VOL. XX.--THIED SERIES.
SALISBURY, N. C. THURSDAY, JULY 18, 1889.
NO. 39.
RAILROAD ELECTION.
'()TICE is hereby fiiven that there
yI io an flection held in Kuwait county
on Tuesday t'.ie To;h day of September.
18'J, for the purpose of submii ting to the
Aii'ai'itie! voters f said county, a propo
itioi to sn!cri!e one hundred thousand
dollais to the stock ot t lit; in-luin Uatl
r0lll i'ou)itn'!rn live percent, bonds of t lie
county of Kowaii, to run forty years, with
the privilege of paying any or all ofllieni
ifttlhc end oi ten .years,' or at any time
I thti'ealpei", t hat the. lioard.-uf Coin mis
' flioiiefs' of said e u nty may" elect. Those
Mvho wish to vote'4-n favor of .said pro;o
1 pit i-!. will vo'e a-ticket with the. word
uU.-eriptibn'! u;on it ; aud those vish
inu.to vote against saitl proposition, -will
Vitf ;i ticket with the words -'o Sub
hcription .""Upon it. , -
Air entirely new registration of voters
Jias Ixeii ordered for. the election.
i ',V order ot tlie Uoanl i nnty om
WsMoiiers, TJIOMAS .1. Sl'MM,
Chairman.
IIou VTlo X. Vobis(or, Clerk.
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Roixi MorxTAix, Tenn., March 29, 1887.
A lady friend of mine has for several j-eais
iK-en troubled with bumps and pimples on her
lace and ncc, for. which she used various cosT
metics "in order to remove them and beautify
and improve her complexion; but these local
applications werejmly temporary and left her
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I recommend an internal preparation
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Agent. Salisbury, K, 0.
The Irr 3 claimable Rumseller.
WhatgiTc up my trade, the source of my
wealth,
For singing and prayers and tears!
I hare openly sold and sold by stealth
For more than a score of ytars,
, Wine, brandy and rum, and whisky and ale,
I And cider and lager beer! t
' And I have grown rich, lusty, and hale,
I What care I, while I can hear
I The chink, chink, chink in my money till?
i My heart shall grow harder and bolder still.
i They may plead with me as women can plead,
i They may kneel on my floor and pray,
They may talk to me, but I will not heed,
Though they taik of the judgment day.
The glasses shall clink, I will pmir the wine,
And deal out the brandy and beer,
l nave tiougnt the license, it is mine it is
mine.
I use it while I can hear
The chink, chink, chink of my money-till,
I swear to heaven 1 11 sell it still.
S'aall I yield then te women in loneliness clad?
With prayers as sweet as the ange.'d above,
When I turn from the joor, the haggard, aud
sad, -Who
plead for their sous in anguish and
lore?
Oh. no! their liavp fT:linfr1 llifir linnrlrpda nn.l
! more '
Aud wouthe great heart and the public ear,
But the tempest of temperance will soon be
over,
And if we stand firm we still may hear
The chink, chink, chink in the money-till,
And hold the power and have our will.
Clear the walks of the cities, drive them out of
each street,
Nor let them be blocked with singing and
prayer.
Rush back to their homes these bands that we
meet.
Let them pray in the closets what do we
cart?
We have held so long the lease of the way,
With customer thronging it year by year;
If men will drink fire, let them tipple I say,
Tqruin or death, so long as 1 hear
The chink, chink, chink ia my money-till,
To the miserable fools I will sell it still.
Do you think that I fear? why I'vo talked with
ghosts,
For years they have haunted my bed,
Pale women and children in mighty hosts,
As th try came and went from the dead.
And the devil himself, hideous and bold,
lias haunted me oft with a jeer,
Though I shuJered with horror, I thought of
my gold,
While over the din I could hear
The chink, chink, chink in my money-till,
I suiJ a then and I'll sell it still.
Poor Harry Westoner, friend of my youth,
I saw him crushed by the train;
And Ida, the love of my heart's first truth,
In a garret by a drunkard slain;
Did I feel! For a time, yes, oh, my Go it
I struggle with anguish and fear,
And 1 said while passing under the rod,
I'll stli no more, but then I could heart
The iliink. chink, chink in my money-till
And my heart gr-w harder aud hardor still.
We will organize soon from East to West,
Buy up tlie votes an 1 rattle the g old,
"Our Irieuds we know, in whatever dress,
And who can be bought and who 'an be
sold:
W hile distilleries flourish all over the I ind,
And breweries throw out a deluge ofrbeer,
And revenues swell by each tippling band,
We have much to hope and little to fear;
And the chink, chink, chink in my money-till;
In silver and gold may jingle still.
The armies of teinperence they flourish to-
hy,
Their thousands they've gained and damaged
our cause,
W must yield to their wims to preach, sing
and pray.
But kftp them away from the ballot and laic.
We must battle them well both secret and
bold,
Thus lures abroad both far and near
Ah. men love to hear the jngle of gold!
And men will drink, and while 1 can hear
The chink, chink, chink in the money till,
I swear by heaven 1 11 seil it still.
On o Revenue Cutter.
New York Star.
Ever go down the bay on :i revenue
cutter? It'3rou are a m ui very possi
bly you may say yes, but if you are a
woman there are ten chances to one
that yon will say no. The law passed
some years ago prohibiting women
from taking trips in government ves
sels has not been revoked, but excep
tions are sometimes made in favor of
members of the press. The govern
ment is still unable to appreciate a
woman on a revenue cutter; but possi
bly in the futiue they may claim the
right to become '"boarding officers1'
along with ather rights to which some
of us women not all of us are look
ing forward.
Well, life on a revenue cutter is jolly
enough in siiiumer, there can be no
doubt of that, but in winter it must be
quite the reverse. . If I were a man I
should like to be a "boarding officer"
during the hot months; being a wo
man I cannot possibly occupy such a
position. And being a woman how
did I manage to get on a revenue cut
ter at all? I went to represent the
Star, aud was served with a small
amount of red tape from two courteous
gentlemen, through whom I met Cap
tain Whalen, the genial superintend
ent of the. B.irge Office.
Yes, I might go down the bay oti
the cutter any day I chosd if I would
be sit the B.trge office at 0 o'clock in
the morning. S ) down I went one
li ot, misty day. The cutter had air
ready gone down the bty on an early
trip, so we waited on the pier for her
return, rejoicing in the early morning
ttir that was a novelty to me. The
mist hung over the water, veiling the
few : vessels that were to be seen, but
not a bit of bunting was anywhere vis
ible ;no flag was flying, not even over
(governors Island. Pretty soon,
through the mist we discovered the
cutter Washington which is not
named for the immortal George, the
officers say coming up to the pier.
It is a trim little vessel, and flys the
Custom House flag at the stern, which
has the stripes run uing up and down,
and a black eagle on a yyjvte cround
I in place of the itars.
1 went on Board with Captain Wha
len and several officers; one "boarding
officer always going down on each trip,
and a "stuff officer" for each passenger
vessel that Is expected. Now, what is
"boarding officer' aud what is "st&ff
officer"? A "boarding officer" boards
each vessel that comes into this harbor;
takes the ship's manifest and passen
ger list, and returns to the cutter.
The "staff officer'
C03S
only
on board
of ships carrying flist-cabin pas engers,
takes tlie sworn statement of each pas
senger as to his or her dutiable proper
ty, and comes up to the city ou the
ship. There are ten cutters detailed
for this work, and several officers,
Capt Whalen being the superintei d
ent, with headquarters at the Barge
Office. The cutter seldom goes below
the narrows, the incoming vessels
being caught at Quarantine, and fre
quently lower down or further up the
bay. They are sigi a ed from Sandy
Hook to the Barge Office, and the
boarding officer calculaies the time it
will take theui to get up in the bay
before it will be necessary for him to
start out. Often the cutter is on duty
from 6 o'clock in the morning until 9
at night, and the number of vessels
boarded varies from one to twenty.
It is said that very few uumaarried
men apply for positions on a revenue
cutter, for incoming ships are so un
certain that engagements for afternoon
or evening with a "best
must
frequeutly be broken. Sometimes half
the day parses without the arrival of
even one vessel, and the officers do
nothing but linger about the office; as
a ship may be reported at any mo
ment, they cannot leave for an instant.
Then, too, if a vessel crosses the bar
one minute before sunset she is allow
ed to come up co the city, and the cut
ter must go down to m?et her, which
keeps the officers on duty until late in
the evening. If she crosses one min-
ute after sunset, however, she cannot
come up to her pier until the next
morning.
The cutter is a cozy little vessel; her
commander, Captain Smythe, having a
suite of comfortable rooms, nrettilv
furnished. They are small, of course;
mere is no room ior onc-a-orae, por
tieres, screens, and the thousand and
one things that women love, to hang
about their rooms. But there were
several mirrors. How about the vani
ty of man? And why on earth should
they need mirrors to see how they look,
when there are no women on boar.?
I wonder, when the strong-minded
woman in her bloomer costume comes
a I i
to occupy this position, will she take'
dowir the mirrors? Here ii also a
comfortable and prettv saloon for the
officers. Oatside, an awning extends
all around the vessel and over the
stern, where we passed a good deal of
our time. Parasols were not needed,
but a shawl was found to be an aid to
comfort when folded and placed
agitinst the flagstaff to make a soft rest
for the I tack.
A flight of narrow steep stairs leads
to the upper deck, where is a pilot
house, and Pilot Brown stands at the
wheel, while the officers sit about on
the cushioned seat that is built against
the wajl. A telescope, field-glass, and
a nign lour-iegged stool complete the
furniture of this apartment-
Our first trip vs over to the Jersey
coast, where we stooped at a pier called
"RKirtii- Tut. " fUn.'.,.u i. I tv"
lsiciviy iuiu, uhmiii vjiccii ivui
would have been mare appropriate
from the grass glowing on the pier,
A still, quiet spot it is, and as lonely as
if it were a thousand miles from the
city. We carried up some government
property, tools and such things, and
the men on the pier cann and carried
tnem away upon their shoulders in a
solemn manner, quite in keeping with
the ghostlike fog through which they
moved.
After this we started down the bay
to the steamer Bolivia, that had arriv
ed the night before. On the way we
passed the Austrian man-of-war that
had been anchored in the harbor for
several weeks, two big "trump" steam
i i i i
ers and only a few smaller vessels, for
it w.is yet too early for many vessels to
be out whether on business or pleasure.
The Bolivia was anchored off the Statue
of Liberty, and near her was The
Queen, of the National Line, that had
also arrived the day before, but could
not go up to the city because the docks
were full. The Bolivia looked very
big, looming up in the mist, and as 1
sat on the four-legged stool, looking
out of the window of the pilot house,
I began to feel that we were very
small, even if we did represent the
Government. As this big vessel had
come from the Mediterranean, stop
ping at Trieste, Naples, Sorrento and
Gibralter, and brin irg a larg ni.mb.T
of steerage passengers, mostly Italians,
the boarding officer took the precau-
tmn tn licrlif nitnr liof.iiw OTinr on
on
Kr..1 A .aa iv.u tioaA nn 1 bo
deck of tha cutter to lean up agaiust
the side of the bisr steamer, and two
officers climbed up and boarded the
vessel. I wanted to go, too; but the
art of climbing ladders was not includ
ed in my education, and as no one sug
gested my going, 1 remained silent on
deck and studied the vessel front "for-
eijrn
parts" from the outsile. The offi-
cers were talking together on deck and day, and I have no wish to return to
several men leaned over the railing re- the city. Unregardful of my wishes,
garding us with indolent interest, however, and ignorant of them, lie re
They were probably second cabin pas- turns all too soon, and our bow is turn
senders, but psessed little of the ed cityward. We are not half way
beauty and picture queness of Italians,
j It wait un!v as we w. re steaming away
that we passed close to the stern of the
vessel and saw a crowd of Italian, both
men and women, and some of them in
the bright costumes of their native
laud. A woman in a blue bodice
caught the eye of one of the boarding
officers, who, when nn shore, spendl
bis time cultivating his artistic talents
and is always on the lookout for bits of
color. As the cutter turned I o-hm.
at the Statue of Libertv. and npwr h-.tA
. I seen her look more maiestie. W
were directly in front of her amhtt just
the right distance to get the best effect,
which was heightened by the thin veil
of mist through which she was seen.
It is the wise woman who wears a veil,
no matter how beautiful she may be.
We go down to Quarantine, and just
before reachiug there the pilot thinks
he sees an incoming steamer in the
distance. She is eagerly looked at
through the glass by all of us, and I
began to feel like a pirate. When it
turns out that the pilot was mistaken,
I feel as if we had lost a prize that we
ought to have captured. We pass pilot
boat No. 2;), with all sails set, and soon
we are at Quarantine. All the officers
go ashore; but no vessel has been re
ported there, so we sail away to the
cit It is quite a long sail, ai d we
desert the pilot house for the seat
under the awning at the stern of the
vessel, where the officers regale us with
accounts of absent wives, tales of the
violent thunderstorms that they had
experienced while on duty this sum
mer, with some anticipation of what
they are to do during vacation up in
the mountains, as far away from the
sea as possible. But what better va
cation they want than sailing abiut
the waters of New York Harbor I can
not imagine, unless it is the presence
of the 4 tt?rnal feminine" to which the
Goverumant object when its officers
are on duty. One of the sailors was
polishing up the br.tss trimmings of
; the vessel, which bit of honsekeAnmcr
. delightened my feminine soul.
We return to the city too soon to
please me, and to h3 office, where we
learn that the Erin of the National
Line has been signaled from Sandv
! Hook, and will be up in about two
, hours. An agent from Castle Garden
is reading from the ticker the number
of steerage p:i?s?ngers on the LthnT
that arrived the previous evening from
Bremen.
"Well," he says, "I must hurry to
Castle Garden and get those hookers
off!'' I want to ask him what uliook
ers" are, but he is gone before I have a
chance.
We start off again, going up the
North River, and I make myself com
fortable on the lower deck. The
' morning is pretty far advanced bv this
j time, and there are more vessels to be
sen. The Coney Island steamer, with
umntv decks, starting from itripr -niVl
and some irailv decorated excursion
steamers and barges ar
going hither
and thither: the Jersey ferryboats are
crowded with p tsseurers. and I realize
that the busy day in the city has begun;
the smart little tugs sem inclined to
run races with in, and the gauzy veil
of mist still half conceals and half re
veals everything. Through it the tug
and barge go down to the Bolivia to
take oh the steerage passengers, and I
cannot help thinking that as this mist
half reveals the city to them, so do their
own possibilities half reveal to th.'tn
...ui. iu ..i .. .:n i. .
WUclb lliril Jllllire will 11 in ine couu-
try of their adoption,
i We stop at the North German Lloyd
pier and see the Lahn 'n her -dock,
A small steamer at the pier is crowded
with German immigrants, who are on
their way to Castle Garden. Well-to-
do they iook, and quite foreign in ap-
pearance; some ot the men s hats re
minding me of pictures that I have
seen of German students. On soma of
their faces is a pathetic expression, as if
it had been hard for them t leave the
fatherland. I cannot sav that anv of
their faces show hopeful anticipation
of the future.
; We take on several custom officers,
who had been detailed to look after the
A.I I
baggage belonging to the passengers of
the Lahn, and then we get back to the
city. Many -n the officers leave
us
here, and we take on a paymaster, who
is going over to South Brooklyn to pay
off the men on the cutter Grant, which
is detailed for outside duty, but is now
to be laid up for r pairs. The stern of
the cutter is our lounging place this
time, and a lazy little trip we have up
Gowanus Bay, where we tie up at the
Clinton street pier. The paymaster
goes ashore and we wait for him. It
is as quiet and still here as a Sunday
m r.iing in the country. The sun has
come out aud the water i like glass.
New York and Brooklyn seem miles
away, and we seem to be anchored at
the dier of some deserted city. A bare
footed boy iu a big, flat bottomed Itoat,
lOWS ClOSe tO Otlf Stem, lOOMUg at Us
lookin
with wonderni2 eyes. 1 feel strongly
tempted to jump into his boat and give
him some lessons in rowing, which he
badly needs. But I think of my pet
ticoats and restrain my impulse, tor his
bare feet are reposing in two inches of
water.
The p lym ister is gone s jme time, but
I wish he would stay away even longer;
for it is a pleasant way to pass a hot
there when we see the Erin coining up
the b:iy, and if we a:v g'i'ng to run a
race with her, I feel ur.- she will beat
us. But we are not to be beaten.
We signaled her with three sharp
whistles that si e is to slow up and wait
for us, which she does. We came ud
l i ii i . ... r
mi uer, a oig t,iiwk vessel, sadly in need
of paint. There are sheds" built on
decks for cattle, and sever .1 men lean
idly ove, the rsiUing watching us.
Horsemen, m UiV of tli-in mi- whn rm
to Lurup; to buy horses. They looked
neither happy nor sml at being back
again in their native land. The ladder
is brought .-into use again, and board
ing officer, with his usual grace and
ability, passes from one vessel to the
other. There being no first-cabin pas
sengers, the jstaff officer does not go
aboard.
After this we return again to the
city and find that the Gallia has been
s;guahd and is at Quarantine. Down
we go after her and catch her half way
between Quarantine and the city. Up
goes the ladder and up go the two offi
cers. After a few moments the 1 Hard
in"; officer returns, but the other will
return to the city on the steamer.
And so we go back to the city and
the day is far spent. A charming life
in summer, but I should not care for it
in winter. There is consideable dan
ger in it, too, for sometimes the officer
boards a vessel when it is moving, and
in such circumstance it is not the
esisiest thing in the world to climb a
ladder, I fancy. L. A. Kice.
Curiosities of Marriage.
Goethe said he married to obtain re
spectability. Wycherly, in his old age married
his servat girl to spite his relations.
The joining right hands in ancient
times had the solemnity and validity of
an oath.
There is a story of a man who got
married because he inherited a four
)jst bedstead.
Giving a rin is supposed to indicate
the eternity of the union, seeing that a
circle is endless.
- A man got married becanse he h: d
bought a piece of silk cheap at a sa'e
and wanted a wife to give it to.
Under the Roman empire marriage
vas a cilvil contract; hence we lead of
men ""putting away" their wives.
Among tle Jews the rule was for
a maiden to marry on the fourt smd a
widoWou the fifth day of the weik
not earlier. -
In Jewish marriages 4he woman is
set on the right, but throughout Chris
tendom her place in the ceremony is on
the left.
In a Roman marriage the bride was
purchased by the bridegroom's payment
of three pieces of copper money to her
parents.
The Russians have a story of a
widow who was so inconsolable for
the loss of her husband that she tt ok
another to keep her from fretting to
death.
The custom of putting a vail upon
the maid before the betrothal vas done
to conceal her blushes at the first
touch of the man's head and the clos
ing kiss.
Kissing Mie bride the moment the
marriage ceremonial ended, though
not now preserilied by the rubric of
the Western churches, formerly was
an 'imperative act on the part of the
bridegroom.
The early marriage ceremony among
the Anglo-Saxons cousisred merely of
hand fastening or taking each other
bv the hand, and pledging each other
love and affection in the presence of
friends and relations.
The Spsctor Guest
An undertaker in Madrid, who lived
over his shop, one night gaye a grand
ball. At the height ot the festivities a
gentleman in full evening dress joined
the company. He danced with the
hostess aud her daughter; he danced
with the guests. He seemed to enjoy
himself thoroughly. The undertaker
thought he recognized the face, but
didn't like to be rude and ask the
stranger's name. By-aud-by all the
guests departed and only the unknown
was left.
"Shall I send for a
said the host at last.
cab for you
9"
-No. thank you I'm staying in the
ouse.
'Stavinsr m the house: Vv ho are
vou. sir?
"Who, don't yon know me? I'm the
corpse that was brought in this after
noon.
The undertaker in horror rushed to
the mortuary chamber, where in Spain
it is usual for the dead to be removed.
The coffin was empty. His wife and
ilanrrbter had been tancinsr with art
r
corpse!
But it turned out that the gen
tie had only been in a trance und had
suddenly recovered. Hearing the rev
elry above, and being possessed of a
keen though ghastly sense ot humor,
j he had got out of his coffin and joined
j the festive party. He was presentable,
: for in Sp tin the dad are generally
buried in full evening dress AT. Y.
Unnhl.
The "Star Spaagled Banner' the Syxa
i bol of an United Nation. -
Every national JnprisinJ calls fort h a
banner. The sncoess of ivvotatiou
establishes a national flag as well u a
nation. "When ,; the colonies seceded
from Great Britain, each State Jjad ia
use the British flag, with some local
emblem engrafted upon if. But in
erties of America
junction.
A curious con
After the battle of Lexington, the
Connect cut troopoore a flagjvith the
arms of the colony, -nd the motto, "Qui
rrjUislulet Sustinct." Massachusetts,
a flag with white field, and uiion 4hi
UA Green Pine Tree." Her . mo t
"An Appeal to Heaven"
wlu ?fPtMnber 75, the patriotic
Win. Moultrie, of South Carolina, at
the request of the "Council of
Safety," prewired a flag with a bine
field and white crescent. This was the
first flagof independence unfurled at
the South, and waved uver the fortif
cations at Charleston.
lrt0n h ay of January, the
"Grand Union" flag was unfnrted afe
Boston, Mass., by General Washing
ton. It comprised thirteen stripes "as
a symbol of the number of the eoi
nies." On June U, 1777, the Ameri
can Congress resolved that "The flag
of thirteen (13) United States be thitw
teen (13) stripes alternately red and!'
white. That the Union be Uimtwn.
(13) stars in a blue field, representing
a new constellation."
To the naTy, it is thought belongs
the honor of first spreading, tne ensigu
to the JbreeM-. That 'Star spangled
banner" which the naval heroes of the
States -carried to virtwry in so many!
historical enxankts" was first raised
by Com mod une- Paol Jones, who as
sumed command of the "Ranger" on
the day Congress passed the flag ref
lation and the new flag floated from
.the Ranger's mastltead.
Before the adoption of the "stars ,
and stripes" as the- national ensigu,.
many emblems had been used Jn the
various States. The jue tree in Mas-
sachusetts, the rattlesnake in Carolina
and even the stripes alone had teen
n?wn. j . -
The first commmial tr nt iha-
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United States . i -s! to have be n
horizontal stripe vith a Briti. h "an
ion where the st;ir now are. It is
also recorded that the first shin's com
missioner commissioned by Washino
ton sailed under the i in treir fl:i
In October. 1708. tlie fWrim hntfturi.
at Boston i disj 1 ived a flagrrth "white
field upon-it," and the motto, Qui
translulet sustinct." The motto An
Appeal to Heaven" wa ordered It
the Massachusetts Legislature, or Pro
vincial Con Cress in 177(i. in iw rmrno
a - - , V -
on the flags of the warships of the col
ony. It is not trnnwn dpfinifolv bv knm
the stars of ih rt.ltinnsil fluff wora nm-
" "."It fvr-.
posed. By some the whole'idea of thef
nt.n nn, . 1 1. , 1.1. L 1 J . J
DMio umi stupes is tuuuguii 10 oe ue
rived from the Washington family7
arms, "three stars in the unner nortion
and three bars running across the es- -
cutcheon. 1 lie arms of thegret
Virginian remind us of another stantV .
ard of modern "reliels" the Stars and
Bars, the glorious oriflame of the Lost
Cause.
"'Vor shall fts glonr bo forgot,
While Fame her record keeps,
Or honor points the sacred cpot
Where ralor proudly sleep."
"The warrior's banner takes its flight 1
to greet the warrior's soul," atid the
Southern Stars now shine again in the
constellation of the national flW.
There, radiant with the lust re of heroic
deeds they point the path of that hon
or and dutv which bathed the South
ern cross in noble blood.-
Allegiance to the State of the surest
bond of loyalty to the uation. Ashe
rifle Citizen,
Ancient Tombs Discovered at Naples.
A subterranean chamber has been
discovered under a, house on the hillside
at Naple. Along the center runs :
a mosaic pavement, and mi each side
there is a doulb row of sepulchers
hewn in the rock, the fronts of which
are stuccoed and painted and decorated
with terra cotta and marble relief.
Within the tombs were perfecLikele
tons, vnses and other objects, the an-
tique lamps being in such good condi
tion that when the new find was in
spected by a party of J3erman archae
ologiits,the workmen made use of
them to light up the vaults. The
many well preserved inscriptions are
coiefly in Greek, with some Latin, and
prove that the epoch of these tombs f
was s.biut 1000 B. C. Other tombs :n
a second chamber have not yet been
excavated. Similar catacombs have
heretofore been found in this localit .
Pall Mall Gazette.
It may be of interest to know that
almost the entire cotton belt of the
United States -lies in a region having a
mean annutl temperature above 55
degrees. The su ;ar jand rice regions
have a temperature-greater -th in 7l)
degrees, while between 50 and. C'J , de
grees, is the mean annual temperature r ,
for tobacco. In the great pr.irie re
gions the average li s almost entirely
below 55 degrees, and the wheat re r
gion of Miunesjta and 'Dakota is be
tween 45 ihvcrees of ni3an uuuual Uu
tw, a im ensign was displayed trow
a liberty pole in New York with the
inscription: :"GeorsrH TUr nn.l tk
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