The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, August 26, 1892, Image 1
CAMDEN, S. C.,
down and cried with
not this sin to their
said tilts he fell
r, he prayed
xxni.,te4). Oorin
your etoemies, bless
them that
rhich dsspite
?011"" (Math, v.,
ible to the natural man,
from above, if we have
the new Spirit (John ifi.,
xxxvi He in us can
i Jesus and Stephen. One of
Hot* for the Christian is
who iiveth in me*
Saul was consenting onto
hi. -j o? n testimony long
to the Lord. "When the
ty r Stephen was shed I also
by and consented onto his
the raiment of tbem that
ixxii.. 20>.
, time th jre was a great per
the church, which was at
they were all scattered
it the regioas of Jndea and
the apostle?.** The com
?o unto all the world.'' "To
auto the uttermost part of
?r:^ xvi., 15; Acts i., 8), but up
seem to have confined their
f Jerusalem, hence this persecu
: by thxt to c ?u? tl
commaa >.
it men <r*rriel
. made great lamentation over
with his Lor>J> "absent
j, present wita the Lor J," but
jssleep, even as J^sus said ot
ispe&fctng of h?B death, "Our
sketch*' (John xi,
?occasion to lament for Stephen,
is a great gain, but it seemed
could ill afford to lose such
Sen', he made havoc of the
, into everv house, and haii
women, committed them to
2d measure he persecuted the
uted it being exceedingly
1 Christians fGah u 13; Acts
He little thought that be
le fighting against God, as
Gamaliel, had said t chap
lid not know, thou he af
it, that when he touciisd a
the Lord Himself (Acts
t,a?.
re they that ware scattered
everywhere preaching the
that these were not the
5 everywhere evan^eiizuu^
ail believers. It should be so
belie vars everywhere ia the
tore, ia the mine and on the'
an-i abroad, should be a*4e
another of Jesus and His:
ttio 1, death, resurrection,
return. icing fo-u sal glory.
Be soon be marie known m afl
His kingiom come.? Lesion
indies for Siaall Tools
handle of stoaH tools are
wood of the appie tree*
aely hard when dry, and
grain. Moreover, it iotr*
iiy after it has been dre&sed.
a plane, while the handle
be of this wood, the best
block in which the catting
. plane is fastened has been
? second growth beech, which
in* clearing. The trunk ef
below where the branches
_ for th;s purpoee with the
u ? New York Owpatch.
Boaductor ? "All aboard. Urirry
|jf vou are joia^ by this train."
a minute, till I k:ss
Jon ;uctor ? "Jura, k^a'^irij
>taa:.*' ? Oik'aau ?cl\ xs. ^
sa'-d Mr." Flanker,
in't tra^iate a passage ia
Rftrnrd. - . i. . ? ' f
i three States' brief*.
Telegraphic Dispatches From Many
Poiits of Interest.
The Fields of Virginia, North and
South Carolina Carefully
Gleaned For Hews.
VIRGINIA.
Mi?s Zoe Oayton. the famous pedes
} trian, stopped a day in CharloU svill-,
j <>n her way from Nl-.v York to S&u Fran
I C)*CO.
Spott Brown and Tom Dabncy (colored)
j have l-een arrested in CarternviHe for burn -
I ing the tobacco how*; and horses-. f A. T.
k Moon. The cj?ss was worked up by a
i colored detective named Rowe from Kich
| mond
A debtor in Madison county turned
! over as his oniy proj**rty a gold watch
bearing the name of "Extra Billy Smith"
and the dale 1830. . Extra ftiHy, who
died not long since, was on c the manager
of a stage line between Wa?h'n?ton and
point* in Virginia, but later Governor of
that State, Congressman, and Major Gen
eral in the Confederate army. Extra
Billy's watch, though it has run for at
leastjaxty two years, still keeps good
, time, v ? ?
Colooel W. P. Smi h, chief clerk of the
VirginiapirectTax Commission and com
mi&tQigl for the City of Richmond and
. HenrWcJJbqJy has issued a circular letter
to the several treasurers and commission
ers distributing the district tax fund, ia,
! forming them that the amount to be paid
to a claimant showing himself entitled
under the law is only the net tax paid
and the amount noted as excess when
any excess appears to have been collect d .
The amount noted as jnterest, penalties
*ml costs are not to be' paid oat, as they
b-?ve not yet b cu :efunded to the State
by the Federal Government.
NOPTH CAROLINA.
Auut Winnie Finli-y and aunt Nan
Parks, both colored, of Wilkes cortnty,
are respectively 114 and 113 years old.
At the State Pharmaceutical Associa
tion meeting at Raleigh they dccided to
meet next year at Winston EL R.
Chcars, of Plymouth, was elected Presi
jrtcnt.
Auditor SanderKn has appointed to
succeed Mr. Boiishell as his chief
clerk T, Palmer Jerman, Jr., now ex
ecutive clerk to the Governor. < Mr. Jer
man will be succeeded in the Governor's
office by W. W. Vass, Jr , ?>f R?leigb.
The gutffmary^of the ,jrt?p ~ report for
August is completed Department
of Agriculture, and the snowing made is
a bad one The pe rentage of condition
of cotton is given as TO^and the per cent,
of damage as comparj^with the report a
month ago is given as 24 -per cent. ; corn,
condition 86$; percent, of damage, 21|;
tobacc >. condition 84$; damage 20$.
The condition of the other crops covered
by the returns is as folftNB: Rice 85,
turnips 92, peanuts 82$. swlfet potatoes
00, late cabbage 9<\ late Irish potatoes
>*7, grapes 82, peaches 46, apples 52
Last year at this date the condition of
com was 91f, cotton 73, tobacco 87, ricc
! 16, peanuts 90.
SOUTH CAROLINA.*
Tax returns from 25 counties show
about the same amount of persona! prop
erty as la*t year.
Philip Hicks, aa escaped convict burg
lar from the pententiary, was caught cCar
Charleston Wednesday.
Gr??en Rice, colored, 14 years old, was
aecijJe?UUy shot and killed in Union
cotfhty by his cousin, while they were !
playing With * gun
At Copmbia, in the c-' anty court house
'Jiss A(|Uisoft, a niece of T. S Oa vender,
create^ quite a scene by jla;>pia ; severely
inj&e face Lawyer Buusket, who was
^Xyrng to get possession of a little colored
boy. The parents of the boy had put
him tk der the guardianship "of Miss Ad
dison, and then wanted him back.
Th^lailroad commission in issuing its
June*!* port of the earnings of the roads
of the State. as it xjarked the close of the
railroad Tear, also gave a statement show
ing that the net decrenscin the total earn
ings for the twelve months, ending June
30, 1802, as compared with the corres
ponding months of 1890 and 1891 to be
the suni of #667. 173. 76.
New Southern Enterprises. *
A glance at the list of new enterprises
organized or establ shed in the S<>uth
during the past week, shows continued
activity. Among those mentioned by j
the Manufacturers' Record iu its issue of |
August 12, the foil* -wing are At* more !
important: A $500,000 sugar plantrng.
and manufacturing company at Plaque
mine, La.j a $10,<H)0 lumber company at
Arkansas City, Ark.; a $30, 000 spoke
manufacturing company at Unioa City,
Tera. ; a 300,000 bushel grain elevator at \
Southf ort, La. ; a $7,000 canning com- j
panv at Memphis, Tenn. ; a $10,00$ can- j
nery company at Sh ron, Tenn. ; a $10,- '
000 manufacturing company at Header- !
sou. Ky. ; a $10,000 water works com- I
pi?ny at Newnan, Ga. ; a $5,000 canning \
company at Gardis, Miss. ; a $3-'?0,0()0 '
barb wire and nail works company at 1
Kanawha City, W. Va. ; two $2,000,000 \
coal companies at Beattsville, Ky ;a$50,- :
000 refining company at Louisville, Ky. ; j
a $100,0-'>0 oistilling company at Baltic
mo e, Md. ; a $30, 000 cottonseed oil com- ?
pany at Rockwall, Tex ; a $30,000 can- '
uing company at?arstow, Texas: a $20,
000 steam laundry company at New Or- j
!e<to-<. La. ; a $350,000 paper mill cow- j
pany at Louiaville, Ky.. and a $*K>0,0fK> j
publishing company at Baltimore, Md
The Cotton Crop. j
Those of the Southern cotton planters ;
who. a half year ago, were anxioas to i
bring about a general redaction of the
cotton product, in order to raise the price j
of the sta le itK the market, have seen '
their-object gaintd in an unpleasant way j
through the destrtic ive forces of nature. 1
The extent of the* reduction is shown in. j
the reports of the Department of Agn- !
ruttare containing the facts gather ti rti I
.ill the cotton-gTowing" States. The pro- j
<5uct has ?>eea reduced by heavy floods in |
some parts of the South^ by an excessive
rainf.di or weather otherwise unfavorable j
in many parts, and by other causes not j
under the control of the planters There j
were fears last spring that cotton would |
be an unprofitable .crep this year, but
'?hose feare have been dispelled by agen
cies that have brought grief to many
; :-Iaoters. -
People's Party in Georgia.
Savannah, Ga. ? W. R Kemp, of
^manual county, was nominated for I'on
?ress by the Feopie> party of the first
congressional district. The Republicans
are trying t$t form a coalition wiih the
Third party; * There was oaj negro de
legate in the rnsTnntion. -2$: -
POLITICAL PILLS.
Swallow and Assimilate Them
Quickly. i
The Republican State convention in
session at Atlanta, Ga., refused to put
out a State ticket.
Representative W. A. Branch was re
nominated by the Demotrats at Edenton,
N. C.,from the first congressional district
by acclamation
William J. White, who have just bceo
nominated for Congress by the Republi
cans of the Twenntieth Ohio district, has
made a million out of chewing gum.
An old colored rain and former Repub
lican, J. R. Ramey, of Winston, has an
nouncedhirr.se! f an independent candidate
for Congress in the Eighth N. C. district.
He has already opened his campign and
is making interesting speeches. He saye
that he a candidate regardless of con
ventions, race or color. 4tMy first and
principal plank," be sayg, ' "declares in
favor oi the Government paying all the
ex-slaveo ?h> were twenty-one years old
when Lincoln made hi* emancipation
proclamation $1,000 a year each c for
services rendered during the war. " He
de&feres that the Government justly owes
'fhis debt to the slaves and the South and
that the demand is in accord with Lin
coln's p-oclamation made in 1863. He in
sists that everybody should vote for him,
as he would bring piles of money to the
South. Wijh, -great emphasis the old
colored man says: uIf you give the Dem
ocrats their part of the vote3, the Repub
licans their part, and the Third party
their part, and then give me all the men
on the fence, I think I can be elected."
President Weihe. of the Amalgama' ed
Association of Pittsburg, will oppos<
Dalzcllior Congress. Hugh O'Donnell
wiil run lor the Legislature as a Demo
crat
Nasrvtll*, TVns. ? Gov. Buchanan
has at last announced himself an inde
pendent candidate for^Goveraor. Mon
day afternoon he inscribed a long card in
the papers placing himself before the
people free from all classes. He says
he loves the Democracy but the citizens
have called on him to run and he will
do so.
Clay King's Sentence Commuted.
M km phis, Tenn.? Goyernor Buchanan
in Nashville commuted to imprisoment
for life the sentence of Colonel H, Clay
King, who was to have been hanged
Friday for the murder of David II
Poston on March 15th last on a jmWje'
[ street in this city. ^
Unusual preesure was brought to bear
upon the Governor during the T?st few
days. Petitions signed by thousands
from Tennessee and Kentucky reached
the Chief Executive. Delegations from
military and civic societies besieged him,
and the wife and daughter of the con
demned man, and the wives and^daugh
ters of other prominent citizens made
personal appeals. Senator Harris and
other leading politicians made several
calls upon him, and finally succeeded in
securing the desired commutation.
The prisoner heard the news with but
little interest. He had been indulging in
stimulants of late and seemed indiffer
ent to-what ?as transpiring. people
of Memphis are very indignant over the
action of the Governor. A plan was
formed to lynch Col. King, but he was
spirited away to Nashville by the Sheriff.
Gov. Buchanan was burned in effigy.
Centennial ot Buncc^flfbe.
AsHEvrLLE, N. C. ? Buncombe is a
hundred years old and people have been
celebrating the centetfnial ic, great shape.
The Legislature in 1792 established the
county by cutting off from Burke and
Rutherford the whole western. section of
the State, comprising what is now Macon,
Yancey, Henderson, Madison, Jackson,
Clay, Transylvania, Swain and Graham.
The celebration was ^dressed by
Attorney General Davidson, a native of
Buncombe, Hon. Kemp P. Battle, Col.
V. S. Lusk. Hon. R. B. Vance, Col. S.
D. Cameron and Col. A. T. Davidson.
There was a trades display in the after
noon, showing the resources of the
county.
In the tournament J. E. Sevier, who
rode at CharlotW. won first prize. Several
hundred Qmrfeucrate veterans went into
camp fojr thre<; days. *
The Democracy of Georgia.
~~ ^ _ r? ^
Atlanta, Ga. ? The State Democratic
cot^ention was called to order at noon by
W/Y. Atkinson, chairman of the State
committee. Pleasant A. Stovall was un
animously elected temporary chairman.
After completion of the temporary organ
isation, W. Y. Atkinson was elected
permanent chairman by vtHue of which
he Continues ex-officio chairman of the
State .committee for the next two years.
The following State ticket was nomi
nated: For Governor, W. J. Northen;
for Secretary of State, Gen. Phil Cook ;
for Comptroller, Geo. W. A. Wright; for
Treasurer, R. M. Qurdman ; for Commis
sioner of Agriculture R. T. Nesbitt, and
< for Attorney General, T. M. Terrell. An
electoral ticket pledged to Cleveland and
Stevenson was also placed in the field.
Ohio Extension of Norfolk &We?t?rn.
Huhtingdos, W. Va ? -It is announc
ed that the great Norfolk & Western
Ohio river extension wife be completed
^October 1st, when through trains will be
ruu from Norfolk Va , to Ctflumbus 0.,
:? I.- d Chicago. The extension runs through
live wildest part of the State for over 200
uules, and: strikes theOhic -iver at Ka
-'nawha, W. Va.
! This country is richer in natural
wealth than any other part of West Vir ~
iriota, coal, iron and timber being found
J in abundance. There are 30 tunnels in
: this extension. This road passes through
i the homes of the Hatfields, ths notorious
\ wjtkyjs. "? ]
' Poisoned by Canned Corned Beef.
Philadeiphia, Pa. ? Tea persons
suffered In agony and narrowly escap d
d.-sth by reason of eating canned corned
| tvcf. in fact> in ?ne case it is still un
r?*rtain that the termination will not be
f i al la all ihe cases the victims wer.
attacked by convulsive cramps, nausea and
^aia* of liraba and bead, all symptom*
heing distinctly those of metalic poison
in# All bad eaten canned corned be*:f
of a packing company of Chicago, pur
rinsed at; a near by store.
The Sea Gives Up Its Bead.
Ch vRi-KSTON, S, C. ? The body a " Na
poieon Lad son, one of the eight negroes
who *cre drowned, was washed ashore
on Sullivan's Island. The mouth and
ear* were partially Jestro^ed by fishes,
otbej wise the body was in a gcod state of
preservation. This is the fifth body re
covered. Parties were out dragging the
bottom of the harbor, but to no effect ; all
they obtained was a pair of pasts with;
96 cents in the pocket.
ALLIANCE AUGURS.
The Present, Pagtaod Future of the
P. A. 4 L 0.1 '
Sundry Happening*, An Alliance
Poem, and Other Matters
of Interest.
President Louoks wm called home in
South Dakota Friday from Washington,
D. C., by a telegram conveying the fad
news of the death of his oldest son. It
is needless to sty that in thi\ their hour
of distress. Brother Loucka and family
hare the sincere sympathy of the frater
nity ev ery where.
it* 4 ? * * :
POLK'S WORK JtJST begun. ,
:
btib. armors*. wxar rptow
Wbeo sigh* the Wind of heaves,
When falls the evening dew.
When hope seems almost driven
And lout from human view;
, Then stand we still aad wonder,
Ivor watting, wonder k>ng,
} For In the echoing thunder
We'll hear the gleeful song.
That right again shall triumph.
That Justjce shall be done.
And then will sound, the *eraph.
Its Polk's work Jtwt begnn.
Well listen long in sflenee
Enraptured, filed with toy.
With bated breath and salines*
As stands a Umld boy;
Well catch It to the echo,
As echo will prolong
Beyond the mighty shadow,
> Ne'er stirred oy human song;
And angels In the chorus
Will cry aloud, 'Well doner
Aad bright will be the glories
Of Polk's work just begun.
TIs God that hides the vision
Prom mortal eyes so far, .
And laughs at hurran wisdom
That thinks to know a star; ^
But He is Go<l. our Father, ?
And hears his children cry, ?
In mercy tries to l?ad them
When for the right they tryj" <?
Though be the effort bumble,
f. In Ignorance begun,
"Still grand will the coming
Of Polk's work Just begun. ?
***** r
Reporter (Kansas) sizes conditions up
carefully in this way. Puck once had a
picture of a king, a bishop, a sold er and
a laborer. The king with ? ut stretched
sceptre, s iid : "I rule aN;" the priest with
his prayer book said: 4 I. pray for nil; '
the soldier with his rifle said: "I fight (or
all," and the laborer, in tie midst of all
the different kinds of tools and machin
ery, said; "I pay for all."
#+*?***
Qoodland Republic (Kansas) lets on
the light: Manager Frick. pf the C r
negie iron mills, has an income derived
from that institution of $2,000,000 an
nually. The entire pay roll of 8,800
workman only amounts to $2,400,000 an
nually. It would seem that this condi
tion of affairs would justify a cut pf
wages. The avenge wages of 1 he work
men are $?>2 a month, while the manager
makes $166,666, 66f in the saint period.
* V * * * * ?
Knights- of Labor Journal (Pennsyl
vania) says: The 12,894 business failures
in the United States last year? an increase
of 1,700 over 1890? are not so much an
indication of exceptional stringency in
the money market as of the tendency to
ward concentration in commercial matters.
The big capitalists are eating up the
smaller ones, and, whether the times arc
good or bad, it is becoming increasingly
difficult for the small trader or manu
facturer to exist. Production and distri
button an; getting into fewer bands, and
it is for those who suffer by the process
to ?ay whether th<^ wish their lot snd
that of tkeir children to be the condition
of wage-slaves to a handful of plutocrats
or partners in a nations! iystem of in
dustrial organization. Thara is no alter
native.
SOUTHERN INWSfSfAL NOTES
This Kind of News Is . Very
Interesting.
An Alabama woman is mentioned in
4<The Southern Stockman and Farmer"
as having loaned her husband $30 and
$40 at a time (butter money) to pay labor
to make cotton.
The stockholders oft he Eastern Carolina
Piscatorial Association held thrir first I
annual meeting at Wilmington, N. C.f
recently apd elected ? E. Potter, presi
dent;, W. A. Riach, vicc-prcsident, and
Isaac Bate*, secretary and treasurer.
This association owns 1,000 acrcs of fine
oyster ground, and ba? planted 59,522
bushels of oysteis in the past year. It is
proposed to plant many more next
spring. Besides the oyster ground, 305
acres of fiue upland are owned, and it is
intended to start a small lown there. All
of the ground is pa <1 for and the com
pany has no debts.
Castor beans are being raised in some
sections of the South, nnd they bring
$1.50 per bushel of -16 lbs. There is a
market for all that is offered.
Insane ? Cured ? Acquitted? 7 Insane
Again. \
Ashe^illk, N. C. -Two years ago,
iu Madison county, Robert L tycPeeters
and Zeb W. Cady quarrelled and McPee
ters shot Cad?, killing him instantly. A
court of inquiry examined McPeeters
with the result that he was sent to the
asylum for the insane at Morganton.
?He remained there until Monday of last
week when he was discharged as cured
and sent back to Marshall for trial for
murder. The trial began at once and
c'osed Saturday. McPeeters made two
plea* : self-defense and ~ insanity. The
ju:y returned a verdict "not guilty'' and
the man was released. Within t*o
hours, however, of the time the verdict
was rendea d, McPeeters bccame raving
mad and had to l>e ^confined in jail,
where he now awaits re-commi'ment to
the asyiuto.
Gen. Field and a Third Party paper
Nasiivh.lb, TitKH.-i-It lias been learn
ed here tha'. the Third party iu* have de
cided to start a morning newsj aper in
Memphis on or before the first of Sep
tember It is said that John H. McDowell
wid I e editor in-cliief. It is understood
th-t Gen. Jas. G. Field, People's patty
candidate for Vice-President, is now in
Memphis looking over the field an ? aid
ing his followers in making the necca
sary arrangements to s-art the paper. ,
Gov. Buchanan anuoun ed himself as in
depciidc .t eiadi^Ltte for Gov rnoi.
B-eh-uan will !?; emlorsed by the Third'
pat tyHes and the Memphis organ will
support him. It is said th .t the utw
paper will be called tae Gazette.
V. C. State Alliance Keating
Gbbbnsboro, N. C.f-At a late hou
the State Alliance went into; the electio:
of ?fficers. Marion Butler, president. 1
tf. I.oog, of "Buncombe county, vice"
president and W. S. Barnes, Statr
treasurer and secretary~were re e'ecte 1
Dr C. Tobapson, of 06tlow, was elected
^tate lecture? instead <H Mr. Bell. Door
keeper, Mr. Henry, of Macon county;
assistant doorkeeper, H. E. Xing, of On
slov; chaplain, Rev. John Ammond, of
Madison county ; sergeant at-arms, J. S
Holt, of AlamaDce.
. . i , . '
AFTER THE COWS,
rbe pasture reached to the bleak uplands
where the sugar mapiei stood
Firmly rooted amid the roekag at the edge of
the great pine wood;
The brook from the spring in the foreet
leaped '"own ward in clouds of spray,
And the tail ferns drooped andnoddel their
^ heads above the bowlders gray.
j ?
The hush of the summer evening fell, restful
and cool and da up; ^
The firefly in the buttercup meadows lighted
his ghostly lamp; ^ j ;
? And high in the flare of the sunset climbed
* up the dome of the bine,
As three little children went after the cows,
barefooted through the dew. ?
The whippoor will sang In the alders that
fringed the bank o f the stream; i j
And, like the mystical music one bears in a
beautiful dream, \
The tinkle of cow -balls blended with the
rippling waters below,.
And the fqjl red moon in the shadowy east
on theJ^ison hung low.
The air was sweet frith thedorer bloom from
the hanqneting-grounds of the Sees,
And the woodsy snent<ft the mosses that hid
in the shade of the trees;
The oow-path wound through the hemlocks
and round the high ledges curled,
W here, gazing out through the distance, we
saw to the ends of the world!
1 $*?' {
We called the cows through the gloaming?
"Ruby, and Bessie, hni Floss,
CberrjL and Molly, and Dimple, and Bonnes
???Co,' boss! co,' boss! oo,' boas!"
And down the path through theoleai^ng they
thundered, end trampled, and roared.
With their bellowing heads borne high aloft
as they galloped to reach the fottL { :
Knee-deep in tb% gurgling*, water they
crowded and pushed as th^f drank; '
They reared and hooked at each other as
f they climbed tHsiippery bahk;" : i
They plunged: their hterts in the clematis as
it hnng in itB tangled net, - ;
And tossed on their horns, the eel gram, so
snaky and green and wet.
Three little children followed them doee, all
fearless and happy and free, "s
Holding the tanned brown hands of each
. other? three little children^ three, ;
Through tfce soft oqol damp of the shadowy
and under the light of the siara, ; ? >
Driving the oows with their tinkling bells
home to the barn yard bars. ; < . '
?Clara Augusta, in Wide Awakja.
>. i i . ~ ? ?? -. . ' [i .
A TALE OF TEZCip j
0 back with tm
Sn fancy, deal
render, to a time
almost six cen
turies ago. Turn
southward to the
royal city of Tez
cuco, on tbeQ^B9t>
cm. border of tb#
K r e a t Mexican
lake,. that power
ful neighbor and
ally of the Aztec*,
which lor several centuries flourished in I
a part of whet is now tbo Kepublic_ QtJ
Mexico. ' *
BtretcW^ltaSfirom the imperial
were ?'
j^Sow maiie, that glittered in the sun- ,
I light like seas of gold. Mingled with
| and beyond these were plantations of the
I maguey jor aloe, one of the most im
portant 'and useful products .of the
country. Farther in the distance, and -j
from thence extending to the mountains i
themselves, were vast forfea^s of tho rich
and variegated flora of the1 then semi- -
tropical region, j
One evening, as the sun was casting j
| his last bright beams on the valley, shed
ding a refulgent glor/ over the land
scape, UhertTsfbQd at the edge of the
forest two men engaged in earnest con
sultation.
One of these, although young, was
clad in the garb of a high warrior, or
"lord of the realm," with a short tunic
over which was a cuirass made of thin
plates of gold snd silver. A magnificent
cloak ol many-hued feathers au.4 a silver
helmet, from the top of which waved a
panacbe of variegated plumeegjgprtakied
with precious stones, completed the attire
! of the Prince, for such he wns.
His companion was a man whose hair
was white with age, yet his eyes fasted
with energy and his step wss still firm,
j This wss Huitzii, priest of the terrible
war god, Huitzilopochtli.
The younger man was speaking.
"And thinkest thou not, good Father
Huitzii, that my father, the King, will
decree to save th<kmaiden, that she may
become my wife?,f*
"Nay, Prince Nezabualcoyotl, that
may not be. For who would oppose the
cornmandsof the great and awe-inspiring
Huitxilopochtli, the god of cods? And
has he not spoken through nic, his ser
vant, that the maiden must die? Nay,
my son, lift not thy hand against the
anointed of the uods! Thoirthalt find
othere as woithy of thy favor a* Tula.
The world is wide and Huitzilopochtli is
its ruler. He who taketh one can give
another. Be advised, my son, and let
not tb'y hand be guided by the rashness
of the unbeliever.''
"My father, thou art wise, but thou
art old. It is naught to thee that the
fierce passion raged in my bosom. Thou
art like yonder mountain* reanntfita
?now-ciad suimniic toward the mm. I tm
like fi*e mountain, the flames roar ;n
?ny bosom. What knowest thou of youth
or the love of y&uth? I tell thee that- 1
love the beautiful Tula, and e>e shail be
my bride, or anoth-r shall sit on the
throne of Tezcuco in the stead c ~
fatfrar. I have said it."
The visage of the old priest was stem
u he replied to this impetuous outbreak.
? "My sen speaks truth and falsehood.
Hp is voune, and has the flames of the
5re mountain witbiu his bosom, yet is
ibe wisdom of the gods withheld from
iiim. Huitzilopochtli Las opened my
?yes, and I see into the future. The old
kin# sits upon his throne in peace. He
dreams not of danger, yet t le enemy is
it his palfe8. One comes from the north,
u?d the old king i? slain. I see the
Prince itezahualcoyotl driven like the
>ea9t from care to tree. But at last he
?s the victor. He sits on the throne of
I'eceuco, and a maiden sits by hie si-ic.
'.lie face of the maiden is not the face w ;
I'ula." -i ^
As the old priest continued he fell into
i rhythmical chant. He siretdied his
?rirus toward the fettiag sun, And j? he
"titertSfc %?$?&&
tf&jfeU mlant his optamsd tou**
isaoe, lighting It wtfh.sn almost divine
radkoo*. QQtO the Usfenin* MbM Aud
kwsstrnck and woo Msg*
Tha my of light fadtf away, and ?tfll
:hey remained silent, wrapped 1^
bought, At MBgth the priert oon
anued: ! .? j ??? ''?!
"My ion, I hare apoken truth. Thou
^uUtMlt. Ool**
Th? young emu stood ^ irresolute fot e
noment only, then turned toward the
*ity, while the priest entered the <ot?
*. "K ?!. _
*?' e"i*S 1S"J2??2
ties of such splendor and msguifloeaee
hMt it wtould indeed seem strange m ow
lay, when the temples of justice soalteiud
>ver oof land ape nsuelly . plain oa*
nnbettts ?e4hjyjornamenfcof UJ dmcrip
ton. gff1fctf^an>ta& **?*!* vtyj
a( the air <1f (different wild animals, of
ridfc an { varied hoe, festooned bpr gold
rin?*,*nd embroidered with fgurea of
?At oneandof >^**"1
^ , r a ijhrone o# pure' gold; inlaid
with pMckHH stones, above which was a
cafnopjj ?^variegated pfnmaze, gleaming
with gokfrt<M Jewels. ' On e stool in
front was pft{ed a human skull, crowned
with an immense emerald of a pyramidal
form, ! and ' surmounted by to aigrette
of brilliant plun les and precious stones.
On [the 4ay following the young
Princsfs interview with Huibril the
priest, just ssithe sun reached the merid
ian, the sound of the tomtom was heard,
calling the lorch to the hall of jtdg^?
ment.j ?
Soon they jeutei^d the outer ior 1
ged themastym fa
rant Thejr w*w a
of men, fotirMil is
numb*, all wearing the goU and; ?| Iter
cutrai i, the ! cloak of rich feather work
tod tl* silm helmet: which proclaim** J
them ? be tjke groat lorda of the feahV
the hi gheet in jt&n\ fa the court of the
Tewm san monarch. ] ' \\ ? I I
When ail had smmbled tfceKlua,
NeShialcoiotain, was annouu^ Jhr a
messenger, and presently the monarch
entered, clotbed in his robes of state, and
preceded bj; a band of thirteen pffests.
Leading the' way into the judgment hall,
the Kteg tooktoseetoufchiW**
phcei ? goWen bw*b,. ?ocro??* |W?
KSsEwri'JSrX
"ftob tb? gT??
vm *ride?t that tto caw io ??*_*?
teoca ?m1i boglwn ?*"??? 04 |B*P?T
wcei ?Wx?
until Buttfil lUpprf, "fa"***
among tin prioto. Pacing M? fW*
hJiowli. mti, b??ttd??to?t??
:?5f?5i5N?
coioUin, thou who rulest over ell Anahu
sSr &!?%&&&#
no SntlW hft ?o ?wf?,d
ffi;C5r?S4&^KS
i, hi. fK*?tood?4 wlw? h? look. npon
Teaeuco. |Hie feasta are no longer rea
with the blood of many captives. aud^
Euitsil face to face, and fo*
one little sacrifice will hia-an^ bc ban
ished. The god of gods, Huitaitopoch
tli, great and temble, commands that
the inoet favored maiden ofTtococobe
offered on the iUar Of on thj
tenth day hence, and the -lot baa failed
upon Tula. ' Thus thall hie wrath paw
over the head of the King and be kin
dled against his enemies. The prophet
of the gods has spoken." I
The priest retired, and from the ranks
of the noblea earae the youngest _ of all,
the Prince Nexahualcoyotl. With a
profound bow he advanced to where the
priest had stood, and waiting in silence
until the monarch commanded, j
"Speak:!** i
? Then, amid the moft respectful si
lence, the prince began:
"Most noble sire, thou who art in
Very truth my father, many days ago thy
son, the prince, Quoted in the forest.
There found I the maiden Tula in the
hands of thine enemies, tho robbers of
Tepaneco, who would have borne her
away to their haunts. I rescued her and
carried her back to her home in the roy- v
al city. And I loved the maiden, and
we plighted- our troth when the moon
was high over the fige mountain, - And
now, O my father, would &e priest qf
the terrible god take the maiden Tulaf ^
a sacrifice. Other maidens there are.
fair to see, aod highly favored; their
breath as the zepher of the south, their
ftkin white as the lily of the lake, their
countenance "of Quetralcoatl. ; b^my
father, is there none who may be
offered out Tula!"
With faltering steps the young man
retired, overcome with emotion. On the
faces of the nobles was written pity and
sympathy, but the priests looked haughty
aud triumphant, feeliog confident that
the monarch would not oppose the will
of the gods. _ 1
In silence they awaited the decision of
the King. The law of Tezcucans al
lowed a plea and counterplea ooty within
the hall of judgment, all other evidence
or argument having been heard pre
viously in another place.
The moments passed, and the King
spoke not* The silence remaiued un
broken. The face oc the monarch was a
study; the conflict tnat raged in his
breast between love [or his son and tear
E of Ih3 gods was loifc# and severe, ;but ^
length the latter gifted the victijy.
i Suddenly h<W? and advaneel to
ward the stool where rested the skull,
With the golden arrow ia his ri *ht h*nd
he drew a line acro3< the em'o!c*n ? and
the deed was done- \ The m.?.?dcu Tula
was doome-l. \
Silently taey left the hall as tbny pa3
entered, the Kmg Wding, folkiwei by
the prieits a ;d the nobles.
TheToyal city ?vat aH b?Htle ?nd life. *\
Multitude* of gayljr cUi jm iestrians
thronged its street*, it .vaa a day of sic
fljficeTT : :
Towering hi^h aboTQf'all other build
ings rose the sacrificial t\o?er of the go-3
Hui'zilopochtii, in order" that the im
pressive ceromoiien ia honor of thede'tj
ini jht be wituesed Crotn ail i?artj of the
Capital.
Alon?{ one the principal streets psa^e.1
the pr.iceaiiot*. of priests with the vic
tim, Tula, the bethxjotoed of the jouog
Prince. And it wa* do wonder that (be
heart of the youthful warrior sucQuaa'*ed
fe> the charm* of the gentie Tetcmna.
he_ol beayt^ Jon* aifce ex|ioet in
ifeeusy of the south
' ?! - r
laad ww ual ted with tbt ruddy, robot
ohar%ctar o( the aocth. Her; dark ijn ,
sparkled Hke twia stars; bar lux* Hast 1
aat brow* tfun fell ta warn almost to
harlasl. Clad la the aeeriAdal robes of
pan white, with ban heed and feet, her (
ravish lag beautj would hare sufficed to
turn the hsad of aveatha most blase of
ftyher ride walked the Vfclnee, for by
the ceraa* entreaty of the old King ha.
had beaa granted thai yiilhn by thaj
priaata. Pale aad sorrowful be was, aad
daidoaly ia the plateeat off garment*.
T<k what ataalftes gaadyapperel aad oat* I
ward apleador when the loved ooe is in
danger!
Jaat aa jhe aaa paused lathe heavens
atthe midday hour/roe chief priaetaud
the maiden eommeoced to aeoead the
stairway that lad lathe altar at the sum
mit of the tower. Around the altar stood
Ate other priaata, whoaa duty it waa to
held tha notfaa faat while ibe chief prleat
perforated hk horrible work. . * j
la a long, poaetooate chant-like prayer
the old. priest invoked the ble?sing of tfte
twriWe war god, beseeching that hit
wrath might ha tamed away, ia ooaeid*'
emtio? oc tU aaqd flee about to be made.
For fatLfealf aa bOUr the invocation oast,
tinoed, endure it cloaed a low murmur
barat from tbelips of the assembled mal
titodee beiow.^- V
There was good reeson, too, for the V
aorpriea aad ooaalaraattoa of the people,
for halfway up. the aide of the tower,
wfeer* noOe butShe priesthood wad the
rfetime had ever yot daiad to traad,
e*ftdt*eeea the young Prioce Neaa*
hoaicoyotl, swiftly aad atealthfly mount*
log to the aaasaOt Ia his right hand
be grasped alight golden dart; by bb
sftdehaac ? mMtf fought sword,
ihleid wifc gold aad prtcieui stones, and
ea hie feoa weaaiootraf deter m tuition
which bodalMj^Q aay one who m%bt
oppoM him,
The prayer was ended. The chief
priest Huitafl adveaced to consummate
the sacriOoe,wh?i suddenly he threw up
his heads aad Ml, pierced to the heart
with a golden dart.
Tba?? the people witnessed a sight
?ooh.aa they had aem seen befo re. Sre
the aatonkbed priests could oom prebend
what had occurred, the Prince had
leaped up beside the altar and slew all
fire with the a word. Then he sprang to
-the edge o! the tower, after reassuring
the trembling maiden, a^d hie tones saeg
out dear aad stroag as be thus aidmsed
the people : \
'?Men of Teacuocx this day ye hare
witaassed a deedjHiat ahall be for the
gioty of the true godaaad the good of
oar nation. Thb day haa the false priest
beea elaia br the arrow of the gods
which oaly pierces the heert of him who.
4 peeks with a; crooked tongue ead a
' deceiving spirit. This day hare the five
priests of the altar beea: slain by the
.awordwf Quetxalcoatir
r Ha nftsed the gleaming bladjC aloft,
?till drippiag with the blood of - Ma
; the sight of
he continued:
the eommandn of QuetsaleoatI,
the true god, who reigned, ia the Wold en
age of Aaahuecf Thud , aaitb thevgod :
Mo- more shall ofledngakof maidens be
made to the goda of Texcboq. No more
ahall the terrible war god be feared and
worshiped, for the day of his power ia
passed, aad psaos shall again spread her
pinions over the royal city. This day
shall the maiden Tula become ' the wife
of the Prince Nexahuslcoyoti, and the
temple of {fuitailopochtli abali be laid,
waste. The messenger of the true god,
even the messenger of Quetxalcoatl, has
spoken."
Then turning to Tula he raised her to
her feet, apd with their ar.ns twined
around each other tbey descended the'
narrow stairway, to be receive 1 with re
joicing by the people.
? How the eld king was shortly after*
ward slain in a battle with the Tepauecs,
and bow the Prince Nexahuslcoyoti on
ascending the throne completely ban*
febed the worship of Huitzilopochtli,
and how upward of forty years he con
ducted the most peaceful and prosper*
ous reign ever known during the history
of the Texcucana as a nation,are matters
of history. During his reign huana sac
rifice was greatly lessened, although not
aatil after the cooouestof Mexico by the
Spaniards, about 300 years afterward,
was it entirely abolished. ? 1 Waverley
Magazine.
)
An Electric Bath- Cabinet
Ari electric bath-cabinet nude bj a
Wetferu manufacturer is of the usual
size/ of rapor baths, with a lid enclosing
the body completely, except the head,
"which is exposed. Electric lamps are
distributed arouad the body of the
patient, being arranged in groups of
fourteen ana operated by a separate
switch for each group. About sixty
lamps of sixteen-candle power are used
I in the bath. The sides of the interior
I sf the cabinet are backed by polished
1 nickel to give reflective power. The
effect of the strong light is to brown the
skin as if it had been expoeed to the
sun. The combined effects of the electric
and rapor bath are said to be without
the usual depressing effects of the rapor
bath aloue, in fact, having an opposite
effect. ? New York Post.
Bridges of Sloae and Steel.
railroads are building bridges
almost entirely of stone and steel now
aday#," kaid Donald McLean, the Sfeted
contractor and bridge builder, to a re
porter for the Washington Post. i**Few
people probably are aware that yteei is
preferred for construction purposes be
cause it is cheaper than iron. There
will be no nj*/re iron Videos bail*, A
lot of old H >];c.n fr r ti'4 trill l/r-ig
$32 a ton, .< uor ms von can u n a to . \
blight, new steel ntils for $31. The
new processes of makins: the former have
cbe*|>ene<i the cost of production, and
iron i* Keft'nK to be a thing of the. past.
'I he old iron material is valuable as It is
vtauied for mixing with the steel.*
"Do von believe you ?e*. flick*?"
"No. I see rou wli<????vef "St
but I don't beiievc ynj ,n?ro t'nn * teaca
oi the time.** ? Uroi'djn L;c.
woman will fight -ier r;'ativf?s any
time for ber lov?r, *>i I w.jeu be ;-?? ? ? :%
her husband will worlc him any iu/ ijt
bsr relatives. ? Atca'tsua Globe.
He t 7 !%st <tf rat.
And yet i'oi iwv iu 4 i, as 't v>uM nm,
For bu tmat??at I naitel with <1-341 $a ?
lie bought awsix plates of iocr* a '
... i : i ! A ?* ? ? ' ' I ?
ANOTHER BIGj 8TB1KE.
Switchmen 01 the Lehigh
Road Go Ott
FimJ Tallow the Strijfsfc
Boned *jr the Dom4
StBnfafcw
! tcendiiMry j
turned
Buffalo, N. ^y.? The raU
strike here. has sisumed standing
portion*. rfft 2 o'clock Bifadar'
the Lehigh Valley yard*, '
were the scene oft series
first, and the
suspected of being
Three fires were <
points half a mi
freight care loaded
merchandise, and
coaches, and two
vers burned.
> A train of ten cos
standing en the trsstyes,f
loose and started down the trs & The? i
crashed into the water jtaijk, atisshiag Hi
sad wrecking an cngine^hlet was tak- ;
ing water. ? ;i - jJ
Monday morning an :Erjfe trt n consist
ing of 42 cart lying on the m In tracks,
was set on fire at afyJ night 4nd in an;
boor there were 15 ot 20 cart >urned Itr
is estimated thai the loss will be |80,t
000. At 1 o'clock the fire h id broken
out at the yards and indicai ions were
that serious damage would bet done as
the fire was burning fiercely Nothing
oould be done by^he tngioes (attached to
the train, u the crews were dpren from
their engines and threats weri made if
the men etfcfcnpted to Wore
fire department was unablo
thing on account of the hyd:
neighborhood The t Brie
stock trains already to lea
east al 0 o'clock but they t
ed , as the strikers threaten
crtw if they left the yarda. /
An official call was made u theeity
and county by the Lehigh Iley foe
protection and the Brie folio
The striken are -applying tic torch in j
all directions. Both the Si ty-fitn and
Seventy- fourth regiments national
guards, were ydered to go tc the
H. C.TKEl) PARTY 00)
The
tn*3ie
had tK*
for the .
not mov?
to kill thi
I bay Voniatito For Governor Dr.
Exatt, of Wn;
' Ralikjh, It C.? At 12
Lindsay, chairman of the
Subcommittee, called t
to order in Metropolitan
Marion Butlor to the chair.
mark was .made temporark Secretary.
The committee oosperms rent
ixation was tbsaraiaea, coo posed
member of eeeh district. fbe U
ing were named : B. F.
W. M. Smith, Y. B. Smith,; R. A.
B. Stilled J. Gordon, & B. 8waim,
J. W. PQrka, G. E. Bogga. ,
. The following wcrp placid on tfc*
committee oa platform: W. P. Exum,
A. J.Dalby, lUriouButlerJJ.M. Bate
manr D. H. Hill, H. B. C<Slier, ^J. Bf
) W. R
hd Partarj
court ntion
. Healed
J. W. Detiv
Harry BWoo*
ie, R. JL Cobb
m
tic
Qorornor, but aa there
aatiafaction the nomination waa
drawn and the following 'State
put up:
Dr. W. P. E^om, of Wayne^ for
ernor.
R. A. Cobb, of Burke, for Lieut.
ernor. ? >
W. H. Worth, for Treasurer of State
Dr. L. N. Durham, of Cleveland, i r
Secretary.
. Thomas B. Long, of Buncombe, for
Auditor.
R, H. Lyon, of Bladen, for Attorney
General. >a [ .vli'j
Rer. ft. J. .Woody. ofJGuilford Cot
lege, for Supt of Public Instruction. ; ?
Marion Butler and parry Skinner, for
Electors at Large. ?
W. A Guthrie, of Durham, for Asso
ciate Justice.
W. H. Malooe, of Bun com be,, for
Judge of the 12th District
n H'.
Mr. Hicklin'a Ghaatly Find. O
Ricuburo, 8. C.? Fridaf afternoon
Mr. James Hicklin was startled to find a
human skull on the back of hiafish pond, <
a few mites from town. He immediately,
began a search, and on draining the pond
found human bones, whichrcoupled with
certain facts, led him to beliere a foul
murder bad been cor^mitted^ He imme
diately telegraphed
result of the inquest
However, it is believe
maios of a negro boy
disappeared. some mot
mer tarns. The
not yet known,
that it is the i
/ho .very suddenly
chs ago.
Too Xany Conrfcta fbr Tes^u
Nashvtllv, Tjgns.
released at Tracy . 6ky
were brought here uWer
cial train and were marclked to
itentiary. Some of the convicts ,
tempted to eacApo. : Matt Wilson *
killed and John Smith was
wounded ; the other tlirrti were re
urcd. TbeconvicUrelcascdatlnoian
this morning are now oA their wiy to
Nashville and vyillarrivMonight. The
penitentiary is crowded
vie: s now and the (Jurci
no place w p"* -'them.
. Id00 W
Knife and
Marion, 8. ?.?4
cut red in thijforU ?c
in the night<t>j?*wj?n M i ft. H?>?
Ne&l two young white men, 1
about 20 y?*p, ai*r<?o??-ly related
Neal Hays was instkaflt killed by itv
stab in the heart.* The jother was shot
in the liea t, nnd is exj^cted to die :
oc
*gt4
'i j
N'enl was a son of Alexantier
flett the State some ycaas
killing of Deputy Sheriff
Hayf,
lot
who
tlsc
Submarine Cable Front Gap* Charles.
W AsiUHOTOK, , D C.^-The Western
Electric Light Company, of New Yor^j
was awarded the contra c] to lay a ?ub
raarinc telegraph ?ab!e twelve* mile?. ?H
leni^th Jor the lif* sarin g s'rricc Ix'taje^n
Cape Clufp an4 the lo^r?>r e* d of si*1
league Island, on the j Virginia voi4R.
Price 8 9-tO cents per fopt. \?j ; ' (
?tapped on a Match?Death. -
Richmond, Ya>-&Iw Taylor^ color-;
cd, Whs burned to daat| Sunday. She
.stepped on jhoutcb, igniting it. T^g*
bUzc i aught her clothing and set her o^i 1
tire She di$d in a few hours in great!
'go*!- ' s
First Lord of tuei Treasury.
learned '?
chosen
Lotuiou Cal?U*^tJi)i : ' It is
that Premier <;i**1-t?ae has vuwca
forhiuivclf the.oitiw gf Firet'Lord of thtl
Xreasiwy, sod Lqi t<jf the Privy Seal#' jj
The summer exedus hits left only .out '
cabinet officer At Washington to reprint
the power and dignity of this grant jgjcftj;
eroieot ?{' '' '
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