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PROFESSIONAL COLUMN.
WU. ALLEN,
ATTOItSEY-AT-LAW,
G ildsboro, is. I
Will practice in Sampson county.
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I'll VMICIANJll KOEO.4 AND DENTIST,
O'liee iu Lee'i Drugstore, jo 7-lyr
J A. STEVENS, M. D.
FlIYSIClAN AND SURGEON,
(Office over Post Office.)
Xta7"May lie found at night at the
residence of J. II. Stevens on College
street. Je 7-lyr
HE. FAISON,
ATT JUNKY AND CouNfeELL
011 at Law.
Office on Main Street,
will practice In courts ofSatnpson rind
adjoining counties. Also in Supreme
Court. All business intrusted to his
curu will receive prompt and careful
a;tcntion. je 7-lyr
r S. THOMSON.
VV Attohney and Counsell-
ou at Law.
Office over Post Office.
Will practice in Sampson and ad
iuiuiiiLf counties. Kver attentive
ami faithful to th iiiterxt of all
client. je 7-lyr
E,
V. KKKR,
! A'lTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR
at Law.
Office on Wall Street.
Will practice m Sampson, Bladen,
fender, Harnett and Duplin Coun
ties. Also in Supreme Court.
Prompt personal attention will be
t i ven to all legal buslnet-s. e 7-lyr
I 7VRANK IK)YETTE,1).D.S.
1. Dentistry
Office on Main Street.
Ofors his services to the people of
Clinton and vicinity. Everything
in the line of Dentistry done in the
best style. Satisfaction guaranteed.
ttsy.My terms are strictly cash.
Don't ask me to var from this rule.
JEWELRY AND CLOCKS!
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1 have just rereived a
Elecrant Jewelry. This I
lame lot ol
will guars n-
tee to the purchaser to bj ju.'t as re
reaentari. 1 sell no cheap, 'in e guilt"
goods but carry a standard jake of
gold fkont goods. Tbc attentiou ol
the ladies -in called to the latett style
of m u east pins they are ''things of
beauty !"
The old reliable, and standard SETII
THOMAS CLOCKS alwny iu stock
in various styles and sizes.
Ha- Impairing of Watches Mid Clocks
mimI mending Jewelry is a special')'.
Al'work I dc is uarautecd to giYe in
tue satisfaction.
Respectful 1 v.
e p5 tf G. T. KAWLS.
CIDEK.
HEADQUARTERS FOR REST
PEACH AND APPLE CIDER,
(Corner of Elm and R. R. Street.-
SWEET AND HARD CIDER
aiwa.vson nana, in auuiuon to
this pleasant and healthy drink.
I keep
, Tobacco, Snuff,
Flour, Potash,
Candies, Soda,
and Pea-Nuts
which are sold at lowest prices
for cash.
600 Pipes, of all styles and
sizes. Try one.
Respectfully,
je 2M yr,
I. T. & G. P. ALDEBMAN,
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
No. 112 North Water Street,
WILMINGTON, N. C
Cm ton unci Timber,
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Country Produce handled to best ad
vantage.
Reference 1st National Bank,
Wilmington, N. C.
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BAKBER SHOP.
If you wish a first-class Shave,
Hair Cut, Shampoon or Mustache
Dye, call at my nlqce of business on
"Wall (V-jeet, thtee doers from the
pqrner qi iw nanstem's, there you
wtii Una me at an hours.
JUZ0US SIIAIU, SHEARS KEEN 1
If you want, a good Job don't fall to
onilonme. J. H. SIMMONS,
aprlO tf Barber.
For 24 Tears
. J T. GREGORY
has occupied his same
TAILOR ESTABLISHMENT
qn crcft fteet. Tlie great and
Mignai leader in low prices for men's
Clothes. Economy In cloth and money
win lorce you to give him a call.
. . -
V?-T aamon ,??. . al way
v .llllim' iune 7tn. iyr.
Tirimmnth Awum-n mTinlTw
WWWHiUm WVW
Rajse Turkeys weighing from
m im yuuuua, anu worm iwjce
iuucu as common biock, Dy uuymg
,uu u,wu ureU8- "?t t
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THE EDITOR'S CHAIR.
HOW THINGS LOOK FROM
OUR STAND POINT.
The Opinion of The Editor and the
Opinion of Others which we
Can Endorse on the Various
Topics of the Day.
We have already been convinced,
though reluctantly, that the News
and Observer was a Ilailroad paper;
but we did not know until nading
Its editorial of December 23d, '90,
that it was an organ ot the National
Bank. mm
All sort "of subterfuges are being
projosed to keep the government
from issuing nioiwy direct to the peo
ple, and they all come from those
friendly to the money owners. Ev
ery proposition so far contemplates
either bonds or the payment of tri
bute to the banks. Such stutesman-
ship will not merit the approval of
the people, and if persisted, it will
result at the next election in a much
worse disaster tl an theone just pass
ed. The peo le demand an increase
of cum ncy issued to them direct,
without the tribute that f jt twenty-
five years they have been compelled
to pay. The party or parties who
permit this demand to remain un
heeded will bo hurled from power
never to return.
We have within the last few days
received a number of communica
tions fro .. various Sub-Alliances
in this and adjoining counties, call
ing upon the members of the Legis
lature not to support any man for
the United States Senate who would
not pledge himself to advocate and
vote for some measure of financial
relief on the Sub-Treasury plan.
These resolutions were passwi t tho
last meetings of the Sub-Alliances,
and would have been published in
full in this paper, had not the recent
letter of Senator Vance to President
Carr, stating that he would, if elect
ed, observe and faithfully carry out
the instructions of the Legislature.
This settles the whole matter. The
Legislature will pass instructions
and then proceed to elect a Senator
unnn ihnen lntrwHmia.
WHAT IS A COLD WAVE?
A subscriber writes to The Cau
casian for information concerning
cold waves. Ha says that he fre
quently sees in 'the papers about a
cold wave here or there, and he de
sires to know the condition of the
temperature and atmosphere at such
times. A cold wave is defined by
Prof.T. Uussellas a fall of temper
ature in twenty-four hours of twenty
degrees over an area of 50,000 square
miles, the temperature in some part
of this area descending to thirty-six
degrees. Between 1880 and 1890 no
less than G91 cold waves were record
ed in the United States. In the
great cold wave of Junuary 17,1882,
the fall of twenty degrees extended
over an area ot 1,101.000 square
miles, and the fall of ten degrees
included 2,929,000 square miles. In
six cold waves of the ten years the
area of the fall of twenty degrees
was more than a million square
miles. Cold waves follow a day af
ter an area of low pressure, or occur
to the southeast of an area of high
pressure, reaching their greatest ex
tent when both conditions are pre
sent,.
41 A MODEST REQUEST."
Under the above heading the Bal
eigh News and Observer has the fol
lowing editorial : "
The Clinton Caucasian last week
j did us the favor to print h few lines
we wrote in reply t its question
May we aisk our contemporary to re
produce in its columns the following?
STANDARD RATES FIXED BY THE
GEORGIA COMMISSION.
o o
S S 9
- Id 1.2
ARTICLES,
2 2 2 2 J
Bacon,
Grain,
Cotton
a 13
5 tt
10 19
5 8
14 27
13
14
23
10
40
22
IS
29
11
50
26
20
35
13
CO
2
5
Fertilizers,
Tobacco, prized.
MM
An addition to these rates is allow
ed to weak roads and tho?c built in
mountainous sections.
The following are the rates for the
same articles, between all stations
on the North Carolina Railroad.
8
ARTICLES.
mi S5
a
Bacon,
6
5
9
a
8
12
10
19
16
18 23 231
cotton
12t 14
25 30
Vr? VI
Fertilizer, a
" Tobacco, prized, a 13
IU 12 17J 18
204 23i 24t 23
The rate on the Raleizh & Gaston
ad, we lea, are substantially the
I KmeJ anu aiao on lne Wilmington
Western N.O. Boad are somewhat
ao higher: that being a weak road, with
as smau ireignt patronage through
mountainous , country would under
I "jeweorgia regulations be allowed
signer rate than "the standard."
I rates are local an.d apply
v, i wiumg nuu Kumjf, F
Now wiil The Caucasian give the
people that much light on the above
interesting public matter?
We have published once before the
above table of so-called North Caro
lina rates and have twice called up
on the New.? and 'Observer to give
specific facts concerning the claimed
fi eight rates. This "modest request"
of ours has been twice ignored md
we now make it a third time. We
has e be;n unabL to find freight bills
showing any such rates.
Tli Fall of Man and Anthropology.
Ever since tha beginning of man's
effeciive thinking upon tha great irob
len h arouml liim, two views have ex
isted recanting the life of the human
race ujvm earth, eacli utterly opposed to
t)e otiier. The first of these ia the be
lief that niau wa3 created "in the begin
ning," a perfect Veing. endowed with
thn highest moral and intellectual
xiwcn, but that there raine a "fall," as
t!ie r'Hiilt of which came into tlio world
evil, toil, soito-v, and death. Nothing
could be i. tore natural than such an ex
planation of the existence of evil, in
timed when men saw everywhere miracle
and nowhere law. It is, under such
circumstances, by f ir the more eay ex
planation, for it is in accordance with
the apix'aranoe of things: men adopted
it just as naturally as they adopted tha
theory that the Almighty hangs up the
s'ars as liht in the solid firmament
above the ear.li, or trundle3 the sun be
hind a high mountain at night, or wheels
the planets around the earth, or flings
co i els as "sfgns and wonders" to scare
a wicied world, or allows evil spirits to
control thunder, lightning, and storm,
and to cause diseases of body and mind,
or that he opens the "windows of
heaven " to let down " the waters that be
above the heavens, " and thus give rain
upon the earth. A belief, tiseu, in a
primeval period of innocence, physical
perfection, and intellectual strength,
from which men for some fault fell, is
perfectly in accordance with what we
should expect On the other hand, ap
peared at an early period the opposite
view that mankind, instead of having
fallen from a high intellectual, moral,
and religious condition, has slowly risen
from lowaud brutal legiunings. Among
ail the statements of this theory one is
especially noteworthy that given by
Lucretius in his great poem on "The
Nuture of Things. " Despite its errors.
it remains a i ong the most remarkable
examples of prophetic insight in the
history of our race. The investigations
of the last 40 years have shown that
Lucretius and Horace were inspired
prophets; what they saw by the exercise
of reason illumined by poetic genius has
been now tlkcronaUly fca uiou totia
carefully aeoortaiued and arranged, until
Thomson and Nilsson. the northern
archawlogists, have brought these proph
ecies to evident fulfillment, by present
ing a scientific classification dividing the
age of prehistoric man in various parts
f the world between an old ttone
I ... j. .. F
poriou, anew sloub penuu, a (Kuua ui
beaten copper, a period of Lrouz3, &nu a
period of iron; and arraying vast masses
of facts from all pari! of the world, fit
ting thoroughly into each other, strengtli-
ening each other, and showing beyond a
loubt that, iustead of a fall, there has
been a rise of man from the earliest in
dications in the Quaternary or even, pos
sibly, in the Tertiary period. Popular
Science Monthly.
The World's Stock of Diamond.
The world's stock of diamonds has in
creased enormously in the last 15 years.
In 1676 the output of the African mines
,A AAA I 1 L Z L.
was about l,ouu,uvu carais, last year u.
was over 4,000,000, and the great "trust'
which controls all the principal mines
assert that they have 16,000,000 carats
m sight at the present time, wean-
time the demand for diamonds has won-
derf ully increased, and they are higher
to-day partly because of the "trust, .
but also because of increased demands
than they were a year or two ago. In
one respect the diamond industry is dif
ferent from almost all others. Its prod
uctthat is, of gems is never "con
sumed. " Of gold and silver a much
larger amount than most people would
believe is literally consumed in the arts
pa-t recovery, but a diamond ouce cut
goes into the world s great stock, and is
liable to come upon the market at any
time. Hence the world s annual taking
of diamonds, which appears to be stead
ily increasing, even at advancing prices,
is an index of how much of its surplus
earnings it can afford to expend yearly
in this particular form of luxury. The
romance of diamond mining is all gone.
It is now a matter of excavating vast
beds of blue clay by machinery, washing
it and 6ifting out the diamonds, which,
after being roughly sorted for size, are
sold in bulk by weight. The men who
do the actual work are mere laborers,
and their pay i3 proportionately smalL
llioston I'ost.
Telagraph Lines.
There are now 942 submarine cables,
exclusive of the seven Atlantic cables,
with an aggregate of 112,740 nautical
miles. The overland telegraph is
already a world wide institution, in
which there is a total of 1,680,900 miles
of wire enough of the attenuated metal
to go around the equatorial belt of the
globe iust oO times. J.ne united Mates
has 776,500 miles of wire, and in 1839 had
no less than 56,000,000 messages travel
ing the country. France lias 220,890
miles of wire, on which in 1839 were
transmitted 30,050,000 dispatches. Great
Britain lias hung up 180,000 miles of
metal line, and in 1889 sent 50,000,000
messages on their silent flight. Age of
Steel, .
You are in a Bad Fix
But ve will cure you if you will
pay us. Our message is to the weak,
nervous and debilitated, who, by
early evil habits, or later indiscre-
tions, have trifled away their vigor
ot ooay, mina ana rnainooa, ana
uuer an uio.-io euecis wmcn leau to
premature decay, consumption orin-
sanity. If this means you, send for
and read our Book op Life, writ-
ien oy ine greaiesi opeciaust ot me
stamps. Address Dr. Parker's Med-
ical and Surgical Institute, 151 North
a opruce oj., i.asnvuie, nena
a if you suffer from Catarrh why
don't vou take Hood's Sarsaparilla,
the common sense remedy? It has
'cured many people.
m k
A Story of American Frontier
Life.
Bj Capt. 0HABLE3 KING, D. S. A,
Author of "The Coloneft ba.uQMer," "From
tht Rank." '-The DeserUr,' Lie.
CopyrighmJ 19t3 by J It IJpplneoU Conjpan.
PhluuielphLa, and published by apeciol amass
ment through lb AmarU'an Tresa Aaoctit loa
CHAPTER VI.
WILIGIIT still hovered
over the broad expanse
of prairie when Lieut.
Perry and his little party,
after a brisk canter down
the valley, reached the
barbed inclosure of Dunraven, and the
young commander led unhesitatinglv to
the gateway on the northern line. A
sergeant of his troop and two private
soldiers were his escort at the moment; a
third man, by direction of Col. Brainard.
had been sent at the gallop in pursuit of
the distant speck which the orderly had
pronounced to be Dr. Quin, and the in
structions which this messenger bore
were to the effect that the post surgeon
should ride by the most direct route and
join Lieut. Perry at the north gate of the
ranch.
In the few minutes which elapsed be
tween the announcement of the doctor's
departure on his solitary and unexpected
ride and the arrival of the little mounted
escort, Perry had time to tell the colonel
of tlui situation down the
Monee and to make a rotigli sketch of
the inclosure and the distant buildings.
The direction taken by the doctor, up to
the moment when the black speck dis
appeared from view iu the waning light,
would be very apt to lid him, if he rode
far enough, to some point on the wire
fence which spanned the western limit
of Dunraven; but that point would beat
least five or six miles south of the vallev.
Possibly there was no gateway north of
the prairie: but the more Mr. Perry
thought of the matter as he rode away
the more was he satisfied that some
where far down that western lino there
was an entrance whero Dr. Quin, at
least, had the "open sesame."
Perry's orders were, in casa nothing
was seen or heard of bergt. uwynne
wb'-le on the way thither, to enter the in
closure and make inquiries at the ranch
itself. Meantime, the Cheyenne scouts
had been hastily summoned from their
lodges along the Monee Just above the
post and sent scurrying forth upon the
prairie to trad the horse a footprints and
so worlt uacii a3 lar aa po&oible before
darkness interposed. Capt. Stryker, too,
and a dozen of his best men, had mount
ed and ridden forth in long, scattered
line across the eastern plain; and these
parties were all live miles out from the
poet before nightfall fairly hid them from
view.
One thing the sergeant had to tell Mr.
Perry which confirmed him in the belief
that the sooner they got to Dunraven the
quicker they would be at the scene of
then comrades mishap, whatever that
might prove to be. lie had had no time
himsell to visit the stables and examine
the wounds on the horse's Hank, but as
they rode aay from Rossiter he turned
m the saddle and called the non-commis
sioned officer to his side.
"What sort of wound is it; sergeant,
that made the horse bleed so bullet or
knife?"
"It doesn't look liko either, sir. There
are several of them, jagged scratches in
the shoulder and along the flank, like
thorns or nails"
!r?SKrl?aT i o
suggested tUeUeu-
tenant suddenly.
'Yes, air, like as not; though we hadn't
tuougnt 01 tuat, not knowing of any
fences hereabouts.
"You'll see fence enough presently.
That's where we'll find Sergt. Gwynne,
too. Let your horses out a little. I
want to get there before dark, if possi
ble."
It was dark in the timber, however, as
they rode through and reined up at the
gateway. It would be half an hour at
the very least, thought Perry, before the
doctor could join them, if he came at all.
It was by no means certain that the mes
senger had overtaken him, and, even if
he had, was it probable that the doctor
would be in great haste to come? His
mysterious movements of the morning,
his undoubted connection with the night
signals from the ranch, the fact that he
had given his commanding oflicer no
inkling whatever of these outside inter
ests of his, all tended to make Perry dis
trustful of their post surgeon. He would
not speak of it to a soul, or hint at the
possibility of such a thing, until he had
evidence that was indisputable, but the
young officer was sorely perplexed by
these indications of some secret and un
lawful enterprise on the part of their
new comrade, and he doubted hia sym
pathy in the mission on which they had
been hurried forth.
Dismounting to examine the gate while
still pondering this matter over in his
mind, Perry found it locked as securely
as he had left it m the morning. The
sergeant and his men dismounted, too,
at a low spoken word from their officer,
and stood at the heads of their panting
horses, looking in silent surprise at the
strong and impervious barrier that
crossed their track.
"The gate is locked and the fence im
passable, sergeant, said Mr. Perry.
"We cannot get our horses through or
over unless we hack down a post or two.
You can't cut such wire as this with any
tool we've got. Ill leave Nolan here
with you and go on to tho ranch on foot;
it lies about half a mile to the south. If
the doctor comes, he can follow me. If
I do not come or send back in half an
hour from this you three come after me,
for rll need you.
With that, slowly and carefullr, and
not without a muttered malediction on
Tim
ram
uumin i mi
tlie stinging barbs. Mr. Perry wriggled
through between the middla wire and
finally stood within the incloeure, read
justing hia waist belt and holster. Then
he took his revolver from iu leathern
case, carefully tried the hammer and
cylinder, saw that each chamber wa
loaded, and turned once more to the ser
geant. "Your pistols all right?-
"All right, sir; fresh loaded when we
started."
"I don't know that they'll be necessary
at all, sergeant; but this is a queer place,
from what Tve heard and the little I've
seen. Keep your eyes and ears open.
Capt. Stryker and some of the men may
come down into the valley if they find
no trace of Gwynne up on the prairie.
Watch for the doctor, too."
Then, through the deepening twilight
he strode, following the trail that led
southward up the slopes. Hre minutes'
brisk walk along the springy turf
brought him to the crest and in view of
the lights at the ranch buildings, still
some tux or seven hundred yards away.
All through the eastern sky the stars were
peeping forth, and even through the
gleam of the twilight in the west two
brilliant planets shone like molten gold.
All was silence and peace on every hand,
and, but for those guiding, glimmering
lights at the south, all would have told
of desolation. Behind him in the valley
waited his faithful men. Far beyond the
Monee, out on the northern prairie, he
knew that comrades were scouring the
face of the earth in search of their miss
ing brother. Up the stream, somewhere
behind them, the Cheyennes were pa-,
tiently trailing the hoof tracks as long
as light should last; he knew that search
must be at an end by this time, and that
some of their number, at least, would be
riding down to join his men. Whoever
found the sergeant was to fire three shots
in air; the signal could be heard a long
way in that intense stillness, and that
signal was to recall the searching par
ties. Every step brought him deeper
into the darkness of the night, yet
nearer and nearer those twinkling lights
ahead.
Already he could distinguish those In
the main building, the homestead, fsom
thoso more distant still, in the store
rooms and office. Far over among the
tables and corrals he heard the deep
baying of hounds, and he wondered if it
"a3 to be his luck to encounter any en
terprising watch dogs. An English bull
terrier would be a lively entertainer,
thought he, with instinctive motion to
wards the flap of his holster; and it
would be a wonder if a ranch that sur
rounded itself with fifty miles of barbed
wire fencing were not further environed
by a pack of watch dogs of the most ap
proved and belligerent breed. Once
having passed the distant barrier of that
gate on the Monee, however, his way
in fifty yards of the foremost building,
the homestead, before he was brought to
a halt. Then he stopped short, sur
prised, half credulous, and all attention,
listening to the "concord of sweet
sounds" that came floating from the
open casement somewhere along the east
front of the big, gloomy house.
"One part of the story verified, by
Jove! It's a piano and well played,
too."
Full a minute he stood there listening.
Perry was a dancer, whose nimble feet
moved blithely to any measured, rhyth
mical strains, and a soldier whose soul
was stirred by martial music, but with
Chopin and Mendelssohn, Bach and
Rubcnstein he had but shght acquaint
ance. That any one should be playing
a piano here on the borders of the Llano
Estacado was in itself sufficient cause
for wonderment; that the invisible per
former was playing and playing with
exquisite taste and feeling one of the
loveliest of the "Lieder ohne Worte,
the "Spring Song," was a fact that con
veyed no added astonishment to his soul;
he never knew it until one sweet night
long after.
However, matters more pressing than
music demanded Mr. Perry's attention
just here. He had reached Dunraven,
after alL Neither dog nor man had
challenged. Once within those barbed
and frowning barriers, all the encircling
objects spoke of security and rest. Far
away towards the corrals he heard the
sound of voices in jolly conversation; a
rich, melodious laugh rang out on the
cool evening air; he heard some one
shouting genial good night to somebody
-.-U
Presently a light popped out from a
window in what he believed to be a
storehouse, and all was still again. Even
the piano had ceased. Now was his
time, thought Perry; and so, boldly
mounting the steps, he stood upon a
dark portico and strode to the black
shadow in the wall before him where he
knew the main doorway must be. It
was his intention to knock or ring. Up
stairs dim lights were shining through
the open windows, but on this front of
the ground floor all was darkness. His
gauntleted hand felt all the face of the
door m search
nothing of the
was there such
"nnsf",. JiiQt ha dfiridp! to hammer
with hia clinched fist the piano began
f -
no-ain.
i
He waited for a muse, but none came.
This time the music was vehement and
, l : l.l Irnn
cuuucu, anu uu iuukuik ut iiia voauu
doorway would be audible against such
rivalry. Uncertain what to do, he con
cluded to reconnoiter the eastern front.
A few steps brought him to the corner,
and there lay the veranda before him,
bathed at its farther end in a flood of
light that streamed from
'nrvm rma rwvvl
Venetian window, and
fiirough this cur-
tained aperture poured the grand tones
.
of the melody. "That fellow can rattle
more music out -of a piano than any man
I ever heard," muttered Mr. Perry to
himself, as be strode down the wooden
gallery. "Wonder if ifs that boss cow
puncher I met this morning." Another
moment and he stood at the open win
dow, rooted to the spot, and with his
f rank blue eyes fairly starting from tieir
sockets m amazement at the sight that
met them, all unprepared.
AaepacjicowimncB
oxrtams, carpeted l'
Oriental make, furmshed
fZ filSZ
ntlLvT Tv vfrlT e
SC SamT S
ow!i?Zld I'd
SttoftlutSll
w. n ri., k
class known as tha "grand," rare enongl
among the railway towns west of
of a knob or knocker, but heard men's voices in low, eager, excited egiiawoii aim me rure ui iiu
kind was there; neither talk: he heard her sweet tones once tocracy, increases my regret for tail-
a bumg uu ciuiei uwi i
ah Inn. I
nesippi states, bat utterly unlooaed
' here, a week's long march from
jqrest of the Texan rWlwaya That
itself were sufficient caune for much sur
prise, notwithstanding the meaaur of
preparation he had had in Mrs. Law
rence'e remarks.
The sight that well nigh took hU
breath away was something far more
than the interior of a luxurious and
beautifully appointed room. Nothing
that had been said or lunted prepared
him in the faintest degree for the appa
rition facing him, seated at the piano, of
a performer utterly unlike the "cow
puncher" whom he had met in the morn
ing. The "fellow- now bending over the
key board was a young, exquisitely fair
and graceful woman. Even as he stood
there in the full glare of the parlor
lights, site lifted up a pair of soft,
shaded, lustrous eyes and saw him.
The music stopped with sudden shock.
Tannhaoser was undone. The firm,
white, shapely hands fell nerveless in
her lap; a pallor as of faintness shot
over the wild eyed face, only to be in
stantly succeeded by a flush that surged
up to her very brows. Startled she
might have been for an instant; scared
not a bit of it! One instant only of
hesitation, then she rose and swept gal
lantly forward to meet him.
Instinctively Perry's hand went up to
the visor of his forage cap and bared the
bright, curling crop of hair. Speechless
with amaze, he could only bow before
her and wait her question; but it was a
moment before she could speak. Brave
as she was, the sudden apparition of a
stranger staring in upon her solitude
from an open casement was a shock that
served to paralyze the vocal cords. He
could see that she was malrlng gallant
effort to control the tremor that had
seized upon her and to inquire the pur
pose of his coming. He could see, Wo,
that the sight of the uniform had reas
sured her, and that there was neither in
dignation nor displeasure in her beauti
ful eyes. Reserve, of course, he expected.
"Did you wish to see any oner was
finally the form her question took; and
Perry had time to comment to himself,
"English, by Jove!" before he answered.
"I did; but let me first ask your par
don for this intrusion. I had no idea
there was a woman at Dunraven. My
knocking at the front brought no answer,
and hearing the piano, X followed the
veranda. Believe me, I am as surprised
as you could possibly have been.
Perry's voice was something greatly in
his favor. It was modulated and gentle
when in conversation, and with even a
caressing tone about it when he spoke to
women. Evidently the sound was not
unwelcome to this one. She stood erect.
her fingers interlacing as she clasped her
hands in front of her and looked him
well over with her brave eyes. The color
ebbed and flowed through the creamy
whiteness of her face, but the roses were
winning every moment the red roses of
the house of Lancaster,
she presently asked, with courtesy in
everr word.
"Why, I hardly know," answered
Perry, with a smile that showed his
white teeth gleaming through the curl
ing blonde mustache. "A sergeant of
my troop has been missing since morn
ing. His horse came back to the fort
just as we were on parade at sunset,
bleeding and without his rider. We
have searching parties out all over the
prairie,' and I was ordered to come here
to the ranch to make inquiries.
She hesitated a moment thinking.
"My father is at home, but I fear he is
not well enough to see you. Mr. kwen
is with him, and he might know. Will
you would you step in one moment, and
I will go and askr
"Thank you very much. I wish you
would not trouble yourself. I presume
I can go over to those stable building, or
wherever it is the men sleep; they would
be most apt to know if our sergeant has
been seen.
"Oh, no! it is no trouble; besides, they
it 1 Al 1
are au asieep over mere oy um vuu, t
fancy. They have to be out so very early.
don't you know.
But Perry had stepped inside even as
be offered to go elsewhere a fact that
the girl had not been slow to notice, for
a quizzical little shadow of a some nov
ered for an instant at the corners of her
pretty mouth. "Pray sit down," she said,
as she vanished into an adjoining room,
leaving nea jrerry swumiHg gBuug ww
her, spell bound.
He listened to the swish of her trailing
skirts through the dimly lighted room
. ii i I i
bevond. tnrouirn an invnuoie uauwav,
and then- to the quick pit-a-pat of her
heard her moving quickly, iU'
tne oomoor 01 vne uVj un
footfalls were lost at the rear of the
noose, men a uisian vap upon u
way.
and a soft voice, barely audible,
calling. "Papa." He heard her speak
again, as though in response to inquiry
from within: he heard her raise her
voi as though to repeat an answer
.
a previous question, and this time her
words were distinct "An officer from
the fort," she announced; and then fol
lowed sensation.
He heard a door quickly opened; ne
. a m ax - 1
something about theergntT lost
Hiiiiiei-uuic buvum ura w--
moundedand they were merely inquir -
I x.i , uLa . -- irth
nVUUUOUf M1U vv v- w -
k iiv l x mill j sin unaiu ss vv mmm mm
I , ucni t..t wi Ar nm
I T,1Tiv hnmtna- fnntatn-. a man's sour -
I '
I fj f,vv nMUfindinir IODM Staircase
the back of the house, a colloquy aloft
in fainter tones, and then closing doors
and silence. -
Ha waited five ten minutes, and still
Tm nna came: but the murmur of voices
in subdued but earnest controversy
1 . . . . . a 1
7?!" -A mriA h w
I uuw a wj
the same stern tones that had command -
d her silence before, and this time they
aid:
"That Is entirely my affairl l
see the gentleman myself, and let
know my opinion of this impudent
and burglarious intrusion.
"Whewf whistled Mr. Perry to Him
1 ne neara a ooor quicaiy upeu, . , r, , v
self at sound of these menacing words. I - s r i C14 Warei
-This is bearding the hon in his den Afei wth reliable accuracy,
with a Tengeanoel Kow trot out your ,1 pie liable, t the pains and
'Dougla. in hia hall, and lets see what -rf.eg 0f irheuniatls! rdre.id cvry
u Tve,seen the girl, anjftow change j damp or 4-uiy weather. tabW phvieiami, n, llieilamag.-- dor
and he can't take tha back, even if he Mth h Hood' Sarsaparilla is not will do ir Ull fold t the good you
turns me out." . cUmed to at podifveMBpecifle for can poibly derive from them.
He heard a rvystep. accented by lheomatiflin , the remsrkablecurwit Hairi iWrrh Cure uwnufwtanHl
Sflf.? 1 has effected how that It may 1 tak- by F.J. Cheney & Co., Toledo. O.,
i fame.W LnS: Sw I en fbr this cdmplHinl with reasonable contains no mo, cury. ad is taken
and iajicalry kra the J$T 0t beViettt; Its action in internally, and acts directly- u,v,n
?i3VL -frr' tlteUsntni
r.10? . i iT-VU-r.w.- which U tl cause of rheumatism, system. In buying Hijil's Cal.trrh
.hi . , i,T..,. t, rt .... -
"I banging rxjrneres ine ngure o
the
f?Z?y2fc eaa " f ronr rhrumathiuir give UikkIV Tokxio, Ohio, by F.J. Chcrn-y JLCo.
faagae looking Fngllsnman, ewet ii raftDa.iua M ti,!, trial: it will dol- f3-Soid bv Urujrsrlsti nrke T5c
the
mm niflin mima is mui .
jm
crvV t ravaj
w .
and rheumstism; sharp, stern
and imperious of mood, as every glance
and evrry feature plainly told; vehement
and passionate, unless twitching lips and
frowning brows and angry, snapping
eyes belied him; a man who had suffered
much, unless the deep lines and shadows
under eyes and mouth meant nothing
but advancing years; a man who enWrrd
full of wrath and resentment at this in
vasion of his privacy this forcing of hi
guarded lincsf and yet a gentleman,
unless Ned Perry's instincts were all of
httle worth.
The young soldier had been standing
by a center table, coolly scanning the
Dktureson the walla, and detarminiitir
to Present a rather exact era ted tucture I
ol nonchalance as reward for the hostile
language of the proprietor of Dunraven.
He expected to hear an outburst of in
vective whou that gentleman readied the
room; but no sooner had he roned the
portiere than tic halted short, and Mr.
Perry, turning suddenly, was auiared at
the pale, startled, yet yearning look in
his quivering face.
The moment tlie young man confront
ed him there came as ttudden a change.
It was with evident effort that he con
trolled himself, and then, after brief
searching study of Perry's fae. urcosted
him. coldly and with wtn-astii cmplm-si:
To what clrcuinxtance do I owe the
honor of this intrusion?"
I regret you so consider it, Mr. Mait-
land, as 1 believe you to be" Th old
gentleman Uiwed with stately dignity.
"On of our a sergeant, rode down
this way quit etrly tliU morning and
failed to let tin llix home came tkack
bleeding at MUnsef. and we feared some
accident r trouble. Searching parties
are out ail o cr the prairies, and the
colonel order.l me to inquire here."
Does yur .oloiel take us for ban
ditti here, and ascribe your desertions
and accidenU to our machinations?"
Fur from it, air, but rather as a hott-
pi table refuge to which the injured man
had been conveyed." answered Perry.
with a quiet smile, determined to thaw
the hauteur of Dunraven 'i lord if cour
tesy of manner could effect it.
lie is utterly mistaken, then," an
swered the Englishman, "and I resent
I resent, nir. this forcing of my gates
after the explicit understanding wo had
last year. As a soldier I presume you
had to obey your orders; but I beg you
to tell your colonel that his order was an
affront to mo ersonalIy, in view of what
has passed Ix tween us."
"Nothing has passed between you,
Mr. Maitland," answered Perry, a httle
tartly now. "We liave reached Fort
Rossiter only within the last fortnight,
and know nothing whatever of your
understandings with previous command
ers. Permit me to ask you one question
and I will jyUra JTIave you heard any-
"Notlung, sir. I would hardly bo apt to
hear, for my people here are enjoined to
keep strictly to our limits, and all we
ask of our neighbors is that they keep to
theirs. I presume you have destroyed
my fences, sir. In order to effect an en
trance." "Upon my word, Mr. Maitland, you
make mo rather regret that I did not;
but I had the decency to respect what I
had happened to hear of your wishes,
and so left my horse and my men out
side and footed it a good half mile in the
dark"
"Ahl that sounds very like it! replied
Mr. Maitland, with writhing lips, for at
this moment there came the dull thun
der of rapidly advancing hoof beats, and
before either man could speak again
three troopers with a led horse all four
steeds panting from their half mile raro
reined up in front of the eastern ior
tico in the f ull glare of the lights, and
the sergeant's voice vrai heard eagerly
hailing his lieutenant.
"My luck again!" groaned Perry. "I
told them to come in half an hour if they
didn't hear from me, and of course they
came.
Continued next week.
A LETTER FROM H0X. B. F. GKAHV.
Why lie (sold Not (It to tlie HI- Alliance
Diaaer la Western Sampson
I Kexaxhvi IA.v, N. C
December 2:ld, '90.
I
i tv i.,i,. . iniAMro.
, vjv, flnv intimation that theneo
to hava a pionic on to-day, tho Kx-
ecutive Committee of the Veterans
As!iOCIjltion of l)Upnnf of which I
- -oiiprf fl mtln? of th
7" v omi t
fell it my duty to be present-
You will do me the kindness, it
1 . a nf aaoa OTIV ATM1UA tA
to F' 'V.'V '"J . VY." '
1 inose people ior inis secona
I 1 ' ... . n.
failure
to meet and talk to them. The good
news I have 1 ecelved from several
8 urtt-H touching the conduct of those
people in the recent struggle again t
or U" opportunity may yet afford me
- iiiir ill wi-tis. uriu. n ilia laj-b. kiiui
. .
1 that pleasure, not miny nioiuns
in - Hence. i wrote to iur. lno iiMiu
I few days aeo. and ssnt y u a u-e-i
1 sage through him
.l t n l.E,tn4AealnnIa turn .tn
at I uooic w i uumr, a ,
UBADY.
I. S. We had a large meei ing to
day and much business was doie In
the line of the duties of a Veterans'
I Associatiou. Much ent huh:Mii was
was I manitestecl, and tn- work: joi.e uu-
1 I .... 1....,!. f f-V. a . f. . iii.ir
t ri.Tfnn. Vmuh-ut Kmn'l
- w . " , - - " 7 "
1 B. Newton, Vice-President; II.
I Mor, Secretary and Treasurer; and
I A. F. Williams. Aaslstant Secretary,
wiiii I t'orcut to add that our dinner was
him j nrt-i l and abundant enough for
ana aint twice the number of eaters.
U WBTUlwiuiowirt ui 1110 ouu
wu, 1 Tti a.-ona;u . 1. ,.
i . -
v.n mtMi- .
STATE VIWJSS.
Ii;-aiiiy ? t ui tu 'ti' tii
ma-e in J i .: . li l
riT
tli
Uw which or ;it.i
.t:
than the X Kli !-v -m
Wil. Star.
The IX'UKHT.i?
iu
Is large c:(.uih
1
buted to iriw t h
I'uliut Ytry tmwJy 4.'
:i' v
loraujUilrg tn
i
publican csmd 1 i at
iandmatk.
Soiw-ltly vv ,nh is,
relation then .t p ?
twitii tin Novt iuLcr
tho t I
Wt !!, its tier ;-. u t
the lh-niucr;!'.- 1 id i !i
(o !
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lUf-t M'tllUl. i '.lt I-!
.v t :
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two j tsir- hernv
v
The l.:v. - of A i s
the s;'Ui:ir ol'i i tii'i:. -d-r
sixu : j tvtv. i(
h unity t I'iii .) i-io t ;
ui!t' r -i Uicr. Ii.i.it- v, .
made to 1! .1.: ,
law. Au-i 1 1 Mm." I'
ll or tl;(i:n;li -iim
i
i
A
a 'ri
Star.
A (''!.' ' I i i
AllliU.ta :n I Y.t! i
d t.
1.:
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i.atior, of lh iM'.ailry, ',
Cincinnati hImiu th'iu;-.Ml
prox., ior t!v purp i-..-t'oi-
i,':.
what i 1 1 I? M ! I, uv I,-:
the NaiiMi.ii i.sbir j,i!y.
IlK'Vv ut tit , u hit ti U w i l
propotti.'i,-, ii . : :! nri.r ;i 1 1 1
coiiUiit wiil; KfjiuMi.' u ins
i .
and jh t-i.dly iih tin- 1 ,j u-t .
Republic 'ti pisiiey t-.ad i ifi.l
iural and 1 ib'jr int r.-i-. tint i
Will wipe out 1h- Uepu'.iS.-1 i j.u1; ,
just iu tho Whig p.r;y v::-i vip.l
OUt ty Jvli'lV.-.NothJliisi,!,
not for a ummtt tloul.
it? niii hi. Ili-tury i r
itself. JohM.-no Ai 'U!-.
hi u
1'i.ui
There vs u- utuo :t tn.ia . Ii !'.'
a ruttte-n.il.i' n..K-ep Itu li::'
tho mountain hi-l , and t nnk;
show bifnro his i-:uitp.iii'.:t-.
grasped the rcptilo around tin n
expecting to turn it l io-o
h
' '
pU-asun. It s-)'u begin louimt !:
ieiigtliy body arouii'l bis ;,i ut : I
to d.a(Iru the iiirvctil It,- l i t t ...
tiol of his uriu. itlii.ii k.iv : hi i
the fata: .-trukc-
rtMfMVu' u7"ve. , Wl. iv vua-c- th
reptile, "Kin Ah-li.t,' a-!t p o t
the clitl'of tlio (hT.:ijohii, p i- !y on
the other Mdo; tiau-Ii ip t, t.U' ).!
h.iudle not tho not le;i:i thiii, li -t it
wind its do. inly iiiliiiciuvtroiind
arm of your umh i -tao lin
deaden th- .-oa-; of .-i l!"-r,n!ni :.;!
then give vou ihe f.ital !-!iuk -
Mates vnie rami tit u ,t.
Ctnadiilii i'at jih Vi. :;iv n .-w M i-i-,.
ponm of the bofiinh-.i ol" im- p-tiic -
tive tariff. It m -em.- Ih tt iu t in -.l i
fiey haven prouctivo turiirtor l.o -ILlI!1,
lltidtr V'hi( li li'.i ii; Is a fin;t'
duty on imparled j i;tt -. T'H
year loo po.aio crop : i :;n.t ,a ri
been n failure m.d cuioe i llf far
mers have been borrow in: a few lor
jccd lit in th- ir" A o-icat- u' ihb i;
uerox-the line. They vero ? cM- o
ly rcuiiu lei l.ty cu-ilom olio . i f
the fact Ibat they were vi A x. : li. '
levd.ue 1 1 s. A number l W. -i
who conn !el to b:.vin;r
potatoes from their Anieri
ors wie coiopi, !! d to p
th(Uiui)d in i.dditio.i :;
Miiugglhi'. The McK.inh-;
Itiii lo 1
ran u-i :
y lu;y
Ihti -J i
i
r
liU' 11 -iLi!iol
of
e-.op II I
e
,oM'S a ttiit oi -j. eiiiis it
potatoe-, tool us the jo;:to
eo l-'oerawi. l'oriioTi ot
th
I ;dt
! States ints b on a f..iitur,
I be l:; i
tli.t -y w't','.
t !;::: i.e
wl.obtiys i-.npoit'il po
I lit ' 2' cts tt bushel un,-r
otherwise would to pruteet h inwoti.
The higt? tarill is a daisy thing for
the farmer. Wil, .St ir.
WHAT IS A VKAK?
- What ia vr-ir" litthst.,te
?IJ
A wrinkle add-d to tho tm e.
Th J spring's grfi n leave?, the ut. -
mer's sun,
Fall, whiter'a irostx tin? ytvr 1
l dl) 10,
Its twelve iii'.iih i-ou.-M' is ;iilckly
run.
This problem (.'onder, inrt;il mun,
As other.-i J'.ri v m !. !ini' beau
How bc.l i-tiiploy this litlse i-pau.
i:. Y. K.
'Jill! A V X I r A I . . I is V.
Of all the i ls tbc now year breed.-,
lhcre'rt uuna thiit tin your irrit.
?doro tl.au !h. lit Je uto hni n-sul-:
".Sir, will y p!eu r jilt'."
Fumtini;.
TIMilS lAi;AIHX.
Oid time work uoMb-r?, k liu-y
He'. dotuffo v, ith id I')U'j (od.iy,
I
ror i rum tnu hi age mr ?mihwiv.
A ,r'an ,U Unt n"a rj5
C.I
- l i
And with UU M-ythc U.is signaled o:t
A risy youth of 01.
Beware of Oiutnunt for Catsrili that
Contains Mercury,,
as 3iercury will surely destroy tho
sense of Amell and completely de
range U.9 whole pystem whiii euler-
ing it through the mucus rarfacc.
Fuch articles thould never be used
except on nreK-rititioiw from rei.u-
vuis to run; uu iiik. h'
,,r f ta awn int6niiiv na t rtdn n
. -
ier bottle.
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