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TABLISIIED;IN THE YEAR 1832.
PRICE, $1.50 IN ADVANCE.
roNTBACT ADVERTISING RATES.
, FEBRUARY SO, 1SS0. ;
Icbes 1 month sm's 3ms 6 ml lSm's
Ooe '"
;Tiro for
T&rce tor
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$2.50 -P.5Ui$5.00 S8.0U
4.50 5.25 T.50 12.00'
.00 7.50 i 11. (X) 15.0V '
TJW 8.00 13.5V 18.00
,9.75 1135 10.50 15.00
15.75 0.S0 85.50 40.00
8.5 83.15 i .48.75 75.00
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TiiKaI
ji'jglrmuk.
R. R. CRAWFORD & CO.
AltE SELLING
; : PORTABLE
FARM AND FACTORY
' STEAM ENGINES.
ALSO -
ill r yarntips
Pow-
"and Caps.
- ALSO
lis lest BIFLE POWDER mk
lapis, w aw Wagons.
tiupon and Foreign make and
Prdm the Flaest to ihc Cheapest
Belttni,
Horso Rakes, &c.
Salisbury Jan. 1831. ty
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1ST OTfOE!
JOHN F. EAGLE,
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BOOT
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SHOE M
IrtTitc voiw Hllrntioii to hi Rliop, opposite
MyrU Oflire. Kep:nring neatly and yrc mpt
If dan?. ; All gradtra orgcoda made to order
AM gra
LIFE INSURANCE" MADE CHEAP
Table Slewing Actual Cost to Membei
of 4,000 Insurance for One
Year (March 1, 1879, to
j March 1, 1880).
First Clnls, aged 18 to 30 years
Smiud - 30 " 40 - 44
Tliiid - ", 40 " 45 "
Fourth 45 " 50 "
$17 00
21 25
25 50
34 00
51 00
"Fifth 4 - 50 " 55
Sixth " , , 55 44 CG
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WAGON AND BUGGY HARNESS,
Jlade of the best Northern Tanned Leather.
Work and Leather gu ranteed. fall and tsee me
opposite AtiveU's, Alain street, sansoury,
fcam , - JOHN H. JAMES.
I B. Vasce. W. II. Bailey.
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ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS,
. i s t CHARLOTTE, S. C. .
PraciicTtn Supreme Court of the United
' States. Supreme Court "of North " Carolina,
Federal Court, and Counties of Mecklenburg,
Cabarrti!", Union, Gaston, l'ow an and David-
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deBce Square. -' 33:tf
J. St. MCOORKLE. T1IBO. F. KLUTTZ,
McCCHKLE KLTJTTZ,
ATTbliNtYS AKD COUKELORS,
1 Salisbury, N. C.
tsOffiee on Couneil Street, opposite the
Coutt II
pu.se.
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Blictier aii Henderson,
Attotaeys. Counselors
" and Solicitors.
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tAtJDRETH&SONS. PHILA
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DAVID.
POETRY,
4 A Balladine.
Sb was the prettieife girlrI ween,
That mortal ejes had ever &eeu : -Her
name U Anuabel CLristine,
Her banc weT6 cnrleia with linnfa1in
Iler checks were smoothed with vaseline
Her teeth were Urhshed with fine den tiue
ner lace wa washed io coalinef
Her glores were cleaned ith gasoliue,
She wore a dresa of irrenodin.
. Looped over a skirt of brilliantiue :
f If M.M.! . T '
xiKv ixsuicoai was oomuazme,
ner dooi wr.s suod witli.a kid bottine.
Her. wounds were healed with cosinoline.
cue saueu away irom tunscatioe
In a ship they called a brigatiue ;
She flirted with a cav marine
Till they reached the republic Argentine,
fiere iney were marriea Dy the Dean,
And lived on olermargiue.
The Delinquent.
One day last week, while sad and dreary,
as we wenueu weak ana weary,
Across the nuswept floor ;
We heard, at first, a gentle tapping,
Then it became an earnest rapping,
At our sanctum door.
"Come iu we said; while yet we poi
uereu,
And in silence we still wondered
What for us could bo iu store ;
Then, the door bolt gently turning,
In he walked. Onr cheek was burning
At thoughts of crimson gore.
?Are you the man that does the writing
(What word will ryiue with that hot
fighting T)
Quickly thought we oVr and o'er.)
"Sir, we are," we gently toldlii in,
.Nodding to t ho boys to hold him,
- If he tried to. beat us sore.
"Then yon'Il pleise give me a credit
Opposite that little debit,
For two dollars more.
I like your paper, and will take it ,
As long as you will strive to make it
As good as it has been before.
We jumped ! lie ilodged ! thus we missed
Jam, 1
Qr we; surely wvuld have kissed him,
lo matter it the iKiysiliu roar :
Se seldom treated in this manuer,
We felt included to sing hosannnh !
Only this apd nothing more.
EMERALDS. j
Their Occurrence in Alexander I
County, X. C.
BY -WM. EARL. HIDDEN.'
Mineralogist and the public in gen
eral are perhaps unaware that systetn-f
iitic mining for emeralsJias been go
ing on in Alexander county, North
Carolina, for over a year, and their
existence over quite an extensive area;
has been proven beyond' question
Thinking that what the impetus was
that started the search for emeralds in
this region wjiuhl be of interest to the
public. I here give the story, gath
ered as it is from all the people con
cerned and by a year's residence on
the spot where the emeralds have been
found.
Sixteen years ago the site of th.
mine now being worked was covered
with a dense primitive forest, Less
than ten years ago this country was,
mineralogically, a blank ; nothing was
known to exist here having any spe
cial value or interest. Whatever we
know of it to-day is due, directly oi
indirectly, to the earnest field-work
done here in the past seven years by
Mr. J. Adlai Stephenson, a native of
the county, now a well-to-do and ref
sjiected merchantof Statesville, N. C.
Uuder a promise of reward for sue
cess, he engaged the farmers for mile
around to search carefully over the
soil for minerals, Indian relics, etc.!
and for several years he enjoyed sur
prising success in thus gathering specif
mens. While rarely doing any perf
sonal work himself, he yet had, in the
above desultory manner, many pert
sous working for him, and in giving
his attention to their finds he had! his
hands lull, as the savincr is. line
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The amount and variety of materia
he gathered in this way) was simply
astonishing,and his most sanguine
expectations were more than realized
Every species brought to him fron
this new region seemed like a revela
.
tion. In some manner they were
more interesting than anything hercj
tofore found of their kind in the South
Certain it is that up to this datc,-and
I write from personal knowledge, thi$
region has 'furnished some of the
most remarkable and beautiful speci
mens of quartz, rutile, monazite, spoi
dumene, beryl and emerald thus far
discovered in the United States.
The farmers now say that they Ios
much valuable time in, searching for
"rocks," but as the sequel shows they
have been greatly benefited by the in
creased value of their lands as discovf
eries were mane.
I To be brief aad to' the .point, I wil
state that from a few localities in the
county Mr. Stephenson would occa-
sionally procure crystals of beryl, of
iue oruinarj Kina, oui now ana men
a semi-transparent prism of beryl hav
ing a decide grass-green tint would
be brought to him. These got to have
the "name of "green rock, or bolts" j
and 'became the ultimatum of the peo- i
pie's searchings. Mr. S. had told
them that a dark green beryl would
be valuable if clear and perfect; would
in fact be the emerald ; and for them
to search more carefully than ever to
find one.. Surely he had informed the
people aright and had given them a
rprd avis to look for. , .
. Sufficient it is to say that iu a pe
riod of about six years there was found
on three plantations in this county,
loose in the soil, a number, say ten,
of veritable emeralds, none of which,
however, were dark colored or trai s
parent enough foruse as gems. All
these specimens went into Mr. Ste
phenson's collection, with the single
exception of one very choice crystal
obtained at the locality by the late
Jofin T. Humphreys, which crystal is
now in the cabinet of Dr. Eddy, of
Providence, R. I.
Such is the history of the emeralds
found in. this county before the writer
commenced mining for them. I must
acknowledge that it was the sight of
two pale emerald crystals from this
county in Mr. Stephenson's collection
that prompted roe to come here and
work for them ; and further, I owe to
him the knowledge concerning the lo
calities which has enabled me to suc
ceed in my explorations.
It must be said of Mr. Stephenson,
and greatly to his credit, that his in
terest 4n minerals is a purely natural
one. I cannot understand why work
was not commenced long ago where
such favorable signs were so common.
That such specimens could have re
ceived only a passing notice from col
lectors is really inexplicable. A very
natural conclusion would have been
that where these pale emeralds were
found in the soil, darker and purer
ones would be found by mining for
them.
The locality is situated about thirty-
five miles, air-line measure, southeast
from the Blue Ridge mountains, six
teen miles N. V. from Statesville
The contour of the country is low
rolling. The altitude something over
a thousand feet. The soils are most-
f I
ly red, gravelly clays, of not much
fertility. The prevailing rock is
gneiss, with more of a felspathic than
micaceous nature. The trend of the
strata is N. N. W. and S. S. E., with
a dip nearly vertical. The gems and
crystals occur implauted and not em
bedded in open pockets or veins of
very limited extent, that are cross
fractures or fissures in the rock. These
fissures (leuticular in shape) are usu
ally situated nearly perpendicular. 1
There being no glacial drift here,
the soils are necessarily the result of
decomposition and disintegration on
the spot. It is therefore an easy task
to find the source of minerals found
on the surface The "frost-drift" the
ory of Prof. Kerr is everywhere proven
in this region. He well says that "to
a foreign geologist, entering the Suth
Atlantic States for the first time, a
hundred miles or more from the coast,
the most striking and novel feature
of the geology is the great depth of
earth which everywhere mantels and
conceals the rocks. This is read
ily discovered to be, for the most part,
merely the result of the decomposition
in situ of the exposed edges of the un
denying strata. lhe vertical auu
highly inclined bedding lines of the
strata are distinctly traceable by the
eye through this superficial earth cov
ering, and are seen to pass by insensi
ble gradations into the undecayed
rock beneath." At this locality the
unaltered rock is found at a depth of
twenty-six feet and is of unusual hard
ness, especially where it walls the
gem-bearing pockets.
Thus far the gems have been found
in a narrow belt running N. E. and S.
V., and scattered over a distance of
three miles. In this belt signs of
cross fissures are very abundant and
it is a very common thing to find
crystals of quartz, rutile, tourmaline,
ect., perfectly preserved, seal tered over
the surface.
The location of th present mine
way obtained in the followinjjmanner:
A corps of men were engaged fo dig
;a series of deep ditches in directions
uiai wouio cut tne strata ail uinerent
angles. The sight chosen for work
was on the spot where at least half a
dozen pale emeralds had been found.
This location was shown to me by the
farmer (Mr. J. W. Warren)! 'who had
found the specimens. Noil knowing
then their manner of occurrence,. I
hoped in this way to strike vein
bearing them, five weeks
was spent
(July-August, 1880) before
any snc-
cess was met with, aud then,
at a depth
of eight feet, a "blind ,-. veinj bearing
very small emeralds was discovered.
In this vein, or pocket as it . proved
to be later, and outnumbering the em
eralds fifty to one, was fmnd the new
emerald-green mineral which was such
a surprise to the scientific world and
which was destined to answer the
same purposes as does th s gems I
sought, and become in all probability
the main object of future milling here.
I refer to the spodumene-oraerald now
known as "Hiddenite."
The reader must pardon th;is digres
sion from my subject, but the search
for emeralds here is so inter woyen
with my discovery of emcrild-greeu
spodumcutf that I cannot tell the
story of one without the other. The
two minerals occur ultimately asso
ciated together and while mining for
the one the other is constantly feund.J
This "blind vein" (so-called, be
cause it had no outcrop) yielded very
handsomely of the new mineral, but
very sparingly ot emeralds, and the
few found were .oo small to be useful
as gems, though their color was very
good. A tunnel two hundred and
sixty feet long, mostly through rock,
was cut to this vein, and a shaft eight
Vet square sunk down upon it. At the
present writing the vein lias been
worked down to a depth of thirty
three feet, at which point it has prov
ed its "oocket" nature bv showinsr
si-ns of "ninchinc out"-closin2 to-
irether. Thus far twelve of these
" i
ockels have been found within an
area oi a lony leec square carrying
n j , 0
emeralds, four of which pockets con-
tained also the "Hiddenite." All
these veins maintained nearly the
MmAnlinmrnPfKiithif.knnwi.lpnfrih
..uruuiu.;, a.,u asauuduuiu. vyt-
er pockets were iounu mat yieiaea
quartz, rutile, monazite and mica crys-
tals. Others yet whose walls were
covered with finely crystal ized dolo
mite, calcite, apatite, rutile, pyrite,
quartz and mica. In one instance a I
small pocket, that contained two beau
tiful small emeralds, had its walls
covered with large crystals of albite
(twinned parallel to the basal plane).
Another Docket contained onlv mica
and one small pelucid colorless beryl
mat nau uoin enug terra ina tea with
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many planes. I mention the above
associations so that the reader can
learn the diversity in these pockets
although they are so near together.
In the rcTck mining, as also in the
soil, the sign of a vein "coming in" is
the presence of small streaks of mass-
ive quartz or of mica in a contra di-
rectiou to tne strike 01 tne tock, either
. . 1 I . .
01 wnicn inuications leads to onen
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. mi .
WKeut not niaiiy ieet 011. Aiie gems
thus far have been found in the hot-
l"'
emeralds have as yet been
any one time.
lotind at
c, - -.1 . i. 1 I i
ju iar 111c iiuchcia iiHtc utcn very
v.u...v,v ...v. uia,,1t
only 111 a detaclied condltioni 31 1 ner-
alosists have a creat treat inistore for
thpm when deeu rock minmo- no.
complished here : then the cmtralds,
r r e
hprvlsand "Hiddpnitps" will Un fi.itml I
i..i ,..:J- rr.
uriu.j -tla...w tu .uat., Lxt IS
the writers bene! mat thc latter nun-
eral will be found here with
the ter-
initial and prismatic planes bralliant,
at a denth of sav fiftv feot Wnd thiMcrew ot the schooner Annie tu. &tcvens,
Al . . 11 1 k. 1
tnwii uiwviiv luiiuubu iu iiiiicu air
1
pearnce is uue 10 exterior aueratiou.j
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The largest emerald found here, thus
far, was three and one-quarter inches
lon by three-quarters of ah inch in
rKn,nnlPr Tt xvns wn no nf ! fif. I!,,.
, ...
crystals contained 111 one pocKet.
ineir coior was excellent aim iney
were transparent tliongn somewhat
.1 t t
been Hiei across me prismatic laces.
oil." I
Thc basal plane is also often pitted
flawed. A peculiar feature pertains to shot and stunned and eventually captured joys the nicest surroundings if in bad heulth
r.i M.M.-..lil.i. r, by a slip noose thrown ever a fore flipper, There are mserable people about today
most of the emeralds and beryls from wjth one fot in the graven hen a Imttle
. 1 , after being shot six times more. Hislikeis . , . "j j .1
1 hU rco-inn . Thev anncar to have . . . ... Parker's Ginjrer Tonic would do them more
with minute depressed hexagonal py
ramid's that lie with their edees tar-
allel to one another and tn th Ar I
- .1 i t i i
v lT nexagonat prism. are,y,
though, crystals are found with per-
fectly smooth and brilliant faces. The
emerald color is often focused on the
surface and fades gradually to a col
orless central core, which feature if
of exceeding interest when the cause
of color is considered. The emeralds
have been found of richer color and
less Hawed as the mine gets deeper.
This region has a great future as a
gem -producing district. Mining skill
and caoital are the onlv essentials
now needecLoere to insure success. It
i -Ti-Jv ; 4. , lt syndicate at alL And that the Midland will iSSLW ne naa no learaf a riTttLC
may be interesting to note that the . to SmitLfiel(1 b, thc lgt of Jan. j When theti,ue"came and 1. f,l uZZ
eutirc expense oitlie last year s work
here has been more than repaid'by
the sales of the gems discovered.
See American Journal of Science, vol.
xxi., nazes 345-358.
fur. J. Lawrence Smith was the first
to discover its true nature and was pleas
ed to give it the above name. See Ameri
can Journal of Science, vol. xxi., page
123.
t Perhaps I should say that a few pale gel-
loictsh crystals of whac was considered to
be diopside had been found on this same
property (and spot), which specimens
!veut inlo the collection of Mr. Steuben-
son, iu whose possession i saw tnem.
Js either he nor I looked forward to And-
ing the mineral of such a beautiful rich
green color, as was so unexpectedly dne
in the vein above mentioned, or ot even
finding it again. We did not in fact give
it much attention. Emeralds was the
only goal head.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Georgia Railroads have reduced
rates to persous visiting the great Expo-
tion to one cent per mile.
Virtue dwells at the head of a riv-
er, to which we cannot get but by row-'
ing against thc stream.
Poverty often deprives a man of all
spirit and virtue. It is hard for an
empty bag to stand upright."
The first gold discovered in Geor-
gia was in 1799 in the shape of large
lumps. One nugget weighed no less
than 28 Pounds
v ... . ...i
it a little vinegar or some cider is
mixed with stove polish it will not
ffiL-n ninfh rnlillinor tn mjiico f MA RlflVr I
- o
""gut, ana tne uiacning is nut iiKe.y
" y ,n nu aust-
A niece of zinc placed on the live
i ' : - -m.f.,nll
clean oui a stovepipe, me vapors pro-
diiceil carrying oft soot by chemical
decomposition.
Christians names are so called by
having been "given to converts in bap
tism as substitutes for their former
pagan appellations, many of which
were borrowed from the names of their
gods, and were therefore rejected as
"A New York firm has contracted
recently for 5,000,000 feet of the ash,
walnut, hickory and poplar in the
three counties of Madison, Buncombe
and Haywood, North Carolina. Many
of the trees in Western North Caro
lina are of great size." Phil. Press.
The institution of the "Order of
j the Bath" originated inthe custom of
the Franks who, when they conferred
knighthood, bathed before they per-
I r ..I 1 n .1.1
tormea tne ceremony, ana irom tins
I 1 . .. .1 ...i Tr 1 . it .t
habit came tne line ivniriit 01 tneito saiisoury ov 01 raveuevme uum
..
jain.
ti" fv.,i, r-i:
.... t.,..r a 1 u
ua,cinuicwi uc,Fu;u. w..w.
any other State, but it has seemed impossi
blc heretofore to call public attention to
.1 rm n 1 . 1 .
I mem. x ne ouisiuc worm u uow ui iei
utsidc world has now at least
. ,j ... j
,pse of the untold wealth and
ircciate the possibilities of our
1 , ,.
begins to appreciate
State. The- neoDle and products of North
Carolina have not been appreciated abroad
iPiUnboro Record
1 1f..,..Tn.tl.
A gejtleman of this city, now at May
Florida wrtlng unncr datc of the
omi, inct
20th instM gives us a description of a raon
ster turtle captured off the entrance to St.
Jln' rier on Friday, the 18th inst., by tho
Captain Tico, while hing at anchor waiting
I....-J. 'tt -lilt
I for th tine tn romp in. Ileweinrheit lietween
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four hundred and five hundred pounds, and
he was six feet in length, two feet six inches
j in width and one foot six inches in depth;
I his fore flippers measuredjwo feet six inches,
ana 11,3 neaa was eiSnt ,ncnes anu i"necK
I fourteen inches in length. Ife was on his
apparently trjing to rid him8clf Gf
come "suckers" which had adhered to bis
. I . . ... ... .
shell, and as ho dntted by the vessel was
oarti
teforc He was sent to Jacksonville and
turned over to some scientist there.
Items of Interest.
Dankwortt baa jtut tabulated the J po-
wtions of fortj-ftix rtart for the com
wencement of each ,
cntnr, from 2000 B.
c., to 1800 A. D.
Oxford, N. C, Not. 23. T. M. Lynch, a distinguishes the la de-dah jouug wan
jeweler in this town, was murdered last night of t'1 daj, be wspaying attention to
on bis uray ho-uietby some unknown person. t,,e Ptthst girl in Detroit. He manage'
Considerable excitement prevails. , . bX not Pji"g bis washer woman and
Senator William, says that dignity, !n,er tfc!
frhnditr. aaanrane and atunidit aLarl . A V'" ttlu Le -
meet aid embarra. a n.w Senator. W'd
like to see two or three of the crowd who
f . . i
ive neen emoarraaaed.
,
Mr. W. J. Best tells the Neviand Obterttr
that Mr. Lewis Coleman's connection with
ine u8Wn eKen uanK wm not aUcct .
. O --: - - I
uary. .
Silting Bull recn.ly serve.1
mate on board the steamer Key West '
at Fort Buford. The crew deserted
it 1
the boat at that ioint and Sitting
Bull volunteered to unload it. He'
wore the mate's cap and directed the
work.
Captain C. A. Cook, the patriotic
mouth-slapper and ' ftnious one-cent
..i .nfv..j. rii. :':.
subscription, man of evarK, Ohio, is j
an applicant lor me piacc oi stiu-
Llnorkeener or something like that, to 1
: "
the National House of Representa-
tives.
Thc San Francisco Post quietly ob-
serves that several of the 810,000.
beauties now travelling with circuses
will put in tha winter mouths w rking
in pickle factories and scrubbing steps
at four dollars a week.
l nc ou oiouis jiejmoitotm says ii ,
al .the biS larms in Missouri were
divided up and sold, leaving one-half
and in some cases onlv one-fourth to
u ,d be advantage
both to the proprictors and to the
State
Commanders of whaling vessels
, . h have aPive(i at San Francisco
report thJ sea openea to an unparal
leled extent in the Arctic. Some :
whalers went further north than their
.
charts extended.
u, w j. Best havinir offered to carry
hU Mdand trongh Um
net County on condition that the people
woM rai8e 50,000 for the purpose, a
PbHc meeting of the citizeus was had
fo 8llb6Crjption8. Ti,ey wm probably
raise the money.
The Paper World notes the fact that
the United States has more paper nulls
than any other count ly in the world. We
have 960 mills; Great Ilrittian 659, Ger
many 543, France 539 ; other Countries
far below these tiim s. Tho business
of paper making is very prosperous in
i
this country, aim ai me fame rauo ui
increase it will not belong ln-fore foreign
made papers will be a thing of the past.
Mr. Best at Favetteville, recently, had
a conference with leading gentlemen
there on Kail toad subjects, from the
Examiner $ report of which, we glean the
fact that after reaching Smithtield, he
will pause for a while to consider tho
situation.
The Examiner goes on to
say r
J fronl' Greensboro to Salisbury will be
Mr. Best claims that the Midland ltoad
about 162 miles long, or nineteen miles
1 frnat sg nrobablv correct. The distauce
B'U ICI
I . r. - 13 ;n
I Go'dsboro would be alout 180 miles, or
,.,n. frtl.r tl.n,. I.i. ..minted
I route. But nearly fifty miles of our road
, is finished, and beyond-that a portion of
r,,nH iintr rrded could be used IU
- 1 reach inc Salisbury.
I There is a new idea dawning on the
I mi nil nf tin Midland men. and that is to
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minds of the Midland men, ana tnat is 10
co for Charlotte instead of Salisbury. It
S faii to get the Western N. C. Road
back from the Clyde Syndicate, they can
have but little inducement to co on to
- Salisbury, and a Charlotte connection
inizht be more advantageous, as the lat
ter is 11 much better point to collect
freieht and business. Efforts are now
being made to divert the Midland iu that
direction.
We do not know that k it is possible for
- 1 the people of Rowan to exert any con
trolling influence iu this matter. They
have certainly no right to nsk the Rich
uiond and JJauviuo ayuaicaie w surren
J der the Western N. C. U.K.. baring
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I intn tuisuuwui uf it lioneKIlV. and
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re comnlvinc with theteinisf purchase
as nearlv as possible There U no reas-
I onablebopein that direction; and the ouly
j other thing remaining as likely to do any
good, IS- IO maKe an ouer 01 uiouej 10-
wards building the Midland Road to this
place.
iT is worth remembering that noljody en
trruul than ll the doctor and
thev have ever tried. See adv.
Uc'U-Kovl.
medicines
The Wronjr Glrl
HUnaroe was Aognstns Smith "tie
was a clerk "Iu n dPV ,i.-....,:.i('
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bntwith that sublime
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arithmetic kuown to the mninB i ,iu.
,ilflf . . , . ZJ-
ed that what was not enough for one was
"oogu fur two, and forthwith be cob-
clue to pop. He knew that hia nersi-1
" unu.kePl 'j other younfi -
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self in the company of LU Laura in her
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her little dimpled hand, nsetl oulv to tiii-'
tie the piano with, and said in a bronze
vo,ee : '
ueaI ma, l have concluded to
marry." , ...
Laura started, ns be intended she
should. Then he resumed,' grandiloquent-
1 a dear little girl about your
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it ou Jc.ffcr80U avenQe r murmcml
Laura.
. "No. dearest, it fa on ri., ..
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j UQC wl,at are localities to hearts that
lovet I want a cirl who i
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fil, smart, economical, and who loves me.
Darling, do you know of such a oneT"
Laura, faintly : "Yes, oh yes, I am
sure 1 do."
"One who would rather live with me in
poverty than dwell with some other man
in riches i Who would esteem it a .pleas
ure to serve me, cook my meals, keep the
house tidy, and listen fur my footsteps!
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who would rise early aud sit np late for
jVnj ttker
Oh, how beautiful," mnrmnred Lanra:
"just like a dear, self-sacrificing man'"
"Do you know such a one, my angel t"
"Yes, I do," responded Laura, fervent
ly ; "but you must not call me your angel
for she might t not like it; she's in the
kitchen now washing dishes, and sha
told mother this morning she'd just as
lcavo get married this winter as live out,
if she ouly felt able to support a husband.
she's just the girl you w ant, and she'll
love yon within au inch of your life."
But Augustus Smythe had fled into the
outer darkness; the. too muchness of the
occasion overcame him like a summer
cloud: Detroit I'usi.
Health Hints.
Try Kpcora for nausea.
Try cranberries for malaria.
Try a sunJUatirTorihcuniatisni.
TriTicer ale for stomach cranio?.
ry clam broth for a weak stomach.
Try cranberry poultice for erysipelas.
Try eating radishes and yellow turnipa
1 for gravel.
Try swallowing saliva when troubled
with sour stomach.
Trj- a wet towel to the back of the netk
w hen sleeplesa. 0 "
Try buttermilk for removal of freckles,
tan and butternut stains.
Try eat mg onions and horseradish to
relieve dropsical swellings.
Try to cultivate an equable temper and
: don't borrow trouble ahead.
Try hot dry flannel over the seat ot
teuralgic pain aud renew frequently.
Try taking your codliver oil In tomato
catsup, if you want to make it palatable.
Try breathing the fumes ef turpentine
r caioouc acm to leuete wnooping
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Try taking a nap in the afternoon if
, f
yon are going to be out late in the even-
. inff.
Try a cloth wrung out from cold water
put about the neck at night for sore
throats. Dr. Fooje' Health Monthly.
The a 'Kit fed GnocsE. Seribners
Monthly gives an interesting account of
this now very rare North American bird.
The most remarkable thing about ir,
however, U its habit, io the breeding sea
Soli, of drumming on a IioII mt log with its
wiugs. It is not a very heavy bird, yet
if it finds a log suited to its purpose, ho
can, by striking it w ith bis wings make a
drumming noise which can be heard half
a mile. They stand on the log and strike
at first slow and measured licks, gradu
ally increasing until it is a perfect r'olj.
One More Congressmen. The census
returns show that North Carolina is en
titled to nine instead of 8 Congressmen.
The apportionment under the new ceuu
will be made by the next Congress, which
will meet 5th December. The apportion -ment,
if made early, will probably neces
sitate au extra session of the State Legis
lature to make a new arrangement of
Congressional Districts, us otherwise we
Khali bo "unprepared to enjoy the full
benefit of the number of members in Coiu
gress we shall be entitled to have.
Baltimore, Xov. 25. A destructive
fire at the wharfs. Two floating Eleva-
j torn and the wharfs destroyed, involving
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