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X r JIM I tiff if fftff '11 JAMES C. DOYLIfi, Publisher. The Wadesboro Messenger and Wadesboro Intelligencer Consolidated July! I CCS. ... . . PRICE, Sl.Oo a Year. NEW SEBIES-YOL. III.-N0. 46. WADESBORO, N. C, TETJESDAT, FEBETJAET 27, .1 890. WHOLE NUMBER, 497. NOTHING - SUCCEEDS LIKE SUCCESS. ' The reason RADAM'S MICROBE KILLER, is the most wonderful med icine, is because it has never failed in any in stance, no matter what the disease, from LEP FOSY, to the simplest disease known to the human system. The scientific men of to day claim and prove that ' every disease is 10AUSED BY MICROBES, . , ATfD RADAM'S MICROBE KILLER Exterminates the Microbes and drives them out of the system, and when that is done you cannot have an ache or pain. No matter what the disease, whether a simple case of . 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Terms $2 .00 per day . The Western Union Telegraph office is now in the Hotel for the convenience of the public Sample rooms on first floor. Travellers and Drummers' trade solicited. 'Bus meets all trains.. Give me a triaLg3 THE DIAMOND BUTTON FEOM THE DIAEY OF A LAWY-ER AND THE NOTE BOOK OF A BKPOKTEB. T. J. INGRAM, Corner Wade and Rutherford streets, WADESBORO, N. C, . ' Will continue to furnish bis patrons with BEEF, Mutton, Pork, Poultry, Butter, Eggs, Fresh Oysters, Fish, Fruits and Vegetables, , And whatever -else can satisfy the appetite of a gentleman always giving the best the market affords. I will pay the highest mar- i ket price for Cow Hogs, Sheep, Chicken. , Eggs, &c. (fee. 27tf LOOKOUT! Great Excitement in Wharftown I Th WHALE has Threatened toSwal low Everything that is High. And I have Just received a large and selected Stock of General Merchandise which I am Forced to Mark Down at the lowest prices to keep the V hale from getting them. Coma and get bargains and - See The Whale. Highest prices paid fop all kind of country JOHN A. KENDALL. Wharf town, N. C, A V- !Tli11Tir By BARCLAY EGETH. Copyrighted, 1880, by O. It Dunham. Published by special arrangement wrougn ina amenuaa Press Association CHAPTER XL - A KIGHT EXPERIENCE ON BROADWAY. OLB ROOK walked down Broadway to wear off the .ex citement under which he felt he was laboring. "Man-hunting is as fascinating a sport as tiger hunting," he said to himself. "Not that I know any thing of tiger hunting, but as I suppose it is. 1 wonder if. we have struck the right track. At all events it is a beginning and something definite to work upon. How grateful Annie Tem pleton would bo if we were to be success full What a pretty.sight her face would present: an incentive for "any man to work." Thus musing he strode along at a rapid gait, feeling positive pleasure in the ex ercise. By and by he became conscious that some one was following him. He crossed the street to determine this; the person he suspected crossed also. - He slackened his pace; a tall, slim figure passed him, and he thought he was mistaken as he saw it disappear in the darkness. So he forged ahead. Shortly he found the person was behind him again. He was now approaching a fashionable drinking saloon, and he determined to stop there and see what his follower would do. He did so, and met an acquaintance with whom he went to the bar. Immediately the door opened and a tall, sum man entered, it was the per son who had followed him. Holbrook observed him closely through the glass beliind the bar, while chatting with his acquaintance. I he tail, sum man was by no means youngs evidently CO or 65 years of age; his hair was white, his face well seamed with wrinkles. He wag clad in respect able black, and was upright in carriage. Holbrook thought he might have been the man Fountain disguised to follow him, and "then dismissed the. idea as an absurdity and attributed it to his heated imagination. A glance at the hand the person laid on the bar, which Holbrook could regard at short range without turning, such was his position, confirmed his idea of its ab surdity. It was unmistakably the hand of an aged . person; there could be no "make up" in that. . Presently the old man dropped a piece of money ori the floor. As he stooped to pick it up he struck Holbrook in the back. ... Convinced as he was that he had been touched purposely, from an impulse he could not restrain he turned. The old man apologized in most cour teous terms. His voice was pleasant, but Holbrook felt that the dark eyes of the old man most keenly and rapidly scru tinized his features. However, he courteously responded to his apologies and the old man passed out into the street. . "That was done on purpose," said the acquaintance. "I thought so too," replied Holbrook. The barkeeper, who had overheard this exchange, said: "He asked me who you were, sir.' "What did you tell him?" "That I didn't know, which was the truth. " Holbrook went out. The old man stood in the shadow of an adjoining door. Holbrook leaped into a cab and told the man to drive to the Hoffman house, and then watched from the window to see if he was followed. - The old man remained where Holbrook had last seen him. , 'Tve spent a dollar and a half for nothing," he said. "The probability is that he mistook me for some one else, and discovered his error in the drinking place;" so he went on to his own hotel. When he arrived there he went to the desk for letters and cards that might have been left him; he was told by the clerk that a gentleman had called upon him during the evening, but had refused to tell either his name or leave a card saying that he was unknown to Mr. Hol brook, and would visit him at his office some time during the following day. Inquiring what the man looked like, he was given a description which tallied with that of the old man whom he had encountered on Broadway but an hour previously. i To say he was aftf&ed would be to say what was not true, but there is no question but that it made him uneasy. He began to doubt the advisability of the campaign upon which he had enter ed, and into which he bad been irresist ibly drawn. Now that he had taken a decisive step in the direction of endeavoring to fasten the responsibility of the murder upon one"so near to Flora Ashgrore as the man Fountain evidently was. he began to wish he hadn't gone so far as to excite Tom's suspicions in that direction. It seemed a horrible thing to do. And so, disgusted with himself and more disturbed than he was willing to admit, he Bought his chamber. CHAPTER XIL TWO VISITORS WIIO INCREASE ' THE Et TEREST. .: : ; si rfj OLBROOK had II I jf, not been In bis LJ il office long the next morning be fore Tom made his appearance, bo ' bright and chipper as to ex cite Holbrook's envy, for he felt stale and nerv ous "I stupidly lot you go off last night with that piece of cloth in your pocket'said Tom- "and tberp T by have lost a good half day." "That's so, replied Holbrook, pro ducing it. "Here it is." Tom took it, and as he did so he-said: "My shadow turned - up bright and early this morning with information of Fountain." "WelL" "Not very much, He Is a physician who doesn't practice. Member of the Union club and the Lambs, at which he spends most of his time when he is not practicing athletics and visiting the wo men. Lives in apartments in Thirty fourth street, Tve got the number; visits the Witherspoons frequently and other families in the same set. Is supposed to have enough money to support him as an elegant man of leisure, but not enough for extravagances; is seen at the theatres and the opera in the season frequently, and has a chere amie in Fifth street; has no horses, drinks sparingly, breakfasts where he pleases, and dines at the Union club, when he doesnt dine on invitation. Keeps a man, who has been very useful to my Shadow." - "But who is he? Who's his father?" "Shadow hadn't got that, so I trotted him out again. I think that is probably a cut above him and that I will have to Eursue the Inquiry myself. But I must e off." - He was about to step to the door when the messenger entered and handed a card to Holbrook. " "The devil r said Holbrook. "Does he visit you frequently?" Inno cently Inquired Tom. "Let me retire, if you please, before he enters," "Hold on. Stop here, boy." Ho hand ed the card to Tom, who read: ! Ha, Bekbt Fordyci Focktais, I 1 1130 E. 84th Street. : . . "The devttT said Tom. "Pardon me. I remarked that myself ." "This is following things up." "Tom, get behind that screen and hear what he has to say." Tom concealed himself behind the screen where Holbrook's typewriter usu ally did her work. "Show the gentleman in." Fountain entered with an easy and polite air. "Mr. Holbrook, I assume?" "At your service, Mr. Fountain." N "My call upon you, Mr. Holbrook, I apprehend is almost futile, but as I am engaged upon an enterprise 60 me what cloudedand intricate, I feel as if I ought leave no effort unmade, however improb able." Holbrook bowed. "If I have not been misinformed," con tinued Fountain, "you were in partner ship with the late Judge Harkner?" "Until the day of his death," replied Holbrook "And for several years previous?" "Yes, from the day I was admitted to practice. The partnership lasted five years. The judge has been dead nearly four." "My information was correct, then. The judge had for a client one Charles Pierson?" "Not during my connection with him. "Indeed! I supposed the relation be tween Mr. Pierson and Judge Harkner, as counsel and client, continued until the I death of the judge." "No. You are misinformed. When I entered the office of Judge Harkner to read law, all relations between them had ceased and the affairs were "being closed up." "The affairs -of Mr. Pierson were ex tensive?" . "I haveso heard from Judge Harkner. They had had a difference in i espect of some matter, I never heard what, and quarreled bitterly the relations were abruptly terminated. The judge would never speak of the reason." "Ah, then there is no hope that any papers belonging to Mr. Pierson may have'remained in the hands of the judge or his successor." "No, I recollect that tho judge was scrupulous in returning every scrap of paper and even memoranda to Mr. Pier son." "You are aware that Mr. Pierson died without leaving a will?" "Yes, and was not surprised to hear it. I had heard Judge Harkner say more than' once that that was what Mr. Pier son would do, as lie had an unconquera ble aversion to making one, although freqently urged to do so. He would promise, but could not be brought to the point." "As I apprehended, y visit Is futile; but I have satisfied myself on the point. It only remains for me to beg your par don for having taken so much of your valuable time." He passed out. Tom came from his concealment. "There is another point made," said Tom. "I dont see It." "We want to know something as to his connections, don't we?" "Yes." "Well, here Is one. We can work along the Pierson line to a result possi bly. But I must go." "Not before.I tell you of a little matter which occurred last night after I left you." - He recited his experience of the night previous after he had left Tom, "It is nothing," replied Tom. "He mistook you for some one else." , "That is the conclusion I came to." Tom went to the door and- partially opened it He drew back quiqkly. "I say, Holbrook, there is Wessing outside inquiring for you the fellow who saw the murder." "We are In for surprises today!" "I'll get behind the scenes again," and he disappeared. Wessing was soon shown In. After some insignificant conversation touching the murder and the failure to discover the perpetrator, Wessing opened his business. 7 "You recollect, Mr. Holbrook, that at the time I was detained as a witness I declined to give my business in New York?" "Perfectly welL" "WelL I did give it subsequently when I found the concealment was subjecting me to suspicion. Briefly it was this: My mother had reason to believe that she was closely related to a gentleman who had died tn this city 6ome time previously, leaving a large property and no heirs or wilL She imagined 6he .was anJieir, if not the sole heir. I have now been closely following the matter, and while I did not take much 6tock in the idea at first, I have come to regard it more favorably. The man's name was Charles Pierson." Holbrook started violently, knocking a book from his desk and thus covering nn "a noise behind the screen which might otherwise have been heard. "Bless my soul said tlolbroofe, "that is strange." "What is strange?" Holbrook controlled himself. ."Why, Mr. Pierson used to be a client of this office." "Precisely, and that Is the reason why I am here. I want to inquire if you can shed any light upon certain subjects. and whether any papers relating to Mr. Pierson or his business are in your hands." "I 6hall have to disappoint you," re plied Holbrook. "Mr. Pierson's rela tions with this office as a client ceased before 1 became connected with it. Judge Harkner and he quarreled very bitterly; over what I never knew. He was careful to send everything to Pier son, and I don't know who was bis law yer subsequently. The great amount of business he brought into the office was a tradition when I came in. However, there Is an old man- who was a clerk in this office for many years confidential clerk, and who is now retired because of age. He lives on Long Island, a short distance back of Brooklyn. I advise you to call upon him; I will give you a line to him. Acting upon the Impulse of the mo ment ho wrote an introduction. Wessing took the note and went away, after promising to call upon Holbrook again. As soon as he was out of the door Tom came forth. "You infernal ass!" cried Tom, "what under the heavens did you shove him out in that way for?" Holbrook's face fell. - "See here, Bryan, there Is a limit to the things you may say to me." "I beg your pardon, Holbrook; I let my feelings master me. But what pos sessed you to shut him off that way. He was disposed to talk." "Well, principally because you were behind the screen." "What of that?" "Well, the same circumstances do not surround Wessing as do surround Foun tain the same suspicions and I didn't want him to become confidential when he thought he was talking to a reputable counselor alone. "But doesn't this queer state of things strike you? See here. We suspect Fountain of Templeton's murder Blightly, to be sure but suspect him, He comes to see you Inquiring for Pier- son's papers. Wessing sees that murder and he comes inquiring about Pierson's papers. What connection is there? "I saw all that and recollect what yon have forgotten." "What?" "That we have our suspicions of Foun tain through Flora Ashgrove's strange behavior and that she manifests great anger against Wessing, threatening to be his accuser, while denying knowledge of him!" . - "10 be surel To be surel Uon t you see that these coincidences have an im portant bearing upon the murder that you lost an opportunity to get hold of string which may lead us straight to the result?" "Oh, I don't believe Wessing knows anything of the affair." "My dear fellow, everything is guess work, but every line must be examined. How cbuld you let Wessing slip through your fingers so "tie is easily enough regained. I can get his address from the police authori ties, and he will unburden himself to the old clerk, Georgo DolwelL I'll tell you what I'll da I'll telegraph Dolwell to give him all the information he can and to extract as much as possible. The old boy is very ehrewd." "uo so at once. Ana now 1 must go after my new suit of clothes." : "You will come for those buttons to morrow?" "Yes. Thi3 thing is getting thick, Yesterday we panted for a single bit of daylight; today we have an embarrass' ment." He disappeared, and Holbrook lost himself in thought. TO be continued. This is Good ; Very Good. ' In connection with the subject of funeral reform recently discussed in the Star by Rev. Dr. Hoge, the an nexed extract from a recent editorial in the Religious Herald may prove interesting: There is one custom connected with funerals which we would gladly see abandoned. We refer to the habit of wearing black as a mark of respect for the dead. It is Ruskin, we think, who calls it "that strange custom of the Church of Goi." It is indefensible. If w9 are to notify the public in any way that we have recently suffered bereavement, let us do it in some other fashion. If our dress is to proclaim it, let us choose some other c lor beside that which nature almost absolutely abjures. But, in our judg ment, we ought not to constantly advertise our private griefs and sor rows. The general public are not interested in them. Our friends and kindred, who are prepared to share our sorrow, need no reminder. Many other reasons weigh strongly against this custom, such as its expendveness its alleged unhealthfulness, and not unfrequeutly its mani'est incongruity with the manner asd bearing of the wearer. Wilmington Star. Kupepsy. This is what you ought to have, in fact, you must have it, to fully enjoy life. Thou sands are searching for it daily, and mourn ing because they find it not. Thousands upon thousands of dollars are spent annually by our people in the hope that they may attain this boon. And yet it may be had by all. We guarantee that Electric Bitters, if used according to directions and the use persisted in, will bring you Good Digestion and oust the demon Dyspepsia and install instead Eupepsy. We recommend Electric Bitters for Dyspepsia and all diseases of Liver, Stomach and Kidney. Sold at 50c. and $1.00 per bottle by McLundon & Parsons Drag gists. ' . . SU3IMAUY OF CKIMINAIj STATIS TICS OP THE STATE. Over Seven Thousand Criminals Tried liAst Year An Average of Kishtj to a County. Raleigh Cor. Wilmington Messenger.- Your correspondent has completed the summary of the reports of the clerks of the courts, superior, inferior and criminar, of all the criminal caBes tried in 1889 It was a task involving labor and careand the re sults will prove interesting. The Messenger has repeatedly asktd whether crime was increasing or de creasing in ine folate. Heretofore there has been no means of saying with any degree of positiveness whether there was aq increase or de crease. It appears from the reports, which are made under the new act for the collection of criminal statistics, that 7,695 cases were tried in 1889. Of the criminals 4.409 were whites, 7 Indians and 3,279 black. The races, therefore, held their own in the pro portion of crime, as a reference to population will show. This removes the current opinion that there is more crime among the blacks. There were more crimes in the west than in the east, certainly more of what may be termed cruel crimes, as these reports show. Of the 7,695 criminals 6V843 were males and 849 females. The average of all was a trifle over 80 cases to each county. There were 114 capital cases tried. The division of these was as follows: For mur der, 58; rape 18; arsou 6,andburg- lary, 31. There were 9 convictions Of capital offenses, divided as fol lows : Burglary, 2 ; arson, 1 ; murder, 5; and rape, 1. There were two exe cutions of those convicted during the year. There were, of course, other executions during the year, of per sons convicted in 1888, but who had appealed or been respited. Of larceny there were 1,227 cases, and of misdemeanor 6,354. The lam ceny cases furnish the bulk of the penitentiary populatiou. That crime is more common in the east. In the west assaults are most common. All over the Stato there were many cases of fornication and adultery. ine aerenaants were m very many cases wnite men ana negro women; but in all the State there were only nine cases in which they were negro meu and white women. In one case a negro had married a white woman Both wero tried for fornication and adultery, and were sent to jail while the marriage was annulled. Ut tne Indians tried hve were Cherokees and two Croatans. Of all the criminals tried only one was a Jew, and he.was acquitted, in War ren county a negro woman, Ritta Alexander, was tried for burglary So far as your correspondent knows this is the only case where a woman has been tried in this State for this offence. The more common crimes other than larceny, are assaults, assaults and batteries, assaults with intent to kill, fornication and adultery, retail ing liquor without license, carrying concealed weapons, disturbing relig lous worsnip, torgery, maiming stock and -cruelty to animals and malicious mischief. Among crimes less trequent were riots, which occurred in" threw coun ties, Moore, Wayne and Mitchell escapes, gambling, secret assaults, removal of landmarks or boundres, burning buildings, not occupied, slander, rescue, and enticing away laborers. The latter was more com mon in the west than in the east. Only a few of the clerks reported as to lynchiBgs. Some say there has never been a lynching in their coun ties. Such reports come from Chow an, Duplin, Graham, Madison, Ons low, Orange, Randolph, Swain, Wake, Brunswick, Cherokee, Cleve land, Cravan, Jones, Lincoln, Stan ly, Warren an J Yadkin. A good many cases of escape were reperted. In one case (in Jackson) the sheriff was tried for "escape, convicted and sentenced to be remov ed from office. The average age of criminals is about 30 years. There are a consider able number of young negro crimi nals, some under 12 years of age. A curious report is made by the clerk of Orange court: at the ppring term. 1889.- a man was tried for burglary and acquitted. Later in the year the real criminal committed suicide after having acknowledged the crime. The clerk of Randolph says that there has been only one execution in " the history of that county. In Brunswick there has been none in 12 years. The clerk of Johnston suggests the restoration of the whipping post as a punishment for minor offences, wbi e the cleric of Moore says a better execution of the laws is needed. There was a curious sentence in Stokes, where a white woman, f. and a., was sent . to the penitentiary for two years and was then to be given ten days in which to leave the State. The clerk of Warren reports tbaj in thafcouutylbere has been no execution 8incelS73, and that was he only one in fifty years "Papa," said the little one, "will there be newspapers in heaven?'' 'Perhaps, my child, but there will be a new set of editors and reporters.'' Dixon (III.) Telegraph. If von suffer prickiue pains on moving the eves, or cannot l ear bright light, and find. your sight weak and frilinoj. yii should I promptly use D. J. H. Mi'f eiifi's istrangfchtfa- Commendable, AH claims not consistent with th high character of Syrup of Figs are purposely avoided by the Cal. Fig Syrup, Company. It acta gently on the kidneys, liver and bowels, cleans me the fiystem effectually, but it 1 not a cuip all and maks rii preten- fK!i that tverv o hm win nn. sub -w ti.'ire V.'.v saie by A DAKIXQ DEED. Bow the Town ot St Albans Was Taken. Atlanta Constitution. Sketches innumerable have appear ed in newspapers -and magazine?, on both side of Mason and Dixon's line, purporting to be "the most daring exploits of the war." I have, how ever, seen no allusion to what I claim was the most daring, viz., tho cap ture of St. Albans, "Vermont, by twenty -six Confederates, in the lat ter days of December, '64, or early in January, '65. This audacious episode is so little known .in Atlanta that a brief account by one who was al most (not quite) apart of the captur ing force, may not be uninteresting. In the summer of 1864 about 120 Confederate prisoners of war, who had contrived to escape from different northern prisons made tjieir way to Canada, in preference to taking the risk of recapture in the endeavor to pierce the military lines, and perhaps have" to answer the charge, so freely made against suspicious strangers, of being spies. Rock Inland, Camp Chase, Camp Douglas, Camp Merton and other prisons of lesser note, each furnished its quota of this contingent. Now, such a body of men who had the shrewdnes3 and energy to effect their escape were not likely to be in -active in the stirring events which so much concerned them. Consequent y a movement was set on foot look ing to the liberation of the prisoners on Johnson's Island. This ended in the capture and execution of Maj Beal, of Buffalo, N. Y. Following on the heels of their beloved leader's death, it soon became apparent that Sherman was about to abandon the the sword of the soldier for the torch of the incendiary. As the mothers, wives and sisters of these exiled patriots wero exposed to insult and pillage, naturally their rage knew no "bounds. Said Capt. , of Ala bama, to the writer: "There are enough of us here to draw off 10,000 from our beloved homes, if we but hang together and strike in the most tender spot, as these vandals have been striking us." As a result of mature deliberation like a clap of thunder in a clear eky .' . . news nasueu over me wires mas a rebel horde had captured St. Albaus, Vt. Subsequent events developed the fact that "the horde" consisted of 2G men, who quietly entered the town and throwing off their outer wrrps appeared in the garbTf Confederate soldiers, armed to the teeth, and en forced an immediate surrender. Al though the place contained 5,000 in habitants, the mayor and city cSScors counseled submission, Tno entire male population was corraled iu the public square and held for hours, twenty being detailed as a guard for them, while the other six went through tho public buildings, both local and Federal, and the nationa banks. Five millions in greenbacks, bonds and securities compensated the captors. On returning to Canada, a demand was made from Washington for their extradition. The case was taken be fore a judge in Toronto on a" writ of habeas corpus, and postponed for ten days to enable the prisoners to pro cure evidence. Now, as much courage and greater shrewdness was neces sary to prove these men wero soldiers notjmere robbers, five scouts were immediately dispatched for Rich mond. each commissioned on tho same errand, so it one or more tel into the hands of the enemy some of them might get through. On the ninth one of the couriers returned and on the tenth morning, just before court convened, two others came in with a certified copy of Lieutenant Young's commission, and certified copies of the enlistment papers of each and every one of the other twen tyfive. The trial proceeded; the court decided the parties were belliger ents, and they were acquitted accord ingly. So strong a pressure, however, was brought to bear on the Dominion gov ernment that parliament was conven ed in session extraordinary, and the allien sedition act passed . under the government whip and spur. This act may be briefly epitomized as-f ollows "The governal general is empowered to suspend the habeas corpus by pro clamatiou in the dominion within forty-eight hours." But little remains to be told. Al though only twenty six took part in the St. Albans raid there were about one hundred and twenty distributed through the cities of Montreal, Toron to, St. Catherines and Hamilton. A portion conceived jthe idea of going to Europe, offering their services on blockade runner and gaining entrance to some southern port This was deemed the most feasible plan, as it would be madness to attempt return ing through the northern states. We' thev found themselves, in course of time, in Edinburgh. Scotland, with all arrangements made to man vessel, prepared for the purpose on the Clyde, about forty miles distant, when news came of Lse'a surrender and as a cousouqenc9 they surrend erecUheir blockade running resolve. How many of these ex-escaped prisoners are lefi. in twenty-years? As I write a coincidence presents it.-eif to me twenty six men participated j in th? St. Aibans raid, and it is just : i'Vfnty y-vr- hiinv :t '-.r.rrpil. 1 r'? Cr,Sip.;-'SS.kIl.. THE PARENTAL AFFECTION OF THE WHALE. By IYof. George Cardock. From what I am able to learn of the natural history of the whale, ehe brings forth her young sdom more than one at a time in. tho northern regions, after which, with the calf al her side, the mother seeks a more ge nial climate to bring it to maturity. They generally reach Bermuda about the middle of March, where they re main but a fow weeks, after which they visit the West India Islands, then bear away to the'southward, and go round Cape Horn, returning to the polar seas by Behring's Straits, which they reach it the following summer, when the young wnaie, having acquired size and strength in the southern latitudes, is enabled to contend with his enemies in the north. From my own experience, and the nquiries I have been enabled to make, am tolerably certain that this is a correct statement of tho migration of these animals, annually making tin tour of the two great American con tinents, attended by their young. The "maternal solicitude" of the whale mases ner a aangerous aaver- safy, and many serious accidents oc-"j cur in the season of catching whales. On one occasion ! had nearly paid with my" life for the gratification of my curiosity. I went in a whale boat rowed by colored men, natives of the islands, who were very daring and expert in this pursuit. We saw a whale, with her calf, playing around the coral rocks; the attention which the dam showed to its young, the care Which she toofc to warn it 01 danger, was truly affecting. She led it away from the boats, swam round it, and sometimes she would embrace it with her fiu8, and roll over with it n the waves. We contrived to get the "Vantage ground" by going to seaward of her, and by that means drove her into shoal water among the rocks. At last we came so near the young one that the harpooner poised his weapon, knowing that the calf once struck, the mother was our own, for she would never desert it. Aware of tho danger and impending fato of of its inexperienced offspring, she swam rapidly rcund it, in decreasing circles.evincing the utmost uneasiness and anxiety; but its parental admo nilions were unheeded, and it met its fate. The boat approached the side of the younger fish, and the harpooner bur led his tremendous weapon deep in he ribs. The moment it felt the wound, the poor animal darted from us, tailing out a hunured talaom ot line; but a young fish is soon con quered when once well struck. Such was the case in this instance. It was uo sooner checked with the line than it turned on its back, and, displaying its white belly on the surface of the water, floated a lifeless corpse. Tho unhappy parent, with an instinct always more powerful than reason, never quitted the body. We hauled in upon the line, and came close to our quarry just as an other boat had fixed a harpoon in the mother. The tail of the furious ani mal descended with irresistable force upon the very centre of our boat, cut ting it in two, and killing two of the men ; the survivors took to swimming for their lives in all directions. The whale went in pursuit of the third boat, but was checked by the Hue from the one that had struck Irer; she towed them at the rate of ten or eleven miles an hour; and had she had deep water, would have taken the boat down, or obliged them to cut away from her. The two boats were so much em ployed that they could not come to our assistance for some time.and we were left to our own resources much loneer than I thought agreeable. I was going to swim to the calf whale, but one of the men advised me not to do so, saying that the sharks would be thick around it, and that I should certainly be snapped up if I went near; for my comfort ho added: "These devils seldom touch a man if they can g6t anything else." This might b very true, but I must con fess that I was very glad to see one of the boats come to our assistance, whHe the mother whale, encumbered BABY AND L TTe're sailing to dreamland baby and I, Our boat is nearing the shore; His head is at rest on my loving breast, "We list to the dipping oar. Shall we land together " In the dreamland heather, O baby, with soft eyes of blue! " -HShall we roam the meadows - And pfcy with the shadows! SIotp, darling, I'm writing for you. "- We're sailing to dreamland baby and I, How white are the dreamland sheep; How purple the hills, how blue are the rills! O, hasten, my darling, to sleep. The birds how delightful! , O, sleep a whole nihtf ul, They want you the birds and the flowers, And the gay butterflies ", They will dazzle your eyes When yon enterjthe dreamland bowers. We're sailing to dreamland baby and I, .O cool and calm is the night; ' His rosy lips coo, his breath, sweetest dew. Fills my heart with love and light. O soft is the pillow, - t AatX playful the billow ' . That rocks us to dreamland, my own. Are little fet ready Then steady there steady, Thy mother must still land alone. Elizabeth Baker Bob an. George Washington. Youth's Companion. . . - Mr. Henry Cabot Lodge aims in hi3 "Life of Washington" to-get at the man as he was. Putting aside the stories and traditions of his boyhood as without foundation, and going be- hind the popular myths, he finds a strong, vigorous , man, with far reaching thoughts and a resistless will. Writing-of the life which Washington lived from hi3 marriage a till the breaking out of the R'evoluV"' Hon, Mr. Lodge says: "Take it for all in all, it was a manly, wholesome, many sided life It kept Washington young and strong, both mentally and physically. When he was forty he flung the iron bar, at some village sports, to a point which no competitor ceuld approach. "There was no man in all Virginia " who could ride' a horse with such a powerful and assured seat. There was no one who could journey farther on foot, and no man at Williamsburg who phowed at the governor's recep tions such a commanding presence, or who walked with such a graceful and elastic step. "As with the body eo with tho mind. Ho neve rusted. A practical carpenter and smith, he brought tho same quiet intelligence and firm will to the forging of iron or the felling and sawing of trees that he had dis--played in fighting France. "The life of a country gentleman did not dull or stupefy him, or lead him to gross indulgences. He re mained well made and athletic, strong and enduring, keen in perception and in sense, and warm in his feelings and affections." Mr. Lodge asserts that TTashington was not, as some ainrm, an lQgliftt gentleman in mauners ana leenngs. but a thorough American in the broad , national sense of the term- Says the historian: "I see iu Washington a great sol dier, who fought a trying war to a successful end impossible without him; a great statesman, who did more thati all other men to Jay the founda tions of a republic which has endured in prosperity for more than a century. I find m him a marvelous judgment which was never at fault, a penetrat ing vision which beheld the future of America whenit was dim to other eyes, a great intellectual force, a will of iron, an unyielding grasp of facts and an unequalled .strength of patriotic purpose. v. . -"s"r-" .. "I see in him too. a pure and high minded gentleman of dauntless cour age and stainless honor, simple and stately of manner, kind and generous of heart. Such he was in truth. The historian and biographer may fail to do him justice, but tbe instinct of mankind will not fail. The real hero needs not books to give him worship pers. George Washington will al ways receive the love and reverence of men, because they see embodied in him the noblest possibilities of humanity," by the heavy harpoon and line, and exhausted by the fountain of black blood which 6he threw up, drew near to her calff and died by its side; evi dently, in her last moments, more occupied with the preservation of her young than herself. As soon as she had turned on her back, I had reason to thank the "Mu dian" for his good advice; there were at least thirty or forty sharks assem bled round the carcasses ; and as we towed them in, they followed. When we had grounded them in the shal low water close to the beach, the blubber was cut off, after which the flesh was given to black people, who assembled in crowds and cut off with their knives large portions of the meat. Tho sharks a3'iberally helped themselves with their teeth; but it was very remarkable , that though tho black men often catna between them and the whale, they never at packed a man. This was a singular scene; the blacks with their white eyes and teeth, hallooing, laughing, screaming, and 'mixing with numer ous sisarka the roost -fcRocious. mon sters tf 'the deep yet preserving iovt oc ir-n? dur !!.. the pi c-s:of 0; a A Jealous Woman Waylays and Shoots her Rival. Wilmington Star. News of a tragedy which occurred Wednesday last uear Pate's, a station on the Carolina Central Railroad in Robeson county, was brought to the city yesterday. Vicey Oxendino, it young woman, belonging to the com munity of Croatans living in the' Scufflotown section, was waylaid on the county road by the wife of Ras berry Oxendine, who Bred at Vicey three times with a shotgun and in flicted wounds that it is thought will prove fataL The woman who did tho shooting was arrested. Jealousy is said to have been the cause of the trouble. Falls City, Neb., May 18, 1SS9. I want another jug of Microbe Killer. I have used one j! and must say . that my catarrh and dyspepsia, of many years stand tii,' have al moss disappeared. My appstito. vhio! was so delicate, isat tho opposite. My kidneys also bothered ma a great deal, but they do not now. I believe Microbe KiUer to b t?m g:v;,t. msdicine in the world. You a r.? uo !. testimony and welcome, it 1; wili-d-j any gu o.l. Youi trulv, L. J. lli'itl.vv vx i 0..
The Messenger and Intelligencer and Ansonian (Wadesboro, N.C.)
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