Vol. II. No. 37.
TATLORSVILLE, ALEXANDER . COUNTY, JSP. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1887.
- $1 Per Years
LOCAL DIRECTORY.
CHURCHES.
Presbyterian. Rev. A.W. White,
pastor. Preaching every second and
fourth Sunday, at 11 a.m. and at night.
.Prayer-meeting every Wednesday night
Sunday'school every Sunday at 9 a.m.,
A. C. Mcintosh superintendent. .
. Methodist. Rev. C. A. Gault,
"pastor. - Preaching every third Sunday,
at 11 a.m. and at night; every fifth
Sunday at 11 a.m. and at night; every
first Sunday at night. Sunday School
every Sunday at 3" p.m.; W. T. Nelson
superintendent. . .
Baptist. Rev, J. B,. Marsh, pastor.
Preaching, every. Saturday before the
first Sunday at 7:30 p.m. and at 11 a.m.
on first Sunday.
SOCIETY MEETINGS. "
""""A. F. &.A..M. Lee Lodge Xo.,233
meets the first Saturday of each month,
at 1 o'cloc!; p.m. .
COUNTY OFFIECRS.
R. M. Sharpe, Sheriff; J. T. McTn
tosli, C.S.C.; J. M.'"OxfodtR. of I).; C.
J.Carson, Treasurer; J. P.. Pool, W. R.
Sloan, V. W. Teague, Commissioners;
A. C. Mcintosh, A. T. Marsh, y. W,
Teague, Board of Education; J. J. Hen
dren, School Superintendent; Z. P.
Deal, Coroner.
CORPORATION OFFICERS.
A. A. Hill, Mayor; W. B. Matheson,
E. Lj lied rick, J. M. Matheson, Com
missioners; E.L. Hedrick, Town Clerk.
- THE MAILS. !
Statesville and Wilkcsboro, daily.
Matter for either of these imujs should
be in the cilice by 12 in.
Inoir Leaves Tuesdays and Fri
dajs at 1 p.m. ami arrives Wednesdays
nnd Saturdaj-s at 8 p.m. , ;
'.Newton Arrives Tuesdays, Thurs
days and Saturdays at 12 m. and leaves
same days at 1 p.m. 1
Boomer Arrives Wednesdays and
Saturdays at 12 m. and leaves same,
days, at I p.m.
Bently A rrives Tuesdays and Sat ur
daysat 12 m. and leaves same days at J
( p.m. -
Hampton ville Arrives Tuesdays and
Fridays at 6 p.m. and leaves Welling
tons ami Saturdays at G a.m.
Rock Cut Leaves Fridays at 8 a.m.
and an ives Saturdays at 4 p.m.
Brushy Mountain Arrives Wednes
days .and Saturdays, at 12 in. and leaves
same daws at 1 p.m. .. ,
PR O FESSIOXAL-CARDS, j
IRASTUS V .10NES,
!it Attorney-at-Law,
Practices in the court of Alexander.
Catawba, Caldwell. Iredell and Wilki ?.
Pronij.iattentioii jivt-n to tlic collection
f .claims aud"ail other business entrusted
to, him. .
HOTELS.
ALL-HEALlIVfi SPRING,
' ALEXANDER COUNTY, N. 0. '
This famous Medicinal Spring is now
greatly improved and fitted .up for a
Health Resort and Pleasure Retreat..
And the Invalid will here find rest,
quiet and health. The water from this
Spring is .
NATURE'S GREAT REMEDY
for all diseases resulting from impuri
, ties of the blood, such as Cam e". Rheu
matism, 'Asthma, Liver, pi Kid'iey
disease. Dj spepsia. Blood and Skin dis
.eases, -"Secondary -Syphilis,. &c. 'Hun
dreds of testimonials can be had of the
curative 'properties of the water. The
Spring is easy of access, as conveyance
can be had at auj- surrounding railwaj7
station. -
Tkkms: Board $1 per day for a less
time than a month (28 days to count as
a month); 820 per month. Special ar
rangements and terms for families. The
best of attenti'-n given guys! s.
Water will be shipped to anyone." de
siring it at 10c. per .gallon, vessel and
carriage extra.
The following is an analysis of this
water as made State Chemist Dab
ne j :.' Tota 1 m i n eral m at te r i n sol u t i i
and suspension-,' 14.60 grains per Impc
rial gallon, consisting of
Silica -Very large .amount.
Carbonate of Iron Little.
Carbonate of Lime Some. t
Sulphate of Lime -Small amount.
' C'htoiTdc of Soda Sir.all amount.
Chloride of Potash Small amount.
Send for circular.'
1. R. WILT AR. Prop'r.
Ellendale P.O., Alexander Co.
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PATENT!
CAVEATS, TRADE MARKS,
COP1TKIGHTS
obtained and all other business in tha
U. S. Patent office attended to for mod
erate fees. jOur oflU'e is opposite the
Patent ollice.and we can obtain patents
in less time than those remote from
Washington. Send model-or drawing,
we advise as to pafentabtlitv free of
charge; 'and we make no charge unless
we obtain patent.
We refer here to the Postmaster.So.pt
of Money Order Div., and to -.officials of
tne U. S. l atent onice.
- For circular, ddvice, terms and refer
ences to actual clients in your own
Suite or county, write to - "
C- A. SNOVV1& CO.,
.'' - Washington. D. C.
Oppo. Patent Office:
SPECIAL JJOTICE. IF YOU DE-gii-eanj'thiiioj
Ju Jhe ii)l;riery lino,
call on Mrs A." Y. Sowek. No extra
charge for trimming hat.
J&TSubscrtbefor the JouijAI.
-V The Isle of Man.
The Manx law retain a many
of their ancient peculiarities. The
general: tenure of land is the cus
totnary freehold. descent fol
lows the same rules as that of the
English crown The right of pri
mogeniture extends- to females in
default of males in. the direct line.
Liberal provision is-made for wid
ows. : By statute of the year 1777
landed proprietors connot grant
leases for more than 21 years
withuot conset of the. wife. Wo
manly honor is jealously protec
ted. In case of its violation the
law is, or was, that "the Deemster
shalPgive her" (a single woman)a
rope, a sword and a ring,'and that
she then shall have her chqioe to
hang him with therope, cut off
his head with the sword, or mar
ry him with the ring. The annals
of this uuique specimeu of crimi
nal jurisprudence do not specify
the number of times, this alterna
tive choice has been exercised, or
with what results. . ; .
Ty n wald Day is a general insu
lar festival. Cronk-y-Kelloii, i. e.,
St. John's Curch Hill, or the Tyn
wald Hill, is about 200 yards from
St. John's Church, near the cen
ter of the island, 'and on the high
road between Douglas and Peel.
Around it the Manx people have
gathered since 1577 to hear the
reading of the laws enacted by
the Tynwald Court throughout
the previous year. It is said to
be formed of earth brought from
seventeen parishes, is 250 feet in
circumference, and rises 320
feet in regular circular platforms
each three feet higher, than that
below, to. tlie level on which the
dignitaries stand, whilo the First
Deemster (successor to Druid
priest ami to the following officials
who, until the fifteenth century,
judge according to the unwritten
breast hnv,of which they were the
depositories.)reads in English aud
then in Manx the tittles and side
notes oft all the recent statutes.
Newspa peis' give the details and
relieve the reader of ,what once
was necessary labor. Seveufeen
roies hold taut the canvas shelter
from sun and rain," and are las-;
tened to as many rings let into
stoues at the base of this primitive
construction.
Bishop Wilson held this mount!
to have been the forum judiciale, !
or Hull of Justice. Camming and
other antiquarians regard the
name Tynwald, written Tingualla
in the Chionicon Manniaujns iden
tical with the Thingwall of Ice
laud and Thingvallr of Denmark.
aud as derived from the Scandua-
vian thing, a court of justice or
assembly and vollr, a field or void
a bank or rampart. : The courts
of the ancient Scandinavians Were
held in the open air, generally on
natural hills or artificial tumuli.
fri... T,-.....n 'an.,- - It 1.,
one adhering to the "primative
custom. It is said to have been
established in the tenth century
by the Icelandic Viking Orry, who
onqtiered Man and the Isles, in
troduced the legislative House of
Keyes, .divided the island into
sheadings or shires, and caused
the laws. to be committed to writ
ing. .;.:;-:';'
In Brief, aud to the Point.
Dyspepsia is dreadful. Disordered
liver is misery. Indigestion is a foe to
good nature.
The human digesttive apparatus is
one of, the most .complicated and won
derful things in existence. It is easily
put out of order.
Greasy food,tough food, sloppy food,
bad cookery, mental worry, late hours,
irregular habits, and many other thinors
which ought not to be, have made the j
American people a nation of dyspeptics.
Jint Green's August Flower has done
a wouderful work iu'reformin this sad
business and makiug the American peo
ple so healthy that they can enjoy their
meals and be happy. -
Remember: Xo happiness without
health. But Green's August Flower
brings health and happiness to the dys
peptic. Ask your druggist for a bottle.
Seventy-five eent.v
.SSTMrs.-'A.-W. Sower is selling Tri
eora Corsets at $1. The best corset on
the market. A new lot just received
. Nature's Wise Provision.
"If we could read - other's
thoughts, how many a miserable
hour it would save and how many
a joyaful one it would bring." The
writer was a lady of more than
ordinary intelligence and honest
virture, and she wrote, I believe,
with the utmost sincerity. Ah,
"yes, but how often the thoughts
would, if known, bring another
pain. How often the sonl has
. . i - . .... v . .
kept some deep sorrow thatwas
sufferod alone and that would onlv
have caused more thoughts to
yearn and hearts to break if it
had been told. It is a great folly
to suppose that the worll would
be any better off to be, in direct
communication each individual
With another's thoughts.;
By a wise dispensation of Di
vine Providence people were made
capable of having secret sorrows
and bearing them alone, j Certain
wrongs are nuconsoable by any
sympathy, and an expression
would only break afresh violently
the perpetual, cankerous heart
wound. Many .wrongs are condi
tion that cannot be -ameliorated
and would only bring more shame
to the sensitive sufferer to have
the true state known.
- Then there is no calculating
the supremacy of the mind that
will its sorrows in secret, and by
such examples of neighborly con
sideration the soul is strengthened
more in nobleness and the person
is made better. It is a great fa:
vor. to individuals that they have
been endowed with a dower to
suffer silently, for the strength
gained by the exercise makes it
possible frequently to be an evan
gelist in their way, giving more
joy and happiness and devoted
ness. ; -
There is so much truth in the
saying that the misleading princi
ple is often lost from thinking of
the truth. So much of motive is
mistaken that iu known truth
would give supreme happiness
that the thing is believed-to be
wholly, true. But evil thoughts
come to the most pure souls, and
then such misery would be under-"
gone as is obsolntely beyond the
conception of ordinary capabili
ties. Jealousies would spring up
and blight the fidelity and confi'
deuce of two fitting frieuds.Slight
envies would be returned with
stinging indignation, and the lit
tle evil in one mind would grow
to be a montrous power of wrong.
Is it not true ; that a power to
know just what truths would pro
duce pleasure . or happiness by
impaitation, and by a wise dis
crimination through this power
an ability be possible to bear in
iu secreat and rejoice in confi
dence, would give additional hap
piuess to people? But in any con
ception of any, even superior in
telligence, such-a condition would
be impossible but to also attain
features that would entail other
causes that produce sorrow.
As a Divine Being has arranged
wise for us such things as we can
not improve in any good concep
tion, it is proper for us to put
aside any sentimental follies such
as this, and knowing the possibil
ities of nature, conduct ourselves
solely in bettering the conditions
and relations within the acquisi
tion of these limited powers. Let
"us discriminate with considera
tions, and confide in what will be
likely to create joy or honor or
truth or fidelity, and; keep forci-'
bly silent in cases likely to give
pangs, regrets, sorrows, or any
unkind or unhappy quality or
feeling. Our reasoning faculties
a'ud motions were given to us for
that purpose more than for any
thing else, and if we can combine
them to this advange, we have
msed the noblest gifts of the Crea
tor to us well. v
jCatalogues and price lists aspe
ciairy at the Journal job oflice. Send
forcsliraates ,
-y- What the Trouble Is.
(The trouble with the small girl
is that she isn'tbigger.
The trouble with the big girl is
that every pair of scales she steps
on gives her a weigh. i
The trouble with the small boy
is that his big sister ' never was a
small herself and so she dojsen't
know how a small boy feels.
The trouble with the young man
ici love is that he is insane enough
to think that all the other young
men are making -just as big fools
Of themselves about his best girl
as he is.' : '.: ;.W '
The trouble ; with the young
woman in love is that she dosen't
know whether she really loves the
youhg rnan for himself alone or
for the caramels he brings and
the prospects of a solitaire dia
mond to dazzle the other girls.
The trouble with almost all the
ministers is that they don't hear
other ministers preach often
enough to know what a really
first-class, bang-up sermon is. ;
The trouble with a great many
editors is that thpy don't think
one-Jialf as much as they write.
The trouble with a great many
readers is that they don't under
stand how much easier it is to
point out a tree iu a magnificent
landscape that is a hair's breadth
out of perspective than it is to
paint the magnificent landscape
itself, ,
The trouble with the average
wife is thatlier husband is much
more prodigal with his protesta
tions of affection than., he is with
his money, and that he dosen't
waste much of either tfoiless he
waufs a button sewed oil.
Tlie trouble with the average
husba nd is that he knows hivs
wife knows he isn't so big a man
as he wants the world to think
he is. - '.
A Lady who Phosphorized her Toe.
A lady of this city, whose little
feet are always daintly shod, is
also the unfortunate possessor of
an obsfinate -'.and burning corn
upon the smallest toe ol? her left
foot. Chiropodist had dug tun
nels through that corn, yanked at
it with nippers, smeared it with
stinging ointments, and, in des
pair, suggested amputation. The
corn held the fort and successfully
resisted the assaults of the best
razor the lady's husband posses
sedused, of course, without his
knowledge. Finally a kind friend
suggested that if phosphorus was
rubbed on the afflicted toe the
corn would sticcmb. The lady de
termined to try the remedy, and
did so just , before retiring the
other riisbt, ". and, to her subse-
quent sorrw
forgot
to tell her
liege lord what she had done. The
hour of midnight had struck in St
Mary's Cathedral clock, when the
husband suddently awoke and
was somewhat startled'to see the
flash of a firefly at the foot of the
bed. Sleep was again asserting
its mystery when once more tho
sheen of that firefly caused the
husband to open wide his eyes.
He could not recollect ever hav
ing seen a firefly in California,
but he could not disbelieve his
senses. Again and agaiu that
firefly flashed its beautiful gleam,
effectually banishing all thought
of sleep from thd now thoroughtly-
aroused and wrathy husband. He
determined to end his own misery
and the firefly's existence simul
taneously. He reached out in the
dark, grabed with his hand about
the carpet until he felt his own
heavy shoe. He seized the wea
pon, slowly and cautiously raised
himself in the bed, and lifting
high the sturdy brogan brought
it down with a vigorous whack on
the innocent firefly A wild shriek
ou avalaucheiof bedclothes and
the husband Jay sprawling in the
middle of the floor, while his wife
rolled around the bed clasping
her foot and moaning in anguish.
It was not a firefly. It - was the
phosphorus anointed toe. .
The Country Editor.
Allan Forman, editor of the
Journalist says: "Every now and
again I see in : the city papers
sneers at the country papers and
jokes at the expenses of rural edi
tors. It may be that my exper
ience has been peculiar fortunate,
but I have found that the average
country journalist with whom!
have com&into contact has more
brains, more straight-out, square
toed ability, more pride and inter
est in his profession, and more
money than his city brother. It
is the graduates from the country
offices who make the best men in
metropolitan journalism. I read
of the county editor who tikes
his pay in squashes andcordwjood,
but I see the country editor who
pays me in checks on his local
bank, checks which are always
good. I read of the poverty-stricken
rural newspaper man, "but in
my experience, and I have met ft
good many of them, the rural jour
nalist is apt to own a share of the
he edits, the house.' he lives in, a
horse and buggy, while the me
tropolitan writer who invents the
highly humors paragraph concern
ing his conn try brother too often
owes for the coat on his back.
And finally, a good ..country edi
tor is a kingpin in his locality.
He is looked up to and respected
as a leader of public opiniona
man who knows what is going on
in the world;' 5 T can't imagine a
a more, enviable position than
that of the owner and editor of a
good country paper. Compared
to the' grind of a city daily, the
work is light, and the rewards are
proportionately greater,"
Where is all the Money?
IA New York special of Sunday
toj the Baltimore Sun says: The
money qnestion is the most seri
ous problem that now stares Wall
street in the face. A surplus in
tfie banks of only $3,819,000 is a
very narrow margin to work upon,
and as long as it remains so small
there can be little activity in
stock transactionsy or at any rate
. . . .
no sustamea movement in speca
lation. Tight money is also de
pressing speculation in grain and
oil and cotton. The question
arises, Where does all the money
go to! Gold is pouring into this4
conntry by the hundreds of thou
sands. Europe is owing usj we
are not sending our money abroad.
The government also is buying up
bonds and. the cash paid for
bonds, it would seen.i, should re
lieve the stringency in thje money
market. But, nevertheless, the
surplus reserve grows smaller.
The great boom in the South and
sothweSt is, no donbt, responsible
in a large measure for the lack-of
money here. The development
there has drawn millions from
New York which have never re
turned. Like a boy grown too
big for his clothes has the devel
opment been too fast for the finan
cial garment, and "tight money'.'
is the consequence. . i
A Perplexed Lady Editor.
I will here state that since the
first issue of my little journal six-
ty-fonr, more or less direct offers
of marriage . have " been made to
me, all from pajties I never saw
or heard of. From such a list I
could undoubtedly select a curios
ity worth of mummifying. But
the plafhe, naked truth of the
case is that just when I was pass
ing out of my teens a few years
since, I actually met a crank face
to face. He had the fearles cour
age to vocalize his offering, and it
being the first, with no guardian
angel to impress my dreams of
the deluge which was to follow, I
at first positively refused, directly
relented, shortly acquiesced. The
fact is I am married and have
three youthful daughters and a
husband. Gentlemen don't be
come desperate; there are hun
dreds and thousands of chances
left for yon yet.
Beaten by Regulator.
A telegram from New Albair
Ind ' says that James WHea
reached there with a couple .
black eyes, damaged nose at :
several ghastly cuts on his ; id- s
Wilson, who is an old man, ca; .
all the way from Crowford conn t
where he says he was beaten i
the "regulators," who drove h:v.
from the community for some mis-
unaerstandmg he bad with iin
erring son, who expressed a de
termination to join the the "White
Caps" againsr the father's protcs
tinations. Incidenitaly the sen
made the facts known to tlio
gang, who thereupon held a meet
ing to determine what disposition,
should be made of Wilson. The
same night the "Caps," includihf
the son, went to the home of Wil
son and called him out. L?poi
reaching the door he was over
powered by several men and drag
ged to the wayside, lashed to "a
tree and switched. After bcm
released he seized a heavy hickory
clnb and felled two of his antago
nists and made his escape. In ti.e
scuffle he was badly hurt."
A Tennessee Sensation,
Marsh T. Polk robbed the State
treasury of Tennesse of several,
hundred thousand dollars some
years ago while serving as State
Treasury, He fled but was snb
sequently arrested and returned
to : Nashville. In due time he
was reported to have sickened
and died. - His body was shipped
from Nashville to Bolivar, Tcnn
where it was deposited in the
ground.
Now comes the news that Mr
Gamble, a prominent, citizen of
Annpstnn. Ala ha iusfc returned
7 . r -7 . .
from an extended visit in the
City of Mexico, 'and while there
he met Polk on the street and,
talked with him. He made futher
investigation, and fourid him in
business in that city.
The affair has created no little
excitement in the State. Gamble
was well acquainted with Polk
while he was treasury of this
State. ' ' T
The Wonderlands Vaishing.
Thibet is one of the few things
left on the earth which still afford
legitimate scopef or romantic con
jecture. All other lauds of mys
tery have been explored. The
Abyssinian campaign dissipated
the last shired of wonder about
Preston John. Travelers have aboL
ished the mountain of the Moon;
a EusSian railway runs within
sight of the Vulture's Nest, the
eyrie of the Assassin and the
Old Man of the Mountains com
merce has familiarized ns with
the lands of the White Elephant
and Golden Umbrellas; science
has dispersed Atlastis, Utopia
and the other "Ere whon" of past
beliefs. No Baleigh nowadays
would make sail for fabled cities
of Majusa, no voyager set his helm
for the Hesperides. The Ichtyo
phagi, Tartarians and Malotrans,
with all the other strange races
of whom Maudeville gossiped, are
now sobered down into matter-of-
fact tribes, and1 the whole world
under the ruthless scrutiny 'of
scientific exploration is fast be
coming commonplace.
The New York Democrats claim
that the temperance plank in the
the Republican' platform in that
State will cost the latter 30,000 .
votes, and that the Democratic
ticket wiil carry the State despiter
the loss of the labor vote.
Recent washouts on the South
ern Pacific railroad, besides de
laying trains for several days,will'
entail npon the company an ex
penses of 200,000 for repairs.
Nearly 1,000 men are employed in
repairing the roadbed and brid
ges. - ' ,'7
jXewandboiUttifnlgooJs Justrc
..ived at" the mUliuery Store.