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10 THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: TUESDAY. APHIL 15. 1884 TWELVE PAGES. I UNCLE REMUS. TtiB FUN AND PHILO Y*OF THE OuD 1???OME, B'tr Well StlilM Trouble???WLHs Walking In I 0*lljr, In D.<p 8i??4y, * B):k Fell* 0.1 Him ud BtOo Ufir Rii|??>Brtr B -bbit Goes to Bis As l Uno*. Bie.. Xus. ''fin still wo er by ourtu'fs," exclaimed Uncle Remus, II the little boy ran Into bis cabin, the night after be had heard the story of how Brother Babbit ecalded Brother Wolf ????????e er by onrse???is en tint? a P???-'S'n't pe ar folks (fanner w'at tie; er misriii'. We er des giftin' erdat p'int wh.rwekin keep de run ob creeturs, en it keeps ta dat busy we ???int got time fer ter bolt our tittles ckaeely. ???I done tell you 'bout Brer Babbit matin??? 'im a steeple; bal I aint tell you 'lout bow Brer Bibblt got ole Brer Wolfou t'n f r mlghly bad fix." "No," said the little bay, "you haven't, and tbat'a just what I have como for now.??? Uncle Bemuslooked at the rafters, then at the little boy, and finally broke into a loud laugh, ???I 'clar ter goodness," he exclaimed, ad dressing the imaginary third person to whom he related the most of his grievance, "I ,einr ter goodness cf dat ar chile aint gittln??? so dat he???a??vc'y whit ex up-en ep> ken iz w'nt o'e 34 las over bill. Dat he ial??? The old man paused long enough to give the little la y some uneasiness, and then con tlnued: ???Alter ole Brer Fax git do natal hide luck otrn 'ini an de 'coiiut er Brer Babbit kittle, co???ae he hatter go way off by hlese'f fer ter let de ka'r grow out. He 'uz gone so long dat Brer Hobbit sorter 'low ter.hisse'f dat he apt ck he kin come down mt'ii he steeple, cn sorter rack 'totin' niniiga de t'er creetura. "He aorter primp up, Brer Babbit did, en den he atari, cut 'pun be journeys bether en yau. He tuck'n went ter de cross-roads, cn dar he stop cn choose 'im a road. He choose 'im a road, he did, en den he put out ties iak be bin sent fer in a burry. ???Brer H.bblt gallop on, he did, talkin' en laughin' wid hiss'e???f, cn eve'y lime he pass folka, he???d tu'n it off en make iak he Bingin', He 'us gwine on dla away, w'en fua??? news yon know, he tuck???n year sump???u. Ho stop talkin' en 'gun ter hum a chime, but he nlut meet nobody. Den he stop en Ilmen en he year auinp'ii boiler: "0 Lord} I I.Jitly I Won't somebody come ha???ll me?" . , ??? Tne wcentof grief and despain and auffer- Ing that Uncle lletuca managed to throw into tbit supplication was really hallowing. ???'Ilmr Habitat year ilia, en he stop cn lirstn. 'Twan'i long 'fo' i*uiiiii'ii n???er holler nu': ??? O leirdy, l.ordy! 1'icasc, eouiebody, conic cn he???p me.??? "llrer Babbit, bo li'ist up he years, he did en unfite answer buck: ???Who is you, nohow, en w'al do name er goodness de niarierf??? "Picas", somebody, do run y*??l' "Brer Bibblt, lie tuck'n stun' on th???ee legs fer to mektaho er gitiin???a goot start of dey 'usany needs nn It, ed lie lioller back: "Wnarbiuts it yon, rah iw corns you ilar?' "Do please, somebody, run ytr eu he'p a po'mizi'rbulcroeiur. I'm down yer in tie b.g gully uad* tllsli yer iireat big rock.' "Die Brer Babbit bleeds ter he mighty Itlcklcr In detn days, en lie etope down ter ite big gully en look in, en whotie iismeergutid ness yuu spick ho teed down dar? ' Uncle Ueuius paused and gave tlio little hoy a look of triumph, and then pioceedtd with out walling (or a reply: "Nobody in da rouu???worl'but dat ar ole Brer Woll u'ai Brer It dibit done bin trailed de week 'fo' dat. He 'ui Isyin' down dar In da big gully, nn, blesa grtcioutl 'pun to un 'iiu wusagreal big ruck, ell nf you whiiI ter know da muon dat ar great big rork Hint too- totally kilt Brer Wolf, tlen you'll liattor ax some un w'.t know mu' 'bout It dan tv'nt I dues, ksst hit look Iak ter modal It dea outfitter mash 'lut flit. "Vit dar he wus, enli t 'Iona bein' kilt, lie got atrnnk miff Inf for ter maka folka year 'im holler a mile off, en he hol'er hi loue- aoiue dat it make Brsr Bibblt feel m'gh y sor ry, eu no sootier Is Ue fret a ,rry dan Im hoi' he coat-tail, out (lx way en slid du.n de hank fer ler see w???al he kin do. "W'en hl> git down dm Brer Wolf ax 'Im Please, sir, kin he he'p 'im wldde ramavatien ???r dat ar rock, eu Brer Bthbit'low he speck lie kin; m will tlal Brsr Wolf hnlb reii tell ???im fer iiiun-y taka won't bo wiilrjln eu dolt, w???lnh Bu r Bibblt luelt'u ketch belt f? tm rock eu hump bls-e'l, eu 'twant long 'fu' he git a pnrehta un it, cn, bins yo' soul, ho lit' ???i r up dee Iak nhget a* do log-rollin???. ??????Hit tu'u nut tla' B-er Wolf aint hurted much. oJ w'en he 11 .Us out, he tuck???n tuck a iiotl.n dal el lie c*' t w ine git he revenge- imrutiut'n I'f>r Bn 1 ??? it, ilgnt flen wuatt. time, an no Doner d. t a dat coma ???cross he min' dan lie tuck???n grab Brer Bibblt by do nap rr tie neck eu d small ar de luck. "Brer lUnbit lie kick en Mined, but 'taint do no maiik.-r rr good kszo de mu'w'at he kick demo' lighter Bier Woll rlainn 'im W???ich ho hiu, n 'un a.i hard dat Brsr Rtbblt wus feard I|??? ???oagsiiiB tercut off he hreff Brsr Rabhiu, ha'low: ???Wall, dsn, Brer Wall I Is dish yer do way you thanks to *, fer satin yo' liir? "Brer WMt grin hi*, en oen lie up'n 'low: ??????I'll thank you, Br r Bibblt, en den I'll make fresh meat out'e you,' h0??f KtbbltMoW* liSat.it "'???Kf you talk dat away, Brer Wolf, T never it to do yer n'er Rood turn tv???iles l 'tve. ???Brer Wo f, lie grin some mo' en Mow: "Dat you won't. Brer Rthblt, dat you wou'tl You won???t dome no mu' good turn tall you er dout dead.' "Bier Bibblt. lie aorter study ter hlsse'f, he did, eu .leu he'low: '???Wtu*r I cou??* film. Brer Wolf, liti ??? de law fe * folk* fer to kill tleiu w???at dim* none urn ??? good turn, en 1 speck hut de lew right 'roan' yer.* "Brer Wolf say ha aint ao mlghtytho' 'boat dat. Brer Rtb-il say he willin??? fer ter let'tla whole c.se wid Brsr Tarrypiu, eu'Brer Wolf aav b?? ???grre???bie. , , . ???Wid dat, dey put out, dev did, eu make derwsy terwliarole Brer Tarrypln nay, en w'en tl??y g I Her, Brer Wolf be tuck'n tell he aide, en mu ll . r llt'bli lie tuck'n tell be tide 0 e Bur Tarrypiu pdt on hespeeks en cle???r up lie Iti???oat, en den be 'low: "Dsyaa nrghty heap er fuixne-s in dish yrr 'apute,*u'to* 1 km take any sidta you'll dea hatlrr ky.r me ter ter see de place wbarb u s Brer Well ant w'en Brer Btbbit fouu??? 'im,' he cano Jsk he study ip??? 'boat eump???n n???er. Bimeby. Brer Wolf, bn open up: "Ow. Brer Tarrypln! Dis yer reck gittln' miglity heavy!??? "Brer Tarrypln, he mark in de aan???, cn study, en study. Brer Wolf holler: ??? 0 ??. Brer Tarrypin I Djab yer rock mash- in' tl* b r cHoul'n me.' ???Brff Ta??"??7P lD i he r '* r bs!lt i h? did, en be Mow. erase: ??????Brer Krhbii, you wuz in de wfotig. You aint had no business fer ter come bodderin' Monger Brer Wolf w???en he aint bodderln' 'longtr you. He 'nz 'ten'iu' ter he own busi ness ,-n yon oughter bin 'ten'in' ter yone.' "Dis make Brer Babbit look 'shame, er biwe???f. but. Brer Tarrypin talk right erlong: "iV'fb you'uz gwine down dial) ytr road dia mawnV, J'91?? ihp'Iy mua' bin a gwine som'ers. Sf yomru* gwine (flm'frt you bet ter be gwine on. Brer Woif, be wa'n'tRWllie now bars den, en hoaint gtvitie aowbtri now. You f,,un' Mm nnd' dat ar rock, en und' dat ar r. ck vou lef''iiu, 1 ???Kn, b'esttl/Rloua!" exclaimed Uncle Be it.ns, ???Mem ar cr-'eturs racked off furn dar en !, r ole Brer Wolf und' dat ar rotk.??? . UP IN BUNCOMBE. BILL ARP???S EXPERIENCE IN THE HIGHLANDS. C<,|,y.lrh', tsst. ix m* Rzzr Ins.lac the Summer ot OsorgU roe tas witt.ro! Wor e c.r-Iios-windms.pthaPii, erKrca- Uso. Tbr.osh Wkioa Aaawnw Xh to a. sooobed-a Lota ??,v??io ice. ?????????aho miff dry luck'n kvar'd ole Brer Tar rvpln d -orti de h-g rood iwel dey come ler tie big gully en den ,lct tuck 'tin itr wli-r Jlrsr Wolf go: k ueii uuu' de big rock. Ole Brer Tarrypin, he walk 'rdun', tie did, en poke at de place will |ic eii er be cane, ll iurby ho Shuck lie head, he did, en 'low: ??? I bmirtnilgbiMr fer ler put you all gents tarao mueh troubh : yti, tley aiut no two Ways, I'U bailer otH-dea how Brer Wolf w,a kotcli, en dea Imw de rock wui lay in' 'pan topoa'tw.'afW. D- old.r folka gila de nsV trouble dey ia.??? tet*e. vn l aint 'lyin' but w'at I'm a ripenin' mo' earner dan a'aim- toon w'a''. bin airockeu wit de fi*?????.??? ni t. "Dm Brer Wolf, he tuck'n Uy down wnar he wua w'en Brer Rabbit louu' 'im, en de yatbera diy up'a roll de rock 'pun top un ???Im. Day roll de nek 'pun Mm, continued Unale Remit., looking over bin ipectaclra io Me wbat effect tnesiaiament baton the little boy, "en dar ba wua Brer Totrypln. be walk all 'roan', an lo-fa at Mm. pan bn sot olown, bn did, en make marks is da aan wid udkaWih The I???, re tie's neapalr. Patron Orlpp in lull io iho brim with choking ???arrow, nndstrstRht rye whhky; end, a* ho bent his aged form amund mi ever reed; bmp po*i,lherIcep sob* of a briikcn heart n-tUed his faltu teeth like loose shfugh* on a roof during a wind sforra, ???I'm thick," bcoor.fl'toellaUyfcddreteed the lamp poet, "thick at I* vrnrl???thick of dishep-hun *: fab* fun's, ar.' mighty * .Il k at my shtomache.??? The iin.p wlt kid know'll g'y, but wisely kept silent. Afters moment's ptuso, to wipe off hl-.ofcln, the parsou went on: "Wnoih I arnz young'ninnercont. host Ish ole ???n dev'lnh; whso-h say, paid?" hill! tho lamp post delgutd no reply. "Well, sblr, jou'sh follern a llcz," contlimcd the oveilliiaUig paisou, "thlaii'sbtlll, you loo-lo 'n-llc; you sUts wobble roan* like shoo never was shobor: lay, liold-hlo-up,Ish gain' zit any." Ho bad rib and his evening companion io push the silvery links of hslr back from bla forehead and In Ids cxclud slate of mind, lmaslued that Iho post wai reheating. Wi.ba wild bound, he clutched (Jesperately at Ibe do ing form; mlsaed II, and reclined gracefully, though not soltly, In tho guitor.* For a moment his overwrought brain kept him moving uneasily: but gradually sweet Morpheus spread hl< soft wltrgs of real above the llred form and the parson sweetly slept. In Ibis cce; couch the policeman found him: and the aborn was tho loitlmeny of a witness in the recorder's court, the followlt g morplng. The parson was now sober, hut the recent frolic had left deep traces cf misery un Ills aged face, and great , I sin i of red mud on hla coat. Wbat aay you In the charge?" demanded Iho court. The solemn eyes of Parson Orlpp ???lowly lough! the recorder's face, aa he replied: ledge, I'm the victim of great deception; the hands of false friends have p fry id wild havoc with your bumble H-rvant." In what Way?" growled hla honor. You aeo, Jcdge, I'm nut a native of your fair and glorious city, although 1 expect Io b Yes. For thirty-five days, anyhow," laughed the recorder. Pleaai don't Interrupt mo," painfully pleaded the parson, "a* Iwaa about Io remark, I live far from your prosperous city; my reildence, when 'in at hosee, la near Smyrna." Mow'd you git here???walk?" ???No, atr; I oamotu alyle; had a berth on aUrecn Lino elfOnor." "But why did yon come?" ???doltly, sofily, ledge; I'm coming to that part now. In my far away home I had a bor-e???a beau tllul aulmal???who could make her mile lu ninety miniites; and 1 also had a friend to Atlanta.' "Yes; go an." "Thai friend wroto me that If I'd give him 13 ho would sell my reocr to a gentleman hero tort-00 "Obt" gasped his honor, "the vitlaiuous plot is unravelling. I'roceniJ." ???Well, sir, 1 tent the horse on by my ton, and I osmo as before elated, I got here three days ahead of my animal, for sliu'd been sick im tho roait, ae my boy asld But by and by I met tho trader and exchanged my dear old horse hr his filthy Inure." ???1 dou'Ace any trouble Ihero," spoke Ills honor. "Walt good, sir, omit Inti d the parson," and with whine's a freo lunch counter look, ho slobbered onl, "ibe 1300 wus all eountetlcll." "How long would your horse have Bved?" "Judge," aobbed too ptrs.ii, "1 didn't expect her Io ever reach Atlanta.??? Aud now you're klcklug because you get sold, Instead it selling somo one else?" I am not kicking about tbaf, jedgo; 'Its my fslse blend tbal's causing me such suffering," cried parsed, fit ho Wk. gently led Io the Blockade gang Whisky aud rl-io'w From the Csrlersvllle, Os., American. l.aal Tnuisday a bo. k peddler named Reynold! struck Oarlersvltlo, llo hall, d from somowbeie In tho north aud wta selling aBltle twenty IVa pagO pamphlet of which he claimed to be Ibe author He obtained pe.ialuloio! the town tolhirlUes to talk publicly on the streets and sell his bonk lie proved In bo quite a Uncut talker and alutefed c. nsldcrab'e c uwds aiound hliu. He dollvirv.1 one of his lecnins on Thursday evening a id again Thursday night. In the course ol h.s romarta Thursday night ho loti oiea-jpu Io deliver hltos.il very freely no ll.d ten.Pennine I ,n, ai d uiged upon ht. beanos, sn.l isp. elm. Pie a..)',, the evils ot whisk) drink, lug sir H II l???utk"t>, ??h > isa tikrkn|4r In i.iwu, Wui Ip Iheoiowd. an.l msOe s,*10 r.mark In ??? l ine that .i.uii'.t to gi.qrff cte 10 Iho ip eknl and he reiornd tu a leiher rhsrp largo,ao iVnrdi lauprni y high foramtauie or iwo. and .us cmw.l bevspie wimewhstikclital Mr, Bob Paftlllo, who It a Mrtllg tempcianco mao. look side <l.h iho stranger and s.-m" hot woidsmss. .1 b>o??een him and l'aci??tt. However, order ,u ie>t usd ami uodamag,, was .lone Neil laornlug they were alt thievbefore Mayor Wnffoiu and hr On. .1 Iheen five oollsra each. Mr. Falilbo v-ly promptly paid bla own fine aud also 1 lint of i???,ie i>.ak p.d Her and lempeiarco l.ctiirer Miller ti ls or snineihuig not kuewu sc. mod 10 give PuekuP great I.flsnse. Ileal cnee retired 10 a bairoim arid armed himself wllh two srlf-neeSli g [ nsinla a-.l aptnated on the htreeis tu ngu- ar cowboy ??iy m, deli lug srrcsi aud w.ruing iwo nle to keep their hsiid, off him. Ue held a plant! ta each band, aud lur a few inluuue Mimed to have i-.tseislou id ihe sICvwsIk. 1 he mvllee were dl.tiaaed 10.lie him a wide barih. 111. friends sjoueameup boat ver, aid g it him serosa town aud I. ok bis pi-tula from hliu He was w 10 alter brought Is fo.e ihu major, p-ad golliy. and vat R*-o'tuced 10 pay a fine of *30, or work 01 the aimers for Aft) da)t He paid bis due, and is* phased gieal ngiei M-ai be had send to badly, s ba I'.rshs.t-s kiss Lvacamsd. Va., April i???A telegram from IVcthoutaa 10 night sets dnltlrg en the summit uf the rids e down 10 entiangee and ebauben.f the mine hat reached a depth ol dvfeet aud wl'l ???Hike ihrough about dajhgiit. Tommrow lie cscapo of gas will then readily to no???lcod a?? ihe rise of water lu Ihe mtuo will eoufioo It aud cause H le pis* lo.ribly nut ol ihe first rent ms le. T.e mine I. gelling well filled with wan r. A Murpl y fan from Culcago has Iweu pul !u position on the ???tie uf ihe one recently desire) e l by the explosion ???tid thirteen expert*ne*d fire b.wt??< Inm I'e. n- sytvaotaare here ready lounlsr the mine under the dlncttou . 1 Colonel tl oorgo Bcdda, uf Ihe Mld:o- t'.lan mince. . a li.r.lWU u-aik. llsnist. April 7-4i. j. w. llenderasn, Ihe mall earnerbelsrevn thli point and Walthall, ha mol wlih a h srrinlo dea b. He camped a lew unite this side ol WaPhsll eud made a fire by'be trunk ol a trie end fed asleep. The old stamp burnt down end loll ecto-a Ibe old man'# bi4r, and when awakened ha was on lire, and In hla efforts to posh ihe log off himself ha had hit hands aud arpa fearfully burned. He waa found a short Ume before hedbd end madeashiemeol JueSeboatai Hail, gentle spring! I've started to ting that aorg several times of late, and it hails cure enough just before I get ready. The poet says, ???ethereal ralidnen cogac!" bat it Is all elhereal wildness this vernal seacon. There is nothing settled yet, Lsit week I thought $!ie winter wag over, and to I vra turai out among the mountains of North Carolina for a little pleasure aud recreaiicn. After I left Charlotte I traveled over a little railroad that ran;, or walks, or pikes along from Chariot :e to Statesville. This road is 42 miles ehort end aix hours long, and baa been entered end registered as a aecand-clau con cern in all respects. It has no switches or elde tracks and but one locomotive, and al ways carries it* freight before and ila passeip gsra behind, and never shows a red flag j u frontor a lantern in the rear. It shtu>???j the day and runs at night, leaving Charlotte at 8 p. m. and arrive* at the other cad at 2 p. We stopped one hour nnd a quarter atone station to unload guano and at other stations according, audit waa jerk and bump and bump and Jerk nearly ail the lime, so that a mutt eouldent sleep if lie warned io. I won- drr wbat syndicate that road belongs to! Well, after all, I reckon they do the be???i they cud, ami it is belter than the old way of staging it st four in lies au hoar and h ing crowded on your seat by day and by nigui. This road is a near cut, and ia one bide of * tiiangle, but a traveler can go round by Bal ishury for a dollar more ami lose no lime aud unload no guano. After we hoarded Ihu Western Norih Carolina, we steamed along in good style, aud by aunrise found we went rising higher and higher among the moun tains. The eye feasted upon tne beauty and grandeur of the far off ranges, and as we rose higher find drew nearer to them, we became transfixed with solemn wonder and admira tion. After while we retched the breakfast bouse at Round Kuob, and had a delicious morning meal, and saw Ihe fountain that plays 270 feet high???tho highest In We world??? the water that gees upand never comisduwn hut vanishes into mist or freezes into ice. This house is solitary and stuck on to the cliffs, and is two stories Idgli on one aide ami u good many more on the other. The moun tain peaks close it up, as it were, in this ro mantic gorge where the sun doesent rlso un til next day and goes down before dinner. Oq leaving the breakfast house we began tbn .-croon tliiu ascent of tha highest ridge of ail, atid winding around and around aud cros-ittg frightful ravines, and buriitg through several tunnels we gained two utiles in distance by traveling eleven. At o te peint we saw four tracks Iml.iw us that we had Juit come over, and they looked like liuie parallels drawn on a bories of terraces. The laat tunnel wasl.800 feet long, and wlton we emerged from tn??t we were un theotber tide of the range am! could almost see over into the lap of Ashe ville. The engineering uf this road was a masterpiece of'science, and the engineer it inaaier of his profession. It is enough tossy of any man that ito surveyed and i.icat-.i this road. Indeed it beema impossible for human feet to have found sufficient footing upon these sleep down clifia and slopes to have ever dragged a oboln or planted a tri pud. Blit the wore is dune, and aceuis Io be woll done, and now tUcy are filling all ibe trestle crossings with earth, nnd draining ell the alulcas and water ways that bring their torrents down with a mighty rush. The opening of tills wonderful thorough, fare has brought two regions together that have been as far apart ?? if an ocean had rolled between. Tennessee and North Caro lina have keen introduced to each other and altakeu hands, not ucro-e a bloody chaem, but over the peaceful crest oi mountains that readied a peaceful sky. I bad heard of Ashe ville for many years asa faroff village among the hilts, but now itseemsto me a new fouuu laud, aud bus all uf a sudden put 'on her hesutiliil garments aadcumt. forth as a bride. They tell me that the summers are uiwuya cunt in this laud of the sky, arid 1 reckon that is so. I know that the day i erotgid the mountain was warm and fair at home, aud my folks thought spring had aurely come, but the mountains uver litem were covered with snow, and i could have broken from the dill's that were but a foot or so from tna car windows icicles a yard long, and as large at their b>se as the wrist of a man. Oil arriving at Asheville I f mud the tem pirn tiro mero plcauiutand tha fruit treea all in bloom, ami saw the gardenerBat work, and the spring ??uemed fully as ftr advanced aa I hud left it at my home in north Ueoigia. But l saw hardly any sign uf farming going on. Indeed, I ill dent find out to my tatis- flhjllvu Where Iti# people of that section did farm, forilie whole CMairy seemedozjh??? Ut- tail's upon mountains???mountains without Talleys. lireD the French Broad and the Mtumiuun rivers it id to sdtiggle hard to get in nud harder to getOUi, and taerqwas little or no botloin land to border these beautiful stream*. I did sec a little long, narrow rib- lion < f land in one place cn the bunk of the French Btoad, aud theragerselt er* grabbed it and buiit a town upon it aud called it. Mar shall and made it a cuunty seat and put up a court Jtouse and u j>il. This ribbon is juat wide enough for the railroad aud one street and one row of houstaa half mile long. Tnere waa one little bench of land up on the side of the bluff, end so by bias.log out ou one snU' and wailing up un the other they did find roctn enough to build a church and it looked right proud up there aud was a wllutas that the people remembered their maker and gave Him the b e. they bed. This Is the town and tins Ihe place where they aay ptg.edsbora were Urst invented, and it came uiout became the lowu shoemaker didrut have room euougb to pull ibe waxed cuds out their full ling, it without hitting his elbows against a uu.uulaiu on onaside or the other and so I ??? invented peg. tha. he could s-r.ko up and uuwu perpeuarcular and have plenty of rtH.ui. Asheville is the coauty seat of Buncombe, ihe county that long years ago seut a man to the legislature aud lie made a speeeu half a dsy tong, and everynoJy but ihespeaker and the clerk ,ell the ball and alter while the speaker called bis ai'iuliuh io Ihe vacant seals and lie said be dideut care for tnat for be cam* there tor. present Buncombe aud ha was rpeakiug for finite,tuba and should corn Itnue to e|cak for ilu .iombc until he gut ihrough. Well, they ttwvesome of the same sort ol folks lelt in Buncombe yet. Foist who are proud of their town and their rivers and mountains aud climate. 1 heard lou of them talk in Asheville and it wouident b-. needy safe for a s'rsuger logo their and hol ler ???.ruool butter," It their presence. They ??>y tuat af.er dame uaturv got through malting mountains and ravtui sand had piled them all around in grand profusion she had a few kundrtd acres of choice earth left and a big louitue'igiufui cl.tua'eand scounleol beauti- fu! rivers tnat site Pad saved for tha Iasi and so she quit working became she was tired and threw utese ireusuns down tight where Ashe- V'le is. at li they are there yet. That ia what Ju tge Asiou told m-ard my opiDh-n ia ha believes it. Asheville tea growne, thrvieg towa with a winter population of S.tklt souls aud about twice that number in the aumuur time. They bsve several bottle and about five hundred fits'class boarding housea. In fact, almost every house in the town is of ea- a i wide for boarders|??beo tha time comes, aua .van then tbev can hardly lodga ail who apply, Entertaining travelers in search of ntalth sod pleasure is the principal business end they know how to do it. I never doai- ciUsd in a cleaner house or bad better fare and attention than f fr.nnd at the Bwannanna hotel. The town has doubled its population and tbribl-d i'e basfnesa in three years. It now baa an opera bouse and a public library end a clnb room snd a bran band, an art gai- iety and a dezen or more large tobacco ware houses where the farmers bring ia their leaf tobacco and have it suctioned ofi to the highest bidder every morning, no nrivil, se es are made I raw tobacco in tb*e lei?? suld at eighty.four cents a pound and five .hundred pounds were made m an a lire, and made on ti,. steep nionn'ain elope! that our pec would think utterly worthless forcattiv King cotton h??e no subject! in that ' ???* ,OD - A Bunoombe man will swear that '.j' ount V??? makes the finest tobacco in tb . "hncombe Haywood man will ewear the V* w , ??? A wood, and eo of all theotb- <r " f . ??????X; tobacco region, well I Ugg ' hospitable contented pec n n^*yTfp?? .Jiff amlchjrmicgscenery? L 1 * 6 *,*??? and satisfies tne eye sonl that thirRtn ir 4Dt * Mplrfng longing toM that from 1 r T P eace and he ?????'y. * tonriitsfron* L Juoe umil No ???mber the th?/m 8 fr\h.' D * tbe nortb an <l tlio seaboard * ???* r *ito |1 and the railroad has pro- j'YhU ?? *' en canopy cars that give the travelers aiui?? view of the ever changing punomm. with their sketch books and photo* *graphers with their new lightning cameras inty be seen perched upon thecliffdanu peaks along the linn and so the world is furnished with views of this land of the sky in ntina- tu r e. I want to go there next summer in the leafy mouth of June or when the leaves be gin to turn aud I want to take Mft. Arp n!cng with ue aud let her feast herac.f upon something outside of tbe chimney ceruer, something not. so sweet or eo eacred aa tbe old familv room and hearthstone, bus still more bublitne aud charming for a season. Dill Abp. BETSY HAMILTON. E DIALBCir Og |r IF rY YEARS AO ??, RETOLD. ???efitliais tfis Ex#*'ftectsef H.r Sctio.t Days 4T4firyeafce woateBataev r.ke a watppms vena S4 to Oiai-soa Hetd-8RtCr.it s w Paste With a Bug, Etc., Etc. CRIME AND CAU.SUALTY. Three Met f-el*eacS???Five Sian IfeegeS-Tbe Bfe- (err ot a Us by, Cf.iVKi.AXD. April 9???James Richards, Juntce Connelly and Dmiel P inion went flub ing up tae river yesterday and found some kind o! * plant growing that they tank to b* while bairn Tnsy dug up tile root an.i ate it, bet Richard* took thegreatest part. They went on fulling, nnd after a little time Con- nelly cried out: "Bo7s, I???m awful siok.??? Ha begun to vomit and was seized with terrible pains in his stom ach. Richard* in a few minutes was taken in a similar wsy anil Phnlen start ed to go home. H* hud gone only a little way when he waa taken with horrible pains and fell on the ground, writhing aud groan ing. Connneiiy managed fo attract the at ???ention of a milkman who canto to tho aid of the men. Richards was lying on (he ground insensi ble, his limbs twisted and his face contorted. Foslen was able to talk, but said little ex cept to cry out that ite was poisoned and was going to die. The men were placed in the w??von. which started for town Oa tha way Richards wosseized with convulsions, and died, i'htlen is in a fair way toreoiver. Dr. Somerville nays Connelly has a slim chanoe of recovery. Town,tons. Arizona, April 9.???The five ???ten hanged here did not show tbe ???lightest ft-Jr of the m ar approach of death. After being shaved and dressed !n new black suite, one of them remarked: "Well, boys, if we have not lived like gen tlemen, we???ll die like men." A few minutes before leaving their tells the sheriff notified them that- lie would permit them to go to the -refit,id nuahackeled, but each would ba ac- eouipauied by a deputy. Howe protested against this, saying that be would prefer fil ing carried up to having the spectators think he was good enough to mount the gallons without he p. Toe others joined in the pro test, hut tbe sltsrifl' was inflexible. Ou the scaffold the bandits recog- ???t'z d some familiar face* in tbe crowd, called them by name cheerfully, biddioj them goodbye. Tho nooses were iiu ted, when e second general pro'est tered by the five, they saying that they were being choked to death on tho scaffold. Howard .tquestid tho sheriff to move tlie knot farther hack, adjusting his neck to '.he noose. Not otto of them apparently showed tbe sligh'ist regret. New Yong, April 10.???Eighteen years ago a female baby, a few months eld, wa* found one morning on the steps of a New York res idence, on east Twenty-third street M.uk-d on the garments was tlio word ???Dubois " Bite was adopted by n woman uf the sumo name, living in Bullivan county. Site was, on he coming of a reasoning age, told of tbe circnnt. stances of her early life. Bite and her fuller mother moved to Chicago, and the yonng lady became anxious to know something of her ancestry, helming that people of her name lived in Brooklyn, she wrote postmaster McLter, giving the clr cumstances, requesting him to find out whut he could, If anything to her advantage, at the same time sending a notice, with the re- quest that Ite should post. it. Tim postmaster wrote ro all of the individuals of the name given which he could find in tbe directory, Several replies were received, among them one from a young man of the saute name, who stated that his early history was not dissimilar to that of the inquiring young lady. The postmaster turned over k him ihb i*tte>??? rccyiyed /run) }Ji?} Jen nle Dakota, nrd a cAffespondcitCe Was opened between the two. Finally hn visited her, and t was a clear cue of love at first sight, both teliig equally impressed with the other. Tbe first impreistons grew stronger with longer acquaintance, but. while progre.'Sing in their ???iitorre attachment, each detected in the other that which was >!ntost convihdng that they wore of the same ti.sh and nlund. Tnoy loved anil would marry, but there was the barrowing fear that they might bo brother and sitter. E tch desires to find that they are in no way related. ' I.Azr Faust, Ala , 1R34. After tea wo lin gered os usual around the table; each having some anecdote or incident of school days to relate, when Cliff remembered the unfinished letter. "Del???s see,'' said he, "whether Consin Betsy went back to school or not. Where did I leave off reading?" "Where she was getting Ler spelling lesson with tbe book bot tom upwards,??? ssld Fannie, ???and ???pap??? was explaining why she g>t foot.??? ???Yes, that was tbe place???read on," said Mattie; and Cliff continued "On a Monday pap he made me go back to school, I???d a drnrher he'd a whouped me. But he never riz his han to gimme u lick in his life, and i (ouad out atterwards that he h??d gin old Westfield orders not to retch the weigut of a hickry to me at the resk of his lite; and I know in reason I must er needtd a thousand. He kep me sheered up anyhow pintin?????. at me, and I tried to hide up ail my devilment from him. I???d git the scholars all to gigglin???, then I???d look a* solemn as old brother Cole or old Armiuiy Pendergrass at quarterly meeiin' aud he???d never suspicion me. Sometimes he???d pint at me and say to rothcru: "Now, why can???t you all behave like Betsy???? When f got thar that morniu??? it was ???books.??? Quiek as I landed over in the cornder we gals all got to whisperin???, and that time he cotcb w, and marched me out and sot me ou the dunce block. I hud a lit tle thumb paper made oul'n blue nnd white piper plaited liko a heart. I watched when he wasn't a lookin' and belt it up so all the school could see i ! , aud they all let in to mailin' sign* for me to gin it to them. Sam Dave Thompson had exed me for it on a Fri day. Lowed Ue wanted it bekuze it was my heart, and Jake Loftis he b-eged rne for it. That was the fust time Iky Roberson bad saw it. He writ ou a paper aud wadded it up like a ball, and when 'Old ingon-ltead' looked tother way lie /long it over in my lap. J on- twie'ed it and read: ???Yu air mi ewete hurt; gin nree that putty and doan gin it to Sam Dave." Jes tnen old Westfielu file's got eyes in tho back of bis bead) lowed: ???Fetch that paper here to me." 1 crammed Rin my utouih quick and chawed it fast aa I could, end looked away out yander at the trees. "Come hero to mo this minute,??? says he. 1 marched up to him. "Comehert; what am I to do witn you. Why didn???t you bring me that paper???? "Here it is," rays I. tskin??? tne little wet wad out???n my month and handin??? it at him. He was plum oat done, und lowed he was a gwine to make psp frail me good for the way I'd been a gwine on. Now, if he had said maw I rnought bare been rkeered, but long as it was pap I was satisfied. I went hack to my seat and chawrd my swee???gunt and made birds on my slate, and done ever'tbing cep git my lesson and let totneragit them. That was a tumble day to old man Westfield; ever last chap in school jes tried theyselves to see how much they could torment nud agnervate him. The littlest boys wa* the torniontineet. Thomas Jeffer son Bonaparte Loftis was the littlest boy in school, and :.e didn???t want to whoup him so he made him stund dost np in the cornder with bis face to tbe wall, lie stood tb??r and snubbed a while then be jerked off splinters and gouged out the chinkin from betwix the logs ana spit through tbe cracks. U?? pulled off a piece of hark and hollered out loud, "Obi 1 got you; oh, I got you," and be bad ketebed a great big bess bug and waa boldin??? it up high. "Ob, I got him." "Wbat do you y biddiog. m???n???? says the old man, ???making such a then sdjns? fors. Throw that bug down this minute.??? eat was eu- ???I do 'nuts to fling him down,??? says he, "mammy *lte ???uu's him to k???j ore her year ach-. Oh! ye??, Mr, Bog, I got you. You ctii???t crawl twix them logs no more, eo you can't. Mammy's gwino to bust you wide open nnd drop your blood in her year. Ob! yes, Mr. Bag, I got you;" and ho talked ou right while old Westfield was tollin' bint to hash up bis month. Then bo called up lit tle Maitsiy Loftis with her fust reader. She had to spell her words. He told her when she come to two o???s to say double o, and two e'a to say double c. "Remembir when ^ou THE POLILICAL FIELD. A STORMY DAY. t*.w, tint ud Uur.ij.M. ttt.s. North sag tv,.a Yssurdar. Wasbikoton, April 9.???Between ten nnd eleven o'clock this morning, a furious wind s'ornt pts>eJ over the country in the vicinity of Baltimore, prostrating every telegraph wire between Baltimore and Philadelphia, and cutting off the direct communication nortb in an instant. Tbe tent of tbe damage in other rupee s s uot yet ascertained. Tuiriy srge poles of tbs Wraters Union company in a .ittgie stretch were blown d twn. Trie storm teems to have been local, because telegraph comuinnication between Washington ami ihe west wa* uninterrupted. Tae snow fell for five hoars here this morning, but by i p. nr. it had all disappeared. Six inches of .now fell last night at Fort Wayue, lnd., auil Day ton. Ohio, and seven inches in the anthracite coal ngi-uia in Pennsylvania. It bigan enow fag in Washington about 6 a. m., and con tinued till 11 a. in. In Baltimore the .now felt umil 3 p. in, but bed oil disappeared in Baltimore aud Washington in two boars after the fall erased. Direct telegraph communication befaeen Washington and New York was entirely Iftpaaded tor several bouts during tha kukiaeea pcrt'.om ot the day, because of tbt p.-cstratiou of every wire between B-i;i lueso c.i Philadelphia by high wind. Lite in Ufa Efwrmoon, communicsiton ???? n-u- labiished, but bos since between subject to anuoying Interruhtions, soil delayed i.utines* is being dispaied of. Tire iraipersiii.-e her* tonight is very wintry. H'g t winds w;.a heavy reins prevail. LraCHBcaa, Va, April t ???A -now storm prevailed a'oog tha line of the X irtolk nud Western railroad west from here lait night, and was fallowed by a veey low terunerf ure. It it feared that the fruit crop was great v damaged. TM licit Mas ??l IbK. From the York, Fe&D.ylvaxU, A*A coir.e to two of anything to nay double; she was readin' about "Up, up, Lucy, etc,, and when she seed tbe two up*, she said, "doubleup, Lucy," and the whole school doubled up a laughin???. He kep Juiio Dick ???rion io for nunsio her book in oer lap. He thrashed fast one and then father of the boys nil that day. It was a ???gitiin??? out loud" school. You could hear 'em abuzziu' a mile fore you got thar. He got so bum puzzi-u he tried to make 'em hush and study tu faeyeelves, but they???d furgit theyselvef and go to s.yin' it out loud agin, and that kep him mad all the time. At dinner lime two little gals liken te er got into a fight over tht-r dinner buckets. One of ???em lowed: "Don???t you put your ban in my dinner bucket, for you've got the measles.??? Sbegotantul mad and insulted Jkc, nnd lowed: "I hsint got no meayive so sich of s thing, I thank you; it's (he each I???ve got I tlutnk you." Old Nick fared to bo in some of the feOyf. Two or three of ???em fit and'flt tel they wta bloody as a beef. J, ff Wiggins was too big a cry baby to fi??ht. He come nunubbin??? and ervin??? like he was half kilt. ???Mr. Westfield, N.Ub Hookec he called raeont'nray uatiio. He called men bow- legged mud tarripib, ??o he did, and I wasn???t a doin??? nothin' tall to him???oo???boo???boo??? and I'm gwine till my maw. too now, so I am,??? snakin??? and noddin??? of his head. And that was the same day Iky Roberson got iuto siqh a tumble scrape. He etru k old West- field a whalin??? lick on tbe back of bis bead and stilt him a whirlin' over in the middle ot tbe fl mr. Yon see he didn't go to do it. Tae old feller was all doubled over in his cheer a tigeerin' out a aum on tbe slate tor Iky, and Iky be was a standin' behind biro a facia??? tother scholars, and a doublin' np his flit like ho was n gwine to hit old Westfield on tbe head, and we???uns was all putty nigh a dyin'a laughin???. He kep on it sulkin??? at it, and a strikin??? at it, ever lime a giftin' a little bit cioster, and a little bit closter. We'uns was at) a whisperin'and a laughin' Alien fa choke, when Julie Diakersou (site's alters a gigglin??? out)snickered out and stack berhe.d down on the bsuen to play ak it wasn't her; and jist then the old man riz op to stop Ihe racket, and flung bis head rigbt back agin Iky's fist, and over he went, cheer and all, epang kerdab right in tbe middle of the II >or, and I tell you when he riz bo could have spit tire be waa ao hot and to hoppiu* mad. But when li. looked eround for Ikv, why Ikv be wai a mile or better down the Brier Putth road. It was lime to turn out anyhow, so he rubbed hi* head a minute, grabbed bis old hickryswitch from be< wilt tie logs and hit whalin' lick on his desk, aud lowed, yonr???re dismissed." But laming wasn't like y to be ihe ruination of me, lor devil- mem 'peared fa be about all tbe most of us siudi-d about Iky Ribersoh lowed he couldn't etudy his bocks for tiiidyin??? about -u-, and he lias, been a studyin??? about me vrrsra-e. He iugiur.erly past the time s killin' Bits in iliuto' books, and a playin' marvels, reekin' talkin' Hire IB tune ???>' books, anu a playin' els, and * pluitin??? hickry wboUFS, an.l a n??? whistles at playtime when he ws-o't in??? to me. I could tell you oudliuea of! Abtbcb or. Blaise ???Dark horse) captnred tbe last two republican nominations for the presidency. No such accident will happen this time. It ia is certain ae any thing in the future can be that the prize will fall to one of two men???Arthur or Bitine. This borrowing down of the tittle has given rise to a spirit of antagonism that Will become sharp before the third of Jane. Arthur has beam writing sweet tempered letters to his frienda- telling them that be will make no effort for tbe nomination, if he sees a prospect that his candidacy will dlstnrb the harmony of tho party. If these professions were sincere when- expressed, tbe time for them has passed and the president is now into tho cam psign with no hope of retirement nntil he is nominated nr rejected. Tbe test of strength will come, in tbe very first step; toward organizing the convention. Tbe decision in cases of disputed representation will, probably, be fatal to one or other leading esneidates. Enough of such delegations to tarn the scale may be expect cd. Arthur and Blaine will be so near together that the twenty four votes ot Virginia may turn the scale. Two sets of delegates are cer tainly to come from that state. Mabone le working him-elf to death tor Arthur. Dezen- dorf, Wickham and other republican leaders are arranging to send Blaine delegates. With both factions it is a life and death battle. Mahone has nothing to hope for from Blaine. Dezcndort has been made au outcast from the public patronage by Arthur. Both sets of delegaias will claim to represent the real republican party of tlio elate. Tho Blaine men when squarely outvoted fa the Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, district bolted and will present a contesting delegation. Seme aiguifi mice is atiached to the recent appearance, a* yet in feeble em bryo, of a ???while man???s republican party" in Georgia. A faint hope ot a B.aine delega tion tram Georgia is sometimes expressed. Revolt from the domination of the adminis tration bosses is threatened in AlaBama. Robert Smalls, the colored congressman, has just come from South Carolina with the- report that a faint opposition was attempted there bat that tbe Arthur men will have things theirown way. A stubborn contest will be had for the two delegates from the district of Columbia, with Bob Ingersoll in the lead of his "plumed knights??? forces. Ail the other candidates have dwindled into ??? comparative insignificance which mast leave Blaine and Arthur almost rqually strong when the conven'ion is organized. A solid south below Virginia is virtually given up to the administration. Blaine's sweep of Pennsylvania and bis division ot New York will start him well into the west where his great strength lies. Edmunds will havelittle strength outside of bis own- itate. One or two more of the New England states will com plete bis strongest pos-ible array. It is very doubtful if Login carries his own state solid. Outside his ca&didacy is a confessed farce* John Shermnu may havo the Ohio delegation as aoompliment but they will break from him sooner than they did In 1880. Blaine???s early derelopruent of strength is making him liable to tbe same dangers that crashed him in two former conveutions. Ed munds and Arthur are known to understand each other already. Arthur???s frienda aay a vote for Edmunds is a vote for their man. There ia no suspicion of an understanding between Blaine and anv other candidate for the first orseoond place on the ticket. An alliance with Bob Lincola???e friends is charged against him. Ltucoln???s nomina tion for the vice presidency I consider a fore gone conclusion. Blaioe is making his third campaign for the nomination almost unaided except by his own wonderful powers of leadership. He has more enthusiasm behind him than all the other candidates combined. If defeated, he will fall beneath the trickery of the politicians who envy aud fear him. and who twice before have sunk all their preferences and allied all their foaoea -to- overcome him. Beyond all question he is the choice of the republican masses in nearly every state that can cast a republican electo ral vote. Edmukds and Lisoolv.???The republican conference commitue held another meeting in New York, at which General F. C. Bartow presided. Letters from prominent republicans throughout tbe country were read. It ap peared from them that there was a strong feeling in favor of Edmonds and Lincoln for the presidential ticket. General Hawley???s name was also frequently mentioned for the second place. Although Blaine had many friends, they were not enthusiastic, anu many expressed grave doubts as to his ability to carry Nrw York, and as to what bis policy would be ifolHcted. It was the general opinion of the independent republi can?? that neither Blatua, Arthur nor Logan were men whom it won Id he safe tor the party to nomina'e, as the candidate should have a better record than any of these men. It was announced that the committee had engaged a parlor and suite of twenty rooms in the Pacific hotel, Chicsgo, for its use during the coming national convention. POLITICAL. NOTES. Tits Connecticut democratic state convene tioe is called, to be held lu Nt w-Karen on Thurs day. June 5. And now abideth Danville, Copiah, and Cincinnati???these throe, but tho greatest of these U Cincinnati. Tub statement is published in Chicsgo that C >ngretsmaa William K. Morriton will ad dreia the IrtquoU club oi that city upon the tariff ou Tuts Jay, 15 b ioat. Tiibkb is much uncertainty as to tbe coarse the piohtbldonUts ia Wieconaiu will pursue They are auppoeed to number 15.00S, all of t&em former repub'Uuus. aud, it they sit independently, can throw me suite ever to tho ucra.>iTHj??. Mr Gkobqe William Curtis, whom Sena tor Conkllng mico thar.ii t.nxcd as "tbe man mil liner ot podiic??," has *at dowu broadly on any Independent republican party move. He is now Mr and ??qu??Tv* Him tbe party Mud against the democracy. A popular expression of opinion on the presidency h??s been given in the Cleveland Leader for some days put. Onsummiugup the leturns tho figure* are found to sta??d???2 548 'or Blaine, C4 tor bberman, 22 tor Arthur, 21 for EdmnuCs and the real scattering. TwaaTY-KtaoT state4 will this month elect delegates to the republican national convention. It having been reported thuttbe offlsials in ..n Chicago poetcflee were being bulldozed for L gat). 1V??.master General Urtsharn has issued MsSii uciloua to atop It at once. Blaine has already secured 123 of, the 251 delegates to the Pennsylvania republican convene tion, ora maj-ulty of tho whole number, while several counties yet to Lold their district meetin gt will largely i crease this vote. Thus f??r only twenty six delegates have been elected who are op* posed io him. Mb. Charles O Covob, who is now making brief visit iU'ihls city, will soon return to his charming cottage at Sau'-ucket, which he makes his permanent home. There he has his law and general library, and all his household gods and he t* by Ur the most pmraiueni person ou the island, even when Ets'mau Johasoa ilhabit* the house ho r1m> owns thf.o. R. M. T. Hcxtkb, ex United States nator famous la dsys gone by, at bis homo at Llo/>U, la E*ex _ . _ . county, Virginia, and is improving In heaitn so think* that happened at old ???*???iogon-head V r I rapidly as to warrant tbe belief that no will recover pchort!, but I mast clc.se now. My pen is I from bis late attack. He was horn April 91.1801, ??? * * .???it shakes like a i acd will soon commemorate hLs ???cventy-fiim Ycur???n, Bitst Hamilton. ???'Ole Niks ('rsex hocroaiao tee Rick.??? J Piesldentlal hunting most cease. The man of i same*, Ohio, to the Journal says: The Kxcharge all men to lead the democracy is f mod. and hla J t* 0 k cl vwd pa doors yesterday. B. P. Copper*, of ???amelsahooeeheldword from one end of the! Greenville, Ohio, has been appointed receiver, land to the other. That man Is Samuel J. Tlldeu. 1 toa about HO,CCA. WilUsUen stockholders. birthday anniversary. A remarkably amicable state of things la shown to exist amocf the republican members of taeOhloltslsliiare ou the preddea Ul qaesdon. No unkind feeling appears toward anv one of the Candida*** mentioned The Cincinnati Eoqatrn poU of to h iouses resulted in a total of twenty* fire for Bialoe, twenty-four tof 6eu??tor Sherman, three for General bberman and one for tara. 8s member favors the reaocnlcaUoa ot Preiident Arthur.