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speecn with BaIeKas came 60 the reed
fence that surrounded the huts. No
body was to be seen at the gate, which
was not shut with thorns as usual, That
was my duty, and had not been there
to do it. So, bidding the dog lie down
outside, I stepped through boldly, came
to the door of my hut and listened II
was empty; there was not even breath
to be heard. So crept in and began to
search for my assegais, my water gourd
and my wood pillow
Now the kraal of the chief, my father.
Makedama, was two hundred PAGES
away, and there must go, for there
Baleka slept. Also dared not enter by
the gate, because man was always on
guard there. So cut my way through
the reed fence with my assegai and
crept to the hut where Baleka was with
some of her half sisters. knew on what
side of the hut it was her custom to lie
and where her head would be. So lay
down on my side and gently, very gen
tly, began to bore hole in the grass
covering of the hut. Almost | gave it
over, thinking that | would fly alone,
when suddenly heard girl wake and
begin to cry on the other side of the
thatch. 'sAh," thought, s.that is Bale
ka, who weeps for her brother!" So |
put my lips where the thatch was thin
nest and whispered:
s'Baleka, my sister! Baleka, do not
weep! |, Mopo, am here. Say not a
word, but rise. Come out of the hut,
bringing your skin blanket"
Baleka understood, and after awhile
crept from the hut
"Why are You here9' she whispered
as we met. "Surely you will be lilIedr
sHush!" said. "WiH you come with
me, or viii you creep back into the hut
and bid me farewell?"
She thought awhile, then she said,
mo, my brother, | viii come, though !
believe that this will be the end of it.
that you will lead me to my death"
So we slipped away together, followed
by the dog Koos, and soon were running
toward the country of the Zulu tribe.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1893-05-13
NHDH THE LILY.
copyright, 1892, by Tillofson & Son and pub
lished by special arrangement with theln.l
INTRODUCTION,
By E. RIDER HAGGARD.

Some years since--it was during the
winter before the Zulu war--a white
man was travelling through Natal His
name does not matter, for he plays no
part in this story. All went well till he
had passed the little town Of Stanger,
which was once the site of Duguza, the
kraal of Chaka, the first Zulu king.
The night after he left Stanger the air
turned bitterly cold. Heavy gray clouds
filled the sky and hid the light of the
stars. 'sNow il were not in Natal |
should say that there was heavy fall
of snow coming" said the white man to
himself. 81 have often seen the sky
look like that in Scotland before snow"
Then he reflected that there had been
no deep snow in Natal for years.
During the night he was awakened by
sense of bitter cold and the low moan
ing of the oxen that We're tied to the
trek-tow. He thrust his head through
the curtain of the tent and looked out.
The earth was white with snow and the
air was full of it, swept along by bit
ter wind.
Now he sprang up, calling as he did
so to the Kaffirs who slept beneath the
wagons.
"Quickl you boys" he said to them in
Zulu; 'tquickl Would you see the cattle
die of the snow and cold? Loose the
oxen from the trek-tows and drive them
4.fa shatween the wagons; that will give
them some shelter" And lighting
lantern he sprang out into the snow.
At last it was done-no easy task, for
the numbed hands of the Kaffirs could
scarcely loosen the frozen reins. The
wagons were outspanned side by side
with a space between them, and into
this space the mob of thirty-six oxen was
driven and there secured by reins tied
crosswise from the front and hind
wheels of the wagons. Then the white
man crept back to his bed, and the shiv-
ering natives, fortified with gin, or
squareface, as it is called locally, took
refuge ON the second wagon, drawing
tent sail over them.
eff the snow goes ON | shall lose my
oxen," he said to himself; 'they can
never bear this cold"
Hardly had the words passed his lips
when the wagon shook; there was a
sound of breaking reins and trampling
hoofs. Once more he looked forth. The
oxen had "skrecked" in mob, running
away to find shelter from the cold.
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Then the old man told him the tale that
is set out here.
Such search as could be made revealed
nothing. The oxen had gone, and their
spoor was obliterated by the fresh fallen
snow. The white man called a council
of his Kaffir servants "What was to
be doneY' he asked.
Then Zulu spoke, who was the driver
of the first wagon.
"My father" he said to the white
man, "this is my word: The oxen are
lost in the. snow. No man knows with
er they have gone, or whether they live
or are now but hides and bones. Yet at
the kraal yonder," and he pointed to
some huts about two miles away on the
hillside, sliyes witch doctor named
Zweete. He is old-very old-but he
has wisdom, and he can tell you where
the oxen are if any man may, my fa-
ther"
s'Stuffv' said the white man. "Stll,
as the kraal cannot be colder than this
wagon, we will go and ask zweete.
An hour later he stood in the hut of
Zweete. Before him was very ancient
man, mere bag of bones, with sight
less eyes, and with one hand-his left
white and shriveled.
"What do you seek of Zweete, my
white father" asked the old man in q
thin voice. tYou do not believe in me
and my wisdom; why should help you?
Yet will do it, though it is against your
law, and you do wrong to ask me. Yes,
to show you there is truth in us Zulu
doctors, / will help you. My father,
know what you seek. You seek to know
where your oxen have run for shelter
from the cold! Is it not so2'
''It is SO, Doctor answered the white
man. 'tYou have long ears"
sYes, my white father, have long
ears, and yet they say grow deaf.
have keen eyes also, yet | cannot see
your face. Let me hearken. Let me
look"
For awhile he sat silent, rocking to
and fro; then he spoke: "You have a
farm, white man, down near Pine Town,
is it not9 All! thought SO. And an
hours ride from your farm lives Boer
with four fingers only on his right hand.
There is a kloof ON the Beers farm
where grow mimosa trees There, In
the kloof, you shall find your oxen-yes,
Ave days journey from here you shall
find them all. l say all, my father, ex-
cept three only--the big black Afri-
cander OK, the little red Zulu OK with
one horn. and the speckled OK. These
you shall not find, for they have died in
the snow. Send and you shall find the
others. No, no! ask no fee. ! do not
work wonders for reward. Why should
5 I? am rich
And now the white man scoffed. But
in the end, SO great is the power of
superstition, he sent. And here it may
be stated that on the eleventh day of his
sojourn at the kraal of zweete those
whom he sent returned with the oxen.
except the three only. AFTER rnar ne
scoffed no more. Those eleven davs he
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spent In a hut OF the old mans kraaL
and every afternoon he came and talked
with him, sitting far into the night.
On the third day he asked Zweete how
it was that his left hand was white and
shriyeled, and who were Umslopogaas,
and NADIA, of whom he had let fall some
words. Then the old man told him the
tale that is set out here. Or, in truth,
he acted rather than told his story. Was
the death of warrior in question, he
stabbed with his stick, showing how the
blow fell and where; did the story grow
sorrowful, he groaned, or even wept.
Moreover, he had many voices, one for
each of the actors in his tale. This man,
ancient and withered, seemed to live
again in the far past. It was the past
that spoke to his listener, telling of
deeds long forgotten, of deeds that are
no more known.
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All the rest of that night we jour
neyed, till even the dog was tired. Then
we hid in a mealie field for a day, as we
were afraid of being seen. Toward the
afternoon we heard voices, and looking
through the stems of the mealies we saw
party of my fathers men pass search
/ ing for us. They went on to a neigh
| boring kraal to ask if we had been seen,
and after that we saw them no more for
awhile. At night we travelled again,
| but, as fate would have it, we were met
by an old woman, who looked oddly at
us but said nothing. After that we
pushed on day and night, for we knew
that the old woman would tell the pur-
suers If she met them; and SO indeed it
turned out.
But now was doubtful whether we
would go to Chaka, for after what we
had seen / grew afraid lest he should
kill us. Still we had nowhere to turn
SO said that we would walk along till
something happened. Now we grew
faint with hunger and WEAKNESS, and
Baleka said that we Had better sit down
and die, for then there would be no
more trouble. So we sat down by q
spring. But did not wish to die yet,
though Baleka was right, and it would
have been well to do so. As we sat, the
dog Koos went to a bush that was near,
and presently heard him spring at
something and the sound of struggling.
| ran to the bush; he had caught hold
of a duiker buck, as big as himself, that
was asleep In it, Then drove my spear
into the buck and shouted for joy, for
here was food.
When the buck was dead skinned
him, and we took bits Of the flesh,
washed them in the water and ate them,
for we had no fire to cook them with.
1t is not nice to eat uncooked flesh, but
we were SO hungry that we did not
mind, and strength came back to us
from the food. When we had eaten
what we could we rose and washed our
selves at the spring; but as we washed
Baleka looked up and gave cry Of fear.
For there, ON the crest of the hill, about
ten spear throws away, were a party Of
six armed men, and these men people Of
my own tribe-children Of my father
Makedama who still pursued us to take
us or slay us. They saw us; they raised
q shout and began to run. We too
sprang up ana ram
Before us the ground was open and
sloped down to the banks Of the White
Umfolozi. We ran for the river. After
us came the warriors. Now we neared
the banks of the river; it was full and
wide. Above us the waters ran angrily,
breaking into swirls of white where they
passed over sunken rocks; below was a
rapid, in which none might live; be-
tween the two a deep pool, where the
water was quiet but the stream strong.
aAhl my brother, what shall We do1
gasped Baleka.
'sThere is this to choose answered,
t.perish on the spears of our people or
try the river. z
Easier to die by water than on iron,
she answered.
s.Goodr / said. Now may our snakes
look toward us and the spirits of our
fathers be with us! At the least we can
swim. And | led her to the head of the
pool. We threw away everything ex-
cept an assegai which held In my
teeth and plunged in, Wading and swim
ming. the dog Koos leading the way.
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a Card of Thanks.

ABOARD THE >. A. II. SPECIAL
June %, 1898.
We, the undersigned, members of
the press and business mems excur-
sion party to Hickory Nut Gap. de-
sire to express to Mr.. Thomas J. An
derson, P. A, our appreciation of
his courtesies as the host, the cice-
rome, the friend of one and all du-
ring tour OF which we will always
have the happiest memories. AS an
individual we thank him, and as the
representative of the great corpora
tion which is doing such earnest
work in Southern development, we
tender our compliments upon his
efforts as Passenger Agent of the
Seaboard Air Line, and promise to
aid him in his plans and purposes.
R G. Hiden, Richmond Times; A.
B. Camp, Norfolk Landmark; Walter
+. Irvine, Norfolk Virginian; Fred
A. Olds, Raleigh Press Bureau; S.
A. Ashe, Jr., Raleigh News and OBJ
server; Josh T. James, Daily Re-
view, Wilmington, N. c.; J. A. Har-
rell, Daily Railroad Ticket; 81. A.
Banks, Charlotte Observer; W. J.
Chambers, Charlotte; @. Millard,
Sup't. G. A. & N. r. R.; N. W. West,
Raleigh; J. T. Patrick, Pine Bluff.
The state chronicle., 1893-06-27
The Atlanta Special Not to Be Discon.

The Atlanta Special Not to Be Discon-
tinued.
Our kilograms of Sunday we're
little misleading in regard to the
new fast train on the Seaboard Air
Line. The impression that this train
is to be discontinued is mistake !;
the train will be run as heretofore,
With all the comforts and conven-
fences of modern railway travel. The
Seaboard authorities tell US that
there has been no intention to dis
continue their Atlanta special, but
to the contrary they expect to
greatly increase the advantages OF
this route at an early date.
The "Atlanta Special" will con-
tinue, as heretofore, to bring US the
northern mails &C., and give US the
opportunity to breakfast here, have
three or four hours for business in
either Richmond or Norfolk and re-
turn to Raleigh at 8:15 p. m. the
same day, and similar convenience
as to points between Raleigh and
Atlanta and spend the entire day
in Atlanta. There is no such train
on the Seaboard Air Line as the
"Wild Irishman," but the fast
through train is the "Atlanta Spe-
cial," and new vestibuled coaches
are now in course of construction
by the Pullman Company and will
be so lettered in large gilt letters
in script.
The state chronicle., 1893-06-27
TO CHOOSE AN ASSISTANT BISHOP
The Diocesan Convention vii! As
semble this Morning.

The Diocesan Convention vii! As
semble this Morning.
This body meets in special ses-
sion in Christ Church in this city
today. It is an adjourned meeting
of the convention which was held
here last month, and is called for
the purpose of choosing a Bishop
Coadjutor for the Diocese of North
Carolina. Many delegates arrived
yesterday but the majority will
come in on the early trains this
morning, The question of the ad-
visibility of choosing an Assistant
Bishop at this time will doubtless
be reopened, but it is generally be-
lieved an election will be had. Many
names both in and out of the Dio-
cese will doubtless be presented for
the consideration of the convention.
The clergy have the privilege OF
making the choice, and the laity
afterwards can only accept or re-
isct. If an election is had ma
jority of the Bishops and standing
committees throughout the Union
must assent before conservation.
The state chronicle., 1893-06-27
KNOWLEDGE
can be cured

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of perfect lax
ative; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak.
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in SOC and 81 bottles, but it is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrul
Go. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs
and being well informed, you will no
accept any substitute if offered.
The state chronicle., 1893-06-27
New York Produce Market.


NEW YORK, June 26.-Southern -four
dull and weak common to fair extra
S2.lOs3.l0; good to choice do. SS.l5a
425.
Wheat-Firmer; No. 2 red in store
and elevator 72la72a; options-No. 2
red closing June 72s; July 72s; August
TAI.
Oats-Fairly active and steady; op-
tions-June So; July 35s; August 33i;
spot No. 2 36a36f: No. 2 white 80;
mixed western 36.a38; white do. 38a
43,.
Wool-Quiet and unsettled domestic
fleece 27a32; pulled 2631.
Cut meats firm: picked bellies 13;
shoulders 0a84; hams l2ial3; middles
quiet and easy; short clear 81.
Lard-Dull and easier; western steam
closed at SO 95; city 8sa8s; June SO 90
July $3.50; September $l0.50; refined
quiet; to the continent Sl0.35; South
America $40 IS; compound SO.
Pork-Quiet and lower; new mess
Sl9 OOal9.5O.
Rosin-Dull but steady; strained
common to good Sl.20sl.25
Rice-Firm but quiet; domestic fsil
| to extra 25a54; Japan 4sa4i.
Cofee-Options opened quiet, closed
dull but steady and 5 to II points up
JulySl5 $40; September Sl4.95; December
!! Sl4 so; spot Rio dull but steady; No. 7
16t.
Sugar-Raw quiet and steady; fai
refining 81; centrifugals. 96-test AZ; re
quiet and steady; No. 6, l3 l6a5
standard A 5sa5 9-l6; granulated So,
Is IL Is,
The state chronicle., 1893-06-27

Personal.
Mr.. T. G. Davis, of Wilson, is the
guest of Mrs, Stith.
Hon. F. S. Spruill, of Louisburg,
is at DR.. V. E. Turner's.
Mr. Hunter D. Harris, of the Uni
versity is in the city.
MIR. B A. Capehart, of Kittrell, is
at Mr.. W. S. Barnes.
Col. ". H. Cheek, of Henderson,
is at Col. A. B. Andrews.
Judge H. G. Cuonor, Of Wilson
is at Mr.. George H.Snow's.
Capt w. L. London, of Pittsboro,
is at Mr.. w. T. fuckers.
Mr.. John Wilkes, of Charlotte, is
the guest of Bishop Lyman.
Mr.. A. II. Boy den, of Salisbury,
is the gust of Mr.. Charles Root.
Capt. r. B PEBBLES, of Jackson,
is attending the Diocesan Conven-
tion.
Col Ham G. Jones, of Charlotte,
is the guest OF E. Chambers Smith,
Esq.
Mr.. E. G.. Muse and Mr.. Howard
Herrick, of Rocky Mount, are at
DR.. Knox'e.
Messrs. Fl. J. Herrick, of Rocky
Mount, and H. B. Shaw, of Tarboro
are in the city.
Mr.. n. T. Bass and ". 81. Har.
grave, of Tarboro, are guests o1
Governor Carr.
Mr.. Len Henderson, of Warren
ton, and Mr.. Fenner Marlborough
of Wilson, are at Governor Carr's.
Judge Armistead Burwell ant
daughter, Miss Birdie went to Cleve
land Springs Saturday afternoon.
Mr.. Jacob Battle, Of Rocky Mount
and Hon. John Manning, of Chape
Hill, are the guests of R. H. Bat
tie, Esq.
Mr.. John Upchurch, of Thomas
vile, is in the city visiting hi
parents, MIR. and Mrs. W. G. Ur
church.
DR.. W. J. Hawkins, Maj. R.
Tucker, J. B. Bachelor and Mai. v
W. Vass and wife, left for Baltimo,
yesterday morning.
Gov. Carr returned from Nor
head yesterday, where he has bee
attending the opening of th
, Teachers Assembly.
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Rev York Cotton Market.

NEW YORK, June 25.-Spot cotton
quiet; middlirg uplands 715 Is; Or
leans 8 3-l6; good ordinary 1916; low
middling ~; sales 799 bales.
Cotton-Futurss closed steady; sales
8l,7O0 bales; June 7.6l; July 1854; Au-
gust 7.79; September 1856; October 1896;
November 8.O4; December 8.l2; January
8.l9; February 26; March 8.34.
June 26-Cotton, middling: Galveston
quiet, ~, - bales; Norfolk quiet and
steady, 7s, 989 bales; Baltimore nomi-
nal, 8, = bales; Boston quiet. 8, l2S
bales; Wilmington dull, u, - bales;
Philadelphia steady, 3d. bales; savan-
nah quiet, Il, l,096 bales; New Orleans
easy, ", 1000 bales; Mobile quiet, u,
Al bales; Memphis steady, II, 60 b.les;
Augusta steady, u, q bales; Ohsrles-
ton firm, Il, 27 bales; Cincinnati steady,
st, 25l bales; Louisville steady, 81, =
bales; St. Louis steady, u, 10 bales;
Houston quiet, u, 388 bales.
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Tbs Enture t-rOouco M &rEes,

CHICAGO, June 26.--Highest and clos
ing quotations Of leading futures were:
Wheat-June 64s, 65l; July 65a65s,
664; September 69sa69i, 7O5a7l.
Corn-June 4Os, Al; July 40ia4Oa,
ALI; September 4ls, 42s.
Oats-June 29a, 29s; July 29, 20;
September 26s, 26i.
Mess Pork-July $19.15, 1890, Sep
tember $201O, 1880.
Lard-July ss.s2s, s.e2s; September
$l0.l, 10.17i.
Short ribs, per 100 lbs-July $3.50
$50; September 9.2O, 9.27i.
CHICAGO, June 26.-Cash quotations
were as follows:
Flour easy and unchanged. Wheat
No. 2 spring 65a. Corn-No. 2, 40ss
Al. Oats-No. 2, 294a29s. Pork-mess
$l8.07}al8.90. Lard per barrel S9.6Oa
9.62s. Short rib sides Qoose) s8.9Os
8.95. Dry salted shoulders (boxed) SO OC
az so; short clear sides (boxedl 9.50a9 IS
| Whiskey $l.l2.
The state chronicle., 1893-06-27
l.. Il. Wyatt, Raleigh. N. c., No. ii
FaTetteVille Street.

Dealer in the celebrsted and latest im-
proved White and No. 8, Wheeler &
Wilson sewing machines, both wholesale
and retail.
Dealers will please write for prices
viii ch will be 70 their interest before
buying elsewhere. Will sell and ship to
any point in North Carolina wholesale
or retail. Old machines of every kind
repaired in workmanship style by an ex,
perienced sewing machine operator. Also
needles and any parts needed for any
kind Of sewing machines furnished or
short notice to any part of North Caro-
lima by mail. Write for prices.
Also dealer in all kinds farm imple
ments, machinery, engines, boilers, NOW
ers, reapers aud binders. Horse rake
Of W. A. Wood make. Write for prices
The state chronicle., 1893-06-27
OFFICE OF S, CHERRY.

81 Drayton Street,
SAVANNAH, Ga Dec. 16, 80.
Messrs. Lippman Bros, Savannah,
Ga:
Dear Sirs-I would like to add nv
testimony to the almost miraculous ef-
feet of P. P. P. in the case of Mary
1ngraham, woman living on my place;
she had a constant cough, sore throat,
debility, etc, and was emaciated to a
degree that she was unable to get out
of bed unaided, being given up By ply
sicians; she had taken the ruinous So
called blood medicines without the
least effect, until being put under the
P. P. P, she Immediately began to
improve and is now in as good health
as ever in her life. You can refer to
me at any time as to the effect of P.
T. P. in the foregoing case.
Yours truly,
| SAMUEL CHERRY.
For sale by all druggists.
The state chronicle., 1893-06-27

Easy to take-Dr. Pierce's Pleasant
Pellets. Smallest, easiest, cheapest,
best. They're tiny, sugar-coated, anti
b1lousnes granules, a compond of refined
and concentrated vegetable extracts.
Without disturbance or trouble, Consti-
patton, Indigestion, Bilious Attacks,
Sick and Bilious Headaches, and all
arrangements of the liver, stomach and
bowels, are prevented, relieved and
cured. Permanently cured, too. By
their mild and natural action, these lit.
tie Pellets lead the system into natural
wsys again. Their influence lasts.
The state chronicle., 1893-06-27
Episcopal Convention.

Episcopal Convention.
This body will meet in special
session in Christ Church this morn
ing.
The clergy in attendance are re-
quested to assemble in the chapel
ct 9 o'clock, bringing with them
their eurplices and prayer books
preparatory to moving in procession
to the church at half-past 9 o'clock,
at which hour the public service will
begin At this service there will be
an ordination to the Diaconate.
Immediately at the close of these
services the convention will meet
and proceed to business.
The state chronicle., 1893-06-27
Confederate Veteran Re.Union, Bi
m1ngham, Ala.

Confederate Veteran Re.Union, Blr-
mingham, Ala.
For the above occasion the Rich
mond and Danville Railroad will
sell tickets to Birmingham, Ala,
and return from coupon stations on
its line, at rate of one first class
limited fare for the round trip.
Tickets On sale July 18th to 10Th
inclusive, good returning until and
including July 25th, 1893.
Tickets will be sold from Wash
ington, D. G, Richmond, Burke
vile, South Boston and Lynchburg,
Va, Durham and Winston-Salem,
n. c., on July 10th in addition to
dates named above.
The state chronicle., 1893-06-27
Fourth Of July Excursions.

Fourth Of July Excursions.
For this occasion the Richmond
& Danville Railroad will sell round
trip tickets between points on it's
line at greatly reduced rates.
Ticket agents will furnish full in
formation as to rates, schedules,
etc.
Tickets will be sold July 1st, I'd,
3rd and 4th, good returning until
and including July 9th, 1893.