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II. 2, ' - r THE CAUGAS. PCIIUSHKD KVKUY THURSDAY, V.J XARIOX BUTLER, Ktor ami lrojrietor. SUBSCRIBE! Show this Paper to vour neigh bor and ad? se him to subscribe. Subscription Price $1.50 pr Year, in Advance. THE CAU C ASIAN THINK I Pure IDomoorAcy axxd. wlilto Qupromcy. VOL. IX. CLINTON, N. O., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1891. No. 18. PROFKSSIONAL COLUMN. ATT It. ALLEN, VV ATTORN F.V- STATE CAPITAL ATTORNEY-AT-Ij AW. Goldsboro, N. U. NO PREFERENCE IN ASSIGN- Will practice in Sampson county. feb27 tf A. M. LEE, M. 0. UlIYHIClANjSt) UOEO.V AND DjJSThiT, umce in ijiM'H urnx store. Je 7-lyr i A. STEVENS, M. D. J Physician and Surgeon, (Office over Post Office.) tcfr-May bo tound at night at the resilience of J. 11. Stevens on College street. Je 7-lyr IT E.FAISON, 7 .JLm Attorney and Counsell or at Law. Office on Main Street, will practice in courts of Sampson and adjoining cmnilc. Also in Supreme Court. All business intrusted to his tar.j will receive prompt and careful attention. je 7-lyr MENTS A SOLDIER'S HOMtf ESTABLISH EDSOLICITORS TO BE ELECT ED BY THE WHOLE STATE. Railroad cussed. Commission 1UU lis A Strong: Kffort to Cripple the Measure I'cg Lctr Williams Must Go rlay.$l,000. (Condensed from State Chronicle.) TIIK8KNATK. 24T1I DAY, THURSDAY, FEB. 3. Mr. Freeman, to preveut Ihe spreading of eontas?eous diseases in - c-i schools. Mr. Turner, of Iredell, offered W. KERR. All Attorney and Counsellor resolution to open a conscience draw at Law. Office oa Wall Street. Will practice in Sampson, Bladen, Pender, Harnett and Duplin uoun ties. Also in Supreme Court. Prompt personal attention will he ri von to all loyal business. e 7-lyr TlllANK liOYETTE, D.D.S. I 1)1-:XT19TRY r-t:: er for the use of all ex-State Print era who feel that they have wronged the State. liill to prevent emigrant agents from plying their vocations in this State without a license. The license fee is $1,000 for each county where such business i-5 carried on. It fixes ho fine for violating this act at not less than $500 nor more than $5,000 Mr. Paine offered to amend by not applying to counties west of the line for reception of inmates into the Western N. C. Hospital. Mr. Bellamy said he had recently received letters from his section o the State, stating that labor was not leaving that section at such a rate as "0 1 1. ts i ii . i i ! rti,A -..rvn 1 Imvk i'it received a large lot 0f tu U1"ucr 11,0 1 m""1 " 4 F Klevrant Jewelry. 'I'liii I will guars r.- crop. He hoped that the ljegisia im to tli purchaser u ie ju.n as rep- r.ure would give the .East this rellel ..... I I tall tiik ohiirtlt " I I l k It 1 1 I 1 I ' ' T unis but carry a standard line of Ollice on Main Street. Olfrrs his services to the people of Clinton and vicinity. Everything in the line of Dentistry done in the best style. Satisfaction guaranteed. ttJMy terms are strictly cash. Don't ask me to vary from this rule. JEWELRY AND CLOCKS! Mr. Ardry insisted that Mecklen ..,. vyf.wn riAdiiu I ho nt ron inn ii I ft- u i oiuiuiu tin v j sv" v the ladies is called to the latet style pins they ave "things of AS A.. f 11 UK AST b.aaty !' Tl.o. old reliable ami standard SETII THOMAS CLOCKS always in stuck in varion suits and size. trtj- Kp;i;rin: of Watches :nd deck iii I mniiOini Jewelry i a sped' '. .V work 1 ili". - vu.i'uiileed t-- yh'e tu- Vi aCitacti"ii. llornvtfully. (M,.', if ;. T. HAW1.. A VI NCI QIJALIEIED suImi ti i-t at or of C T. tho estate of the lite J. W S nith, ilecea-cti, notice is hereby 'ivontoall in'ison holding clai s avainst sa'ul estate to pre--nt the sa-ue to me lr payment, on or be foie January 00th, 1KD2, or this m tic will be plead In bar of their re covery. All persons indebted to said es tate are hereby notified to make im mediate pay meat of the same. J. E. JEUNIOAN. Adm'r ot C. T. A. F. l Jnks, Attorney. Jan. 27th. ISOifriL REMOVAL, ! Mr. Twitty was opposed to the bill. We can't pass a law to hedge n a rascal, and we might Injur hon est men. Mr. Bellamy said if this bill was to give one creditor an advantage over another he should ttppose It. The special order having arrived the bill went over. The Soldiers Home bill was the special order for this hour and wai taken up. Mr. Aycock moved to amend by taking the appropriation from the pension fund instead of the general fund. Mr. Turner favored the amend ment, because ho did not wish to in crease the rate of taxation. Mr. Ardrey said he wouldj rather go back heme with a record for high taxes than to go back with a record against the poor Confederate soldiers. He wanted this Home to be a State institution. The small amount ask ed for will not support the home, but the homebut the noble women of U e State will go out and gather in funds to support it. There are many of those noble t-oldiers who never had a homehomeless and friendless waiting for the passage of this bill. These will find a home here and a burial at the hands of the Stale, and flowers from fair hands shall bedeck their graves. Mr. Turner said he just took a business view of the matter and not a sentimental one. He should sup port the bill whether the amendment was adopted or not. Mr. Williams said North Carolina was very poor but not so poor that she would refuse to take care of her old soldiers. Mr. Butler was opposed to the amendment and thought the money should cotne trom the general fund This is not for poor old soldiers, but for our heroes who fought from '61 to '65. Mr. Aycock's amendment was lost. The question recurred on the pas sage ot the bill on its tlnal reading The bill passed without a dissenting vote. Th-'b li appropriates $3,000 a year and old Camp Kusscll to the Home . djou med. 26th NRAVEN RANCH A Story of American Frontier Life. Bf Capt CHARLES HEQ, U. . A, JitXorof"Tht ColoeC$ Daughter," "From th RcuUct.9 "Ths DeaerUr.' Ela. Cccjrlfcted 188S br J. D. Uppfncott Company, FtautdttphU, and publtimad by pedJ arrang uat through thm American Prraa Aaaodatioa. CHAPTER XIL jj rf O USE the -Hy Mr. Dang., VjTlvj seemed off V day or to Wx had been H Ulto'l bill. It is wrong to carry these ig norant negroes to unhealthy places and the men who do it ought to be punished. It any one wants to go, i let him go, but do not allow h'm to be deceived. r Mr. Butler said he was w illing for the colored people to go anywhere if they could belter their condition. Tie made no objection to labor agents comii r bere when there were no contracts to violate. It has- been a hardship o the farmers to take their labor trom them in the midrt of a busy season. A few make some monov by leaving, but the great ma jority are. ruined. He had not long since contributed money from his own pocket to help some negroes get back to Sampson, who had been en. ticed away and were suffering Air. Avpnt'k nnifl thf tho nerents I rra va Yi. I rn that ii tntnnrif it rannrr worked on the religious leelings of J .f DAY, THURSDAY, FEB. OTH. Mr. Aycock, to amend the Code in reference to Eastern Insane Asylum. Mr. Avery, to amend the Consti tution relative to the jurisdiction of Justices of the Peace. Mr. Butler, for joint committee on ltaiiroau Commission, reported favorably the bill which has been under consideration. Mr. Grigsby .1. rr. oi'iiacjoi'fcY Has removed his Tailoring Estab lishment from his old stand to the t.ftlce over Dr. A. Holmes' Medical Olhce, opposite the Murphy House, (next door to D. A. Culbreth, up stairs. 1 The irreat and orignal leader in low prices for men's clothes. Econ- In cloth and money will force vou to srivo him a call. t-Latest Fashion plates always on hand. June 7th. lyr. i EW BARBER SHOP. When ou vishn easy shave, As gcoJ as barber ever gave, Just call oi us at our saloon At n.orniug, eve or noon; We cut and dres the hair with grace, To suit the contour of "the face. Our room is neat and towels clean, Scissors sharp and razors keen. And everything we think you'll find; To suit the face and please the mind, And all our art and skill can do, It you just call, we'll do for you. Shop on De Vane Street, opposite Court House, over the old Alliance Headquarters. PAUL SHEBARD, The Clinton Barber. the negrO3s, and when you get one to think he has a spiritual visitation he cannot be turned. We ought to protect the negro an4 the piople. The bill, as amended, passed its several readings. Bill to secure to creditors an equal division of tho assignment", except that clerk3 and laborers shall be pre ferred. Mr. Bellamy said that our present law wasa most fertile source of fraud. A majority of the assignments mado in this State are fraudulent. Dii- honest men use this law to defraud the merchant, the manufacturer and tho farmer alike. This is not right. This bill appeals to our sense of right and justice. Thirty-one States have laws similar to the bill now before the Senate. Mr. King thought the main object of the bill would tan. lie tnougni the law could be evaded by giving mortgages. Mr. Durham thought tho present law good enough. Mr. Aycock said the present law T A I was an outrage, aiou continually would be tiled. Mr. Walser said he should sign the minority report if amendments are not adopted to cer tain provisions. The Assignment bill came up as unfinished business. Mr. McLarity said ho felt the ne cessity of such a law as this bill po posed. It does not matter whom a man may owe, he ough to pay all alike. He spoke of the numbers of cases that had been before him as Probate Judge, la which great in justice had been done. This bill ought to pass to remove a blot t rom the fair name of our State. Mr. King said he opposed this bill from principle. If he considered self first he would favor it. He re peated that the bill would not pre vent fraud. There are numbers of ways i ' which this can be done. The friends ef the bill presume that it will remedy this evil, but he did not think so. Mr. Bellamy made a strong argu ment for the bill. Bill passed secon treading. It was then put in third reading and passed. i expression of "Ned Perry his feed" for wo. The hunt pronounced a big success, despite the fact of Perry's defection he had not even joined them at luncheon and it wag agreed that It should be repeated the first bright day after muster. That ceremony came off on Monday with due pomp and formality and much rigidity of inspection on the part of the post commander. It was watched with interest by the ladies, and Mrs. Belknap even proposed that when the barracks and kitchens were being visited thev should go along. Dana had been her devotee ever since the day of the hunt, and announced his willingness to carry her suggestion to the colonel, but Belknap declined. She wanted a few words with Perry, and did not know how to effect her purpose. When he Btopped and spoke to her after parade on Saturday evening and would have made peace, she thought to complete her ap parent conquest by a show of womanly displeasure at his conduct, and an as surance that, thanks to Mr. Dana, the day had been delightful and his failure to accompany her had been of no conse quence at alL The utterly unexpected wav in which he took it was simply a "stunner" to the little lady. So far from being piqued and jealous and huffy, as she expected, Mr. Perry justified the oft expressed opinion of her sisterhood to tEe effect that "men were simply past all comprehension" by brightening up instantly and expressing such relief at her information that for a moment she was too dazed to epcuk. - By that time he had pleasantly said good night and vanished; nor had lie been near her since, except to bow tnd look pleased when she walked by wiih Dana. She never thought of him aa an actor before, but this, said Mrs. Belknap to herself, looks like consummate acting. Had she known of or even suspected the existence of a woman who had interposed and cast her into the shade the explana tion would have occurred to her at once; but that there was a goddess in the shape of Gladys Maitland within a day's ride of Itossiter she never dreamed for an in stant. ' Believing that no other woman couM have unseated her, Mrs. E&Iknap simply could not account for suck utter, such unutterable, complacency on the part of her lately favored admirer in his virtual dismissal. All Sunday and Mon day she looked for signs of sulking or surrender, but looked in vain. Perry seemed unusually grave and silent, was Parke's report of the situa tion; but whatever comfort she might have derived from that knowledge was ut terly destroyed by the way he brightened Hp and looked pleased whenever they chanced to meet. Monday evening he stopped to s peak with her on the walk, hnlHIfag out his hand and fairly beaming upon her; she icily received these demon strations, but failed to cnul tnem or mm. Then she essayed to make him suffer the m.. VM.IUU, VU1M w au Ut J V4 all of you where it's good and light." And lie hospitably held open the screen door. Perry had seen tho album a dozen times, but he wad for going in with the others, when he felt a little hand press ure on his arm. and Mrs. Belknap's great dark eyes were gazing cp into his with mournful, incredulous appeal "Don t you know I want to see you? she murmured so that only he could hear. "Waitr And, much bewildered, Mr. Perry waited. She stood where she could look through the screen door in the parlor be yond, watching furtively until the party were grouped under tho hanging lamps and absorbed in looking over one an other's shoulders at the famous albums; then, beckoning to him to follow, she flitted, like some eerie sprite, ou tiptoe to the southern end of the veranda. where clustering vines hid her from view from the walk along the parade. Perry began to feel queer, as he after wards expressed it, but he stalked along after her, declining to modulate the thunder of his heavy heels upon the re sounding gallery. She put her finger to her lips, and, after a nervous glance around, looked at him warningly, be seechingly. "What on earth's the matter?" was all the perplexed and callow youth could find to say, and in a tone so utterly de void of romance, sentiment, tenderness anything she wanted to hear that in all her experience and 'she had had not a little pretty, bewitching little Mrs. Belknap could recall nothing so humil- ing al her undaunted pluck, "Pre known you fifteen years, and nTer have found you at a loss for a sharp retort. "In all the years you nave known rue. doctor, as child, as maid, as woman, you are the only man in the army who ever put me on the defensive. I see clearly that you would taunt me because of this interview with Mr. rrry. Hon! soit qui mal y pense. Dr. Quin! You are the last man in this rarrhwn cavalry and aH who can allord to throw stones." "Whcw-w-wT whistled tho doctor. What a little spitfire you always were. to be sure! Mr. Perry," said he, turning suddenly on the young officer, "let me at once apologize for a very misleading observation. When I tpoke of having known Mrs. Belknap fifteen years she instantly thought 1 meant to make her out very much elder than she is; and hence these recriminations. She always objected to me because I used to tease her when she was In her first long drcesos tho prettiest girl at Fort Leav- enworui and sue s never gonen over it. But her father and I were good friends, and I should like to be an honest one to his daughter. Good night to you both." One moment. Dr. Quin," said Perry, springing forward. "You have seen fit to make comments and insinuations that have annoyed Mrs. Belknap at a time when she was under my escort" "Oh. Mr. Perry, no! no!" exclaimed Acain pained silence and cmUrri ment. A t last the sergeant ntvnou imow ly forward and spoke: "Captain, the men f; tuA&kcd, ihe voices disguised. I culd uot the dress in the darkness. I was struck oa the head almost the instant I got outaide the door, and it would be imposaibU for me to identify one of thnt" "Do you think it was the tune gang you had the trouble with at Dunr.tvcnr "I could not say, sir CREATES nun j a new !n!iv f . ENLARGES many an old huu.cv REVIVES many a Call bqsUwM,. RESCUES many a lt WInr, SAVES many a fail he I t-stuo, PRESERVES raany a U U.c SECURES succcm In a.;n U)uhs Therefore advertise hi a j-yai pur. one the people are anxiou M r NEWS OF TIIK WEEK. VARIOUS ITEMS OF INTEREST OATH EKED, ANH BRIEFLY STATED SINCE OUR I. AST ISSUE. EvangeUpt Fife ha i urchin d a handsome residence In !'av ttevlll Do you suspect any of our own mcnT and Mill make that tdacv hi homo. "I would not say that. Mr." I uuring mm yiair ii-m liuMklnts wen patented m thUc utdry and ytt the imputation continue to In-creac. aaked "Where is the stable guard; Stryker. . "Send Mm her. And presently Trouper Kelly a wiry little Irishman, whit a twinkling eye and aa expression of aiinglcd dwilmcnt and Imperturbability in Lis face came forth from the stable door and stood attention. "Where were you when tht awauit took place, Kelly?" "At the far end of thoeub. n. sir," replM Kelly, with prompt iwi.S on dent tone. "Then of course you saw and knovr nothing of it." "Not a wor-rad, sir. "Why did you lot a gang froui that English ranch como here an J beat your sergeant before your very eyer Kelly reddened at the very idea. "I'd ha died first, slrt Sore they'd nlver dared And then Kelly topped aoirn pxnrpsslv to make monev urn to amena me constitution OI This bill may not meet every case, the State. The amendment pro- but it seems to be the best that can vides that State Solicitors be elected be done. This is a bill for justice in the same manne-asSupeiiarCourt not to favor any one. Judges are elected. ThSpn.itft AriinurnMl at 2 o'clock Mr. Bull said that pangs of the iilted by clinging to Dana's arm and Bmilimj up in Dana s face, and then she suddenly started: "Oh. Mr. Dana! How could I have been so thought less and this is your wounded side!" Dana protested that her slight weight was Bocrining balm, not additional pain. and Perry promptly asseverated that if he were Dana he would beg her not to quit his arm, and her eyes looked scorn at him as she said, "How can you know anything: about it, Mr. Perry? You've never been in action or got a scratch. while Mr. Dana" and now the dark eyes spoke volumes as they looked-up into those of her escort "Jlr. Dana is one of the heroes of the fighting days of the regiment." Even that failed to crush him, while it had the effect of making Dana feel mawkish and absurd. Perry frankly responded that he only won dered the women ever could find time to w a rt . -m- t "r Ttflir ft " T I ... T X U W A i UKM AN. and the bill went over. ' I .Vptr niv wrnvpsniv. vni 4tii. Mr. Rose, from cittoens of John- COMMISSION MERCHANTS, No, 112 North Water Street, WILMINGTON, N. C. Cotton and Timber. : also : Country Produce handled to best ad vantage. Reference 1st National Bank, Wilmington, N. C. aug2.-tf I annul mm mm i Raise Turkeys weiehing from 80 to v pounaa, ana worm twice as much as common stock, by buying luu-Dioou breeds. Address, S. II. COLWELL, Wallace P. O., novC-tf Duplin Co., N. C. FOR BENT ! Store-IIou3e and Lot, Barn and Stables connected with same, at In- gold, N. C. Possession given imme diately. For farther particulars apply to E. C. HERRING, janl tf CUrland, N. C. ston countv, asking for the repeal of the merchants' purchase tax. Mr. Wilcox, to incorpoiate the Ty son & Jonos Buggy Company. Mr. Butler, to amer d sections 3632 and 3CS5 of the Code. Mr. Aycock, to incorporate the Mt. Olive Railway and Lumber company , Mr. Turner, to establish a Geologi cal Survey of the State, Mr. AHep, of Bladen, to regulate the pay of teachers in Public Schools, Mr. Walser, a resolution instruct ing our membeis in Congress to use their efforts in obtaining a constitu- show any civility whatever to fellows this wis evi- like him, when there were so many who I i m . 1 a. I a dently aimed at his district (the 2d). ?T a IT? , '.o.,,.,...;,,. loss to fathom him, and when tattoo xic sam tne present ooiici tor v ime, came iionday nignt, and they were colored) was a good man ana tney I gj discussing the project of a run with loved him. I the bounds for tho coming morrow a Tr T,,rnr Raid tho hill nrnrwl I MT y celebration on new princxpi to elect Solicitors as Judges are elect ed, because if it is right as to Judges it is right as to Solicitors. It will enable us to arrange districts so a to equalise the work of Solicitors and Judges. He said he did not share in the opinion of the gentleman from Craven. lie thought tho law was just to all political parties. Mr, Aycock said ike bill was to elevate the office of Solicitor, and place it above the possibility of pet- tional amendment requiring U. K. I ty personal prejudices. Mrs. Belknap resolved upon & change of tactics. Dana was officer of the guard and over at the guard house, but nearly all the other officers were chatting about the veranda and the gate of the colonel's quarters. Thither had Capt. Belknap escorted his pretty wile, and she was, as usual, the center of an interested group. Perry came strolling along after reporting tibe result of tattoo roll call to the adjutant, and Capt. Stryker called to him and asked some question about the men on stable guard. The orders of the colonel with regard to watching the movements of tho men after the night roll call were being closely observed, and latin:?. "How can you bo so unkind to mc?" at last she whispered, in the tragic tremolo she well knew to be effective; it had done execution over and aproin. But big, handsome Ned Perry looked only like one in a maze; then he bent over her in genuine concern "Why, Mrs. Belknap! What lias hap pened? What has cone wrong? What do you mean by unkindness?" She faced him. indignantly nowt "Is it possible you profess not to know?" By all that's holy, Mrs. Belknap, I haven't an idea of what you mean to charge mo with. Tell me, and I'll make every amend I know how. He was bending over her in genuine distress and trouble; he had no thought but to assure her of his innocence of any conscious wrong. She was leaning upon the balcony rail, and he rested one strong hand upon the post at the shaded corner, abovo her head, as he bowed his own to catch her reply, For a moment she turned her face away, her bosom heaving, her little hands clasping nervously, the picture of wronged and Borrowing womanhood. His blunt, ragged honesty was some thing she had never yet had to deal with. This indeed was "game worth the candle," but something of a higher order than the threadbare flirtations she had found so palatable heretbfore. She had expected him to be revealed by this time as tho admirer who bad only been play ing a part in his apparent acceptance of the situation cf the last two days; she expected to be accused of coquetting with Dana, of neglect, coldness, insult towards himself; and this she would have welcomed; it would have shown him still a victim in her toils, a mouse sho might toy and play with indefinitely before bestowing tho final coup de grace. But instead of it, or anything like it, here 6tood tho tall, handsome young fel low, utterly ignoring the possibility of her having wronged him, and only beg ging to be told how he had affronted her, that he might make immediate amends. It was simply exasperating. She turned suddenlv upon him, hiding ber face in her hands, almost sobbing: And I thought we were sucli such friends!" Even that suggestive tentative did not lay him prostrate. Fancy the utter in adequacy of his response: "Why, so did 1" This was too much. Down came the hands, and were laid in frantic appeal upon hi breast. He did not bar the way; she could have slipped from tho corner without difficulty, but the other method was more dramatic "Let me go, Mr. Perry," she pleaded. "I I might have known; I might have known." The accents were stifled, heart rending. "Don't go yet, Mrs. Belknap; don't go without telling me what wnat I ve done." And poor Ned imploringly seized the little hands in both his and held them tight. "Please tell me," he pleaded. "No. not You would not understand; vou do not see what I have to bear. Let . . . me ero. I beg, please; x cannot stay. Alii b r great dark eyes, swimming in tea. j. were raised to his face, while with faint very faint struggles she strove to pull her hands away, relenting in her purpose to go the moment she leit that he was relaxing tho hold in wnicn tney were clasped, but suddenly wrenching them from his breast and darting from his side, leaving Perry in much bewil derment to face about and confront the doctor. A little openine bad been left in the railing at the south end of the veranda the same through which the post surgeon had passed the night Mrs. Lawrence bad shown to Perry the answering signal light; it was the doctor's "short cut" be tween the colonel's quarters and his own side door, and soft, unbetraying turf lay there between. Absorbed in her melo drama, Mrs. Belknap had failed to note the coming of the intruder; absorbed in his own stupefaction and hi3 fair part nert apparent depth of woe. Ned Perry heard nothing but her soft words and softer sighs, until a deep voice at his shoulder a voice whose accent betrayed no apology gave utterance to this un compromising sentiment: "Mrs. Belknap, this is the thirtieth not the first of April." "And what has that to do with your sudden appearance, Dr. Quin?"' an swered the lady, with smiling lips but flashing eyes. She rallied from the shock of sudden volley like the veteran she was, and took the brunt of the fight on her own white, gleaming shoulders. needing no aid from the young fellow short. flU Celtic pride had been touch- Mrs. Belknap, laying her hand on his ed to Uie quick, and liad ft not proved arm. "Not a word of that kind, I itn- too much for even Irish wit? plorel Husht here comes my husband." j -now did they get the sergeant out of Ah, Belknap.- said the doctor the stable at this hour of tho nlghtr blandly, as the big captain came hur riedly forth with searching glance along the dark gallery, "here you find me, as usual, trying to be devoted to Mra B. whenever I con get you out of the way. Why the jeuce can't you stay?" "Oh, it's you, is it, doctor answered the captain in tonosof evident relief. "It is far too chilly for this young woman to bo sitting here without a wrap, is it not? Come inside, Dolly. Come, doctor. Halloo! what's that?" A cavalry trumpeter camo springing through the gate and up on the veranda. "Is Capt. Stryker here?" he panted. "No. What's the matter?" demanded Perry. "Trouble at the stables, sir. Sergt G Wynne's assaulted again." Perry sprang from the veranda and went tearing across the dark lovol of the parade as fast as active legs could carry him, leaving the doctor far behind. As he passed the company quarters he noted that several men were leaping from their broad galleries, some just palling on a blouse, others in their shirt sleeves, but all hastening towards the stables, where dim lights could be seen flitting about like will-o'-the-wisps. One of . these troopers came bounding to his side and would have passed him in the race. He recognized the athletic form even in the darkness and hailed him: "That you. Sergt. Leary? What's gone wrong?" "It's thim blackguards from below, sir. Who else could it ber "Those people at the ranch?" "Tho very ones, sir. No one else would harm Sergt. Gwynno. Sure we ought to have wound "em up the one night we had a chance, sir." Breathless, almost, they reached the stables. The horses were all snorting and plunging about in their stalls, showing every indication of excitement and alarm. From the stables of the adjoin ing companies other men had come with lanterns, and a group of perhaps half a dozen troopers was gathered about the form of a cavalry sergeant who was seat ed, limp and exhausted, at the western doorway. One soldier was bathing his face with a sponge; the first sergeant of the troop was bending over and trying to feel the pulse. "Stand back, you men"' he said, au thoritatively, as he caught sight of the lieutenant's shoulder straps. "Lave a lantern here. Now, Gwynne, heres Lieut. Perry. Can you tell him who it TXMJlT' Gwynne feebly strove to rise, but Perry checked liim. 6it down! The doctor is coming: don't attempt to move," panted the young officer. "TeH me what you know about It, Sergt. Hosmer."' Nothing but tins, sir. I was in the office when Trumpeter Petersen ran in and said they were killing Sergt. Gwynne. I sent him for the captain and graooed my revolver and ran here as hard as I could. He was lying just outside the door when I got here, and not another soul in sight. Sergt. Ross, of F troop, and Sergt. Pagan, of B. came with their lanterns from the stables next door; but they had not even heard the trou We. Where was the stable guard." InsHu. sir, and he's there now. He heard the scuffle, he says, and ran to give the alnrni and to protect the ser geant, but the men scattered when he came, and he saw none or them. Tell him to oome here. Let some of these nwn go in and quiet he horses. The captain will be here u a minute. and he will want to see that staweman. Who is it" Kelly, sir." By this time Dr. Quin came lumber ing heavily up the slope to tne Hiaoie door Hi manner was very quiet ana . i i 1 very grave as tie Dent over uw mjiueu man and carefully studied his face by the light of the sergeant's famp. The doctor spoke gently: "You know i ue. sergeant! ut. tum. Can you tell me what struck you? Are you hurt eiitewVere than in tne ncao.' Gwynne made no reply ror a moment. then faintly answered: . Stunned, mainly, and one or two kicks after I was knocked down." Then came a deeper voice, quiet but authoritative, and the groq? that had begun to close in again about the doctor be Sure they called him out, sir, "And the sergeant happened to down there by the door at the time?" "No, sir; he was in hu room beyant up there by the forage. "That's a long distance from this door. Kelly; and if he could hear itlin hi room you could hear it farther away, "I wasn't farther away thin, sir; I was down here when they axed for him. "Then why didn't you open the door and see who wa? making euch a raoktt. shouting for Sergt. Gwynne aftor taps?" "Sure they didn't shout at all at all. 6ir: they axed for him quiet and se- Bpectabia like, an I wint and told him. "Ah. yes, I see. And then, bavin, told him, you went away to tho far end of the stable. "Yis, sir, just so, sir; an tho moment I heard the scrimmidge, sir, I ran as hard aa 1 could." "Of course you considered It was none of your business what people might want with the stable eergeant at night "No. sir. If he wanted me he had a right to tell me to come." "We differ on that point. Kelly. Re lieve him. Sergt. Homer. On fhe following morning Cot. Brain- ard was surprised to note In Ixipt. airy ker s column of remarks explanatory of the alterations from the status of the previous day: "Serct. Gwvnne from daily duty as Mr. 1. F. St. Clair h i- - v te4 hi connection with the S.tnt r I Hxptx to accept a Mv!tlii on th editorial ! staff of the Charlotte ChsnnVIo The IVnsion bill iMN-it i t Sen ate. The amount remind U $s I.'... 173,OSo. Such U lladic.tlivti, ur- Ulcn and a curse to the coutitrv. Th N. Y. Star ha ch.'nsod i ;tW and will hereafter Ixmr the n. m of The Daily Continent. It nuw ot a good Mart, but has not yet ara nn.c- ed its politics. Accoidhig to the couiin of th" In. dians in thU country they hao de creased in tho devside about 000. In ISs'. they nu... In-red JV;.PJl. in ISM 2IS.273. Tho Republican party I now tho minority party. Like goxN under the auctioneer hummer, it U Mo- lhtf, goiiiir,':litI will Miotilie"giit.M New IxTiie Journal. Cleve'and and Hill met :t a ban quet m .! and uid ph aant ii!tiji A each tthcrin after dinner jMi-ehr!. This may mean that Hill will not antagonize Cleveland lr President in lb'J2. The farmers oft he Southend W-t were not more nifi-es--! ul use la-l year than u-ual ingrowing iMtton, coru and wheat, but thev eertai'dy wire more .ucVH-ful In rai-ing "cane." There is a new qui Miou coming the election of United Static Sena tors by the people. A more impor tant one pcrhap.4 is a direct vote for the Presidency. Wilmington j,ts-wnger. It really begins to look like North Carolina has never known Mteh nil exiK)ititHi as the New lere Fair is going to be. It ojens on the "2d of thh mouth and will continue for ono week. Tax the excessive incoii.es of the . over-rich, rwluee all ee-ive ofli- etable sergeant to siuk in hospital; Sorgt. j cial salaries National, State, Coun . Leary from duty to arrest, and Private 1 ty and Municipal. Ti.is is the de-. Kellv from dutv to confinement." inand d" the people at this time. t . . ii i.i.i.t - lm l jou liinr u . wuiUMjiii'j .-w gus. Continued next week. Pronounced Hopeless, Vet Saved. From a letter written by Mrs. Ada E. Ilurd, ofCroton, S. D., we quote: "Was taken with a bad cold, which settled on my lung, cough set in and Anally terminated in Consump tion. Four doctors gave me up fay ing I could live but a f-hort time. 1 1 gave myself to my Saviour, deter mined if I could not Htay with my friends on earth, I vrould meet my absent ones above. My husband was advised to get Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, (Toughs at d Colds. I gave it a trial, took in all eight bottles; it has cured me. and thank God I am now a well and hearty woman." Trial bottles free at Dr. It. 14. Ilolliday's drugstore, Clinton, N. C, and John it. Smith, druggist, Ml. Olive, N. C. A Fixe Child. Caller And this is the new baby? Fxnd Mother Ian't bo splendid? Caller Yes, inde d ! Fond Mother And ho bright ! Soe how intelligently be breathes J You arc In a Lad Fix vi! will euro you if you v ill by or Liter mui-U'"- away their vigot and his patient fell back aa Capt. Stryker strode into their midst. "Sergt. II owner, send all these men of the troop back to their quarters at once, and permit no more to come out. Is he much hurt, coctorr "Somewhat stunned, be says. Ive made no examination yet. TTi cantain looked about him. Ex- liut pay u-. Our message is to the nervous and debilitated, win early evil habit'1, Hons, have trilled of bodv. mind and manhood, and sutrei all those effects which lead to premature decay, consumption or in sanity. If this means you, ?nd lor and read our Book k Lii'E, writ ten by tho greatest Specialist of the day, and seut fealed) for 0 cents in stamps. Address Dr. Parker's Ml ical andSurgh ai Institute, I'd North Spruce St., Nashville, Tenn. A New York editor who wrote an obituary notice ut a man oi fo!:i celebrity al,"He began lilWasa legal practitioner, but wsis diwitd from it ty a love ot h tter. lie did n.t ee the prinlei's proof, and was enfronted the next uiornin with this : "He began lite as a legal politician, but he w as diverted from it by a Jove of hitlers." - Demaratu Argus. Bueklen'M Arnica Saltf. The bct Sah'f i.i t.ie world hr Cu:s, Urvise. Sores, l'i-t. Na't KV-uni. K voi Sores, Tett r. ;l. n p-H ilanJ, Chii blams Cern, and -k:u Kruplioo, mj! iM.Ml'.veiy eur' i uh r no pay required. It i iriuraittied t-. cive er- teet satialactici;. m morey retarded. 2'rite 25 cents tei l-ox. For true by Dr. 1L II. Hoixi -a , '!utr., arid .1 5MITH, Drujuri-t. M.-iait Olive, N. O So tar as we can Jurge, the I'ls-tnrei-i doing well. A great many bills have been introduced that will be lost in the committee room, but we trust that we shall witness 44the the survival of the Jlti.eW New Heine Journal. Congressman 1'hel.in, of Thanes- see, who lias iK-en in i ruiouguine, and who went to the Ihdr.im.is for his health before the 1 'ginning ot the winter, died at Nassau on Janu ary 30th, and his body arrived in New i ork Sunday moriuag. Whatever the. IiCgi-huure : or does not do, there is enetliMi'X it must do, to meet thedemand "t the eoile, iiss a just and w i.-e Haai oad Conmiission bill. And ln i !' an other Sunday morning the bui now pending will .be a law of Uo Stnte. State Chronicle. Ah we look down on the Uej- ibli can part.", stretching from Mm-iiu to Califo: nl.i, we discover that it is perturbed and unhappy. Tho old time louancy has dt. patted s.i:d it fcetns to be suffering from a severu attark of nervous prostratio . N. Y. Herald. I ml. Bill passed its several readings by a s rict party vote. Bill to apportion the public school funds ofthe State. Bdl provides j that the school funds shall be equal- Mr. ored .o amend by "! !,Chlf Friday at the expiration of the morn- ing hour. Senators to be elected by the people. UNFINISHED BUSINESS. The bill to secure to creditors an equal division of the assets of debt ors came up as unfinished business. fixing the maximum bond of assign ees at $50,000. Mr. King did not think the bill ought to pass. Continued on Second Page. who stood there, flushed, annoyed, yet when Strumpets sounded "tape," a few too perturbed to say a word even bad J QnQ gej-geant holding a lantern, the moments later, several of the troop com- there been a chance to get in one edge- J troopers, .obedient to his order. manders walked away together, and this nise. Blunt as be was, be cocM not but I were Bjowjy fading back into the dark left a smaller party. It was just at this t realizo the awkwardness of the situation. I their war to tho barracks. Only juncture that Mrs. Belknap's sweet voice And to be so misjudged by sucn a man as J the doctor. Mr. Perry, and the sergeant has neara aaaressing tne amnwrniiiig i jjr. Ouinl AU uus was iukuuhk uwugu i remained by toe side ox tne iniurea his mind as tne aoctor answerea: Nothing with my appearance, Mrs. Belknap; it was yours I remarked upon. Too seemed to think it All Fools day.' "Far from it, doctor, when I thought von miles away." "Well, well, Mrs. Belknap," said Quin, shrugging his broad shouldcrsand laugh- ofuoer: Oh, colonel I Ever since Thursday I have been telling Capt. Belknap about those lovely albums of yours; and he is so anxious to see them. Could he have a look at them to-night?" . "Why, certainly, exclaimed the colo nel, all heartiness and nleasore. "Come ! man. iuen came toe question: "Who did this. GwynneT No-answer. A deeper shade of pain and trouble aeemod to pass over the sergeant's face. He made an effort to speak, hesitated, and at last replied: 1 cannot say, sir." a Useful Max. rditor Great Xiauy: l want a gxi, strong euno- rial on the tariff lor to-morrow. I think you can write it. New Man (promptly) Yes, sir. Which side Life. - n i rr COXSLTIPTICX SUltELT CURED. To i tub Eiutok Phrftte infor vour readers tim I have a plllvc remedy for the abe'e Haraed diteage. Ut it timely use thousaaus or hoK;lo J . . . i . cases nav ocen perniaueiiuy cure a. I shall be "lad to send two bottles " u iky remedy free to auy of your read er who bare consumption n tuey .... w I scud me their xitks ana oiU e Money, likft every other represen tative of value, has itn price, which fluctuates in different market1, and even In tho same iuaket ; f"r one man my find it profitable to pay 10, l't or 2)i'r cent, for the use of mon ey, while bis next door iu;ighhoi( with entirely different bu-iue op put unities, could not use rowed money to advantage at f r id. FayeltevUle Olervur. The Vi5:ui:igto'i Mcs-4 .igi-r s jys : "JIuekleberv bu-lns bi Ka'up-on c.'Tinty are. in bloom, and sforekecp- t rs are already m iking advance on next easjiis crop." We did t.ot know the above fact ur.til informed byourcontei.p.raryt I and we hope that the Messenger has been misinformed a!iut the matter, as so early a bloom and merehantilo advances on the lluckle'oery crop may not prove btsicficial. Now that Ingalls is beaten lot of . Republican pnters are revly b say that it Isn't ny great ! smyway. The Syracuse Journal. eji!ed by the po?lina!:tcr, savs: "I he retirement of John J. Ingalls from the United States Senate would be'mrire deeply regretted had he not, in the preenc; of a tenipotary iolitieal reittion in his State, lowered tie standard of Hepublicanisin, and f hO Aed himself vote seeker rather tnan the high- toned ssvatestnan which be before had been reputed to be." Itepated by whom? laddres. IUpevtfulv. T. A. hlJUCUM. M. ( 181 Peail st.. "cw York. Jny people on the globe. A company is talking about util izing the immense water p iwer of Lake Superior. We have no 'Lake Superior, but we have advantages and Inducements superior to those of any other State in the Union. Every section has the Vpowei" befet adapted to its :eveiopment. North Carolina lias brain powc, muscular power, and whatever tie is Inher ent in a brave, virtuous and patriot ic people. We Juve bu ' to use tha means that God has placed in our tower, to become as prosperous ai 4 s I .A V - " i . i I ... I .1