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-tjje. iui ana WEIRD Are the Creations of Haggard's Mind. ' -Read the Story l Keep an Eye Outand j J ' ..the old north state fohrver." ) On First Page To-day. ' VOL. Xil. WAsmJNiiTUfl, J5.AuruKT UU., JN. u., lrigrtSJJiU, juatxi zo ibhu. : j ' Jnt0. 33. j aiiajl UliaiCllIIdlfl S vvue , - : ; I ; ' V ' I- Sit ' ' ' : - . ! I , . ! (- " : PS j By H. EIDEfi HAGQABD.. , Author ot Colonel Quaritch, V. C," "Mr. F .Sfeeson's ' "A Taie : of Three Liona? "Allan Quatermain," "She,'' "JesS," etc. OWDEB Absolutely Pure. "l'liis powderJieycr varies. A marve of. put it w.-t i fiiytli a u wbo&i-oniene ss Mtiri- '-uViWiiiical than "ordinary kind! ami -.-.niM4--- S"U1 ijr competition with the in rilt itude :'. low t'ts, hort weight .alum or p! .iispfiatc powders.. 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Wilson. : CUM JusticfWiiiKII Smith,of Wakif, Associate Ji.st cJSj 1 avis, ef Frank-- i Ho,Ai(et!f-fKH Slerrimon.of Wake, i.Jame-' ILjjSliepherd, of Beaufort,. , and Alfov.o C. jAvery, of Burke. ; .lUDfiKS SUFKniOK COUKT, First' District, O.-orire II 3?rowu, of I'lraufort. , " I .. Sf.oiid District, Frederick-Philip, of v Kdij'-conil'e. Third J istrlct-v 1,1 C Connor, of Wilson. Ko'jvth Distrier, Walter Clark, of Wake. .Filth Distrtot. .Tohu A Gilmer, Guilford. Sixth District, E T Bovkin, of Sampson. SevtMiUri)istrict, James C Mcliae, of ' j (,'i:jnherlanil. , r.iizht Distri. t, II T Armfield, Iredell, ; Ninth District, M FJ.'raves, of Yadkin. Tenth Di-trict. John i Bynum, Burke. Klfveiith District.iWMShipp.of Meik- .-: ' lenbuig.x v , .Twelftli District, James II Merrimon, ' of lhiwcomlx;. lUUMlKSFNTATIVES IN CONGRESS. : Senate, Z-bidou B' Vance, of Mecklen buiR; Mv W Hansom, of North haniptor. I louse ol Kepi eseLtatives, First Distnct , lThoiuftl rskinner, or rerqiumaua. I-Second l'isrrict, II V Cheatham, col., ! ' of Vance, J W , ' Third Dfstrict, 0 W MVClammy.render Fourth District, B II 15unii, of Nash. FiftliiDistrict, J M Brower. of Surry. Sixth l iistiiet, Alfred Bowland. Se'veinh Iistrl t. J S Henderson, Rowan. J. Kitrhth District, W II II Cowles, Wiikes. Ninth District,: H G Kwart. Henderson. " ,' .'COUNTY.' '. ; . Sheriff and Treasurer, K T Hodges! Superior court clerk, G' N ilkeiif. Hester of Deeds, M F Williamson.; Surveyor; layo B Waters. . Cor(ne.r, Win II Gavins. t'omrnissioners. ir v .) liiuiocK, en m; ) M (iaskill, r l Hoa?eS, J? looker; T I Waters. J. II. Small, t"titney. BoaiVivof Education, F I Wilkinson, ch'rn: l'Il Johnson, F B Guilford. SuiieriiLtendent Of Public. Instruction, Kcv Nat Harding." Supto' Health, Dr W'A Blount. . - CITY. . Mayor, .Ino. H.Small. . , . Ch rk. .1 A. I.uriress. Tnsr.urer, J J Sparrow. Chief of Police. M. J. Fowler. Conncilnieh, J II Small, C W- Tayloe, W;Z Morton. Jr, c M Brown, W J . I'fnniiiler.'A D I'evton, Chas Black- ' J.- ledje. , . : : . . ".; ' mails. - . Northern due dai) v at 8n m. Closer at ' ': . in i in. j ' . . : Greenville., due closes 1:30 .' N'orih and Sowrk side river due daily at i p in ; closes at 6 following mornings Office Hours. 9 a rn to 5 p in. - - 'Money Grder and Registry Department, ; m am to -p m. G r luiCKinan, l J1 . ' - " S. li C'arrow, Ass't. ' , , . , t : cm KCii E6. i: Methodist, U-v W It Ware, pastor. Ser ' - Ytces every Sund;iy morning and ' ' everiiiiir. . Sunday School at 3 pm. . t A V Thomas, Superintendent. I'h slivteri.in. Kev E Mack, . pastor t . ' Services every Sunday morning and . , " night. Sunday School at 3 p m, Jas 1, Fowh". Superintendent. ' ' Episcopal, ltev Nat Harding, Rector. ; .- i ' Services every Sunday morning and i - . nislit.Sunday school at 3 p m, Rev i Nut Harding, Superintendent. Y. MM'. A. meets' -cery Thursday niflht. Prayer nieettng c-vcrv Sunday at o'clock pV nif Hall over Brown's ; Bank. J -" '.'-. -.. TEMI'EKAXCE MKETINOS. HefoEiii-( 'lull, Keputar meeting every 'I wsduv night at -8 at Town Halt. ' "W C iMJ. Ri gular meeting every Thurs day, 4 v i tii at: .Town Hall. . X.'lub and 1'nio.n Pravfr meeting every ' 'Sunday, in Town Hall at 2 30 p m. 1aud 'of Hope meets every Friday., j ; LOixjf-s. ; V Grr Lodge, No' 104, A F und A M meet j' ! ,. nt' Masonic Hall 1st aid 3rd Tuesday i .nights of each month, E S Hoyt, W : ' " M; R T Hodges, Sec. Fhalmx Lodge, No 10. I 0 () F, meets every 1st and 3rd Friday niirht at . - their hall, C M Brown, N G; W J ''.' , Grumpier, Sec 'y. Washington Lodge, No 1,490, Knights flf Honor, meets 1st and 3rd Thurs i L day nights at Odd Felhws' Hall, T J Car m alt, i Dictator; Arthur Mayo, reporter; J R Ross. F Reporter. Clmroro Uounr.il,. No 350, American Le gions of Ilonoj meets every 2nd and 4th Thursday nights at Odd Fellows' Hall, ':'. M Brown, commander;; W M Chen v. collector. Pamlico Lodge, No 715, Knights and v Ladies of llo' Or, meets 2nd and 4th I , . T'indavniorhts) tGdd Fellows' Hall, i , i unerry, vrotector; 'IT JSrovn V . Secretary. I Sxcelsior Lodg.-, No 31, O (I C, meets ji.aim aia i nesoav night at Odd fellows' Hall, Dr ST. Nicholsoon commander; Dr n nelL Secretary -ogy tOi myself, or to anybody who may happen to reaa- tins narra tive in future, for ; having set out I the manner of my ; meeting with. In- daba-zimbi; first, because it was curious, and sec ondly, because he takes some hand in the subsequent' vents. ' If that old man was a humbu.l he was a very clever opie. AVThat amount of truth there was in his pretensions of supernatural powers it is not for me to determine, jthough I nay have my own ppiniori on the subjectj 1 But there was (no mistake as to the extraordinary in fluence he exercised! over his fellow patives. j - ' ' When I was at length ' ready to start jupon my expedition ! went to pld Indaba eimbi to 8aygood-by-to him, and was rather surprised to find .him engaged in tolling up medicine, assegais, and other Jsundjies in. his blankets. ; "Good-by, Indaba-imbi, I said, "I m going to trek nortfc." "Yes, Macumazahn.f heanswered.with t 'Jiis head on one side;! "and so am I I want to see that country. We will go to gether." .::. .-- -"'.,:'' "Will we!" I saidjj "wait till you are asked, you old humbug." . , "You had better ask me, then, Macu mazahn, for if you, don't you will neyer come back alive. Now that the old chief (my father) is gone to where .the storms come froni," and he nodded to the sky, H'l feel myself getting into bad habits again. So last night Ijust thrisw up the bones and worked out about your jour nfey, and I can tell you this, that if you don't take me you wll die, and, what is more, you will lose one who is dearer to you than life." r Now I was no mor superstitious than other people, but soliehow. old Indaba zimbi impressed me. . Also, I knew his lextraordinary influence over every class 'of native, and bethought me that he "might be useful in that way. j 'All right," I saidi "I appoint you iwitchfinder to the lexpedition without -. ' if. .-I: : - ti "First serve, then ask for wages, he janswered. "I am glad to see that you (have enough imagination not, to be alto gether a fool, like ni6st white men, Macu mazahn. Yes, yes, It- is want, of ima ination that makes! ieople fools; they won't believe whaC they cant "under stand. You can't understand my prophe cies anv more than the fool at the kraal could understand that I was his master with the lightning. Well, it is time to' trek, but "if I were you, Macumazahn, I should take one wagon, not two." ; "Why?" I said. : '" Because you will lose your wagons, and it is better to lose one than two." ,. "Oh,. nonsense!" I sai'd. "AH right, Macumazahn, live . and learn." . And without another word he walked to the foremost wagon, put his bundle into it, and climbed into the front 'seat.. - -. So, having bid an affectionate adieu to ,my white friends, at length I started, and traveled slowly northwards! For the first j three weeks nothing very particular be fell me. Such Kaffirs as we came in con tact with were friendly, and game liter ally swarmed. The first real adventure that befell me on this particular journey was with elephants, which I will relate because of its curious termination. Just before we crossed the Orange river we came to a stretch of forest land some twenty miles broad. The night we entered this forest we camped in 'a lovely open glade. A few yards ahead tambouki grass was 1 growing to the heigh of a man," or rathe it had been; now, with the ex ception of a few stalks here' and there, 'It was crushed quite flat, it was already ter of a mile away. My heart seemed to jump into my mouth. Where is the hunter who has not felt like this at the sight of his first elephant? I called a halt, and then, the wind being right, we set to work to stalk the bull. L Very quietly I rode down the huh side of the slope till we came to the bOt torn, which was densely corered ' witb bush. Here I Baw the -elephants had been feeding, for broken branches and upturned trees lay all about. I did not ! ake much notice, however, for all my thoughts were fixed upon the bull I wm talking, when suddenly my horse made a violent start that nearly threw m from the "saddle, and there came a mighty rush and upheaval of something in front of me. I looked: there was tha hinder part of a Becond bull elephant not j four yards off. I could just catch sight ! of its outstretched ears projecting on either side. I had disturbed it sleeping, and it was running away. Obviously the best thing to do would have been to let it run, but I was young in those days and foolish, and in the excitement of the mo ment I lifted my "roer" or elephant gun trad fired at the great brute over my horse's head. The recoil of the heavy gun nearly knocked me off the horse. I recovered myself, however, and as I did so, saw tthe bull lurch forward for the impact of a three ounce bullet in the flanks Will quicken the movements even of an elephant. By this time I had real ized the folly of the shot, and devoutly hoped that the bull would take no fur ther notice of it. , But he had a different view of the matterv Pulling himself up in a series of plungesy, he spun 'around and came for me with outstretched ears and uplifted trunk, screaming terribly. I was quite defenseless! for my gun was empty, and my first thought was of es cape. I dug my heels into the sides of cry trse,' bat be would not move an inch. The poor animal was paralyzed with terror, and he simply stood still, his forelegs outstretched, and quivering all over like a leaf. ' . " j On rushed the elephant, awful to see; I made one more vain effort to stir the horse. Now the trunk of the great bull swung aloft above my head. A thought flashed through my brain. Quick as light I rolled from the saddle. By the side of the horse lay ,a fallen tree, as thick through as a man's body, i The tree was lifted a little off the ground by the b'roken boughs which took its weight, and with a single movement, so active is one in such necessities, I flung myself beneath it. As I did so, I heard the trunk of the elephant descend with a; mighty thud on the back of my poor horse, and the next instant I was almost- in dark ness, for the horse, whose back was broken, fell over across, the tree under which I lay ensconced. But he did not stop there long. In ten seconds more the bull had got his trunk round my dead nag's neck, and, with a mighty effort', hurleA him clear of the tree. I wriggled backwards as far as I could towards the roots of the tree, for I knew what he was after. . Presently I saw the red tip of the bull's trunk stretching itself towards me. If he could manage to hook it round any part of me I was lost. But in the posi tion I occupied, that was just what he couid not do, although he knelt down to facilitate his operations. On came the snapping tip like a great open-mouthed snake; it closed upon my hat, vanished. Again it was thrust down, and a scream of rage was bellowed through it within four inches of my head. Now it seemed to elongate itself. Oh, heavens! now it had me by the hair, which, luckily for myself, was not very lone. Then it was my turn to scream, for next instant half a square inch of hair wa3 dragged from my scalp by the roots. I was being plucked alive, as I have seen cruel Kaffir kitchen boys pluck a fowl. The elephant, however, disappointed with the moderate results, changed his tactics. He wound his trunk round the fallen tree and lifted it. It stirred, but fortunately the broken branches imbedded, in the spongy soil, and some roots, which still held, pre vented it from being turned over,, though he lifted it so much that, had it occurred to him, he could now have easily fished me out with his trunk. Again he hoisted with all his mighty strength, and I saw that the tree was coming, and roared aloud for help. Some shots were fired close by in answer, but if they hit the bull, their only effect was to stir his energies to more active life. In another few - seconds my shelter would bered a little more- than eighty. Just in front of them thd bush was so thick that they seemed to hesitate, about en tering it, and the (sides-of the valley were so rocky aridj steep at this point that they could not climb them. They saw us at (the same moment as we saw them, aiidjiuHraruIy 1 was filled with fears lest to i heir heads t . j -illy. But thuj "if f !-. chin r il l take it in ;e back up the trumpeting away, l started As soon as vards of it. 1,,ali- x-Kcni wo pnmnwl- Hilt. -U f tjT" t.Yltl moon got pp I walked from the fire to j &w&r a"d I should be done for in,(ilv. rio A cold perspiration burst over me as I see how this had happened. One glanca was enough for me; a great herd of ele phants had evidently passed over the tall crass not many hours before. The Bight of 5their spoer rejoiced me exceed ingly, for though I had seen wild ele phants, at; that time I had never shot one. Moreover, the sight of elephant spoer' to the African hunter is what "color in the pan" is to the prospector of gold. It is by ivory that he lives, and to shoot it or trade it is his chief aim in life. My resolution was soon taken. I would camp the. wagons for a while in the forest,! and start on horseback after the elephants. . I communicated my decision to Inda-ba-zimbi and the Other Kaffirs. The lat ter w-ere not loth, for your Kaffir loves hunting, which means plenty of meat and congenial occupation, but Indaba zimbi would express no opinion. I saw him retire'td a little .fire that he had lit for himself, and go through some mys terious performances with bones and clay mixed with ashes, which were watched with the greatest interest by the other Kaffirs. At length he rose, and, coming forward, informed me that it was all right, and-that I did well to gc and hunt the elephants, as I should get plenty of ivory; but he advised me to go on foot. I said I should do nothing oi the 6ort, but meant to ride. I am wisei now; that was the first and last time that I ever attempted to hunt elephants on horseback. Accordingly, we-etarted at dawD. I, Indaba-zimbi and three men; the rest I left with the wagons. I was on horse back and so was my driver, agobd ridei and a skillful shot for a Kaffir, but Indaba-zimbi and the others walked. From dawn till midday we followed the trail of the herd, which was as plain as a high. road. Then we off saddled to let the horse3v rest and feed, and about 3 o'clock started on again. Another hour or so passed, and still there was no sign f elephants. Evidently the herd had traveled fast and far, and I began to think that we should have to give it up, when suddenly t caught sight of a brown mass moving through the thorn trees on the side of a slpejabout-a quar- perspi realized that I was lost. Then of a sad den I remembered that I had a pistol in my belt, which I often used for dispatch ing wounded game. It was loaded and capped. By this time the tree was lifted so much that I could easily get my hand down to my middle and draw the pistol from its case. I drew and cocked it. See the tree was coming, and there, with in three feet of my head, was the great brown trunk of the elephant. ; I placed the muzzle of the pistol within an inch of it and fired. The result was instanta neous. Down sunk the tree again, giv ing one of my legs a considerable squeeze, and the next instant I heard a crashing sound. The elephant had bolted. By this time, what between fright and struggling, I was pretty well done. I cannot remember how I got from under the fallen tree, or indeed anything, until I found myself sitting on the ground drinking some peach brandy from a flask, and old Indaba-zimbi opposite me nodding bis white lock sagely, while he fired off moral reflections on the narrow ness of my escape, and my unwisdom in not having taken his advice to go on foot. That 'reminded me of my horse I got up and went to look at it. It was quite dead; the blow of the elephant's trunk had fallen on the saddle, breaking the framework and rendering it useless. I reflected that in another two seconds it would have fallen on me. I called to Indaba-zimbi and asked which way the elephants had gone. "There!" he said, pointing down the gully, "and we had better go after them, Macumazahn. We have had the bad 'luck, now for the good." There was philosophy in this, though, to tell the truth, I did not feel particu larly keen on elephants at the moment. I seemed to have had enough of them. However, it would never do to show the white feather before the boys, so I as sented with much outward readiness, and we started, I on the second horse, and the others on foot. When we had traveled for the best part of an hour down the valley, all of a sudden we came upon the whole herd which nam uid noti t ovm, they rusnea at tne tmcK Dusn V iiich went down befor them like corn before a ieickle. : I do not think that in all : my experiences I ever heard anything to equal the sound they made as tt.. . . shea through and over the shrubs and trees. Before them was a dense forest belt from a hundred to a hundred and fifty feet in width. As they rushed on it fell, so that be hind them was nothing but a level road way strewn with fallen trunks, crushed branches, and here and there a tree, too strong even for them, left standing amid the wreck. On they went, and, notwith standing the nature of the ground over . which they had td travel, they kept their distance ahead of us. j This sort of thing continued for a rnile or more, and then I saw that in front f the elephants the val ley opened into a space covered with reeds and grass jt might have been five or six acres in extent beyond which the valley ran on again, i The herd reached the edge of this ex panse, and for a moment pulled up, hes itating evidently they mistrusted it. My men yelled j aloud, as only Kaffirs can, and that settled them. Headed by the wounded bull, whose martial ardor, like my own, was somewhat, cooled, they spread out and dashed into the treacher ous swamp, for such it was, though just then there was ho water to be seen. For a few yards all j went well with them, though they clearly found it heavy go ing; then suddenly the great bull sunk up to his belly inj the stiff peaty soil, and remained fixed, j The others, mad with fear, took.no heed of his struggles and trumpetlngs, but plunged on to meet the same fate. In five minutes the whole herd of them were hopelessly Loed, . the more they struggled to escape, the j deeper they sunk, .mere was one ex ception, indeed, ia cow with a calf man aged to win back to firm shore, and, lifting her trunk, prepared to charge us as we oame up. But at that moment she heard the scream of her calf, and rushed back to its assistance, only to be bogged with the others. Such a scene I never saw before or since. The swamp was spotted all over with the large forms of the elephants, and the air rang with their sci tum oi rage and terror as ' they waved their trunks wildly ;to and fro. Now and again a monster would make a great effort and drag j his mass from its peaty bed, only to stick fast again at the next stroke. It was a most pitiable sight, though one that gladdened the hearts of my men. Even the best natives have little compassion for the. sufferings of animals. ; i Well, the rest- was easy. The marsh that would not bear the elephants carried our weight well enough. Before mid night all weieidead, for we shot them by moonlight.') I would gladly haVe spared the young ones and some of the cows, but to do so would only have which meant leaving them to perish of hunger; it was kinder to kill them at once. The wounded bull I slew with my own hand, and I cannot say that I felt much com punction in dioing so. He knew me again, and made a desperate effort, to get at me, but ! am glad to ty that the peat held him fast. The pan presented a curious sight when the sun rose next morning. Owing to the support given j by the soil, none of the dead elephants had fallen; there they all stood, aa though they were asleep. I sent back for the wagons, and when they arrived join the morrow, formed a camp, about a mile away from the pan. Then began the work of cutting out the elephants' tusks; it took over a week, and for obvious reasons was a disgusting task. Indeed, had it not been for the help of some wandering bushmen, who took their pay in elephant meat, I do no think we could ever have managed it. At last it was aone. ine ivory was far too cumbersome for us to carry, so we buried it j having first got rid of our bushmen allies. My boys wanted me to go back to the cape with it and sell it, but I was too much bent on my journey to do this. The tusks lay buried for five years. Ihen I came and dug them up they were but little harmed. Ultimately I eold the ; ivory for : something over twelve hundred pounds not bad pay for one day a shooting. This is howl I began my career as an eiepnant nunter. i nave shot many hundreds of them since, but have never again attempted to do bo on horseback. about an hour's trek after -the wounded buck I came within a hundred However, it jumped up and ran away as fast as though it were tin touched, only to lie down again at a distance. I fol lowed, thinking that f trength would soon fail it. "This happened three times. On the third occasion it anished behind a ridge, and though by niw I was out of both temper and patien 5e I thought I might as well rile to the ridge and see if I could get a shot at it on the further side. . 1 I redclied the ridge, which was strewn with stofies. looked over it, and saw a Zulu Iuipi! I ; J I rubbed my eyes anc looked again, Yes, there" was no doubt of it. They were halted about a thousand yards away, by the water; some were lying down.some were cooking at fires, others were stalk ing about with spears and shields in their hands; there might hav j been two thou sand of them In all. While I was won dering and that with no little uheasi-ness-'-what on earth t'.i- v could be doing there, suddenly 1 heard a wild cry to the right arid left of me. I IglanCed first one way, then the other. fYoru either 6ide ALL THE WAY FROM PITTS ' BUKG. Kind Words lor Us All. Editor Gazette: The receipt of aj copy of .your Tnammbth "Industrial Issue" was taring down on assegais aloft. r left hands. The out fifteen yards very gratifying in many respects r I . - - Jl-, . K nurneu, wunout expressing sorrow at the great loss the South has sus tained in the rceentkdeaths of Presi dent Davis and Henry W. Grady1. Every true Southerner whether hie dwelt in the sunny and .pf the South or lived among the' frozen, snow- covered hills of the North, if old especially the evidence it bore of the enough f remember the late war, material progress of. j your paper and UIoppeuia iear wlxf Uie earth section Stated' of the good 'Old Being North - a native of an ad- i- - joining county (Washington), arid loving, like a true .son, every inch of Carolina, it is but natural that 1 should be proud of the Gazette In dustrial, replete as it is with valua ble information, remarkable for ty- closed the mortal remains of JEFFERSONi DAVIS. ' All honor to the. noble dead, for as the y fears fly by, his name will shine brighter and brighter until the whole earth will acknowledge i , r greatness and woitlr. This ils new year Is and "The new his pbgraphical accuracy, abounding in year co: beautiful wood-cuts , in. my vitals, j act, I suppose, every sentence and line so descrip tive of scenes familiar and cherished. Indeed, it should draw much atten- .' j - - tion to Eastern Carolina, for you too glowing col- two great Zulus were me, their broad stabbiA and black shields in the: man. to tlte right was at away, he to the left was not more than ten. On they came, their fierce eyes al most starting out of tjieir heads, and I felt, with a cold thrill of fear, that in an other three seconds those great "bang- wans" might be buried On such oooasions we more from instinct thai anything else there is no time for i. rate, I dropped my rei my gun, fired point h hand man. The bullet middle of his shield , pierced it and passed through him, ar J over he rolled upon the veldt. I swu lg round in the saddle: most happily ray horse was ac customed to standing till when I fired from his back, also he was so surprised he did not know which way to j shy. The other savage was almost on me : his outstretched shield touched t ie muzzle God-given inheritance of my gun as'I pulled ihe trigger of the left barrel, it exploded, the warrior sprung high into the ar, and fell against my horse dead, his spear passing just in front of my face. Without waiting to reload, or even to es with a merry peal. It- All and overflowing the city.js bells arejringing." Like with articles of the greatest perspic- a mighty giant shuffling off this mor uity, all of which undoubtedly pro- tal coil passes the old year from ex claim your intelligence, industry and istence and takes its, place in the vast enterprise. Besides, coming as it procession formed by the departed does from the same section where periods of time, Iwhile the new year, "in life's early morning I wandered fresh and radiant as a blushing a child" makes me! doubly esteem den comes amid hearty rule for another twelve months. All hail bright and happy new year I While we lovingly, and in many instances, regretfully, bid farewell departed friends the yehr niai- i rejoicings to rnuFEssiont m business cardV 0T E 1 31 E li ii I A M, WASHINGTON, N. c. I l'i.'t das accommodations for La dies t ais leave Hole! 6 :v. in.; arrive 9 p. in. Through to N.-w York in 24 hours. Lriyer steamers stop at the HoUd. j .-' . l:eadqu;;rter;fi.r Huntt-rs. Bestsbeot ing in .North Carolina. D. gs and horses luinisJ ed. 'lieket oilice ..nd Express office in the HoteK Telegram for rooms. -' K- MLliRIAM, Proprietor, i E J Wilmington, N. c. : Best appoiuivd llcjlel in the State H. j SN ELL, SUKGEON DENTIST, ' ' i : -. 'I WASHINGTON, N. C. Booms in liridgman Block. AY VIEW HOTEL, .UDJSNTON, N. C. i ; ' ' . . . ' ' Terms Reasonable.- Hack metis every train and boat. No charge tor convey a lite. B 4.. to our Can the: most and ring in the new.' Catch the ten- lomrht. At anv ns. and, raising could not paint in ank at the left- ors the beauties of the Pamlico and just ended we willing out the old struck full mthe rne AiDemane, nor imaginative pen overdraw the won- der memories of the old and unite derful possibilities region. Nature has ;her gifts people to properly bf that favored them by a trustful faith with the I i ! . been lavish with eolden promises of the new so that It only remains for your j the besi inspirationof the past will appreciate their I guide us through the pleasing days to come. ! gWINDELL HOTEL, SWAN QUAUTEU, N. C. t yV: B. Swindell, Prop'r. Refitted anil refurnished. Be-t Hotel in Hyde county, Table well supplied. Servants attentive. In every way better prepared to accommodaie the public than ever before. mayi!3tf While proud of and satisfied with j That the gallant my adopted home, arid it being high ly improbable that 1 will ever again bark freighted generous heart by prosperous reside in the South L yet during life winds Over the sea K of -time and find with your noble aric j may bej wafted only 7 anchorage in the haven of the. blest ..v, r 'i i:i :J.4-- . look if the main bodv of the Zulus had WU1 LWl a 111CICSI 111 ua" seen the death of .thbir two scouts, I tive State and rejoice at the progress is the wish of your; friend, V. GOTTEN DOWNING. 'turned my horse and drove my heels ' into his 6ides. As soon as I was down the slope of the rise I pulled a little to the right, in order to intercept the wagons before the Zulus saw them. I had not gone 800 yards in this new di rection when, to my utter astonishment. 1 struck a trail marked with wagon wheels and the hoofs jif oxen. Of wag ons there must have bjeeri at least eight, and several hundred battle. . Moreover, "lr-nHna! Ilnrnlina! 'attend her!" wishes of my blessings of her people . Heaven's echoes the sincere heart. That her future will be glorious I i . doubt not, for where can we find brighter skies 4 and a more Pittsburg, Pa., Jan. 1, '90. I WE ARE PROUD OF HER. ;!'!- In loyalty to houor, iu adherence fertile U 11 utn an(l houestj', in high fe- iu bf-a ' - - , r - ' J i I - I ... they had passed within twelve hours; 1 1 fq;rpr flnwprs mrl fmpr fruits sweet- very and deeds ot: daring, iu forti- could tell that by the ispoor. Then I un- ... , ! . K t-.n.l undar mifortnno vnt-ih ixr. derstood the impi Was following the er song Diras anrt more musical, wa- ""'""r"x" track of the wagons, kvhich inU proba- ters ? Not in all this broad land oI,na Ved tbe i)a,m t0 uo"- The bihty belonged to a barty of emigrant . m t. T t la ftnlf , frnm tollowlug reply to! siu uugeuero;us remark ol an outsider wasfmadeibv jgD31UND ALEXANDER, ATTOliNEY-AT-LAW and KEAL ESTATE AGENT f WASHINGTON, N. C. ' Will be at Aurora every 1st and 3rd Wednesday nights, and at Pantego every 2nd and 4th W ednesday nights. novl5 ly ' . . A. B. PENDER, t TONSOIUAL ARTIST, MAIN ST., WASHINGTON, N. C. Dibble's Old Stand. Boers. The spoor of the wagons ran in the di- Ocean to Ocean. I could so I followed it. rection I wished to Av-nt n mi1f fnrtViiir nn I MtnA t.n tlifl crest of a rise, and there, about five fur- Carolina, but definitely in truthful praise of North it would simply: re- longs away, I saw thfe wagons drawn up echo what others have said, and be 0 .. , V A a travieler, who happened to be a North Carolinian. Z.. MORTON, JR., "ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, -WASHINGTON, N. O. W ill practice in , the Courts of the District and in. Martin county. Special attention given to the collec tion of claims aud conveyancing. umce tormeiiy occupied by the late U. U. Hill B ING HOUSE in a rough laager updn the banks of the river, mere, too, were my own wagons . . .. 1 J . 1 T . 1 Al ireKKing uown ine Hippe towarus lueiu. In another five minutes I was there. The Boers for Boers they were were standing about outside the little laager watching the approach of my two wag ons. I called to thesm, and they turned on1 oq tx7 ttia Th Ivprv first man m v eves fell on was a Boer named Hans them financially Botha, whom I had ago in the Cape. He was not a bad specimen of his class, but a very restless person, with a great objection to author ity, or, as he expressed ! it, "a love of freedom." He had jpined a party of the emigrant Boers some years before, but. telling what you already know. So will say something! of Pittsburg and Wrestern Pennsylvania. The people here felt none of the bad effects of the war , on the other hand they pros pered, and the war was a blessing to increasing manu- Every child remember. it: It was aNoi thCarolinian who fired the first gun of the war; a North Carolina regiment won the first vie tory (at Big B"ethel); the first Con federate soldier killed iu tbe war was a North Carolinian, Henry L. wyatt, oi luigeeombe county, killed at Big Bethel; a Nort h Caro Una regiment ffcolonel Fisher's) MAIN STREET, WASHINGTON, N. Q. Collections soliciteaT1 and remittance made promptly. 4 Exchange bought and sold. known well years factures and population until the two captured the first Yankee battery; cities, Pittsburg and Alleghany, now dl8tir)gui8he(1 ia,rel3l at Manassas, number-nearly 600,000 inhabitants. at tne Seven Pines, durinff "the As you know, Western Pennsjd- 'Seven Days' Fight' before Rijch- vania is mountainous. Her hills are ( wnicii tuey lost nail as manv troops ! - I m onif Twrrna n a rill f hn' nfhor i . ! i i iiin.ii i iiiiiiii.i - t n m i inn iiiiiki v. .1 1 1 1 -v ws-v-n A-n-fl 1 Imn im I I i vrr I . - as I learned presently, nao quarreiea nuiuiuuiiauuwamuu uci v o H . t0u; i Qf fui arrA with its leader.and was now trekking re traversed hv railroads and dotted Ewfiw r t auu!, with cities and towns and fertile Fiediericksburgbl, Chancellorsville, Gettysourg, indeea, wherever her troops were called into action. away into the wilderness to found a lit- j tie colonv of his own. Poor, fellowl It was his last trek. "How do vou do. Meinheer Botha?" 1 said to him in Dutch. The man looked at me,-looked again, then, startled out ofl his Dutch stoUdity, cried to his wife, who was seated on the box of the wagon: "Come here, frau come. . Here is Al lan Quatermain. the Englishman, the son of the 'Predicknt.' How goes it, Heer Quatermain, and what is the news down in the Cape ybhderr "I don't know what the news is in the Cape.'Hans," I answered, solemly; -but the news here is that there is a Zulu CHAPTER IV. ITER bury ing the ele phant tusks, and having taken care ful notes of the bearings and peculiar & ities of tm. country so that I might be able to find the spot again, we proceeded on our journey. For a month or more we trekked along the line which now divides the Orange Free state from Oriqualand West, and the Transvaal from Beohuanaland. ; , I found ; the country almost entirely depopulated. Not very long before Mo- sflikatzi the ; Lion, Chaka's general, had farms . Here is also the natural gas, I which is now used, for manufacturing arid reduces the expense of fuel to a On any of the lines of within I fifteen miles of minimum . railroad, Pittsburg, land is worth $1,000 per acre. The city has become so crowd ed that .many manufacturing firms are purchasing sites along the differ ent roads and erecting their works i near the little towns. Consequently Mr, Exactly So. j . J. M. Dickinson, of Nash- impi upon your spoor and within two these little towns are growing as well as the city proper, and in. ja few years Pittsburg will have spread out until it will be one continuous city for ten or fifteen, miles in every direction. I never saw such workers as these people are. It is a saying here that till 'the v die. Men r !!J J r ! ore his mouth, swept across it In his progress toward , what is now Matapeleland. His foot steps were evident enough. Time upon time I trekked up to what had evidently been the sites of the Kaffir kraals. Now .the kraals were ashes and piles of turn- j n .i . x u j f i i. I uieu BWjncs, .miu strewn uuut kiuvxik the rank grass were the bones of 'hun dreds of men, women and children, all of whom had kissed the Zulu assegai. We were ; trekking parallel with the Kolone river when a herd of bleebock crossed the track. I fired at one of them and bit it behind. It galloped about a j thousand yards with the rest of the herd, , then lay down. As we were in want of t mjfcot lull! Ivavirifr i-tia. vtfll ftTIT orfLTriA fciT .f.Jn.f t -i , tnmTn.fi said; "it would be the act of a coward. niaining horse, and, telling Indaba-zimbi li 1 aw. I die. UliW A WVIH1U nqvuo v Trt V aa 4-Z j i meet them on the further side of a risa v " -us v,-viiniueu ween.; miles of the wagonj That I know, for I have just shot two of their sentries, and I showed him my empty gun. For a moment there was a silence of astonishment, and j I saw the bronzed faces of the men turn pale beneath their tan, while one or two of the women gave a nttie scream, ana tne children crept to their sides. VAlmierhtv." cried Hans, "that must be the Umtetwa regiment that Dingaanq they never rest sent'against the Basutus, but who could worth $100,000 'can be seen peddlin: A- AA A a4. - A KAAA.-.AA A V. A VlAAw'UAa i 7 f f and so were afraidlto return to Zululand apples and cabbages from old muddy wagons, or driving loads of hay to market. " I The coal, gas oil and manufactur ing interests have made this country. Public works arid factories give em ployment to labor and laboref sr must be fed, so the farmer finds ready market at good prices for all his products. The discovery of oil or villel Tenn., made an admirable! af- ter dinner speech before the Bankers' Association of phicago ; recently . Oi course his theme was the recu T : i i perative power! of the South and , - !. the best means !of ! bringing Soul and jNorth into closer and more. Icon- ' 1 I ! ! ' fiflential relatioris with each other. Ajt the close he said: "If I might propose a sentiriaent for the wliole j i 1 1 countrv to -drink to I would sat in Con- and Btruck north t join Mosilikaaye." "Laager up, Carles! Laager up for your lives, and .one of you jump on a horse and drive in the cattle." At that moment piy own wagons came up. Indaba-zimbi was sitting on the box of the first, wrapped in a blanket. I called him and told him the news. . "Til tidings, Macumazahn," he said; "there will be dead Boers about to-mor row morning, but jthey will not attack! ml dawn, then tbey wiU wipe out the laacrer so," and .he passed his hand be- Stop that croaking, you white headed crow," I said, though I knew that his words were true. What chance had a laager of ten wagons all told against at least two thousand of the bravest savages in the world? "Macumazahn, tvill you take my ad vice this time?' Indaba-zimbi said, pres ently. " What is it?" I asked. "This. Leave your wagons here, jump on that horse, and let ua, two run for it as hard as we can go. The Zulus won't follow us, tney will be looking af ter, the Boers." j VI won't leave . the other white men," the janguage of ithe Tennessee gressmen: J ; "The bloody shirt, may it be washed in tpe tears of a disappointed ppliti up on Mason l and dry." cianl gas on some j poor hillside farm (which is an everyday occurrence) will make the owner rich at once. I ; His good luck j" puts no change on him," however, and he-is as clos"e' with his thousands as he was with i . .. the scanity dimes before gas was found on his land . He still peddles apples and cabbages and . plods through the mud and snows of win ter. ... - Since living here have been over the oil and gas territory ami at some future time will endeavor to give you a full account of the same. I cannot close my letter, however and. hung Dixon's line to . We heartily j applaud that senti ment, and so does every patriotic jiti?en in the North. A fe dffice- huriters are left who still think - they can! make capital by keeping alive the animosities of the past, but jthey are poor creatures who, one by lone, are jdropping tout ;of sight. When the! last of them departs we shal have peace. Herald. Happy Hoosiers. Wm. Timmcins, Postmaster, of Ida- ville, Ind., wr tes: I "Electric Bitters has done more for me than all .iother feel Liver and Find me'dicincs combined for that bad ingj arising from j Kidney and trouble." John Ilie, farmer stockman, of same place, says. ; Electric Bitters to be best Kidney and Liver medicine, made me feel Kke a new man." &. W. Gardner, hardware I merchant, same town, says: " Electric Bitters isiiist the thing for a marif who la all run down and don't care whether hellives or die; he found new strength a. 1 M. -OF BROWN JjOTEL AL15EKT. NEW BERNE, N. C. All the. Modern Convenience. 'JHE KING HOUSE, GREENVILLE, N. O. 1 MBS. SHERIFF KING, PEOP7TEESS ' ' 1 ' '' r- ' Pleasantly situated in business par of the city. Large addition to buildings. Every coiniort the Traveling rublic;can. wish. The bst table the market will affordj Stop at the King House, and you will Stop A gain. ( JSAAC A. SUGG, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. i , , . Late of Rodman, Sugg & James. ' GREENVILLE, N. C. Office old stand of Rjodm.in, Sugg & James. Will attend the Courts of Greene and Beaufort counties Practices in State and Federal Courts. : HOUSE, N. C. MERICAN WINDSOR ' ' '.I'-. . Free hack at all steamers. Telegraph office attached. Livery stables. Give us a call when passing through or stopping at Windsor, and if you dont' ha?ve a golod time -and want to go there again the; gray mule is yours. J. K. AlOUDY, Prop. QEO. SS. LLOYD, M, D., Bryan Hotel, Tarboro, N . Specialist in Diseases of the Q. EYE, EAR, NOSE AND THROAT. Having just finished a. four and a half months course at the Phila delphia Polychinic and thrt Will's Eye Hospital, 1 offer my services to the people of Edgecombe and adjoining counties , - 3mtnov8 J. H. SMALL ATTORNEY - AT - LAW, WASHINGTON, N. DM UND SOX'S N EW EUK0P E A N HOTEL- GOLDSBORO, N. C. American and European Plan. Wait ing rooms free. Porters meet every train. Baggage handled free.. J. BURGESS, Of N. C. with A. DOBIE & CO., general commission merchants, 2&4 Roanoke Dock, Norfolk, Va. Special attention given to sales of cot ton, grain, peanuts and country pro duce eeherally. Liberal cash advances good appetite and felt just like he had on consignments. Prompt returns and anew lease on lifer Only 60c. a bottle highest at D. N. Booarx '8, Drugstore. market prices guaranteed. OCt-17m--. :- :
The Washington Gazette (Washington, N.C.)
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