North Carolina Newspapers

I I ... - . . - i .... - . i . . , VOLUME X. LENOIR, N. O.. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17. 1885. NUMBER 30. Wallace Bros., STATESVILLE, N. G Wholesale Dealers Geneial Merchandise. -lot- largest Warehouse and best facili ties forhan- dling Dried Fruit. Ber ries, etc., in the State. RESPECTFULLY Wallace August 27th, 1884. J. M. Spainhour, aSAOCATS BALTIMOBX DKJtTAI. COIXXOB, 1 LENOIR, m, C. Uses no impure nuttcrUl (or filling teeth. Work as low as good work can be done. 1 PatlenU from m dUUnos u.T Told deujr by Informing him t what time utejr propoee coming. F. LEE CLINE, ITTfiRNEY . IT -1 A W. mcnonir, n.c. j XTDrJUTID JOIJZI3, ; I T T AD UP V I T T I W i v xi ii Jj i - a i - la ii, LEIIOIB, IT. C. 1 CLINTON A. CILLEY, Attornoy-At-laT7, r oza.o:ilr XuT. nV; Praottco in All The Courts. OUR NEW YORK LETTER. A Hew Costume A Big Theft How to keep Cool H. C. pluck hi New York Southern Editors in Town Piliiiis and Business Generosity in low Ufa M. C. Resort ers. New York, June 8. -To the Editor oTJie Lenoir Topic: The proper way to dress in New York now is to put on the very thin nest gear that the law and good cus tom will allow, then put on a winter overcoat and sail out. Half the day is likely to be cold enough to make the overcoat a necessity, and the other half is sure to be as hot as August. In this way you can vary your dress every hour to suit the climate J It changes 5 degrees every few hours. Perhaps the best way to account for it is to remember that John Kelly and Tammany Hall are no longer the greatest powers in American politics. Since the old bos has become feeble the weather has forgotten how td behave itself. These are wonderful changes that these new days bring. . But it was hot enough yesterday , the first torrid Sunday of the sea sonfor thousands and thousands and thousands of people of all clas ses to seek coolness out of town. In summer the big preachers all take a vacation and go away to Europe or to some cool retreat ; the churches are practically closed ; .and the peo ple use the day as a general excursion-day and holiday. The preachers are making much complaint about the general disrespect paid the Sab bath, but nobody pays any attention to them, and everybody goes wher ever there is promise of finding the coolest place. . A BIG THEFT. The event of last week was the running away of the cashier of the Bank of the Manhattan Company with $160,000. The bank presidents confess that they know of absolutely no way to prevent a teller from stealing if he has a mind to. He is supposed to be in Canada, but of this there is no definite information.- It is a little strange and -greatly to be regretted that the treaty between the United States and Canada does not permit the capture and return of a thief. A man can steal a mil lion dollars here, go over to Canada and live like a prince in Open day light, and nobody can lay hands on him. It is only a few hours ride from here to Canada, and escape is comparatively easy. This tempts men to such crimes here. Murder is not .confined to the Southern States by any means, much as has been said about the crimes that are committed there. On Sun day in broad daylight in a thickly settled street in New York, a party of drunken sailors teased and chased three Chinamen for the fun of the thing, knockingtheir caps over their eyes K and pulling their pig-tails. AVhen the little Chinese tried to get out of their reach by running away, one of the men drew a pistol and shot at them. He killed two Chi namen and wounded the third one. ITr was cantured. however, ami stands an excellent good chance of Doing nangea. WTO Kk COdA JJ-J; ' ' The summer theatres are now get ting their apparatus in good order to keep audiences cool. They have a great space, filled with ice, and right over the ice the air is fanned into the theatre. It is like an Oc toberday. The theatre that first in troduced this capital plan of keep ing cool made a big success.' People went' there many a hot day i and night quite .as much to enjoy that delightful atmosphere as to see the play. The plan has even been talk ed about for some of the fashionable churches. Most of the fashionable churches, however, are cool enough in another sense. , They never get undely warmed up, and "shed" and "hades" are as near as they get to the old-fashioned idea of the warm region to come. N. C PLUCK IN NEW YORK. A good old-fashioned North Car olina pluck crops out wherever the tar-heel wanders. There was an ev idence of it given here the other day. Mr. Tolar, originally of Cumberland county, is a well known dealer here; in naval stores. A little controversy arose the other day about a matter; of trade when a rather pompous gen-: tleman made some remarks that Mr. : Tolar did not quite appreciate. It: took two stout friends of the parties to prevent the raised fist and rum pled pluck of, Mr. Tolar from mak-J fng a visible difference in the other gentleman's? appearance. When it was all over, somebody remarked, "It won't do to fool with these North Carolina fellows top far." cnrmrrTrw TsnrrORS TV TOWN. r.5l ' A nuluDer oi wne must piuunucu. Southern editors, of Georgia, - and CoL Jones, of Charlotte r were here -.eaWlav : tti'rierfectf 'arrangements m fpr, betters telegraritBervimlrJ their newspaperu. j-u.vj no ceived with, every attention by the newspaper fraternity here and in terriewedtibont the Southern politi cal situajiomi Theyffxpresed the most cheerful condition of opinion and outlook for the future. POLITICS AND BUSINESS. Hale, until the other day Govern or, of New Hampshire, was supposed to be worth several millions of dol lars. He was well known here as a speculator, and he used every influ ence he could command to make a grand financial success of his plans. But on the day his term -of office as Governor expired a number of seiz-; u res were made on his property, his financial bubble burst and a dozen men and firms who had trusted him found out that his acquaintance had proved a very costly luxury. Up to March 4, big speculators had had a big career in politicsbut it seems now to be the poor man's r an j the honest man's time to 'conduct the government. t ' 4 GENEROSITY IN LOW LIFE. A little newsboy named Jim (no body knew the rest of hjs name, if he had any other name) died in New York the other day, and the other little rag muffins held meetings at which they expressed in th most eloquent way the regard they had for him. He was a manly little fel low, and they had appreciated his manly qualities. One of them Rold a silver watch and gave the money to buy Jim a coffin. They all con-; tributed their pennies and gave him both a decent and an imposing bu rial. There were many incidents that showed the regard of the little waifs for Jim's good qualities. He had been a sort of hero among them. The most of these little newsboys are entirely alone in the world lit tle waifs who have no idea when and where they were born and have no homes. The get together a few cents and every day they buy a hand ful of papers. They are required to pay cost for them, and they make on an average a half accent on every paper they sell. Many of them live on 10 or 15 cents a day, and are as independent as Jay Gould himself. -he strangest company of little waifs in New York are the ; little Italian boys who throng AVashington Square, and will black i your shoes for 3 cents. Some of them" cannot speak English, but they will dog you if you are not shined to perfection by an incessant repetition of "only tree cent, Meester, tree cent." N. C. RESORT ERS. You can hear veryfrequent in quiries made here about the summer resorts in North Carolina, the fame of which has gradually spread until the State now fairly has a place among the great summer resorts of the continent; There seems to be no reasonwhy this popularity should not continue indefinitely until North Carolina hotels become one of the very foremost industries in the State.: Caldwell. The north Carolina Chautauqua. news and Ubmrver. The great educational gathering is growing daily in popularity with our progressive North Carolina teachers, and the membership is increasing rapidly.l The Organization how numbers nearly five hundred mem bers and each one is taking an active interest in the workr The delight ful meeting a Black Mountain : will attract to the lovely mountain coun try and invigorating mountain cli mate a most congenial and sympa thetic company of co-laborers in this important department: of State in terests. The instructors engaged are unusually able and eminent, and the talent is so , varied that ' every branch of school-room work will be considered and discussed, tending to the greatest improvement; of the profession. No live teacher can af ford to let the Chautauqua be left out of the summer's work and pre paration for greater usefulness and success. The regular work of the Chautauqua begins on the 17th of June, though the tickets will be on sale June 9th, to enable those who wish to go before the large crowd to sperd a few days in resting and special sight-seeing. Prof. George Little begins work on tht 9th ; Col. Travers W. Parker and Mrs. Parker on the 21st ; Prof- S. G. Boyd ;on; the 24th; Dr. Van Daell on the 17th; Miss Florence Slater on the 17th. Excursions will be made to the sum mit of Mt. Mitchell and Bald Moun tain about twice a week, and visits will "be made often to Asheville, Warm Springs, Round Knob, Hay wood, White Sulphur Springs and Balsam Mountains. The place where the Chautauqua will be held has the reputation of being, . m several re spects, the most delightful place in the mountains. Black Mountain station is free from all dust and damp, haying a perfectly dry atmos phere which is so beneficial to "health." The nice new'hbtel," about a hundred yards from the ;depot, , stands proudly on an elevation which i is 2,500 feet above, sea level; ' 'It commands a most ' magnificent, yiewi from ; the observatory of ; the; entire ; surrounding country, 7-whicn view never fails tp makethe behplder ap preciate the beauties of j the moun- ; tain-.country. -w, X, V ttr '.'f''t ; Charles M. Corpening was the only .North Carolina graduate at the naval academy this week. He has been ordered to sea duty. 3 mr mm' " ' ' Our chief twants , in life is soihe-; body who shall make ns do what we can. This is the service of a friend. THE MASONIC PASSWORD. Curiosity and timidity are two important traits in the character of Ralph Sloogey. The fornier quality so in e y ears ago made him; d esirou s of learning the secret of the Mason ic Fraternity ; but as he had heard that hot gridirons - and pugnacious goats with sharp horns are made use of duringthe ceremony j of initia tion, Ralph's timidity warned him that, as he was not copper-bottomed, he should first strive to ascertain, if possible, whether buck-goats and red-hot spears and gridirons formed indispensable adjuncts in the myste rious oi deal of Masonry. To satisfy himself on this point, he endeavored to "pump", an intimate personal friend, Jacob Slecton. wnom he knew to be a Mason. "Now, Jacob," said he, durins: a con y ersati on on , the my sterio ns su b- ject, "I would like to become a member of the fraternity but be fore doing so, I think you ought to tell me something about them. Do they really brand you with a hot gridiron ? alia if so, on what part of the body r ' ; j,; ; : Like all Masons, when such ques tions are asked, Jacob would smile, and say, "After you shall have taken the three first degrees, you'll know all about it. ; I can't answer your interrogations. For a long time Ralph tried to worm out something concerning the fraternity, but in vain. On every possible opportunity he would renew the attempt, until, at last,- Jacob became offended at Ralph's persist ency, and determined j to punish him, EarlyOne morning as Ralph and Jacob were hurrying down , Grand street to their respective places of business, the former renewed 4 his inquiries, t I : I VIM give fifty dollars if I knew the signs and password. . If you tell me about the password and grip, I'll promise never to ask you! another question.in regard to the secrets of Masonry I - Come, now, Jacob you've known me since I was a boy, and you ought to bo aware j that if I am a little curious I ne jer blab. Will yon tell me ? Surely you don't doubt your old school fellow ? Out with the password, and I promise you that I'll be as mum as a mouse." Were it not for the sake of old friendship, Jacob would have long before put an end to such) imperti nent queries j but having failed to do so the inquisitive Ralph imagined that he would at last be successful in "pumping" his' Masonic friend. When Ralph "had "completed his last sentence,1 which was spoken in a loud tone, Jacob turned his head, thinking that the words might have been overheard by a gentleman who happened to -be walking behind them. I j . This gentleman proved to be Mr. Hinslow, who a few weeks before had been dismissed from his position as keeper of the city hospital, charg ed with stealing spoons. Although personally unacquainted t with : Mr. Hinslpw, Jacob knew him by sight: he had been pointed out to- him by a member of the Common 'Council, of which body Jacob was at that time a member. : The charges against Mr, Hinslow had not yet been proved, but a com mittee of the Common Council was to inquire into the case at ian early day, and, Jacob had been appointed a member of that committee. The last question propounded by Ralph angered ' Jacob, and as he turned, his eyes beheld the ban who had stolen the spoonsi an idea im mediately entered ' his mind. ' He conceived an 'admirable plan for punishing Ralph, and resolved im mediately to put it into execution. "If I tell you the password,'' said Jacob, purposely slackening his pace to allow Hinslow" to pass before themy "if I tell you the Ma sonic password, you promise never to divulge it not even to a broth er ?" ; ". !;:; - - - - , . V "Never I" exclaimed Ralph, ex ultingly, believing that at jlast his curiosity was to be satisfied. "Upon your soul, you swear it ?" "Upon my soul, I swear lit 1" re sponded Ralph; as he put his hand to his face, scratching his Snose to hide a smile. ' By this time Mr. Hinslow had passed on before them, leaving Ralph and Jacob about two yards 'behind. fYou'll.never utter it in the hear ing of man, woman, or j beast ?" asked Jacob.. ; ;:j.J: '' ; "I promise you most solemnly," said Ralph. i f f H '"I think that I can - trust you. Well, Ralph, I am ' about to,: make known to you one of the great se crets of Masonry. ' When yod wish. ; tofprm the acquaintance .of a Ma- : son, rall yon have to do js io, whisper :iuThis ear, the mysterious - password. ! ''Arid that password is Spoons ?" '' ; Vi "Spoons!" Oh that be-" ejacd lated Ralph, as the smile oft his face was displaced bya frown.' ' I- ' -"J tell : you V truly-i-tlie Masonic password is 'spoons:' " ' 1 . "Spoons ! Ha! ha I ( har ; and '!RalpK;,inade a feeble?' attempt to ; laueh' ; "Spoons that's a; gay pass week I Yon must think I'm a con-' foundri-'foolP,:-- .''"TmHn : earnest Ralph. When3 Masons; get - into - a ' difficulty,' and -need assistance they", ,Toar ' out the word:HMm three times. Were you to say spoons three times, even here, on the public street, and a Mason Bhonld near you, he would immedi ately rush to your assistance, think ing that you needed it." Ralph did notbelieve him, and to show that he could not be so easily gulled, he roared out at the top of his voice "Spoons! Spoons ! Spoons " Ere the second syllable had passed his mouth, Mr. Hinslow turned round and faced Ralph. "You said 'spoons didyouJ Take that and that 1 As he spoke, he struck Ralph between the eyes, anoT then under the ear? the second blow lifting the inquisitive man off his feet, so that he staggered and fell to the pavement, completely stunned. "I'll give you spoons 1" roared the excited Hinslow, as he advanced and repeatedly kicked the prostrate man. - " ," As Ralph made no effort to rise, the enraged Hinslow soon tired of kicking him, and slowly passed on, occasionally looking behind to see if Ralph was following to obtain satis faction. Ralph did not require satisfaction, thinking he might get too much of it so he prudently postponed re turning consciousness until his ene my had disappeared. As he rose to his feet he said to Jacob, in a subdued tone, "why did that man strike me so ?" , j - "Because you uttered the Masonic password, but could not respond to the countersign. He is a Mason, and, as he is solemnly bound to do, immediately answered the password by making the countersign with his hand. You were unable to answer his countersign, and for that reason he knew you to be a clandestine MasQn a man who had learned the secrets in an improper way. There fore, it was his duty to chastise you. Your life may yet be forfeited for that indiscretion." r ! "My life ? By the great Jehovah, I thought you were only humbug ging me when you told me that 'spoons' was the password." "Sh-h-h-h ! Beware 1" said Ja cob, putting his hand on Ralphs "Never utter that word again. I Ma sons are ubiquitous, and. you might lose your life. As it is you are in danger ; for all the lodges in; the city will be immediately convened to adopt measures that may discover who has betrayed them. My life, as well as yours, is in jeopardy. Prom ise me that you will never again utter the password." j "And so spoons is the password? Ralph was at last convinced that his old friend had been telling the truth. I'Well may I be broiled on a Masonic gridiron, and turned over with a red-hot trowel, if ever I hal loo spoons again 1" , Ralph has most religiously kept his word. Should he need a spoon while at table he now asks his wife for a "sugar-shovel," fearing that if he mentioned the proper name of the required article, -'gome pugna cious member of the mystic broth erhood might respond to the Masonic password. k THEORY SUGGESTED. . BaltiiiK-re American. The verdict of the jury in the Cluverius case was reached speedily. After considering together for but forty minutes they found him guilty, of murder in the first degree. The testimony for the defenceVas chiefly to prove the previous good character of the accused, and denials that he wore a mustache whic.h went td the question of identification and de nial that the watch key found on the reservoir was his. Giving, to these contradictions their full value, they failed to answer the strong points of the case made by the prosecution. The theory of suicitfe was unten able, because Lillian Madison could not have climbed the fence at j the reservoir. Her canvas sack jwas thrown into.the river a half, mile from the reservoir. If she had gone to the river to throw in her baggage, would she have walked back and climbed the fence to drown herself in the reservoir ? Would she have uttered the scream that one of the witnesses heard ? No. She didjnot kill herself. She was killed I by somebody either Cluverius or some body else. It seems to be proven beyond rea sonable doubt that Cluverius had. held relations with the unfortunate girl which placed her in a helpless condition. , She was on the eve of becoming a mother, yet had been able to conceal this fact up to the time of her visit to Richmond. That she and Cluverius met in Richmond by appointment is proven by many circumstances. The torn note alone ('is evidence enough. What was the purpose oi tins meeting in liich- fnnTifl ? " Tn nrfwir?ft tliA orirl a oAnrof. piace wnere sue coma pass a lew weeks' in retirement and seclusion. The letters written to account for her absence "by a pretended engage ment at Old Point prove this. The humble dwellings of the Belle; Isle; iirpn workers r offered, a promising ' place, and thither they went togeth ' er on the morning of the fatal night. They were seen by many." If mur der had been in the heart of Cluve rius at that time,-he would not have been seen in public with ; her. He lwould have decoyed her out at night on one of the high bridges over the! rushing river,1 and there hurled her from the height to her death and this would, perhaps, have looked like suicide. But the visit to Belle Isle was a failure. The girl was not satisfied. I hey visited another place with similar results. Then the girl thought that she would go and throw herself on the mercy of her friends, the Dunstans, and entreat them to conceal her shame. They were seen to go out late in the evening, enter a street car and so to Reservoir street, on which the Dunstans lived.. In the morning ' she was found drowned in the reservoir, and her red shawl was found hanging over the Dunstans' gate. What do these facts point to ? They indicate that a scene occurred at the gate. The poor girl, when she arrived there, felt her heart fail her. She could not enter and tell the - story of her ruin. She turned upon her com- g anion and reproached him keenly, he implored him to marry her and save her from disgrace. During her excitement she threw her shawl over the gate. iHer gloveswere cast aside. Her agitation r was intense. Her voice rose. Her lover, fearing that she would arouse the house, drew her away. They forgot the shawl. They walked together up the lonely j-oad, and the ifian who was engaged to be married to another woman re alized that he had an injured, des- Eerate, unmanageable woman on his ands. It was then that the thought of killing, her entered his mind. They walked on together. She had ceased to reproach him, and was now tearfully entreating him. She would follow him wherever he asked. They leached the end of the road. A dim light showed the gap in the fence. This promised concealment. They entered, and were alone in the lot. But the high, level bank show ed Cluverius that it was a reservoir whoe deep waters would offer a belter concealment. She ascended the bank with'difficulty, for the hill was steep. There he paused irreso lute for a moment. He dreaded to strike the blow. Their conversation was renewed.5 Other plans were proposed to her, but she saw safety only in one, and that was for him to marry her. He took her fiercely by the arm. She uttered a piercing scream that was heard two hundred yaids away. Then Tie struck her, and in her delicate condition she fell like one who is shot! Full of horror and fear, he caught lier- up, lifted her to the height of the fence and let her fall on the slope of the bank. She rolled down, "not quite dead, and clutched her hands full of the slime of the bottom. Then all was silent. Cluverius was alive on the bank. There was the canvas bag, which had been brought out in expectation of her staying at the Dunstans. He picked it up, hastened to the river and threw it in. It was found several miles down the stream. Then he returned to his hotel, and left for home by the post midnight train. " Perhaps it happened in this way.' Death to Insects. AshevOle Citisen. We gave a trial yesterday to the Persian, Dalmatian, or Insect pow der. It is an inpalpable yellow oust, made from the pulverized flowers of the pyrethrum roseatum, a plant largely cultivated on the eastern coast of the Adriatic. It is death to flies and fleas and alc.ost every other insect. It is death to the Colorado beetle, as we proved. But-from the lightness of the powder, it is some what difficult to apply it, the faint est breeze wafting it away. Indoors, it is best applied by means of the same kind of syringe that is used with the inhalator For flies, close the doors of rooms,) and jet out a few puffs of the dust. In a short time the present brood will all tum ble to the ground. Other insects can be reached directly with the same appliance. Death to insects, it is perfectly innocuous to 'human beings, safe and perfectly cleanly. The Frauds who Prey on Invalids. Invalids, especially men, are cau tioned against writing or communi cating in any way with the parties whose names and addresses are given below, as we know them to be abso lute frauds. Some of them have spent terms in jail fpr fleecing the ignorant, and only one of the entire list is sailing under his own name. Their ways are so wily and their tongues so oily, that if ' you enter their; net, if only with a postal card, you are sure of getting caught. Let them severely alone : Rev. Jos. T. Inman, Station D., N. Y. City. The Voltaic Belt Co., Marshall, Mich,. Dr. J. D. Judge & Co., 79 Beach street, Boston, Mass. Dr. Rice, 37 Court - Place, Louisville, Ky. Dr. Wagner, ; 338 Larmier, street, Denver, CoL . Dr. Whittier, 617 Charles street, St. Louis, Mo. Dr. Clarke, 186 Clark street, Chicago, HI. New England Medical Institute, Boston, Mass. Peabody Medical Institute, Boston, , Mass. . J. H. Reeves, 43 Chatam street, New York City. ' Cirale Remedial Agency, Fulton street, N. Y. City. Dr. Lucas, 132 South1 Clark street, Chicago, HI. ; ' Dr. Bate, 25 South Clark street, Chica- fo', HI. Maraton Remedy ; Co., 44 I. 14th street, N. Y.: City. : Mag vneton Appliance Co., 218 State St., . Chicago, ill. Dr. Raymond,' Brook lyn, New York. Fall Sspsrisr. Cosrts. I I ' ; 1885. . : - " 8tH DIST. JUDGE MONTGOMERY. Iredell 2 weeks Aug. 10 Iredelli 2 " Nov. 9 Rowan 2 " Aug. 24 Rowan II 2 " Nov. 23 Davidson 2 Sept. 7. Davidson 1 week Dec. 7 Randolph; - 2 weeks Sent. 21 Montgomery 2 ' Oct. 5 Stanley! 2 " Oct. 19 Cabarrus 1 week Nov. 2 9TH DIST. JUDGE GRAVES. Rockingham 2 Rockingham 1 weeks week weeks July 27 -Nov. 9 Oct. 26 Sept. 28 Sept. 14 Sept. 7 Oct. 12 Aug. 10 Nov. 16 Aug. 24 Nov, 23 r orsyth Yadkin Wilkes Alleghany Davie Stokes ; Stokes1 1 Surry Surry 1 week weeks week weeks ' week IOtH DIST. JUDGE AVERT. Henderson Burke Caldwell S Ashe ' Watauga Mitchell i 3 weeks 2 " 1 week 1 " 1 " 2 weeks 2 " July 20 Aug. 10 Sept. 7 Aug. 24 Aug. 31 Sept. 14 Sept. 28 - Oct. 12 Yancey McDowell 2 it llTH DIST.JUDGE SHIPP. Union ' 2 weeks Sept. 21 Aug. 31 Oct. 12 Oct. 5 Aug. 10 Oct. 26 Nov. 2 Nov. 16 Aug. 3 July 27 Mecklenburg 3 Gaston 2 " Lincoln Cleveland Cleveland Rutherford Polk Catawba Alexander 1 week 2 weeks 1 week 2 weeks 1 week 1 " 1 " Sogar Grove Letter. Sugar Grove, June 8. To the Editor of TJie Lenoir Topic : Up here in our land of the clouds, the windows of the heavens were recently opened and the winds came and the rain descended in floods i for ten or fifteen days ; so much so ! that planting and hoeing of corn was very much retarded. June, ; so far, has been fair and warm and yon bet farmers made good use of their time, and hoed corn while the sun shined. Owing to the failure of the wheat and rye crop, our people have set extra large crops of corn, buck wheat, Irish potatoes &c. I believe it is for our good that such things as failures of crops &c, do happen. It teaches us this im portant lesson, that of ourselves we are nothing, as it were, and what dependent creatures we are ; while at the time, it sharpens our energies, increases our industry, which mani fests the old adage, "fortune helps , those who try to help themselves." Corn is looking well aud growing ; fast and has as good if not the best ; stand I ever have seen, f ! ; The financial pressure jstill weighs ; heavy and drags slowly, while our county is crowded with surplus of live stock, for which there is but little demand. This condition of things has demanded this act, that" we must keep less and better stock and raise more grass. Our soil, climate, and production are so gen erous and productive, our water power so abundant, our hard and soft wood so plentiful, our cold and sparkling springs so numerous, and the surface indications of various and valuable ores and minerals so common, that it certainly does open up a vast field for many and profita ble industries which are only now in their infancy or do not exist at all. I will suggest that a canning fac tory for fruits, berries &c, could be made a paying and profitable indus try. Our cold springs with a full back ground of luxuriant grass are great facilities, and offer nattering inducements to dairy men while sheep farms for wool -raising would be a paying industry. Also, tobacco can be made to pay well, as demon strated by actu.ll experiment, and bee culture as far as tested pays a handsome dividend. Even poultry raising has become quite a business. Mrs. Jeremiah Glenn has over 100 . young chickens and Mrs. Melissa Herman, has 150 young and old chickens and about 30 hens have produced 90 dozen eggs since last . fall. ; A gentleman from Johnston City, Tennessee, came up to Watauga in March and bought seven 2-horse wagon loads of chickens for which he paid from 16J to 20 cents per head. . i Western Carolina is slowly but surely coming to the front, and her rich and abundant resources are at tracting public notice, and have and will still induce enterprising men to invest their money in various enter prises ; for instance the Blowing Rock and Roan Mountain hotels. The extension of our Western" R. R., the completion of the C. & L. R. B., the building of the Cranberry R. R., and the successful working of one of the richest y and finest i grades of iron ore in the world, from a .- mountain of inexhaustible iron ldepo8its--8uch are some of the great 'internal improvements of this age in , our beloved Western. Carolina, and why may we not, at the rate of com pound interest, reasonably hope that Ihe next decade will develop tea fold, yea, 50 or even 100 fell i i provement, - for - which let vdt and trust. 11.11. m