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Ttte Daily Gazette. ; ... . ' - . ASHJOYIELB, N. C. ' ftwasm toy me ixcip t wmm THE AS HE VILLE GAZETTE PUB- . LISHINCT COMPANY. OAMfcS . NORTON, President. FED A. JOHNSON, Secretary. BDBSCRIPTION RATES : Otrtj, i One - Year. . . . . J . . . . . . ... . . . v . .$4.00 . 0ily. Six Months. ....... . r ; f IMnnth ......... . kWRgSt UilC - uf.i.wav. - - - - One Wee Wfcfckly Gazette One Year....... wavi- Gazette. Six Months... .15 ... 1.00 .... .60 , TT. WB. !.. n,f. i delivered in Asheville, fhfi tk1 Riltmore by carrier at regular subscription rates. Within these tttofts of territory the paper may be or fered by letter, postal card or telephone, tad the subscription price paid to the sarrier, V - ' "" TELEPHONE 202. Day and Night. , r V yes, money saved is money made,. We save you money. We do not ask old fashioned long figures for any article. We cut prices on every thing. DON'T BE DECEIVED. Wb own tiwo DRUG STORES and buying for two we buy in large quantities from manufactur ers, thus saving the JOBElRS PROFIT. This enables us to CUT THE PRICE on very article we sell; thus saving our cus tomers MUCH MONEY. " ' PELHAl'S PHAEMACY, 24 PATTON AVE ,,'Live and "Let Live Drug Store" Watch for Our Next Ad. This Date In History Dec. 26. 1716 Thomas Gray, author of the famous ' 4 Elegy, ' ' born ; died 1771. 1776 Battle of enton. 1811 The Richmond theater burijed and many lives lost ; first calamity of that nature in the United States. The Ricnniond the ater stood upon the site of the Monumental church. GEN. LOGAN. erected as a public memorial for the vic tims. About 70 perished, among them the governor of the state and many people of prominence. 1831 Stephen Girard, eccentric millionairo esfi philanthropist, died in Philadelphia ; born . in France 1750. - - 1886 General John A. Logan died in Washing- ' tontborn 1826. . 1894 Dr. William Dermoid, eminent German American surgeon, died in New York city born in Hanovev.l&jg. Christmas, the greatest f estival of the icivfl'izeia world, ithe children's day of su preme joy. has come and Mae again. This day is a bright link Ithat for nearly nine een -"centuries bias 'bound .toge ther the chain of years. Its "happy memories, that con metft out. -childhood and our old age also connect the childhood and maturity of the toodern world. The birth of the Chrlsi-child ch&riged the destiny not only of nations, out Of human Sty and the radiance of His life shines down 1Jhe cemtmries, leading men around as fhe sfcar 'led the wise men of old. Most of the customs of observing the day. and all of tthe legends !fchat "cluster around it are lost in .the dim past. Most of theim are (beaniltiful and brinig haipplniess, mirth and good cheer to all. Christmas is and should Ibe an openin'g into holy land and fairy land wmlbrned. That tMs is so, only heightens the horror and sadness of the ghastly toatasitrophe wMch' sihocke'd ouir community and torought ! sorrow to many 'heiarts yesterday. We have no doubt that many who read the details of this terrible accident will ask, when the (first stock of horror is passed', could it not lave been prevented? iShould not such ac cttden'ts be guarded against? Is there any Eh'hig appTopriaite or pleiasin'g in the cele bration of Christmas by fire-works and oannon ith'at is worth the risk to life and property? . (We oan not Ibring back tthe dead, , and we can only offer "heartfelt sympathy to the fafflidted, Inrt have we no other duty to per form in view Of the dangers of this ousitom, dangers: wndfah ibave been so terrtolj brougbt Ihome to us? - Governor vRusiselll's gtetemienit that the Agrisuitnral departaaen't did ndt require brains to run It has aroused the anxiety of many farmers who nave realized the value of ifihia department in the past by the pro tfeotion E -has tgven !aa!inst fraudulent fer tilizers. When !hi3 department was s abli)sned some years ago Its first work was to drive from the state some eighty odd different manufacturers of so-call!ed ler'ti Jiaers, an analysis of which- discovered over 60 per cent, some as high as 80. per cent. of "poire sand. "For tids-stuff .the -farmers feaa Jbeen robbed yearly of hundreds of ;hau3amai3 of dollars. Under the intelli gent. andi noneslt management of the past money Money e thaa evil toas been "oorrec!ted', and now the farmers cajn see plainly discribed on eaiclh lag the'icharaster of its contents. We can - "readilfy ee Haw important tils is whenwe : aafja that tt!he f armeTs, last year, ispent '. , .more 'thans $4,000,000 for ( fertilizers. We ' ' ay this prdtection existed until the pres. yeat Year, We do mot know .that ilt does -r;.'oot. exist now. ' uit 'that the people lhave " grave cauise -for fears' will 5e appreciated wihJen we reanember hat GovemiOT Russell puCln enlarge of this fertilizer' department t as chief kspeotor a degro Benchman, ii'hcise only qual'ilfication is the "aimoun't of ; cui'ty. work he bas done and is -cajpaoleof "doing for the governor. v .Tihis, was the first r-wMeffloe-first vert act of Governor Hus- ell. showing tnol.only a Knttempt' for this sreat department peculiarly established in the -interest' of the" farmers, but a deter miiiition to degrade it," and possibly, bring ahoult its abolishment; after he is through with it for his party henchmen.. But bis crownimg act -was taken' the ' other .' day wrfen lie unceremoniously dumped John R. Smith, whom he prostoimed : .was ,caot worth a d -m" as manager of the peniten tiary and as 'the igrieultural .department "required no fcrai'as to m if1 ke would transfer him to 'that department. Of the .position Is worthless -Why pay out $1,800 a year in salary to tae-incumbent? ' - Why can not tthJgoverhior get Treasurer Wor& ijbo refuse to pay this salary and thus freeze the office out of tan incumlbent as ho has refused to pay claims , (against iJhe state ordered paid hy the court, and also various appropriations made by ' the legislature ? - L'Wouiid -this course, as illegal as it woma hp but to more so wan cner ouier acca ox. . v. ttoe ttreiasurer, not be more decen' fill 'the positions with men notoriously un-; -Jm at" n ffivo' them the salaries and thus bring a really useful department into usele-'sness and dlisrepu'te? " iBut wna;t an 'administration tihis Russell Butler combination-As giving us! IS THE'RE A SAiNTlA. CLAUS. We do not pretend to decide the qusation, but below tare two opinions that represent Mrv.tmn.a.tvnsr viwA -of the suoiect, and we are intelined to tMnsk tlhat iine general sen timent, especiially of ith'ose who nave fond memories 'of ictoWdnocd will side with' 'the laltter view: ' iDr. Price in the H'oliston Me'tboffist, is the skeptic. IHe says: "We do molt thinik it right. to anake cMl dren 'bedieye that there is a .veritable Sani-a C2aus, . w(hd ' visits! all the houses in the world .on 'the morninig of December 25, comts kJowni the chimneys' and fills the istociklin'gs with good 'things. Tf the: thing "is ex'plained to Ithem aa a myth, all right. IBut if the children are deceived, they will after a while discover the deception and 'ilhen th'ey, willv 'believe that their parent! have lied. This will either cause them to lose a portion of Ithelir confid'encein the honesty of their parents or to !look upon lying with allowance." s II. (A lew days ago a aittle girt wrote this letter 'to he New York Sun: "Dear Editor;, I am eight years old. Some of my litjtle friends say theTe is no Santa Claus. (Papa says, Tf you see it in the Sun it's so;' Fleas tell me the truth; is there a anta' Claufei? VirgiMa CHan lon." Toj this the Sun made 'this reply: "Virginia, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by ithe skepti cism of a slkeptiCal age. They id not be lieve except they see. They think, that nothing can be which is not comprehens ible fcy their little minds. AH mind's, Vir ginia, "wheither they are men's or chil dren's, are little. In lih'is great universe of outs man is a mere insect, an ant, in his intellect, as oompared with the boundlesa world albout him,'- as mteasured toyjth in tel:rigen'ce capable of grasptnig the wihole of tru th and knowledge. , "Yes, Virginia, there is a 'San'ta Olaus. He exists as certainly as love and gener osity and devotion exist, and you know that they abound and give to your life its highest beauty and joy. IMas! how dreary would 'be the world if there were no Santa Claus. It would to as dreary as if there were no Virginiais. There would toe no child-Mke faith then, no poetry, no ro mance to make tolerable this existence. We should have no enjoyment except in sense and sight. The eternal light with which chUidhood fills the world would be extfrngu'ished.' - - "INot believe in Saniti. Claus! Ycm might as we'll not believe in fairies! You might get your papa to hire men to watch in all the 'chimneys on iChris'tmas Eve to catch Santa- Claus, but even If th'ey did not see Santa -Claus oomiing down; what would that prove? Nobody sees S'anlta Olaus, but '-that 'is no sign that there is no Santa Claus. The most real things in the world are those that neither children nor man can see. Did you ever see faries danirinir on 'the lawn? Kf course net, hut 'th'at's no proof that they are not there. Nobody can' conceive or imagine all 'the wonders there 'are unseen and1 unseeable in the world. You may tear apart tthe bkby's rattle and see what makes the noise 'inside,, but ijh-ere is a ve'il covering the unseen world wnich not the strongest man, noreven the united' strength of all the strongest men that "ever lived could tear apart. Only "faith, fancy, poetry, love, romance, can puisih aside tha't curtain and view and pic ture .the supernatural beauty and glory 'beyond, ils it all real? Ah, Virginia, in all :t)Ms world! there is nothing elsa real and abiding. , No .Santa CTaiuis! Thank God.' he lives. and he.- dives ' forever. ' A . thousand years from now, Virginia, nay, ten times ten thousand years from now, he will continue to make glad the hearft. of whijbdhood.' TOPICS OF TOD A"5T. Former Congressman Thomas v Settle tells the Washington Post that "the future of the republican part In North Caroli-na- is not bright." He sees the stfgns of the times. The people are only waiting for a chance to wipe the whole kit and crew of them off the face of the earth, Charlotte News. ' ' ' A movement, is on foot in (Maryland to probeot the song, birds - of .the state, and Cardinal Gibbons, ' of Baltimore, has given; it his endorsement. ; He' says: "We Are . a nation of vandals and our condi'tJon can not he compared wfth that off- England- and Ireland., Birds inake - tine -choir of the heavens and ; they should, by all means, be 'protected." ' . i , r ; In " this estimate . the Cardinal la quite right The Charlotte Observer ' comments on his utterances:' fn North Carolina, .for instance an . lllijtrious legislature passed a Iaw to Irote,,:5t 'possums, (but left the song- cousuniPTion Afl BE CURED. T. A B.ocum M.Othe Great Chem : ist and Scientist; Will Send Free to the Afflicted, Three Bottles -' of His Newly Discovered R jmeJies to Cure Con- sumption and All Bung Trou- v bles. t Don't delay until Jt is too late. Con sumption, uninterupted, means speedy and certain "death. Address T. Ai. Slocum. M. C, 98 Pine street New York, and when writing the Doctor, give express an,d postoffice address, and pl ease mention read Ing t'lis a tide in the , Gazette. 4 Nothing could be fairer, more TVhlian. thropic or carry more Joy to the afflicted. XT , , . ..-WVJ" L New YTk City. he has discovered a re liable cure for consumption and all bron chial, throat and lung diseases; general decline and weakness, loss of 'flesh and all conditions of wasting, and to make its great merits known, he will send, free, three bottles to .any reader of the Gazette, who may - be suffering. Already this . "new scientific course of medicine" has permanently cured thou sands' of apparently hopeless cases. The Doctor considers . it his " religious duty a duty which he owes to, human ity to donate his infallible cure. He has proved the dreaded consumption to be a curable disease beyond any doubt, and has on file in his American and Euro pean laboratories testimonials ot-experience from those benefited and cured, in all parts of the world. sters,. the choristers of the heavens, to the mercy of .men and boys who. .carry shot-guns in their hands and slaughter in their hearts. It is a good sign when great minds and kind hearts like Cardi nal Gibbons become interested in this work, and may the day may not be far dis tant when we will no longer be a na tion of vandals." POSTSCRIPTS. The value of re al estate in Brooklyn, !NTeiw York, ds now $570,170,724, and per sonal property $33,688,721. The inciei&e in valuation over 1896 in real estate was 796.745. and in nersonai property, $6,152,085 arfk tha tiniiial imprji'se.. in ibo'th real and ner- sonal property $20,948,830. MIisls L. Miller, a wtl'l-known dress- malke-r of At'lan'ta, has been imprisoned for refusing to be vaccinated. She is patron ized bur the fashionable people of the .bouUh and is well known over this region. The city is un'd'erg'oang i;he rigors or compul sory vaccination, amd whea 'the physician reached Miss 'Miller's residence she re fused to let him apply the vaccine. IHe called again wBth the same result. - She was fined, an'l int default was sent to jail. That brouE'ht .her-' to terrns and she 'paid her fine and submitted to the operation. A New Ycrk' special- of Wednesday says: "Workmen today began to jscall a heating plact in Grant's tomb. iThis 'is rendered necessary as a measure ocoai fort for the careiL'akers and also because the preservation of the structure depends upon its being kept at. a. proper tempera ture. Expertsrecent(ly discovered that the walls were 'sweaftimg' .badly, and declared that if this condition) were allowed' 'to continue the marble of which 'they are constituted would begin to disintegrate. An ordinary building for dwelling or 'com mercial (purposes is dried out in a few months after being put in use but 'this is not the case with Grant's tomb. There are stall tbns of water in the walls." , Foir Menu!. The Carroll House, furnished, if taken at once. Two other furnished houses, well located. Two small unfurnished houses. For Rent or Sale. "The Brexton," with six acres of ground, within six minutes' walk of the postoffice. Weaver & Rogers, Box 244. No. 45 Patton arenu. U7. M. LAMBERT. 83 "Patton Avenue. Manufacturers' Agent for Mantels, Grates, Tiles, Electric Fixtures, , Venetian Blinds. Just take a peep into "our store this week. We have-many nice things-for you at a bargain nuts, oranges, dates, raisins, currants, candles and lots of other good things. ' , . v . , -'- JS3sr-Es:i3srs bros. ' 45 South Main Street. 'Phone 125. - taut - :z?reT 4, To the Residents and Visitors of Asheville Np; . 'Kimui Xmas, 1897. You can't guess what we have by looking in the front. We use 6 floors and are always anxious to show goods. W illiain 16 PATTON AVENUE. S3 and of Pointed Toed Shoes going for eQ a pair. WE INVITE YOU TO CALL AND SEE THEM. J. D. BLANTON & CO., 39 Patton Avenue. 82&P. S.Our Busiress for sale at a bargain ior Cash. Leonardo Da Vuici's Famous Picture "TH Persons not properly informed ricTvrt as associated wnn one particular creed, Not so. It stands for Christianity. Occupies a prominent place? in the homes of religious people of all demominations. Hence the everlasting demand for this vjreac Master nece. we give a copy tree with every cash sale of $2. 50 uulu jdmumy xm, xoyo. iSM oee j-icture in our window. The Mens9 Outfitter, 19 PATTON ANENUE. stobe foe SiEnsro?. Grand Opera House ONE PERFORMANCE ONLY. Monday, Dec. 27. Presentation of CHARLES PROHMAN'S Most Succe8Sfal Comedy, The Loudest Laugh v of a Life Time. Again 'WITH jL.mmm MAGNIFICENT COMPANY. ... (And all the Handsome Scenic Environ- .... - - .j . . . menlt and Stage Garniture which charac terized this production 250 NIGHTS IN NEW YORK, 125 NIGHTS IN CHICAGO. Prices: First floor, $1.00; Balcony 50c and 75c. (Reserved seats on sale at Hein itsh &- Reaganlsv Mcpherson &vcurk DEALERS IS Stoiejs, Tinware and House - Furnishing Goods. Sanitary Plumbing, - r Steam and hot wateif fit ting, hot air furnaces, v tin l and slate roofing and gal- 45 College Street -Telephone 133. Never MMMBl Bainbridge's Book Store, 18 S. Main St. IE YOU THINK OF PURCHASING ANY or Carpets soon, let us show you how complete our . . . stock is. Furniture Co $5 GUIDES LIST SUPPER" are inclined to look upon this Great Cheaper Tlian Ever Before. Gall Early. Morgan's Book Store, 3 W, Court Square, A. STERNBERG DEALER IN Hides, Skins, Furs, Tallow; Beeswax, Wool, Etc. I will pay the highest- market csh price for the above articles. Ad dress me at 53 Central Avenue, and I will call. ' 253-26. Goods : , HIS,NAME A WARNING.' . A negro hoy . by tho mame of Golltely was convicted (Of larceny In the Criminal court yesterday -and sent to the road - for three months. Since Ihis triail the gTamd jury ; has" returned two other bills against the same- defendant J for staallnig. : ' MUSICALE N ET WEEK! i Tie musicals which' was to . have " been given at the residence of Capt. J. P. Saw yer's Monday evening will take place next week; the date to he announced lateer. . .. . - - V . . --1 1' ' . -1 . . J- " ' ' - ' . V ' f ; IBaBke& Store ; ; "30 south main st. People are so much -alike that the thing that catches you will catch me. Now the thing that patches me is the lowest cash Triee on all I buy. r Just pay a big profit on any thing. I aon.t care. if v it is Christmas goods, novelties or what not If you are like I am this will catch you, beoause we have marked only one very short profit on all. our Christma3 goods. Of course you don't know this but I can't help that. I do my part wheal I buy. right, mark them right and then leu you about it; and if you don't belie ieve it It is not my fault. Sterling Silver Thimbles 23c. Sterling Sver Shoe Horn Brush, etc. 7v White Metal Salts and Peppers Boxes 20c. uecorated M,ugs Lots of Christmas goods. ' J. M. STONE R. 10c. Any one wanting to get J M Lorick to do hauling will please caty at 34 Patton Ave the old stand. No change ex cept the phone, which is 141. J, M. LORICK, 34 PATTON AVE. The Daily Meats for Today: For Breakfast, Breakfast Bacon and a Steak. For Dinner, Rib Roast and Smoked Tongue. For Supper, Lamb Chops. We Have It. P. Zimmermann. $4.00 WONDER! The New EUREKA Camera, a genuine Kodak, made by the Eastman company. It holds six glass plates, 3 by 3 Inches In size. It has a fine lens, takes splendid picture and those sold are delighting the purchasers. B. 11. COSBY, The Reliable Jeweler, 27 PATTON AVENUE. Walter S.Cushman, (Successor to Cameron & Cushman.) Real Estate Broker, 17 Paragon Building. Corner of Patton avenue and Haywood St ALL KINDS OF REAL ESTATE TO SELL AND TO RENT. FURNISHED HOUSES. SPIRITUALISE Prof. Maurice, Trance and Healing Medium gives a free consultation to all who de sire a" reading. I answer oal.i Tneaaaze while in a dead trance. Tells your name. Names of friends or enemies. Unites the separated, causes happy and speedy mar riages with the one you love. Tells what business you are best fitted for. Are you nnlucky? Oome and have it changed, be come nappy and prosperous. If sick, de spondent, or in .trouble, I can and will help you. (Begin the new year right by consulting PROFESSOR MAURICE. Re member yo pay nothing unless I give fall satisfaction. Hours 10 a.m to 8 d. m. THE ALDINE, 53 College St . Sundays by appointment. Offie Cheapest and Best FBffiEWOOJ) FOR SALE THROUGH: ACHEVTLLE ICE AND COAL COMPANY, Telephone 40. CAROLINA COAL CO MP ANT, . -, , Telephone 130 BILTMORE LUMBER COMFANf Aeiepnona n, . . - J 1. v
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