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VOL: IV.' : V::'
WINDSOR, BERT 24; 1888
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JNO. W. W000,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW
LEWIS l ON, N.-C.
Practices . in Bertie
counties. - - '
and oadjo ning
WILLIAMS HOUSE, -
lewiston,n.gv--:
JV G. WILLIAMS, Prop. "V-
Travelers accommodated at low rates.
'Table supplied with the best the market
-.affords.
BConvevances furnished "on apptiV
ti:n. au3tfn
PUSH'S DRUB EMPORIUAf,
WINDSOB, N. C-
AVhere you can find choice Paints,
.Drugs and Oils, Druwists' Sundries,
Flavoring Extracts, Soaps, Per- -fumery,
& Fisliing Tackle.
John F Stratton's Musical Instru
enta;andStrmgs.,-
1 Robert Buist's Field and Garden Seed.
Full lin of Fine Stationery always on
rnand. fer18 tfn
DR. F. D. STEVENS,
SURGEON DEN.TIST,
WINDSOB, N. C , -
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Teeth extracted without pain.
Filling partly decaped teeth a special
ity r All work warranted. '
GEO. IV. SIMPSON
' - WINDSOR, N. C.,:
CITY MARKET.
XJANNED GOODS,
CONFECTION ARIES,
GROCERIES,
SUGARS,
MEATS, - ' .
COFFEES, r
TEAS, etc.
PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY r
XTp stairs, where I "am prepare
ruke pictures of all kinds and sizes
to
at
How rates and of first class order.: iw 30
ATTENTION FARMERS !
INDIAN WOOD WHEEL F AC TORY
I am now manufacturing Cart Wh eels,
IRims, H-bs and Spokes from native tim-
Tbers which 1 will sell from $3.50 to S5.25
Itr pair of wheels. A discount will be
allowed if as many ns tea pairs arertak
en by one party. All work wa minted.
SSpecial terms to Coachmakers. JShipr
nients F. O. B., at Coniot lauding on
Utounoke river. ; ,
: Aldress P. RASCOE,
auglO 12ni. Windsor. N. C.
TONS 0 RIAL ARTIST,
W. H. LEIGH, :
Has recently had his shop fitted up in
!first class style for the coveuien e ot
natrons. Shavins, haircuttinc: and sliam-
pooing done in the most artistic manner.
Will be at shop from 7.30 to 9 a. m., and
from 10 a. m. to 4 p. m. no2 tfn ;
T.H.ALEXANDER,
A TTOT1NE Y-AT-LAW - AND
SOLICITOR OF
Patents,
607 7th Street, WASHINGTON, D. C.
(established 1857.)
Foreign patents procured, Caveats,
Trade Marks and Labels registered.
ZExpert examinations made, and opin
ions . relating to infringements, validity
and scone of patents given. Send for my
circular and mention this paper.
DR. F. A. WALKE.
J. N. WILLIAMS.
WALKE & WILLIAMS,
: DEALERS IF: ,
DRUGS,
PAINTS.
OILS,
WADS WORTH'S PURE LIQ-
U IV Jr A LN 1 IS
v It is without question the Leading
i aint on the market, and thej most
uwuoinicai.
CORNER WATER STREET
AND ROANOKE SQUARE,
: NORFOLK, VA.
THE TYO ARCKER8.-
Upon the hills above the heigliu. . '
Of life two archers stanil
One like an angel neeming rijrht. - -
JLhe other, dark and grand.
First the bright angel benis his bow;
Though wounded, still tljo Victim lives.
Blinded, his wounds he doth ; not' know;
But loves the pain it gives. " "
Then the dark angel soon jor jate
Doth with his strong arm bend his bbwV
ownc speeas ms arrow like to fate.
- And ends the mbrtai's woe.
2t
These are the archers high abov
The tides of mortal life and breath
The cruel angel archer, Lcjve,
The pitying angel archer Death.
A PLEA FOR THE (NOVEL.
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Written for the Ledjei.
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; We J.freqaently hekr people,
some or whVnV shoul krow bet
ter, inveighing against noTel
reading; some; going slo far ; as lo
eay that all novel reading is an
almost u n pardon ablej sin, or at
jeast a sin of tter greatest nnieni
tude and on a par with the viola
tions ofthe Decalogue. In other
words so rue p eople regard novel
reading as the greatf Pandora's
box from which spring a great
majority of the evils in life.
Now such opinions hs the fore
going are generally the result of
ignorance or the effect of con
touuding two j separate entities,
two things together rhich are as
entirely 'different in their natures!
as" chalk;, and; cheesfe (to use a !
homely expression) o'r snint and
sinner. Hence we trust that in
this, our feeble defense of bure
literary hction, we will be able to !
show to our readers "the, injustice
of the literary iconoclast-, whoj in
a general warfare ruri n novels.
wcaiia oy vvnolesale; xtermimite
hot only thoee books whoso tend-:
eucy is immoral, but the immor
tal .works of the great mastcra of
fictiou, the pure; the dlevatetl ahd
the renned iiispiruions" of whom,
have accomplished io ji.uch ih the
great work of humanizing, civil
izing ami refining society ' '
Then let ua , iii the! bejilnhing
learn to dicrininate between the
good.atid the; bail; I liit;veti f the
saint ahd the sinner, letweeh (he
wheat and the tare, or iri other
wordd, between a whblesbthb lit
erature and a pernicious one, for
literature like all other things
under the canopy of . heaven; ba
its good and its evil.jand being a
just persohi one worthy and well
qualified, we must at Jeasf endear
vor to deal as fairly and squarely
with all things as wel as with - all
men. Therefore, we jwould here
divide Hovels'into" twd classes; the
good and the bad. Ifi the former
class we would includeall whose
tendency is to ennoble, "elevate,
refine and instruct, wjiile -in the
latter category we would place
the sensational trash;1 the raw
head and bloody 1 hopes stories,
the detective tales aud all of -the
amorous sentimentalj stuff which
is now Dubnshea in the low
toned periodicals 'of 'the day, such
as lne JMew! x ork ledger, The
Philadelphia Saturday Night, and
others of the same genus, in the
columns of which, we will ven-
tore -.to assert-; there never yet ap
peared a single article or story a
discreet and godly parent wou d
choose for the ediiicatioi of one
ot his children. Ot course in this
index expurgatoriouai we do not
class such first rate masrazmes as
HafpeVs, Iippincotts,or The Cen
tury, and others uke . them, as
these frequently con jain original
as ell as renriuted tales' of the
highest merit, j
Possibly we may be asked the
question "What do you mean by
a novel?" In the most liberal
sense of the word a novel is auy
work of fiction, though no book
in a really scientific or artistic
sen so deserves the name unless
the characters there drawn are
exact" portraits of real and fiesb
and blood men and women, and
thia latter is one of the real points
of difference I bet wee h iegitim ate
fiction 'and its base imitation, the
sensation novel.
"Ara est. celare artem." The
art lies in concealing1 the ait, has
ever been "the motto of artists
and this 8noula apply equally to
the artiste in literature, which is
possibly thei greateati branchVofilesa trasli.which .
aTt WMMo,nJy,ar
""'Jtb are: destined ..to
live 'forever.-. The; frescoes. of
Michael 'Atigelo will perishbefore
the end of time; the 'creations of
Titian,, of, SaIvat6r,Hoaa ?d ol
Claude. Loraina will bo -.resolved
into. nothingr)egF;. t the :8culpttirei
oi Praxitelesi of Pnidias', o Can
ova.and of Ji'Iaxman will crumble
ino Hast, butthe immortal .inspP
ratJpTt8 tHtgre;itpe"n pictures of
onaKspeare- and of iDicken
and,; . nf - l. Walter, u. Scott, tUhe
trreatr wizard.. o .'the. Ndrth;wiU
be with.us when tho great trump
shall sound and. belp to : r r :
laglit the torch of n alure'a'funeral pile.-
."We. repeat then rtbat - a true
uoyel is one that deals with por
traits of real men and woraen,and
not with .caricatures. It should
also be the aim bt the novelist Mto
point a iboraV'? as well as to
"adorn a tale,'? and this, -most of
tnemfWbo;are entitled . to. tho
name have accomplished, as few
novels-wntten; simply to amuse,
and without a didactic purpose,
have succeeded- in amusing, that
is amusing those who are - worth
amusing, .men and Vwomen with
intellects," . '. , ; : .
VV e are pennin j , this article
very hurriedlyag we have but lit
tle time to devote to it, but before
dismissing the subject- in all earn,
estness' we would ask the literary
iconoclast, to pause, to read, mark,
learu -and inwardly ; digest some
of the reat works of fiction, and
do this in a spirit of earuestneis
and charity. Take . for iu stance
the-sublime' creations of the great
Sage of Abbottsford; and ; il not
otherwise instructive- and inspir
ing, they ViU'expand and broaden
the intellect and vivify the imag
ination; and on tbe whole prove
& pleasant . diversion. V .Take
DickenV great work; the favorite
child of his brain, David CopneiC
iiiu,.ono oi inegranuost Atiook
in our mother tongue, or in any
OtliEf Innrrnnrro " Klml If on A 1...
U a... ri:"7 it . . i
iMjuniuuu in vonr. lnmnvt
soui inut yon are. mado belter by
perusal; mo beiicficial' to tim
huin.in mind ft is to redd o! the
final triu mpli of virtue over, vico:
and of the pjirity; and js:6pdue68
of that model Jbr all womankind,
its
uunuuiui. irue uuil.nODIO lier1
:iful, true and.noblo lier-
,nc. Take Nicholas
oine.
Nickolby aiid after reading lay ill
hiown wiuvthe reiiectidu that tlusl
one novel, a Ujiiiej 'OU would
analJiematiso. wroueht a ereat
and last reform "in the public
school system of Old Eugland,
uuu ujai me auuiors lnicnuao ei
and caustic description of Dothe-
boy'B Hall accomplished a work
puipit eloquence naa long labored
tor in vain. Take Charles Ueade s
uHard Cash" aiid-radiute over
ni gicai, ik nuuiuusaea
iu ueuaii 01 me poor lunauc in a
straight jacket and think of - the
gi.eui rciufia iu.iho uuproveu reg
i.r... ... it . I i
lmen ot asylums; wmca now au-
nually cast out more devils; than prevent the sale of Araericau ag
the old system of restraint did in ricblthral irn)lemeut3 in that mar
centuries. Take the beautiful: ket for eventless mbriev than the
refined and elevated creations of
Miss Mulock,-in all their eloquent
uuu luuuuiuir biiopiiciiv; ana arise
from their perusal feeling grate-
r i . - a. i i .i
ui to uieir auinor ana 10 uoa
hat He in His wisdom, iroodness
and mercy has vouchsafed unto
us such a healthful, profitable and
sinless pastime as the reading oftive taxation! no 'longer eXiets.-
"John Halilax. Gentleman.- We
rrisht multiDlv1 illustrations ad
infiuituui,butlet one more suffice:
Last,- but not 'least, we would al- iiens meeiirig in Albany" to de
lude to Johu Bunyan's Pilgrims' cus3 the fssd es of the : :campai gn.
Jfrogress, a wort ot notion,- but
a true woric; tor tno characters
are lasen ironi naiure, ior n you
- 1 a - y m
uo uuuuuu, rcttuer, you win in reduction or tne "tariu; MD EC
it recognize tho via dolorosa which cordance with tho repeated rec
every weary soul has to pais along jommendations ot President Cleve:
i Li uio jwiuuoj "uwugu luio aic
of tears to the city 'of our God,
the New Jerusalem- ; ;- .. ., t - Among the signers of the call are
We feel: that, we must -close many of the best known Repub
though, we have, just-begun the licans of Albany." 'Congressman
subject, as it is one dear ta our Ashbel P, jFitcb, of the Thir
heart of hearts, a perfect labor of teahth district of Kew York; 6ne
iove, aud O, ray brother, whoever of he three Republicans -"b'f, Ihe
you be, think well before you say House whd voted for I thef Mills
hareh.thing8again,of one of Gods' bill will jndili ess the ' meeting,
greatest means bt purifying and which is to be held r next-Monday'
ennobling' the;" nature", of . fallen The euthusiasra of tho frieWs of
mahi'f "-The greatest divines of the Tariff Ref6rm in Albany indicate s
world sing the praise of the legit- that' the j city- and .county will
imate novel;- while , they ' with largely increase their vote for
the true critic condemn the worth- Cleveland; Philadelphia Record.
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pure, elevated fiction.
Hece, ln,;novel9 os, in- all , other
fhings pertaining tatlii life nod the life
Y1 'let m a Clvistian spirit en
SST?,?. discriminate between the fale
SLftTn Wl!2S ihJ,
L t i- n nr,: -' rove .u: WJn5;
hold . fast . to tfiat which' is gooi." We
ask,you to do this; (he cause ! of ChrUt
uuuwuus -'iuo word that teaches
temperance in-all tilings, also nika us to
bei.inst. op ;niwrh aicctidim, too much
puritnnwm m region dor the cause oi
God harm. In Uiis by of 'enlighten
ment a lasUn wron?can be done the
C0D-cuenct3 Df the mio- generation; h?
a too rid proscription of .brjnmn rfcht.
anil., winch toortcafoUdivodtr a re
action of sentiment. f ' '
."Tlien while In iustlce to onrsclres,' as
well as to', our innocent . children, we
banish from the homo circle all- that i if
Impure and unclean in literature, let ua
at, the same time, pivts . God the 2lory.
uizi amonj other inestimable Wc sin's
lie has sent Hi sweet singers f anion"'
us. to purifri and ennohl
Hence amon the other cood. giOs. we
V 7 v . wi'mcuicius iail 001 lO UJTCt
their minds to & I nuro and tcTu.tnrin
literature from which wo would not dis
card some cf I ta . nohleifc nirtfiirti-
thou-h they bear the dispised , name, of
raithfully and in charity,
f GLKNDOWEn.
NEWS XDTE$ AXDrEDITOUIAL
j EXUH AN.GE CUPPINGS :
' Two corporations al tilens i'aUs,
.Y. the Morgan.. Lumber
Comparand the aiena Falls Pa
per Company i-hav'e bjen bulldo
ting their, employcos . With: the
threat to do so their.f factories in
case of Cloveland'a ire-eroctiou
and the pasago of the 'Mill" bill.
But loBIr. J(7. Fitcliof Qleiis
Falls; a lumberman and a Dem
ocrat, expfes.se8 his 'entire-readi-ness
to buy out the two corpora
tions at an v time, and tliu relieve
their employees as well' as' their
stockholders of anxiety in regard
to the effects' bf TJriif Reform
Vbiladelphia Uocord. ' " '" "
"There is no Tr:f! on '-pornpr."
sayg Mr. Carnegie, in tl.e Kew
York Trihunri
we "export
i. - - . .r-i
it.
J5 JS r? uv pciroicum.y. 11 .Mr.
.rneie ehouhl unuertako to
hriifg. either copper cti-pVelirn
llto D1 'country; lie would; icr-
baps;- be astonished at bhi
,ou,ied to bay a la'rill . diiiy nt 4
fhts a pound oil
ten per cent, on c
I" u,,v n'P vr, himi
rude I'ltrnlcuiit
ixl 20 per cent, on reiiuei
iruicum, unuer me swi-opm. on.-
provision - oi oecui'ti
t the Kovisdd bt itutes. r. Cir
negle-U. too ti ban) nib; aud too
tresb. LMnl.lItccord.
t.. ..:ij r.t tt .
a . 'n r- r ' i; " '
tatca Cq0?? LoQdou Ontario,
yyui"uieu iu uuoiuo coiunin
U will be seen' that the sale of
Disston saws at cut prices Is by
uu meHDs on uoiaiea or sincuiar
instance or putting prtectea goods
ia foreicn markets at comretihe
l '? 7 mi . r . 1. m.
prices. xne tarnt tiuty ot ijo per
cent, collected in Uaniua does not
farmers bf Pennsylvania can buy
I the'same goods. Facts ofthiikind
ougni 10 open ine eyesoi consu-
mers to tho'enormity of a system
wuicu eoaoies iuonopoues. torn-
i. i i r
binatiOns arid Trust to caocc their
profits by thb measure of war taxes
now that the necessity tor exesp-
; Furthe.r vidonco .of. tho pro
gre88 QfTr.rxfft Reform .in :liew
I York ts seen intbe call -for a cit
The call declares that the best iri
terests'of the American people
I . - . ... .
demand a substantial and -fpeedy
jauu ana me wisest siatesmen
lot both great parties in the past."
novKAviTii i:agi.u eyk;
Tho talk of Paris jimt now U a
romnnco in real lifu, bf which the
heroine is a young KricHsh- uo
e hero no Icis a per
on than .Lagtc Kye, one of thc
bravei of Mexican Joe. Joe and
his redskins have come vcr to
tho hip anno aV fair at Nni:K.
outside Tana; where they daily
flhd n!ghty amare and . amme
I -risians. by their diabolical ye!l
their borscmanshiD and . thuir
Prairio drunks generally. It aiw
pears that dnrin ana ot tho rr?w
rcFntDtioni givctyy the troupe
in ,Eug!ind n yoaui: lutiy ' who
was present became ensmourod
of EigleEyc. " She shortly after
wards diirtppeared from her home,
anlK hef. parents learned on in
quiry that fho had nu'away to
France with the Indian troupe.
A detcctivo us cnt to Paris
and; he,, accompanied by the
Commissary ot Police of the Nen
illy district, went to the csmp of
the redakms at tho Porte Maillot,
where tho young lady was dis
coyered in tho ti nt of Eagle Eye
M. Martin the Commiisary, and
the English detective had . mnch
trouble with the savage, who as
sumed a threatening aspect," and
would have shown fight but for
the intervention of Mexican Joo
himself. Eai;le Etc was: almost
foaming at the mouthy and threat
ened to kill the Co'mrniMary if he
led the i young lady uway. The
detective; however, taking ad
vantage bt th general "confusion,
quickly seized the girl in his nrm,
ran with her to a vehicle, and
was speedily, driven oil, leaving
M, Martin to dral with the red
pkin us best he cou'd; , -
: - . ,1. THE WEDDING XllSG.
"The sup'crstiiiom. drpftrl thnV
oiu iiijrricd lilJles havo of tak
off their wedding ring leads
-nnttimi'--1 .inucn trounro ror
ilix-in." ' rfnld a leading jeweler
Ilo olhar d iy. 0'ico wo were
called np:m to do a very nice job
oing t .ihu focling. A married
yronjan 'had groirn . qnit t.nt
nf'?r pho Jiud changed her stute,
a 1 Hi r"u Iwg.in ' to. chl her
lUsli ai.d piny the, miethicr gen
Tllt jSt.ll ?lio had a horror of
ro'iiiivitig. fi r tear tt Voold alenl
no lilr .hu-liihd's loio or bring
iTonict ; oiher. doinelic disinter.
Sho wouldn't ovn slip it off long
cnougiijto have it enlarged in tho
uual w.iy; tun i, by cutting and
ailiug jin; aid then uniting the
ring again. In this cmcrgency?
our workman w!io attends to ths
branch 'of the business said he
believed he . could enlarge the
ring without taking it off the la
dyV finger. It woold bo a long
and delicate arid costly operation.
he s ddf but !ib-was willing to try
it it the lady wished. She gladly
consented ad tho job wdsb'can.
Tho workman went tb the, !a-'r
houso .with his toob, and for tlto
days, night and da, ho- tolled
over that ring. She iuiifltcd tint
ne must not so mucn mM eatmcr
its circle, fcnd he did uot. Very
carefully and patiently .hit tools
rubbed away one sido ni thf
ring, which was then pried opsrt
so as to make a V shaped grp.
This was tilled with nn'fal itid
fused. Then the other side ot tho
ring was operated on in t.'.o tamo
manner, and so on hack nr.d forth
in a seesaw two of three ttm:
ill gr&dully a belt of new hold
had beeu inserted clear airoi!.'
It was n mighty ticklish j- b
in more ways than one. " -The
Uesh had to be carefully prolectrd
againft tho hot tnela?; tho eawing
and cutting hurt the ecna'tire
finger, already inflftn cd by the
4biiiditlir no ir. and tho woman
couldn't sleep for excitement and
tear, leat while uncomcioti tin?
might break the already weaken
ed pledge she wore. So" she kept
the man hard at It; except for
t-hort ; nap on the lounge and b
meals, till tho thing was fixed
and fho could slip it around her
linger easily.' , ' .
'She paid us oof bill without a
murmur, or rather her husband
did; and she seemed very grateful
and happy. IJut if she were to
et fatUT Ptill and tie ring hurt
ngAin I tloix't believe hc would
hare,(h'e ?pcfat ion repeated."
Why?" asked tho reporter.
cller drilr -Vines thru ehe
irot a divot cc.
tt
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