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Jjocnl not ires a cents n line.
SnhKi iiptioii invariuhly in Au
VANcnanil ailvcrtisincnts paya
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A afe nd reliable rempilr for HEAOACHK, I
TilOTHAC'HK and .lKAI.HlA. A few
I'rlre Sr. nil BOr. per botUe. FOR 8ALB
BY ALL DUL'llGISTS.
Lanoir. North Carolina.
rrrparea rnijr dj las KarnoLinc unuu i.u. ,
KtfHaLlME
Hi-
ALS.
Mr. A. (J. Corpening North
Catawba, CaldwellCo. N. V,
says, "1 write this to say
that the little bottle of medi
cine called Kephaline is a
splendid remedy for headache
my whole family use it and
all say that itrelievMstheni."
Mr. wilson Lanton, Kings
(.'reck, Caldwell Co. N. C.says
"1 have used Ke)haline for
headache, toothache and
neuraleia add have never
failed to be relieved, I have
also used it for Colic in doses
of one and two drops with
threat benefit."
A Till!' THHOUtill ASHE.
Boont N. C.
Ati.23, '89.
To the Dkmociiat:
Last Sundav lnornin"; with
Capt. Lovill T started for Jefiu to neighboring- tribes in
fcrson. The Capt. was going
to attend court at that place,
while I was on a pleasure trip.
"We met quite a crowd gather
ing for woi ship atThre Fork
Church, after that S!-arely a
person was seen stirring. On
the top of the Blue Ridge a
flue view was obtained. Far
below us lay the valley of
Yat kin Elk, w hile in the dis
tance curved the Brushy
Mountains, (curved by the ex
tent of vision). A Northern
gentlemau is talking of build
ing a fine summer residence
commanding this scenery.
We w ere soon at Gap Creek
and stopped for dinner and
to feed our horse, at the hos
pitable home of A. I). Cowles.
While dinner was being serv
ed I went to the mine about
mile from the store, and
thoroughly . examined the
t j
whole outfit, machinery, ore
nnd all, and sampled some of
the brightest looking pieces.
The company is doing a lot
of work t here w ith ten hands
and two large engines ; one
for drawing up the ore, and
the other for crushing it up
for shipping. A shaft has been
cut eighty feet deep, striking
a vein of cornier, silver and
old. The ore has been anal
jiIm! j'iui s ti !' . i"..
i l -t ': T.'vi If the l !'.
rii
with mv hands full ol
a d met Mi . t'a! iii .).('...!
who is .in ;! t in mho. ra! -
Ji.V.iill-l ,M la. Jit j-h.-nv OViI!.!-
' ill the initio, iir.il bi'tonk it
I piece at n 1 ime and toil aw
i whit 1 1 1 v eont.iieed. giving
'HK'il Vl'f.V llltl'll-l lll IfSMMI
; in iiiiim-Mlojrv, till hail to !
A'avi for .h nViM)!!.
Drivi:; v Nc.v ItiviT wo
i:otiicil tl:.f. v ry few of tl;c,hidl lii'.nl.'d iuei would wm h '
meadows re cut, and corn .
was nr t very ood. 11 elehxsr 111 11 vain hope to ;i
rcaciicij .jcii.-rson at unisi-t
and found unite a 1111 :n her ii ,e(aapany was formed to nt il- '-.now t h it our path will he n
lawyers and citizens in town, ixe t!i" wale.-. Analyses' wviv victorious n;e, that our foi s
('apt. stopjM-d with 'jolly' : ii:ale wliii li proved the w a- v, i!i heeonn fi iemls, and the
.lartllardin, I witli my ",rai:d i ier to contain principally i ih:i.'i tliat were a-! cerse. f; -father,
. ( Ilai t!e;t. Uroiaiae and Arseinc v. i:i( h ! vorjhle. We shall pass over
Monday inonilni, court was' :',:i ve it t!a name of Hmniir.e-j into the now ciieuuiotancc
called at tl.e usual hour ; Arsenic Sjiria,;-. A lai ho-1 i-i'.owaii:;, it may he hut dim
Judp lMiillipsmad th plain j iiiui several coi laesha ve ly wliat shall hefall us, hut
est charti-e to the in v 1 cvei i
heard. Ther( was tl usual modation of euests whov.isi!
larj'0 docket, with a n.ui d r i to spend t lieir time at tin
case ready for trial. TI e,e -ain.
was not quite so iviu.h driak-j The water is shipped in lame
'n in town as t1 r.? u u.dy ''pi uitities to all parts of the
is nt court. Mondavi- cnrH-1 wo. hi. A hotlle and packin
I rode into the cot.nirv w th : house is huilt near by ami
TokhiiIi Dnncrl - 1im ' i
r" .. ,
No t;i Fo:k.
,,.,,, fl,0 f.w.f ,.f i . 'I'
llCUr Till? TOOT (;1 1 !!(.' t 1 1 1 t '
rp . i , ,
jn mi m 1 1 1 , ii i wiiill l,t
flint is unrivaled for magnif!
cent scenery. There rises t he
Three Toj) Mountains like
three sentinels overlooking
the North Fork of New Riv
er on the north, to the south
Long hope, which falls 212
feet, then runs through a low
marshy country for several
miles they guard the grand
fre and beauty of those ro
mantic mountains. Ma;y
beautiful and interesting lc
gands are told of this section;
ot numerous finds of silver
mines, but nothing has ever
been found to substantiate
them. An ol d t ra i 1 i s t ra ck e; 1
through these mountains be
lieved to have been t he oM-
est road tnroug the mouu-iiii
tains to Tennessee, and no
doubt many an Indian scpiaw
has carried her papoose
alone- this trail from theYad
jTen::ossee. Elk Knob. Miare
famous by t he pen of A. M.
Dougherty, is not far distant
and true in deer,
Thou standest like a pyra
mid, Grand, silent, and alone.
An Indian's grave was late
ly washed up by theriver and
numerous Indian relics un
covered. As I turned my
back ad started for Jefferson
the words of the. 1 poem broo
ded on my mind,
The nil man. Oil! wliere is ho,
That luuitfc'd down thy game,
Before w licse chase the elk did
flee,
And ieft to thee his mime.
No sacred urn to mark the spot.
Where the poor Indian sleeps.
His memory vanished and for
got Without a friend that weeps.
Wednesday, wit b my uncle, K.
P. iJarttlett I went to the
Thompson Spring, 9 miles
east of Jefferson. This spring
was discovered J years ago,
by a Mr. Darker, who was
working near by in anew
eronnd. Hishands weresore
and burnt. In the
branch he found
w hich he cleaned out with his
hands. The next e7ny his
hands were much better, and
. i iiJniM l v: is .n4 ii"
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ii-! curb. go.
Fr
ti. a
(A., till' J-Jirlll'JL i : t ( il cl.-
ihlfill rX'il:".-lit. Often I
or f hundred p-.p wojhi
gather tle-ie of ,uday and
HI Ol I III' W.ltrl-. .Ml lit-
incus l,M-:iiii" t h:' Nin iii r for
iciiriii.u: I'vii-y ;iiliiiMit tho h;i-
uiui Jiih is lu-ir to th;U the
t'.e'rs'i -1; pates ii thdi.-. ii
! lew growth f hair. A rh-h !
been erected ior the aecom-
the : tci' is Ol 1 icd thelll
, ,
The siiviiie- is walled wi;h
niarbleand a house built o
vei it. They use half gallon
hollies for shipping which
sells for oO cts. each. The
spring runs n gallon periniu
ute. They often employ ."()
wagons to haul the water to
(he rail road at Marion Va.,
from which point it is ship
ped Mr. Parmer has bought
the interest of his partners
and owns it exclusively, lb
has lately sold theSaltworks
at. Saltville. Va.. for a million
dollars and claims ihesnrin-ll
to be worth far more.
There are several other
sn-ings in the Co. which have
been a n ; i ly zed eq ua 1 ly a s go xl
and some better than the
Thompson. IMummer's, one
half mil;? from Thompson's, is
operation shipping water.
Ashley's, in the western
part of the (!o. has also been,
worked some, and several
others in different sections ol
the county.
Ashe is also rich in iron,
copper, mica aiumany other
metals which will, in a short
time, bring to them a rail
road. Mr. Clayton, who formerly
worked Ore Knob was in
town several days during
court wanting to buyall the
ironproperty in Ashe. He
represents a very rich syndi
cate w o it h t wo h u n d red mil
lionand they are interested
in Ashe and if they can se
cure enough property will
build a rail road to it.
Thursday rnormng I left for
home, arriving late tat eve
ning. I). I). 1.
CROSSING THE RUBICON.
The R-3V. Hue McMillan, D. D., L .1. D.
F. R. S. E., in the quiver.
In every human life there
is a Rubicon to cross. A crit
ical woment comes, sooner
or later, in which we have to
pass from the old life to the
new by an act which decides
our fate and determines the
whole nature of our future.
There is no career so quiet
and uneventful but this fate
fid moment occurs in if Itwill
i...
he edge of a iconic in the shape of temtn -
alittledrearjtion or sorrow or cham - e -
and the way
...
e-trial will be met,
detorniued bv the
-
111 ll'llll'll t MUi
will be
1 . 1 1 : : .f tint an 'i .i it-
-ivtd i:i.::i !'. previous
;-.;it:i." i i.:,lirj:;v Iif- Wo
i in iati lli :i ;s t!. I s-
s.,i uhieh ! .., ; ()f jr.nii t.
"u: ;!- i-i t evmts; ami
:i iplh in r. ' t;nr (n il i!y
.-lt t p::.:a o MV-to:eoof
rij ir.i.-'cr . inn is t Im-i
III OJl illl'l I 'l HJlc VITOf 111 (
: ri'i; m1 cx.i j- i'iii i's. 1
The !t 1 i t it ;ii for ,
th cro.iii df .-my ltu'iiii-oni
is w t vsihp-j; with (Jod In 'for.-:
h;i;id in jiiayer. Iik .Ir.coh.
It we su-ciii in sicitintr the!
Mcs-s!; of the Lord, we
aavui.-;-already m possesion
wrought out in the very tex
ture of our soul, through the
trial in which wo have been
v'elorious. that faith in (loo'
.. hich is the ground of our
most absolute cn'i.'eire
and our largest ope. Hut
it nun lie thwt our Rubicon
is of a different nature. It
may belike David's a liglii
rom the consoquonces of our
sin. V'e cross 1 he brook ol
sadness because we have
planted in our life some seeds
of evil, and an; now reaping
its bitter fruit. We h.-jvc
found that sin breaks the
ties and sweet associations
of life, and drives the soul in
to a freary and lonely des
ert. The curse rises from
tin1 ground, and likeShiinei's
becomes articulate to us. We
through the valley of
the shadow of death., but
such a crossing over theKin
dron of the soul wi1 be bless
ed, if it leads as in David's
case, 'to r'anfelt and abid
ing repentance: for the sin
that creates a breach
between us and others.
be-
will
create If we are truly peitent
a deeper frienship between
his and Him whose blood
cloanscth from all sin, and
whose love makes thesiant-r's
sorrow which wouh". have
been unavailing if it were on
ly the sorrow of the world
that worA'oth death the
stiait and narrow way to
higher holiness and purer
happiness.
If the crossing of the stream
lias been to us, as to Jacob
and David, a decisive change
of character and purpose,
the waters will be a very
baptism of purification, in
which our old life will be car
ried from us down into tlx
Dead Sea, and our llesh will
come again like unto the
flesh of a little child. We
shall pass over to a Mahan
ann, the Lord's host, from
the valley of the shadow of
death lead across the dark
waters of sorrow to God's
heart and to God's throne;
and shall acquire, in thewres
tling of the Jabbok, the ear
nest of the inheritance of the
saints in light.
The passing through any
trial that is sanctified to us,
is a crossing of the brook Ki
m11 lo lue 'Jeuiseunuie oigressTor one mauieo ami
-. j ji.. ii .ii. , i
!the HOn1 w,th ( linst b.v is
! a11 bwww o lonely? Why
,li,u 5f ii .1 ,! i t li.lo
I round us and withus? Why
does it withdraw us from our
UV't.T H limi lJimntv
fell, t-.v-o! .it tin-, an; I Km u
into 1 !i desd.le w : I 1 r.nvs.
v!i r.mim.m -N 4 t li-ine
and ordinary sympnl Ii v are
iim.i ii!:!!:r? Is it ait that
-v.- i.i - y !. brought iw-iir
(; ;ih: l I it 1 TT I . !.. t i-Miip
w i t ! i ! ! i ; 1 1 has f"'t tin'
an I.i:i-!.;i .;" h;;:n.iM :
;IS 1IO IlllIIIMt" iM'tiJf i: IS l'i Jli -
, it, ;iini in :ili our nliiir-
t ionsis still tilitni ? W'v ;in
iii;id(M;iii;ihhMf,',('iiiisv.hirIi 1
we can not ut trr, .mix! of pains'
'ami sorrov, w which we can not
share with oli"is. hccaiise.ji-
sux is the intei i r -icr of our
ieelings and the sharer of our;
-sorrows..
Tic1 cloud that shuts us out
from the world, shuts us in
more closely with II if u ; and
in the very core f the ch aid's
darkness and loneliness, we
behold thetrnnKi'iguration of
sorrow, a beauty and a glo
ry such a,v we see not in all
the fairest and brightest
hours of life The wilderness
whol e human help is fai thest
off. is the pl;u.e whore heaven
'y help is nearest ; where the
ladder is sot up tat reaches
'rom earth to 7oaveu, and
the angel appears inlhebush
and ministers tenderly toour
aecossilies, under the sua do w
of the juniper where we have
lain down to die.
Life knows not such pecu
liar and gracious revelations
of Divine love, as the soli
tude of suffering into which
we are withdrawn from our
fellow creatures to be more
entirely alone with Himself.
We have not to say to llim,
'(.ouldst thou watch with me
one hour?,, He is with us.
a very present help in timeof
our need. Itisno angel that
strengthens us, but the Lord
Jesus himself. The sorrow
with which no stranger can
intermeddle, may weep its
sef out on the boom of the
Friend that sticketh closer
than a brother. For us there
is no lonely, forsaken place
in God's universe. We can
say, "Alone, yet not alonefor
the Savior is with me," ay we
pass over the brook Kidron
to share in the Gethsemane
of the soul, the fellowship of
his sufferings, as he shares
the fellowship of ours.
Our own pain ami sorrows
will give us a fuller under
standing of the sufferings of
the Man of sorrows, and bind
ns more closely to him; for
nothing brings two beings
nearer than a shared sorrow.
And having thus drank at
the brook sadness with him
by the way, we shall yet lift
up our heads wit him in bliss.
We sh.-dl be u ith him, when
"the ransomed of the Lord
shall return and come to Zi
on with songs and everlast
ing joy upon their heads;
they shall obtain joy and
gladness, and sorrow and
sighing shall fiee away.''
Corporal Tanner is report
ed as saying to the soldiers,
"1 told Harrison to let me a
lone and I would attend to
my own business." He ,-uld-ed
that he was now debating
whether 7e would ask Con-
i t i i
itilteen millions or one hun
dtvd and ten million as a
! fv.iinul tlni l inwtli t m HI ivi iTirisi
! 1 ... ......
j (ion of eighty millions. C'on-
MV"X that tins pension
business is rainier s, the w on
,J,. - js that li-.-nroi -iws toak
ougress nnv ! hing about il .
It is his busiio-ss and lie wit
attend ta hi.-: business, 1 1
says, if Hat r'son w ill h t him
alone. Tii.it is pretty high
m round t t :tk" : hut if lit'
takes ir. we think lo ought
to pny tl.i inoii"V out if hix
OAII pO'hi't. 7 III' '() lf ll.l VI!
51 t hi;;'-: to do with it. Tin?
IMi-sidi-iit h.is nothing to do
with it. !t;sthe t'or-iond'H
husiiuvs, niid we nr. cntirclv
jin favor of his runiiinjr the
thin": to his own nccouvt.
The movement townnl free
trade, towards loosening the
fetto.s that bind our com
merce, while limit ing the safe
production of gooods, is jnxy
grossing with some rapidity.
Additional momentum isgiv
en to the ball as each month
passes, ami more failures in
manufacturing circles, bring
distr ssto thebusinessmenof
the East. The number of dis
asters that have occurred a
mong the woolen manufactu
rei-s puts everybody on the
inquiry as to tins cause, and
the mined men hav'notbeeil
backward in saying that the
cause was the tariff on wool.
A out a week ago we print
ed a, list of recent failures in
that branch of business. Since
then other mills have suc
cumbed. In Rhode Island the
Wauregan Company which
had two mills, enipoyed 1,
()U0 hands; the Nottingham
Mills, and the Thornton wors
ted Mills, the British Hosiery
Company and oters, have
either suspended or are in-
voiveo.
In Philadelphia several wool
en failures have also occurr
ed. The Philadelphia men do
not at tempt to conceal the
cause, but publicly ascribe it
to the tariff.
The iron men of Massachu
setts are in a like bad cause.
We think it very probable
that the influence of the.se em
barrassments will tend to pro
mote a revision of the tariff,
and the drift will be toward
the democratic doctrine of
free ra w material . Sooner or
later it will come. The wis
dom of our policy will receive
the sanction of beneficial ex
perience, and the Democratic
party will be justifiVd for its
devoted adherence to sound
principles of political econo
my. Observer.
The number of persons kill
ed by trains within a few
bonis of each other is wor
thy of remark. It is repor
ted that on Saturday night
throe negroes were killed on
the Richmond & Danville
road. Another was killed on
the same road in Charlotte
tho same night, and two
white men the same night just
this side of Durham. Two
white men T.ere killed on the
Air Line, 50 miles from Char
lotte on Sunday.
The acci(7euts are frightful.
It is not to be understood,
however, that the rail roads
are to blame. The unfortun
ate men virtually committed
suicide when they placed
themselves on the track at
7ight.
T. B. FINLEY,
ArTOUXIA-AT-LAW,
Wilkesboro, North Carolina.
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