that other second embra i ced ine; the surgeons, the orators, tho ' undertakers, the police, eveiybod3 embraced, eveiybdoy cried, and the j whole atmosphere was filled with praise and the J03- unspeakable. It seemed to me then that 1 would rather be the hero of a French duel than a crowned and sceptred monarch. GOVERNOR JARVIS. Thomas Jordan Jarvis was horn in Currituck county on the ISth of Jan- uary, 1S3G. His father, Rev. B. H. Jarvis, was a devout and useful min ister of the Methodist Episcopal church, whose reputation for holiness and purencss of living will 3-ct long survive. Owing to his father's strait ened pecuniary condition 3-oung Jar vis enjo'ed in his early 3-ears but slender opportunities for acquiring a liberal education, the work of the farm rather than the stud3' of. books occu p'ing his attention. Bettor times came, however, and he was after a comparatively brief period of study at home enabled to enter Randolph Ma con College in Virginia. This was on the 18th of Januaiy, 1855 his nine teenth birthdav His preparation for college was so imperfect- as at first to put him at a disadvantage, but it was onh lemporaiy, and 3 ielded to his in domitable will and untiring industry. Ere his cdllcgo career was half over, however, waist of means came very near terminating it. His father being unable to maintain him longer at col lege, ho would have been obliged to return home but for tho kindness ol John Sanderson, Esq. Not even in vacation did 3011 ng Jarvis relax his efforts, for then he himself became teacher, teaching one quarter in a common school each summer. In spite of all these disadvantages he was enabled to graduate with his class in 1860. He immediately began teach ing school in the county of Pasquo tank, and continued until June, 1861, when he entered th rmyt serving first in tho 17th Regiment N. C. Troops, and afterwards in the 8th Regiment of tho same troops. Capt. Jarvis shared with his command all jUJy,rd, ships and. dangers until 17th J May, 1804, when he was badly wound- j ed in a desperate fight near Druiy's i lilti IT. Va. The ball entered his right arm about two inches bjlow his shoulder joint and thence passed diag onally through tho bod3 coining out near the spine. The difficult opera tion of resection was performed, but life hung trembling in the balance for matt months. His vigorous consti tution final 13 proved victorious; but his miliiaiy career was at an end, for his arm was still shattered and help less in the sling that bore it when the war closed. After the war he became a mer chant in Columbia, in T3rrell 00111113-, and continued business with success for three 3-cars. But the time had passed when Capt. Jarvis could attend to his private affairs only. Four 3-ears he had devoted to the military service of hi. -5 country, and now his civil ser vice demanded his lime and attention. Indeed, from that time to the present, to write his history is to write the histoiy of tho State. In the 3-ear 18G5 he was elected by the people of his native county to represent them in the Andrew Johnson Convention, re ceiving eveiy vote cast oxecpt four teen. In 18C8 he was elected to the Legislature from T3rrell county. Meanwhile he had studied law and gotten his license to practice from the Supreme court in June term, 1S6G. Capt. Jarvis course in the memorable sessions of tho Legislature in 18G8, 18G9 and 1870 is fresh in the recollec tion of us all. In 1870 he was re elected to the Legislature from 'ly-r-ivll and was made speaker of the House of Representatives. His suc cess in the chair was fully equal to that he had attained on the floor and there is no better parliamentarian or j belter presiding officer in North Caro liua. In 1S72 he was a candidate for Elector for the State at Large on the Greely Ticket, as he had been for his district on the Se3mour and Blair ticket in 18G8. In 1872 ho removed to Pitt count3' where he has continu ed to reside ever since. In 1S74, he married Miss Maiy Woodson, the handsome and accomplished daughter of John .Woodson, Esq., of Virginia, at one time editor of the Richmond U'lti'j. In 1875 Gov. Jarvis was nom inated 13- acclamation by the Derao- cralic Convention of Pitt for a seat in the Constitutional Convention of that year. Here, also, as in cver3T other legislative bod y of which he has been a member, he rendered most conspicu- j ous and efficient service In 1S7G having received the nomination of tho Democratic part3r as its candidate for Lieutenant-Governor he made a thor ough and able canvass of the whole State, winning evcr3 where he wont hosts of friends both for himself and the cause he advocated. Possessing a singularly well-balanced judgment that can be confidently relied on un der the most difficult and tr3'ing cir cumstances, an indomitable courage, the strictest personal inlegriU, and withal a rare faculty of controlling men, the people of North Carolina may rest assured that their rights and liberties will be well guarded, the dig nily f l'-e Slate upheld, and its mate rial interests advanced whenever and wherever possible. Rulebjh Observer. Wardian Fern Cases. A corres pondent of the Detroit Free Press, writing from Manistee, Michigan, un der the nom de jJnmc '-Nemo" has the following valuable suggestion in ref erence to the cultivation and care of arborescent plants for indoor flora! adornment: To' you who ask for a pretty climb ing vine, there is none prettier than the cobia scandens, and it is a very rapid grower. I have seen a vari egated one that in one year filled the sides and ceiling of a bay window, and it can be trained to clamber around pictures and shelves in a most grace ful manner. PioIog3no is another pretty climber that amply repays all trouble. Those who have trouble with the wardian fern cases do not understand managing them; put a layer of charcoal on tho bottom for drainage, and then no waste-pipe and faucet are neeessaiy. It is well to sprinkle fine charcoal through the dirt, as it keeps it sweet and gives fine color to the foliage. After pla cing 3-our plants in, the center and smaller ones around the edge, water as 3-0U would an3- other plant, and cov er the top with green moss from the wood, as it gives it stub a wild wood air and at the same time keeps the soil moist ; then place on the cover of the case, and in a shaded place, though in winter 3-011 can give it all the sun it can get. If 3-011 sprinkle with weak lime water, it will prevent mold. Do not raise the top often unless obliged to take out old, wilted leaves or for some other equal 13- good reason. To mo these fern cases are more beauti ful than an3 flowers. Do you want a sweet ' breath from the country? Take of! the covering of glass, and 3-our liny feathe' favorites will ex hale tho sweet familiar odors, and where the' moisture has rested on their feathc tips, there you will see bright diamonds of dowdrops. They arc the most delicate and fairy-like looking of any of the foliage plants, yet n;ed the least care and repa3 it back one hundred fold in their dainty beauty. Let mo tell 3011 how 3-ou can change the color of flowers al will. Pour a little ammonia into a saucer and invert a funnel over it. Place ihe flowers in the tube of the latter, and 3-ou will find that blue, violet and purple colored blossoms become of a fine green ; carmine and crimson be come black ; white, 3cIlow : while parti colored flowers, such as red and white, are changed to green and yel low. If tho flowers are immersed in water, the natural color will tome back in a few hours. If applied in sufficient quantity, the smoke of to bacco will change their color, so, also, will holding them over the fumes of burning matches. Atlantic has the champion hog butcher. He made a wager the other da3 that he could "gut, lift the lard and face the bams of all the hogs that eight men could kill, scrape and pass to him." Tho result was that ho han dled as per agreement just two hun dred and two hogs in less than three hours. The da3 before a Turkish girl is married she is taken to the bath by her lad3 friends, and lump3 of sugar are broken over her head as a forecast of the sweets of matrimoi-. A year or so afterward her husband breaks the whole sugar-bowl over her head. A Nice Law Point. A queer legal question can a man many hunselt I has come up recently in the Irish courts, and has attracted much atten tion from its novelty'. The facts that gave rise to the matter are these : Some years ago Rev. Samuel Beamish, of Cork, being then in charge of a congregation, went to the house of a milliner in that city, and under its roof, and in a private apartment, sought a sentimental interview with a young and comely apprentice, Isa bella F razor, and then and there per formed the marriage ceremony be tween her and himself. No one was present except the couple in question, and it was thought that nobody had witnessed the peculiar "wedding; but it was shown that a servant, Catha rine Coffey, had seen what had occur red through a window from an ad joining back yard, having been drawn thither by sheer curiosit3'. Catharine had not heard the words or observed the forms used on the occasion tho ceremony was the one prescribed in the Book of Common Prayer but she had carefully watched as a wo man would be likely to watch such a proceeding all that was going on. Isabella Frazer, some time after, gavo birth to a son, and three years later the clergyman died intestate. He left considerable property, and his brother contended that, as the marriage had been illegal, the child was illegitimate, and could not inherit from hist father. It would seem that Beamish had Dot? intended to make Isabella his wife, but had performed the nuptial cere mony merely to satisfy her scruples. The case occupied the courts for three years ; but it has finally been decided that the marriage was valid, at lease in Ireland. Under the' circumstances, this would certainly seem to be a righteous decision. New York Times. Hugh Lawson White of Tenn., born -sir Iredell ; Jr.cob Thompson of Misn., born in Caswell ; Edward Stanly of California, born in Craven; Jas. P. Henderson of Texas, born in Lincoln ; Joseph R. Uawhy of Connecticut born in R'chmond ; Thomas II. Ben ton of Missouri, born in Orange; Wm. R. King of Ala., born in Sampson; Andrew Johnston of Tenn., born in Wake ; James K. Polk of Tenn., born in Mecklenburg, and Andrew Jackson of Tenn., born in Union, are some of the contributions this State has fur nished the rest of the country. A new kind of bug that no man knows the name of, has been discover ed, during the past summer in Wis consin, that hides in the flowers and kills wasps. This wouldn't be so bad, but then it kills bees, just as readily. We could even stand that, but when it reaches out of a rose bud and shakes hands with a man's thumb, the man thinks he has collared a reunion of all the wasps he ever knew when he was fourteen years old. This is what at tracts attention to the bug. Read tiiis Paragraph. "Did you ever know a man who grew rich by fraud to continue successful through life, and leave a fortune at death?" The question was put to a gentleman who had b-.cn iu business forty years. After reflecting awhile he replied : Not one. I have seen many men be come rich as by magic and win golden opinions, when some little thing led to an exposure of their fraud, and they have fallen into disgrace and ruin. Arson, perjury, murder, and suicide, are common crimes with those who make haste to be rich, regardless of the means." AT. Y. Observer. The Southern Methodist Claim. The recent discussion in the Senate and the House incline us to believe that the just claim of the Methodist Church, South, for the pay fortheuso and occupation by the Government of their publication buildings at Nash ville caunol pass this Congress, and yet its passage is urged by Bishop Simpson and all the Bishops of tho Northern Methodist Church, and has been favorably reported on by Repub lican as well as Democratic Senators "Dearest," he murmurmed ecstat ically, as he unfolded her in hia arms for the first time, "let me sample the nectar of voiir lins." "Take a wholo i schooner of it," she faintly whispered "It's all on tap."