WXIHiED w I iJSALISBITRY, IT. C.. THURSDAY, m;mB:r::-. , - - ; " ,U
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fcRAIGE fi CLEMENT,
B. COaNCILli.',M.
3VT. O-
te- lYTofcsflonal services
to:
the
Si of t in and feurrouading communi-W-
All calls prdmply attended, day
'if.i v He:
f.mfl nt TtivOfTice.-orlhePrnir
fe-0feii tMHtilig BailditK?C 2nd
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1
i,imVr--ijrtiel naf-e enteral inro n!
lLhH ISS7. C&UHiKnmeiits esperially
iflu'i-l''nJt'
Innrn' oStliefteto theiX-lV PfRV.
rkirig alv. 1Fn b url to serve the
. 1 mil r 1 1 1 . ' j -
fthc NKSV Firrji.
J. I. MrXKKLY.
AG-NTS
t-:i Ci(!ps;iTown4nJ
fclbges in ihc Soiltli
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91 Q. N I T O R
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fyJ ny-r fillers mdo and sold durinsr that Urns. Our factor is by f ar
et ofttt kiaftii tSr wprli SsLforCata!orao end $i,000.0acaalllecso. ? I
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DYSPEPSIA.
- 1-3"
18 tlmt mLscry experienced rhcn wo and
I denly become aware thn two powees a
dlftbolt-al arraiiirf iiient called a stumach.
Tbo Ftomach-Js the rcservuir from which
every tlora mid Iiksuo iimt bo nourished,
Hnd uny trouble wiih ft Is soon felt throuzh-i.
otiflhe wholO'Bj-stciiu Amoiig j dozen
, dj sreptics tt6 two wjll have tbo same pro-
dorninaiiteynptonii, liysiiepUcsotacuve
mental xwjand a bilious temperament
are (uuject to Sick Headache;, tliose, '
iehy und phlegmatic have Constipation. -whil
the I urn and nervous are abandoned
.to gloomy fttrnljAdiugiu, Honied vKpeptics
are woiKlerftiWy forjretAiI; othen uav
great IrrtrabHtty cf temper.
Whatever form Dypbjia may take,
one thins is certain,
The underlying' -cause is, '
in the jLI VEIl9
and one thin? moro is equally certnlnl na' "
one wUtrcraatu a dyspeptic whQ will . ,
, - ,,-t - . - , .
it will correet
Acidity cf the
' Stomach,
Expol foul facet,
AUayIrrltatlon,
I Assist pifcstion.
and, at the same
c time1
Start the Liter, to icorkingrt'
when et 11 other; troubles j
soon disappear. -f
"My wife was a cmfiWned !ypepUc Som
three yai aca by the aUviwe ff ir. Steiner. of
'Augusta, ft:c was induce i ta try Simmons Liver
Kegulauir' 1 let! gratcf.il fc?r the rciurf it )aj
givin het, f.nd' Ma' ail 5o rfd r.d r , :
afflicted in ?.sy wy , vhtth'T chronic er othrr- '
wi-r, itse Siantu us I.ivcr KRtJator and 1 feel -confiilcnt
bfal-h will be restored to all who will
be advise J. W; Kia, Tor: VaUey, Ga. ..
See fmf youjpet the Genuine
- with ted cn front cf Wrapper. - ;
' frifARrj only" BY -
J. H, ZEILIN & CO., l hiladelphla, Pa,
p j
RJlODnS RRO'.VN'E,
llttr, crr.t. V
- - William C. Co.vrt"
5
f pi, taicn' ; On cSiLVERf ae
1 le riexi Si::if ; - 3l'n earlv callers.
TOTAL AS:-KT55. SToo.ooo oo!
I1 NEW " I BIRDSELU CLOYER HOLLER
4B,m i T-r1 wo- viroua e-v rHn ? cvvttm. viwi mwwt rnct 1
I ti 0usly in work Rith a ""PW y heretofore . unkpown Snd a pcrrec .
Ijl fWorclAttalriedj Tte MNeW" Birdselt is the cronnin? cflarft of its invep
I St J0HN BmDSEtU vrho has hsd thirty-three years' experience in buil(!in(?
ieSn laacMn?It-oe Kiting: tn the,woiii the first Combined Oover thresher,
tiuaer and Clearer. It la a feet vrorthv at note tlmt ha rjirl Jm niircMnrn hara
iSfSr111 eai eol dui-iiiff tbo past tbirty-tbre 5'eara nineteen.fweuttetbs cf -4
Agt., v BIRDSELL MFG. CO.,
SOrTH I1E?D, INDIANA
Vbit b au'i.ovr V.y oddr-ihe largest, best
eoiViJuctd and v Il stocked withthe most
reliabffrtri-ts yf any rsery in the State.
X. i W.-CRAFT.
hT;re, YadUn-Coimtv, N. T
t!!Blu-, -u,' ,1,7 V'i,:ixi,,',,',l!tiM,"i.,'.E" ui:.t'i;i(Ttinta!n.s mre n-nab'ejieclnuated varic-
;teS"l'" gnrden jdaniing.i.We;have no cum-
;u.",4 f,!iMot,h. ou-. a:tut h.s.vjuujt;.; PCtitH.u ar..to xtetil ! of gmumU and
ffunfTajr,?V;;! "f nv y? ua . Wtiti.fuHvnwii trees. oiid vlr.es of all
tMu-U; . aucr Vo ivr : - and
'Mu-i.-fZ,nv i:f '.LW?; : f fwill pltast? yia! in i stock; -A our orders
fe!:li-fnSS Prices .rer.HBabK iWp-"
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Lin33 to a De-sr JDrop.
BY BAHHY 3ROVE. .L, t
Gem of the dawning,' pearl, of the ni;?ht.
muiitiftu dew droit.p.tr!clH) and unht;
i our viAita to ", biu:.stn16li3ainiu to
flower. """" '
Like the ands iu the glass, telllmt of au
bour. vw : ty. .j ...
And why are your visits 'harried, ro
brief. - ,. .
Leai ing the buds and the Cowers in pricf?
I'm sure youM.be welcomed with- them
to remains ' i - .
Till
their Uelkatc petal arc sprinkled J
with raitutJ -g - i r 1
! 1
i'ray have you. forgotten, the budget oi
; bus.-? ; .;
The fr trance of flowers, tie honej'-becrs
, i kiss, . V '
riic Les, who is constant, to meet ytu at
" ; . morn;
jlongst the lilies and dasie?, the clover
j and com? '
3emi of the morning, p?arl of the night,
rear you uoLftol wku Uii dazzling light,
iiidvj u wee, bide, it will cost lut a tip,
For the gay little humming-birdV-lrem-;
bitug lii.
And the. butterfly todiwith the gold ou
its wing,
May can ior u, drink at yotir weo little
. 1 spring, ;
And before we ehj oy the wood-robin."s
note, ; - . i
The sweet little warbler would inoi&ten
. lib throat.
When, the lasserwill gang, to the gxithcr-
; ing of flowers,
From the hedges of roses, and jessamine'
i bowers;
The ibeauti .ti la.sses. a.sene to behold,
Willi ilu-ir ringlets ot raven, of auourn
: and gold.
Oh, what is more beautiful, what is more
bright,
And where could the eye find a purer dc-
Than guziug on lasses, in wnite or in blue.
Afl gut lierinji roses, bespangled with dew;.
Then Slav, little dew drop, and revel in
Hide among roses, and feat upon kisses;
From the lips of the lasses, wnich rivul
the houey
They are worm by the einack quite, a
: million ui luottey.
Blkek Vtuce Co., N. C.
Th3 Pr'sidet oa Privata Peasion Bills
A Vetj taat fcuouli He Ksad.
Washington Letter, 6ih, to Bait. Bun.
President Cleveland, in a meisage to
Congress to-day vetoing it peiusion b;h
jn tavor of Mary Ann Uougiwnygive
a general i;x;0Sitioii of ins v..ews ou
pjiisiou' legislation, Mrs; Dougherty
i ciaiiried that m 13'j-i her husband en-
lited in Jtlie Thutfo tuth Xey Jer
Volunteers, and she obtained employ
ment in tt14 United States :iieiiiil here
thaWhile makiug cartridges she was
injured by an exi):oion; riiat she h;id
a young son killed bv miehiuerv in the
n.ivv vard, and that ;.t the grand review
or tue anuv afift the war. another son,
Uhx years old, y.as stolen by an OiHcer.
and has not been wen suive. ihe fur
ther states that her nusbaud left her in
1305 because, she believe, of her in-
tinuitits. The President, in his veto
message, says that she rece.ved a pen
' sion as the widow-of .Daniel Dougher
ty until it was discovered h? was a!iv
when her name was dropped from the
rolls. Also that her petition was in
dorsed bv the admiral and several oth
er cilieers of the navvainhrdistiniruish-
j ed clergyman of Washington, certify
ing that they knew Mrs. Dougherty
ami believed the facts stated to be true.
Her pre. cmt claim r;ts upon her own
injuries, received wniie not empioyea
in the millitary service. Her iiuibaad
is now living in Piiiladelp!iiiaandenjoy
ingff pension in his o.vn 'right for dis
ability. The , President says: "It is
alleged in the pension bureau that in
1873 she eiicceded. in securing a peu
s;on as t he widow of Daniel Dougherty
l I I i 1
through fraudulent testimony and much
tale swearing on her part. '1 he police
records of the precinct in which she
had liVed for -years show - that slie is a
woman of very bid chitraqter, and that
she has been under arrest nine times
for drtuitness, larceny,-, creating dis-.
ttirbance- and .. misdemeanors of that
t f!M. ...... I.v i-. f .L lKf Kio
Oil. 4 litrit' IS 1IUIUI W .. ium? lino
r.. in ui ; fu.f
hltve reached a successful conclusion." worked at mrtkiag iron rame. for
The President ttiin enters uron uTet looms. 1 he Bel giatrs came into
eansiderddon mb- pension legUtian j t ar.et: iron bora fram wer
gvner.d,nd,v ,cann,t spell iut liere tanil paid nnd packed, much
out anv prihcijl( upon which thboun-j cnper ban tne MchwteT firm
A - r . i K.tA' ,.1 'coald make them. In vain liul the
y ot jfvpjg tramped the
througlustrmeutahtypfth ; midlancKV lib
of pnvat-pens:on bills that nni : wotlia lhere wsls n0 work for
Use theory seferos to have been adopt- , . TT . . . ,
, ' , , 4 '.. him. He, his wife and two little ones
cd that: no man who served m the-ur- . " "V ,. , T , x. ,
. .i. ..,.:. i "c :n .... : trudged thedretrv roid diinne the day
niveau oe i ne so o lec t ui nioi i:n unt
, ,.i ! , .i ' i . . i i u:,
hea th except thev are chargible to hii
i i ' il -
service. Medical theons; are set, at
t i ,l ' iviiii t
nautroK and the-inait startling r..fcttio:i
VAn&
is daiiued6otwe3n alleged ififidents of
mihh ry service and disabi ityo death.
ra a! apoplexy is ahnitted as the re-
so t o !i teinsiguihcant wounds, heart
,. 1 ... m ? in i ; l -1
diseased attributed trnsli roll :c ebftrrhet,
v 7 . v - i -- i ; .
COOlII'J,i " ivJ Heiiiin, njvt 9H1V.IUV- t' .
imp
ir, ced to army seiTice m a wimdcrtul
!y devkms ttu.d curious way. -
Adjudications of the pension bu
reau ad? overruled in the most jeremp-
tory fashion by the-;e special acts ot
Congress, since ne.irly ail the beneh
-mriH imni'i i:l these bills hive Ull-
utmeui:i iiib inti nie uu- tj.irolmian. lie as ue.ui oi
ullv aMi!iel ttffthaf .mre5iti"forlv ii:l!1kiag house, li:in"an in
Tins tWKmf l'a-vtTiS s ilt Tfim nhe St tte for
succes
rele:L
tiou operates r-.vry aint'airlyvf. 'i'iioss
ithf certain influences or' frietid.i to
push thtMr claims procure pensnnis, 'ajifP
tlufe who have neither frir-nds nor in-
fiuiiust.ltfciiteit with"thjir fa!e
itfi-a C g'-btivl hivs it,r'l"-Ht-; ,,n
ft'rly by Increasing in. niimerdus instair-
ui; pa.vj.ii ot ia'oe"1 already tip
th; roll, while m my ; other ,mr-i de
seTviiig ciiit from lack rtf fortunate
.dvoc.icy, are obliged 1 to j be content
"' . l i I :j 'Ji I -'L1M 1
Jk jin me, snm provKiea vj general taws.
The appreilension jtia Uvell 'be enter
tained that the freedom with which
xhese private pension bills are passed
c'iirnishes an inducement to fraud and
.nipositinn, while it certainly teache
the vicious lesson to fonri people, that
he treasury of the national govern
rhentinvites the approach, of a private
need. ,. - ; j .
. 'None of us should be in the le;ist
wanting in regard for the Teterau sol-
.ter, uivi i wut jiela to no mall in
iesire to iee thosa who defended th.
overn meat V lien it needed - tlefemler
liberally treated. . Uutriendlinesstooyi
veteran is a eiiarge easily ami some
times dishonestly made. I insist thai
aie true swldier is a gotdr citizenrinc
.hat he will be sat i dial with generous,
.'u 11 and eqaal consideration for those
vho are worthily eutitled to help. 1
iave considered the pensions list of tht
republic a roll of honor, bearing nahie
iascribed by 'natioualj gratitude, and
aot oy tmpiovideut and indiscriminate
.Ims-giving.
"1 have conceived the prevention oi
he complete discredit which must en
aie. from the unreasonable, unfair ano
eck less granting of pensions by spe
cial acts to be the best service 1 car.
render our veterans. lit the discharge
of what has seemed to me mv duty, as
ftlited to legislation and in the inter
est of all the veterans of the Union ar
my, I have attempted to stent the tide
of i m pro ride n t pension enactments,
though I coiifw4to a full share of re
sponsibility for some of these laws that
should not have been passed.
"1 am far from denying that there
are cases of merit which cannot b
reached except by special enactment,
but I do not believe there is a mehiber
of either house of Cong;e s who wii
not admit that this kind of legislatict
has he-.'n carried too far.
'I hare now befoie rae more tl a .
one hundred special pension bins
which can hardly he examined within
the time allowed tor th it purpose. M
lini has beer, at all timn. in dealing
with bills of this character, to give th
applicant for a pension the benefit o;
my doubt that might;. arise, and which
lalanced the propriety of granting ;
pension, it there, seeined anv just foan
datum for the applicitiou; but when i;
jeeMiel o.itsi.le oi every nil in its na
ture of the projf supporting it, I havt
supposed I only did.tny duty in inter
posing an objection.
k,lt seems to me' that it would b
welljf our general pension lawsshoiiU.
oe revised with a view ot inserting ev
ery meritorious case that can arise
Oar experience and knowledge of any
existing deficiencies (night to make tin
enactment ot a complete pension cod
pssible.
"In the absence ot such a revision
and if pensions are to be gran ted "upon
equitable grounds and without regard
to general daws thai present method:
would be greatly improved by the es
tablishment of some tribunal to ex im
ine the facts in every case and deter
mine upon the merits of the applica
tion.
A Tab for Workinjmsn.
Pall Mall Gazette.
a ill)
A sad, pile, pincned lace mat nan
once been pretty, a form of skin and
bone only, a young woman premature
ly aare-if seated on tip roadside near
the down, at her waisted breast a
tender babe fretfully attempting to
appease its hunger, and by her side a
grave looking, ragged little biy. a year
or two older th i5i the infant. Her
husbind. a shrivelled . i p creature
more clothes than man htl gone in
search of water with an empty pressed
meat tin picked up from the roadside;
and here U the story simple and sad
enough that I got from the lips of
both. Thev.had been. n the f'road
for the last three or four months. The
. .. .if , .
man was an iron striker of Manchester.
, " , , . ' l .
and sought she.ter in a cauai ward at
" 1 . , 'i.,ia .,,t u
niiht, drv bread and water, and a
'."o" . r . ... - -
po ind of o ikum to pick for the same.
.... A. ., . , , . . , -
while the mother would get bread and
- : M - h ,
- ; j Vhe m dn object
. . , n . i ) . a
in cojning t the ne was-to endeavor
" c :,M!T 1 , V . t
ii . i i . .. : ....
to (r"Ll'l a re pnce ov iiimiutg uuies.
hfdiiintr the s!rvv, people erect their
1foUis or by thmr any old job possi
ble to find. . " I
Levi. P. Morton, the banUr h is not
much to recommend him to North
Carolinian. He as! head of the firm
interest m
ftiaply-
nieht of the bogm special tax boui.
jf t'12 Republicans curry the State, is
tb.v tmh u liktdihoaid of thee bonds
being ptid. It ii a in niter that should
in;l'4e ui:careful. ,i re 'm ist work h rd
ta parent if.- li JttrUl 0'jsn , t
The Issue Made.
The platform of the DeWrUrar'n;?
Repnblicah parties are 'now hetorv the
people thtjit the; may pass.their -iudg-
t"r mem; ji ue Memcratic plat
form is ceani,cnt4 intelligible to the
people, arid lomeY.'ont snuarelr fnr'fnri
Hff revisioit and reduction of the rev
enue, a measure for ' the. relief nf ih
people. The IteDoblienn
the contrary, u out ituj put for pro
tection, fdr a cuntiu nance of thes oher-
ous and o)prelive war taxes,5 they still
desire to.rind the farmer aftd the la
boring iujii, that it may, make the rich
rieher itiis the work of the monopolist.
The plO-tforin in other particulars is
sort of "vvjalk into tnr parlor' off itr
wortiea io votes,bnt in oposition to t heir
acts, a sweet morsel offered that will be
a-biter to jiini vho :iccepts it. To make
iu.ni.iaui oi me democratic pirtv
odious thy charge it with being a Free
i rade m?;snre, a charge that has no
foundation
Let those who
in 1801 ; both of these men were protec
tionists of tne highest order and thev
will find hat the Clay tariff was about
33 per cent nnd the MjirriinU per cenL
Now the (Mills' bill proposes to reduce
the present war tariff of 47 per cent:
only 7 pelf certt; still leaving the tax
at 40 perfeet.t. Is this Free Trade?
Has it the bare semblance of ;t? but
they say j)t has a tendency ,tlvat way,
and if th Democrats had power that
they would declare for free trade. Oi
a surety no thinking ra in can be fooled
by such njpnsense. The Democratic party
is endeavoring to give relief to the far
mer, mechanic and laboring men. . It
nas neardj ineir cry ot distress, that the)
ire made pay more fr the necessaries
of life thijin is just or necessary, and it
is tning to help them, but the
republicap party is putting it Veto
m an things that will give rebel
to tae people.1 It is evident - thereto: cJ
rom a pst comparison of the two
platform, that the Republican party
is the .party of the' monied men, the
men whej by formation of combinations
tad trusts are being m tde rich t du'
by da? bjf the coifti nuance of the High
Protective Tariff, a war tariff, contiu
led in pqfieeful times to make the rich
icher,aiifl poor poorer. While on' the
dher hand tjie Democratic platform
vitli no ouole face but in plain and
ii.nple lajjiguag-' says wo are for tin
vlief of he poor man. With such a
teclarativjjn of principles can any sensi
ble. t!iiuiug Iman hesitate which ht
diall vot for, . Besides this we, havt
is our leader pue who has been tried,
one who jjhas 'proved to be pure anu
aonest, a patriot of the truest type and
ne will Continue to govern with equal
justice toj all. Such a man '.is "G rover
vyleveland who stands sqnarelv upon the
Uemocrai
server.
ic platfonn.-ni'tfcriVtf 0b-
Blood in Her Eye.
The lijearest I came leing killed
during tie war was by a woman in
West Virginia during thewrnter ot
1801. We spent the winter on Cheat
Mountaiik in Greenbrier county, and
oar supplies were not not of the best,
isolated sps we were in that section of
the country. Consequently we had to
do a goof deal of foraging through
the val ejs O.ie day I was out Avith
four or live of my comrades and along
toward nbon we struck a cabin on. the
side of the Mountain that hud not yet
been visifed by the band of foragers.
There w;s no o!ie at home except an
elderly lady and her daughter, a rather
handsoml girl of about twenty years
of aie.
Wc iifi mediately took possession cf
the premises, and began to' help our
selves to fchickens, egg, and what else
we could ;ay our hands on. I was
always veiy fond of saiokedT meats, and
espying 'til smokehouse back of the
kitchen, I made for it, accompa
nied by dine of my companions. I
went insitle, and mounting an upturn
ed tub, . began to hand down the smok
ed ham. I
Pretty foon I heanl a cry of warn
ing from idic loys out in the yard and
looked around jut in time to see the
smokehouW doorway filled up by the
form of aj vcrV handsome yoifng hidy,
who had a dnnble barreled shot gun,
which s4 was in the act of training
oh me. j!l h ive been through a gojd
many battles in my Jime, Jut.J never
was worst frightened than I. was ait
the sight jpf that young woaian. She
had the vjjry devil in her eye and I
am confident wouTohave killed me in a
moment ifi ire.i She had trouble, how
ever, in ccking the gun, and that fact
saved mypife, for before she could a&
eomplish" jt, cine of the bojs on the
)uts:de gabbed her and took the gun
iway. ft was loaded with buckshot
md wo'.iM have killed me sure it it nad
a Mi
gone
off."
L Nervoui DhorJer.
Lady (jto physician) I. wish you
would stojp and see my husband, doc
tor. Htl seems to be suffering fr&m
some nervous trouble."
Physician -In what ' way does his
nervousness show itself?
L idy I "He ' jumps every tiine the
front door belt rings.'' 4 .
Physichtn lVell. I will ; top when
l am passing; .but I am inclined to
think, 'irlHdam, th it . vonr' hiisband
ought toiee arb inker-hot "ThVsI-
tbmk. so iead 'the Mill's Uill orjKde
bates upoii it, an4 compare iLvithlbe
bill by Clay iii4S42, or the Morrill. bill
Florfla as a'J5tiar Pro Ine3f
lhe enormoti3 cousumptiou pf sugar
iii the United States, and the immense
amount, pjd t(y. foreign -J coiiutries for
it. makes fe.pructinj jere a matter
of vital jyu teresi. ;1Hj w best to'accom
plish this, vhetlier by encouraging the
oeet ana sorgnnnt, sugar interests bv
bounties, whether to maintain protec
tion 4il imported sugar to sti ifulate
Louisiana s sugar business, or whe
I, P'Y !l TlVy on are .qnostipns
m. 1 . . I
t.i.it nae ior years eommidedgener-
solve the question by paving u bountv
mnu:! AVaitoAi ?rU , MJUlj; IUJ
of 2 cents a pound on ull -sugar-'. pro
duced in the State, and ai told in a re
cent letter from there published in the
Manufacturers liecoMi his hits caused
marked activity ?itt the establishment
of sorghum sugar mills. In that let
ter, it was stated that the factories con-
traetd for." the sorghum caue at Sl.50
perton delivered, as the Average yield
was 10 tons per aire,; the,, farmer re
ceived 815 an acre. 1 which : was men-
tioued as ja profitable btisiuess The-e
figures are: iu very i striking contrast
with the resnlts shown in the cultiva
tion of sugar cane in - South .Florida.
For sevenil years it :was? claimed that
south rlondam the ueighborhoxl of
Kjssimmee was the finest siig r produc
ing country m the world,, surpassing
even the - West .Indies, and two or
three years ago Mr. Hamilton Disstott
and other Philadelphia .capitalists de
termined to test the matter. Tne cul
tivation of the cane iu Florida was
nothing new, as that had been done
for generations, but only on a limited
scale. --'These gentlemen went into it
very extensively and built a sugar mill
at a reported cost of several hundred
thousand dollars. So successful were
they that $60,000 worth of new ma
chinery has been ordered for increasing
1 the capacity of the null,, and a railroad
is now under construction from Kissi
mee through the sugar district, simply
co open it np and atforij adequate
transportation facilities The St. Cloud
ougnr Co., tinder ."which "name these
entlemen incorporated their company
in addition to. their-own immense cane
jrop.s, agree to contract' with other
growers to pay $4.80 per ton for all
t ue cane raised, and as the average
yield is 40 tons an acre, this is an offer
of S1U2 per acre. As contrasted with
Slo an acre iu Kansas, the difference
is remarkable.
There, is no doubt but what the
country of which Kissimmee is the
vre.iter is destined to become a wonder
ful sugar producer. - The advantages
ior: the cultivation of cane, its great
saccharine strength, the id sence of
Killiiig frosts, added to the healthful
ness of the climate, all combine to m ike
this certain. It is a matter of interest
to the entire country that it should
prove true; Should Florida ever pro
duce, as it is possible it may, enough
sagar to supply the requirements of
this country, it would not simply make
that State enormously rich, surpassing
the fondest dreams of its enthusiastic
people, but it would retain at home
the many millions of dollars which we
now annually scud elsewhere for sugar.
-Manufacturers' Record, July 7.
The Record of this date also has a
highly interest article on opiunTciilt
ti e iu the South, showing as we think,
very clearly, that it could easily and
profitably be added to the industries of
.many portions of the South, especially
on the rich lands along the rivers and
nearer the coast than the interior re
gions. The poppy grows very finely
in pur. gal-dens', and 'managed by the
cheapest available labor, could proba
bly be made profitable here.
Do it Not?;
This is for vou,boys and girls'. It is a
bad habit the habit of putting off. If
you have something that you are to do,
do it now, then it will be done. That
n one ad van tage. If you put it off very
likely you will forget it, and not do it
at all. Or else what ' for you; is
almost as bad you will not forget,
but keep o:i thinking of it, dreading it,
and so, as it were; bc4 doing it all the
time. i;The valliant never taste death
but once;" never but TSfictT (15" Ihe alert
and active have their work to do.
I once read of a boy that drooped so
in health that his mother thought she
must have the doctor to see him. The
doctor could find nothing the matter
with the boy. But there he was; he
was pining awny, losing his appetite,
creepingab'ont languidly and his moth
er was . distressed. The doctor was
nonplussed.
"What does your son do? Has he
any work ?M '"
"No; he has duly to bring a pail jf
water every day from the spring.
But that he dread idl dav long and
does not bring it until just before
dark."
- "Have him bring it thefirstthirrgm
the morning, ' was the ?d jctp.'f pres
cription, r - -. . -
The mother tried il, and the boy got
well. Putting it off made the job prey
on the boyVmind: 4 "
-Doing it now" relieved htm.4 M I
Boys and girK-do it now ! IP. C
Wilkinson. D. D. .i-,--.
"A ki. 2 e4 farther than a Mow.' '
JHaid Kit. the little wizzird, . .
-it m iv-pjrh iilw a John V reply,'
"Uale tlvj blow'i a bliz-ard.",' t -.
rftuhirtrfto 1 Critic,.
Bill Hye oa Postmasters , r ,
HErsED TO BE ONE HlgSELP, AXO HX.
" : KKOWS TII B0PES.-:i if.
. . New York- World. ' i m,
- The New York p stofficcris a laree. ;
uiguiyeu ommiug s.iuaiea Tigui wneru
the roads fork , bei 11 g fust ' w here you :
turn off to the right 1 roar the niaiu
date J traveled road in" rder fo get-to the
tlier j briirge. It is used p;irtly fof a- post
1..... 1 t 1 .1 j. ' . .
office and partly for a court houser si
OT
that one end of the building practically
pays tne expenses of the other end. A
pays tlU? CttPCU
sef-sniiporting )dst,ofBcc and court r
ueie, wnere competition im nvt
1 . 1 " K . . . .,
anu rents uign, wouw naturally show -that
times are good, and money plenty.
Mail comes here from ail foreign conn,
tries and Europe also. It is distributed
at bnce.and one is efmltted to mail a let
terat any time day or night. Its wonder
ful. In tall buildings now; there is an
arrangement by .which one nay shoot
hw letters into a runway or fluue. anti
they wi.I be carried into a" United
States mail box on the: ground floor.
wnere a trustworthy young mat
in a speckletl straw helmet conies and '
tills his valise with them, after which
he carries them away to tlie postoffico
and jiersonally uses his influence with
the postmaster to have them sent away
by the e irly train. j -. '
1 stood near the small jbox at ;th
bottom of the.chute in the Standard
Oil building the oUierday,!andtJiugh''"
I remaintd there only ten or fifteen min
utes I counted forty-nine letters "as- .
1 v . j . a
they were laid, one by. one, hot from
the cracklingtypewriter3 above andTali.
no doubt reeking with theTbloody and
startling statements, coming like a peeP,
of thunder from an un peeled sky.
"Dear Sir your esteemed favor of tdm
th inst, (or tilt, or prbx.) is befow
me. In reply would say," etc. There's i
just about as much use in this opening
its there would be in stating that V W
take our pen in band," or iu opening a
i . j?.. . ii ..t L..i
prayer oy leaning tue mmutes ot me
previous meeting. i
The New York po3toflice is directly sl
connected with the dead letter office at.
Washington, and those who have ,'nev
er corresponded with that prosperous
inorgue have missed a good.deal. i i' ?
Tne dead letter Office is, after all; r
ifcgreat booh, though it does not return v ;
spme things which reach it. A man i
in Saginaw, Mich., mailed a pair of . ,r
dress shields by mistake -which he, had '
i.o i- J il t. ll.l fi
oong.H tor nis wire, ana tuougu mai. 7
was two year j ago come J uiy, they
have never been returned. Another
man in Nashvilej Tehn..' erroneously
luailed a porous plaster which was al-, -
mo it as gooi as new, uuu iuuujju
h n threatened to go down thereto
iVashington and indentify it and ex,
pose the whole system of the dead let
ter office till he got his property back ...U
nothing as yet has leen done about it.
-Ten years ago, even, there were 3,
0(X),000 letters sent to the dead letter, f , j Z
office in one year, of which 5S,000 had ,
no county or state, 40P,000 lacked
stamps, and 3,000 were posted without.
any address at all. Niuetyvtwo thou ;"-'
sand dollars' in cash and pvcrS3.000,
000 in drafts were contained inr thes -'i ;.;. '
letters. It appears that right straight
through every letter sent to tdie dead let-: Z 1
ter office contains on an: average $1.
so mine really fell below the average. - , ,.(r
Queer things happen to letters even. v ;
when t.'ey do not get to WashThgtou .- ;
AVyoming postmaster used to 'cdaini -
that circular letters, unsealed, ifnot -r'S
called for within a day or tiyo, were. . ;
good things to use in starting, the fire."
He therefore kept a coal hod lit the geii- ti:!"'
oral deliverly, which constituted a lit-
tie private dead letter office for his own - '
special use. One day his children were ov'i
playing tag with each other-inside tho'
postoffiee and canceling each other'
nose with the M. 0. B. Ump whent, u
suddenly they deciderl to investigate th -
coal hod in search of advertising-cards;? ".cs
In, each of two large circular envelopes r -c t
they found a smaller sealed letter which- .t-f
had worked in by shoving a large mass
of letters together for cancellation.'-
The children had torn these two letters f
open and were playing Fourth of f
July and Itsdly round the ! FUg, Boys, i
with a 879 check and a $600 draft when
the old gentleman looked up. : Justice
compels me to ?av, however, thathf
skulked the children roundly for hi
carelessness and ref usexl lp IetrtheiH"
have fun with his deal letter office af ' 1
ter that. 1 - : ' -1?:
.Bill Nte.i! - i-
D 5 Vilnnn ltij Lrm "ivnllAa . f '
L . kj, ..'iiiu. .lib nwiv " in "ivivn
a white woman's scalp has been Teceiv-
ed at the dead letter office. .Thelady,in
an absent minded-way, forgot to mail
herself, and according to ! the rnles of Z -;
the office she cannot now recovor it ' -
A QcEnit Barometeil It is not gciw
erally known tlia. tie rendered fat of a
woodch uck is as good a barometer as wti A t
have to-day. While in the. country
short time ago the writer had toceasion w
to travel through the lowcrpart of .c ii
Berks.. -' At the house of a fnend
presesl me to take an. umbrellaj.with: 1 1
me. There were ho sigus-, it astonr zj i
I asked w hy he persisted la so dogged 1 1.
manner for tne to accept the article i ?.i:h
' Wh 's aid he,? 1 iok atmY Unronietcr.. t .-.
.There upon the shelf stoor a lxttJo
sealed with. bces-wax..ItVas ,nll clondy,. :
The tpld 'gentle nian said that" h r
had aased this one. foriwehty Tears, audi - I
if h storm wiis brewing t ic. teTomettr t '. .
srot clwily twelve hour before tht fv.u""
j rain or snow Ijegaii to fall. .In clear, .f
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