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PUBLISHED BY ltoANOKE PUBLISHING Co, 'FOR GOD, FOR COUNTRY AND FOR TRUT&" W. FLETCIIKR AUSno;,', Editor. V. V. W. Ai SiJCN, I IsihifS Maxahzb. VOL. III. PLYMOUTH, N. 0 , FRIDAY, JULY 10, 1891. NO. 9. T AM HE 11:0 0 , CEIfiIlSW.UIEE.HIH M IK MET. A ROiXAN CE.- - - . . BTVfiS. AKKA H. JKTTIK. Written for the Bbacok . . - -; (ooKOOPin, . .- - The dim shadow of evening was fust creeping through the foreBt, when '1 headers arose and prepared to depart. - Uncus the chief, proewed his preparation, advanced - and pressed bita .to remain with - them thrown the niitht. While thus pressing hiuito remain Mahicanni, to tho' astoaish mcnt i f the squaws came tip with a smiL. ing countenance and jointed the Chimin bis solieitatioiis. Theadore yielded to their demrea." " - " ' . : . The whole group of Indiana, with Then; dor la their midst, were now seated before one or the wigwams and the full moon il. Jumim d the Scene TL'e beautiful Tamheroo who was using every little art to engage the attention of I headore, still kept her eyes tipoa Mahicanni and felt in her mind a - dark foreboding of evil,' white hor pais face . lover remained as unconscious as he v? a h ' fearless of danger. The wanier of MahL eauui, thoagb he said nothing, seemed- to become more ferocious, his clinched hands, meditative, mood ' and singular jastures, seenied to indicate that a storm was rising in hia soul, still he walked too aud fro. without seeming .o notice that being; whose beauty was the idol of his heart, or bis sue. cesful rival whom he now hated '.- with an Indians hatred. Whilo Tainnerx was be : stowing her smiles on .the Laud-mo j)ile fane guest the inoon, the empress of the night, now wulked iu high '.heaven,' like bridal beauty in her tia.Il, when a sigual was given by the Chief aud iu au instuut nil re tired to their wigwams to repose." Theodore was Inv.ted to stretch his limbs o,i a b- ar kin aid buffalo rube xpied on the flor of the w:gwam occupied by the Chief aud Lis lovtly usnghUr, Tamheroo, Ail wan silent now in the forest, but Tamheroo sought in vain to close her eyes io sleep, there was a mymeriotM presentment iu-Ler mind of evil aud jet she knew not why, for so dim were - the ouilhvsof hi,r forb:dings that it xeem T ''..but tlie fairy fabric of a dreain. Though Tncadure kne thai he had blight-d iu the heart of tuelndian maiden the bloaemis of Mnhicanui's love, aud that tho wratu of hia rival wou-d be great, yefche a umbered caimly and ftiared no evil. Thetnoon wa Sinking in the t'fteru horizon,, and y-t Tawueroo's cys bad uot been cloved' in plumber, anddeuly she heard the stea'thy ' steps aud intautly leaning tu her feet Willi the ability of a cbaiu'ts, sueneized the rile . 'which rhead'. bad placed agaiu-d the wigwam luingiue gitle,rea ler her h i for whoa g'lc sa a man iu d.KuuiMe ateNl - into the wigwam with a glittering kn f THitud ready to suike it to tlio heart of (be' -till nWe ping i h--adore. ' 1 -vating her ritlu drer, dare not strike, the innocent aud"the hrlpless or I call the Oreat Spirit to witnn9 ibat by the baud of her you love yon - eh.iil perwhn hU lifeless body." - Jlabjcanin started aud-dropped the knife aa be Wis about to bap due it in blood, for ah nu Indi an princes, be felt that ehe waa bound to commaud, so he crept by. her aud dinnp. parcd from the wigwaii. , At this moujent Theadore'was arou . ; & voice as he i lull upon her knet s I- ' i iu passionate r-lo- qncnce thanked iLe iirjt bint who haa warned her of d-iuLrvr end thua-pked it iu her power to ou-;a ,.,s lile of bini she love L rihe" related lo the ftHtoDisheii "Tneadore Low he had, thrtsU br watchful devotion, i:Hioapod' immiuciiit d' ger and ' death 'J Thadore wisely couclu led with Shake f ,pear. that discretion is the better part of valor" knowing; the Inditing vindictive dis position, be i resolved lo psa tho .'matter over io silence without wakita the Ohiff. He conclnded an arraugemeut : with Tarn hrroo, that they should meet an the ': banks of the Delaware, then he fondly embraced h'r, rowing eternal conUncy , for her af. f.'utiou and gratitude for the preservation of hit life, lie received from her" hand a token of hero n fidelity and bidding adieu, he started through the wild ttubroken sob tuda When he arrived at home be dis covered that his mother and bister had been zutich distressed about hia absence, he told theia how be had beet) lost and pper.t the iV;ht with the Iudtaus. The fur. Ju-tine feared from ronviii'ic peenliarities' of her , brother and from havii.g more than once overhearing him, in hi? sle p, addiefcuiD tome iusagiuitry b'ing wjth a eingnbir name, tbKt be bad formed au attachment to SJiue - Ind aa Rirl. .''r . ' - - - iuwtine DoleoS'in Lad noticed the fn qtent sibNeiiceor J headore tinting tno aummer evenn gsand she dt-tenpined, if piible, - to fellow bius and riir.jver wbitber be weut - and what object he had for leaving hmiie tAi often. - ' ' Tiaie rolled on, and every eveujn be met the 1 ndiuii beactiy at the place appin. ted, and every lime they met the silken i.h'iiu of love that bonnd their hearW be cut"" stronger and . BtiougCr Ti.e Indian maiden, like women uerally, adoruod hr person to phase her lover? Ler robe like the lioomu toga, displayed the gfitce ftii propir.lou of ber graoejnl and pei f. ct prison to the best advantage, whde it was itd'rued 'vith ell thts guy and gaudy tinsel ornaments tbat ludiau tuste and female i::,ty could uogfHt, lirilliitnt and be.-n-. ti'u! indeed wa her appewrance aa aha - i! r.proached in her oti. by the light of the nvon fa Hog in riiIiog-- brightne.?a ou the ruany colortd bends aud tiusel rrna. i iitH profnsely adorned h-.r prlucely drem It wss a charming eveujui in fcummtr and r-.l'jro waa arrayed iu her richest robts, n:,tr-.i with fltwe)3 that 'I htadore U.inl t-;-ii. Uy rtchuing en tbj nvsolad UarA Lf :1 5 IJilaware by tl. side of the fir ' triDoesH. He was yAn iu her delight J hr protesUlious c ! a .J isbe was tktt'.-h-f . plan of f'Jture piuwaa with u'l ftn I fancy, wbica ilm knew not won d i.Trr be realized, f-'Vrt dreama of V., '""-d their herHF,-:.i ;! n 1; py ho.ii'3 ro'::-1 the bright en-i L -a'-'tdul b ll.wa tl.u- i -k ou a silvery f-i wi:iie lhta.l .t'Lf'j Lfint'e. , 1 nihtr, J .' ' c ::c(..JI .d i ) l.turating on ..- L-n.-qnutir-1 1 trornvhed ttuseea behind the truDk of an unbrnc-eoua bsech tree, where she could hear every word that was spoken by the nnoonscions lovers. At length, satisfied in ber own mind with re gnrd to the intentions ox her . brother, and horrified at the idea of hUbecomiug betroth ed to an Indian, nhe silently left the spot and glided towards home to communicate to her mother the tiding' of ber discovery. and the disgrace which 'fiieadorb was about to bnng opon his family. : NVten Theadore waa ub ut to bid adieu to the happy hearted Tamheroo they both pledged to each other the vow of cunatancy. Utile thinking now. ehangaoie a witness they had invoked iu the bright queen of heaven. Ob ! how happy is that heart that first opens its portals to the god of love, and how bliwdui are the days of youth? louth is Dynr tee happiest period or life. to which we look back in after vears as to a gieen spot in the waste of memory, bom then th hours fly by on golden wiugji aud the wilderness of this world is trfliifct-rmed by the magio wand of roanauce to a beautu fnl ideal ' world of dreams adorned with fancy flowers . '1 headore D Benson had uo foon-r rach. ed home thrf'n hie quick perception took ci'gtiizince of the cloud that rested on 'the conntonauces of his Bister and another. Tltev queHiloued him of his - 'ate abgoro frpuibume, 'Theado.e" a; length interro. gttwl hia Bhsterv "can it be pohsib e that you are madly determined to form au alliance With a wild, uneducated, uncivilized Indian girl, aud tnhs cast a stain upou the olurac. tr of your family, darker thau -th hoe' of ber bktu J Fr ahamevmy :. brother.'' My son" exclaimed his mother 'with deep emo tion, "did I cradle ta my arnuia 'infmcy, aud rear-you willi ail the anxious care and Kotioitude of a fond mother, that m man. hooJ you should become the bunb ind of a B'vge" ;'::.vtJhe U no sayage madaui he at le Dgtb answered, Uhe piond. that circles tlir ough ber veins is as gentle, and iu her boaom bvats a baft as nobleaa even those ma boast who scorn her race." 1 he next dya consultation was h Id and all the rutatlvt'S ol heaqore were -sum 'iioaea- la Secret conclave among whoai' , was a very wealth v aunt, Mrs. Delia EverBon, a widow just tottering oa ' tbe verge of the grave. ilra. Eyevson was wen aware of tno tunu- euce of nirtney I hea Sore was dead to the ai -peals of hM uiothr and ai.tciv but the argam- nt of bi-t aunt Delia were atl power- tut, aud through tu fear oi oei.ig cut off without a fortnue if he-di-beyed aiid the promise rf golden- reward if he. obeyed btcked by the oearnest pansious ofali4be w.us finally mdieed torepud'ate that Lmd. confiding girl, who wou d unVa "Sicriaoe ht r bfe to aecuveb'w happincdi. : YesI for filthy lucre for be Fosolyed to sacrifice that pure pa-)iou which burut liko a vextal flitue on the altir .f Tamheroo'e bear and to throw her from hie bosom like a worthless wet-d or. fded fl iwer. '. . The next evening Tbea lore, with strange feeliuiHA, $toc d ou the bai ka of the Dcla ware, 1'amberoo came, her b'aveulyiforM euwreahcd with flowers and as ebe an pnwjiied the idol of her soul wr.h sweeteet smiles and attempted to apeak to 1dm he coldly btepped back andbaidTafoberoo the Oreat Spirit has wilted that we should part ". Tart! exclaimed tne pKr girt m bhu turned her hirg i and UngutHhing eyos to heaven With A look of he9nbrkig14woe, ixirt? ha! ha!" aud the rockrang With her hyett rical laugh. "Aye, part forever,' co-liutit-d Theadwe, " we can neyer iraeet again,'' Tne b-wildereJ- princesa gazed npoti him him BometirAe' in Silent sorrow. while torrenis or lta-s gunea iron nereyes. Hnt as the import of his words , seemed tft flinh uwn her .iniud the fir st wifllE2 WJth '.iiecbooii ii iU -po f,il c. ia. , b implureXTiim with the most bewitching earueslnens, and with .the ttDdemttitonHMt tonohlUf? epitbetH uot to desert Iter f a&sor. tu- him that be possessed ber whole heart, sod that if fursakeu by him her heart woifid uo longer posaens a charm. While b8toiKl:-with folded armr and dashed away the tear that gathered on his cheed, she remiudwl hini of his solemn vow aud mourmd in her diopair over the happy hour of iov ww gone forever . Thoadore tookth fair girl by the hand arid said farewt!.l baatiful priue ss we must p irt forever, be happy if you eao aud lor get me." As he released her She bouud iuto her enhoe wi.b udugled foeliogs of the niCst poignant sonow and regret aud push, ed off into the streanSi Theadoreia tearfai e; es followed her receding form. At It-ng-h he re urned hoiue, but was far f.-om being bapryt rt morse . touched his heart.and he rep nud having Itejectexl the l.ve if e noble and so devoted a heirt. He resolved that he would leave Philadelphia and wan der over the worlihat he might tWgeVthe past. Thaday of departure arrived aud Thea, dore, bfter collecting his e etore-t, took U s departure for .ItaJy,i Hia mauners were abstracted and .taciturn "ka lie h:id done wrong to a geueroa heartwho bad sxved hia life from Indian.-" twuiahawk. So much sympachy did be Hud lu the bosom of the-wj voyages, that bis mud in a measure waa relieved from ita gtoomy, reflections aud he became ruore" cheerful. . He arriv. d at-ftaly and waa perfectly on. chanted With the beautiful nud picmreaqner scenery of the country. Aftei stiyiug there a short time he became acquainted with ao Italian girl of groat wealth and accomplish"? tneuts, he became perfectly enraptured with the girl whone Dame was Catberlnln Der. mout. He used every tffort in hia power to win her hert, he pid court at herphrine aud at length succeeded in wioning her af fiCtioDS. They were engaged to be married very soon and be looked forward to an early matrittge with fond anticipation, but, alasj all his fcd anticipations were blighted by the frost of disappointment. They were hailing every prtfperatijn for the inarrwge when Cathelaine'WaV takej' suddenly ill and died of uoojeetive obid, which was a Veiy ad bcreavftuieni to Theadore At the expir&tldu of several momhs h e r- ceived a Later from hi l"ter Jntitiue, re queuing him to come home, ai.d a'uo in tjrmiug him of tbedcath of his aunt, Mrs. Eveiaou, and that he had heired a kro leg tic.y ' ' At the expiration of six monlhsTlif -n Jore r. torued honiH.fMMl after getting p;.t:.-.-i.in of his propaity, h renewed hia suit with Tavurwroe, 'aud nb couam te I to msiiy l.ii;i. -fiotwithtanding,l8; family- were ao opposed to i be luamagoj; After mukins: everr pro. j noraHoa ka bonaU palatial re8itfalt nd 1 ao elegant carriage and a beautiful span of norses waning for tne day when be and I) is lovely young bride should whirl through park and avenue. . The liveried footmen had their wbta rosettes at haud, ready to don upon the weddiDg dty to bear their young mistress to her new home la Phila. dolphia. - ; - At last the day arrived when Theadore wa happily united in the bilkerj bauds of wedlock to Tamheroo, the Indian beauty of the forest. -" . . the ehu. - , NORTH CAROLINA. Written for the Beacqst. . It lb au undisputed fact that North Car' ollni is fwt developing Jnto one of the fori-ntost Kiatei ot the Uuion. ' Her mouDtaius and watering places afford to the tourist of either clime, a source of almost unlimited pleasure and enjoyment. For what cart be more bracing ta the ; tired I nervea of ihoee who live on the sea-coast, than to climb the ragged heights of our mountain ranges, and take to, in long deep draughts, the taoactain air as it Comes by io all its sweetness and parity; from Us cradle among the rocky fastnesses? Or what mora delightful, more supremely blissful to the inhabitants of the inland oonntriea thau to tail swiftly fjpou the Cay; or glide here aud there over the rougher waters of the old " Atlantic, like a sea gall upon its fight, -and to baths iu the roaring, seetbiug iturf, and jeel a tremor oi excite ment and expectation creep over von an you Wait for theonconiug wnvea; and then when it cornea, all troubles, all cares and doubts that perplexed your tweary brain are lost in the excitement of the moment. Land seemingly "washed, away by tho fUst receding waters, as you jathe and dip and bathe anddip again ? Ah I 'tis rare sport, and without equal perhaps in the catalogue of amusements for the human race.. - But thin is not all ; not only is she a favorite resort lor the pleasure seeker, but no State has better natural Inducements to offer; the capitalist as- a luedidtu through which to rooet profitably inTst his money. Her vast cotton fields offer thousand of bites of their product annually to the man' nfacturer of cotton goods; she baa one of the best tobacco growing sections in the eouutr ; her frest, filled wi.b m Iu.ous of fet of uncut timber of a large variety ; ber waters, teeming with, the finest of fish. biv.Uves aud seaTitienellaoy her minii.g interests and her openings for railroads and manufictunii establishment, are -all waitiug the b ind of the man of capital who Qrt puts bis time aul money into North Carolina. '".'' - ; AlreaJy our- gr ind old State is being recoguizfd as au important ctor t-f the w i tl. Sua leads the Sooth. iu the camber of cotton f i'itories, and bis over sixty Tail roads, with about 3.000 milaa of track. itbut tw"lvi mi; ion dollars worth of prop erly. and cupi ai stock Of about tea mil liou dollars. Her fast "growing-1 popularity is bhown by the increase of popolauon an increase of 98 during the pt third t-f a century, exceediug in while popu la tion eleven Kca hem States, and being surpasned o..iy by two. Missouri aud Texas. ' Manufactoiies of all binds are springing up about us, but we need, more," we ruiihl have them bUtSu'ient b Convert our surplus products - from the raw material to the fiaishod artiolo,' ready for the sales room or' parlor.' To have thern we,.okt do all in our po or to npbnild and a4vae b- r interests, . supportiug . faithfnllywbtever tends to further hr progresa. , Oue of the principle aids la bel ping a SUte, and oue which has. tended la- tw stnitll degree to raise our State to her pre.eot sltiodard, ia the conr.try presa." The growth ami advancement of a place is judged iu a marked degree, by the papers publwbcd thwfcla. ; Thiaia manifest io oar State ; together with the advance of the State we may notice a great change ia ber papers.,; ;JPatentl, aud p-t tented maftor, are becoming less and less freq ieut, while the ."special wire" ajalem is fkat making our papers a grand medium for nevs: not only KUte, but altO general uews of the world. The inm.'Ovemeuts of auch papers as -the Chrouic'.e, Messenger, -Koanocb Bbacos, Free Press, progressive: Farmer, and many others which we might meutiou had we the apace, show to a eertaiuty tbat our atnte ia on a mu. h higher bebisthau ever before, and still rUing. . Now as the country presses our State's best and truest friend, let as do ai1n our power to upbuild it, and t aid its editors to give to their patrons, fresh, bright papers, filled with the news, the whole news aud nothing but the news. Geo IJ. CopES BIO COTTON SYNDICATE. Norfolk VlrffinldB. . - ' A large cotton syndicate bas ben formed at Cbatlotte. .N C, aud is incorporated Uu lor the name of Heath Cotton Oouipauy. The shipping points will be Norfo.k and West Point, ibis tstate. The company will have its on representative iu; iaiverpuol and other fondgn porta. . - This is a BMtter of importance. - It is a 6tep iu tuo r ght direction, and with proper effort wtil I.ioilitate regular direct trade wiih Europe from this port, which should aud could have been established half ai century sioco.1 There never have beeu any 1 iiiHurmonnttibie obstacles to the opening of both freight and passenger hues from this uoint to mauy foreign countries, and pree tut indicitious justify the belief tbat New York wilL'uot always absorb the promts of exporliug autj Importing. WHITE CAPS, A letter from Hertford. N. C to the Norfolk Yirgmiau says; White Caps hate bee a paying their respects to somecf oar Citizeus. Ten days ego they bucked a whitman for iudoleuce and b.ul treat meut to his horse. Neighbors say it did him great good. He has sin;e been a good and hard worker. " Last wesk they cal el oQ another white man in tUa same ueightxj'. Lood, and paid their best reupwtw to him which did liim yood so say the nei;.?!ilK)rs. They h ve written letters of w o-aiug to evenil p-r".i" j i-i Ldccton, s't e-ys the I'lHl.t 1 ; ; i ..i - i'.ii.i:tr. FOR THE COLORED PEOPLE. In a recent issue the New York Herald gavo the colored people some pretty plain facts ia answer to question asked by one of tho race. .The article closes thus: . - ''As long as yon remain in ignorance yon will vote the Republican ticket only ; when you begin to think for yoniselves, yoa. will vote as yoa please. Those of you who are in the North have received a good public school education ; those of yoa who are lu the youth have a great many Jujiitutlonc of learning which wid properly equip you for the struggle of life. Tha time, there fore, i not far dietant when i you will see through, the devices by which you have been cheated and throw your ballot accord ing to your Judgement rather than your prejudice. " ,y . An American citizens you have ' just as much Interest in the government as any of us. Ita policies effect you, your homes, your prospects, your future. - You should vote for whatyou believe will benefit yonr race. -( If that benefit is represented by the ttapabJcahs, all right ; if it is represented by the A)auiocrfttsrU right. If, lor exam, pie, yonr like tha tiigh taxes of the AlcKinly Lid, and waut to pay au- exorbitant- price for o.othing and food, that is your bobiucss and you bar a perfect right to Say so. But if, on tho contrary, you want tower prices lor the necessaries oi life., steadv work at fur. wages, and such comforts as ought to be brought within reach of the laboring man, you will vote with the Democrats Of coare the Kepablicans will weep and wail and guntiU their Ueth, call you trait-rs," in gnues and other pet names,. bat what of it ? Yon should bttioug-io the puny which wid do the most tur yon, and make it easier fir yon to live, uo matter what its naoie ia. : -Liet Qs call your attention to another fact in clOuiug : The liepu bttcans have talked themselves hoaite iu Irving to prove their love for1 your people. Well, they have been in power pretty continuously nOw for a generation aud what have they done T Iu the dintributl-.il ol cilices do you get yonr share ? You are very much conse. tvd aud complimeuttd h fore an election, but hfur the election where are you r In the soup! . when the colored people get th. ir eyes opeu they will vo.e either ticket they please, and if anybody grumbles they will Uil him piiuuly to mind bis business aud let them OiiudthJ.S. ' OPPOSED TO THE SUB-TRE AS. URY- Wilmington Star. ' . . - Gov. Tillman, of South Carolina, who Was elected aa an AUiauce candidate, : is opposed :tO the sob treasury bit!.- G iv NortHen, ot Georgia, who was also elected as an-Aliiance candidate. Is opped to it In a letter to the Auguta Chronicle he denn.a Ui3 postuou thus : k 'In ali my public u iterances, certainly in my inaugural address, 1 have held tha. the 'government has no right to bubsidize any business or calling. r I da not believe. ld have certainly never said, teat the -government should iayor one interest to tiie eic;tiiiou of others, or et the expense of others " . - b peaking of .he burdens which weigh so heavily lU'on the farmers of the country and of which they so justly complain, he says, "This oppression comes to ns in ineqni tons tariif laws am) hurtful financial Icis" luiiou. I bis is the relief 1 have nought. I will utver advocate aid from the govern ment for any " ou class of citizens not grauted to any aud all others equally and alike." - USE DRAINS AND NEW .METH. ODS. - There Is a good deal of sound logic in a waif which we find in an exchange. , It de clares?, Bubstautiilty. the young man who is trying to ran a farm iu the same way bis father and grand father and great grand father did, bid better sell out or try some new methods, unless he wants to make a failure of the business.: The old time methods are past aud gone, an t cannot be made successful at the: preset day. M en iu ail professions aud branches of industry are tending , towards specialties, and if farmers want to keep np with the times and their brother soil-tillers' they - mutt do the same. Borne farms are adapted to stock raising, others to grain-growing and s. ill others to fruit culture Let every one pick oat that branch which he likes, and to which bis farm is adapted, and thou con centrate bis thoughts aud energies on that and dteimiue to make it a success. - NORTH CAROLINA IS IN IT. Argonaut. . " North Carolina for many years had 'he longest railroad in the world. Ihe Wil. oiiugton and Weldoa. bbe had the longest plank road iu the world, the Fayetteville aud Mt. Airy ; and n,w she is to have the longest electric rml way in tne wor.0, iro n Ahevil,e to Uutherford, a distance if il miles. She alao has the longest seines in the world. w think it - likely she formerly bad the hrgest saw mill iu the world, and we hazard but little in saying that cran berry is the finest bed of iron ore iu the orld, when we consider Dutn quantity ana quality. ... Our Courts. Sprino Judge Bfynn, r all Judge urown, Teaufort--Feb. 16th, H-ty 23tb, Nov. 30th. Cutiitnck llarch 2d, Sept. 7th. Oamdmi March l()tb. tiept, 21th. PasqiiotankMarch lGtb, Kept. 21ft Perquimans March 2jth. Sept. IHih. ' . ; Chowan March 30th, Oct. fth. OiUea April Gth. Oct. I'J'.h llr-nford April I3tb, Oct. 10tb.. : Wahhinjrtrtii April Vittb, Oct i:Gth. .'Tyrrell- ApiilX7.h, Nov 'Ji Une -May 4th, Nov. h. ' .. . .. ,. Hy-b--;: iv llth, Nov l-'.:h. :.Lt--l-Ia.lstu, h'?v. -"i1- PKRSONALS. Georgia has a Confederate soldier wbc enlisted in the army when he was only 12 years old. 7 Slajor McKinley now revels in the in effable joy of having a five cent cigar named after him, Roger Doughty Tichborne, the famous claimant, is now a waiter in a Notting ham public house, and draws better than the beer pump itself,- The queen of Denmark is an expert dressmaker and a good pastry cook. Ilex daughters also are all clever needle Women, and ao ia the czarina of Russia. Victoria is now a great grandmother. She is also about 72 years of age, and has been on the throne almost 54 years, or much longer than any other living mon arch, 'iy-rui,, - Mrs. Custer, widow of tho general, has never taken off her widow's "weeds." She dresses plainly in lustcrleas black, re lieved by a white collar and deep white cuffs. Leopold Bloom, the millionaire wheat speculator of Chicago, has retired from business. He says that he has made money enough. It ia the first case on record, Yvelt Gullbert, the favorite of Parisian music halls, savs she would rather earn I her $800 . a night and be deluged with uuuqueis on a awge man oe quveu upou any throne. -- M . At. Hoses Day, the Boston millionaire, be P&n life as a poor New Hampshire miner, and .walked from Boston to Baltimore in earch of work, failing; to find which he walked back again. - - . Ignatius Donnelly says that if he knows himself well enough to be at large with-1 out a keeper, he will not be a candidate for the . Presidency on the third or any , other party s ticket. . . Charles Tappan, who built the famous , New York ToTbs prison, is still living in tw-Hi.k tha BtlThaBn i the metropolis grow from a town of less than lW,0Wjmitants,; ; i Eugene Bertrand, the new director of the Grand Opera House, of Paris, served., an apprenticeship as a theatrical manager , In the United States, r He ia 57 years old, l and abandoned medicine for the stage. Countess Lewenhaupt,, ex-Secretary Bayard's widowed .daughter, is . residing I in the Wilmington home providedfor j her prior to her marriage. -. She inherits $75,000, presented to her husband by hia father. . j . Dr. Catling is working on a new gun, .which will knock the spots out of his fa mous pepper box gun. - His object is to j make war so dangerous that nations will have hard work to decide between it and base balL - General Franz Sigel is now 66 years of cge. . It is 40 years since he came to thi country, and 80 years since ho entered the Union Army. "I goes to fight mit Sigel" was a phrase often heard in tho - old war days. . Countess de Mei'cmberg, who was re cently wedded to a member of the impe rial house of Russia, has negro blood in her veins. She is a daughter of Puskin, who was a descendant of a negro favorite of Peter the Great R. W. Gilder's home, at Marion, is a combination of camp roughness and civilized luxuries. There are no carpets, the chairs are primitive, but the cook ia excellent. . There is only one spare room, for the guests are not bo frequent as dis tinguished. ; ' . . The , leaders of society are not always callous to the needs of those less fortu nate than they are. Mr, and, Mrs. John Jacob As tor are said to give away more than $100,000 a year in unostentatious charity, while Mrs, Astor is interested in mission work. - " The late Dr. Leidy, Pennsylvania's em went scientist, was the first among Amer icans to accept the Darwinian theory. He said of it: "I feel as though I had hitherto groped about in darkness, and that all of a sudden a meteor flashed upon the skies. - . " William Woodward, of Baltimore, is 60 years old, which is not wonderful, but the fact that for 73 years he has been a Sunday school teacher to. A reception in his honor occurred on the recent anni versary of the commencement of his la bors in this field. . It is remarkable, as showing the per manence of the charm of a fine voice, that the recently published biography oi Jenny Lind has excited great interest, al- . though it la all of 25 years since she was last heard in public It ia a proof that after all nature rules. v , Editor Childs has presented to tho Mount Vernon Regents the proof sheet1 of the American Daily Advertiser, dated September 15, 1798, containing the fare- ' well address of Washington, corrected by himself. The .relic is handsomely framed in hard cherry Sarah Bernhardt's tips completely as tounded bell boys aud servants of the California, Hotel says t he Dclinonte Ware. To the waitiug maid who attended hoi the divine gave two $20 pieces, and on the garcon who served her, meals she conferred four twenties. . Selectman Lounsbury, of Seymour, Conn., one of the olilci ils io the Unitod B.ttr-i Pin Company, ii oing to build a sidewalk of pins, II has at Ihe pin company's shop eomt t) barrels of oi l and imperfect pins, the accumulations ct years, and these Le wil uow utii2e. It h not generally known that t"w W.s If-.-.'.-'-il voa MoItLe's v. :fj an II-;- l ': i-. :- -a. Lis bi t. :- - .'. ,! iu !its.r. I. waa many years ner senior, out me mar riage was extremely happy, and her death was a terrible blow to him. Uo built a mausoleum for her on his Siksian estate, and was devoted to her memory. The distinction of being the oldest banls president in the United States belong to John W, Thompson, of the Ballston Fpa National Bank of Ballston Spa, N. Y. who assumed the presidency of the pred ecessor of that institution (the old Ba!!. Bton Spa Bank) in 1345, and has uninter ruptedly held , the same position to tho present time. : . ..; - She Is Now. Was that your sister I raw you with last night?" "Not when you saw me; I hadn't asked her tbea," Brooklyn Life. JB1T3 OP ISTFOaUATlOX. There are 42,000,000 Australians. California has 2,675 giant trees left. - There are people who still eat mincer pies, v - Great Britain has a debt per capita of $37.79. ' ; Victoria's crown jewels are worth $15 000,000. Americans are the greatest meat eat-' ers in the world. There are mora than 250.000Swirii ! the United States. f. Under the law of Moses only 17 0fiensC3 were Tjunishable bv death. Molasses can be brought from Cuba in A tank vessel for 2 cents a gallon. . - The total forest area of the United States is estimated at 481,764,593 acres. An English- statistician estimates tha world's indebtedness at $150,000,000,000. Queensland, Australia, owes the largt-st national debt per capita $333.46 a head. An English statistician estimates tho - t, , 7 J ! - J? f ha8-bfeDO C0Ur"(t: felting of postage stamps in this country. Ignorant Hindus believe in a Cholera Demon with a head like a huge earthen pot.', The largest library is the Imperial of. ' Paris, which contains over 2,000,000 vol.. times. : . . v." .- Fifty-three United States Senators h a ro been chosen by the legislature of New York State. " .' The United States has 637,000,000 old coins, and only 411,003,000 of these arc in circulation. The word nicotine is derived from tha name of John Nicot, who introduced to bacco, in to France. ' " Tliere are about 2,800 counties in tho Union, with an average sjftbou 5 1,000 square miles. . r " Of tlie 2,823 fires in Massachusetts List year kerosene caused 255, matches 33, and electric wires 21. ' The coast line of Alaska exceeds in length by S,020 miles that of all the rest of the United States. The assessed value of property in Cali fornia rose from "564,578,860 in 1SS0 to 51,112,000,000 in 18v0. The growth of New.York is marvelous. The natural increase of its population now exceeds 60,000 each year. No monarchy has ever -produced so many millionaires in so short a time as the republic of the United States. The product of gold in the Umled States the last 16 years has aggregated the enormous amount of $-572,1)00,000. If all parts of thoLiuted States v es o as densely populated as Rhode Island, tlic population of the country would bo 01V 7C'000. It is talc"t.d that the expenditure for liquors and narcotics absorbs4ti-. proceeds of oue day's work of the world per week. Nearly pue-fif th of the entire population of the United States live in the 50 chief cities, which have a population of over 11,000,000. Statistics compiled by the Census Bureau show that the debt of the Unite I States ia now $14.63 per -capita as aaiubt 38.83 in 1380. - There are now 19,373 newspapers ot different classes ia the United SsLU a and I nada, a net gain over last yj'j recoru of 1,613. Women are to be admitted to the phnv maceutical' profusion in Russia. Too Academy f Medicine will open cpecul courses for them. Medical statistics prove that it is la'.'.i dangerous to life to go on an Arctic im ploring1 expedition than to have an. u tack of pneumonia. In -the text of the "Encyclop lii i Dritannica" there are 13,000 words wM.-ii have never been formally, entered ; u i defined in any dictionary. It is estimated tJmt the wealth cf United States now exceeds the f the whole world prior to the rnitlti. - . i the eighteenth century. The astronomers of to-day confs - -..'.-; they have uo good reason to sup;"ov- ; :. any of the planets, preat or small, co:-it auy sort of organized bcinjp. After a time t'.iec-p may be u.-; i for mutton. W oo , th e chero U , be made more cher.'y from v ' thnn it can be grov.-n c?i s'-ct ;. There sre 13.C- ) ; city of Berlin, and i cuyied by buii V-:-o I5 persons to t j Don't wp, ot :.-;h as miv ' iv.!-. TL'i i viSTs I . y Cm j ..... J If , " j ''i r :i j ia Ll. S0- t
The Roanoke Beacon and Washington County News (Plymouth, N.C.)
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July 10, 1891, edition 1
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