Th- Gastonia
dctom to Uw rroiMUon ol liome ui4
Vol. XX. Gastonia, N. C.. July 20, 1899.
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THE LETTERS OF DREYFUS.
THE BOB IT8ELT, OP HUM AI BOB
BOTT.
I.Mt CJu*U>. al Ik. Or»7 to Atollr—Tfe*
IXIH. ar AIIM kftlhi fa MU vim
QMS or Ito Mast Tiaik Dramas la
MUfary gala’s Sytslos.
Charlotte Uhasrrsr, lath.
KsDv Zola may ba somewhat preju
diced whan it cooiaa to erUleUlog U>*
Urttaca of Alfred Dreyfus, but It k* cer
tain that the letten la many raspacta
bear witacas to the truth of his atata
mest. Tbt* la bow Zola described
theta: “They are admirable. I do
not know of any pages of a higher oon
eeptloo or more eloquent. They have
attained the sublime In sorrow, sad
afterward* will endur* Ilk* ah Imper
ishable monument wbsa our own writ
ing*, perhaps, ahull bave peased into
obllvloc. For tbeyara the sob Itself of
all ho to an suffering. The man who
wrote those ItUera cannot bo guilty.
Bead them, toed than some evening,
with your family gathered around
your boartlMtooe. You will Ue dis
solved la tears "
The Draytos affair hitherto lisa been
like a ooval without a bsro—that la,
tha bare dlsappssrsd In tb* opsulag
ohaptar, and It has taken aver aloes to
develop the plot and work up a all max
which la almost without' parallel for
dramatic quality. Bntar the hero,
mete out Jnatlo* to the villain, and tha
world la satisfied. Thee* liute plays
with Destiny, lb* greatest and moat
arUstlo stage-manager the world has
ever ban. never fall of ibeir effect,
and there la more Joy In the world over
the happy and lug of this mat historic
play, the Drsyfua affair, than could be
derived from tbs beat novel or abort
story In tb# world, bee sues tha degra
dation of tbls Innocent man was a
thing which cams boms with startling
power to all peoples. Tb* hero of the
tragie Story was lost atgbl of after the
Qrst ohaptar. It waa known where ha
waa and lb at was almoal alL The
aorwa of tha story as told hitherto by
the newspapers waa laid almost »I to
gether la France. Of the seen** laid
la l'b* da IHsMe, sad of the fed log*
which ruled la the heart of a mao, torn
from hit family and bis boner, tba
newspaper* have not baaa In a position
to roaak. It bad base left entirely to
our imagination to pieoe out that part
uf tb* story until tha pnbUeation of
(a plain Drsyfua' letters to bl* with
closed tba gap and completed the aad
history of I’aJtalr* Dtayfna.
IT* UIUIHIOS or UMN J»uer»,
which Harper aod Brotbeis are about
lo pureoc under the title or "Tbe Let
ure of Dreyfus lo Hla Wife,” fires ns
(or the Bret lima the story that for
pathos, tragedy, despair, aod true
t*|urUui heroism la oosurpaeaed la the
annals of either Malory or Bettoo. Tbe
arrest, which took pleoe oa the ISth of
October. IBM, cane opoo Dreyfus Ilka
a bolt out of a clear sky. Tor almost
two months tha liberty of wrltiog even
to bis wife was forbidden, bat on De
cember 8th the toogsd-fnr permission
wet obtained and thereafter letters
passed between bus bead and wife dally,
sad sometimes almost hourly, until tm
sms removed lo Devil’a Island. Tbe
letters published In this volume oover
tbe period from December 0, IBM, to
March 8,189a
It goes without say lag that tbe en
tire eomapoodanea should be read to
spprentate their pathos bod tbe hope
less tragedy or the writer's lot. The
extracts which this article contains
will gim Sosas oooorpUon of their gen
era) character. They also give for the
Bret time an Intimate Insight Into the
heroic soul of tbe author. It will be,
perhaps bast to begin with tha second
letter of tha aerta, dated December 6.
IBM, when Dreyfus as yet had hardly
realised tbs danger that menaced him.
-I am walltag with impatience for a
latter from yon. You are mv hope;
you are my consolation; were it not for
you UBs would be a burden. At tha
bare inojgni mm they could aooom
®* of a crime so mooatruos, ay whole
being tMcobJeo, my body revolt* again*
It. 1V> have worked all my lit* for one
tblog atone, to avenge my ooantry,
to struggle for her agnlmt the Infam
ous rati*her who he* scatebed from
us oar dear AJiaos. and then to be
aeouaed of treaaoa agnui* that oouu
Uj— no, my loved ooe, my mind rs
fueee te cocoprebeod It I Do you re
member my tell log you .bow, wbea I
war In Multan*, ton years ago. in
September. X beard a German band
under oar .wlodowe oalebratlog the
■aolvereery of Rada* f My grief eras
ouoh M l wept; I bit Um ahmto of my
bed with rage, and I aware an oath to
ooasecret* el) my *raugtb, aU my lo
to lb* aervlee of my oouetry
•gain* thorn who tfau* offered la*oil
to tbs grief of Alssos.
“Mo, no. X will aot speak of it, for
I shell go mad, end I mast reaery* all
my reason. Mocsovsr my Ilfs te
isnesfarth bat one aim: to gad the
wretch who bas betrayed bis country;
to And the traitor for whom to pun
ishment ooe Id be to* sever*. Oh,
dear Frsoos, thou that I lavs with mil
my soul, with sll my bssitl thou to
whom I bays oo assort ted all my
strength. aU my lototllgsaos, bow
(soldo* stem* me of a erla* so
lionlblst I will sot writs upon Ibis
lubjret, my dorlls*- for spasms tsks
am by tbs throat. Mo mss bos svsr
bon* the martyrdom that X endure.
Mo physical softKtcg cso bo oompaiwd
te the aanlal sgosr that 1 ftat when
my thaegnis tarn to Uls aeouaatton.
If I bhd eot m* boons to dated, I
Maura you that [ ataeld prefer death;
*t least, death woold be foraetfulneae.
Write me soon. My toy* to sll.
mAi.f*«d."
IT roe* the tetter wrtttoa ee tbs day
preceding bks trial It I* soon that be
«m atm, after two months’ Imprison
meat, seagala* and hopofol, with
never a daafat about bio ultimata
acquittal, (t te |a strlhlag snot root to
lb* lattor wrlus* after tbs trial, when
tbs wont bad bappsasd and ths ulght
aars had cams trus. Wsiebfote both
I*tart:
-At tost I am oumtag l* th* sod of
my mffeflngs. t* Dm end of mry sgney.
TV-morrow I (ball appear before my
judge*, ay brow high, ay tool trao
Tbe trial 1 hero undergone, ter
rible am It ham ben, baa purified ay
■out. 1 shall return to yoa better
than I was before. I want to conse
crate to you, to my children, to oar
doer families, all tba tine I have yet
to life.
“A* 1 bare told yoa. I have passed
tbroegh awful crises. I has* had u»
Benta of fariooe, aetual madness at
tba thought of being aooused of a
crime so monstrous.
“I am ready to appear before tba
soldiers as a soldier who bee uorbing
-for which to reproeob himself. They
will smlt In faoe; they will reed my
■out; they will be eouelaeed Must I am
innooeot; as all will who know ma”
Tba letter written after his trial
roads as follows:
“I suffer much, hat I pity you stilt
more than myself. I koew bow much
yon lavs me. Your heart most bleed.
On my aide, my adored one, toy
thought has always been of you night
and day.
"To be Innocent, to bare lived a Ufa
without a Main, and to see ooe'a self
condemned for tba exwl monstrous
crime that a soldier os a commit! What
could be more terrible? It Beams to me
at times that I am the victim of an
awful nightmare.
"It la for ysu that I have resisted
do til to-day, It Is for you alone, my
adored one. that I bars borne my long
agony. Will my strength bold out to
toe end? 1 oannot toll No one but
you can give me courage. It Is ooly
from yonr love that 1 can draw It.
“Above all rise, no matter wbat
may become of me, search fur the
troth; move eertii and hsareo to dis
cover it; elak In tbs effort, if need be,
all our fortune, la rehabilitate my
name, wblofc now te dragged through
tba mod. No matter wbat may be the
cost, we must wash oot tba unmerited
etato."
'Tbe following la taken from a letter
in the sense strain written e few days
later:
"I do not steep, sad It la to you that
I return. Am I than marked by e fe
tal seal, that 1 must drink this cup of
bitterness? At this moment I am oal a.
Uy soul te strong, sod it rises In the
silence of lbs night. How happy we
wars, my darling! I.Iff smiled on ne;
fortune, loro, adorable children, s
united family—every thins! Tbec came
the thunderbolt, fearful, terrible. But,
I pray of you. pi-ytblnga for tba chil
dren. for tbeir New Year's Day; tell
them that their father erode them Tl
mast not be that their poor route, just
entering upon life, should suffer
through our palo.
“Oh, my darling, had 1 not you bnw
gladly would I die! Your love holds
me back, It is your love only that
makes me strong enough to bear tbe
belied of a nation,
“And tba people are right to bate
me: they have been told thet I am s
traitor. Ab, traitor, tbe horrible
word I it breaks nsy heart.
"I....traitor! Is It possible that
ibay oookl aeoaw me and condemn
me for a crime so saonstrous!
"Cry aloud my looooanos; cry It
with all the strength of your longs:
cry It upon the housetop#, till tbe very
wall# fall.
“And hunt out tbs guilty oca. It te
he whom we meet find.
"I embrace you ae I lava you.
••Af-rakD.”
A fear hte fate waa seeled and bo had
bean removed te Devil's Island, bis
determination that the troth alkali be
brought to light Is stronger Uwn ever.
From the first of the letters written
from Devil’s Island we select the fol
lowing, which te la Itself sufficient
evidence of the bold and undaunted
rswlatlou with which he faced Ms
fata.
"i man* roc jour ui« uve greatest
eacrlOoe a man can make la resigning
myself to lire after my tragic feta was
decided, I did lb la became you bad
Inca leal ad In me Iba conviction that
troth anal always eone to light. In
your ton, ay darling, do all that la
humanly possible to dlaootar tha truth.
A wMe aod a motlier yourself, try to
more tha hearts of wives aod mothers,
so that they may give up to you tha
hay of this dreadful mystery. I most
have my bo nor If yoo want me to Ufa.
I most bars It for our dear ohlidrao.
Do not reason with yoar heart, that
does oo good. I bars bean oonvlcud.
Nothing can ha at ranged In oar l rag is
situation until the decision shall bays
base reversed. Reflect, than, aod pur
ane the solution of this enigma. That
will be worth more than oomlag hero
to *ara my borribts Ufa. It will ha
tha hast, tha only means of saying my
lira. Ray to yon real f that It la a q mo
tion of Ufa aad death for as, aa well
ao for our children.”
Aad what could ha aaora touching
than tha following tatter to bis little
boy, written from Devil's Island: _
“Ciiaa Pwrir Piggga:
“Papa taoda good big klaaca both to
70a and to IttUo Jeanee. Ho Uiinka
”7 of loo of you both. I iruat yon
win chow llttlo Jean how to make hlg
high towoao of Mocka, which la cuoh
Inn t > tambta down. Bn good ehll
dfta, nod pad your another when aha to
Md. Atoo ha kind to your graedfaiber
aod grand Mother, and play no bad
trtoka on your auoU. When papa re
turn* from hla Journey, you win oobm
to Boat hla at tha etatfoo with lrulo
Jeaaoo with aaaaa aod all the nod.
Timm” W* k'**** rof yo“ *nd
“Yorn Papa.”
The laat totter but ono that to In
otndad lo thabboktoMiWIowa:
“X bar* written rary many letter*
do Hag Hirer laat month a. To odd any
thing to thOM would bo Mporlaoua I
baro told yon ooaoeraleg all the ap
Mala which I bar# written ainoe iMt
Korea bar to dam and ay rahaWllUtloa
for Jaattoo at tori u> ao many Innoeact
rtoUna la 00a of ay laat totten 1
Md you that the tori appodl which I
hod Joat aacl la the gor impact waa
Mroagar and aero drioralood than
•m. i am expecting orory day lo
M that ay lariotetlou haa takau
»•*•“. »Ao* our pen tab meat, aa terriblo
ff to at on ond, thad
***• to| of JaaUeo ban ooooo for na. I
«W» to-dajr only that t may klaa yon
wilh all By heart aa I leva yon-, a* aleo
our dear and adored children."
Your devoted
“ALrun,"
lo cooclualon, If there extotad the
•lightest doubt of Alfred Dreyfus* la -
eocenes the publication or then* letter*
cannot fail to dispel it. As Zola ears,
“Wo guilty Ban could have written
them." Ooe feel* from the very Ant
letter that the wrltar la a brave
aod Inoooent man. litre le a passage
from ooe of the let lari written from
Devil* let aod. "My mind” he writes,
"cannot extricate Itmlf for au Instant
boa the horrible drama of whieb I aa
the v lotto, a tragedy which has a truck
a blow oot only at my llfa—that la the
Meat of eyila aod truly It would have
been better had the wretch who ooa
mittcd the crime killed me Instead ef
wounding me aa be has—but at my
hooor, ll>a honor of my children, tba
honor of you all." And again, lu a
latter dated June \ 1800, be writes.
“You remember tboee llnm of Shake
speare lo "Othello.*' I found them
again cot long ainae among my
Eogllah books. 1 tend them to you
translated.
•Who Milt nr Dim mill trash: 'll*
Twas «SS bah boon ihn
Du» ha lit TliRU rraai hsa rar sood
Itod* m* of that which 4am not outoh
A- J& mo poor IwUsd. I
"Ah, yea I he has rend*rad tut *vrel
OMDt pa a ere, ’ tbs wretch who hue
rtoiea ay honor I He bee made m«
more miserable then tbe meanest of
human creature*. But to each one hi*
hour. Courage then, dear Lucie; prt
a*m tbe uooocqoarable wtll that you
bare shown entll now.”
And. ble own view of Um tragedy in
which ba wee tb* silent Isaro ; "Ton
see, darling, s man of honor cannot
Ilea without ble honor; it done no good
to tail himself that he I* Innocent; he
eats bit heart out. In aolitade, the
hours era long, and my mlod cannot
comprehend all that hasoomaapoa me.
Never eoutd e romancer, however rtob
ble Imagi nation, have wrllteu a story
more tragic. Some day wbao my
atory la told »t will be Incredible. Bot
wbat wa most tall ourselves now la
that I mom be vindicated. My name
moat shine anew, with all Use lustra It
ehotold never have loot. I should
rather see aty children dead than to
think that Use name they bear la a dis
honored one.”
Thl* thought la repealed again and
again. It;ie the firm receive that bla hon
or must b* saved that prevents him tak
ing hi* Ills. Throughout he expresses
tbe solicitude of a loving husband end
father. II* must llva to save ble honor
end for Use ask* ol his wife end eblt
dreo. And now, from present Indian
Uoo, the wsmapmmi tale will have . a
happy coding, for it r* practically car
tain that tbe decision will la reversed,
and that Captain Alfred Dreyfus wtll
realise tb* dream which lia has ex
pressed so beautifully la the follow lag
letter :
"The body may slye way under suoh
l burden of grief, but the soul should
remain firm and valient, to protest
•gainst a tot that wthave not deserved.
When ay honor Is given book to me.
then only, my good darling, we •bell
have Um right to withdraw from the
Held. Wo will live for each other, far
from tba note* of the world; we will
take refuge le oor mutual affeotlou.
In oar love, grown still stranger in
these tragical events. Wa will sustain
each other, that we may bind up tbe
wounds of our hearts; we will live In
oor children, to whom are will oonse
crate the remainder of our day*. We
will try to make them good simple ba
lnea, strong Id body sod mind. W*
wtQ elevate their tools an that they
may always ded In them a refuge from
the realities of lire.
"Key this day oome soon, for we
have ell paid our tribute' of sufferings
upon this earth t Courage, than, my
darling; bo strong end valiant; carry
on your work without weakness, with
dignity, but with tb* conviction of
your right*. I am going to lie down,
to close my art* and think of yon.
Good night and a thousand kiss**.”
TkMtMkrj Oiks.
QsSxf lrS|sr.
John Stooksy. of Spartanburg, was
oonrloted of msnalangbter by tbs Jury
last week end rseeired a eenteooe ef
ten years at hard labor in tbs peniten
tiary. Ris eouDsal gays notion of an
appeal to the Ssmmm Court, and
•lodge Gary signed an order allowing
the defendant tall In the antn of 16,000
pending the appeal We think Umt
the Jury leudered a rtgblaoqs yard let,
and that Mr. Stuckey. as a senalble
stan, mast admit that he had g fait
a»d Bpsrthl trial. His defense was
weak, anpaoially that "roety pistol”
pact of It, and there wee nothing
brought out In the trial that would
glee even a nolortag of JuatlSeatloa to
his net m taking John Hey tor's Ufa.
Mr. Stuckey has been a eoooeaafal
businesn man and a naan of steady
habita and of good eharaoter. ft la
deplore bin that this great shadow
should cotaa over bln life from no other
apparent cause than tha Impulse of
*a ooguarOed taeeseet. prompted by
the general era is for taking human
life end the rrarrsady pistol. IT hat
ersr Bay bs ths decision of the Su
preme Court bis own Ilfs I* blighted,
and two families ere rained, ell for the
leek of one mamsnt of reflection, of
reason, sod setf-sootrol. When will
awn cease to act like wild beasts, and
rlee to the plans of rational. Intelli
gent ereatares ?
snkBBMIBBi
Asuorasa *r Sms WsSI WaUr
(i*ra*r tosesr.
The following is tlw analysts of Geg
neyHi daep Wall water, mads hy the
chemist of the Aoalhera R <11 way Cum
ptny;
C3osg?Kttto^'sM-„ **
Tha resMaa cue ales ohtolly of oar
honete of Maw, n llUto eMertds of
sodium and Iren sad alttaeteem. with
trwaaa of rear oasis sad shades.
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ARP’S HEART IS SAD.
OTEB THE BECE1T DEATH OF TWO
OOOD OLD FBHIDfl.
N* r«y> m Trltalf t« Thun -Won
f*»w MtSunnn Md Hmry M.
m«i ■« mmuu « m> n< *nt
OUl Arp la Atlanta ConttUutieu.
Simon Peter Richardson and Henry
B. Plant, two non of my friends bar*
fallaa a (loop. They wets oot my near
and dear friends bat tbay wen friends
to bnmaolty and 1 am human. J knew
than well and wa* always plaaacd
with their presence. It la a good slgu
wbso you are glad to mast area an eo
?|aalutaooa—a good algn for him and It
a m good ona for you whan your no
attain mooes meet you gladly. Simon
Pater lllehardaon ministered ban for
neveml years aud T was always cheered
with till presence and las road some
thing I did not know. Ha was a walk
ing educator, a man of wK sod wis
dom aud of great philanthropy- Some
limes ba cut to tbe qulok, hot bis knife
watt sharp aud left do ragged edges. I
recall an leoktenl that iBoatrated hie
earnest raadiaaaa to reply to a mao
wbo refused a little chanty to o eery
poor blind woman Who wished to gs to,
Atlanta to hays Dr. Oalbeuo remove a 1
cataract from her aye. Simon Mar
eory earnestly related her eeedlUuo
aod bar extreme poverty aud said.
“Please give me half a dollar, only a
half dollar.’’ Tbe merchant replied,
“Bo, I cent do Ik We marebanta aia
bind to death by tbaaa country people
and we have got to atop. I toll you
Cools Simon, wa are bled to death, jnu
must excuse me.' Simon refer looked
at him aa If he ware ameasd. After a
brief allaeoa ba said, “Mad are you.
Lot mo ebow you someth lag. Ha look
og his tong linen duster, than un
buttoned the wristband on kia left arm.
rolled up ths (leave and pointing to
two liule Mara near tbe elbow said,
“A loog time eao a fool dootov tried to
biaed me aod made these eases. He
mi sard the veto and got no blood, but
the scare are there. 1 am afraid that
la Mm experience of a good many people
wbo ask a little charity for the poor.
They net no blood, hot leave a soar.1’
We whoaaw the point smiled audibly.
Tba merchant's fees reddened under
the sarcasm, lie suddenly pulled out
tba ceoaey drawer aod bind ad a dollar
to tba old man, aod said'. “Give this
tn bar. 1 don't want any of your scan
about axe. ”
The 1«*1 year of liia aojouro here
Uncle Hlnea took a vacation and
vlaitod hla old home on Ike Pecdee
rlvar, In South Carolina When he
returned he told me exoltiagly of the
food time he had and about u wnader
ul revival that aecuojd lu hla old
home chnreh —tbo greatest revival be
said that ha bad witnessed tor many
years. “How many converts did you
take luto tbe church,” said 1 “Tbe
first week,1’ said ha, “we never took In
nary one. bnt we turned seventeen out
end parted the obuxch. After that
the Lord bleeped us and theta >• many a
church In this part of the oo entry that
needs the tarns medMne. ”
TTocle Simon left Ms Impression up
oo Urn people of every com a* unity in
which be lived. He was oo earnest
ansa, a man of eoavlettoaa aud was
perfectly fearlem in maintaining tliem.
Won to tha Infidel oraeeptlcoragocetlc
who encountered him. Woe to the
man who declined to go to church be
cause he dlda’t feet tbe need of relig
ion. Ho doebt we have as good men
now, bat tbe preacher* km rare in any
denomination who am lilt equals in
oonvlnainr and oonvertlng force. With
Paul he coaid say, "I have fought a
good fight. I have kept the faith.”
Mr. Plarfa photograph la before me.
What a broad, attraotlvs, human-Ilka
face. There to nothing of awe or
solemnity In bit feature* that would
Intimate tbe approeeb of tbe humblest
of hi* race. “Knowing that tbon want
an aaatere man” did not apply to him.
Always dignified, always eelf-potoed
and aarneat. be *s*m*d ae mueh tot
earned roe other* aa himself. He was
frank but careful la bit speech, gaols],
unoompUlolcg and savor worried over
buainae* cans or dlaappoiotcaant*. Hit
last totter to me. written In Vehrnary.
area an autograph and to a modal of
good old-faahloued panmaoahlp. It to
a large, opsn. Ivonatt band wultoa* *
Wet or eraaore, the 111 all dotted, tha
t’a all eroaaad and quotation mark*
where tltey should be In speak lag of
hie health, be soya: “I have baa* aof
faring, but aa yet <m desk and etw
pawed In a moderate way to aiteod to
my dattoa and la aotaa maasara be of
benefit to Ut* peopto.”
I bare taboo nnw of him for nearly
half a century aad know of no greater
anan In tbello* of paUto progress end
public benefaetlou. Many mill I anal rea
her* acquired tcrtooaa from apaenla
Uon—gpaealaUon baa robbed other*.
Many bar* built eo the foundation*
tha* other* laid and some bar* wrecked
railroad* aad private aatarprtoaa on
purpose for their own profit, but Mr.
plant onsd* honest plana la early Ufa
aad baa by alow aad a*N deg ran ex
panded aad matured them. II* baa
added to valoaa net oatv at hla own
properly, bat to that of eemmnaUtoe
aad states. Ua ha* proved himself aa
unselfish friend to the sou to and won
ilia love aad admiration of oar people,
dhtkmpert any*. “Tba evil they do liras
after them. Tfc# good to oft Interred
with their boats ” That to do* always
Una. la foot, be might truly have
aald, "Tbegoowtka* men do live after
them,” Good deads am Hka Urn cir
oHa* war** Mist gently move* to the
shorn whan a atoaa la ana* Into a pool.
They never toes their I a (Was. The
good that Mr. Float baa done for lb*
peopto has not bam. buried with him.
eor will be be forgotten for gees rations
£ubs eo asms ad to to “fkaa* ap t
does op I” The Wd ***a die eed
ether* stag lata thHr ptoeaa-end the
world moves on. “Ocas mp' Is heard
all ehmg tba liar.
-ntonO ifw rrirno Csvarts.
wv, tea ant M ■ IrtriU *
Ties M aa aaloa bars sT Maris
Thai has an« ww »« atri '
r hr K-wiiftuUHf Swtliwlai* of a
Tmmmm VI*.
etna I la r>*r * Shuar.
"Oh, Harold, do yoa loro aa?" in
idtwad the bride of a mooch, m her
pinhead cum la from bla busioeae aad
praaMl Me waiting wife to bla manly
"Well.” aald be, between Uaeaa.
UJ»» r>« lofer from thla opera
"But, Harold, do you really aad
truly loro met” aba demanded, eaaer
to hear again from bit llpa wbatabe
had beard toaoy times before.
T darting, I loro yoa donrty,!
*T?*¥‘r' nnosaatugly, oouatonUy/a
ero^roly. ameangTy. aod any other
odmha you happen to tblak of.”
“Von are nuking fon of me, Har
old, aad yoa ought not to do Uut”
noulad Uifl brirlr* "
"Mo. loro,” pretested Harold, m bo
Miweased ha oal bland her again. "I
»•*■** toying to oooyinoe yoa that
I do really aod truly loro yoa dearly
aod d tarty *'
~VS ESA**
"Are yea ears. Harold/"
"Quito certain, ay preoiooe.”
askedi
"D° Ton loro aa aa aoob as yoa
Aid this morning, Haroldt”
”1 low yon twice aa aoob, ay
cfaarmar,” aaseroceted Harold, think
ing Co mate her happy. But bow lit
tle do men know about woaanl Hta
bride ^looted «t bla eorrowfolly aod
"Oh, Harold, why did yoa loro me
lea thla morn log than yoa do Boat”
And abe burat ioto leara.
WMOm U Mmmmtf
rertvuio Beauhnw.
The Enquirer bee been making ooe
eMvable effort daring tin pant law
day* to get noma inatde UtormaUoaM
to ilia probable pleas of tboparUan who
nrn seeking to get control of lbe Caro
lina and North-Western railroad; bat
without maob anooam.
From n straw picked np lent ttotor
d«y night, than aaatbt to ba a proba
bility that GeoareJ Hofcn aod -unirn
at**, of Llooolutoo, an some whan be
lslod Van White, Berber aod TT*~
elates. Tbto aaggoctloo la baaed neont
lvoothe foot that General Hoke re
turned to Lloootateh ,ou Saturday
from a trip aorose the mountains. and
while oo the Narrow Gauge rieeennqui
train be prenared a copy of the Jfnqrir
tr of 8etnrdny containing a report of
the proceedings of Use mealing of tba
county board of oommlmtonere at their
meeting on the prerioue . Wednesday.
He took Use situation to Indleata that
the oommleole non ween obtest to otods 0
trad* for Um sale of MO ebons of York
county Monk to Mr. White, eud rather
then otberwlm ba appeared to be eery
moeh pleased at the prospect. The
JBnijulrer'i leformeot raid that lodg
ing from the oommeou of Gawero)
Hoke, be was satisfied that the general1
rathe* stood In wHh the White-Barber
people aod wished them racorm. The
following from the Colombia Bute of
Snndey u aootber straw that eeemn to
bn blowing In the rams direction:
A prominent Columbian, who boa
juat returned to the oily, brings the
news of soother railroad which prom
isee to be or value to the Carolina and
North-Western of this state, better
known es the Chester and Lenoir, and ,
Indirectly to the cltlte of the state, la
regard to the matter the goottomna re
torted to said: -We mat ap with Mr.
a M. Key lor, ttf Bristol, Yn.. and
TVnoaseee, who la Virglote nod North
Carolina agent tor tba Virginia Iroo
end Coke oompney. of Bristol, Tana.,
and be enya that bh Beta pony ie bail
ing a railroad from Us extensive ooal
nod Iron Qaida la southwestern Vir
ginia to Lenoir, X. C„ to oenaeet with
the Carolina and North-Western rail
road running from Lenoir, X. U, to
Cheater, H C., sad. when completed,
tba oocopaar, tar Ule ltoa, mm pat it*
ooal Into OoUmbia at a vary low prion.
The proponed route will be a very
abort ooo from the ooal Odds to oU the
principal etUoa of this eteto.''
Bet at HI the eeltra eUnatloc eootin
uee la the dark no far an the people of
this eeetioa are nanetrned. Tharohaa
net been a single word of positive
promise that any kind of a oral means
n eheogs ef Use gangs to the standard,
or that the sale ef the road win be
followed even by an extension oeraee
the mountains.
rirm arlttaa T«fc» Mm, tonM W. C,
U MI to a qoratlon wtottor tto
toMar of a ttwipiptr baa tto rtybl to
pabMaty ranaainaanl aay at tto rarioua
proprtalaty madleiaaa wbiah flood tto
■aarkot, yat aa a pranoUn of tafftr
lafl wa teal It a flaky today aaood awed
for Gtoatariala’a Colie. cfiolara aad
DUntoaa Baaaady. Wo km know a
aafl aaafl tola nodtataa la aar f.wily
far twanty yaara aafl tovaataraya foaafl
It rallaMa. to naoy om a data of
UiU raatody would tan toon of oaffir
lay wblla a pa *•*•»•» u awaltod. Wa
flo aot baton to fltoaofllafl InpUoHty
oa aay Madia I ao for a flan, but an do
ballon that H a batUt of CbanbartalaHi
DUrrboaa Baatady wan topi oa baafl
aafl aflnlatatorafl U tto laoagtlaa of
aa attoob nueh tafltrhe nlfht to
avoidad aafl la vary aaaay oaaaa tto
pnaaaoa of a ofctaielan would not to
raqaltad. At Wat tbit baa toaa oar
•zpnlonoa dariaa toa paat twaaty
yaara For tala by i. K, Carry A Co.
Tto floatbara Hallway la aoaapirlay
ayalaat iraana. Mat fnaa tto la
pira dtoal aafl Iraa warba la bataa aaafl
for toflaot atom tto traoba aad If a
omm oaa walk abaf toaaa wttboat town
•boat to la wtoatai u tto riflto af
waa. Tba naff to fait of flbarp oaraara
aaa adyta aad will oat ■ Mkaw't tboaa
to any »a abort ardor. It la Iraa aad
will aadtlaaa to to a ttamot to paflaa
trtana for a laat Una. Pa warn, H la
•aid koto tto flaan tolkaM lo Um
aaaalry.
Sr. u*u aapamta. •
Tlit — American pcHayef lawrlat
rwSiaa kNtfSpMt Bobo?
dally, u well ac taltcleevMaUe marl.
Bee of Iwarlnaa Meed and imntdpla.
w indleeud to tba odfclel Vysaaiaij
•fane skewing that tba tract te ra
atore aad eiioUi etdar la the FhlUp
ptam hm been lallaail tbea far at
an eteraga dally aspaadttaro ofBBOO,
000.
Xl wiX ba wall far tba people ef tbs
Unttt malm to poster a Mt over this
exhibit. Setup Iron tba cUractoria
Ues already displayed by tba saaaga
Filipino tribes bow U remit agaiaat
^J^tporjBjimot ooeapattoo of tba
alaaoaaeadf
of bolding tba
reacha Boaaclalrotajpe i
AralSa*Atartaaa people willing la
pay t taa prtow^il tw a «1 r d femgkfllp
pcioolpte and tradition. a ghastly talk
eta of Amnrtaaa Mood, aa outpouring
of may mtllloaa of donara at Aiaari
oaa money 1 A fraatlo waring ef Old
Olary^ aMflaUy ambRIoao beads will
at Ottwgly atwar tbta question.
■uMIparola^ tba aPNfT Md’tS
trteky trumpet-calls of lauarUUam
oolaoial cooqoaat mot ba aUltad tbt
Uia aaawar may be heard.
rwl Mi «fc» iprtiwK niw.
Jim/kmm looking IMau catered
• bualaeaa bouea Uta other day. u<
walking up to one ut Uta ro«a anployad
oa tba Tower floor. mM .
“la dhera aoay ehanS far a aw t*
gat a lob aa wur ruk here?”
“I dont know.” aoawarad tba aaaa
addreaaad. ••you’ll baya to aM Mr.
Hobart.”
“Aft’ pfwtre U bar* aakrd tha Lriab
maw.
“Up on tha araood floor.” waa tba
aoawer.
“Shall Oi wait ap aw’ talk t* hla»»"
wuarrlad Uta aaakar Iter aaaeiorwaat.
w “No naed of that.” raffed tha aaan.
“Foot wblatla tetbwt tuba awd he'll
Kto you.” pointing at tba aaaa
to a apaaklag tabw
Tha old frtabaaa walked over U Uta
tube aad bUw a algbty Want la It.
Mr. Hobart hoard tba wblatla, cabas to
tba tuba, and inqalred:
* What* wanted down (barer”
•'Tie CM. Paddy Flynn,” sue war id
tba IrtebMwa. “Ar* ya tb’ booaf”
“I ant.” replied Mr. Hobart.
“WaD, tbla,” yelled Flyon, “aUtteb
yar bead out ay tb’ aroood atbory win.
dy what la OI atbap out aw tb* aoWte
walkl Oi want to talk t* ya!”.
MinrwitaiiiaM*.
Wtartoa taM
▲ bon* batoagtag to EL B. Jmw,
of Yadkta eoaoti. mat akk a peoaMar
aaatdeat a tow daya ago. Mr. Jaaw
waa aaar tba aufato wbaa ba board lha
aotoal fell. Upon taaaattoaUaa ba
touad tba bona had aetata Ida Mad
toot bang to bis moothaad aoald oat
rebate umarif. Tba toot bad allay ad
lata tba boraa'a mouth and tba boat
waa Itaog arar tba tower teeth. ta>
waking two potto by Mr. Jaaaaa before
urn toot could ba toaaaaad aod Urn
horaa allowed to rim. Mr. Jaaaaa
ronebao tor tba toato a> stated aad
lha prteto of tba boraa’a toatb ware to
ba oat oa tha boat tba aoat day.
IMriuua laraM.
By aa aalolatUaatl aalataba ta*5a a
ft* ton HP* th* Wllmlotton /Star it
Um doraadaoA la a tail for aUadar and
tba i*-1**1* tblaka bit abaiaatai baa
baaa daoagnd to tba rxtant ot 95,000.
la «*tU»i out a dally i»par taab ab
takaa art aaayoldabta, aad it *at to
oo*or MMto aaaot at tbit that tba tab
latum vat atkad ta aaatl a Utai la*
■on (avoraWr ta tbt iiibbehhib .
• Tt"
Mr. A. batoa, *» lilac froa Oaaoa
a at Oroya, Fla. art lb ara baa bata
juKa an ayidaMaTta^dtanbata Uart
to*four daaaa at Obaokbartaint Ocjio,
liatar* aad Dtarrhott Baaiady. Ha
2d ttof *ay It la tba boat awdliliB
Lb*y ayar aaad. Far aala by J. B. Cab
ry to OaMytay._
Tk-ttw. •»“1**rnu.
Mra. itllay- Am mb oa oaUa' iartat
•Id aw at* aaiatobarf
Mr*. Murphy—Ar aaotaa I taa. 8b»
aabrdjaa a ttib, aad t toted bar
1 “Mt baaa aald aaay dlBaraai taaab
tPMita, bat aoM bat *tr*u tottar
taUataoHaa tbaa Ctaatabartatata," any*
Mr. Cbartaa Mobbaw. OtogN,
Nmrt. K. J. “It b paHtoMyS
aad taa ba raltad ayoa ta alt aoaw ot
n*&£t&5sr“
■— n»Trw> Wa—ta —m Way.
Vi*i«»ih hii.
“ttttofartter CmmMmoI tnuta
atoald too* tto aOaot af data* mi
with atari? «M tto atiwtatUl train
aia of Ito .UalUd Jtotot ^tto tojaay
o» PhltoMph^B^ChMiteHiaVk^^Tto
laaa of ttaGrjote wuaM. to to aaaa. to
KSft2TA“iSi»,Sa?
aSHaSSs.'safar
a«u» latte aaanaalaT* M* WMlr>
—Mr to tto tSaapartoUaaToaxaLto
aad thera laa* a railroad at aay 1m
portaaea In tto TTaltad Kata* that
would aat fool tbalr tattoMoal aa a
Maw^Utto^paa—jgr IcaWe. Ttolr
tto total paoal*.",,,, "1> "m **
"1 kaow of doaaaa of-total* la tto
Watt that Ooartah bp Maaoa ad aotor
toahta diwrotfa. aad that aouM
Mataa^lloo K -loadof thla tnda.