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h Subscription $1.50 per year. WE MUST WORK FOR THE PEOPLE'S WELFARE. W. II. EitcLlri, Ckner. VOL. 2. SCOTLAND NECK, N. C, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1885. TMXGS TO CHERISH. The eves that look with love on thee, That bnhtea with thy smile, Or in'ute!yrbiil thee hope" again, If thou art sad awhile; The eyes ihaf, when no words are breath ed, fiaze fondly into thine Oh. cherish thein."re they grow dim; They may not always shine! he faithful hearts around thee, TThat glow with love and youth. That time and carenu'er yet have seared, Nor ravished of their truth, That time and care ne'er yet havo heard. When throbbing near our own Oh! cherish them. Those beatings hush ed. Earth's dearest tones are gone! The days when there arehaarts and eyes. That throb and beat for thef ; The few fleet hours when life doth seem Bright as a summer sea; The thrilling moments when to speak The full heart's joy is vain Oh! cherish them. O-ice gone, alas! They ne'er return again. (For the Democrat) 'iSito. Onward and onward the burning river rolled, until within five or six miles from the shore, il3 course dU reet for the town and hatbor, with fewer obstacles in its way than hud already been overcome, it seemed the tte or IIKo was sealed. Another fact is, that its near approach to the town of II llo, its sanguin.'iry glare its steady, resistless and releutless progress aioeki:ig the fear of the peo pie, defying all human skill or power, and demon strati jg to a mathematical certainty that, unless arrested by au unseen and omnipotent hand, tha destruction of Uilo was only a ques tion of time, produced among all classes a t-ouglful seriousness, amounting "m some instances to alarm. So nearly certain did it for some months appear that this fiery deluge would rollover the town, thai man-, probably rao.it of the people, laid their plans and concerted meas ures to escape with such property as could be removed. Under these threatening dangers pra er was offered without ceasing iu the churches of IIllo. A day of Bclcmn fastiug and prayer was also observed by the people of Hilo both by natives and foreigners, and few even of the uobelieving class exhib ited the least disrespect for the occa sion. Moat seemed impressed with the propriety and solemnity of the act. On the 13 th of February, 1856, six months from the commencement of the flow, and when tla lower point of the stream was within six miles of the sea, and whea to all human appearance, the action from the sum nit crater to the terminus of the flow was unabated, suddenly and unex pectedly the fiery river ceased to flow longitudinally and from that day .has made advance towards the coast. This was marvellous, because the gre at feeder on the summit crater wus in full blast, aud because the uuraoas ured floods of igneous rniueraU were poured down Iha mountain for nine months afterdate, lightening up the furents with a lurid glare and fur nishing a sceiie or grand ayd sublime interest by day aud by night. Thus fior three fourths of a year tlie rocks were rending, the hills melting gud the mountains lowing down before the people, flashing iu their XkCes, rolling, leaping, tossing, muttering and threatening to ewct-p over tueua while an unseen bund held bs.dk th burning toreit. That iiiio is uot now sleeping under.n piill of ebon black ness, that her glorious laudcape is not blotted from the face of nature, her beautiful barber choked with rocks, hex songs hushed, .hex liappy dwelii igs from ?iew, seenajs a auracle. ilauua L.oa, and JLjlauea are still buraiag , aitice the great exaption mentioned above there lav been several others leas worthy of cote. ground lie towu can now We seen a wl ot lav widen has beeou-e hrd. ea.4 by age, and re8eu.Li.es KKik. Hjraej irj ver plentjfjl anaoag thea-.; islands aud C3n be Lied ut one dollar per day. There being a beau tii'ul drive aio.ig th.i teu-abore. lined with eocoauut a id banana trees, horses are Iu great demand while vesseJii are in the harbor. There are several other port on tins island which I think would ia-ten-Nt our readers. Kealakeakua situated on the Wes tern side of Hawaii was long cele brated as the residence of the early Kings of Hawaii. 1 saw in its neighborhood also that there existed the famous city of refuge, which afforded an inviolable sanctuary to the guilty fugitive who was so favor ed as to gain its prediucts. To it the manslayer, the thief, and even the murderer fled from Lis incensed pursuers and was secure. Its gaUs were always open to admit the ref ugee. The village is located on the seashore and comprises about two hundred houses. In the farming districts, about three miles from tha village quite a large nnmber of for eigners reside, some engaged in raising coifee. There is also a number of orange groves yielding large crcps. Sweet potatoes, pump kin squashes, melons, cabbage, or anges, bananas, and cocoa nuts grow in abundance on this island. Kawaihae is also a small village on the western shore of this island. It has scarcely an object to at tract a resident. Excepting a few cocoanut trees which line the water's uvtge, there is hardly any foliage to be seen iu the village or on the hills back of it, It derives its im portance from being one of the finest agricultural districts of the islands. Just back of the town there exist the ruius of oue of those large he ian's or idol temples. It is the most perfect one now existing on the islands. It was this temple which the young Kamehameha II, on the death of his father went up to consecrate, accompanied by his chiefs. The natives of these islands are expert swimmers, and at ports where the seas roll in very heavy they may very often seen shooting the surf. This exciting evolution is performed by a native wading out three or four hundred yards from the shore armed with a thin board about five feet lon and ten inches wide, when an extra heavy sea rolls in, they turn facing the shore lay flat ou the board and are carried inshore with almost lightning rapidity. Sharks are nu merous in these waters, and are often hunted by the natives, who do not fear them. Molokai the smallest island of this group i3 inhabited by lapers, of which there is a large number, mostly Chinese who brought this terrible malady among these islands. They are not allowed to leave this island during the remainder of their lives There have been verj few ea ses during the last five or six years as precautious are taken to prevent Chinese, afflicted with it from lanci ng among the islands. Having been to these islands twice and spent several months there each time I am able to give a much bet ter description of them than I can of the other countries I have visits ed. A. StC.B. Dealk of the Vice President. The whole country will be shock ed to hear of the death of Hon Thomas Andrew Hendricks, Vice President of the United States. It occurred yesterday afternoon at Iun dianapolis and was very RHdden and unexpected. At the hour we write we have but few particulars of the sad event. A true man and a sound Demo crat has fallen. He has served his country well and conscientiously, and there is no stain on hisescutch eon. A man of decided talents; . a man of courage of conviction; a man of sincerity and of principle, he has deserved well of his countrymen,and lias been often honored with high positions of trust which he fillec' with fidelity, zeal and capabil ity. He has shown himself to be a statesman who had opinions- he was not Afraid to proclaim and up held; a man of honor and scrupu IoutH integrity under every trial; t man warmly attached to the frieat fundamental principles of the Dem ocratic party, uuder whose banner he fought so many gallant fights and won so many victories; he de served and received the confidence of Lis party. He was & strict party man, and people of all parties al ways knew just where Thomas A Hendricks could bo found. Ky his labor aud talents and devotion to sound political principles he has de- serred wen of his conntry and lias been often honored. As Coveraor of Indiafta; as a Senator iu the United States' Congress; as states man of true patriotism and broad views hej has been identified vith much of the history of his State and countiy. He has been a prominent leader lor a .most forty years. He was born in Muskiuham coun ty, Ohio, the 7th day of September 1819, and was, therefore, in the G7th yea j of his age. He was carried to Indiana when but six months old. He was born in a log cabin and died Vice President of the United States. When in his twenty-fifh year the married Miss Lucy C. Morgan, a beautiful daughter of accomplished parents, lie read law and soon achieved success. When twenty eight he was elected to the Legisla ture. He was elected to the U. S. House of Representatives twice. He was nominated for Governor in 1855, but was defeated. He was elected U. S. Senator in 18G2, and served six years. In 1S70 he was again defeated for Govenor. In 1S72, he was elected Governor. In 1870, he was elected Vice President of the United States on the Tildcn ticket. All know how he was de frauded, in ISSI. he nominated in he Democratic National Conven tion Hon. Joseph E. McDonald, of Indiana, for the Presidency in a fine speech. He was nominated on the Cleveland ticket again for the Vice Presidency and was elected His election was not only richly deserved but M as retributive ms ec. In a few days ho would have pre sided over the Senate of the United States, but God has willed other wise. The Democratic partv of the Union is sorely bereaved. A chani picn of the people and a faithful ex ponent of genuine Democratic prin ciples has fallen, full of years and full of honors. All trood, true men will regret his death. We write too hurriedly to undertake a careful analysis or to express in fitting lan guage our sense of the loss the country has sustained. An honest, upright, courageous expounder of sound political principles is forever lost to the party .Jit may be seen here after a3 events unfold themselves what is the magnitude and. signil- cancv of the loss. Star. An Arab Kcrse. A Bedouin, named Jabal, possess ed a mare of great celebrity. Has san fash af then governor of Damas cus, wished to buy the animal, and repeatedly made the owner the most I iberaf offers, which Jabel steadily refused, The pasha then had retreats to threats, but with no better suc cess. At length, one Galar, a bedouin of another tribe, presented himself to the pasha, and asked him-w'sat he would give the man who should make him master of J'tbal's mare? "I'll fill his horse's nose-bag with gold,'' replied Hassan. The result of tins interview hav ing gone abroad, Jabal became more watchful than ever, and alwaj's se cured his mare at night with an iron chain, one end of which wa3 fasten ed around his mares hoof the other, after passing through a tent cloth, was attached to the picket driven to the ground under the ftlt that served himself and his wife for a bed. But one midnight, Gafar crept silently into the tent, and succeeding in loosing the cbain. Just before starting on the prize, he caugbt up Jabal's lance, and poking him with the butt end, cried out : "I am Gafar ; I have stolen youv noble mare, and will give you notice in ttm.'' This was is accordance with the custom of tbe deeert, for to rob a hos tile tribe 1 considered an honorble exploit, and tbe muu who accora plislies it is desirous of all the glory that may flow from the deed. Poor Jabal when he beard the words, rufched out of the tent and gave the alarm : then mounting his! brother' mare accompanied by some of the tribe, he pushed the robber for- tour hours. Tne crotner a mare was!no r.nrl T'll iH.-nv of the same stock a3 Jabol's, but was not equal to her ; nevertheless he outstripped those of ail the other nursuers, aud was eyea oa the point of overtaking the robber when Jabal shouted to him : -Finch her right car and give her a touch of the heel Gafar did so, and away went the mare like lightning, speedily render ing further pursuit hopeless. The pinch in the ear and the touch with the heel were the secret signs by which Jahal had bee i used to urge his mare to her utmost 8peed. Ja bal's companions were amazed and indignant at lm strange conducl. 'Oh, thou father of a jackass" they cried, "thou hast enabled the thief to rob thee of thy jewel." But he silenced their upbraidings by saying : "I would rather lose her than sully her reputation. Would you have me to suffer is to be said among the tribes that another mare had proved fleeter than mine? I have at least this com fort left me, that I can say she nev er met with her match." -Ilarey's Art of Horse Training. NORTH CAROLINA'S RIVAL. "This year has taught me a sad ex perience in the watermelon business." he remarked as the boat left Mem phis. "Have you been shipping?" asked the tourist from Ohio. 'Not a ship. I live thar on the Ar kansaw bottoms. I heard so much about the watermelon bizness the profit which could be made that I planted a hill side last spring. It war a b&d move." "Didn't the seed come up?" "Come right up as if somebody had a rope and tackle on 'em." "And the melons srew?" "Groired like a mud hole in wet weather. That was the trouble they growed too large '' "Couldn't be handled?'' "Not without the heip of two niggers and a yoke 'o' steeiS, and that was too expensive. When you get an eight hundred pound watermelon oa a side hill you've got t i leave it thar. The steam boats won t htndte cm if you nt 'em down to the lauding." "You don't tell me that you had melons weighing eight hundred pounds !" , Oh ! tltose were the little one3. The bir ones come nijiher a tn. 1 hadn't no scaies, but all my neigh bora are pretty peart on guessing.' "And what became of them J" "That's what occasions my grief stranger.? Them melons threatened to roll down and do me damage. I drew logs to prop 'em up, and I started for town to git some dyna mite to blow some of the biggest to pieces. While I was gone the ca lamitytook place. You see before yon a ruined man." "Wh what calamnity?"ga3ped the tourist. "W hy, them 'ere melons broke loose and rushed down the hill in a body iiouse, barn, corn "cribs and orchard were clean swept away." "You don't say so." 'dm serious, stranger very se rious. I raiht have recovered from that, perhaps ; but one of them mel ons rolled into the creek, dammed up the water, and the inundashun carried the side eff my farm clean down to the rocks. There wasn't 'nuffdirt left on 120 acres to put in your eye." "Well, that is tough and I pity you.'' Don't, stranger don,t talk to Hie that way I I kin face hurricanes cyclones, airthquakes aud sich as brate aa a lion ; but when any body pities me when solid word o sympathy are shot into nay soul by a total stranger it breaks me down and I have to ehed the childish tear, Stranger escue me while I cry rea hard.' The Ohio man considerately with drew from that sacrei spot and the watermelon man wrestled with broken heart. New Yvrk Suu. F;rs.t l'eddler WLat ue job s; rying? Seooud reddlcr Patent uveai- cincs. First Peddler Well, ail riiiit yon go ahead and work up vhv busi- Second Peddler Why I What are you carrying , First Peddler- -Gravestones. The Raraber. THE FASTEST-TIM E. Recently in the rotunda of a Mem phis hotei, a party of men were speak ing of fast railway travel. One man said : 4I was once a conductor of a train on a western railroad and I particularly remember one bit of fast travel. One day our engineer got drunk and the first thing I knew the telegraph poles looked like a picket fence." ''That was surely not strolling along," said some one else. "It re minds me of my experience. I once ran an engine on a southern road. One day, although I am ashamed to confess such recklessness, I put on every ounce of steam. You may not believe it, but the engine only touched the tops of the grades for the next twenty miles. I admit that this sounds like an exaggeration but I can prove it." Colonel Bob Leech Was one of the party. "Gentlemer," said he, "I don't how fast an engine travel, but I'll give you and idaof how fast one did go. During the war I ran a scouting engine for the Confederate government. It Wis my duty to carry a telegraph operator, who, at different points would cut the wises andr send dispatches. I had one bit of experience that makes my hair stand up when I think about it. We were running at a rapid rate, oiiq day, when, upon rounding a curve. I saw a thousand gun barrels blaze in the sunlight. I also saw that a num ber of cross-ties had been piled on the track. To stop in time was an impossibility . To go on seemed certain death, for even if we escaped being killed by the wrecking of the engine, we woifid be shot to death for we were regarded as f pies. I lecided in a second what to do. Telling my companion to lie down in the tender, I seized the throttle and, in locomotive parlance, threw her wide open. The engine jumped likea rabbit. I . tlirew myself flat on the tender, expecting, ever)' sec ond, to be hurled to an awful death. Bang, bang, bang ! went the guns. Then all was silent, save the hir of the wheels. Could it be possible that the engine had knock ed off the obstructions'? I arose and looked out. We had passed the er. emy and had scattered the lies. My companionas much astonished as myself, got up. .1 looked back, and just above the tender I saw what I took to be a swarm of .big black flics. I readied out and took hold of one. Grsciou.-. ! I tl'en discover ed what they were. They were a shower of bullets that the enemy had fired after ua. Well we ran along at this rate until the bullets all fell be hind. Then we slacked up.'' The gent loin mi looked at ona another but no one disputed the statement. Traveler. Next TlsingYo It. A woman ran out of a house on Beaubein street the other day cry ing '-Fire !'' a3 loud as she could yell. A pedestrian who was passing sprang up the steps and into the hall and, being unable .to see or smell, he turned to the gapping and excited woman and asked : 'Where is the fire! I can't see any signs of one." "I I didn't mean fire! I--I-moan't murder !" she replied. 'Is there a man in the house?" 'o, sir." "Who trice! to murder you?" "Oh, I didn't mean murder, I guess ; but the awfulest, biggest rat, you evei sot eye3 on chased our cat acros3 the kitchen and then stood and glared at me like a tiger thirst ing for blood 1 Oh, sir you'd better turn in a fire alarm, and let 'em kick in all the doors and break in all the windows and search the house. The rat mwst be killed before he commits some terrible deed !' Detroit Free J-rts. Tue proportions of the huvnau fig ure are six li.oie3 the length of the fiv t. Whether is it slender or plump tk3 rule holds good : any deviation from it is a departure fruau tks Liheit beauty iu proportion. Ti;c Greeks mde all their statues according 'to :hia rute. The fiice. from the high est poiut of the forehead, where the hair begins to the c!:in, is cne'tcnta of the whole stature. The hand, from the wrist to the to the middle finger is the fame. From the top of tha highest point of the forehead is a seventh. If the face, from the roots of the hair to the chin, be de vided into three equal parts, the first division determines the place where the eye-brows meet, and the second the place of the nostrils. The height .from tbe feet to the top cf the head is the distance from the extremity of the fingers when the armes are ex tended. Asiieville, N. C, Kovember 25. The most horrible railway accident that ever occurred in this section happened at 10 o'clock this morning on the Western North Carolina rail road at a point called Deep Water on French Broad river, near Wsrat (Springs, resulting in the instant death of three men. The western bound ircisnit train ran into an im mense boulder which rolled down from the overhanging mountain, and which owing to a curve in the road could notbeseen until to late too stop the train. The train plunged into a whirlpool seventy -eight feet dep, carrying with it to instant death George W. Parrisb, engineer; form erly of Lynchburg, aged twenty five ; a negro named Whitney, of this city fireman, and one brakeman, who?e name canuot be gotten. None of the bodies have yet been recovered. George Parrish was to have been mar ried on Christmas eve to a young lad- iu Lynchburg, Va. The dude was visiting a charming young society lady, and as they sat on either side of an open grate fire, his heart was full of a burning de tire to say something not only com plimentary, but brilliantly sugges tive. So after revolving the matter in his mind ucuing a ten minutes' burst of sibnea ho said: "Ah, i.'iss Liliie, why are-those fire-tongs so much like Frederick?' he infant her to guess, or him to tell her "because they glowed in flier service, or were prostrate at her feet,' or something of" the kind. Miss Lilb, looking so solemnly demure that the clock stopped, said she didn't know unless it was be cause they had two thin legs aud a brass head. He was groping blind ly for the front door before she had recovered from the shockjof lierown volley. - 1'Iie ITnrcaDonablenem of J'a reni. "Pa," said Bobby, who had been allowed to sit up a little while after dinner with the distinct understand ing that he was to osk no foolish questions, "can God do every thing?'' Yes "Can He make a two-foot rule with only one end to it?'' "One more question like that," said the old roan, "and you will be packed off to bed." Bobby nodded sleepily for ten minutes and then asked : "Pa, can a camel go seven days without water?" "Yes." "Well, how many days coald he go if he had water?'' The nex!; thing Bobby knuw he was in bed. Con. in fS!::rj. A city diiectory compiler called at a cabin and asked an oi l negro whom he found sitting near the door : Who lives here?'' . 'I does." "I know that but' "Den what j-er as fur?" "J want to knowyout name." "Yer wouldn't know ef I wu.' ter tell yer. I ain' no prominent man." "Toat mikes no diaeren-u. J a:n getting up a oirectry au j i r your name-.' "Kain' alb-it ter you sail. 1 wants itujvsc'f. Good Iv: Wt,enth?f. man bad qonc the old uerro mnpd : l s.o at hn F9fkpt ti(j"n tin-jr silk. G'.b dat white .man m an' th fust thin'' I knows d? me ui) 'fore de ran' iury er cuzia in e-o' takin' Usinaa whnt doau' lonzj rme. Oh, i'se sharp." r-ttT. 1 le BUCKLEX'S A ItN'ICA SAT.-. The best salve i:i the wo?! 1 f t'iit,', S'.'ver iti.-.i.-l.-i !osi- bruises, sores, ulcer.--, sail, vk';:i.: sores, tetter, eiiaypeil hum1.:. corns, and alt skin eruption.-!, m. tivclv cures piles or i:o pay ::.:.; is guaranteed to give peri' or money refuudecl. 1'i ic; Li;. box. For sale hv E. T. Wl.i Co w. ii. KiTCiiix. r. A-, i v -:;T, KITCHIN & DUNN ATTOilNEYS COoNSLI.O: S iOtl imi Neck, Ts. (dOifioe ou 10th Strsei above Main T LAW, .oor JjJAILROAD HOUSE, SCOTLAND NECK, N. C. MRS. LAURA iiEI.b. !ii.?-?ii!n-;K- Good beds, pohte an-.l attciiv'- : the best table the Uiurket c'l'-yx-S-. . ' good water. Neatness mm of itj v:-i::: aims. Stop at the itailroad llou.. " AYltt A. MA DRY, BRICK MANUF.OTUi: Will take contract for Tuvr.'-A- -as ciieip as tlm next man, u : 1 work. Satisfaction guat:.,:.o-.w4 best brick ill the H'li-Uet. !12.-.5.:' lowest prices. iive him ;-t;';. Brick always on hand and for any quantity. Scotland Neck, N. C. Jimc- 1 or in) :n UFE and FIRE I am representing t most liberal, prompt companies .n the U. S. strongest Call at my f-.MMire oftiee, take out a pol:-.;y c-'is your propei ly. A policy in u Lire Co., is more e -cure t: - n Banks in the Union. j. ii. LAvvuFNc;-:, S;;ot!.i:;-.t iitct.". MISCELLANFG: NOTiC 33YEAUSAT THE !iU,-;iNlvsS Look to your interest iitid tlont- be J.OKiVfS:. NEW MAN but an OLD BU.il NESS R. B. Pierce c.in ifi U P.K. SMith's sIio; Good Slock of which he will m.-. Wasons, Carls, & til 3 1, U' (;i'. and offer the t LI 'LIS. II or se .Shoeing SPECIALTY Call and see me, it will bo Interest, Rcsper; f;. 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