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VOi,. XXII. WELDON, N. C, THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1891. NO, 20 A KENTUCKY CAVE. ODD FELLOW DRUMMER. HIS FIRST DOLLAR. HOPE FOR THE COTTON. CIRCULAR LETTER FROM 'THE OLD NORTH STATE. 1 A FARMER STRIKES AN I NDERliROI'NP WONDER WHILE DICidlNCJ A WELL. Austin Mallory, a fanner living near Frauklin, Ky., sometime srcc sturteil to dig a well on his promises. The wt'll diggers had uot gone more tliiui six feet when they encounted a stratum of rock. They went down (il'ty feet and with no indication that t lie rock was giv'iig out. Tliey were soon to be rewarded, however. All preparations for mi unusually heavy blast had been made, the fuse was touched off and the men were drawn out to await results. After the smoke of the ex plosion had cleared out they looked down and found they had struck a cave. Three or four ventured iu. Their eyes were dazed with splendors rivaling in magnificence the fanciful scenes described in the lore of the Orient. Wandering about the explorers came upon a small river of crystal clearness, in whose waters strange-looking fish disported. A pool of water was also found, which, so far as they could sound, was bottomless. On the banks of the stream were found the wreckage af what had once undoubtedly been an Indian canoe, drifted there doubtless from some other water course. The adventurers explored the cave for a considerable distance in each direction, but found no limit or reduction of dimen sions. It is unquestionably the greatest subterranean curiotity, excepting the Mammoth cave, in Kentucky. 58 VEAKS I'KltliSOl' COTTON. In the present condition of the cotton market the following prices especially col lated for the Democrat from 1 83 to date for the staple, will prove of interest to its readers. The rates are on Mid dling Uplands iu New York: YEAR. PRICE. YEAK. RICE. 1834-33, 17 45 1835-36 1G 50 1830-37, 13 25 1837-38 10 14 1838-39, 13 30 1839-40 8 92 1840-41, 9 50 1841-43 7 85 7842-43, 7 25 1843-44 7 73 1844-45, 5 63 1845-40 7 87 1840-47, 11 21 1847-48 8 03 1848-49, 7 55 1849-50 12 34 1850-51, 12 14 .1851-55 9 50 1852-53, 11 02 1853-54 10 97 1854-55, 10 39 1S55-50 10 30 1856-57, 13 51 1857-58 12 23 1858-59, 12 08 1859-60 11 00 1800-01, 13 01 1861-02 31 29 1862-63, 67 21 1863-64 101 50 1804-65, 83 38 1863-66 43 20 1866-67, 31 59 1807-08 24 85 1S68-69, 29 01 1869 -70 23 98 1870-71,17 95 1871 --72 20 43 1872-73, 18 15 1873-74 17 00 1874-75, 15 00 1875-76 13 00 1876-77,11 73 1877-78 11 23 1888-39, 10 83 1S79-90 12 02 1880-81, 11 34 1881-82 ' 12 16 1882-83, 10 63 1883-84 10 G 4 1SS4-85, 10 62 1883 -96 9 13 1830-87, 9 43 1887--88 10 18 1888-89,10 31 1S89-90 11 28 1890-91, 10 00 to 7.50. These rates are for averages in tbo years given, It is thus seen that tho present price is lower than any provious in the list with two exceptions 1843 -44 when it touched 7 25 and 1845 45 when 5.G3 was reached. Charlotte Dvmocrat. CONSUMPTION CUKKD. An iil.l nhvsioian. retired from mac - ' w. j "J J 1 ticfl. bavins' had placed in his hands by an East India missionary the formula of a simple vegetable remedy lor me speedy aud penuaneut cure of Consump tion Ilr.ini.liitin fliitnrrh. Asthma and VIUU, j 1 all throat and Lung Affections, also a positive and radical cure for Nervous De Itilitv nnd all Nervous Complaints, after liavinu f..st ml ira wonderful curative now ers iu thousand of cases, has felt it his duty to make it known to his suffering fellows. Actuated by this motive and a desire to relieve human suffering, I will send free of charge, to all who desire it, this recipe, in German, French or Knglish, with full directions for preparing aud Using. Sent by mail by addressing with stamp, naming this paper W. A. rioyes, ozv rowers Bioeic, xvoeiiewicr, in x. . . apr ju jy HOW THE MYSTIC TIE HELPED HIM IN A PINCH. A drummer had written his house to egraph a certain batik in a North Tex ts town to honor his draft for expense money, tm reaching the aloresaiu town, the drummer went to the bank and found that no instructions had been received. e wound bis pilgrimage and called ;ain at the bank twenty minutes before the departure of the train that should bear hiiii away, when he was again in- ortned that nothing had reached them. "Now, what is to be done," thought the drummer, "twenty minutes lost will entail a delay of twenty four hours' lay up." The situation was fully set forth to tho banker and letters presented, which only elicited the stern re ply : "Well, sir, that all looks very well, but business is business. We don't know you nor do we know your house, but if you present proper identifications, we will take chances on your house and honor your draft. The drummer explained there was not i single humau being in town that had any sort of absolute knowledge of him more than be; it was his first visit. The banker sympathized with the knight of the grip, aud suggested he could see no way out of it, that he had as well lay over uud wire the house. The drummer fumbled bis watch charm and racked bis braia in the ex tremity, (if there is anything more per plexiug to a drummer than anothur it is to be tied up in a town wheu through with it,) when he noticed on the charm l'1. I j. T. There was au avenue of es cape. "Is there an Odd fellow convenient to the bauk?" asked the drummer. "Yes, sir. Ben Rhino, just across the street. He is the secretary of the Lodge here." Out shot the drummer, who a moment later found Mr. It. behind tho counter of his mammoth dry goods house. Ho at once introduced himself. They shook bauds with the ttbuke. A fciuile stol over Mr. 11. 's face. I want you to identify me at the bank, Mr. Rhine, so that I can get some nion ey. I belong to Lodge, No. I have some papers here. "Never mind," suid Mr. K., "I have enough. Come along." At the bauk, the drummer was intro duced and vouched for by Mr. It., who excused himself and retired before the delighted drummer could compose him self enough thank him. "Well," said the banker, "that's Odd Fellowship, is it. It beats anything ever saw. Here s the money. The drummer sped away to the depot just in time to catch the train. By due course of mail the draft was paid. The drummer relates it with a great deal of pride, and perhaps Mr. Rhine will never know how much this little act was ap preciated. Truly, this is Odd Fellow- ship. One of the fundauicntal principles of our Order is mutual assistance. Fra- ternity! Let's have more fraternal feel iug. Heart aud Hand. jieciiuvii Canes. S. II. Clifford, New Cassel, Wis., was troubled with Neuralgia and Kheuiua Usui, his Stomach was disordered, his Liver was effected to an alaruuug degree, appetite fell away, and he was terribly reduced io flesh and strength. Three bottles of Electric Bitters cured him. Edward Shepherd, Harrisburg, 111. had a running sore on his leg of eight years' standing. Used three bottles of Elcctrio Bitters and seven boxes ot Buck len's Arnica Salve, and his leg is sound and well. John Speaker, Catawba, Ohio, had five large i ever sores on bis leg doctors said he was incurable. Oue bot tle Electrio Bitters and one box Bucklen'i Arnica Salve cured him entirely. Sold at W. M. Cohen s drugstore. saaina nohi SiNmohs yV3& 190. xxojl Ji f PRESIDENT LINCOLN TELLS SENATOR SEWARD HOW IT WAS MADE. Ouc evening in the executive chamber there were present a number of gentle man, among them Mr. Seward. A point in the conversation suggesting the thought, Mr. Lincoln said: "Seward, you never heard, did you, how I earned my first dollar?" "No," said Mr. Seward. "Well," replied he, "I was ubout eigh teen years of age. I belonged, you know, to what they call down South the scrubs' people who do uot imu laud and slaves are nobody there. But we bad succeeded in raising, chiefly by my labor, sufficient produce as I thought to justify me in taking it down the river to sell. After much persuasion, I got the consent of my mother to go, and con structed a little flatboat large enough to take the barrel or two of things that we had gathered, with myself and a little bundle, down to New Orleans. A steamer was coming down the river. We have you know, no wharves on the west ern steamers; aud the custom was, if passengers were at any of the landings, for them to go out in a boat, the steamer stopping and takiug them on board. was contemplating my new flatboat, and wondering whether I could make it stronger, or improve it in any particular, wheu two men came down to the shore in carriages with trunks, and looking at the different boats, singled out mine and asked, 'Who owns this?' I answered somewhat modestly, 'I do.' 'Will you said oue of them, 'take us and our trunks out to the steamer?" 'Certainly,' I sid I was very glad to have the opportunity of earning something, I supposed that each would give me two or three bits The trunks were put on my flatboat, the passengers were seated on the trunks, and I sculled them out to the steamboat. They got on board, nnd I lifted their heavy trunks and put them on deck. The steamer was about to put on steam again, when I called out that they had forgot ten to pay me. Each of them took from his pocket a silver half dollar and threw it on the floor of my boat. I could scarcely believe my eyes as I picked up the money. Gentlemen, you may think it a very little thing, and iu these days it seems to me like a trifle, but it was most important incident in my life. could scarcely credit that I, a poor boy had earned a dollar. The world seemed wider and fairer before me, I was a more hopeful and confident being from that time." New York Evangelist. l-OHGIING 1IV KM.ClHItlTV. IRON AND STEEL MELTED AND WORKED WITHOUT RAISINO THE TEMPERA TURK OF THE ROOM. An exhibition was given by Mr. Geo, D. Burton, of Boston, last Thursday- showing the processes of forging and tempering by electricity of obdurate met als. One experiment was the meltio into liquid form of a bar of steel an inch in diameter and twelve inches long forty-five second", without the tempera ture of the room being raised a sing! degree from its normal condition. Another thing shown was tbo making of a steel railroad spike. The bar is cut iuto the required length, the pieces pass ed through tbo electrical machine, where one end, the point beiug compressed into shape without heating. Another exhibit was tho forming of an auger screw, tb flat bar of iron being fastened in tb machine at the two ends aud heated most instantly, aud then twisted into the required spiral by the automatic turn of the macbiue. A little machiue is devis ed for making spherical ball bearings such as are used for bicycles, &c. While the exhibit was iu process to day a cable gram was received from the Krupps, the great gun makers ot Germany, iu further anec of negotiations tor the rights of th invention iu Germany and other couu tries ot the European Comment. Well, Sarah, what have you been do i2 to make you look so young? Oh nothing much, only luen using Hall Hair lleucnci', to restore the color of my hair. CORRESPONDENT OP THE KALEIOII CHRONICLE OIVF8 SOME INTERESTING FACTS RELATIVE TO THE COTTON PROSPECTS. On the first day of August the outlook of the cotton crop prospect in North Car olina was decidedly gloomy nnd depress ing. The July crop was practically Hoth- ing, and August was ushered in with the continued heavy rains There are only now two combined effects which can secure a fair yield of cotton in North Carolina, and there are portion) of the State that these two combined effects a favorable August, and a late fall in which a fair crop will not be secured. To start with, the cotton crop is nearly three weeks late, uud this must be overcome by a corresponding lateness of the fall. From the time the square forms to the appearance of the bloom, is twenty-seven days. From the appeareuc of the bloom, to the opening of the boll, is forty-two days. The first day the bloom is white, the second day it turns red and falls off, and leaves the boll in view, in a kind of a little cup. When the boll becomes dotted all over with red spots, resembling a turkey egg, it is then safe from the ravages of frost. When the blooms are upright and fully open, aud filled with rain, the boll invariable sheds and is lost, hcnee,"thc July rains have in great part destroyed the July crop. I have never known a good crop of cotton made with a continuously rainy August, nor have I ever known a good crop of cotton made with a continuously diy August. If wet, the cotton sheds heavily, aud goes to weed, laps in the rows, and so much moisture is created that the lower bolls rot to a great extent, aud if very dry, the bolls shed badly. I have seen it so effected by dry weather in August that you might strike a stalk ordinarily hard with a slick, and the bolls would fall from the stalk in numbers. As a general thing, a late spring is followed by a late fall and very rarely does a bloom as late as the 5th of September fail to make; and last year I am sure, that blooms as late as the 20th or 25th of September, made cotton. So with a good August, and a late fall, the hopes of the farmers may to some extent be rcali.'d. But io some parts of the State with the above advantages, not more than a third of a crop can be expected, as the cold and" wet weather up to the first week in August, have so materially injured the cotton that it cannot recover from it. From my observation, which is confined to considerable travelling iu different portious of the State, and I have had some experience in raising cotton, I should say that the recently published statistical rating of average crop in this State, is beyond quostiou, too high. Cot ton needs, more than anything else, hot nights, and up to the present time few hot nights have prevailed, the nights all through July being cool, and we had in July two or three real cold spells. The consequence is, together with the late spring, that you have seen no open bolls as yet, and will see no new cotton in market in August, which is very frequent, aud will hardly see any on or before 10th or 15th of September. The farmers know that this betokens a short crop and that only a late fall can better his fortune. A few years ago, it will bo remembered that up to August 1st, the crop was most pronging, yet a poor crop was made, and tin- voiir following up til August 1st, the prospect was very discouraging, and yet, a fair crop was irade. This is at least encouraging to the toiling fanner. A few d lys ago I met on the train Mr. Elias t'arr, of Edgecombe, who I know is a model fanner, a man of judgement and experience and owns one of the finest farms in the State, and if the sea sons are good always succeeds, and iu conversation with him I suggested that if we had a good August and a late fall that he would make a fair crop of cotton. His reply was that with these advantages he could not hopo for himself io make a third of a crop, if that, and be thought the injury done too great to revive the crop. This was rather against my theory of a good August and a late fall, hue iu the face of this weighty testimony I shall still insist that if we have a good August, and no frost before the 20ih or 25th of October, the farmer-' will have cause to eivi; t!i:Mi' i!kii la. a- toil has uot been uWtuuuerutive. STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION. Official announcement is berby made that the State Board of Education havo adopted "Good Health for Children," and "Health Lessons for Beginners," and placed these books on the State list of text books, in compliance with the statute passed by the last session of the General Assembly, entitled "An Act to Provide for the Study of the Nature of Alcoholic Drinks and Narcotics, and of Their Effect upon the Human System, In the Public Schools." Tliese books are published by Messrs. Leach, Shewell & Sanborn, of New York, and are placed with the University Pub lishing Co., 60 and 68 Duane St., New York, as are all the other books on our State list. The price at which they are to retail is 20 cents for "Good Health for Childien," and 28 cents for "Health Les sons for Beginners." Merchants will get the regular discount, and a supply can now be had by ordering from the Univer sity Publishing Co. Messrs. A. Wil liams & Co., llaleigh, N. C, will also furnish the books to the trade upon terms which may be made known by correspond ing with them. It has taken some time to have one of these books revised so as fully to comply with the statute. It is hoped that merchants will, without delay, secure a supply, and that all the school officers and teachers will sec that instruction is given to all children from these books, "The Course of Study" indicates how this can bo done in an efficient way. Every teacher should possess a copy of "Good Health for Children," and every pupil, after he has passed through the fourth reader, should possess a copy of "Health Lessons for Beginners." Con sidering the amount of matter in them, these books are very cheap. Any pupil will be well repaid by buying and study ing both before he uses Steel's, which is left on the list for the higher classes. In our system, it is not expected that a great many pupils will ever reach this higher book. Attention is called to the statute as printed in the pamphlet, "Changes in the School Law," and to the Superiendent's note thereunder. As soon us it can be made at all convenient, all teachers should be examined on these books, and the grade noted on their certificates. S. M. Finuer, Superintendent and Secretary of Board of Education. ROANOKE UNION. The next session of this Union will assemble with Dawson's Church, in this county, August 28th. Introductory sermon will be preached at 1 1 o'clock that day, by Kev. J. f. Love. 1. The proper observance of the Lord's day. 11. M. Johnson, J. 11. Pace. 2. How can this Uuion bo made most efficient? J. F. Love, L. M. Curtis. 3. The relation between giving and the development of christian character and the extension of the Redeemer's kingdom. G.J. Dowoll, E. 11. Hilliard. 4 Foreign Missions (1) Are the heathen saved by the gospel? II. Battle. (2) Are our obligations to send them the gospel less binding tbau formerly, A 1) Hunter, F P Shields. (3) Does sending them the gospel help or biudertho gospel at home? J D Huf h no. 5 Homo Mi.-sious (1) Iu the South the great need of its earliest prosecution of the work W E Daniel. (2) In Cuba its origin and progress. W B Morton, 6 Orphan wmk should it be done by the church or the State? N Bigg", W A Duuu After the sermon Sunday morning, it is desired to take a collection for the Salisbury chapel, Raisins placed on a tooth, it is said, will relieve tooehaehe. Coal men expect to reap a rich bar vest the coming winter. It is thought that the coming tobacco crop will briug a good price. You cau save money by buying seal skins and coal niw. Apply the skiuuf a soiled egg to a boil. AS CULLED FROM OUR EXCHANGES. The average of the cotton crop ia this State for August is 75. Two illicit distilleries were captured near San ford last week. 200,000 pounds of tobacco was ship ped from Winston last week. The students of the University have resolved to have no more hazing. John II. Miller, State organizer of the Prohibition party.is canvassing the State. A shoofly train will soon be put on tho N. & C. road from Wilson to Ports mouth. The site for the new postoffice and custom house at New Bern has been pur chased. The number of deaf mutes in the State is over 500 and there are over 700 blind. The new system of waterworks at Fay- etteville will cost $50,000. Work will soon begin. A family named Blair living in Cald well county has fallen heirs to several million dollars in England. Col. Wharton J. Green has presented to the State library a crayon portrait of General Albert Sidney Johnston. Mr. J. A. Thomas, of the Louisburg Times is president of the N. C. Press Association for the ensuing year. The Tarboro Southerner reports a stalk of corn with fifty cais on it, all of which have silks, cobs and grains on them. Wiley Whitney, of Johnston county? was killed a few days ago by a beam of a cider press which broke and crushed his skull. The fair at Red Springs last week was succrssful. Governors Holt and Till man were there, the former making an address. The Fayettcville Independent Light Infantry will celebrate its 98th anniver sary on the 23rd by going into camp at Carolina Beach. The amount of taxes the railroads wil havo to pay this year under the assess ment by the commission is 51,508.15, an increaie of about $13,000 over that paid last year. Tho Corundum mines in Clay county pay better than any three gold minca in the State. It is sent to Massachusetts where it is put in emory wheels. It sells for sixty onts a pound. As the time draws near for the election of a President for the A. & N. C. road the annual stew begins along its line. They are after Mr. Chadwick now. His administration has been most successful, let him alone. A woman in Onslow county having t leave her two year old child in the bouse alone last week tied it rope around its waist and fasteued the other end to a bed post. The child iu her absence got tho vopo tangled ubout its neck and was choked to death. The alutuui of the State Universit offer fie fellowships of the $200 a year to college grad' sire higher culture and f in literature, science There is no charge for i fellowships will pay all nt ses. Now Try This. It will cost you nothing and will su do ou good, if you bare a Cough or any trouble with Throat, C Lungs. Dr. King's New Disco Consumption, Coughs and Colds auteed to give relief, or money paid back. Sufferers from La I found it just the thing and under its had a speedy and perfect recovery, 'i a sample bottle at our expense and loar,, for yourself just bow good a thing it. is. TrU bottles fr.-o at V. M. Cohen's ding"- store. Large siw 50e. and 1.00.
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