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THE TITO
lEntered at tha Post Office ini Reiis
at second class maii mattef .
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2SL 1R87.
Yesterday the corner-stone for
a rionnment to General Robert
E. Lee the "greatest capfain of
his day," was laid in Richmond,
with approiate ceremonies.
Th President and Mrs.Cleve
land express themselves highly
gratified with their recent trip
west and boutIi.t
At Castle Garden, New York,
on Thursday 2355 immigrants
rom Europe landed; Saturday,
.784 . .
We learn from the Register
hat the stock necesscry to the
legalization of the Danville &
Seaboard railroad has been sub
scribed and that an organization
will 30on be effected. .
A large sharL was lately cap
tured close to the harbor of
Flume. The stomach contained
a pair of human feet with boois
on them, And also a spur.
The N. Y Herald pays the
ooam . of the North Carolina
coast a compliment on their sea
manship. The Herald believes
our seamen are the best to be
found.
The President,it is said,found
no trace of Randall- or Randal
ism in Atlanta. lie had taken
the back track foi home before
the President reached there.
"The fair at Raleigh was spoil
ed by incessant rains last week.
The Agricultural Department
made a good exhibit, under the
circumstances, of the resources
, '
of the f.'tate.
By the wreck on the Air Line
road last week several (persons
were killed, including engineers
and firemen. Engines and roll
incr Rtnr.k were comnletelv f
r - x
molished.
Randall bulged like a' balloon
in his address at the opening of
the Atlanta Exposition with the
high oiesuure int'ationof South
ern speculation. Indeed he did
The cry of monopoly and ilj
organs against the "tariff tink
ers" has become quite feeble
since so many prominent Repub
lican newspapers have demand
ed a substantial reform .ot the
existing protective tysx .i. -
Phil. Rec. ;
We see it staled that a Dako
ta mar was struck by lightning
while returning home ! with a
borrowed newspaper. It is bet
ter to subscribe yourself. Just
hand 1 to your pastor, or tend
by mail to us. Ex, j
Although the Republicans
c'aim neg. oes as their property,
su far as national elections .re
concerned the negro is already
livided and will ever be.
Teas people are a proud set. They
oast that 'It is a cold day when a
,orpLe or two is not found about the
city cf iaa Antonio." Well, it Don
look like some people would rather
die than live in Texas,
There is no b'Her investment
that the people uf any live town
can make than to secuie first
class, live papers by heartily en
couraging their publishers with
business ' A town is judged by
papers, md few outsiders wiil
vr b drawn to a town where
the local papers show, by the
lack of well filled advertising
columns, the want of energy of
the people of that place. Bal
timore Manufacturers' Record.
r
Mr. Wade Hicks 16st a barn
of tobacco by fire a few days
ago, and his dog with it. We
presume the loss of the dog com
, pensaLed in part for the loss of
the barn and its contents. From
our general knowledge of dogs
we guess it woulttbe well for the
country if four hundred and. fif
ty, thousand in the State would
share a similar fate. (Danbury
Reporter.
An exchange paper remarks
that the repeal of the internal
revenue taxes would deprive
the public treasury of $120,0C .
000 a year. So it would. But
how does that amount get into
the treasury ? It is wrung from
the people by the most oppress
ivesyt temof taxation that was
ever endured in this country,
and the people aregetringmrgh
ty tired of it. It will be well for
Democratic statesmen n-t tofqr
get this. Spirit of the South".
The trains have been loaded
for a. weuk xast with people re
toning from the Attend Expo
sition. 'Ihey report that the
town was not able to accora mo
da e the crowds, and that on
Monday night many people slept
in gutters and on the sidewalks,
and all through a oteadily fall
ing ra: l. The hotels were rilled
irom cellar to attic and people
-were even content to sleep in
chairs. The sale or itonics"'
wss quite b.'isk and contributed
to the general weariness of the
orcasion.
THE PROTECTION FKENZY
The "Democrat" calk 'us a
fre Irader because, we concur
:n its own expressed belie! that
'there are soie articles on the
tariff-list that ought to be low
ered" in other words, because
wc think the
Oil -7
r
! If
lice, for every dollar not neucd
for the expenses of the Govern
mei S is i a the pockets of those
who earn it. Don't you think
so, too? Agreed. Then what'
to be doae about the $100,000,000
notneefiedby the Government
which is raised under the exist
J
ing tariff i "W ould the editor ol
the "Democrat" wish the tariff
lowered, as .ho confesses oe aoes,
in order to get rid of the huge
amount of unnecessary and there
fore unjust taxation i Well,
that's our ticket precisely ; but
we area "free trader," white he,
forsooth, agreeing with us m
this one essential respect at least,
claims to be athoiough "protec-
tior.ist "alio samee v uac.ii
the "phenomenal growth of the
country l r. population ana
wealth dm ng tne past twenty
vears" isdue to the "protective
feature of the present tariff," (we
usehia owa words again;, wiry
go beck on it in this style and
admit that it is too high to an
swer its own ends by desiring
any reduction at all? There's
logic fc you ! Differing in toto
froai the conclusion our neigh
bor draws from his own premis
es, we admit that the country
has prosn-red in the last twesuy
years, from natural causes, but
in nothing like the same pro
portion that the tariff monopo
lists have in the same length of
lime; but in despite of them and
the protective shield thrown
around them by Kepublican pol-
mv at the txnense of all c:Ler
paramount interests.
We sot our neighbor in a rath
er close corner, when we asked
hirri- the sense of aiding up un
profitable industry by protection
and why a profitable lone needed
anv protection? He answers this
quesaon in genuiae ynKee
fashion, by asking another, to
the effect that whether the Times
prefers tariff reduction, or a re-
. i
peal oi tiie liuernal -revenue
laws? We-'-answer dir.;ctlv: wt
'prefer ' both, greatly, ."snppo
s:ng that both (not cnljT one or
the other) could be accomplished
a5 the; same time." Can't see
.why nol, since millions of sur
plus tax money is novv: collected
irom both sources. Can
you, i
bi other ir e iraf'e pvcieeioi:
see why not, with tariff opl-cs
keen?
7by dodge the issue ? We
simply inquired that if the great
"barbed wire" tariff system was
such a blessing,; why it was that
there wsre sacli lamentations of
commercial distress all over the
country, owirg to the stringency
in the liionej market," fromCap'e
Cod. to Corpus Christie, irom
centre to circumference? But
mum's the word in answer. In
stead of taking the bull boldly
by the horns, our neighbor equi
vocates in characteristic tariff!
style ana replies to the aforesaid
proposition by asking us wheth
er we favor abolition of internal
revenue or a reduction of the
tariff I just as though both
couldn't be done. Such artful
dodging and hedging around is
mighty apt always to be trap
ped and the game safely bagged
in the end. This bort "of tariff
legerdemain and sophistry is
equalled only, if not excelled,
by the sample idea he advances
of a tariff measure in any sort
multiplying and increasing the
"wealth and population of the
country," -which c -rtainly caps
me enmax ot nil absurdity yet
advanced. According to
veracious tariff ipse dixit
this
th
natural ordr of things had noth
iug whatever to do with the mul
tiplyingof people in the land
xiie lunu is ootn aaddv anq
m.unmy all in one of the cener
aiions that have come on ihh
stage oi action since the memol
abl ilood, lire and fury of ISC
Tdl goody-goody this But thf
grand conception is p r se exqu
site in me extremea dazzlu
daisy a' perfect parasol :
green, gaudy and uniquely pit
.uiTOuuc attire as ever in ti'
'primrose path of dalliance w
wont to tread" in most gorgeoiA
rainbow array. Without e:
j -! . .1
pecung mm to lace the musil
but iust to keep up the fun, w.
now ask oar deiectt.bh; neighbo:-
diTwhether taxation whic a it
net intended for the good cf ths
tajr-payer is not worse tha.i ordi-:
oon rno cnt
surplus rariif tax this
v
year, for instance. That's theUho tovrl. each assisti.ur -h
quesiiou for yoa to aus'.vo.v yea
or nay, my dear friendand pitch-'
fir. wirnniir nsnnfffinw wv a niv. f rs5i r i r-o i o . r .
leva it oues. What say you ? enter me, is like the farmer
Come, don't dodge the Issue hat raises but one crop- its
again. We think it w-s jallyjmouey goes to earich others
demonstrated by the "effective I Sever d .small industries are
logic of facts-find figures" in a worth an great deal more to a
former article! that the present town thitn one larsre one nUhn'
systeu is a robber tarbl Heec- Uevseam to think so. clerners
ing lifty. millions for the -.sole'' villa Ifevvs.
benefit of ab.o it five millions of j V
favored monopolists. j Bairett's great circas shows in
Come on, brave Roderick
Dhn! 'Charge,Chester,charger
As car part of the show
has . ust com minced, we can
aowromise a "Rowland for ?n
Olive-" ererv time warranted
he fc -?st in oar shop and thor- j a
pngh bred at that. So c. 1 again
som. liv. 4 ; Democrat.'7 We
keep at the same old stand.
Charges moderate.
Lit: ney, poor fellow, he want
ed ofUce to bad be began to taste
it, and jiried the niggers. We
sped, his1 wife will oiie for a
vorce ment; ours would, we know.
Poor Price, he lined the niggers
yean ago, and hain't got his
part yit. in fact my son Oliver
has been wid 'urn all de time,
and hain t never been axed to
the lit si table ; and Charlie
Cooke, he too, went over and
iined the ebony band. They
gin him a cup of hot tea flavored
with many berne3, and promis
ed to make him attorney gener
al. bat W ran so slow and sot
so far beluna he never cotch up. j
But Chailie says he'll come it t
yit. He has been on probation !
several years, and may pass full j
membership, but suppose he
does, what reward can the coi-j much, we ve been workm' cao
ored brethren ive worth hav i base and 'taters nearly all sum-
But poor Linney, how we;
pity hi ni, to have to wait four
years as a probalionist, as bad
as he wan ts to serve his country,
is too bad. He started over to
the nigger party some year or so
ago, and got ashamed of himself
and returned and not beig treat
ed as the pro. Ural son spoken of
in sacred history, has departed
tL j second time. Well, good
bye Linney, uncle Ephriam's
got the coon and gone. Come,
Linney, did you knowrf the cooa
was 'c night' and ate up before
you went hunting ? Lord, you
ought to iaxed na, we could told
yon dat 'fore you went.
But ;great Jupiter, Linney,
how you will be pealed from
head to foot in tha next cam
paign. Scotland Neck Dem
ocrat. .
REMXRABLE OCCURRENCE
Wilson Mirror.
Maggie Sims, a negro girl of
this place, was bora deaf and
dumb about seventeen years
ago.' At! an early age she was
sent !:o an'inscitiuion for the deaf
and In mo where 'she learned to
m.d and; write, where she aiso
le;in ed d faith in the efficacy of
Irayv ; She prayed -'lay and
f "kt h'-r tongue might be
: i ironi its lon banish-
me;i and that her ears might be
oper id to the music of human
voicv and song. On Friday the
chai; nelsj of her eai-iS were open
ed a id tne fe te;-;if silence fell
frorc the( captiye tongue. Yes,
it is i labt that Maggie Sims was
giv-3;t tlie loower to speak and
neat for the first tirno in her
life, and! she declares that it is
but i he long deferred answer oi
God to her ceaseless stream of
wordless! prayer.
REBUKING A JURY.
A,L the Superior Court list
week, a i man was indicted for
selling whiskey to minors. The
evidence against him was unbro
ken, and wim? from thrse quar
ters. Judge Merrirxion instruct
ed the jury that the evidence
from either quarter was suffici
ent to convict. ; The jury retired
and eleven of them decided to
acquit, evidence or no evidence!
Was there evei. such disregard
of law and order? But Judge
Merrimon was equal to the emer
gency. Forthwith he dismissed
those eleven wretched men, with
instruction to the Sheriff of the
county to enter their names as
men disqualified, henceforth, to
se'lVe as 3 uror.. Biblical Rec.
'i. v.
C tpWll can Succeed Ir.r.n-
: i uey ara essential to zh': Iif ,,f
' :"Au:t aL u giving vitality to
! the' p'ace. Tiu -own that shuts
y"16 b and Greensboro
The Danbury Reporter ex-j
In ii:y of the voters in the South J
would know rehatit was, if they
were to meet the bluest kind of
Tariff in the road on a bright j
sunshiny day; bat the last little
towuead, hardly knee mgn,
knows the Internal Revenue sys
tem the darkest night that Jack
with his lantern, went prowling
around and none are too old or
two young, if they can just say
daddy, to cuiae its infernal!
workings. That paper, while
wishing the tariff at the bottom
of the ocean, wonld assign the j
internal revenue law to a still j
lower place where there is no
water to be had on draught, and
says; ; We are mighty good
Democrats and believe the re
peal of this obnoxious law (i.r.)
in keeping witji Democratic
principles, and in our opinion,
the onlv safe plan is to look the
j danger square in the face, and
if we cannot meet it in a sqnare
fight dodge, it there is anyaoag
ltg ground; and the papers that
say keep up tne Kevenue m place
of the Tariff, will please tell us
where to dodge. W e don' t know
mer, but that's the way it looks ,
to us.
A SETTING HEN.
The following is from a poul
try publication;: "Evtr hear
abouc our little red hen' Well,
sir, she was on the set for keeps.
Conldn' t keep her off . Old 'door
Knobs, soaa bottles, lamp chim
neys, match safes, anything was
good enough for her. Finally
we put heron tnree mnd turtles,
end I hope to die if she didn't
hatch out alligatbrs ! One of
them eat her np, and when we
opened him, there was the hen
settin' on his back teeth, ; and
they'd swelled np so they'd
choked Mm to death 1"
COST OF THE WREC.
The recent wreck on the Air
Line road was a costly one to
the Richmond & Danville Com
ps.iy. Part;es who are in a po
sition to know, cay that .if the
company ges out with a loss ol
not less than $50,000 it will be
fortunate. The passenger en
gine destroyed vas of the
large new engines built es
pecially for passenger service
on the Richmond and Dahvil'e,
and eost $7,000. The freight en
gine was an old one and valued
at $5,000. No attempt will be
made to repair the engines, for
there is not a sound piece of ma
chinery left in the jvhole wreck
age. The engines were as com
pletely destroyed as if workmen
had taken sledgehammers and
broken them to pieces. Char
lotte Chronicle.
MORAL LESSONS TAUGHT
IN THE LANGUAGE OF
TEE FROG.
Wesley an Advocate,
Speaking of travelling on Sun
day, I am reminded of & good
thing I heard on Judge Colquitt,
the father of Senator Colquitt.
He was a methodist preacher
and a good one, too. He used
to start to the court on Sunday,
and to ease his conscience, he
always stopped . if he came
across a church on his way, and
sometimes preached. On one
occasion he stopped at a Hard
shell Baptist church. When he
went in the preacher wasbela
boring the different denomina
tions other than hie own. He
at length got to the Methodists
(of course he didn't know Judge
Colquitt). He said they remind
ed mm of a tree frosr. Tney cot
one limb and thev said hio-h-
r and then got on another limb
Cove.and then thev said higher
md thus they co on till thev
;n to the top, and down they
ome ker flop ; and, brethren,
om giac?. When he was done
if there was anybody
esent who wanted to sneak
'd be glad to hear from them.
dge Colquitt arose and thank-
mm tor tae privilege oifp10:- '
said the brother s iHustra-
on of the tree frcg reminded
hm of auothe- sort of a frog in
:nthern Georgia. You might
alk along beside a oreek
id shake a bush and vou'd
ffur something go ker-dip as it
irtick the w
tiy us it wee
r.v?hila
ruck the water, and seemed to
ent under, safe. Then
you d see tho same
iro
the middle of the stream, and,
changing his voice, he would
say, "Giin me the jng gim me
the jug!"
The Baptist brother admitted
that the Judge got him on the
frog story.
Should Fred Grant, the uson
of his father," be elected Secre
tary of State of Kew York at a
salary of $3,000 per year and
conclude to devote the amount
to the payment of the debts of
Iiis firm, Grant, Ward & Co., it
would take one thousand years
for him to liquidate the amount
lin full, not 'including interest.
HE WAS GREATLY MISTAKEN.
afarjiMMi CluUt Rec"kon4 TfllUoa.
Ui BmU
i I live in the midst of the malarial dis
tricts of Maryland, near the city of
Washington, and amcvp.sed to all the
dangerous influences of ihe impure air
and water of that region.
Being raturally of a strong consti
tution, I had frequently boasted that
no chills and fever or olnr malarious
complaint would ever troi:b!e mc
This was try experience and the con
dition in which I found myself six
months ago. I first noticed that I did
not feel so sprightly and vigorous as
was my wont to do. I felt tired and
enervated. Soon I noticed a distinct
and distressing back ache would make
its appearance in the afternoon, in
creasing in severity if the exercise was
more than usually violent Then a
stretchy feeling witlj profuse gaping
made its appearance. Then my heal,
always clear as a bell, would feel heavy
and I began to have headaches.
The cold stage was marked with chat
tering of the teeth, severe rigors passed
over me, and no amount of clothing
could keep me warm. The chill was
succeeded in turn by the fever, in which
I seemed to be burning up, the con
gestion in my head produced a. violent
pain in the frontal portion and a heat
ed sensation of the eyelids, with an in
describable aching of the lower limbs.
Nausea and vomiting occurred with
severe retchings, a,td when the parox
ysms passed off I a as thoroughly pros
trated by a weakness that was felt in
every part of me.
I drugged rny.seli" with quinine, and
I obtained
some reiu.
xjui my respite
was of brief duration. I was now so
much reduced that I could hardly walk
or stand uprishc. My disease soon
culminated in a continued malarial fe
ver which kept me clobcly connned for
about a week. I became exceedingly
depressed and melancholy, so much so
that I lost interest in my work, and,
indeed, scarcely cared what happened
to me.
During all this time, it .nust be un
derstood that I did nol ne0lect medical
treatment All the moit powerful
remedies were tried, such as quid ar
senate of potash, valeriante of iron,
mercury, bromide of potassium, chlo
ride of bismuth, chinoidihe, chinchoni
dia, quinine and several others. All
thi I did under the advice of eminent
physicians.
It was while I was in his deplorable
condition that the ims"' made" for
vi-.sk-'uSje new quir.-'ne. as.aspeciric
for malaria, were first brought to my
Attention. I knew nothing of its value
to justify my having an c onfidence in
it, but as everything else ad failed T
deemed it my duty to trj i ., so I. began
its use, and its prompt a 1 radical ef
fects were of the nature o; a revelation
to me. Many people rc.y think the
statement scarcely credible, but it is a
fact that after only a few days' use of
Kaskine all the leading symptoms in
my case were decidedly abated or
ceased altogether; and in a few weeks
from the time I took the first dose" I
was cured. j
1 his was about the first of Janua- y,
and since then I have experienced 10
recurrence of the malarial symptoms
in any form. A remedy of such ex
ceptional virtue for the cure of malaria
ought to be commended and univer
sally made known. I have therefore
urged it upon the attention of my
friends, several of whom have used it
with like good results in every case,
and it is with the greatest pleasure
and sincerity that I commend Kaskine
to sufferers from malaria everywhere.
Respectfully yours,
J. D. Bird, B.A.,
P. S. Should ar.y o.ie v ish to ad
dress me as to t' e enui!i.-neHs cf the
above letter, I will cheerfully respond.
Other letters of a '.-hv.ihir charactei
from prominent individuals, v.hhiv
stamp Kaskine as a" remedy cf un
doubted merit, will be sent on appli
cation. Price $1.00, or six bottles,
$5.00. Sold by Druggists, or sent by
mail on receipt of price.
The Kaskine Company, 54 Warren
St., New York, and 35 Farringdon
Road, London.
r . J. Collins,
HOUSE, SIGX,
AXD DECORATIVE
I APEB dANGEXG.
at d KALSOM'IMNG.
tSGive lilm a trial. , July S if
ilets mm.
DANVILLE, VA.
OVER WADD ILL'S BOOK feTOR?,
garxnts al! picieren rt-t'sraclorr MaVe
a specialty of fin work. Call ia when
In town and examine pictures and prices.
Sjlstczl Scott,
Manager.
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Mil)jtrlW FALL GOODS Afftgj
We have new Dry Goods, Notions,
al ways on hand. ' Patapsco and
esc ax s acotcn ijnurr, specialties
highest market prices for goods
Duym
l rr
Of a
-;' Late of Mathews
rn the Corner' Store
i'rN fifr S'r'rik S7v si -- rr -
Openinq
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I return my many thanks for the liberal patronage which had been extended tha
cia lain ot r.iatuevs & miamsson in the
d turn ot Mathews fc N uliamson in the
to receive a liberal share of patronnee for
turi?ed from the Northern Markets with
GENERAL MERCHANDISE,
Groceries, Dry Goods, Notions, Hats, hoots, ghoes, Ac
i shall endecor to give my customers every possible advantage, and will 'ell
gwus as iow as xney can De oought anywhere. Uive me a call. Count
i' -v- 1 .
iaKen m exenange ior goous.
H P. H -WILLIAMSON,
A. MAYNARD. Salesman.
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0,SUCGESSQRSeTOBALSLEY & IRVIN,
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. POST OFFIOEBLbpK
D.E:A:L:E:ll.S I;N '
DiiUGS and Druggist Sundries, Soda and MIXEKAL ATJ2KS ou draught
CIGAKS, CHEWlGaud SMOKING TOBACCO. - ' ! . I
carefully compounded day and night from Drills guaranteed Fres'a and Paie.
Phys'cia ns' and Coimtry Merchants' orders Holicited. !
aura im JM m wm m Mm.mim..
Manufacturers and Contractors of all
kinds of Irlck and Brick Work, and
tirick. jiave 'ione but tne best 01
lieidsville.
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:cshl&20 Sash
MANUFACTURERS OF
flATC
o a err T; rxr-nc!
Amu Balti.. In'-All-Kinds
wehae a first-class 6a. lill in Greensboro, and can fill all bills at short notic
Urt entboro, ; N. C, tbj 19 6m
1 U mM 01&e& fmvf
The L i0Jiunain; "DOMESTIC" copy
irg h and style ar nearly as p -s-
sible, thereby tacitly acknowledging it
aa tl.e standard - of excellence in aewinff
i !
iJO 3. i AM1LY,
No matter wLat dealers may gay of other
uiuchiues; see the-" j
"DOMESTIC."
before purchasing; ieiaxaiae its eiraple,
-yr-t fiendid mdcfeanlKra. observe ifa
v. oud.-rfully giniplcj j-.et of attachments,
and notice the wide rane of work, from
ihe fcinipk-si and ruost practical kind txe.
xe.
cutea to tne nnt st embro'dery, sunoc
1 ' .
rruaciiine can do r-JLent wan
a unoccupied territory. Address,
Domestic Sewing
I
cr reuers aE oaaasr of daase. Tha isfarnatxa arauni .aah b i. or-s t. 7':.T?T
bcxcfpuli. Tiadoat
abort thea, . d 70a
wi2alTra,il)6- aai
faL Caa pin . lais.
Parse as 'FUls e 03 tola
catling hirsf-J tig
tuj to taie, and
eaaio ao inecrrra-
tteiairTtloaj poro of thejt pdi, they wovli
aiioat. Satb7maafor25eeEU la8ta3rP.
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K:' :'fS m
- j fMiioic . 0. duajdUJi ti COZ2 Custom EoaM Street. SOST0X. UXaa.
nnn
mm
Boots and Shoes! A full stock of
- m
Horsfords Bakin
k Powders, and Gail
All kinds of dried! fruit wanted at the
Call and see us and get prices before
Lamberth & Williams,
New StDrE I
LUAG9S
llVlp
& Williamson,
of the Peay Block
past and in the fiiture I hoje (o c
cast
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Reidsville N. C
can also furnish any one with fire proof
woricmen.
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