REOK
"Our Aim icill be, the People's Right Maintain,
. Unaiced by Power, and Unbribed by Gain"
70L
VII.
WILSON. NORTH CAROLINA. WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 26. 1888.
NO. 23
SUNDERED.
she whispered, "I snore in my sleep," and,
then with a gasp, she swooned away.
And, then with a long drawn sigh of re-
. cni.'. SERIOUS St'EXE lief, he rushed iuto th H
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01 tne night, happy in the thought that his
lTare Been Seen in Wll-
fl,t Friday Evening:.
OU
future peaceful sleep had escaped so great
a blight.
tnnd lovers were standing at the
..t .,nrf which clustered the int i alliau LEAF
?--e . f i x..i I
r mred memories or a iwy, atciui Some Short Seasonable Reflections.
-ren trie aayu uimtu . iiSuu
r- ro trouble or grief coming to The bloom upon the alder and the tassel
nerfect harmony of a placid and n the corn are faded alike and gone. The
Aii existence. But all was changed, fringed gentian rough husk encased is
JSU-
cSEthlvn
stood beside the man she loved brown and dust begrimmed. The sear and
A MIXTURE.
EDITORIAL ETCHINGS EUPHONI
OUSLY ELUCIDATED.
Numerous Newsy Notes and Many
- Merry Morsels Para&raphically
Packed and Pithily Poitned.
' Drawers of water Marine artists.
A little shaver A baker's apprentice.
Poverty is not a sin, but twice as bad.
A man who has no mind will not change
it.
H the memory of what had been yellow leaf is falling at every gust of the
eto her with cruel, crushing force, and autumn wind, and eddies down a Jimp and
th mUtv oortals of a futiue that lifeless coverlet to a soft bed on mother
-i utterlv dark and cheerless there earth, where it mingles with the clay be
onlv the black wreaths of desolation neath the heel of friend and foe. We sat
oair And then, as "the crickets all by an open window; it was but yesterday,
Xrt'hern ere singing, and the mur- and we watched a majestic stalk as it great
rurou5 breathing of a stoccato cow was ly swayed its delightful burden, arose,
he aivav to t'..e westward on the singing whose beauty was scarce undimmed by the
bszesofthe night, she put her arms zephyr or rougher visitations from the
'a hi rprk. and as he stood there, a sweet drops of kingly Neptune. It was
'TJu"U j - 1 i - -
r-t-w prisoner in the dimpled chains of the last of a noble race, the last rose o
ive, she spoke to him as she had never Summer, in whose open countenance still
'en before. clung the flesh tints of nature. Between
' Yoa know I love you, Harold," she its beauty spots of roseate pink peeped
vlove vou with a deathless passion roguishly talismanic flashes of unearthly
time can never assuage, and as the hue- Th(? busy bee that gathers sweets
ices oo wearily .by with leaden feet your from every flower the livelong day is fully
tore will ever be bright in rav heart, your sated with this lucious banquet of ihis
ire for me a shrine at which I shall ever pale-faced rose upon whom the hectic flush
t , . ii a! i , rt art VwrrVinor rn fr l-ic crrn1 ?tc cpil
Lfonnio. l Know mat vou are gooa anu v ...n rw... -r
cmoi-fv rmnrpHpe i innw and set the stop watch of death. It was a
fiat vour love would shield and protect me lovely and a stately dame long days ago
far ever ar.d ever, and that in that love I But the bee stole in and robbed that rose
fcaldfind the peace and contentment that of its sweets aud lefa stin2 in their stead
iervdri standing on the threshold of wo- wither up the glowing bud and give it
nan'so lonz for that indefinable, my ster- food for luiet thought and unobtrusive sor
ious passion that throws about the cold, flat row- Robbed we might say, by that pirate
facts of life the glamor ofann stic dream- bee- To-day we sat by the same window,
kadthat we feel but cannot see. But such vine clad and hiSh arched bJ emerald bow-
teKMvnnthP T love vou too well, ers, and see that same dear rose whose life
Harcla, to ever knowingly cause you one
instant of p:
we have watched for many months and
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in. nnn therefore. T snv to vou. wnose exigence aas Deen u guiuen .u
, j-,. .
; with the stars that deck the our responsive heart, ine rose is languia,
heavens lookln- down noon me with the xz aroops, ana, oenmng low-, toucnes uic
I r 1 a 1 r 1 it.
voice of nature savins in, every fading IOUi earm irom v nose Buy emuratc it
" " I t. i n xi .1
fower and trembline leaf that autumn has cannot nse
T snv it .nlpmnlv. tenrfullv. merabie caravan swept trom our gaze oy
J J . ii - I- 1 a
ind for the last time, that I cannot be your me coia slCKie 01 ume ana Sarnerea 10 na
wtfe," and weeping in a mad, passionate ture's &olden Sranar' the Past' StranSe
w, as if all the chewing gum in the thoughts arise in us, for we know full well
OO ..... 1 1 .1 . rr At til
Korid Avas eone. she threw herself in a mat tne slcKle tnac culs on me rose WU1
4 1 I take us. ,ach year it sweeps away tne
me 1
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r-s at his feet and moaned nitifullv. rose' eacn -vear oou orin "
I..... j
In an instant Harold had iumoed over tms lime Sra nairs crceP in anQ ve are
tcr feet and was kneeling beside her. "Why fadinS like the fallinS ltaf and soon must
cajoa not marry me?" he asked. "What Wk " "uure ' ' J
stheobstflplfl of u-vh vo ct- cn'm vs. earth, the last sad rite of man
enously?'
"Do not ask me" she said. "Do not seek
la make yourself miserable,perhaps for life.
"But I demand an answer," he said.
To tne Tllairied.
Married life is not all made up of sun
shine ard peace. Shadows will sometimes
wamg herself slowly, and sitting there darken the domestic horizon; the sun will
one foot, Ethlyn McNulty looks up at j often hide behind a cloud which apparent
The moonlight stealing through the ly has no silver living. But do not fret
waacnes of the trees above them is not over it. Make ur vour mind to start anew.
than the tace of the girl upon Begrin a white new leaf in your book of ex
"ca it falls so gently, and in her eyes perience, and try to forget the blots and
erc is a look of haunting fear that is piti- erasures on the last one. Above all things,
uu lIJLCllblLy.
preserve sacred the privaces of your house,
can only tell vou," she murmured, heart and married life. No good is gained
"e? fiftally his agonized entreaties had by imparting to relative or friend the sor-
lu0v.e1 er to speech, "that our marriage rows and disappointments you endure; and
uld render your life one of constant sooner or later you are sure to regi et mak-
ery; that it is better we should Dart ino-such a confidence. There are few who
Cmv than commit an error which eternity can be trusted with the secrets of your
jGe could efface. You will never know daily life; there are few who will not
0ff I love you never know the dreadful whisper the story of vour marital difficul-
7 u.v that this separation is causing me. ties to some "dear confidential friend," and
knows I would greet death with smil- soon your private affairs are freely dis-
novr anC out:stretced arms to-morrow, cussed by all your acquaintences, and com-
jJ'ou are lost to me forever, for mented upon without stint, furnishing food
. life without j-our love, your pres- for gossip over . many a tea table. Build
Ij'ur kisses but an unceasing torture? your own quiet world, not allowing your
oved you less, if vour love were not dearest earthly friend to be the confidant of
in my heart as something to be aught that concerns your domestic peace.
'uinnpd e,.- t u l -1- I
this.
Build a little, fence of trust around to
day.
The girl who won't be won, remains
one.
There is a short rye crop in Central Eu
rope.
Deaf old age is, after all, the 4'hev" day
of youth.
The more cowardly a man, the more of
a liar he is.
There are 76,000,000 acres, of corn in
this connty.
He that lives in danger; society avoids
many dangers.
In this world it is not what we take up
that makes us rich.
Do the pages at Washington constitute
American history?.
Muiscal dicky birds no doubt prefer the
"Song of tqe Shirt."
The new-born Prinee of Greece will
be named Christopher.
Smallpox has again made its appearence
in the City of Mexico.
Philadelphia eats forty-four tons of pie
every day in the year.
Russia does not recognize Italy's right
to annex Massowah, Africa.
The English wheat crop this year will
be one third under that of 1SS7.
The new silver vault of the Treasury now
contains 240 tons of silver dollars.
Thirty-seven men' have executed in
St. Louis for the crime of murder.
Prussia has a surplus' in her treasury
not only large but rapidly increasing.
The wine crop of California for this year
has been estimated at 15,000,000 gallons
The greater portiun of Florence Wis.,
was wiped out by fire Saturday morning
A hew Keely Motor Company is to be
formed with a capital stock of $12,000,000
A propensity to hope and joy is real
riches; one to tear and sorrow is real pov
erty.
Anv fplinnr that takas a man awav
from his home is a traitor to the house
hold.
Enthusiam is the genius of sincerity,
and truth accomplishes no victories with
out it.
About 15,000,000 cottonwood tres have
been planted in South West Kansas this
year.
The more originality you have in your
selves, the more you can see in other peo
ple. Much learning shows how little mortal
know; much wealth how little worldlings
enjoy.
Last year Italy sent 120,00 emigrants to
South America, an average of 10,000 a
month.
Our assaying twenty per cent, pure tin
has been found in quantity Northwest
Gen. Harrison belongs to lhat lame,
selfish, fossilized school of political econ
omist who are out of place in a wide awake
intelligent, progressive century.
Life is history, not poetry. It consists
mainly of little things, rarelv illuminated
byflashss of great heroism, rarely broken
by great danger or demanding. great exertions.
The Voice, a Republican paper edited
by a negro who votes for Democrat ought ances.
to be whipped. What ought to be done
with a white man who votes for a negro.
The New York Herald says it is so
oifficult to get Cleveland to sign a bill that I Three tobacco factories are being
has the slightest smell of jobbery about it I in Oxford.
that people have begun to call himm Old
Veto.
The fact that Mr. Blaine was greatly as
tonished at his party holding its own in
Maine shows that his party is not as con
fident of electing Mr. Harrison as it pre
tended to be.
It is rumored that Adam Forepaugh
STATE NEWS.
FR03I THE DEEP BLUE SEA TO THE
CRAXD OLD MOVXTALX.
An Hour Flemsaatljr Spent With Our
Delightful Exchango.
Edgecombe ha thirteen farmers alii-
A china factory is soon to bo started at
Sanford. ' - '
built
High Point will soon have slectric lights
in that town. 1
Casewell county 'will vote en her railroad
October 30th.
The Cabarrus county fair opens at Con
cord on October 9th.
Goldsboro's artesian well has reached a
will take the stump for Cleveland and d th o two hundred and sixt feeU
fi 1 1 : ui i r- 1 r '
Thurman
M. Depew will be of grest use to him in
such a case
The Bostonians imprisoned a man for
attempting to preach on the common.
They seem to have more reverer.ee, for
Wilmington has sent over five hundred
dollars to the Jacksonville sufferers.
Oxford has three., raihoads, two banks,
thirty new brick stores and electric lights.
The Oxford Orphan Asylum has two
that wonderful common than for religion, hundred and forty children under its care.
Bryant Whitehead died at his home near
Halifax on Sunday last, in the 85th year of
his age.
Tom Evans declines to run on the cold
ater ticket for the Legislature in Rock
ingham.
Twenty-eight thousand nine hundred-
Democratic low tariff principles did not
righten Maine Democrats. Their nom
inse received the largest vote in the late
election a Democratic candidate ever re
ceivec in the State.
The New York Star says the Republi
cans are thinking of giving up Indiana
and New Jersey to the Democrats and and eiSht' P0"nds f dried fruit have been
concentrating all their strength on New
York. The plan is to flood that State with
money.
The opening of the Augusta Exposition
has been deferred from the the 10th cf
October to the 5th of November when it
will begin one of the biggest things in the
way of a show ever seen in the South.
The flood, disastrous as it has been, has in
no degree dampened the ardor of the
0
Augusta people with respect to their
great enterprises.
How any man not above an idiot can
believe that you can make people more
contented, more prosperous, actually rich
er by taxing them in their food, raiment,
bed clothing, building materials, furniture,
means of transporation, passes all comper
hension. And yet that is indeed the sim
ple burden of Harrison's creed a poor
affair at best.
The Democratic party has a leader wor
thy of its grand record and traditions, and
one whose banner points straight onward
to a glorious victory. The ranks are
closed up, and the onward march is taken
up with fresh vigor that will end only
when the polls close on the evening of
November 6th. Let the clash of aims be
heard all along the lines.
shipped from Jonesboro this season.
1
The business men of New Bern have
organized a "Winter Resort Association of
New Bern" for the purpose of securing
visitors. i
We see that one hundred girls and young
ladies called on Mr. Harrison the other
day. Are he and the Third party about
to come together on the female suffrage
question.
The Holston annual conference of the
M. E. Church South will meet at Asheville
on Wednesday, October 3d, Bishop Har
grove presiding. ;
A correspondenf of the News and Ob
server from Gatesville gives a graphic ac
count of a terrible eyclone which passed
over that section last Monday. It destroyed
crops, tore down fences and completely
demolished several houses.
Durham will, on October 10th, nth and
1 2th, have a grand exposition. She will.
make the grandest effort a town ever made
to attract people in order to show to the
world what she has accomplished in the
short period of her existence. It .will be
such a display and such a cencourse of
people as was never before seen in North
Carolina.
After straining every nerve, working the
U1iinnff t , . t
mure, 1 wouia not tane
1 r wrong,! Know,to aiiow rnis
- .uaiucr my wnoie Dcm
rr hnr it
MI pleaded with
. v-i"iwnon, out now j. uemanu
r to wreck one life than two, and so
I say good bv," and, lifting her pure
J face to his, Ethlyn kissed him
. uie nps and turned to go
lie exclaimed.
'"'10;
is my right," and, drawing himself
'?r0udlv h. J 1.- 1
ky. uiukc nis leix suspenuer.
ou speak truly replied the girl. Vn
tnationof my action is due you. I
' then, that I am a victim of heredity."
n ?Vhat?"asked Harold. .
VJr ha, 1-.
How lie Returned Home.
T.
respect?"
he demands, his
'Stinst Saysthe girl, steadying herself
hfr.ipntne laP?eIof his at, and,, resting
on the top part of his left ear, j old pants. v ve got a hat.
He had been gone from the paternal roof for
six months left home in the -first bloom of
summer, with a simple smile upon his brow
and a pickaxe in his hand. The ' Black
HiUs his destination ; fane and glory and
gold the goal.: A summer spent amid the
auriferous -ocks industry, perseverance
and a rare knowledge of chemistry and
nineralotrv. his useful tools in addition to
Georgia.
The Turkish government has just bor
rowed $7,500,000 on the new fisheries
and silk taxes.
The cleanness and purity of one's mind
is never better proved than in discovering
its own faults at first view.
The prat'ee of all ages and all countries
hath been to do honor to those who are
invested with public authority.
Books are the food of youth, the delight
of old age, the ornament of prosperity, the
refuge and comfort of adversity.
The largest market for the purchase and
sale of mules is St. Louis, where the trade
reaches $6,000,000 a year. Atlanta comes
nextwith a trade of $2,000,000.
A nobleness and elevation of mind, to-
the oickaxe. Results are such that he is
nnKlrl trt retnrn snnner thrm his most I
. . , . 11 j w aether with firmness of constitution, gives
sanguine expectations had allowed him to Seuicr WL"U1"1 . m ' &.
dream of doing.
Almost home, he pauses outside the
town until nightfall and sends to his wait
ing, expectant parents the following sug-
lustre and dignity to the aspect, and makes
the soul, as it were, shine through the
body.
Do not fret. It is only adds to .vour bur-
den. To work hard is very well; but to
We Jearn thit Mr. Walker met with a
very cool reception at Wadesboro last
week. A very small crowd came out to
Blaine enthusiasm for all it is worth, play- hear himoniy about a dozen whites, who
mg upon the mismtormation ol large num- went from curiosity. At the end of hU
bers of people in regard to the fisheries speech he for all who were ,n
dispute, and doing their very best to get of the third to Q and give
up a "iree trace panic, tne Republicans him thcir names One white man and two
have barley succeeded in carrying Maine negroes stepped up. This represents the
above their average presidential year ma- third party in Anson COUnty!
jority.
I e learn irom xne i'onsmoutn tnter-prise-Times
that work will be commenced
000 idle men in the United States. How ..r cw,rtiv rn thr- nwn m,i n,,turr
railroad from Driver's store to Tarboro,
free trade that reduced them to idelness, making connection with the Old Western
and it has oeen dinned into our ears for Branch or Belt road at Driver's store,
the last quarter of a century that protect- The contract was signed bv Messrs.
ion protects. If it protects American la- Harper, Bruce & Co. to' grade the entire
bor, how is it that a million American la- line yesterday mornbg. They propose to
work a large force, and- the contract calls
uririnr m o in,-.- KUni-ot oni r?ir of i work hard and worry, too, is more than
human nature can bear.
borers go unprotected?
John Nichols votes against the Mills
biil, the Democratic measure for reduction
of taxation for the stopage of unnecess
ary taxation and rearrangement of the tax
ation that is necessary so that it may bear
upon all with equal weight or as nearly
so as possible and and so that it may not
be as now a tax upon the many for the
benefit of a few.
Here is a serpent lying at full length in
the sun. The light glints from its brilliant
scales. Its glided mail is shimmering with
green and gold. It is a thing of beauty.
The child sees it and crept toward it. But
it is a rod with a. head on the other end.
The child grasps it, and the wily snake
glides up and strikes. So with sin. It is
a glided rod, but it has a head on other
end. Beautiful it is mayhap, but grasp it
and the other end flies around and drives its
angs into vour marrow.
for the completion of the grading by the
first of next April ..
Great damage has resulted on the low
lmd farms along the Roanoke, Nottoway ".
Blackwater and other rivers, the cotton and
corn crops being submerged and destroyed
and live stock, barns, outhouses, cut lum
ber, cord "wood, bridges, fences, &c, swept
away by the floods, which have never be
fore been equally disastrous. The rise in .
the Roanoke river was thirty-seven feet
higher than ever known before and over,
flowed the low country three miles from
:ts banks. The greatest destruction to the
farmers is on this river. Many dwellings
were submerged and swept away with the
barns and outhouses. Crops were fifteen
feet under water. Many fine plantations
are utterly mined, and it is estimated that
the loss by floods this season will rea.-h
$1,000,000.