Wheetthee- lg = as eee me. aL se " . oF te oe " a ek: ~oe aos eriEB eee ee Tig A ie Tea aa a ae a Gee * E: hae ee : 0 v Sg ee ee a 2 gine akfi - cea dead -i a2eee aeeo ee eeBlae ge Ope rd age ee re ey¥ ""s � " that Duar a gtpatabpop raising. J. WHICHARD. Editor. State and .wust therefore kpow)eeEVERY AFTERNOON (EXCEPT SUNDAY) | This er ait anem to be ~a good |The Lexington Dis oratic must bgral Proved effact |commenced its thirteenth year. ive in - . KheIt is an excellent-paper and-do- State could not bave7 the snccess »y have with steeing good work for its section. ibgobeadry. eshould like axe"_"_"_"""""_ (otal to oee ue * in NorthThe Statesville Landmark will na, but the troable here is~that whene sort of a d~soon be changed from a weekly jae is ae aiioned im the Lezisiento asemi weekly paper Weareitare of North Carolina all theglad of this, tor there is no bet-;membera_ thereof, woods. It would be interestiter paper inthe State than the Dg~o\to see one Legisiature in thisLandmark, and the oftener it)stete without a man in it whocomes the better we like it. -|\Wanted to go to another, or to)ee ne OSaantaps, Of Se Be, Goverec, or|The Spanish government i sowething. Tt would be ® sight,woaldo't i ondepreparing to seud 1,5c0 cavalry! wontd dé : ihiotente Sleoorner. "to Cuba at once. The same gov-) "_ernment is also negotiating for �"�* Pe-formences of a Shelby Four-@ $10,.00,000 loan to meet the, Year Qc.expenses that are being incur) Twolsies and children werered in the war with the insur visitfee ay afternoon thegents on the Island. _bome of Mr. William McArthar)ee parents = Shelby. wr°" ~children were playing in theWilmington differs from Ra-|house, when little Speight Beant.leigh on the silver question |the foar yeor le oS of Mr. opeRaleizh ref _|Mrs. D. agustus Beam. sei afeats h Fefased to send any de) loaded rifle ip an adjacent room,: aa moneyTT rau iuto the hall and pointing theconvention at Memphis, but the|rifle = his little playmate, Bertieproduce exchange of W ilming"| ebb, the daughter Mr. anda : . ~Mrs. C. M. Webb, exelaimed, oIton besides sending two dele-pJjeve Til shoot you.� Theo,gates sdopted a _ resvlution after s momentTs pause, the littleagainst the free and unlimited |Cbsp sys, o00, Tit kul the dog,�coi . . _ and pointing towards the dog, itsage of silver. We do no: J. shot by the four-year oldproefss to be fully informed on chap. The dog will die. Thatthe money question, but it isthe candid opinion of the Rr.girt bad a narrow escape fromdeath"Sbelby Aurora.FLEcTOs that Wilmington hasmade a mistakeTo day all of North Carolina)will honor her brave dead bybeing present at the unveilingof the monument which hasbeen erected to their memoryat Raleigh. There is hardly acommunity in the State from,which there will not be some,present at the exercises. Itwould bs fitting if the entire)State could haxe witnessed the |ceremonies and thereby have,their memories refreshed with~the brave and daring deeds oftheir dead heroes." EEEWe did not know unt: Capt. 5S.Alexander's statement of it wa~iw alocal article in yves-paper what the Ohio dogthe KReselt-She Wee oBroken io�of Bis Work.The ok? men's grim face was fullof amazement when. bis son finishedspeaking. It wae not often that theboy. talked out, not often, indeed,that he exchanged an avoidable wordwith his fatber. The latter wasgauet, leathern-skinned, hook-nosed,a tuft of yellowish-gray whiskers onbis chin, and acrafty sparkle in bisbarrow eyes.oSo.� he said, in a voice of irrita-tion, ~~youTre a-goinT to git married:[ notice yedidnTt ask ef ye kin.�The young man, his brown, clean-shaven, straigght-featured fate setwith reserve and resolution, lookedat the elder.oTam of age"end I have talkedit over with mother.�~~Yer mother!�The contempt in the tone stunghim who heard.~oYes,� very quietly.anything to say?�oNot ~less l give you a bit of ad-vice.� the old man replied, with a-buckle. ~~See here, now. DonTt lether git enny nonsense in her head inthe beginninT. Squelch it then anTthar, anT yell have peace iu yer life,4nT prosper like I've done. ItTs AltyGreaves yeTre wantinT"a girl thathas been to boardin' school and hesgot a pianny, anT ben set up by herfolks, ez it were. Ye'll have to gitthe whip hand of ber at first"thatTswhat I done with yer mother.�There was asilence in the room.It was a disagreeable silence, and adecidedly unpleasant room. Theobest room,� to be sure, but not onthat account less"perhaps more"repellant and ugly. Looking throughbe small window on the north oneTsraze collided with a huge red barn,through that on the east one lookedon abarren tractof sun-baked earth.ooYer mother bed lots of queer no-sions when she come here,� con-tinued the old man. oHer folkswere well off. She'd ben broughtup in a_ city anT eddicated.One thing, sheTd a hankerinoT ferpritty clothes. Not that she wantedsilk anT velvet like HawkinTs wife,anT thetr farm ain't but a quartersection, but sheTd be fer bavinT whitestuff at ber neck of a morninT, anTputtin� on apother gownd by the~*Have you| time it come eveninT, anT seeh ridick-lous notions. Then she wanted totake a magazine. What'd we want\ magazine fer? I was a-takinT theGilead Register"the paper of thenlace I comeT from"the FarmerTsFriend, anT the Police Enterprise,so I didn't see no need fera maga-zine. That was one of the first dif-ferences. Then she wanted to haveber ma come anT stay w spell thewinter you were boro.says. they's old Sally Rankles, who'llBut, law, I| S= oft come fer a dowaranTa halta week. What's the use of beinT atthe expense of havin� yer ma, fer Iexpect sheTd look to you te pay herway out. Her ma took bad not longafter. They telegravht yer ma-"sech waste! Shewantedtogo. ButI joked her out of it. Never said aword to rile her, but jest "lowed ezhow she coukdnTt Bol@ death back, anTfolks bud togo when their Creatorlealled Tem,TanT sheTd better remem"ber her wa like sheTd seep her last.Her ma died. ~ Yer mother didnTtgit over that fer a long spell"seemssometimes hike she pever got over itplum, ye know. But-she ainTt mademuch fuss. She knews a manTs gotto run his own house anT his ownfolks. Once she got an idee shewanted a carpet in the best room,but I told her ez how oitcloth ~udwash. She'd not have had the ala-bastine ef | badnTt vowed I thoughtit kinder cheerful. Them pictures,too! I made her swalicr the facTthey was good enough fer me! Thatsettled it. One thing she did git tohave her way in"that was eddicatinT�you. J didnTt hold out agin thatafter we'd had moreTn a couple 0Ttalks. EddicatinT, I say, donTt hurta man, but a woman ain't got no usefer it. All herTd wever done yernother no good: "Twas only aftershe quit talkinT of readinT and goinTback east some time anT havinT aflower garding anT sech fool taik ezthat, I begun to feel right comfort-able. You want to break in Altywell atthe first. Wegitalongrightpleasant now"donTt we, mother?�A woman who had been beautiful,a woman bent and prematurelyaged, a woman with a twitchiny,nervous face, sunken, glitteringeyes, and tremulous, toil-wornhands, rose stify from her chair bythe window"the window that lookedout owthe stretch of arideartbh. Shelaughed a bitter, fheeting laugh.oI haven't gone mad,� she said,othough I feared I would. J haven'tted"though IhopedI might. Yes,I've been broken in. I hope you'reproud of it. As for my sonTs wife"�The boy met her glance flashingly.~~Never fear, motber!� that look~aid. She left theT room. Her hus-~A eazed uneasily after her.**~Mother,� he remarked, ~~seems @bit upset. But she ain't gotaothinT to complain on. She's allusbad shelter anT enougb to eat.�~Your cattle have had that.�*~See here! You be goinT to takemy advice about Alty, ainTt you?You be goinT to treat her foolish no-tions like I done motherTs?�The young man clenched his bandshard. Words of fierce indignationsprang to his lips, but trembledthere unattered. He turned ab-ruptly and went out. He found hiswmother in the kitchen. She lookedap at him timidly. He bent andkissed her with passionate reverence.Her answering smile was almost oneot happiness."Chicawo Tribune.