North Carolina Newspapers

-, .? h. 4 THE CAUCASIAN PLBL!hHEl EVERY THfRMMV. all V MM t he 1Wlur from vuiir own i!i-tri t, ii"t t i!' to r MAKIO.N III'TLKK. Kditor k I'ropr. jaj ,). n iit tih-r la nr.l.s - - fn-' uti'l ti nlrjiiT-l mu.iT- of mIwt St'IiS.'RH"T10N KATK8. . ONK YF.AK, 91. 00 Vj BIX MOXTIIH, - Entered at the I'wtOHU at Ool.-txro'. N. C.. as wooiKi-clans mail matu-r.J --- Mr. K. M. Peterson, of Sampson rountv, formerly on Tiik Caita - hi AN litafT, hut now traveling for a buineSK house, in a private letter written from Dover, IMawan-, says: "Thiii is the f incut farm in" couii - : . iii-1 try I ever aw ; that H, the aimj; i i ,i i : i , i rich and the eople are iiidui-tnou.-. ; The people have a plenty of every-! thing with one exception that i money. Among the agricultural nut . . . i laboring jH-ojil.-, I IiikI money a warce n re an in aoi i n aronna . can you understand this? 'I h-r-no o-rir..l net ion of cotton in thi htate." The alxe fjM-ak for itself. The wealth pr.Hliu er.s ev. ryw here are - iuf - fering from the fame caun-, not an overjir(ilti tion of products, hut an iind.-rnroIiictii)ii of tnoiiev. .ol i r -l i t '. . i ,.tJ enough of it to iiiejifliire the priHliu t- whichtlieymakeatafa.r pnce.anu to transact the Ih.miicm of the conn- try. If the go!d-hn yont.ol the next congress, tlx People'., party will have a biir following in I .-laare, uri ; well us in North Carolina. There ! would at read V be a bigger vote there) .... . . . . . tli.T.- i.j if the iM-olih' onl v ' T I I J Ui..vi tl... eiuin. of their iiov. rt v. fuffering and .list res. If the Li.juor Ih-alers Association of North Carolina should alwass act with the I h niociatic party, you will never fee anything in the machine pajier.s aUxit the organization going into i)litii s. Hut if the time bhould ever oine when the machine should refuse to fUmd by the li'ptor in.-n and they should decide to take inde Kiident action, then you will hear a terrible howl go up all over North Carolina, that "the organization was a good thing till demagogues and oflice-seckers carrid it into politics." Our friends now say that Tiik Cai casian is the best paper in the .State. Hut it will be still better when congress meets. Don't let your subscript ion run out, don't let your neighbor's run out. Now above all other times you should read Tiik C a re a si a. Have you a neighbor who does not take the paper I' If so, don't let him do without it an other week. How can you expect your ncighliors to agree with you on public questions, when they do not know tlw facts. If a congressman votes for a gold bug SjH'aker, he may afterwards vote for free silver, but he will not there by fool the people. The people know that the real tight is over the Speak-! . . -J... , er. niey Know mat the !peaker apioints the committees. They know- that the Speaker has the power to stifle or bring forward legislation. The jteople will watch how each con gressman votes for speaker. The man who betrays his people at this point is a traitor all through. Charges have been preferred against the l'ostmaster at Dallas, X. C. The chief siecih'cation is that he does not wear socks. The Mugwump Admin istration after considering the mat ter for some time, divided that offen sive feet was a crime equal in rank to offensive partisanship. So the sockless I'. M. has Wn lounced. However, he should not commit sui cide in despair, for it is quite possi ble that Jerry Simpson may yet be President, It ia reported that Mr. Thurber, Mr. Cleveland's private secretary, said a few days ago that they could rely on Kan son i and six out of the eight Democratic congressmen of North Carolina to vote for the un conditional repeal ot the Sherman eil ver law. If they do, not one of them will ever be re-elected from North Carolina. Every congressman from this State is pledged to the free and unlimited coinage of silver. We notice that some of our ex changes say that hoarding money has caused the financial trouble. We doubt it. How many people do you know who has any to hoard ? Hut if it were so, it is a strong argument for more money. Men do not hoard money when there is a sufliciency of it in circulation. To think of British gold owning and controlling the chief magistrate of "free" America, is a terrible thought Let every patriot pray that congress may defy that terri ble and seductive power. Panics come when business is done on "confidence;" they never could come if business were done on cash. We must have more money enough to do the business of the couutry on A cash, basis. Let every voter keep his eyes on congress when it meets. You will find it in The Caucasian. The CArcASiAsr is an eye opener every week. Yon can not afford to do without it. I At every meeting get tJ a j--tilion ! to ('ouyji-r. : illing iJjxii that hodj. at the oi,uuniliai r;u:o i jn m it -t'i. I'll- your jtiiioiiH ar.'i i.-llliill'H U oliT' r-. I W gOMI- lu -g ;tr f I ri'' t he I oanlsOi I ra'J- to i r-s"i'iti-in calling ujm.ii 'ri- j j,r,.,s t, repeal flo-l;iw mid put no J i.mmtmIvi r law in itt place. It i ; the duty f i- people t demand j hat they want an. i what thi-y know J right and l.oii.-t. i ,,. . - ........... ,,. ,1,,. e inne wnir iiio i; i ion o iu . . .. , :ilverti- merit of the Oxford leinaJe i " Seminary in an.. I her column. 'I his Oi'l aii'l lanion h ii.o lan i I r L I A i-.lr.l V , .,, th- run-l i.rogr.-iv in the ViU, - t i'l.-iru.'tion i.-i thorough, of j-cholar.-hiji is j) . and it.- 'ji: '- Tie" location ' f the mmarv, t.rn 'natural and socially, M all tnat roll,l ,,. 1 1 c i n d. l'.r catalogue or 1 f.,ri i,,.,- j.,f u ination write to I'r.-f. J luhgood at Oxford. The Kah-ih ."orrespoiid.-nt of th. lJiehi!iiil iMatch .-ay 1 J s that i..v. I. i,i s :irr ha iroiio down nonie t t. ;i(.(,,n,,,,(. f(ril,.. f(,r n fl.vv farm yH th;it ......m-r-know name.' Hut t,i) n t (. (;()V(.rIH. V()ll know j)nJtsts ,IJl( J(. ,;is fur-rotten jlow to do i-verything but ipe:. intend a farm and vote the Ilenio- ! eratie tiek.t -inee he was 1'lesi "1 nt of the State Allianec. NEXT MONTH ( 'ongress will meet. Jt will beau important session. The wliol.- world will have its eves upon thai body and the fate f anxious millions vvi 1 tremble in the balance. He fore that body adjourns hu man liberty will gain or lose ground. Tiik Caix'asian will keep you posted. We are not dependent ujMMi the mis leading and often false tele grams sent out by the agents of monopoly, but we rave our ow n correspondent there. No paper in America has a better writer and sinewed ob serve r at Washington Citv than Tin: Caicasian' has. '.binothan Ed wards" will turn on the light. If a congressman pledged by his people to free silver goes into a cau cus and t it's his hands to the gold bug", he will have to face the dilem ma of being crazy or being a traitor to his people. The real light is over the election of a speaker. The elec tion of a gold bug speaker, kills sil ver and more money. In this week's issue see an open letter to C'apt. Ashe. Also another to (low Carr. These are written bv . M- e .i A- r AUiancenien of the Democratic faith. They write to Tiik Caucasian, not because they love the paper, but be cause they are anxious to reach the people. "The largest and the best meeting we have ever had" is the report that conies in from many of the county Alii ances. The farmers are just be ginning to realize that they need an organization of their own, party or no party. EVERY VOTER in America should keep his eye on the next congress. The Caicasian will get the facts if any paper does. We are not dependent upon too!s of monopoly to furnish us with the facts. We have a long-headed man, who is a true friend of the people, in Washington. He will be there all the time. If anyone can tind out what is going on be hind the curtain he can and will. He sure to get your neighbor to read The Cau casian. It is your duty to help get the facts before every voter. A man who does not know the truth can not act on it. Why should labor be impoverished and hard times prevail while our broad beautiful land is groaning under its load of plenty? Who is to blame for it ? liev. Thomas Dixon has been preaching on the "Power of Money." Next Sunday he will preach on the "Weakness of Money." He will tell what monev can not do. "A Machine Democrat" wants us to hold upon the election frauds. lie writes us a "private letter" about if, but we publish it just the same. Col. Harry Skinner will address the Alliance picnic at Cedar Creek, Cumberland county, to-morrow. We regret to learn thatMaj. W. A. Graham, Trustee of the State Busi ness Agency Fund, is very sick. DOES your neighbor read The Cau casian! Don't stop tilJ every voter reads it. There is noth ing like it for making votes for the reform cause. The Postmaster at Mackley's Fer H has been arrested bv the (Jovern- J men t detective for robbing the mails. HIE NATIONAL CAPITOL. ;'oriiiriil frou f.rM pJ-f.j mentioned the gihjtt to on single intelligent man here ho does not .-laK I 11 oihv a a j-it-n- i f inmate fully. Jlut the old came of ' iicotde" will be re- n.rtnl to. Will it go down ju-t once more? We chall . Mow IT W I I.I. HE Af niVICUSHEIn The Sherman b.w cannot U re--,iled with the adopt on of a cloture or gag rule m th- ltoue. In the hist Democratic congress, when the passage of a fr.-e coinage bill de manded a cloture ruV, it was de noiiiic.d oil the Democ ratic side of the lloiie as un-Democratic, mi liepi.t!ican, un-Ainetican, tyranni cal: it was the result of the deejot: ( Variant; l.Vedism a conception of the devil hiin-If. By an over whelming majority at the jfd'.s the p.np!e had demanded the free coin age ..f rilvcr. SjM-aker Crisp made the ru!.-' of th'- House to suit the eiin T" i ( V. A handful of Kcpubli cans and gold. bug Democrats lilll bustenu the silver bill to eteri.al death, and the one man who is more responsible for this result than the whole American Congress put to gether is Charles Cli-p, the Demo cratic speaker of the v'nd Congress. I (l.fv the whole Democratic party to controvert this assertion. But how is it now? "Cloture, cloture, clotun! Without a cloture rule we can never repeal the Sherman law or pass a tariff bill," is all the talk one liears now. And it all comes from the very Democrats who were the loudest in denouncing cloture in the last congress. KlYrontry is no name for it. It is simply unadulterated gall! I have l-en reading the de flates on this subject in the hist con gress, and later on I shall ask space in your paper for the deadly parallel column illustrating the Democratic position then ami now. It is worse than '-crow," it is thoroughly de composed carrion! ( I.KVI.ANI) A MASS OF DISEASE. There is more in Mr. Cleveland's "gout" than appears on the surface. His feet and limbs were swollen above his knees when he left here so suddenly for Buzzard's Bay. (And by the way, what "an eternal fitness of tilings" in the name of his far away retreat.) Dr. I'ieree, a noted Xew York specialist, came over here secretly for the purpose of examin ing and diagnosing the President. He fixed his weigl t at .3127 pounds! and speaking of his general condi tion, on returning to New York, he said: "Mr. Cleveland's system was a reeking mass of corruption;" that not a secretion of his whole, immense, gigantic body was in a healthy con dition. This is no news to many peo ple here who frequently see the Presi dent Among them the opinion is openly expressed that a sudden death is likely to overtake the President at any time, and so well founded is this belief among newspaper men that columns of matter concerning his life and career are kept in type awaiting the announcement that will startle the nation. Meanwhile "the man at Hloomingtou" our own Adlai is daily supplinienting his stock of whetstones and axes with the latest modern attachments, and is anxious ly biding his time. What music there would be in the wbaek of his blood thitstinir ax to the Democratic soul! But Grover is not a dead man yet. He has survived ordeals of di gestion iu the appointment of RENEOADK ALLIANCE MAX TILLMAN, of Tennessee, Kegister of the Treas ury, that defies doctors and special ists, rheumatism and gout, tooth aches and jags! This East Tennessee renegade has jumped from obscurity into fame, from poverty into wealth, from a Keely institute into the Sal vation Army, with a rapidity that dazzles the imagination and staggers a lightening calculator. He is a well-known character in Washing ton. When "big Dan," a Washing ton policeman, heard of Tillman's appointment he gasped for breath, and then, with true Irish self-complacency, he said; "By the holy mith er, now I'll be for gettin' back me ten cents!" Not many moons ago Tillman was a distinguished guest at the Keely Institute, Laurel, Mary land. He proved to be a champion record smasher. Soon after a post graduate course at the Institute he demonstrated to the alcholic trade that a well-conducted "jag" bad nothing to fear from the bi-chloride of gold bugaboo! He came to Washington two or three years ago, bearing some official connection with the National Farm er's Alliance headquarters located here. He dressed well, was not a homely man, and his spotless white lawu cravat wore a Sunday-school superintendent's look that disarmed criticism and made capture Rt once and unconditionally of the fellows here, in and out of Congress, who were trading on Alliance influence. Here, they said, "is a man who has some thing to trade on and who can de liver the goods." In this way he was brought to the attention of Harrity and the National Democratic Execu tive Committee. They bought him, body and soul, and paid for him over and over again. They paid him for lying then: in appointing him Keg ister of the Treasury at $4,000 per year they have paid him to stop ly insr! If he were to tell the truth now about how he renegated and perjured himself in selling out the Alliance to the National Democratic Committee it would hurt the administration, bring the blush of shame to the face of every honest man, and eompell the United States to repudiate his nomination. It was a shameless, dis graceful transaction, and the hope is. the President, finding that he has been imposed upon, will recall the nomination and wipe this stigma from his administration. Easy-vir-tued, conscienceless, unseruplous Macune, the champion Alliance ne gotiator, denounced Tillman's per fidy and treachery at the time, but since the election, supposedly upon the principle that nothing is too mean to saddle on a Democratic adminis tration, he has been tke most zealous among Tillman's promoters. And now the festive Macune is hanging around the Democratic pie counter, and, with watery mouth, is waiting for his slice of the toothsome pastry. In the meantime our distinguished Democratic friend" Bobbins is mutter ing to himself, "Where in h I am I at, anyway!" And this, bretheren, is what is called politics. WHAT THE MAN IN THE MOON SAW. Senator, Ransom and Josephus Daniels promenading- Pennsylvania avenue the great American boule vard at tb hour of midnight on a hot June night, in loving, affecttoo ate embrace, ia what caused the mid summer moon to play bo-ppfp over tb- shoulders of the UoddM of Lib erty on the great donn-of the nut ion's hisr capitol building. It eaaed a m-ustion among the heavenly bodi. Castor and Pollux, th famous twins, were flirting with Vtrnus, queen of the evening sky, and "Cynthias wh;.te anus" were suggestively near Sat om'x i rover-like neck. They van ished "like the baseless fabric of a dream." It wan a delicate compli ment to two of the irratet living North Carolinian. What Uanitom id to Josetihus. when he lifted un hi s voice and poke, as one speaking iiarables. mav 1 e surmised, hut in VI hat Josephus Kid is away Wyoud th le domain or conjecture. tJue n anation of this moonlight stroll on pb tl e avenue is found in the news that ban recently reached Hansom from borne. lie lias beard irom som- tdv. uim is not after an ofliee. mid tierefore has no interest in mislead- him. that his "goo.-e is all oke.t" ho far as beine re-elected to lie I niteU Mates renate is cm- rtied. Another exnlanat i . .that he was L'ivinL' "Slimterv .!-" the cue ou "the Shermau law." The latter surtn'ue seems to be warranted by what was heard and all that was heard of the confab. In parting, with one arm affecticnately embrac ing the eminent young North Caro linian, Batisom said, "Now Joe, old fellow, you are a smart man a very s.uart man I know you are a smart man, Mr. Daniels, and your frieu.'s know it. You fooled those Alliance fellows to death once, and many of them have not yet found it out. Yoa can say conscientiously that the Sherman law ought to be repealed unconditionally, but be cautious, my dear young man, and couple the State bank tax with it. Suppose it is Sam Ashe's petf Sam didn't in vent it. but. he is a verv rersistent sort of a fellow." With this parting injunction the hobnobbing ended, and what was said will go into the unwritten histoiy of the times. A POST-OFFICE WAR. A belligerent delegation from Dur ham and Hillsboro pounced on the post-oflice department last week. It was a war-to-the-knife-die-in-the-last-ditch lay-out. (The Durham crowd, headed by Millionaire Carr, was ably supported by two or three Durham lawyers!) The fight was over the Hillsboro post-oflice. There were three candidates Parish, Has sell and Hamilton. The department decided to appoint Parish. A stay was requested in Hassell's favor, anil the fight is between these two. The Durham crowd is backing Hassell, but exactly what Durham has got to do with the Hillsboro post-oflice was not made clear to the department. Parish was postmaster under Cleve land but was removed before his tenure of office expired. A bitter feeling has grown out of the fight on Parish. Hassell, they say, has never voted- He attained his majority just before the late election and cele brated the occasion by leaving the count-, and afterwards refusing to come home to vote. Parish has al ways been a hard worker and a zeal ous Democrat. Orange county is re ported to be in a great ferment over the matter, and the Hillsboro people do not mince their words in speaking of Durham's interference. Parish seems to have the inside of the fight, but the Hassell crowd are boastiugly confident that he will win in the long run. Williams, the ex-congressman, endorses Parish, but the Hassell men say they will convince him that it is his patriotic duty to support Hassell if he has any expectation of being re nominated to congress. As Williams is a trading man I am not prepared to venture a prediction as to what the result will be. But whatever it is, a great big sore place in Orange county Democracy is certain. VANCE AXD THE ADMIXISTRATIOX. "Up to this time," said one of Han som's staff, rather gleefully, the other day, "Vance has not got a single ap pointment under this administra tion." That is literally true, but he has come very near getting two or three big plums. He felt happy all at once when Assistant Secretary Quincv told him that Eddie Hale's endorsements would give him the court of St. James but for Mr. Bayard's cinch on that appointment. The State department, he said, was unwilling to offer Mr. Hale a small place, but the Chillian mission was the only uncinched place on the list. Vance replied that Mr. Hale, he thought, would take the place if he could be made to see that it would help the administration in anyway. Vance hurried to the capitol, hastily summoned a half dozen pages and messenger boys and put them on the trot to find prospective minister Hale. When Hale left the State de partment the next morning but 1 can hardly trust mvself to tell the whole story in detail. Ransom had been there. Ransom draws the line at Hale. He has never been known to greet him as "Eddie, old fellow, how are you!" but always, "Mr. Hale, good morning,, sir." It is pretty hard times on "our Zeb" when he can't even get his own kin ap pointed to office, but, up to this present writing, he is not in it. For ward all requests and applications for office to Hon. M. W. Ransom. Send by registered letter, as other wise you may never hear from them. PAUL MEAXS OX TOP. Paul Means has flattened out Vance and Henderson both, and is practi cally on top in' the fight over the Concord post-office. And he has won it, too, without rapiers or broad swords or "dueling pistols at ten paces." New York and Brooklyn influence and Means vote at Chicago have won the day for Miss Dusen bery. It has been a gallant fight all along the line, and Means deserves the felicitations of his friends, the gratitude and smiles of the fair in cumbent, and the commendation of the public. He has been Jiere for months living the life of a recluse watching the enemy and making im pregnable the weak places in his line of breast-works. What fools we mortals be! When Ransom played "hands off" Means had the game in his own hands, It is surprising that people who are ordinarily intelligent and sensible cannot see an inch be yond their own nose. The fight henceforth will be over Miss Dusen berrys confirmation. Just one chance for Vance to get even with the administration. Jonathan Edwards. Uo yon want vour neighbors to read The Caucasian. If so, see in another column how we will help yon. Offer good for two weeks v act at once. COUUESPOXDKNCK. -l lalsMJr t p th t Thi-r bat H Dvfeada Mr. Urwtdj. Mk. Ki1TOR I w ill give you a few I of the happenings in Cumberland. Some of the " Democrat" in Fay- ; etteville are frotbiue at the uioutb ' alout uiv letter to The Caitamis. A eiowd was standing in the sheriff office with The nMAX in band tryiug to digest "Dunk DwuingV article, but would not read it aloud. but would hand one to another, an. one of the rruvil. who was a lawver. said that it was a "pity that the law was not changed so a man could hi prosecuted for writing and pubIiK- i n it kiii'li t..tti-r " T1m tiri'titi m nt it t is tht the lawver wants the !-- & mum !? wi tlmf m ,n;tn .mm Iim ori4 - eeufed for w riting the truth. Their organs think now that it is unlawful to write the truth; however, thry re taking it foi granted that custom makes law." The lawyer also aid that he d.id not think that (Jen. Weaver got over two Votes in Cross Creek township (Favett ville). and one of the erowd said'. "Yes. he did." This erime of vote stealing mmst le stopped if for nothing else th n the eountiy's honor. It will .reve nt peonle of capital from investing. Cumberland count j is unsurpassed with its natural resources, its watt-r way, which are undeveloped, but ve cannot expect capitalists to invent where they would be denied a fa.ir election and an honest count unless they vote the Democratic ticket. The Fa yetteville Observer has for the lat few days got in a great notion to dis cuss finances, and has raised the cry "unconstitutional,'' and says, "Iive us State banks as our fathers had." We want the Observer to tell us what will the State banker redeem his bills of promise to pay with, when the ! Democrats repeal the'Kherraan law? ' He cannot do it with gold because ! the Southern States only have sev-i. euiy-ono cents per eapiia. x nis is n i new idea of Mr. Hale's, for he told I. us in Raleigh, at the Democratic,! State Convention, that money should be issued by the national govern- meut and onerht not to be intrusted -i to banking corporations. The truth of the whole matter Mr. Hale is kneeling at the political after begging for a dose of Dr. Cleveland's Ready Relief. Tho eorresponding editor of the Northi Carolina Baptist, "R. F.," says the, cause of very near all of the trouble is the lack of confidence. The true meaniiif of bis editorial is. I Look unto Cleveland and be ye saved; first seek ye his wisdom, en courage him with your confidence and all these things shall be added unto you. The Sampson Democrat is anxious for the vignette of Cleveland to be placed on the silver dollar for the woman has enjoyed that honor long enough. I think that the editor of The Democrat had better make ar rangements with The Caucasian to put it on the fourth page of that paper for more people in these parts would see it than if it was on all the silver dollars. I think that Dr. Cy. Thompson ought to let Mr. Grady" rest and not say anything more to him about vot ing himself $1200 more salary. He told us at Cedai Creek, in his speech, that they kept such a fuss in the House that he could not understand what they were voting on and would vote in the negative. I think Mr. Grady is excusable because he heard them say something about money and he thought they were voting on the free coinage bill and they were going to increase the circulating medium to $1200 per capita. Now if we be lieve what he said at Cedar Creek we should sympathize with him more for deafness than for covetness. Mr. Editor, do certain newspaper agents stop at hotels free of charge? The traveling agent for that immi gration paper published at Raleigh, the New South, or some kind of a South, slipped off from Autry ville and never paid his hotel bill. We think that he has lost "confidence" in Dr. Cleveland's Ready Relief and is trying another medicine. Duxk Dowxixu. Buckhorn, N. C. The Frank Opinion of an llonext Demo crat. We make the following extract from a letter just received. It was marked "private" so we will with hold name. The gentleman evident ly thought that we had sent him the copy of the paper complimentary, and his letter was a kind of acknowl edgemt nt of it. The letter starts off as follow: "Mr. Marion Butler, Editor and Proprietor of The Caucasian Dear Sir A copy of paper bearing date of May 18th come to this office ad dressed to me. I am opposed to in novations and new fangled schemes of relief for the people, and I con fess that my first impulse was to throw down your paper and not read it. But this was followed with a feeling of curiosity to see what you could now say for your cause. I began to read your editorials and I now confess I read the paper through before I stopped. I frankly admit that I agree with you in much that you say, and I only regret that you are not in the Democratic party us ing the same effort and argument to purify it and get the same reforms through it. Your fight for the purity of the ballot is commendable and must soon come through my party or some other. I admire your Wd ness and courage. I believe you are on the right line. You are certainly doing what all editors should, that is exposing duplicity and wrong doing no matter by who practiced. Every time you can expose a hypocrite and false friend of the people I say go ahead and do it. Yen will be doing the people a service. I am convinced that there is much truth in the v?airies whieh yu make, for none of the Democratic papers that I see try to answer you or contradict what you say, etc. "Yours very respectfully, The World and The Caucasian. Mr. Editor I notice that in the column in which you publish articles from your readers on the "Issues of a.1 you head il "Forum v- .Q1C Plnin8," while the New York World heads the same column tchoes from the People."- This would seem to indicate that the World thmKs that it furnishes ideas ready made for the people, and that when one of its readers succeeds in swallowing one and then writing it back that it is an echo of its own ideas frum the people. On the other hand your paper recognizes the fact tnat the people read and do their own thinking independently. Very trnly, THE HIDDEN GOT. By y ALTER B. MDOCOALL . pmmr. UH yum - XSTIXVET. CHAPTER XIL IX THE Hot OF NEED- ' . iii i In i. rial mrmTwVmmm it- kt.v.1 there for a moment looking at th u--r. hii I then inoveJ awar, fora (rimiHii i-ude wu atroa-hinit. and he I wishel to evade them. The city gt Idling to the orchard and to hi own house van nigh, and he went ont into th V .l.la After walking awhile he came to hi i ...til i!,i,t Mini tldfk t)V and ttieti he thought that be would go j u-vond and to hi own dwelling auT see j if he eotild ipy out anything there. Thw t arontiiur iv. re.1 mm h of the roinan- .' tic and j-nh.ua that it was iaM-iuK It brought twu k hi iwyhood a dreams to Vim nut I filled him vita a queer ort oi 4l; me novel heroism that waa xotiitively f liritlitur. It was within two honra of midnight. The moon, which was in ita last quarter, hum: aliti.wt over the horiron in the far en. I of thecanvor: the air wa bo Mill that the .ofi mut i uir of the river came clear to his ears as ho stood in the shad ow of the trees and looked toward his dwelling. Suddenly the silence wa irently stirred not broken by what seemed to liim as he listened, with tiUel lmlse. the faintest, most distant choruu of voices. He ncUcd a long iron knife. As a dream it seemed to come to him from some faroff desert space, like voices of the stars. Yet he surely heard it, fajnt, but clear, the air of "Annie .Laurie," sung by male voices in unison, and it seemed the sweetest sound he had ever heard. It was for but a few mo ments that it was audible; then it sank away iu the deepest silence, and he heard iiis heart s loua beating, ae looked np at the silent stars and caught his breath "What madness was this? Had he truly heard the voices, or were the sounds but some fantasy born of the hour and the night? After a little reflection he arrived at the conclusion that what he had fancied he heard was but the result of mo mentary mental derangement, superin duced by the recent physical 6train to which he had been subjected. It conld have no other explanation, and he re solved to lie careful in the future. His reflections were interrupted by the ap proach of people and the sound of female voices. He sank deeper into the shadow of the trees, and hurried to a position where he could command a view of his own house and see all that occurred. The group approached, and he saw that it was Lela and three of her women. She had been talking gayly to them, but low ered her voice as she neared the dwell ing, where she expected to find Chalpa. But Chalpa had heard their voices and .came out to meet them, holding aloft one of Eric's candles. The light fell on his swarthy faca, showing a look of fierce, triumphant joy; in the shadow of his brows his black eyes flashed like those of a snake. He was plainly sur prised at his victim's visit, and also at her ea.y manner, bo at variance with that of the last two days, and Eric conld see that ho was wondering what errand hail brought her there. As they neared the door he stepped toward them, say ing: "This is a strange hour for a maiden to be. abroad. What seeks my sister herei "I come to beg one favor of you before I die," answered Lela, throwing into her voice all the pleading, plaintive tones she conW command. "Let me see mv brother and speak to him for but a little moment! I cannot go without biddine him farewell. I would see him alone, for tomorrow I cannot see him. I am re signed I will go to my doom quietly vwiougiy n x urn see mm just once more! "Yes, you shall see him," he said. lis nut a little thing you ask. Tell me, can I not grant a greater boon?" "I ask nothing nothing but to sneak to ivuican. "Enter, then," he said, standing aside; "your women shall wait here. No. they Buii return. v,0, ne continued, turn ing to tneui; "return to the city. I will bring L,ela to you whence is ready." Lela had entered theliouse, and the women, arter a single glance atChalpa'g face, quickly departed. He stood for a little time looking after them, and then ioiiowea his victim indoors. She had already, in a few words, delivered her message, aua when Chalpa's stealthy footfall came to her ears she was caress ing ner brother and bidding him be oom forted. It was hard f or Kulcan to ceal the joy and hope that tilled him and brightened his face, but fortunately Chalpa, now bent upon another scheme noticed nothing; he was delighted at the turn affairs had taken, and now that Lela was bo completely in his power bis tuougnia naa taKeu a new turn- After standing silent in the center of .ue large room rrom which he could see the two for some minutes, he ap proached them. Kulcan, his arms bound ny thongs, raised his eyes, and Le turned toward the crafty priest as he spoke: "My brother and sister, I like not theae harsh, uncustomary measures which we .uujii. aietninks no other Katrm feast has been so marred; it ia an ill thing when those so young as you show a spirit so strangely bent against our ancient practices. Yet 'tis because you are both young and headstrong. Lei it seems, has at last become resigned to the will of Kinchahan, and will go cheerfully to Chalcu's dreaded altar- but you, Kulcan, you still are beadstron after . ron JT- lov Tm both right well mt did not Ton v. well, if T this late how.- 7 tenderness at Brother interrupt LU as b was .WoHo an.wer.ber Kft tok full of fSlpa bold, ont bop. tons. Let bYefl "bold out bop. and aafety for yuu both.- Cbalp. said somewhat wr- - Idoootdeair. your blotJ-lcan .Vert vour doom if yoa will do my wtlL Ollr iue and you both are saved, for Ue heve me. before the sun U tomorrow he thirty priests will ha, not only your ISera but jour blood poured out upon h'Tborribler cried Lei, covering her faU. i myhfe.but let not bw blood be abed. iJiuemr lie U th. lat of our family. -I reiuctutor it only too well, an swered Chali. IJut why .lay him?" h pleaded. -He hall be i-pared if you will, 'i ou bold his hf. 7' own 01,n your lips tonight r She looked amased; a new fear smote her What di-igu had entered this cruel priest's mind? She knew no way to avert her fat. apart from Gilberts strong hand, and yet he aeeroed to offer her safety depeudeut upon her own will. Eric had crtpt softly to th. door and heard every word. An inkling of Chal 18 pun" flashed into his mind; be smiled as be thought of th. prieat's helpless iMtiou. One step and he was lost as he Mood proffering help to those two doomed ouea. There was silence awhile; then Lela said in a low voice: "What can I do to save him?" "Can you not guess? Uae you not seen these many months that my soul seeks yours that I love you as no man ever loved?" She drew away from him with startled eyes. "Ah," he continued, "you must know that I wich you to be my wife. When Quetzal was here I did not seek you. for I knew he was but deluding you. Now he is gone; he will never return, and I love you still, faithfully, truly, forever. Will you be mine? Say 'yes and you shall be saved and Kulcan also." "And if I say 'no? " abe asked. "Then," said thepriiM,"you will both die. No power on earth can save you. Not even Quetzel can help you now, for he is dead'" "No, not deadT she cried, then closed her lijks and trembled for fear that she bad said too much. "Yes, dead; be cannot save you. Give me your answer now. Can you not see how I am tortured with love for you?" "Can you not give me time until to morrow?" "That will be too late; you must de cide now!" he answered, his face work ing convulsively and his eyes blazing, for he thought be saw signs of her sub mission in those downcast eyes. "What does my brother say?" she asked, turning to him. "Shall I save you and myself thus?" "He has no voice in the matterP Chal pa cried savagely. "It is in your hands.' Kulcan looked calmly at him. "If she consents, can you save us? Or can you even save me? How avert the anger of the people when they are robbed of their sacrifice. How appease the priests who wish to keep the ancient custom intact? Have you the power to do all this and not suffer?" "Aye and morel My priests will obey me, and the people will be only too glad to abolish the sacrifice." "Then why kill us? Let us go and try to make my sister love you for your clemency and forbearance rather than by this dreadful alternative." "No! This is my answer!" cried Lela. "I would rather die than be loved by you; rather go to the altar than be touched by you. Yes, rather die by your hand than be caressed by it, or feel your dreadful snake's eyes upon my face!" Chalpa recoiled; then with the most bitter rage in his face he sprang to ward her. Seizing her in his arms, as Kulcan vainly struggled to break his bonds, he held her before her brother. "See, fool, what you have done!" he shrieked. "Had you pleaded with her yon and she would have lived and been honored. Now she is mine, and die you shall, but not before she knows my hate! See this fair throat, so soft and white! It shall feel the knife tomorrow, and you" His hand was raised to strike the white throat and bosom when Eric dashed into the room and sprang to her. Chalpa fell away from him, releasing her, and she rushed to Eric's arms. The priest's face blanched to an olive tint, as J his eyes started from their sockets as L stared at the apparition of him whose body lay deep in the flooded tunnel. where he had thought it would lie for ever undiscovered. He easned for breath His knees smote together, and his lips, drawn apart over his chattering teeth) trembled and turned ashen. Eric atorJ there looking sternly at him, although vuv irigm oi ine wretcn was almost ludi crous, and as he cowered against the wall in his terror Eric said: "Chalcu has a brave servant, and yet he helps him not. Chalcu's servant seems not so brave as when I last saw him. xias nis goa deserted him that he cow ers before a false god? Have his wits oeserted the nimble cheater with the the dice that he trembles so? He who xears not to deJeaud a whole nation aeems to lose his courage before one man. Coward and fool! thief and traitor! the dogs of the city shall despise thee the childmi shall spit upon thee and drive thee into the desert; thou serpent!" The words seemed to revive Chalpa. He drew his breath, again and began to move toward the door, with big eyes fixed upon' "Eric in an unreasoning fcc iug latter made no move to yrereni mm, twnttng him completely cowed, but the shock of his appearance had dethroned Chalpa's reason. It was madness that gleamed in hi eye now and it was a madman's act tit next fol lowed. As be reached the table in the X:". UI lue room He seized a long iron knife, and in an instant sprang upon Enc, Kulcan's cry was Gilbert's warn big, for be bad turned partly away, and he drew his revolver instantly, but the savage lunge made by Chalpa struck the weapon, and it fell from bis grasp. He saw the maddened eyes, like those - gry woir, before him, and he struck at them. The blow sent the priest clear across the room, but he waVat Eric before he could gain his weanon. Another right handerS one whth r !rnainon of Qelth would hare finished the battle fvv - awm f 1 MEM a. laW cheek and sent him to the floor. His wrtfato Erk'rm in its fall m 5e 'eel .the wound, for hi Diooawas up. A third "T up ana his left eye was Partly closed; his teeth ground in fraT" rage. He came at Eri with more deadly 7 , circle before him. ttZXTZZ Jtoop for hi. pistol and I TO BE CONTIjrrJXD.l The Caucasus will set everv man to thinking who tenia it that is all those whose minds have not been wholy paralyzed by preiadice and blind party worship, and these 010! MVS HELD A NtUlM, CITY Last COXGKESSMAX Wo., OTHER TOUTICAI THI StrKKT "... U4Y Vmrr. ".a-lrv. m.i.. JlKd Marth iariiha , ina A . u II, Imperial to RKhm, MOKKBKAU Cm Sddicr boy i are coi li llogart, where the st MS encamp this year. . will be giveu on Kri.i., aed and part id ):,-, Carolina's Four Hun.!: and his staff will 1,-a,! i-oi.m. i Congreasinan Woo.!., Olid I Metric!, has h a private conferrm , v oal leaders of tin- t.t whom are now hen-. tl, SOUTH K K . i ne u nest ami i m Fall, Winter and Sprit They stand the Sk i k are grown success ful, North as Ohio in th- , They furnish more r- 1 '; Hi., '1" pr. ' lis. -' bpnujr, and larg r tunm,,, l. i ' Ha-, varicij aiiuwn. i na to weigh 15 lbs. and circumference. One ll cents; 1-2 lb., prepaid. lb. 20 cents, prepaid. A1U10TT L WN,V July 20-1 uio. Oxford Female OX FORM. Seminjf), N. The 4.'lrd A nun: August 30, 1893. inn All the Comforts .if H.,im the Advantages r h Kim 7 School at very 1u ;i,m;iI,,. i4 Physical Culture pn.hnii. iit. Sp facilities in Music and Ait. , for catalogue. F. 1'. Ilii;i,,! President. Mention Tiik i'ai . j July 20-1 mo L'p. 1 THE NORTH A !; 1 . 1 N a College of Agriculture and I chamc arts Will begin its Fifth Srv.;n v berTth, 189:1. This Cdi. ' i well equipped for its -.. i! ( having extensive V 1 at,,) ; Shops, carefully fitted up iru room, Chemical, Hotanical nci: ticultural Laboratories., liiv.iil and Barn. The teaching force f..r the : year consists of fifteen men. ' two courses lead to irradua!;-: Agriculture and in Mechanic: Civil Engineering. Total cost a year, im-ludintr County Students, !fl:t..i. Jv dents. $123.50. For . atiUopi fit ef 2 -el tilv in A 4 I III ll I ihlV President. Malt -icb. Ji July20-4t 2p. Ridgeway High School Warren County, X. ('. For Boys and Girls. Knlrn the University and the ('iH Classical and Business ('our. ' Extra Charges. Total Kxo- Session of Twenty Weeks. Tai: ' $15.00, $20.00 and 2r.iHt. Mui Piano $12.50, use of Iu.tres $2.50. Board (including fuel, if and room rent) !f4"i.oii; vi 43.00 ; incidental fee 1.ini. Fall Session, lh'.Cl, opens AV 28th. Address for a i-atalogur. JOHN ;KAHAI UidgeWSV. S Julv2(Mm-2p. Cane Mills. I am reDresentiiiL' the Krti.' Iron Works Co., and can In". thir Cane Mills, Evaporator. at factory prices. Write for logue, &c. Address. S. II. niLWEU Walls''. Dunlin county. I iulv'Jo 4t-i Shropshire Sheep Wantei Breeders please give iri--of E and Bucks, one and two ye when you write. Answer thi' once. Respectfully. S.H.ruLWEU . Walls'. -N Mention The Cai casias. julyl-'i 2t- Kinsey Female Seminary LAURAXfiK, X A Boarding School for o'IiJl'' YOUNG LADIES. FULL COR PS OF T K A ' H & Literary, Art and Musie Ie.nV Stenography, Typewrit irnr aii-i keeping taught in Business I? ment. LOCATION HEALTHY- State Chemist in exsmin:t'"n"' ' ter says : I have pi-ola.l.v aminfvl n. Lottm- u ...r.h. E3TFor catalogue irivinir f"1'' ' ticulars write lo JOSEPH KINSEY, PiWj tatfDinloma rrnntPl t youtf dies finishiue course of study. julyl-HM University of North Gan ers, 11 buildings, 7 scientific tones, iiorarv of 30.000 vol urn tudents. iNSTRrfTIftv 5 crATieral COO p brief courses ; professional tot in law, medicine, engineer'0 chemistry ; optional courses. Expenses : TnJtJon. .00 ner Scholarships and loans for th V Address PRESIDENT WlSj; unarAi Hill, x r nine- a m v i WANTED. A position as School Teacher. 1 gite first-claw testimonial c, graduate of one of the leading .Jj male ioneges m tnis ou- A " ..!wm2 aiuu ui men wm not read it if von Address 3n:vj ML oiivy-fliW Wayne county. jnlyl3-- VW offer it to them. 1