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Tl l V f 1 AITAm A "V I itbu-hkiV kverV thuooav. j - M 1 llllll llf'TI ft? I'.tlfs.r lr... A.llllif.l lit I ! I'ltivi I ir'ii ; . KClM'KHTlo.N KATW. I , W'l MX MONTH IfnUn.! II. m tVri at Ci.liKini' N ;.. aa M-coml-cU mail ruatu-r.l ! watch roit tiik Hi.1 k c-ko-4 j A blue cros opjiohitc your name ' means that vour subscription will ex-1 pirc l fore the end of the month; and ' , . . if yon d.M.re the pa i ;;o to you any longer von imit Bend in vour rein- - longer yon must Bend in your rein- al by that time. The low price of the paper makes it Jlr ot T ok the I'fXHOS' to trial it longer than it ir paid for. governed accordingly. "TONEY JOE Whether in a demo racy or in an ocilMx liACY, (which Worcester de fines to le a government by themul titut'e), the government U a republic, a commonwealth, a tiling too com mon, wherein the ma.-ie. to--a.s and exercihc the sovereign jowcr. I" an aristocracy, the jMiwet irf exercised by nobles, the primrpal persons in the State. When " Toney" .Joe of th- Argii-1 ("'I m Argus o'er the people's rights Moth an eternal igil keep; .No f-oothing at rain f .Maia's son ('an lull i' hnndr-d eyes to sleep!"; When Ton-y Joe of the Argus, the aristocratic ring-nia-tcr of the Tobe Stevens combination, had touched up his animal to fcigu an other, anti-alliance letter in his pa per of May ."t,h, he took occasion to remark, with all the fervor of oik commenting upon his own offspring, ' If anyone can ic.id its irrefutable statements of facts and longer give heed or sustenance to t he conscience less Third party-it the Orin.o- ciuts who seek to lead the people away from right principles for then own personal gain, it will indeed be passing strange. The days of the Ochlocrats are numbered in North (Jaro'ina, and their numbei isVKUY FjvW.'' Coming from an Irishman, one who advocates Oehlocratic Home iJule for the liberty-loving Ochlo crats in his fatherland, Toncy Joe's deliverance is remarkable. It sug gests a suspicion that, after all, ho doesn't own the show, but feeling proud in new spring livery he, like all servants, apes, the manners and affects the sentiments of his aristo cratic masters. These sentiments he utters with the precision of a parrot: the people, voting with the Demo cratic party, are democrats, justly exercising the suffrage; these same people, voting against the Demo cratic party, are Ochloerats, "a jnob," from whom the suffrage may as justly be withheld. Such is the logic of his utterance. If "the days of the Ochloerats are numbered in North Carolina," evidently we are come to the days of the Aristocrats, established against the popular will through election frauds that dis grace the fair name of the State. Democracy and Aristocracy cannot exist together. The Democratic par ty should either change its name or return to its bedrock principles which Jefferson wrote in the Decla ration of Independence. The peo ple are going to rule ; and instead of fooliahly trusting the hundred-eyed Argus to keep eternal vigil o'er their rights, they've concluded to let it go to sleep and they'll watch a while themselves. "THE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE CENT DOLLAR.- Under the above head the St Louis Kepublic writes the following editorial a few days since. The Ke publican is one of the largest and most influential Democratic papers in the great West. If that paper means what it says and has the cour age to stand to it even in a campaign, then the tight between the Eastern aud Western Democracy that must soon come will be a "battle rovl." No Northern or Eastern paper, Dem ocratic or Republican, could be in dnced to write such an honest, man ly and truthful editorial. It will be noticed, that this editorial is on the same line as the article from Mr. W.J. Peele, which we published last week, aud which The World aud Constitution refused to publish. This is Democratic testimony; "The people of the West and South are in debt for such an immense sum that figures can convey to the miud no adequate idea of its immensity. It is a debt in which the unit is the thousand of millions. Although it was forced on them by discriminat ing legislation and by an abuse of power which has never been exceed ed in the history of civilization, they mean to pay it dollar for dollar, and one hundred cents on the dollar in dollars worth one hundred cents. What they will not do is to pay it in dollars of one hundred and twenty five cents. A most determined effort is being made with an immense pow er behind it to force them to settle ment on that basis, but they will never accept it. There is nothing conceivable that they will not rather accept than submission to such in tolerable injustice. Under the existing financial sys tem it is impossible to do business on a basis, that even approximates that of cash. The credit basis cannot be avoided, and the people of the entire country are forced into dehh Tn New England itself,. with all its . . m CJ ' -r . .. ...! boasts ot money in savings banks, the "common "people are virtually oww.il to a fw nwueF lni. The Uxm and horn only) baa reaclml a total so extraordinary that it given 1... r.-ruv rL 5 lilf n V t-Tll )f .5UO fuT ill'. - . r - . - I Hicrv fiiuiilv iti the State, making an i it. n-st tax !-r familr which will ... . . .'. . . I ! avi nik'e Ingh'T than ir-u to th Mate i(-If for all purj -. httiaortimarv a m tins u H ... ... tH, A ,v f hat of Vet-rii SUtc. The average farm ami home ticbt J(f,r f;imiv u .;30 in Nebraska. .i.-oo in Kansas, f.'-U in Iowa and in IllmoH. i Tie- Matiatir of the Porter ccn,u iar- far from -idj complete, !ut ff.v wi fch(w jf they ,hW e ,,.. t .,.. ,,,,,. ,rli. of tt- they will fchow, if they frhow the troth th:if 1 lie common tH-onlc of the 1 1 i ... . i Northeast are Ix-ing crushed by the Burne kvoti.-im that is grinding u on this fciole the mountains. Mil lion. of people have !t-u forced into il.-bt to less "than 0,00 capitalists u ho control more than half of the entire wealth of the country; who have dictated financial legislation; w ho now say that the thousand of millions if' debt on which they are drawing interest from the labor of the country must I; settled, princi pal and interest, at the rate of a hundred and twenty-Jive cents on the dollar. This is what they mean by "an honest dollar," and if anyone challenges their right to collect on this debt, in addition to interest, at !e;i.-t one-fourth more than the amount of the original loan, they are -glib in calling him a repudia-tioni.-t and are already in the mood to buffet, him in the face if he dares resist them by showing the dishon esty and the extortionate nature of their claims. The issue is one which cannot be avoided arid which cat not be com promised. It will be settled and settled rk'ht." NOTES TAKEN ON THE TRAIN. The wiiter was on the ears two days recently and took notes of .some of the things he heard and saw. On the seat in front of us hat two nun. Thev were discussing: their experience in getting bills through the Legislatures Mr. A. said well did you have any trouble in getting your bill through with the consoli dation clause in it this time. Mr. I'. --No, a few raised objections to it but the majority of this crowd were all right. I ought to have had bet ter sense than to have tried to get the 1111 through 2 years ago, but Sen ator told nie that he could slip it through for me. There were some fellows in that Farmer's Legislature who were smart enough to catch on to anything. On a seat on the opposite side of the ear sat a lady who was return ing from the Commencement of one of our fashionable Female Colleges. She was talking to a gentleman in a seat behind her. She was discussing some school for girls (we could not catch whether it was the Normal and IndustriarWhool or some other) where the girls wero required to do some in dustrial work. She said that she did not like that kind of thing at all. That it would do, though, for com mon girls who would have to work for a living. The gentleman then asked her where her daughter was who graduated last year. She oh, Evelyn was so delicate and was so exhausted from her Commencement duties that she had to stay and rest a few days before she was equal to the exertion of riding home. We went forward in the smoking ear. We took a seat behind two traveling men who were discussing the enormous number of failures. Mr. A. said that it was a bad break of Reynolds in Winston want it! Mr. B. I have not heard the par ticulars, tell me about it. Mr. A. Why he broke for $100, 000. Mr. i. How much were his as sets? Mr. A, I think about $100,000. Mr. H. How is this? Mr. A. Well you see he has enough property to leave him a for tune above his debts, but he had to raise some money and could not do it. He could not get it from the bank or any where else even on gilt edge securities. M. A. I have heard of a number of failures of that kind. What is the remedy for this state of affairs? we are bound to have more money. Mr. B. Yes we must have more money or half of the business enter prises of the country will go to the wall.- But I guess Cleveland will fix it all right. I see he is going to call an session of Congress to repeal the silver law. At this point we leaned forward and said: My friend, does not the present silver law add $4,000,000 a month to the amount of money, in circulation every month! Mr. B. Yes I believe it does. We then said, my friend if this is true, will not the money pressure be $4,000,000 a month tighter than it is now if the silver law is repealed. Mr. B. Well I don't Vnnnr tbat, but I believe Cleveland w fix it all right. II The Charlotte Observer claims that it is want of sense and education that causes men to champion such "here sies" as government control owner ship of railroads and all public monopolies which are now used for private gain. Does the Observ mean to say that Gov. Elias Carr has more sense and education than Capt. S. B. Alexander. Was it due to the great mental power and wis- dom of Gov. Carr that caused him to write his article last spring against that plank of the St. Louis demands? And was it due to mental depravity and cederal ifrinrancA that. ihik1 "O W V. Capt. Alexander to take his stand on the other side? THE NATIONAL CAPITOL. D-WOCRATC OJSMCKESTr C .'G.C3 ASCE -AHCH' NO EXPECTATION CF TARiFF RcFCRMOa FREE CO N. AGE OF SU.VER-THE PARTY HOPELESSLY DiV:DE0. A KTK. nl.v lf)V . TO ICM'K.tl. THK fcltfcKMAN Mll.VKK I.AM -l)KM Kit AT COKKC.l HV THK .1MI"TK.TM. Til .r-. U i rrwiirl-.!. Will hr in Ignmuiniuu 1 ailuri-. Washington, June ". lSf'!. It is not fy to draw the line be tween dishonesty and ignorance in party leadership. Both are repre hensible. The people have been de ceived either through the dishonesty or ignorance, or both (which is most likely) of the politicians of both the old parties. The Democratic party was cither dishonest or ignorant in its late "tariff reform'' campaign. It hs either ignorantly or knowifigly deceived the people. Once it got its power it promised to make short work of "the McKinley bill." It promised solemly to tear it up "rcot ard branch.'' How has tiie promise been kept? !t is now in complete ami absolute contro. -f every branch of the Government. The tirst and only logical step was an immediate session of Congress in March. - It w:as not ordered. The people, nat urally, were disappointed and indig nant. What extenuation has been offered? None whatever. If the McKinley hill was "highway rob bery" luring the campaign it is "highway robbery" now, and every day the Democratic party ignores its pledges to repeal it, it is partirepn rriminiM in robbing the people from the Democratic standpoint. Have the people been deceived by these promises? It looks very much that wy. Who now hears a word about the "tariif robbery?" And why not? The truth ought to be known. The game didn't work. The Democrats got more than they wanted. The result of the election was a great surprise to the Demo cratic party. Democratic leaders not only expect to receive control of the United States Senate, but they expected to lose the House of Uep resentatives and the Presidency. They made promises in their desper ation which they perfectly well knew they could never keep, and which they never intended to observe. If by luck or chance they should con trol the House, it was their inten tion to formulate an extreme tariff measure which, of course, they knew would meet its death in the Repub lican Senate. They were prepared to try the old game once mote of de ceiving the people. But there is an end to all things. The country ought to rejoice that the Democrats are now masters of the situation. THEV MUST NOW ACT. They promised to repeal the Mc Kinley bill, will they do it? The first opportunity has passed unheed ed. When Mr. Cleveland refused to call Congress together for this pur- j pose he gave the lie to Democratic promises. It is true an extra ses sion may ba convened sometime in September, but for what purpose? Ostensibly for tariff legislation, but in reality to repeal "the Sherman silver law!" It is perfectly safe to say that but for the financial situa tion there would be no session of Congress until December. It is the one great peril that confronts the peace and prosperity of this coun try. JUr. Cleveland recognizes the tact, and in doing so concedes the advance position taken by the Re form press and thinkers. But what a difference it makes w hence the poli cy eminates? In blazing the way for Mr. Cleveland the Reform press has been denounced as "calamity howlers," "lunatics" and "fanatics." So Congress will be asked to re peal "the Sherman silver law." Who heard that it was the great issue du ring the campaign? Who now-hon-estly believes that it is responsible for the financial distress that threat ens the money centers with disaster and the country generally with bank ruptcy? A PLAIN DI'TT. The remedy is too plain for any ordinarily intelligent man to be mis led in the application of it, and it is too plain for the people of the coun try to be longer deceived about it. The plain duty of the Democratic party now is to put silver where it was in 1S70. It was the money of Washington, Jefferson, Hamilton, Adams, Clay and Jackson. It was the money of the people. Make it money again. Repeal every law en acted on the subject since 1S70. It can be done in fifteen minutes without deoate or argument. Every body understands it. But will Mr. Cleveland advise this course? Never. Will the Democratic House and Sen ate do it! Never. The National Democratic platform demands "free coinage," yes. But a National con vention and a Democratic Congress are two entirely distinct organiza tions. The Democratic party is as hopelessly devided on a finaucial policy as it is on a taiiff policy. THEY ARE HEDGING. Already the free coinage" Demo crats are trimming their sails. They say "we will vote to icpeal the Sher man law provided you give us some thing better in its place." It in worse than school boy talk. The truth is they are afraid of the Presi dent. The administration has made it a question of patronage. CONGRESSMEN COERCED. A Virginia Congressman said to me to-day, "I am afraid to say that I will not vote to repeal the Sher man law. It will put me in opposi tion to the Administration and that means my political death. It will be time enough when Congress meets for me to declare my position. By that time the patronage in my Dis tiict will have been disposed of and I will be free to speak my sentiments and vote my convictions. "Now this man is not a coward physically or morally yet he is doing a coward ly thing. Why? He expects the patronage in his District to re-elect him to Congress. Of course it is de nied that any such coersion is being used, but iris clear enough, to any body here who watches the appoint ments. A PREDICTION. I predict now that the next Con gress will be the most ignominious failure in the history of American politics. Jonathan Edwards. It seems that if Mr. Cleveland had unlimited patronage that he would have unlimited influence over Congress. WORLD'S NEWS IN BRIEF. STATE. Charlotte, X. C-, Jud 17. -In one day lat week th Charlotte (il and Fertilizer work bipil "0O barrel of cotton need oil, 400 bale of cotton linters and 5m) tons of et ton eed meal, amounting in ail to ,'jO carloads. The next day ,"00 bar rels of oil were shipped, and they are still shipping. No taC t air in North Carolina. R Al.K'iiH, June 17. It is jo.ible that there will le no Mate fair held at Raleigh this year Secretary Ayer says that the dtday of the rail road authorities in answering Uf tions concerning rate for trans, Atr tation has caused him to post pone publication of the premium lists and has frustrated his plans for making improvements at the grounds. hr rf KartnloK 1'ajr. Raleigh, June 17. While F. II. Ilinson of Clear Creek township. Meeklenburg county, was plowing in his cotton field h found a lump of gold weighing -7 pennyweight. After selling it for fJ"2 he returned to the field to plow some more. (irnniur Indian Kelirn. Charlotte, N. C, June 17. A farmer named Mack Had. while plowing in Gaston county, plowed up a dead Indian. The bones ami trinkets were brought t Charlotte and sold as relics. Wadesboro Messenger-Intelligencer: Last Sunday morning the hor rible news was brought to this place that Mr. Richard Crowder, of White's Store township had been found dead in his pasture, and that his body had been partially devoured by hogs. He was in town only a few days be fore the terrible catastrophe, appar ently in his usual health, and it was hard to realize that such a fate had overtaken him. The dead man's brothers, ex-Sheriff J. A. Crowder and Mr. Joe Crowder, both of this place, accompanied by Coroner E. F. Fenton, left for the home of the deceased as soon as possible after receiving the news of his death. Au inquest was held over the remains and it was shown beyond all doubt tha: death was the result of natural causes There was no evidence whatever of foul plaj-. All sorts of crops are usually promising in this section for this time of the year. Favetteville. N. C Burglars entered the beer bottling establish ment of 1). R. Huggin Wednesday night of last week and cracked his safe, getting .$1,730. They also en tered the mills of J. D. McNeill, cracked the safe aud got $200 and some valuable papers. No trac of the burglars has been discovered. A telegram says that the wTork was ev idently done by professional safe crackers. Latei. The robbers, (two strangers) have been caught and lodged in jail. Wilkesboro Chronicle: On the night of May 30th a fine new buggy and harness belonging to Major Par due, of New Castle township, was taken from his jard and literally de stroyed, afterwards thrown into the creek. It is suspicioned that the per petrators of this outrage are the men whose blockade distilleries in that vicinity have recently been cut up by revene officers, and who charge Pardue with reporting them. Newt Robinson was cut almost to death by his son Melvin, in Catawba county, a few days ago. Both men were drinking, and it is not known just how the row came about. The old man was badly carved up and is yet in a precarious condition. It is the third time his son has come very near killing his father, and he is now in jail under a $1,000 bond. The Raleigh correspondent to the Wilmington Star says: "The move ment for a monument over the re mains of Col. L. L. Polk has been revived, and some liberal contribu tions have been promised. He had many warm frieds here,- outside of political considerations. A brick warehouse in Wilmington, owned by WTm. Calder, and in which some three or four hundred bales of cotton was stored, was burned early last Saturday morning. Jos. B. Willard, a member of the fire de partment, was crushed by the fall of the building. Washington Gazette: In two gen erations only two young people have died on Ocracoke. This is marvel ous but true. In two days last week one boat caught 2,500 pounds of trout at Ocracoke with hook and line. Concord Standard: The fish are dying in the pond at the Cauuon factory. The water is so hot that cooked fish are seen floating on the water's surface. This is due to waste steam being run in to the pond. There is a good deal of old corn, wheat, cotton, and tobacco for sale in the old North State. The reason is, merchants buy of the foreign markets. Yet they cry patronfze home industries. Hickory Mercury. A very destructive hail storm passed over Taylorsville, Alligahany county, the first of last week, totally destroying crops in many instances. The fruit crops are also badly damaged. isri'ioisr-A.x,- A telegram from Little Rock says that a passenger train and a stock train collided near Butler, I. T. on the 13th. Both engines and bag gage and mail cars were telescoped and the car ditched. Amos Frame, engineer of the stock train, and his fireman were killed. The other fire man, named Stevenson, is missing, and Engineer James Gales, of the passenger train, is fatally injured. More than a score of persons are in jured, and some may die. Alba, Mich. A village of eight hundred population was totally de stroyed by fire on Tuesday of last week. Gen. A. W. Cambell diet! at his home in Jackson, Tenn.,on the 13th of cancer of the throat. CLIMBING UP! CLIMBING UP!! The circulation of The Cauca sia is climbing np daily. " But we want it to climb faster and higher still. Xow is the time to work. Let every" reformer consider it his duty to help get the paper into the hands of the people. Get np clubs. Everv one can help. If you want to keep up with the procession jou must read Tee Cau castas each week. miin 11111X1111 Aimi? Ey WALTER H. MDOUQALL IPryyrUrbt. IKS. br Cmli FnblU&lac IcACjr. mad pbUbcd 1J Mc'.ararrMtcciMsa (Chapter VIII Continued.) cpon the lar that (iiilnTt was toiOart th machinery of tlw uh!l tt entire? jn .palace gat b-red at the riverside. In all the vui.t crowd standing there wait iug there was not one incredulous ob H-rver, i.ot one fck-'ti-l doubter of tho success of the proj- t, there would have l-en in any other city on earth p-rhai, tut every man felt coiitiUeiit that i purees was asuured. They were tbT not to tet nor criticis. but to w tne triumphant lvmimS of a new era. Gi;iert did not feel the unal tnnnors tf the inventor thrill hin frauiw before this audience, for he knew that if the machinery failed to reiond to the a Urn jxwer ill iople would not be dis appointed or doubtful: their ignorance of mechanics astured that, and any ex planation would have t-nfficed them. But to make it certain he had tested it the evening before and knew that every thing woal 1 work to hi t-atisfactiou. and he mounted the htoue htep leadiitg to the sluiceway with a confident smile accompanied by Lela, Iklapel, Knlcan and Keveral of the principal citizens. Standing there lti.ie the water gate, with his baud upon the lomj wooden bar which raised it, he turned to the multitude of upturned faces and said: "My brothers, when I lift this gate you will legin to live in a new age. The past will be no longer with you. It will do in one day more than all your women, and they will rest and teach, your children. We will make the river weave our cloth and water our fields and do other things for us in times to come. In the land from whence I come the elements are bound to our service and they toil for us night and day. And so they hall toil for you, for we shall go on and on until we Lave here in our city all tbat other lauds have to make life pleasant and toil less ardu ous." Then Iklapel stepped forward, and after waiting for the noisy outcry to subside ppoke to them. lie said: "Onr brother is riht. He has told me many things of the fair land he lived in before be came to us. In that land thre is no uight, for they turn it into day with many suns and moons which they have made for themselves. They have made great monsters that work for them unceasingly; they can speak to each other afar off, even when they can not see one another; they make wood and gold aud silver talk; they walk upon the water and under it, and they fly through the air like birds; they kill their enemies with their eyes and with thunder. We are glad that our brother has come to us. He is Quetzal, the long aw aited, the restorer of Atzlan." Thin speech o;: the aged high priest was greeted with tumultuous applause, but Kulcan's sharp eyes detected around Chalpa a group whose silence and pe culiar looks denoted that there was some feeling among a few inimical to Gillert and his ideas. He noted it with a mental resolve to investigate its mean ing, but it passed from his mind a mo ment later as Gilbert raised the gate and the water rushed down the sluiceway and poured over the wheel. For an instant it seemed to resist, as though the long ages of superstition, barbarism and ignorance were loath to relax their dead grap, and then it slowly turned with a majestic motion and be gan to revolve easily aud gracefully under the steady flow. Gilbert ran into the mill while the people stood in silent awe ontside, and he saw the yellow grain pour out upon the stones, and in a few moments the meal, rich and tempting, appeared, and he called them all with a glad, triumphant shout to come and see it. They crowded in with rather timor ous looks and gazed wonderingly upon tne moving wneeis and the golden meal pouring into the bins in steady streams, and they voiced their thanks most heart ily. It was a touching sight indeed to Eric and to Lela, for it meant so much to them, with their minds filled, as they were, with plans for the good of the peo ple of Atzlan. That night they feasted, a merry gath ering, and the principal viand was bread and cakes made from the new meaL It was delicious, perfect, and for a long time it was regarded by the people as almost sacred, but the steady outpour from the mill soon familiarized them with the product of its machinery, and as it entirely abolished the use of the laborious mortars and grinding stones it made the lives of the women less toil some. This made him more of a favor ite than ever among the women, and old Bari, the wife of Listah, idolized him. She came with her grain to the mill fre quently and praised Eric's good deeds to the men t& charge until they tired of her garrulity. Listah had disappeared and secluded himself in order to fast, pray and be come 'epsu," or purified, by isolation from mankind, bnt where he had gone was a mystery that perplexed these two young men. Bari u;ed enough meal for two, and they believed she was supply ing her hnband with food, yet they could not detect her taking it to him. It was the custom to tempt, annoy and disturb any "epsu" seeker in order to test his strength, and they desired to discover 1m whereabouts, tut they failed, for garrulous as ehe was she could hold her tongue when ehe wished. It was while they were plying her with vexatious questioning that they were overheard by Gilbert, who was surprised to find that Listah had taken up hia vow as soon aa he had laid away his crutches, and drawing the old wom an aside he asked her to tell him where her husband was hiding, promising to keep her secret carefully. Bari looked at him with a knowing emile and re plied: "Quetzal knows full well where his servant Listah hides, waiting for the day that is to come when he will be needed. WW ask me. the old woman, when he knows hia servant is under his feet, down in the dark halls beneath us, becoming purified and perfect? I take food to him from your mill every night, days.-6 thesn many , J hi8 Eric readily divined that old Listah had taken refuge in the un derground passages that were so gen erally avoided by the people. He won dered if Iklapel was aware of the priest's retreat, but he came to the conclusion that Listah , had probably discovered me opening in one of the remote pas sages and remained near his base T of daily supplies. He had certainly chosen a most secluded place to perforTS tubbed he WOUld 156 xm that Eric and assistants were the only active workers in Atzlan during the lone- (nmm. a hour had its duties, and his labors ke5 him awake far into the night. He was compiling an Atzlan dictionary, study! mg the ancient records, inaking a col lection .ot the fauna and florofthe can- fu11-' mag 6ketches of tte people and their costumes, with notes upon their habits and customs; teaching Lela and Eltea the English language and ttert r i.: ion uf fnrnao the He w.re tbeAttlan cwtoroe, ft b own ckV bad km md be Wit Litur!f lbunh Af Ian a any nn in the city, and when he the an.umn com and harvest feast were held be Mt j..r cf a native. The i-eopl were more Uve!r: tby ht!J game and weinl dance every day. which iiterea-i him intense ly in" their .Mtt eric Muificance. and the tirtpe-t w:. very ati-.factory tJ lata nd to Lela and Iklapel. That W com ing had been vt iwiwns lneSt to the people he could bee, and Ue felt a swell ing of pride at the fact which wan only quelled hv the thought of what he could bnv accomplished "ill! b"ler facilities. l!e felt no !eire to return to civilized life; he wa wilting to devote several to the work of converting this city of the Moiie aye into h modern borough with all its improvement. With iron Htt hi wervant everything was possible, and in a few days iron would be forth coming. Then for machinery, steam, electricity! Meanwhile he had accomplished won ders. Hundreds of lalor saving devices benefited the city: candles, soap, glazed pottery, spinning wheels, improved looms," beer, yeast, pulley hoists and many other valuable fruits of civilization had been introduced. While he was fiu-i-hing his furnace he had ma ie molds fov casting plowshares, harrows, anvils, grates, axes, hummers and other imple ments of cast steel, and he viewed the outlook with supreme satisfaction. His iron works were Kiine distance from the city down in the canyon where he had discovered the remains of ancient smelt ing furnaces forgotten long ages since and almost buried in the debris of the shaly cliffs. Remains like these have since been discovered in other parts of the region and show the facilities which the prehistoric races possessed for smelt ing and casting ores. The Atzlans had traditions only of the times when their forefathers mined and worked their ores. He had built as nearly perfect a Besse mer furnace as he could with his mate rials, and it promised great results. He had erected a stone dwelling for himself outside the city walls in a wood ed spot facing the river. On the ap proach of autuiuu he moved into it with all his belongings. It had three rooms, with modern fireplaces, and windows with glass of a poor quality, bnt a home product. The walls were hung with the great, gorgeously colored Atzlan blan kets, and fni-s covered the antique pave ment of the floor a treasure riflad from an old iortioii of the city. Iklapel had long before assigned to him a body servant named Jan-ila, a dark, active lad of twenty, Ainee's only brother, who cared for his wants with pious zeal. Jan-ila or "Johnnie," as Eric was fond of calling him slept in one of the smaller rooms, his master in another, while the larger apartment served as a general office, dining aud council room. Jan was so apt a pupil that he outstripped both Kulcan and Iklapel in his knowledge of mechanics, arts and language under Eric's tuition, and of modern ideas he was a most eager im biber. All of Gilbert's reforms and improve ments had been accomplished without in any manner usurping the functions which Iklapel exercised pending the election of a new governor. He had al most entirely left his " priestly duties to Kulcan, who performed them with a laxity bom of inci easing distrust of the efficacy of the religion of his fathers. This the crafty Chalpa had observed, and he used it as a pretext for fomenting the fears of the priests. He painted in strong, fervid colors, and with potent logic, the decay of their ancient aith, the downfall of priestcraft and the loss of their fat livings. He so wrought npon their fears at every opportunity by these forceful pleas that he had already formed a fairly strong following. Familiarity with Eric had lessened their awe while it had increased tiieir l.dmiration of him. Thev were alreadv willing to abandon their belief in Lis divinity, and were beginning to realize that instead of a being from another world he was a man like themselves. The events which now occurred aided Chalpa's plans and strengthened his po sition as a candidate for the governor ship. Both Iklapel and Kulcan were aware of a growing feeling among the pjiests in favor of Chalpa's candidacy, but they did not believe that he could gain adherents enough to affect the re sult of the election, which was to occur in the early spring, a week before the feast of the Katun. Eric and Iklapel had determined to divest this feast of its horrible, sacrificial, murderous char acter, and the old priest's powers were all bent in" this direction while he left the electioneering to Kalcan. All of the younger priests could be counted npon to favor his advanced views, bnt only a few of the elder could be expected to depart from a time hon ored and powerfully potent religious custom. While only a few of them hd witnessed the last Katun feast, fifty-two years before, yet the barbaric rite had m;uiy firm adherents. The subject had oeen approached at great tribal 1 -etin 's in the circular estufas, but it had been handled so carefully that even Iklapel could form no opinion of the strength of the new movement. The blast furnaces had proved suc cessful; men were even now grinding the new axes to an edge with intense eagerness and satisfaction, and every one of Eric's castings had turned out perfect, much to his delight. It was midwinter before they were finished, and his assistants had worked indoors auu converted one part of the great tene ment into a huge factory, where the crash of hammers npon anvils filled the airwita a cheerful din, and the great dim room, with its cobwebbed rafter, b ack with the smoke of ages, was peo pled with grimy ngn res hurrying here and there m the glare of the forges. In quisitive, curious Atzlans crowded about the doors, wrapped in their blankets and furs, and cheered their fellow citizens ZOTin foes.butforTe benefit of their kind, under the tutelage Or! ???aDge Vk,taDt from th kies. Ureat things were prophesied for Atzlan thecity?ming bythe One cold night Eric sat at his rude SSofTvir-1111 fetched Tl fre the fcre- th his back vXi!d00r- Th old priest was en veloped in a colored blanket, and as he removed his fur head covering andUaE no !T?e &l fast and tti to the .??ie8PnnSl come early It will be welcome." replied Eric Aye, and by none more joyfully than me," answered IklapeL r."1! tt U stormy." "Poke np Jan- "How do you know that?" asked Eric with a gentle smile. "Where SfyS gain your weather wisdom? "I have heard much," he answered. tmgup, "andlhave held my ton because it is not meet that a bov sbSd Chalpa fears that there will be no Katnn and he talks daily to" the priested sometimes to others aa welL TZt tin mt-cbicf. for he walk abroad at night, wolf tbt b K Ah. be ditru..L me and j et Jn4h. ttio wr rat, ha cm near rwh many aad many a tiwe to bear hm w.l.i of hate and treacheiy! I remember the look UU face wore u the day yon saved say M.ter. nd 1 kuow b bate and feari onr Qet aaL Whv 1 know not. except that he hate- all thini good and low darkness. "Today I was hnntintf alouir the cliff 1 beard voice, and walking softly in the licht snow I came close to one of the old home up tLere win-re no one dwells. The voice were within, lond and acgry. I heard Chalpa speak. lie aid that unless we had a sacrifice we could hold no Kat::n fet: that he who (.pied the Katuu nucritic was a foe to Aula" aud honld die. Theu there was deputing, but he Mletitfd it and de clared that the new governor mast be of the old reliKion a believer in the death gift and all old rites. He claimed that he had many Totes among the peoplo and the priests and could 1 elected, but the iei4e must be etirred up to pro claim their deire for a great, glorious Katun, with a beautiful victim. Oh. his words made my nVsh creep and my blood to Unl. I longed for Quetzal's thunder death that kills afar off, but I held my jwace and crept be hiud the rocks, for they began to come fortli. There were twenty in there. Agzai, Bela. (juaatit. Itakki-pUk. Bart-zel-ai aud Geia. the huncbliack, were among them the oldest of our fathers and they sileutly went down in the twilight like murderers." Upon closer questiouiug Jan-ila, whose memory was very remarkable, related the debate verbatim, and it was serious enough to cause Iklai-1 and Eric to look grave and anxious. "What can we do?" the latter in quired. Old Iklapel gazed into tho fire for sev eral minutes, then answered: " "I am in doubt, my brother. It is too soon to announce our plans or proclaim our views to the ieople. They are not ready yet. But Chalpa is gaiuing ground, I can see that, and he can cause us much trouble. I know not what to do." "Kill him!" cried Jan-ila, looking at Eric. "Kill him as you did the snake and the great beast in the woods! Then he will no longer trouble you." In the midst of his speech Jan-ila started aud sprang noiselessly to the door. He ieered up and down, across the moonlit frpace letweeu the house aud the river, and turning to those within whisered: "I heard a sound. Some one was lis tening at the door." As he spoke Eric saw a shadow pass the window on the other side. Iklapel had heard nothing, but Jan-ila was con vinced that some one had been spying, and that one he believed to be Chalpa himself, ttlapei soon rose to go, saying: "It is near to midnight, and old men need more sleep than young ones." And wrapping his blanket tightly about him started forth, declining Jau ila's offer of bis company. TO BE CONTIXUEI.l AI.LIANCK SPKAK1XJ! Bro. Cyrus Thompson, State Lect urer, of North Carolina Farmers' Alliance, will address the Brethren and the public generally, at the fol lowing places : HARNETT COUNTY. Bunn's Level, June lfith. Green's X Roads, " 17th. CUMBERLAND COUNTY. Wood's School House, Juno l!)th. Luther s Grove, (lst Township June 20th. Flea Hill, June 21st. Cedar Creek, Cumberland county, June nd. ROBESON COUNTY. St. Paul, June 23, at 11 o'clock, a. m. Lumberton, June 24, at 11 o'clock, a. m. Ash pole, June 2G, at 11 o'clock, a. m. Alfordsville, June 27, at 11 o'clock, a. m. Red Springs, June 28, at 1 1 o'clock, a. m. FRANKLIN COUNTY. Poplar Spring Church, June 30th Louisburg, July 1st. PITT COUNTY. r annville, July 4th. Greenville, July r.th. EDGECOMBE COUNTY. St. Lewis, July rth. iuapie Dwamp, 7th cocoa, sth. NASIl COUNTY. Nashville, jujy 0th Dortch's Alliance, " nth WILSON COUNTY. Lucama, ' Juy oth County Alliance MeetlngN. ORANGE COUNTY. Hillsboio. .TnWl'til. Gilford county, (near Jamestown) uty urn. 11 . . rorsytne county, July lotl. Other appointments will follow Brother Thorn Business Agency and carries samples . .;, " viwm, tve, to snow you, and will explain the benefits to be de rived by natronizi Let every one turn out and hear the distinguished Lecturer. It will pay you whether an Allianceman or not. Yours fraternally, v i IL WoR. 8- B. A., ' Aorth Carolina Farther' State Alii ancfl. IMPORTANT TO 0UK SUBSCRIBERS It really seems the Postal Clerks or ostmasters are determined to fctop the circulation of The Caucasian by stealing our letters containing mon ey. The thing has gone on until e are compelled to give notice to those sending us money tbat thev m.t send money orders, or else register tbeir letters. Get in as Iartre amounts as possible, and register at onr ex pense. This is to those sending us money. Now to those who are steal ing it, we will say if you are not very careful somebody is going get caught. Look out. tf. Just think of how. that robber Republican tariff i3 suckinrr aav your life blood every day. How iuuuu longer can you stand it? The Democratic bosses have rbaro-i. nf Ihe menagerie, but they have not a . m - - yet wrung the neck of the "McKin ley bill." If yon believe our rjrincinlen A 4 right, identify yourself with us and help push the battle for thpir sill premacy to a successful end. ALLIANCE DEPiK l O er errry ln !. , Some cutm- er , r , Uwnmtrovfh,.! EH no KOllie .:' Knthrvn iitc tt . While hiirri rr;; isie rveetu r hold its nent .j-..; x- ing on July 7ttl a, con count v. Dr. C Titu(! . Hktiier.-.s . let you know w write you now. Saturday and r. . mem!-!, j.; again and thn , ; came in, they nil earnest. Sc,.r:i ing in with ih i,, v ' 1 . Bentox.nvh i.i , Mk. M a to on Hi C.ASIAX, Dkau Sn. Our lodge is proL-.. We get a new t,,, . and yesterdav. tl,. June at our r -oouuty Lectin,! son Cole gave i,. aud before nii fv application for in. ,, person present th.v who did not aln ;..! order. I have been sh..u paper to the n. li,; them to subsoil., per but money is v , , ing your valnabl. cess. . ": 1 l''T n... W AlllMll. i Mingo, Sampson ., Hon. Marion ; At the last ni . ance Union of tin brooks and Min,, Union passed n-sni , ly condemning th. ! !- I'L 1 'l!irj' ttlAll ourw. iti ... . . 1 charter of th St.... ' ii ior tne aineiKlin. nt . ;, Union meets at .s!...uvmV House in the iipp. , .;,ri township. All ui. nn-it-i.' their baskets, w,- UL SUU gOOU SpCM I, . . be discussed, "Mt.. ,M 't go into politics," " V,.lt br,' Alliance into exiM. n.-, ?M Everybody is im n- t,tr. hear. Trulv. ii.ii.nu- Ix.'t it be rciiit tiilH Democratic party u hi. lj L a "chance") is n.nv i . charge of every Ii .hm h f , eminent, both Nai- ami )t. Therefore every day th. i pass, every day 1 1 1 . v Miffrr:: to Co robbed aud oj.j.n- "bad and corrupt laws of i Radical party," th.y mv ir responsible for it, tii.-y an : the crime. -Do you want your n..-b read The Caitvs.w. if. another column how v you. OlTVi good for two v ae t at once. Magnolia Hiil & (MALE AND I KMAli The Third Term of ihir ing School begins pt. I" Thorough instru-ii"ii pit lish and Classic courses. yt for any College in th scholarship will br tri v-n t who makes the higiirst aven. during the scholastic vr at reasonable rates. L. P. WELBOKN, A. H..M S. J. (iUVER, V. N. C, A june 22-tf 2p.l .Maj;u' BURGAW HIGH SCI O.J. PETERSON, A. B.,r Next Session Opens Sept. Enrollment for First &M 88, an increase of f.ti ovwt! ment at beginning- Eight counties rrprewnt $7 per month. '1 uiti.-n f i-i'1' accordinir to cradr. .Mui''i Write to the I'nn 1J" logue. Tn.ivll''18-" I. J. MERRIMAN 1 1 Produce Commii'Ti M-'f Vegetables, Fruit.-. Ik-rn Tongue, Furs, Y;:p, Clams, Oy.-ters, 274 Washington M., X ; Quick Sales and I'romj-'t t may25-3ma a p. UBSTAMTUL SAVING IN line ptviia nw n onrfllW unrc dv Biiri CFfcT PU3 AVE AT LEAST THREE f ECU RE THREE PAIRS T r- aLad&Mf Flrwt Dntfftn and Lice. f 2.SO. S3.00. -i L Gents' Fine Calf Lace Fi " g. Gaiter. S2.O0, $2.50. $3 00. f l91 M uses' and Youths' Celebrated f to Buttons, 50. HTWM lor complete iiiusw- i U9 Congress St and US Frank" J I have a mntrart with I Shoe House, and eive it fied recommendation Ml plaint make to me rant every pair to be sen ted. See Orders can be sent ta !?.P5J:.' n.rrA ' WhA Kflitnr nf I HE lfc: SI " ... . Ch or mt cvk r nf these SB wearing a pair of tnes. - can testify to their dorsjj i comfort. r X
The Caucasian (Clinton, N.C.)
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