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SUlUCttUTION KATE8.
ONE YEAR,
BIX MONTHS.
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HEAVY SHIPMENTS Or TRUCK.
On June 2id The Catx-asian in
terviewed Capt. Haneork of Atlan
tic and North Carolina Kailroad a
tie loovement of truck along his
line. He faith
Our heaviest ,LiPmt. now are M
f.i. ,.r,f.4... I LrouirLt u to-day
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5,000 barrels filling SI ear?. Chilean
equal amount at b at was shipped
hy u ami r from t-u brtw. nt-
tinr 'A at H i"Yl luM'f n about the 14 h
..f Vnv and was to lat about one
mouth."
Let u see for a raonif-nt what thi
rocacs. n me Hiijiniu ' in
toea from Goldsboro to Newbcrm
for tl q month averages only from
C.CCO to 7,C0O harrc ln a day, it v. ill
make at ! at 200,000 barrel for the
l,,titn-K are now quoted
at from 6-1.00 to .",(K) a barrel, that
wilt bo a half million ouKuih trroiss
tr t, !. H nhiTlft. The Oft of
making and delivering a barrel of l
potatoes t New York is about $1,50
l t.nm.1. Th'n will leave a net
profit of $1,00 a barrel or $200,000
Now this estimate ia for potatoes
alone and only from here to New
Heme. If the eame record is mau
Out Atlnntia Count Line and all
trucking points in the eastern part
of the State, the net receipts to the
State will bo millions of dollars This
is a mammouth husiness aud ytt
one that is conducted on the roost
haphazard principles at the vital
point, that is at the market point.
It certainly cannot be much longer
till truckers will organize, as they
should and must, and open an ex
change in New York. Boston, and
Philadelphia for handling their pro-
duce in a Bvstematie and business
like manner. I5v such a system the
truck of North Caroliua could be
handled at a st of not more than
one or two ter cent, while now it
costs anywhere from ten to twenty
per cent.
STOP MAKING "OVERPRODUCTION" AND
LET US WORK FOR MORE MONEY.
Kemember hat during the next
xew mourns e win puoiisu
r -it i. i i -it. I
siuca oi me great pouuuai uibcus-
sion, giving the arguments on both
sides, aud besides we will publish
much other matter that every fair-
minded honest man ehould read. It
will appeal to the reason and con-
science. (Jet vour neiffhbor to sub-
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scribe.at once. If he will not sub
scribe, it will pay you to send TiE
Caucasian to him. It is home
missionary work that will mean mo
ney in your pocket. You will never
get lower taxes, a better price for
our products, and more money till
your neighbors act with you for pro
tectiou, reform and justice. It u
better to do some work in this direc- e no kicking against thein. Monop
tion than to toil and swtt everyday olies are only oppressive when they
making more "overproduction" thai used for private profit. All the
will brine vou nothing fiPt Tin
Caucasian in the hands of youi
neighbors.
Do it at once.
THE STATU VNI VEESITY.
Tbe Commencement of the State Universi
ty Take Place ThU fcek.
We have received with pleasure a
catalogue for the, present year It is
offering a wide range of instruction,
which is attracting several hundred
voung men to its halls. There are
f . ? , i Ii
inciuomg eigniy eigne minor corns-
es. lhe number of students has
. i r i m
grown to oio, oeinga gam ot b8
over last year ; of these 53 are law
atuueutsuuu meuieaianupnarma-
cy students ; Z7 have alread gradua-
tea at college and are pursuing ad-
vanceu or proiessionai studies.
They come from Vanderbilt Univer-
aitv. nviflan flolWo Wt Vcf
6., iu'""l
College, Guilford College, Washburn
College, The University of New
Brunswick, and the University of
v-i,
mviiu vcuuiiuil,
There
are four general
" fih.vu.aa
courses of study leading to
, , . .
degrees ; professional courses in law,
J
medicine, and engineering; brief
courses for men of limited means;
snecial courses in Chemistrvftml nth.
er sciences, and a large number of
optional courses. The Faculty in-
eludes 21 teachers ; there are six sci-
entmc laooratoncs anu museums, 11
bnildintra. lihrarSM. rnrlino- ,Q
Y M H A rnnm .i '
gymnasium, etc, etc
enty Bcholarships giving free tuition,
Any deserving boy -can get help.
The Deems Fund for loans amounts
to 16,000 dollars.
Catalogues, pamphlets, etc, are sent
free to anyone w ho will address
President Winston at Chapel Hill,
N. C.
Be sure that you have your neigh
bor to read The Caucasian for the
next few months. It will present
facta for his reason and truths for
his conscience. . You can't afford for
your neighbor to miss it Get him
to subscribe. If he will not, then
you should arrange to send it to him
by all means. Head in another col
umn headed "Bead I : Bead ! 1 and
then Act I Act ! !" and je how we
will help you, . This offeisgoodfor
two weeks, only, . 'v
EVOLUTION IN POLITICS.
A New Berne attorney attend
ing Onflow court related at the
hotel to company, supposedly
democratic, a conversation df tailed
!.;, ,tf on tif our moat up-
J
ftolrii'ht Judg.-s. Hi U"r
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i..vl-1 iin.l our attorney, who-e
IB 4- J ar
democracy was new, amused
at the discovery of a new political
.IikIsta wad accos-
ted bv a citizen of couniv.
"I want an office. Judge, and I
. . .. i
want you to neip me gei out. i
think I deserve--one. The party
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. . t. uniii'i linn' ri v. ii
a neap ui nv 0-
, tmct
am a man inai
to in a do time. The Coinniia-
loi.trd Knew mat
. i . i 1 4 m .i I I clw.ti
they a Minted me a poll-holder.
licy knew that they could rely on
i .. i ti: 1,.,iw.Vj
uij to uo execunou. mo uu,
face grew stern and fearfully iu-
.ini.itive. and nis peiiiioner
con-
i '
tinned: '"Don't think now,
Judge
that I &m not a fair-iniuded man.
I am. I believe in the fair thing
alwavs. 1 believe in working
i . . . -. i .
night ai;tl lay anu oui voung
the
0tlt r fc,de." "That's the right
,..., ka'u 111 llOHOT. "VoU are
said
riclit Judge, that's what I Bay
But sometimes we get
we rec in
miguty
close jlaces. You kuow how it
was last fall, Judge. I knew what
I was appointed for; and it a man
puts commence in me, 1 m not go-
mg to tool
him. When you see
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you cant out oie uie omer uuc,
although you do work night and
lay, Judge, what are you going to
lo then.'' hy, I tay, just do the
kst you can, even if you are fair
minded, and that's the way I did.
I'here were so many third party
1 IT ii i
men anu republicans in ine west
end of W that we saw we
couldn't out vote them. So I just
did the best I could,
and we beat
'em. I think I deserve
recogni-
tion by the party. I want an office.
i want you to help me get one
im a poll-holdinc: democrat, and
that's what the party needs."
A GOOD THING FOR EVERYBODY
A Topulist paper from Missouri
come to us with the item, "Down
with monopoly and oppression and
nr. with enm nfitition arwl nrosnfiritv."
'
The brother should re-read his polit
icai economy. Competition never
brought prosperity. Competition is
war, and is destructive. Let us learn
from the trusts that not competition
but intelligent co-operation is the
bt st method of creating and distrib-
ntlMM nvAnliU 1L B . 1 i.
ullI,s "ra'lu luo wbj ut iroperuy
of itself a monopoly is not oppres-
s;ve. lou never hear anvone com
plaining of the extortion or injustice
of our postal monopoly. Monopoly
is a good thing for all those who are
in it the trouble being that the
great majority are not beneficiaries.
Now let us all get on the inside of
the monopolies just as all are inside
n the pos-tal system and there will
U"S or tne age is against com
pelition. It increases the non-pro
ducing class and adds cost with no
corresponding benefits. Does the
editor think that fifty stores, each
with its entire quota of expense, can
distribute goods as cheaply as one
store T Th public have been duped
for many years by the lie that "corn-
petition is the life of trade but
thinkers the world over know it has
not a scintillation of truth in it, even
in tbis rotten vvage-slavery system.
Wetk after next we will commence
Ui, w-ii.
iiuuuwuuu ui tvaitersuu anu
I
Weaver's sneeches-two at. snponh
L3 on (hc poiitical lssue8 of the d
Uct vour neighbor to anhaorihp t.
oucc We wlU not be abk to f urfl.
ish back copieg af ter the i38-nft
ANOTHER GIDEON'S BAND.
(North Carolinian.)
T : t.i: la.i r- t
!a " " ? "J T. !?T S""
m North Carolina: and fhf
the next State Alliance meeting, he
11 1 irvtiyrl oil liia ,ii..?sin i.A i.
I unuu an uu cuili'ics to 1)1 OHIO Le
tne organization of that ordpr.
a
I M A. I 1
,T 3 k S in
quite a number of counties of the
state, ard if it goes on it will be
the order
quite a dangerous political organi
zation. lhose who belong to it
claim that it is not a secret orffani
f their. meetiiigs
seCret orffanfzatiom for the ,r,i,bli a
large does not know when they meet
t woum oe weu it ine people oi
this State would watch, and. if DOS
sib3e indict a few of them in the
ganization, and not for those who
Hre propagating it. Charlotte Ob
The above paragraph taken from
tne Charlotte Observer is going the
rounds of the press. The Editor of
th" Pap state that lie is a
member of the Industriall Legion
and approves of the organization
-Now unless such papers . as the
Observer and the Carolinian are ly
ing we ought to be arrested and pu
on trial for violating the laws of the
state. And as a man who has re
spect for the laws of the state, we
call upon them to have us arrested
and let the matter be settled in the
courts. If they do not they il
stand before the public as self con
victed liars.
The Fort Worth Texas Merchants
NaUonalBank; fails. - .
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THE MUGWUMP DISPENSATION.
One of the astonishing indica
tions of the day is to be found in
in the effect of the present adminis
tration npon the average correspon
dent. Without reference to toe
clitics of bis pair the averaSe
correspondent findi himoelf impress
ed with the idea that there is some
thing uierior and extraordinary
in the atmosphere. This adminis
tration impresses him as none other
ever did before If he tioda a Coobi
net officer inaccessible or uncom
municative or moody, it never occurs
to him to complain, as he would
have done two years ago. Instinc
tively he ascribes the situation to
uoble and exalted causes. It is not
that these gentlemen are lazy, or
stuck up, or ignorant as he would
cheerfully have suggested before
but that they are so immersed in tre
rnend6us and sublimated thought.
If things move slowly, he says that
it is the fault of the office seekers.
When there is an otherwise unac
countable delay in making changes
demanded by the country and neces
sary to its welfares, the average
correspondent makes haate to say
that, if the politicians would only
tie Pies dent alo: e and spate him
their vulgar and insistent importuni
ties, there would be no trouble of
any sort. .
The pewsjttkpers reek with the
maudlin cackle. All wholesomeness
A , 1 1 1 . A.
is gone. A ieticti nas oeen set up,
and the whole world has gone to
worshipping. The country went
)ernocratic on the tariff issue, and
all the Deocratic leaders, from the
resident down, declared during the
campaign that the people were groan
ing under a curse of spoliation,
which they had been appointed by
heaven to remove. But, now that
the party has control in both branch
es of congress as well as in the exe
cutive department, and now that
there is no reason why the people
should be denied relief, it is next
door to impossible to find any one
who will sav that further delay is
inexcusable. On the contrary,
everybody goes about with his finger
on hi3 lisps, tiptoeing and begging
others to be still, because the admin
istration is immersed in some mys
terious aud consecrated labor upon
which the fate of future cycles and
generations hangs.
It is like a strancre dream a
phantasm of the summer night. All
the rules that once defined selfish
ness, cowardice, stupidity, had faith,
humbusr. and pretense appear to
have been set aside. We have noth
ing lett but a we, credulity, and
infatuation. Washington Post.
POSTSCRIPTS.
The Raleigh correspondent of the
Charlotte Observer refers to More
head as a "Watering place." A few
days befoie the same correspondent
referred to the lied Sulphur Springs
as a "Watering place." There cer
tainly is a difference between having
fashionable folks to jostle about in
water and having the water to jostle
about on them.
President Cleveland has deserted
the White House and is again in hid-
g on Hog Island. It is a little
strange that a man who had to shut
the official doors of the Nation in
the face of greedy office-seekers
would go to a place (to rest) the very
name of which suggested greediness
The Charlotte Observer says that
the son of Dr. Milburn, the blind
chaplain of the U. S. Senate, com
mitted suicide in Chicago because his
father would not send him money or
let him come home. This is a mis
take. The young man who suicided
is not related to Dr. Milburn.
Mr. George Pearce Howell, of this
place, will -be-the third. North Caro
linian to graduate first in his class
at West Point In 1823 Alfred
Mordecai took the honor, and in 1839
W. II. Wright did the same, with
the late General Beauregard as No. 2,
Why is a mugwump like the cover
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to a tse wing mac nine r uecause it
(he) is both useful and ornamenta
when the machine is not in use.
Dr. A. C. Dixou, of Brooklyn
who wa3 at once time President o
Wake Forest College, delivered the
baccalaureate sermon there this year.
During the next few months The
Caucasian will publish matter tha
every voter should read, especially
should every Democrat and Ilepubli
can read it If they will not sub
scribe you ought to have it sent to
them any way. .
It is said that Secretary Hoke
Smith will "astonish the natives in
the Pension department soon." Let
it come. The Pension frauds were
much discussed in the last campaign
and we were promised reform then
Now let it come. We are not op
posed to pensioning the soldiers of
the Federal army who were disabled
or diseased in the service, a? well as
the Widows of those who died or were
killed, but to grant a pension to an
able bodied man who was never hurt
simply because he enlisted in the
army for the pay there was in it, as
many of them did, is an outrage and
should be sit' down upon. Pension
the deserving, but away with frauds.
That is where we stand. -
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Tl HIDDEN
By 57A1TI2 H. MDOTJGALL
iu im.)
(Continued.)
In an in-tant the light had flooded
every crevice with a dazzling brilliancy
and ebowed to Erica eye a eight that
made Lis heart beat with a new emo
tion. He atood by at boat bo ancient
that Inside it the pyramid were yoang.
It wa about thirty-ven ftt in
length and twelve feet wide. Tbo bow
was high aud terirntiaTed in a iwan
head and neck, well carved aud enrving
gracefully. The bow waa decked over
r atut fonr feet, and tiie lines or xixe
vet.!, although somewhat clumsily de
igned, showed much nautical knowl-
ede. Hhe had eight wide thwarts, ana
iad evidently carried a mast inserted in i
the center of the boat, aa mere was a
round aperture in one thwart. There
were deep, round notches in the outer
edge of the gunwale, 'evidently made
by the abratsiou of iaddleg, for thus she
uiut have been propelled, aa there was
no evidence of oars or any other alli
ance for their use.
The wood of which f he wns built was
as hard as iron and as black. Great
studs of pure gold occurred at intervals
just tmder her gunwale, evidently form
ing at one time xrominent features oi a
painted decorative Iwrder which had
been obliterated in the blackness of
years. On her bottom he found liama-
cles, black and brittle, proving that ehe
had- once voyaged at sea for a long pe
riod. It was with a creeping feeling a
shudder of involuntary awe that Eric
gazed upon this wondrous relic, and it
was several minutes before he summoned
composure to examine it minutely. In
th6 bottom of the boat lay 6everal large
water urns and a bundle of spears, each
with its shaft split and a flint spearhead
inserted in it. No vestige of the lash
ings of gut remained. They had long
ago decayed. On the stern thwart rest
ed an oblong block. Eric pitched it np
and knew at once that it was metal.
"Can it be copper?" he thought, and
taking his knife he sliced a small piece
from it. Lo, it was bronze, rudely en
graved with characters slightly resem
bling Phoenician writing! A slab of
bronze! What was it doing here? Ikla-
pel did not know what it was, but he
said that there was once a knife made
of the same metal in Atzlan, bat it had
been lost for many years. It was stolen
from the temple ages ago by a man who
wTent into the desert and never returned.
In At there were many such knives, he
said, but they were very precious, and
but one, which Quetzal had brought,
was ever seen in the west. He had
heard of arrows and spearheads and axes
of the same metal, but had never jgeen
them. The slab had been preserved
6acredly, yet he had thought more than
once of trying to convert it into axes,
but knew of no way to do it.
At this moment Eric glanced np and
beheld the evil face of Chalpa, his eyes
lighted with malice, peering down npon
them. As Eric's eyes met his he drew
his head back and disappeared, but there
was an unpleasing suggestion in the sus
picions, vindictive look in his face that
left a feeling in Eric's mind that Chalpa
would be a good man to iake a target
of before very long. Iklapel had seen
nothing, but when Eric explained the
occurrence he angrily called to Chalpa,
but received no answer. The man had
slipped out stealthily, and this added to
Eric's unpleasant feeling. That Chalpa
hated as well as feared him he knew full
well from the evil glances he cast upon
him, and there seemed something omi
t OU8 in his stealthy hovering and spying.
Still, as -he had disappeared, neither
Eric nor Iklapel allowed it to rest long
upon their minds, and they continued
their examinations of the relics undis
turbed. Each of the "glazed tiles inserted in
the walls, Iklapel asserted, had been
brought in the very earliest times from
At. They were covered with rude pic
ture wntiEtr. amona: which Eric found
representations of elephants, lions and
camels, distinctly and carefully drawn,
animals of which Iklapel had no con
ception whatever beyond these rude out
lines. There were boats delineated
there somewhat resembling the one be
fore them, and figures in costumes re
sembling those in the early Toltec
manuscripts. Temple fronts and houses,
war chariots with prancing horses, and,
most wonderful of all, a. battle scene,
in which clouds of rolling smoke and
curiously carved tubes belching flames,
mowing down whole rows of men, were
depicted with rare skill. It would have
stood for a rude picture ot a modern
neld of war,
It was with wonder and amazement
that Gilbert studied the strange nic-
tures, undoubtedly relics of a long past
age, for he was convinced that the
priest had no knowledge of their import
ana meaning; m fact the characters in
which the records were written npon
tnem were with few exceptions unfa
miliar to him, they having been super
seded by a more convenient if less pic
turesqe method in later times. In these
characters he found many resembling
those of the Maya alphabet, but more in
the nature of pictorial representation.
These were similar to the characters
npon the slab of bronze, and there
flashed across his mind a memory of
Plato's statement that the people of
Atlantis engraved their laws upon col
nmna and plates of bronze and e-oli
Could it be that this was one of those
tablets?
While he was occupied with these
thoughts the old priest brought a quaint
ly carved cedar box, and removing its
cover disclosed a double handful of
roughly cut gems, the great value of
which Eric discerned at a glance. He
examined them with apnreciativ-vRs
finding among-them several diamonds of
tne size of hazel nuts and many fine
v: a
ruuies anu emeralds. . -
"These," said Iklapel, "came from the
far south; they are the seeds of the ser
pent. Before he came and covered the
world with clay and stones and water
there was none of these on the earth:
no man had seen them before. Suclf i
the tradition. The people of Atlantis
had no such shining stones, but they had
stones such as this," handing Eric an
oval of carnelian, with flattened sides.
Carved on One face was an intaglio,
finely executed, representing a pyr
amidal mountain, with a city surround
ing its base, evidently a picture of the
fated city. Around the edge was a
border of small characters in the ancient
writing. On the reverse side was cut
the Crux Ansata, the mystic Tan, the
sacred symbol of the Phallic god of the
old world, which has puzzled the savants
forages. ..
"What a treasure," thought Eric, "to
lay before the scientists of the country
and what a deal of discussion it would
arouse!" ; ;
There was nothing more to be seen,
and-with a glance around the room he
took up his light and followed Iklapel
up the ladder. They had spent several
hours m the vaultlike place and found
Ivulcan above waiting for them. He
looked anxious and moody,-and catching
Crilbert'f eye motioned to him to follow
ft
an
him. TW yoect lfiet 14 the way
glace aboot him, lo the larse
an J bn tbey wr oatsaJe, almost into
h t--rnn. "Diil my brother ever gamblr?"
Well," replied Enc, with a amUe,
1 - ter many times, I m rrj Xo aay-
two man r times in fact and Tr tried
faro also ouce or twice, with poor re
sults' "But." tntermpttl Kulcan, "did you
ever allow yourself to be so carried
away with the excitement of these game
that you forgot your duty to your sister
and brothers?"
Vrt." answered Eric, "but I have
seen many men lossw their head and,
gamble away all they owned."
Then," fciid the priest, "yon will nn
1ertand. I rnunt confess to 5011, my
brother, aud burden yon with a niiher
abie tide a tale of grief aud shame. 1
cannot look you in the face, bet I must
tell yoav We have, aa yon have seen, a
.'line called titlaca meaning the nu-
known, unknowable a game of unm-
Jrs. Ah, how can I tell you.' 1 ou will
despise me!"
Go ou, said Lnc, woosunmseu wuai
was coming, although he did not guesa
iU full meaning.
The yourer priests," resumed Kul-
. - 1 . 1 . 1.; . ... a
can, "nave ai.as piayeu i b""
among themselves, as do all our jKx.ple,
but I had. always, by Iklapel s advice,
avoided it, and knew u t even how it was
played until a year a,'0. Then in an
evil hour 1 ventured a wager against
Chalpa'a game, and I won sixty silver
taos. Elated by my succebs and imag
ining myself to be blessed by fortune, 1
tried again and won. But the next even
ing 1 lost all that l had won, and in the
endeavor to reclaim it 1 parted with as
much more. 1 did not feel willing to
stop then, bnt was eager to get my own
money back. Then 1 said 1 would never
gamble again, bnt before I had succeed
ed I had beooine a vfctim to the habit
which dominates all the people of Atz
lan. "This was before my father, the gov
ernor, died, and soon Chalpa had won
all the money and cattle which I pos
sessed. Then I began to be indebted to
him, and in my now frantic endeavors to
win enough to free myself for debtors
are slaves here I became reckless, and
waen my father died Chalpa laid claim
to all my property. But I had no sus
picion of his methods and believed him
honest. Chalpa changed his plans, or
rather broadened them, for I think his
object at first was only to win my pos
sessions. He cast his evil eye npon
Ainee, my betrothed, and although she
despised him he wished to wed her.
"In this he was unsuccessful, but that
very mouth she was selected for the sac
rifice, and he is the on9 who cast the
lots. I dare not say 1 scarce dare
think him so treacherous, so villainous
as to do such a deed! Nor do I think he
dare, for the decision is made in the
presence of three others priests in high
standing. But she was chosen and yon,
my bt other, saved her and restored her
to me. Thenmy fortune altered for a
time, and I recovered some of my money,
but yesterday a horrible thing happened.
I went again to his house and lost all
all; worse than that, alas!
"Seeing me feverish, blind, despairing,
he offered to wager all that he had won
from me everything against my sis
ter, my Lela. You- know that under our
laws she is mine to be given away, sold,
bartered or wagered as the head of the
family I possess her and perhaps you
may not know that such debts as these
are legal. Flushed with the aitsi wliich
he provides, and dazzled at the chance
to recover all my possessions, I accepted
the offer. The next moment I regretted
and tried to recall my hasty words, but
it was too late. I had lost! I staggered
forth and roamed about for hours, crazed
with shame and terror. I thought of
self destruction, but what would that
avail me? Then I sought you. my broth
er, who know all things."
Gilbert reflected for a moment. To
him, apart in thought and feeling from
Kulcan and his people, the case seemed
almost trivial. He could not realize that
by the young priest's indiscretion he
might lose the very light of his life. He
viewed the transaction m a semiludi-
crous light, and attempted to lay that
part of it aside and consider only Kul
can s Unancial condition, but the priest
soon convinced him that his terrible
wager was a reality a most serious and
momentous reality and showed him the
difficulty of an attempt to defeat Chal
pa's desires, in view of the fact that the
entire priesthood and populace would
stand by him in exacting his just dues,
Kulcan reiterated his statement of the
legality of the wager, and said that
Chalpa had offered him his revenge in
affording him an opportunity to recoup
oy wagering a thousand taos of silver,
well Knowing that he could by no possi
bility obtain that sum. Herein, how
ever, Gilbert saw a vague chance to es
cape as he reflected npon Dxlapel's ac
count or tne fabulous sums of gold and
silver in the underground vaults of , the
temple. In his character of a god he
might, without doubt, convert some of
this idle hoard in the endeavor to save
his darling, and he resolved to do s.
But the difficulty was, even after the
money had been obtained, to play the
game to prevent Uhalpa s winning again.
Although convinced that the evil eved
villain had grossly cheated Kulcan, he
had no knowledge of the game and
knew of no means of detecting his
fraudulent practices.
Underlying all his meditations was a
stern resolve to settle the affair, as well
as Chalpa's existence, as a last resort,
by the argument of the nistol bnllt
bnt he determined to fry all other chan
nels before availing himself of that
source,
Curiously enough, upon his suggesting
Chalpa's swindling, Kulcan, whose na
ture was utterly unsuspicious, himself
showed how he thought it could be done,
and with a wild gleam in hia OVM aa
the truth seemed for the first time not
merely to dawn npon him. bnt to hnrst
npon his mind in noontime glory, In a
crushing, blinding flash of wmviVfinn
s tarted up as though to seek the de
stroyer of his happiness and face him
with his accusations. But Eric restrained
him, and after he had grown calmer he
told him that he would endeavor to help
him.
"But," he inquired, "does Iklapel or
-ria &UUW Ut iniS.
f word " said Kulcan, "and how
shall 1 tell them? What will they think
"They must be told "T1ii nmi
and he then bound Kulcan to forswear
gambling forever by an oath which he
rr.,apon tne ePt-an oath that
voxeu me superstitions priest's heart a
he "repeated it, for he feared Gilbert'
ouurons powers with a childlike ter-
. was piaux .to the latter that he
meant to keep his promise.
Sending him to BHapel with instruc
tions to relate his etory to the old priest
tiilbert went to Lela witlv
tance, f or he knew that her love for her
only brother hung largely npon her re-
wl vT pnty ; 01 character and
lofty thoughts. His sad 7
would shatter that respect, for 'he could
not realize, he did not even imagine,
Sf .Sf.!teff tawtt2
- u imuu me gambling habit
he thought she would be stricken with
borror at the diery of hi. f oily and
'TfVarml a plan of grlr imrarting
it t h. r. but it wa driven oat of hw
Kmi harrying with vfUl
falri.Win-b of
doll uui of ml eta, who b duly
p.intl fac. tnnuounted ty b of
black briMle. added V her
fright, drove bi mission instantly from
his mind. . . . ,
"Oh. darling." he cried, seizing bi
am,, "come quirkly. Pr LiaUh. th
bi-rmit priest, ha fallen from a Udder
and broken h leg. He 1 there moan
ing ao piteonly. and 1 know yon cn
t.itiir
"U that allr said fcne. smuinjr h
tme profes.-dor.al unconcern. 1lIerU
that it wu meriting M-riou. And this.
iutiu to the doll iu her nana.
looked down, blmdi.-d a httle. ami amu-
ingly esi laine.1 that h na own unw
fog the horrible efiigy for little Eltza
when the old f inest tell, ana au
hurried in search of him witnoui nuue
ing that hhe held it He took it from
her. and looking at iu face said:
"Vo wonder the old man fell, inai
would frighten almost anybody."
-Why," she retorted, "1 tninK 11 uie
nicest null 111 " ,TV-
cuddling it to her. "But come; we musi
go to hi 111!"
Others came running, with eager calls,
to him, and he went with them to where
the old man lay groaning with pain and
exclaiming that it was a judgment upon
him for breaking his vow of isolation
and coming into the city before his time
m " J - 1
had expired. But when n.nc amveu
and began to examine bis broken umD
he bore the pain with savage 6toicism
and ottered not a sound. It was a sim
ple fracture of the left leg, which Uil
bert easily set, and applying splints and
bandages had the old man carried to
his own dwelling, where he could attena
to his needs. Listah was overcome with
gratitude, and declared that he felt the
leg healing already, although he winced
more than once as his bearers moved
along.
"When Eric saw him resting easily it
had grown dark, and the moonlight waa
pouring down into the canyon, making
the walls of the city gleam like marble
palaces; the air was still moist And filled
with the sound of the river as it gurgled
and splashed over the shallow ford. Lela
sat just outside his door waiting, with
her cheek upon, her hand and her hair
shining in the mellow light like melted
gold.
As he came outside and leaned over
her she looked np and reached her bare
arms up to him, folding them slowly
about his neck with a lingering, cling
ing, creeping movement that showed
how fondly she loved, and sent a warm
thrill through him, winelike, overpower
ing. one drew mm down ana neia nis
face against hers for a long time, with
closed eyes; then slowly their lips crept
nearer, nearer, until they came together
in one long drawn kiss. It was more
it was a marriage a blending of two
hearts made for each other, a reunion of
two 6onls that in all the economy of the
universe had been formed to be one that
had been seeking each other for ages per
haps and had met at last Such at least
was Eric's belief, and it was with a rev
erential feeling that he kissed the noble
forehead of this beautiful, angelic crea
ture who so wondrously found it possible
to love him, a rough, blunt, homely,
ungraceful mam He said as much in
fact, and she.answered:
"Oh, my darling, don't you know you
are the noblest, most perfect of all God's
creatures the handsomest, bravest,
tenderest, wisest of all men on earth?"
and much more to the same effect, add
ing that the wonder was that he could
find anything to love, to admire in her.
a savage tnmg, etc. ah this was so
new to them, so rare and wonderful,
that they imagined it had never occurred
before.
"Did others ever love as we do?" was
their constant query.
But it was delightful, delicious and
would have reconciled a man to endure
any existence whatsoever to dwell in
such bliss. - No wonder that for a long
time he forgot all about Kulcan's diffi
culties and his darling's imminent dan
ger. When he did remember it waa
with a 6udden start that caused her to
look up into his face in alarm and whis
per, "What is it, my own?" in tender
solicitude. Her eyes were on his face
constantly, and she had grown to read
each change of feeling, each mood, al
most each thought, as it left its scarcely
perceptible imprint on his countenance
or shone m his dark eyes. She read
there his reluctance to tell the tale of
her brother's misdoings. In truth he
hardly knew how to begin it.
When he did he found to his surprise
that she was not nearly as shocked as he
had expected. She was, in common
with all Atzlans, so used to tales of and
den risings and failings in the fortunes
of gamesters that her brother's losses
seemed unworthy of much anxiety, for
wnen nis men turned would he not win
it all back?
But when Eric, somewhat piqued at
ner maurerenoe the passiveness of
nrnmnn 1 1. .
"umlu icsljuk in ner lorer a arms-
told her of Kulcan's last and most des
perate wager the color fled from her
Cheeks, leaving them ashen in tha mnrm
light, and with terror in her eyes she
cu!w uer arms wildly about his neck
crying:
"lam lost! I am lost!"
Not for an instant did she discredit
the legality of the transaction; its full
meaning and horror were plain to her,
uu iur a moment she forgot her lover'
power, seeing only the awful, nnavoida
ble fate before her to be torn from his
arms, a victim to the lust of a depraved
man not even a wife for the fatal
wagpr, so hastily made, gave her to him
aa a cnapteu
A convulsive shudder shook her fr
and her clasp upon Eric's neck was hkp
the clutch of a drowning woman as she
Ciung to nun to her fear. But only for
- momeuu xuen, uite Kulcan, she
snxnea 10 mm for help and strength.
L ou win save me, my darling. 1
know; bnt, oh, 1 was so frightened that
1 zorgot you for a moment Yes, 1 was
frightened, but now I'm not It has
gone all my terror-and my noble love
win seep nis own unharmed."
And in a moment more it really seemed
as if she had dismissed the matter from
her mind, for she said: "
"Now take me home, dear, for it is
growing iate, and my eyes are heavy
And Eric did. and then U? -,av
m frto the night trying to solve the
iHvuiem. , ; - -
- f TO BE CONTINUED.
.- WU1J. A. Steven who is trying
tO brav lond fnonrh in tt,V tu.
puuiie mm he is a jackass, but wil
fail because his ears 1.
w a,vr . Oliiajl
deny that he was in the caucus that
ueciuea 10 repeal the Alliance char-
ana tnat ne pledged his vote to
lepeal itt "
J. A. Stevens reminds us of the
tter irom "a farmer" published ii
ine Progressive Farm nr. 1
blowing up the editor of this paper
m which he wrote ; - "You ar cry
o "j " voiuo 10 tne foint
ar the Raskel youre self."
...
you
- More change in ; North Carolina
masters, are as follows:
f .t "it llock, SummerSeld.
At
WOPLD'S NEWS IN BRIEF.
STATE.
Carolina It-
New Postmasters appointed to the
following oflievs: JMly prmp.
t I -a. Mlfttllf MWille. Ann ,-u.:
I1HCIVUHIM r - , I
Marion, McDowell county; Nwth-!
ville, lianuoipn evumj, .!' 1
Xash comity; lancytiue, tw-u
comity.
It is rvir!ed that there will be an
extra train put t le luenmoMi a
Danville between Maeniuguin
rharlmte. This train will 1
"ihoofly" stopping at ali stations.
The Charlotte A says
week ago
Mr. Hill Walls, of tins
visited by his brother, John j
John eiiioved Dill's hoepi-j
city, was
wans.
a 1
talitv for a week, aud paid fur it by
eloping with Hill's wife. Thia morn
ing the wilder uromer came uj
town and reported the case. It has
dcveloiKnl that John Walls has a
wife and twoeimuren at .uoon-swia.
and a wife at (lastoina. Warrants
have been issued for his arret A
citizen of the same name as the
above married aud lived at Moorca
ville several years ago.
Marririe Murphv. a vounc colored
woman, was found dead Wednesday
of last week near the dej ot at Salis
bury. She had incisions on the back
and front of her head and is sup-
tm.-fd to have been murdered. Char
lie Armstiong. colored, was arrested
nnder suspicion of having commu
ted the crime. An imiucat was
held, but verdict was postoned for
further evidence.
The Xewbem Journal leains that
Mrs. William lirinklev. a widow la
dy, living in the suburbs of Manteo,
had her barn and contents burncu
by incendiary fire. She lost her corn,
peas, hav. etc., farming implements
carta and two buggies. Four hogs
were burned alive, lhe loss amount
ed to about $1,000. There was some
insurance.
"Rowland Howard" writes the
1 .11 .1 1 il. .
iKnoviii .AU7.pn mat tnere is not
a bar-room west of Asheville in all
western North Carolina. Probably
not They don't need bar-rooms
where moonshine still flourish like
green bay trees. Statesville Land
mark.
A special train containing twenty
five W'aldenses passed through Salis
bury one day last week going to
Burke county to establish a colony.
lhe Waldenses are emigrating fro
nerthern Italy where their lands
have become to poor to furnish sub
sistence.
Hit Airy has the largest natural
formation of granite known on the
continent She stands to-day second
as a plug tobacco manufacturing
town only to Wmstou. This vear
she wi l put np iu plug over four
millions of pounds of the weed.
Mr. Wm. liattle, son of Dr. K. 1.
Uattle who has ju6t graduated at
Harvard with heighest honors has
been elected to the Professorhip of
Latin in the University of Chicago
An exchange reports that a mar
ried lady m that section gave birth
to twins and in ten months after
wards had triplets. All the little
children are doing well. -At
Winston not lon& since Jnsenb
Farrar, a young man worth $15,000
was tried on the charge of stealing
a pair of slippers worth $2,50. He
was acquitted.
J. A, Spence& Bro., of Italeigh
made nn assignment last Thursday
Liabilities are over $10,000 and as
sets are supposed to be about the
same.
Mr. D. M. Goddv, of Polk ton. who
graduated at Wake Forest College
last lhursday, died there that night
ui uiseniery, alter, only a few day
illness.
The News says that a child weigh
ing only two pounds was born to
Mrs. James Dulap of Thomasville.
ine child is living and doing well.
Church bells were toled in manv
towns in the State Tuesday of last
week in honor of ex-President Da
vis.
It is reported that Henry Watter
son will deliver the address before
tne A. & M. College at Raleigh.
1 he Hebrews of New Beroe have
organized a congregation and will
uuiid a synagogue. -
The Wesleyan Female College at
Murfeesboro was destroyed last week
by fire.
Terrible Kailroad Accident.
Tyeone, Pa., May 30.This morn
ing a special train on the Tyrone
a r Vlearfield Kailroad, composed
of W alter Main's circus cars, got be
yond control of the trainmen and
came down the mountain with fear
ful rapidity. At Vail station the
tram was wrecked and animals and
men and broken cars were piled up
together. Six men were killed out
right, twelve or fourteen others were
badlywonnded, some of them fatal
ly. The circus U s complete wreck
and it will take everal days , to Let
property together. . . ; - .
Broke Her Neck, Hut l0in, I.
WlLMIKGTON,Del.,May25.--SlTS.
Sarah Holland, aged 64 years," f -11
down fetairs this morning and broke
her neck. A physician this after
noon removed seven pieces of neck
bone, and Mrs. Holland is d
Well " ' -' " "
Kills her Aaailant. '
t Savahkah, Ga., May, 30.-Near
Hazelhurst yesterday an unknown
white tramp tried to commit a crim
inal assault on a white woman nam
ed Mrs. Crosby. She drew a pistol
and shot him ; in the head. He
staggered, off a short distance and
fell dead in his tracks. -:. '
' ' Gold to go Abroad.
New York, May ai.--fhe Teu
tonic for Liverpool to-day carries a
mijlion and a quarter of gold. The
Fuerst for Bismarck to-morrow will
cary two millions. ' -
. , Another Hank Clone Doors.
T; Milwaukee, Wis., June i.The
Pankmgton Bank, which was in
volved in the F. A. Tappan failure,
closed its doors this morning.- '
Mixed train
the Ilichmoiul , ;
whn withm tl, .,
Ilidgettay, . ('., ;
into a washout .
wide and eu-jt,,,.
and tireni.in T. 1.
ttantly kilhii. j
genger was t!. ,
hurt
Mr. Maiu N,
vorcvl wife of .! ,
and Dr. W. T. p. ,
New York lat
let tail (iei.eral A
iti fessiou at
week suiitaithnl 1 1
1 t;.
1
iii
ajfaiti'st Dr. ( ha
York.
A. !;
iiov. Murr
i
lanna, liai iieoti,,'
New Orleans ft.r .t
to aid the suiT.-i j;
How in I;ke I"
There are over .
all negroes, hoi.j. ,
is iinmtiien:.
''4
4!) ,i -r
On lat Sat:.
Montreall thr... w
kilknla Mr. K-i.
bis wife aud a vu
robbnl the ho ,,
they etnild tin.l
house 011 lire, 'i
not been canl,i.
Pauldinc. (t .
Bank, the ohh-M
county, and Ii.
one of the safte-:.
this morning. I i
tablished in 1 S i
large banking !.n-
Ui;
i alt;
DeoaTI K, II!.. .1;,,,, j
this 'morning a 1 , ,4 ,1. j,...
county jail and I:h !),
Bush, the negro wi:.uu.;t
nal assault ujmui r.
in .Mount Aon to. n,,;
day.
A cyclone strut k M-trV
Wednesday of la-t u.r'
were killed ami a
wounded. Twcntv IluUi
er wrecked or hailiv danup..
Howard county, ark., tr
by a cyclone WYdn. .!; .,f L
resulting m the h... f m.J
destruction of mm h jirj,r
01 property '.n 1,0110.
The New Jer.- v
made a law imposing 8.
on every man that is
on Sunilay, on.-thinl wf
goes to, the informer.
The wholesale 1 11111!
thlei & Co., of St.
1 1 a -
a deed ot assignment Juar
pokeig:
Slxty-ftiiir IVt.on. )nJ
London, Mav :i(.-lH
fearful clycloiie w hi h
raging in the hav of IVccp. J
Uermauia was lot and
who were 011 board of tit
their lives with theshiiu
1.1 11,1 ...I
uarh aiyuainiei e, . aju u
which sailed from l'l r
swept high and dry ousk
amond Harlior, ouv4 3ot,
ty-four miles below Cn'uf
British ship (ilenarrv,(V
say, .was abandoned at
crew was saved.
ViCTOiwa, B. C, Ju
Steamer Tacoma which it.
Yokohama brings the t
the Russian Corvette V
ashore on the Coivan C
and became a total
lives are lost.
Buck Jones Consul to'
will stiirt for China July
J. Hampton lUw- Vvnd
China accompanie.s binL
Ontario, Canida, was P
terrible cyclone U' -dunk
week. Hundreds of tlwt
lars worth of damage
The Raleigh itizeti I
$20,000 iu'tfold -oin to tl
btates Treasury vesten
FREE AS
lion, Wr-peilH, BIH
Ileadaclie, :o.ilpl' 1
nam. nrrvoun i-iiin j -
Hon. Writs ttwlay. It wi"f.'
...M . j.i ... iY;VPTU!t I
box t Prt v
A.
. Mention The ( ai au
1.1. MERRIMAN I;
Produce Com mission 3.
Vegetables, Fruits,
Tongue, Fur,:, Kgg.
Clams, ih-su-nv-
274 Washingtn St,Sj
Quick Sales and IW
mav25-3ms
UBSTANTUL SAVING W,
HOE LEATHER Bf 0lV
HOES BY MAIL, 8E'.L,
I AVE AT LEAST THREE Pl
ECU RE THREE P'"5 Jk
. Ladles' Fine Button and
$2.50, 3.O0. , . chotS
Gents' Fine Calf Lace FW" J
GaJters, $2.00. $2.50, -Rjf
Missear-d Youths' Cekbn"0
Button, $1.50.
Q-Sead lor complete
pncTAi choe
. U9 Coag ran St aiH8 T ,J
, 1 have a contract
Shoe House, and ffjve 1 y
rant every pair to be J '
- w.n.woirrii,8-
Orders can be seut
company. rif
wearing a jair of tne . .
can testify to their t
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