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GREENSBORO, N.C., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1, 188
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rUIlUSMED KVHRV FRIDAY.
it :
rat::cr ol ma.xd to tutcnber. re of po-
a 7". at $.150 per una. oc at ih am rates
fev any ihortrr p-rrwd o time.
rcauoTi" ornc;
fAT"3T BSItCIXS WEST MARKET STREET.
.AoHTlt3 RTE. Oa tech ooe ia-ir-tonlioa;
lur aei atejnt laettoa 5
crrt. Adrerur niu) coatract lor special
r.iMiaenkf lotrt Ui DeaTl ot wen ru n.
O icvl Alrmi'wetnenfs jira charted accordinr
ir ana J
A Cimtn Biib.
There arc indications on crcry hand of
tubstantial prosperity and progress. Some
r!tiab!e real estate on South Kim street
has recently changed hands, and steps
will soon tx taken to improve it. Yes
terday G. Will Arm field, one ol our
leading merchants, purchased the valua
ble building lot adjoining the Scott build'
in g now going op, and at an early day
will begin the erection of a large three
story brkkj building. The intervening
lot owned by Mr. Isaac Thacker, will
also be improved next spring. Dr. Ben
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.1311" IS. Hl""KY.
K4Jr Jk FrtrWi.
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promises to demolish the shanties
GRr-ENSDORO. DECEMBER l, 18S1.
i ?5 per thousand in Greensbo
ro, and 5s per thouvtnd in Charlotte. In
Pam.ne i! i
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i-i;4hop McrilH will preside at the
Northern Mrtho-at Conference to con
ver; in Win:ov January, 21st, 1883.
-Tl c L rchbur,; Xrarf says the ladies
nf tSi! dtv t:too the names ct tneir 10-
vcrs c'n thctr Lcarts. A good idea, for
.h" t'a 'T break we sJiall know the vil-
U14 hiia C-'UWU lac i.atiurs.
i-Onc rf our ph sicians. in questioning
si i.M rr.J ntl woman the other day in
n j.vd t- her ailments, asked if she had
L jxtd appctUe. No, doctor," she re-
j:: !, :-rd I don't care about a good ap-
p.-tittf until provisions gr cheaper, espc-
I.!!y mcaL"
A ?l k CkrUiaM Gift.
' A Christmas gift for a little girl of a
dot's nursery can be made at a trifling
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eipenv ami more man repay xnc c
Cft expended upon it. Take a larj,e
lpi.srbo.ird bx, drape oirtains where
Iwirdo- would naturally be; use s.k,
j brocade or cu tonne for a carpet ; then the
f d 1 s and furniture can be bought for sums
! to suit the hunh' t means. "A little bas
ket, hmshed a d famished as a genuine
habv b.vkt." would be a feature of
fcTcit interest ; I.tt!e towels fringed at the
en. tne njnc ith a cap and brge ap
ron Ail these little touches mill give de-h-lO,
anj bs fully appreciatexL
Christmas
C ftri.laaa.
is coming this
wav.
The
chil.Iren alrcadv bein to sniff it in the
a r. The 1 cjvVeepcr sniffed it some time
aand prepared for it. It is a month
o.T yet, it ii true, but as it has never fail
ed S) crnw arour.d on the 25th of De
cember it may b confidently expected" to
arrirc on that day this year.
Ilove T Ditillf.
Mr. W. II. llt't is transferrin the bus
iness of the Oakdal? manufaeturin com
pary from t.s place to Jamestown. In
tlus co.-.nett.n we reret to learn tlir
Mr. Hi.! cn!crnp"atcs removing to Dan-xY.k-.
Va., and has " perfected arrar.ge
n. - ts to that end. He goes to Danville
to tnkr cli.irc f the r.e cotton factory
icicnuy .ui!t thereby Messrs. Hollands
I. n, I) mvtil capitalists. Greensboro
i rvl tet4-t to iTe up so enterprising and
estimable a otuen. Mr. Hiil's family will
pn KiMv remain here during the winter.
Tle Ukhinoj.l dog 'Don,, that won
the memlvrs t.m?c in te "Eastern Fields
i
Ty CluVai Hib Point, Monday, be
1 ireI to C I. Stakes. The priie con
siiH rf two oIiJ ilxr cups, one donated
by the cluh, to cost one hundred dollars,
aoi tlie oihcr by Mr. James II. Goodsell,
propnetcr rf the New York Dai GrafA-
i. to cost ttvi hundred and fifty dollars.
ootn instances Air. Mokes has tne se
1 -ttion of it c dentins. Immediately af
t.T tlie run test was won by "Don,
a ' New Yutk pirt asked Mr. Stckes what
he woul 1 tale for the dog. Stokes an
swered, mjt seriously or intending to sell,
$:oo. When handed a check for the
n.nount he said the dog was not for sale
at any price. The New Yorker insisted
t!nt he had Cilrly bought the do. Stokes
belonging t him on both sides of South
Elm, in the neighborhood of his hotel.
and substitute for them handsome brick
buddings. fThe vacant lot on West Mar
ket, adjoining the PATRIOT building, is
under negotiation, the purchasers intend
in 2 to build on it a mammoth tobacco
warehouse. !Vith a $200,000 govern
ment building on the Caldwell corner
Greensboro will be happy.
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Ntk Carallaa DUuaaJi.
John F. Yootton, of Reidsville,, writes
to the Chattanooga Trjiksmam as follows :
Baron Von Humboldt, the distinguish
ed German scientist and author, who tad
explored both North and South America,
stated in one cf his writings, many years
ago, that if diamonds occurred at all any
where in the United States, they would
be fosnd along the eastern steppes and
foot hills of the Blue Ridge mountains in
North and South Carolina and Georgia,
bis prediction being based upon the dis- ,
covery of a belt of rocks analagous to
those in which are found the diamonds of
Braid, cropping out at many points, in
this Piedmont section of the States here
inbefore mentioned. Said prediction has
lately been! rcrified by the finding, at
Danbury, Stokes county, North Carolina,
of a diamond of rreat brilliancy, for
which the owner has been offered by the
leading gem dealer of the United States
the sum of $7,000, the owner declining
to accept the offer. Mr. Pepper is the
fortunate discoverer and possessor of this
valuable gem. His father, the late Dr.
Tcpper, who had collected a valuable
cabinet "of minerals from the section im
mediately around him, is reported to have
stated that j within a radius of ten miles
around Germanion, the old county town
of Stokes coanty, were to be found a
greater variety of minerals than had been
anywhere dsc discovered in so small an
area, and he wis "regarded as high autho
rity in such matters, having devoted a
long life to lis study and investigation
thereof. Danbury is almost under the
shadow of Moore's Knob, the most prom
inent point of the Sa'uratown mountains,
from which i quarried the tine flexible
sanditone, paw so well known throughout
the country.
New Mirle.
If we must talk about the we.ilher, why
not vary the formula. "It is a pleasant
day." Evciy cr.e is tireJ of admitting
that it is. AVhy n?t be scientifically ac
curate when one meets a friend? The
following is submitted as a specimen dia
logue: I ;
Jones Ah, Mr. Smith, I see we have
cloudy weather with light rains.
Smith' (with a cheerful smile) Yes, and
variable winds shitting to colder north
easterly, stationary or higher pressure.
Jones Quite so ; but it is gratifying to
know that the rivers will remain nearly
stationary and that the temperature has
fallen 30 degrees in the Rio Grande Val
ley. Good morning, sir.
j Gailfr lalker.
Mr. S. V. H. Smith, of New Garden,
took first premium at the State fair on
upper leather and kip skins. The com
petition was ver strong, but Guilford got
away with the prae.
BBPKAL OF TIIK MTKB.tALOBT.
E.1CB LAWS.
Strange as it may seem there are
Democrats who oppose the repeal
of the odious and oppressive inter
nal revenue syatem. Tbey arc ap
prehensive that entire abolition will
result iu bouio way to the advan
tage of Protection.; "
How, they itsic, is the deficiency
to be made nn f By a revision of
the tariff. Abolition will necessa
rily and inevitably bring the tariff
to a reveuue standard, while still
affording that moderate incidental
protection which none bat a small
school proposes to do away with
entirely. We do not see the remot
est danger of Protection circum
vention in the total repeal of the
internal revenue laws. Democrat,
whether free traders'' or tariff for
1
iess completeness, nas been con
ducted. I j
"From the top of the Balsam to
the Tuccaseege river is fourteen
miles. The elevation at the gap is
3,557 feet. The S elevation at t the
mouth of Scott's creek, which is
near the eastern approach of the
tJowee tunnel, is 1,977 feet So in
fourteen miles there is a descent of
1,330 feet, seven-eighths of which
is made in the first eight miles, the
most of it in fact in the first four
miles, where the descent is four
feet to the hundred a little over
two hundred feet to the mile."
The work on the east side of the
gap has been done by free labor
and is complete. I But a great deal
of the work has been done else
where by convict labor. The work
is extremely heavy. The' valley
work is easy enough, but there is
a tunnel of 200 feet wide and 130
deep, which is far advanced. Thera
Is a heavy cut through rock for 200
yams, uowes turnout
revenue only, will do well to accept laborious job. It is through solid
the verdict of the elections, to do j rock. The work is progressing fa-
away witu tins jwar system
nndomocratic, monopoly-producing
and fostering, expensive, controlling
primaries and caucuses and filling
the land with agents and spies, as
wholly evil leaving the tariff and
protection to stand out naked and
alone to be dealt j with, as they
stand upon their own merits. The
tariff, as a means to revenue and as
the means to incidental protections jyublic welfare.
will bo best dealt with thus siinpli
fled. The revenue question alone
will be more easily dealt with when
we have thus reached a uniform
system ; protection will be more
easily dealt with when it stands
alone, unaided by and not compli
cated with the internal revenue form
of direct fixation. !
vorably. I
3Ir. Cameron gives a full account
of the management of the convict
labor, including sleeping, food, san
itation, &c, and; the report is I fa
vorable every way. .They are nev
er worked in bad or ra.ney weath
er. They are warmly clad. This
great W estern ' Carolina will I be
completed mainly through convict
labor. This experiment shows bow
crime can be made subsidiary to
authority, and be conducive to the
XSeJaraelt Oat af (k Aaylaas.
backbone with its unutterable mar
row. These elemental delights past,
then came the more intricate pro
cess oi cutting the leaf lard into
little white blocks that were thrown
into thej pots from which came the
sweetest and purest lard, and those
ury orowu bits into which all the
savor and the essence and the soul
of the hog seemed imprisoned the
cracKiings i (atop a moment I par
aon this emotion. There it is
overi) I And from the cracklings
ana fatty bread, and the head
cneese and the chitterlings, and the
smoked jowls, and the brains, and
me iier, ana tne snoulders and
then the feet, first boiled and then
ineu in oawer. Ana atier the over
worked sausage grinder that wheez
ed and soughed as it was well nigh
choked to death with chunks of fat
and strips of lean, or stran fried tn
death with red pepper and salt or
ucmeu io ueatn wun sage leaves,
dui nevertheless filled ; pans?-Dots
and skins and maws with odorous
sausacre, until it must have itself
been astonished at what it had
done. And then the mince meat
which is at once the meeting; point
a. . .
ana the resultant of all the edible
felicities. And last of all after
every part and particle of this
precious animal, save; and ex
cept the brain and haslets,
had been absorbed with thanks
and praisethe old smokehouse
that the similar commission in Tin
publican Illinois has accomplished
a great ideal toward establishing
A. t - i Jaa
me ngnts oi tne people as against
uiuuuiHjues iiov. uieveiand can
liot afford to appoint a board
wnich will truckle to the monopo
lists.; If he does, a re-action j will
set in against him which will sweep
him out of politics. If he Is Vise,
he will appoint one Republican on
mat, Doara in this State th$ mi
nority party has always been al
lowed one representative, iln a di
rect way monopoly can never be a
puuucai issue, no party ort candid
ate ever openly avowing sympathy
with monopoly ; but the people are
quicK to unaerstana the real situa
tion, and know who are their ac
tual friends. In the impending
ensis me very strength or tne mo
nopolists will be their weakness,
but the struggle will lolly test the
reserve strength of the people, and
expose the hypocrisy of those 'who
pretend to be the friends of the
producers and shippers, while real
ly obedient to the j behests of the
transportation monopolists.
ReveapeajMl TarUT.
The correllative Questions of tar.
iff and internal revenue reductions
are engaging the attention of those
Congressmen now In the citr and
forming a substantial share of the
with its smolderincr fire of hickorv I specials sent to outside papers. It
chips irt the pit dug in the centre nas been pretty well decided, bv
There are in the United
States about 10,000,000 families.
Our annual taxation for Federal
purposes is about $100,000,000.
Kach head of a family pays, there
fore, au average tx of $40. Un
der the existing revenue system
the working classes are more heav
ily taxed than their wealthy neigh
bors, for the highest duties are im-
RaUigh pbsentr.
The facts of (he murder of; his
sister Moll ie, by j the younir man.
Thomas J. DeJarnett-, in a house of
ill fame, at Danville. Virrnnia. are
don Dtiess fresh in the minds of the
public, the crime having created
an almost unparalleled sensation
in all parts of the country. De
Jarnett, who was at the time an
employee of the Richmond and
Danville Ilailroad Company, and
whose home was in ilockiugham
county, N. C, found his sister in
the house and shot her with a j pis-
This was iu the autumn of 18S0. In
February, 1831,' be was tried, land
acqnitted on the ground of insani
ty. Dr. tugene Unssom being call
ed as an expert to prove his un
soundness of mind. Iu June, 1831,
posed on the coarser goods used by DeJarnett was brought to the. In
the poor.
I
Hall taa Caaaaerlag Hera.
CkarlotU yaumaL
Another interesting runaway,
lu.irriago took place night before
last the parties being Mr. Xat
Savage and Alias Houston, daugh1
ter of .Mr. Frank Houston. Whilq
the family of the t bride were at
church Mr. Savage, nnle up to the
residence of Mr. Houston and takj
ing his bride, whocauic out to join
him, the two proceeded to the re.!
itltncv of Iiev. (r. p. Parks, sever
h1 miles in tho eonntry, where -the
knot was tied, after which they re
turned to the house of a mutual
friend in tho city.: This Inst and
successful effort to get his bricle is
said to be the third which Mr. Sav
age has made within the last two
years, during which time parental
objections have prevented the con
summation of the1 happiness of the
lovers.
"thereupon tendered him his ch.tk and
Sjco f r th-; do;. The New Yorker de
clined the c'Ter aing that $1,000 would
nt buy lii;n, but offered the Richmond
itvisi $joa 2UitHin.I if the amount paid
Stokes declined the
a. a
ii ir.c acw worker
c i in Circe- in selling at
' c !'. I a--ce; t r-.o .iJJItbr.al cor.-
rha: t:"ei i:. and .he New
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c.r.ts here ! th iturdtr
.s:.ui, !... . rioniiict ":tu.-n of
.v. 'I . t . -t ir lUkcixvii! r !.v.i Sat-
i ; !.. M. rd aieng.'!4ed exten
sniyin i:p.i"e with thne hrotbers.
Ch '.. KJv.-urJ and Marina Whinon.
Tl cy rarre t- th- torc an-1 t'emanded
tlit I1I !.- al-.I surrender his property
ti.l l -4. All were armed to tSj trtth
an-l m.K.'e threats to k ll him if he ci J not
i t-ntiy : ait. HjrJ left the store, but
at he r-t .r". ; a l three shot him, rid
ding r.i Lk! with buckshr.t. He died
as he t the moment a p.trty of
r rd h came up'anJ a battle began
b ttm t!.ee and the Vhitons, in which
wrra! ire wounded, but all the brothers
e-:iped and t jk o the mountains. Two
hrfrdrcd :Ttiun.iIncrs ate in pursuit.
T.'.ey are startling every road leading into
Tennesv. e and saear instant vengeance
on the iniirderers, who will be lynched
the moment they re captured. Col.
Il rd has represented Mitchell county in
the I-; iil.it t re and was widely known in
tern co.mties.
Ill "North Carolina there are
11 ft eon national banks with a capi
tU of $2,."i00, and a surplus fund of
$173,901). I The individual deposits
amount to $2,880,780, and other de
posits to $100,810. Tho loans' and
discounts are' $4,738,012. Proba
bly adding the busiucssof the State
and private bunk, the loaus and
(liscouufs would reach $a,fKK),lKX).
Mr. Cowanlin, the veiiersibh
founder and editor of the IliVh
mond (Va.) Dispatch, and Thurlow
Wets I, Ur "f.r York, one of the
most noted of Aiuciic;in journalists,
iiitM ye.4rei1i.-13.
In" some of the northern
tics diphtheria 1. immlH-riug it-
victim.-i'by the hundred, atid unl. ..s
tiatlford "War Ilara."
Askebcra Courier.
Hon. Frank Caldwell, Guilford's
veterau "war Horse," did good for
Randolph Democracy and much
credit to himself In the recent con
test in this county. Some of our
older citizens thought his speeches
the best
war.
they had heard since t
be
A Ureal C'arollaa Kalerprl.
i Wilmington Stat.
Mr. Cameron, of the Asheville
fjitizrit, has been traveling in the
counties west of Asheville, and has
been writing some entertaiuing
and instructive letters for his pa
er. He docs this kind of work
spts ially well. One of his letters,
headed A Bird's-eye 'View of the
Work on the Western North Caro
lina Iiailroad,! give the ohl
clear account 6f what has ben
done and what is Wing done that
we have ever seen. The Duck
town branch U being pushed rap
idly. As f.ir us Waynesville,j iu
Macon county, all was easy enough
of iicconiplisliiiU'Ht, save that the
work was excessive ami the grad
ing heavy Bat when that vi!lg!
h;:dbeeii reached uthc heart of f'it
Balsam ! range: was ienetrate;d.t
Then began tho
gtneeriiig -"feat.
most difficult e: 1
Mr. Camero'i i
I
in c ileal m:ienco can arrest its latai s;t.vs : -
t thn-.itciis to bec-omo ci- ThestuiK'i dotis range stn-i
across tho putliway and aeneu.tut?
the twa cities tiatnetl
cided and have warned
T 1 fcruaa Ik Jtm,
Lavt ni.;M at about a quarter past nine
the v.u 44 ren iliroogh a light cloud,
appvarr to i e s-crcundctl by'a brilliant
ci.na, convti: of srven or tight con
centric circ'.c. each ot a riiraatio color
different fru-n that of its neighbor. The
etT.-ct w.is that of a be utifully colored se
-r.es of c-.rclcs" close about the muco. A
curaaa u termed by refraction of ligtit
ihom. globules cf water suspended in the
. atmmphere. The phenomenon of last
; night was cf extraordinary brilliancy .f
co!r, r.va'ing the rainbow- in the purity
of its tint and the splendor of its effect.
progress it threatens to become cp
i Iciuic. j The mortuary statistics of
Philadelphia show . au alarming
yearly Increase in the number of
cases of diphtheria. In Boston as
well as Philadelphia, the ravages
of this disease have aroused the
public health authorities to the Im
portautv of immediate actiou.
That tlie disase is contagious
seems 110 longer to admit of much
doubt The health authorities of
have so de-
the public
agaiustjthe danger of co'itagioif by
Closing themselves where the dis
ease exists. Iu the treatment of
this disease, so far, medical science
has met with only partial success.
The increasing ravages of diphthe
ria demand of the science of medi
cine sjtecial consideration, and of
fer a field for study that may re
sult in lasting, benefit to the ha
ul an race.
Tlie friends of Jesse J. Yeates
will be' glad to leant that he has re
covered eutirely from the recent
mental attack that senHiim to the
asylum.
Newsboys, look up! The
new Democratic governor of Con
necticut once shouted M lire's yer
HHrrtiU, SuHy.TimeM, an Tribytme"
in the streets of New York.
tcLd
advance or the iron horse; ainbng
the highest peaks in the whole
United States stood sentinel along
the pass way by which mail or
lforse might find his Ialwred route.
On one side stood Plott's Balsam,
0,007, and' Jones' Balsam, (1,223
feet high; 011 the other Westner's
Bald, 0,000 feet, and the ridge
that formed the connecting link of
their bases was 3,357 feet above
tho level of the sea. When this
high crest was reached the descent
tumbled down on the western side
in sudden ami apparently impassa
ble descent, descending, too, into
an apparent range through which
no way of exit known to scientific
work seemed possible to find.1
But the stupendous work has
been accomplished and a great
piece ot engineering it must be.
From Waynesville the first seven
miles of ascent of the grading is
CoO feet. The road clings to tho
sides of the mountain and when
the summit is attained it passes
across to the descent through "a
cut not more than eight feet deep."
Mr. C. says: j
The ascent in tho seven miles
from Waynesville to the top is
about CoO feet, though tho grade at
all points is uniform. Immediately
on passing the top, the gorge of
Scott's creek is struck; and this is
followed down the mountain sides,
uutil the mountain becomes a val
ley, and so on, until tho Tucka
seege river and the mouth of Tuck
aseege river, is reached. And to
that point the work, with more or
a a ' -. a a
sane Asylum at. uaieigu: upon ap
Idication of the , commissioners of
Jockingham count. There were
at the time conflicting opinions as
to his sanity Since his confine
ment in the Asylum' he has con
ducted himself well, it is said, laud
was allowed certain privileges ac
corded to those whose mental im
provement is plain.
It appears . that an application
was made a few days since fori his
release from the asylum. This,
Dr. unssom says, the board of di
rectors did not opixwe, but prefer
red 011 account of the character of
the case and its history that j the
matter should be decided by a court
of law. - So a writ of habeax corpus
was sued ontj returnable before
Chief Justice Smith, at Chambers,
Tuesday. The prisoner was brought
before his honor. Counsel appear
ed for him, and Drs. K. Grissom,
James McKccJA. W. Knox aud J.
A. Sexton appeared aud testified
to the present panity of the priso
ner, and he stepped out a free; man
again.
.DeJarnett was interviewed ,oy a
reporter the moment the trial) end
ed. He is quite a handsome young
fellow, and looks in much better
health than when brought here iu
1831. He says that he was 22
years old last August, and he does
not look a day older, with rosy
cheeks and a youthful countenance.
He says that liis physical health
gave way in 1879, and following
came mental troubles. His family
was considering the idea, he states,
of placing him in the asjlnm months
before he killed his sister. I Tho
railway company suspended him
thirty days on account of his! men
til troubles, he further says.' As
to the slaying of his sister, DeJar-nett-says
at the time he was un
conscious that he was committing
any offence for which anybody in
thejworld won Id blame him, and
thought that he was doing j right
lie was dead to every moral im
pulse. He was in this state of
mind for several months after he
was in tho asylum, but then began
! to realize his crime and to look at
i it as other people did. DeJarnett
made this statement in a matter of
tact way and 'without any hesita
tion, lie said further that for
months before ho killed his j sister
he slept but little, ate little was a
wreck; that he often contemjdated
suicide, and once had nearly com
pleted preparations for taking his
own life. During the trial he was
very quiet and at its conclusion
went down the street In the af
ternoou he left for his home, which
is at Mavfield, Kockingham county.
of its floor, its winding I rat holes
haunted the winter through by keen
young j Bportsmen, and : its vague
and blackened rafters' beyond the
aspirations of all save ' the most
daring climbers, and their slender
cross sticks from which were clus
tered festoons of sausage links
sweeteniug in their skins as nuts
in their shells genial middlings
on white oak splits and hams that
ripened and grew flavoroms in their
seclusion, absorbing month after
month the aroma of the earth, and
of the sifted ashes that were sprin
kled over them, and of the sweet
1 9 A t a ' j a .a
cuips mac ournea oeneatn them,
and of the odorous smoke' that
floated! about them, and of the
night winds that stole through the
looselyj shingled roof above them.
This is all very foolish. It is
fashionable now to berate the hog,
mainly1, 1 think, because hog killing
has become a business now instead
of a sentiment, and because hogs
are killed in slaughter pens rather
than in open woods, and sausage
meat or beef rather than pork, and
bams sweetened" in a night with
sugar and cured in a day with
chemicals rather than with the
gentlej influences bred of air and
earth and forest and in long patient
vigils that nature requires of all
things she brings to perfection.
those in ft position' to know all that
can be known on the subject, that
the red notion of the internal reve
nue filljform ' the burden of the
recommendations !in i Commissoner
The problem of the sun's distance
is or paramount importance, and
fully justifies the outlay of brain,
labor, and rnoney lavished on this
uncertain means of reaching its so
lution. It is the unit of yardstick
ofcelestial measurement the stand
ards by which everything outside of
ine eartn in; the matenal universe
is measured excepting the distance
01 tne moon. 1 A mistake here makes
all celestial computation inaccurate,
the diameter of every planet the
radius of every orbit, the distance
of every star. Thus thtf nearest
fixed star in the northern hemis
phere is 61 Cygni. Its distance is
estimated at about 306,000 times
the sun's distance or earth's radius.
This means 1366,000 times 92.883.-
000 miles. If there be an error: of
half a million miles in this estimate
of the sun's distance, it will readily
be seen that the error in the star's
distance t&kfes on gigantic propor
tions. ! f f j" 1 1 .... f
The 6th, o December will there-
forei be agreat day on the annalalof
the I nineteenth century. Transit
observers will do their utmost to
obtain a more accurate determina
tion; of j the son's distance. If they
do riot j reach perfect success, and
there is little hope of such a result.
they HH haVe the satisfaction iof
feeling; that they iare j laboring in a
Doble cause. For the observatiobs
made jduriug the transit of 1882
will be a rich legacy l!to aid th& as
tronomers who, 122 1 years hence, j
wiuoDserve tne next transit m2004.
The W aasVao Scat Batoaaa.
Wiw Yori o.
Jdotibt,
s
be inter-
JErfacaUaa in North Caraliaa
j Biblical Recorder.
Dr. J. L. 31. Curry, the efficient
Eaum's Report; and that Secretary general agent of the Peabody Fund,
r oiger ana irresiaent Arthur will r,CUU9 rs cuiv ui me pruceeumgs
respectively indorse his ideas in the
main. The abolition of all these
taxes; except upon whiskey, is . the
present plan ot uen. Kaum. 1 Sec
retary Folger is understood to be
favorable to this to the, extent of
all the omitted taxes except' that
on tobacco, which ! he will recom
mend to be retained for the present
Jhief Clerk Conquest Clark, of
11.- 4i 1 : . ' ' .
iuo internal revenue oureau. is
quoted as sayiug that Judge! Kel
ly7s proposed bill for the abolition
of tbe entire system is impractica
ble, and i that a redaction of the
whiskey tax to fifty cents, a sliarht
reauctiou on the tobacco j tax, and
the measure known as tlie 'little
internal revenue bill," abolishing
tne taxes on bank checks, matches,
proprietary medicines and bank
deposits is as far as it is possible
to go. M
4 The called meeting of .thei ways
and means committee did not bring
a quorum together yesterday aud
an effort will be : made f to isecure
one to-day at 12 o'clock.- Chair
of the Board of Trustees of the
atoresaid Fund. I It is a bearer of
glad tidingsfto our peopio concern
ing the iriat educational work
which! is being done throuirhout
the( South, j There is, iowever,
much ignorance among our peopio,
and there isjno hie-herhlutv which
attaches tot every good citizen,
whether he be in public or private
life, than the encouragement of the!
grand; work fth at is now being car-!
ried forward with such zeal, iln
"North Carolina, since October, 1881 j
there has been spent ; $0,483.00! of
the Peabodv Fund in aid ofinrJ
public schools, institutes and sctiol-j
arships at Nashville. 1 Add to this
the $314,710 raised by State sindj
local taxation for this purpose and
some idea may be had of the ben-j
ents ot ouri public school sy stem
Add to this the words of the gen
eral agent regarding our State. He
saysr TIie census statistics make
no flattering exhibition as to the
educational alvantsges aud attain
ments of the people, and vet there
is ho Southern State where
Tbe Hailroaa .tloaarek.
I !
j Chicago Inter-Ocean.
There are five railroad monarchies
iu this country. The oldest and
richest is presided over by William
II. Vanderbilt, whose father creat
ed it nud bequeathed it to his son,
notwithstanding his own harsh
judgment "William is a fool." It
may be called an hereditary mon
arch v. Jav Gould is 'the second
a a ?
man1 Kellv and ! .Messrs. iKasson, i o aoutiiern &tate where pufiiid
Errett and Speer were present and ofi ce,8 coJhmunities.jand citixen
are more tijorougniy i auve to jtiiq
nc Klllia Tla.
Atlanta Constitution.
There's a good deal of sentiment
In the memories 'that hang ! about
tho hog. Where is there a festival
that compares in solid enjoyment
with "hog killing time" on an old
plantation! How many a! time
have I sat on the warm side of a
big fire in the cold of December
dawn and licked my balf-lrozeii
chops as I watched the sleek car
casses being drawn and quartered,
or hung over the huge scalding pot,
like a young Macbeth over tho
witches' caldron. I
How the glories of those festive
occasions come trooping into my
mind as I write ! The first troph
ies that came to tho youngsters who
were happy enough to be present,
were the bladders that blown up
and tied, opened a game of im
promptu foot-ball, or dried and laid
away, were exploded on Christmas
as the openiug gun. Then came
the tails to be roasted iu the em
bers of this fire, or that, and slay
the demon that was unchained in
the youthful stomach, while the
hogs were laid on a rail pile to
freeze during the night. The next
day came the spare-ribs with their
crisp and cheeseing fat, and the
king of the rail, and he built him
self Up with the help! of James
Fiskj NYilliam M. Tweed, Judge
Barnard aud others. His monarchy
is a "vast empire founded by his
own genius and his matchless enerr
gy jC. P. Huntington is anotlier
right royal magnate of transiorta
tion. His system of roads is not
finisfied, but will embrace a net
work extending from the Pacific
coast to several Atlantic seaports,
Newj York and Newport Xews be
ing among the numberJ The South
ern j Pacific, the Sunset route in
Texas, aud the, Chesapeake and
Ohio railroad are the chief links in
his chain. This system' bids fair to
be a formidable rival to tbe other
two mentioned. Mr, ;Uuutiugtou,
formerly of San Fraucisco, and now
of "Sew York, is a man of great
power, tbe architect of Ibis own for
tune, aud a man who has escaped
the reproaches heaped; upon either
. m - a a ! I
anderbilt or uouia. 1 1
8 a fourth may be - mentioned
the svstem of roads which are own
ed ih Boston, ami controlled, not
by one man, but by a syndicate of
capitalists quite as energetic aud
pushing as -Mr. uouui, out less
grasping and more liberal. In this
monarchy maybe included the At
chison, Topeka & Santa Fe, which
now' conuects the Missouri river
witu the Pacific ocean, and will
ontrol the Australian commerce ;
niifl the Chicago. Iurliugton x
Quincy, which gives Chicago com
mand of the great west, and is al
ready providing a formidable rival
for tho Uuiou Pacific system
The fifth monarchy is that w hich
commands the great agricultural
district of the northwest, and in
cludes rivals iu its organization.
This is controlled by H. H. Porter,
Marvin Hugbitt, -Alexander Mitch
ell.'James Hill, Albert Keep and
Heury Villanl, the "blind iwoP
player. ! .
Whatever may be the personnel
of these empires, it is reasonably
certain that the systems named are
rapid! v absorbing all the railroads
of this country, which are links iu
the chain of through transiorta
tion. It is safe to say that when
the schemes now iu process of exe-
disciissed the best means of getting
i a quorum but no business was at-
tempted. Mr. McKiuley, of Ohio,
and Mr.j ltussell, of Massachusetts,
will probably be -present ; to-day.
The wok which may bei dbiie by
this committee is delayed;' by the
fact that the tariff commission is
not yet jready to rejiort, and: it was
said aftfr the meeting! yesterday
that jthere would be correspondence
between the committee and the
tariff commission. If it shall ap
pear that the commission will not
have its report jready before the
meeting of Congress, then it is
probable that the committee will
adjourn aud not undertake its work
until Iecembeif. The' principal
matter before it is the preparation
of a reVeuue bill, and not niueh can
be don iu this direction uhtil the
the report of the tariff commission
is made. , )
Honj W. D. Kelley, chairman of
the committee, has recciveid a dis-1
paich from Secretory Porter of the
tariff commission, stating that the
members of that body are "working
night and'day, but cannot 'possibly!
be ready with tbeir report before
the fourth of I December,! Judge
Kelley stated that iu view! of this
fact the committee, so far-las it is
represented here, would ;i adjourn
need of now schools, or are accoin
plishiug mere hopeful and fruitful!
results.7 Ve all know this tof bei
trtie, and are grateful that such is
the case, yfet with it all comes ; tlx
It will, without
e8ting to your readers all oyer the
united States to Learn something
of the man 'Who dfeited Kobeson
in the first Congressional district
in our State;! Thomas M. Ferrell is
a native of dlassboroJ Cumberland ?
K)unty. where he now resides. NV
man within the! liroiw of our State I
has a fairer irecord than Mr. Fer- I
! fell. His! Progress un -fortune's
ladder seems; morel like a romance
than reality.1 Born; of poor, honest f
parents, at a tender age he found
himself one of thej waiter boys of I
a glassj factory1, whoso business I it I
vas to assist the workmen and do
errands about the furnace fires. As
he grew to manhood he became a
skillful workman, educated himself
in the teeth! of adversity, land as 1
soon as he came trf realize the tyr-
anny nnder which! he! and his fel-
low workmen ; jwere laboring, set
about a work bf Hform with others.
To-day he stdnds bjefpre the work- 1
ingmen of south jKew Jersey as 1
their chisf benefactor; and friend.
He was the prime fmoVer in; organ- 1
izing the Glassblower'f League, the J
an act of tho; Legislature eompell-
ing the glass fcorapaiiiiiis to pay their I
hands in legal currencv instead of I
the hated shih-plasters. long in use. !
yepresentintoWflayj. ifi U I
or hisberoic efforts in behalf of
his fellow-laborers he was black I
listed by "ibelglass companies, who I ,
formed a ponhter league, arid to-day j
ii momas s. t erreit should seek
to assunie' his trade as a glass
blower, he would Biuve tb'golto
i Canada br elsewherej outside the
United States. In defiance of pow
erful organizations keeking his de
feat, Mr. ferrell, k flew years ago,
kas elected to the .jifsembly by a
handsomemajoritV, hnd, following
hp this advantage, due year ago he.
fan tor !tatB Senator, ahd was
elected by yearly 500 majority In a
county claiming aj liie majority for
the Repu)licaii party J Mr.! Ferrell
is a small nian in stature, but is
keen-eved. ; active anil intelligent
tie has the faculty ojfj saying much
n a few wonls, atod! always to the
iturpose. 4ljs execujve abjlity has
been triei iirinany ays and been
Ibund to be of the first orden He
s plain an
jSuch is th
liobesoni
d frugal in his!
e mail who
Th Lk$r of Caa
habits.
Succeeds
peasat
h$sabt4 City Economist. " : ,
.... I is - R 1 I I. ' 1 ' J .
Winston was not electwl to Com
gress in ISeries' District but that!
5'lnw of hmviJirTi.iWnninnit!irJnii:
runs, evtu-into the bricked! ways of
politics,! arid Col.j Winston of
G reenback jame j rec ;i ved ii i neteen
votes, a-majority, fof township eon
stablei itva8 jeryj kind'bf Dem
ocrats ti) thus iremember him ih his:
hour of ;?inguish lit the; human
organization there is nothing more
striking; thii that uuiversal law ofl
(M)hijcnatiiii
the
- - -
m ! a a I
impression tuat witu av &tatef ; 1.-5 ft-i-
gS a total population oi 1 -The I Orednsboro IfATUiOTI
liSD'J.liiO With a school populations hamimifi-s fieri. A.1M. Scales fori
of 450,324 J there are 1 143,204 illitj Governor ih; 1884. jWe lent) our
enite roer ahd au enrollment of:! feeble efforts iii I that direction in
only 22o,(i6o scholars. - Such
a ?a a '.a -a
a!factji l880 and art
ready
ire 1
should strengthen every chris'tiuiNjit with thti light
L!.i.:.it I i.:i..t .....i 1 y y 1. ;.... .fi
iifsiMt-ii us jcvci j puiiuuiuiooiM) uii! o.iy tryi.irt. . j
property owner to even greater?; !f ft f-fii
rf
i. I -m ,
to do so again
viewj Iliek-
i JNaEcE Vrl.
ljVew York Sun.
Esteemed Democratic conteinpo
raries that are publishing tables to
show that! on the basis of! lastl
ireek's voting the Democrats will
have 310 of the 401; votes i i th(i
electoral college in 1881 are countl
Tlie
I
! 1
j I'
ng j theirj goslings too soon,
eggs are hot laid yet.
until the meeting of Congress.
I ("7 t "- - i
The Transit af Taa. - .
' V!
Scientific American.?.
1 I I' - J
! One; of the greatest astronomi
cal epochs of the century ijwill oc
cdr on; Wednesday, the 6tl( of De
ceinle:r. The j plauet Venus will
then iuake her way across the sun's
disk, and American observers are
this time on the right j side .of tho
earth to behold the rare phenome
non. The actual sight'of the trans
it except for its bearing oit. science.
possesses 110 siecial interest It is
' not a glorious spectacle, Ijke a to
tal solar eclipse, nor a! wierd com
bination of celt-stud beauty, like a
total lunar eclipscy nor an; awe-inspiring
exhibition of! omnipotent
IKiwer like a grand aurora, nor a
startling display of celestial pyror
technics, like a downfall 1 of mete
ors, nor 11 sudden apparition of a
great comet sweeping the skies
with its gossamer taiL ,
j A tiny black spot will cat sharp
ly into the snu's border, move slow
ly over his disk, and, after; a pas
sage of nearly ix hours, will sud
denly disappear. This is f all that
will be perceptible to the; naked
eye observer. ( But to the,! astrouo
mer arid the telescopist the event
is full iof the deepest? significance.
Through its instrumentality a selu-
- -f m . a - a a a
J, j Railroad Camtuissiona.
i j Ioutsville.Coutier.foutual.
j State rjiilroad commissioners can
bji most f serviceble ; acting jas ji,
court to hear complaints, to retifj
houses, o inform the public, tp
gather ahd elucidate informatioh
relating I to transiortation ques
tions and to bring about a - better
i jnjiderstatiding between thej rail
road companies and the peope
fhom thfey serve. When thi$ dur
is well performed, when these if
Unrr. nrrf distiriiruished bv ai thoi-
! bugh knowledge of the wants f
the people and a proper apprecifu
jtion of fjhc difficulties of railro;d
riiabagement,! they will conimaitd
public attention and excite lubc
'approbation to such ah extent thfit
jraiiroaas win not nesu-aie lojauoui,
thcini.
sorb thei
; George
. If wd;kn,ew that
brakfgst fnigbt cah
ar -.vtKaw.
If wi klien .that
j of stale, miisty or iu
not only pqiseijed
l)ody aiid hraiu
every
tin tf Wtlak
altera ted foodl
nt feakenedj
musty egg lot
e nfO mnk(
bad bargain before dinnen I
Ltjie mijk of
If we ktiew that
unhealthjtor fever
feet with its distemper - the niilk oj
sh cow! will
! ! : 1
one
ihr
hit the attempt to "ap-
rail roads," as Mr. Henry
ndvises, or to clothe com-
a a ! a f "
missioners witn aosoiuie power
over; them, as some 01, out ex-
icliangesfurge, is to invite commer
cial andj oiiticai aisasier.
-
Thaakral far Small furors.
I Chatham Record. I
3o
Mil zMiai frfwtra
If Me knew that bur coal Stove
were 'continually sending forth imf
talic iVfipors-unfit tot breathe 1 -
If aye. iknewi that every Uselesli
inusc'uhir;inbti(in4 tlie result of bal
it, such a leg wibgirig while sif-; i
ting or)! walking nei'Vouslyabbut to
no pnpfise- is in (expfiridltttre ojT
nerve oro foriaiight as is riioney j'
idly flrng into jthejsea ; ' j . j
If jfe- linewthatjevery tight-fit- I
itingj ibiiiding'' arid com pressing
garment vas ii the exjieriditate of.
strength I nccessirry in! wearing
eiuiyalerit if! j the carrying f I
loumls of neil ess weight ; ji f
If we knew that 'the person wlu
can sit pfrfectly si till ami hold his f
or heriiniJud directly to the piesieijt
moment and tlpthjugs bf -the me
mentlhnU hbtjidlbw it to go stra- j.
ing loff ih longings to the plaqo I
wberejit jnbst desires itsj body foj .
be. Wits hoarding up strength to lie f
used as cclion shhll require';; ,
If we Iviievf that jive who despise
thus ithe davj ofl small things aiiil
Ijthihgs as we
i would iu a few years7 turn? le vain
I BO
on! in all;
do not,
it
cu(imi buTO been cae.l oat either tion uWght pt one of the noblesj
one 01 tuese nue vrui uo iun
miles of road and do; more business
than all the roads combined which
belong to neither of the systems.
Not that tbe actual ownership of
the railroads will be thus unified,
btit that the management is rapid:
lyj drifting into this; five-fold livt
sion. In order to keep his present
supremacy, as compared with other
railway magnates, Mr. Vanderbilt
finds it necessary to convert some,
of his government bonds into the
securities of the railroads belong
ing in the fifth kingdom: Other
wise he might find j himself at the
mercy of rivals. !
J It may be remembered! that the
railroad commission in New-York,
alreadv referred to, may prove a
vierv important factor in politics.
The last Legislature of that State
created the commission, leaving
the fillingvof the appointments un
der the law to the Governor elect
ed last week. It i well known
nrnblems ever elaborated j by the
highest exercise of human ' reason.
To measure the unapproachable, is j
a a. A. hk im a arvAaa a a-i -
tUO pOjlUli HI issue, nine ucui, 111,
any previous om bat with! immensi-j
ty, have astronomers naa ac ineirj
command such resources for becom:
ing victors in the contest; The la
bor demandel is of the most severe
hrid delicate nature, even when as!
sisted by the! most perfect, instnp
mentSj that have Jbeen inventel;
The utmost accuracy is required, or
the result will be a failrire Mttuf!
urements must be accumulated like
grains! of- sand upon i thej seashordJ
Thousands of observations; aie o
teti required in correctihg? an irfj
finitesimal error. The ! grand obf
ject for which nearly one hundred
transit expeditions nave, peen orr
gauized, is to acquire the right of
adding j or subtracting; less thari
one-tenth of a second tq the solar
parallax, from which the san s dis
tance from the earth is detlucteil.
We do most heartily rejoice
tiie defeat of Li C. EdwardsL whose
despicable treachery has only beeji
equalled ieneaict Arnoiu anu dp
das Ischriot ; And to think that
little Frank Darbv snould hare
rbh so short a race ! Well they are
all defeated and we are trnHv
lankful.
JVovrat brr.
j ly applying tsojinedoClbr bj tini
er np;piTT worn oipc j100!', j f
If Wei knew thatLevery boilily
pain, jj every iceiiing 01
weariness, whether
the ; spirit or weariness
iKKlj iwris a prbving and hdmon-
isniug sermou against, some net 01
b
he
a
He
Saake Biltca i
i I Charlotte Observer.
Mr. John II Barnes, who lives in
the upper edge of 4 the county, near
the Cabarrus line, came to the caty
yiesterdhy with a hand that was
swelled; up almost to the siie of Iris
.-1 - . . i 11 j. r J 1.
ueaa, tne resau 01 coppeiuryu
shake bite. Mr. Barnes tfas crit-
ttqg wood to cook "breakfast wi
Welneklav morning, and! as 1
reached down to turn over a stic
he felt a nain in his hand as if
dnlinfff had been Iran in it
paid no! attention to it for the hw
ment, hut it began to swell atja
rapid riate and he realized he fact
that he was bitten by some s
bnous Reptile. He hastened to tjie
house and drank a quart of wh s
key, hile his arm was tighfly
corded, After he had become j a
little easy, Mrs. Barnes went font
to the I woodpile , and pulling (the
jogs about with a hce, sooh disbdvr
red the reptile nd killedj it jit
was a coi)ierhead I suakie. ?Mr.
Jjarnes suflered intensely from the
bite, arid says that it was only! a
ihe most liberal potations bf liqrior
that saved his life. !
lassitude,?
weariness on
disobedience either near or -re-
! mote i 1
- it " 9
If we;knew;iioW
pidlywe warred
our b8ical;arid
and Stb-I
i!
lindly
at times against
tp n?al ( happH
r
If tre knew that the mind, whiclr
schemes, plans, istudies. buys.sclj
makes bargairisjbuilds houses, nay-
i gates ships, gets us into difficidl -
ties ecus u out imiiiu, ntu-
draina,i)aints!oi tbe
out bf marble itlid E
from the piatponn. wn p
fights the battle; discov'? r; .1.
tinejit, I directs jthe voicr -sn melp.
dyj ;jnanage.4 the finger; r ti4
key of theijiauo, is not r ' ! oscejr
myti but anjinHsihle. po-v; Ti'
in us !uilt Up out of ur. boui4t, ?
improving us as the body improves
and infiuehcM for good or ill, fjr
qnickness or slowriess, j for keep
ness br stupid ffty ljy every breath
we iuhle,: by tie -quality and pu-ritv-ofiwhritwt
buy, by the clean- '
linessf oririboiliesj, by ibe fit and
ease of oiir Clothing, by rlbo pres
ence 4nd iuflc encp if the iedple -about
us, liy 01 r habits of meihwl
and precision r the reverse ; f
If we 1 knew, belie vel aud real.
ize all thi.i what then T
'.;;.!
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