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VOLUME 19.
WILSON, NORTH CAROLINA, NOV. 14, 1889.
NUMBER 42
the Wilson A
ILL ARP'S LETTER
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(!i; THE WONDERFUL
II 111 MS O WOMAN.
Hi
l ite? dt Make a Man JZws
. l'(thiun or no Fashion.
that tilrl yale needs a
ni a oh, I did see
i these womep, theae wo-
they make me so tired,
it is a sweet service. Here
iven working in the liar
ibr forty years and I don't
on 1 would be happy if the
, (v t u. r
1 1 r J was uu. i. nuuw i
wouldn't for sometimes when
Vr-. Arp goes off to spend
th day I don't feel natura'
;,!, ,'it, the house. I want sotne
. , ,y tn order me around in a
- vtvt 'feminine way, '.'William
t! ,.it stick that was between the
, ii has fallen out and in down
f . -re on the ground don't you
i, '1 the Jcool air cominir in,'
,, itliam the clock needs cleau
;, very bad it stopped twice
w.-tvrday hadn't you better
i!- -it down to Mr. Baker's,"!
V,',i!iam I wish you would get
u itu lo paiut and give the old
uuiM'.rflpiece a coat you have
..-r .ipd so many matches on it
to li.rlit your old pipe, that it is
. iirht. A little. can of prepar-
coat of
some of
'ovpiipqt. era t Aa irwn at the
-,)otition and those tiles for
:, births were exquisite. Idon't
i an for you to buy any, but I
n.i just telling you. Somehow
,r! '. nevor I tell you about the
K'.tutiiul things I see you look
Hk you didn't have a friend in
t!i world. Of course I don't
u na that I waut you to buy
t'i. in." "William what am I to
, vritu the flowers the gerani
ums and verbenas and all the
itted plants.", The winter is
coining on, and I do wish we
hul a little pit somewhere.
It will be a pity ter loose them.
JT 'ttie has had a pit dug and it
I'lin't cost but two dollars and
is 'going to cover it with' a
(.th iraine." "Sam Pitts digs
its,"' she continued "Sam
i'itts digs pits," said I. And so
.-ent for Uncle Sam and mark
oil' tho placesix by ten, and
s-jturod it according to rule and
V had been digging a few min-
v. wheu Mrs. Arp raised the
wimlow and said she theught it
v- - a. little too far that way,
,;tt so J moved the marks a
. mpie of feet and began to dig
cU'iin. In a little while she
ci'je out and said it was too far
t'.iis way and so I moved it back
uht-v it was at first and the
s'lid it was about right now
.She thinks that I split the dif
ference, but I didn't. The next
!iy she asked me in a gentle
v o.i'hi how much a brick wall
aroundthe top would cost a
IriikVvall about three feet
hL'h on one side and a foot on
the other. "And sash with
da for a cover," said I j for I
liv.rvr -ne was thinking about
it. she smiled sweetly and said,
' Vfs.". I scratched a match
mi tho mantle and lit my pipe
.-,!, 1 ruminated. That was yes
;. ridy. Mr. White is making
tha t sash to-day and the brick
mi.:- 'a is building the wall and
I urn still in the harness. Alex.
.ht-hs said he wanted to die
in th" harness and he did, but
never knew anything about
t.i.unmonial breeching, or he
w .hi id have wanted to live and
t rlie at all. What would be
v,ii of a man if he didn't have
man to keep him lively ?
Vl . u we were in Atlanta the
th-r day, my wife asked me
1 r f i ve dollars to buy a pair of
Jr's. "Have shoes gone up,"
n l I, as I handed her the
n iiit-y. "No, but I have," she
i 1, "I want a fine pair shoes
th t are as soft as kid gloves
you owe me lots of shoe money,
yon promised me before we
w r married that yju wo-ild
-'iw me thirteen pairs a y :vr,
d"ti't you remember?" "Yi s,"
'lid I, "and you have had them
an i more too." How can a wo
rn tn raise ten children on less
th:ui thirteen pairs a year. But
I wu'ild have promised you
anything then. I would have
'1 imbed the Chamborazo moun
tain and fought a tiger for you
th'Mi a small tiger but I
'" I il l fiht a big one now.
'i r.j take another five and
''y you some fine stock-iu.;-
to go with the shoes, but
don't get black ones. I demn
. . . . .
a white wr-r ;.!.
i,
n
-tucking:-,
It is .
Ma ;ti::
I ilad tVeV'
us, I st
i ii
1
ui glad of it. I
.like .these unnatural
a. on woman's bacB.
i ive been in and out a
"'i tiuui.s since I was a bov.
f i ) hive hoop skirts. It is
f'i;my to see a new fashion
'' "n-; iri and go out. There are
Wimmti in my town still wcar
bustles. They feel sorter
''mied to leave them off all of
' ' l'l"ii. But they will fajl
linn and slim down before
''"-'' The have done slimmed
"! nouse. They keep up
;'r"' ty well. I saw lots of nice
i h'is at the fair who were be
!" l, and so were their bustles,
" u tnt'y were from the country
little town and hadent
f-n-rlit up. It is a good deal of
.;"""'le to alter a bustle-dress
-" ' no-bustie dress, and all the
';' j Venous garments under-
.rain I.U UO 0.1I.C1.CU, VUU
is why it takes a faslT
ng to run out. It costs
money and work. Now, if 'the
ladies will cut off about four
inches of their skirts and. keep
out of the winter's miyi, they
will 'be all right. I Ait them
show their ankles if they want
to. There is nothing prettier
than the poetry of motion that
is in a lady's foot and ankle
when she walks. It pleases an
old man mightly.
But the men have passed
through some very ridiculous
fashions, too. When I was in
my teens and had begun to no
tice the girls and put oil on my
hair and cinnamon drops on my
handkerchief, the fashion was
to wear short pants and straps
leather straps about an inch
wide that came, under the shoe
and fastened to buttons sewed
on the inside of the pants.
When a feller bet down the
whole" concern was drawn as
tight as an eelpkin, and there
was a continual strain on the
straps at the bottom and the
suspenders at the top. Some
times a button broke or a strap
bursted under peculiar circum
stances, and then the pants
crawled up amazingly. One
day I was riding out with my
sweetheart and the catastrophe
happened as we were running
a galloping race up a long hill,
and my pants crawded up to my
knee and carried the undergar
ment along, and it was on her
side "of the horse, and she
laughed and laughed until she
liked to have fell off, and I Had
to get down and cut a skewer
off of rail and fasten the scrap
on again. The mischievous
thing told it on me and i never
got even with her until one day
her bustle came untied and
dropped off as she was passing
my store and I picked it up and
handed it to her as polite as
a Frenchman, and said, "Miss
Mary your shoe ; strap is
broken." The bustles of that
day were shaped like a new
moon and staffed with bran.
They were generally about as
large as a hoe handle and taper
ed out to a point at each end,
but the more style the bigger
the bustle. They were all
home-made and were consider
ed a very sacred and mysteri
ous articla of feminine furni
ture. Sometimes one of these
big ones would rip from long
wear and tare, and the bran
would leak out as the woman
wiggled along and you could
track her all the way heme
just like the hogs would track
a mill boy when there -was a
hole in his corn sack. 1 re
member when the hoop-skirt of
a high-flying woman was three
feetacross at the bottom and
when she stood up close agairst
the counter, her dress didn't
need any shortening behind
It was a 1 sight of trouble to
to squeeze them in the pews of
the churehes. and sometimes
they behaved in a very unseem
lv manner when the wind was
blowing in a shifty way. I re
member when the college boys
wore boots according to their
politics. The toes were shaped
like a duck's bill, and were
turned up and over on the top
of -he foot like a skate, and if
the boy was a whig he had
Clay printed on the toes in large
letters, and if he was a demo
crat he had Polk printed there.
and so they walked about stick
iug their politics in every
body's faces.
But, after all, I believe the
women of this generation are
more reasonable in their dress
than from many generations
past. Three thousand years
ago they were fast, very f ast,f or
Joelah itells about the bravery
of their tinkling ornaments
about their feet and their cauls
and their round tires like the
mofti (bustles. I reckan,) their
chains and bracelets and muf j
tiers, the bonnets and orna
mfint.ii nf the les and head
bands, and tablets and earrings,
a,Dd nose jewels and changeable
suits of apparel, and the
mantles and whimples, and
crisping pins and hoods and
veils. Oh, it took a sight to
set up one of those high-flying
Hebrew women, and the proph.
et went for them as firecely as
old Allen Turner used to go for
our women a half century ago
"If that young woman with the
green bonnet on the back of her
, head and the devil's martin
gales around her neck and his
tirrnps on her ears, don't quit
. ggiing. I'll point her out to
o- 6c::g relation." Yes, we are
.ii doing better- except SGins.
Hut 1 must stop : Mrs. Arp is
calling me to come and pnt out
1 : .Ik.
some more curysauiuemuiua,
and I'u?: so tired. ijixl, arp.
FOR THE FAEM.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO
TILLERS OF THE SOIL.
Original, Horrovved, Stolen and
Communicated Articles on
Farming.
THE MORTGAGE.
He worked through the spring and
winter, thiojgh the summer
and through fall.
But the mortgage worked the hard
est and the steadiest of them
all;
It workwd on the nights and Sun
days, it worked each holiday;
t settled down among ns and it
never went away.
The weevil aud the cut-worm, tbey
went as well as came,
The mortgage stayed forever, eat
ing heartily all the same.
mailed up every window, stood
gur ad at every door,
Aud hppp ness and sunshine made
tbeir place with us no ' more.
Till with failing crops anil witb
sicknees, we got stalled np the
grade,
And (there came a day among ns
when the interest wasn't naid
A.nd there came a sharp foreclosure
and I kind o7 lost my hold,
And the children left and scattered
when tuey hardly yet were
I v. J V 1J j
My wife she pined and perished
and I find myself alone.
If to trace a hidden sorrow be with
iu the doctor's art.
Thev'u hud a mortgage lying on
that poor woman's heart,,
Worm or beetle, drought or temp
est, on a tarmer s land may
fall.
Bat for first-class ruination, trust a
mortgage 'gainst them all.
p.nnnt.ir. Tenorts that on one
measured acre of land ne pro
duced sorghum to make 72 gal-
ons. 33 bushels good corn, and
gathered 20 bushels of Irish po
tatoes, after 'grabbling- an
that his family needed during
the season. All our lands need
is an opportunity, intelligently
and energetically directed."
In the State of Texas the cul
ture of the pecan nut is found
to be very profitable. It would
prove possibly quite as profit
able in North Carolina, where
the tree grows we'll. Wilming
Star.
Mr. W. ht. r oster has on ex
hibition at BlacknalPs drug
store a sample beet that beat?
all the beets we have heretofore
seen beaten. It weighs If
pounds. He has also a radish
hat weighs 3J pounds. lur-
ham Sun.
NOT IN NOBTH CAROLINA.
In noting the fact that an ap
peal for aid fuel, food and
clothing is made in behalf of
the people of Stevens, Kansas,
where four successive failures
of crops have left the farming
population withont means of
subsistence, the Henderson
Gold Leaf remarks: 'You do
not hear of anything like this
in North Carolina. Our farm
ers sometimes make a partial
failure in crops, but they are
seldom reduced to actual want.'
This is true. North Carolina
is not the place for tremendous
results, but natnre is kindly in
such a variety of ways that the
average is good. If our people
would occasionally think seri
ously and intelligently on their
surroundings, remembering the
hardships undergone by people
in other sections, especially in
the INorthwest, thay would see
cause xor contentment, in re
ality, when failures occur here
it is often more in the man
than in the land.' Daily Work
man.
SAVE GOOD SEED.
The rule of farmers and
gardeners should be to eave the
best for seed, not only of corn,
but grains and vegetables. If
you can save good seed of en
perior varieties, it is preferable
to purchasing. When soil, cli
mite and cultivation are right,
WASHINGTON NEWS
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FROM in E NATIONAL CAT J
TAL.
What Harrison and tk Other
Politicians rw Doing.
WASHIRCUON, Nt. 8tb, 1889.
President Harrison introduced
an innovation in White House
customs this week that is deeply
regretted by conservative people,
wno oeneve mat toe oigniiy or (be
Presidential office i shook be
increased instead of lessened. To
sacb people it was a positive shock
to find tbU the president bad bad
himself interviewed by. a netspa.
per, on the election - returns, in
order to try , and counteract the
dampeniag effect they had upon
bis party associate, and also to
furnish them with a cuito explain
the crushing defeat awsy. If
President Harrison really believes,
as he says he does, that tbe result
of the election held last Taesdav
was not intended as a verdict upon
his administration, then he has not
tbe sense that he baa generally
been credited with by even his
appointments. A curious coinci
aenoe id me same paper la an
interview with Mr, Halford, tbe
President's private S6oretary,which
in sentiment is precisely tbe same
as that with President Harrison.
These interviews are regarded here
even by Bepnblicans, as a very
weak and undignified attempt to
fool the country. Republicans
prominence openly admit that Me
result of the election is a stilling
retmke to the admlniatrati'Q and
its methods. Old soldir. quietly
chuckle and whimper told you
so" to one another.
PSZSILENTIAL ST0VZPIPS3.
Bra Earrisoa at Work Puttfag p
Tho White House stovepipes.
A pleasant odor of fried baoon
pervaded the great Bine Boom, ia
which sat tbe President or the
United States, brooding sadly over
tbe future. Oatslde the wind
moaned sadly throogh the trees.
and ' the dry leaves fell to the
gronnd and were tossed hither and
thitber by each fitful gugt.
De missus wants yon.' said a
colored servitor, bursting in upon
tne presidential musing; 'dej's
gwine ter pnt op dem stoves pipes,
and dey wants you to help 'em.'
Tbe president round the men.
bere of bis immediate familv
rapidly assembling on the scene of
operations, for it was after four.
and tbe departments were closed
for the day.
HOME CHAT.
a TUOVGUT FROM OUR
EXCUAKOhS.
Com menu on rurrtut Events and
Expression of Opinion.
A FI5K PATH.
Foraker and Mabone would
mate drawing attraction in a
dime mnseam. Charlotte Chronicle.
AN HOJifcST pbess. !
As far as our observation go1-,
the press of North Carolina foer
ally speaks oat, and there. U no un
certain sound about it. Durham
San.
aq Am TRUSTS.
Trust ha been the bane of this
wumrj, waeiDer ii nat been com
; NOMINATED ZEB.
Tbe recent death of Jndge Logan
recalls tbe fact that this noted man
was tbe first in tbe State to nomi-
ate Col. Zeb B. Vance for Govern
or. Raleigh Signal.
The rejoicin?imon8 Democrats
1
here is intent tbe7 can talk of
nothing" el4 Dat lle tidal wave,
aud thev-" 8ee ,u ,l aa auspicious
sign f'the greater fighS in 1892.
Th arne that u nine months oil
jrrison's administration has
farm and garden products wlP.i",
tot run out or deteriorate.
Pitt county should be fdded
to the fine Eastern tcbacco
counties. A colored man made
$250 to the acre, realizing 1000
for the product of fouricres as
we learn from the Grjenville
Reflector.
I of it will wipe the Rennhlioan nar.
I ty oat of existence.
The navy department baa accep.
ted the cruiser Charleston, aud
left tbe pen alt if a to be determined
;f you possess these requip-tes,
and have a superior gra1 or
vegetable, better contiue its
cultivation unless certain that
a change would prce proni- upon at tbe final settlement with
able. Alludinir to aving seed, tbe contractors. The otalser Haiti.
Mr. George Peek, a good
farmer of French Brosd town-
hip, this county, gathered a
little over 100 bushels of corn
to the acre this seison. The
land was ridge land.'-Asheville
Democrat.
here is a highly approved pro
cess for melen, pumpkin,
"squash and cucumber - seed :
Place the seed In a basih of
water and wash them thorough
ly, cleanse them and take a
skimmer and lift out all the
floating seeds and throw them
away. Sometimes half the seeds
in a melon will float, and they
are not good. Put the good
seed on a board and dry them
n the shade.; .Never dry them
in the sun. Alter they are
thoioughly dry put them in a
place safe from raice-aud. in
sects. Independent.
The cotton receipts at various
points in the State show a con
siderable decline. This is owing
to one of two facis ; either the
crop is extremely short, or the
farmers are holding back for
higher prices. It may be that
both operate. Wil. Messenger.
Mr. R. B. Joyner was exhibit
ing around town the other day,
with pardonable pride, a boll of
cotton from out of his crop. It
was as large a the fist of an
ordinary man, as white as snow
and in texture was as sott as
silk. It requires 100 average
bolls to weigh a pound ; 32 of
the size of this would tip the
scales at a pound. Statesville
Landmark.
One bale of cotton to the aorg
will pay a good profit on the
cultivation, while if you only
make a bale to two acres you
will do well to come out even,
and a bale to three or four
acres will brinir you in debt. It
costs no more to cultivate an
acre of fertile land than an
acre of poor land. The system
of intensive farming must be
adoptad. Nashville Argonaut
Geo. Sugg, of No. 10 town
ship, brought to the office Sat
urday splendid samples of en
silage, 40,000 pounds of which
he has cured in his silo above
grounds He says his stock wil
leave corn and fodder for the
ensilage, and even the poultry
ace fed on it. It is well cured
and composed of crab grass,
pea vines aud green corn. Hi's
ensilage is a thorough success.
Tarboro Southerner.
A Bible Problem Can You Solve It ?
more will have another trial next
week, to see if she can develop
the required horse power. She
has already proven herself to be
tbe finest war vessel afloat, bat
there waa a encienoy in tbe
horse' power, notwithstanding the
great speed she attained, and her
builders tbioktbev em make It np
and thus get rid of tbe penalty
provided in the contract for any
deficiency,
155 designs have bten received
by the Poatoffice department in an
swer to advertisement inviting pro
posals tor mrnisning a new design
for poeta) cards. A committee
t ill decide upon tbe most artis.
tic.
Delegates Dubois of Idaho, thinks
that Territory will gain admission
to the Union this winter. There
seems no good reason why she
should not.
Secretary Rusk asks in annual
report just published, that 300
acres of the Arlington estate be
tnmed over to tbe Agricultural
department. Tor an experimental
fruit farm, He awo recommends a
rigid Government inspection of cat
tie mud dressed beef.
Ez-Secratary Bayard was mar
ried here yesterday at 1 o'clock.
The ceremony was very quiet, be
ing attended oidy by tne family
aDd a few close fiiend of tbe bride,
Miss Cljmer, and groom. The
newly married couple left immedh
ately after the ceremony for a short
tonr. It ia expected that they will
spend the winter in this city.
Mahone and Foniker suan.$ sym
pathy fiom Republicans here.
They are charged wit h having in
vited certain defeat rather than
give up tbeir schemes for personal
aggrandizement.
It Is admitted by State depart
ment officials that U. Si ' Consol
Lewis, who was recently under
investigation by the department,
failed to clear himself of tbe
charge of dishonorably raising
money through bis official position.
Tl. ia alfto admitted that Mr.
A lady essayist is convinced, Levm was reprimanded by tbe
rather in law Soott, who had leitl blnacloa or theaingalar individual
bis aocutomed seat by the kitchen del'nqnent subscriber. Charlotte
iuk5 iu Bupennieim mat impor-1 vjnromcie.
tant household event, was favoring
tbe company with reminiscence of
stove pipe raising la the early
history of Indiaua. 'In them days
we never put up no ppes till bit
gotter be putty nigh onto hog kill
ing time. Now. Benjamin, when
do you kalkortate to begin killing
this fall 1'
I didn't know I waa expected to
dojary work when I came to
Washington, muttered tne Broth
ers Daughter's Husband, who had
jnst lonnged in from his day's rest
at tbe Public Crib.'
Why don't you hire somebody
to do tbe work V asked the Son-in-law's
Ooaain, nnlkily. That's
the way we do in the Manger De
partment when there is anv to ba
done.
'How long do you think we are
going to stay bere V exclaimed
the President. Yoa seem to forget
that this isn't a life office, and we
must make bav while the sun
shines. How jnst take hold or that
stove pipe, or somebody will get a
letter assuring him of my firm belief
in his personal honesty, and then
where will that aomebMy be.'
This threat had n itaot effect,
and tbe Preslr. ,(,..! Relatione
sprang forward with an alacrity
such as tbey bad not displayed
since tbe inauguration.
Sappose.'said Son-in-law McKee,
-idai we woik ia blocks or
TZ2 LA2CTS FOG
Hrw It Vtlzx Upcn Cuet Before tj
. Saprese Cczrt-
The potency of a rabbit's foot
for good luck Is well 'understood
In North Carollri. Tha foot
must be of & ra libit which has
made a graveyard his home, and
the particular limb la the left
hind foot. Messrs. Charles M.
Bustee and Samuel T.Mordecai,
toof cur best lawyers and
most popular young; men, are
known to carry with them ev
ery day the left hind foot of a
graveyard rabbi L Mr. Bus be
is a firm believer in the good
luck which attends the posses
sor of the kind of rabbit foot
tfEWSjFAWEEK.
MAT IH UAPI'KXIXa JJf
1IIE WORLD A ROUS D ry.
A Condensed Report of th JTno
From Our ConUmporarios,
M. C. A, has 400
m budding of lie
Charlotte Y.
members and
own.
Evangelist Fife is conducting
a very enoexwafat mteUnc at Waab
ingtoo. W. P. Stanley has aaa-'medi
liabilities f,(K. J.' S. Xelaom
has assigned alao. lioLh of
a ton.
A man by tbe name of Tract
iiaU Huffman dropped dead ia
i w at - - - - -
which we Lave described, but Ml rZ w 8uloe "J1
it remained for Mr. Mordecai
to get the best of the Supreme
Court with a rabbit foot.
Tha other day Mr. Mordecal
was before the court with his
book's and papers In hand ready
to make one of his brief and in
cisive arguments. Chief Jus
tice Smith was not exactly
ready for Mr. Mordecal to pro-
HOXK MANUFACTCRIES.
Tbe great material Deed of the
State ia tbe home manufacture of its
raw products for home consump
tion. In other words we need to
make what we need, bat instead of
aomg so, we hay from other folks
what we need. Sanford Express.
FEN SKETCH OF 3f 1D05F.
Mahone was never mo ripe lo cor
ruption. He in- an abcess in bis
mother's side and be has come to a
head. He is socially spit upon. He
wears tbe glitter, malignancy and
conning of a snake. Tbe sting of
tbe man Is brilliant, and even with
bis back broken but quick eye
would not loe its evil glint. Death
will be tbe only end of hiin. Char
lotte Democrat.
that is I mean, we'd better all
WHAT FOOL8 THESE MORTALS BE"
Tbe complaints now are that one
of the great religiou denominations
in tbe State has no representation
io tne faculty of tbe College of
Agrlcaltnre and lb Mechanics
fire I Arts, and that there is a Catholic
A young student was asked
How many boys are there in
your class ?" His reply was as
follows : "Multiply tbe num
ber of Jacob's song by the num
ber of times the Israelites com
passed Jericho , add the pro-i
duct to the number of measures
of barley which Boaz gave
Ruth ; divide this by the num
ber of days Noah was in the
ark before the waters of the
flood were upon the earth" ; sub
tract the number of Lot s fam
ily when tbey dwelt in a cave ;
subtract the number of days iu
the wek in which the Israel
ites gathered manna j multiply
by the number of men who
went to seek Elijah after he
was taken to heaven ; add
Joseph's age at the time he
stood before Pharoah ; divide
by the number of atones in
David's bag when he killed Go
liah add thb number of fur
long Bethany was distant from
Jerusalem ; divide by the num
ber of anchors cast out when
Paul was shipwrecked j multi
ply by the number of wives
saved in the arK, and tbe pro
duct will be the answer."
Take Time to Eeai-
, .J-J.-L
out
?rHthat
r-TGIFVlNO THE COLONEL.
Before Col. Polk vrent to At
lanta his name was - simply L.
says a contemporary, tnat at
least one quarter of the work
performed by women is un
necessary, and that the world
would get on quite as well
without it. It is like the otto
man cover she once saw a lady
work. The lady was all bent
up, and was putting her eyes
out counting stitches. "I don't
get any time for reading" she
said plaintively, as she picked
up some beeds on a needle; "you
must have a great deal of lei-
take hold at once f and in order
to cover np bis nnlortnnate Blip of
tbe tongue, be seized the stove and
dragged it by main force across the
door. Each one of the twelve Re
lations took a joint of pipe and
mounted a chair, while the Presi
dent, with tbe angle in his arms,
mounted the centre table, and
prepared to adjust it.
Now, then, look alive, and re
member you're not in the Manger
office I' bo rhouted to tbe perspir
ing Son-ln law's Cousin, who was
vainly trying to fit a section of
pipe into the angle in tbe Presi
dents bands.
'I be a look in' alive,1 he retorted.
'but tbe pesky thing won t go in.
You there. Obadiah ! Why in
tarnation don't ye bold that j'int
stiddy, so's folks kin work T'
Ye don't none on ye know how
to put np a stove pipe' began tbe
Father-in-law j but tbe President
poured some soot down his back
and told him to hold bis tongne.
Now then, all together V shout
ed the Brother's Daughter's lias,
band, and tbe twelve Relations
stood on tiptoe, and tatted tbe
joint into another till tbe strnctar
waaalmoat as complteasan Indiana
Colon z it ion Hureaa at election
tinv ; but at this critical moment
the Sifter in-Uw entered tho room
raised two dough -encrusted hands
in horror, and exclaimed :
lien) am in Harrison, be yon a
stauding on the settiu' room table
without trikin' your shoes eff t Get
right down this minute !
Down went the anglo on the
Sou. in -lu 'a Cousius bead. Down
went tbe rent of tho pipe, and the
twelve Relations, in a long sooty
line on tbe floor. Away scuttled
the Fatberdn-law to his warm
Kitchen-nook, and io came
Postmaster Wanamaker and sur
veyed the sorrowful group.
'Why in the world,' be remarked
'didn't you buy that patent stove
pipe persuader I tried to sell you 1
It's selling like hot cakes, and it
will lat a dozen years'
Yes' retorted tbe President, as
he shook the soot out of bis ears
with a vehemence that burst bis
paper collar like a campaign prom
ise 'and who will get the benefit of
it for two-thirds of the time I'm
la le faculty and that be holds a
higher position than another tneui
berof it who belongs to a Protect
ant denomination, ibis is worse
than childishness, it ia pure drivel.
Statesville Landmark.
Wasiaaler' Druaaer II at
Success la Ctarletcn.
Peer
Press-Carolinian.
The Ailington ia to be boOt at
Blowing ltock, Watauga eoaaty,
will coat I2G.0O0. It wlil be VSW
feet above aea level.
Congressmen Wiley waa robbed
of 1700 at a hotel ia alo, N. T
by a bell boy whom be allowed t9
go to vauss lor agar.
Tbe brick masons at work oa
ceed and during the lull which I the cotton factory at Raleigh, tart
mis aetay caused Judge Merri- irncK- ineuoouewaa astetla
mon leaned OTer the bench and litteof Torment of vafea,
asked Mr. Mordecal If he was A rich pawnbroker uHichiaokA
well prepared to argue his side named David IlarSsld fca La
of the case. Mr. Mordecal re- tb c'nth of the law because, of
plied that he was not prepared I och manrlar
In the sense In which the learn. I A iu cf h:tk r"-r j
o& Judge made the Inquiry, and 1 tw r J" cifc.i tna.r-4
tuai xor more inan a rear he I u 11 - -"'- . -v J. It wm
had not prepared any case bT a I T.r- lT-riy ny;iy-i
thorough study of the points at "i1-
lasue and a search for preced- A negro at Sew lir v.u:-ukJ
snts. to commit aeocide a few JLr
The Judge then wanted to inoe- He will poMibiy recover
know In what way Le was pre- trom tb cntbe Kre himself, aayt
pared with his case. lbs Journal.
Mr. Mordecal replied that up A chicken was born" la Chat
to witniu a year ago and a little bM coonty with only one wta-
more Le had steadily lost his Chatham coanty baa do wing at al
cases before the Sapreme Court bal 11 eU ,Der Jl
la spits of all the preparation 3uit,Tllle Landmark.
Le could make, and at tbe nog- Tb Norfolk and Westera BaO
gestion or his friend, Mr. Chan, road (which Mabone wrecked) If
M. Busbee. he had procured tbe Coin to borow US, 000,00 " a4
left Lfnd foot of a rabbit whleh ,ooa M o'bt. It wlU snake
had mads a graveyard his
Lome, and Lad carried that
limb of Brer Ilabbit in his
pocket ever sluce, and that
from tbe time he began to
wear the foot he had gained al
most every case before the Su
preme Court without more
preparation than such knowl
edge as he possessed after read
ing th papers In the cases lo
which he appeared.
Mr. Mordecal Li a wia and is
CniBLKSTO.x, Oct. 31. Some
tima ago a young man arrived in
thla city, engaged aptrtmtols at a
prominent hotel, and, biting a
window of tbe etatdibmenr, ex
posed a lot of samples. lie was
an agent of John Wanamaker &
C of Philadelpba, aod bis baai
ness was to measure customers for
suits ta be made op tn Philadelphia
and to be delivered bere below
cost. He spent some money in
advertising, ,but tbe magic name of
Wanamaker mined tbe bosineaa.
He remained here for five days
and didn't get a single order. Then
be packed op bis samples and left
for parts onknown.
l'm not working for tbe Post
master General," be sai I before
leaving, "but everybody thinks 1
am. These popl down bere are
not reoonstrncted.'
of tbe road dnWe tract.
Itahe Harrow s, tb Alabama
desperado, baa aUiod off tbe poaase
so far, aod has lately killed swrtral
men aod a bloud-boa&d eves
when be was sorroaaded.
Hon. Thomas E. Bayard, ei Bee
re tary of the State, aod il is Vary
Willing Oymer, were aarrtod oat
tbe Tib inat at the rmideaee el
the bode, ta Waahiogtoa City.
The Ualeigb Call aajs that Uers
ia some talk comg on ia favor el
full of keen wit and satire, and I kPe lb supreme Court la mo
tne manner in which he got
this joke off In the court con
vulsed the grave and reverend
men who sat upon the Supreme
bench and caused nearly every
awyer ana layman in the audi
ence to be guilty of contempt
of court, the mirth and laugh
ter waa so great.
The Chief Justice Is said to
have intimated after the case
at bar had been argued that the
rabbit's foot would not avail
Mr. Mordecal In that e, but
o! and behold, wbot. the de
cision was announced it was
discovered ' that the rabbit's
foot was potent again and that
Mr. Mordecal had won the
case. Raleigh Signal. '
The Pulpit and tha Stajs-
Eev. F. M. Sbont, Pastor Uni
ted Brethren Cborcb, Blue Mound,
Kan., says : Ml feel it my dnty
to tell what wonder Dr. King's
New Discovery has done for tve.
My Lungs were badly diseased,
and my parlshionets tbongbt 1
oonld live only a few weeks. I
took five bottles of Dr. Kings New
Discovery, and am sound and well,
gaining, 26 lbs in weight."
Anther Love, Manager Love's
Funny Folks Combination, writes ;
"After a thorough trial and coo
vincing evidence, 1 am confident
Dr. Ring's New Discovery for
Consumption, beats 'em oil. and
cures when everything else fails
Tbe gri'a'est klndneas I can do
my many tbcasaud friends is to
urge them to try it." Free trial
bottles at A. W. Rowland's Drag
Store. Begalar sizes 50c- aod
tl-00.
Up:a thaTCse Ilia Tiers Art Xe
. ' niea.
8urQ." And yet sha had
spent
a rii
L. Polk, now tLe State Chronicle innP(, timft embroidering
has Mm Leonidas L. Polk. The djeulcas (W on a piecs of do; t
Constitution, of Atlanta, caas than would have suficed t
Outpulled Him-
Yes, Dan is dead," said the
Arizona man. ""You see, a lew
days ago some o' the tellers
strung a man up to a tree for
stealing horses, an' Dan pulled
too bard on tbe rope an' strain
ed himself."
"Why, what a pity !"
"It war that: but it warn't
war
the
surprising. You see, Dan
the only man at his end o'
rope, so they butpulled
poor feller." Time.
him,
A Tailing of Age.
Elderly gent "I am eighty
years old, young man, and I
don't recollect ever telling a
lie," The young - man "Well,
you can't expect your memory
1 to be reliable at that age."
him 'magnificent in appearance
and 'faultless' in dress. We do
not want our friend to go down
to posterity as Leonidas the
magnificent or Leonidas the
faultless. Brother Polk in our
eyes 'is a dandy but ne's no
dude.' To us he is yet only
genial farmer Polk with a
heart of homespun, mere is
no aouDt aDout it u is a.
rattling talker. Charlotte Dem
ocrat.
THE WAY TO MAKE FAKM1JNU i'Ai.
The wav to make farming
profitable is to diversify the
crops and make everything on
the farm that may be needed,
as far as possible. It has been
done often enough to prove
that it will pay. The Ashevilie
Democrat says: "Our young
farmer friend. J. D. Carter,
who resides on Hominy, this
read twenty good toos. K.
Colorado Corn.
The son of a farmer living in
the rain belt of eastern Color
ado attempted to clipab a corn
stalk on his father's place tne
other day, but became dizzy
and fell to the ground, break
ing his arm. The boy's parents
talk of bringing suit against
the government .for allowing
crops to grow to such abnormal
dimensions. Exchange.
Secretary of State, aod vet be
has been allowed to return to his
post at Tangiers, Morocco, as a
United States Consul, with tbe
vague understanding that he Is to
resign in toe near future. va
hard to u deratand such proceed
ings. If the man was guilty he
should have been dismissed.
mm
Tbe machinery of the Southern
Exposition at Montgomery, Ala,
was set in motion by telegraph by
President Harrison last Tuesday
at noon.
Tbe sickest looking men in Wash
ingtou today are tbe Republican
clerks in the departments who
went home to vote. TnU is particu
larly applicable to tbe Ohio men.
Corporal Tanner enjoyed reading
the election returns much more
than tbe President or Secretary
Noble did. He would have been
more than human not to have in.
dnlged in "ghoulish glee'' as be
surveyed the wreck. :
Ptesident Harrison reminds one
ot tbe man who told Noah to "go
on with your old ark, it's ouly a
shower anyway."
not fixing this place
John, I can tell yon
Ford, in Puck.
for a siege,
tbat'-J. 1
A I'oyel Entertainment-
Tfca Women Praise 2- B. B-
Eucklen's Arnica Salve.
"Business" Will Improve
There is going to be lots of -bnsi-ness"
about Keidsville this season.
The Review says : Mr. Fife esti
mated that three hundred persons
The Best Salve in tbe world for
Cuts, Brnises, Sores. Ulcers,' Baits
Rheum, Fever, Sores Tetter, Chap
ped Hands, Chilblains Corns and
all Skins Eruptions, and positively
cures 1'iles, or no pay required.
shook his hand pledging themselves It Is guaranteed to give perfect
nfver to enter a bar-room, unless eatiBiaciion, or mouey reiunaeu,
on business. 1 Price 25 cents per box.
The suffering of women certainly
awakens the sympathy nf every
true philanthropist. Their best
friend, however, is B. B. B. (Bo
tanic Blood Balm). Send to Blood
Balm Co , Atlanta, Ga., for proof.
. H. L. Cassidy, Kennesaw, Ga.,
writes : "Three bottles or B. B. B
cured my wife of scrofula.''
Mrs. R. M. Laws, Zalaba, Fla
writes: "I have never used any.
thing to equal B. B. B."
Mrs. C. II- Gay, Rocky Mount,
N. C, writes : "Not a day for 15
years was I free from headache. B.
B. B. entirely relieved me. I feel
like another person.''
James W. Lancaster, Hawkins
ville, Ga., writes . "My wife waa
in bad health for eight years. Five
doctors and many patent medicines
bad done ber no good. Six bottles
of B. B. B. cured her."
Miss S. Tomllnson, Atlanta, Ga-,
says : "For years I suffered 'with
rbenmatism, cansed by kidney
trouble and indigestion, I also was
feeble and nervous. Ii. B. B. re
lieved me at once, althonjb several
other medicines bad failed."
Rev, J. M. RicbardAon, Clarke,
ton, Ark., writes : faMy wife Buf
fered twelve years i'li rben
matism and female complaint. A
lady member of my church bad
been cared by 15. u. l. h . per
suaded my wife to try it, who now
A wealthy English batcHelor in
vi tea a lew mends to an evening
party last before his departure
abroad, As the guests entered the
the reception loom each received a
handsomely encraved card ith
tbe word Cuerie' at the top, aod
th qootAtion from Paradise Lost
'With thee converging I forget all
time.' It was explained thst ten
subjects bad been selected for di.t
ensston. and ten couplrs cboseo to
do tbe work. lutend of spending
tbe evening in dauctng each gen
tleman was exjH-cted to fill oat bi
cards with tbe names of tbe young
ladies to whom Ledt-Hired to talk
Five minotea were to be devoted to
each topic, and at a signal from tbe
host there was to bo a general
swanking oi partners, and a corn-
change in the subject. Court
aL
2 2T0T A TOCL.
The case, as slated by the
Register Call, of Central City:
lie sat in his door at noonday,
oneiy and glum and sad : tbe
flies were buzzing about him,
ed by a blue-winged gad. Not
a customer darkened his portal,
not asign of business was there;
but the flies kept on buzzing
about the old man's hair. At
last In misery he shouted:
"Great Scott! I'm covered with
flies," and the zephyr that toy
ed with his whiskers said:
"Why don't yon advertise T" So
if you re inclined to success,
and wish to be well to do, make
yourself known in this world
and there will be no flies on
you.
Cansia Sallie KHird.
The Wilmington Messenger
credits the authorship of the
famous 'Cousin Sallie Dillard'
to a Virginian, instead of to
CoL IT. C Johes, Senior, who
has hitherto enjoyed the honor.
Ex.
Isu't this a rather Dillard
tory Sally on the part of Dr.
Kingsbury ? That venerable
editor has let probably half a
century go by withont making
this claim. The Statute of
limitation is against Virginia,
ana rsortn uarouna ciaims
Cousin Bally by prescription.
Charlotte Democrat.
phi
Fouroi
;odx
Tbe transition from long, linger
ing and painful sickues to roboit
health marks an epoch in tbe life
of tbe individual. Such a remark
able event treasured in tbe memory
and tbe agency where iy tbe good
health baa been attained is grate
fully blessed. Hence it is that
so ranch ia beard in praise lof Dec
trio Bitters. So many feel tbey
owe their restoration to health, to
the use of tbe Great Alterative an
Tonic. If joa are troubled with
aav disease of Kidnev. Liver or
Stomach, of long or short stand
ine TOU wilt snrelv find relief bv
oaeof Electric Bitters. Sold at
save, there is nothing lite It. B. B.I 50c and 11.00 per bottle at A. W
as it quickly gave her relief." 1 Rowland's Drugstore.
A Buy Km-
atoa all tbe lime, fa order that ep
Praia lo capital cas eaa be at
ooce UWn op and dipuftr4 of.
Wear glad to bear thai Rota-
erford College baa bee a bere
properous this fall taaa tt lee
been before in the past tea years.
May It oontinoe to grow ia pro.
petity aod aWalDeaa.- Cftkilfc
CbrUliai Advocate.
At Carlbage a man indicted fete
son for stealing bis clothes, eat
tbe aoa indicted the fer for
stealing a sheep. Tb '4 Baa
was booed over for Lis . paraaee
at court aod tbe eoa ws cai t
JalL Joneoro Leader.
It give ns pleate to bote the
socoess'of our North CaroUne ta
dostries ia whatever part of Ike
State tbey may be, and beoee we
are glad to learn that tbe eettea
factories of Charlotte are balldlag
op a big bastoefta, aod are la a
nourishing oondilloo. WUataf
ton Star.
Frank Ratcliffa has a cow aad
mole that have stalls Dear legale
er. Not long ago ibe cow was
licking the feed from, tbe assist
trough through a crack aod fka
male not relishing ibis prooeedlaf
firoceeded to bile off a boat twe
oxbea of ber tongneWadeabere
Messenger.
The State Chronicle bears thai
at a meeting held noma lime age
tbe Cherokee Isdians noanlmooaly
agreed to eell tbeir lands to lb
government for Geronimo aod ale
band. They desire more lediaaa
lo tbeir section because, asy tstv,
it will make tbe Iodlaos stronger.
There are now 1.20 Indians la
Swain and Graham conn ties,
Tbe High Poiot Entrrprta saya
Mrs. Ricbardftoo, ao old lady from
Randolph coonty, wbo want t -Indiana
twenty ooe yeara agw,
got off of tbe train bere Ian W4
oeaday morning on ber way le
Randolph, where she will pad
tbe rest of ber day. Sbe la eighty
one years bid, aod walks oa a
wooden leg which she made ktr
self. Tbe ML Olive Telegram aayt
Henry Wallace, a colored boy wke
lived oear bere, was killed by the
traio Mooday night at More' a
croMiogJost South of Goldabora.
He was supposed to have beta
stealing a ride on the Shoo Fly
nd fell or jumped off. lis stole a
ride on the mail tram soma evea
ingi ago to ibis place from Dad
ley. i
The Lesiugtoa Dispatch aaya a
large con ere cat loo attended esr
vices at Ibe Methodist cborcb Bss.
clay morning, to bear Rev. J. B.
G si's sermon on Irocb taw. Tae
a eL. I
If the most useful man is the T'Tr. ."V.!-
happiest man a gentleman in ukJable ,mN Md Bade a pre
bleep Fal Me-enjoys supreme . d imiKtmiOU ln fSToc of lettlag
bliss. Besides keeping a general tbe Utr uke jU cmt trader aa
store, In which he supplies the I circmstaooea.
village with everything from
saleratus to gum, from candy
to co fins, from cold soda - to
woolen stockings, he is also the
village barber, sexton, and
gravestone manufacturer, and
keeps a livery stable.
Tuberca'ar cocao BpUoo is eiav
ply toog-ecrofola tbe active aad
aaogeroos oevekipoeot A a tatat
ia tb blood. Tb rsad MoedV
deeming bounic principles eoe
talaed to Ir. Pieror Golden Kadi-
cal Diaoovrty jeaily fit 4t t
Mill. Ik. tJwwl anil trit tkA
FayetteTille is hustling to HJ"' ,7? Ti ti. Haw.
get np the Centennial Celebra- aDd truccbi! tab. Urtt eoav
lion, and everybody ought to ptaiot, skin diseases, aod sore,
hustle to get there. Charlotte are also cared by it. AU draxgtst
Chronicle. bare It,
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