VOLUME XV.
Reporter a**d Post.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY AT
DANBURY. N. C.
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u\rvs or ■UHWIrtIW ;
One Year, paoablo In advance, fctJJO
01s Months, TO
KATES OF ABVERTINIHUt
One Bqunre (ten lino* or I*m) 1 time,......51 00
For each ivlattlonal lu.*erton, ftO
Contract* for longer time or more -pace «an be
made In to the et»ove rnte*.
Trenetem Mlvertlaere will l>c exnected I© remit
fteoonlmti to Iheeo ratea at the time they w*n.|
Local MoUoeevtn be ebmrged 60 per cent, higher
than above rat** .... »» ~
Huetn.nn Card* will be Inserted at Ten Dollars
per annum.
PROFRsstnXM cM&$.
W.F. CARTER,
TWQ B,VJ&Y'&T'MtSi W•
MT. AIRY, SURRY C0...X. V
Practiceswberevorlilsservicss arc wanted
~ R. L. HA YMORE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Mt Airv. N. O.
Special attention given to tlie collection ot
alaims. •— t2in
~ B. K. KINO,
WtTlI
JOHXSOX, SUTTON # CO.,
DRY GOODS,
Mo*. 27 an! 20 South SliMp, Su-eet,
T. W. JOOFSON, R. M. SUTTON.
t. 11. R. tIEABUK, O.J.JOHNSON.
T. D*Y, ALBERT JONBS.
Pay & Jp3a.ep„
manufacturers ot
■aItDLRRT .HARNESS, COLLARS .TRUNK
■a. SSS W. llmltlraor. .Ircet, llallliaore, Mil.
W. A. Tackcr, H. C.Sinltb, B.S. Spr.gtln.
Tucker. Smith a Oo.i
ManafUtarhr* * whslMaK D«a«n In
HOOTS, SHOES, IIATS A.VV CAPS.
Ho. 230 Ualliuior. Stroet. Ualtlmoro, AM
II. J. A It. K. IS EST,
WITH
Henry Sonucborn Sf Co.,
WHOLESALE CLOTHIERS.
M Aanayor St., (l»ctwo.iiUormju* A Loml»anl Bt*>
J3ALTIHOHM Ml).
■. iOMmUORN, B. BUMLINE
SUyHen l'utiuy, u Blair
W. 11. MILES,
wim
STE riJEXT UTNE Y 1 CO.
WUvh'filc tinders In
Moots, Shoes, and Trunks,
l'il'J Main Street,
ffrpt. Ml-Oix. MCllMOttn, VA.
LKKTWIOK.
with
HINWO, BLLETT li CRC.IIP,
RICHMOKO, VA.,
\yiiolefialo Dealers ia
BOOTS, BHOEB, TUUNKB, &C.
Prompt attention paid to order», and satls
ttlon g»ur*nt«i.
Virginia Suite Pruon Ooodt a tptcuihy
March, tt. ™
BSSSBT w. rowsss. soeaa D. TAVLO .
It W. POWERS A CO.,
WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS,
Dealer* 111
PAISTB, OILS, DYES, TARNISHES,
Frocoh and Ammrtoan
■WINDOW UIiAMS, PUTTY, &C
SMOKING AND CtIEWING
CIGARS, TOBACCO A SPECIALTY
1306 Main St., Biohmond, Va;
AucatitimXS—
J. L. C. BIRD,
WITS
W. D. KYLE & Co.,
UPCBTXIIS ANI> jonimti* or
HARDWAHE, Cutlery.
IRON, NAILB and CARRIAOK GOODS
No. 0 Governor Stroot,
KICHUOND.VA.
liuy Youu
SCHOOL BOOKS
OF
"Williamson &. Corrie,
BOOKSELLERS AND STEAM POW
ER PRINTERS,
WINSTON, N. C.
Liberal discounts to merchants and teachers
WILSON, Bi'lHS * Wh
WIOLWALB GROOtRS AWD OOKMIB
SlOlf MRRCHAKTB.
3a g Howard street, cernor of Lombard;
BAI.TIHOBB.
We keep comtantly oa band a larm aad
well assorted itcck of Groeeilss suitable foi
Sootbern and Western trade. We Solicit coo
■teoraeats of Country Pradoce—saeb es Ost
toai Feathers: Glnoeng, Beeswas Wool;DnH,
Proit: Falsi 6k iiia, etc. Oar IbcUlttse for do
ag baslaeis are «ueb as to wsrraat qulk salel
ad proia|.t return*. Ali ardars will have our
Mpt attmtieu J
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I
DCRSCniDE HOW
CAMACA!
To tho Weary, Feeble
wig — riw
AND
PLEASURE SEEKER.
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Seeing the need |in this section of a
place where tho weary, foeblc and brok
en down may recruit their hoaltb and
rest) whe.c tbey and tbeir families may
spend the hot season pleasantly wbon it
is necessary to leave thoir homes or
change air, that tho failiug health of
some loved one may bo restored, wo
have laid out
A NEW TOWN
and arc now offering for sale lots in
probably the healtbiest section in North
Carolina. The town is located on a
beautiful
Flat Mountain Rid go
21 mileee vest from Danbury , about I
of a mile from tho celebrated Piedmont
springs; about tho same distance to
l'eppcr's Alum spring* ; J of a mile
from Smith's Chalybeate spring, and
two miles from C. JO. Moore's Sulphur
spring, while the location present«
The Finest Views
of Moore's Knob, the flinging Rock,
and other prominent peaks along the
Sauratowu umuutaia. The lots »ro
well coycrcd with large and small forest
trees, whiob will afford shads in summer
and form
13ca.iitii'u.l Grovss.
The whole is
Surrounded by Springs
of tho purest mountain water, ontitling
it to the Indian uamc, "Cauiaoa," a
land of springs, which, together with
the pure mountain air, would bring col
cr to tbo faded cheek, and strength to
weary frame, even if thore was no real
mineral water within a hundred miles of
the plaoe.
The undersigned propose also to ereot
a saw-mill, planing maohine, Ac., that
they may build oottages or furnish lum
ber to those who wish to purchase lota
to this healthful locality, where no ma
laria tver comes, and a oase of typhoid
fever was never known, except it was
contracted out of tho neighborhood.
The frioo of lots this season, 60x100
feet, will be $25 each. For further
particulars addres,
N. M. k W. R PEPPER,
May 20, 'Bi. Danbury, N. 0
"NOTHING HUCCEEDS LIKE SUCCESS."
DANBURY, N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 188 G.
CK Lit VATIC uirnistss.
FAULK. lIAVNK.
Ia happiness a plant of morUil birth,
Which shrewdly cultured, growj lu gra
cious earth ?
Bather a heavenly glory, or bright dew,
Slipped from the bosom of the cloudless
blue,
On aomo fair morning, to the tout's sur
prise • mr ~
Krcsb froui the fragrance born In Para
dise.
1 . ._1
THE I.OYEIft*S TOW.
WII.I.tAM SHAHS-WOOD.
«
Nay I lme thoo and will leave thee no*or,
Till death's daik veil shall hide me
from thy face.
And then in --thinks my Eoul will stay with
thee. '
If earth can from Its circled orb bo turn
ed.
And leave the sua, and lie !u '.urn '.be
so'ica;
I( yon eli:steix!d stars Uiat marktlio north,
Can leave tliclr riglitly appointed places, |
i>arkc..ing tlie spots they ouce illum
ined,
lirlnht hoi tillers to the watchful pilot;
If nreatlcn's rule can leave the woild,
Thai it by will ordained hath justly fash
ioned,—
Soul, sun, earth, stars, citation's rule may
part,
I shall from tlioe uevcr—Levangeline:
My thoughts and actions arc alone of
thee.
—From TUB BKTHOTUKD, a drama.
Catching a Spy.
BOINES IN ATLANTA IN THI TURBULENT
DATS OF '6l.
HOW ABOLITIONIBTB WEIiE PRTECTBD—
STOItV OP A VIBOIMAN WHO
WAS RP.OARDKD WII U
srspjcioN.
The first blood spilled in Georgia dur
ing the war wts right horo in Atlanta,
»ays tho Constitution, of that oitj.
Thoro was no battle, not oven a riot,
btt It was a very serious affair at the
time. Patriotism was at tlio bottom ot
it—patriotism and apples.
It was in the early part of 'CI just
beforo tho State seceded or a littlo lat
er. Wo were in a regular st«w in
those days. So many startling rumors
wore afloat that even the most conser
vative of our citiziua felt it their duty
to keep a sharp watch on suspicious
lookiug strangers.
• Atlanta wa ■ then about one-third its ;
prosont size, l'eoplo knew each other,
and it wts an easy matter to spot a
stranger. Visitors who wero hero for||
dayjor two were in the babit of spending
much #f their time in a roadlng-roop
annoxed to a publishing houso on Ala
bama street. The reading-room was on
the second floor, and was furnished with
desks running around the apartment.
Thore were no chairs, and tho readers
bad to stand up. At this place several
abolitionists wero spottod while the se
cession excitement was at its height.
Their appearacce drow attention and
patriotic chitons wero readily found
who made it a poiat to lounge about the
room while the suspects wero present.
In every instance tbo simple abolition
ists gave themselves away. They eag
erly devoured the southon papors, espe
cially those from Smith Carolina, ud
from time to time copied in tbeir note
books suob choice extracts as 'tot
thought could be used to advantsge in
the North. After stuffing themselves
with information these pilgrims weio
quietly taken in charge by a committee
and couductod to a secluded place,
whore thoy wore soarehed and interna 1
gated. It speaks well for the commun
ity that there was no resort to violenoe.
In every ca?o tho offensive interlopers
were given a chance to leave town, and
they never failod to go without delay.
One oaee, however, was peon liar ly
calculated to exoito bad feeling and pro
voke violenoe. We were jut drifting
into war. Ws dreaded the secret work of
spies and cranks of the John Brown
stamp. It seemed that solf-preserva
tion demanded vigilance aad issisivs
action. It wss whispered around the
hotels one raiay afternoon that a'Yitnke
abolitionist had been in the reading
room nearly all day, reading the papers
And taking copious notes. What settled
tho matter was the fact that be wrote
bis notes in a kink of shorthand'or ciph
er that could not be understood by
Kcvcral f atriota who had been sufficient
ly publie-spiritod to peop o»er his
shoulder. When this came out, there
was general indigaition. Those who
had ?c u tb j stra'ig'ir sworo that lie waa
a Yankee. His pink and white com
plexion and his biogue uiadc that plsin.
Gradually stray citizens dro..ped into
tho icadirig-rooiD until tborc was a con
siderable crowd. The spy. with singu
lar stupidity, continued his work. He
whistled as he road, arid ifsqueatly
paused to sorjliblc iu his Dte-book.
Fiually, just about dusk, ho put up his
book and turned with the ovideat inten
tion of leaving. Ly that tiiuc every
thing had been arranged. TUo. rp*:,ta- ;
tors stood, some of thctu in -.he room
and the others in tho ball iebding to
the stairway. A young man approached
tbo suspect, who, by the way. wss »
good-looking, iniid-faoed youth, aud said
with an an of authority :
"Sir,we know who you art, and we
know your business bore. It you will
go with us quietly, it will be hotter for
you."
The stranger was simply dtiub found
ed—paralyzed, as it wero. Unfortun
ately, this was against hiai. It was
mistaken for the brazen scltipossosaiuf.
of a malignant enemy,
j "Come, sif," suid the lcador ot the
Citizens' Committee, "wc do not desire
to ueo force."
The prisoner Bald not a wore. A des
perate glare flashod from li ia eyes, his
face hardened, and he suddenly backed
into a corner.
"Look out!" oxclaimcd tiro or three
voices.
Tho warning was not a lecond too
early. Tho man thrust his right band
bebind him.
This aotion was entirely tmezpooted.
Nobody had dreamed that this publio
enemy would have the uadaeaa in the
vory heart of the South to attempt re
sistance in the face of a soora of deter
mined men.
"lie's drawing a pistol!" shouted a
dozen citizens.
Two or threo yelled "Murdor!" Sev
crsl volunteered the eU tcment that they
were going for the police, and ttti entire
crowd backod precipitately into the dark
hall, whero they come in contract with
the outsiders, who were doing their beet
to get into the room. In half a minute
the bewildered members of tLe crowd
were pumnieling each other, pulling hair,
and yelling in the most blood-curdling
way imaginable. Each man expected
a bullet in his back from the mysterious
outlaw, and at tho same timo ho was
afraid of being knifed by tho latest
corners, who appeared to bo iucapablo of
understanding the situation.
So, with yells, cries and curse* rival
ing pandemonium, the vigilantes strug
gled in tbo gathering durkntfa to the
stairway, and went thundering down,
kicking and fighting and spluttering,
until they landed- -some of them head
foremost—on tho pavoment. Here thoj
wero picked up and soparatod. ilcin
forcomonts arrived, explanations weru
made, and in less than five minutes frotu
the time the racket began everything
was roady for another attaok upon tHr
abolitionist. Four or fivr
broken noses, arms,
were loft behind,
a doson wcl'
ascended a"
When they
ficult to bt
desperado ste.
middle of the
apple. „* "*
"Do yo"
vigilantes
"Surtonu..
was ttio siuuyci.
auotbor bit« at the
"W hut's all this ab
liis insolcnco waa
vas thought boat to at
"You wo a Yankee .
your documents and the
have copied from these pa}
Tho man burst into a fit
lie laughed until ho waa i
fsee. Several started to L
roughly, but ho braced up and
"It's all right, gentlemen,
havo unintentionally acted tuspie
but 1 will explain. My name is
Shuttles. 1 live at Danvilla, V
am in the tobaooo businow. I (
oror a d*y here, sod bave been rm.
over these papers bore for tbo qnotati
of tobacco ovorywhere. Here is i
book. Some of tho notes are in sho>
hand, but you can make out tboec figures.
I regret having caused all this excite,
meat."
A Head »i!ri,oc fe-11 upon tho crowd.
i "Why did \iiii draw » pistol I" said
"I aid not. 1 drow this applo from
my coat pocket. I was so oonfused that
1 diu not know what I was doing, and
almost mechanically" I commenced
tugg::ig away ai the apple, which I could
hardly got out of my pocket."
It was recollected '.hen tlitt no one
had soen him draw a pistol.
"I am going down uow to the store of
Blank it Blank," sard the a'ranger, "and
if tbo gentleman will aecoiupauy me h«
will receive aisuranoes from the firm
that lam a truo Virginian and au orig
inal secession man."
Ho laid his hand on the arm of tho
!cadtr of tho vigilantes, and the two
walked off togetnur, the others standing
asido to make way for them.
It turned out that tho tobacao man
was 0. K. He was a good fellotv, and
took in the town with tha boys that
night. But his reticence, confusion and
peculiar conduct placed him in a position
of great danger. 1 f any of the vigilants
had been armed, he woi'.ld doubtless
have been riddled with bullets when he
reached behind him for that applo.
MIOA.
Mica is sc called from the Z,alm word
mica a grain. It is sometimes nns
propcily called isinglass which is a
gluey preparation tuodc ftom the so mds
or air-bladder jof and is used for
making jolly, also for making a strong
glue. Mict. is a mineral, and is incom
bustible. It is found in six-sided crys
tals and wastes ot irregular shape, but
all sbowrug the peculiar crystalline form,
, which may be split into thin shoots.
Miori lias a variety of use». It splits
very readily into thin, clastio plates,
which are generally transparent, and
sometimes not more than ono 300,000 th
put of an inoh in thicknoss. Theso are
used in setting objects for the mioro
scope. Large plates of it, ofton a yard
in diameter, are found in Norway Swed
en, Siberia. Porn, Mexico nnd the
United States In some of these coun
tries it is sometimes used as n substitute
for glass in windows. It i 3 also put in
luntorns, especially for chips at r.ea,
boars suddon changes of temperature
better than glass and is not liable to be
broken by tho discharge of cannon. It
is also employed in a powdered state to
give a brilliant appearanoo ta walls,
and as a fino sand sprinkled on writing.
When it is in a state of vory tine powder
it is known as cut's quid or cat's stiver,
according to its color. It is usually
colorless but is often whito,gray, green,
rod, brown, black, or yollow. Ifs more
common use howo.'er, is for tho doors
of stoves and for tho openings of tt'y.
ers of hiast furnaces through wtyele
the furnaccmcn observe tho interior
of the faniacas. Poor qualitios thai are
not clear arccommon and tdaroel.y mar
ketable, the clear colorless 'xind aro
sold by the pound ai prices flinging ac
cording to tlifpize.
li \KG EST BIUDGLiS AND TUN
NELS,
r*-
This page is mutilated
Tllli QAKFIKLD FAMILY.
Tho Garfield homo on Prospect stroet
where Mrs. Garfield has lived since
President Garfield's death, is empty and :
for sule. Mrs_ Garfield and lier family
havo gone to live at tho Mentor farm,
where, she says, fho can find more pcoce
and comfort than anywhere else. Be
fore she went there the houso on the
farm was remodelled and added to.
Still, if was much too small for the
equipments of tho oity house, and a
few days ago a private sale was held, at
which a great many things were dispos
ed of »t fabulous prices. During the
unsottled (>enod Grandma Garfield went
to Iter uJd homo at Soloti, a
.twelve miles from town, and neat lli
rarn College, where her boy was taught
and taught 'others. The old lady is
pestered almost to sickness by auto
graph huufers, and will attend to thorn
no moi ■. Sbo is strong and very clear
of mini', us of old. Since the removal
of Mrs. tiar:'cid to Meator grandma Lis
rejoined her.
One reason wuy the house oti the farm
was enlarged was the need ot a room
whoro I're iidont Garfield's cfl'-cts and
papers could bo plae-cd. Those ha.ve
all been arranged with the utmost caro,
and placed in systematic oiiler. The
articles in tho memorial roo'u of the
Prospect .street houso have also bocn
removed to a s|Aoialiy built room in
tho Meutoi heme, a rare collection of
tributes from nearly every Stato in the
Union, and from nearly every civ
ilized nation in tho world. Mrs. Gar
field's father, Mr. Zeff Rudolph, is with
hor. Ho and grandma aro nearly of
the samo age—about 83. Harry Gar
field is at borne. Ho has returned from
St. Paul's sohool, near Couoord, N. H.
where ho has been teaohing. James R.
is studyiug law with Judges Boynton
and Hale of this city, and is going to |
make a good, and perhaps a groat law- I
ycr. lie is a close student, and lias
bis father's retentive and legal mjnd.
MOII7 is with hor mother at Mantor,
but often comes to town. She is IVesi
deut of the McAll Mission Society, as
organization for missionary work .in
Paris Mrs. Garfield looks well, but
livas very quietly, and retains her gar
manta She gave 950,000 for
tb« Pro«poct ttrcot house, and has only,
as yet, been offereds4s,oo. —Cleveland
(Ohio) Leader.
PETRIFYING HUMAN BODIES.
A New York undertaker an embalm- j
cr said to a Mail and Express roportcr
that he belioved the time was not far
distant when the lost art of mummify
ing bodies would be discovered.
t "What struck me with that idea was
the great stato of preset vation the body
of i'rellcr, killed by Maxwell in St.
Loui c , waa found wbon exhumed to un
dergo in elimination by the physioians.
The body had been buriud some time,
atd tho lawyers for tho defense iinagin
ined that it would be so decayed uo
examination could bo made
Ho way to discover the t'
Maxwell -
NO. 6
The New York Times gives a speoiul
from Winston, N. U., concerning thj
ten year old daughter Jof Mr. Samuel
Reid who ha* been singularly afflicted
for six months. It says:
"The child has no organic disease.
She is confined to the bed, and often
lapses into insensibility that lasts for 2U
days. During these periods the little
girl refuses nourishment, and food it
only given her by main foroe. Oooa
j sionally she awakes and asks for some
thing to cat, and takes small quantities
and then again sinks into an nnconeioui
state. Arranger would declare iho
young girl te be dead, so deathlike is
her appearance, with hor oyca olosed,
respiration gvir.V. »uil scarfcnljr
ble, and resists all attempts to bring her
toja state of ooncijusness, and refuse* to
speak only at the intervals when she
calls for food. No signs of pain arc ex
hibited, and the caso baffle* the skill of
the attending physicians. The little .
snfferer has not lost flesh. She retains
her color, and but for her continued
trance'ikc condition would bo thought
to be asleep."
FALL PLOUGHING.
Every year increases the acreages of
f;ill ploughing, because every year far
mers receive evidenoo of the value of
it. In t!io first place the eruditions for
ploughing? in the fall aio all favorable.
The horsc.i arc at their best, the soil is
iu good condition, the w«at'cr is pleas
ant, the crops aro harvested or out of
the way, and tujro is ample time for do
ing the work leisurely and well. It has
grown into a proverb that .frequent til
lage is manure. This means that the
earth is a great absorbent, and if throw*
up and exposed to tke air it trill gather
in tho fertilising elements whioh the
atmosphere carries. Fall ploughing
viewed from any standpoint, pays as
fanners will see after it has been thor
oughly tested.
GOOD SOUND SENtJH.
Many of our Stato papers are ni*ging
our farmers to improve their itook.
What wn want first is to lm*
prove 9Ur farming. Wo want grattes
for meadows and pastures ; barns, sbedv
tvnd moru care gpvon to animals than
thoy now reoeivo ; then get impror*4
stook, but first bo in a condition to ttkt
eare of it. Ten years on an upland farm
in the contral part of tho Stato has
taught us that grasses of every kind
used for forage and' pasture do as well
here a* in any part of the Suited States,
and when tho same strict attention is'
given to stock of any kind it o*n be'
raised here cheaper than at tho NorA/
and of equal quality.—The Forost and
Farm.
COST OF RAISING WHEAT.
The Michigan Secretary of State fig
ures tho avorago cost of growiug wheat
in that State at 59.1 oents per bushel,
oats "t 29 cents and oorn at 21.1 oents.
ee prices of these grains there
• 'espcctively 84 cents,
lie places the
IS bush-