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WELDON, N. C, THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 1892.
NO. 50
FEMALE CONVICTS.
QUITMAN.
FOfl EVIEDiCAL EXPERTS.
THE MAN WHO LAUGHS.
A NEW KIND OF LEATHER.
ADVERTISEMENTS.
HUSBANDS AKB GIVEN TllE.tf FROM
AMONG NEW CALEDONIA CONVICTS. ,
Boston Courier.
French female prisoners nnd convicts
are treated with more kindness od the
whole than persons of their class in Eng
land. Their matrons and wardresses are
Augustine nuns, whose rule, though firm,
is gentler, more merciful and more stead
fastly equitable than that of laywomen
could be. The female convicts are al
lowed the same' privilege as the men in
the matter of earning money and buying
things at the canteen; those of them who
are young also enjoy a privilege uot
granted to fomale convicts in other coun
tries th:it of having husbands provided
for them by the State only these hus
bands must be convicts.
Every six months a notice is circulated
in the female penitentiaries calling upon
all women who feel minded to go out to
New Caledonia and be married to make
an application to that effect through the
Governor. Elderly women are always
very prompt in making such applications,
but thoy are not entertained. The mat
rimonial candidates must be young and
exempt from physical infirmities. Girls
under long sentences readily catch at this
method of escaping from the intolerable
tedium of prison life, and the pretty ones
are certain to be put on the Governor's
list, no matter how frightful may be the
crime for which they have been sen
tenced. The only moral qualification requisite
is to have passed at least two years in tbo
penitentiary. The selected candidates
have to sign engagements promising to
marry convicts and to settle iu New Cale
donia for the remainder of their lives.
On these conditions the Government
transports them, gives them a decent out
fit and a ticket of leave when they land
at Noumes. Their marriages are ar
ranged for them by the Governor of the
colony, who has a selection of well-be-.
haved convicts for them to choose from;
and each girl may consult her own fancy
witbiu certain limits, for the proportion
of marriageable men to women is about
three to one.
Of course, if the girl positively declares
that none of tbo aspirant bridegrooms
submitted to her inspection has met with
her approval, the Governor can only shrug
his shoulders in the usual French way.
It has happened more than once that
pretty girls have been wooed by warders,
free settlers or time expired soldiers, in
stead of by convicts. In such cases the
Governor can assent to a marriage
only on condition that the female convict's
free lover shall place himself in the posi
tion of a ticket of leave man and under
take never to leave the colony. Love
works wonders, and there is no instance
on reeord of a man having refused to com
ply with these conditions when once he
bad fallen in love.
A MO I'll UK AT TO YliARS.
Murjmlon Herald.
D. E. S. Wurlick rcnorts a case of
child birth in the South Mountain section
of this county, which is the most remark
able on record, if wo except the scriptural
tory of Sarah Mrs. Wm E. Smith, of
Upper Fork township, on Thursday,
February 25th, gave birth to a child, a
circumstance which would havo created
'cry little comment in the South Moun
tains had it not been that the day on
which the child was born happened to
be Mrs. Smith's seventieth birthday
The child was alive and" well formed, and
the physicians all say this beats the re
cord. Dr Warliok will cet up all the
facts connected with the remarkable case
and will furnish them to the Medical
Journal. The statement made by Dr,
Warlick is authentic.
We have a speedy and positive cure
for catarrh, diphtheria, canker mouth
and headache, in SlIILOH'S CA
TARRH REMEDY. A nasal injector
"ce wuh each buttle. Use it it ynu
desire health and ewect breath. Trice
50c. Sold by W. M. Coheu.
UOW QUITMAN COT ITS NAME A SUN
DAY SCHOOL BOY TOLD TUB STORY.
Savannah News.
Several commercial tourists and other
guests were seated on the wide, canny
southern verandah of the Leon Hotel
yesterday. They were smoking and
spiuuing yarns, as is usual in such gath
erings. A broad-shouldered, white-haired
gentleman, with a jolly face, bit off the
end of afresh cigar, and tipped back in
his chair.
"Boys," he said, "I can tell you a
little story, and it is a true one. Several
years ago, in a sparseley-settled poftion of
the great State of Georgia, there was a
little settlement of thrifty farmers. One
bright spring afternoon, near the edge of
the primeval forest hard by, upon an im
mense pine log, was seated a buxom
country lassie, with rosy cheeks and
sparkling eyes. She was busily engaged
arranging a bouquet of wild flowers.
"Now, it so happened that a young
artist from Boston was down in the neck
of the woods making sketches. When
ho saw the pretty country maiden seated
upon the log he felt that if he could get
that picture upon canvas his name as an
artist would become famous. A twig
snapped beneath his foot. She turned,
saw him, and sprang to her feet as if to
run. He advanced rapidly towards her,
hat in hand, and introduced himself.
They sat down together side by tide on
the log. Soon his arm stole around her
waist.' 'Quit, man !' she said; but, as
she did not draw away, he pressed her
closer to his manly bosom, and began
showering kisses upon her ruby lips, she
meanwhile repeating theory, 'Quit, man!'
between the smacks. One of the boys
from the settlement journeyed that way
on his return from hunting, and saw and
heard. He quietly retired. That was
on Saturday. Next day at Sunday school
the boy told the story. From that day
every one spoke of the settlement as
'Quitman' settlement, and to-day it is a
thriving town, still bearing the name of
Quitman. You can find it on any of
the maps of Georgia."
SALT FCR SORE THROAT.
TESTIMONY OP ONE WHO HAS TRIED IT.
The Household.
In thesedays when diseases of the
throat are so universal prevalent, and in
so many cases fatal, we feel it our duty
to say a word in behalf of a most effectu
al, if not positive cure for sore throat.
For many years past, indeed we may say
for the whole of a life or more than forty
years, wo have been subject to a dry,
hacking cough, which is not only distress
ing to ourselves but to our friends and
those with whom wo are brought into
business contact. Last fall we were in
duced to try what virtue there was in
common salt. W e commenced using
it three times a day, morning, noon and
night.
We dissolved a large tablespoonful of
pure table salt in half a small tumbleful
of water. With this wo gargled the
throat most thoroughly just before meal
time. The result has been that during
the entire winter we were not only free
from coughs and colds, but the dry
hacking cough, bad entirely disappeared,
We attribute these satisfactory results
solely to the use of salt gargle, and most
cordially recommend a trial of it to those
who are subject to diseases of the throat
Many persons who have never tried the
salt gargle have the impression that it is
unpleasant, but after a few days' use no
one who loves a Dice, clean mouth and
first rate sharpener of the appetite will
alaudon it.
Dyspepsia and Liver Complaint.
Is it not worth the small price of 75o
to free yourself of every symptom of these
distressing complaints, if you think so
call at our store and get a bottle of Shi
loh's Vitalizer, every bottle has a printed
guaruutee on it, ue according and if d es
you no good it will cost you nothing
Mold by W. M. L'onen.
A CHILD BORN WITH A NATURAL HEAD
BUT A BODY HAVING THE APl'EAU
ANCE OP A DOO.
Durham Sun.
A child was born in Durham this
morning the mother being a colored wo
man, and it is exciting the curiosity of
some of our physicians.
A Sun reporter saw it this morning
and it beats anything in the way of a
freak of nature he ever beheld. The
head was a perfect formation of a human
being, with the exception that it had
rudimentary ears, no chin from the mouth
and the jaws extending backward as in
the formation of a dog. It was pro
nounced to be eight months old and was
born dead. There was a thick head of
long black hair extending down the neck
to the body.
Under the microscope the body showed
that it was covered with a hairy fuzz and
at the cod spinal coluinu there was a
well defined tail one fourth of an inch
long. The body was peculiarly shaped,
not exactly resembling a human being.
There were no arms, but something in
the shape of hands or paws, growing
from the skin, with no bones. The body,
adjoining the legs, was very peculiarly
shaped. There were no ankles. The
feet projected from the knee joint.
The formation and appearance of the
body was a very peculiar one and the
physicians who saw it expressed various
pinions, yet all agreed they never saw
anything like it before. The body was
photographed and then placed in alcohol
for preservation.
GHOST Oil CKAXKt
HOW HE MANAGED TO GET A DRINK
WHEN THIRSTY.
The following amusing incident came
under my uotiee while staying in a neigh
boring county, says a writer in the Irish
Times. A thirsty youth, whose name 1
will not disclose, took advantage of the
following expedieut to obtain the means
of procuring liquor when all other means
had failed. He became possessed of some
uminous paint, with which he covered
over his face and hands, and sallied forth
in the dead of the night to the house of
a neighbor, whose son (also a thirsty
youth) had died recently.
Arrived at the house, he placed his
face and hands clos to the window, and
speaking in sepulchral tones, soon woke
the inmates of the house, who, on look
ing towards the window, became terror
stricken at the sight of such an unearth
ly apparition. The supposed ghost, as
suming the voice of the deceased boy, ex
claimed:
"I am the ghost of your dead son' and
can never enter the kiugdom of heaven
without obtaining $10, which I owed to
a person before my death. My ghost
shall haunt and disturb you for fifty
years from, this night if such amount is
not placed at midnight on tomrrrnw
m;rht under the stone you will see in the
tort back of this house."
Needless to say the required sum was
soon f-irthcoming and as speedily disap
peared. It enabled the trftky ghost to
continue his debauchery for a further
period, while bis foolish neigbor was very
thankful at haviug so easily got rid of
such an unwelcome visitor.
COULDN'T BE KBIT OUT.
Shortly after Gen. Jackson's dath a
traveler on horseback passed the Hermi
tage, and seeing an old negro, one of
Gen. Jackson's slaves, at work there, re
marked :
"Well, uncle, the old General has left
us."
"Yes, boss, he done gone," was the re
pty. "Do you think he has gone to heaven,
uncle?" asked the traveler.
"Dun no 'bout dat, bos-," was tho re
ply; "but ef he say he gwine dar all hell
can't keep him out."
BROWN'S IRON BITTERS
Cures Dyspepsia, In
digestion & Debility.
HE SCATTERS SUNSHINE EVERYWHERE
AND MAKES MEN BETTER.
St, Louis Republican.
The man whose ha! ha! reaches from
one side of the street to the other may he the
follow who scolded his wifo and spanked
the baby before he got breakfast, but his
laughter is only the crackle of thorns
under the pot. Tho man who spreads
his laughter through his life before a
late breakfast, when he misses tho train,
when his wife goes visiting and he has
to eat a cold supper; the man who can
laugh when he finds a button off his
shirt, when the furnace fire goes out in
the night and both of the twius come
down with the measles at the same time
he's the fellow that's needed. He never
tells his neighbor to havo faith. Some
how he puts faith into him.
fie delivers no homilies; tho sight of
his beaming face, the sound of his happy
voice, and the sight of blessed daily life
carry convictions that words havo no
power to give. Tho blues flee before
him as the fog before tho west wind; he
comes into his own homo like a flood of
sunshine over a meadow of blooming
buttercups, and his wife and children
blossom iu his presence like June roses.
His home is redolent with sympathy and
hve. The neigborhood is better for his
life and sombody will learn of him that
laughter is better than tears. Tho world
needs this man. Why are there so few
of them? Can he be created? Ci;n he
be evolved? Why is he not in every
house, turning rain into shine and winter
into summer all round tho year until lifo
is a perpetual season of joy.
A SHIP WITH USS.
AN ARRANGEMENT TO PREVENT
ROLLING AND PITCHING OP
SELS.
THE
VES-
A novel method of overcoming the
rolling and pitchings of ocean steamships
is described in a recent issue of the Sci
entific American. From a cross section
of a vessel there are provided fins project
ed on each side both forward and aft,
in a horizontal direction below the water
level. The fins are governed by steam
motor, which has connected with it an
equilibrium valve so that as the vessel
moves through the water the fins are au
tomatically feathered, the blades of those
on the descending side of the ship point
ing in a slanting direction upward, while
those on the ascending side point down
ward. The effect of the blades on the
water, is, it is said, to overcome a larger
part of the rolling and pitching of the
vessel.
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WHY BILL NYE DID NOT ATTEND
THIS MEETING REGULARLY.
From Bill Nye's Last Letter.
Farmers' Alliances are not always sue
cessful in subverting established political
methods, because it is difficult for us to
meet often enough todiscuss and consid
er questions of moment to us. I am
member of the Ashfield (Mass) Fa
mers' Club. So is Mr. Curtis. And
yet I hive not been able to attend for
over a year. My farm is situated in
uuiicoiii!e county, N. C. It U nn nhliqur
farm, with a lender on the lower eUge to
keep the potatoes from falling into
George Vaoderbilt's farm, which Is below
mine on the French Broad river. Alter
a hard day's work on this upright farm
I am too wornout to attend a meeting of
the Alliance or even of oi'r own c'ub.
Oh, What a CougU.
Will you heed the warning. Th
signal perhaps of tho sure approach
of
that mi're terrible disease Cousumpiiou
Ask yourselves if you can, afford for
the sake of saving 50c., to ruu the risk
and do not nothing fur it. We kuow
from experience that Shiloh's Cure wi
cure your cough. It never fails. Tli
extilaios why more than a Million Uot
ties were sold the past year. It relieve!
croup and whooping cough at once
Mothers, do not be without it. For
lamn hnMc, side or chest use Shiloh
IVrous Plaster. Sold by W. M. Coheu,
Druggist.
IT WILL BE SOMETHING LIKE TANNED
TRIPE.
James W. Deekcri, a Newarkir, has
discovered a new kind of fancy leather.
It is obtained by tanning tho stomachs of
animals, the same material from which
tripe is prepared. Tripe is not tripe un
til it is prepared for food. What it should
be called when considered as material
for leather is still an open ques ion. It
makes handsome leather for pneketbnoks,
bags aod fancy articles, and can be dyed
in any color. Only the inner membrane
is used. The heavy inteirumout is split
off, leaving a moderately thin and coarse
fibred leather as soft as chamois.
There is a great variety of grain and
pattern in the same piece of the leather,
and much of it too plain to admit of us
ing it in large articles with the best effect
but excelleut results can be obtained by
matching opposite spots of the skin, if
skin it can be called. The part known
as the "honey-comb" makes a particularly
rich appearance when dyed and polished.
t is much more effective th:n alligator
or lizard skin, and much softer and more
easily worked into irregular fiirms. An
er part has the appearance of being cov
ered with jet beads when dyed black
and polished.
Any part of the material will keep
people guessing what it is mad i from, and
that is a part of the pleasure .f owning
any novelty. The inventor or discover
er of'tliis new leather says that he can get
from twelve to fifteen feet from an ani
mal. TREATING ERYSIPELAS.
GERMAN DOCTOR CURES IT
SPIRITS OP TURPENTINE.
WITJI
N. Y. Herald.
In the opinion of Mr. Winkler, of
Bremen, the best means of treating cry-
lipelas is to paint the skin with spirits of
turpentine. He has been convinced by
the twenty-two cases in which he has
used it that this treatment gives imme
diate relief and rapid recovery.
The diseased surfaco must be rubbed
with a brush or a lump of cotton soaked
in rectified spirits of turpentine. This
process should be repeated four or five
times a day, and the rubbing should al
ways be made in the same direction, that
is to Bay, from the healthy to the diseased
surface to avoid spreading the contagious
germs.
The first few applications produce an
itching and burning sensation, which
gradually diminishes, and in a short time
fie patients cease to feel the disagreeable
t snsion that is so characteristic of erysip
elas, VIRTUE IN SKIMMED MILK
Lovis Herbert, of Camden, N. J., has
lived for upward of four years on a diet
of skimmed milk only. Five years ago
he was taken with a disease of the kid
neys, and the doctors gave him but a week
to live, but as a last resort reoommended
skimmed milk. He at once abjured all
other meat and diink. He began to
amend immediately ami soon grew strong
and stout. He died recently, but not
from his old couipiutul.
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CONSUMPTION CUltED.
An old physician, retired from prac
lice, having had placed in his hands by
an East India missionary the 'formula
if a simple vegetable remedy for the
opuwly and permanent cure of Consulta
tion, Brouchitis, Catarrh, Asthma and
ail throat and Lung Affections, also
positive and radical cure for Nervous D
bility and all Nervous Complaints, after
having tested its woaderful curative pow
in thousand of cases, has f'oit it his
duty to make it known to his suffering
fellows. Actuated by this motive and a
desire to relieve human suffering, I will
send free of charge, to all who desire
this recipe, in German, Freuch r English
with full directions for preparing and
uing. Sent by mail by addressing, with
tamp. m-ning this paper W. A
Noyca, 6-0 -rowers block, Uot htsur, M
Y. apr 30 ly.
Is called the "Father of Diseases."
It is caused by a Torpid Liver,
and is generally accompanied with
LOSS OF APPETITE,
SICK HEADACHE,
BAD BREATH, Etc.
To treat constipation successfully
It is a mild laxative and a tonic to
the digestive organs. By tak.
ing Simmons Liver Regulator you
promote digestion, bring on a reg
ular habit of body and prevent
Biliousness and Indigestion.
"My wife was sorely distrersed with Constipa
tion and coughing, followed with Weeding Piles.
After four months use of Simmons Liver Regulator
she is almost entirely relieved, gaining strength,
and flesh." W. 11. Luepek, Delaware, Ohio..
Take only the Ge.nwim-,.
Which has on the Wrapper the red j TraJi.
mark and Signature of
Art nil iiiiB
Everybody invited to pay us a 7hrii t&
once. Our stock of
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Plaids and all the Novelties of the season
n ready for inspection.
MATCH.
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In town. ' 000 FITS anil STYLISH
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you as good values as anyone in town.
Respectfully,
HART & ALLEN.
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