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7 nmni p fcs M M M TntTI?TWO(PlR A rl s W. H KITCIIIX, OWXEIl WE MUST WORK FOR THE PEOPLE'S WELFARE, srnsrui imion !.: wax vi: x VOL 3. SCOTLAND NECK. N. C. FRIDAY JUNE 17, 1887. NO 1 OWN (iOVHILNMKNT. - - Mayor. rich ore. lit went through the mine, ladies insUtcd on accompanying n: ' eminent , eighteen per cent, by ur. II?- forgot t p-t r smite hi i. 1 1, o i r ? i v i ( A1T. A. Whitk, I-. II . Smith, -Ir. ) taking samples from all partss which ami showing mo the way through ihe iversitks, sometimes in onmnclion cafe i lie turned over to his assayer , fully ; mine. They Pres-n'.lv .1. k. M -avage, A. Dunn. J A !.!-r.KOK, - Commissioners were cry poh'e , oik with the general or city govt rnment. j expecting that he would find very ; of them gob g in front of me and kven per cent, by cities alone, and I little mineral, but to his surprise the directing me whereto tuke m rive i r cent by private donations. ai 1 ! r m 1 i , epp ir.it". 1 ! ! . 1 I'ownC rst'tl ore run about :s,Sb; a ton. He went samples fiom. I noticed that sk Out of the same number ninety-four -QW" J''lS a e,' ! 'lir""S' He mine again, exercising i had a way of brushing her &ki t ' per cent, are always op u to the METHODIST CHURCH. particular care in the selection of against the walls and leaning ajaia-t public, seventy per rent, are open to j his samples, and the result oT the j them just before I took a sample, i visitors on Sunday only, and -even- j . giwui man ue-. in ought tins proceeding rather un--13 - nr.-e per een1. puonsn repor.s, i.v , William's Chapel 11 . a. Palmyra Scotland Neck I'almvra 1 -houl i think it woil 1 be &.! -n if U- ft out i i this Way." Mr. S. turned t i.irn ami answtr- d gravely : ' 'Try it vouim m::n ! l i ere's alius a guar 1 here it least most alius; bt.t may lie he's e.o;:, to - at !:. .11 4 5. Wli "1 I id r. w:. . i v r n i i--l ui i' , I ii d- r :f it re i eo-y,f ck to me t iT i -on e n :i d. and tl im-d 1 mm e l at t:. :'. ugM 1u-n i! tk-t came u; I s t eeame d . -ti' , 1 .;""'-tt d, n i l t'i I 4, I'rl I" ,"o t i fo- kr 1 li I A p. U, 11, a. in Hn;. now , "li-' added. d) n i I c I fore. He was almost convinced that usual, and watched her chisel. In or contribute in snme such way to von want to get 9 me f that gold;'' t I" r e j 1. 1 .-i" 1 1 Scotland Neck 1 1 obirood's Scotland Nook T. Ik liOXXKU, P.C 4. I . Ti p. xv.. mir,e was f-nui,iN as he did not' an unguarded moment she caught ! 11, a. m. j see lhG ,easf tracc (if any 6alting her over-kirt upon a j.rojectm and 7. p. m. ; process I Ie went to the owners and palled it back, allowing me to se. ! 11, a. m. j told them the result of bis examin-: two or three little bas which wen- ' 7 l. m. j ati in, but said that he should make ! hidden beneath it. I said not' i g i chn'.iHo research. Ex. i As lie aked the pieti(n he clu ck j ed hi- t.-arn, and t!n young mun wa i i ' e i mi nil U iiiilil t ir i up. Hrii' t .in 1 r". v n- xt in nit.; I VMs ;f u i ;!k ra ig ' ;m tke n-'t!. d-e tenj t- d , "It i-Uj p ise r.o j e :, h w i ig ur t : ve po i,t How llio Illind .na Itf snl. V B.oix 'l"lre;iI :incl ix One. "I here was once a tailor who had beautiful (iaughter. Ail t lie young iin-n from far and ne: r came to visit f.er ('Tiuse of her beauty. Two . - :,.r!it her one day, and said : . . your account that we . o;u- hither.' 'What do you ViH A. of ice?'' she replied smiling. ' We love you,' rcturncd the two young nun, '"nd eacu of us wish to marry you.' '1 he m -iid.cn b dng well brought up. e i i d her father, who lis'eiicd to th-.J two lovers, and tin n said : It is too late ; go home now, but come I'g' tin to-morrow, and 3 on shall .hen know winch of ou maj" have n y daughter.' At davbiei.k the next mornms the "i;ung men returned 'Here we are,' they cried to the tailor; 're member what you promised yester da.' Wait a little.' he replied, 'lam uoint;' to town to buy a piece of (doth; when 1 return home with it yon snail L-arn what 1 shall expect from you." e tailor returned from iile-i .lis daughter, and on runcO, he ai i to the youui no report unless tl.ey would turn the but soon ascended the shaft, saying mine over to him for forty-eight j that I would complete my examin hours. and let him do what he pleased ation the next niorning. When I with it. Af:.er some hesitation they ! returned they again offered to ac- em?ent d, and the in xt, morning lie took a g inu of men down the shaft and blasted to the right and lefi, leaning away the exposed rock, and taking his samples from the newly Hxpo-el wad. The avsas nifde rr)m these did not ie!d a trace of mineral, and he saw that the mine cornpan3" me, but I declined, and the- withdrew their request on con dition that I wotil 1 let tlim bring my lamp to the mine, to which I agreed. I went through the mine, car.f..lly sampled it, an 1 got to the top sliaf that it would-er be grand larceny i! I they caught it, woul lu't it?" Tuerc has recently been invented! .vUss nor tl at," sail Mr. S ui Paris a small press w inch will rh(M; ,n a Xrtl. wu-per : -Young enable blind poojde, not only tole r ? it',) n;C nuir ltr!'" print the raised characters which j n,.. t n lerheel from the pa npi they are able to read with their fing- i turned palo. - . : e. It - "! i e :'. 1 , . , ,r- o 1 !. f..'. 1 . !ia I pr.-i. 4-.j y li . 11 : h . C.iT- t .e 'e it! -r , ' ".d i: 1. 1 1 a-) I 1 U 1 n". Pin re were n ..d i..! .1 t t' e v 1 . o ;hi 1 kett!-. ti v t : 1 an i . I ( k r r v d I V , Ui : .i j 1 u' e r . . t w r 1 1 r e li iu!m S : I i ' j 1 ; '. , .4 4L a'p .! ! r a - t ! -.t : r k it' . . if. f ro.ik 1 I i!n . a co ir-)' pi!: ! -h n-s , 1 .dn'.! wur: ! a m k- , and a n 1 d "o I n I r I t iiind b it t n of v a - 1 : . i I . dies and I kre.i 1. 1 .! 1 w ..r t ; nree r -o; 01 crimji-.!! id oeeup e ! t 11 All I t at o ;e M ers, but also the ordinary characters on the game sheet of paper, A system of writing for 1 lind people ias, of course, already bien invented "Wo'.iM they hang me for it ! ' 'Will," said S , ' 'that dep.Mi d You miht plead insanity." "Oil!" They droye on tlowi ovisiaiie, out it only permuted ; , ,1 entered tow;i. "I say' said . tliem to communicate, with each s uadcnly. 'I s-o the guard j it ; vive w i i -ii 1 ii i 1 di'ieo-ered m er.h ehore in t' e iron mountains, mcj1. i 1 Ae-t of Morgrtntown. 1: tok in : lay and a half to rose: it. for it w a j n summer, ami the mt tia'ain s were; wis a o::i m. I'.i r- j overed willi pi intw. loot-, and vine- in 111 I ir 11 t. j 11 ubstill 't travel, til ' moith o! j T .e trank a the j lie cave was uad -r ;n overiian -!g nkdy t e mt i;n aa o' ! leil t. Where I had ure.it for ..'.ielt 1 I aud I earrte I i out t ! ru n a h uce rain -torm , and Ik fore j e uc t 1 ! . .. ... , , . . . . . ! ... eavmj .ne 11 nun jrno 1 nu ri o , nu- to oe.ie e .1 i e .i e til ti le lni before the lali ns made tl eir appear- uitlt have b.en salted, but how h ance. I tl en fid. d a sack w.th ore could not imagine. ! from the dr.mp, an 1 sat down to At list he went to the owners and a ait lor them. Tney soon madi asKed th 111 DoiiiM.t-i-.U- 1 o-.v t n.- n.,,i t , ir .,,r,.,.n , n .,,,,1. ! may be able to communicate b i ------. i'vi mv,j ii'.iM 1 t.;v ii i.( vui aiiv j aiiM -i i i iwiiv j done it. Tl.ey, seeing that there ! lunch to-et!i -r. O ie of them asked k'tUr wiUl their fne,u,?' without be- ither. whereas the new mechanism , ifJ. ilrunk jn t,!lt eajoon wt. nab.es them to t rm letters which !l:lsse,i. ;uvr ir yo:, w:i;;t some ot .an 1 e read by even body. Hence- l!iat o,0j yoU can j.n ha-k and get I j iirund my journey that this cave' ute or i.o lefore i d :e 1 1 it I d' eno to see tliit it w IS a avl ;'.'. I that t bih .re.W o cut 1 e r v, an 1 ' .' c 1 ek -in I j t a ery roomy place , an 1 tli it fires had been built tin re at ii) ne time b) the eont mis i tucmie -oitm iiands ('" m .:i. It seeme 1 to me as was a'! 11 a Irem'de I' Mill tlig ! e ol va n , . r i j u i 1 t.'da :!! Id t !il ii 1: e I ei.tl d ' :.t i i ! t,e : n a u r'orwa'd, tlierebre, blind per&onb that it contained my samjiles. I soon noticed that two of the young iirls managed to stand between me assistance of oihers. Ex. was no longer the slig! test chance; me what I had in the sack. I said in oblie'1 to have recourse to the j n r t a huge one sitting in front of of selling the mine, finally told them. They had scraped together a quant ity of the soft tale that is nearly always found adhering to the foot- j an tne sack, while the other was wall of mines and mixed gold dust husily engaged in looking for a ring wi h it until the composition would ! which, she said , she bad dropped it. Take a big bucket," he ad-led ! v. u'd it more likely than any '. h t jcoat -id-. as the voing man climbed on' ' Here , take mine, he added , point - 1 1 III! WAS A TLMIFIUHM) !'. ! an old will. Tne young man was J pah' but determined, and as he took the buck-, t S. called to him in a gen uine stage whisper ''Kemember that I I V O 1 to contain something, but the nearer : ow I , t o whi'e shir.', t w ! cati.e to it the m re ridieu'.ons ; Jhir I. an ikt rehn f . and t 'i-'i ii. . 1 1 or tii' C .III.' a say about s.'iO.OOO ton. They near it. After lunch I went to their W hen town h- her ;:pi e men : '.'d- chill r- n, there ar : wo of you and i hn vr but one d:di;ntt r. To then put it into shot-guns and fired home with them , taking the sack it against the walls of the mine. ! witu me which I left on the porch. The force or the explosion scattvrI j Just u,;f,jre ay watfm arrived t. il over the entire wall an i caused take me to town I stepped ofX and the tale to penetrate every crevice, gr- samples, dust as I wa- so that gold would be found in a ,;out to drive off their father called sample taken from any part of the ! out tl,lU I had forgotten my sack. To a native California!! who hf.s I o set med th'idea f treasure, lief- two Lt;ek-.ki:i b.gs, k-eit 1 ktev ugees and deserters from the Confed : contained ino:e . I ) n as 111 ,1 ii crate arm no doubt so aght the t ie larger, and t a I op.-n. d li -t mounlai is f r hiding places, and af- j and I'm md it con'.iinel v 1 e-ni-. ter the w ir they wit j infest d by ! 111 -t of ; In ui d i ! 1 r - and h l,i- of we are partners,' ont-aws a ;d m lonsh; u er i. I mi'h' Aine The yiiting man who had Washed j po it-Iy I 11 1 a mi ty 11 1 -r knife i w. re p -pent hie in the mines the "lender-, ,,h f?ct j;i Anu: away, and bid I could hop.- f.,r nothing cdv. , lb ot n cm, or "greenu.irn inc. ucsu,. . , . t M.-ttiiL'l 'I c;in? to the soot about noon ofUhu. 1 ' 1 1 o f , 1 J e . ! : . o , g 1 r .1 apt li !' y . i- ie 1 u i ; 1 re . T 1 o U ' 1 1 1 1 d J mi: e. On another occasion 1 myself came I replied that I did not want those epeeuner.s, as I Lad taken others near being victimized. I went to ! earlier in the day. A look of blank examine a "line in New Mexico, and my assays ran very high. The mine 1 joked well , and I thought at first that there could be little doubt of its w! oin sbdl I give ilt? U'io.u si a'lj value, llut wi h the conservatism I re'use? Ii-hoid this u -c.: of cloth ; j leh coined from long experience I 1 will cut from it two suits of clothes . determined to exhaust every mean, exactly alike; each one of ou must examination, and I told Lhe owner se-.v one of tin m : he who finis'ie , that I want cd to sink the shaft ti ll omnia' inns r un 11:1 i up unsophisticated young man from the; frjt.r,l, Uo toM thtc of tl e the second d ;y, and to tell you t:;eti,.s and .Iovmi t . U j would tie thi' f, and they i freed toj ,rui-. quite disgusted with mp- ako.-eilnr 7. '.'.:; Ml W ! I nive him a surprise. Arming tl r:-K; se;,- jl(.p, , carrpx.,i a,Vay as I had over my e;ei- lin',1 I w. is 1 - 1 1 I ti.U-na si-it li ri-1-.i'ri t : ivr ri ft f . I 1-PV ! . I ; . . . 1 r. .... 1-... 1 , l',i!h- rv-iniill rv i-ri t'i;:i '. i 3 1 i .... I i ...... . o.oao cuuuie, mm me S'in,, wfn, )1()ffn the road and found t hei r ; t ri, p,L i nu., S!i()t, and made no m -ve get s i I .e o t i:.:.... ..ill. I I !eg.U.naie spon, oegins 10 sci s .ot: c , Jie wfts ctundii.it by a deel) , fllVr.,r,i r;,o . ..,v. for ,-o ,.,!,- Mccu-.-ic I Ike u . . l - r.. I.!.,. rr. l ! ... ! i-.ii i mm ..on aa sou., as i.i; wis lioor-rv too. ft;l h IS a r O ( et C T IV 1- . , covers that he is a stranger in the ,:,.., linn, ,, c:(1 n;, ..lt Kast is an object of interest. Th e t'aliforuian who has grown to con sider the Gol len U est his ow n ! : i r i e -. '!.- A l US v. a pe..p land of -gold. Every man who comes! fro;" the Kast is not a greetP-orn. surprist. tni. over his faCe,but 1 drove olf before he had to time to speak. i .. . . ......I. II .1 -4... That ni-ht he came to the hotel and onsuspi-ciiiig ouiu win (nop inio 'camp" and ask questions about everything he sees and hears. These are the victims of the miner's guile, confessed the whole scheme. The girls I had met wore not his daugl -ters, but had been hire I by him to sah the mine right under the noses ! and they generally "go though of the ex-erls. He had provided j their V" unwillingly enough, th'Mn wills porous bags filled wih an cave for a cO iph ot oours. iaen l torce I my-e.i against my Utter judgment to pre pare tlnee or fo.ir t mnhos and li.ght the golden e .,r ,h , ,,ki-. T. i. o:e:n i in r was atiout as I tr e as a hoes and his knees smote together when .a;J j.t scarcely ha I I go i to they accosted him. They ordered . ,-0lt nhcn , ju. C:lve hecamv. a tha i. him to throw his hands. tireid ; ocr nation was none. and bucket. From all his garments i poured the streams Of iiut every now and then a simp.e lilirj1 M)l!ili(,, His teeth chattered oec'i l ied I 'ie v'a e, I n. t ! I whatever t ''ie ui inioj coil! I rca mi:i t ii i 'ie II -I from tln-ir Ii mi s, t heir .vr ill ll , .:;t, ! .i wvr e or w ! a t in . :ii i ip!' SI io S II) .lie i-i i' in ni v w s i ) in 1 here was a pretty Mio.g owners were a! i '. P : - . !v an I .oi. i ' ; o .: i i I i 1 1 i i ; !! it I I I. I " ' p d t iking ad i . t n.-re i i t I i -:i v. i i e I ill w r. I' .fill,' !lUld . t I S 1 1 ' I . I s teyrs came d iwn his fai e and he fell ' ,ii ..wr .t ......lin r o--t ,.f it t.rovin t w eks m ikm in porto ..idhunel us t-.sk lifst shall have my daughter ' 't deeper and take my samp'es adhesi e compound of goll, which llach of the rivals took Irs" task ! f.om the ore 1 should find there. As!t!l".v cos-.ceakd in their skirls am "n: but much to the delight of the tives." Several vtars ago one of t !ia se j -(, upon lis knees and begged for his j Vlut it na j :l.,.,tlscr opening aril t ,c,n eh ng. 1 'on in v.- t . the mo.iey ! life. j l,,or and si les were as dry as a ho .e j m 1 oi I s , win.-n I o . i i . I iv, an i ' T'on't shoot, gentleman. I I'll f was a o l place for ?n ikes a nd ;dtiio igii I am u h n p i a i.i i.nst i pay for tbis ! I'd pay for the bucket; i varmints , and I proceeded very d a eav, it's in there m the "old. Oh, don't I ....... j,,,,,- ,,,, aic milt. Tin prepared to sec about, it. The! 1 'va sT-dtiil home that ht at I rubbed against th wall just before ! greenhorns visited North San du.ui . i , aj;u fm. , ,i0 sake of my poor ! . ' j(nish .j.cnV father called his daughter and said j unusually lite hour, I chanced to 'i l er : Here is the thread, make it j pass thj mouth of the shait, and w as rea iy for ? wo workers. ! surprised to he i'-sounds proccedi-.u '! he m .idea obe e 1 her father, ; from it, as if some one was churning taking ii.e f-nndle of thn a l, Scat d , at the bottom. I) termined to -'is-h i -a lt :;i ar the onng men. ; cv r the cause of these iiiuimi d ilut si e wa; as clever a- she was ' Uoises, I cript to the 1 at form and beautiful , though her- f..thci did not looked down the shaft know which of the two she. loved,' I saw two men at the bottom ore nor the 3 ouug men themselves; she ' drilling a hole and thj oiler work He bo irded the stage at Tmirts a sam.de was tak -n. They had silted me sui-i o.cd samoles. .u.d it I vilh-, au1 nil along the rout he i old mother. I'll leave town at once. tred h; d In en undi-turlel. was my refusal to take these to town with me which showed rhe ol I gcui'eman that I had pemtrated his sc he it e . Gi',Le-Deuic rat. Si I,i vinir (.clicraliiuis. At li field, Mass., last week, Mr-. kept a ratling conversatio . with the eriver , who was none other tha i Mr. S the owner of the line.! The Noting man had traveled, he! had, and he was rly. He had g dh-; ered olives in Italy, and had washed ! Ins feit in the Ar o; he had made !oo to a beautiful girl in the vine- i yards of France, and he had boe.i a i Cavalier servente in Seville. He had' For God's sake, "gei.tVmaii, don't : f,re h:i)l i,.,,,, buip j.,s- at tin shoo. 1 only wai t.-d a lifle bit n8 trarce o! u circular cht mb-r The eu- dweih r. th t ii e 1 1 ti !i' er t ! ii st I '. s mailt U'.il I i.i ! a- a .' Yo.'k S'i i. fiea--an I - v vl i.-h a curiosity. Here. I'll give you i ,lilMt , n tw nt.v-live l t dolls r if ou'll let me :( They across , and the draught woul I tak . . 1 . I . I . ! i ! finally concluded to I t him go ii '-e ,,11 the smoke out of the mouth of would give them . and they got ,he ,.ue ..n.. scaltor it aJn:i , t:,e it. Ti en V e fi -h. d his hat out of ! t!iok t. CM j f()UIJ(1 not ,ltl!v a the yell w slime and put. it on his jar , hQH (f R. j,e, lVv t.,.irrt., head all 1 le t Id n. U here he werd The line is as follows: Mrs. Hhoda '.. t he? and tcijaa to sew. To the and poundcl upon it with somethi one she loved, the beauty L'ave short like a churn daslier: I coilid hear c t i - . 4i . i- i 1 .i . 4- i . it.-' Knmt , aged 9t 3 ears 0 months, who 1 lefuls, but to the one she did their convers diou from where II 3. : J 1 , ,; n,V" :';e gave long needlefuls. ; ami soon found that what they were i - ' 1 and sewed in easier ; doina was of great person - eleven o'clock the work to rce. One said : not half done, Lul at three the j 'We ought to have set a guard at oung ican who had short n . edle- ! the mouth of the shaft.' fuls had completed his task, while j Nonsense,' said the companion; ti.-. other had yet much, to do. j 'no one ever comes here at tins When the tailor returned, the con-i hour.' on. ror firnii-ilit tn him f lip oiin ,1 o I ' Woll ' snid the first, 'he can sink i , . . . .1 1 3 well Koiers, aged 14 3ears and t suit, whue his rival still sst sewmsg. : his ten feet after we get through,and ; .... I I months, the tilth ; and the baby lorn 'My cni idren said tr.e father , 'I j twenty more, if he wants to.' ! yh not t nflmc(1 lhe on! not w;sh to favor on : more than j , had hearj CROUght and quhtly - Tbee fact are attt d f;j , .eo h r, that was wny I divided ( went hom0. Next morning 1 s ,w ()f re,jaWe witneses ,: C dtU IU tW, the owner and told him I did not a whom are 1)r. R 15. Koot, parts and told you, Me who fini hes caie to sink his shaft any deeper, as j tow, Cierk FrankL.Ferg on.of New hi. task lirst .hall have my daughter.' ; I h:t,l decided not to r.c mmend the . James Kent a,t,, 71 H)i JJu you understano in- i e. He Ucitne vry indignant,,., ycne?aU, 1jb),tUani a voung. l ather,' teplied the two oung liw talked so otfensively that at last j pr ()r(jt er o. ,far men. 'we understand 30U, an 1 have r ..id to hiir . i- 1 .1 n- J 1 s.i I 10 11111. . !.- luiu am tn I 11 irtn in M 'My friend, you had letter ki e- xzuim, will he photographed quiet. 1 was 3 our mine knew well enou 'ii. The tailor went im a churn dasher. Soon the d ill- ' . ... I f-well 1!. uiiirs nirj'd b'ss than lf! away, the mat.ien pretiared the ; ing ceased, the man wuh the ckurn 1 r- " " a t, 1 e, ki. . tn c.,fi r . 1 ,1 . 1 ,- ., . . . , gave biith to a healthy male chil viewed Mt lr-.se Abb-y m the soil thre-n , tne young men took their poured some liquid into the hole, , . , . ,. . J , w-u ,lit n, ,1 h(J itllltitI the wnicn uiaKes six nvinsz tenerations. nil I .... 4...- . e U-..-1 1 . , ooias iii L'ae aiiip 0 01 io. i." fact he was a very much travel d 1 I- I. 1.2.-- ..I" buried her husband, James, last young man ami ms Ki.owien-e 01 1 . . . IF.. ti year, aged 0.-), the fir-t generation : j wo-11 sirpasse.i conjeciurc, ue ' IU "r?S j their oldest child, Mary, who , ir. j was a "bleed" all through, a id he -.3 - j-i .1 1 1 : : j w-antpd the driver of the trail ?- ru'ii a iiinii.i, itim is iiuw ui w mo w - - ------- - of dames Fee, aged 73 3 ears, is the i Smarts ille aid Juinental stage to second ; her son Joseph Goal 1, aged about 57 3ears, the third ; his son , Henry Goul 1, aged 3S, the fourth ; his daughter Etta, who married Xe- nohody knows, but he wa- s: en nfxt in Yubi county, where he was asking an old anti-dn kens man when the tr-dn left for Missouri. Ne-ad City Herutd. brands, but a pile of fagots which had b n laid aside and never bur. -ed. Near y were a mouldy o' l haversack, a heap of ill ml I rq r--senting a wool 01 l.laliket, an army hclt, n n .-ty iei lver, a lot of I om-s of bird.- ;ir;d animals, and a pair of, hoots wl ich had become U'cles') to lhe owf.( r b 'ore he thnw them away. I m.t in liichmo n', the other day j ' I;- l ':"1' enongh luat out: wb the old man who is kn .vn in West : deser t rs, or 1 efngee i had male thi cr.i North Carolina and western Vsr-i ir 1 '"'-'''' jginia as the Trea-mru Ihrit r, a .e when I urg'l a strong desire to e a srn ii eis'ove:scv. know ho v he oam b, his t H, to remember it. But the much traveled traveler had never met Mr. S. before, neither lal e.e ever I een in the mining region3. The driver hstei.e I p itiently, and sometimes reflected on the uncertain-; expres ;ed ties of life end the fitness of things! down for a t ilk. mjital,and wondered when the per- "To hegm w t 1," he nl', 'I sonified Tower of Babd woui i fall : a single :uii, and li-ive no relative down. in A i,;rk:i. I c un t f o a K gl in 1 The fall cam J si n r t un he ex- ', ir. 1872, and 1 it ndc I to I uy I md pected. They were p issing 1 hro igh ' and se; 1 wn at G 11 ro, bv an oil el lim. II in had fa'b 11 N'-.tth (ti ler. At 1 oa-r-l-r. b i s willtn ' 1 ;s-J to sit am the irl.t before, an 1 in the hollo v: i accepted the test. Yhat must be, must.' The tailor had reasoned thus ; 'lie ho finishes first will be the most skillful workman, and consequent' better able to support a wife,' but he had never imagined that his daugh. lock this morning and Saw what N e w luryport He ru'il. Yn gii. i nil - n of the b d rock weie 111 h v- poo! ; d s . k an 1 1 ' I e i o eliow. mud ly water. This ex i ed ?i0(O. a i l wh ?u the curio-it of th; t a.eler f (iin bo.o 1 li id 0:1 !v ah nit oiile . I vv is t ken inv money, some I re ich d Green to look b.r furl hi r rein s. I L t at t d n 'he rgV , and ei-el lhe chains, r just baif. and then cane' to a narrow passs. e .va y ieadin into a second chair.!1, r. I went ba k and cire'el to ll e kf', but fonnJ nothing 11 td I again read e i thi- pafcsagi . I.eav- a torch luiu'ig in th outer ih;.iul(r. I light' d a fecond, and pa-st-d in o the m x. The r ft or oa-ss-gcWiV w as about ten f . t !!! , and il et; was almost enough d;aii:d ere t ' xlinyuidj m' to'e!'. . he em, er .! ure of the cavj stood rd I nn MlK-li "!- (!l4- It.Mllill ie. An :ged dominie way b.o k i 1 illinoU li-.ed to he k e.lli f n i i o T his s o-giegat ion e ei y S'liid.iy and liotir h was ahscn. lien Mo -ay be would e;i!l on I In' d- 1 -quoits and fie. I out wh they v. i. aw.iy. n Sunday heui!- -i-.l oi l man t.'oo .e , andtiiie u (ii.toin called oil him the fol n,i:i.' hmn. Illg. T'.lolbt'I ( o it ev 3 oil V.elo not at chil eh 3 e.-tei d.13 : ' Went 'i-bin'.' ;ii'l t In- o d man , going light I'ght oil w.l'ii b.s ho--m.r. A In did 30 1 stay a '.v. 13 .' '1'ieai hin' r .0 long.' Brother, there a ill lit- no pnv ch ing 1:1 hell ' 'I'wor.t be f .r wuiit o'p.irsum,' And the d mi lie g tNe oji culling oil delinquents. - ' r-' ! - .0 . I'tii.i isi: 7i' oviioi.i 'Lm'; thing I -ai I a good ii i' K i' t to .y ii. a I siok .;n cit , sin ; 1 . d to see," :e ( v isdor in a I)a .. t I.. -, I a plain oii h-.y,; a huge le I a way ba k. P'or the fir t time i n- wa-i natnr OTOK: 1 I i scon r- ,! II? fP't ( dr-gr. s, w !.. 11 nmt-r day o; tsal - w - that o fully ii tef WOUh man she Ie give long needlefuls to a did not wish to marr ( it'V'ttrfiiioct norioi-wl t'i iloi' an1 tlta tai 1 iCM t'l'v v ymt j uuu 11 len really choe her own hus- n was going on. j t.ur..cd to His j iw dropped, ll-; looked at me j Bol!II1ic fiarden oi'llie Worlil. tion. in surprise, ! ll', he saw that the same was up, &n 1 " v thout a word. The Im. k . e la? ined to play upon me is one well known to all t akers. A solution of gold is dni. From the Gcnu -. "SALTING"' A MINE. Some ten years aijo friend of 'nine who had been engaged for made by some chemical process which will 1 e utrate the hardest rock to a d p' b of eight or ten feet, aad gave ex cell nt assays, where there is no mi.ier.-l ; t all. The .-d, attempt at salting of which I have any knowledge was tried uoon u:self. 1 was sent to years in mi dug i , Califoraia, Nevada hiok at a mi..e which had twice been toad New Mexico, and who i- about tiif best tX; eiT 1 le cw, v. as 1 m 1 '-''. to examine a miu .vhich had ' 1 n favo'iitily reported upon by : e other experts. He took his 'J.n assayer and went to the mine. H did not greatly please him at the lt glance, as the rock looked dead, a-'d there were no indications of any favora ly reported upon. The owner received n most hospitably, and insiste.l on aiy remaining at his house, saying that his four daughters were very lonely and would be glad to see me. I declined his offer, but agreed to breakfast with his fa roil;. 1 j ''Oli,I say. Wh.t m k s t According to a report of the Mci-; waUr so vello-v, o i knowi Heal lloiticalturai Society, there! Mr S.'s ecs lit up with a dinger are 197 botsnieal gardens in the en-1 ous li 'ht. and he smile I in war tire world, and they are thus dis-jas lie s.tid : -That 3 a le Wjtei ? the driver far inform; - aged, and af er a 1 t'.h t:.ne I d ittid into ti e mount i 1 rang' to th-j wa s' co nfurtah e l-.n 'I lot. ni the st end cl and er t 1 1 e of Sta'OsV i'ile, f . ind a l"C c i n w a 1 11 .te: -1: iieh to H e , an l -nn t. For the ti l month- I saw only two on in. 1 ii i c -.t r.;;e tnbuted : France anil her colonies 25 ; England and Ireland, 12; the English colonies, 27 ; Germany, ol ; Italy, 23; Russia and S"Peria, 17; Austria and Hungary. 13; Scandin avia, 7 ; Belgium and llolknl and colonies , Spain and cdo.des, and the United States, 5 each ; Portugal and Switzerland, 3 each; Denmark aud Roumania, 2 each; Brazil, Chili, Ecuador, Egypt, Greece, Guatemala, Japan, Peru and Servia, 1 each. The list may be completed by mention ing the gardens of Geneva and Lou vain, and a few that have recentl' b?en organized in English India. the next morning before examiaii; I At l?ait half of the gardens men the mine. After breakfast the young ' t'o d above are kept by the Goy- W'y that's eol 1 llnd makes tii.it w -ter y.aller.'' "Aw 1 goid ! 3 o 1 don't s iy so. 1 thought gold was er a solid, you know." 'So it a r, wh -ii its boikd down," Said Mr. . It's in sola ion now." T .e liuie r'- e 1 s siuck uu. "Do O vi U ine.aU io S-13 that the gul 1 in luat water is .r held in in suspension? Do the, boil it down?" Certainly they do," said Mr. S. Tney scoop it up in bncke.s and haul it down to the boilin' works Then it's boiled and melted and shipped awa)" The man of the world was puzzled C. S. 1 h 'c-.in.' ao.-us 1 iiK'.l t thi- wd.d and solu .ry I !', a n! e -.l.-re I t towns o; 1- when d iv.n !o il 1 so b want of ro islons or an; .mnif ei. "it was one d i in ls73 thai 1 en countered a hnntjr in the mmi it.iu who told me that I w-t- r- ar bd b the outside World a a trea-u-e n n er, an 1 tiiat titer.- vv s :n .e 1 c-r-o - cjucern.ng my mo em-'ul .It been reported that 1 i:ad ?'.und a box of gold in a cave , and a sore of o t s j.:;.r. p-op simil lib' k . 10 11. not so 1 yen a- l ! . t f v a s ' he ne f - ii 1 a nf ont of a r i 1 1 or ' , r. a - n r. T .e !1 o; : he .f-r T.e .'r iw kole 1 1 gJ w ..- ! Ol 'I'll' u'linner o r , h rn oi in Hits country." ' V. -i . lo'.s )f 'e n. In fict tne wood- H full of 'em." "A good many millionaire out thii w ay, 1 un k r-tarid.' 'T'lks ol "em I de l 1 io i 1 f ' 11. One of k-m faiie i to- w t-..--" Vou don't say 1'" i-jjcu' ! 1 I ,'i.;tor with fvurpri ' . ... ih cm ' k .1 it was Cok-i :i roof, but I eoid I not locate the xa t Vou s.-e h ; in for-. -1 I ne sr.- t, 1 had scaicilv enter;- i jihci; b f-de I knew that sn nn.ort ! nt H-covt-rj' was on th- iapi. li.e.e m h bundle of liolhns ag .i .st the rocky side, and two gun-, ivh eh I : f'.erard found to be -h it g ins o ' anci - nt m ike leaned against .je bid.-. I approached the heap of stuff and began tearing it to pieces w th my foot. The articles we; low's no e far -1" an i . last Morel iv, an I uol i skin ef he did i t .-k t, .' lhe whole dar.i Uat c.. o ; 1 1 j :;. ( . ,-. 1 i i . ; n : .1 !.' th; li ne.. la 6 of. Tr I'jO. Il. men were searching the ranges in the better preserved than l i the otlu r hopes of meeting with luck. This i room, probably b?cause the room j was the first time the idea of trea3-; was drier, and be.cmse they w -.re are had crossed my mind. In my ; directly m the draught of pure air. j rougk jaunts I had di.-e ver..d sev eral caves, but had not slopped to explore any of them, as I had no One of the first things I kicked aside was a small leather trunk, provided with handles like a valise, and used Advertise In tin DEMOCRAT.
The Commonwealth (Scotland Neck, N.C.)
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June 17, 1887, edition 1
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