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THE. DAILY WORKMAN. J. JMH HAVX. I.otal Editor A paper for all people, but specially avn the desire which many ere rfncwn to entertain for a non-poKtical "sheet, the Womxax will strive to go Bto vry house, leaving to other papers '"the mi t'tc of politic. giving tbe news In brief end holding itself responsible ' to tbe mora sense of the community for 1U utterance. ... Can Ticks Swim ? -We had thought of proposing; question for discussion in tome debating club, but have been afraid lett its scientific nature should put it out of the reach ol the popular 'understanding. That question is, "Cau Ticks Swim?" There are some people who take pleasure in ridicul ing and minifying, and, if possible would bring down such questions, ev idently learned and important, to a plane below even their own level, preferring high sounding names of places and things they never saw, to the utter ignoring of common, every day things with which they have been conversant from their infancy. One of these questions, and it could never be more seasonable than in dog days, is in relation to ticks. . It is not the origin of ticks, thw conditions favor able to their growth, what they feed o'n in winter, or how many of them it takes to climb sapling, but aim ply this: "Can Ticks Swim? We are free to account for the fact of our individual interest in thi important subject,' and do so by stal ing that we personally know of stream of water of some historic im Dortance, and located in Chatham county, on the line of the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley railroad, known as "Tick Creek." Pedestrians in ' that part of the State are informed ' by some of the better educated, that Tick Creek it line of demarcation beyond which no tick ever dare to 'go. This fact we learned some years " ' sincei "lOcr from tnat day unt.i tnis it . has stuck to us, and out of it has evolved the biting, slawing,itching and irrepressible question1 "Can Ticks Swim f x V; Just as we had reached this partic ular point in the discussion of the absorbing qnettion at isue, a friend of more than ordinary entomologies information came into the office, and to him we turned for light on this ob- . scute subject: "I do not know," said he, "whether or not ticks can swim but I do know that they can live a lon tima under the water.'! ,' But whHe it must be admitted that this does not put the question of swim ming entirely at rest, it shows plainly the presence of a wonderful adapta bility of the race to meet the dangers of the briny deep, and therefore we may infer that a tick has no good reas son for fearing to trust himself in , water. Why, then, we demand to know, do the ticks on the fertile " hnrp n certain classic stream con fine themselves entirely to the East ' side, or the West, as the case may be ? Not being able to wade any deeper s .u. ...u: . .... t.. :. ; f- Aim cussion by our debating club. " ; Personal. ( ,, i Mrs. Robert Denny has been sick for some days. ,..... Mr. . T. Dick, of Mebane, is 'here to-dav. Ua is drtincr a liverv business at Mebane, and also owns 'some' good property in vacant: lots near Greene ; and North Elm streets. Capt. J. M. Odell, Chief Justice : Smith, Mr. N. B. Broughton, of Ral eign, and a number or other promi- 'hent gentlemen were here this morn "ins" , ' Rev. Dr. Long, accompanied by v Misses Mattie and Allene Bell,, took 'his j leave on the Eastern-bound train ..this morning,1 for Enfield, with the intention of Ur ying awhile at Gra h ?m by tte wsy. Fiona Enfield Dr. Long will return to his home at Yet low Springs, Ohio, and one, perhaps both, of the Misset Bell will accom pany him. . 1 . Mrs. L II. Stevens is quite sick at the home of her daughter in-law, Mrs. Lydia Stevens, in this city. Prof.' N. C Englikh was here on yesterday. The number ol teachers in at tendance on the Uuillord County Teachers' Institute continues large Mr. W. V. Lomax arrived in this city night belore last and went up to Winston yesterday to look after the interests of the Roanoke and South em Railroad. He reports everything moving along nicely. Mr. and Mrs. J. II. Lindsay, of Kernersville, were nere a shot t time this morning. The Kentucky Election The election in Kentucky yesterday for Governor and legislature was a very important one, but the latest adyices represent the Democratic majority as greatly reduced. The State is claim ed, however, by the Democrats, as giving a majority of 15,000 foi the State ticket, while the legislative ma jorities are not materially reduced The next dispatches will be more re liable. Burying the Blue Book! ' Mb. Editor : Some one in the Work ham of August 1 seriously ukea to teak one of the teachers of the Institute for expressing the wish that Webster's blue-backed spelling book that fossil' ized relic of the old red-sandstone pe riod might soon be removed from our midst, and that one of a later ago say the cretaceous be put in its plaoe, Let ua hear!the other aide. " Strike but hear," aaid au old Greek philoao pher. That is but the opinion of an iudi- vidual, says toe wokkmax. Just so and so is the ' quite different opinion ' of the Workman the opinion of one woo una quits, prooawy . not cnucauy examined Harrington's speller the proposed substitute a book on our State list, and one that has been in use in many of the best schools of the State for years. lias he practically tested the value of the new speller in the school room t Does he know in what respects it differs from the "blue book f Httfi hureye ever casually glanced over its pages? Would be know it if he were to meet it going to market with a blue cotton umbrella under his arm f If not, is he in twsition to give an hoc eat, intelligent opinion on the subject f If he can point out six private schools of decent reputation, in the State who now use Y Ancient Blue Book ol y days of y Auld Lang Syne," the writer of tbia will surrender at discre Again, he says, that "it U by no means a proof of the inferiority of Webster that so large a nuBber of new works have been written within the last twenty years, but rather that no successful rival has been found." Is it not an evidence, , Brother Workman, that Webster is not giving satisfaction I How do yon account for the fact, that Webster has been banished in all, or nearly ell, ' the bee! private schools North and south ot Mason and Dix on's line t Aga n, the Workman ar gues that, " from the hopeless division of sentiment- as to which of the 'new spellers is the best that Webster'a must be the beat, after all. and should be re tained. . ;;.'V;"-V'..v-''v '. v Let us see the locio' of this. Be cause there is a hopeless division of sentiment " as to which reaper. Mc- Cormick's, the Buckeye, or Little Gi ant is the best, therefore our farmers should select none of , these until the question ia settled, but should .take up "j H anciente reap book ' of the days of Ruth and Boas. The same sort of logic would drive them to thraah their grain after the fashion of the days of Jung Uavid, and drop the mowers. sbevela, pitch forks, plows, hoes, et id omne genus, and return to the good old tools of pest ages. A thine is eood. not because it is new, but because, af ter being "tried, never denied," it an swers the purpose it was made for. . A lady livmg . in a distant State booghfc at one of the book stores of this place, only a few days silce. a conv of the blut-backed spellor to take home with her as a literary curiosity, to be pi nod alongside of old cbina nJ other artioles of bru -.-brae. Bd pel"t,.M eva Brotlwr Work tnm, ' is one of tlin chief aius of the ate." Grautad. 8onm of the first gmde trauhnrs ol thin county, and not niirequeutly .culiegn graduates, sr lound Midly flt-n:i-nt in spelling, ibe; were brought up on Welter's ! ergo, Webstrr should btt reUiunl. QUI) This logic is the Workuax's :' not min-, Childreo in this county may be found able to spell auch words aa plithisic. blellium. feoffmout, inoompreheusibi! itv. honorificabilitei-. dinatibu. and word whose meatdng they don't koew, nod words for which they will never have any ue, and )t fail to spell moy siuipki monoayllabio words in ue every day. Again; Brother W. speaks of the cost 01 making the change from Web ster to Harrington. Agin; hi logic would forbid the bauiahment of such books aa Pike's Arithmetic, Murray's Grammar, Now York Reader, aud other like books that belong to the glacial p riod. If toe abo vi -named booka were good they ought never to hav been buried, bfcaoae of the 'coat. If not, it wa economy to baniab them, evr-u at a pecuniary coat of thouaanda of do; lars. .... : ' Seriously, Brother W., no one has more respect tor cue memory ana utei ary character, of Noah Webster thsn your humble servant. ' His Dictionary ia inootuparsbly the beat in the World in respect to definition, orthography and et; mclogy. His Dictionary has kept pace wiui the progress of the age bia Speller, unfortunately, ia the same it wrs in the days of the Mound Builders. 1 Were the venerable Doctor once more permitted to " revisit the pale ghmiiees of the moon be would doubtleaa, be more astonished to see his spell iug book still above ground than was old Samuel when called up by the Witcb of .odor, Then .let us burv the Blue -backed Speller with all the honora of war with "sable pall and tapera tall ;" with bared heads, arms reversed, mulHed drums, and marching with slow and stately steps to the sound of the Dead March in ' Saul let us " lay 1 the old Blue-backed Speller to rest, " Where no wave of trouble sh til roll Aero its its bine covered breaat," The congregation is now dismiswd. 1 . -:- EX-TKACHBR. RTrrnrravpoa , We haf eestea its virtues, personally, ana know tus tor uyspepsis, unions neas and Throbbing Headache, it is the beet medicine tbe world ever saw. We tried forty other remedies before Sim mons Liver Regulator, but none of them gave ns more than temporary rolief ; the Regulator not only relieved but cured us H. H, - Ed. ' Telegraph and Messenger, Macon, Ga. . '.''''ft . . '.''. The old law aaid, "Thon shalt not" Christ said. "Thoa sbalt." The Jewish law condemned him who did not refrain from evil Christ condemns .him who fails to do good. . . . ' "' -: . , Bucklen't Arnica lve. ' ; The best Salve ia tne world for Outs. Rrnisei, Sores, Uloers, Salt Rheam, Fever sores. Tetter.- Channed Hands. Chilblains. Corns, and all Skin Ernn- tions,and postively cures Piles,or no pay - .3 T i - i - 1 . - rtiquireu. it is fruuaniceq 10 give per- teot sfttisfaotion, or money refunded Price 25 cents per box. . For sale by Hunter A Michaux. nov. 15 lr , drw Keep it before the people tacts are etaooorn 1 Acoordioa to tbe Iowa State Reciater, there are fifty counties in that State which bad no inmates in their jails last year. And it is a very significant fact that those counties have banished "the saloon. ATTENTION, FIREMEN I Don't fnrcftt. t.h' Tiflcnlflr Tlnnthi Meeting of yoiT Company, to-morrow (Wednesdavl n; Lt. Anrnht 3J. at eicht o'clock flhaiD. A full attendance is desired, as iiri-''nt business will be transacted. Lrof-rof . J. ', FITH, Frest. H. J. Elam, ; reUry. : iood Results. In Every Case. D. A. Bradford, wholesale paper dealer ol Chatanqoga, Ttnn., wiius that he was seriously affliotvi with a severe cold that settled upoa his langt: had tried many remedies without bene fit. Being induced to try Dr. King's New Discovery for consumption, did to snd was entirely cured by rso ot a few twittW Hinra which time he baa need it in his family for all coughs and eolda with best reaults 'mis is tne exper ience of thouwiO'ls whose lives have been aaved by this wonderful discovery. Trial bottlea free at Bunter and Mich- aux's Drag Store. IBead what is above, below, snd on eilbor side of these lines. DYSPEPSIA, CONSTIPATION, SICK HEADaCHE, BILIOUSNESS!! - i TkM Jita$e$ coHslituU thru fourth 1 th mlmenit 0 tummity. Is there a positive care f - Yes "I suffered with Dvsoerjsia and liaor dered Liver, and would frequently throw np bile, I procured a bottle of Sim mons Liver Regulator, and after usiog half of it was completely euied. One of my lady customers told me the Reg ulator completely oared her of -Sick Ueadaoue. V. Ulds, tjedar ltspids, Iowa." . - J&See that yon get the genuine, with tbe Z-etamp in red, on front of wrap per. J. H. ZEILIN &Oo July 281m. Philadelphia, Fa. Notice to Creditors HAYING qualified as Administrator nnon the Estate of the late D. B. Bell, I hereby give notice to all persons holding claims sgainBt said Estate, to present them to me at Enfield, N. C. , Sroperly proven, on or before the first ay of September, 1888, or this notioe wi'l be plead in bar of their recovery. And all persons indebted to said Et tate will come forward and settle at onoe and save costs of snit. DAVID BELL, Administrator Aus-. 3. 18S7. 4w tot D. B. Bell. '."r..:;.,'V ;. Notice J -: - i1 HAVING qualified as Executrix of Frank F. Pnh, deceased, ia the Superior Court of Guilford county, I hereby notify all persons who are in debted to the deceased to make imme diate payment, and ail persons having claims or debts against the estate of the deceased are required to present them to tne undersigned, according to law, on r before the first day of August, 1888, or this notioe will be plead in oar 01 tneir reoovery. KATE E. FUGH, Eieontrix. July 2d, 1887. ' jy30 4w SALE OF A House and Lota in Greensboro.. BY virtue of a mortgage filed Decem ber 11th. 1883 and retistered in Boole 64, page 226, I will sell at public outcry, at the Court-house in Greens- bore, on Wednesday, August 24, 1887, at S o'clock, p. m., the House and Lots belonging to M. J. Tatum, Esq., and boundtd by Main. Fair and Spring sts.. known as Lots Noa. 4 and 5 as hud off in 43. Terms made known on dar of sale. T. J. OGBTJRN., Summerfield, N. 0., ) ' July Utn, 1887. J July 18 lm : Dr. fc. W. Tate. Practicing Physician, Greensboro, N. w., oners nia rroieaaionaJ Hervloes to the citizens of Greensboro and nr. rounding oonntry. Office at Porter A Dalton'a drag store. When not there can be found at his residence on Ashe boro street, opposite CoL T. B. Keocb'a. jiotf r - THE WILMINGTON STAR REDUCTION IN PRICE.' ' ' Attention is called to the following re- .aucea rates 01 suDsonpuoa, ' . cash ra apvanob:- - . ' THE DAILY STAR. One Year. .. 56.00 1 Three Months$.1.60 Six Months.. 3.00 1 One Month...... 60 The Weekly Star. One Year; !.$i.00 1 Six Months. . . . .;60 Three Months...,....., 30 cents. Our Telegraph News service' has" re cently been greatly increased, and it is our determination to keep the Stab np to ihe highest standard of nowsnarjer exoelionoe. -: v , Address, ; . WM. H. BERNARD, Wilmington, N O. , New Boarding House 1 MRS. WOGGOMAN baa taken cLarge of the CENTRAL HOTEL, which has jnat been put fa nice order, and is supplied with elean and nice fur nitute. and is prepared to entertain a number of Boarders, both regular and trauienr. polite and obedient servants. AaaJ AuIiIa OAmMlA.1j(l(n Jfaj-For Tiansisnt Boarders, 25 at per meal and the same for lodging. Ca:i early aud get terms. , Jy27 6w ; Builders and Contractors' Notice. WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED A carload of Rosendsle CEMENT, a carload of Virginia LIME, a carload of Rockland LIME, and have plenty of CALCINED PLASTER, PLASTER ERS' HAIR, SHINGLE TIN. and VALLEY TIN, and want to talk to yon about your Tin Roofing before yon con tract with others. ... Nota Bksa. We still keep No. 1 Timothy Hay, Cora and Shipsluff of the very best qnality. WHARrOA 4 STRATFOROv July. 28 lw . THOMPSON SCHOOL, (Successor o Uajtdale Academy.) AFibst-olass BoAKprta School with a Military Organisation. Hilar City, Chatham Caiy, N. C , The Fifteenth Session of this School will bepin Ang. 10 and close Deo. 22, 1887. Desirable I ooation on the O. F. and Y. V. R. R. Lar j e and tractive NewSoboolBnildiDg. Corps of efficient Teachers. Satisfaction guaranteed. .UaT- Terms very reaionable. Cata logue containing full particulars and a Photo of th BnildiDff sent on aDDlica- Uon to J. A. W. THOMPSON, jnly5 dw4w Bup't. Richmond 4; Danville H R. CONDENSED SCHEDULE. TRAINS GOING NORTH. - May 29, 1887. At Charlotte...... Ar Saliabtiry High Point.... Ar Greensboro.,.. Durham. , Raloigh. ...... Ar Goldaboro Ar Danville Richmond..... Ar Lynchburg... ' "Charlottesville " Washington... "Baltimore...., "Philadelphia... "New York.... No. 61. No. 63 Daily. Daily, 6 05 a m 6 25 pm 6 45 a m 8 01 pm 7 66 am 918pm . 8 28 a m 9 40 pm 12 47 p m 12 07 am 2 41 a m 6 SO ana . 4 80 a mil 20 am 1010 am 1129pm 860 pm 615-am 116pm 200am 8 40 p m 4 10 am 8 28pm, 910am 1125 pm 1008 am 800am 1285 pm 620am 820pm TRAINS GOING SOUTH. Msy 29th, 1887. Lv New York.... " Philadelphia. . " Baltimore. ... "Washington.. " Charlottesville M Lvnchbnrcr... Lv Richmond... " Danville Ly Greensboro .. . - Lv Goldsboro Ly Raleigh. ....... Durham. "High Point.... Lv Saliflbury....... Lt Charlotte....,., Lv Spartanburg..., " Green viUe Ar Atlanta........ - No. 60 . Daily. 445am 7 20 a m 945am No. 62 Doily. 4 30 pa 6 57 pm 9 42 pm 1124am 1100 pm 8 85pm 8 00 am 660pm 6 06 am 800pm 2 30am 860 pm 8 05 am 10 44pm. 948am 12 30 a m 8 10 pm 6 80pm 100am ' 6 87am 287 am 11 15 am 10 16 am 12 89 a m 11 23 am ,225 am 100 pnt B flft a tn S 84 nn 6 50am 448 pm 1 20 p m 10 40 pm II. W. II. C RAILROAD GOING BOPTB. Lv Balem.... eontaxoBTB. ;,f - . , .... Ax Salem.'.'..'.... No. 60 Daily. 7 20 a m , No. 61 i; Daily. 1180 am No. 62' 5 80 am No. 68 Daily. 12 80 am On trains 60 and 61. Pullman Buffet - Sleepers between Atlanta and New York, On trains 52 and 63. Pullman Buffet Sleeper between Washington,Montgom- ' ery Washington and Aiken. Pullman . Sleeper between Richmond and Greens-. boro. Pullman Sleeper between Greens- boro and Raleigh. Pullman Parlor Car between Saliflbury and KnoxviUe. - ' . Through tickets on sale at principal stations to all points. - For rates and information apply to any , agent of the Co., ok to JAB. lb UAXJUUH, . Sou Haas, ' ., PaW Ag't r T. M. Washington, D.G. Cravato; Gravats I ' JUST RECEIVED AT ALL TBS ' ' '. , , Latest Styles White Piques; Lawns and Silks, all col jul5 . ors and styles . tf
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