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. . ... a - .... 0 6 & f unit IHmnra&fr Oi ! -.1 1 PUSLISflHD -EVERY THURSDAY. :0: Subscription Rates: . , ropy on o Year , fl.2 .,,, .fy Six Months J5 i N.iMie i:utcrI 'Witliont the .Tloney. r. copy scut free for one year " i y person sending in a clab , .. . .-I I. " :n. "a i, - inv yeany suuscnuers wuu me ea-h. BRAVE COWARDICE. :o:- TIMID IN SMALL 31 A TTI2US, it v r i: isked ii is live. tin:' Ui at of Jial tic, Jits Un jlhichiiiy Courage, his Unri "vallni Urnverg and Untiring " ixroiion to his Country, won fur him Glory that Cancelled His 'Former Timidity. f j I miiimbi.r 1 woke up very early -Unit. 'mining with that dun sense of something important being about io. happen winch so often inserts it if into the brain of the partially- ;i t oiistMi Mccper. Without opening my eyes, 1 be- i. .i. ilntwsilv wondering what it ;; : that arrived three months ago. i I toj )in my regiment! No; ii t : .1 X already done that, and was -vttled in barracks in a small garrison town with an unpro vable name. Then I remem-do-zad offag lin, only to. start ; i ( I - wonder what on earth it .'Mt : tart did it. I opened my M'. iv.'iew ii was mo -iin oi r 'a-day our fellows had ar a ;i give their picnic in,Ar ailiicli Wood eoujse" 1 had gono to sleep ,a uf it, dreamt of it, and 1 1 ',; n-'W ail h.Mia ; .V! .ui ( ai i'i.:-:. t.it, in i . j'.l'.u ill :;iv plans rushed into my n,v. nan. l ijieiuermut iji ic II. M. Forty-eighth Koy r, stool p!etlged-at any uiyown mind on that '"day for my own the. kindest lit- hi'.irt, fhe nu'tju'st blue eves, Hie lips in all the Hjmeraui i I MV iMi;.t all hese-bjot;ged to No rah 'n'gau 1 need -not tell yon ; for if .; hi h ivc ei or liatd of that milita ry lowa ,f Hurstgooun, you have heavil, t' of Ntu'.ilr. - . Oaee 1' had fully. -nipiehended all that vvas before '-me, 1 jumped out of my bed into nip tub, singing, whistling and Mnmling, as is my y.Vfit dju iwg the piogressiuii of my luilct:. Walls in barracks are nota bly not of the thickest, and I re c' ivd many mtei ruptioiis to my mm:.': ' ' "Wl u n y. how sh:vll I uulit'st ini'-e-et 'Vi,:u mv tliL' words slit; llr-r-st shall say hvv lu rvon!" shouted Tompkins imai ilu' room on the lett, and era.sh eame a -boot hurled viciously against tiio wall. "i: wi'ua n shall I loar-rn t. rco-t't lu r? kVou idiot !". this from Wiliams on the right, atrompauied by tap ping,, as ot'a biush, "Can't you let a tellow sleep V" "1 know not now. but shall kno-ow ?omo At this '' jnnetuiv.mv door was burst vii)U ntlv oien, and in came i Tompkins himself in an becoming state of undress and another boot held -menacingly no in the air. This, however, he dropped when he .v:w me already diessed and fixing : crimson rose-bud to mv coat the ;icr shade of the silk handker .'ih'i ffiiiwe corners snoweu Know ingly f:oni my pocket. 'Vhew!-whew!" he calmly re r.'uked. seating hinrselt on my . . i i i i u d. "Is that And he slowly -id to foot. ' !..: continued. 4 it? Poor fellow?" inspected me from 'Don'c you think," that tlower leans a i.itle to much to the left f It ; i -ht fall out, you know, and then a i the heavy work would fall on ' a handkerchief; you can't expect y --to do the business unsupported, '! hit s; ay,-dear bo; alter nothing. As yua are, you are " 'But here I 'left the room. This man always iiritated me almost be yond endurance, and 1 never could understand how any one in this wide woild could tiiul amusement in his foolish remarks.' i looked at j. my watch. Good gracious! It wanted still three hoursto the time ve were to start. lbcakfast miiht be made to last .one,. but what'to do with the other two rather puzzled me. I went outside ami walked up and down. out was soju driven in airain bv seeing Tompkin's ugly face watch ing me with a broad grin fiotn his window. However, the time pissed soim how, and 1 sawaio more of Tomp kms, and began to hope that afu r all he was not coming with us. This 81.25 A Year. VOL. 1. hope lasted until I was seated on i the drasr, when suddenly I heard - . - bis loud voice as he mounted the steps to the top. "Never if T feel most like a circas or a bank holiday on this thing," ho was saying. And as his head appeared over the seat opposite me, and his eye caught niue, he paused, put up his eye-glasses and slowly surveyed mo from iny feet upward, until his eye rested on my rose-bud, when he gently waved his hand to inti- mate that it inclined too much to the left, burst into a loutte guffaw and sat down. This added to the annoyance I already felt, and declining to take any part in the fun that went dnr- the drive, I arrived at, the sceneA)f the festivities in anything but ai enviable frame of mind. But soon I saw Norah standing with some friends in the shade of the trees, and the sight of her fresh, sweet face seemed to act like mag ic on my spirits, and blow all the cobwebs away. Heedless of the impudent smile on Tompkin's face that greeted my start of pleasure I made my way quickly to her side, and the shy, sweet smile that wel comed me more than repaid me for my late annoyance. 'They start at once tor the ruins," I aid. "Will you come too VJ 'I want first to finish my sketch," she answered. "I waut in some cot tie, and hear there are some fine oxen near. Could you show me the way T Now, I. think, if Norah nad ask- i4?d m3 anything else in the world I should have jumped at the chance of doing it for her sake; but to face bullocks! Iroin mv infancv I have ad an inborn dread of the whole race; even tue homely and succu- ent cow of commerce is not exempt roin mj dislike; while the misnam ed "monarch of meadows," the un mitigated bull, nils me with a leel ing that hardly falls short of abso ute terror ! I did not answer ; I could not. "Please do not come, if you would rather go with the party to the ruins," Norah continued. 'I will ask Captain Tomkins." It was enouzb. Hardly consid ering the consequences, I exclaim ed, "I will come with pleasure." We started. "What magnificent creatures!" she. cried, when she reached the field. "Oh, and what a number." There certainly was, and more than I cared for. Behind, below, on either hand they stood, grazing or lay down chewing the cud. "Oh, do come closer! I must get that lovely group !" exclaimed No ra h. 5 . It was a group of four ferocious looking beasts, one standing, the rest lyiug in various attitudes around. One, a great black animal eyed us sfeadily, and slightly alter ed his position the better to see us. Norah sat down: I reluctantly did the same. "Would you shaipen my pencil?" she asked. . She was lookiug at me cuiiously. I fancy she half suspected my ner uousuess; so, putting the best face on matters, I got out my knife and held out my hand for the pencil, and, as she held ic towsrds me, I forgot all but her own sweet self aud seized the little hand teuderly. She snatched it hastily away, and 1 thiuk now she thought, as doubtless mv attitude suggested, that I was about to pare her nails. "I thiuk, Mr. Maurice." she said gently, "I could manage better if you would uot mind going the oth- Ler. side of the bullocks and attract ing the notice of that black one m the other direction. They are look iug the same way and it looks so stiff. If you held out some grasc to him or switched your stick about it might keep his attention fixed.' 1 rose slowly and cautiously found my way to the other side. It was quite needless to do any thing to attract that monster's at tention; his eye was on me. As I moved, so did he and, as I sat down, ho turned his head right .around the better to watch me. I was turning hot and cold by turns. "That will do nicely, thanks. Keep him in that position for a few minutes," called Norah. Then came a silence, broken only by the beating of my heart. The suspense grew unbearable, and the spiration began to pour down my face. I drew out my handkerchief to wipe my heated obrow, when.with an angry grunt, the animal began to rise. I saw my fatal error ; the handkerchief was red! in iii iii i m cc IHXT G-OID W DUNAT, X. C., OCTOBER 20, 1887. Bapidly the brute gained his feet and with head bent low advanced V. A All toward me. It was too much. All, all was forgotten but the fate that seemed before me. 1 sprang up I blush to own it I turned around and I ran! Thud, thud came those hoofs be hind me. Nearer came that snort ing breath till I almost thought I felt it hot upon my neck. Faster and faster I tiew nearer and near er came'thatTrantic beast. Just then I thought X caught a faint voice on the air--"Pray drop your handkerchief!" I did, for I found ia n.y terror I hadJpeen waiv ing it lrom side to side as l ran. Almost immediately the tramping Of hoofs ceased, but without paus ing to look behind I made straight for a fence just in front of me, which having vaulted, 1 lound my- seif safe at last. Then the whole absurdity ot my positioa burst upon me. The re dicul'us figure I must have cut be fore Norah, the contempt she must feel for my cowardice! Ob, what would I not have given to be able to wine the last half hour out of my life. After a great deal of considera tion as to my future conduct, I de- fa..inii frtr.,nnfu,o,f,I nMni, termiued to face the party at lunch wiieu l couiu judge it my late ex ploit was known. When I joined them they were all seated on the grass. I noticed a decided pause in the conversation as I approach ed. Tompkins was busy helping Norah to some strawberries, ills but when he saw me up weut that detested glass, and the usual in speciion began. v hen nis eyes gained the level of my pocket, where the handkerchief had so late- Iy shown itself, he looked suddenly full in my face and, calling to the carver, said : "Brett, Mr. Maurice will take some beef." A roar of laughter followed this sallv and I felt all was known. I felt mortified, humiliated and with out power to face it out, rose hasti ly and left them, returning at once to barracks. I knew 1 had lost Norah O'Cre gan. IIow could she ever care for a man whose conduct must have appeared so contemptible! My lite alter tnis mcident was not a happy one. As far as I could I passed the time alone, wondering how to retrieve the lost ground, and hailing with delight an opportunity which soon after offered itself of changing into another regiment, which was ordered abroad on imme diate active serrice. Time passed aud once more I was captain of the Company has order i my native soil: We received a pi rjiPm nnii win nslv Ti.i.m nt on my perfect ovation when we landed in dear old England. Tel-el-Kebir was the subject of every oues thoughts, and sick and ill as 1 was my cheek flushed with honest pleasure as handkerchiefs were waved and welcomes shouted. I was faint aud dizzy ; my arm had been amputated at the shoulder aud I suffered accute pain, but it was a nroud moment to me, all the a- same. I was invalided directly after, and weeks were passed in the sick ward of the Brighton barracks. One day the door was suddenly thrown open and some of our fel lows burst in. "Cheer up, cheer up, old man !" cried one. "Hear this," skimming through a naper he held in his hand. " 'Conspicuous bravery, Y. C Why it's worth dying for !" Aud as their cheery congratula tions noured in unbn me 1 felt it a. was worth living for. 1 began to mend rapidly at this. and was soon able to go down to the sea in a chair. Oue morning as I was lazily lying back driukiug in the fresh salt air, I became conscious of a figure standing by my chair. I opened mv eyes. "Sorah!" I cried "Norah !" Neither of us spoke for a few mo ments as I gazed fondly on her blushing face. At last she said. "Ob. I am so sorrj, and yet eo very glad, so very proud !" "Then tell me you do no not think me a coward now !" I cried eagerly. "IIow could I ! Ohdo not ask me such a question P she faltered. Aud as her eyes rested on the empty sleeve that was pinned across my breast I saw they were full of tears, and so were mine, but they were tears of jby, for as my hand closed oncers, I knew that for all time Norah was mine. - hl TRUST- 33 NEWS OF A WEEK. :o:- what is iiAprExiNG jy THE WORLD AROUND US. A conjensed report of the news us gathered from the columns of our contemporames. State and National. Saturday, October 20, is selected for the Confederate re inioa at Le uoir. - English statesmen live longer than American statesmen, but tuey don't have so much fun. "All But" is the the title of a sto ry by .Rose Terry Cooke. Proba- bably the history of a billy goat. William Lee, a seventeen vear old boy of Chicago shoots his lath- m-m-law, for insulting his niotlier. aub iJUiiucujitii ui oeima, uie negro he was attempting to arrest. The largest university in the world is Oxford, in England. It consists of twenty one colleges and hve halls. Stokes county will be one hund- ren years old in 1888, and we learn that it is to celebrate the event, in grand style. The Selma Newssavs Wm. John- son had his arm fearfully lacerated cotton gin. The gin appears to gin. Tne gin appears be a fearful engine ot destruction. Rev. Theo. Whitfield, pastor of the Baptist church at New Berne, has bein called to the pastorate of a church at Richmond. Lie. will, accept. Marshall ilollemau, of Pine Lev el, Johnson county, had his left hand so badly cut by a gin that it had to be amputated, we see fiom the News. Newspapers are published m 70 of OG counties of North Carolina. There are 18 dailies, 1 semi weekly, 144 weeklies, 1 semi-monthly aud 5 monthlies. The cotton gin is getting in some deadly work all over the State The Charlotte Chronicle tells of a man named Watts, who lost an arm last week. The Keidsville Light Infant! y are to nave new uniforms. The ed them and will pav Tor them out of his own pocket. It is rumored that Joseph Pulit zer recently offered James ltussell Lowell $10,000 a vear to become literary editor of the World, but j that Mr. Lowell declined. eueviiio uas rzo acres oi Hearing vines, and is not only the largest in j our St?te, but is thp largest vine- j yard in the United States, east of i the Rocky Mountains. A serious railroad accident occur red twelve miles below Charleston last Thursday, caused by a defect tive switch. Three coaches filled with passengers were overturned ! and many seriously injured. j Very extensive purchases of tim-! ber lands in Onslow county are be ing made by a sou of Col. Charles Lamb. He proposes to put thir teen large saw mills and exgage in a regular slaughter of poeosin timber. The Nebraskaus are calling that State God's country, but there are very few of them who would not stand up and howl if it were pro losed to build, a church ou one of their lots without buying it at at handsome figure per foot. j Dom Pedro having expressed his i determination to abdicate the t throne of Brazil, the ew lork Herald might get in some fire work now by nominating Col. Jieu- ry Grady, of Georgia, for the posi UI, ui ucuitiia. -V- IAni Hel paralyze the Brazil- tion, ians. Mr. Edison, the electrician. i ing said that North Carolina is greatest mineral State in the Lmon, is hereby assured that we have al- ways believed him to be the best and most erudite inventor the world has ever produced.. When comes to a war of Uffy we can the spoon m as far as anybody else. Ex. N. B. Richardson, Editor. XO. 9. A new ship chauuel is bein made in the mouth of the Cap Fear river. Minneapolis has a female detec tive, who has gotten up quite a rep utation as a thief taker. The Pittsboro Recorder says Mr. Jas. Poe was crushed to death in a cotton giu a few days ago. Eight hundred bushels . of rice were destroyed by fire about four miles from Wilmington on the 12th inst. Over fifty cotton-gins, and about the same number of tobacco barns, have been burned in the State this fall. The Roxboro News says a little two year Old son of Mr. Sol. O'Bri ant was fearfully bitten aud pawed by a vicious mule. Albemarle has a town ordinance, it is said, which prohibits serenad ing with "promiscuous and cjajuer- nis instruments." 820,000 will bo spent by the own ers of the Atlantic Hotel, at More head City, in extensive repairs and enlargement of the building. Bishop Key says that North Car olina is excelled no where in hospi tality and wbole-hearteducss. t ller people are noble, -generous and uu a Hoc ted. The Fayetteville Mirror says that a competent engineer will be con sulted as to the practicability and cost of conducting water fiom the Cape -rear river into the city for manufacturing purposes. 'Die able Raleigh correspondent of a Virginia exchange says : "A family of female giants is reported in the northern part of Durham county; One girl is six feet five inches' high.'' If this statement had come lrom anybody except Col. Olds, we should have eluded the author and said unto him: "Go, spin thy narrative to the marines." The man who hasn't learned any thing since 18G0 thinks that this is not a Democratic Administration, lie bewails the "good old times'? and thinks that ad new tunes and new thoughts are vile. Byron long ago wrote that "all times are good when old" and we shall probably twenty years from now be denounc ing the times present years. and praising these Who knows ?, In color the Fiftieth Congress will be a little mixed, as it will con tain White, Browii and Grey. As to temper aud disposition there will be a great variety, as one mem ber is Gay, another Bland, another Crisp and another Wise. In Jhe matter of provisions it will be well off, for it will have Oats, Bice, Ba con, Hogg and Beir.v, to say noth ing of a very large Cobb. One member is. Long and another Hale. Judge Hllett, the orator who wel comed President Cleveland to Mem- on the loth inst., fainted ami reu jQ the Hour just as the Presi dent closed his remarks. He- ex pired in a few minutes. He stood for a time with his hat off as the President was speaking, sat down and was overcome by the heat. Dr. Bryant, of the Presidential party, took direction of affairs and re mained with the unfortunate gen tleman until he died. The offer by the University of ja special teachers' course will doubt less meet with popular approval. It is a jroier recognition of the teachers of the s'trte. , A few years a teacher was held arf of small val ue; now the teacher is an object of interest and of attention. This shows not only the progress of edu cation but the increase in the ap- p.iauuu tn ..... u.ti-i . will apply for this special Lniver sitv course it will bein overaber luth and end on the 14th of next February. (inr ronfemnomrv. the Star, ti..i nr.r io.ir that thi ,nnrfmav of the Constitution is a hollow pre- tense" iu Virginia or elsewhere. The Eleventh Amendment :o the f !nntitnt inn (Wtara that the -ia- j dicial power of the United States snail noi be construed to extend to any suit in law or equity, com . i menced or prosecuted againsr one j anotlir St:t or by citizens of sub - ; . auy StaUj Undcr amemjiaent lhe oflicers of Vir- ; . . . . . . tl . t. Rf f , oi me umau.oiaics u tiuicus ui it . , . , nnn.ar. to of opiniou that it has none at all. v-ashingl0IJ V(3t Dem. Advertising Rates i I Month. J Mo'fc'fMo'ilUMo fi.00 tlOO 7.00 8,00 SJ00 33.00 1 1X0 10 4.1YI 1X9 U.VOI 15.u3 31001 Local 1vcrtiMnient nr win charged fur at 10 cent per Uno lnram My. r"" A il vr rtio m on t for on month or adr mu.t be pal J. in advance Other monthly anil quarterly. JUDGE LYNCH HOLDS COTOT. ' A Largo Crcwd cf Citizens Pcrsua a Gang of Sobbers "Wno Show Fight A Notorious Coon is Captnxod and . Lynched. Charleston, W. Va.., Oct 10, Fully three hundred citizens start ed out yesterday morning after the robbers who murdered iMr. By an, near Walton, Koan county, last Thursday night. After the houso was robbed and the old man was shot the robbers, thirteen in num ber, compelled the family to send him up stairs and to get breakfast for them. The oflieers aud citUens ran into the robbers last night at George DufPs residence, eight milei from ijessonville, this county, and were warned to keep off by the rob bers, who had taken refuge la o house -Utted with port-holes and had made other arrangements for protection, the murderers fired upou the pursuers aud Geo. Dqu", Jr., was killed. After a very Mf veie and determined fight, on both sides, Jake Coou was captured and lynched. Five of the officers and citizens were woutfded. There aro about twenty robbers in the gang, who have- been carrying on at a high rate. K. M. DaiT, Geo. Drake and Frank Shambling are prison ers, and await disposal by the vigi lance committee. Coon Is the man who killed Rev. Thomas P. Byan, and shot live of the vigilance com raittee. It is belreved that a foil confession will be made and that the whole gang will be lynched. Vigilants are still after tho others, and it is said that a well known State detective is mixed up In the robbery. Telegram in Messenger. THE PRESIDENT'S RETURN. Hc Arrives at Homo Well Satisfied With His Trip. The Presidential tram drew into the Baltimore & Potomac depot Saturday morning at fl: 10 o'clock, schedule time. From first to last the trip has beeu a success unrival ed. The President and Mrs. Cleve land are well pleased with what they have seen' and the many ao quaitances they have made. Mrs. Cleveland has been very little fa tigued by her journey and has en joyed herself hugely. There have seen many amusing incidents along the route of travel (nearly all of which have beeu recorded i from time to time,) aud also many im pressive scenes. Doubtless none of the latter were more appreciated by the President and Mrs. Cleve and than tho heartfelt congratula tions show -red upon them at differ ent points by old ladies, who appa rently had made their way to tho stations tor the tirst time m years, with a view of paying tribute to their nation's Executive!. The Pres ident, during the trip, often spoke ol tlile many elalorate decorations aud illuminations of farm house, and appeared to be especially pleas ed with the honor bestowed upon him by that clas ol people. Carried Against His iWilL An interesting case was tried in the Superior Court Yesterday : Joo. D. Soatherland suing for divorce from Melissa Southerland. The plaintiff in the case is quite a young man. He came to this county, where he became acquainted with Miss Melissa Turley. Young Sootb erland 'kept company' with Misa Melissa for some months. AI though he might have contemplat ed matrimony, he was rather CJla tory about coming to the point, and Turlut 'j fjliior thrtnrrht it VM advisable to hurry up matters, - i u w;ta n f, , , thA nla It was alleged by the plaintiff that he was waylaid in the) woods and captured, and ttith a pistol pointed at his head by the father of the young lady, was told that he ma?t "marry or die." Seeing tnai there was no escape, Southerland j reluctantly submitted, and was i then and there joined in wedlock I wiib the young lady by a justice or . , - . . . j the peace, who was with the partj that made the capture. Souther land, the reluctant groom, said thai he accompanied bis bride to her parent' home but left soon after- 1 wards, and has ever since refused to Uve wlth her The jury rendered a verdict Cor tbe nlalntiff, finding that be waa be foiced violently and against hia will to marry the defendant. Wil mington Star. 1 ineh.i ,T- 2 fir, 3 l.;-. -f OS. &.W 1 KM
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