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WELDON, N. C, TIIU11S0AY, JULY 30, 1891.
NO. 17.
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LANDING OF COLUMBUS.
THE EXACT SPORT LOCATF.Il-IT WILL
BE MARKED 1IY A MO.MMENT.
Dispatches received from tlie Chicago
Jlnihl exepoditioii in Hi-arcli nf I ho l.tnd
inji jilufeon this continent of 'liristupln-r
Columbus announce that the sput on
which the now worhl was bom to civili
station hus sit hut ben found an 1 marked
by un appropriatj and eudiiuiing mem
orial. This spot is Wutling's Island, Ba
hamiis, and to prove that it was t he San
Salvador of Columbus it is only necessary
to look closely into the record left by
Columbus himself and compare it with
the island as it exists to-day. A careful
comparison of the description of San
Salvador, as given by Columbus himself
with Waiting Island, as it was found by
the Ib'tixhl explorer leaves no doubt that
Watling Island was the place on which
Christopher Columbus landed in the
early morning of Friday, October 12,
Accordingly, 01 June l.nli, the
Ihnhl monument was erected upon the
picturesque headland which forms the
southern shore of Discovery IJay.
The site chosen was an udmiiable one
in every particular. It is only '200 yards
from the very sand beach on which Col
umbus landed and commands a line view,
not only of Discovery Hay, but of all the
coast North und South.
Under the inonuoient was placed a
bundle of newspapers containing copies of
the principal journals of the United
States uud portraits of many leading
editors, miking the iinnument more dis
tinctively than ever an American news
paper offering to the memory of the great
discoverer. In the surmounting shaft
were placed a number of stones which
friends had fowarded from Chicago, the
shad itself being capped with a block of
granite from the new ll:rald building.
At 4 o'clock June loth, the gun of
the Nassau fired a salute, Governor
Nairn, of Waiting's Islaud, drew the stars
and stripes from the shaft of the monu
ment and hoisted them to the top of the
flagstaff, and amid the cheers of the as
scmbled crowd of citiz :ns, sailors and
visitors, the Chicago Herald's monument
to Christopher Columbus was dedicated
to tho memory of the great discoverer.
A BITING PR AY UK.
In tho State of Ohio there resided a
family consisting of an old man by tho
name of Beaver aud his three sons, all of
whom were hard "pets" who had often
laughed to seoru the advies aud entreaties
of a pious though very eccentric miuister
who resided in the same town. It hap
pened one of the boys was bitten by a
rattlesnake and was expected to die, when
the minister was sent for in great haste.
On his arrival he found the young man
very penitent and anxious to be prayed
with. Tho minister, calling on the
family, kneeled down an prayed in this
wise: "0 Lord, we thank thee for the
rattlesnake; we thank thee because a
rattlesnake has bitten Jim. We pray
thee send a rattlesnake to bite John; send
one to bite Bill; and O Lord, scud the
biggest kind of a rattlesnake to bite the
old man, for nothing but rattlesnakes
will bring the Beaver family to repent
ancc!"
CONSUMPTION CUltKD.
An old physician, retired from prac
tice, having had placed in his nanus py
an East India missionary the formula
of simnle veL'etable remedy for the
1 o
speedy and permanent cpre ot Consump
tion, Bronchitis, Catarrh, Asthma and
all throat and Luna Affections, also a
nnailiva ami r:uiii':ll elirp for N'cfVOUS Do
bility and all Nervous Complaints, after
having tested its wonderful curative pow
ers in thousand of cases, has felt it his
dutv to make it known to his suffering
fellows. Actuated by this motive and a
desire to relieve humnu suitermg, 1 will
send free of charge, to nil who desire it,
this recipe, in German, French or Knglish,
with full directions for preparing and
using. Sent by mail by addressing with
stamp, naming lus irfc'"S
Noyes, S'M iWcio' KK. vdiester, a
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TELEPHONING 3Y PROXY.
A DOMESTIC SCHEME THAT HID NOT
I'KOVE A COMPLETE S1CCES8.
Herr Muller, the manufacturer, had
returned from his honeymoon trip, and
il'ter a week of connubial bli-s in the new
home he awoke to the necessity of
attending to his business, and so with
heavy heart he said good-hy to his little
wife aud proceeded to his office, stiuated
about a mile from the home, Tho long
hours of separat'on from the partner of
his joys and sorrows were, however, a
severe tri;il to his fortitude, and he hit
on the expedient of connecting the house
and his place of business by means of a
telephone wire And now sweet words
of tenderest affection were exchanged be
tweeu the loving couple every hour of
the day. A week later the work of the
office became mure absorbing;, and our
manufacturer felt himself obliged to put a
stop to this waste of time; besides he be
gan to find that iiudmilla's cajoleries
were growing somewhat tedious and
commonplace, but he would uot liave
his wife suspect this for worlds. His
iuventivc genius found a way out of the
difficulty. There was an old servant of
the firm, Herr Kobes by name, almost
past work, but retained to do odd jobs
about the place. He was a queer old
batchelor with a red uose and a romantic
turn of mind; for he was an adept at
whispering soft nothings iu tho ears of
young ladies, aud fondly imagined the
whole of the fair sex were in love with
him. Besides tho ton.' of his voice had
a striking resemblance to that of his
principal. Herr Muller gave this man
certain private instructions, and next
morning Herr Kobes was duly installed
at the telephone and engaged in an enor
raous conversation with his invisible
partner, while his priucipal was busy
with his correspondence. Quito contary
to Muller's expectation, Ludmilla appear
ed to take increasing delight in her
husband's conversation, and tho appartus
was kept constantly going. The man
ufacturer could now attend to his affairs
without interruption, while at the same
time his wife had no reason to complain
of his cooluess. This state of things was
highly satisfactory. One day, having
business call to make in the neighbor
hood of his dwelling house, he left the
office earlier than usual, quite oblivious of
old Kobes aud the telephone, and after
he had gone his errand he went straight
home, as it was hardly worth while re
turning to the office at that late hour,
But what was his astonishment on enter
ing the room to see his wife sitting on
the sofa deeply absorbed in the latest
novel, and at the telephone, busy talking
with the geutleman at the office Bab-
ette, the old cook! Fllrgemle Blatter,
CIIUAP VUlih OAS.
A NEW PROCESS THAT UTILIZES CRCPE
OIL, SLACK COAL AND STEAM.
A new process of making fuel gas has
been brought recently in Chicago, and if al
that is reported of it be true it is destined
to be of great serviee. The generator
used produces a gas from slack coal, into
which crude Lima oil is sprayed with a
steam jet. The resulting mixture of
gas, steam and smoke is driven into
chamber in which tho stouui, oil and un
consumed carbon of the smoke are de
composed into a fixed gas
Tho company controlling this remark
able process claim to be able to make gas
at a cost of 2 cents per 1,000 cubit
feet. It is said that a contract has al
ready been made to supply the city of
Waukegan, Wis., with an illuminating
gas made by this process for 15 cents per
1,000 cubit feet. It is proposed to cs
tablish a number of plants for making
fuel gas in Chicago.
A Hill. I) KILLED.
Another child killed by the use of
opiates given in tho form of Soothing
syrup. Why mothers give their children
such Ueadly poison is surprising wnen
they can relieve the child of its peculiar
troubles by using Dr. Acker s u iby Sooth
er. It contaius no opium or morphine
For sale at W. M. Cohen's drugstore
Wcldou, N. C.
TO EUROPE IN FIVE DAYS.
MODEL OF A STEAMER THAT IS TO
ACCOM l'LISH THIS FEAT.
There has been placed on view in the
loyal Naval exhibition a beautiful finish
ed model of a vessel designed by Messrs.
James and ticorge Thompson, limited,
Clydebank, Glasgow, guaranteed to steam
at the rate of -'M. knots an hour, which
will enable the vessel to cross tho Atlantic
withiu five days. In view of tho diver
gence of opinion as to the details of such
fast vessel, Messrs. Thompson are
naturally unwilling to give everyone the
benefit of their great and successful ex
perience in the designing and construct
ing of modern Atlantic steamers, so that
the dimensions, etc., are not indicated.
We understand, however, that the vessel
is about G:!l) feet long by 70 feet beam.
Tho lines are very line forward, and there
is a "sweatness" aft which even exceeds
the beauty of of the City of l'uiis. The
floor is flat, with a scarcely perceptible
rise from keel to bike. Unlike the City
of Paris, the new vessel will have a
straight stem, but she will have the same
area balanced rudder and twin screws.
These are 2'2 feet ur 21 feet in diameter,
and they are well supported. The tu'.ie
forms a part of the solid forging, there
being a heavy web between it and the
ernal framiii";, while at the extreme
after end there is attached to the usua
A frame another long lube, in which the
shaft will work in bearings. There is
only a small part of the shaft between
the two bearings working outside the
tubes. There are four funnels, and 200
feet of the length of the ship is left for
boilers aud bunkers. 1 he engines arc to
bo triple compound, with four cylinders
working four cranks. They will probably
indicate 150,000 horse power. Accomod
ation is provided for 700 first,300 second
class passengers and about 400 emigrants,
and all the arrangements worked out in
the plans are far ahead, as far as regards
luxury and comfort, of anything yet pro
Uuccu. I ho plating ot the ship is car
ried up to the promenade deck, which
runs from end to end, and a width of
about 20 feet on each side is left for
walkiug. In the City of Paris the plat
iog only comes to the upper deck, the
promenade beings supported on stanch
ions. The promenade deck in the new
vessel is sheltered by a deck above, where
the lifeboats are carried, while the roofs
of the dock structures provide a pmme
nade presumbly for second-class passeng
e'rs. The smoking-room is forward, and
the main dining salon aft, tho former on
the promenade and the latter on the up
per deck, ana over too uiuiug saloon
there is an immense arched roof as in the
City of Paris. In addition to tho bridge
forward there is one aft, both bein
something like 45 feet from water level
There are two stacks as masts, but they
seemed only for signals and to provide
crow's nest for the "lookout." On the
promenade deck are twelve machine guns.
and in other respects the vessel is made
suitable for an armed cruiser, the plans
indicating a moro minute subdivision
even than the very adequate arrangement
in this respect of the recently built In
t w
man liners. London Engineering.
A Little Girl's Experience lu a Light
house.
Mr. and Mrs. Loren Trwott kx'P'
ere of the Gov. Liuhthouse at Sand
Beach, Mich., and are blessed with
doughter, four years old. Last April the
was takeu down with Measles, tollowe
with a dreadlul Coush and turuing into
a Fever. Doctors at home and at Do
troit treated her, but in vain, she grew
worse rapidly, until she was a mere
"handful ot bones. I hen she tried Dr
King's New Discovery and al'ter the use
two and half bottles, was completely cured
They say Dr. King's New Discovery is
worth its weight in gold, yet you may get
a trial bottle free at V . M. Cohen s dru
store.
If Mr. Webster had known the dofini
lions of all the words that Judge Walter
G. Greshain is not utterim: about the
next nomination, he could have written
a dicti nary wLicb. wouid never need re
visiug.
SAVING BABY'S LIFE.
CAltlUEtt I'ltiEON UTILIZED TO SEND
FOR THE MEDICINE.
An incident oacurred recently in the
imily of G. F. Marsh, the dealer in
Japanese curiosities at No. 1125 Market
street and a member of the Pacific Coast
icon Society, which proved to him in
;i most impressive manner the valuable
services which may sometimes be render
ed bv the .carrier pigeon, aud probably
explains some of his enthusiasm in that
direction.
Ilis little baby boy was taken suddenly
sick with a most alarming symptoms of
d:ptluiia- The mother, watehiug by
the bedside of the little one, dispatched
a message tied on a carrier pigeon to her
husband at his store on Market street
In the message she wrote the nature of
the child's alarming illness, aud made an
urgent appeal lor medicine to save its
. The bird was started from the home
of the family near the Cliff House, five
miles from Mr. Marsh's Market street
store.
The bird flow swiftly to
thc store,
He read
explained
wife had
where Mr. Marsh received it.
the message, called a doctor,
the child's symptoms as his
detailed them in her message
and
re
ceived the proper medicine, then tying
the little vial containing tho precious med
icine to tho tail of the pigeon, ho let v
The pigeon sped away through the
air, straight for the Cliff. It made the
distauce five miles in ton minutes, a
distance which would have required tho
doctor three-quarters of an hour to cov
In twenty minutes from tho time the
mother's message was sent to her hus
band the baby was taking the medicine
aud thus its life was saved.
jJaturally enough Mr. Marsh is par
tial to pigeons, for he considers that be
owe's his baby's life to one. San Fran
cisco Examiner.
II EK FEMININE CAPKICE.
HOW SHE TRIED TO TEST HER LOVER 8
OPINION OF THE OTHER GIRL.
She "O, don'tyou think Miss Browne
is the nicest girl in tho world?"
He "Why, yes, ot course, it you
think so."
She "And her eyes! Oh, don't you
think they are splendid?"
He "Very."
She "And hasnt she tho cutest
little mouth and the kindest, dearest
face?"
He "Yes, indeed."
She "And such a beautiful complex
iou! And what hair!"
He "Very beautiful."
She "And, then, isn't she graceful
and doesn't she waltz divinely?"
He "My, yes."
She "And isn t she the sweetest
sweetest girl?"
"He "Yes, indeed."
She "And don't you think sho knows
an awful lot; and don't you-oo-oo-oo
think ?"
Ht "Why. what's the matter, Ma
be!?"
She "Oh! I t-h-o-ug-h-t you
1-o-v-e-d me, Tom?"
He "Why, so I do."
She "Well, then, how can you bear
to talk so about that horrible old ugly
Browne girl?"
The First Step.
Perhaps vou are run down, can t eat
can't sleep, can't think, cau't do any
thini; to your satislaclioo, and you won
der what ails you. You should heed the
warning, you are takiug tho first step in
to Nervous Prostration. Ion need
Nerve Ionic and in r.lectnc bitters
you will find the exact remedy for
restoring your nervous system to its nor
nial, healthy condition. Surprising re
sults follow the use ol this great ierve
Tonic and Alterative. Your appetite
returns, good digestion is restored, aud
the Liver and Kidneys resumo healthy
iieiim Try a Uule. Price 50c. at W.
M. Cohen's drugstore.
STONEWALL JACKSON.
DR. II INTER II. MCdUIRES RECOLLEC
TIONS OF WAR LIFE WITH JACKSON.
Dr. Hunter H. McGuire, tho distin-
guished surgeon, of Richmond, Ya., who
was attached to Jackson's command as
medical director, aud who was bis utteud-
surgeon aud amputated his arm after
he had received his wound at Chancel'ovs-
i, contributed to the Richmond Dis-
iitch several columns of interesting rem
iiiisccnces and anecdotes concerning Jack
sou's army life. Dr. McGuire says:
"In person Jackson was a tall man,
six feet high, angular, strong, with lather
larno feet and bandit. Ho strided alon
is he walked, taking long steps, and
swinging his body a little. There was
something firm and decided, however,
even in his gait. Ilis eyes were dark
blue, large and piercing. He looked
straight at you and through you almost
as he talked. His nose was aquiline,
his nostrils thin and mobile. His mouth
was broad, bis lips very thin. Generally
they were compressed. He spoke in
terse, short sentences, always to the
point. There was never any circumlocu
lion about what he had to say. His
hair was brown and inclined to auburn
His beard was brown. He was as gen
tle and kind as a woman to those he
loved. There was sometimes a softness
and tenderness about him that was very
striking. Under every aud all circum
stances he never tonrot that he was a
Christian, and acted up to his Christian
faith unswervingly, and yet ho was not
a bigoted denominationalist.
"In my opinion those people who have
made Gen. Jackson a narrow-minded.
bigoted Presbyterian have belittled him
He was a truo Presbyterian and Chris
tian, but not a narrow one. I remember
one night he was in my tent near Charles
ton, W. Va. It was a bitter cold, snowy
night, and he was sitting by the fire that
I had made. He said to me, "I would
not give one-thousandth part of my
chances of Heaven for all the earthly
reputation I have or can make."
"lhe hrst time General Jackson ever
saw President Davis was at the first Ma-
nassas. 1 tie enemy nad peen routed
mi til , 1
and the wounded brought back to the
field hospital which I had made for Jack
son's brigade. Out of about 1,S00 shot
that day in our army COO or more were
out of Jackson's britrado. and he himself
had come back to the hospital wounded. ' od, lor wnich the people are not re
The place was on the banks of a little sponsible, lias reduced one-half of them
stream of water just this side of the
Lewis house. Hundreds of men had
come back, the fight being over, to see
about their wounded comrades, so there
were really several thousand people gath
ered in and about that hospital. Presi
dent Davis had gotten on the cars with
his staff at Manassas Junction and rid
den as fast as he could to the field of
battle. He had been told along the
route by stragglers that we were defeated.
He came on down the little hill
which led to this stream in a rapid
gallop, stopped when he got to the
stream and looked around at this great
crowd of soldiers. His face was deadly
pale and his eyes flashing. He stood up
in his stirrups, glanced over this crowd,
and said, "lam President Davis; all of
you who are able follow me back to the
field:'
"Jackson was a littlo de-nf and didn't
know who Davis ws or what he said until I
told him. He stood up at once, took off
his cap and saluted the President and
said: 'We have whipped them. They
ran like dogs. Give me 10,000 men
and I will take ashiogton City tomor
row.'
"Jackson believed in States' rights; ho
believed in the sovereignty of Virginia
i ii' i.t.i i i i .i
ne oeueveo mac sue uau reserved tne
right to secede when she joined the
Union, and that the North had no r'ght
ol any kind to lorce lrginia back into
the Union. Ho hated no individual
Northerner not one, so far as I know
but he hated the whole Northern race
He told me once thn be had but one oh
jection to Genera! L e, and that was that
he did not hate the Yunkccs bad enough;
that Lee was the only man ho knew that
ho would follow blindfolded.
'Thinking about Jackson's propensity
to sleep, I remember after the battle of
the seven days' fight around Richmond
one Sunday we went to Dr. lloge's
Church. He went to sleep soon after
the serviee began, and slept thiough the
greater part ot it. A man who tun go to
sleep under Dr. IIol'o's preaching can go
to sleep anywhere on the face of the
.1 11-1 .1 . .1
eann. noli me service was over tue
people climbed over the backs of the
pews to get near him, and the aisle be
came crowded and General Jackson em.
barrassed. Presently he turned to me
and said: "Didn't you say the horses were
ready?'' and I said, 'Yes, sir,' and we
bolted out of church.
"Many a night I have kept bim on
his horse by holding on to his coat tail.
He always promised to do as much far
me when be bad finished his nap. lie
meant to do it I am sure, but my turn
never came.
"It was told that at a council of war
held by Lee, Longstrcet and Jackson
that the last named went fast asleep, and
wheu aroused and dimly conscious that
his opinion was asked he cried out:
'Drive them iuto the river.'
SIMPLE HABITS.
"His habits of life were very simple.
He preferred plain, simple food, and
generally ate right heartily of it. Corn
bread and butter aud milk always satis
fied him. lie used no tobacco and rarely
ever drank any whisky or wine. One
bitter cold night at Dam No. 5, on the
Potomac river, when we could light no
fires because of the proximity of the ene
my, I gave bim a drink of whisky. He
made a wry face iu swallowing it and I
said to him: "Isn't the whisky good?
He answered: 'Yes, very; I like it, and
that's tho reason I don't drink it.' "
A RICHTEOUS JUDCE.
A Judge in Nebraska recently found
a remedy for oue of the oppressed farmers
of that State. The farmer had civeu a
mortgage on his farm, and the mortagage
had asked tho court for judgment of
foreclosure an d confirmation of sale.
The Judge said:
"I will not do it. This docket is cover-
cd, page upon page, with confirmation
cases. The drought of last summer has
exhausted the farmer's resources, and he
is unable to pay liu loans. I he act of
almost to beggary, and this calamity shall
not be mado worse by any act of mine.
We are asked to turn 100 farmers over
to money-lenders aud 500 women and
children to pauperism, it shall never
bo done in this district while I am judge.
The people are not able to pay, and I
will not assist iu robbing them. Let us
wait until a crop can be raised and con
fidence restored, and all will come out
right. If a man be living on his land,
or trying to culii ate it, he should have
the reward ot las work. I will never
confirm a sale in times like these, if the
owner is trying to make a living on tho
land. hen the people arc compelled
to ask aid to procure seed it would be a
cruel mockery to deprive them nf the
una to sow the seed upon. 1 have a
right not to confirm a case when the
property sold docs not bring two thirds
its actual value, aud in these cases it has
not brought that amount. The sale is
not confirmed.
"Don't Care To Eat."
It is with the greatest confidence that
Hood's Sarsaparilla is recommmended for
loss of appetite, indigestion, sick head
ache, aud similar troubles. This medi
cino gently tones tho stomach, assists di-
gcstion,and makes ono "real hungry.'
Pcrsous in delicate health, after takios
Hood's Sarsaparilla a few days, find
themselves longing for and eating the
plaiucstfood with unexpected relish.
When Baby was sick, we gare her Cutoria.
When the u a Child, she cried for Castoria.
When ahe became Mlsni ahe clung to Castoria.
When she had Children, ahe gave them Castoria.
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