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VOLUME XXII.
LENOIR, N. C, TUESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1897.
NUMBEB 47.
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f . H. B0WEE .
A i'OHNEY - Ai LAW,
LENOnt, N. T
i-u . o iu the courts of r-iildw."!! and adjoin.
iEK Counties
Edmund Jones,
Lawyer,
Dr. . W, MURRAY,
I'- KGRY, N. c;.
nNterinary Surgeon
Tc-jonto. Ontario
. ;n' 5 r?;duate in this part of
Lenoir every rrhureday
' ' -aig &tjo , er.hble.
i. A. DULi
.'t: jrney-at Law.
o:;: 13 lock North Main Street.
-.- 5jt? Criminal Law
a Specialty.
5.EFH CAROLINA
COLLEGE F AGRIiUuTURE
AD MECHANIC ARK,
ViLL OPEN SEPT. 9th, 1897.
a-adeiuic, scientific and tech
u.A curses. Experinced Special-.-ts
i n every deartment.
Ex : - kk session. INCLUDING BOARD:
: luJenw, . . 93.00
: students, . . . 323 00
i.. : ' Utah gue to
A1.1-.aMR q holladay.ix. d.,
Pkksident.
i K NORMAL AND INDU3-
i lL L COLLEGE,
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()::-!- the yourg women of the
Ma'.t- thorough professional, literary,
cla.-A'-ii. icit'iitifie, and industrial ed
u:at:,u. Annual expenses $90 to
13u 1-acuity of 25 members.
ore tLiin 400 regular students.
I'riiL-ricf school of 126 pupils for
teachers More than 1,200 matricu
lates r :,2esenting very county in
the elate txot-yt three Correspon
dence invited from those desiring
c mpeULt triiio d teachers To se
i an board in dormitories all free-tu
itiutt it.j,Ucutijiis must be made ie
f'jft Aiujitst 1st For catalogaend
iLt'omiiticn. address 1
Pki-:.sidext Chas D. McIver
fill f
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mi n a
lh Apples, PeacL e8 and Berries
hanging thick on the treea and
brii.ra They will be ?ery sweet and
before long. Get yonr cans
ea;iy- Tin Lig hting are the beat
ata Maaon's the cheapest at the
Charter Oak.
LETTER FROM CHINA.
LIVING IX EDITS
Tb8 Beat Pepiilatiofi of Saatsp, Cfetsa.
The river front of the city of
C inrn. so a-, o fivo or six long,
s witn b)AU of riuui?rou3
ebspfg ad 8 Z9.v In Ihs-i live p.
multitude of people, ri.-,u.,iv ta
iroiii any to ore
drei thouciitd 'i 'hesa boat
ccrn!i!ute difcticc
i e r.f the
tee upon
c-ty, g-er.a tit their j
the:r r.oats, and go who:
boy 1 1 e ; r Lectesary fron
la th,?2 b!j;tfa they hve, c-:k, eat,
se-p, marry, raise families, but
an- ueuaily put rtj?; on shor o
die Sometimes triey -ftian raiaa
chickens, dock, or piga in rhe
sau.e. narrow limits. But these
boats i;ot ocly constitute tbe h: me
of the people, they are also then
stock in trade, the.r means of
making a living. There are snme
large fine boats, which ar hired by
wealthy people to make longer or
shorter jourhevs up and down the
rivers of the Province. Ou each of
tueee will usually be found a whole
family, men, women, and children,
perhaps father and mother, sons,
daughtejs in law, and unmarried
daughters, and grand-chiidr!.
():Lr b at3 are for carryiDej pjs
eengers or goods to great distances
up the rivers, and on these will be
found only men, their wives and
cbildr.n living on f&rm? fur away
in the country.
But, let us look rather at one of
tha small boats used for local traf
fic Her is one used to carry
pt-eeengers up and fiown the river.
It is abouttwenty feet long and five
or fix feet wide. It is div del into
three parts In front ia an op.n
deck wfcete one nr two sit to rev-;.
Ia the rear is a compartment,
planked up on each side a foot cr
two, and having over the top a
curved roof which can readily ba
raised or lowered, and if not needed
can be slippsd forward out cf the
way. Here stands the chief worker
of the boat, who works the scull
by which the boat is guided a?d
also urged forward. The children
sit in this part of the boat and
ofter assist in working the scull.
In the centre is th3 room for pas
sengers, it is five or six feet square,
boarded up on the sides, with
fixed roof, and movable partitions
in front and in the rear. In the
middle is a hole four feet square
whose floor is near the bottom of
the boat. Stauding in this hole,
one can nearly stand erect in the
boat. Aionnd this hole, the floor
of the bo-jt forms a teat on three
sidfs, givirg room for four or fie
passengers. At night the fkor is
laid over this bole, and this rccm
becomes the bed rccm of the fami
ly Europeans often c.il these
boats "eoicpsne." This is really
two Chinese words meaning "threo
planks," and is applied to any
small boat. But many boat peo
ple sem to think it an English
woid, end when cflering their boats
to foreigners, they say "wanted
sampan'
Let us engage a boat to carry na
a mile cr two down the river, wait
an hour for us while we make a
call or attend a m- eting at one of
the mission residences, cr walk
into the city and preach in one of
the chapels, and then bring us
back, for which we must pay fif
teen or twenty cents, if the tide is
favorable both way?, a little more
if it is very ptrong sgainst us
With a favorable tide we can make
a mile in fifteen or twenty minutes.
If the tide is against us, it may
take us two or three times as long.
GoiDg ou board, we step down into
the hole sit down facing each
other, a'nd lcok around at our
boat's crew. Probably we find
only women and cHldren. The
men are working on large boat3
which transfer cargo from the
steamers to the warehouses, or
from one part cf the city to another.
Behind us, at the scull we find a
ratfier old woman, with her youngr
est grand child strapped on her
back. This is the baby's cradle,
and as the old woman sways back
wards and forwards working the scull
she rocks the baby to sleep. In
front is the daughter-in-law, the
mother of the baby, plying the
oar and nearer to us is an unmar
ried daughter, or more probably
the oldest grand child, learning to
row. The daughters marry qui.e
early and go off to help thsir moth
ers in law on their boats. Playing
around, we see two or three chil
dren too email to help with the
ork One little fellow, just able
to creep about, has a string tied
around his waist, and tha oth r
end faetrned to the roof of tl;e
boat This is to keop hlm from
falling overboard. Another cfriM
has a block of ccod, like a section
of a turned bed post, ti d bct vern
his &bon)dtrs. If he fnlis into the
water, this b ock will swina, and it
ill be oty t r fi'.d him and pull
h m b?-ci :nto the boat
L'ickttg fit the children again,
shall find that the girls nil ha;e
ear rirt:?, and perhaps bracelets
upon their arm?, and sometimes
even on their r.nkle3. A Chinese
girl always weara ear-rings. Bat
here ia ov.o who looks like a boy,
ar;d yet he h33 one ear-ring. This
is intended to df-ceive th? spirits.',
the cds which they worehip.
They think the air is full of spirits,
aDd if they efb human beings quhe
fortunate, they grow jealous and
may try to injure them. Nothing
is more fortunate to a Chinese fam
ily than tha birth of aeon. Daugh
ters are of little consequence So
they fear these spirits may see they
are so fortunate as to have a eon,
may grow jealous of thir hap,)
ne t and seek to kill him. Ia or
der to deceive theso evil spirit?,
they give thi boy one ear ring, t a it.
the spiiits may think he is a girl.
In pit-.-iihing I sonietiLTcS contrast
the-e ideas of their gods with our
God, who ia kind and merciful
and likes to tec hit creatures happy,
and who is too wisa to be deceived
by any suca tncks
If we happen to be on the beat
a lit tie before tundown, we may ee
their evening worship They use
incense sticks, rolls of powder made
from fregrant leaves, about 83 la.ge
a lead pencil, eight to ten inches
long, witn a small splinter of wood
or bamboo at one end. One of the
children will light half a drz-n of
these then stand on front of the bca,
wave them up and down thre
times, then stick two at the front
of the boat, the rest at various
places at the tiies. and leave them
to burn slowly for half an hour
till they are consumed or go ouS
Thu3 the worship is continued with
out hindering the work There is
no ned to pat aay hoar!; into it
The manufacture and sale of i es-3
incense sticka is an important itom
of business all over China.
Sometimes, about dark, we ScQ
the people on the boat, light lar-e
pieces of peper, wave thi m up and
down three times, bold them till
the blfza draws near the finger?,
then diop the m on tho water. The
blsz:ng ptper may float cn the wa
ter for Etme time This also 13 a
part of their worship; bat what they
mean by it, probably fw of them
have any clear idea Tae burning
incense tak3 place regularly morn
ing and evening. On special occa
sions they will add a few fire crack
ers, and the rich will burn a pack
age or two at once.
Perhaps on some neighboiing
boat we may tee the people eat rice.
The ordinary expression for taking a
meal ia eat rice Each member of
the family has a bowl and two chopsticks-
These are about the siza of
a bad pencil, round at one end and
square at the other. Holding the
round end of both in the right
hand, and holding the bowl of rice
neer to the mouth, they scrape the
rice out of the bowl into the mouth
in a very skillful manner. They
caaalsapick up a morsel between
the ends of the chop-sticks, and
transfer it to their mouths with a
skill which I have Dever tried to im
itate. (I always carry knife, fork,
and spoon.) Eice is their principal
article of food. Generally they
have a bit of greans of some sort,
which can always be bought on the
streets or from passing boats at any
time of the day Occasionally they
add a small piece of pork or a piece
of dried fish. At certain feasts tkey
kill a chicken, cut it up into small
bits and stew it. T ose who are
able often add wine to their feasts.
But most of the people are exceed
ingly poor, and prob&bly half the
people of this Province do not have
a. good food as the average farmer's
deg in Caldwnll county.
I have tcld these things about the
boat-people, because I can sea them.
The people on land, I never ses in
tneir hemes. It is not permitted
for a strange man to go into the
family dwelling. We meet the men
on the street, in the stores, in the
markets, in the ehapals, but we
h'-va little opportunity to seo fami
ly life in China. But I knew that
the worship and tho eating of the
heat people is ranch the satEo es
that of tho peer people oa land.
bota :rt ti'T ana country, many
families hate t o m-re living rocm
than ihe fiauhts cn the boats. And
tlnsfl o:i land nro shut up ii roDini,
nnventpa-rd, unliabtv-d, unwashed,
full t f foul smeCtf, racking with dij
eie. Of the por, working psople,
the let f those -:, the bo:3 is great
ly to bo preferred Thy i:.oranji,
th snpemitzon, tho driad of ev.l
spirits, the attempt to deceive them,
or to persuade them not to grow
jealous and harm the family, thee
are the same among all classes, rich
and poor, learned and unlearned.
A Prefect, whose authority ex
tends over eight or ten counties, was
afraid to let us build a residence
two stories high two hundred yards
south of his residence, lest a build
ing so high should disturb the good
influences of wind and water, which
are supposed to come from tha
south After six months o wait
ing ar d urging of our case by tho
Consul, wa had to agrej to build
only one etory, or not build at all.
Sjui-? light, ii di'amg, but it
comes very rionly A few Jsave
iearned T.ot to fear the spirits of
vd but to ttuat m the living God
and to have cenfidtnea in Hi3 loving
kindness G. W. Greene,
Canton, China, July 7th, 1897.
Aslu viile Citizon.
'T is chowii by tha annual report
cf one of the iarg-ct mining conipa
nica in Colorado, Sajs tha Baltimore
Sun, that sinoo the organization cf
tha company, the average ccat of
producing 81 m gdd has been 37
centr."
The geld organs, like the Charles
News and Conner, from which the
foregoing jt taken, really should not
allow such facts to become public
knowledge. Th-3 profit of this min
ing company ia 63 cents on every
23 22 grains of ita product a profit
as largo r.& many silver mine owners
would make if silver were coined
into dolif.r3 at the expense of the
Unitad States i;07ornniert. Now
ono of tho things decidsd by tha
last election wan that it wss wicked
for a silver mine owner to tnke a
pre fit, the inference being that ho
ccnld only saye himself from a
charge of dishonesty by mining or,
so refractory that 37 ! grains of it
tho number in a dollar would
cott just a gold dollar.
But now coin es tho Baltimore Sun
and be-trava iti-.i faat that soaia gold
dr llaTs cost only 37 cent;?, and hence
of the remaining 63 cints part is
fht, the creation of law. WLy it
should be a moral thing to give an
extra value to gold by fixing the
price of 23 22 grains by law at a
dolla'-, while the mere preposition
to do the seme by silvar is immoral
is ono of those problems that no
gold man has yet worked vat for
us.
$100 Reward Si 00.
The readera of this paper will bo
pleased to learn that there is at
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has been able to cure in all its stages,
and that is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh
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being a coi-stitutional dieease, re
quires a constitutional treatment
Hali's Catair-i Cure is taken inter
nally, acting directly upon'the blood
and mncou3 surfaces of the system,
thereby destroying the foundation
of the disease, and giving the pa
tient Btrength by building up the
constitution and assisting nature in
doing its work. The proprietors
have so much faith in its curative
powers, that they offer One Hun
dred Dollars for any case that it
fails to cure. Send for list of test
imonials. Address,, F. J. CHENEY & CO.,
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Hall's Family Pills are th2 best.
The Monroe Enquirer says that
John McOartea, sr , of that place,
left recently for his old home in
Ireland. He came to America 40
years ago and has not seen his na
tive land since. He loves old Erin
and it will be with untold pleasure
that be will sgaia press the soil of
the "Emerald Isle,"
i PLE1 FOB BETTEB SIX I TAT I OH
Tea Towo Astbsritias Criticised-
To The Editor of the Topic:
Tha maintenance of the health
and life of a community is always a
question of th3 greatest importance
and should be one of the greatest
concern to those charged by their
public duties with tnj preservation
of tho nsaiLh cf the people and in
via.? of tha iacr3i33d amount of
BickTitsi, I am led to point out some
of tha yvideai cju323 of sach afflic
tions, tvhick are not, as supposed by
some, mani 'eatations of God's spe
cial anger, but are the natural result
ot the prolonged disregard of the
laws of health and of nature. One
has only to go upon our streets to
find unmistakable evidences that
greet the eye and nose on every
side, that there exists in our midst a
total disregard of the lawa of public
health, and a criminal neglect to
preyent, and punish the most ap
parent violations of sanitary rules
and regulations. Our streets and
sidewalks are filled with decay
ing weeds, and decomposing watermelon-rinds
lie around in public
places, soiled and filthy paper flut
ters in the streets, miasmatic pools
of stagnant wat9i- adorn the vacant
lots, and afford swimming puddles
for the restless duck and evil odors
assail your nose at every corner.
'Tia too well known to be repeat
ed here, that among the impurities
anting from decaying vegetable and
animal matter are innumerable bac
;ei !a and germs, which float around
suspended in the atmosphere, giving
life to fatal diseases, and being
theuasevles the specific poisons of
typhus, typhoid and other malig
nant; fsvers, and it will not do to
presume that on account of the
Ltural purity and salubrity of our
atmosphere, that these germa of
disease are harmless, for where else
than in the highest regions of our
mountain country do fevers prove
more malignant and fatal.
If there be any sanitary laws
among the ordinances of the Town
of Lsnoir, they should be enforced
at this season o the year when the
public health is so seriously affect
ed, for Jti3 very evident now that if
there be such laws, they are more
honored in their breach than in
their observance.
It is not only fcr the preservation
of our comfort and health and our
lives, ought such nuisances as I
have alluded to, be abated, but the
fair name and fame of our town
demand that it should be kept clean
and healthy and that the senses of
tho many, who ere drawn here by
business, or by pleasure,, should not
ba offended by the unwholesome
sights and smelU.
Pro Bono Publico.
Awful Fata For Chicago.
By far the most astonishing pa
per read at the convention of
American scientists at Detroit yes
terday were those by Prof. Gilbert
and Dr. Spencer, of Washington.
Dr. Spencer, by bold, logical reason,
proved that the course of the lakes
was steadly changing. Beckoning
a long distance in the future, both
Prof, Gilbert and Dr. Spencer
agreed that the Niagara river and
falls will cease to exist, and that the
course of the water from the lakes
will be over what is new Chicago to
the Mis8iE8ppi liver. Dr. bpencer
said:
f'It is specially important at Chi
cago, because that city stands on a
low plain near the level of Lake
Michigan, and close Jjy there is a
divide so low that the waters of
Lake Michigan will naturally find a
discharge to the Mississippi."
The doctor aseerted that Detroit
would be the first to go, and that
the overwhelming disaster at Johns
town would be as nothing compared
to tha future catastrophe, unles the
city fathers made preparations to
prevent it. His basis of reckoning
was that the gorge at Niagara was
forming at the rate of a fcot a year,
and disaster was certain.
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The best Salve in the world for
cats, bruises, sores, ulcers, <
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eruptions, and positively cures Piles,
or no pay required. It is guaran
teed to give satisfaction, or money
refunded. Price 25o. per box. For
sale by Todd & Shell.
Spill
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celebrated for its great leavening strength
and bealthfulnesa. Assures the food against
a lam and all forma of adulteration common to
the cheap brands.
ROYAL BAKISO POWDEB CO., New Yoek.
Timely Topics.
The largest fleet of vessels that
ever left England in ballast has
cleared for American ports to get
cargoes of grain.
The Pi esident has decided to ap
point Ethen Allen Hitchcock, of St,
Louis to succeed Clifton R Breck
inridge as minister to Russia. He
is an old friend of Mr. McKioley's,
and was not a candidate for office.
The deepest artesian well in this
country so far reported ia at Pitta
burg. It has been bored to a depth
5,502 feet, at which point the tem
perature 128 degrees. If they don't
find what they are boring for they
mav tap the furnace below and
warm up the town,
.
Judge Simonton has granted an
injunction against the enforcement
of the reduction of telegraphic rates
in this State-
The following reasons are assigned
for excepting to the new rates:
1. That they are not just and
reasonable.
2. That the transmission of mes
sages at thes9 rate3 will entail a los3
upon the company.
3 That even at tho 25-cent rate
the company wa3 operating its lines
within the State at an annual loss.
4, That if a similar reduction
were made in other States the com.
pany would not be able to maintain
its lines and defray operating ex
penses. 5. That to enforca the new rates
would be an unlawful appropriation
of its property without compensa
tion. 6. That tha Commission has un
lawfully and unjustly discriminated
against the Western Union by pre
scribing a lower rate for it than for
other telegraph line3 in tho State,
7. That the Commission ta3 not
the pov?er and jurisdiction to pro
scribe rates for the transmission of
messages between points within the
State of North Carolina
8 That tha order prearcibing
rates is in violatL-a of the Fifth
amendment to the Constitution of
tho United States.
9. That the order is also in vio
lation of section 1 of the Fourteenth
amendment to the Constitution.
10. That the order is in violation
of the provisions of the act of Con
gress of the United States, passed
July 25, 1866.
Fear of taa Psopls-
Is it not true that a newspaper
which is afraid of the people is as
untrustworthy as one that is afrsid
of corporations, or politicians? The
man who is afraid to lose subscriber,
is hardly superior to the man who is
afraid of losing railroad passes.
The world will get nothing from
either. God give ua men who will
stand alone, who will fall alone fcr
for conscience sake, if need be;
who will be hated for tho truth.
The mercenary in any relation 'n
a menace to the common good. Tho
peoele who hope to make a man
please them or ceasa to displease
them by withholding support from
him, would crush him out if they
had the power. And an editor who
will write thing3 b-3cau33 it will
make him popular and increase
his income to do so, is liable at any
time to'sell himself to the highhest
bidder. It is the man who respects
his own conscience, regardless of
popular clamor or private threats,
that serves the world; end tha quick
er the people learn this the better
for them. Biblical Recorder,
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I
TBAGEBY AT HEIDEBS3KYILLE
Mrs. Ban F. Hscd Shoots and Bailj
Wounds Bar Bussand and Than Kills
Earsaif.
Ashevill, Aug. 17 At Hender
sonville, 20 miles from here, this
morning, Mrs. Ben. F. Hood shot
her husband, one shot breaking his
arm and the second taking effect
in his left breast, inflictir what
may prove a dangerous wound.
Mrs.- Hood then shot herself,
dying instantly. The cause of the
tragedy was a fit of jealousy.
Mrs. Hood was a Miss Cowlea, a
native of Ohio. She had a brother
in Ohio who is a judge.
BOYD HAY BEATTOBXEY 6ENEBAL.
A Washington special to News
and Observer says:
"It is currently talked here to
day in prominent and reliable
Republican circles that upon the
retirement of Justice Field from
the Supreme Court next month
that Attorney General McKenna
will be appointed bis successor, and
Assistant Attorney General James
E. Boyd, of North Carolina, will
be appointed attorney general to
succeed McKenna. This is said
to be a recognition of Senator
Pritchard, who has been a firm
friend of President McKinley for
many years. Mr. Boyd's friends do
not deny the report to-night."
Field Breaks the Becord.
Washington, Aug, 16 Justice
Stephen J. Field, of the United
Statts Supreme Conrt, to-day es
tablished the record for long ser
vice on the bench. Un.il to-day
the service of Cheif Justice Johm
Marshall had been the longest in
the history the court, covering 34
years. With to-day Justice Field's
service exceeds that of Marshall.
Justice Field was appointed in
1863 by President Lincoln and is
now in his 81st year, hale and
hearty, of strong mentality but of
feeble body. He has reached the
age of retirement, but prefers to
ramain in active service on the
banch and it is said there is no
present indication that he will.
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