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IN AND ABOUT THE CITY.

Mr.. John e. Ray went to Dunn yes
terday afternoon and last night deliy-
cred an address at the closing of the
school at that place.
Gen. Carl A. Woodruff and Col. II
ii. Balm returned yesterday from San
ford, where they went to inspect the
military company.
Governor c. B. Aycock has accepted
an invitation to deliver an educational
address at the Ora ded School COM
mencement at MaXtOn on the TWEEN
tieth of May.
Bishop Joseph Elount Cheshire re-
turned yesterday from Winston Salem
where on Sunday night he confirmed
large class of candidates at St
'Paufs Episcopal church.
The Odd Fellows increase regularly.
Last week a lodge was organized at
Needmore, Swain county This week
Sylvia, in Jackson county, and Lam
sing, in Ashe county, have organized
lodges.
Messrs. H. NJ Emerson Ed. Bor-
den and r. f. Smith, officers of the
Atlantic Coast Line, who have been
here as witnesses in the Selma con-
nection case left yesterday for their
homes In Wilmington
The various delegates from the diff
ferent churches and Sunday Schools
who went to Greensboro to attend the
State Sunday School onvention have
returned to the city, and all express
themselves as delighted with the great
meeting.
The friends of DR.. 3. r. Dixon, State
auditor. will regret to learn that he
is confined to his bed. He has just re-
turned from Seven Springs, where he
went to recuperate. He was to have
spoken at Marshville Academy in
Union county yesterday, but his sick
ness prevented this.
Rev. F. D. Swindell, of Goldsboro,
was here yesterday on his way to
Waco, Texas, to attend the meeting
of the Board of Missions of the M. E.
Church, South. He will stop over in
New Orleans. The representative of
the Western North Carolina Confer
ence is DR.. James Atkins, formerly of
Asheville, now of Nashville, Tenn.
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w. IL. CRAWFORD HAS JUST RE
ceivedt the finest lot of beef cattle
received in Wake county this year.
You will find him in the market and
he invites YOU to come and see for
yourself. 3-30-Uf
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SATURDAY-GREA CANDY SALE
at Riggan Company. Ten per cent.
of your purchase given to our Asso-
ciated Charities.
Thursday, Friday, Saturday.
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

gist who will take stock in estab-
lished business; town about 1000:
state amount of stock; experience
Observer. 4-26-tf
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Bishop Joseph Elount Cheshire re-
turned yesterday from Winston Salem.
where on Sunday night he confirmed
q large class of candidates at St.
'Paufs Episcopal church.
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The Odd Fellows increase regularly
Last week a lodge was organized at
Needmore, Swain county. This week
Sylvia, in Jackson county, and Lam
sing, in Ashe county, have organized
lodges.
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Governor c. B. Aycock has accepted
an invitation to deliver an educational
address at the Ora ded School COM
mencement at MaXton on the TWEEN
tieth of May.
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Messrs. H. NJ. Emerson, Ed. Bor-
den and r. f. Smith, officers of the
Atlantic Coast Line, who have been
here as witnesses in the Selma cons
nection case left yesterday for their
homes in Wilmington
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Mr.. John E. Ray went to Dunn yes
terday afternoon and last night deliv
cred an address at the closing of tn,
school at that place.
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Gen. Carl A. Woodruff and Col. T
IL. Balm returned yesterday from San
ford, where they went to inspect thu
military company.
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L HAVE FOR SALE At MY STABLES
30 head of extra fine horses in
pairs, single harness and combina-
ton; all sound and good broke.
Henry Is. James, YadkinVille, n. G.
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low. 1t was not four o'clock in the
afternoon but in that narrow alley be-
tween high buildings, with the smoke
pouring from the windows to add to the
gloom, it seems to me as think of it
now to have been as dark almost as
night. We made our way as quickly as
possible to the street, urged on by the
firemen who were endeavoring to Law a
line of hose through the alley.
''The whole experience l have de-
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flame did not exceed seven minutes. |
do not think it exceeded five minutes.
The tragedy in the balconies 1 cannot
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am glad did not. l feel as it is that |
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ADWAY," said he suddenly,
X II need money. and ! need IL
N bad. | think you ought to
get something out of this job
Of the NJ. 4 D.--not much, but some
thing. viii you give me share Of
what can collect from themT'
Sure" agreed the jobber readily,
with n laugh. sure! But you won't
get anything. I'll give you 10 per cent
Quickr'
Good enoughr' cried Thorpe. Now,
when we get to town want your pow
er Of attorney and few figures, after
which will not bother you again.
The next day the young man called
for the second time at the little red
painted Office under The shadow of the
mill and for the second time stood be-
fore the bulky power of the Junior
member of the firm.
"Well, young man, what can l do for
your asked the latter.
81 have been informed" said Thorpe
without preliminary. that you intend
to pay John Radway nothing for the
WOrk uouc III Ine 'aSS DrancD tnlS
winter. Is that truc:"
Daily studied his antagonist medita-
lively. "lf 1t is true what is it to
your he asked ut length.
II am acting in Mr.. Railways inter-
est"
"You are one of Radwify's menT
"Yes."
''ln what capacity have you been
working for him?'
Cant hook man." replied Thorpe
briefly.
Il see," said DAILY slowly. Then sud-
denly, with an intensity of energy that
startled Thorpe. he cried: Now. you
get out of here! Right off! Quichr'
The young man recognized the COM
pelling and autocratic boss addressing
a member Of the crew.
II shall do nothing of the kind" he
replied, with flash of fire.
The mill owner leaped TO his feet.
Thorpe did not wish TO bring about an
actual scene of violence. He had at
tanned his object, which was to fluster
the other.
Il have Railways power of attor-
ney," he added.
DAILY sat down. controlled himself
with an effort and growled out, why
didn't you say so?''
"Now, would like to know your po-
sition.' went on Thorpe. Il am not
here to make trouble, but as an asso-
ciate of Mr.. Radway have right to
understand the case. OF course have
his side of the story" he suggested, as
though convinced that detailing of
the other side might change his views.
Daily considered carefully, fixing his
flint blue eyes unswervlngly on
Thorpe's face. Evidently his scrutiny
advised him that the young man was
a force to be reckoned with.
"It's like this" he said abruptly;
1--WE contracted last fall with this man
Radway to put in 100000 feet Of our
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tant, slanted the rest of the saplings
along one side OF this rldgepole and
turned In, after hasty supper, leaving
the completion Of his permanent camp
to the morrow.
In the morning he thatched smooth
the roof Of the shelter, using for the
purpose the thick branches of hemlocks,
placing two green spruce logs side by
side as cooking range, slung his pot on
a rod across two f0rked sticks, cut
and split quantity of wood, spread
his blankets and called himself estab-
lished.
For some days he made no effort to
look over the pine, nor did he intend
to begin until he could be sure Of doing
90 In safety. His object now was to
give his knoll the appearance OF a
trapper's camp.
Toward the end Of the week he re-
ceived his first visit. Evening was
drawing on. Thorpe was busily en-
gagged in cooking painful Of trout.
Suddenly he became aware OF pres
ence at his side.
How DOR greeted the newcomer
gravely.
The man was an Indian, silent, SOL
emn, with the straight. unwinkiug
gaze Of his race.
How dor replied Thorpe.
The Indian without further caro-
mony threw his pack 70 ~ ground.
and, sQuatting On biz hsels. watehe0
the white mnn's preoaFal1ena. Whop
tho meal ~ eooocd 10 eee)ly -
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The mH oWner lcdped to his feet.
timber, delivered to the main drive at
the mouth of the Cass branch. In this
he was to act independently, except as
TO the matter Of provisions. Those
he drew from our van and was debited
with the amount of the same. Is that
clear"
Perfectly" replied Thorpe.
"In return we were to pay him, mer-
chantable scale, "a thousand. II,
however. he failed to put in the whole
Job the contract was void"
"That's how ] understand it," COM
mented Thorpe. "Well?"
"Weil, he didn't get In the 5000, 900.
There's million and half hung up In
the woods"
"But you have In your hands three
million and half, which under the
present arrangement you get free Of
any charge whatever"
"And we ought to get IT," cried DAILY.
"Great guns! Here We intend to saw
this summer and quit. We want to
get In every stick Of timber we own
70 as to be able to clear out Of here
for good and all ut the close of the
season, and now this condigned jobber
ties MS up for million and half"
ut Ia exceedingly annoying" con-
ceded Thorpe, ''and II is good deal
Of Railways fault, ! am willing to ad-
NIT, but it's your frrlt too"
ITO be sure" replied DAILY, with the
an0ns.t <aF aaroas,,,
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tight tin Of matches and Z map drawn
on oiled paper OF district divided into
sections. Some few Of the sections
were colored. which indicated that they
belonged to private parties. All the
rest was state or government land. He
carried in his hand repeating rife.
The pack, II opened, would have been
found to contain wooden and rubber
blanket, fishing tackle, twenty pounds
or 80 Of -four, package Of tea, sugar,
a slab of bacon carefully wrapped In
oiled cloth, salt, a suit Of underwear
and several extra pairs Of thick stock
ings. To the outside of the pack had
been strapped frying pan, tin pail
and cup.
He had not met human being or
seen any indications of man excepting
always the old blaze Of the govern
ment survey. Many years before. off,
cials had run careless lines through
the country along the section bound
aries. These latter stated always the
section, the township and the range
east or west by number. All Thorpe
had to do was TO find the same figures
on his map. He knew just where he
was.
The map he had procured at the
United States land Office in Detroit.
He had set out for the purpose Of
looking" suitable bunch of pine in
the northern peninsula, which at the
time was practically untouched. Ac-
cess to the interior could only be OBJ
taincd on foot or by river. The South
Shore railroad had as yet penetrated
only as far as Seney. Marquette, Me-
nominee and u few smaller places
along the coast were numbering near at
home, but they shipped entirely by
water.
Thorpe, with the farsightedness of
the pioneer. had perceived that the ex-
plotation of the upper country was an
affair Of few years only. The north
would not prove as accessible as It
now seemed, for the carrying trade
would some day realize that the en-
tire waterway Of the great lakes Of
fered an unrivaled outlet. With that
discovery would begin rush to the
new country. He resolved to antici-
| pate II and by acquiring his holdings
before general attention should be turn
ed that way to obtain the best.
He was without money and practi.
cally without friends, while govern
ment and state lands cost respectively
$3.50 and $1.25 an acre, cash down.
But he relied on the good sense of cap
italists TO perceive from the statistics
which his explorations would furnish
the wonderful advantages of logging
new country with the chain of great
lakes rs shipping outlet at its very
door. In return for his information
he would expect a half interest in the
enterprise.
Thorpe was by no means the first to
see the money in northern pine. Out
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side the big mill districts already
named cuttings of considerable size
were already under way, the logs from
which were usually sold to the mills of
Marquette and Menominee.
But work was OH small scale and
| with an eye to the immediate present
only. II was accomplished by purchas-
ing one forty and cutting Dozen
Thorpe's map showed often near the
forks Of an important stream section
whose coloring indicated private pos
session. Legally the owners had the
right only to the pine included in the
marked sections, but If any one had
taken the trouble to visit the district
he would have found operations going
on for miles up and down stream. The
colored squares would prove to be moth
ing but so many excuses for being on
the ground. The bulk of the pine was
stolen from unbought state or govern
ment land.
This in the old days was common
enough trick.
Thorpe was perfectly conversant with
this state of affairs. He knew also
thai In all probability many of the col
ored districts on his map represented
firms engaged In steals Of greater or
less magnitude. He was further aware
that most of the concerns stole the tim
ber because 1t was cheaper to steal
than to buy. but that they would <buy
readily enough IL forced to do SO in or
der to prevent Its acquisition by anoth-
er. In his exploration, therefore, he de-
cided to employ the utmost circumspec-
tion. He would pose as hunter and
fisherman.
For week he journeyed through
magnificent timber, working always
more and more to the north, until final
~ he stood on the shores of Superior.
He resolved to follow the shore west
to The mouth of fairly large river
called the Ossawinamakee. 1t showed
in common with most streams of its
size, land already taken, but Thorpe
hoped to lind good timber near the
mouth. After several days hard walk
Ing with this object In. view he found
himself directly north Of bend in the
river, 70 he turned through the woods
due south, with the intention of strik-
Ing In on the stream. This he succeed
ed In accomplishing some twenty miles
inland. where also he discovered well
defined and recently used trail leading
up the river. Thorpe camped one night
at the bend and then set out to follow
the trail
1t LED him for upward OF ten miles
nearly due south. sometimes approach
ing' sometimes leaving, the river, but
keeping always In its direction. The
country In general was rolling. Low
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ducei knife, selected a clean bit Of
hemlock bark and helped himself.
Then he III pipe and gased keenly
about him.
"What you do?" he inquired after q
long silence. punctuntcd by the pufri
of tobacco.
Hunt, trap. fish," replied Thorpe
with equal sententiousness.
Good" concluded the Indian aftei
rumlnntive pause.
That night he slept on the ground.
Next day lie made a better shelter than
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Teachers Examin alton.

The Highland County Board Of School Ex-
aminers hereby gives notice that examina-
tions Of applicants for certificates will take
place in the Washington School Building,
Hillsboro. on the first Saturday Of each
month. excepting June and July.
Patterson examinations win be held On
the third Saturday Of April and on the sec.
ond Saturday of May.
AS prescribed by law, the fees for Te achers
examination will be 10 cents, while the Pat
terson examination no fee In charged.
f. p. TICE, Pres.
G. A. PUCKET,
L. L. FARIs, Clerk,
Board Of Examiners.
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CHAPTER x.

n OR more than a week Thorpe
had journeyed through the for.
est. His equipment was sim
- pie In the extreme. Attached to
heavy leather belt Of cartridges hung
: two pound AZ and sheath knife. In
his pocket reposed compass, an aty
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Observation-Disclosures.
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$50 p. m. 0l0 p m.
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Nfrains marked D run daily.
Trains marked run daily except Sunday.
Trains marked s run Sunday only.
Sunday train at $40 a. m. connects at Bls1-
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and eastern cities.
Train at 7:i5 p m. connects at Blanches-
ter for points west, also for Columbus, Pitts
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For st. Louis, Louisville and points West
and South, t7:40 a. m. and 1870 p. IN.
For Columbus and intermediate poiutS
t740 a. m, 1870 p, m. and D7:1b p. m.
For Pittsburg and East, t7:40 a. m. aud
For For e Greenfield. Chiilicotbe and all eastern
cities, t7:40 a. m and t4:lb p m.
Baggage checks and throu gh tickets issued
to all points In the United States, Canada or
Mexico. No transfer at Cincinnati. T. g.
Information concerning trains time of
connection, sleeping car reservation etc.
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