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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-02-29
MARRIED AND PARTED.
Sad Ending to the Marriage of Young
Couple in DupIin County.

An interesting and novel suit was
heard last week at the term of the
Superior court Of Duplin county, sit
ting at Kenansyille. Concerning this
suit the Warsaw, n. c., correspondent
of the Clinton Democrat writes that
paper as follows:
''The case of the State VS.. CASTOR
Kelly who forcibly took his daughter
the bride of an hour, from her husband
johnson Herring, about a year ago.,
and which had been continued for
Judgment until this term, came up
for hearing The bride has not been
permitted to see her husband since
her abduction. When this was ascer-
tanned Judge Starbucl< requested that
the mother-in-law and wife Of Herring
be brought into court on Thursday.
He advised q reconciliation.
In a conference of the bride and
groom. in the presence of the Judge
and counsel. the bride declared that at
the time of her marriage she loved
Herring. but that she had since ceased
to do so and could never love him
again. She declined to live with him
and returned home with her parents.
After hearing a statement of the cir
cumstances. Judge Starbuck fined
Kelly $40 and costs for the part he took
III the matter. 1t is sad affair and
one which has attracted widespread
interest on account of the promin-
ence of the parties connected with it.
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vote. to capture the Charleston con-
yention. the air was full of threats,
that the people, who were expected -
do the voting, would not submit 70 h ~
n platform made by people VINO ~, 49, ~
,,ae+ contribute but handlul VI
,.s4ss,l votes to it's success. When
80 N,,,,s,oeencv came the North Caro-
lima. delegation, except Gov. Holden
and his following, of which w. w.
Avery was chairman, withdrew with
the approval of Ellis, Bragg, Fisher,
Branch, Craige, Shaw and other lead
ers. The people of North Carolina
didn't brand these men as dishonor-
able but helped them, by good ma
iority, 10 carry the State for BrecIin-
ridge and Lane. Some of US are not
ready to believe that the old fashioned
Democrats of that day were rascals
because they saw it was nonsense to
have a platform, not approved by those
who were expected to elect the nomi-
nees. dictated by those who could not,
in any event, help them. If gold
platform is made and gold candidates
put on it at Chicago not more than
fifty votes will come from States hope
lessly Republican. The candidate
would have to be elected by those who
oppose the platform or not at all.
'sWhen we are confronted with such
an anomalous condition of parties, it is
not a time for the press and party lead
ers Of the minority of the party to
take charge of the party lash and at
tempt to scourge old and faithful DEM
ocrats, who cling to the traditions of
the party and find it hard to sing a
new song in a strange land"
X X
A new postoffice has been establish
ed at Chokoyotte, Halifax county, N.
c., with Paul Garrett as postmaster.
X
Mr.. w. E. Christian is spending a
few days at Charlotte.
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l. and . ale.

BY virtue Of a deed Of trust executed by
Francis Ray and NeyersOn Hunter and re-
of the Register OF Deeds for Wake county,
on Saturday, March 9TH, 1896 at l. O'Clock
m, will offer for sale at public auction at
the court house door in Raleigh, for cash,
the following tracts of land;
That tract or parcel Of land lying and
being in Wake county, North Carolina, in
Barton's Creek Township, and adjoining
the lands o. Francis Ray, Fendol Bevers,
deceased, Frank German and Hunter and
more fully described as follows: $500
First Tract-Adjoms lands of Feudol Be-
yers estate and others, and begins at q
stake at the northeast corner Of the land
allotted to Elizabeth Moore. widow OF Ed
ward Moore, for her dover, thence south
$50 east llSH poles to pine stump, thence
south e west $50 poles TO a stat e, THENCE
north $50 west llSA poles to stake in said
dover line, thence north % east So poles.
along said dover line to the beginning.
Containing 63 acres more or less.
Second Tract -AdjOims the tract above de-
scribed, and begins at the northwest cor
ner of the above described tract ana runs
thence south 10 VIZ st 81 poles To a stake
and black gum tree, thence north So west
80 poles to stake, thence north l18o east 50
poles to q stake, thence south S5& east 90
poles to the beginning, and containing 26M
acres more or less, and being land described
as lot No. in the partition suit in Wake
county entitled +. BeYe ana VIM. Gulley
ct ais. eX parte, &c.
conveyed the I'd dav of May, 1885, TO Francis
Ray and Heverson Hunter by Annie 4. and
j. M. Harris, and by the said Ray and Hum
ter TO j. N. Holding, trustee, by deed OF
trust dated May I'd, 1885
Excepting forty acres or tneTeabouts
heretofore conveyed to Prof. A, y. Vincent.
'''' ~ 49, in. HOLDING,
Trustee.
BATTLE & MoRDECAI,
Attorneys
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TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY.
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All druggists refund the money if it
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CURE FOR HEADACHE.

AS a remedy for all forms headache
Electric Bitters has proved to be the
very best. 1t effects a permanent cure
and the most dreaded habitual sick
headaches yield to its influence. We
urge all who are afflicted to procure a
bottle and give this remedy a fair trial.
In case of habitual constipation Elec-
trio Bitters cures by giving the needed
tone to the bowels, and few cases long
resist this medicine. Try it once.
Large bottles only fifty cents, at John
X. MacRae's drug store.
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Notice of Administrator

Having qualified as administrator of the
estate of j. ii Kirkham, deceased, this is to
notify all persons having claims against the
said estate TO present the same 10 the un-
dersigned on or before the 2Sth day OF Feb
ruary 1897, or this notice viii be plead in
bar Of their recovery, and all persons In
debted 10 the said estate will pl4 ase make
immediate payment. J. o. MAROON,
Feb. N, 1895. Administrator.
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The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-12-24
A Christmas MiShan

Bidwell told his wife that he would do
the Christmas shopping this year.
Il remember how tired you were last
year, and if you'll make out list I'll buy
the things myself, and save you all the
worry"
1t was great scheme, but it didn't
work. Bidwell got the things all right
and had them put away marked with his
name and address-the whole lot in one
immense big package, out of which stuck
handles and heads, and other things in
cldental to Christmas
But he did not do as his wife was in
the habit of doing, reiterate certain COM
mands and cautions over and over again,
besides having them written on every
corner of the big package.
The next day after his shopping tour,
Mrs. Bidwell spent several hours with
neighbor, during which time the re-
suits of Mr.. Bidwells Christmas shop
ping were sent home.
When Mrs. Bidwell returned to the
house she found pandemonium let loose
The contents of the big package had
been distributed, and each child had Sc
cured a share. Tommy had his express
wagon, Mamie her doll, Freddie his
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regions Here, buried among the dark
pines and snow-covered crags, are scat
tered the little villages, the inhabitants Of
which are all the year round engaged in
making an innumerable amount of gew-
gaws.
In years gone by the decorations of a
Christmas tree were, though, perhaps,
not less satisfactory, far more simple
than those of the present day. A number
of homemade colored cookies or ginger
snaps, with a string or two of cranber-
ries and popcorn, answered all purposes.
In later years these modest efforts were
REINFORCED by some gilt nuts and q tin
star or two, which additions in those
DAYS had their ardent admirers. To-day
things are different. The question is not
what decorations to put on the Christ
mas tree, but what to leave off. There is
really too much to choose from and the
trouble of it all is that everything is ex-
tremely pretty and very cheap. The in
habitants of the villages mentioned above
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she said, coming back "Your sister is
a beautiful sewer, my dear. Here are
two dollars for this work, and I'll be
glad to pay her for the other pieces to-
morrow if she'll send them"
She handed Kathie the doubled-up bill,
and although her manner was somewhat
kinder than usual kathie felt in hurry
to leave and made her way home. She
walked up the street, wishing as she had
wished many times before, that she could
earn such large sums of money herself.
She spread out the bill to look at it.
| There was a two-dollar bill and behind
it one, folded with it!
There" said Kathie, "she's given me
three-by mistaken
Was it a mistake? Perhaps Miss Mans
field meant it for her-for a Christmas
present. Kathie shook her head at that
absurd thought. But-Miss Mansfield, it
she did not know it, would never miss it,
and-it would buy all the other Christ
mas presents she had wanted to get!
Kathie gasped. The thought took away
her breath. The money was Miss Mans
fields, not hers. But, Miss Mansfield
had so many more dollars, and it would
buy so many, many things-that extra
dollar 1t would be enough to buy Christ
mas presents for everybody, and even
one for Annette Hoyt, who would think
her so mean if she didn't get it!
But Kathie's stout little conscience
stood firm. 1t would be wrong. 1t was
mistake of Miss Mansfeld's. She would
not take advantage of it, even though
the lady had a great deal of money, and
could have given her the dollar without
missing it. But again-the dollar was
not for herself. II would buy pleasure
| for ten-twelve other people, this dollar,
which Miss Mansfield would never miss,
or even know about.
Kathie carried the dollar home. She
| delivered the two dollars to Mabel, and,
with shaking little fingers, put the extra
| bill away in her drawer. Then she count
| ed out her Christmas presents afresh.
| Everybody could have one now. But,
| somehow the pleasure which the calcu-
lating and planning with her rlghtful
property had given her had all died out.
| Kathie made out her list and wrote all
| the names in her round, childish hand.
Two dollars would buy all the presents
| she wanted to give-for everybody. Her
generous little heart swelled. Then
pang shot through it. After all she
| couldn't do it, because the money was
not hers to give! Then Kathie broke
down and laid her head ON the list and
cried. The tears ran down and blotted
out all the names and all the presents she
wanted to buy for everybody. 1t did not
matter. The list would not be wanted.
II shall have to carry the dollar back
and tell her," was Kathie's next refiec-
ton. Somehow that wasn't so hard.
The battle was fought and won when she
decided that she must do right, no matter
what came of it. Even her terror of
Miss Mansfield died out after that. Miss
Mansfield looked surprised to see her
little neighbor back so soon.
at was mistake, ma'am,' said IA
THE, abruptly, handing that lady the bill.
"You gave me three dollars instead OF
| two"
"And why didn't you hand it back to
,,on bepan Miss Mansfield, sharply.
ssI didn't know it until | was part way
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EATHTE'S CHRIST
MAS SHOPPING.

you may have a dollar to spend
v for Christmas presents, but L
can't afford any more.
When mamma said that, Kathie knew
:. WAS rs much as she could expect, and
she did not try to change the decision.
"A dollar" sounds like goodly sum to
s little girl 10 years old, who never had
many dollars But when you come to
count it up in small amounts it isn't so
biz
There's 10 cents for horn for Harry,
and Mabprs bottle of cologne is 10-it's
got a beautiful blue bow on the handle!
And III keep p cents for mamma; cause
can buy her pretty handkerchief with
that. And - cents for the ribbon to
make bag for auntie. And 10 cents
for toy for the baby. And % cents for
one Of those pretty paper knives for
papa And, Of course, | must find some
Thing pretty for uncle and some little
thing for Bridget And | must get some
thing pretty for Annette HOyt. | only
see her School-times. but We have sworn
10 be fast friends and perhaps she'll be
mad at me if don't give her a Christ
mas present. And-oh, dear, how much
is all that
kathe pondered every day over the
problem, frowning prodigiously between
her pretty eyebrows and pursuing her red
lips. 1t never seemed to come out right,
until at the end of a week the dollar
which had looked so big at the beginning
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-12-24
ORIGIN of the Christmas Tree.

The old Teutonic and Saxon races In
Central and Northern Europe, before the
Introduction and spread of Christianity,
had a great veneration for trees. Ihey
wonld never willingly damage them
Under large trees, especially old oaks, the
great councils were held and Judgment
t1;ven. and the graves of this people were
found in groves-they always being bur-
;od under the roots of a tree. This was
the result of the superstition that their
Gods lived in those trees. In the linden
free Berchta, dwelt benign spirit who
took charge of the babies and rocked
their cradles when the nurses fell asleep;
in the oak, Donar, the thunder god; In
the willows, all sorts OF spirits; IN the
older trees, the dwarfs. Whenever the
festivals of these gods We're celebrated
their trees were decorated with lights,
eaths and questen Cassels), and offer
mos we're hung in the branches, which.
However. were plundered again when the
festival was over, the gods being sd9-
nosed only to appropriate the best.-Sun-
dav School Times.
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At the very moment MIR. Arthur Proc
tor was trying on the blue silk nightcap
and the pearl-embroidered slipper, Miss
Antoinette Mayfeld was gazing with
wide-opened, astonished, violet-blue eyes
at the contents of much-battere paste
board box that had just been delivered to
her. They consisted of a package of
cigars, pair of mems driving gloves and
an exquisitely cut-glass jar of mustache
pomade. Good gracious! who could
have sent these things to me?" she asked
herself. "Ah! here's note between the
gloves" and taking it from the unsealed,
unaddressed envelope she read it aloud:
''Burleigh & Co., - Walnut ave-, City.
''Dec. "a, 1S-.
"Dear Old Chum-A merry Christmas to
you. Knowing your extreme fOndness for
good cigar, l send you a few of a brand
like those of mine which you admired the
other day-hOpe they won't be too small
had to guess your size; and the pomade is
from the lot l brought from Paree, and will
keep your muStache in splendid. order.
CHARLES BURLEIGH."
cts lucky you wrote on your business
paper, Mr. Charles Burleigh,' giggled
Miss Mayfield as she lost her small right
hand in one of the driving gloves and
glanced, with a merry twinkle in her eyes,
at the cigars and pomade, "for now your
presents will be likely to find their proper
owner, and no doubt he will welcome
them, though they do come day or two
after the ball, should say, the Christ
mas festivities, is over"
1t was noon, the day after Christmas,
when Charles Burleigh sauntered into Ar
thur Proctor's own particular den, and,
sinking into an easy chair directly oppO
site to that occupied by his friend, took
note from his pocket, and, without any
preliminary remarks. read it in slow,
measured tones, as follows:
'Mr. Charles Burleigh:
''Dear Sir-A Christmas box intended by
you for an 'Old Chum has, through some
mismanagement at the postoffice, fallen into
my hands VIII you please send for 1t as
soon as possible, and Oblige, yours very
truly,
"ANTOINETTE MAYFIELD,
1920 = street, City, Dec rs, Is.
The "Old Chum" sprang from his chair.
"Well," he exclaimed, ''if Miss Antoinette
Mayfield has an Aunt Tam, this is a
veritable miniature Comedy of Errors
for I received her Christmas gifts early
yesterday morning"
'She has, and I know her-the aunt
WE'LL" replied Mr.. Burleigh. Tam
stands for Tamasin, and not for tama-
rnds, as one might suppose, and the
whole name is Mrs. Tamasin Mayfeld.
She's the dearest old lady in the world,
and will only be too happy to help me
untangle this snarl. I'll call on her at
once. and she'll go with me to Miss May
field's-Who. by the way, Arthur, is one
of the loveliest blondes l ever saw"
"Take me along, too, Charlie quickly
interrupted Arthur, and Charlie did.
A few months later. Item from So
ciety news column: "It is rumored that
the engagement of Miss Antoinette May
field to Mr.. Arthur Proctor will soon be
announced"
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any clew to the SENDER" Then he pro-
ceeded to hold the slippers up and shake
them, and from one of them fell note.
without an envelope, which he seized AMI
hastily opened. "a woman's writing, and
no date nor address, of course. Let's see
what it says:
Dear Pettikins-A merry Christmas!
send you silk nightcap to fit down snugly
over your pretty ears, and keep your curls.
in the last shape decreed by fashion. How
cunning you will look in it. | also send you
a pair of slippers, which l hope are not too
large for your wee footseys-tootseys. May
you find both little gifts very comfy, as
our English cousins say. Your loving
"'AUNT TAM"
Mr.. Proctor, thoughtfully murmuring
Dear Pettikins." placed the cap on the
very top of his head, kicked off his right
slipper, balanced one of the blue and gold
and seed-pearled ones on the tips of his
toes, and with an emphatic shake of the
head declared: "They don't fit, Aunt
Tam, and they're not bit comfy F" add
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presented very small and miserable ap-
f'GIahce Whenever Kathie took it out to
look at it.
nave you bought all your Christmas
PRESENTS VET: asked father. smiling, one
t' at the breakfast table, at Ka-
.e serious face.
"a @,o sad hathle, still intent on trying
~. 'O' her coat according to her cloth"
t .at are 50 many of EN-"
IL: ,F,er mind, Kathie. leave me out
mil CHRISTMAS. said father, giving a
bm 10 the taken braid hanging nearest
Bs.,, Father had been i'll. Kathie had
ob.. , uIem talk of doctors bills and of
ba,,. I'iIS 10 be met. She knew in her
,lon tld' II was very good of mother to
h., uer whole dollar to spend. Dol
bal we're not SO plenty nowadays. Ma
In ,"Ains up her mind not to ask for
ob,o:1 Olty She knew was hard to
il, nad been doing some sew
NJ, Tr friend and neighbor,
hall. NahSheld, just for the sake of
Chs enough money to pay for the
Es,b; .,laS presents she wanted to get.
bona ~. anew that, because she had gone
Sbe WI "iA the work a couple of times.
nmo wished herself big enough to earn
ms ms pat a good many school years
Bpsidooo VNle before that, Kathie knew.
Dictn rTs' she had dim hopes of painting
bow ''s some day, when she had learned
nled anu b that glittering prospect con-
She Sn;sL lor many present privations.
eaca I hd her breakfast in sober ST.
he, of anurrying because Mabel reminded
Tat mo- package she was to carry home
yor T n,, for Miss Mansfield, Katbie. and
you tSS come directly home if She paws
tbs,yan e money" was Mabel's nartinp
liked - M not an errand Kathie specially
ratbt, a Miss Mansfield was grave. vet
torr s, .; quick in her manner and not en-.
Got ont ntus to little girls. Kathie ALWAYS
sde W.T. wan OF the house in a hurry. Still
heavy. vent = The bundle wasn't yery
Ing; a. an5 n was vas some fine and dainty stitch
AID in nva Miss Mansfield was at home
boxed fo Ecu hathie to sit down while she
"OrA Is very well done, indeed.
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there was no way for it but to bring it
back again. Miss Mansfield listened,
holding the dollar in her hand. Then
she half extended it to the little girl.
But she put it back in her purse swapping
the catch. and any faint hope which
kathie may have had on the subject of
a Christmas present died out Kathie
finished her report of the matter Then
she got up to leave, with the old feeling
of getting out of the house" strong upon
her.
"kathie," said Miss Mansfield, sud-
denly. Il need a little girl sometimes to
dust and put in order the china and or
naments in this room. | will be glad to
pay you something for the work-if you
can do it without breaking them, mind!'
with touch of the old sharpness
But Kathie looked up into her face
then and smiled, feeling only glad be-
cause of the blessing which was coming
to her because she had not been afraid to
do right
Its ten days to Christmas yet!' she
exclaimed, her joy bubbling up into her
voice. ''Can 1 begin tomorrow? Per-
haps l could earn dollar by Christ
MAST
And then the stern Miss Mansfield
laughed, too.
Il am sure you could, Kathie,' said
she; land you shall begin Tomorrow
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are in the main responsible for this state
of affairs. Every cottage among the
mountains is complete little factory,
which turns out just as many goods as
the numerical strength of the family
permits. Everybody works, from the
venerable grandparents, if they are alive,
to the smallest child able to toddle.
This work of making Christmas tree
ornaments is very poorly paid indeed,
and the peoples lot is far from an envia-
BILE one. When the business season ap-
proaches it makes it necessary for most
of the members of family to work from
eighteen to twenty hours day, and they
have to keep this up for long time.
With all their hardships these artisans
are very cheerful lot; you do not hear
of any complaint in proportion to the
poverty that previils.
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himself at the breakfast table (the rest
of the family were at their country
house,, when the maid servant entered the
room. "a Christmas parcel for you, sir, y
she said, "and-it looks as though it had
been very roughly handled, too"
LAY it on the lounge, Mary" replied
the young man, and then went on leis-
urely drinking his coffee. He was a
tall, broad-shouldered, good-looking fell
low, with dark hair and eyes, and COM
plexion to match. At last, the coffee-pot
being emptied and the toast and omelet
plates cleared, he leaned back in his
chair. stretched out his hand for the par
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eel. drew it towards him, read his address
in bold. black letters on the brown paper
wrapper, cut the fastenings, and opened
it. A look of ludicrous surprise spread
over his face as he took out from their
respective dainty boxes diminutive, blue
silk cap of the shape worn by very small
girls, and pair of feminine slippers
No. 2115k-made of blue velvet and gold kid,
and handsomely embroidered with seed
nearls. "Here's larkr' he said, twirl-
ing the cap on his fist. Someone has
Numbered, that's sure Wonder if there's
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bugle. and the other things were an open
secret to all who cared to investigate.
81 don't know which is worse, said
Mrs. b., with tears in her eyes, Ito have
no Christmas at all, or to have it week
before the time" ;,
Next year I'll remember murmureo
Mr.. Bidwell, penitently.
Next year I'll be Santa Claus myself,
answered his wife, "The responsibility
of Christmas shopping is too much Tor
man-he will get ratified.