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1 i i PRICE ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR, INVARIABLE W ADVANCE. OUR MOTTO: DIEU ET MON DROIT THE IEDCEFI FU:U:ul' CC'V,' VOL. XII. WINDSOK, BEBTIE COUNTY, N. C, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10 , 1895. NO. 41. Sea Son?. With a hey and ho, and a fairy boat, - And a rollicking sunrmer breeze, With a heave and a roll to the East we 0, O'er the-dancing shimmering seas. vv 1 yon mast will stand us fast, I ween,. -, '. -In the arms of the laughing gale ; And that strip of c!oud, ere it melt away Tear it down for our rosy sail. With a hey and a ho, and the sails are set, While the sea-maids laugh for glee; Amleiich wave as it curls breaks to frothy mirth , O'er the green of the rolling sea. Up anchor now and away to the East, ,: Whero the sun-ball: peeps anew ; ' , And the gray and the red and the op&l lights Spread wide into watery'blue,v , With a hey and a he, arid a fairy boat, 7 And a rollicking summer wind, 4 With a heave and a roll to the East we go,' -With the wakening shore behind. , Angela Goetze. WHITE MITTENS. BY JOHN ALBEE. The curtain rises and there are only two actors on the narrow etage which is set with rustic scenery. There are a road, trees, and in the distance water. This latter looks as if intended for the sea. There walk along the road toward the sea a young I man, iau nnu siaiwarr, ana a young woman, also tall and of a very slight figure. Her eyes and hair are dark, and her features are somewhat too sharp for a handsome face. ller name is Rebecca Champernown. She is the last descendant of a very ancient and famous family, whose pride is al most her only inheritance. No one' could have believed that she would fall in love with a fisherman least of all her mother. But so it has hap pened. She loves Reuben Gage, cap tain of the fishing schooner Anna Sheafe, and they wait together and meet as of ten as they can find oppor tunity. ; - -x - - As Reuben and Rebecca walk along the road they do not appear to talk" much. She seems cold and distant, but in her heart is a fire of love that burns more fiercely the more sho re- mean just the other way. I think nsnermen "wno lasi saw n say inai iw presses it And she is obliged to re- now I know what it is the trouble body has grown darker, but they de press it for Reuben is shy, awkward with you, Reuben," aud she poured clare that its head was so dazzling as and undemonstrative. Yet in some wny, perhaps by her womanly intui- tions. she has discovered his I great I manly, affectionate nature. They have now boen intimate a whole; year,' and every oue supposes them lovers and probably engaged, but in fact they have never yet exchanged a word of love. Reuben has often been oh the point of speaking, but the right words failed him and something, arose I in his throat that choked utterance. Aud Rebecca has waited, eager, v a little impatient flt times, and at others almost tempted to speak out herself. ILat, indeed, is just what is .needed; she is conscious of it, and yet "How can I?" she asksj herself. Then she goes home from her interviews with Reuben to her room and. cries until, her eyes are red and swollen, and her mother's reproaches follow, and make her life so wholly i miserable that : she wishes herself 'dead. She recovers herself in a day or two; looks for ward with longing to their next meet ing, which is always' timed by his re turn from his fishing trip, and thinks matters between them will surely be settled. She longs- for something to happen that will decide the question. But she is not going to give up Beub en; no, her heart is unalterably fixed and if she dies an old maid her affec tion can never decline. 4 - - . Reuben is equally perplexed in his simple mind; he is sure of only, one Ihing, that is the state of his own feel ings, but he is not yet able" to decide whether Bebecca loves ' him.' v. He would like a sign, ; something, how ever slight, tfhat would show him where he stood. Men are alwavs long- iog for this sign, some token hot words, but more certain,' more signif icant, something to treasure and re member as long as they live. Of late he has been unlucky'on" his fishing trips in the Anna Sheafe, a email vessel which he commands and of which he owns one quarter. After the vessel's expenses were paid there as been little to divide among the owners. The winter was coming on and with it the hazardous and often unprofitable ' business of trawling. He met Bebecca less and less often. Somehow without money in his pocket he could notenjoy so much being with quality her, felt less a man ancl ait ine to could not explain. . fchen ' it ' was, j however,' that he discovered the dspth oims attachment His, companions noticed it and rallied him about it, ana behind his back expressed them selves in the customary -village - slang and gossip. " . . : ''There's no more fish in the sea for Beub,n4 they said. He is getting his line on dry land, over at the Cham pernowns ; pretty dry it is. Small catch there; a big name and not enough -cash to go with it He is too good for her, any way ; but I hope he will get her if he wants her and come ont of his dumps." Beuben did not recover his usual spirits ; his good old mother insisted that he was not well and needed physic. Reuben , took ' the medicine, being a good deal of a child under his moth er s roof, obeying and yielding to her in nearly all of her whimsies, which were, leavened with much shrewdness and knowledge of human nature. A : "Mother," said he, "it does me no good, but I will -take it to please I you." , .. ,-. - "My son, you just wait; you've been behindhand some time, and it will take a while to get you before hand again. ?. These herbs never failed in my experience and I've had a good 1 deal in sickness of one sort or an-1 other:" ' "Herbs, mother, are1 good in their place. I like the smell of them, but the taste " "That's just it, my son; the smell is sweet, which shows the taste is good medicine. It's just like being in love and marriage ; one you like and the other you must take, because it is best for everybody and naturally fol lows; and sometimes," she added, with a sly look at Reuben, "it cures love!" . . V--:: T : ' "I'm not going to marry never, so you are out of your reckoning there, mother." 'Well, I don't know. Your father before you said that ; so did I until I was asked. Nobody . means what they say when in love, or rather they out the dose and "gave ifhim, saying : It will keep up your spirits at any rate, until Rebecca gives vou some soothing syrup eh, my boy? So cheer uj). " : , : - : Reuben grew thin and nervous in spite of the medicine, but he went about preparations for the . winter cruising.' Bad luck continued to fol low him, small fares and falling prices discouraged him more and more. But the greater his depression the' more his mind dwelt upon Bebecca. In some curious, involved way he had come to connect bis ill luck with her. His brother fishermen, however, thought it was all, on account of his not wearing white mittens when he set and handled his trawl lines, it be ing in that region of fishjng villages the universal -belief of superstition that white mittens must be worn to insure good luck in winter trawling. But Beuben paid no attention to what he thought was a mere fancy. He felt rather that he was working with a half hearted energy, and all on account of his dubious relation with Bebecca. , He determined to see her again and arranged to see her wnen ner motner was absent. 'I have come to gee you once more, - , . . . .-. he said on meeting her ; "out per haps I had better not come again." Why?" said Bebecca; "are you not always welcome, Captain Gage?" 'Yes, we never .' quarrel and we never get any.further along from one time to another." V .This was .more than he had ; ever been able to say before in regard to their personal relation, and he was frightened at himself. So he began tigain from what he thought was an other point, yet, as out of the fullness of the heart, the mouth speaketh, he could. not help betraying his true feel ings. . ' ; ; : "I'm not getting on very well now, no luck,, no money, and the Anna Sheafe getting in debt., ; I thought I would tell you, though I do not know as you will care." . - "Yes, I do care -very much, Cap tain Gage. I knew something was the matter ana a nearu irum ? : vi llaffe cossips it was because : you .'ij'nr sneered at the custom of orine nhite mittens as the othe wearing Uhn d0 when setting their tmh Dj you think it ia a ailly supentlf ' tion? 4 Yes, I do, in the main. "So do I, when I reason. At othei times I half, believe in it.- There ii something at the botton of all com mon customs and beliefs, which, when harmless,- it is just as well to accept.1 Our little village would be very dull and uninteresting without them." "I have no particular objection to white mittens, Reuben replied, "only I did not happen to have any." I thought as much. You won Id wear them if you had them?? .v-v " "Why,es, I should." - . Rebecca disappeared for a moment, aud returned holding out a pair oi snow-white mittens. "There, I made them for you jl had to guess at the size, most girls wouldn't who have brothers, "she said, archly. "Let me try them on," and she pulled one over Reuben's hand, but before she could adjust the other his hands 'in some, manner had become inextricably entwined about her waist. Then they sat down-and completed the trying on again and again. They fitted, but Reuben never wore them afterward. He hung them up as a sacred trophy over the little mir ror in the cabin of his vessel. And he had thereafter good luck enough. New York Advertiser. An Up-to-Date Serpent. John Gadsdon, colored, killed a rattle-snake near Poor Robin, Ga., on the Savannah river, last week, that' had twenty-nine rattles and a button. And speaking of snakes the strange looking serpent that was . seen by a party of deer hunteri over in Vthe fork", of Brier creek and Savannah river last winter, has been seen again. On account of the description given of it at first it is known as the silver serpent Its scales were white and glistened in the sun like shining sil ver. It is said to be anywhere from fifteen to i twenty feet long and is generally seen in trees. The two hurt the eve. Its neck was arched over the limb of a tree, and as the rays of the morning sun fell upon it they counted sixteen shining silver scales upon its head, and to make it stranger and more gorgeous still, right in the centre of these they saw a single scale of a yellow cast that shone and glittered like burnished gold. Atlanta Constitution. A Snnflovf er Wonder. The largest sunflower, possibly ever seen in Atlanta is being displayed to day by Mr. S. A. Johnson, the grocery man, who resides at 112 West Pine street. The flower measures thirteen inches across, and is filled with seed much larger than an ordinary flower. It was raised in Mr. Johnson's garden where he cultivated it with his vege tables. . : ' After the flower had matured and the seeds had ripened Mr. Johnson pulled it. and is showing it to his friends.' He will "put it on exhibition at the agricultural r cepartment, he says. 1 He thinks that it would psy for peflple to devote some time to the cultivation of this flower, as the 'seed niake fine feed for fowls and animals. After the seed has been compressed1 the oil from them ' makes the befit grade of labricaing oiL Atlanta Journal. ' , v .' Bad Luck. Mrs. Gadders Your daughter was miraculously rescued from drowning yesterday. Mrs, Matchmaker Yes Dolly, has awful luck. ' . . .Mrs. Gadders Awful luck I Mrs. Matchmaker Why, the man who rescued her is married 1 Puck. The Youngest Grandmother. A claiment for the honor of being theyoungest grandmother in America is Mrs. John W. Pierce, of Boston, whose age is twenty -eight She was married at the age of fourteen years and her daugnter became a wife when only twelve years old. . . A German marble cutter, S. Klaber, has given to the New York Society of Ethical Culture, in memory of his son. a bronze tablet beautifully framed in marble, containing Abraham Lincoln's Uettyeburg address. THE KANGAROO. x - i mmmmmmmmmmm Bl nimDie ieiiow, mi no ,uan Bun Down Hill His Skin Has a "Wonderfullilus cular Fiber. Leather made from the skin erf the kangaroo is one of the now . products in the leather line, it is soft, stnong. and the light grades 'are' particularly well adapted forjight' summer shoes and for shoe tops, wkile the heavier grades will bear more-usage than, any other leather finished on" tho grain side. ' The light skins are mado into finest brilliant glazed kid, and in dull finish for ladies' fine shoes; and tho heavy ones are finishedNfor men's fine work. Much of it is crimped ancV sold for tongue boots. Shoe laces of good qualities are alao made of it The skin of the kttagaroo has a won derfully muscular fber, wliich con tributes largely to tbio strcngjth of the animal, enabling the (females i to carry their young in their poucjaesi until old enough to tako, care of themselves, and aiding tho kangaroo'in his long leaps when in moltion. The animal is amativolot Australia and adjacent islands. . ItUs a distinct species, and has no counterpart in other countries. Thero ' aro a great number of families, somo scarcely larger than a rat, others of almost gigantio size. The giant kangaroo (Macropus major), the family which furnishes the most valuable sxins, was discovered by Captain Cook j about a century ago, at which time it attracted much attention among naturalists. . .The natives of Australia call the old males "booma," and are slow to at tack them. Tho "booma" has paws. as large as'thoso of a mastiff though of different shape, his feet are his weapons, and when attacked ho is a dangerous antagonist When raised to his full height his hind legs and tail form a tripod, upon which his body rests, carrying his head as high as that of a woman on horsoback. The kangaroo lives upon - vegetable food and roams over tho plains of Australia in Jarge flocks. Its teeth aro so constructed that it can feed upon roots and live upon bsrron plains where other, animals would starve, and to its destruction of roots is attributed the sterile plains so com mon in Australia, - When feeding, a large male stands at his full height.and acta as sentinel, while the balance of the flock ho on their sides and browse. At tho slight- est approach of danger the sentinel sounds the alarm, and in an instant all are erect upon their hind feet. They leap with their forepaws clasped close to their body, the tail stretched backward, while the powerful thigh muscles ate caused suddenly to straighten to the joints, by which act the body flies through the air on a low curve. The ordinary jump is about nine feet, but thirty feet is often made at a leap. When pursued by hunters and on level ground or on an up grade they can outrun the fleotcst dog, but down grado they loss their balance and roll 'over. The flesh of the kangaroo furnishes excellent food, kangaroo venison being considered! a dainty dish, while the tail furnishes an excellent and Pumane Journal. nutritious soup. The Great FIreflj. The great firefly is an inhabitant of the savannahs of most of the warmer parts of America and the West India Islands. It is said to attain a length of an inch and a half. In the gloom of night these flies aro extremely' lu minous nnd the effect is brilliant. The light chicly produces from four parts. viz., from two glandular spots behind he eyes and ono under each wing. They have the power to cut off the light at will, in which case the glandu lar spots become perfectly opaque. The light of this wonderful insect by itself is such that if the creature be held in the palm of the hand,print or manuscript is as easily rcaa as uy a candle. The aboriginal natives cage these creatures and make uso of them as lanterns. ' Ladies adorn themselves with this electric light luminary. , Itis related of Don Domingo Conde of Colombia that he would appear on I the evening promenade with a largo I finely ornamenting tho buckle of his broad hat, whilo a band of smaller luminous injects surround it Tbe tamo Spaniard lighted his raUc vith fireflicjn it. siltcr cages. . The diip!y muat lcve been enchanting, for at one time tlio -lfght is reddj, at another tho tino is greenish, then there is a change. to golden yellow. It i tUted that when tho Spaniards were about to land ono of their expeditions sgsitt Mexico a panio was cauicd by theio luminaries. Tho hott of flattering Jights on land was supposed to be an indication of tho enemy arousing their V-csmp to rcaiAt the attack. VThtn the English were attacking the West India Islands the fireflies fwero taken to bo atSpanish army ad vancing with burniSg matches against iuwtu, buu wo upsuovwas a nasiy re treat to the ships All the Year Round. Sonrcts of Color, An interesting enumeration has been made by somclody, and pub lished jn a technical , journal, of tho TV sources oi coior. xTom mis u ap- rears that tho cochineal insects fur nish tho gorgeous, cajrminc, crimson, scarlet carmine, andparplo lakes; the cuttlefish gives scry a, that is, the inky fluid which tho ffish discharges in order to render tho water - opaque when attacked; tho Indian yellow comes from the camel; ivory chips produce tho ivory btsck and bona black ; tho exquisito Prussian blu? comes from fusing horses hoofs and other refuse animal matter with ia . . puro potassium carbonate; various lakes are derived (from roott barks and gums; blue black comes from tho charcoal of tho vipe stock; Turkey red is made from tho madder plant. which gronrs in Uindoostan ;the yellow ssjf of tho Siam trco produces gaa bogo: raw sienna is tho natural earth from the neighborhood of Sienna. Italy; raw umber is an earth found near Umbria; India ink is made from burned camphor ;mash'o is made from the gum of tho mastio tree, which grows in tho Grecian Archipelago; bister is tho soot of wood ashes; very little real ultramarine, obtained from tho precio&s Ispis lazuli, is found in tho market ; the Chinese- white is zinc. scan ei is looiuo oi mercury, ana Ver million is from tho quick&ilvcr ore cinnabar. Detroit Frco Press. The Cradle. ino cradle is man s first and great est school-house. There his educa tion begins. Tho mother1 smile and caress givo him his first evidences of liuman love ana gentleness ana srm- I patby. Her words aro like a rcvcla- I tion from another sphew. Everything I about, that cradlo is educative; and. I what is more, this primal education is I radical and determinative. It sives I shape to the mind; tho impreiwiiont I there made aro deep and abiding; I they are not easily rubbed ont by all I the later rough usago of the world. I In tho nature of the case the mother I is tho first teacher, whose lc&sons al- I most inevitably abide throngh fair I weather and foul. How importuit. I then, that' theso csrlr teachings b (correct! "The most importaut part I of education," aajs Plato, "is 'right I training in tho nursery. Tho Son I of I the child in his play should bo trained I to that sort of excellence in which. I when ho grows to manhood, he will I have to be perfected." He should be I elevated by an inclined planerather I than vertically; tho former isiusually easy, while the latter it always tliHi- cult, sometimes impouible The cra dlo song is often the inspiration of the wholo life. Keeps Tab on Ills Ranch. The Los Angeles (Cat.) Tines aajs: Tho owner of a Sin Diego ranch lives in the East. He has a novel way of keeping track of tho condition of his prorcrty without visiting it. Peri odically he has an elaborate series of photographs taken, which show the fruit trees and buildings. TLckt pic tures show exactly the ataonnt of work done, and the growth of the trees from time to time. Clever Horsemanship. An interesting illustration of the Indian's clever horsemanship was a m tf t given uy a young ones: ai miuur. Wash., a few day ago. Csrrjiag in bis hand an ordinary enp filled to thi brim of water, ho rodo on a cayuse a! full callon tho length cf tho main street and return without spilling k much as a drop of tho water. 7c York Sun, NEWSY CLE A. ttnia.l-irLia'iTtt e!i"i f.- Tt'n via a t !r r-:-- e: ro-:-T rz'.h ill T- Octet ?2;.cno fvrrji ta ivn-vi c era zr.'ml Li.a IZO .-ri la n' ' :.r. lX9 lau t ;r csstnuj r r x A yIM of rvDrncoo t--ii'i -r ywirs.' :nJ II. Afc.!rr-t nf XTm-i G x. L. t.K. W U;cticr. A oc"torfl rt eraarlt It r.l.- r - e low i;!:iTw rcirrr XL Li irl.1 ciio ; rrj-ort. A Tzimt rwsllT rL:l til). ri--3. trr-:4ta r-t la tl U : elAlk. 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