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By EABOLAY KOBTH. Op lighted. 1889, by X Mi Dunham. Published by special arrangement through The American " Dress Association.) . - -..- - , - ; - , i.., . : . v. . ...5 CHAPTER XV . - ; TEE SHADOW OTEBHEABS SOMBTHrNQ OF --."':-: 1KTEKEST. t . . 42 HERE la In Vaxick street, the precise location of which it is by no means ne- " "tqw of old fashioned, . -V two story b-riok houses. In one of " v tViMA hmiRPfi. rvn tbo morning following the day Holbrook had been surprised by his three widely separated visitors bent on the same er rand, there -occurred a scene which 1 Central Hotel; WADESBORO, N, C. O , p. L. PARKER, "Pro'p'r. The above Hotel is new complete, well and neatly tarnished, and guests will receive polite and careful attention. Table; first-class. . ; Termi t?.00.per day. The Western Union Telegraph office is ew in the Hotel for the convenience of the public, &Sample rooms on first floor. Travellers and Drummers' Arade solicited. 'Bus meets all trains.. G4ts me a trial,. . T. jriNQRAiyi. Corner 'Wade and Bntherford, streets, . VACSCDORO, N. C., -h " Will coaMnne to tarnish i , . his patroos with ;'vB;:E'E';F:r;-;-; Hutton, Pork, Poultry, Butter, Egrsrs Fresk Oysterr, Fish, , Fruits and Vegetables, And whatever alee can satisfy the appetite of a gentleman always giving the best the market affords. I will pay the highest mar ket pries for Cows Hogs, Sheep, Chickem EggSf'&e.. ftc - 3Ttf LOOJCQUT ! Gret Exdtenisnt la Whirftowa 1 Tbe WnALEtsii Threatened to S wal low Sverythios; that is High. " 'And I have just received a large and selected tjtocs: 01 uenerat Mercnancuse- wnicn I am Forced to Marie Down at the lowest prices to keep the' "W hale from getting them.. Come and get bargains and SeeThe Whale. , , KifrUest prices paid for all kind of country - JOHN A. KENDALL, - Wharf town, N, C, greatly excited the interest, no less than the curiosity, of the Shadow, who occu pied the back room of the second floor yt the house in question. On this particular morning, because he had been out the greater part of the previous night, and because Tom had in formed him. that he would not require his services until the afternoon, he had slept late. The occupant of the adjoining room, that is to say, the front room, was an did , man, nearly if not quite seventy years old. - Who he was, or what his be longings were, had long since ceased to be of interest to anybody in the neigh-) borhood. He was accepted as a fact of the locality, just as the corner grocery and the hydrant were. He was rarely quite sober, and when he was, it was early in the morning be fore be had had time to make an early visit to the rum mill of which he was the most frequent customer. It had- become a settled fact that he was a man of property, for he had al ways enough money to buy drink, and pay his board bilL From time to time he sallied forth from the street, and when he returned it was known that Be was flush, and so the neighborhood had come to believe implicitly that these occasional excursions were for the pur pose of collectinghis rents and receiving his interest. From his life long habit of spying on people, the.Shadow had kept an eye on . Between the . front and back rooms there was a space divided into closets. One was entered through a door from the front room and the other from the back room. I The -Shadow had long ago discovered that there had been, once upon a time, an opening in the partition which' di vided the closets, doubtless f or the pur pose of ventilation. When the closets had been papered this opening had been covered up. . ; . :- , , .. By standing on his trunk in the closet he could bring his head on a level with this opening, concealed only by the thin paper. If Xhe door between the front room and the closet were open anything said in an ordinary tone of voice could be distinctly heard. ! The Shadow had broken a hole Into the wall which separated the front room from his closet, on his side. And once, when the. opportunity had presented itself, he had slipped into the front room unseen and made a hole corresponding on the other side. so. deftly that it ap peared as if it hsd been made by a vio lent pushing of a chair against it. i By this means he could frequently de termine who were in that room. When he was awakened on this par ticular morning by a noise apparently caused by the overturning of a chair, he sprang out of his bed as if he had re ceived a shock. c . ' - That he should go into the closet and place himself at the point of observation was due only to his invariable habit cf spying. :?: ; He saw the occupant of the room Bit ting with his back to him at a -table in the center, while on the opposite side was George Parker, the attorney. . ; "Ah," said the Shadow, "here's mis chief.' I never knew that old scamp of a lawyer in anything that was not mischief.- t-; . -r .- - He climbed to the top of the trunk and listened. , , All he heard for a moment was the scratching of a pen as it was driven rap idly over paper. Finally he heard Parker's voice. - "Now see here, Preston, I have eare fully. written this story down,, and you must familiarize yourself with it." - "How much' is true and how much falser? . I ? C ZS w. ; . "It doesn't make any difference how much is true or false; this story" (slap ping the papers) "has got to be the true one. Now, I want you to study over it, and I will come again and again and talk with you nntil you get it pat" , "Well, 111 try it." V If you would, stop drinklng and get the rum. out of your sodden old brain you would get it all right enough. You used to be sharp enough, in all conscience sake." -' . ; ;-f - f Am as sharp now as I ever was, only I can't recollect as I used to. That's be cause I'm getting old." : v .': 'Ifs because, you are getting your skin full of whisky every day. Now,' see nere. xoa are a brother of Charles Preston."-- ..... c . "Of -course I am, or why did he give me money for fifteen years?" r ; - "Whafs the use of our arguing that point? It makes no difference' between ns whether it was because you were his . brother, which he denied, or because you had a secret of his worth paying for. For all we want, yon are," ' ' - . : "Well, I was, I tel) you." , J Never mind; we can establish, by put ting your papas and my papers together, that Charles Pierson was an assumed name; the reason why he changed it; that you were his brother; that he had no relations other than you, and no de scendants; and establishing these facts we can, take his property. Now, I don't aare case tne nrsc step xjtuoro vae Durrv gate until I have seen you have got the story so straight you won't stumble when you go on the stand." . : "Oh, Til get it,'ddn't you fear." : "Well, I do fear. Then there is the story of your own life, I have written that, too." Parker laughed an ugly laugh. 5 - "It was a tough job to reconstruct the twenty years of your life you Bpent be-' tween four stone walls. -. 1'Hush," said the other old man, "for heaven's sake don't talk of that." 'Well, you served your time out; they can't take you for it again. It was a rocky path' that of your life, old man, and I have smoothed it very inge niously." . "Keep quiet!" cried the old man, with an oath, "or Fll kick the whole thing overboard." , . This threat had a subduing effect upon Parker. ; "Well, don't get huffy," he said; "Til be quiet. But you must be pat with it when you're called upon for it I don't think you will be, for I doubt if there will be a contestant But the .lawyer whom I shall employ iflay want to know your story." "Why dont you do it yourself? You are a lawyer." . - - , "There are certain circumstances con nected, with my professional - career which make it advisable for -me to keep out of court But I can't idle here. Tve got a great deal to do today. Here are some papers I want you to sign." "What are they?" . "The, agreements and contracts of transfer to me of one-half of the proper ty when you get it" - - "WelL I am entitled to the whole." VQf course you are, you old ass; but if you don't give me half you won't have any part of it .Sign, or you won't get a smell of it; and besides, I'll, stop your allowance." . This was a. dire threat and meant a stoppage of liquor, so he signed with a4 trembling hand: : "James Preston." "Now, wait a moment," said Parker. He went to the window arM beckoned to a man who stood upon the opposite, side of the street In a moment more the person entered the room.. "You are a notary public; I want you' to verify these signatures." - It was a ceremony soon accomplished, and Parker, placing the papers in his pocket, went off, after leaving a ten dol lar bill with the old man Preston. . The Shadow remained long enough at his post to-hear Preston say: "Well, there's something crooked about this, but I don't know what. Any how, I kn6w I am the brother of the man they call Charles Person. I can't figure it out, but I can go and get a drink." As the old man went out, the Shadow stepped down lightly and passed icto-his room. " : . ' - . - "I don't know that the matter has any bearing on that which the 'Boss' has in hand. . I guess not But I will tell him anyhow." When he did tell Tom, that astute young gentleman said: "No, I do not believe it has any imme diate bearing on our matter. It has this effect, however, and that is, that we won't worry much about Parker's par ticipation in the matter, for he is not pursuing the line we are and has no con nection with it What he is in for is clear enough. He will make a blunder of it, for he don't know it all, and he'll get in a mess before he' is aware of it I'll drop a hint to the surrogate to go slow on any application made on behalf of James Preston. ' But, I say, old Par ker may be a valuable man to follow up on the line of Pierson. He evidently knows more about him than we do. It wilj be worth while to cultivate him when we get the chance, but just now there are other things to be done." While they were gone ne was to oo tain for them apartments, where they would be at less expense than a hotel and secure greater comforts. He did not tell them of the suspicions entertained by Tom Bryan and himself, for, in truth, he would have found it difficult to have presented them in an intelligible manner, if he had thought it wise to arouse hopes he was not certain Of realizing. y Touching" the" murder, he informed them that a series of inquiries had been instituted, but that as yet it was impos sible to say anything as to the result Finally he drew away from the sub ject in which the two ladiep were bo much interested, and directed their thoughts to other channels. Thus he in duced them to lay aside their sorrows for a time, until the hours passed so rap idly that the clock pointed 11 before he was aware it was so late. . - He was more and more pleased with the character of Annie Templeton, hei artlessness and-sincerity and her charms of mind and temper. "- . That night he sat long In his room at the open -window over his cigar, hi thoughts busy with the charming young gitl with whom, through accident appar ently, he stood in closer relation than any other man, and he grew very tender over them. - : - to BE CONTINUED. CHAPTER XYL CUPID THIS TIME FLUTTERS HIS WINGS. S the time drew near to visit the , Templetons, Hol brook found that he had regarded this " visit with greater interest and emotion than he had been real ly conscious of . Such had been the excitement of "the two pre vious days that he had given him self to little sedate or profound thought Events had occurred with such rapidity and close succession that life was really whirling with him. It was only as he drew near the hotel where the mother and daughter were staying that he . realized that, after all, the one thing which seemed Important to him above all others-was this visit . Why, he was at a loss to tell, and it was with something of a shock that he was compelled to confess to himself that above all and through all the beautiful face of Annie Templeton had been be fore him constantly. ' f Men will deceive - themselves, just : as Holbrook did,' "when he answered his own awakening by saying: "Her face haunts me as a beautiful picture I some times see will -linger with me for days." , The ladies met him in the public par lor of the hotel. - They welcomed him as a highly prized friend, and the trust with which they fairly threw themselves upon him was very pleasant - They had waited for him anxiously, and ' they were deeply interested in the smallest detail of the business he had un dertaken for them. , They hung upon his words as if he were to bring them salvation.. . - :'- ; ""- . "My first step," he said, "will be to take out letters of administration for Mrs. Templeton, and this done we can take possession of all your brother's af fairs.". " " ' '- He explained to them that the proceed ings were likely to be tone delayed and vexatious, and it was not long before he found himself installed not -only as legal counsel, but a adviser upon all points in xamny matters. . 2 - , It was very agreeable to him, to be the - recipient of all the little confidences as to family details, cost of living, the ways and means and be, who for twelve years had lived a bachelor life, found domestic considerations highly in teresting, especially when presided over by a beautiful girl who paid special def erence to his own wisdom.' - It was agreed that they should return to their home in Plain field the following , day, and set it in order for a prolonged absence, . . North Carolina Counterfeiters Arrested Chatam Record. - : A gang of counterfeiters in this county has been broken up and the pirncipal ones arrested. It was ac complished bythe shrewdness of a government detective, who in dis guise foundout all the secrets of the counterfeiters. Abotitamont'b ago ashabbily dressed person got off the train at Richmond, in tbis county, and after inquiring the way for Harper's Cross Goads (about 5 miles distant) be went in that direction. . He was next heard of between that place and the Moore county line, and was said to be having a "good time" with some of the young men in that neighborhood, hunting, frolicking and drinking with them. He was said to be in lore with a young iftraan there, and was very attentive to her, and finally through her be was let ipto the secrets of the counterfeiters. He was shown a lot of tools and moulds at one place, and some 'spurious metal at another place. .After this he suddenly disappeared and could hardly be recognized as the genteel, fashionably dressed man who got off the train at Richmond a gain last week. But it was the same individual, and this time he was not alone, for he was accompanied by other .officers. They proceeded to the neighborhood, where the detect tive bad been, and arrested three citizens, Bryant Phillips, Allen Phil lips and George Burroughs, and car ried them before United States Com missioner John W, Calber, at Harpers X Roads. - Brjrant Philips asked for a postponement of the trial until next day (last Friday) , so that he could go to Carthage and employ a lawyer. Accordingly, he was released on a bail bond of $800, and has not been seen or. heard of since. After a pre liminary trial Allen Philips was bound over in a bond of $800, and George Burroughs was carried to jail at Greensboro, for trial at the next term of the Federal Court It is not thought that Allen Philips is really guilty, but that be was an innocent victim "moi the others. Of course the arrests have created quite asen3ation in that section of the country. - That Stanly Man With 32 Children. Concord Times. A correspondent in Stanly county comets the article in last week's Times taken fromT the Fayetteville Observer in reference to the man with 32 children. David Coble (not Camble) has been married three times, and not only once, as the Ob server bad it. His first wife was the mother of 11 children, his second 9, and his third U thirty two in all. When his twenty-ninth child, was born the neighbors coming in at the time said the number ought to be one more to make it even, and Mr. and Mrs. Coble agreed with them- The next children were twins I Mr. Coble is now very fetble, but his wife is vigorous. . There is acother citizen of Stanly who comes in this category. His name is W . E Furr and he lives or did live' the last time we heard from him, at Bloomington. He has 26 children, and, if we mistake not, one wife is the mother of all, Stanly county is nothing if not prolific of babies. " Inherited Blood Poison. How many people there are whose distress from sores, aches, pains and eruptive ten dencies are due to inherited blood poison. Bad blood passes from parent to child, and it therefore is the duty of husband and wife to keep their blood pure. This is easily accom plisned by a timely use of BBB. (Botanic Blood Balm). Send to the Blood Balm Co., Atlanta, for book of most convincing proof. 'James Hill, Atlanta, Ga., writes: "My two sons were afflicted with blood poison, vhich . doctors said was hereditary. They both broke out in sores and eruptions which B B B. promptly controlled and finally cured completely." Mrs. 8. L Williams, Sandy, Texas, writes: "My three poor' afflicted children, who in herited blood poison, have improved rapidly after ause of B. B. B. It is a Godsend.". - J. R. Wilson. Glen AlpiueTStation, Ni C. Feb. 13, 1SS5, writes: "Bone and blood pois on torcea me to nave my leg amputated, ana on the stump there came a large ulcer, which grew worse every day nntil doctors gave me iin to die. I on v weirbed 120 rounds when I began to take B. B. B. and 12 bottles in creased my weight to 180 pounds and made me sound and well. I never knew what good beaitn was Deiore." - , TFhen nature falters and requires holn, re cnut ner enfeebled energies wita lie. J. L McLean V Strengthening Cordial and Blood Purifier, $1.00 per bottle. THE NEGRO BROTHERHOOD.'" An Organization Whose Members Swear Opposition to the Whites Debts Paid By Hard Swearing Ne- gro State. New York Herald Topeka Special. There is in existence a secret polit! cal society, roembership'in which can be obtained only by those of negro blood. Last year there was organized by a little band of neroes in Graham county the "First Grand Independent Brotherhood," which . is based upon the principals of negro advancement, mentally and morally, and the future control of Oklahoma whenever it shall become a State. Owing to the number of socities formed among the negro race for this .and similar pur poses, the Brotherhood did not gain much headway for some time, except in the county where it had originated. As soon as a considerable homo mem bership had been obtained, however,' the .founders determined to reach out for membership beyond county or even State lines. The affirmation was changed to an oath, which binds the applicant to opposition to the white race for all time, and pledges the new member, to politically aid those who are of negro blood, and to always as sist each other' in the courts against any of the white race. . When this new departure was taken the order grew rapidly, and it was not Ions before the little metal badges, with the letters F. G. I. B.,1 were numerous. The power of this new society was soon felt by certain of the white men who bad financially accommodated the negroes during the two or three years of crop failures, and they re fused to pay the borrowed money. Then they went into court with an array, of witnesses and clearred them selves of all indebtedness, or as on offset for labor rendered, left their creditors in debt to them, for which they obtained judgment. 'In one in stance a white man has lost $27,000, representing an honest indebtedness, and has had to pay his creditors over $3,000 in addition to the court costs. There have been other cases, but not involving quite such a sum. The leaders delighted with - the working of their new order, soon es tablished branches of the society in Kansas City, Leavenworth, Wichita, Topeka, St. Joseph, Atchison, and) Oklahoma, three being in the latter Territory. The power of the organi zation was soon understood and its importaoce-recognized and the mem bership rapidly increased. The head quarters were transferred from Gra ham county to Lincoln county, where the chief officer lives. The work 6f concentration went on until the "Black Jack" regions of the Oklaho ma contain a negro population which greatly outnumbers the white. An auxiliary society, called an "immigration society," " was formed which undertook the work of reach ing the negroes of the South to hasten their movement toward the promised land. . At first the officers worked only in Arkansas' and Mississippi, where the results were most marked. Soon there was a scarcity cf labor in those States and a corresponding increase of Southern negroes in the Territory of Oklahoma. Negro settlement be. gan to appear and grow as by magic. Near Purcell a large o.ie was estab lished, and on the East. Canadian two other negro settlements were founded. West of Kingfisher, others were com menced and grew so rapidly that they were towns before the neighbor ing whites realized what was being done. Nor was this all. -Homesteads were taken, and instead of one family ou a quarter section or four on a square mile there were often four or fire families on each quarter section, where tbey await the abandonment of a claim by the whites, when it is immediately pounced upon, or where they patiently wait for the day when the Cherokee strip will be declared open for settlement. - Persons now in Oklahoma City and Guthrie declare with confidence that there are not over 2,79p negroes in that Territory. They are mistaken. Shawnee county- has alone furnished 3,000 negroes, nearly all of whom had money. Chautauque, Montgom ery, Wyandotte and Leavenworth counties have sent at least 4,000 moro, wnile from other counties in the State, headed by Graham, the original home of the new. society, have gone fully 3,003, making 10,000 from Kansas alone.' ' The result of the work of the Aux iliary Immigration Society has been to add 12,000 negroes from Arkansas and Mississippi, making about 22000 negroes in the Territory, which nurn ber the Brotherhood is bending every energy : to make 50,000 before Sep tember. . . - In order to accomplish this result the society has, by means of hundreds of letters and thousands of circulars, urged the negroes of the Carolines to go to Arkansas, Mississippi or Texas on ' labor contracts, in order to be close to the territary when the Cher okee strip is open for settlement. They propose to found a negro State, in which the white man will be tolerated as a necessary evil, but to whom no political honors will bo given. The brotherhood proposes, to fill all State, county and municipal offices, and will have only negro teachers In their schools, which will be mixed if the whites desire any ad vantages for their children. As one of the Brotherhood officers Haid: "Y,ou must demand, and see that your demands are enforced, full so cial equality. You must compel the white man to accept you at his table, in his home and. in bis bed." This language was used at a meet ing in Graham county during the last State campaign, and was loudly cheered by the negroes assembled. Tbe efforts now being made to se cure the appointment of E. P. McCabe for Governor are not made in good faith, as success is not anticipated. Tbe desire of the brotherhood officers is to have a failure, thus binding the negroes more closely together, so that when a Stale ehall be formed out of the Territory, they will not, in the language ot the chief of the brother hood, permit a white man to be elect ed to any office whatever. The leaders of this new society aro shrewed, determined men, combining the enterprise and cunning of the white and black races with the per sistency of both. STAND UP STRAIGHT. The Girl Who Does bo Will Always Have a Good Figure. FronT Public Opinion. - Women who wish to preserve the 8limne6S and contour of their figure must begin by learning to stand well. That is. explained to mean the throw ing forward and upward of "the chest, the flattening of ' tbe back with the shoulder blades held in their proper places and the definite curving in the small of the bock, thus throwing the whole weight Of the body upon the hips. No other women hold them selves so well as the aristocratic Eng lish women. Much of their beauty lies in their proud carriage, the deli cate erectness of "their figures and the fine poise of their beads. The aristocratic carriage is within the reach of any girl who takes the pains to have it ; it is only the question of a few years of vigilance, never relax ing her watchfulness over herself; and, sitting or standing, always pre serving her erectness and poise, the result being that at the end of that time it has become second nature to her.and she never afterwards loses it This in a great measure preserves the figures, because it keeps the muscles firm and veil etrungand prevents the sinking down of the nesh around the waist and hip3, so common in women over thirty, and which is perfectly easy to escapo. Another thing to avoid is a bad habit of going up stairs, which most women do bent forward,' with (he chest contracted, which, as well as an indolent, slouch ing manner of walking, is iujuiious to the heart and lungs. ' How Loug to Sleep, In discussing sleep and sleepless ness, tho Lancet says: "IFhat tbe just and right allowance of sleep may bo for the individual does not seem to depend altogether upon the amount of mental or physical work done.aud is, to a considerable extent, deter mined by inheritance and idiosyn crasy. The idler and the pleasure lover often seem to sleep longer and more easily than the laborous brain worker, and cases may be traced where a tendency to light or heavy sleep has run strongly in families, irrespectively of the occupations or of the physical and intellectual ac tivities of individuals. The only safe guide in determining such a question is experience. If good health and full intellectual efficiency can be preserved by six hour's sleep. there seems no motive for. making efforts, probably destined to' failure, to secure eight hours. But care should be exercised that short sleep has not beeu the result merely of a long continued bad habit, and that every opportunity is afforded to the organism to procure that amount of sleep that seems normal for it Hence, moderately early hours, quiet, free don from sources of disturbances are necessary, and for a prolonged period, before we can "feel sure that the amount of sleep that seems nat ural tons is really so. Eight hours has beeh fixed by general consent as the happy mean, and we have no ob jection to make to it, although it is, perhaps, a liberal allowance for adults in vigorous health.' The young and the ailing may, with advantage, take more, and, indeed, cau hardly have too much of so excellent a tonic and restorative as sleop." . - Fast Traveliiig New York Weekly. -Horse Dealer I warrant this horse sound and kind. . . , : . Possible Buyers-How about speed I -Speed! Well, 111 tell you. Old man Grimes died the other day died rich, you know and it was un derstood that his will was t be read at the house after the funeraK was over. Well, sir, I was on tbe road with this horse that day, and hang me if I didn't beat the Grimes family back from the cemetery." . .' Are you restless at night, and harrassed by a bad cough? Use Dr. J. II. McLean's Tar Wine Luug Balm, it will secure you sound sleep, and effect a prompt and radical cure. Sick headache, wind on your stomach, hilioiisiipss nftusea. are cromutlv and agree ably banished by Dr. J. H. McLean's Little Uv.r and Kjduey nueta. M5c. a vial. Physicians prescribe Dr. J. H. McLean's Tar Wine Lunz Balm ; in it they nud no trace of opium or morphia, wbilo its efficacy iu curing all throat 'or lun diseases is wonder ful. . - IMPORTANT TO STATE PENSION ERS. Rules and Regulations of the State Board or Pensions. The following rules and regulations have been adopted by the State board of pensions for the guidance of appli cants for pensions and county boards of pensions: - -. - 1. .That the. applicant mast allege and prove, that he, or she, has been for twelve months, immediately pro ceeding his or her application, a bona fide resident of North Carolina. 2. That the soldier or sailor was enlisted and served in that capacity, either in the service of the State of North Carolina or in that of some other State in the Confederacy, or in the Confederate.States service. 3. The time, place and circum stances in which the wound was re ceived; and the nature and character of tbe wound, particularly its effect in disabling the applicant for manual labor, must be clearly set forth. Ap plicants are required to make their proofs as full and conclusive as pos sible on these points, and accompany the same with the affidavits ofoue or more credible witnesses, and the certificates of well known medical practitioners, as upon these proofs will depend the amount of the pen sion under the classification provided in the statute. 4. When the widow of a soldier or sailor is tbe applicant, in addition to the requirements mentioned in the preceding rules, satisfactory proof will be required, (1) that the death occurred during the war; (2) that the husband was in discharge of his'duty as a soldier or sailor at the time of the receipt of the wound or contract ing of the disease; (3) that the death was the probable consequence of such service, and (4) that the applicant is "indigent," that is, destitute of prop erty or means of support, and is not provided with the proper means of subsistence by any parent, child, rel ative or friend. These facts must be established by the evidence of at least two credible witnesses, and further, must be certified by the county board to bo true. 5. That the applicant does not own property and in case of a soldier or sailor, in his own or the right of his wife whoso tax valuation exceeds the sum of five hundred dollars, or has not since the 11th of March, 1885, disposed of the same by gift or vol untary conveyance. 6. That the applicant does not.hoM J an onice under the State, United States or county, from which bo is receiviug the sum of three hundred dollars annually. 7.Every person who desires to ob tain the benefit of the statute must make application,- including those who are now on tbe pension roll, but those who are now on the roll will qot bo required to make additional proof of their identity, enrollment or service, but they are required to furnish evidence that they are bona fide residents of the State; that they hold no office under the United States, the State or county, from which tbey receive three hundred dollars an- nyally; that they do not own proper ty of the assessed value of $500, and the evidence must set forth fully the nature and extent of their disability, to the end that tbey may be properly classified under the provisions of the present statute. . 8. Every widow who desires to ob tain the benefit of this act must make application, mcluding those who are already on the pension roll, but those who are now on the roll will not be required to furnish further proof of identity of themeelves, or of the iden tity, service and death of their bus bands, but they are required to fur nish evidence that they have never re-married ; that they are bona, fide residents of the State; that they hold no office under the United States, or under any State or county, from which is received the sum of three hundred dollars as fees or as a salary annually, and that she is "indigent" within the meaning hereintofore given that word. - 9. Special attention is directed to the fact that under the statute the applicant for a pension must file his, or her, application before the county board of pensions on or before the first Monday in July of th year in which the application isT made; that the clerk of the Superior Court shall for ward to the Auditor of the State the duly certified application before the first Monday in August following, and that no warraut for the payment of the pension shall be issued by the Auditor until after the first Monday in September following. 10. No application will be auditod. or pension paid, to any applicant who resides iu a county where the county authorities, charged with the duty, have failed or refused to levy or col lect the taxes imposed by the Gen eral Assembly; and. where there has been a partial neglect or failure in that respect, tho amount paid out will be diminished in proportion. 11. Tbe successful administration of this law will depend upon the man aer in which tho county boards per form their duties us prescribed by the act. They are required to exer cise the greatest care in the ascer tainment of the. facts in each case, and that tbe necessary proofs are properly made and transmitted to the State board. Any failure or re fusal to properly discharge these duties may not euly deprive the de serving soldier or his indigent widow of the benefits of the law, but it will subject the officers and persons so offending to the punishment provided in section 10 of the act; and it shall be tho duty of the Auditor to furnish to the solicitors of the differertt judi cial districts the name of any officer or other person who shall neglect or refuse to discharge the duties impos ed upon bim under tho above ryt . 12. Blank forms for mukim; annli. A STITCH DROPPED. Grandma sat busily knitting away A trim little stocking, all scarlet and j ; Katy stood leaning on grandma's knee. Anxiously waiting and watching to see How quickly the pretty stripes could grew. With grandma's fingers a-flyin so. ' All at once, in a round of gray, The busy needles ceased their play. ."Dear me!" said grandma. "I can't tell which. But somewhere here I have dropDed a stice ; And I cannot see, it has grown so lata, To pick it np; so we must wait "Till the lamps come in." Down Katy went, Moved by a sudden kind intent; Down in the firelight on the floor. Searching the hearth-rug oer and over. "What are yon looking for, my chfldf" Mamma questioned, and slyly smiled. Soberly answered the little witch. "I'm trying to find my grandma's stitch V Youth s Companion. CLEMANTHE. We Shall Meet Again, Cletnanthe. George D. Prentice. The fiat of naturo is inexorable. There is no appeal frona, the great law which dooms 1 us to the dust We flourish and fade as the leaves of the forest; and the flowers thai bloom and wither in a day have no frailer hold: upon life than the mightiest monarch that ever shook the earth with his footsteps. " Generations of men will appear and disappear as the grass, ana tne .multitude who throng the world today willriisappear as tbe footprints on the shore. - Men seldom think of the great event cf death until its shadow falls across their own pathway, hiding from their eyes the faces of loved ones whose living smile was the sun light of their existence. Death is tho antagonist of life, and the COld Ihmip-lifc nf t.ha tntnH ia tha skeleton of . all feasts. We do not want to go through the dark valley. although its dark passage may lead to paradise; we do not want' to lia down in the damp grave, not even with princes as our bedfellows. In the beautiful drama of "Ion" the hope of immortality, so elegantly uttered by tbe death devoted Greek. finds deep response inevesy thought ful soul. When about to yield his yotmg life na a eacnuce kj iate nis laemantne asks if they shall meet again, to which he responds: "I have asked that dreadful question of thehills. tbat look eternal, of the clear streams that flow forever, of tbe starearnosg whose fields of azure many raisM Anirif-t "batra wallr-Arl in a' I were dumb. But as I gaze on thy living face I feel there is something in love which mantles through itsj beauty that cannot wholly perish. We 6hall meet again, Clenianthe." The Farmer a Skilled Laborer. R. Welch, in the Forum. Viewed from the lofty standpoint of the New York .Hodcarriers Union., considered from the hail of the Phil adelphia Billpoetors, Protective As sociation, the prairie farmer is simply a clodhopper. He is a man who de cides to have corn, wheat, and po tatoes, instead of wild grass, grow ou a certain piece of land, and plants the seed that will produce- them. In point of fact, more knowledge and skill are requisite for prosecuting his craft than thatof any city artisan. It requires more skill to handle a' plow than a trowel. It is more diffi cult to manage a reaping machine than a machine that turns out brick. Greater knowledge is speeded to sow grain than to move switches in a freight yard. Much mora informa tion, experience, and skill are needed to raise tobacco plants, to cultivate them, and properly to cure the leaves, than to. make them into ..-cigars. Laying drain tile is a more difficult art than laying brick. Properly to remove a fleece from a sheep demands as great dexterity as to shave tho beard from the face. . Tho successful farmer is necessarily a skilled labor er.' He is master, not of one trade, but of many, and a long lime is re quired to learn each of them. Ha in also a merchant, and to bo properous he must be a judge of tho quality of many things, and know how - to buy and sell them to the beat advantage. cations, proofs, etc., can b procured irom mo register ol Uecds of the c.unty. I -A Farmer's Lock. Chicago Herald. . . ..we were wunm noout a mile.oc Findlay, O., and tho train had just begun to slacken speed, when we felt a jar and knew that the locomotive? had struck sonie considerable object. Ia the seat next' ahead waa a farmer, and he threw up the sash,' shoved out his head, and exclaimed : , . - . 'By guml but I'm iu Juck l' . . - 'Why, they've killed a horse 1 shouted a man bohiud m,as, he looked out. . , -.- v - - 'Yea, and it's my hossf added the farmer. . .... . 'But-you said you were in luck V . 'You bat I ami I've been riding up and down this line for five years on a pass they gave me for killing an old cow which-wasn't worth $5. The pass expired yesterday, and now my old hoe, who ain't worth skinning, gits in the way and is knocked over. Luck I Why, gents, that means a free family pass for five years more, and. there are fourteen of us ia tho fam ily 1' Exposure to roufb weather, getting wet, living iu damp localities, are favorable to tbe contraction of disease of the kidneys and bla 11. As a preventive, and for tiie cur of all kidney and liver trouble, use that val- unble remedy, Dr. J. II. McLean's Liver n l Kiduey Baiiu. $l.o3 uer botU.
The Messenger and Intelligencer and Ansonian (Wadesboro, N.C.)
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