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Castpria is Pr. Samuel Pitcher'g prescription for Infants ,
and Children' It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor
other Narcotic substance. . It is a harmless substitute
for Paregoric, Drops, Soothing Syrups; and Castor OiL
It is Pleasant. Its guarantee is thirty years use by
Millions of Mothers. ; Castoria is the Children's Panacea
the Mother's Friend.
j Castoria:
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Castoria is 8 weH adapted to children that
I recommend it as Buperfor to any prescription
known to int' JI. A? Archer, M.i D.,
Ill So. Oxford St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
-The iiri- of 'Cabtoria' Is ho universal and
Its merits jo well known that it sewns a work
tt apTervgatJon' to wifWrse it. .' Fsw are tho
Intelligent familk-swfie; do not keej Castoria
Within easy reach." :
i : Carjxjs Mahtyn, D. D., ;
. : ' Nw York City.
Xh Cuttalr
. Freet Sliver 16 to 1. j
' The State platform says;
'iHesolved, 1, That we rc affirm
the doctrines' of the party as enunciated
by the I Cliicagd convention of lSyz,
and deHite to signify as folUws what
t ,
is the construction .placed by us upon
the section thereof relating to silver,
namely:. We hold i'is the duty of the
law-making department of thei govern
ment now in the hands of the Demo
cracy to takeimmediatg steps jto 4o re
store by legislation equal privileges of
silven-with gold at the mints by free
and unlimited coinage, 6f both gold and
silver at thefatio of 16 to l,jsuch be
ing the ratio of coinage which hereto
fore has held in tho United eitatos.
While wo must say that it was
a little fiurprising to us, that the
State coi'.yeiitiou went as far as it
did on the silver question,j yet we
expected a, stout declaration in,
favor of it. ; Yet' it is noj; displeas
ing to see tliem Settle it j as they
haver we must look upoii it as a
victory for our late hero aind Sen
ator, Zebulon B. Vance. The last
great effort of bis.life, was made
in defense of silver and hia version
of tho Chicago platform was that
it declared for free coinage of sil
r ver. The jioople, now sustain him
in' their interpretation of it. This
declaration is fortunate in another
particular, that ft sets atj rest in
the coming campaign, tbo abso
lute position on this question,
Crjt. S. A. Anhc
- It is with regret that vvd chioni
do tho fact that on last Saturday,
Capt. S. A, Ashe retired from
j journalistic work and permanently
' from the management , bf the
News and Observer. , No -roan ever
: drove the editorial quill : with a
s'teadicr hand, and on a; higher
; iflain of moral rectitude tlan did
Capt: Ashe. He is a 'man of a
high order of intellect andjhas the
esteem of all his contemporaries.
Tho world has been made better
qr his1 having lived.
The News and Observer under
its new management, has made
many changes in the old News and
Observer. It will be owned in the
future by7 a joint stock company,
tiio capital stock being $20,000
Most of-the shares have been
taTvon at a hundred dollars i each.
Ihei editorial management" will be
in the bauds of on&of North Caro
Una's brightest young men who
has has' had much experience in
tife newspaper business, "Joe'
DanielsJ Esq. The paper has t
bright prospect and we predicts
prosperous luture for it.
!A statement iri i'squp! hr
Secretary of Kansas State Board of
Agriculture shows, that t lie Garden
State of the west; has paid out $CO,
000 in bounties for wolf scalps dur
, ing the last four years, and that the
. payments are increasing in amount
"annually. Prom -these facts the un
pleasant suspicion,; has arisen that
the thrifty yoemen of Mr. Incalls
State have gone into wolf raisins in
order to eke out a livelihood. But,
of course, the bounty system grows
by what t feeds on; "and trie Kansas
wolf bounty is the meekest Tof lambs
in .comparison with the ravenous
sugar bounty, which has already ab
sorbedver nineteen -millions of Un
. tie Sam's cash.
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It is. a noticeable fact that the
1 President of the French Republic has
never joined any of the- clubs of
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Gastoria.
Caatoria cures Oolk, Constipation,
Sour Stomach, Diarrbcoa, Eructation,
Kills Worms, gives sleep, and promotes di
gestion. '
WithoMt injurious medication.
" For several years I have recommendec
your ' Castoria,' and shall always continue t
do so as it has invariably produced beneflcia I
results." , - I
Edwin F. Pardee, M. D., "
125th Street and 7th Av.., New Yor)
Compaxt, 77 Murray Snuir, Nkw
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5?
Hashington Letter.
Washingtorj, D. C, Aug. 13, 1894.
"It is the hour before day that is
always thfe darkest." Just when
Democratc almost despaired of any
agreement ever being reached on the
tariff and the outlook was at its
darkest, the day of tariff reform be
gan to dawnand now the sun is
brightly shining upon an agreement
which , if "if does meet , with the en
thusiastic approval of every Demo
crat, can be honestly and conscienci
ously supported by every Democrat
without loss of dignity or smirching
party principles. The agreement is
not a victory for either House or
Senare; it is victory for the great
Democratic party of the country,
which made its wishes known in
Washington, and there should not
be any doubt of its . prompt accept
ance by both House and Senate.
There isn't as far as the House is
concerned, but, unfortunately, things
do not look so promising in the Sen
ate, where threats have been made
which may be carried out and the
will of the party be defeated by the
votes of members of the party.
However, let us not borrow trouble
when we should be , rejoicing over
the end of the long dead-lock. It
may be that the threats referred to,
which were made before the agree
ment will have to meet in the Senate
will be the attempt of the Republi
cans to postpone a vote by dilatory
tactics. This week will probably
tell the story.
The House Judiciary committee
has unfavorably reported Represent
ative Everett's bill to enable persons
of Japanese descent to become, citi
zens of the United States. The com
mittee couldn't see any good reason
for granting to i;he Japs what has
been denied to the Chinese. '
In response to several petitions
asking that Judge Ricks, of the
X it r e i
ixonnem uisrnct oi unio. De im
peached for misdemeanors of office,
the House Judiciary committee has,
through Representative Bailey, of
Texas, reported a resolution author
izing that committee to investigate
the charges and the House has adop
td it. -
Senator Butler, of South Carolina,
has returned to Washington from
his sensational joint stumping tour
with Gov. .Tillman. The Senator ex
presses the greatest confidence in his
re-election to the Senate.
President Cleveland's veto of the
private bill for the relief of Eugene
Wells, late captain in the Twelfty
lmantry, is approved by army offi
cers, and it is moreover based upon
principles of the highest justice. This
man retired from the army in 1870,
to avoid a court martial that would
uavc icsuncu in nis aismi.vsai; was
appointed a second lieutenant in
1885 and court ciartialed . and dis
missed the service in 1887, for drunk
enness and other causes. jThe vetoed
bill provided that he should be ap
pointed a second lieutenant of artil
lery and placed on the retired list
without the usual examination. In
plain words, that a man who had
been officially found unfit to be an
officer should be paid a salary for
the rest of his life as a retired officer.
The fact that Wells has influential
friends merely adds to the credit to
which the President is entitled for
vetoing the bill, and brings out the
strongest trait in Gover Cleveland's
characterhi absolute fdetermina
tion to do What he bejieves to be
right regardless of whom it may
please or displease.
The Republicans in Compress who
were j deluded into
monet i to I the Kolb
contributing
campaign in
Alabama -there are a! dumber of
them-fin tbif hope thatj, the move
ment might b.' made tie entering
wedge to break up the solid Demo
cracy I bf the! South, were a deeply
chagrinnecj lot of individuals when
the returns; were receive. Needless
to say that : the Democratic col
leagues of Gorernor-elect jOates were
delighted at his success,; and doubly
so because h has alway&stoutly op
posed anything like concessions to
the Populists. President Cleveland
also had good reasontoj feel gratifi
ed, as;Col twites from tjaje beginning
of his tampaignrfor the; pomioation
had been classed as the Cleveland
candidate This election iias thrown
a wet blanket over the lpud-mouth-edfut
poorly informed, individuals
who have been prophesying tremend
ous gains tq the Populists in the
South at the ! expense of: the Demo
cratic party.t It has also convinced
many; that the Democrats will retain
control of the House at the coming
Congressional elections.
Senator Jopes, of Arkansas, was
not speaking at random when he
said: "It is absurd to tak about the
the sugar trust owning the Senate.
I believe that the trust j would will
ingly give a million dollars to be as
sured that there would ie no tariff
legislation,a under the existing Mc
Kinley law; its profits would be vast
ly greater than under any Democrat
ic tariff law.,' I
-; Wan't Quit Witkoat a Fiaht.
Baltimojre, . Aug. 9.f-Ex-United
States Shipping Commissioner. P.
Dry den, fwhof after refusing to resign
when requested to do fo by Secre
tary of fthe treasury Carlisle, was
yesterday officially dismissed from
office, says he will not leive without
a fight., j "If Necessary I will carry
the case to thi? Supreme Court of the
United States," he said td-day. Mr.
Drydeufhas been shipping commis
sioner of Baltimore for Lthree years.
About a year ago Secretary Carlisle
called for his resignation, but Mr.
Dryden flatly refused to riesign, claim
ing that he had properlyj discharged
his duties ancj the Secretary had no
power to renfove him. The officials
of the Treasury Depart jtnent looked
up thoroughly under tne ia ana
got an opinlon-from the Attorney
General. The department is con
vinced that Secretary Carlisle has a
perfect right to remove-; a shipping
commissioner, and Mr, Albeat C.
Kirwin, whoj was appopted yester
day received his commission this
morning, He will attempt to take
charge of the ; office Mqnday, when
there will probably be a "Battle
Royal." . j 1 -
Concord f Times says Josephus
Daniels takes.: 1 hold of News and Ob
server: 'Mrjosephus4 Daniels has
secured the Raleigh News and Obser
ver, and will take charge in a few
days, i A new outnt will be pur
chased, and the paper will be a credit
to the State, fyvir. Daniels is one of
the foremost &nd ablest newspaper
men in the country, and he will give
us a paper f which all of us will feel
proud. Capfl S. A. Ashe,' who has
edited the paper for fifteen years, is
one of the most thoroughly equipped
newspaper;, writers in; tne united
5- . t . a '.w. a
States, and vye trust his retirement
active work in his profession will be
only temporary."
A three-whiseled cab is one of the
very latest novelties introduced into
that ever fresh variety entertain
ment "the streets of London." There
is a suggestion of Manptland about
this pew development iof a tricycle
idea but it! isall events, a welcome
addition to the vehicles of London.
Welt appointed, well horsed, and
driven by ati excellent Jehu, the three
wheeled cab is a very convenient and
nlsasant conveyance, j and should
prove sufficiehtly successful to war-
i . L i i .-.j
rant its oeing piaeeu iu some num
bers in the London thoroughfares.
i i i i
Wilkesbarre, Pa., Aug.A daring
leap was imade fromj the Market
street bridge to-night by Charles
Limeburger, f Berwick, who jump
ed 275' feet Jnto the 'Susquehanna
River. He tas watched by a large
cro wd, and after striking the water
swam several hundred yards to the
shore unbur.
SALISBURY, K. C. THURSDAY AUGUST 16, 1894.
The Mu wk Waate a WHe Baa.
It has always been claimed and
never successfully refuted that Greens
boro has ' more pretty women than
nny other place in the StateftK mat
ter whether they are youtig maidens,
widows or old maids, '
This has gone abroad and has had
its effect, as is illustrated by thejbl
lowing story which is true inevery
sense.
Names are suppressed 'for two rea
sons, first, we donlcnow the name
of the gentleman in the case; second,
we do knowthe name of the lady
and so do most of the people in
Greensboro but well, not advisable
tp-fell all one knows. Suffice it to
stj snc is lun ui mc, prcLLy, uas x
most agreeable, cheerful disposition
and never fails to see the funny side
of everything and in this instance
every side was funny.
But to the story. A gentleman,
born and raised in or around Greens
boro, is now sojourning in thenorlh
westtrn part of the State. He has
been there for some months. A near
neighbor of his is a widower notrl
exactly young, but certainly not old
they don't get old (in their mind).
This widower, like most of their
tribe, got a notion in his head that
he would get married. This is not
strange, for such men are noted for
these things.
He couldn't find a woman to suit
him in the locality where he resides,
or if he did, he didn't suit the woman
and it was no go. This being the
cases he appealed to the Greensboro
man to known, if there could not be
found found here some woman who
might be inclined to enter the matri
monial state one who was not too
'you know," etc.
Yes, the Greensboro man knew of
several very eligible ladies. Would
they be likely to be satisfied with
him ? Well, he was not sure, but the
best way to test the matter was to
come to Greensboro and see for him
self. Armed with the name of one of our
most estimable, genial, charming
and fascinating women (for particu-
ars see above) he arrived here last
week, Widowers don't let the grass
grow under their feet. He first in-
ormed himself where she lived; then
he trot a neat, white card and in
scribed thereon, "Compliments of
Joshua Jonakins, only this is not
his name. Did he send it around by
a boy ? Not much. He took it him
self. Arriving at the residence a
cosy little retreat on West End he
rang the bell and was answered by a
lady. He inquired if this was where
B lived.
"Yes. this was the place. Was she
mr xes, i m tne laoy reierrea to
. -wv v . a r i
Will you come in?" With this he
drew his card and presented it, walk
incr into the house. Seatme himself
he eyed the others present, and in a
few moments asked the ladv if he
could speak privately to her for a
moment. She didn't know but what
he might, but she was just entaining
some friends. "Only tor a moment
he pleaded, nnd she acquiesced.
Uo to this time Miss B hadn't
the least idea what the man wanted,
but she was not long in darknesss.
He broke the ice with
"I suppose you want to know ray
business?
"I'm not particular."
This was delievered rather coolly
and upset him for a second, but he
found words to say.
"You look like you would make
some man a right good wife.
"See here: vou have struck the
wrong person.
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'No I haven t that is it your
name is Aiiss a . ihow, come
.
wouldn't you like to live in New
York ?
"Yes. if I had about $20,000,000."
This took the man's breath, but
he rallied and managed to say that
he was pretty well of! in this world's
goods, but $20,000,000 ! jewhiz !
What was she talking about, men
he got down to business and In less
.. ... i i t. :
time than it takes to even read this,
that old fellow was down on his
knees. Doooinjr the question equal to
any eighteen year old boy and the
way he begged and implored ner to
marry mm was a signi io ucuom.
Of course he was turned "down'
as gently as possible, for Miss B
would not hurt the feelings of a toad
frog if she could avoid it, but so tm
rnrfnnatebtvas the wooer that she
had to almost "fire him," to use a
street ohrase.X
Well, would she go to church witti
him ? No, she most positively would
not. Could he call again ? No, he
had better not do so, but he did and
he is here yet, or was yesterday, and
says he is going to have a wife if it
takes all summer. Greensboro Rec
ord. The Ne'w York Sun's story to the
effect that Cleveland a long time ago
told Gorman that he was the coolest
son of a gun he had ever met may or
may not be true, but it is a historical
fact of Congressional Record that
one.week ago Gorman was the hot
test son of a gun that Grover ever
fired off. Louisville Times.
TheCharlotte Observer 'has the
olio wing qn the tariff debate of Aug.
11. To daySxpmceedings in the
Senate were of a most interesting
and excitingcharacter, involving as
they didthe success or defeat of all
the tank work of the session; and it
was Olilv bv the rflstiner vrf ri
UTice - President that the Democratic
party was saved from a bad repulse;
ii not a complete overthrow.
the day began with a' debate ur
on the resolution offered on Friday
by Mr. Hill instructting the Senate
conferees n the tariff bill to report
wnetner the conferees of the two
houses were likely to agree; and if
not, to report adisagreeement. Mr.
Hill modified his resolution by insert
ing an additional clause requiring
the bill to be handed to the secretary
oi tne benate for such an action as
the Senate might desire to take upon
it. The . significence of this clause
was that it the bill were so delivered
to the Senate the House could not
have the chance (which has been
rumored as one of the possibilities of
the occasion) to agree to all the
Senate amendments and thus have
the bill sent to the President with
out any further action on the part
of the Senate. The debate for near-
y two hours was directed to that
phase of the question. At last ac
tion was precipitated by a motion
made by Mr. Cockrell to proceed to
the consideration of executive busi
ness. That motion was iustlv regarded
by Mr. Hill as hostile to his proposi
tion, and he promptly demanded the
yea&and hays. These were taken
and were watched with the most in
terest and excitement by Senators of
all parties and by an immense crowd
oi spectators in the galleries.
1 he result was announced bv the
Vice President as yeas 35; nays 35:
and he promptly gave his vote in the
amrmatiYe, thus defeating the Hill
resolution for the time being. It has
now gone to the calendar whence it
can only be taken by a majoritj'
vote, although a similar resolution
may be offered at any time. Besides
the 70 Senators who voted there
were 15 paired the only Senator
lett uneccounted for being Mr. Ste
wart, fopulist, of iMevada, who was
present but maintained a position of
strict neutrality. The three other
Populist Senators. Mr. Allen, Mr.
Kyle and Mr.Peffer, with two Demo
cratic Senators, Mr. Hill and Mr.
Murphy, voted with the Republicans.
All the other Democratic Senators
remained true to their party.
the most interest and excitement
prevailed I on the floor and in the
galleries as the vote progressed.
When a pair was announced be
tween Mr. Irby and Mr. Wilson,
Republican, of Iwa. Mr. Hill ap
peared to doubt the defection of his
supposed ally and demanded the
authority for the pairing him with a
Republican. The authority was soon
forth-coming. Mr. Jones, Democrat,
of Arkansas, produced and read two
telegrams which he had received
from Mr. Irby, one saying: "Please
arrange a pair for me in favor of the
free sugar proposition, if that comes
up in the Senate."
The roll was finally completed and
the result figured up. It was an
nounced by the Vice President in
these words; "On agreeing to the
motion to proceed to the considera
tion of executive business the yeas
are 35 and the nays are 35. The
Senate is equally divided. The Vice
President! votes 'aye.' "
That announcement relieved the
extreme tension w-hich had seized up
on Senators and spectators. The
Vice President directed the galleries
to be cleared ended an incident which
had threatened to bring to naught
the whole tariff work of the session.
The following is the vote in detail:
A Woman's Dash for Office.
Minnesapolis Minn, Aug. 8. Ro
manes and politics united in strange
fashion to secure the nomination by
the Republican State Convention of
North Dakota of Miss Enima F.
Bates, of Valley City, to be State
Superintendent of Schools. Miss
Bates had charge of her own canvass
for the nomination, and fonnd for
midable opponents in John H. Devine
and J. H. Holland. She was able to
side-track the latter by making her
selp sold with the latter by making
herself solid with the Young Men's
Republican League.
She then entered into negotiations
with Mr. Devine, first demanding un
conditional surrender, this he re
fused. After further negotiations, it
is said, he agreed to pull out of the
contest providing she would, if elect
ed State Superintendent, make him
her deputy and marry him into the
bargain. After some deliberation
she agreed to do this, if he would
stump the State for her. ihis was
also agreed to. As he is a powerful
speaker, Miss Bates is conceded to
have made a shrewd political move.
The Mt. Airv News says that Ex
Congressman John M. Brower. of
the Fifth district, is strongly and
unalterably opposed to the Republi
cans fussing with the Populists. He
is squarelv with Chairman Eaves on
this subject acd will use his influence
in having a straight Republican
ticket nominated.
Highest of all in Leavening Power.
ABSOULfiTEElf P3JEH
Narth Carolina Callrreaf A gric altare aaa
Mechanic Arts. j
In the capacity of a committee, ap-,
pointed by the Board of Trustees for
such purpose, we are glad to put the
College before the public.
The Institution has now completed
its fifth year. Its development may
be best noted by the number of stu
dents matriculating each year:
Seventyone in the first, 84 in the
second, 110 in the third, 115 in the
iourth, and 191 in the fifty year.
The scheme of education, as decided
on in the beginning, has not been
changed, but it has been enlarged.
It was an innovation on the meth
ods of the past. It is true that some
of our institutions of learning con
templated certain industrial features
in the beginning of their career, but
these features were, however, soon
abandoned.
The College of Agriculture and Me
chanic Arts promised the youth of
the State an education which could
be procured at no other institution
in North Carolina; an education
broad and thorough in its basis,
omitting the classics and metaphy
sics, but including the principles of
product on by skilled labor, with
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tne essentials of development and
improvement in such things as con
stitute the basis of all true prosperi
ty to the commonwealth.
A brief glance at the curriculum
will, perhaps, best exemptify the
work undertaken in the beginning,
and now carried on in the several de
partments of the College.
A four years course is necessary to
graduation; but shorter courses are
being prepared for special cases.
in tne hrst year the course Is not
elective, but arbitrary. In the second
year the student must decide which
of several courses he will take, viz.
Agriculture, Science, or Mechanics
the students in the Agricultural
course, however, are allowed one
more year in Mechanics.
The Agricultural course embraces
the theory and practice of advanced
and economical farming, drainage,
improvement of land, crops, care of
stock and cattle, feeding for beef,
and butter making, creameries, etc.
In this general division Horticulture
is taught. Attention to orchards
and small fruits, gardening and
practical floriculture, forestry and
entomology, botanical investiga
tions, wifh or without microscopes.
This division contains, ' as also do
others, a good course in English, his
tory, mathematics, physics, and
chemistry, pure and agricultural,
and in bookkeeping.
The Scientific course includes all
such studies as lead to the B. S. de-
gree. liut in this institution the
student must take much practical
work in laboratories along with the
.a 1 .
course, tne botanical work in the
Senior year of this course leading
into Bacteriology.
The Mechanical course includes the
technical study of buildings and
building materials, steam and all
kinds of steam machinery, praphic
statics, bridges and roofs, and ap
plied mechanics generally.
To these technical studies the
course adds a four years course in
English, in pure and applied mathe
matics, a. course in history, in phy
sics and electrical . engineering, in
chemistry, and in moral science.
The practice work of the course
consists of the use of all sorts of
wood-working tools, of forging and
tempering and making-iron tools, of
the use of the various machines in
wood-turning and pattern-making,
of machine work in iron, together
with a thorough course in mechani
cal drawing, architectural drawing,
ing, surveying, civil engineering,
work in physical and electrical la
boratories, etc.
Iu the College of Agricultural and
Mechanic Arts it is not designed to
teach single trades or occupations
Especial rcierenee may be had to
some particular line of work, but the
student who desires to graduate
must take the entire course in one of
the three departments and thus ob
tain a good knowledge of" the princi
ples underlying all of the wprk
tauct.
The first graduating class left the
College in June, 1893. It consisted
of nineteen members. Of these, three
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are farming, one is in charge of dairy
at Occoneechee farm (belonging to J.
S. Carr, Esq.,) one is in charge of the
machinery in the new Deaf and Dumb
State School in Morganton, one is
draughtsman in a large manufactory
in Nashville, one is engineer in a
similar place in this State, threetook
post-graduate work at the A. & M.
College and are retained there as in
structors, one is chemist at the State
Experiment Station, one is in charge
of the machinery on a dredge boat in
Florida, one is in the milling busi
ness in Salem with Fries Brothers,
one is a draughtsman in Wilming
ton, one is teaching mathematics in
in the State School for the Blind, one
is teaching in the public schools, One
is taking postgraduate work, and
one is employed at home.
The moral atmosphere of the Col
lege is excellent. The institution is
gaining ground rapidly. The faculty
is made up of gentlemen of high
standing in their respective positions.
Everything points to a future of the
greatest usefulness, and the people
of North Carolina may Well be proud
of the Agricultural and Mechanical
College.
W. S. Primrose, -
W. B, McLellano, M . D . ,
N. B. Brouohton,
Committee.
The Mystery of a Snioktnc Tree Holvoa.
A special from Asheyille, N. C., tell
this story:
It was reported a year ago that a
large chestnut tree in the Pisgah
range that was green and in perfect
health, emitted smoke, as if itrwas
on fire at its base or inside. The
vent was at the top of the tree.
Several parties dug around the tree,
but there appeared to be no hollow
under it, and was firmly rooted.
The smoke generally seen at night
and early in the morning. No ex
planation was found for the pheno
menon, and it passed as a nine days'
wonder. -
Last week A. H. Vanderford, spe
cial revenue agent, came here on
business, and, of course, was told
of the smoking tree. Next day he re
turned and carried a long, pointed
iron sound. He circled around the
tree, at each round extending the
circle, and prodding every foot of
ground. After a hard day's work he
returned here without solving the
mystery. He went out a third time
and did as. before, and when about
a hundred yards from the tree
thought he detected something in the
ground that was not natural. He
then returned here, and left for Hen
dersdnville. The next night he was
apain at the smoking tree with-six
revenue officers. They drew a cordon
around the tree in a circle about one
hundred yards from its base. As
soon as-it became light the-smoke
was in full blast. Vanderford then
began to prod at the place he had
eft off, in a straight direction from
the tree, and when he came tx hard
ground he stopped. His men then
began to dig with the picks and
shovels, and soon came to a tunnel.
Gathering their carbines, tbey enter
ed the tunnel and pioceedcdcautious-
yf toward the tree. They found a
arge excavation, inwhich there was
a
blockade still running at full ca-
pacity. Old -Amos Uwens, tne most,
incorrigible revenue violator in the
State, and who has been convicted
and sent to the Albany penitentiary
several times for blockading, was
sitting down asleep. Vanderford
touched him on the snouiuer, unu
Amos awoke, arid seeing who it was,
for he knew Vanderford well, saidj.
I supposed you would fand me
out. 1 knew you were prospcunujt
around here."
News Observer says the Knoxville
dispatch says that in a few days
. . . .t 1 A t limit
thirty tnousanu tsisi
horses will be shipped to Atlanta
and Richmond as distributing points
for the South, and the Baltimore
Sun speaks of this as a pleasant
nninter of Southern enterpnze. as
some noted charac'ter.in fiction was
wont to remark-iust the reverse.
Southern entcrprize would be better
displaved in shipping thirty thou
sand Jrait Aorscsto the West, rather
;mrortinir tHCm. e suuum
at least raise our own horses,
mules and hops.
and
A tiood Word for Preaaergast.
Now that he is dead, we desire to ,
say a good word for Prendergast,
He did not say cm the gallows that
he saw angels waiting for hirn.
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