Rockingham; Rocket H. C. WALL, Editor and Proprietor. Office: . O VFR EVERETT, VVAXL tt COMPANY'S. subscription Urates : . One year, ::: $1.50 Six months, , .. ,75 Three months................. . .40 AH subscriptions accounts must be paid in advance. , w Advertising rates furnished on ai plication. ! , - , ... .'. Mining Gems In North Carolina. . From the Detreit Free Presei Despite the talk about diamond fields in Kentucky,'but few gemstf any sort have been found in the limy its of the United States. -The most celebialfiiljdiamond .beds are Jn'In dia, Urazil,: and South Africa," altho' single stores Have occasionally been ; picked 'npin Virginia and-. North' Carolina. Mexico furnishes man' gems, particularly opals, but North Americawhile rich in gold and sil ver, appears ; to be poor in precious atones. North Carolina has furnish- 1T ii - i " . gem allied in cnemicarcharacter to the topaz, but of a color previously unknown. It occurs in Alexander county, in the foothills east of, the Blue Hidge, and was named for its discoverer, Hidden. . In the same region in McDowell county where there are gold mines, are also found in great variety stones of more or less value. The mininsr is carried oce-chiefly for'gold by the hydraulic sluicing system, in which the mountain streams are employed to wash down the hillsides. , The irf.h ifl liiirrl nnt frr trrilfl" anrt nil the stones which remain in the sluicea are carefully examined. ,A nnrrpsnnnflAiit, frnrn tT-ie minps ct.nt.po - that valuable rough specimens are often found, and as much as the . value of $4,000 in opals, topazes and other fine stones has been found in onA Aav nnrl An rnA rpnR?nr n. dia mond worth $1,000 was taken out. There are other localities in that re gion that are without doubt equally ; rich. . ! : ."m- In some quarters of New York city the price of soda water has not only dropped to two cents a glass, but the glass is twice the ordinary size. We are .'eettine things down to - a fine point in this countty. V; "i in '" If one cets the worst of a trade he may as well make the best of it. - Indispensable to the Toilet. Darby's Prophylactic Fluid cures chafing, eruptions and inflammation of all kinds ; cures inflamed or. sore eyes ; relieves pains from bites or etings of insects and sore feet ; de stroys all taint of perspiration or of fensive smell from the feet or any part of the body ; cleanses and whi tens the skin. Used as a. dentifrice it purifies the Ibreath' preserves the teeth and cures toothache, sore gums - and eauker. -A little,' of the Fluid in the water used in bathing is very -refreshing and especially beneficial to the sick. .Absolutely Pure. a - XiUBUUnUl UVfW Auwa. v. I Duritvf strength and wholesomeness. More ! economical than the ordinary kinds, and cannot be sold in competition with the mul titude of low test, short weight, alum or nhosuhate powders. . Sold only m cans KoYAL - Baking Powdee 10b - Wall BOOKS for SALE! The Prayer and Praise is bv far the most bonular Song Book now in use among our people. I constantly keep it on hand ana can furnish it at the io.wwing prices : Sine:le codv. shaned or round notes), .75 Per dozen " " $8-00 Per half dozen. " " " 4.25 1 keen" on hand, and am continually re ceiving, an elegant line of GOOD BOOKS, BOTH RELIGIOUS and LITERARY, which I can furnish at very low prices. BIBLES and HYMN BOOKS a specialty. Can get you any desired book on short no tice, at publisher's p ices. T, L. T0WNSEND. 2Z. C. WALL Editor and Proprietor,. ; , Vol. V.- WOMAN'S LOVE. Oh, say not woman's love is bought -. ; t ; With a vain and empty treasure ; . ;',? Oh, say not woman's heart is caught By every idle pleasure. . ..'. When first her gentle bosom knows Love's flame, it wanders never ; , Deep in her ieart the passion glows ; .- She loves, and loves forever n Oh,' say not woman's false as fair, Still seeking flowed jfii yVand rare, as ncKi.jancy cnanges. .. . Oh, noJ the love that first lrm-. Will leave.her.MSQm:neyerr No second .passibiiye'er can .charm ; ; ; J " Bhetloves, and loves forever . ; A Tonng Man of Fash.. New l?ork Letter. 'vv W j$ The loBg'0r,,we iye' the ' stronger grows the conviction th at despite.the : poob-poohers there is a great deal in "the art of putting tbings ";ViI have just beard of an incident thaf ilRis-" trates this significant truth ii a very striking manner.;';,' ; ' V;:',r r Twelve years ;ago; at -young-man came to New York in search of em ployinent airrd Tortune. -ciHe carried his Wnslxunkatoaodg because he could not afford the lux ury of a hired carrier. His honest face and frank speech won for , him his landlady's consent to "a week's living on tick. So far good. Now then for the bold plunge. He went down to the offices of the Herald, Times and Tribune and invested his last shilling in an advertisement in these words: I WANT something to do and must hae it within twenty-four hours. Address PUSH, this office. In a little while he had received about 300 answers to his unique de mand for employment. . One busi ness man wrote : ''Call at 9 o'clock to-morrow and 1 mav give vou a cb&nce loshow-ho n. vigorously you can push." The tone of that reply pleased the young adventurer, and at the ap pointed hour he presented himself at the writer s office. The result was a trial engagement, which .has con tinued uutil this time. YounPush' is now the confidential man of the house. His salary is ample, and he lives in handsome style in one of the prettiest little homes in New York where pretty homes, in the poetic sense of the word, are, as we all know, lamentably scarce. , Tush' is his dominant characteristic and his employer has had ten thousand rea sons to congratulate himself on the impulse that led liim to reply to that little ad. If the young man had gone on a quest for employment in the stereo typed way he would in all likelihood have still been waiting for a chance to show the quality of his metal.- Business men are quick to judge hu man nature, and they generally know a good thing when they see it. Man liness, originality and pluck are pret ty sure to carry their possessor to the front. My friend Push's chie has often assured me that he couldn'i think of parting with him, and there are portents that beiore the presen year wanes he will be raised to i partnership in the house he has served with tireless energy ever since that memorable 9 o clock meeting with the employer who was so quick to gauge his value. , Brace up. ! '",. You are feeling depressed your appetite is poor, "you are bothered with headache, you are fidgetty, ner vous, and generally out of sorts, and want to brace up. Brace up, but not with ' stimulants, spring medi cines, or bitters, which have for their basis very cheap, bad whiskey, and which stimulate you for an - hour, and then leave you in worse condi tion than before. What you want is an alterative that will purify your blood, start healthy-action of Liver and Kidneys, restore your vitality, and give renewed health and strength.1 Such a medicine you will find in Electric Bitters, and only 50 cents per bottle at W. M. Fowlkes or Co's Drug Store. - The question is now asked if the re-union of the citizens who have left North Carolina and the visit of President Cleveland in October bririirr together U as i3 . expected one hundred thousand people, how willJ Baleigh take care of fthero i In are swer we would say "Sufficient unto the dav is the evil thereof. Let em roma old . Van Winkle' is wide awake and ready. News .and Ob server - . ' . v " . ,(' ' ...- Rockingham, Richmond County. N. TAX REDUCTION," Views of Hon S. J. Randall on the Import- ant Question of the Hay. I Paoli, Pa., July 11, Chas. W. Knapp, Eq.. Washington Bureau, Missouri Republican : Dear Sir I am in receipt of your etter and, as explained in a previous interKtewdwAepoujc I understand your object to be to ask an expression of my opinion as p the .probability df legislation this wmterv to reduce taxation.; Your cljief object, you state, is to d eyelop 1x6 possibility of uniting the Demd crats of the House upon a measure having? an unmistakable 5; pjirfy stampi? You then BubjojuVsugges- Hionswhichyou state have already. ,. been submitted tjb.Demqcratic mem bers of the. fiftieth Congress in simi- ar letters of inquiry. You inquire: r'li tls there a practicabfe'basi of compromise through which te ;jtne Democrats of the House, can uhitfe ?" There ' suchbisndhas; bpen all nlonsr. which mieht have o J . o. i sen.addptedfof 'tnerereatronffesa fair and iust svstem of revision of W mr our present tariff and internal reve nue taxation. But nothing can be done in the future.' as nothing was done in the past, if the House is or- ganized as heretofore, deliberately, it would seem, on the theory that the dictum of a few so-called lead ers not without the suspicion . of reDresentinsr other interests must ue ..Ken w.luUuuuu aUu U - cepted m every point and as an al- ternative, ifit be rejected, that tbefi i a i Til . ,1 I nothing shall be permitted to be aone. . -xuere uiusi. ub...u uisuuaiwuii a mi i u vi;nvn.ti.n I shown to act fairly all around, and that disposition can never exist when we" were-told rbyonc- of taese elf-constituted .leaders : "Let us take one-fifth now. If that does not reduce the revenue, we can take off more. Some time we will cut to the qijick. and draw blood. If twenty per cent, win not reuuc ib .bycuuc, . -11 M. - J3 - il perhaps fifty will." I do not enter tain any feeling of vengeance against the producers' of this country be cause thev are enioyins a season of prosperity. I prefer their welfare to their distress, their success to their ruin. ; The revenue is too great, and are duction of current surplus is neces sary. Some think this is so to an extent about equal to the amount collected under our internal revenue law. If that amount is too much, it would compel a closer approach to the "revenue only ,: line, as de- manded by a certain class of Demo- executed in such a spirit "of concess crats. In this light why not abolish ion as Vould bring about a schedule the internal revenue system ? Excise taxes are "war taxes." They . have been so regarded at all times, and from all their inquisitorial and arbiT Ira ry character they have been es- teemed always as dangerous to the peace and comfort and civil rights of our people. It is true that they, are quickly collected, and in times of war have been resorted to with great advahtage. It has been the unvarying precedent of Democratic administra- tions, under like circumstance, abolish the internal revenue taxes just so soon as the necessities of war had rendered them unnecessary. The tax upon tobacco, which the ag- ricultural interests throughout the country have clamored against for years, would have- been repealed at the last session of Congress if the representatives of the people in the House of Representatives had been permitted to vote thereon, for it is well understood the Senate would Knvp WnnnrrAfl in snoh reneal. This was -denied by an assumption of for which there was no constitutional authority, -Think -of it! The whole number of the rep resentatives of the people of the United States deprived -of the right of relieving their constituents frdm the . imposition of unneeded taxa tion; Such "a procedure will not oc-. cur soon again.. - In reply to your second question : "Would an equal cut of internal and tariff taxes afford such basis ?" , I answer in the negative. The reduction in the tariff rate of duties should he a matter of sj.r .uie and distinct conUnition, xvA lv done with a due regard to the con ditions existing as to wages in this country as compared with wages paid for like labor in producing such articles as are imported; which would, when here, come in compe tition with like articles produced in the United States'. I am ready, oh this basis; to enter in good faith up on such a basis of reduction that is, wherever such can be done without- danger to our American pro ducers. This proposition is in sub. stance the utterariceof the Democ racy at Chicago in 1884, when and where the free traders were utterly routed and made confession at that time of their complete discomfiture. We must distinctly adhere to f the spirit and letter of our platform on which Mr. Cleveland was elected. You ask, third : "Assuming this acceptable, is it feasible to carry the element of compromise into the se- ection of the tariff schedule?" and fourth : "Are there concessions of any other kind the majority of the party can offer without -sacrifice of principle?" I have said -in my speeches in Congress that I was not a protection ist perse or free' trader per se. Carried out tr thfiir incrirI fionsprinptinps both woud produce precisely the snmfi rMn1t nn(1 mni hP M!sin of revenue by direct taxation. The free traders would hardly dare to carry out their theory and policy if they had the power. Why, there- fore) are they cont;nuany aisturbing healtby r ofbusiness and nti the strengthening of our . J party by making an issue which is .r, . " lnd our continued party success? The history of the world in recent years ha? not been rawabJT-He extensionof the free trade! theory, but on the contrary it has been seri ously called in question, and ''even the English colonies have repudiated it very generally. Recently the Par- L . J o Uament of Ncwgoath Wales discuss ed the question and decided ad- vcrsely. Our people have grown accustom ed to raising revenue by duties on imports. "It is collected without fric tion at the border, it permits the en couragement of all domestic manu iactures which are unable to com pete successfully in the market of the world with foreign productions I am opposed, therefore, to any leg islation which will destroy, or seri ously cripple any American inter- esl " Of course I should not refuse, but favor, legislation conceived and 0f tariff duties which would red taxation to the lowest figures requir- I e(j for an economical administration 0f tbe government, but at ' the sahie time 'in? the laying ot these duties I vvould insist thai wherever it Is neces- sary and within the "proper 1 purview of the law itself, to see to securing the fullest encouragement and -juicideTi- hal protection to" our industrial ln- terests. It should bedone, no matter m what part of the Union they may tpjbe located. The course of action is u harmony with Democratic history jan(l it is likewise prompted by a due regard to the advancement of our in- terests as well as an approach to the destiny of our country. We would he worse than heathens not to take care of our own. - It is a mere assumption that some men act from what they call "prin ciple" and that others do not. The loudest shouters lorre trade pave been found, when it came to the con sideration of the details of a tariff bill, voting persistently for the larg- est orotective duties , upon the most ndicuouslv small prod ucUve inter- - ests of their districts. Iho truth is all men are alike in these respects, and home matters being better uri derstood the representative yields prompt submission' to what he be lieves to be just and right towards his constituents. " Very truly yours Sam. J. Randall. - Mr. Randall has apparently, over looked the fifth question, regarding ! the advisability of a canc,ue.t In hi : i.erS'Mi'j) ii't'.-itfW with t.-.r l?vriv; V ,$EUMS: C.July 28, 1887, ;! ;: however, he indicated distinctly that he did not favor a caucus.; No cau cus had ever been ; binding, in mat ters " of 'legislation, he said, but he added' that , he was quite willing to go into a conference for the purpose of harmonizing differences. , . Southern Uteratare Mast Notl Provincial. From the Wilmington Messenger. , . The boom in ; Southern literature has begun. ' We hope it has come to stay, but there is a possibility that the counsels of persons purely, pro vincial may endanger its usefulness and stability. ? r ; v . . There is no reason why the South should not produce a' literature dis:-' tirictly its own. Many of the most successful . writers . have acquired fame by developing, within the en vironments and limitatipnaof legiti mate romance, the phases of human endeavor and human thought that are characteristic of certain prescrib ed boundaries.' This is all very well in its way, but the fact remains that the writers who were the most suc cessful in this domain of literature were artists, not proyincialists, and their work is, therefore, cosmopoli tan. We have faith in the intellectual capacity o many of our more mod em Southern writers. We rejoice over every one of their achievements. There is not a word of commenda tion that comes from" Northern crit ics which does not give us pleasure. And in the very nature of things the North must be the centre of criticism as it is the centre of literary en deavor. There literature is not only an art and an expression of genius, biit it is also a business, a. very prac- ticily cnncrel qbj sjpes. -. What our southern authors to guard against is the counsels and the canons of those who are only provincial, who would have their writings adapted only to the people of whom. ' they write ; who would have a Southern literature as contra distinguished from every other liter ature : that is, a field of letters whose acreage is confined to certain geo graphical limits. We wish our Southern writers to be such in name only and such in the habitat, if we' may be pardoned the expression, of the subjects which they treat. As to the treatment, that can ho more be exclusively Southern than it can be Arabian or early Eng lish..; ; . ', ' ; Literary treatment cannot be local. Sir Walter Scott wrote of certain lo calities, but his development of the heme was not provincial. It was artistic, and the same artistic ability would have made the treatment ofa Dutch, a Mesopotamian, or a Hot tentot topic eauallv as worthy oi commendation ' . ; " Southern literature can only be ocal in the topics of which it treats Its development must be cosmo politan and in accordance with the iterarv canons which" in all ages and countries have been accepted as inherent in the master. : .. There is another consideration which is. perhaps, sordid, but it is practical. No Southern author can expect to find among his own people a sufficient patronage to justify him in making literature a calling. Pro vincial counsel abounds, but provin cial shekels will be scantily : doled out to him. A plethora of counsel no more than a superfluity of kind wishes win maKeTne mare go. The Southern author cannot expect a living within his own pent-up lira itations, and although this is a hu miliating fact, he has got to admit it and confront it.:. Besides, the lit erary man writes for the world -not for a section and the South ' is gen erously fertile in the topics -which it presents. ; " y r If, through the success of tlie agi tation for women 8 riijhts. women ever come to sit in the jury box, in fants will probably get to be criers in court. ... ; It is so hot down in New Jersey that farmers are dm their h iyiiT:: ilj '-v.; ii 1 -f. j l t. . -,----; $1M0 a Year in Advance. 'N"o. r30. Polygamy in New York. - The government does not counte nance i polygamy - and stronftefforts are being; made to wipe it out i in Utah. i.While this is right and: prop er, we have an instance of polygamy in New -York,, existing' under the protection , of , the law and from the accounts of 7 the affair it looks as if a rich, man can have as many wives as he wishes ; and yet a great "hue and cry", is made over the Mormons for this, very thing The long story is thus briefly stated by the Atlanta Constitution;. .. . v ;;j-'(iv, 'Cn,:.H : A young girl was sought in mar riage: by a man who frankly admit ted that he. had. married some years before, but his wife had deserted him, going to Europe, and he did not know whether she was living or dead. This did not matter, because under the laws of the State he was free to marry again, as five years had expired without: any 'tidings of the' missing wife. The girl consulted with her sister. The two were the daughters of a clergyman .who had taught them that neither in the Old or the New Testament is monogamy enjoined, but on the cdntrary polyg amy: was supported by all christian doctrine. So the girls did not see anything wrong in the - proposed marriage. The, wedding took place, and for a time all went merrily and happily. ' ' ;-; , ' Gradually ar strong, affection de veloped between th& husband and his sister-in-law. . The wife found it out and gave the pair some advice. The husband dutifully obeyed. He went to Chicago obtained a divorce, and marraed his 'sister-in-Tstw, who had accompanied him to Illinois.' C!hiffaprf rKtrnrfo irw of nn offppl ice New York; but the Illinois mar riage-was-recognized as lawful every where. The sisters remained good friendsT .but it was found desirable to have separate homes. Aa the hus band was- a millionaire,, .this -was easily arranged. r ' r -. ,: '. At this juncture-th ficst wife re turned from Europe, Her rage was unbounded when slie- found that her husband had consoled himself with two lawful wives. She- brought suit to annul the second marriage, in tending after ; that to smash- the third, but the court held, thafe such an application could only be made by the second wife. : As the matter now stands the hus band has three lawful wives in New York. He supports them all because they are entitled to it. - The facts came to light through" the anxiety of one of the wives as to her. property rights if her husband died intestate'. Since the : matter ; has been made public it has been ascertained that numbers of wealthy people in New York practice polygamy in the same way, strictly according to.the mix ed inter-state system of; marriage and divorce laws resorted to in such cases. " ' - ;''- , Don't Box the Ears. From the Toronto Truth, - Boxing thenars is a too common form of punishment practiced by ir ritable and ignorant persons, and it is almost always done in fits of sud den anger. , I say done by irritable and ignorant persons, because it seems to me. that no person of any information on the subject would al low his passion to get the better of his judgment in such a matter. .The drum of the ear is of paper-like thin ness ; it may and has been, in num bers of cases, ruptured by a single slap on the side of the head, incure- able . deafness resulting.; Says 11 eminent physician : ''All strokes on the head of chifdren with an angry hand are;brutal'n4hcriminai.,':;v".ln the same connection he adds that a "generous, wise and h umane parent should: allow a night to intervene Ujetween the commission of the fault on the part of- a child and any de cided punishment. The veriest thie should be allowed time, lest the' law be vindictive and wrathful. ; Am shall a man or woman punish ' an unresisting child with angry jhcon silration. with unreasoning wrath in L'vv! i ' li ii soci-U'Ous." us yjur orders for job printing. Printing. Having recently purchase a first class outfit we. are prepared to ' da all kinds of . . t . y I "PLAIN" AND -FANCY - JOB PRIWTWC : -IN -THE :.. BEST OF STYLE And at Living Prices. THE DIFFERENCE. Oft in the chilly night, 1 ! : Ere solar rays had bound us, .Have we for heat cried out ' " ' With blankets all around us. , ; But now .when Sol has got the call ' To burn ns up like tether, - We sigh for ice, with breezes nice, And civil-service weather. SHAXI. TALK. A fast man is very slow when it comes to paying his debts. . AThah who gave himself away is ;; said to be anxious to take it all back. . ' Ability and genius may command the ship of life, but luck holds tho ', tiller. ' ; ; T Don't be mulish. Never kick sim ply because people talk behind your back. , ' ' '.. ,' . ' ' ' .' ' ' " '; : i It i3 , not enough to make a virtue . of: necessity, . You should make a ' necessity of virtue.. ; , '' : A girl may be like sugar for two reasons. She may be sweet, and she . may be full of grit. " ; ; - , y: Dr. Storrs said in a recent address, "The ere wn jewels of the great Amer- .: ican republic are her public libraries, her schools and colleges." '...'''w Hereditary - gout is a most unjust ; isease.- The iatner nas naa an tne fun and the son catches most of the pain. - ' 'K '' ' The Mobile Item says: "'The Graves of a Household' will appear next week." Cremation cannat come too soon. : V; ' V ; - "I hear that there is an American college ,at Rome," observed ' Mrs. . Tripper. "Is there?" replied Trip-, per, "how docs its base ball club stand?";. ... A balloon is like a boom. It ; in-. Bctcg oo.eiir iiovu rcryTiigh, anoTno-- body is hurt until it comes ,downr -and then it wrecks alike the just -and unjust. ., - . .; v. ;- , : . Kentucky liquor men have.der. cided to limit the output of whisky, , What our temperance friends wants is to -If mat: the input as well as the. output. " - i Patient (dissatisfied with dietary, restrictions) -"Say, Doc, I'm blamed' if I'm going to starve to death just for. the sake of living a little longer." 'SVhy do not women get bald ?": asks ah exchange. ; It seems to us. that any one ought to be able to an swer 'that. It's because they don't ihavc wives. ' ' r ; : ; Not greedy. Miss Charlotte (who - has $70,000 a year) "Really, Mr. Hunter, soowohe else has my love. Mr. H " Welly that ought to satify him I will be contented, with, tha rest."".'... ";'?- A lady who advertised; for a girt "to do light house work," received a etter from an applicant who said, that her health demanded sea air,. and asked where the lighthouse was. situated. It was the firm belief of lhe Tar tars that whoever touched a beauti ful woman with a kingfisher's feath er would gai her love. . This was before the age of the golden dollar,. however. r. --- -..'-.-, A Glty of BeanUful Women. ; Detroit, Michigan, is noted for il ' healthy, handsame ladies, which the leading physician : and ' druggists there ' attribute to the general use and popularity of Doctor Hartcr's-. iron Ionic. Give Them a Chance. That is to say, your lungs. Also all your breathing machinery. Very- wonderlul machinery it is. INot only . the larger air passages, but the thou sands of little tubes and cavities leading from them. j7 '.-' When these are clogged and chok- ed with matter which -ought not to be there, your lungs cannot half do their work. And what they do, they cannot do well. : v :.; : ; r 1 Call it cold, cough, croup, pneu- v monia, catarrh, consumption or any of the family of throat and nose and head and lung obstructions, all are- bad. ::Afl ouht to be got rid -of. There is just one sure way to get rid of them. That . is to use Boschee'a Germap Syrup, which any; druggist will sell you-at 75 cents a bottle. Even if everything; else-has . failed, you, y oil may , depend upon this for cer tain. , Return this paper if borrowed..