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Ale si Recorder 6 'j'a'aw jvor.iraar rflj tritji may be,- tlL tell it as it was told TO ME." E olums 75-No. 35 Durham, N. C, Wednesday, January 16, 1895. Established 1820. f MISTAKES OF HISTORY. Jrror That Creep Into the Popular Hind ud An Hard to KrauUata. "What Is history but universally 50- ppted fable?" said a learned Smith bnian professor.' "I quote the preat Eapoleon. For exumplo, consider J'ly south rock. In the town of Plymouth k a rock with a fence around it. It is sort of local fetish. On forefather av erery year exercises are held there iommemoratinir the alleged fact that In this rock the pilgi-ima landed. As matter of fuct, there la no evidence that such was the fact. 1 rol. Uian- ting. the historical expert of Harvard, aa traced the story back, and believe it to have been started by an old man named Faunce, who many years iwinted out the rock to some children, lyinir: "Here tbey landed." "History states that the pilgrims nr ived on bunday, but refrained from Lading until Monday lest they khould hnii'the Sabbath. That Is pure mm- as a mailer oi lact, me women nd children stayed on the ship all jk inter because it wu more comfort; ble. ' "The fforpeousneHS and bijrli civiliza on of the ancient Mexicans at the me of the Spanish conuueH have been Permanently embitlmed in hittory. I'he whole story is a micrrprcM'titn- ion. Corte naturally wished to give lie Impression at home that he had mquciwl a treat and rich nation. In 'eality it was only a half-civilized and ntutored people. The mode or living kas patriarchal, whole families of one undred or more, per tons living in uc ouse. The communal dwelling wait f one story and necessarily of larpe ie. These structures were described v the Spaniard as 'palace.' The oople ate only one cooked meal each av, for the rest of their food depend HIT on a 'grub diet picked up anyhow. 'he dinners partaken of by ho ir.unv tidividuaU are reported In history as banquet.' "The schoolboy learns thnt Colnmns vas the man who first conceived the lea that the world was round. Noth- ng could be more nonsensical. The ruth is, that be merely accepted a no ion on this subject which had 1m en anded down from classic tunes bv cholarly men. Mr bo, thf l.ntiti uthor, was one of these. The conoer- ion was for many centuries as a fuint ;ht frliraerinjr in darkness. "Let me rail yoi:r atun'.ion to an In- tancc of the niakiiit of flvtUious his- ry. There are excellent nasons for elievlnjr that the Xorsemeu reached lie shores of orth America lfre ' umbua. The records of their mi;n Siowevcr, five no notion of the It alitv twin-re t)ey landed. -Only a few such pnn-descriptive facts are stated a that they found grapes prowni(f. let an enthusiast named Iorsfrd, a trustee 4t Harvard, a few year ago built on lie Charles river a tower between V.'altham and Newton to com memorate the landing of the Vr voyagers at that point. The ga tell of going up a river and llorsford choie to assume that the Charles river was the river referred to. Very likely the notion thus recorded by a monument will train a central credit some day, thoujrh there is no more reason to snppore that the river was the Charles than that it was the Iivlawar or Hudson, or any one of dozens of other rivers. "1 quoted Napoleon a moment ago. Yon probably know that no battle was ever fought at Waterloo Waterloo was a post dispatch station x mo miles distant, Dispatches were sent thence I to England, and hence the name given to the battle. "M.crldan'a ride to WlncheMrr vt as mt twrntr mile not over ti n m !. B think. There never was any foiuxU tion in fact for the atory of ltar)ra rrietchie. The same Is true of toe yarns about !' niton's and John smith. "W.hingtn Star. (awfllrllae Mm mt rioqarar. ! In the recently puMMted life of (ieorire Wiiliam Ittrti there Isanac- Uount of a conversation between Mr. : urtis and Utmetm i'nk!inir on tha jihjcct of eloquence at the time when the relations of the two men with ;ch other bad len undisturbed. Mr. Fonkllnsr asked Mr. Curtis what was jihe most eloquent pensaireof an author lie could rememtr. Mr. Curtis lm lined lately recited a pawuire from one ji-f Emerson'a essay. Mr. Conklitiir fslled to approve It a the bet speci men within bis knowledge, and pave r .. . . . ... . x uk iii,ni aq extraoi from narics 'prame'a Fourth of July oration in t'mtnn descriptive of tho Aimricnn Indian a onr forefathers foiin I him. Mr. t nrtia fotm l this extract only ridi culous in the comparison, and con feasea to have tjen so impolite as to Hiaujrn ancr ll was rrcitrti. The erect um the mighty Kimmmp ran well Iw tmairined. Ilostun Herald. f iranln I'aM aa4 I'aan. A woman naturally hates toclean np a bread or cakel-owl after the donh ha got hard. They should t cteaticd as soon a used, Imt If necessary to leave them for a time, run the tray or bowl full of odd water and kd it Mnd When you gvl ready to clean It t he douph wilt be In the bottom of the atrnsil aa a general thing, and yon will only have to rinse and dry It The same I true of kettle and skillets. I do not approve of setting any uten sils aside when the iishcs are washed, for If ton keep an oyster shelj with a Ihick smooth edge at iand yon can Clean the mni-ttnia ntit nf inv thlrtf In f jialfa moment, bat If yna don't want w no it just then yon will find that an Iron pot In which potatoes hav burned to the bottom, or a skillet In which meat or gravy hs lmmcrd to crust, "lit be easy enough to lesn, after standing an hour m two filled' with Icold water.-Washlngton Star. 1 Ill Maaaer of TVarkln. Yes, I'y been workinir like a Amr "'e'y." rnrebled Kwltfirlfs. Ieanlne 9ck in hi chair at the elob house. I ''Idk. a setter dogr naked th other lelknv. ' I Without .hilling hi, position Swig bully pushed tha button of tha clectrio bell and ordered our Urge -CaiisgaTrlbna. EARS OF A RABBIT. DIITerent 1'miHlniu tit Which They Carry Tlirni hllc for Idling and Kunnlnf, i "Did you ever see a rabbit's eara stand up like that?" demanded Uncle : Tom, flipping the ears of a toy that JUolly held In her hand. "Yes, Indeed!" answered Dolly promptly, pointing to the picture of a rabbit in a book that lay at her side. The little girl had bought a pattern of a rabbit at the store and with a bit of white canton-flannel and two red and white buttons for eyes she had fashioned a ribblt for little Ted that was as like as life. Everything wai finished now except the ears, and these, daintily lined with pink, Dolly wits in the act of putting into their proper places. She had bestowed great care on placing these useful members correctly, and for that purpose she had bunted up the book, which she knew coutained an admirable picture of a ribbit. Imitating this picture as accurately as possible she had fastened one ear, setting it on the head in a perfectly nprlght position, and now she waa holding the other to its place on the opposite aide, and was eyeing it at arm's length to decide if the two were "a pair." Uncle Tom took the book and exam ined the picture critically; then laugh tag, he said: "Why, Dolly, the rabbit in the pic ture is sitting still, nibbling at a cab bage leaf; of course bis ears stand straight up. Hut this one that yon bare made is running at full speed and just In the act of making a leap. A rabbit in that position should have his ears lying back from his head, almost pmitU'l with his body." "Hoes the wind blow them back aa he runs?'' asked Dolly, making the al tcrslion wit: out further question. "That," said her uncle, much amused, "is one explanation, perhaps, but there is another and 1 think a bet tcr one, which the naturalista sug gesf Turning over the leaves of the plo-tuiv-book he pointed first to the pic ture tif a fox, then to one of a wolf, and then to pictures of other beasts of prey of various kinds. "These animals," he explained, indi cating the cars of each, "have the ears pointed forward as they proceed. Can ylu suggest any reason for the differ ence?' Dully shook her head, but listened attentively. "Well, continued t'nule Tom, "you know t lint the rabbit, or hare, is a very timid animal and never attacks or pur sues another animal, and that it feeds only on ecetable diet. Whenever, therefore, it is found to be In a rtate of motion the chances are that it is fleeing from some enemy In the rear. It is to its inter ests, then, to keep Its attention steadily fixed on sounds proceeding from that quarter. For this purpose nature ban taught it to adjust its ears, or its ear trumpet, as the long outside part of the nriraa of hearing really la, so a to best collect all the sound waves, and to offer the least resistance to their passage to the inner organ. In such a position the ear would nat urally be flattened back against its head, as you now have them. "Now, when a wolf gne in search of his prey his thoughts are Intent on what is before him. He concentrate his attention on the sound that may lead lii n in the direction of his victim. II is ear trumpets, therefore, are turned forward toevtch the sound that may aid him In his chase." "And so it is with all animals that prey upon others. "Detroit Free 1'rcsa. THE POWER OF RAIN, Kattaml I'laa Mas Vrt Neva BraacM Per. want la I Hllto It. A I'Uiladelphla engineer , has figured out that t inch of rain, falling upon an area of t squtire mile, is equivalent to nearly n.MJO.t-kO gallons, weighing 14V MO.Ooo p-minK, or 7'.,.fiK) tons. Assum ing this water to have fallen, front clouds ab'iut half a mile, or, say, 3,0uo feet, above the earth, we bare forth energy reprvsrnted by it about 22.WO horw-powrr. With pumping machinery working at the low rate of consump tion of S pounds of eil per horse-power per hour. It would take 200 gross tons of coal to raise the water repre sented by 1 im-h of rain on a square mile to the assumed height of H.Ooo feci. As a matter of fuel, rain often falls from cloud which are at much greater h!t;ht than X.floti fret ahov til ground, mt that tiie figures Just given are quite conservative ones. With all the talk that there has been about ntilt.ing ws .ic energies, it seem just a little h ciilisr that no promising scheme bus yet liecn evolved to turn to g.ssl account the prodigious power wate which thus far has been shown to go on with every rainfall of any ac count. And yet, while writing, a pro Jwl eomcs to mind vt hlch was advanced about ten years ago, apparently In good faith, by some enterprising genu In the Wet Indie, to accomplish ex actly till saving. What ha pro pined to do waa to conduct the water from each roof, during heavy tropical rain. Into a main pipe supplying n small tur bine coupled to a dynamo. The elec tricity so developed by passing shower was to I stored in accumulators, and these, as tbey became charged in varia ble times, depending of course, on tha rain-full, were to be collected and stored at central depots, from which the power was afterward to be distrib uted. Unfortunately, however, thl ntiulng scheme did not mctcrlallte, that the Held la still open for omt on Is. Cassin'a Magailnt. arren Cerape, Patrick, coming Into a ttreet-ear, found only on teat vacant, and promptly took it "It look 1 oouit what) t did," ald h. "Tlil' so, Pat," answered aom one, "Hekes," ha went on, "If I wa torn in' a sicond later, I'd be aflher bavin' rewdhed mesilf out of tat UP Youth' Companion. WOMEN OF TO-DAY. Brain Cultivation Has Poshed Charm of Manner Into the Background. lias the woman of -to-day the charm of the woman of a century ago? Has her boasted education lessened or in creased that charm? i We all agree that at the present period woman is more companionable to man, taking her in the tense of a comrade, than her ancestress .of one hundred year back; that, intellectual ly, a man acknowledge her his equal, and last of all treat her a such, yield ing her ungrudgingly place in business and profession, all of which tends to make her self-confident and self-reliant, but doe It increase ber charm? There is danger ahead for the Ameri can woman. In her eager desire to stand side by side with man she is be coming aggressively self-confident, and unless she .watches hereelf there i risk of becoming too clever, of becoming stilted, dogmatic in the expression of her opinion in a word, unnatural, and that way ruin lie. A clever man of the world not long ago wa heard to eay apropos of this subject: "The most charming and de lightful thing in the world, but I re gret to say the rarest, is a thoroughly natural woman." A shrewd comment The woman of to-day cultivate her mind to such an extent that she is self conscious; she lose the charm of sim plicity of speech and manner. The former is (tilted, the latter aggressive. Shejins won a reputation for clever ness, and she strives to maintain it at all hazards. In a word, in season and out of sea son, at home and abroad, she never ceases to remember that she is a bright woman. It has been happily said of a French woman whose gracious charm is pro verbiul that she is clever enough to conceal her cleverness from man. Not so the American woman, who parades the fact untiringly in the face of the world. A woman of this character la never charming, and we all know that one who-possesses that gift sway more hearts, and, better still, retain them longer than a woman of twice her wit and of even greater beauty. We hear much of beautiful women and we have all experienced that sense of disap pointment upon seeing for the first time some world famous beauty. We fail to see that marvelous perfec tion: we look in vain for flawless face and form and coloring, we shrug our shoulders and go away wondering at the short-sightedness of man. We for get that beauty is in the eye of the be holder, and that a charming woman is In the opinion of a man a beautiful one. hlie may be a fair In face as Titian's "La Hella" and a perfect in form a the Venus of Milo, yet if she lack the subtle something called charm, better for the peace of mind of that woman were she hopelessly plain, for without it she delights not man nor woman either. If you ask me how to acquire this charm I should say, "He natural, a?ain be natural and always be natural." N. Y. Advertiser. SOME GORGEOUS EGG SHELLS. Tka Ostrich Caatribaua Mate Tbaa til Flame ta Fa-Ulna. Ordinary egg shells are commonplace everyday frail object enough, but os trich egg shells can be made into really splendid and decorative objects. The material I hard and strong. The natural color I a delicious deep creamy white, and so we have the best of foundations with which to start Treated with even simple gold orna ment they are charming, and fitted with silken bags they make most fas cinating bonbon n ieres. Hut it I when painted after I'ersian models that th shell become really gorgeous. Then they are pierced at both ends. They are treated in the truest Oriental style with stripes of deep, warm red, rich blue and gold, and are suspended by chain of bras run through th hollow shelL rkime seen recently add a final and most successful touch to a I'ersian corner arranged in a clever woman'a borne. The corner itself is curtained off with hangings of real I'ersian make, and there la a divan covered and cushioned with a rug and stuffs alt of the same sort Hut the egg shells which hang here and there excite more comment than all else. They seem like oval balls of splendor, If ball can be oval, and their deep, rich tones decorate the corner even more successfully than would more costly things. They are peculiar, too, and out of the common thing alwsyt appeal to a true woman' heart, so that for rvrry reason their owner la to be congratulated upon having put egg shells to so unique and so telling a ne. N. Y. Advertiser. TH rawer f frlea,. Mrs. Feather (surveying bonnet e ritielly)Five ninety-eight for this? No. I don't think it will suit Milliner 1 beg your pardon, the mark I faint 1 meant fifteen ninety eight Mr. Feather Well. If rou sav It' really th style, 1T1 take lt:-N. Y. Ad vertiser. ft eatterea' It. Scattered -Hrlgg-Well, did that dose 1 told you to take scatter your cold? Hrnpgs-lt did, beautifully. When 1 saw you th cold wa only In my throat, and now It is scattered all over me. Indianapolis Journal t'nfi -anat Carelma-ss. rape Why so thoughtful, John nie? Johnnie Well, people are having I soon a turn time hunting tor the north pole 1 think it's too bad it ever wa lost J udg. A Xntwxlf Maw. Mr. D Style Why did yon cut Mr TJighnpp? Mr. P Fashion-Iler horse didn't take s pritf at the horse show. N. Y. Weekly, All grades of paper, from the finest Bote to th coarsest variety of wrap ping paper, have been made from the, talk ad leaves ! eora, .' . The Force of Habit. '3, "Habit, habit, habit, how it binds a man with chains of iron!" ixclaimod tho Temperance Lec turer out of a Job, dramatically. "And that's right, too," com mented the Son of Toil. ; -"Ah, my friend, you seem to have had sonw experience with habits," said the Lecturer. "You bet I have," replied the other. '"That's what Causes all the misery of my life." . The Lecturer glowed with pleasure. Here right before him was a horrible example and he proceeded to draw the mailouC "You have telt the irresistible! craving which drags you downvi while all your better natuae is crying out against it?" , 1 That's what." "You have realized that your habit was hurrying you to the grave at breakneck speed , and yet you have felt that you could not resist it?" "Yes, sir." a "It has robbed you of sleep and robbed you of food, made you bleary-eyed, nervous and physic ally exhausted?" ? "Many and many a night, sir, I've gone without sleep just from thinking of it, and it has got to be a common prrctice to go for long spells without eating when the pressure comes." , "You have starved your fam ily and let your children go in rag9 because of it ?" "Well, hardly tliat. My be setting habit has taken care of my family in pretty good shap." "You don'r mean that you are a dealer?" The Son of Toil looked puzzled, but he answered, "Xo." "Ah, I see, you have not yet reached the lowest tage of de gradation, and you think to es capo it. Hut let me want you, my friend, you will not, unlc you overcome your habit. He solve to compier it. You can it you try." "Well, I don't know. 1 nn times think it would le pretty dull if I should break it oir." "Xo, no, no! You would Imj a free man. You would feel such joy as you ncfer before had felt in your life. Your wife would fab on your neck with tears of thank fulne. Come, my friend, the demon has not an unbreakable clutch ujxtn you. .Sign the pledge never to drink" "Irink! Whv, I never drank a drop in my lite. What are you giving us?" "Hut I thought you knw the power of habit; that you had fell the craving which you could not resist: that you 1 a 1 spent nights without sleep and days without food; that you were Wing dragged down to an early grave. " "I have, but 'tain't the drink habit. What's done nil that to me, p eieher, is the conarned habit I've had ever since I was a boy of working." Hutlnlo Ex press. When Lincoln Was Phased At a luncheon given by den. Sickles at his headquarters, among the ladies present was the Princess Salm-Salm, whose husband was a stafT officer in the army. This la dy attracted much admiration by her graceful and dashing riding in the cavalcade, and attended the reviews. Jk-fore her marriage she was a Miss Leclere of Phila delphia. It was this remarkable woman who netonMied the Presi dent on his entering tJen. Sickles' hcad-iUrt iters, by flying at him and imprinting it bouncing kiss on his surprised mid not altogthcr attractive face. As soon m he could pull himself together and recover from his astonishment, the President thanked tho lady, but with evident discomposure; whereupon iomo of tho party nade haste to explain that tht Princess Salm-Salm had laid "ager with one of the officers thai she could kiss the President. He vudacious sally won her a box of gloves. The Century. To Die on the (tallows. Danville Register: There will be a hanging at Rocky Mount on the 25th instant. William Robertson, a youth scarcely 20 years of age, will pay tho penalty for cold blooded murder. On a dark and gloomy night in January, 1892, Robertson cruelly murdered Jerry Barlow, a man 65 ears of age, the object being rob jery. The insignificant sum of ten dollars was secured. Robertson was tried in the county court of Franklin, found guilty and sentenced to be haiir ed. An appeal to tho circuii court resulted in an affirmation of the ruluogs of the lower court, and a second appeal to the Su premo court resulted in like man ner' liut Robertson's neck was saved liy these appeals three years. vTheday for the execution was set tor December 21st, but Gov. OTerrall granted a respite until January 25th, on which day Rob ertson will be hanged in the coun ty jail at Rocky Mount. wliafNext. The Carlisle curreucy bill was knocked out in the first round. The Republicans and Populis-ts were solid against it, and the Dem ocrats could not pull themselves together in favor of it and down went the bill. Well it's a pity, and it is humi liating to acknowledge it, but the truth is the Democratic Congress lias proven itself incompetent and indisposed to do anything in the wav of financial relief, and as that is the only business Congress has in hand that particularly interests the people at large, the members might as well pack up their play things and go home. We fin-erelv trust Mr. Cleve- land will call the newly elect tl Congre.'-s together as early as the law allows and give the Republi cans a chance. They have loast ed that they can fpiickly relieve the financial distress ot the coun try and if they can do it the coun try is willing. We would much prefer that the relief should have come through a Democratic Congress, but that lx-ing impossible, let's have the relief, no matter what may be its source. We are quite prepared to appreciate bit etl'oit along this line from his sat inic majesty if it should prove a successful cH'ort. Danville Register. Franklin Press: A uw game is very popular in some parts of the country. All of the young menfavorol it say "I "It i called "the onion social" ::t.d is played as follows: Six yvung ladies stand in a row, one of them bites a piece out of an onion and the fellows pay ten cents each to guess who bit it. The correct gncsscrs kiss the other live girls while the unsuccessful kiss the one who bit the onion. Rockingham Rocket: Farmers are going to work with energy and determination this year. They are going to change the old saying "hard times" to better times and of course they can do it simply by raising more hog and homincy, tit on less, stay out of debt and it they do that by next January we will see more money in circula tion, and hear loss grumbling. That is the best plan for redcinj tion and not politics. A proverb singer says: "The man that never makes a mistake never amounts to much." Pcrhajw he makes A holy show of him-tell. Highest of all in Leavening ABSQimjsVt PURE NOTABLE NEW ENGLAND ELMS. Th Prlda or Man Vlllaea as They Wall DeKprve to Ua. The elms of New Engliwul have al ways been famous, hoth for their size and beauty, and there is hardly a town or village, however small, that does not possess a goodly number of these grand old trees. It is eminently fittiug that to Wethersfield, which, next to Windsor, Is the earliest settlement In Connecticut, should belong the honor of possessing the oldest as well as the largest elm in the state. More than that, those who profess to be familiar with New England's big trees say that the Wethersfield elm is the largest cast of the Rocky mountains. It is a grand old tree, and, in its rugged and sturdy appearance, a fit rival of the mighty oalc. The huge branches shoot out from the trunk at a compara tively short distance from the ground,, and each one of these branches is large enough to make a respectable tree by itself. The circumference of the trunk 3 fuct above the ground is S3 feet and 1 inch. Six feet up, coming to what might be called the waist of he tree, the circumference is Si! feet 1 inch, and at a height of 8 feet the circumference attains its largest girth at 33 feet. The circumference of tho five main branches range from 11 to 19 fect. Measuring around the roots of the tree, at a point where they extend into the ground, we have the enormous cir cle of 5S3f feet. An area 4M feet in cir cumference i covered by the vast out spreading limbs. Until two years ago the area uas 487 feet, but a furious ice storm lopped off some of the outer branches. In Windsor, the oldest Connecticut settlement, are several grand old elms, and there is one which, it is claimed, is a trille larger than the Wethersfield elm. liut this statement has never been conclusively proved. The little village of Sheffield, Mass., possesses an elm which has been fa mous for many yean, both for its size and the towering sweep of its branches. Its trunk is about sixteen feet in cir cumference, and the topmost branches rise many feet above the summits of the other trees in the vicinity. It is plainly visible at a considerable dis tance, and persons in that portion of the Itcrkshi.'e hills seldom fail to see the famous Sheffield elm. One of the grandest elms in all New England, so far as beauty and symmet ry of form are concerned, stands on a fine old farm in Canaan, Conn. This is way up in the northwestern part of the state, very near the Massachusetts boundary line. The locality Is a lonely one, being in the llerkshire hills, and it would seem aa though nature, in making all the surrounding country so delightful, had put forth her best en cgies to produce trees which should not only harmonize with, but add to the universal beauty of the landscape. This Canaan elm is about three-quarters of a mile from the railroad station, and a short dis tance off from the road to Ashley Kail. It I plainly visible, however, from the railroad train, and has elicited general admiration from hun dreds of travelers. King T. Sheldon, of Winsted, has traveled nearly all over New England and seen scores of beautiful trees, but he has no hesitan cy in saying that thl Canaan elm I by far the handsomest, the most grace ful and symmetrical tree he has ever seen. To a lover of grand tree this elm Is worth making a special journey to see. In the summer its limbs, spreading out from the trunk, appear lost, after ascending a few feet, in a dense mas of rich foliage, while the lower branches, stooping down as If to touch the earth, and gently sway ing in the breeze, ctn to invite one !;: . Millet and repose beneath the n !!.! '! and refreshing shade. So r 'rical is it on all sides that the ouuvard contour forms almost a com plete semi-circle from the ground clear over it summit. X. Y. Times. 1'olaring Wood. To produce upon new wood the ap pearance of age is something upon which a great steal of time, money and thought has been expended. A new dye or stain that promisr to tc more satisfactory than any heretofore used Is made by adding to one thousand parts of water fifty parts of commer cial alizarin. Into this ammonia Is put. drop by dmo, until a portion ft the liquid taken from the bulk and agi thted gives off a distinct ammonia odor. This stain will odor maple to a red brown, giving It the appearance of age that Is so much desired by lovers of fine furniture. I'nder the same treatment, oak takes on a yellow-brown. After treatment with calcium chloride gives a much darker nd richer color. The value of many sorts of wood Is greatly increased by dark coloring, and as this stain strikes deep into the wood, it Is at once practical and of a good deal of con-mrrciat Importance. N.Y. Ledger. Bow C oner. 4 A. C.t Even witi Emporor leucine of F.usata. Mad Hi Majmfjr Pf tHmrif t a Luna J..fc at II K I ai-a-tll It Mad a r-auf rwaat tlaepv. Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoria. Power Latest U. S. Gov't Report Col. John D. Cameron report ed to tho Asheville Citizen last Friday that he saw that morning i scarlet tanager, a bright, beauti ful song-bird, and its appearance ' male remarkable by the fact 'hat it ordinarily never appears before the latter part of April or drst of May. The Vance mills made 34,000 pounds of yarn last week, the Salisbury News says. The Scout says the snow fall in tho mountains near Murphy was reported to be 18 inches deep on a level last week.' The Rutherford Democrat says there is more interest in mining in its section and more demands for mining properties than for 30 years. In Atlanta a root doctor told Mrs. Uailey Johnson she was filled with lizards. She died from fright soon after. The goat cats up the posters, the wate basket gets the circu lars, the ragman lugs oil' the handbills, but newspapers with their advertisements are saved and read by the people. tJreen ville Reflector. Jerry Simpson says life in Wash ington broke him. He couldn't keep up style on $5,000 a year, and had to mortgage his Kansas ranch to pull through. Down at Anderson, Ind., a young woman has slept for tweu-tv-four davs, while a fanner of the same place has not slept fo" 111 days, says the dispatches. No one can doubt that the correspon dents have pleasant dreams. David Holmes, the English la bor advocate, is plain, modest and unpretentious man, who has all the facts and figures of the textile trade at his linger ends and has seen all that is worth seeing in our industrial centres, has gone back to England. ' Three horse thieves were hung at one hanging in Oklahoma last week. Express car robbing ami bank looting are the only safe in dustries in that territory. 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