MIGHT IN TNE
in
WOODS
Effect of the' Awful Soiitnde
When First Experi-,
: enced.
The Awe Inspiring Stillness
Makes Sleep an Impossi
bility For Many.
TERROR TO HAUNT
THE TIRED SENSES
The awe inspiring stillness of the
frst night in camp! You lie on your
back vainly courting sleep. Vainly, I
say, because of the very intense still
ness which should woo it, but does not,
as you. are unused to it. Your guide
ties motionless, only his heavy breath
ing denoting that he is aliv,e. It is sec
ond nature to him to bleep inthe heart
of the wilderness, and his tired body
nd more than touches the sweet scent
d pine boughs when he slumbers.
It will be so with you when you have
accustomed yourself to the preternat
ural quiet so different from the rumble
of passing vehicles over paved streets
and which affects you not. But tonight
your eyelids are opened wide, and in
stead of the blissful forgetfulness
which you anticipated, your every
aense is on the alert to catch and di
vine the meaning of the strange noises
which fill the woods of northern Maine.
In front of your rude camp, which
is left open, the smoldering fire smokea
and crackles, each snap of charred em
bers sounding to your ears like the re1
port of artillery. It is a strange sensa
tion, this first night in the woods.
Away up on the mountain side a fox
barks. The weird howl echoes and
re-echoes down the mountain side' un
til it seems to reach the lake and float
over its glasslike surface until it is
wallowed up in the dark water.
A night owl makes bold to disturb
your already troubled mind by perch
ing on a big pine not a hundred feet
away and sending forth a screech that
curdles your blood until you realize
what it really is. Directly back of you
.is the lake shore.
Suddenly comes a soft tread over
dried brush. Surely some one is steal
ing up to your camp! You rise to a sit
ting' position and await the marauder's
nekt move. Thn once more you hear
the snap, snap, snap of his feet as he
cautiously draws near. Louder and
louder, you cannot be mistaken this
time; this is no trick of the imagina
tion. Now he must be directly beside you,
with nothing but a wall of boughs be
tween. You can stand it no longer,
and, wTith a half suppressed yell of ex
citement, you seize your gun, spring to
your feet, dash aside the light canvas
that falls over the front of the camp
just enough to1 keep out the smoke
and run out prepared to shoot on sight.
There is a mad scramble, a crackling
of twigs, a mad splash, and the head
of a very badly frightened muskrat
can just be suen on the lake's surface
as it frantically pushes Its way into
the gloom.
You creep softly back to your boughs
rather ashamed at yourself and glance
furtively at the guide, who sleeps
peacefully through it all. At last na
ture asserts herself and gradually you
feel the drowsiness of approaching
slumber steal over you. You slightly
raise your head totake one last look
at the flickering log. that splutters
away outside.
Hist! What's that? Two fiery eyes
set. in -the framework of impenetrable
gloom, beyond the fire seem, staring dl
rectl at you. Like coals, they burn
anJ the words of yjoair guide.
yes, thar's plenty of bar -ro'n yere,
come back to you with awful import.
Then you hear the tread of his cushion
padded feet moving here and trfere,
but those awful eyes, never once turn
from you. They burn you with their
hypnotic, baleful glare, and with a
calmness you would not have believed
j iiosscssed, you softly ivacu io.
your rifle.
A muskrat may be a joke, but a hun
gry bear prowling within 20 feet of you
is an unsafe guest. You know you are
us white as a' sheet, ami jour u.ut,
tremble as you bring the piece to your
shoulder and aim directly between
those awful greenish yellow eyes. Sup
pose you miss; but, no, you will not.
Your finger presses the trigger.
The roar of your rifle sounds like a
clap of thunder, and its reverberations
roll and chase each other over the tops
of the pines and spruces and startle a
thousand sleeping creatures who ren
der night hideous with their frighten
ed . cries as they scurry or fly awaj
from your vicinity. It's a rude way to
awaken a man, and no wonder your
guide jumps up yelling like a Co
manche Indian and nearly knocks out
the back of the camp as he runs
against it.
When he finds you pale, and trem
bling and hears you declare that you
have shot a bear, he mutters incred
ulously and. lighting a lantern, goes
out to investigate. . You hear a loud
French-Canuck laugh as he returns
carrying by the tail a headless chip
munk, which he tosses at your feet.
"You wan good shot, m'sieur. Ion
heet him square 'tween de eyes. No
shoot better meself, but ah tink you
narve, what you call, onstring. you
better take wan good dreenk 'n go to
sleep."
So are sounds magnified in the si
lence of a first night in the Maine
woods. Portland (Me.) Express. -
hnrwiMP nton
LUUItllVU HIV II
SEEING
Our Debt to the Barn Fowl.
It is quite possible, though of course
not demonstrable, that the humble
barn fowl has been a larger benefactor
of our race than any mechanical in
tention in our possession, for there Is
no inhabited country on earth today
where the barn fowl is not a mainstay
of health. There are vast regions of
South America and Europe where ft is
the mainstay, and nowhere is there
known anything that can take its
place, which is probably more than can
be said of anything in the world of
mechanics. Century.
WILL, BOOM: HIS BUSINESS.
S. Laval, a merchant of Dallas, Tex.,
writes: "I thought I would have to
give up business, after two years' suf
fering from, general debility brought on
by over work and long Lours ibut four
bottles of Flectric Bitters gave me new
life. I can, now eat aaaything, sleep
well and feel like working all the time.
It's the (best medicine on earth." It's
a wonderful tonic and health builder
for tired, weak, sickly and run down
people. Try it. Satisfaction guaran
teed. Only 50 cents at all drug-gists.
Wealth makes kleptomaniacs; pover
ty makes thieves.
HAD TO CONQUER OR DIE.
"I Was just albouit gbrue," wites tMrs .
Rose Richardson of Laurel Springs, N.
C. "I had' consumption so baa that the
best doctors said I could not live more
than a month, but I began to use Dr.
Kings Niew Discovery and 'Was wholly
cured' by seven ibottl s and am' now
stout and 'well." It's an unrivalled life
saver in Consumption, Pneumonia, La
Grippe and Bronchitis; infallible for
Coughs, Colds, Asthma, Hay Fever,
Croup or Vhoopuig Cough. Guaran
teed bottles 50c and $1.00. Trial bottles
free at ail cVugists.
One writer says necessity is the moth
er of invention, and anotther says It is
the father of lies. Query: "What is
the sex of necewsity.
BATHS AND MASSAGE.
Plan tub, Russian, Turkish, sltz,
trunk, fountain, air, sun, and sand
baths at the QuI'sisana Nature Cure
sanitarium. 167 South French Broad
avenue. Lady and gentleman physi
cian ki charge.
Its a good reputation that can't ac
quire spot.
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There is a Vast Difference liale
Between These Two
Acts.
It is Important to Cultivate
the Power of Observation
Even in Ordinary Things
0'
A FACULTY BY ALL BUT
DEVELOPED BY FEW
GRKAT
SATISFACTION
They are so
. .Precise and
Correct.
Doctors say so
Wio? Why
He puts up pre-
Bcrixrtions.
WINGOOD 'S
Corner Fatton
Avenue and
Church Street
floer,
"WATCHES
JS CCKS,
OPTiCAL
GOODS, ETC.
Watohes, Clocks
and Jewelry Re
Tvalrec and War-
ranted.
ASHEVILLE
Torres Caah.
Asheville
Supply and
Foundry Co.
Marketet street
all kinds Fonn-
dary and
Machine Work
Yet it is a fact that most parents
neglect or pay very Uttle attention to
one part of he child's education which
Is of the highest importance. They do
not train the perceptive faculties.
Power of observation will help you
more than anything else in your sti-ug-gle
for existence, and yet there are
comparatively few people who are
keen observers. One small fact will
prove this latter statement. The man
who observes everything, he who sees
everything he looks at, is singled out
either as an inquisitive person or a
clever one, and this shows that he is
an exception.
It is easy to give instances of this
lack of perception even in the ordinary
things of life. Some years ago an art
ist engaged in a London firm of print
ers had to draw an advertisement in
which the central figure was a cock in
the act of crowing. Nothing seemed
easier, but when he set to work the
artist found himself confronted by a
difficulty does the' cock show its
tongue prominently when it crows?
Everyone of the hundred mvn employ
ed by the firm had seen a cock crow
scores of times, yet not one of them
could answer the question. The artist
had to go to a friend who kept fowls
and chase the poor rooster rouud and
round the yard until it crowed.
A schoolmaster, wishing to test the
perception of his boys, asked them how
many times they had seen a cow or
pictures of that animal and foxind, as
he had expected, that all the boys had
seen the creature more times than they
.could remember. Then he offered to
give small prizes to the boys who could
correctly answer this question, "Are a
cow's ears above, below, In front of or
behind its horns?" Only two boys
gained prizes, and theirs was guess
work. Now sit down and test yourself in
some such simple manner. You have
all seen a horse "down." Can you de
scribe how it rises? Does it get up on
its fore feet first and then on its hind
feet or does it kneel first, then get on
its hind feet and finally on its fore
feet?
However, you need not confine your
self to the animal kingdom in testing
your perceptive faculties. Many sub
jects will suggest themselves to you on
reflection.
As an excuse for this want of obser
vation it is often urged that "a man
can't know everything." but the excuse
is a bad one There is a great diiier
ence between knowing little or nothing
and knowing everything. When the
faculty has been trained, it requires no
more effort to note the points of the
object looked at than it does to glance
at that same object and come away
none the wiser.
The chances of success in life are on
the side of the man who knows cer
tain things because he ,has learned
about them by using his senses instead
of having to go to a book for all that j
he wishes to know. Books are indis
pensable, as there are so many things
which cannot come within the range of
our observation; but, wherever possi
ble, we should use our senses to ac
quire knowledge at first hand.
This will explain why men who can
not read or write have built up sub
stantial businesses. They have made
use .of the power possessed by all, but
cultivated by very few.
The perceptive faculty must be train
ed during childhood and youth. After
the completion of the twentieth year
very little" progress oan be made. A
grown man is unable to develop his
powers of observation to any satisiac
tory degree. Youth is full of energy,
and that is the time to inculeate the
lesson that we should see all that our
eyes rest utfon.
It should be the object of every par
ent to teach his child to note every ob
ject that cmes in his way. When out
for a walk in a park, the child snouia ; t r TpiirvnY
hp told to observe the Shanes of theiU U AivODI
leaves on the different trees, the paling
of the color of animals toward the un
der part of the body and so on and
should be told that when asked ft ques
tion on the subject he, must be prepar
ed to say that it is so, not that ne
thinks- it Is.
Air children have inquiring minds,
Bnd after a walk or two, coupled with
.such instruction as we have mention
ed, you will find the child making great
progress and acquiring a quality tnat
will toft Invaluable to him in after life.
One of the methods adopted by Hou
din, the conjurer, for quickening the
perception of bis, son was to make him
walk ; rapidly j?ast a shop window or a
stall on which a number of articles
were .displayed and then write down a
list of the objects noticed. -At first only
half" a dozen articles were perceived
during the moment occupied in passing
the store or window, but after having
done it once a day for a month the boy,,
.was able to make, a list of 40 objects.-;
Pearsonra Weekly. - "Vv k " & .
VISITORS
DESIRING in
formation concer
ning Boarding
Houses, Rooms,
ete., will be fur
nished same free
by applying to
Char, M. Steele,
at STEELE'S
LAUNDRY.
24 Churci St.
CLEANING
DYilLNG AND
11K PAIRING
FOR LADIES
AND GENTS.
We scour Cloth
ing with a oweet,
disirLTecitiiig pre
paration ; el eau "
La dies' Dre
and Silk or
n Waists eatL
a.etorily.
W. B. WOOD,
Proprietor.
Phon 556.
" i College St.
Positions
WAITED fifty
carpenters to go fo
work on Exposi
tion buildings.
Pleas call at
Shockley's Agency
Oom'l Emip't, Sat.
urday, Jan. 26th.
And any others
who have called
before' this; come
and arrangements
will -he made. Men
will Jeave Ashe
ville shortly after
tie 1st of Feb.
Our Picture
Frames.
All maae by a
mechanic, and
selected by an
artfst, and like
our photo
graphs, speak
tor themselves.
See Our New
Samples.
LINDSET'S
ART PARLORS
Next to Public
Library.
I nn & Locksmith
and General
REPAIRERS
22 N. Main St.
All kinds of re
pairing neatly and
promptly done.
Scissors, knives
and saws sharp
ened. Keys fitted.
Trunks repaired.
Umbrellas recovered.
your , wall papeVr
He iwfil aaivp you ;
Don't Fail to
Call and See
McFall
No.86 N.M litt St.
before you buy
SOUVENIBS.
AT 5 AND
10 CENT
STORE
gjvery visitor to
a she vile taKSS
away a souvenir
Tihe lareest as
sortment of souve
nirs and views of
Asheville can- e
een at the
"Eureka Gro
GroceryStore EUREKA GRO
CERY. 41 College Str et.
Here are a few
of our Christmas
prices:
Good! Flour,
quarter sack 50c.
Meal, 15c peck.
Starwiard Granu
lated Sugar, 16 tba
fcl.OO. Bacon, I
ibs. for 2T etc.
Large auu. beau
tiful line of Xmaa
foods. Ocme and
take advantage of
'r prices.
Asheville
Steam
Laundry
43 W. College St.
As&erille, N. C.
Near POstoffie-e.
Our Motto: Sat
is ac ion to every
Customer.
Our prices on
lible and Bed Lln
a are very low.
Tele ..onr. 9..
J. A. NICHOLS.
Proprietor.
EAGLE HOTEL
C. BROWN,
Propriet r
641-2 S. Main St.
Rate $1 day..
Special rates by
the week. Cen
trally located, on
street car line,
and only two min
inutes' walk from
the Square
ASHEVILLE.
Phone 423.
Commercial
Hotel
MRS . S . STEVE N-
SON
Proprietress.
102 Patton Ave.,
Convenient to
sines
and V.
postofhee. ' B jT.v
lines ot ei-cwio
cais irom iuc e-.
pot pas the hwtei
Terms $1.00 pci
day. Special
rates by c--a
month.
DON'T
FORGET
tnose elegant
Coupes for rainy
nights and days,
all sorts of
fancy livery traps
-jt
CHAMBERS,
WEAVITR
& CO's
' & i . , Stable
KERNE'S
Famous steam
bread
Fresh every
D. G. NOLAND
65
99
A okJ GMsr SEUT FREE
T tells plain facts that everyone of the gentler selc
oain. trouble and anxiety. One or more cooies
' - 1 . . - i
sent upon request, to one person or to dmerent ad
dresses. If the readers of this announcement know of
expectant mothers, they will do them a great favor by
having this book sent to them. Address the publishers,
THE BUADFIELD REGULATOR CO.. Atlanta, iltu
Spreac, Vie
Clad
Tidings.
SOUTHERN RAILWAY
IN EFFECT DEC 9, 1900.
2iO.il. No.57-11. No.35. Eastern Time. Nc12-38. No. 36. Nojii.
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3.50 am Lv. Philadelphia. Ar. 10.16 am
3.50 am Lv ..Baltimore. ..Ar. S.OOam
6.07 pun Lv,. Washa ton..Ar. 6.42 am
6.10am 6.07 pm Lv. ...Danville ..Ar. 11.25pm
2.10am 12.01 pm Lv....Rlc!h ond.. Ar. 6.40am
8.35 pm 9.10 aan Lv Norfolk.... Ar. 8.20 m
1.00am 3.50 pm Ar .. ..Raleigih .. .Ar 5.30 am
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Eastern Time.
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10.10am 8.40pim Lv.. .Salisbury... Ar. 7.35pm lO.iOam
11.12am 9.23pm Lv ..SUiteavllle ..Ar. 6.41pm 9.53-am
11. 52am 10.01pm Lv.... Newton. ... Ar. 6.00pm 9.18am
12.10-am 10.20pm Lv ..Hickoiy.... Ar. 5.41pm 9.01am
1.34 pm 11.30 pm Lv .ar i Ar. 4.22 pm 7.52 am
3.12pm i.03am Lv.. ..Blltmoire...Ar. 2.40pm 6.26am
3.20pm 1.10am Ar... Asheville .. Lv 2.30pm 6.20am
Central Time.
6.10am 2.40pm 12.15 lam Lv. .AsheviiLe . ..Ar. 1.10pm 5.15 ai gpm
7.32 am 4.02 pnn 1.29 am Lv .Hot Springs. .r. 11.45 am 4.00 am 7 9peq
9.25 am 5 55pm 3.v0am Lv .Morriatown ..Ar. 9.50am 2.30am S OOpm
11.00 am 7.40 pm 4.x m' Lv . Knoxvtlle . .Ar. 8.25 am l.6 am 4.25 pm
11.35pm V.40utn Ar. Chajttanoog'u. .Lv. 4.20am lO.GOpm
iu pm .iu pm Ar....iiempLiis... Lv. 9 15 em 9 15 am
1.05pm Ar ..Bristol Lv 2 00
pm
6.40am 6.33pm Ar ..Naahville ..Lv. 10.00 am 9.10am
7.50 a ".40 pm Ar... Louisville Lv 7.45 pm 7.40 am
7.30am "20pm Ar..Oiiicinnatl.. Lv. 8.00pm 8.20am
8.30am Ar. New Orlea Lv 7.30pm
7.30 am At Mobile Lv i.COpir
ro. 14. No. 10.
Eastern Tim
No. 13. No. 9.
8-00 em 3.05 pm Lv.. .Asheville . Ar. 7.15 pm 2.4? pm
8.08am 3.12pm Lv Biltmore ..At. 7.07pm 2.40pm
9.02 am 3.57 pm Lv. Henderson ville Ar 6.11pm 1.50 pm
10.13 am 5.00 pm Lv. ..Try on . . .Ar. 5.00 pm 12.23 pm
Eastern Time.
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3.20 pm
6.00 pm A- -rtanrturg ..Lv. 3.40 pm 11. SO am
9 . 35 pm Ar . . . .Colu mfola . . Lv. 11.40 am 8 . 20 am
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Oantral Time.
5.15 am Ar.
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2.00 am Ar
.Savannah ..Lv 12. "5 arr .
7.45 pro
. Jacksonville . . Lv .
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No. 13. No. 2"
COO am 3.45 pm Lv ....Asheville ..A-.
10.33 am 5.10 pm Lv. Waynesville Ar.
10.59 am 5.30pm Lv Balsam .. Ar.
12.40 pm 7.23 pm Lv. Bryson City Lv.
10.::.) in i.r. ...Murphy ...Lv.
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1.50 pm
1.25 pm
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Daiiy nfr
Trains 37 and 11, and 12" and 2S, carry
Pullman sleepers fcetven Nerw York,
Wash"ngton, Asheville, Hat Springs
Chatt niooga and Nashvill . Trains 9
and 11, and 10 end 12 hetw nn Jackson
ville, Savannah, Asheville, Hot Springs
Knoxville and Cincinati.
Trains 35 and 36 oarr. pullman sleep
ers between Salisbury, Asheville, Hot
Springs and Memphis.
Together with our excellent equip
ment and schedules to the north and
east, all rail through Washington, the
public's special attention is called to our
r. and va er route to the norcih and
east Southern! Railway and Chesa
peake line. Th's schedule allow? u. day's
stop over a. Norfolk, Va., affording an
opportunity to visit Old Point Comfort
(Fort Monroe, va., Virginia Beach,
Newport N ws, etc.
FRANK S. GANNON,
Sd V. P. ck G. M.
Washington p. c.
S. H. HARIWICK, :..P.A.
F, R. DARBY, C.T.& P.A.
Washington. D. C.
. Asheville. N. C.
Transylvania Railroad Company
General Offices, Brevard, N. C.
oal Schedule, Effective Monday,
Decei ber 10.
Na.2No4(Eiasern taadard Tlme)No.J
a m b m - STATION . Jp
4:05 Lv ..HenJtersonvllle ..Axl
4:30 Horse Sihoa
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4:45 Etowah
B-lantyre
5:05? Penrose
.. TDavidson River ..
5:301 Ar .. ..BTe-r d Lv
10:401 sLv .. ..Brevard .. ..Ar
I I Selica.. ..
j I Clierryfield.
1 ' Oalvert..
H.lOl Ar .. ..Toxaway .. ..Lv
No. 2, daily except Sunday.
F1 stations
12:57
12:40
12:?0
12:10
a m
11:40
Mm & fal-lfe Elite
TIME CARD.
Northbound Passeager. ilix4.
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K,actieT Leave 7 n
- - v JJ
Vorkvlile
Gastonia "
Gastonia
Lincoln ton "
N wton "
Hickory
Hickory
Lenoir 2 rrlve
Southbound.
Lenoir
Hickory
Newton
incolntwn
Gastonia
Gastonia
YorkviUe
N Main street 1
Grocery and
Fruit
Apple s a
Specialty
Finest and
largest stock
nthe citv.
.
Bargains
IN
Furniture
" Bargains
' to -Sewing
Machines,
Books,
Furniture, 'ton
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Passengers to Texas who want
sleeping car accommodations for
the night's run from Memphis to
Texas, can secure such accommo
dations only on the Cotton Belt.
m Passengers reaching Memphis
in the morning can ride in a
parlor cafe car from Memphis
to the Texas border, where sleet
0 ers for the principal Texas points
y, j , , Z .u uijih auu vaifjr CBIB COTS OUnilff
fcSf w hotu niglnrtralns on the Cotton Belt wry com
fortable coaches and free reclining chair cars through to Texas
without change. The service and equipment compares favorab&
with that of anv road in ti Mni.f t-avuiuuiy
ioJTlte ndi?u H8 here you are going and when ytm will
Ei74Jrowlllt?11iOTWhat yo"tieket will cort aK
train, to take to make the best time and connection" WYWui
al:o send you an interesting little book, "A Trip to Texas "
KED. B. JONES, DJA, lenphls, Teaa. f . CPEELELT.PJL emnhltTenk. Mr. C.
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