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777JT PUBLIC GOOD OUIl CHIEF STUDY.
VOL IV.
YANCEYTILLE, N. C., FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 1888.
NO. 31.
"The News
mtitJito svsav riiOAT by
W II . THOMPSON.
Or?t Bfkk BaHdiae; aeat Kerr's Hofci.
jt.oo A I'EAH, IX ADVAXCE.
tfTTb Lest adecruatae; aaediaaa U the
cm it. Rai aaada lae-we fptkalieA.
A. E. HENDEBSOX,
YANCEY VI LLC, N. C
CIPauu. J. C, IIwmx, jr.
(ha,N.C YaaeTiik.N.C,
PARKER & PINNIX,
Attorneys at Law,
YATiCCYVILI.E, N. C.
VMpC a4 pertoaal alteanoa to
ill batiaea e atraUed to then
&c wer rWiKt. Harrcloe V. Co't atort.
r. B JaMrro, Jttir omhn.
JOHNbTO.V & JOHNSTON,
Attorneys at Law,
VANCE Y VI LLC. K. C.
nmfi attratkw fWeas to bwiiaeta eo
ci to lea.
WATT & WITHERS.
.Jrnrj$ ami Cvunstlhtrt at Imit,
VANCKYVILLK N. C.
'Sill i aroaapt aUetoa U all batlneu
- feded! taeat. HcKtur pirteff, k.
W Alt. caa mimtjt I iuaad t ibeir of
utpi!i war a 4 aecetaanlj fctvenl.
DFlllrille
Icntlst.
AX'ULRkO ns stork, n. c.
WtU practice (a CieU coaaty. N.C. aa4
Mig coaatiet CaJIa bf aiail aa4 oik-
te fivmf4j attea4ed to.
J. C. Corbett & Bro.,
m'atchmacrs1 Jewelers,
corbetts.;n.c
VATCHES, CLOCKS, SPECTA-
CLES.iJEWELRY. CUNS. PIS
TOLS AND SEWING MA-
CHINES
Carefat! repair! ad warraated.
BLACKi'.llTHING.
Tt aaJeniaeJ UI coAtiaac the IUck
Ait(auata aa4 p to hate
tit a!4 caikaaaet coanc aa4 e a nt.
,v(Drse Shoeing a Specialty,
rf -TkAfed to do all wv. the bv
n, abart ctk mad cm catoaab!e
A- IL WATSON.
Dp. H. A. Joyner, i
Surgeon Dentist,
rtpectfal? 4cr b tervtcea to ibe citi-
ai Caell aad at? tmmh -e? coaniiea. ia
j defftftauat of Deatutry. Will ce
pt atteaiioa to rails bj aiatL Charge
ttate.
:
James Fbicker,
523 Main Street,
DANVILE, VA.
S4T JC.HVrd.V im
UsiWxka. Jewelry. Ac
a aai?t of wkat w arc daa g we
Ml
l aub for fS.OO
a Opw Face Sler atewwiadie
aloe 3 rtCt aad !
w Serka Waterbaty WatcS. UitU oat.
t jo. 3tace aad rr. Ik eatra.
(Vvt irririiA rwery week .
i
OTUIIDEVELOPED
ELER
t
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Liver Complaint
It nvr arvlj an tp!!! rami by tte
-f Ajcrt &ArAjrUU. tUn b as 7
ocbrr rrrorOj-. I was ft crrat inrr
frea Sirr trvuVcs, &i never found aaj.
tblaz Lhai tTt tae permanent rrCef BotQ
I Lrma ULia; Ajr Sxrurrflla, aboot
tro rn ftu. A few boO of thli tacO
klxM r!-oJ a rI!cI cur. Wn, K.
XUker. li W. l:rtxAHo f., IWoa, Miu
A Remarkable Cure.
Ayrra Priprf:u b& rarM no of m
bJ a e vt Jkkwi of th Llrer m aar
lift. I w& roc2ol to tl feuu for ta
vmtb. soU, for Um Ut Uirvo moeth of
Utf UxaWMBftxU to lea? mj b.
tax rt?l. lo-lfla fact, othliXX helped mel
BftiU 1 trUml Ajrrra borMajiUa. Aflrr
iMtax a qjxrter of a butile of thU ortlU
clM I bcsa to feel bcUrr, aaj cTtrj
akUtkOAl aeeinI to Liiaz dw
beftita a4 lUrulL I tteJ tarr Uxtiea,
aoi am now able to at let! to mr bu!rv.
I walk to tow a oum mil tlletaat a-J
rrtura, whhoot UlAruttr. Arrr' 9aro
fiila La accoanilnhI all tble for me.
W.&ifliMr.CanooUtj.lIkli.
.'r's Sarsaparilla,
usfang Linimcni
VetMu rrT Ijmir. 7YmU
Mm in to t 0rgUfi Wuarf aL Tm is.
I
cn. zm -
J
W "W
icf Vti m i " en
1 f" I 5 S
It bat beea ia constaat
te foe it eeara, with a re
rd f alleJ bj aoae.
irrtrrrtwferf
ot to blow down eat ess
the Tower vwith it; or araiatt aay wiad
tbat doet tut dUable abHntial farm baild
ia; to be ptfect; to oalUtt aad do better
work thta an other mill made.
U taafactare btb Pampifg and Geared
MitU aad catty a fall line of wti MILL
i rrLlss- SeKt for cataloirae aad rricea.
AttITt WAITID.
ca rmiii winiiui Aia
MUbawaka. la 'tan
M
fflmm&
e
mwii4!u taruve O C C n
m 1 iita . mil do ii Obbwui
3 M
"9 zn n
X $3 : i U
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UmmMmHUm ro r l r-f. woi4
MLulnMMrMMMrMUVWU,l11'14
JIeaetert 21. Z
Attolhrr Jrft tabic Crop for
Xorlh Carolina.
Diversified hiubxndry is the cny
true pel cj for Cirmcrs possessed ot such
dirrrvificd scO and disialc is are em
braced withia the limits of our State.
Recent! wc had ioquin'es from several
sources as to broom -com, among them
one from Mooresvilrc and one from
Greensboro. We refer our readers to
two articles on uus sutject m tnts issue,
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from imeuigent gentlemen, in whicn
there xs no material difference except
as to the method of curing the brush.
.Mr. Hamilton says cure it in trie sun,
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and Mr. Musgrave says cure it in the
shade.
We are gratified to be able to give
these articles Irom two of our mtem-
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gent farmers. We are pleased to an-
nounce that Mr. Musgrave wi.l write a
series of articles for the "Progressive
Farmer on this subject; and will give
in detail the treatment and methods at-
tending the raising of this crop, from
ihe preparation of the ground to the
ba ing fur market
It may be interesting in this connec-
lion to give some other facts touching
ihiaindusUy. The Mohawk Valley, in
Nc.v York, was at one time the great
center in this country of this industry.
Hut more recently the stales of Kansas,
Missouri, Nebraska and Illinois, pro-
ducc the great bulk ol it. c export
some of it, but Southern France and!
Italy arc able ordinarily, to supply the
demands of the European markets. I
New York city sells annually about J
150,003 dozen brooms. The machin I
cry the-appliances lor manufacturing
the brooms is simple and inexpensive,
and can be operated cheaply, partial-
larly if it be so located as to attach the
n-arhinerv rcauired lor stitching and
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winding the wire to steam power.
The yield according to our correspond-
cuts, is from 600 to 800 pounds per
cre It is not uo in bales of about
300 pounds each, and is worth aU the
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way from $So to $160 per ton in New
York city. The corn or brush will av
cragc about 1.000 brooms per ton.
An actual. entcrDnsinjr voting man
who has learned the trade well, can
p a ww
surt a oroom laciory wun ,500, uu
11 . M. - - v
sI1ouUrhlsmac.-1IncryanJmre rom
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it until he can bcin to realize from the
returns. North Carolina ought to pro
duce the corn and manufacture thc
brooms for half these United States.
I'rozressivc Farmer.
If tin ImnuHs nrn frisk v do not
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turn them in the lot together vh!le
they arc frceli shod. They arc apt
o injure each other with the fcharp
it. .
When fine featbers have Etrewn
M
over the Huor cLuiicu the eirjH;t
slightly ; yu cju then get the teath
cr together with light sweeping
and take them up in a wad.
The g!o6 that thc Chiiien; lann
drymen give to collar and cuiTs i
not ultogethcr due to fhe starch,
bu to preaurv, the irticlrs pacing
through heavy ndlcrs tightly ad
justed, and very hit
To pncrve cgg fur Winter uo
you will nqui.-u one pint of lroh
slacked lime, and one-half pint com
mii s.lt, to thrvc gallons of water.
lse a ladle with which, to put
them into the crock, cover with an
ld pla c and kicp in a dry place.
In ca5-s f freiring ruh flic bdy
with now, ic or ciJd water. Get
ipnll the friction wn an with
rheso rrtich Afttr a . while let
luat U? plifl in the inoit gentle
inanu-r. If animation dos nut re
turn, try arlincul respiration, a in
c:ca of drowning. Heat fint aj
plicl i certain death-
GalU are rarely accnoti the 1kc
slioulders Lathed night ad mom
ing, with strng fait water, bogiit
:ng a month bvorv the spring plow
iig. In warm weather ue weal
jud nnder the collar. American
AgrlcuituruL
One of Vaneem Yarn.
Senator Vance, of North Carolina,
tells oa stuttering (rienJ of his in Ash
ville, a lawyer, who had for a client a
maa that had been accused of selling
liquor without a license. The . prhon
er had a decided alcoholic appear
ance ; in fact his nose might have done
j service as a beacon near Cape Hattcras
Ion the darkest night.
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i oe tesximon was tat en ana ine
tax
caje went oo tmui vanccs xneno rose
to maxe ota piea.
1 " jour honor, he began, "Hook at
i .i t i
me, jury, genucmcn ot me J jury,
i-wok. at tne p-pnsoncz. r prisoner,
noox at tus n-nonor. o-gcntieroen ot
the j-jury, I-look at the p-pnsoner.
I r t it t 'e l i i - . it . I
w ooes nc hook as u neu s-scu a
p-pint of liquor to anybody T
The argument was irresistible. The
nose oi tne accuseu outweigneo ail ttn-
a .fta.alw w
cr tesumony ana senator vanccs
inena tnumpnanuy won tne case.
llotc They Setllnl.
Near Talbotton, Ga., the cows of
farmer A got into the pea field of his
neighbor. Mr. IL and destroyed about
1 10 biuhc Is of peas ; whereupon farmer
1 B presented an account to farmer A,
claiming $6 for to bushels of peas at!
60 cents a bushel. Farmer A examin-
ed the account, and then turning to
farmer B, said: -
"Look here, neighbor B, my cows
late up io bushels of your peas, but you
know the rule in gathering peas is to
give one-half for gathering. So you
sec my cows were entitled to five bush-
e!j of those peas for picking. There-
fore I only owe you for five bushels at
1
60 cents, and that makes $3. Heres
your money. "
And at ix thev settled.
selves.
"
Qttieer but StmSblc J erdict
lieiowwegive tne veniaoie eroici
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oriyson county jury, renaereu at
me lasi icrm 01 inc coumy u,ull upuu
a cnarge ot carrying conceaiea wea-.
pons:
Commonweal th
BuA Kirl)y f
Verdict; w the jury, find the de-
icn. bnt not pufltr. as chanred in the
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jn(Jictment( but we find the wimess for
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the commonwealth and the grand jury
guilty ol a want ol common sense, ana
fine them $20."
And so said alt. This is a just re
buke and shows how ready some grand
juries are to trump up frivolous prose
cutions thus worrying the citizen nd
nuttinii the State to expense. Ex.
It a iU city Signal.
One pull of the bell cord signi-
1113 "atOD
Two pulls mean "go ahead."
Three pulls mean ljack up."
One whistle signifies "down
b:-ke.,,
Tw o whistles signify uoffbrakes."
Three whistles mean 4back op"
Continued whistle indicate "dan-
Ser.'
Short rapid whUtles indicate "a
cattle alarm."
. . ? .? e t. 1 j. I
seeping parting ot uic nanus
1 1 :.i .i. it I
on a level wxui uiu eyw uicua gu
ahead."
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A siowiy sweeping mccung 01
. . . . e
the hands over the head Signifies
m m .a'voaywl
linrk lowlv "
UICk SiOWiy .
A downward motion of the hand
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A rwHkimiii' tnntitm with one
UnJ indicab s "lack."
A red flag wared 'up thc track
indicates ''danger."
A red fl g by the roadside means
Slnger ahead."
A red l!ag carried on a locouio
tie signifies an engine fullowiug."
A red dag raised at a statio mean
'stop."
A lantern swung at right angle
acrot the track means top."
A lantern rais.d jud lowered
vertically L a signal to -stirt."
A lantem swung in a ciicle sig
uitles 'Lack thc train. , t
IT ironim. J
Good thoagha are no better than
good dreams, unless the are execu'.ed.
A debt of gratitnefe is tx often com
promised at about ten cents on the dot
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Ne er speak ill of our competitors
in trade. Competitors will speak of
you as you do of them.
Advice is like snow : the softer it falls
I '
lhe longer it dwells upon and thedcep-
i jjtj into the mind.
As water shapes itself to the vessel
lhit contain, i so wise nun atlanta
himself to rircurnstaoces.
It u to through life like a
snhm than m chni ihn amnml
:ih thc frost of U nature.
as we dislike to admit our de
fects we find it better to know and
ajnsl ihcra than to krnore
lhem
Be what your Liends think you are;
avoid being what your enemies say you
are. Go right forword and be happy.
A flirt is like a dipper attached to a
hydrant, everyone is at liberty to drink
from it, but no one desires to carry, it
away.
If you cannot inspire! a woman vith
1 love for you, fill her above the brim
with love for herself. All ihit runs
over will be yours.
Our chimeras are the things which
must resemble ourselves, and each man
dreams of the unknown and theimpos-
siblc according to hn nature!
I -hope I shall always possess firm
ness and virtue enough to maintain
what I consider the most enviablCjOf
all titles that of an "honest man.
The environments surrounding our
biith are mattexs of chance, but whcth
er we are trump cardJ, and win , the
trame of life, is lately due to bur-
. j.
io w w
Books are at once our masters and
our scrvanls; but they are unobtrusive
Th f otir moods and leisure.
1
rhey bccome to us like person? . and
yoice w; fcd more aequaintcd. With
uhon lwQ hundrcd ycars dead than
we do with our daily companions.
T I test People Ixixy.
Why are the tul!tst eoplc thc
!:,., f rT. ; .nA
lllAIUbh I 1IIUT IilllVt 111 UOM
. . . ,f , fa
.. . wuehs or colds, Uiey will be
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there s.iil longer, use Taylors
Cherokee Remedy of Sweet Guin
and Mullein.
Ink spots may be removed from
paper in thc following manner: Take
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a iniCK uioiimg-p.ipcr, eiccp t
ci.i-ni-ol ttitioa in crlntwn nf aTallf
., , r 4 . ,
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iiiciiiiry iu w iiiiu uiu i i" iiiv
apply the blotter which has been
prepared in this fashion to it, and
the ink will ho. entirely removed.
American Druggist. V
Mother
If the little darling is spending
uch sleepless night, slowly and
pitifully wasting away by the
drainage upon its system from the
fTrwf nf rthinr. v'xxc Dr. Biimeni
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1 ww a a a a
We tell You Flalnlu
,k4t simmooj I.irer Res!ator will rid y a
erf ljpyix. Heaiacbe. CMiipxiton aa
rJLTZJL. It .ill break mo cbill. a t fe.
I rrr aad rr yrat ibeir retar-, aad i a com-
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Pie e antwore tot an avaj.na ..f
na ti of tbe reasme Stm-mr uer n-rja-
latoe, prepared bv J. H. 7U St Co.
The New lUrmc Rh Game and
Ovser fair was a pronounced snc:
c.
.We can furnish any sharie, size or
yle of Rubber Samp, brand or d.e rc-1
qaucd for any rurpx, aa j at irom
2r cents to $t,co le than you can get j
them ol anr .-or.nem ic
Wheless
U'-tt kins
RabW Stamp!
Press , is the best thing our. Bmocia j
men can do their own pnatm w,th ooe
oC these presses. Call at post ofike j
and see it.
j Sr. Jeaklae AatlrtpaUdL ,
When Mr. Jenkins went to his bed
roop at half-past onr tt was with th
drtenninatioa of coinjr Ui slfrp, and
an3th detertniasuan that tie
would not be lnterrlewe4 by airs.
Jenkins. So, a soon as he entered the
door, he deposited his lamp on the
drenatns uhla, and comrnenrrd hts
peech: - " ' t , :
I locked the front-door. I tmt tho
chain on. 1 prilled the key ont a lltth
bit. (The dog is inside 1 put the
kitten out. I emptied the drip-pan of
the. refrigerator. Tho coot took tho
sllrcr to bol with herl I put a cano
under the back-hall door. I pat Uu
fastenlnrs ornr the bath-room win-'
idowa. The parlor-flre has coal on. I
put the cake-box back In th closet.
I did not drink all the milki It Is not
going to ratn. Nobody gTo tne any'
message for you. I inMled your letters
as soon as I got down-town. Your
mother did n,-t call at the oOcev No
body dirtl that we are interested in.
Did not hear of a marriagre or enpLye
jnent. I was very buy at the office
Jnakln out bills, I hare han my
Rothes over ehalr-baeka. .1 I want a
new egg for breakfast. I think that Is
all, and I will now put out the Ufht,"
Mr. Jenkins ftlt Uiat he hal hedl'
against ali inquiry, and a triumphant
mile was upon hU fAr sj lie Uok hold
of tho gis-check, and slshtl a line for
the bedjwheu he was earthquaked by a
ringing Uugh, and Uie query from Mm.
Jenkins: '
' Whfdidnt you take oil your hatf"
-a !
A, I say, Mis EUieU I heard tho
er day there a dog In Ilhude Island
at plays the piano. Io.you beliero
f asked a simpering swell bf a young
dy who cordially hated him because
be was always pounding on the piano
whenever he got a chance.
Certainly I believe it," ahe replied.
M Pre often heard puppies play on that;
instrument."
With'' a growl the dude went out so
savagely that ho barked his shins.
A little thrve-rear o!dirirl discovered
nei.h!ors hen scratchinir in the ffsr
dtrn..and running Into ths house she"
said to her mother In a most Indignant "
tone: "Ml that hen next door It
wiping her feet on our grass P. "
Judcef Have you anything td sit
before" the court p-x sentence: npoa .
your Prisoner- Well, all I got' to
say Is, I hope yer honor 'II consider thb
extreme youth and greenness of my
lawyer, an let me on easy."
, m Adirondack " Marra'y; thf eccentrifl
Ereacher, is married again. His boasted
nowledge of !I'?Wj in Cook a Beef--steak,"
will now serve him a jrood torn--but
the chances are that he will expect'
his wife to furniah the steak.
-Why did she do itr asks an ex
change. " lteaius. flrt, her feet were
awfully cold; serwU-he bd bmi In,
bed an hour, tlicrefore warm and com
fortable; third, what is a husband food
for if nol
anyway?
for if not to warm his wife's leci on,
One of our exchanges prints a long
editorial entitled "The Aire of ln.v
It is believed the artiel was intnired
by a recent viait of a patent medicine
aent who,wantl a eoiarnn advertise
ment one fjejir and fifty-t wo reading
noticm lnert-d fr fC to be taken
ut in " Llrer S..rc)ier." . ' .
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BESTTOIIIC.
Tht eafldiM, enrablntef fwa bfK
C'area Dmmi. iwlarl . SrraJbMwa
lMMfwBteCOaiarwvi.aiaaa4Swvea
aai ?ewraJfa. .
It 'a aa ua&iU&f rrmadj $ar tfJtt U Vl
SUarr m4 liver.
, It it tavkloaU fee f ' JwAtf
Www. awl aU wbo Wa4 mAmmtUry a. - .
j Ji4rjlc;snleltS.eOMil-bar
I Hearken ar4 jnea ibe tarto4.riusaJ-fa
"tbe acOe av5 h MKrsilanraa ol rw
Urirrta lUaniwra a4 fMkrtua. arf mutz&i
mam mK a4 erm. -
fee Isterwswe rr. Laatt"nt. Laca aa
r tr rrwiJo aW lrU ttaH iM
ertw4 ltd an writT. laae retire
n 1
EXHAUSTED VITALITY
renta SCU3CCS or un. tta
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