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Send your Job Work of all kind to the Citizen Office, if you want it done, neatly. cheaply ana uu tfttpatch. Balbriaaan Underwear. Linen Botom Laundried and Vnlaundried Shirts, Tennit Shirts. Half Hose. Suspenders, Collars and Caffs, Kid Gloves, Scarfs and Ties, &c eodtS9 H. REDWOOD & CO. Arrival m1 Poprtnr of the Train. HixiRBOav Mail train arrive fcliKE -; " - .v .' Departs 6:19 a. m. Tfcuneae Arrfres 9:66 a. if. ; - ' '. - Departs 10:01 a. it. WATSnsvrLi Arrives 4:39 p. m. M . f Departs 9:68 a. x. The Waynevflle train reaches that point at 13:19 ; returning, -eaves Waynes ville at 25. - Judges of good Lager Beer should try the Cincinnati Nonpareil" at the Bonanza. V : - v Just received, a fresh line of hats and bonnets. Just the thing for thetseason, at 3t. Mrs. R. K. Portkk's, We expect a good quality -of Black Sura A in a day or two eodt29 II. REDWOOD & CO. A GAUD FBOff SIIS. PEAR- " soar. HIS REPLY TO GEN. CARD. JONES' LAST The neweet stylos recfivec at of Trimmings, just .It Jkp. R. R. Poeter'h. Mr. M. P. Williams has received a lot of fine champagne cider, to which he in vites the 'attention of the public. Mr. Zeb Baird, now in the Treas ury Department of Washington, is at home on a visit. Col. Frank G X3 arrived on Fri day evening to look after the pro gress of his new hotel. We invite attention to the card of Mr. J. J. Sum merlin, who has opened a gen eral grocery store on North Main street, opposite the Farmer's Warehouse. The Rev. C. T. Carroll, Presiding ' Elder of this District, is in attendance upon the " General Conference of the M. E. Church South now in session in Richmond, Va. - Capt. J. E. Fry has been removed from Balsam, and is here at Mr. Haly burton's, to go fo$6wton when he is a little more improved. Messrs. Zachary & Jordan have estab lished a branch house of their grocery store and beef market at the coiner of Patton Avenue and Depot street, and would be pleased to serve the public. Sawyer ought to be satisfied with his move; everybody else is on the ground of his own benefit. We miss his famil iar sign, but we have learned the way to his place. Everything looks bo neat and, at the pame time, wears such a business like air, that we are .very sure he will profit by it - Mrs. Lath rap will reach Ashevillo Monday afternoon, and will give a Tem perance talk to ladies alone, at the Op era Hall, at 4 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. Also a lecture Tuesday evening at eight o'clock. The lectures are free, and all who can do Bo should avail themselves of the privilege of .hearing this earnent temperance lecturer. To the Public; Ashevillk, N. a, May ist, The publication in th newspapers yea- terdav without-my knowledge) and witn- nut mv consent of correspondence of a kind heretofore considered inviolate, forces me to present a statement of my coarse and of the motives which impelled it " ' This controversy was commenced by an attack against me by Gen'l -Johnstone Tones in a public - meeting when I bad - ' no chanc to reply. I thereafter published a statement of fects, to which Gen'l' Jonea, replied in a card in which lie made agairiat bae a dis rfai't charge of owardice. 'The facts jure rxtire wilb-.earurt instructions lrom iny constituentc.. i ) uena every- energy to, fo. ce tb ci' jjlc tjoU'of the Spartanburg; and AsLevuife l(ait:-nd. I his was thw perautut.uc i.vnio i"t:ie cauipaign, and to its consuuiuiatio.i I Ue voted my ttuie and means. - My course on this question and particularly my course in New York citj'. where l naa gone to gain , information about this Railroad, provoked the vk- lent displeasure of Mr. K. Y; McAden, President of the road, and caused him to publirh in a Chariots new spaper a severe criticism against me. On the 4th of March 18.5, .Lieut. Gov. Robinson, afu r a long and hot fight on u Railroad bill, asked me on the floor f the House in debate why I bad not noticed the news paper criticism above referred to. 1 replied instantly without calling Mr, McAden's name, "I regarded that arti cle as unworthy of mv notice;" within hall an hour after this remark Mr. Mc Aden made a violent assault upon me the particulars of which are notorious. Be fore my blood bad time to dry upon the pavements of Raleigh,' I wrote a chal lenge to Mr. McAden and' asked my col league to bear it and-to aid me; he de clined, saying the challenge was couched in language too strong. 1 asked him to correct it and to put it in proper form; he declined. I then asked him to tele. graph for Capt. Francis Randolph Cur tis with the view-of asking him to sec ond me. In the mean time Gen. Jonas went up to the House and refused to vote for my vindication, asking to be excused from voting on the ground of delicacy. The next step is told in Cant. Curtis' memorandum as follows. - J . NoETn Caeolixa, Adjtjtakt General's Department Asheviile, N. C, March 25, '85, MyDear Pearson: As you placed the decision as to your course in the McAden anair in the hands of Messrs. A. W. Hay wood, Calderon Carlisle andjtnyself, I deem it oest to sena you a memo- random of our action in the matter, and of the advice we gave you, to use in any manner you may think fit. After a careful consideration of the case, we decided that no middle course To Working Meit. The Pastor, W. W. Bays, will deliver a special sermon or lecture to "working Men," at the Methodst Chnrch to-night, at 8 o'clock. All "working men," me cbanics of all kinds, invited, as will as the public generally. Tobacco Association. The regular monthly meeting of the Asheviile Tobacco Association will be held at the Farmer's Ware house on Monday evening at 4 o'clock. Full attendance desired E. I. Holmes, Sec. ASHEVILLE TOAACCO MARKET. - - - - . - , Saturday is always a dull day at the market. Yesterday was no exception,' though there was nothing special to com plain of. The offering were moStt'of low grades, and sales were not large. No sales at the Farmers worth reporting, r We quote those of the other housesr-" - : " ASHEVILLE. Sales 3 191 pounds: W T Reynolds Q lots J0J, 15, 13f CVJ fiJdwiaHendei?-i son, 3 ots, 17J 17J, 12. ' Mrs Lillie Car ter, ( lots 14, 16, 12J, 16. I . . BuacoMBK. '." i Sales 2,946 pounds. Common stock. ' . . ' - . BAKKEB. . Sales 1,824 pounds: J S Glance, 5 lote: 16, 28, 10 7i 25. Glance & Co ,3 lots, lU, 3J, 15. J M Hays 1 lot, 18.. KjuVES AKD FOKXS PbICES AT LAWS. White handle, knife and fork, " with double bolsteT, $ 1.2c per aet Solid white handle knife, only $1.35 per set; carving knife and foi k to match, $1.50. Best steel knife, with c Uuloid handle, not affected by hot water, $2 00 per set. Car ving knife and fork, $2.75- Six warrant ed triple plated knives and forks, $3.75. ' My Btock of best plated knives forks and spoons is very large and complete, and u offered at lowest pi8ible prices. tf. AU-woot Dress Goods, Silks Ehadam'es, Velvets, Satins, &c, in great variety. .- ; ' xft29, - 1LIIEDWU0D& CO. Wt f expect t 'j '. show- this (Wednesday) . -mo ning a beautiful Tufted Velvet for trim ming Spring dresses. . s eodV2Hs - H. RED WOOD A CO. A Tnous aki Dollars Rkw aed.; : Of ered for one ounce of A dultebated Canot found at Jones ami Prater Can dy Store on Main street near Post Office. Manufactured fresh' every day; , Every body buys it and it always gives satis faction. Always found at the Tent. v. - dlw. . . Jones & Pratkr. - could be adopted. As there was a differ ence of opinion as to what should be done, and as Mr. Carlisle was not a North Carolinian, we decided to ask the opin ion ol some older man, whose position in the State, and whose known courage would maaehia judgment of weight, that we should advise you from a North Caro Una standpoint. This we did, and after a full discussion of the circumstances, ho agreed with us that there Jcould be no middle- course; and we, in the full sense of tne responsi bility of having your honor in our keep ing, decided, and advised you, that from the nature of the assault, and the very different positions held by the parties in tne community, you should, as a man oi honor, choose the alternative of letting the matter drop, and ignoring the man and the assault. Very truly yours, " . Randolph Curtis. Richmond Pearson, Esq. The gentleman above referred to' as advising this, course, was Dr. Eugene trnssom. Tne motive for this course plainly sta'edwasthe suspicion that Mr McAden might pursue the course which has been reserved now for General Jones, to-wit: to make show of fight, receive a confi dential communication, refuse to return it to its author and then call for his dis franchisement 1 He abandoned me in the anguish which only sensitive honor knows when wound ed and unavenged and comes back home to the people who. elected us both, and publicly proclaims that I "hare yielded niy reputation for courage." : I af strongly opposed to duelling, and l know that the world would unanim ously applaud General Jenes for declin infto fight a duel on the 4 broad ground Pof principle." Why then did he not say so when he .first received a note "which he under- Btooa to oe a cuanenge to ugm a aueir Why did he not return the paper with a prompt and manly avowal of bis religious and constitutional convictions ? Why does hef still refuse to return that note? . '.' ..- : ' ' For three days and nights he made such show .of fight that it could not occur to even his own second that he had any scruples against duelling.' ' Why did he employ a second at all ? A discriminating public can judge. General Jones states in his letter in so many words, "Mr.; Gudger refusing to accede to your new demand brought back your original challenge." If this demand was ever a challenge it cou'd only be so construed when Mr. Gudger announced : that all "amicable" adjustment was impossible, and at this precise juncture General Jones declares that Mr. Gudger brought it to him. Thus Mr. Gndgerborj the challenge and General Jones volunteers the evi dence to disfranchise his own second, and General Jones stands as a common informer against both friend and antag onist. ... . 5 -This master stroke completes., the story of jealonsy, ingratitude and revenge. . . . -- v- General Johnston Jones is a man whose ancestors have been gentlemen and gen tlewouoenr his name has been distin guished in this State and has heretofore been free from any stain of cowardice or falsehood. He has been my social equal and my political colleague, and is now the Commanding General of the brave men who constitute tbjs State Guard of North Carolina, and as such his utter ances are entitled to attention. . . " " - He. makes a deliberate and public charge of cowardice, and whatever pious people or progressive moralists may say, the day has not yet come in North Caro lina u hen a man can -live- under such a charge nnrefuUd and be respected - That which men call honor will sac rifice everything else to save itself. The extent of the sacrifice is th? test and measure of courage. L I dont wish to ob- trnde apon the public acta and motives of my life, but this f most say that have lived in this world five times seven years. In the first two sevens I had my childish broils and boyish fights; at four teen I lost mv only brother whose fiery temper brought grief to my lather jmd brought my brother to an untimely grave. Since then I have tried to avoid broils and have lived without reproach bat witnoat rear, i here nave oeen exactly six Richmond Pearsons in this State whose names have been derived from father ,to son. The last is now an infant in his mother's arms, anft xl feel that I should . have . wronged him' end those who lived before me, if 1 bad snffered that name to be sullied by an unrefuted charge or cowardice preferred by a man who was my social - equal, my colleague ana my Detrayer. .. .; ' Richmond Pearson. Asheville, N. C. May it, 1886. J Oeh'l Johnstone Jonet, Athetille. N. note:'of thei6th ult. vou sajd 4p e" that yon only desired in this matter to do hat which a man' of "honor should .'do." ' To: this, which was not unanticipated by me. replied that it was only because I believed you to be a man of lionof that I permitted and bore to you a communication at once so delicate and confidential. You have not justified the trust I placed in you, not because you deem it your cut to your uca to oecime . Mr. Pearson's re quest set forth in the note in question,' for the code which you condemn, with almost Christian charity permits you . to do this. and th s dragged the name which I bear into a criminal court where if has never be fore been in the history of the Carolinas. Your people have been with my people fcr generations, and with a tender regard for that past, in which I more live than in the future, believe me that I write these lines without anger, and publish them with excessive pain. Yours obediently. . Jr R. Hamilton. Interesting Reminiscences. Yesterdaj ,. the 1st of May, in the memories of Gen. Johnstone Jones is full t f interesting and abiding recol lections. It was the anniversary of the day on which, he met, for the first and last, time, the chiefs of the Confederate government "then over thrown by the force of arms, themi selves essaying to escape from the victorious pursuers. Gen. Jones was a guest, of Genr Wallace, at his residence at Union Court House, S. C- That gentleman at the time was a prisoner on parol and his son was a comrade of Gen. J., both belonging to. White's battalion of Infantry. ' . ; On that day the gentleman - com prising the Confederate cabinet rode up to the door of General Wallace's residence and halted. They were under the escort of General Fergu son's cavalry, and were on their way to the bouthward. The hospi talities of the house were gracefully and urgently tendered.and as frank - y accepted, the halt however being only for dinner; that meal was . jex temporaneous,' but elegant. 1 he party consisted of Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States; John C. Breckenridge, Secre tary of war; Judah P. Benjamin Secretary of State, and Gen. Reagan, rost Master lieneral lien. Uraxton Bragg was also of the party. l he demeanor of Mr. Davis was quiet, courteous and self possessed. xie was cneerlul, and he passed a part of the dinner hour with the hit tie daughter of Gen. Wallace upon his knees, with whom he interchang ed many playful words.- Mr. Ben jamin was bright and cheerful; the others were quiet and thoughtful. When the party had dined, tbev resumed their ride. Mr. Davis bade the ladies and guests a cheerful "good bye;" and as he shook hands with them he said 'I am going across the Mississippi, and I hope some day we may meet under more favorable auspices." V A lew days thereafter he was cap tured. The others made their es cape; and their subseqent history is weu sinown. - - All-over Lace goods, just received at 3t . Mbs. R. R Porter's. Stamping for Kensington Embroide ry neatly done by Irving Love at it : 11. Redwood & Co. s. - Paris Bustles at ' - - 3t Mrs. R. R. Poster's. HwtMszz .tf0"Ktatn Settlers'; UU-s-il : C 1 H. T. GATC11ELL,.. D. Committee : HNa JiEY'WlLLiAM M, l. Nev Stock of Carpets, Rugs and Mat tings. Splendid assortments ; call and make your selections at W. B: Williamson's, Patton ave. " -Also the finest assortment of baby car nages. - , ' : . . tm 8.. Just Received,-. r ' ' - V And on draught Cincinnati Nonparlel Lager Beer at the "Bonanza," - : V A small remnard of Hardware, and Saddlery at a large discount. eodCiH It. REDWOOD & CO. . NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. "JXECUTOBS NOTICJS. ; " ' xne uoaerdgtied narlng qualified as Bxecct tor of the w U of Nathan Brown, deceased hera by notifies all persons having claims against the said Brown, to exhibit the same to them at or before the 1st daref aUy, 18ts7, or this notle will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to the said Brown will cotae forward and make settlement at once, or tagal proceedings will be instituted against. ; - Asheville, N. 1886. . .- J. J. Summerliri Opposite vFarnaers' Warehouse, Sontb . Mam Sfc , Asheville, N. C, - '- ; Z "' " bfiALER in : ' ''i.:. ' : GROCERIES, i PROYi&JSHtS - . ' ASD "; ' , - : -- CQUNTIIY PRODUCE of all kinds, fresh and reliable. -; CIOAK3 AJS1 TOCACm "Highest prices paid, for chicken, eggs, butter, etc, roay2:tf i COL. L. 14 vHATCII. :' cLiuAToiiOoy Ms defined as an invesHgation f the causes wUca ? form or modify a' climate; the acieac which treats of climates,' In accordance with-this definitiom f climatology there is presented tctyou the following report on the climate of WesUr North Carolina, in particular; as regards tempxratnre, wind, mbis- ture (including rainfall and hrmidity) sunshine and .the topographical features ofhoaotoy. - r " ,. - . r r " if- . . ' '"-v i '-' ' " ;TOPOORAHY. .' . - . - . :. :TUm AppaaiIa--lJottnxain: f XuruUng Jreai . tha -; -Nortb?Cawlinarlkie, brVb-giaia, aad two range . throDgh Nottk Carolina, with a iOuth-we8twaily; tread . to Soa.'h Carolina and Georgia. The country between these- ranges, (the Bius Kidg oa the East and the Allegnanies on the-West) called byerteay AVestem North Carolina, with an area over that of - the State of Massachusetts, and population of of that of Massachusetts, is convoluted by trans verse ridges of mounUins, solitary peaks, valHes,- narrow and wide, table-lands, and ridges. - Th gen eral level of .this region is over 2000 feet above tide water, with : peaks, by the scores, rising above 0000 feet These, high peaks- are not -found only in the main ranges,- but in the transvenae as well. - The mountains being, wooded to their very tops influence : the temperature and hold moisture which is precip- itated in showers in the summer months. - -For each 300 feet of-elevation above sea level the mercury in the, thermometer is. lowered one degree. This is more perceptible in summer than In winter. It is conceded that, in elevated regions the air is purer than at lower levels; contains more ozone (an active germicide) and is stimulating to the surface circulation, thereby tending to relieve internal organs of congestion, as well as causing increased transpir ation from the skin throwing off impurities from the system in greater quantities than at sea level." sunshine. - Sir W. Temple thought that was the best climate where he could be abroad in the air with pleasure, or -at least without inconvenience, the most days of the year and the most hours of the day- ' It is sufficient to say that, there is an average of : 259 clear days in the year at Asheville, the only point 1 in the region trotn which information is obtainable. t The writer knew of 2S1 cloudless days at Colorado Springs, CoL, in one year. But one tires of the con stant down-pouring rays of the sun with seldom an intercepting medium. Dr. Huntington Richards,'of New York, saysr in writing of Asheville : "Short of -the-often inconveniently distant Rocky Mountain plateau, no better elevated winter and summer resOrt for physicial patients exists within the territory of the United States, probably none so good." - j r" TEMPERATURE. 1 Your committeexannot give better information on that point than to quote from a pamphlet written by the late ProL H. P. Gatchell 17 years ago, which has been depended upon to great extent for facta and quoted by most writers on oar climate aiMe t ' .V; The climate of cMtvariea tfaMd of h Sierra Nevada, and more especially this side of the Rocky Mountains, is a climate of extremes, com par- ' ing in this respect with Asia rather than with Eur ope. The mercury rises to one hundred degrees and upward at St. Paul and Quebec, and the orange trees.-; of Louisiana and Florida occasionally, perish with', cold. We must not look any where on this broad area -for an equable climate such as characterizes the coast 1' of California or that of Western Europe. We .can j. only expect a climate relatively mild; and that Wes tern North Carolina offers. . - ' "It is, for our country, remarkably exempt from great extremes, especially those of beat. " The aver age of the extremes of heat for three successive years . -at Asheville exceeds by only three degrees -the aver age of Mackinac, famed for the coolness of its sum mers, for the. same number' of years. Yet the mean . summer temperature of Asheville is eleven -degrees above that of Mackinac, affording a warmth sufficient to perfect the grape; and the peach; And while its extremes of heat are so little above those of Mack inac, its extreme cold is nearly thirty degrees less. "Among two hundred and eighty-six points east of the Rocky Mountains only three reported as low a maximum during the hot summer of 1868 as did Ashe ville. Of eleven points in the State of Wisconsin,, cooled by the great lakes, only three reported as low a mean tor July; and of these three, one Bayfield on Lake Superior, while it: afforded a mean slightly- . lower, gave a maximum ten degrees higher. , " ' "While Asheville has a mean summer temperature . . but one degree higher than that of St Paul, its ma.i- mum is from twelve to fifteen degrees less. Its Win- ter mean is about twenty-two degrees, and its ex'v. tremes are from . thirty to "forty degrees above those ; of Sr. Paul. Asheville has nearly the summer mean of - -St. Paul, with a winter mean '. of . Fayette- ' ville, in , Notthwestern Arkansas,- . two places- -'. that differ nine degrees in latitude. -Those who have -. summered on Lake Superior are impressed with the- j similarity of the summer atmosphere of this mountain; region. They find the climate equally, invigorating,. . and the country comparatively exempt from insect- ' 'peStS. :-. 1: . - ' '. ' . "The climate of Asheville is no Kdenlimate. It: - partakes more or less of the. variableness that per- . tains to the most of our territory. It has some severe- -winter days , and some blustering . March weather - but it is on the whole, the best climate are have. . If it lacks the uniform mildness of a portion'of Cali fornia, it does not on the other, hand -hege- cessive sensitiveness wh.ch is engendered forma." It develops a more robust constituti seems to afford a favorable medium between' the en ervating influence -df the warm or umfonnly mildi regions and the overpowering cold of high northern latitudes.. The snow seldom remains many days t a time, even on the highest 'mountains sand its stay in the valleys can generally be measured by hours, "To aid the reader in judging of thevttentsaf thfr climate of Asheville; I append the eUowing able comparing it with that of Geneva in Switzerland, Turin and Milan in Italy, and Vienne jnt the Valley.: of . the Rhone, East France. Turin and X Vienne are situated in famous vine districts, and ail of them are-; noted for pleasantnesg.of climatt. ; : 1 vv r- ' " : Spring. Summer. Autumn. WintVr.Year- - There is nothing anomalous about this. - It it com-v- saon during a temporaiy, though extreme, refrigeration . for the mercury to range as high at elevated as at low "" places, sometimes higher, though both the average and the extreme heat may be considerably, or even smcb less, at the greater elevation. . - The tendency to build inverted pyramids, to jump ; froot a single ease to a general conclusion, is conspL ' caous' in regard to climate as well as in regard to other things. Most persons think they know all about a climate in which they have passed a year. "Or, if they have spent a single season, they know all about the climate of that season, summer, winter, spring or ,' aiftvnM, They regard any Investigation of the aver age, or of the general climate, as superfluous. If It appears that I attribud to this region not absciate .but relative mildness. The comparison is . ; not with ' tropical regions, but with those that lie to - - the North. . That this may be more distinctly seen I V Append the following table of winter temperature : Witfrxa. 4M f OH : ' Places. v-v '-." -.' ;" St. Paul, . . t y - . . "- '-. :- Detriot, : - ..- . - ... Cincinnati,' - - ' ; AsheviUe, . Z .,' BAINFAIX.' :-Vm frrcr? line n rtia SAitkwaal ta Ashe'- ! ' vflle, in an ais line of about 50 miles, there Is a mark ed UminatioB of rainfalL. A Highlands, in Macon county, near the Georgia line, thexannual rainfall is 7! inches, while at Asheville it is 40.2 inches. High lands is a small Village on a ridge about 3700 feet above the sea, surrounded by vallies and coves. The country breaks off from it into Georgia, and the mois ture laden South winds rise and precipitate their moisture on tne ridge and surrounding mountains, f iving a rainfall as great as is that of the Northern 'acinc Coast ', The same winds that convey moisture to Highlands, having lost a great deal there, lose more in passing over intercepting ridges and on reaching Asheville lure comparatively little left -. The .rainfa 1 is shown to be alight at Asheville by compa:tea with that of prominent points in other regions In the South : ' ' ' 40.2 INCHES SS-o ' 627 65.5 14 beget-that ex- 1 Ipred-in Cali - : wtitution. It , 1 rHareen' thi en ' ft Geneva' Turin Asheville ; Vienne- 7 Milan 53- 7 54 3 56.2 54- $. 70.3 71.5. 71-3 718. 72.5 54-f 53- 34.0 - ; 52:77 33 5 -. 53 J? 5S-3;;;3Z .SM'-' 55-9 ' . 30- - 54-9 Asheville Citizeh in ' h F uateheu contnbulen the . In a communication to the the Springof 'i88s ProL fn11nwinr. in review of what he wrote in' i860 -."Last winter the '. mercury fell in Gaston 'county, ; N. (i, at an altitude of about 800 feet, to five below t- xero. It fell equally low at Atlanta, about one degree :.- f! further South, with an altitude ot-i 100 teet, and not: any lower in Cashier's Valley, N; (X, in the same latitude as Gaston county, but with an altitude aSop i feet greater. I am informed that the minimum in. Asheytlle was the tame. And the. mercury has beep two below aero at Augusta, Ga. j.;-' - '.j: :'.'- '-- It appears then that, the climate of this mou'nUin.;: region . is equable in comparison not merely with northera'region but with some to. the 'South, ahdy' which areof-a-auicji leas altitude. The average sum-- . . rner of Asheville ii Ji and a fraction; that of Atlanta. 4 is not less than 76; that of Augusta not below. So. c. The extreme heat of Asheville is not above 90; that J :f Atlanta is not below too; that of Augusta ts 105. ,; ; The difference between the extreme cold of last win ter and the average summer of Asheville was 76 ; degrees; between the extreme cold and average sum- -tner of Atlanta 8t; between the extreme cold and ; average summer of Augusta 85. The difference be--. ' -tween the extreme cold and the extreme heat of Ashe ? , Asheville, -Aiken. S. C, Atlanta, Ga., Jacksonville, Fla Vegetation' grows luxuriantly in Western North fTaecdlBa for the reason that as much rain falls during the fjeseving season as does in Ohio, Indiana or Illinois.. RELATIVE HUMIDITY. , The feJEowiug extract from a pamphlet on the t climate of Western North Carolina, recently issued by the Doctors Gatchell, will give an idea of the com- . parative dryness o this region : "The valuable Cltsnatic Maps," prepared by Dr. -Charles Dension, of Denver, and based on the reports of the Signal Service, show that the country mr founding Asheville is drier ia winter than any othei' pwast East of the great plains; during the spring this ' air is its dry as that of Middle Kansas; in the summer tiie 'sir a Asheville corresponds in dryness to. that of San Antosiio. Texas; and in autumn it is as dry as it is a few miles East of San Antonio, Texas! And " wing to the drowns and elevation, the heat and Cold are felt much toss tVan elsewhere; at lower levels, these qualifies making a difference of 10 to i $ degrees to the sensations, in favor of Asheville. Asheville, possessing a medium altitude and temperature, the c&soate suits a very great nuvobex'of invalids One going from the North to the extreme South. ta irax the South to the extreme North, must become acclimated. Invalids coming here from North or Sooth tnsoally begin to improve at ence. acclimatira Ibmhi 3eig unnecessary." " WINDS. The twindsare never felt in the shape cf a hurricane car cyclone. While the air is generally in motion, and tlw7 it may Atrlimes be disagreeable still, it forms a hesabMul feature f the climate ' .? '-' ,. fnofv Stanford ;E. Chailli, A. ftt, M. D, inavalu able eoBtriuhution ito "The New Orleans Medical -sad Sargery Journal, May, 1876," 'quotes Dr. C T. : WilUaaCs, whoSn hisLettspmian Lectures upon "The i IarhMsioe of Climate jn the Treatment of Pulmonary ; Conaamptioai" says, as: allows : "A bracing though . gusty climate avails anore than a mild, still and - somewhat relaxing cmeod instead of seeking for a -sedative "atmosphere' tto -allay the cough and reduce Irritability, vie wsecald in most cases select a stimul ating one to increase the appetite.- and to invigorate the. system of our patients." Dr. Williams also . asserts, that, "neither excessive huiditv nor exces sive dryness of air .are favorable." The climate of . the country, about Asheville is one wi'.b medium humidity : 65-too." . Prof. Chailli savs, in regard to " Western, North Carolina : "It is o'nced.d that in ' cases ar advanced in consumption no benefit can be expected from change- of climate. - " rt is as fully conceded, that in the early stages, and above all, as a prophylactic any means employed for the "preservation of h.alth, when the . dreaded disease consumption is threatening invas ion, the climate is pre-eminent in arresting it gen erally prolonging life; often fully restoring health."' When it is considered that 8 out of every 100 deaths in the United States are from consumption, t is country, with its small' ratio of d-.a h from that dis- , ease, as the appended table (A) will show, offers a ' resort for those on whom it has fastened itself, and to thousands of families in the Uaited - Stai es haying one' or more members threatened with the disease, when a Jong life of comfort may be confidently look ed forward to. - . In mpport of arguments for this region as a resor1 for consumptives, the following opinions are quoted Prof. Gatchell says, in the pamphlet referred t . efore : . '-: '' ' '' ..- 1 " , - -- v . - ' CONSUMrTIO.v -; ' - . . .. "The lowlands of . th South generate a much less . atio than the colder regions of the North; and yet, .iAS the statistics, of mortality in the army clearly show, -ithcy tend qute as much, -if not more, to promote its i progress when existing. -- ' -; ' ' ."Xheir hot, moist atmosphere, by inducing debility -, sasMevex, hastens the progress of disease. On the , other hand, the extreme cold of high northern .lati- , ; tude's proves fatal by exhausting the small heat- . producing capacity of the consumptive. . - . A moderately cool and highly invigorating atmo sphere has been found to be by far the most favorable. ' "Altitude has come to be recognized as indispens able to any considerable, proportion of recoveries. It , is, perhaps, as important as any other condition.". , Dr. Henry O. Marcy, of Boston, writes that Ashe-J " ' vflle has - offered .the essential advantage of being of greater altitude than any other Southern health resort ef easy reach by rail, with a, dry, pure and invigorating air. ' - - - " . Dr. - Alfred" L. Loomis, .of New York, states that . . his ..best results, when consolidation existed,' have . been obtained in mountain regions 1,500 to 2,000 feet ' i above the sea. Also, stating that his most decidedly-. beneficial and permanent results have been obtained -' m. AsherHlevN-G -7 " , c Surgeon G.- K. Wood, U. S., An says that.the inju-r - dicioua coarse of sending consumptives to -the hot, low and moistxdast, and the islands of the Gulf of ' " - Mexico; should be abandoned. In disease of debility,' '. "the remedies are tonics and stimulants . What is ,-: -;;more debilitating than affections of the lungs ? And f I what less tonic than beat and moisture I " " - According to Ruehle, it may be regarded as a fact, V that an elevated region protects against phthisis.' A ." height .of at least 1,800 of 2,000 feet seems requisite -"' for this purpose. - '- ' '-' ' ' .13r: Filix' Von Nienieyer, in his-valuable work," . states that a continued residence in elevated regions; J'- is also advisable for consumptives,; when their dis-v -ease depends upon chronic pneumonia.- -1- - - But not only to the -consumptive, does Western; " North Carolina offer health. ; -i ? '- ;- In treating consumption, at elevations varying from' sea level to nearly eleven . thousand fe.t above tide-' ". M.f.r ttm writer tl3tt Imvhrf k1t- tK TnflammfltOrV ' remedies as in Western North Carolina. The absorb : tion of raateiial consolidating the lung has been, in many : cases rema'rkablei,. In fine, the low ratio of - pneumonia, (see table C), taken in connection with' ': the small proportion of cases of consumption places tr Western North Carolina in the front of resorts for phthbical cases, v The prevalence- of climatic con- - di'ions favorable- to the production rf pneumonia, are to a greater degree, promotive of! destruction of lung tissue in phthisis. , ,, ; - , . .. In diseases of ' . v. ;. . ' CHILDHOOD " ; '--' the cool nights, pure water and air soon produce a change in the baby wasted by the diseases incident to the period of teething or, from marasmus. Dr. IX J: Cain, eminent as a physician, says that, in a practice of twenty years in Western North Caro lina he has known but one infant brought from the low cc untry suff eritfg from such conditions that did not recover health, and they have come to Asheville by the hundreds. Table B. shows the healthfulness of the region for children. Of course, what reduces mortality of those under five years of sge reduces the general mortality. See table C.: ' . ".'' J : -DYSPEPSIA AND LIVER DISSASES. - --' To persons with such affections it offers such clim- atic conditions as did the physician in treatment and make recovery almost a certainty. . - I1; MALARIA. (badair.") ; . ' This is an mnknown quantity among the mountains. For more than fifty years, the wealthy planters ef t' low connrrv fav nmt f 11-. i-k... ". ii,iTo4inB,"td "be cxe'daJt front the baneful Tnfluen-M of malaria, and to rid the system after its aaviag been ' invaded by it The freedom of this country from ' malaria may bTeasfly mtderstood, when, according ' ' to Pr. Henry O. Marcy, of Boston, - "Not a lake or a swamp is to be found in the entire, region." . Those who are filled with this poison,, whether contracted in the lowlands of the South or the river vallies of the North, unfitting them for the enjoy . ment of life or the career of money getting, can here - find a region where malaria is unknown and recovery , from its effects is assured. TO WOMAN, the. heiress to diseases that sap the fountains of health and leave thousands to drag out a miserable existence, the climatic conditions aid the physician to restore them to health as no other climate seems to. Dr. John Hey Williams," whose extensive prac tice; in this class of cases, here and in the North, has given him ample opportunities for comparison of results of treatment, says" that "conditions that in New York and Philadelphia would require a tedioua treatment will here yield to simpler measures an J a ke result obtained in shorter time than there." The diminished atmospheric pressure relieves organs of congestion; the air acts as a tonic and the cool nights tend to that rest so necessary to woman. Finally, Col. Hatch furnishes the following as hav- -ing a bearing on the subject of the climate. The three persons quoted by him, in their lives, stood among men as the peers of any in trustworthiness and clear, ness of judgment : "Fifty years ago Dr. Sam'l Henry Dickson, then of Charleston, S. C, made his summer home in Buncombe county, near AshevUle. He was after wards connected with the Medical Schools of New York and Philadelphia. The year after the war I told him in the latter city that I intended removing from Chaeston to Buncombe. With emphasis he said, "You will then live on the best climate in the world;'' immediately adding, "I will take that back." "f do not know about all the climates of the world," but I will say the best climate in America, and I think 1 do know as to that" His brother Dr. John Dick son almost as well known as a Presbyterian clergy man and teacher, once saiJ to me in Charleston, I can- . not stand March here. In Buncombe I can wi h -slight clothing do hard work. . He too had built and lived here. : Overconfident as to his regained health he took charge of a large Female School in Ohio, but . bad to letarn here where be died. - I had known the elder Dr. Hardy tor thirty years, during all of which time I had supposed him to be as robust as the best of the Broadsay policemen. To my surprise I heard him say when he must have been seventy, "I came to Buncomb; more than forty years ago -with less than one lung." .. Years ago I used to hear Dr. Hardy's name spoken . of in Charleston in connection with difficult and suc cessful surgical operations. Thee cases and others of seeoiingljr impossible recoveries fixed my attention -and caused me to urge the importance of considering this section of country for our hospitals during the war.", - .- "TABLE A. ' Table of deaths front Consumption in 10003" of White Population, excepting in Weatero North. Carolina, where the estimate is for Whites and Blacks j Four counti sin W, N. Carolina, .... ,w.8i Three counties in Santa Carolina, with Aiken - central point ,,,.,... 10 S Minnesota,... ...10.7 . , Four adjoining counties lu Georgia with Tnomss- - - ville as central point, 11.8 Penin-,ulfFlorida,..... 13.0 Mainland of Florida. ,. it 0 Plains of Colorado (excluding Denver,;.... a. Maine...... . ..: 26.0 Los Angeles co. California,. ,.9 0 Wa'swchusetls, M 0 New Ortean.,. .,,..." 0 lMptriet of Columbia,.... , iq Charleston, , v....... , . 31 .4 Wore the estimate -uadtj for whitrs alone, in W. jr. C, oa the ta.-is of two deaths irom consumption among -tne blacks to one among the whiter, which, Irom a study ot the cen sus 01 IH9Q tor other Soutiutra localities, one would be sup. ported in doing, the mortality from that disease in W. N. c. v o Jd be only is la luw of white popnlat'on. For in. stance, in tne three counties in South Carolina, Aiken aa the 0 ntrai nolut, wnlie the death rata irom enauinpUoa amoug the whites is 10. t, among the blacxs it is 23 6 Ai it is claimed by some writ.-rs on mortality fnom eoa scuipiiou at their resorts that they sutler injustice from rtt us Keports halng a large number of death flora that 'Saae charvea to their localities where the disease origin ated e'sewnere, the following extracts from a letter ! reived irom tne Pepartmeoloi the interior is inserted : -' , '"' DEFAaniKHt or the Imraaioa, '1 : Washiho .-om, September t, 1889, J "Da. n. T. O ITCH ILL, ASHiyiULS, N. C. Sit: Th9 Department ia In receipt of your favor of the SOth ultimo, in which you aak the following ' -. question : ' Supposing a citizen of Chicago (during the een- sus year) should die of consumption in Jacksonville, Florid, . or other resort for invalids, to which place ia the compiling of the census would bis case be charged 1" 'r Answer Chicago. - -. ' . ' '- - Very, Respectfully, " . ", .. (Signed) N. A. Jbnxs, - ; -' ... - v. Acting Secretary." . AecomBan) log the above letter was a copy of the schedule -.. Bgpd ty tiy maraton 11U0. One of the questions oa it is; "Is the jMaasa was mot op.Nvaacrip XfftAta Or - math, STars fas flacs." . ,' '--"' ' " This should ettl special pleaiy og and put all resorts on - an equal footin in quoting Irom tie Census Beports fat - ISsfl, as all ol the material f jr (ables in this reDOrt hack:Meh ..Aerived from that source. And, it isbetievaj) by th's Wter. that he has been impartial ia his selections ana accural? in his estimates. .' -. -.j - - ' ' '"'".-". ' " TABLES. ".',' ;,'.. . -:: ' Tables of deaths of males under one and Ave years inl.Ofo of White Population, exovpttn-f in Western North Carolina, where the estimate has been for Whites and Black, separate -data not being available : . r. , . -v .- - CKDES 1 YEAR. ' .' ' ' '. - Mf r N C a. m fMHwtmi ,i,mitt.MMn aal j Michigan .'. S7 Los Angeles Co., California. Colorado niinoia ........ . Uiitrict of Columbia ... Man land . New Yolk 40 2 49 9 ,...56 4 .60.1 Massachusetts..... NeW Orleans, . La Charleston, 8. C. . i -r f DWDSS 6 TEABS. Ixm AnKeiet Co!J liFlIooijsV,..... iutnou as a e a e I ,5 -7S I .. '. Maryland . N w York .. . . District of Co:umtia , ' Massacliu-ietts....... . Charleston, 8. C. , - New Orleans, Lau.. On the basis of two deaths aasoog the Blacks to one among - th Whites, W. H.C. would stand aa having iu deaths un der S years of age and lS ol those under 1 year in 1,000 of ' white population, respectively.- - - vi.e 1U.S uH3.t ..123.I .x.is&.e ' s u ss .psi...iiCAe S ayelsssasj Q-V JWWf .m.t TABLE C, , Table ef dea'tas from pneumonia la 10 0)0 of Whits lation, excepting in Wetera North Carolina, where the ea timate is for Whites and Blacks . ' . W. . C.....-..-i,, ,T- ..,.,1w.-44 ' 'Loa A ee lea Co., California., 6.S , " : Four counties in Georgia, with Tbamasville aa - f ' cenal poiDt........ S.S . -v Florida... ....y.. w....... .w.ti. 1 iihhww.h a.T - Minnesota 6.S Michiiran .u,.,.,.,., .... . . w' ........ 5.9 , t.o 9 8 t:harleton, S. M New Orleans. Pistrict of Columbia....... 10.0 , Masacnu!ieus ......, ...iim . Plains of Colorado (excl , g Penver) ..1Z. Copyrighted by ' T. T. OATCIIELL, M, DJ ASUEVILLK, N. A; 1 17th, 18S6, '
Asheville Citizen (Asheville, N.C.)
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