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' i. 'vv-;::-.-.,' .- i ' r - " - - ! ' ' . - . "-... ,' -".-7 - - ' - - a-: i'&r : . . 'i- -,. - v -.. . -- .r ' - v - , , - , 1 - - - v .- -.t, - i . "".. . , , , . . i . . . 4 ' ' " ' - ' . . - . . . r .: mi' : f.'.VoLdftB lit. Hickory, H. C.j Wednesday M0V1HQi :"'-Sspf- fi JjiQEf 37, - V : , ADVERTISING ftATES: " ;0i? SquAUE, 1 insertion, tl.OOji ifor ch subsequeiu insertion, eents. Ten lines cl solid minion constitute a squats 1 . MICA MINES IN MITCHELL. .3niO I 5.00 JtX) 12.09 18 09 ).00 2-V00 35.00 6rao t 7.00 12.00 1B.00 - 30.00 - 35,00 '.; 40oo ' T&J00 70.00 125.00 Onsqnare, i Two squares, Thrw squares, , Fourtn Column, Ilaif M Two-third "1 On ; ' " Hoticet inserted in lae local crlamns id ento pj line soiW minfott. . Coart-order T -luHileKal notices of allXlnds inserted at reg- ;ulaiiates. : ; ,; ? ... Beiolned, That no nv.taVr of this Asocja tionBball receive what is known as "Lecai vAdvertjS'-nu'iiU" pubiahd under the laws of J this State, exptuixm prepayment. TUholwl, That PuWiMiers adhere strictly to published rate, and thia Convention will di countenance any editor who- ttay- deviate" - f rrnf the aam.--r RciAuCi&tt$ adojld at ths EililoHal Xrnvettlim held itk Goids&oro, the THE PRESS hai now, the rafgeat bona , tide cirdit'aticn in Western North Caroli na, aed offers the bestlmedium for adver lisera seeking to reach the Western N. C; Markets, in the counties of Catawba, Alex? nder, Cafdweli, Wilkes, Watauga, Burke, McDowell, Mitchell arid Ash. . . ' Correspondence Daily Kew& : We bave pent the laat week in ris- 'l'year 1 ting'thc ' mica mines in Yncej;ani t ioa! 'I'ell cmuties, an1 gathering 4Uch t .00 I -ihfurnia'tiuH ' regiitVm thtrn". a we 2" oo deemed woul 1 . W. intcnetins to tiie I;.' ! iub!ic The -number ot miiie-9 that JM ST.; miners were a rode and barbarous race, and used onljr atone toola, manj of Which they have left behind. These are of various forms and sizes; but I do not thinkt they have been formed by man, they being in many re)ects atrrtilar-ti thousand of Others that can le p!ckel up frui the beds of the stream in the v.k-inity, bnt why did they mine it all, fur wliat purpose was ,"-Luc"ic.i V if ... the world pontintics'to teem l2x the lei, if this per re is not ertflcicni. :; Since we were srdill boys and (rls from our earlkt ir.f;ucy we hate ill hcafd of Luck.. Odr mrents'&nd , our nurses (If we ha l aoy) 'tftlktxl 'of ! tlnhaIjr Illustrate good erUence, that .e fully un Ur- stand the arts and science of rolUri . mlft .rtrmn without & track making, thca wo are no Judges V has b-.n in rent -n! til Cbcin-iatl, tbt!; CKnl nurr. have hnen nrti-nnl i' rprv lariTH. but I think that very f, w of-them have tiaid l an l wht"re dhl il " ? Cortes ii " I V ..... I - : . r Z . a. .t 1 " if- ndei upon thera.1 uumi ,n c in" use nn,un3 iue liiuauu-its VsAme CaUg n!J.sophy of ens and lux I . a ury wiuioui i.ioor ana lue same saa picture) is continnAllf trrouzUt uiko frnm rmr 4rl!f4tt ',r.fnMt- I the cairra- of Tlfi r. thtre fa no . iiiiwi "iM,si. - - --.-- . - ; . .tirHIIITfc allheal of Luck. Odr tnrenis'and Jw, the truth of which in more coa- couiposiuont any pnoter who wsi awu ana in oonscTiience I W Know now u ma ie juuns, - r - , the trite olJ sar witlioot labor." greatest gxxl i eten jfiKxl a ad bad LucVcnmi JoM oswon,j suUtantiate.1, than t! derful Hales of lock land utilncky" 'exifllence day; : Precivlir nlwv was meant wef Labor is life' prea for tlie tabor exi- They are confined to no epvcial lC:li ty, and mica isfouu'd ami mines have been opened iri every county in West ern North Carlin but the largest and most )rr6table are those of Yan cey and Mitchell. Mica is only found in conjunction with, or in the immediate vicinity, of white quartz rck, usually lying be tween it and an overlying l.yer of fld ants or Mexico when he mvaned it; th.y made mirrors of it. by covering one side with a black varnish. To in quiries mule regarding its source they invariaWjv -replied that it came from the N'ortL. Its value wa3 equal to that of siher. Hid barbarions Indians living in the mountains of North Car olina mine it and Carry it to Mexico as an article of traffic ? It is not-im- job; work . ; OF EVEItY KIND, Dn"ts Hfr j.eniftl3r QNeasity, as .at any Office in tub state. Address ' flUSSEY & AVERT,. ! faickory, Catawba Co, N. C. 4" WOMAN'S ANSWER T A MAN'S 1 ' XIV EST IO N . . . BY LEXA LATH nor. . par, but very often deeply embedded ! P'uauie cy "n, mouicn uis in' tf, r...;,.in tua. i tance was greats ir I the mode of trav. f vuv uni J iuiuu w - ' w bt tools and the'1 haide&t of lalvr to separatt. it Tlirt quartz usu.lly lies in seams at various angles and widths, sometimes vertical, but, nev-r horizon tal, ami presents the npearancc of having bevii forced up from the depth ifelow whilst in a molten eonditgj, the surface rocks being upheaved" and split apart to give its passage, and "finding these 'masses of mica in' its way. and (tn-ing indestructible by fire, I they hocofH4e:nlctlded id the liquid j quart or. floated, on its surface ln.-c.tus.' of their "greater. sp'cific - gravity. It lies mi detached masses and in pieces ; weighing Ti(;;n one to one hundrt.nl pounds, and sometimes more, amij from three to twenty incijes square. ei slow. Shells are found in Iudian graves along the SU L.-iwrence 'that certainly came from the(julf.of Mexi co, for they exist no where ese in the world.- If a traffic, could be carrier! on between tribes resulingon tlie Gulf of Mexico on the onij hand, and the St. Lawrence on the other. 1 see no reason why Indians in North Carolina could not trade iu Mexico. The Mex icans are familiar with tlie use of met al, and mica can onlj be cut or fasli ione I i'i various -.ways by metal. The In:iinwho mined it had no met.-il t'r.is, ni.a lr tins nison we. never not in the leat underiUnd ; n jf la ttraore than probable that they did : wcici, hm: Musi nritj impression pleasure btossmion U tree of labor; all wisdom is its fruit; thrones are built on labor; empires and kingdoms bare no tiiac to dream of Luck. - ' , - I . Clcod. John' River, Burk Co., N. C. "THE MARK TWAIN OF NOTH CAR- conveyed was that, oriictiiues things ftnd by It steady prop; happy home happened, me. wcil and, some ill, f re rnadaonly bylaW,and every man without any canteftjr in other words ( wn .really bolls its philosophy will that may aonsvl alit "lA jnore rhUo- "nt one and fill it with the sophic, certain evtcU otntred U on;l fruits or blutry, in doing so he will fold themselves as Viku wlbed, while certain oilier hancx. fo be contrary to our desires the whole being ..endi rccted by any. fts and unvarying law.' The wj' r'gZtfLs o the mind tlhjbvi.oe . ." If the unierta iteivri ioflrtiie cha os ; if order hvl no'throns within its vast realm; if urivers J .Iaw were a fable of fancy ; if the throne ot Jeho vah were a ii.alvl, or. the world we in habit o Pamlemonium, it might b pos- sioie lor LiUck to play i pirt njKn its stage of acti m. But, ole from the pirticle to the glube, U u the animal cule to tlie archangel, lh re is not a be ing or thiufi-, a tirne'no'" n event, dis connected with the grc; government oi universal Iw and or " r,it is irapos-1 sioie ioi me niind toco, eel ve how any snch a ha-h:i2irl gawiof chance, as this word Luck itnj!t s. can ever be admitted into any nMk or corner of the vast universe, vIikii tolun -trcm Xv milieu it. IM l..nva. w . .. - ...... - - , . 1-1 . 1 ' . . carefully cleaned and split into pieces j V"? 101 "ve among me mines, ' 4 ICIII'll LlitHin I IIC il I Ui. 9 a Jk What is this thin? men call Luck 7 Has any scholar ev- an inch down to thin writing pMp?rJ. e.l them and occupie.l the soil, who These arc marked out in various. pat- , K,u w oi us exisiencc or o h f,rnS - i,r,. oS- rl,.v will -lit. from : mHke no U3t of t, nO all knowl.tlge fraught Wn ovtfcome by the Vu . fundahctl wttb all the urformatwvu y ratir by calling at the Sj oCScr. We make no "charge, onr prMVs l ncf ivftented. neither Is it likely to be. We bav nof file! our caveat, as A My-r.n l hand ruflwt 1. saiU to erve for a cuhiersdcslt iuoae Of the NcWpJit rttaarvntt. Five kittens, all JdirtH toWthefi were recently Um in New London some would stippo it is- free to all i cjaQni 0 j iire.l for as Juany daya. the profusion. The craft eaa tiive : ' .. A gOOl SUilUUVe I T mj m th Sacramento Iverd, cn be taadd i by drying uncooked sweet potatoCJ aa I roaing And gnndui trem. . An experienced rai!itay wriUf asva In an nreinetlt among th mot nerroiis mcuyou be it aoldiera,. , profess the benefltlnf wlnt we know about makiog roller. f'unrorJ Sun. j --- m t THERE WAS A STILLNESS IN THAT t COURT. , From tbeColumbn San. When at On fika on Saturday! we will find tbtt J hard arj aged man, who hailed from j n Kjlish flrnt hls.cansed remark Tn'Ia;ooa, a Vuunty reiiderotl fiionii j jj. jf jlnjr to Thrive ail arard of H oM tlriiea ns leing the nomeof 1 m-rft by the Ylenaa xpOsitin Coa- HarrU, the 4Concjoil t m'!m(lls,,tMti,B(i nr in has written om-real goo 1 and lium-r-1 -Hanuer licmocratic conniy" of Ala wn as l he miii'M: oils articles. laU-lv. insorriTich that Oen. D. IL Hill, of the Southern JImr, has called hiui "Tiie Mark Twain of North CarnlinH,'' and we certainly agree nith the General in his opiuioti of him, and cve ur readers in this is bsms, relate t!ie f dloalng, which f will try to give in his language : I It wim as well ns I kin rickIeck, ! ' at the fall term of court, in '64, at Dadeville. when (that clever oil inn. he is ded anl goi.e), Hb Dougherty sue, one or,IIarris sn Uches of humor J wss the' Jedge and squire Joe McIon nn rnl nv n, !-, ,1 IF.k..l it you gKxi;; We have Ireen making What, ui.ud a teacher to a p"Pil make-, y on f.trl uncomfortal4e i wherl m hue d.vie wrong : "My papal big Icaiht f ilfap," feebog replica tb boy. The skin of a baby born in Lcxing- t u Y-l. lt meek. Is said to be half It Xtll tb) j aH Vou"re from Columbus, tnitcr. I white :n 1 half bbck, 4, bne. drawti Do you know you have asked for the costli est toma .-.. Evr mad hy th liand aho ? A wfman's,heart-anrt a woman'i life, And a woiuin's woiiderful love? Po' you know you have - asked this priceless thln-z ; - As a child mieht ask fr a toy ? ' Demanding what others hav died to win, WHh the reckless dash of a boy ?. '; You have written my lewon Vif duty out Slan-Hkeynu have qurhtioff.Hi rn ; Kiw stand tit the bar of mv-woman.' soul, - Until I lmll question tlev r ' ' :i .' ',t- - '" You require your mutton shall alwavsbehot, Yur wks and your sldrts he whole ; -I ru're vohr haft to ht truf as God's stars, i And pure as hiaven yur ol. Yon remthT a cok for your mutton and beef, tJI rulr a fat pr-a1; r th bt ; ' Aei. .i jw; e ..autiii -jt ot..-di-.a Cor ' lirts - -I look for a ma;i ami mi;); A kinp: f ihe beautiful ralm. called home, A man thai th vtalte.r God , . Shall look ttMjn as He did on the first, And ay Ht uyery good." . fiiid pieci-s cut in aoy shape. The ccu- !m.r fif Alfii'ri,l,isti-,H,. tliorlumnml by thi introtluctiou of a cheaper or better substitute. The mica miners er defined it, any phih snpher txplain el its nature aud o ?. anv chemiat ever nnaly'ol 't si)1 s!iow iu ele-! raents? Is Lu-k tliat strange incom-! prelien-ib!e notiing or to sneak more I si a a. i l . . v 1 to 4 inches m, to 12 inches au;ire. and ; "l " 'v:,;5 V' wu irmu "n"S ! scienu c.ail7, "aonticcriit uamsteri t : 1 1 11 1 ' a . . . ' ... range in price from 25 cents to $5 per In" !e!lT,n.- niy .ee nan unci ex pound. After they are splft and mark- ! ovations or mounds ot earth to pr. ...i .i ci,.J ..-;,!. o .v,.r Pund t the modern Anglo-baxon a of tinner's shreu-M. and thus carefully tied up iu prickages weighing ' one Uound.' It is-used extensively, lot!i a a roller this ween, t.ouer making is a nice ait. ( disc!iargcl Trom the army nd wur's Few mm properly understand iL ' licitor of the -nio'. v Ninth,' a Ihe Our long exjK-rience iu the printing CirLit wa caut,f . ThaP h.vI a business enables us to state vsitivelj. , lrue i ff,un, ,v te (;rn:l jllrv at that ills one of the fine, if not one of' the rz term i.f "h c.urt a-in ol! the lost arts. We made .sr roller out s iaan jim i;entfrow, and Jim h- went or glue sil tnlases I he glue ,n t,c wnr lilat ?111 w."ii ui "lit, .11 in, ii-'i v.ii q. ' hiiij ffl, n r tint account. you mus know thoqmre, fvr he liven S frora the tip of tho noe longitOAlinally ilown there In ItuscM now had bin 1 nhow'mr th.? iariu of tle Jet c-doci mr. think ii 2, cr. roilld bj drojK'd on couuitdrum tl to ans alily" that ix rijrnisaU thin-'t anioirr men that thev rMinot account far or :icc-unilish thenselves ? If so whv urum mat ne v. wi never De able ; .Iocs oot Luck c: ue a fool to s !: k wer siatioiactorny. U. ' words ol wisdon : an ignoi .imus to Will, wiiuV ioi I went to "quire in this country a ntt Europe in the hides and doors of coal burning stoves, and being indestructible by fire,-is tlie only article ever u-ed for 'that puipose. There has tor many years been an ac- tive demand fr all "that has come up on the market, and at vej v hjg'.i prices ; but the openinjf the North (.Carolina mines has furnished 11 incieaexi uj lly, whiht the dennuid has not increas ed, and the consequence is a ft.lliug off n oiieeof nb.it 40 lHrc-etiU: in'iie CROWS AND CROW-TRAPS. t't:dler If a jury of twelve farmers were to a decide whether-the crow was an Inju rious bird or not, they would j proba bly stand eleven for conviction and one for acquittal. There are! many charges brought against tlie crow, and some of them arf, unfortunately, f unded in r.icu l hat it e-its aoine gruim, mice and ot her vcimm we admit, and we a cook stove, an I nttr lew rn r.liil. - n at.irt.i i ' that, wntil I ctrtairdv . . ' r . I I ..... a . . . ... I iolt to write tie gvatest works of doit 10 ji etrv; a fingerless riuinmi create. tin- the leauties of art, or an untutored savage the wonders ef mic!ianistu j If we s'loull be bme aw ay jhihe arms of this coy m ideti Lnfv;to a country where the slugganr5Tarra is c.oered over wiUi tie .richest grains an 1 choicest fruits, aid where Tndu.s-tr3-nis rewarded 'Uil- vith weeds,hr ra bies and Srien: wbr. thti habitti tl! diseast.-l with rin lerpe.t. The stove having K-cd rern-o.-ci from tlie press room, on accouni 01 toe not weatner, to try and git Iiim to holir,s fiecav. 5..ua- ......vh. w. ,. ,cei iu poi- nn 1 he ,MCiM how it went m:!i!v m 1 X ... 1 . 1 1 : 11011 .nier iooiiiT nit; -u lem Xfr. ani a o..;.. k;- r..- ,... ed it, for the iviuir I as he wtir f.ep- that our experience 1 KV,n,:.w,l , 1 rw.- . flK- a ;,. ! -II-.. . ... . ' J . i I ill ipo.iy ; !:it he said the law would 1 Our valetii llnsrian being told by mHlicsr adiiser that lie iritut wea-, thicker boot, replie! that when pel iwm have to walk through ao -laucll water pai'ips would l. more afpropri ate. An In lima ladv of an original turn I m a . ,- .r a. Ait " 1 01 inin-l iio, n;r snrnjSw.ion or ne the court w.a in e-- vorce on-the" tarru alliance that bef McDon d I fur! husb.n l a . are U long for her Id " " .. . , j,.tU, D14 grain lur goo.1 chamv r honest iH i -iation. fr,tr nn1 ,Ume, Wethoiigbt we kneW how to put up ; wVis bi-'-lieaiW- T... T. 1 r" k'vi -iN it with hiui when thev take wal. together. put up an ordinary the assistnn:e of ih riiaoie b !..? 11 VI. by and us to With a tin- it w pr oaoiv aiw.i ; ,,,,; think it. pulling up a few kerne of "corn an fnp ulon?ble offence. I am fair and: young but tbs rose will fade From ray soft cheek on day "Will yw lore me then tnld the fa'linj. leaves ; As you did inong the blooms of .May 7i ' . i j -. , j-T - : ! . - I ' X: lyour heart an ocean so strong and deep I may launch nvy all on .its tile? A'-ovirigsvoman finds heavrij or bell : itia the day she is made a bride. ". !i -. - . ":i : : I inquire all things that are pood and true, , A ll thlnps that a man should be ? . lfou pive this all, I would stak my life, I To be all y ou demand of me. "If Vcu cannot he this a laundress andco .k You can hire and little to pay 1 Bav a yk'tirwiun's heart and a woman's Ufe, Vre iiot to be won that .ay". 1 ! HOT SUMMERS. r- From the rcconls kept "In Nurem berg. In jBavarla, we' getlhe following interesting facts i "In 1132, the earth . cracked by reason of ' the heat, the wells and streams in Alsace all dried Vpn and the bed of the river Rhine was ' drv. Tu 1152,; the heat w.as so great that sand exposed to the sun's rays was hoi enough to cook eggs. In 1 160, great numbers of the soldiers inythe campaign against Bela died from the heat In l2Tfi and 12TT, crops of hay Ti$ oats failed completely. In . 1303 . ari'l 1304, a man c6uld have crowed dry shol over the rivers Seine, Loire IUrfneand Danobc. In 1303 and 1304, t . lanltitnde Of animals perished by the bcit, which w so great that the har vest dried upi7 In 1440, the heat was ."extraordinary. In 1538, 1531540 I and 1541, all the rivers were nearly dried no. In 15.56, there was a grt drbut, whicji extended over nearly-l the whole of Europe, ?In 1615 and ! 1616, there was, in Italy onddthe Neth 'erlanda an overpowering 1 heat. In 1648, there' were 5S consecutive days! of extreme beat U8 w,aa very hotJ 4 werej thB first- three jears ot the r 1 8th ceritwry. I n IT 1 8,; i t d id : not rat nj '' a single time from April till Octoj "" ber. ' 'j The growing grain waa bij rnt ; the rivers dried up the 'theatres (bulj wherefoj: is not state!) were cbsed. by command of the police. The ther-j m)meter' showed '36deffrces Reuraer equal to 113 degrees Fahrenheit, tin irrigated gardens the fruit trees bloom ed." In 1723 and 1124, there was a great beau The summer of 1146 was hot and dry. the growing grain being calcined. It did not rain for months. 148, 1754, 1760, 176T, 1778 and 1779, -were -years in which the summers were extremtly hot. In the famous comet yeirr, 11811, the summer was warm, and the wine' produced that year was very nieciotis. In 1818, the theatres bad to be closed on account of the heat, thp tiltfhest temperature being 35 Reu roi-r. or 112 Fahrenheit. During the sixes en.er tit-.. Yet gO'Ki mine is very profitable at these figures.. ls;.-w one lot sold for $900 that the, owner assured me cost him but $40 to pie pare for 'market ; but these instances are rare, there nre a few good mines, but there are hundreds tnat h .Vc nev "ei paid a dollar am) never will. An immense amount of time and labor has leen lost in fruitless search. ,hnl I question very much if all the mtdiey that has Iteeii paid would pay ,5u cents per day fr all the laU.r tunt Jias l-eii ex -endetl ; 'it is a lottery -.in which a few ;have .drawn prizes, but a vat amount ot the tickets have simply been a blank. ' - A curious phenoiiu-nori connected with these mines, and. uiie which in stantly arrests the atu-ulion of the vis itr, is the fad that a very large num ber of them present e idclices-of hav--mg heretofore In-cn worked, iu many instances extensive evacuations have Iteen made and large quantities of mica have apparently bi-en minkl from them. By whom and when was this lone is a question that- has not us yet been sa-istactori.3 answered, and '1 fear never will be. The various themes that have thus far been advanced have failed to satisfy the closest observer, and it must doubtless remain a mys tery, and whilst the mines, the mica, the mode of obtaining and preparing it for market, attracted my attentiou, nothing so deeply interested me 'tis principal change against tin; bird, and j it is a most serious one, is its fondness for eggs. Not only will it rob outly ing hens' and turkeys' nests, but what is of m're consequence, it robs and breaks up the nests of in sect-eat iug birds. When crows Hre numerous small hints are scarceand insects plen ty. We have never-seen anycliims n favor of the crow that wand I otfset this important fault. Most farmers lok upon the crow ns a. .bird to he killed, but when the coma to put their designs into execution they have to contend .with; an acute strategist. That crows, "smelii powder", has long been a popular impression. Jlow.ver this .may be, let any one undertake to g;t iwthin shot of a crow witli a gun. mid he will soon .become a convert to the general belief, Traps have to be set very carefu.fy to lie effective, and un less the farmer resurts to ioiscning, the nu miter of crows he will dispose of in a season will not lie la-ge. This wariness f the bird allows th- various kinds of acare-crows to be effective, and we may often see. cast-off clothing made into a resemblance of a man so Hide that the crow S'Kn finds out the cheat. Strings stretched . across the field are more etf-ctive than crtigies, as they give a hint of some concealed danger, and the birds find it safest to avoid the locality. Crows are on bad terms with most .a,. I drunkard 1 okn and innoc-nt q ;1 hi.e temp ranccrre the ragVlim lulX atnwer Wr, r(,i!er. - and ! l f-'nn lu-ts the bread of .tm f". l M! l f .,l,r w int and misery starves while the wne.re' tlie Isbreri iller Is cherished I shop we got tlie piX in proper chape. ' We b-ugiit tie? glue, put it to s :tk. ! wrapped it up in cur apn : an I 1-t i' : soak. After V.w soakln pro 'ess. we mule an examination, an I fmn.l it had assumed the proT coisiscncy, an I ' we were very hnp;y. lionet, the. in-.-i lasses (sorghum won't do) after all the boys tryiii-i it on niton t 4 pounds tf crackers it n. decided that the molasses r n tne right, kind, and oo- we pj.t countrv friends inquire 1 if we were making j candy stew- iv(.liel to iu the negative hev to lie carried out. j Well, I so, diwd by the wlmlcr, on j the f:ir fide . of the cuUrt room, and! kinder 1 00k o 1 out, and just t.ien S iri MilUm is on the wane- Xo thing c -ui I b- tim?r than its present as-.x-t. Tho-s? who rero;m1-er ita ag gtesve m I at fir-t, now at that the fears tU i ext its were erxtiftK groin iKs. Iu iM-aking of the re cent pi'rii'? naar I . , It Is ail that the ebraka Indians till - m- If M. wagin. with a v ke uv Meers.hiU.hl sre allowci to rio.--ir.-o on mi train, to hit, drlv up'in tin aqtsar. sorter in i lh ju,"P on wJ,iI l fru.it uv C;ip. Young's gr.--.?ry. Cap n mnliou. Th tiib? is b?tf g rjdiiN he was a nephew uv old Simon Sugg. "r rjpMly. Tis U by aJl o.id you know, aid a crowd uv fuller cum ' :n' efT-tire and economical sjs onten the gro-crv and sl.wd roun.l j turn Jf dead beading on record. ag; n, sor.cr t.iKui ie to fie l a Sa rranc:c milliner has n red- and pronpera ; wlierccom.non stinsc is ! ,n a mry a.mcr, by our fore tnese evidences or -tne existence oi a ntu i , r.-n r-ii ,i. people, of whom all else is buried in an(i the j-awkaTiave a.lonJ 'atandinc; oblivion. upon the l. - was u me inuans we ioun.i , quarrel wi,;ch is renewed whenever oc ie soil? The. mound builders j caS;u offers. A iriend of ours, tak- who precwleti thcm'twr.a people Hon unknown' to cither? - Or-' or na- was it De .Soto who passed from Florida to the Mississippi in his search for gold ? It could not have been De Soto, for he was but two years iu his journey, und had' bat a handful of followers, whilst these" work represent the labor of thousands of -men., It was not the Indians we found upon the soil, else they would nave 'been continued or traditions of their . existence would have been banded down to us. A race that has carried tradition through cen turies of the existence ot the master don and other animals long since ex tinct. Tailed to give us any informa tion regarding jthese. Mita is. inde structible, fire will not burn ituor will frost disintegrate or t'.me cause it to decay. If the Indians used it they would have fashioued it into various forms. Some of these in time would have been lost "or. thrown away,, as were pieces.of cmckery ware, arrows, &e., and some of these in time would have been found again as on arrow beads-and other Indian relics, but they have not been. t It could not bave been the monnd builders for they have left evidence f th.-ir existence and civilization behind, but mica which Is more indestructible than anything they haveleft has never been fmud among them. ;Did the mica miners exist ing advantage of this enmity between tho two, and acting upon the principle of setting a thier, bethought him to make use of a hawk he had captured as a crow-trap. The hawk, a large and powerful one, was carefully fast- ned, by its wings, and by means of some strong pegs back down to the ground. The crows, seeing their old enemy In an apparently helpless con dition, gathered from all quarters, and became very tiold jn their demonstra tions of exultation. The hawk, though confined, was not disabled, and hid free use of its claws. Whenever a j crow came within reach, it waa seized by the hawk and soon disposed of by its powerful talons. The noist of the con teet drew more crows, and our friend describes the contest as i most amusing one, and resulting disastrous ly for the ' crows. , This was a trap which even their proverbial shyness did not teach them to refuse. The iu ventor of this trap-which is not pat ented being an artist, has given us a sketch ot the scene- j mencar A'j ri totally disregiroVvf, While prattle and twachlle are raised todisUuctioh; where genius lies in tlie gutter, while igno rance ries frott thj slough of deprav ity and soars t the skies ; where vir tue is inc-irccrateit in gloomy dun geons, while vice is courted and wooed enly in the sunlight, we might pos sibly be led to o.'lieve that Luck had something to do in that country. In deed this wouM be a true, picture of the woild if Lck enteretl into its ma chinery. But, when we behold; as we everywhere Jo, the rewards of, indus try, energy, wisdom jind virtue con staaaVas tlie warmth in sunlight or the bentitV in fiiU-LrA" ware co:n:elleil U deny, in toto, the Very existence of this fjood and evil ef-scnee whiyh men call Luck. Was it Luck tha. gave pi rani, Gray, Astor aud Rothschild their vast wealth ?. Was it Luck thit won victories fr Washington, Wel lingto'u and Napoleon ? Was it Luck that carved the Sphinx, that .reared the i ryramids. that wrote Eneid," uraradii-8 Lost and "Ft-stus;" that gave Morse his telegraph, Fulton his steam th)at or Franklin the lightning for his plaything I Is it. Luck th it gives the merchant his business, the lawj-er his clients,the iwlitor his subscriber, the minister his hearers the physician his patients, the mechanic his 11 tor, the farmer bis har vest? Or will the time ever 6m when Luck, with a strong arm will weave entire the -b of life; with a 'high bt.J-Vj:r.wL 'ffirtuno, lorge vne iuxuiks lire, crown men man, and tvjlj them "that we were not were making r. roller." , "Oh ! ye-. we understand notr." Tne . ni dasnes, obeying the natural results of the application of heat, rose to a gentle lwil, and tiie:. we cm mencetl the skimming proevs. After all thr impui ftit-s floateil to the surface, our forem m suggusted thr.t it was now reaoy lor th. glue, lilue was hund somely unrolb-tl from the aunddling cloth, and dumped fnto the vessel con taining the boiling molasses. As soon as properly hvJi'ed. the kcrfogle 1--gan to as-cnd. Tne sin Ue from a burnt ofl.'riug ia the Mosaic dispcusa.ion, coul I not bate emitted a more nox- ions cfiljiia, burnt leather was charm ing in comp irison to that o lor, llo-qnet-b IJoorl vine could ofTer t an o! factories, a more acceptable rcrfii.ne, a deceasetl water.tnoccasin, rankling in a Jcly firi, fariii-!i.il an aruma. that ""ii pleasant, compared to tlii-. th'? wag:nt sorter t .!kin bice to the driwr. . Jist then th. clerk it wrai to tne Him ruillio..i i.tigltty ttM filler he wtuwur .ur clerk ; b it I disremeoi ber now or . clie it was the Jetlge song out, "State uv Altbaray agin. Jeems lU-ntfrow," anf. the heritT I h'iieve Alf.-vd Slaughter wus Sheriff then, and he made a good one hol- ; Lrcd o:it?n the binder, Jecms Ilent- frow, cuur inter court" A feller itep cd outen the crowd by the wnggin.and sel loud enufT for every ram in court to hear him, 'Jeems Ucntfrow'a d-- ! body is here, cum baok from the ar in litis here cart';" a:id it wim s too. Thar, wus then a stilliies in that Court 1 tc.l a hat wli.CI win prooauay acu wti 1 1.-.- waVrt UnMr If not to tpon- Uih-ous as it migt be, . ud '- . When the wesrrrlwwr lo,Ter tb heal abnptly, n tiny pair of eteel clamjH comp'ret the arteries on each s-de of the temples, sending the blood at or.ee to the check. Oi l King Thnkrmbin of Fiji hiS J raiscl a Urge army, thrown off bit clothes and declared lb Intention to, fight in Fijian fashion1' What en ra Ll i,?xn wm. thv. tl e m contain" tribe' I t 'gether with -hrisUlns who hal con ! v:rd to cnn'dalism, invaded the So- loris district and kilifel ani ate iony chldren. L.irj mister, ami er 1 live a ! I 'It r. r. . i . I ii ucif r I'jrgifc iu; nmi mar was nun- ( ni-a man sett in thar that da" what! , , ft -oe AN ANATOMICAL HINT. with the hlghst hono and amass lle:ran. We km w from the stores of w-cAit'iir.. her apron ! Nverijir carae out, that there would he No man bdieres itt;very one laughs purion l;, it, uUr long experience in o rrt-n.Tt an-l Ch MrW. Lll seel Squir Mac. drap his hed, and I n Fiji is fUlWhrdel With . disagra. then wipe hia eyes as he riz. and in u j p bib ties. husky voice sctl : 4Xoll prossl by I Mr u-lnrnol RoaI the well known i deth," and It wur entennl on tlie d'ck-1 lrVcIIer says tlie rAf.hnte generals" it, Iblierc. luat wur a a.Iuni scene. I ....... . rc,r tn Uyle. arwl rnt thousand year j tiown ,u wilo trrat. If the batUc Is they kid thcroaelvc. One sni fthi kind was witnesae,! by felt watery al-out his eyes, besides the , w iiMl1. ti, Vol La. Soros aili solicitor aud me. .f VnM;i. hi defealcl some el' I li, of the Aahai.bees. The Ashantee clref wh wa- precnt threw the insig nia of his rank into the river, anl I ,..n acting bu a powder bafrel blow himself Into the air. happiness .was now i.early complte. but a shoe so constrnctevl that it will A wolf child has arrived "tl. Lncle- The roller mould was l.anhed to the : rive to a fixt ilixior.-.! hv tli ninrj. nn II it'nnw Irin tamed la the . 1. . . . . . " . . m - m a legs ol the UiDlc, anl l.e composition ; mg it has borne already a fair chaiKf bi.nath' avlnin. It isan.t that nr. wm (toirrea into a wnsn pan (as a mailer ol convenience) and tlu-nceiutothc mouM. After being allowed tocol otT, aud a job Ixdug in waiting, sugge.stcil to foreman the ticcivisity of "drawing" Ihe ! roller. Now this process of di-aw-ing" rollers is no woik of eiKi-t there being no fun connectel with it, we were puranioned to assist. Seizing the fcnJ, wUh b'jih itanJ.i, xind feet planted agr.tnst the wall, the woik of delivery that ""ii pleasant, compared to tliiK r" - . . . an 1 in due pr.K-e,s of time the bie Dr. Hermann Meyer, of Zurich, a man, wiping the p-.T-plration f.otn his J aerta that & shcjcmaker ought not only aged brow, said ''it was finished," our to produce a sh.e that dors not pinch. mrri-l orf by no tirn A has 1-ni hair. Ives w hn an of a return to its right kbap. an t f.ill posc;;on of its ower as a means of carrying the body ouwatd. He -ay that, in measuring a foot (or a shoe or Uot. the firt thiug to be considered i the place of the gnat toe. Upon thii re-l. and he est b-lth-r ;-ak n'T toe, in walking, the wi ia.Lt of the whole i le'tan a nif-rU o-l. On liis body turns at ev.ry a Up : in a natural InfaLt hnfl id r mtinf'; with them nntil.a ahnfl rne ago, whn d.tnght by His parertta. t fir.! he walkll on all fours. He his Inly is Uvlly acaf- first re t jratiou to lU bom) be frequenuy K the tltermnmeter stood at 35 tie- ! think they came after, although , thev 1 LJ-jJa vr rir.nhpif. J did not pmht by the advance.1 dtlh firrecs riiMuioc " - h ln i832Aluring the nprisin at the idea, and yet many are the men. woincn il cliidren who. dream of, and sigh after, Luck, as though such a mysterious spirit actuallv existed and did aornctlmea hnmor the idle whims ofviaioncry cowards and drones like the real ones iKmlcrA. They are turn of LycA bad Luel: But why thus denounce Lick, and try to deprive the w i etched f the solace of thinking that titer will someday be" more fortuuate ? . Because there are thousands of yoongmen who waste tlie best part of ILeir lives ia attenrpts to win this coy moKi ioto their embraces. We see them enter Into this, that or the otlitr sivculation with no hope but that Luck will pa-them a smiling vis it. We ei C.v'tu to the far west," to California, to the Torrid, or Frigid tone, or some wondrous - a way -off f.mt. th. rf.iri. it i l.i a trnhl lii- hl leir! nl rid tried to 0- with the' bn-I. A central atraigbt line ! rour tS-.n. He U-ar iueat to piece drawn from tlie jfint cf the great b- wita his tcrt't, and f.n.-j'S at aaorW tempUtotoucu him. to the middle of iu rtxit, If contin ued, j who all wou!i pas very exactly to the m'.ddlr of the heeL Rut,' by the m!f.lt.ng j ,w ' . a. . a a j - , ..as. v, . t v " Is pressed inwards, the rw.it 4t wards, j v ol the roller making taught ns, t!Jt thai rol ler, would do. 3o after the combined efforts of jKitior editor, foreman, press man, two comiiositors and three boys, i Jm red tbe nlh r carat out tf tliat mould iiraliK-s should ever lo matlo and.it was a roller, ;t Iokcd as if it exact site of such a foot. bad K-en atrnt k with liglitr.h g an 1 1 : useal as a band spjke at a log rolling.!"" When there i not a breatb -of air Tbe inside of thy mould hal aKjut as , tttirring and von 3 In diag.-r of ati inuch c.miKsition i it, as the itock i fiing, attempt to Ii 'Uv ar crr om bad on it. The molasses 'I ! I two , d "ori. and yott will bur;iM. at CUT FEE IN THEARwT. TlTrrc 1s trottU brewing lft the ar- No last, or m m lel of a foot alrcviy in- mr, and there Is fear that It wi'l rveult wearing ill-fitting boots or ! in some instances In I:isu or nriallort. hours, and the whole mtss was "ori-r ! breeze that will s'art lire," for four hours. stands on end i.i our press room a close exannoaxioaa. we Mi-Coven-i 111 one side of tbv TiHcr a hard kut, took the roller to a window an I examinel tne knot, that knot was a hoof of a mule, with a shoe about half worn on the lottom. Foreman aaggrtctl that the other end of the roller was pcl- MM 1. A I. I v 4. - ,11.1, iii m t. vip. v ti That roller now seen a mm Ur it ii a ib-md c.iha. an-l On ; by the time h-.- bid scratchel Thirteen rr.atrti s it u pul'y so wln ly-as be UnctMOfortable. place, with tto fitr pnipect or reason- i ;a -ruvlea cu t rv examination, an I able exncctatiou of success from tleir ! i ,n - ..i,.n;j,mt t ; .... A Aa A A 1 I lUUIHI IO VUI 7VV1. IV.i uiv lie ilia At one of the stations on a cer-1 uWn limited exertions, but. depending DTV whole s'-io. and detected the tain railway recentle, an anxions in- -entirely opoo a gentle emile from ca- brand U. S. on It, One of tle Uvs rc- " . ... - . i .. 1 "... l. if u. . : ...... . J quirer came up to tbe door ox the hag- Serrrtary rUlitnap aaya tht be will as-i;,n colorr,l graduated of West Toint exclnsively to"' commands iu white regiments, and ia explanation r.f this lie states that t!i law leaves. him no oilin. litis r.iuirirl ti,off thf j ct r colored men exclusively with hita v men, and be therefore l-4 no choi-w b?t to a.-ign colorcl uj'ti to while regitnnta. The Jottftal of tliinks that t! cJT. tt nf Cis Iaw w,U Ins to atitnulatc prju IUv. an I that lh erjnt Ac cvr)M of the array will i Im paired. by ar-KisIng tice pr jokliec. 1 Jut wlr f-re? His it Uam . a -scried tlosand t.gain iu thecjra oftlj ner'nes that.th? lya i.i bin fotiUt to 0.t Fahrenheit. grecs vrwiS.,--r. t-"- ..tion 0f the mound builders, for tin v. ca i uor."- gage car and said : "Is there anything rttriner" A iter some search among boxes and trunks, tbe baggage man rolled oat a keg trf whiskey. "Any thing more ?7 aked tlie wet encer. Yes," said tlie baggages-man, "there's nse ta g raves tou that goes w;U that Hq- i a a a a a ... J I prici ns iiH waica tuey caii "trust- j mt u,c glue was not sow ears, have detiaed a new way of money mi Ing to rroviJence." but a government male hide. That'klog. Tooftbem enter inta part- loy has correct noti rrts-be is evident- i nc ih:p. One cf th?ri inn!ts .n ridi In the e.-vf, we see them an, from the Torrid and Frigid aones, from the far-ofT places and the, regions roc ml aboot pogrrssin rapMly to one' ami the same end Rni.i, JTne end is that they have learned one ' fearful levm. JJol. by whieb alas! www profltedfand Thf iete is printed with that 'to! si a m-s svi uti i a v v. suiiPv ly twk a werk aIlowel them, and then it is bile4l. Their ortiinaxy fJ U brt i.l. olun itpficl In hot water ; ! Iban in broth. II thev want wincther t for the flYe-loni atnl" trrsalitr rv! t!ie are obliged t' prov'ule i: thttn-clvca- .1 colored rare? It Is coriing Ua p-rt- . 11 " 1 ly pass ifMecd,.lf the I-tcral jtrtxtis. i he "ooouiouis of . nan k.rancici who ;:! tiKfr i-ti Tot tle er.hty gf the bljKkt, arc U uiutiay Lecaasc ttey are to be o"!loirl w'rJj elomt eadtU. For what wastb war f Mixht if tbe aol-yrrs d not annf.t" t Xms, OTtr.mande A fry itcroc ? This !riniag the equality lr.iics-s bo-ne "- a way that tlirilU ns wiUi grati tilde to PVnvllencr. C:i with Uj; danvet Sirr"h --. . i - - ; - ly destined Ut becone a great man j young lady in a poHic pltv ; tle otb ome day. We handed tbo r :l.er to J er with great sjiirit knocks hi.-a down, the foreman for farther examination and Inspection, be ears it will do for mm and gClactly protects Ui roanjlady. and aces her heme, w litre of cmrre the greatfid fatlwr gi res hta $W or o. 7' - i mi- 'St
Hickory Democrat (Hickory, N.C.)
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Sept. 10, 1873, edition 1
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