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,1 t f I A. u ill I? 1 4 t I . . I!' t - 4 it. V ? t t " 1 r -if ! C 1 . 1 :4 MARTLET yyJUl. Li: I II AlTI.lt X "The Nir-ro-s ;i!T tir." an l.a 1 rorn to o railed wit!, tli-- l.rut.il (!ir;:irK-v .? th nwji;iiTK. whs ten c'avt old. Tli': vonlT ari'! the liorfrof it a!l hereon the n-ane f' r every itic hut thoftn i:n-w)i:it-!v otinreted with it, arid f-r tin- !r- tiv-s. wli-professional pri! hrxi p-Mjiii:iry Interests rn: iivo.vel in the wi!uti'.n l a ri.vsterv u hi, h threatened orovi- i rr u ! It wan i oniing dlnVuit tin rno-t TJtTjrisiri;f 'f r-p rt. frsh i t -i .ri'--rii i n r unins of his i-sjx-' ial 'i.i i i wen rs to i.'-.tn it f r th- -o!- II..- frt-shi-st That "I-n:"-'!'- N"' N IvirofM: for an tin- contiiK'iit. Mi'li y.ars." That. 'Ki!"'-ri'- Nor ross j'rof ,' I iT't- t'-ii'lf. tour of p rliiij.-. ! (rono o -s ha'l off'Tcl a reward of live thoiis in.l !oliars for tlio t t ! ... trreherisioii of the murderer or mur- !i-rers." That "the detectives were out lie trail of an unl nown woman who had heeri :ilmitteil to the houve on the fatal I ri day of the murder." That "Mr. Norcrv.s had preserved the strictest hilenee'.n th; suhjeet, r inalned closely confiii'vl to th: liouse io Ksplanade tstreet, and sternly refused to le interviewed. No pajKTs were per mitted in tho hous." Into thla (floorn-wrapjunl isolation a visitor j)jnetratel late one afternotm, and waa announced to his master ly lU iUiett. jn a startle. undertone: "A person f'r you. sir The same, I think, that was in the dressing room that day." ThoBtudy was fto dark t hat the butler could just diseern the tall dark form in the bif chair by the writing table. He udded a personal apology: "I was listening for your bell, sir. Sha'n't I lij-d't- tip'"' Thero was a restless movement in tine chair, the sound of a hand brought heavily down arming' the loose litter of the writing-table, then a curt demand: "Light up. Let her come in. Leave. And see to it that tin re is no listening umong the maids." As the gas-jot sprang into existence, Eugene Norcross, looking across I !en riett's shoulder, saw a sad white face framed about with a plain black bon net. Its owner's eyes were li-xed npon him warchingly. Evidently she had planned hr approach. If she had hoped tosurpri.se any evidence of guilt upon tho stern, handsome, haggard f.i'Hj op posite her, she was disappointed. Ho met her intense gae wit h one eqially intense. His calmness remained abso lute, his whole attitude one of unflinch ing fortitude. That he had suffered at all could only be conjectured from the black rings under his eyes, and a. certain pinched look about his fine, thin nostrils. The habits of a lifetime are not easily forgotten. There was a woman stand ing whilo he was seated. He rose, waved her to a seat, staggered from physical exhaustion, laid one long brown hand resolutely on the back of his chair, and waited for Ilennett to rlose the outer door of the library after him. Ho ppoke first: 1 i "Yon linvo fallen :l rbirb.r dnn TV, vou know what you are suspected of? Arc you not afraid of arrest?" She loolcod him composedly over from head to toot. A Rhuddcr ran through her slight frame as she tightened her clasp of a roll of newspapers she held. "No," she said, "I am not afraid of arrest. That was what I came here to Kay. It was a daring stop for you to take." "I do not understand." "But it was in keeping. The man who could murder one woman might j readdv seek to throw suspicion upon "SO. I AM NOT AFRAID OF ARREST." another one." lie was visibly trembling; was itfrom physical weakn ess . S h e h ad re fused to be seated, and he had remained stand ing. He dropped heavily into his chair,; as that slight frail woman hurled the monstrous accusation at him. in a voice; which, though perfectly under control, was fierce in its intense emotion. She! misread his agitation: "I do not wonder that you tremble. The man who could take a woman's life, who couldclasp his brutal hands around her slim white throat and keep them there while her strong young life current ebbed out forever, is just the sort of man to pale and tremble at fear of detection. Brute Cowardly brute that you arel I would have denounced you publicly at once, but I thought. No! they will drag my poor Mellie from the grave, his rich friends, and they will buy him off from justice at any price. They will parade all of her weakness and her folly to vhe world! They will blacken her memorv. ho as you, Eugene Norcross, blackened the soft smooth white s'iin of her pretty neck. My poor little Mellie! My pret ty, foolish butterfly I" "Great Godl this is horrible! too horrible to stand!" His eyes blazed like living coals. Ills arched black brows came together in a fierce contraction. The solid chair shook under him. She echoed him sternly. "Horrible! too horrible! I agree with you. Was it not enough to put her out ol the way, she so slight and weak and helpless, yon so strong, without involv ing me? It must have been absurdly easy." What?" he asked, stupidly To choke her. I could have done it myself." He pushed the damp masses of hair hack from his forehead with both hands. It was almost a gesture of despair. How could he silence this woman? How rid himself of her? He could rinjr for Bennett and send for an Of" A I r'j'pArlFANETTE H.WALWQRThX oSI"-r; i . !. s'.e . ai ' klt-r. It v. x v. i! h t h ! . t.' a iii'-. ia le ; 'f enlight . . rj -ri t - 1 t' nee m.'n.-nT that h" had her II- listen.- I as in cruel 1 V rom; ved v. ,: a iin-arti l iht "IJ.it it w u;d h. i ri- no irr t !notin''- V"'i Vim v-n- t' ri' fi ari l rirr.vfrfii!. Tho i','!i I m:ht have sworn t 3"otjr (Tiiit on ;im1s lloiy JJihi-, w ho wi,,,;,! have 1"1S-v-! rn-? You wouiil Jiavi- fT"n vt-fri''. aft-T my j-or Ji-l-lir'h i;amr ha! t--ti flrai."."--! tiirotitrh 'h- tn.fc. 'iii.it was why I l' t vu 1m-. unti.--" hh- llun th- r.ll ..f pafM-rs dr,i', i, on tin- tah'r M'f. m- hiru "I f ptiij'l that in th- mornint' papers. It w as a il.irin' st-p t t:tk- " ISv a hiiiMThutnan -xiTi-isr of that iviii-fowcr which h.-l m-vi-r failed him Jn tii: hour of lii.s in--!, Knciif Nr rross uiiist-rel his violent aitat:on. iic looked at the sb'.'ht. frail woman who h.-ul jiLSt arraigned him v fierecly ... with eves from which trm blazing wrath ha1 died out, leaving instead in tense sadness and commiseration for hin fallow-sufferer. There was that on this woman's Kal, sweet tve that stamred her kinship to his dorul wife. Amelia had lied to him, had betrayed hi absolute trust in her frivolously ami cruelly. Uut she was pone, and this woman was sorrowing for her. Could ho not bear w ith her a little while? "Ami o you are her sister?" he said, almost gently. "Yes. Her only sister. Her only relative. " "Ami you are "Tho 'Nora' to whom she wrote that fatal letter." "Why do you call it 'that fatal let ter'?" She looked at him with loathing. He was li-htin a ciyar! The table iu front of him wan strewn with dtid stumps. Sho had no means of knowing1 that it was his sedative the one tiling that .had kept his brain in working order during1 the fierce ordeal of the past ten days. "Why do I call it that fatal letter? Tlecause it caused my sisters death. Your callousness is monstrous, Eugene Noreross!" "You are absolutely saturated with an insane idea. I see what you mean, but it Ls not elear to me how you got jour wild impression." "I was in the dressing-room that day." "Well?" "And I heard you toll her, after tell ing her about the letter coming buck to you, that what you ought to do was " Ho put up a hand imploringly: "I know! I know! I frightened the poor child! A man, unless he is more saint than man, does not suddenly make the discovery that he has been lied to, duped, entrapped, by a creature whom ho has regarded as almost flawless, without being temporarily thrown off his balance. If you never saw that let ter yoti do not know how monstrously I had been deceived." "Yes, I do know it. It was all wrong. I had been tellinor her so. She had no right to marry you. I.ut could you not have put her away from you in some uuior lasiuonr i ms is Mien a, treat uijr i.i ,, "".Y "'" Iy Ood! I believe you aro a lunatic!. I loved my wife! I tried to treat her as I stipposed a woman liked to be treated. I was not young when I mar ried her; I was not skilled with woman-kind, but I believe she was hap pyyes, I do believe she was content. I gave her everything she wanted." "Aud took from her the thing she loved best of all her life." "Your dreary insistence makes it hard to be patient with you. If I were a guilty man, I should regard you as my Nemesis. I did not kill Amelia. J am not that sort of brute lieve me." fou must be- "Who did. then?" In spite of herself, she was almost persuaded. "I do not know. I have offered five thousand dollars for the answer to that question." "I heard you say that you ought to kill her. That nigt she was killed. Oh, the horror of it maddens me." "A pretty piece of circumstantial evi dence, I admit Yes, your memory ia correct; I did tell her that I ought to kill her;' but it is not on record that Eugene Norcross ever did the thing he ought to do." Then, in less off ensively defiant tones,, perhaps in commiseration for the great anguish in the sweet white face before him, he added: "She went away from me! Thank God, the last words she ever heard ne' say were in apology for that brutal out break. I had never spoken angrily to her before. I had never had occasion' to do so. I believed in her utterly and entirely. Yes. she went awav from m and returned to the women downstairs. 1 could hear her voice above every other one, the gayest, clearest one there, as I went out of the house again. I dined at the clubhouse that day. I wanted time to think the whol mi ble business over fully before I met her again. l was afraid I might forget that I was a gentleman and she a woman; false, damnably untruthful, but yet a woman. Nothing would be easier than for me to prove an alibi if need be. I did not care for ray own company that evening. I picked two club men up on leaving the house, drove them to the club, dined with them, Elayed whist with them, until until a lessenger Bennett, I believe it was came to the club and informed me that Mrs. Norcross' maid, surprised at her taistress not ringing for her at bedtime, went to look her up, she found her as you know. You are her sister, and you are entitled to this much." ' II estopped talking, and, reaching for- I waft to iwalH . n itim tbi. por4 ; ut a Jrfc'e ttinff'Jiii f M r whh'h h- drBnV off t C'P Ncr rvn hd wrr nacm t t hi whil L( tlkitip. You bciiTf m. do you r 't h fcsked. l-r.;tiif w"r;ly bark in hi .hair, aed dravrin? bi handkerchief Sowlv K-psw hi i;pw "Yu hare left w no rhoir. I mUAt V here yon. I do " "Thi ) t'- f5rt and i.nlf tteroent I fchal! ma'K on te "i ,l- I hre .? frre.1 the reird. us I t'.'d you before. Ita ft few ilayi ! i-at- for Hurop. There i etie tiiic I should iiUe t do. liefore J-1 ruar, it hokei imj rsii)i'e. She looked at him inquiringly. What a Knuii'i- turn thina h! takenl He l-tf" afain. in a J'roWn oi-e: "In that letter h ! ke of a child. I should like t" know that it would not become a .at:H-r wouid iierer know the nc'd which vniii tim' drive women lio!ti in- rnt-n. If you will help ; me I lo rot know i's name There were no fiam s inert ioncd. She uiT poke of h r little yir! liy that I knew he w a a w idow." "There is no nee 1 for that. The child I will be well cared for Uut it i gen , erous of you." She put out her hand to hijn impul ' ftivvly. Perhaps, after ail, he had been more Mimed airainst than hinniug. He j Vok the proiTerefl hand: "Thank you. I am glad, after all, ; that I have been able to rid your mind 1 of that hideous fancy. l-fore Ileavethe ! country. It might have looked like a j flight. And I don't know but what it i Is. Life. l-re, is intolerable will be j everywhere, in fact." i "And you have no theory? It was not a suicide?" she asked. "No. Of that I am paite sure. She was too timid, and not miserable enough, by half! I had a theory the same one the detectives seem to have hit upon." He pointed to the papers she had thrown on his table. "You mean the strange, plainly dressed woman who was admitted to Mrs. Norcross In the afternoon, and who, according to the papers, 'stole out by a side entrance, evidently shunning observation.' That was I." "So I presumed. That was why I said I had a theory. I have iiuue now." "Nor any clew whatever?" "None. Unless" he opened a drawer of the writing table and took from it a small pasteboard box "this may even tually prove to be one." He extended it, unopened, to Nra Lorimer. "It was found clasped in one of her hands. But she had so many trinkets and bau bles that I lay no stress upon it scarce ly know how to connect it with the crime." Nora drew from the Vx with tremb ling fingers a broken piece of gold chain. Attached to it was a seal of some clear translucent stone. An in taglio with a device whi"h it was not easy to read at a first glance marked it. It was such a seal as years before had been used for impressing the wax on letters. Jt was large, and not particu larly fine in workmanship. She felt quite sure it had not been amongA melia's few possessions in her girlhood; nor was it such a seal as the wealthy Mrs. Norcross would have been likely to pur chase. Moreover, souls were not w fashionable demand just then. "May I keep this, Mr. Norcross?" she asked, replacing the possible clew in the box. She had studied it carefully. He was leaning back in his chair with closed eyes. His face was worn and haggard. He waved his hand in consent, sat up presently, and held out his hand to her: "I believe I must ask you to cut this Interview short. It has been more try ing than I anticipated. We have ex onerated each other, but intensified tho mystery. Perhaps time will solve it; perhaps we will never know until " "She solves the mystery for us her self, over there," said Nora, turning1 away from Amelia's husband and the uai'ikiMictt home winch v, .aKI never again resound to the chatter of gay Ivoices or be converted itito a bower of roses. As she passed out into the lamp lighted streets, she repeated his words with a sense of absolute powerlessness: . "We have exonerated each other, but intensified the mystery." ' She melted some wax as soon as she got back to her room, and made a suc teession of impressions with the seal she bad brought away with her until the jdesjrn was fully revealed. The result was disappointing. She had hoped for a monogram, at ieast an initial, by way of clew. Tfie'jc jBtared her in the face, instead, a dozen Jmore or less perfect waxen effigies of a f martlet," an absurd bird with abbre ;viated legs and wings. She held it close to the bght to examine it minute ly: : "Not at all pretty. Therefore it must mean something." TO ME CONTINUED. A NATIONAL CURRENCY THE BEST. Iu a speech in the Kenute iu 1SI57, John C. Calhoun said: "It appears to nie, after bestowing the b?st reflection I can give no sub ject, that no convertible paper that i. paper whose credit rests on a promise to pay is suitable for cur rency. jSauk paper is cheap to those who make It, hut dear, very dear, to those who it. On the other hand, a national currency, while it would greatly facilitate its financial operation, would cost nothing or nest to nothing, ana would, of course, add much to the coat of production, which would give to every brauch ol our industries great advantages both at home aud abroad. And I now undertake to affirm without the least fear 1 caa be answered, that a paper issued by the government, with a simple promise to receive it for all dues would form a perfect paper cir culation which could not be abused by the government ; that it would be as uniform in value as the metals themselves; and I shall be able to prove that it is within the constitu tion and powers of congrega to use such a paper according to the most rigid rule of construing the constitu tion." (tf.) IS UK A TKAITOR? Ail Offer to Shake Handx over the Rob bing and Oppression of the People. Mr, Murat Halstead, commenting on the change of Mr. Cleveland since the election, says : "The President has held out a hand to the Republicans to be shaken on the understanding that if help can be found in the Republican par ty to carry the unconditional repeal of the Sherru..;! law there will be no hurry to repeal the McKinley law, for after all the 'only menace' of our welfare is not protection or reciproc ity, but the paying of gold for silver and the meddlesomeness of the silver cranks V tf. "Nearly every man who has advertised in The Caucasian has taken the trouble to assure us that he was highly satisfied with the results. ALLIANCE DIPABTBNT. M r every lisd m vrr r .'i ttivtf of i or ticra-. HCO!..tTrTrTed liie rht t ttift. K en now nie ;'! f-r K T; t ?. --r e t riil ?he kr?T. V!u.r :-i.rr m:l to: j-r tfrt!r 9 onto! 9 . M K I'. . '. Kf'ITOK Till ("ai a-i w Tif- Aliiiiiiii- 1- r.ot dead don 11 here, it : i a ch.iii : tic tiitiiilt-r? arc cotiltniiaHy intn irg in : met on the ."th atid had :; of the In ft etlti.ff WeeVrrhad. ,ir r..;n tv Prefideii t. ISn. .1. !. Karl, and I'uuntt Irt-tiirer, Hru. M. I h!. met with iin and" we had" a good ;-j.- h fr.m. both. The turcr of our Alliance 1 How Alli aiicei jirtTMiitei the ily with a fxaiitiful mii'. which was cheri-heti hv all who heard it. Afterwards it :ii! mow-d that the Nt-oretarv M-nd it to the iolJeboro ('AH AIAX and rrore-i e Fanner for publication, which ou will lind enclosed. Fraternally, JoHN I iayiiio, Nr'y Hoj- Alliance. ilxili Count Meeting. Wm.m.x, N". ('., Oct. :Jn, ls'.ei. j KbiTok The Cai oama.v, (ioldsboro, j N. f. Our Wilson County Alliance ! meeting that was to he held at ; Thompson's Lodge will be held at j New Hoj e church Oct. 1.5th, five miles from Wilson on the Nash road. There will be public speaeing. Every body is invited to come and biing baskets and have a good time. A I.I.I AN t KM EN. Ireilcll Count y. Ki.itui; The Caucasian. Please give notice in Thk Caucasian that Iredell county Alliance will meet with Harmony Hill Alliance on Tuesday Oct. lUth. Hro J. T. H. Hooyer assistant lecturer of the State Alliance will he present and addrss the people. The public is cordially invited to hear the speak ing. M. E. Kamsv, Sec. Iredell countv Alliance. Allium') Notice. The Edgecombe county Alliance will meet at Tarboro on the 124th Inst, at 10 o'clock a. in. The meet ing will be addressed by Bro. P. II. Massey, of Durham. The public are cordially invited. Jas. B. Loyk, Sec'y. THK NATIONAL FAK SIKHS AI.1.1ANCK AMI INDUSTRIAL UNION. President II L. Loueks, Huron, South Dakota, Vice-President-Marion Butler, Goldsboro M. C. Secretary-Treasurer Col. I). P. Duncan, Columbia, S. C. Lecturer Ben Terrell, Seguin, Texas. 15XECUTIVE bOARE. II. L. Loucks, Chajrmap; L. Leo nard, Mt. Leonard, Missouri; I. E. Dean, Honeoye Falls, New York; H. C.. Demming, Secretary, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. JUDICIARY' R. A, South worth, Denver, Colo. It. W, Beck, Alabama. M. D. Davie, Kentucky. NORTH CAROLINA FARMERS' STATE ALLIANCE. President J. M. Mewborne, Kin ston. Vice-President J. S. Bridges, Catawba. Secretary-Treasurer W. S. Bar nes, Raleigh. Lecturer Cyrus Thompson, Rich land. Assistant Lecturer J. T. B- Hoo ver, Elm City, Door Keeper Geo. T. Lane, G reensboro- Assistaut Door Keeper II. E. King, Panut. Seargeant-at-Arms J. R. Hand cock, Greensboro. State Busines Agent W, II. Worth, Raleigh. Trustee Business Agency Fund VV. A. Grantham, Machpelah. EXEfiiJTyE COMMITTEE OF THE NORTH CAROLINA EARMEKfc' frTATE ALLIANCE. Marion Butler? Goldsboio; J. J. Long, Eoka; A. F. Hileman, Con cord. STATES ALLIANCE JUDICIARY COM MITTEE N. M. Culbreth, Whiteville: John Brady, Gatesville; John Graham, Ridge way, JEFFERSON AND JACKSON Were Opposed to Hanks ui Issue ltoth State and National. Andrew Jackson it was who said, "if congress hag the right under the constitution to issue paper money, it was given them to be used by them selre3, not to be delegated to indivi duals or ankin corporations." Thos. Jefferson it y?n.$ rho said "Bapk paper must be suppressed, and the circulating medium must be restored to the nation to whom it be longs. It ij the only fund on which we can rely for loans, it is our only resource which can never fail us, and it is an abundant one for every neces sary purpose." If you believe in the doctrine of Jefferson and Jackson and have the manhood to back up your belief with your votes, what party will you be acting with to-dav ! tf. no YOU WANT TWO PAPERS? We will send you for one year The Caucasian and any of th following papers for the amount opposite: Dakota Ruralist, $1,75. People's Party Paper, $1,73. Iowa Farmers' Tribune, f 1,75. National Watchman, $1,40. Missoura World, $1,40. Virginia Sun, $1,75. For the above amounts we will send you two papers ong year. Address The Caucasian, Goldsboro, N.G. CHILDREN'S COBNEP. TH F. L1TTJ.K iloFSK IN t AIIIH A. I. IlriK-. i.iMIM M rK'M M-T 11K I .b lilt father would tt V hilC. Mid Fid. -I'vr alai WwjsU'l Iljeli.i.'rrii-. alid taltle bea." woohl f tacaJ-lTal U-ijiiiiiUi1." I'll him. for I hUt to hiv the m o'.i fefiow kiHeJ." i-ervI Fau. he uil xti'y 'aA to Ltjv i mil. but rxuieM-d that tie tiled .Ir'nV chain and ht-lpexj him to ex'ajir. 1 k.n it ua- w rou:, but 1 t-ouM hot we him MlfTer. ibe KMld. "Now. if urn will hu Tom I'll 'ive oi. in v tive dollars to help, and Mr. lliuhiovk will furie me- and bv rlad to jet rid of Uth th l-ari." After prrie consultation To i bought, and orders were telilto have a house built for him in a huiiuv corner of the garden, with btiung ri !!; to which to chain him. and a ;Mtd -k on the door. Y hn m was settled in these new ouarturii. he held dailv receptions for sotiw wevks. tonne and old came- to set- him. aim Fred .-honed off his incnH'Mi ic with the pride of a budding lkwuuin. A hare MMt was so-m worn on the irniSf- plut which nnnle Tom's parade ground, aud at all hours ;he joor fellow uiiirht be eeen dancinir and dri.lintr, or sitting at his door, thotiirhtf ullv surveying the curious crowd, and orivatelv wi&hinir he never had ln-eu born. litre he lived for another year, getting o big that he could hardly turn around iu bin house, and so cross thut Fred began to be a little afraid of him, after several hugs much too vehement to be safe or agreeable. re morning the uoor of the house was found bioken off. and Tom was gone. Fred was rather relieved: but his father- was anxious, and ordered out the boys of the neighborhood to lind the runawav, lest he should alarm people or do some harm. It was an easy matter to trace him, for more than one ter rified woman had seen the big brown beast sniffing around her kitchen premises after food; a whole school ful of children had been startled out of their wits by a bear's head at the window; and one old farmer was in a towering rage over the damage done to his bee-hives and garden patch by "that pesky critter, afore he took to the woods." After a long search poor Tom was found rolled up in a sunny nook, resting after a glorious frolic, lie went home without much reluctance, hut from that time it was hard to to keep him. Bolts and bars, chains and ropes were of little use; for when the longing came, off he went, on one occasion carrying the house on his back, like a snail, till be tip ped it over and broke loose. Fred wag quite worn out with his pranks, and tried to sell or give him away, but nobody would buy or accept such a troublesome pet. Even tender-hearted Kan gave him up, when he frightened a little child into con vulsions, and had killed some sheep on his last holiday. It wrs decided that he must be killed, and a party of men, armed with guns, set out one afternoon to carry the sentence into effect. Fred went also to see that all was properly done, and Fanny called after him with tears m her eyes; "Say good bye to him for me." This time Tom had been gone a week, and had evidently made up his mind to become a free hear; for he had wandered far into the deepest wood and made a den for himself among the rocks. Here they found him, but could not persuade him to come out, and no bold Putnam was in the troop who would creep in and conquer him there. ''We have fooled away time enough, and I want to get home 'to supper," said the leader of the hunt, after many attempts had been made to lure or drive Tom from his shelter. So they fired a volley into the den, and growls of pain proved that some of the bullets had hit. Aud as no answering sound followed the second volley, the hunters concluded that their object was accomplished, and went home, agreeing to come the ne.xt day to make sure. They were spared the trouble, hpwever, for when Fred looked from his window in the morning he saw that Tom had returned. He ran dpwn to welcome the rebel hack. But one look showed him that the poor beast had only come home to jiliej for hp was cov ered with wounds and lay moaning ou his bed of straw, looking as pa thetic as a bear could. Fanny cnei pver him, and Fred was quite bowed down with remorse; but nothing could be done, and with- in an hour poor Tom was dead. As if to atone for their seeming cruelty, Fanny draped the little house with black, and Fred, resistjug all temp tations to keep the bear's fine skin buried him like a warrior, "with his martial cloak around him," in the green woods he loved so well. Tto be coicnxpgp,.) Yon Foils' Post Dice. lVayne County. Elroy, N. C, Oct, G, XS93. Mr. Editor: I take pleasure in writing b few lines for the Cauca sian, whi?h I havo been reading for a good while, and enjoy very much. I am well pleased wjth the new story in the "Children's Corner," and think it will afford us njueh pleasure and enjoyment in our long autumn evenings. I will ask a question and answer some of Misa Lucy Barrow's also. What and where ig the short est chapter in the Bible? the shortest verse is "Jesus wept," St. John, 11-3o- Nunez De Balboa discovered the Pacific Ocean. With my best wishes for the Editor and his bride. I am your unknown friend, LOU HlXNANT. Alexander County. HlDDENITE, X. C, Oct. 2, 1893. Mr. Editor: I saw in your issue of Sept. 21 Lillie West's question. I have not seen any answer to it. I think Adam was the first man to bring evidence against his wife. I .!,! Ad - CB It t O.d. d i'ke t jr.."- 1.1 ' 1 llttl til I -voar Mir re4 it rry roach hrn but he l;k He i A ItepUO" the CM the ' From lr:r 1. Jl, . l'MN. t'HII !'Kr-We Cite ya t Ufllr ttu week Work thrin and eud ii tur ad er . I hr tir! I j t (!.! fcM .M . A Jdy ve me a ptft -he naJ nt Aud I reerlVed her L.ft which I ttk rxt. M)e tre n wi!im lv, and jet he wouid not- If she jrive it me I foree not lot. I irrieve Aud if she take it ntrftin nut. Consider hat thi i For 1 am fast srn and i.ll not. 1 mav not. The second i a HIIOKS I'NuVtKI . On word of the proverb i hidden iu each sentence: I try very hard to '. am my les-on. I seut vour letler ilus mornitiir. Have you never tl to the Zoo 1 whs too earl fr school thi morning. ' ..... I. ' Isaoel ale loo mucn jesier.o. j lot, our dog, ojm ii' the cupboard all alone. Let 1 hem end their ijuarrel at once. I OI Hi! Li the si ate d;v:ded ;nto TRCTS. EIGHT OS- . SI'KAKI lt TO IIT KAt II (1MV. ifl Ot'tultrr l.r a Month of I. runt! Allinnre KallieH. l'ursiKint to the instructions of the State Alliance, the Kxecutive t'om- mittee has classified the counties of the State into eijht districts and provided a speaker for each district. The districts are as follows: District No. 1. County meetings to bo held iu Halifax County, October 10 11 11! I.J 14 k; 17 18 iu 21 2.1 2A l 10 10 11 12 Northampton " " Hertford Gates Chowan 4 ( Perquimans ' Pasquotank " Camden " Cuirituek " Bertie Martin Edgecombe " DISTRICT NO Onslow Lenoir Pitt Jones Carteret Craven Pamlico County, o o o ctober 1.1 14 Beaufort 17 Hyde Washington IU Jl Tyreli 24 D1SSRICT No. County, Green October 4 11 Wavne 12 Harnett ' II Wilson 1.5 Nash ' Frankjin ' 14 r VVarrpn ik Durham 'i 18 1! 20 (iranville ' o it Vance " 21 Johuston ' 20 Wake ' IUSTRICT No. 20 12 13 14 lb 17 18 19 28 27 4. October Cumberland County, oampsou Duplin New Hanover it Pender Bladen Robeson Chatham Moore " Kichmoud VnvumK., Columbus " " 3 4 10 11 13 14 Hi 17 18 21 23 23 24 1) 11 12 12 14 18 19 20 21 Brunswick " " IUSTRICT no. 5. County, October Stanlv Davidson Randolph Guilford Rockingham Caswelf Person Anson Union Orange Alamap ice DISTRICT NO. 0. Watauga County, October Ashe it it it Alleghany " "Mitchell Wilkes ourrv ' Stokes ? Forsyth k Davie ". ii ' ii Alexander v Jo 28 12 12 20 21 24 25 20 27 28 20 31 24 Caldwell " pI.STKKT Nf. Catawba County, October oaoarrus ! ;!1 k 11 'bite th I' 1 tfc ALLIANCE MEETINGS ii 4t ii 44 f' it H it it 4, it t, 14 it ( tf . Polk Rutherford McDowell Burke Lincoln Cleveland Gaston Rowan Mecklenburg Iredell DISTRICT NO. County, 8. October Macon Clav i 10 11 12 12 it ii ii t 4 if .i ti f if i' Cherokee Graham Swa'i$ Jackson Vftnoey Buncomhe Haywood Henderson Transylvania Madison ii t i ii ' if it ii It ii 12 12 14 17 18 12 Thoat tnarVl ... : . u . ... " r j V LU siar will not be furnished speakers as State Lec turers have just held meeting in the countjes or do so later A Speaker has been provided for each djstnet The ejpenw. of the speaker must be paid by each county! but the cost will be small, as the speaker will go from one UnSy to the next adjoining. Each eoJntv should notify Bro. W. 8. BarneS at Raleigh at once at what poTnt ?n each county the county meetgw 11 Thompson tie 7th fand 8tfl Hoover the Gth; Bro. M 'l w the 2nd B A' shufordthe These county mee in DDOQnced. eeneral Ali.f n.gs Wl11 c- a general Alliance revival all over the I1KE IWISAil. A - hied m-'ii the on hundred j and MUr n'h nnv.rrv of the; declatilioti f Hldt'5ldtue. trie. Ft-oidc's i of America, tu umr nn! Uitiolia! convention. III VOMtlW ui.on their action the t.Itnc "i j Almishtv ;kI put fort h l ll t he I name and o b. half of of thi" o'unir) , the f amble and de-irtioti i ! ali ti.e people I . v? I . . a i , t lo.. i of priu ipie: Tli condition w Inch ii round u our o -oj'i mi o-u. - - j , meet U the IUtdt o a natloU IToiiiTIU ..,..it ), hi ion oroui.'ii; ' . . : o !. the eri; oi uiotni, i-oim.. ...... . ., material ruin, t oiiuptiou .1o in i ti a t c I he ballot Io. th legislature', ttie Congress, and toilcne ecn me ri ruiue of the U Uch. The people are ell JemorhttHi. Most of th Matt been cwu:ei Hevl to Isolate th X of vf ! at the odiug places to prc ent mil ( iversal intimidation .rbriber. "rj. i nini-.r.-i? : , . i nr. t o ii I , new spa jHrs are largi 1 y suisi.ii..i or ; lllUIeled. public opinion Mh llt ed. j ' ! business prostrateil, our hom.- , , covered with lliortirages, la -r liu rt-llex , af. . poverished, and the land coiic.-ntiat mi. .! I. th. ing m the hands of the cnpitaltt. t :t full l. k.: The urban workmen tire denied the the and pin right of organization ior sen proi-c j n-! imiu lion; imported pauperized labor beats down their wages; a hireling standing army, unrecognized by out laws, i established to ihot thelll down, aud they are rapidly degener ating into Kuropean conditions. The fruits of the toil of millions are bodly stolen to build up collosnl fortunes for a few, unprecedented in the history of mankind, and the possessors of these, iu turn, despise the republic and endanter liberty From the same prolific mode of gov eriimeutal injustice we breed th two great clashes tiauins aud mil lionaires. The national power to crcatt inoiiev is appropriated to enrich bondholders. A vast public debt payable in legal tender curu ncy ha been funded into gold-heariug bonds, thereby adding millions to the burdens of the people. THK OLD I'AKTIK.S AHUAb.SKD Silver which has been accepted as coin since the dawn of history, has been demonetized to add to tin purchasing power of gold by de creasing the value of all forms of property, as well as human labor, and the supply of currency is pur posely abridged to tatteii usurers. bankrupt enterprises and enslave industry. A vast eonsiiiriiev nciiinst t ' o mankind has been organized on two continents and is rapidly taking pos session ot the world. It not met am overthorwn t nnee it fori'bodt.s tt-r rible social convulsions, the destruc tion ot civilization, or the establish ment ot an absolute despotism. Te have witnessed for more than a century the struggles of the two great political parties for power an Plunder, while irrievions wroncs 7 - D - - o have been inflicted upon the suffer ing people. We charge that tin controlling influences dominating both these oarties hv nertiiitti.il . i .. the exising dreadful conditions to ueveiop without serious ellort t prevent or retrain them. .Neither do they now promise !us anv substantia reform. They have agreed together to ignor in the coining campaign every issue but one. Ihev proposi to drown the outcries of nl nnb.r.. people with the uproar of a sham battle over the tariff, so that capi talists, corporation, natioual banks, ring, irusi, watered stock, the de monetization at silver and the op pressions ot the usurers may all In lost sight of. Taey propose to sac- rince our homes, wives and children on the alter ot Mammon; to destroy iue muiuiuae in order to secure cor ruption funds from the million aries. Assembled on the anniversary of the birthday oi tho nation, and filled : ii. it . . wiiu me spirit ot the grand genera uon wno established our mdepeud ence, we seek to restore tin ivorn ment of the republic to the hands of "the plain people," with which class it originated. THR WAR IS OVER. ttT we assert our purposes to b. identical with the purposes of the uauouai constitution "To form i more perfect union. fKtnbbcL 4.w.n insur domestic trammilitv for the common A v f me general welfare and secure the blessings of liberty for ourselves uu our posierirv . vv n..!ov... 4i... this republic can only endure as a free irovemment. whilo built the love ot the whdt t,...L. f..- each other and for the nation: that it cannot be Pinned too-etl Iff f m onets; tbat the ivil ur ; .. 1 that every passion and, resentment wmcu grew out or It muft die with u, anu mat we must be in fact, as we are in name, one united brother hood of freemen. Our countrv find it If 4,1 by conditions for which there is no precedent in the history of the world our annual agricultural pro ductions amount fo billions of dol lars in value, which must within a tew weeks or months be exchanged for billions of dollars of commodities consumed in their production; the existing currency supply is wholly inadequate to make this exchange; the results are falling prices, the formation of combines and rin-s and the impoverishment of the pro ducug classes. We pledge ourselves .oSitVen PH' will labor to onni t,he8.elev.lls hy wi-e and reas- whh th. fg,8latln in acordance with the terms of our platform. We believe that the power of government in ntu, - , the case thnnnciol . . r t'-it! oervicei as rap idly and as far n tU n ;ii- V7 ; goou sense or iuJa ot TPt Peple apd he teach ings of eitperteuce shall justify to the end that onpressionnjustice THHEEFOLI. bKCI.A RATION, While our c,- t. "jmyanes as a partv of to moV U8 .Mon which w 11 tend to make men Snfn:, . u , . "n;4ili.cul, virtuous gd thePerate' W-6 vrtheless re & are a imPrtant as itS. e?ndary the great n,JT u" r ,u I0r solution, and upon which not onl ... j- ? , , . - uui iiiui viuuai prosperity but the very existence of free institution j. j ... "cpcuu auu we ask tte1 to deternine --w wc are to nave a republic to administer v10fr.. j: f iu ,. . "-t ,D " uner as to the conditions up'on which if is to be administered, believing that' the forces of reform this day organized will never cease to move forward until everv wn. ; "..V1 . . io iciueuiea ana equal rights and equal privileges an. I m tli. i, clarv, iu, I. T!m- f ir e , . ,nn.lli)i;..Ci and -ip' i. int.. :. h. the r. .. manki:-i w. k . ere - .' fioiu Uol.i.; ! I it.blw r In l! !.i-r of rural ... i . ! w I i i t in . V'o ; tucut to t ! all rrtiiii. Iiieiit m ti . . i eiiiil.ibl.. hi 1 1 lloit ion , tax iut t . . proldel, treasury pl.tn ance, or m!hi I. payiin iits in d; tions for I'ul l . a. V- dctu ., coinage .f VJ present ! t'.ii i:, b. W. ,i,n, of circiil.il iiitr i increased to ;., capita. C. V- ,i. II, , come tax. d. W.. b. ! , the coiMit i s !,., as poM Lie mi ! pie, and hi lt, i State ami n.u , . limited to I Ii,- i the go i i n in, , honestly adiiiin, 1 , We ili m;i ings bauds In govi'innii M the i-artiins .j facilitate i x, Ik, : 2. Traiisp..!' of change aii,! the goveruiii. t operate the i.u of the people. a. The ti !. im I1 like the post -1. ill, t . necessity for ih, ?. news, should I,, ,,u ... in by the I'livcrnin, ni of the people. The l.-,!. ii,,. national ri'Miurn ,,j heritage of ,-,11 il should not be III..H,,,, illative purpose, .i!,,! ; o I 1 ... or land simuM i. land now In-id b r.u!r, corporations in im . . needs, and all laud, i aliens, should ! rc goyernrneiit and h-M tiers only. KlTI'LKMKVr l i 'I UK Whereas other i -t. been presented fm , we hereby sul.tint tin !;. i.-. as a part of the i-latf.-rti, i". pie's party, hut h- r..' pressive of the seittn,,, i." vention: 1 . Resolved, Tli.tt - ;! frei- ballot and a la,r elections and j.ie,h;i. secure it to everv I r 3 v-v Federal iiiterxentimi t: adoption by the Mat, ..( verted Australian nr system. 2. Resolved. TI.;.! deriveil from a 'o.eiia'": tax should be ;i.,!.-, !" '- tion of the lmi,! n t !ii resting upon tin- ti-Hii,-'1 of this eountr. Hesol ved, Tii it i support to fair ami to Lx-l. niou Mil. I;, -i Hi: 1 i 4. Hesolved, That - the fallacy of p; t il' labor' under th- m which opens out i ni-t-t: anl criminal Ta-st - "' and crowds out our aild WH deliolinee tin- l-r'1" tiye laws sign i list i ,,u!ra t demand the further r--" undesirable iniiim.'i,ii"ii. . Resolved, Tluit ' sympathize wiih iln- lzcd work'ne-ineii t" 'J'' hours of labor ami 'li-n:S' enforcement of tin- fi"" hour law on .M-nwu'ti ask that a tieiialt v. 'It to the said law. -4 fS. lf,Kl,,,l Tl .tt m maintenance of a lrf armv if mereen-, i i, . kli'- t inKertoii system our liberties, am abolition; and we I'tjii',' cent invasion ol th- lr V7itriiti flu. r,nrt-tl&' plutocracy, assi-.t"l ")' I ficials. 7. Hvnli;..,l TI, It to tl.o f.. ..... l.l.. ...Juf People and the reform F1 isiauve system kh" - tive and eferend'iru. . Revolt, d. That COnKtit lltirTiu I TiioV i -!''!) ' '. 111llUl V-l Office of I'residei,! aM'3 dent to one term, am' the election of s : ' ? United States bv a people. U. Resolved. That ' subsidy or national aiJ !l vate corporation aIJ- r f- 'OIJOSS m ti . ..iiirior' I'arlv lt.n.,TI.. tli- I" Ieuiucrati I'art) fWilmington 0D MesM-lib'- 't eave just benj We take lea ate our well considepd, ion that North Can Mini very much in need ' tion La w the Austm iil a that rv trriv will hring contempt anuf if rr.;.,...! U U k00 able, hiah-txmed L'cuth': unswerv.iigly DemocTati''' prefer the triumph of tbe ty to the triumph ot W . V.., I ... Uiirii ICOOIllllg io io structive methods at toe Iftti Tl i ,. in laey nave saia M xney believe that - y a Ipsa fbun ballot "" a less evil than h:il'ot ua hare reform here (I i v wauiisneu iorail the men
The Caucasian (Clinton, N.C.)
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