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Remarks by Rev. Gaba Tucker.
"Yon may nttejh it on da ain as a
: v mighty ,re?uy ;ian. f
To make your j u ii? :i-nt J3 clo's
j-dxi kirers . np a raan ; . "
For I haullj neeli:to:tcH jou how
u. yoa of ten come nc ro 34 :
A: filty-dollar a?U!c ori a twf pty-do-
Jar hos ,? : i ' ,; ' '7
Au wokin, in ilelow grouacls, jju'd
.ffkivsr ;iyo;i JJv.
Datthe iincfxf ghaJk may hMe tho
i -iaeaiics Hubbia in a rv r
fe I tlink a mon ha ?St amlhtjr leiiv
. x Pat liol'U bn to bis piety hie day oat
of Eibeu : ' ' .
Dat talks afiout lt3 since: ri with a heap
y. 1' i ' o' fioletaa t'jat, . r . ; '
i Aq Hebbet tlrapi'a iiicklo ia de into--j
, ; eionnry hit ; -f ;
i Dat'a loctnKi ro tls hicetin,liou?o'
' for rAim all (e t'niiMt-'. .
Bat lays a:idjhi 'liioa witA hvsSun-
"'' day j):;tiulo.uhs ! : ' ; vf
' I never judgo o' pGopld dat I meets
along lp way . ( '
. By de places wharidev como from an'
r , f do houses whar tjc-y sfay ;
. For de Bantam chickens avul fan o'
roostinVjirctty hih,
; An' de urkey buzzHn finil above do
. eagle in do ky ; 1
Peji fetched little minner in de mid
dle obi de sea, ' '
Aud j'ou finds de i-raallfis 'possum up
de bijitrea Kind o tic I .
fiibiiera Month y.-
IN BONDS OF STEEL.
4I am. pleasantly surnriged. Hu-
fus," fcaid rrtirefH)n)rftld; cheer-
iully, Allien you camo down
herojofny wdjin I, nver ' once
inifgined you might , ii id a U'lfo
jion these agreeable country peo-
ple. She en active, industrious
little Bodyam X wiih y ou bulb e v '
cry pcssioie nappinctjs'
blind but half-discontented
tmilo flickered over tho visajj' pf 1
tb5 ciQW man, J
f not you r con grat illation
rather nmbiguoua ?1J
' Mr. " Dugald lauhod uneasily
He was always disqiiteteu when his
Bhrewdcousin choso to be critical.
' lSibai3 no inorp periect than any
ci a'.heanswedy' 'evasively. uShe
is easily otTendrd, and not disposed
to bo reasan;ib!o whi"i angered.
You;aro tlia same, Kufus. But she
loves yen and you loro her ; to
when you come to iniderstancKcac'a
othor iho.Vou'iiy, I can aiiprtdiend
no rcaron why' you will, not ba . an
rdinsrily happy pair. ' 1
- j , 1I aui hfniid you have eoaiem
l I; pi z t ed . d i s ng r e e a b 1 e p o i lii litiW,"
. ' t remarked the other, with uniiaumil
' ' K00d hunior. u But have you do-
l' p cidedto come with us to Ken tueky,
' : Walter V .r '' -, . ,
L .U shall be obliged to go, 1 sup
t i po3Q,, responded Mr; Daald,
.Rloomuy. vl can get no cm ploy --
mcnt: herj.; and I must do some
t h i ng speed i ly , ijr my fu n d s a re
j ' bocoming. u n ciMn for t ably ui all S'
4iVn, 1 laivo" plenty fur m all.
i and;tnyj)usvne isjluerativo' ob
terved the' conri p))3olingly,
; . "j Te5, I k!mv;' - ruftpdne-1 , the
( younger maniJbiit can I adapt my
abilit ies to y oi; r biuinees ; t hat 5s
vholly cmtnereiil, 1 understand j-J
J ; ( 4;Cerfaiiilypd wMprtlt," was
the; quick reply. Mut we ir.r.t
! t disperse wiiha bininess cih$ulta
- lien just now . I iiear the ladies
: cob'irj.''" . s " '
. Tiit ro was a sound cn the stairs;
, not nsjilie the ll uttering ef lirdV
ingi 'v t,u:d of'slaiost harrow-
ing r:ivrMiy $ 'Tapid tiiat neither
the v.!i ir sweep ofekhrts,
..',; ..hrf-. 'it-.vj Uiu:! nt Jioa ''jaeqnit
; V i n t e fed .1 j v p V : r w i t h n-i nncere
1. riumo-u add' a sfcarcIr rracioui lis-
iatLte of man'ifi. :
. wlI WMuid iot twait for Ijrina
she purred with a etnirk. "She ii
hofri'iilv slaw and particalr abju
Der tonet. l tn airaiu ane 13 vain
l reauy rn, maea ; ana 1 tLirK
should pity jon, Walterjnit a lit -
UI am not conwioui of any Bpco
ial need of pity, in any 6ort of way
returned the young man. with
some coldness. He hid very little
iikini for iti Jacquir. She
vrajrs rarainded.hiin of .thit typof
70iriari of which Shakspnre uVtist
have beca thinking when the as-
Sn rf " ' ' I
uShe is a vixen
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And though ehe hi but little,
gheJs tierce"- as written.
Sua wa3 a brunette, with fine.
plenteous, bat lu4terles dark hai r ;
a srnali and nuinteilectual hc-ad ; or
ji nary, .bat not displt-asing feature
a criniin mouth, with long, thin
li, and with birsce, dark, dull eyes,
that- oniy brightened in times cf
wrathful passion, and then with a
strange, sly savage glitter. -
Walter Dughld believed her to
b.3 a3 inciueere as Bhailow, as re
lentlessly cruel as she was violent
and shrewish. And he marveled
ut the infatuation of his cousin.
Falconl)ridgj had led his; le
t rot bed to.vard the piano at the
further end of the 'room, and the
tr.'O wer 'j'.'Stini;' and' laughirg sp
gaily tthat it wa3 evident tbey
would, not heoQended, if thry were
left alone. - '' . ,
Walter quietly left tho parlor,
and went up to the pretty chainber
where his j- beautiful young wife
was adorning her j bronzer-brovrn
curls' and the simple corsagefof her
plain, gray ilk dress with pink and
white rose-buds . L
'I fancied and hoped you would
and Kufus singing already ? How
hppy they ero togtHher ehe ;
concluded, contentedly. ' , ,
"Evidently our preeenco is not
essential to their comfort just now,"
laughed the young husband. "Shall
vre go with them to Kentucky, ile-
ginaf he ended with5;abrupt .seri
ousness. 'l am not inclined ' to rc-c-ard the
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pnjcct , very favorably," was the
gentle reply. "iSibft and I' have
never been the most loving ot sis
ters, aud--pardon me, dear I do
seriously distrust this apparent
friendliness of your cousin,. But I
shall cheerfully do what yon think
best, Walter." . ''
ul know that, darling," affirmed
tho husband. ,4But I respect your
wishes and value yoiir advice. Of
course Ijdo not contemplate loca
ting permanently there ; but the ex
periment of a yoar;, or two ' among
new. eceues and botv faca might be
bepcficial,i - :
4Yes, if you were an artist or in
valid," said Retina, smiling. uBut
Ccn Rufus atsure you of any bene
fit or profits as an engraver ?'!
uNot at all," was the answer.
uIIo i3 to fini me some ageucy or
gomethiujr that-he promises me will
lie most lucrative. In tho mean-s
time, if w are not ' pleased if wel
are difsatbded, we can return. I
am afrnid I cau do no better than
accept the oifer, my love."
vTiion wdmust accept it,,raverrcd
the wife, promptly. -f .
But llcgina Dn.gald had a pre
sentiment of ill. And her heart
ws wearcwilb "indefinable, sadness
s, soffij .weeks later, she neared
the wild mountains among whose
emerald and amethystine sbacjo ws
was t-hs new home promiied theai
bv Rcfus Faleonbridgc. .
It was a curious,' rude, wooden
structure, oddly resfetnbling ft huge,
square, dun rock among tlie ropks.
TiKeklev trees hid Us low rjoof,
and thick wild ivy hid its walls an
narrow JaUibed windows. It wis
suflicieutiv comior table, and its
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several coinmolijuj
ri!ii?!icd tasteful! v:
I "l uaa tfie nouso built after fh
irnoaoj or a tmntin Ipd3 I lone )
'sw ia tho North or Englaiid'' ex
piained Jr!cnbriGe, cheerilv.
it Dot: delihtfuliy eccinded ?
not iDe site rem antic ajid pictorcsi
que? Aro ndt the -sr, of.thc; fori V Waiter shuddered. OiltyRrina
'he gray of the roe the pu r-Und tiU intiocent babe did iiotknuxv
p!e of tho liak, superb ? I hxvz x.f lQ po wder kesrtrorcd ia: the
wine a century o!d in my cellars :feve for ihU cfentinencv. i
I havo the finest hordes in tlie fmn-
try iiii my stables ; I hava ent!e
irH2iu on a.. thouahJ hi!U.' I
shall' keep yoti proNyinny, Walter,
what with my herds and fjlds and
other 'matters' 7
uAnd what aro we to-do-Rcgm
and'.TiT inquired Siba.briakiy.
"Anything you uvy prf-rt mv
deartst,"- declared Falcon bridge,
laughing- u You may read, 'em
broider; gossip, or tos&t qtiail or
broil 'veosiob steak for vour mihtv
hunters. And- when you desire
something adventurous yon may
explore my subterranean shooin g
gallery that leads through a wonder
ful cave,, and then through a sti'i
more wonderful passage, to the
bank of a deep and narrow strain.
And Jtherev in a dim; deliahtfn
grotto, you will find moored a t-anoe
as-light as a lark's feather, &t jo n;?
ts an 'eagle's -wing, and switt v. an
.Indian's "arrow. I have -provided
for ail our desire3 and necessities,
I assure y6n."
Regina glanced at him cmionsly.
.Something in its expression seeuied
t her unnatural and vrninou.
"She faneied, too, that there; was
p. sudden gloom upon her husband
fine, frank countenance.
"Wo shall regret vj ever came
to this place," was hi.-r mental pre-
Idictiop. ' 4.-.-
Uut that Siha wa faonetly glad
and gratified she ' could not debt;
Indeed, in all tbo vlcissituded thai
followed, Siba .'asidtiUhed her pr6
fonndl v.
'lt is a new s!ory of the Taming
of the Shrew, ' Walter," she said
once. "I should never Kave be-
Llievcd that Siba.: could change. .eo.n
"Slip has not changed so much,1'
di'esenfed her husband ; "much 'as;
she really lotes Rutus, sbo is only
gentle with him because she fears
him. Regina, my cousin' is a man
who, if he chooses, caa Jjpld one
in bonds ot steel.' v t
lis cpoko mournfaily, with sin
giilar dpir.in his tofiP3.
"I do not quite understand wKat
you -mean, dearest," observed Re
gina, gently.;,, 1 ' . ....
- t4I wish I could bo eurc vQU nev
er would," was , the bitter t.r.iQr.
4'0h uiy darlicg 1 It would hve
been better for u had 'wo been, laid
side by side, in the grave together
than ever have came to tins accursed
place." f
When cat? we go away," s'ne
sighed .. ;
"Nevorr I fear," he replied, in
'accents of intenseet anguish.
'You frightca me," she sobbed.
as she bent over her little child
sleeping as sweetly on his tawny
wolt robs as if his bed had been ot
down and eatio. "This mystery is
maddeiiing. .When and how will
it end n j. .; -
, All too soon an answer came to
that bitter c:y cf gritf. '
Late that aftcrnchm Walter Du
ra id reeled across the threshold,
his tace deadly pale and smirched
with blood, one arm hanging that-
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. tered and limp by his side.
'."VWrmt - has: happened! Where is
Rufuji'Tehrikod ia
The end predicted fjr your hus
band has Cora?, - liis etrcit is dis
covered, lie will cme shortly
with a borBe of mounted oiScers.
Ilij escsp " is imp Jtsib'e. It is
known. that the implements of his
nefarious trade We in the tubter-
Wccaalcrlv waU
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Siha was onec more the tava,
unrcasouipjr
crcaturci i cf
ctucr :
hiav -
"CnrrfcDi ! to die totLerr
Iih0 ciied tiirillr. "Hr lnUbuuO
Tnt rever be take:
f My dariing wife,. if iyvft' wbnld
jive cur child thke himiand ;linrry
j - . . t - . j-. .
ivry lroro this!ated Uos.4 Siba
4 ir.jane witiv psfMon ftnd agony.
and she wi ill surely fire tHe powder
if Rofin has tio tiine to dof so. G f
kI wijl nevor leave yo,"' the
avve' with a firmnttsi he knew
cot-d not be shsiken. , i
I should think cn woull hate
anl abhor me." h5 groaned.
'For what?" she inquired, in
s- i a pie wonder. .
: Ah. you do not know," he
nimiied:irHiu. '-You do not yet
l.wvc how that Ceml bohnd me ir?
botds of steel. liis lieuls and uUh
were mytlia. He is a professional
c.fSi.t.fieiter; but this lie did not
A jlow me U snrmi.-a even until I
-ws powerless to leave hfm withont
ntin accused as a v Tiling or un
will'mr aceomplice..-. Then I cvgr
v'cd my lirst plate doinp evjl that
cood might come th'ut I might
procure from him funds enough to
take us away home,' or to seme dis
tant land, where 1 could once more
become an honest man. May
Iiavcn pardon ine!. I. failed, and
this is tho end." j j- -
Retina kissed h'nn tenjilerlv,5 and
he pity in.tears, fell fastiand thick
ly upon his ghastly fase. i
Just lte:Y,b, thnpA&iCi?-:
shod hoc U rattled np the stony rav
ine. Throagh ihe low jopen door
they saw Rufua Falconbridze turn
suddenly in liis. saddle and lift his
rifle, deliberately aim, and firo. t
The next moment the puiuUitudi
nous reports of revolver echoed
along the rocky hill walU, ;and a
rain of deadly balls whizzed about
him. "Then, the ! man I who - had
tempted ana destroyed the doomed
penitent over whom poor Regina
was weeping reeled in his saddle
and fell dead " beside his dying
liorse. . f; " . j j
A woman's wild shriek of Jove
and desupratiorij of ragej- land yen
ireatiee '.vas heard, and Siba sprang
past them toward th? cave, foil u we J
. . .1 : if . . '.i,
ly me oiii .ers. n rtenirvj 1 uci
dead s!r miwt periah Uf to j 'rc-f
v:::"5 ier dead the': innocent niusl
perish with hc-r. f " : j
A, iDomertt p2?.-ed and then a
"oAt exploi6!i rer.t. the ro-kv
mountain side. A 'voi clinic bhizi
of crimson --flame, and orange fire,
and then a. pall of 6moUe and an
awful fiilenco settled over the place
of tragedy. . ,
Miraenloivsly, there wa3 oneiur
viror a .email, drk 'woman a
maniac with u iree eyrs ; and vrh:--toued
hnir, survived to gibber j'or
evermore of the hnnian passions
and sorrows and sin thai; had ended
vt it h tb t sur.t among the wild
Kcntuekv hills. ! ' 'f
Prombition and Anti-Prohibi-
- tion. ,,i ' -j ' !-!!'!-
It is but a littli space, as tisie
flies, until the election In Aug:i.r,
when the question of prohibition or
anti-prohibition will be liceided ;at
the polls. Dy by day the" mttrHt
increies, certaitdy here in Raieigh,
where public matters are 0 naucii
discasicd. Both &Ue ,irc srgup
ine, and the majority,, one ayj cjr
the other, is generally pntdori at
40,C0O. Mr. T.:'K. Cooper, ' prcsi
der.t of the State anti-prohibition
cvujiaitleej and Mr. F. M.
sirctar f thf saui?, were inter
viewed! Thy itatcd h th3 ni
jority on their fide would not f't
under forty thousand ; hnt :l;c cut-
look tpr tlsi pruhibiticok' was
worse than gloomy, and li.at ihi-
ihntt-prahibition morcment ined
hrenpth every ! day. 31 r. 'Sorrel J
Mated that 75 jersett. t f the tro
vol will he ..icist gaicst Jririibi
i ion ; t b at t hs ell or ! s of tho'. olr cd-prciu-he
16 and other men of ittlii
ef cij favoriiir prtihibitton cannot at
feet th it tiUc ot
e 'tt v :.- ?v
blight degree. '. Thickly ettu V
plct! titifs and tom?t y kt be l'-h
fnly ones in whkh prohiljitivn .will
hjtvc any fhaw ; the country people
nre .pp.-sid, to, it. iu eten .m
UaU ighy where thei e is wi'cr
trcrgtb, the prohibitionists' will be
beaU u by iiOO to 5'0. and in AVake
ly 1.50uor 2,0(krvo'f ..'.; .'Mr. S.f
rell dtcliuei t aiiswer an inquiry
as to the sifiount t t the nnds c itn
insr i:to tiiQ hands of tho anti-pro-hibi'ioriists,
an J also ,a qufstien in
icard to the hid given by Nqrti
irn hquof dealers. He did Lot
think the action of the Republican
S t v t e e xec u t i v e c'o :v ui It : ee will U f
feet over 500 vot e. He aid that
iKatteis' have been managed
with the adminirtrHtion thut Re
publicans arc lidt free in dealing
wiih the prohibition question i;
liitir . own Slates. Tne '"anti"
movement meets With the gepcrat
approbation of the Radical part,
and at least fifty ' per cent, of the
Democrats favor it. Tho .active
TV
canvass of the'Statc has now be-uiH
and white and colored fpoakers
will be 'actively engaged. There
vill be several preachers, othong
theuj ifr. Brown, Who .will deliver
addresses in their sections in nivor
ijf fcnti-prthibition. Other pck
crs" win bo Ir. Korment, O. II.
Dockcry, O, Piice. J.' II. Win
ston. Dr. York. W. R. Triill. J. T.
Respass, JuJgeamuel Vv' Watt's,
J, i. O'flara, Jame II" llarf is.
Mr. ii. A. Gudger, president oi
'the State prohibition, association,
was next interviewed. Iu respon3'
to a qiiery as to- the pros pc-cts ot
success taj his patty, bo answered
with quickness and vigor : "Splen
did, perfectly splendid. 'There, is
no qu?iipu aa to our suceees. lie
stated tint tho prohibition move
ment was growing in strength' ev
ery day. Tiie State will, be carried
by from 30,0uO to 4-0,000 ninjority.
The free ue of whisky and money
on the o'hsr fide, he declared, did
it more hrm t ban god, and wi;s
An aid to t ie cause cf prohibition..
Funds are needed by the prohibi
tion, ci'mmittce to carry ou the
wor k. In ifeipoTfSC to a question as
10 what ellWt tbo row it; the Re
publican cvtiifnittee would have in
aid ot arui ;.)'i)hibiHor:, Mr Cituigr
replied iia:!' lie-tbonsrht not mnch
wt fact, would not atket this isuc
either way. The mUrepreseuta
tions ot thai'ann7; were the worst
features. Tnere, were fine sptak
eraj in the field, sucir as (itineral
Vance, Jude Merrimon, Judgea
bchenck. . Avery. Albentou ai.d
Diet;, Maj r
C I'lMtv, ti?
J. U, M-IUe, Rev. J
', lioo
The iiivisjigaiioa by theofBciaU
of t tie l stouice Dcpai tment ot the
alleged frakii in etar route con
traeU bas prtgreseJ 10 far that it
has beca Cotrmiued to- prtKSt ine
C..I-C-S cf &t kast sowdof the prihei-
"! ! .
pais to the grand jury, at & early a
date us poaible. It :V.a!c d that.
linhLe Qi$e'ithtT. .casc-s in u hieb
m goytinpcnt is in pany amn-
tion will yQ' g1" to me "i.rge
fiah" . firs', And that th isttiaV caie
Wiil be against a few promirient :
politicifis ar:i Vx-ptofHcc fii-
cisls, ow crjtwo cderiis and- a few
coDtrkclon, and that the preten
tion will ik on tlie charge, of enUbo 2rt dtft. Aa .42 Urcstssa
srecr to defraud the orjr:iicciit
oat ot large ani? ci uicc.
t : I Never Drink 9
On thelcfper cf an ' cp train,
fr ou Cariau C?y, rcc?ntlr, a trit4
rUr noticed ah old, wh!t berd
gentlemmn trying to fei in an OTr-
coat. The young and ipry trTc)
cr rnshed tcf liti aaiMancr, anJ in
hflpii. liim With tha'"gtnatift bo
ticctl go3 iizd bottta of whUVjr
protruding fromT ine of too iutide
pockeU vf the coaU I5ein of , a
waggtih tutrix he uppropitatcd -tho
:a!; gt4 the coittin tli itrangcr
and thto puliin out tha fiaik
$14 : - ' :.:. ? -v - .
" Will yon tako a dunk ttrj
Tise old man did not rccognixa
the bo tie, and drawing himself up, u
remarked rather severely :'
. 'X ir,? I Mvcr drink." .
"It won't hurt yo'nt',iniited ' tbo
wag :: the bestV - "-. ;
"Young man,' said the old fctn
tlctuHnin a tcn ? utended'for tho
whole car, "if yon insist en drink
ing whisky you will be a' ruined
loan at forty. It is th curie uf tho
land. Wiftn l was a boy my in oth'
cr ditd. and the bit thingjhai
sainted woman did wa to call mo
to hcr dying bedside, and iJ,
Juhn, swear to me that ion wilt
jU-ver touch a drop of liquor-
Here the old man clapped hi$
hand to his side pocket, jonid
enVpty, and recognized tho buttle
in the hands of the other continued.
'.'Except, my dear boy, n occas
ion al snifter while tr&vcling," and
reaching for the'fiask he pressed it
to his lips, amid a howl onattine''
which shook thfrCAr. j
t
Worth Knowing;
A practical gardenar mtr that .
if yon will set a tomato plant ; by
iho iMo of racti jcbb pjiarv
worms will keep a proper dhlanco
from lxb. Cabl age worms abhor
tomato plants. As tomato and
cabbage, plants both bear tranT
. planting well, it wll be easy Jo
try the expenment, withont plant
ing theVcd toother. The toma
to plants' eonld easily be pulled op
and thrown away wbo the worms
desert the paten, or when tbk
plants are large enough tb bVtrca
I'lesome. Possibly the' tomato
plant may he made very ntefoi jd
protecting cabbajre apd oihtr
plants. '
Probsbly the mcst remarkahlo
casre of death by lightning 00 record
occurred at Florence $. C, Mareh
18th . James Bett was erwwr.
field on his farm daring 1 ikender
stcrra and was instantly kilkd bj
a strefce of lightning, whicii loro
up the groond wLcropoo the can
had xtood, 10 &o great arVexteot a
to bnrv hira completely froia sit
at the bottom of a holt &erera fct t
deep. Mr. Jest was sect) jast
before the fatal stroke, and his dis
appearance dnriug the flaih f roxa
the sight of tereral peofo wlx.
were watching him from thir
d, r.ud wtUer&.,low?l'r,?'3, the greatest cod-
sternal i3r kmoflg thetn ar.d tOTtrit
ran out to fAtbom tho laystrty.
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