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1?HE WATCHMAN
h3S 50 per cent, rnore
Lulation than any
btber paper published
f Salisbury and is
therefore the best ad
vising medium.
is tho Oman of the
farmers Alliance in
6 th and 7th Congres
sional Districts, '
Advertisers, mako a
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note of this.
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f Oli. XXIII- TIItRD SEKIB
no. 34;
! for Infanto and
TastoTl a L? to vc!! adarod to children that
-1 reommf nd itas superior to any prcscriptioa
iaown U m&." - II, A. AfeCHin, M. D.,
Ill So. Oxford St, Brooklyn, Y. .
t ue of 'Castoia fa sounlrersal an4
n . w-Kts w well known that it seen a work.
1? n r rrroration toewlorse it. Few are the
- Wi&nt families wbo ki ttot keep Castorw
pastor CkoiaiD63alaEefjnaea Church.:.
- riew loriciiy.
THS CsHTitrm
1 come id ' you with a small xiffuir
lliaf you may neqil." - In England, tTte
Cotiiincnt iindjiiiu v foreign countries,
ftlTiS(.lf and wnresv-4ii well knotvn.
HaiiV Ani'nc:in families in; their- re
turn fnitii ahroad bring niy avticles
viiii.tlH'i, for they know then'i nvfy
wi'il, Uut -you may not be one of these.
- -Confidence : between man -and man
msIw of growth, and when found, itsJ
j.irity in:ikos it valuable. T ask your
.conlidnce and make a reference to
ilns-.l.Mirmii to indorse that confidence,
cli'iottiiuik it will be midaeed.
-m-Af i he j.'st form of a en re an
alfa !
r,lw.luTi 'lie - for ' biiio:;:;tS(
liKidaulje i1i::r -e:tn He found in i bis
Viur. The eiire is" so -sm.di in itsrlf !
ii l. -i : ..Li. Z.. r. .
SDniinut.s Im-Lm- irs limit when relief
tmies-tliat it has become the marvel
of its time. One and a half trrams ui
lii.ilicine. - coated with snrar, is 111
r.'iiif'ly, ni tue h-'iy or on.'' sma
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11 1'iiM
'.'iidwh to ei!MiTce as I Hi. 11 A
iiOCK'SXEW LiVElt 1'ILL. It
(.J in: the markets of''Enrope, but
wv to North America, The price
is
-1
is !
j,Hknv!is an honest medicine can be
siSiiut. 25- ("nts. Send a postal card
in- a saiimle vintl, to -try them, "before 1
jitii purtliase. -
. - dk. iiavdock,
G3-Fjilton StMX,
-".-Mont inn the xv.uclunan when you write.
Y.
OHK
(i n Mil ri 1 , ' n ' 1 1 1 i 1
iOlKAIllELnPjG EXCfl&DS8iirS C'aSS material, and
0 nro 9h nor 4nf plmnnv
. 11 and 13 Commorco St.,
iSTorfblk, Va.,
Ownnl and Controlled bv .MliniieeTTien
handling proluce,
1 COTTON A SPECIALTY, f
P'trft sell before writing for .par
ticulars to ;' '
J. J. ROGERS, Mgr.
P.O. Box 212.. '
03VC33S3xr who have
,aZm
m-auacurs,
Scanty, l'r
sirmllon, Msonli'rs uml Displace
ments oi the Womb ana Sexual Or-
s6fio . P;U1S. Harrennoss, Leui-orrlioca, etc.,
IwVitT for "Woman's Hook oh. Like," (sealed)
w P?n'"ulare for borne cure So cur o pay.
ciMSn. QuU-"allona, Unlimited Experience,
UietoJ.snostsand Honest Kepresenti.tlons .ro
D 3m ..V'TMiceess. 'AdcTrew Q.W. BARKER,
"' ? -V-Cherry, Nashville, Tenn.
m
STITESVILLE
. , Is the Place to Get Monuments, Tombstones, &c.
. -HocK 01 v ,Kaiuis r MAKW.h to arrive in a few days We guarantee
uy,u ,n every reject and positively will not be undersold.
Granite Monuments .
V Of all kil a specialty "
C.
I5.1y
Ration tho Watchman when you write
1850
A
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Children.
Cator! enrca Colic, Constipation,
Sour Btomach, Diarriiosa. Eructation,
Killa Wonua, gives Bioep, and promotes o
pestion,
Without injurious medication.
M For serpral years I have recornmpiiried
your ' Castoria, ' and shall always continue to
do so as it bos invariably produced beneficial
results. -' .
Edwim F. Pakdct. SL D-
TLo WintaIop,,, 125th Street and 7th Am,
Hew York City.
CoitFAJTr, 77 McaaAT Strbt, New Tohx.
rice
TELL THE TALE.
The suits wo are sel
ling this week at $10
take the load.f any
thing ever phaccd on
sale for the price. They
arc made ill every style
CQoimorio TTlnrmnla
dbblllllllb,- 1 itllllltlb,
OCriit'S. t UlSteUIS, OUltS
that are well cut and
P 11 . -1
elegantly irimmed, Suits
that will wear well are
yours for a bill.
Suits that would be a
haraill 01 6 OT lUOYO
but in order to clean
I oi it odds and ends, and
broken sizes , we offer
: them for
1
-$10.00-
Our lino of
5 - 0 0,
.50, 12.50 and
1 15.00 SuitS are tllC best,-
II j -w Till
Tnhnmnnor nnri nnbmocr
i vjiiv c wj v u iivwuivou i
,CUr, ,t.a nA
vxvo ,i v v.,. v, ,v m,u
d v 1
tnese pr4ces. Makes or
than can be bought
elsewhere. Wc arc cro
mg to cut prices right
nni mr, until o.vnrv ainf
- 1 1 , r 1 n . . 1
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IS SOlU.v VVC liaVC a IUll
Kx J i
and Vests
VlnaCa
OCerSUCKCr, Aloll air, &C.
VuU lino nf Trunin
- vi4 uuw v. jiiuiiivoj
Traveling Bags, Sateli-
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ClS, CtC. " -
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Mq T?T rTVT
iJAlU it IS
ARBLE WOR
B. WEBB & CO.,
1 x Pkotkietor.
THE
AnAYirfin ITAniA TnfinAMAA fi
UOUlKia nUlUClUbUm UK ..
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uyL,UJlUUS. UJU
J. RHODES "Rr?fWTJT? WW n nrf a urn
InpsiufeNT. - Secretary.
Total Assets, over Sl,00p,000.
Home Company; seeking Home Patronage.
jiitLjt&vfcncieiccs ci iis ks at lowest
adequate rates. Losses adjusted -and
paid promptly.
Ji ALLEN BROWN, Agt,
THE W0QDP.ECKEIU
W'rh Wtite&vell feritto thAl tVtr t see
An' e iU: it-ore n. nctkinv An bobbin' ini W,
lXkc lie's i-arVin' o Mleh In IR5 wift-skakj
J. t Crotch.., :
t) tfiftl H6f s'oVtred hickof jr tree ,
f)?-rtjft Ifl ever sec sucfl a tormentin' Lint!
When I woke tin this mornin the first thing
I Was his !Tulbv-(lnb-l ib" oa an o'.' hoi
cr
'Fore the other fowls twittered 'r stirred. j
See 'im sit"tierc a icckin' that worm-eaten
1 i limb, . '1
An' a wlnkin' at me .13 I'm lalkin' o' him: i
While) his har J bullet hc.d,'shinin' gloify
ah read, 1 . I
Drives a bill like a thorn, black ah' s!tm.
Sbeirts in teasing a feller he takea a delight:
An' he'd rather be killed in a one-sided iijrht;
1 Than to give up the grub he has found -ia
I that stub, -
'il ta shjnv the white feather in fiighf.; ;
IlcVthej beatia'est bird au' ho don't care, a
" sjrawf ' ,
Wy he takes what lic wants without IJccnse 'r
An' hb chatters with fun at the crack of a giin
While he's fillin' his famishin' craw, i
111 be hanged if I don't kind o' fancy fm tho'.
lie's ;SO blamed independent an' kcerlcs,lybu
! ' ' know; i " . I
Ai' I'd feel sort o' bad an' considcr'ble sad,
If he'd inind my complaipin' an' go!
j S. Q. Lapius, in. Wuo Parmer.
SAVED THE TEAIN.
"Mr. Ransom, please tell us why it
you are filling such a responsible pos
tioH anriyou not yet tlwrty years old?''
This question was asked by one of a
crowd of four or fivegentlemen seated
in the handsome private office of Mr.
Hansom, superintendent of transporta
tion of the Chicago & Western railroad
at Omaha, Neb.
"Well,'' replied the superintendent, a
good-looking young man twenty-six or
thereabouts ,"if you will have the ya-
iience to listen, i will narrate briellv
how my heel caused my promotion, and
was the means of saving many lives.
"rive years ago I was station agent
and operator at Hamlin, on this road,
The depot was the only building at Ilam-
lin cousequeuujr, A nnxx w uu my own
cooking and sleepm
cooking and sleeping in the depot, get
ting my supplies from Rands, a lace
of about rive hundred inhabitants, eight
miles np the railroad.
"It was about ten o clock on a hot
sultry night in August. There did not
seem to be a breath of air stirring.
The windows were up and the doors
were thrown open, so as to admit all the
air passible. No. 32, the fast mail,
had to be reported' wrore 1 could get
'go.od nighr from fhe dispatchers and
retire.
I had pulled off my shoes and had
nothing on my feet but my stockings.
As I was idly leaning back in my chair,
my feet p roped up on.the instrument
table, and lazily drumming on the kvy
with my heel, I heard a slight noise be
hind me. Before 1 could turn around
to ascertain the cause, a man's harsh
voice ran' out:
" 'Move an inch and you are a dead
man and at the same moment I felt
the cold muzzle of arevolver pressed
ri u
ki i. " i ,i i i.
i ui ytnir iianuM uetimu 3 our ikick
and look: -straight hetorc you, com
1 w
raanded the same voice sternly.
obeyed with aiacnty.
iiAy nanus wereseizeu rouguiy anu
bound securely to the back of the chair.
" 'Now, my beauty, I guess you won't
do much more telegraphing to-night,'
and he broke out into a discordant.
darlgh.
"lie evidently thought it veryamus-
nig
1 didn t.
"'Conn on, boys,' bevelled, 'I've got
Jtlns kid fast.
Artpr fi mnnipiit throp or tour men
as well as I could judge, with my
back to the door -walked 111.
1 r r . t t 1 1 1
iia: na: c ip 11, you ve got mm,
I aveyou?,anltheyall laughed roughly.
captain, 'have you got that spike lifter?'
, "iYou M 1 haS'' Came fr0m 0Iie f
the men.
, u'rh1e cai,tain then turuca an,i ad-
dressed me:
"'Young man, no harm is intended
I I. - .1. . .il L "I A 1 A
yaiIJou Keepjperreciiy quiet, uouoc-
less your curiosity is very much
aroused as to our intentions.
Well, it
can do 110 harm to enlighten you, as
the mischief will be done before you
can give any alarm. We intend ' and
here the man s voice became absolutely
fiendish 'to take up two rails on that
trestle out there. Letmesee, the fast
mail is due here at
. "'GodHuan,' I broke in with horror,
surely you don't intend to wreck the
f;ist mail? Think of the lives that will
be lost if it runs off at that trestle!"
and great beads of cold perspiration
stood out on my forehead, as I grasped
tho lull horror of the situation.
"The trestle referred to was about
onehundred yards north of the depot,
aud spanned a very wide but shallow
creek, fully severity-five feet below.; I
t'tiPiv fbnt. if Nn 39 inmnAi! flit trupt
person on board.
"'Jim,' cried the captain 'you re-
I main here anrl tppn vnnrpcpnn tliisfHl-
low; if be moves, kill him; the re-
mainfler ot you-conie on and let s go to
uTLii
Then all except Jim followed the
captain out, and soon I heard the me
tallic clink of the crowbar, as it drew
-the spikes from the mils.
"Oh! what could be done!
'My hands were bo uml so that 1
could not reach the key, and if I tried
theoutlaw behind" me would send u
I gullet crashing through my
The station ten miles ahnvo n.j.i.
reporteti No. ,32 on time. Soon it
would be nt Ean. "Never 'did time.
p.'lSS SO Quicklv. It WA3 Univ 1fi-A7
o'clock .nnd N 59 lienor I-
r - ------ ( vVAV Ai gj MM Ml
inspiration flashed through me like an
electric shock Why could I not warn
No.,32 with my heel? In my leisure
moments I had am nsed myself by learn
ing to send with my" foot, never dream
ing that it would ever be an advantage
to me.
"I fjuietly pushed open the key with
mv heel and called 4R' three or four
an I r rtt
; times as fast as possible, when I was in-
terrunted by tlie desperado.
" What air you waggling your foot
about on that tablJbr?' . :
" 'My foot has become cramped re
maining in one positiou so long,' I re
plied, as carelessly as I could, although
my heart was in my' throat.
" 'I'm so sorry,' he said, sarcasl ically.
I commenced calling 4R' again. It
was now 10.-40 o'clock and No. 32 must
have left Rands.
"Too late! Too late! Oh! my God,
the agony of those moments were ter
rible. "Ah, some one broke me: 'i i R
" 'Robbers are going to wreck No. 32
at trestle just north of her '
"I was ticking when suddently I re
ceived a blow that sent me to the floor,
and left the key wide open.
" 'D n you, what were you ticking
oh them wires?' cried the outlaw.
ulHow can T send anything with my
foot?' I tremblingly exclaimed.
'That's just, a habit o mine drum
ming 011 the key with my heel.'
"'Habit or 110 hahifc, you won't put
your foot on this table again to-night.'
"He evidently believed that I could
not send with my heel, but it was not
hi-j inteutioii to take any chances.
L wondered what the operator at
Rands would do put on his ground
wiro, and report what I had said to the
dispatcher or just think I was trying
to scare him, and lock up his olhoe and
go home. I thought the latter more
prub ible.
Anvway it was now too late to stop
the ill-fated fast mail; it would soon
plunge olf tiie trestle carrying its cargo
of .human beings to certain death.
'! lav there waiting for the dreadful
crash to come, iti such an agony of six
pence that the next day strands of gray
weru round m my nair. now l
blamed myself lor not thinking of
using my heel before I did. -
"Suddenly the sounds r i riile shots
in quick succession came from the tres
tle. The boys are attacked,' ex. hiimed
tire desperado, excitedly, 'but you hh ill
not escape unhurt.' And placing the
the muzzle of his revolver close to my
head, he fired.
"I fell back unconscious.
"When I regained my senses the
room was full of men, one of whom
was bandaging a wound oji nry head,
and explaining to the others the extent
of the. same.
" 'A close shave, but only a sc.-dp
wound, men,' lie was saving. '1 daiv
sav he will be ali right in a few days.
Ah! he is conscious now, he said, ten
derly, as I slowly opened my eyes.
'Tell us all about it, young man.'.
"It was rather a laborious task, as
the wound on my head was exceedingly
painful, but I went ahead aud related
the whole occurrence from the time
the pistol was pressed against my head
until I was shot.
"When I had finished the gentle
men who had bandaged my head, and
wh.o,T afterward discovered, was a doc
tor, explaned how Operator Rhodes, at
Itands, when he had heard my message,
did not wait the key to close, but ran
out of doors, mounted his horse, which
he had ready saddled and bridled to ride
to his home, after he had reported No.
32, and cut through the woods at break
neck speed. He knew that No. 32 in
variably stopped for water at a water
tank four miles from Hands, by rail,
but only two through the woods, lie
had reached there just in time to climb
on the rear car and give the alarm.
"The train was then run ahead until
within about two miles of Hamlin, and
the -conductor and a detachment of
United States soldiers, who were luckily
on board, went ahead on foot and sur
prised the outlaws, who showed resist
ance, and were fired into, two of them
killed instantlv. The others
were at that moment ornamenting
teleirranh pole!
a
"And now my narrative draws to a
elose. Two weeks later I was ordered
in renort here, and was siven the po
sition of second track dispatcher. My
promotion dates from that day."
"But what did Mr. Rhodes get?
some one
"Mr. Rhodes is chief dispatcher.
Joe Fox' in Atlanta Constitution.
It Should be. in Every House.
J. B. Wilson, 271 Clay street, Sharps -burg.
Pa., says he will not be without
Dr. King's New Discovery for Consump
tion, Coughs aud Colds, that it cured lHs
wife who was threatened with Pneu
monia after an attack of a Grippe, when
various other remedies and several phy
sicians had done her no good. Robert
Barber, of Cooksport, Pa., claims Dr.
Kind's New Discovery has none more ur
him" than anything he ever us. for
Free Trial Bottles atKh.ttz & Co.'s
dru store. Large bottles 50c. and $1.00.
,-- ,
nhuMren CrY'fuf Pitcher's CastOrta.
i icturestancy i armiiiff on
the FrenelrBrad.
BufcK SlIOALR. N. C. June.
This isa great pleasure resort, con
sisting of jseventy-five acres lying along
the French Broadj It i? frequented
by myself arid a : wealthy man who is
building me! a liouie overlooking the
river. The estate' lies on this side of
the river. Bo ; does the man who
thought he could dig me a damp Well
at a depth ;of eig
ltv; feet when he
knew damp well he
could not. I had
intended to celebrate the landing of
Christopher Columbus this summer
with a considerable! amount of explo
sives, but I have I already used my al
lowance in this well, aud.did not make
Very much nole either, -
As I pen these lines; I see the man
slowly emerging from the well. He is
the man who has been digging the well.
He has a stern look aud a big dyna
mite cartridge in each hand. Come to
think about it, he did not sayt that he
could strike Water at a depth of eighty
feet. It was a feeble man who after
wards turned the contract over io this
one. j . f
I am building a house and studdery
here on the estate and learning how to
till the farm, so that by piecing out
the crop with my salary 1 can main-.
tain thice North Carolina hens aud
possibly add a guinea in the fall.
When George and I George Van
derbilt add If came here to show the
Tar Heel horticulturist how brains
would overmaster a sluggish soil, and
how with a course of careful rotation
of crops and by tickling these overshot
farms and with the hoe we could make
them laugh a low gurgling laugh
we did not know that each of these
Venetian red hillsides needs a livery ,
stable and feed Store 011 it to enrich ic.
We are learning that with some
sorrow and are irrigating our water
melons with tears. We exchange
work, weeping on each other's water
melons. My tears go farther than his
and knock the striped bugs quicker, he
thinks. Oil a good day I can cry over
quite a patch. ;
Cow peas are used here a good deal
for bringing up the soil. They do not
make good soup, and they are not a
floricultural exilibit that one would go
veryiar to attend, hut for impaired
soil and loss of fertility they are
highly spoken of.
W et down the farm with Appolli
naris water, then put on camphor tar
to prevent moths from eating the
young sassafras, which grows quite
plentifully here,; and as a foliage plant
ranks with the bull thistlejuid jimson
weed of the vulgar and nasty north.
Now dust oil the farm, as there
might possibly be remnants of soil on
it. Next, mix enough white lime
with your red; hillside to give it a
creamy shade. Some put blueing in
their farms here. Now fertilize the
abuttments of your farm with chaos
from the barn and in summer fallow
the land. Ry autumn you can turn
the soit over muL cross plow. This
will bring the under side of the farm
to the surface. This should have a top
dress of guano, and if you have in the
house two or three car loads ot shad
, roe that is pretty gamy, you will find
that it will startle the soil and possibly
ijive a great stimulus.
At hist I overstimnlated my tarm
and crave it a headache. I put on it
several of Zola's works and then added
some other fertilizing material, which
gave the soil what the physicians call
hvpernutnrion, tol lowed by overexhil-
eration and then coma
My neas have been planted three
times and each time eaten by rabbits.
When I first came here I nut up on
my grounds this notice:
i xo shooUnj? on thes: grouu'14 ex-;
icft lor political re ;sons. i
Moonlight lvneliin parties will;
also nlcaso not hitch to thew trees. .
j E. W.Nyk. I
As a result the estate is covered with
wild ?aihe. and yesterday 1 tried al
the forenoon to overhaul a turkey that
had apparently stolen her nest, only to
learn at! noontime that she was a wild
turkey sind rather better than the av
erage as a roadster.
Hut the fatigue and face of nature
ln WWern North Carolina at this
ill t V 'VV .
season of the year makes you scream
xtrlfti iL-licdit. Kverv curve in the
road irives -one- a new and beautifu
f fur blue mountains, the
near green of the foothills and the
magnificent forest an 1 wood flowers
at your elbow in the foreground.
North Carolina has the wildest
ranre of varieties in useful nnd orna
mental woods of any locality in the
world, I reckon. In the radius of a
few miles all kinds of oaks, pines,
Ju fnlin olive P-reen on the
suiiiiiii-i -"r ""t'i o
outside and shading down on the out
side t.o a bright lemon color or straw.
KEvery shade of green and jelhnv m ike j
, , , n , f
woot u, a one .u .
sniells the rich and penetrating ordor
nf ho elcanthus, as mellow and sweet
jtsthe boutjtiet of a peri.- The laurel
' covers the sides of the mountain ii'jw,
hickorv iiuple, elm, ast), etc., without iuu umi "m.j -3 . v y
c ,a are ouLl, an,l nmo,',g others the 1' at work vesterJay I r. e your
t I P tr-,abeautifulon.ane,1talwocHl, mule after the Ik..c h.oi. I thout
LJcmlW whn it U curly and well -t wouU a n to y " J l
lln fhw trt.e arrows eaC 1 . ' " ' l'-J y-o
un th'S beautifuLllower, ami tue iree is -"'''"-""' - -j
oU covered with it, though it grows ( nnder a good character I want to no if
seve ty or eighty feet l.igli! HIV, a 0,'Jectin of me k
EveLnd anon through the shady her with me on your place pl-ntc
and if you keep your eyes pcled you
of reci fiEe
is looking
the ferny
for the early rising worm in
glen. -
The rhododendron is alsb now on
deck with its mighty waxen flowers
aud its wonderful .leaves A rich and
varnished green. - From Hickory Nut
Gap Mr. Vandeibilt hr.n brought this
season, I presume, a half jmiilion of
these beautiful natives and transplanted
them to his grounds on tlie rrench
Hroad. They will look well and add
tto the value of his estate nossiblv
also sending my own up thirty cents
per acre, which on eight acres gives a
net advance of 2.40 to the keen and
thoughtful proprietor of Ruck Shoals.
There are also several of the rarest
and most curious orchards growing
wild here, which dumbfound and de
ligutXhe botanist, the floris-ihe phre
nologist and the veterinarian. One of
them especially is very beautiful, and
has a name to it with which I am now
picketing my cow. ' -
Violet Bowersox writes, ilnder date
of June 18, from East Miggs:
"What are your habits regarding
carc.ot complexion and skin? How
do you manage to look always sofof
juuur ouiuou give us your pro
gramme for preserving so wonderful ly
jour elastic and rosy appearances
n ii - . li
Certainly there can be 110
why the world should not have
reason
ot have the ad
vantage of a valuable experience, espe
cially when it is so useful to good
health and an attractive appearance.
I arise in the early morn in sr. biddincr
dull care begone, and almost at once
proceed to take a tepid bath of twenty
minutes, followed by a shower bath of
live minutes and a rest of thirty min-
ites.
The face and throat are then sub-
ected to a gentle friction of elder
lower water mixed with a half goblet
of warm water. This removes all im
purities from the pores and gives the
surface a clear, ivory hue.
1 got onto this in Fans. '
Scented oris powders is then rubbed
into the hair and then brushed out
igain, taking care not to leave any of
it at the temple or nape of the lieck.
A delicate cream, containing the
nice of the lettuce, is then spread over
the face and throat. After ten min-
utss it is removed with a linen cloth. "
This is said to remove the drawn or
tired look contracted in society so of
ten while trying to think of something
o say which will not betrav evidences
of thought.
Valontine a mixture of rice, pow
der and Rismuth is next applied with
great care, producing a clear alabaster
whiteness, with a trace of lustre, and
toning down the hot and hectic nasal
flush which is liable to come upon those
who allow the use of a strawberry
on the top of their cocktail.
1 he evebrows are then smoothed
w?ith a baby brush, leaving a touch -of
fardc in dieu. Then with a leather
estampe lay under each eye a delicate
shadow which increases its brilliancy
and gives also a touch or gentler re
morse, which in society muicates that
wealth has made one bhvse
The above is the secret of my young
and well rounded appearance, and I
give it here that all may, if they will,
be beautiful.
Sometimes, when I have not time
for the above programme, especially
while herein North Carolina, I simply
bathe in the branch, afterwards run
ning up and uWn an unfrequented
path for twenty minutes before dress
ing, and avoiding so far as possible tlie
haunts of the coon dog, which is very
plenty here, and does not recognize me
without dressing, though ho generally
prefers me that way, 1 find.
Then 1 come back to the branch,
rub briskly with a nose bag, dress and
begin with literary work for the day.
Any one can bo well aud be.iu-
tifnl if he will obev these simple rules.
This is followed by alight bpoakfast
of cold coon and possum sweetbreads.
breaded.
Breaking of letters, tho following
was written to a neighbor of mine
here last year by a man who was work
insr on one of his fauni3. Much of the
keen delight and excitement of read
ing it is lost when it gets into typ
but still the eager, yet repressed, en
thusiasm of the groom in refering to
his bride, wbo is under a good charac
ter, according to rumor, together with
the vague unrest that haunts him re
garding the mule, will strike the
reader even if the Ticktown ortho
graphy aud Ivvley institute penman
ship are torn away:.
Dear Mr. R.: I wrote tojou yes
terday morning I gt married bust
night. I would of told you iii my
other letter Rut I was not expecting it
! fr it I have got
me
here I hope it will Re all rite with you
I cau put in lietter time and-.-have no
! occasion to be awav I niarrietl a Miss
i - j
rUe () me riaig your mule your truly
fName suppressed, as the. man is
still living near me, ami feemig tolei
ably robust this season. He also threat-
eus to Leep heus.J RlLL N YE, .
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mv w e won
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Ptr.,i;m Ili-im iA Thev sav she is
to me at once I wane io no u ii an
GREETING fltOM VIKOfSIA
Scenery, Boasted, AdTartfaesj All!
ance, rolltka irC ?
COrfcspoBtlence of the Watchmar.
Our last examination was nassed'at
Iloanoke College on last Friday-"and
we bosirddl the night frainifor the
good Old North State and all it hold v
dear to one who had spent the 'school,
year in Virginia Wr reach Lyrich-"
burjj' afl after a few1iours "lie oiorV
daylight dawns, and we find .ourelvea
on the banks or the .lames river. Just
at euiirisefiw afl -cur college life nd-V -ventured
rtrfd eirthirsim, wo bou'ndi
the huge iron bridse ixrrdt p;iee rapidly-,
to the eastern Uiiifc. There we .saw jv
beautiful scene tho rhdng srnV just
peeping over the hills, witvjhowmc'
the city of 30000 inhabitants iti
most beautifai rwisition. This is n
mountain eityhd tho houses scemel
pilcif ortanpon anDUi rlJai Imosi
go -on. ArHying Uj the depot ihn
train wia awaiting as, aJid we fm.
homeward.
Tho nearer home we got Iho groa?vr
our pride forour State grow?. Hoa -glad
wo were to exchange tho moun-T
fntn shrubbery for the boundless fore?ta
useful timber that greets us alo: '
the ludkiu river! We are proud to
see our truck and cereal products sa
much larger than tluse we left behind.
And so on it goes. -Virginia boasts of
better schools, while we of our natural
facilities. unread vantages. No one sec
tion is independent of the other.
l)..i ii::, ; i it . .i v .i ' V-v
u u i uu is not me suo ect on which
I intended to write. lam glad to see
the Alliance still so-enthnshstic, and
thi t new energy is being put forth. I
extend to you the right hand of fellow
ship from your brothers in Virginia,
They arc just as determined ns you
are here. The cause is growing, yroiv
inrj. I regret that 1 could hot attend
any Alliance meetings in lliatr "State. .
I am proud tosay that I wa not tho
only member of the Alliance m the
college we had not a tew of them,,
and niany advocates who are sympa-'
nizing witn tue cause. .
Virginia has many stalwart alliance
men, as she always has for any good
md needed reform, and they nro lead
ing her to victory. The farmers in
hat btate are in a depressed condition
also, aud what they arc doings for the
Alliance cause conies, not from what
may exist somewhere else, but from
home and is u re to be sincere.
Politics is occupying too ranch of
the time in that Statens it is elsewhere.
Never were- those 7dd partios in a -
worse condition. There am "splits''
all through them. Tfio democrats oi
Hill and Cleveland," the republicans on
Harrison and Rlaino, with Mahoire
and his folio wers for RIaine; but Mu
hone died (politically) ut MrnneapeliH.
The democratic! primary lit Salem wa
a disgrace to the fair nanio of Vir
ginia, and not between tho third party
aud the democratic party, but among,
"straightout genuine democrats. Wo"
hear tho third party is being irganizel
in Virginia and no doubt but what it
Will be largely patronized if good men
are nominated. Iho (uarnds in thft
parties are caused niniply lec;iuse n'few
men wautel to "run t he convention.
This much and I close. Virgiui.i is
with you in bringing about tho re
forms the Alliance demands; whole
sou lei and flat-footed. Take courage,
"Tar Heels," and go on with yout
work while ever there is an acre of
land owned by an alien', n drop of
water to be squeezed out of tho rai In
roads, a trustor combine in existence,
or a billion dollar Con gressin America
for not until then will your work bo
done. You have a galaxy, of Stale '
calling and urging you uu to the workv
Right will ami must prevail, but wfc
must do our part. Our. duty U before
us; veiid, think, act.
h. Mil.r.Ric
June 17,
Hdfl rctnoly T hewuriig sy w'cJl
koAvn a.uA bo pnmh m Wi ed uo AfteT
cial nvcntlon. All who byo uwd Hao
trie Bitters sing tho aame iwrrg Qf pratee -a
purer incdiciiio does not exist mul lt v
fcuaranUiod to do all that is clained.
klcetric Isttters will euro all disease of
iver and Kidneys, will rcrhoYol'iiiiple
'oils. Halt Hheuin mid fttlicr affections.
caused by impure bUxxl. It drives 3fa-
ana from-. the ffysleni and prevents h
well us cures all Malarial fover.i. For
cure of Headache, Coiisum( ion and In-
licstiou try J-Jectrie. litlte-rs. l.ntiro
satisfaction guaranteed or uiouev ro
fuiided. Price .7K and $1.00 per bottle
at Kluttz & tJo.'ti dru store.
' A-srU'.O MEnifMNB. .
Nothlne ht rn'i! r,'.lius as P. T. e. T- u nvt
riv-uk-lu"! at tins Hftwm, ami. for toning up. In? i'gt
r tUk :t!il asisi.r:uilMner irj iipl'tlz.r u.
1. I'. C. It, will throw off M u irt.t, ana put you lu
l'.mI coiuliiJon. I'. I. I. is tli K-st Hprln ' mHll.
ctiio In tlto worlfl (or ditfen-nt ulltncatH thy hjsu ih
t-i iUblo Ui la tUo sjiriii'a'.
For o;l Sores, SSiiti Kruiitlons. PimplPH. t'leem
.u4 syplilili, u.-vtoiil I.' 1. I'-i aniyct well un I
cU'iy tho talni,' only to l(crtvU from tti ns
or i. V. r. O'rleio,,' AS'j,'i!:iJ KootaiMll'otadslu-ui;
A grfttt spring medicine 13 P. P. the greatest
Mooa imrliler in th'" worH, its iio.-t,s of ppl(j lu
Uitscity whery it li umiuf tcturdi can leatlljf.
Itev. Thomas Dixon, of New York
fonuerly-of tliis SUito, hasfornu'd an
engagement' by which he gets $10,000
tor RH) lectures. .Most of them will W
delivered in the west.
M. P. Lano, novere.ttx, Oa., writF; MOno siun
mer sver.U -ytsirsiii?, wtiHf rallruultn'lii MLssj
lsnipiH, l tt-caa. tilty alT.s'Uni with iiialaiistx t
blo.l c6in l tut ImunM my iialtu tor wwa .
omm. S'ver loiT.-iiSiw mo rs apiK-arl. a iuy
hs. ion! ,mhwx sf'!M fl io.j?lv lM ruuneut reui'f
it.ini i mhu tax iff a. ti. e.,liiclcrrMrfl,
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