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HICKORY PRESS: JANUARY 24. 1895 I xm Hitd Carolinian ' FCBLIPHED ETEBT THCB8DAV BT THE HICKORY PRINTING COMPANY, Hickory, ?iori it Carolina. . HILL AND HIS LETTER. The letter of Senator David B. Hill to Hon. Clark Howell, the editor of the Atlanta Constitu tion,1 written January 13th, 1893, and just now made public, though a private letter, seems to have hit the nail and other things right square on the head and in other places. Senator Hill seems to "be one of the solid politicians of the Democratic or any other party; if h would only desist from hig nonsense in opposing the In come Tax. But then we can ob serve and have done so that he is only doing this part of his po Etical scheme for personal popu larity in so called Democratic New York City. If Mr. Hill will rise superior to this Tom Fool Hobby, as he does in other mat ters, he will still be very much of a "rising man" Though we ser iously doubt if there will be an other President from New York State within 1G years. That the Island of Cuba should be free and not under the vassal age of Spain, especially Spain, or any other foreign country, is no doubt the dream and hope5 of every patriotic American as well as Cuban. It is a menace to the . United States to have old Spain still so near at our door, and this outside of any otlier considera tion is the reason of the father to the wsh by Americans that Spain shall be ousted from Cuba. The little Island people desire to trade with the people of the United States, which is their natural trading country, but are so greatly restricted by the laws of Spain, which country maintains a strict surveillance and embargoes her commerce for the United States,v that they long; have sought the way to attain their freedom from Spain's thralldom, even if they have to be attached to the United Statesf There is said to be a secret Society in every city in the TJ. S. where there are enough Cubans fo form a Society whose object it is to free Cuba. They have over $500,000 in their Treas ury in New York. One day's wages in every month, usually the first Wednesday, of every Cuban member, is applied to swell this fund. There was recently found atFernandina,Fla., a lot of war material of theirs stored in the warehouse of one Borden. The arms, are supposed to be intended for revolutionary purposes in Cuba, and are being guarded to prevent removal. All these things go to show that Spain must at an early date re cognize the fact that the easiest way for her out of the difficulty is to at once broach Uncle Sam for a dicker and trade him the Island for a sum of money, or sooner or later and not very late, lose the Island without a sum. If the United States takes the Hawaiian Islands, . which they will do sooner or later and the Monroe doctrino is once abro gated, Spain's chances for hold ing Cuba would not be worth a dollar. - Any administration would make itself popular by acquiring Cuba for the United States, or at least jn dispossessing Spain of it. The delicate compliment of Dr. Vm L. Murphy, the Superintend ent of the State Hospital at Mor: jranton, in his sixth bi-ennial re port should be appreciated by all those interested wherein he says: "The following newspapers have been- furnished the Hospital gratis: IForth Carolina Presbyte riaii, The Christian Advocate, 27ie Landmark, The Eastern Reflector, The Franklin Press, The Marion Record, The Populist, Press and Carolinian, The Concord Times, The Franklin Times. Fayetteville Observer, The Southport Leader, Gold Leaf, The Patron and Glean er, and Bryson City 7'imes. I re turn my sincere thanks to them for this favor. I wish to say that their papers have been eagerly read by the rjatients here, and perhaps they are as well under stood and enjoyed by their insane as by their sane readers." Well put Doctor, well put.' As a species of American legis lation capability the Engrossing clerk branch thereof, especially of the Congress, is a very healthy institution in compatible conjunc tion of a co-ordinate nature It can make-or unmake bills or laws with the facial facility of an Irish man changing his countenance when he is caught in his neigh bors blackberry briar patch. We have a spectacle, or a spec tacular view of it in the Congress passing a bill into a law last week and which was approved by the President, and no one outside, or only those on the inside know any thing of the provision in it to grant a franking privilege to the present or any other member of the Congress, until since the same has become a law to be executed. Such asses ought to be stored up with Hagenbeck for public curi osities, were they not so .numer ous. Mr. Marion Butler, a herma phrodite in politics, and Mr. Jeter C. Pritchard. a stalwart Re publican, being elected as United States Senators from North Carf- olina is what old John S Wise of good old Virginia (but now some what in the rear) would say, are "the bastard children of a politi cal rape." No one can blame Pritchard. He did the best he cpuld, as also his party. That tall, slender, gawky young fellow, Cannady, ex-clerk of the U. S. Senate, used to tell us and we heard him tell John A. Liogan, "North Carolina is a Republican State if she had but half a chance." As Rev. Mr. Jasper would say, 'it do look like some what dat way." There are some who seem to think that Hickory was made for them. Of course the town is not growing as rapidly as it should; but this underlying idea is the constituent reason why its recent progress is not so characteristic ally marked as it was in former, though not quite to some so dear times. A superfluous hint to the wise may not be taken only in war times. But let the Mag. hie to its proper home. iuuuiiiii:uiiiiiimiittmiMitiiuiiinuiiiiuiii:iiiiiimiin3 I When this diasc gets hold of you with all its accompanying tortures, you require a remedy about which i there i no uncertainty something 1 that will quickly drive out the cold, f restore the blood to a normal condi- 1 tion, leave you free from aches and 1 pains, and prevent anv distressing after effects. That's A1LMIL i No other remedy so effective, none so certain of results. Tcaspoocfid doses in hot milk or water, every I 2 hoars, will break it up in a sin- gic day if taken when first attacked. PErtBT DAVIS & SC.V Pruvidence, R. . -c-i tttl CrfvK mm CHLBE.RT PARKER rmc-nf FACTOR PIERRE ANO H& PEOPLE ETC. AutmOM or COPYRIGHT. 1S3, Y THE J. - lifMNCOTT OO. Previously Flunk's name had scarcely been spoken to her. Mrs. Armour would have hours of hesitation and impotent regret before she brought herself to speak of her son to his Indian wife. Marion tried to do it a few times and failed. The general did it with rather a forced voice and manner, because he saw that his wife was very tender upon the point. But Richard, who never knew self consciousness, spoke freely of Frank when he spoke at all, and it was seeing Lali's eyes brighten and her look earnestly fixed on him when he chanced to mention Frank's name that determin ed him on his new method of instruc tion. It had its dangers, but he had cal culated them alL The girl must be edu cated at all costs. The sooner that oc curred the sooner jwould she see her own position and try to adapt herself to her responsibilities and face the real state of her husband's attitude toward her. He succeeded admirably. Striving to tell him about her past- life and ready to talk endlessly about her hus band, of his prowess in the hunt, of his strength and beauty! she also strove to find English words for the purpose, and Richard supplied them with uncommon willingness. He humored her so far as to learn many Indian words and phrases, but he was chary of his use of them and tried hard to make her appreciative of her new life and surroundings. He watched her waking slowing to an un derstanding of the life and of all that it involved. It gave him a kind of fear, too, because she was sensitive, and there was the possible danger of her growing disheartened or desperate and doing some mad thing in the hour that she wakened to the secret behind her marriage. His apprehensions were not without cause, for slowly there came into Lali's mind the element of comparison. She became conscious of it one day when some neighboring people called at Grey hope. Mrs. Armour, in her senso of duty, which she had rigidly set before her, introduced Lali into the. drawing room. The visitors veiled their curiosi ty and said some pleasant casual things to the young wife, but she saw the half curious, half furtive glances, she caught a sidelong glance and smile, and when they were gone she took to looking at herself in a mirror, a thing she could scarcely be persuaded to do before. She saw the difference between her carriage and others', her manner of wearing her clothes and others', her complexion and theirs. She exaggerated the difference. She brooded on it. Now she sat down cast and timid and hunted in face as the first evening she came. Now she appeared restless and excited. If Mrs. Armour was not exactly sym pathetic with her, she was quiet and forbearing, and General Armour, like Richard, tried to draw her out but not on the same subjects. He dwelt upon what she did the walks she took in "the park those hours in the afternoon when, with Mackenzie or Colvin, she vanished into the beeches, making friends with the birds and deer and swans. But most of all she loved .to go to the stables. She was, however,, asked not to go unless Richard or General Ar mour was with her. She loved horses. and these were a wonder to her. She had never known any but the wild un- groomed Indian pony on which she had ridden in every fashion and over every kind of country. Mrs. Armour sent for a riding master and had riding costumes - made for her. It was intended that' she should ride every day as soon as she seemed sufficiently presentable. This did not appear so very far off, for she improved daily in appearance. Her hair was growing finer and was made up in the modest prevailing fashion. Her skin, not now exposed to an inclement climate and subject to the utmost care, was smoother and fairer. Her feet, in cased in fine, well made boots, looked much smaller, her waist was shaped to fashion, and she was very straight and lissom. So many things she did jarred on her relatives that they were not fully aware of the great improvement in her appearance. Even Richard admitted her trying at times. ; Marion went up to town to star with Mrs, Townley, and there had tcrface a good deal of curiosity. People looked at her sometimes as if it was she ar'd not Lali that was an Indian. But she carried things off bravelv vucu irh and answered thoe kind inquiries whirl i ones friends make when Ave are in em barrassing situations with answers ?'n calm and pleasant that pt-oplo did not know what to think. "Yes, " she said in rciilv to r.-nrfv Balwood, "her sister-in-law miirht in iowu later in the year, perhaps be fore the season was over. She could not telL She was tired after hi r lawi vov- age, and she preferred thenuitt cf Grev- nope, fcne was fond of riding and coun try life, but still she' would come ta town fcr a time, " and so on. "Ah, dear me. how charmin"! Ami doesn't she resent htr husband's nh- senco durinc the hon the honeymoon occur Ix foro sho came over to England?" And Ladv Balwood tried to say it all playfully; and cer tainly said it somewhat loudly. Sho had daughters. But Marion was perfectly prepared. Her face did not change expression. J "Yes, they had had their honeymoon on the prairies. Frank was so fascinat ed with the life and the people. He had r not come home at once because he was making she did f not know how great a fortune over there in investments, and so Mrs. Armour came on before him. and, of course, so soon as h could get awav from his business he would follow his wife." And though Marion smiled her heart was very hot, and she could have slain Lady Balwood in her tracks. Lady Bal wood then nodded a little patronizingly' and babbled that "she hoped so much to see Mrs. Francis Armour. She must be so very interesting, the papers said so much abont her. " Now, while this conversation was go ing on some one stood not far behind Marion who seemed much interested in her and what she said. -But Marion did not see this person. She was startled presently, however, to hear a strong voice say softly over her shoulder, "What a charming woman Lady Bal wood is! And so ingenuous. " She was gratef uL tremulous, proud. Why had he, Captain Vidall, kept out of the way all these weeks just when she needed him most, just when he should have played the part of a man? Then she was feeling twinges at the heart too. She had seen Lady Agnes Martling that afternoon and had no ticed how the news had worn on her. She felt how much better it had been had Frank come quietly home and . married her, instead of doing the wild, scan dalous thing that was making so many heartburnings. A few minutes ago she had longed for a chance to say some thing delicately acid to Lady Haldwell, once Julia Sherwood, who was there. Now there was a chance to give her bitter spirit tongue. She was glad, she dared not think how glad, to hear that voice again, but she was angry, too, and he should suffer for it, the more so be cause she recognized in the tone and afterward in his face that he was still absorbingly interested in. her.- There was a little burst of thanksgiving in her heart, and then, she prepared a very notable comminution service in her mind. This meeting had been deftly ar ranged by Mrs. Townley, with the help of Edward Lambert, who now held her fingers with a kind of vanity of posses sion whenever he bade her goodby or met her. Captain Vidall had, in fact, becirout of the country, had only been back a week and had only heard of h rank Armour's mesalliance from Lam bert at an "at home" 48 hours before. Mrs. Townley guessed what was really at the bottom of Marion's occasional bitterness, and piecing together many little things dropped casually by her friend had come to the conclusion that the happiness of two people was at stake. ' When Marion shook hands with Cap tain Vidall, sho had herself exceedingly well under control. She looked at him in slight surprise and casually remark ed that they had not chanced to meet lately in the run of small and earlies. She appeared to be unconscious that he had been out of the country, add also that she had been till very recently in deed at Greyhope. He hastened to as sure her that he had 'been away and to lay siege tothis unexpected barrier. He knew all about Frank's affair, and though it troubled him he did not see why it should make any difference in his regard for Frank's sister. Fastidious as he was in all things, he was fas tidiously deferential Not an exquisite, he had all that vanity as to appear ance, so usual with the military man; Himself of the most perfect tem per and sweetness of manner and con duct, the unusual disturbed him. Not possessed of a vivid imagination, he could Scarcely conjure up this Indian bride at Greyhope, But face to face with Marion Armour he saw what troubled her, and he de termined that he would not meet her irony with irony, her assumed indiffer ence with, indifference. He had learned one of the most important lessons of life never to quarrel with a woman. Whoever has so far erred has been fool ish indeed- It is the worst of policy, to Eay nothing of its being the worst of art, and life should, never be without art. It is absurd to be perfectly natural. Anything, anybody, can bo that. WTell, Captain Hume Vidall was something of an artist, more, however, in principle than by temperament. Ho refused to recognize the rather malicious adroit ness with which Marion turned his re marks again upon himself, twisted out of all semblance. Ho wa? very patient He inquired quietly, and as if honestly interested, about Frank and said be cause he thought it safest as well as most reasonable that naturally they must have Wn surprised at his marry ing a nativo, but he himself had seen eome such marriages turn ont very well in Japan, India, the South Sea islands and Canada. ' He assumed that Marion's sister-in-law was beautiful and then disarmed Marion by saying that he thought of going down to Greyhopo im mediately to call on General Armour and Mrs, Armour and wondered if she was going back before the end of the season. . Quick as Marion was, this was said so quietly that sho did not quite see the drift of it, Sho had intended staving in London to the end of the season, notbe causo sho enjoyed it, but because she was determined to face Frank's mar riage at every quarter and have it over once for all, so far as herself was con cerned. But now, taken slightly aback, sho said, almost without thinking, that to ez coxilnled. 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