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TTIE CAUCASIAN. rrBLISHEb E.VERT THURAT. MAKIO.N i'lIL'TLER. 'Editor k Vropr. gUIiSCWITIOS KATKH. 1 ONE YEAR, .': SIX MOXTHJ , Enteml at the IVM Office at GoM'boro', N. C. M RcConl-cla mail matter. "TO BUSY FOR CONTROVERSY." ' A friend who tikes the Messenger has just called our attention to a long and labored editorial which lecently apcared in that paper un der the above heading. The editorial etarUi off with the following The Messenger does not intend to Etir up strife. Hence it has given little attention to the Third party movement since the election in No vember last We have not read fifty lines all told from the organs of that concern in North Carolina. Not desiring controversy with that party at this time, we have not wasted time over their organs and have missed therefore, the great Solomonic wis dom and top-lofty displays ot the fellow who runs a sheet with a mis nomer, called Tin: Caucasian." Before Dr. Kingsbury finishes his article he gives himself away. He shows plainly that he has lcn read ing TjieCaix'Ahia.v very closely and has either gotten converted or else found that he could not answer our arguments arid defend the election Jaw. So he "throws up the sponge and acknowledges the corn." Noth ing less than I'm: Caucasian's ter rible exposures of wholesale and high-handed fraud in the late elec tion forced the Messenger to write the following paragraph: "We take leave just here to reiter ate our well considered, honest opin ion that North Carolina now htands very much in need of a good Election luw the Australian or some other. Cross abuses have crept in that are dishonoring to the party and will bring contempt and ruin upon it if persisted in. We know educated, able, high toned gentlemen who are unswervingly Democratic, who would prefer the triumph of the Third party to the triumph of the Democ racy by resorting to low, dangerous, destructive methods at the ballot-box. They have said so in our hearing, They believe that even Third party ism a less evil than ballot abuses. An enlightened, upright press ought to be able to unite on this." What a humiliating confession! These "gross abuses" that are so "dis honoring to the party" did not creep in of themselves, but they were originated in the fertile brains and dishonest hearts of the leaders of the party. They planned the dishonor able acts which were carried out bv their henchmen and heelers in nearly every county and township of the State. Yes Dr. Kingsbury you are right for once when you say that you secured the "triumph of the Demo cratic party by resorting to low, dangerous, destructive methods at the ballot box." Yes these "ballot box abuses will bring contempt and ruin on the party if persisted in." Iu fact the crimes already committed urc enough to arouse the indignation of all honest and fairminded people and cause them to forever damn and sink the men and the party guilty of them. There is no crime that violates the commandment "thou shalt not steal" that is greater, more dangerous to human liberty and that should be more severely punished than the crime of stealing the vote, the price leas right of suffrage of free Ameri can citizens. Every man guilty of such a crime should be banished from America, should not be allowed to stay here as a cankering sore and an eating cancer on the body politic. The men who sits high in the coun cils of the Democratic party in North Carolina are guilty of this crime. How can the people trust their gov ernment in the hands of such a party dominated and controlled by such men? The men who will steal votes to win a victory will sell out the in terests of the people when they get in power. The last Legislature is an illustration of this truth. But let not the people be mistaken ubont the quondam divine who edits the Railroad organ. He is not con verted to justice for justice's sake. Read his article rgain, and you will see that he says that the party will come to "ruin" if it does not reform on this point lie is not constrained to favor an honest election by any score of justice or any standard of principle, but does it from a sense of fear. lie fears that the people will condemn the party if it does not re form along this line. If The Cau casian had not exposed the hedious frauds of the late election and held up and dessected the present election law to the gaze of the public and shown the purpose of the dishonest mind that conceived it, the Messen ger would never have seen the neces sity for reform. The Messenger says that an enlightened and upright press aught to advocate reform here. Yes an honest and upright press will do it and i3 doing it, is condemning the wrong because it is wrong and is advocating right in the interest of justice and honesty. The people will not have much confidence in the honesty of papers (that may now . claim to be "enlightened, and ur right") yet which last fall either in: dorsed or winked at these corrupt practices. Where is the Democratic paper that denouncedthe frauds when ' they were being committed. Did the Messenger do it then? ' Yet that par admit now that it waa done. We have heard of thieves w bo got very sanctimonious while they were en joying the fruit of their ill gotten gains. Again if the Messenger hon-l efctly desired to see- the election law j made honest hy did it not write this article while the legislature was in H-t-'um'! But the Messenger does not want the law changed. It wants the Democrat to have a chance to teal another legislature. Can the jx-ople trust a logue to pais laws against stealing? No. The p ople will never trust in power again the gang that prostituted the ballot on la.-t November. LOV AND CONTEMPTAILE JOURNAL- ISM Iu another fdumn will be found an article headed, "The contract has not yet heen wigned." copied from The North Carolinian. We did not make extracts from it, but give the artielo in full, so that every read er of Tiik Caucasian may nee, and know, to what desperate straights the, untruthful partisan press has been if riven- Foi weeks and month, we have been arrai:giiif boss lule and ma chine methods iu North Carolina, and exposing the outrageous frauds committed in the last election, un der the cover of a law conceived in dishonesty to protect scoundrels who prostituted the ballot box. We have dealt in facts and figures, that eould not be denied, and have presented arguments that were un answerable. At least not a single machine paper, lias tried to disprove the facts we have given, or even at tempted to answer our arguments, with arguments. The guilty parties and those who are enjoying the fruits of an ill gotten victory, have winced terribly under the severe castigation we have been giving them, aad borne their discomfiture in silence. As we have said, no attempt to re ply has been made. But on the oth er hand, desperate efforts have been put forward by a certain class of newspapers to draw Jattentien from the exposures that we are making, and to side track and drawTilE Cau casian N)ff into a discussion of other Issues, and into'fdefending itself against imaginary charges and base, and cowaidly insinuations. As a proof of this we ask you to read the article clipped from the North Carolinian. That article is not only basely untrue, aud witten without a particle of foundation or evidence, but i us you will see, a low partisan appeal to prejudice. In fact it is written because the Editor cannot answer our arguments, and is making haste to prejudice the mind of the people, so that they will not weigh the facts which we are publishing, and demand an ex planation. You w ill ee that the Carolinian writes out a supposed 'contract, (which it states, is only verbal and not yet signed) between J. C. Logan Harris, and other Republican on the one part, and The Caucasian and certain Alliance men, and re formers on the other part. You will see that in its comment upon the supposed contract, that the Carolinian ues the following lan guage: "The fact that J. C. Logan Har ris, veteran Republican, is the cor respondent of The Caucasian, and furnishes four, five or six columns of correspondence in one issue, all abusive of the Democratic party is evidence to the blindest of this per fect understanding, that foreshadows their union. Ob every page there are the ear marks of J. C. Lo gan Harris, Secretary or Ex-Secretary of the Republican executivo committee, who spent several days of the previous week in Washing ton City, and evidently prepared the 'Jonathan Edwards' letters which appears in theCaucasian." To make short, the whole matter, and to show up the Carolinian, and such newspapers in their true light before the honest fair minded people of North Carolina, we simply state, that every charge made by.The Caro linian in this article, is a base, cow ardly, and unmittingated falsehood, from begiaing to the end. To be more specific, we will state, that Mr. J. C. Logan Harris has nev er written a single line for The Cau casian, and in fact we did not know that he had resigned the position which we were informed he had on one of the Raleigh Democratic Dai lies. To be mere specific again, we will state, that the " Jonathan Edwards" letters written from Washington City, were written by a man who has nev er voted a Republican ticket. The same is true of the Raleigh letters, signed "One of the People' Now to the fair minded people of North Carolina, we wish to say, can you trust a newspaper, or believe that a single line in it is true, (when it is to the interest of the Editor to pervert the truth) that stoop to the low and contemptable methods sh own by the article which we copy from The Carolinian. Such a man, and such a paper, cer tainly would not hesitate to pervert and blind the truth at any time, and about any matter where hi3 personal interest and that of the "dear party" machino was at stake. We have written plainly, and used language that cannot be mistaken, for we believe it to be our duty to expose, and hold up for public con demnation, those who can be guilty of suck crimes against common truths and justice, those who will fully manufacture falsehoods to suit their partisan and selfish purposes. HE SEES TH NGS NOW WITH D FFERENT EYES. The North Carolinian, Joe Daniels paper, says : "Snarling and fault-finding is the commonest and meaneat of trait, .Stop it! The sun is ehining and -res mucn in mc onu imug .ui we will onlv lift our head above ; dust and dirt that obstruct our lOU. II the V 1S10U. hung around the Legislature of days of the previous week m ah L ,. ... , . ington City, and evidently prepared th Carolina until he got an office, ...,.:,u v.-L" lttrs ort and then went straight way to Wash- ington, and besieged the apartments, .ii . c-i ta vi a. fit until he got a 3,000 job there. Of course to him "the sun is shining, and there is much n fe worth liv- ing for." If he were back in North Carolina applying for some office that one of hia dear Republican brothers is still holding, or were c working for his living, as thousands of plain honest people are doing, ... . . . . . and his profits depended upon tue price rice of his produce, he might not ie able to "lift his head from the , .1- 4 .i ... .i.. be ust and dirt that obstruct the us 1VU Ul lilt; viumaijf iuuj iwn Joe, don't take on airs too much all , . i a. at vuvc, iciiicuiuci mat yuu n"M very much grieved once at the suf fering of the people, and that you may have to yet come down to live among we ordinary folks. What u pity that the framers of the consti tution were not wise enough, to put in a provision requiring that salaries of public officers should be scaled down, in exact proportion with the falling of the price of the staple products of the country. If this were the law, not only every con gressmen, and the President of the United States, and every cabinet offi cer, but eveu every clerk and hirel ing of the departments would be to day using his influence, to break the monopoly on money, and to increase its volume so that labor and the products of labor would receive a fair uid remunerative price. SOLD OUT FOR A MESS OF POTTAGE On last Saturday Mr. Warren El liott paid over to the State Treasurer $40,000 on the back tax compromise made by the Legislature iu session at Raleigh recently, and thus ends the bigsestsell out ever made by any North Carolina Legislature. It was unquestionably a railroad Legisla ture and ready to do the bidding of these mammoth aud wealthy monop lies. The members of that forever dishonored body will try to excuse their actions in this matter by claim ing that they got the Wilmington & Weldon railroad to give up its ex emption from taxation for all time to come. But unfortunately for them and fortunately for the peo ple the facts in the case are too plain, too well understood for such denia gogery to have any weight. The people well kuow that the Legisla ture of 1891 put the State in a po sition where the last legislature could have collected every dime of back taxes and at the same time force this corporation to surrender entirely its claimed exemption from taxation. And there is no good and just reason under heaven why the Legislature should fyaye sacrificed the interests of the State by taking less. It was a question of principle as well as one of dollars and cents. This was the position of the editor of this paper in the Legislature in 1891 and it is his position now. The principle was right then and it is right now. The interests of the State has been sold out for a mess of pottage. : n. i ... oee in anotner coiumu an article clipped from the Progressive Farmer uouuwuiug me statement ot the Jix- n 'ii. i i, , ecuuve Committee and all the State officers of the Aljanft? jn exposure or the false charee that over four thousand dollars of the funds of the Alliance were used for the Peoples Party. This charge has been fre quently made by politicians, but when a member of the Alliance, a man who is secretary of the county Aii;.,n nt xr i , - Alliance of Wayne makes the charge, it is inexcusable. He is in a position to know better if he so desired, and .hmh,,,i, u i. i i i at least he should not speak when he uoes not h.now ana has not tried to J- Logan Mams and his associ learn the facte. The only Alliance ates shall control one-half of -what-f that it could be chared with SIl SSSS JSL". B""er any show cf truth, that were ever used for partisan purposes were used ix i .. . , e U1CU to induce the Democratic party to I adopt our demands so that we could (Sl&ned) M4 Butler, consistently act with that party. Witnesses: C-L0qaijSis- -Read the statement of the Executive Wilson (G.) on behalf of the Oid- Uommittee of the State Alliance signed by all the State officers. Kowhulf fit will the papers that published the falsehood, publish this exposure of the fateUM in the intent of tmth and fair play? Will the people have any commence m a paper that pub-l lishes a falsehood and then refuse to publish a correction of the same? Let the people watch and see . how many papers do jtr The way the administration is maintaining the parity of gold and auver is costly as well as absurd. It u I a parent attempting to noain- tain an equality between his two i. i . . children by lockmg one up in a dungeon and lavishing all hiira and attention upon the one he intrc- duces to the world M , - iviLc. t:t Btpi The N'orth Carolinian. The imDression prevailing that th contract printed below has been signed is an erroneous one. We are not surprised that thoughtful peop.e thought it was "of record. ioey - - . . contents of the last Caixaman . On SVtnn . ,.t V, ri Vrw. are jusuneu in o iuuiu - . . . . - t 1 . . . .. . . . 1 1 n L.....t.n - nf itis T?.Jrllh!i.n Kltf utive committee, who spent tereral which appeared in The Caucasian They bear evidence of his pen, and voice the opinions which he is known eatt.rt4m. We do not know whether the said Republican wrote t& editorials in ihb uicamas on the .North Carolina Election Law or not. They read mightily like be ed torials on the same line which Mr. Harris printed in his Republican or gan, The Kaleigh Signal, a few years ago. Wheather written by Harris, ngu. neainer winicii u j xiamo, Iiutler or some other member of the new Confederaeay, thev all had the same insmration. viz.: hatred of the n, .iara Autru and will have the same futile end. As to the subjoined contract, agreement: It has not yet be. or agreement: It nas not yet oeen signed or witnessed by any of the Uariieo W llUnU U Uirs ajrpvni tt , but no well informed man doubt that the contract sets forth the perfect Darties whose names appear ueiow; nnHprstniiH tie that exist between the leading Ponulist and leading Re publicans. There are some contracts and agreements that are so well known and so generally understood that it is not necessary to redcue them to writing or to sign them. The suggested contract beiow is one of them. What need to write what every sensible man in North .Caroli na knows, but which the conspira tors are unwilling yet to avow ? He is a silly man who does not see that the Populists and Republicans are political Siamese twins, and that they are working hand iu hand. The fct that J. C. Logan Harris, the veteran Republican, is the cor respondent of The Caucasian, and furnishes five or six columns of cor respondence in one issue, all abusive of the Democratic party, is evidence to the blindest of this perfect under standing that foreshadows their per fect union. And this unholy alliance is called "A Reform Movement." God save the mark ! Although the following suggested contract has never been signed, so far as we have information, by any of the partjes whose names appear, it is certain that it correctly states the verbal contract or agreement subsisting between most, if not all, of them. A Conntract Suggesting the Uunderstand ing Between Populists and Republicans. This Contract entered into this 27th day of April, 1893 between Ma rion Butler, editor of The Cauca, SIan, and leader of the Weaverites, of the First Part, and J. C. Logan Harris, Secretary of the Republi can State Executive Committee, and Foster-mother of the Gideomtes, of the Second Part: WITNESSETH, That the said Mari on Butler agrees for and in consid eration of a promise of the Republi can support for the United States Senate for 1893, to publish a paper at Goldsboro, to bp known as The Caucasian; said paper to be chiefly devoted to a denunciation of the Democratic leaders, a repetition of the hackneyed Republican tirade against the North Carolina election law, and misrepresentation of the Democratic legislation of 1893. The said Marion Butler also agrees in consideration of the above reward to publjsh in his paper communica tions from Raleigh written by Uie said J. C. Logan Harris, signed "One of the People;" also communi cations from Washington City writ ten by said Harris ridiculing and misrepresenting the Democratic ad ministration, and Democratic candi dates for office, signed "Jonathan Edwards," and any and all other ar ticles which the said J. C. Logan Harris or any other Republicans who are dyed in the wool see fit to send to his paper, under iaa He plumes. He also agrees to do any and all things desired by the Repub lican leader and his associates that will injure the Democratic party, and that will form a more perfect union between the Populists and Re publicans. The said J. C. Logan Harris, Par ty op the Second Part, agrees for himself and his associates, mostly colored, to furnish Washington let- ICIS Bigueu uonaiuan fawaras," sian, to write letters from Raleigh r ui w iurnish other communications with various other i,tnTW.. to ,uw tne Democratic party, and promote the coalition between the Ponu lists and the Republicans, and the said J. C. Logan Harris does for himself and his associates and Confederates, heieby agree, in the event that the coalition of the Gideonites and the Radicals succceed in controlling the next Ueneral Assembly in North Carolina, that the said Marion But ler shall receive the support of the ier suau receive ine support or tne colored and white R-wi,. the office of United States Senator, ? sr a Part of this agreement that iu lunrioa nuuer saau De elected to the United States Senate, the said In witness of the above stipula- T10? we hav? kfronite set our hands and seab this the twentv- sevenin aay ot April, eighteen h un dred and ninety-three. eomte3 . , beans, the Usmbsigxkd, approve of tZ&fr. stipulationsontained therein. ttt V. lssell, liEO. i?Ti' !JS on behalf of the Republicans O. UTHO WILSON, A. C. GREEN, A t. oHERRELL. T. K. T,fivn rv Thompson, and five hundred others, too significant to be named, on be half of the Gideonites. Curses, like chinW i. to roost. Time8 are harder and there i, i, - 6-.m. Duciiug aiiiumr me i&rm- ers and laborers In Great BrSn m if Ii. J 13 the CDr8e of nome- ltaiusm. THE COJCTKACT KAI OT THE HIDDEN CITlj - By WALTER H MD0U0ALL JCopjrfcbt. 1MB. fer CmMtU PuMWiU - j pnf, d pubtUiwd br Sdl asrusttamttt lib IbetD (Continued.) ii mill- CHAPTER V. A UliACUt AXD A MCmNO. The shepherd and hit flock. Gilbert had made the rounds of the great court and the afternoon was near ly spent when he again repaired to the temple. He felt that to be the only place where he could consistently claim a hab itation, yet he climbed the causeway with something of the feelings of an im poster. There were several priests there with Ddapel aud Kulcan, and they were evi dently waiting for Gilbert's return, ush ering him into the small chamber with profound obeisance. He entered and found it prepared for occupation by the addition of the usual At dan furniture, consisting of a few gaudy striped blankets hanging over a peain suspenaea irom iue runers, auu a barge bearskin, evidently an ancient and ,ratly cherished object, spread upon the floor over a bed of clean rushes. Ther was no firenlre in this ronm. ns was usually the case, and the walls were oi a pure ana reiresinng wmteness. it had a window on each bide, and was an exceedingly pleasant apartment indeed aside from the luxury of its gold and 6ilver exterior. Gilbert felt that his lines had fallen in pleasant places as the priests retired and left him alone. The unexpected developments of the pay pad changed the course of the festi val. and the srreat feast had been forsrot ten; a quiet, peaceful sense of relief and tnanKiulness mlea all hearts, the deeply relierious anions? the neonle feelinsr W - A JT CJ hushed into solemn gladness by the day's events, and discussing with much awe the overthrow of Chalcu, the thunder pus coming of Quetzal and the peaceful future sq full pf blessings j.hat lay be fore them, and when the nicht Retried down upon the city they sought their beas with a calm sense of eecunty brooding over them in the presence of the fair god. Gilbert, too, went to his conch with somewhat the same thankful spirit in his heart. He awoke on the following morning with that confused feeling that comes on awakening in a strange place strong upon him, and as he lay on his bear skin robe he let his thoughts run over the events' of the preceding day." In the realization of hia peculiar position there was uppermost in his mind the idea that he had been placed there to accomplish good. The thought of Pierce's fate troubled him but slightly, for he knew that the balloon, lightened of fully two thirds of its weight, would rise and probably convey him safely over the niouutain range into more habitable and populous regions. In the future before him here he saw the opportunity not only of study, but for the exercise of his varied talents. The first duty, he knew, would be to master the language, and as he was a finished and remarkable linguist he ap prehended little difficulty in that direc tion. Beyond that the widest, wildest range of possibilities, verging even upon the ridiculous, asserted themselves. Then there crept over hia thoughts a memory, dim at first, growing stronger momentarily, of a dream that had vis ited his slumber during the night, and it unfolded itself before him, gathering form and details, as some dreams do, the longer one dwells upon them. In it was a vision of a fair, sweet face with blue eyes the face he had seen in the even ingand he felt a little suggestion of the strange, tender thrill again. Although he was thirty, and, he thought, had been so madly in love again and again that he wag familiar with the ission, yet that wild thrill was a new and a weird sensation. He felt it tingling through him as bemused, and he wondered at it in a dreamy way, as a man might look back upon an ex periment in opium smoking or hasheesh eating as a sort of curious study in new emotions or feelings. A close student of men and of nature, as well as of science, he knew but Uttle after all of women, and had yet to witness the power of love's strong passion in a pure woman's heart. . He rose and looked out the window. The canyon's depths were still black as night, but he heard the voices of the shepherds as they drove out their flocks and some pale columns of bluish smoko were winding sinuously upward in the still air, showing that life was stirring in the strange city. He went out and wandered aW the bank pf the winding river, where the pinou orchards grew down to the water's edge, and he saw the trout leap and rip ple its calm surface. Farther on were slight rapids, and he complacently se lected a site for his mill with a feeling of enthusiasm. JS?i WC?v deUcioilsly Picturesque spots along the stream, shady nook, with velvety greensward and prodli with Sowers unknown to him, for he was not a botanist. ' ' He found he had wandered for quite distance from the city by the time the Bun rose, and he returned more hur riedly, with an appetite for breakfast that he hoped would be rewarded. -Kulcan was at the temnU -v, -,.-i bert arrived, and had prepared a meal for the truest It w Z, ,T , . . ur ne en aeavored to converse wif. i i nified his pleasure by heerful smiles. 3 ' BIwble Beginning by pointing to varioua oK jecte, with inquiring wwda Tdooks" the simple, aboriginal process of wl ' ing their names was begun Tt onci in a few moments the two were W? ing their knowledge of each other's la? gnage, which was af tenJ up day by day "61 tered the Atzlan tongue. andKtST had acquired a fair knowledge of This was the beirinnlT,o-i.t. I ship, afterward to be tested by a terrible 7 M6 -'Ji mil Aftr Oilbert had dispose of hU brekft of fruit and wveral deltciou cak of waiari, and lihtM bis rI. bistniod reverted to tb instruninU. cxmtr and otb-r article which be bd left at the top of the cliff. Motioning Knlcn to follow him, h went down to the court aod out Wyond the city, and 1.. 1 .V. nn th r-llfT I'Xt ll. t-i .n..., i v,i with m fer in fer nun aw iuuun - hia heart that the atrnnger was leading l. . . .......... t.-i K4im muote clitu or heavenly dwelling, he knew nut what, but he f'earvd equally to disobey. It was a long, hard climb. More than two hours ebied before they rest bed the top. and Gilbert found it a far more difficult Uk than the descent had been. On arriving at the spot where the bal loou - alight cargo had Uen thrown out he wdected such artic les as would not be liable to injurv at the hands of the in experienced Atzlan, such a the fiVld giass, quadrant, etc., and gave them to him to carry. He took them with a nperstitious and very apiarent fear and misgiving, but was reassured at the fight of Gilbert' smiling face. The lafc ter carefully carried the camera and photographic platen, the case of Mir-k-al implements, the barometer and the lit tle battery with the electric light, wra; ping them in the blanket for safety, and again Ud the way, Kulcan following with pleasurable alacrity. Gilbert was rejoiced when they arrived at the temple without au accident to their precious freight and debited it uiKu the floor in vafety. He noticed Kulcau's curious gaze wander over the glittering objects with awe and nocula tion, and taking the fieldglasses held them up and motiomd to him to look through t heiu. He did so, and started back in pale terror as he Raw the giant cathedral spires loom np immediately before him; but the wonder of it and his intense curiosity soon overcame his fear, and he gazed long and rapturously through the gleaming tubes, turning them in different directions in simple, childlike amazement. When Gilbert, who bad observed the stone implements in the citv. and sur w mised rightly that iron was unknown, 6lipm'd the chamois covering from the polished steel hatchet and handed it to the Atzlan, he took it with a tender, al most reverent, touch, for he recognized, from its shapo, its use and punose. His eyes moistened as he felt the marvelous keenness of its edge, but he did not realizo its true value until Gilbert, with one quick stroke, severed a piece of cedar firewood at least three inches thick and rapidly split it into pieces He gapped with astonishment, which grew into positive terror, as Gilbert lighted the wood with a match and held it aloft while it burned. Gilbert showed him several more such wonders, and it was afternoon before Kulcan left him, and repairing to Iklapel related the marvelous doings of the god. The old priest listened with smiles and nods, for he felt that the younger must acknowledge the force of his nronhetic v a a utterances of the previous day, and then went himself to Gilbert s lofty lodging .Entering the room as Gilbert was busied in arranging his effects in a suit able and convenient disposal, the latter saw at once that l is visitor was bund, and rose to offer him aid, which was courteously and with priestly dignity declined with words of denrecatins lm port. Gilbert stood before the old priest, and with practiced eye discerned that he was afflicted with a mild form of cat aract, and he decided that its removal would be his first care Seating the old man he trentlv touched his eyelids, and the aged priest realized that the god was about to exert his power. Gilbert took some chloroform from his little medicine case and applied it with bis handkerchief. While the priest was under its deathlike influence he deftly and rapidly removed the dire hindrance to his eyesight ere he recov ered consciousness and bound the hand kerchief over his ej-es to exclude the now fading light of dav. When the old man recovered he strug gled to his feet, and feeling the bandage attempted to push it from off his eves! but Gilbert gently restrained him, and ne instanuy omprehentlea his meaning; he knew that something had been done to restore his vision, for he could see light through the folds of the linen, and he felt that he was once more to see tho sun, and the trees, and the faces of his people, and he went away with a glad heart. It was several dava before rjn. bert removed the bandage entirely, and wnen, at last, imapel stood at sunset at Gilbert's window, and saw the plowing sky and the distant towers, great tears ran aown ms wrinkled cheeks, and he fell on his knees before the his eyesight, with sob3 of joy choking ma u iterance, xnea he offered up a fervent and touchinsr wavir nf tiionk. his lean, shriveled arms raised toward neaven, and his wrinkled face working with emotion. When he rose and walked down the broad incline with none of his former, hesitation and appeared before a group Fccn.o au mi, cnuaute to tne temple, calling them by name from a distance in order to show them the miracle the god had wrought, there was great re joicing, for thet venerable priest was mvea Dy them all. Since the death of ivuican s father, who had been the cov "uul "apei naa exercised supreme authority in the city by virtue of his priestly office. The office pf gqvernoj:, which the earlv historian nf xrtJi confounded with that of king in the case oi -ftionrezama, was an elective and not hereditary dignity, the incumbent bein" chosen by the council of chiefs at stated penoas. The governor had been deai fnrno..i. a year, and although his son was favor- uiy regarded by the council the elec tion naa repeatedly been postponed by the machinations of Chalpa, who al though not possessed pf sufficient politi cal strength to gain the office himseli caused the delay in the hope of increas ng his influence and ultimately defeat ing Kulcan. The removal of Iklapel's affliction was a blow to Chalpa's ambi tion, as it enabled the old priest to min gle among the chiefs and help Kulcan'g candidacy, and his was the only face which showed no pleasure when Iklapel appeared. The news of his cure soon spread through the city, an crowds snrrotinded him as he went about with hearty con gratulations. In his walks about the city and out side its precincts Gilbert found a great varietyofcultivatedplants. CottoiTand maize he observed, were the stames. ltnerewas produced a goodlvananl , , , ' . eirawDerneg. gooseberries and flax and wild tobacco all denoting the fecundity of the region. It Was While wnnsnT, m Sf J? ter ,.hia that he again caught a glimpse of the beautiful face thouSht. and it was S.V" ft6 J10 f EeeinS .t he took occasion to walk about r "ty 80 of ten' ? De afteraoon he stood watching iif 6 ter backing upon a thick fe6 of with his blunt stone - -v.uij, auyuv it lew days after hia arrival that b , w' Uttle fPdl,n W l6 cut the w w- , ..'" uionc stone maKiag uttle progress until Mm, and taking . one stroke. While he was entovinT th smTnse deleted upon the man's ttwa Si? "f ?d musica1' brok Pon tin 80 eetwas th tht Gilbert eemed to Know us mean thatuuner m ; . ing. although of course he anew not lb. 'i. i Ions? afterward that b .U It vrsi long auerwaru lated its simple wording and o ad and pUiutive air dow n in sun tran the What ori f!f Ihe jt.r Cn.oM Ami uiunod) art- fieri in ! Thr fir f 11 r er" r"',,; ls iu or !.rrts nrVr lie To clifk U nroc to it ft ,im a rmcins bar brr not ar ( u om of our tru love: FU1I ftot o. -s;,lt rda. It U-r u on iu mm !jr. A1J '' I'" snrT1 The voice came from a window a'.mos above hU bead, but be could see nothinj. fr,i. where h stood. He walked ..wax - . . . . . to a .li.f iii.-u nn. 1 ttiniinir iul as ti son a m m - - m -w g died away he saw her lovely fac j t Jlt, legislature ,,, fur a moin' iit ?.s Khe looked U-wn inti t l.d t.r.M.11 r.iTirt j. til Ti...; i.ii t t.vr nn instant, and tin . bbod ruslicl into her cheeks as she dreu t herself r.uicklv back, lie Ktxl 1 okiu . . " . . . :i . . toward the winlw i.r nwuue, i-a turiunl and slowly walked away. Sh was watcldng him from lx-hind a htl tering grtc.vt! of window plant, whet, her brother Kulcan entered the r.x tu and following her gaze mw GilNil crossing the court. He walked to tl. window and tod there un'il (JilU-rt obeying an uncontrollable impulse, turned, and seeing Kulcan he waved his hand to him. He realize 1 that the fail girl was Kulcau's hister, and ho resolvt-c to ee her frequently, for hhe had pro dnced upon him an impression and ex cited amotion both new and strange He wandered alwu-.t the city with hit thoughts full of her and her sweet fact coming ever Ik? fore him as be mused for an hour or more, recalling her l-ol and the expression ilium her face, bei grace! lul carnage and ngure, figure, until il seemed as though he had Known ner 101 years. (TO UE CUXTINI'EI.1 I.VlNtJ AVIT1I VAlilAHONS. (Sjecial to The Caii akiaM Ii a lkigh, S. C. Mr. Editor: It is very amusing to watch how the partisan monopoly newspapers are forced to change their lying state ments, made to deceive, from time to time. Laot fall the partisans, who had lied, bribed, cheated and stolen before and at the election to accom plish their purpose, then issued a proclamation that Marion Hutlcr was dead, and they straightway proceed ed to bury him and preach his fu neral. But behold he still shows signs of life, or at least he was a lively corpse or a dangerous ghost The people called for him to come out and speak to them aguin, and he went straightway aud spoke the same unanswerable arguments and unde niable truths which he had been speaking. And then the politicians say unto themselves, "it is no use for us to tell the people that he is dead and buried, for behold he walks among them and speaks to them like a living man, so let us change our tune and say through our mauy organs that llutler thinks he is "making addresses to the people," but he is only 'speaking to the Third Party corpse.' But behold that the frequency with which the people call for him to speak is un comfortably abundant, the size of his audiences is an inconvenient multitude' Ho let us again come together and change our tone of voice. Iet us say unto the people that they must not go out for to bear this man who would not die and whose paper has grown to hideous proportions. Let us warn the peo ple that he wcareth a mask, and that their political chastity will not be above suspicion if they do go out for to hear him. And if we can not catch the ear of the people with this tune, may the devil help us to think ot some other plausible lie." Now, Mr. Editor, I am truly sorry for this gang of lying hvpocrites, for they have not yet learned that the people are at" last awake and thinking and reading for themselves and no longer will thev listen to the noise of those who had" led them into bondage. Use of the People. ti. n.i ! -vt . ot me ol- 1 in sun', c M'" xuc ituieign iNortn uaroIiMian tavs in m,lc; 7i t. ". ,u tuat uie articles in The Caucasian pie into a little Mizzle f.,r tt .m ... . I "Uk"V v ii va v. " ii on the elpftion lm si... i. ....i nation of which a Mas"ii&: the Democracy." Ilalber our articles " , , I v-.. iu ,1.1 HJi J t l'HUlJil..i ol.n. Ul 1 At I . ooow uaireu ior me corrupt method practiced by the party that has no Democracy in it. but masoie ades under that name. Yes The Cait- Casian hates wrong and corruption. aud whenever those terms become synonimous with the name of any party it shares C-.e game fate. Wil The Carolinian slander the nume and memory of Thos. Jefferson and An drew Jackson by claiming that the methods practiced in the late election by. his party were Democratic? Is perverting the will of the neonle Temocratic? Is stealing Democratic? Ihose things we hate and fight HEAR BOTH SIDES, THEN DECIDE. There was recently a great politi cal debate in Philadelphia. The question discussed was : "Which of fers the best practical political means for the benefit of the working men of this country, the Democratic par ty, the People's party, the Kepubli fan nfirtr . i.- rn i . .r. "r.M)W mu vuurcn i hese speeches are very long but they are by very able men representing the four sides. We will publish at least two of them if not all. Col. Henry WrattersoD, editor the Courier-Jour nal, spoke for the Democratic side. We will publish his speech first Subscribe now so you can read botfc sides. tt POPULISTS IN THE FIELD. Alabama Reformer, to Keopttn the Old ight for Kolb. Birmingham. Ala.. Mav li.Tha state executive Kolb Democrats and the Populist wereuomin session here to-day They emressed them sol - . ' uuh KAm. mousjy in favor of again nominating ivuiu ueii, year, ana nave met to make ready for the CftTTI Tin 5 rm candidate will be allowed to run un less he pledges himself against any law that tends to disfrA.nc.hi men. which is aimed at th mr a Imi: ami i.mx. . . J ,,:'"T, ln!cr the at...,. Charlotte U.v,., . . , " inst.. conies f(irw.,.. (fi that funds Wile u. i 11 the Third t-.i-ix M.ll. 4 IU- 1 Ml.., ; - but dot s !oth,!, j a rect in i. :vt u i Stevens, of V;(. which Stevi n 't was the i a .! . v a wabbly, tott- i ,! Alliance f.r s-o, . before the lat ran wa consider d a u tlty. He rceti,i lu ll w-cainc m..r.' f the 1h st peop;, sav 1 tiat Miiu , bat be received a i nit by thrtwii!g , precincts he a . do rot know 1 1, , . kliowl-nlgc. but t!;. published iu t!ii di nie.l. !! cam.' and was activ e i;! r peal the Allian. , is t!i kinl of an is. He voted f'u that pissed the I!.. er says Steven : than tiie editoi arc not prepared t . because it is tu.t iiestioii at issue, an,! , . that the public i- -of that. Hut a ,, of veracity involve.! ... following paper, of the best citizens , lina aud eight of i , bers of Alliance, ali l , . . t ion to know vs In !,, . Stevens and His, V . the truth: KalcighX. t'., M ; We the undersign. , N. C. State Allianc . several statement and individuals, n.-.i .i.i. false the report th. any other sum was ,i ,,,. allowed to be used iM t;. of the People's ji.titv I i x, one cent of Allian., ., used for such a pui of the Executive i i !,.-. yiny meeting, last . liance lecturers u. , . from the field, tin- I., :; weeks prior to the i!:--t organize a new pari . was paid for leetiim ;, and no moiiev was u-,,1 f tbati legitimate expi -n. , lianei'. Signed S. It. A : .AV I . r. .1 : ill N d. M. .Mi.wi-.., Executive Ci MVRION Hl'TLKU. l'l.i.!,, Cyri-s Thompson, . , W. S. HaRXKS, S.m 'v-Th;,. . II. WoKTlI, Stat- Hum!. . A. Graham, Ti um.. . ISow is the M sericr r willing to accept the -r.it. these irentiemen an.! m.,!. apologies t( all con. -em. ,1. t persist in misrepi s. nt inu' prof is forthcoming.' W see All the natters that l..m-. Stevens' letter, the )!,, i. r ed, are expected L. tmMi-'.ti exposure of St-.nV U or else they will 1 charge of treating b..t!i tli. A and individuals util.iiilv. W. do it! Tho Ol tservi'r -Is( it - r- by saying, "now k- your vulgarity an ! ..th r fireworks." Ve u -:'.vy- A 1 " . tilings and then. ( ,,,, 1a. IP .1 tt. ji the MKcrer in i.: facts again, let n- kii" J' iinncr. 1'OCKKT II I (.11 - ( IHtiil. 1 . e acknowielge receipt": tation to the Pocket High School. M tirt on Fridav Mav i?f It !i . Mr Hutlei will deliver ti'- n w dress. Sam IjOvd. tlm in.it letnatif author of the famous "l.'t Yv. said to have discovered th'' s matical mystery is h :'!,' 1 C A 1 . .I .I. I' oeuut oi iue fress iui and Charity Fund for cun'l:& IIIBtutiii aiuiuff IN nut LUIMtK BI VI unco bv uii criwT Pw I n . . . .nnrllt I AVE AT LEAST THREE PBWl'i . IIULg OI IT! Hi L., J'"- L ECURE THREE PAIRS AT P Ladies' Fine Button and Li $2.50. 3.00. , j : Gents' Fine Calf La Gaiter. $2.00, $2.50. $3 00. Misses' and Youths' Cel'-!?cJ POSTAL SHOE COMJJJ H9 COBOWU $L ind US Frank'1" , t h the -1 Shoe House, and give it fly rtrtimknln f .ill plaint make to me A rant every pair to be jllit I sen ted. See W. H. WOIITII, S. 1 Orders can be sent to- Company. Tho Editor of Tiik weanno-ii-nair.Oi tueeAniti an tsfJfv in ficir uai : j comiort. BURRAW HffiH - - - w- - m m w O. J. PETERSON B"fIil5 Next Session CPens t, kr First Sef ment at b1". ;rcPDtJi r;i.. .nntiesreprebeBv. ' . - tmin nr. . I ,7Juth. Tuitiona. accorflfft in-aoe.' . for stth Vtfte to the rnrs;,V I u? wmk so ruil or sincere feclinj tralian ballot.
The Caucasian (Clinton, N.C.)
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May 18, 1893, edition 1
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