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The St. Louis Republic., 1902-06-15

thunder showers brief an black enough
but soon over an leavin the world
brighter
This last attitoode Of Jennie towards
Dave is one of abandonment an onthinkin
Indifference that away. 1t begins hard on
the fetlocks of that interestin' event, thrill
in to every proud Wolfville heart, the birth
OF Dawes only infant son. Enright Peets
Tut Which I never does cross up with no
one who deems more of her progeny than
does Jennie of the youthful Enright Poets.
A cows solicitoode concernin' her calf Is
chill reEyafd compared tharwith. Jennie
hangs over Enright Peets like some dew
ieweled hollyhock over a gyarden fence'
you'd think he's a roast apple; an l don
reckon now, fOlowin' that child's event,
she ever sees another thing in Arizona but
lest Enright Peets. He's the whole check
rack-the one bet that wins On the layout
Of the pCssible-an' Jennie proceeds TO con-
duct herself acCOrdin'. It's good thing
mebby for Enright Peets; l won't set
camped Yer an say 1t amt; but It's mighty
hand on Dave.
Jennie not only neglects Dave, she turns
hersef loose frequent an assails him. If he
shows up in his wigwam walkin some EN-
phatic, Jennie'll be down on him like fall
in star an accoose him of wakin' Enright
Peets.
g" An IL you-all wakes him. says Jennie
to Dave, sort O. domineerin' at him with
her forefinger he'll be sick; an II he gets
sick, he'll die: an II he dies. you'll be
heartless destroyer OF your
own helpless offspring. which awful deed
sometimes thinks you're p'intin' out TO pull
of An then Jennie would put her apron
over her head an shed tears a heap; while
Dave-au narrowed up an onstrung-would
come stampedtn' down TO the Red Light an
buy consolation from Black Jack by the
Quart.
That's the idee. son; It's impossible to
go into painful details. cause I amt in
Dawes nor Jenn:e's confidence enough TO
round EN- up; but you Understands what l
means. Jennies forever hectorin' an pes
term Dave about Enright Peets; an be
yond that she don't pay no more heed, an
don't have him no more on her mind, than
II he's one OF these yere little jimcrow
ground owls you-all sees inhabitin' about
permiscus with prairie dogs. What's the
result? Dawes spirits begins TO sink; he
takes TO droopin' about listless an onre-
gyardful: an he's that low an unhappy his
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not produced one man who has added a
feathers weight TO the progress of human
ity. In an hour of madness the dominion
Of the ten great States of the South were
given him without a struggle. A saturnaIia
Of infamy followed
Shall we return to this? You must an
swer. The corruption OF his presence in our
body polite is beyond the power OF reck-
oIliag- We drove the Carpet-bagger from
our midst but the Scalawag, our native
product. is always with US. TO fatten on this
corruption and breed death to our society.
The Carpet-bagser was a wolf the Scala
wag Is hyena. The one was a highway
man, the other a sneak The one was a
condor. and the other a buzzard Shall we
haul down our eagle and make the buzzard
Our emblem?"
so long as the Negro Is a factor in our
political life, will violence and corruption,
stain our history. We cannot afford long
er to play with violence. We must remove
the cause
Suffrage in America has touched the low
est ude-mud Of degradation. II our cities
and our Southern civilization are to be pre-
served. there must be a return to the san
ity OF the founders Of this Republic"
"An government is an evil. the best gov
ernment by the best and noblest men But
government Of the wealth virtue and in
telligence Of the community by the debasad
and the criminal, Is e relapse TO elemental
submit"
Shall the future North Carolinian be an
Anglo-Saxon or .MuIstto? That is the
question before you"
Nations are made by men. not by paper
constitutions and paper ballots We are
not free because we have a Constitution
We have Constitution because our pioneer
fathers who cleared the wilderness and
dared the might of Kings were freemen.
IL was in their blood, The tuteiage of gener-
alton On genera tIOn beyond the seas the
evolution VI centuries OF struggle and sac
rihce"
If you can make men out OF paper then
II is possible with a scratch of pen In the
hand Of mailman TO transform by It's
magic million slaves Into a million
Kings"
we grant the Negro the right TO life,
liberty and the pursuit Of happiness If ne
can be happy witlOIt exercising kingship
ever the AEglo-Saxou race OF dragging US
down 10 his level But II ne Cannot find
happiness except IN iOrdiug ii over a sUp--
fior race. let nun look tor a. other Orld IN
which TO rule. There Is not room for both
of us on this Continent"
A-aIn and again CASTOR raised his hand
TO skill the mad tumuit Of applause MS
words evoked.
And We Will fight ii out on this line, If
It takes hundred years. two hundrsu. ave
hundred Ur d thousand. Ii took spain eishC
hundred years 10 expsi the aioOTs. " neh
the tine comes the Anglo-SaXOn can do
one century what the SpanIaru IN
eight"
" e have been congratulated on our seI.-
restraint under The awful prOVocaIon OF
the past four Yeas. There IL a limit be-
yond which we dare not go, for at this point
l-H-restaint becomes pusiilanimous and
means the loss OF manhood
He then reviewed with thrilling power the
h story of the State and the proud part
played in the deyel, pment OF the Republic.
BE showed how this border wilderness cs
North Carolina became the cradle of Amer
ican Democracy and the typical common
wealth of freenen-
Go Be Continued.)
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WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
doc Peets, SON" said the Old Cattleman.
while his face wore the look Of gravity It
ever donned when that worthy man OF
medicine was named. Doc Peets has his
several uses. Aside from him bein' a pro-
found sharp on drugs, he's plenty learned
in a gen'ral way, an knows where every
kyard lays in nachers deck from soda to
huck-from them star-fiecked heavens above
to the arth beneath. an'-as Scripter puts
tito the waters onder the earth. It's
good scheme to have a brace Of highly ed
dioateu gents same as Colonel Greene an
Doc Peets sort o idliE' round your camp.
Thar's heap Of times when a scientist, or
say, a litrary sport. comes buttin' into
wolfville; an sech folks Is a mighty sight
too deep for RoEgs an me an Tut. II
we're plumb alone with a band of them
book-read shorthorns like l describes, you
all sees yourself they're bound 10 90 surgin'
East ag'in an report how darkened an is-
norant Wolfv!lle is. But not after they
locks horns with Peets or Colonel Greene
Wherefore. whenever the camps invaded
by any over-enliGhtened sharps who's gone
too far in schools for the rest Of us to
break even with, We ups an plays Doc
Peets or Colonel Greene onto 'em; an the
Sway either Of them gents would turn in an
bangle said visitors up mental don't bothar
'ssn bit. That's straight; Peets an the
C9lonel is our refooge; they're our pro-
tectors; an many q time I've bekeld 'em
lay for some vain-gIorious savant, who's
got a notion the Southwest. that away. IS
a region OF blinded sayagery where the
folks can't even read an write none, rope,
throw an hawgtie him-veTbal, I means
an brand his mem'ry with the red-hot fact
that he's plumb wrong an been wadin in
error up to the saddle-girths touchin' the
antellect1oal attainments Of good old Ari-
Eona. Shore. Doc Peets has other uses than
drugs; an he discharges EN-; you can put
down a bet on thatl
NOW that I think OF the matter. It's Doc
Peets who restores Dave Tut to full stand
in with his wife. Tucson Jennie, the time
she begins TO forget an neglect Dave. You
see, the trouble is this Away: II really
starts-leastwtse I alters so believes-in
Dawes beginnin' wrong with Tucson Jennie.
Troo. as confesses to you frequent yereto-
fore, amt married none myself; still I've
been livin' a number of years, an has mach
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-06-15
CHAPTER vII--ContInued.

When CASTOR received her telegram in jail
he was seated by window looking out
through the bars on Mount Pisgah's distant
peak looming in grandeur amid a sea of
smaller blue mountain waves. He read the
message and his soul was filed with q
great peace.
AT lasti at lastI / draw her with SOW
ereign power. These prison bars, they are
good! could kiss them! I can never be
grateful enough to my enemiesT
BE had taken his prison a joke from
the first, sneering at the Judge who had
committed him He knew that every day
he stayed in that Jail he was becoming
more and more the master Of the people.
IF Mcleod had tried he could not have
played into his hands with more fatal GER
tainty. Five hundred citizens of Independ-
ence had wired him their congratulations
and offered him any assistance he desired.
from unlimited money for defense TO del
egation to tear the jail down.
he declined any assistance Every day
that he remained in Jail with that little
Federal Judge denying bail was increasing
the fury OF the people.
A carriage rolled into the jail inclosure
and two young ladies alighted. One of them
stopped in the sitting-room for visitors and
he heard the tramp of mans heavy feet
on the stairs and after It the tread Of a
woman like a soft echo.
The key grated IN the lock, the door
opened. She looked into his eyes for Just an
instant OF searching soul revelation, saw
the yearning and the grateful tears, and
! with glad cry sprang into his arms.
You do love mel" she passiOnately cried.
N'Love you? I drew you back across the
81 ebs with my love. l knew you would
come I willed 1t with power you couldn't
resist"
u never got your letters. and was hun
CRY to see you" she whispered.
And ] never got yours, and drew you
back by the power Of a great heart pur-
pose"
Forgive me, for being away from you
when you were in danger"
Il was glad you were safe. Don't let this
jail alarm you. I'll be out too soon for my
good I'm afraid"
No other woman has come into your
heart to cheer 1t even with her friendship
since I've been away, has she?'
What a silly question. I've never looked
at any other woman since the day I first
saw your
Tell me you love me again,''
"I-love-you, queen of my soul, unto the
uttermost, in life. in death, forever!" he
whispered tenderly.
She sighed and smiled 1.-THE sweetest
music the ear of a woman ever heard"' she
half laughed, half cried.
SNow. my dear, You are a full-grow1
tnoh.a3i- ~ me Dsaoiy OF 4 perfect WoItlal-
fhood. For five years and more l have
waited and suffered. My life is an open
book before you. When are you going TO
end this suspense and be my sweet bride?
You must decide now whether your fathers
will shall rule your life or nv lover
Must decide to-day2" she asked trem-
bfingly.
yes" he answered firmly. 'It is not
fair to torture me longer"
Then give you upl" she tearfulIy ex-
claimed God forgive ne II I am doing
wrong! I cannot resist you longer. / do
not desire to, ] will notI I am all yours.
forever-soul, body. VIII, honor. Hfe-allI I
cannot live without you. I love youi love
you;-Eiss meI-Rgain-eh. your lips are
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sweeter than honey! Am bold to say It?
do not care, am yours! Your arms are
the bonds of my slavery and they are
sweet"
CASTOR was trembling with the joy that
flooded his being with these. the first
words OF perfect faith and submissive love
that had come from her lips. And he WINGED
at the memory now of those hours Of dissi-
patton when he had doubted her. He tried
TO confess 1t and receive her absolution.
My dear, my joy is too great. 1t is pain
as well as JOY. In the dark days of our
first year of separation I thought once you
had forgotten me l went away into two
weeks of debauchery. Your perfect love
crushes me with its beauty and purity.
must confess this wrong to you. l must
not deceive you in the smallest thing in
this hour"
She placed her hand over his lips II will
not hear it. l ought TO have been braver
and fought for my rights and yours. I Will
not hear one word Of confession from you
love you. You are my king. l love you
good or bad. I would love you II you were
murderer on the gallows. / cannot help
IT. l do not wish to help 1t. ! will follow
you to the bottomless pit or to the throne
of God, and say 1t without fear to devil or
ANGEL Kiss me againl-There, do not cry
let me see your beautiful brown eyes III
kiss the tears away. Tears are for my eyes
not yours!'
When will you fx the day dear?'' he
softly urged.
How soon would you like it?'
THE sooner the better. am lonely
Then I'll FIX 1t to-day" she said, i'm
pulsively.
What. here, in this Jail?"
Yes, where you are is heaven to me /
haven't noticed the jail" She said soDerly.
He looked at her a moment, strained her
to his heart and brushed the tears of 10y
from his eyes.
My beautiful queen! This hour is
worth every pain and every throb of an
guish have suffered. Its memory will en-
compass my life with great light
TN go with Stella, see Doctor Durham,
who is here looking after your case, have
him get the license. and We will be back in
half an hourv'
The preacher greeted her with delight.
"Ah! Miss Sallie. if l had known a little
thing like this would have brought you
back, I would have hired Jail for him
long ago, and put him in it,
Doctor. / want you to get the license
and marry US now; will you do it?''
viii 1? Just watch me. III have the
documents and be ready for the ceremony
In fifteen minutes! We won't keep the
bridegroom waiting!' cried the preacher, as
he hurried to the office of the Register of
Deeds.
Sallie ran up to Mrs. Durham's room. told
her the news. and asked her to be one of
the witnesses.
''of course, will, SaIIle. You are the
one girl in the world have always wanted
Charlie to marry"
The keeper of the jail had treated CASTOR
with every consideration and arranged for
the marriage TO take place in the little sit
ing-room, where he allowed him 10 come on
parole.
The bride wore plain travelling dress in
which she had come from New York. She
had driven from the depot past Stella
Holt's home. and with her straight TO the
jail.
CASTOR thought her the fairest vision that
ever greeted the eye Of man as he stood bv
her side. He had seen that day the soul
OF g radiantly beautiful woman in the
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-06-15
CHAPTER VIII.
A Speech That Made History.

When General Worth received Gaston's
brief and startling letter the wires were hot
between New York and Asheville for about
twelve hours. His last message was per-
emptory command TO his daughter to Join
him Immediately at Independence
When Sallie arrived at Oakwood the Gen.
eral was already there, and the storm broke
mall its fury. To every bitter word she
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1902-02-21

| I'm governments Of a monarchical cast
patriotism may look with indulgence, if
not with favor, upon the spirit of party.
governments purely elective, it is a spirit
not to be encouraged. Aud, there being
constant danger of excess, the effort
ought to be, by force of public opinion,
| to mitigate and assuage it.
1T is important likewise that the hab-
| its Of thinking in free country should
| inspire caution, in those intrusted with
| its administration, to confine themselves
| within their respective constitutional
spheres, avoiding in the exercise of the
| powers of one department to encroach
upon another. The spirit of encroach-
ment tends to consolidate the powers of
| all the departments in one, and thus to
create, whatever the form of government,
real despotism.
Promote, then, as an object of pri-
mary Importance, institutions for the gen
eral diffusion of knowledge. In proper
ton as the structure of a government
gives force to public opinion it is essen
tial that public opinion should be enlight-
eueu.
"Observe good faith and justice toward
all nations; cultivate peace and harmony
with all. Religion and morality enjoins
this conduct, and can it be that good pol
icy does not equally enjoin it? 1t will
be worthy Of free, enlightened, and at
no distant period great nation to give
mankind the magnanimous and too novel
example of people always guided by an
exalted justice and beneyoence.
"The nation which INDUCES towards
another an habitual hatred or an habitual
fondness is in some degree slave. 1t
is a slave to its animosity or to its affec-
ton, either of which is sufficient to lead
1t astray from its duty and its interest.
"The great rule for us in regard to for
eign nations is in extending our CONNER
cial relations to have with them as little
political connection as possible. :.
at is folly in one nation to look for
disinterested favors from another; it
must pay with a portion of its indepen-
dence for whatever it may accept under
that character"
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1902-02-21
Knocked Washinntnn nown

Washington was an eminently fair
man. He had quick temper, but as
a rule he kept It under control. Some
times, however, 1t got the best of him.
This was the case once In, Alexandria.
One of the county officers told me the
story as we stood on the second floor
of the market house in Alexandria and
looked down at the open court within it,
which Is now filed with hundreds of
booths where the farmers bring their
products for sale on market days. ut
was on that spot" said the officer,
Washington was knocked down by
Lieut.. Payne. Payne was candidate
for the Legislature against Fairfax Of
Alexandria. Washington supported Fair
fax, and when he met Payne here be
made a remark that Payne considered an
insult, and Payne knocked him down.
The story went like lightning through
the town that Col. Washington was kill
ed, and some of his troops who were sta
toned at Alexandria rushed In and would
have made short work Of Payne had
Washington not prevented them. He
pointed to his black eye aud told them
that this was personal matter and
that he knew how to handle II. Every
one thought that this meant n duel.
The next day Payne got a note from
Washington asking him to come TO the
hotel. lie expected a duel, but went.
Washington, however, was in an amia-
bic mood. He felt that he had been in
the wrong, and said, Mr.. Payne. l was
wrong yesterday, but il you have had
sufficient satisfaction, let us be friends.
There was a decanter Of wine and two
glasses on the table which Washington
had ordered TO smooth over the quarrel.
The two drank together and became such
strong friends after that that Payne was
one Of the psll-bearers at Washington's
funeral"
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1902-02-21
RICHES IN THE TROPICS.
Researches in Those Regions Are Prov
inc IN Re Very proffahte

Researches in Those Regions Are Prov
i ing to Be Very Profitable.
Few persons have any idea what
prospects of wealth are opening in
tropical countries 1t is only within
a few years that any attention has
been paid to many large areas that are
now found to be rich in commodities
which the world needs. OF course, this
work of studying the tropical world is
still in its early stages and much re-
mains TO be done, even to procure a
comparatively complete list of the
tropical plants that are most useful.
In the last two or three years 1t has
been feared that the demand for rub
Der would exceed the supply. But re-
cent studies have revealed new fields
that are already beginning to contrib
ute to the rubber supply The list Of
rubber plants is constantly growing
Within two years a number of trees
and vines never before utilized have
begun to yield harvest Of rubber
This valuable product bids fair to play
in the humid regions OF the tropics
about the same part as the precious
metals do In temperate regions, says
the New YORK Sun.
In the last ten years the Congo Free
State, French Guiana, Madagascar and
Lagos have advanced enormously In
the value of their exports. the basis Of
their prosperity being due to india rub
Der. The latest declared exports from
the French Congo, amounting to about
Sl,200,O0O were half india rubber.
After the fall OF Khartum. W. Garstin
a French economist. expressed the
opinion that the valley Of the Upper
Nile, devastated Tor SO many years by
the Mahdists. would contribute prac-
tlcally nothing to the wealth Of the
world for the next half century. But
the Upper Nile has since then yielded
Ee0 tous Of rubber. In French lndo-
China IS the large region known as Up
per Laos and the l.aotiaR-S Shan States.
which until recently have never been
Of the slightest economic importance
In the foreign trade II lS9. after
French experts had reported thai these
regions were rich IN va.uable rsourres.
a little rubber becan to b. sent to nar-
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1902-02-21
TALKING TO ONES SELF.
Supposed to be One of the Early symp-
toms of Insanity

Supposed to be One of the Early Symp-
toms of Insanity.
Talking to ones self has this obvious
advantage over any other form of ora.
tory or gossip lone is assured of a sym.
pathetic audience. But it has also this
peculiar drawback-it is supposed to be
one of the early symptoms of insanity.
Wrongly so, perhaps. A mad doctor
might rule the habit out of his dagno-
sis. Nevertheless the popular belief
is firmly rooted. And it is for fear of
this belief, doubtless, that we talk to
ourselves, even as we dress our hair
with straws, so rarely. 1t may be said
that we never do address ourselves at
any length except in the delirium of a
fever. In moments of ordinary excite
ment, of course. we utter to the wind
some sort of appropriate ejaculation
Delight wrings from us a cry of "Hur.
rah!' or Thank Heaven even
though there be none by to echo us,
Similarly in any disgust we emit one
of those soIlds whose rather poor
equivalents in print are "Ughw and
"Faugh" DIP and Tut" Much
further than this We do not go. why.
what an ass am II" cries Hamlet in
one of his soliloquies. Omittng the
irst word and transposing the last two,
the ordinary modern man does often
sOliloquize, to that extent. But he
could no more soliloquize to Hamlets
extent than he could speak in decasyl-
labics. Nor is there any reason to sup
pose that that class of the community
with which. contemptuous of bis own
tluency, Hamlet compared himself, is
or ever was more prone to soliloquize
than any other In the matter of So
liloqules we cannot accept Hamlet as
an unbiased authority We merely
find In MIN he possible origin of the
belief that talking to ones self is a
bad sign.-London Saturday Review.