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peiimoni press, v, . -V . rf SvK Our Job Department SUBSCRIPTION: One Year u.... .. Six Months...... ., - 1 PoeUsre. 10 cent. ' ; 13 COMPLETE. ill iub?wrlptiont nmsi"b paid in A-unt, and if ! not reuewea promptly ai me expu-'u" y co a tinned. ILL. O&SOLA rOZ OEX IX TStS rtTaiT- atrrr win. e st itlt axd nLoxrr. it ritrrrrtD at mc orrTcK or THE Piedmont Press .ADVERTISEMENTS transient character will be charged $1.00 for time(and 60 cent for each aubaeqnent lnaer One Column, Cne Tear. ...... $100 nail uoiBuui, viie x ear. ................. ....... CU Quarter Column, One Year 35 J. S. TOMUNSOfc, Editor and Proprietor. VOL. VII. HICKOltY,; N. C, SATURDAY, DECEMBElt 15, 187Z. NO. 50. At lU&MS&tle E.Ut. II I r 11 I ii i ii i ii I ii i h i I i i r w v . i r-ji I v u V II III II I . II L II I III II t III llll III III ii V I Lr I v A L a LV. "V XV. .AV. ""VLS- SA V J J V II ILw LJ Jl V V I -J I I K II 111 III III III I - a' a -av. av v ak. aa -m. s" m aa a m. mr aw "av i aw av a m -m. a a "aw i a saw r b m m r ... mf. f mj Y - r r x NX ' jJJ S DEVOTED TO THE IK TEREST OF EVERT TAMII.T IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. " i ; ! ' . . I 1 v Only One Dollar a Year! PROFESSIONAL A Vance Portrait Free!! The Bubscription price of the Piedmont Pbess is now only ONE DOLLAR per year in stead of 2.0:i. We intend to run our ub acription lint up to 3,000. and as an inducement to get this number of subscribers we Lave re duced the subscription to the small sum of One Dollar, payable strictly in advance. And a farther evidence t'lat we are; deteraiined : o eet a lircer number of sub?criber than any "eother paper i i the fcUte we will make a better offer than any other paper : Every new sub scriber will receive as a present, free of charge, a lure and handsome Lithograph -Portrait of Gov. Z. 11. Va'ice. Our old subscribers will be charged at the rate of $2.00 until all bclt ac counts are settled ; when this is done, and they pay 0 each for a year in advance ' they will receive the same present. (Every subscriber is required to pay 10 ceutu extra for postage.) , Thi- h more liberal than any other paper in the Stt offers, and not a single family should let the opportunity pass without getting this, a First Class Fatnily Paper, and one of the best portraits ever made of our nob'e Govern or, Subscribe at oace and secure the present. THE PIEDMONT PRESS la thoroughly Democratic in politics ; but our principal effort is to make it a good Family Paper. adapted to the wants of every citizen in the Stare The very latest Ijocal Neics in . this and adjacent counties, and a rehash "of " State and other News" will be found in every isvae. There will be Scientific. Literary. Ag rijiiltural, Romantic and Comical reading, and items of interest on various subjects that as- Ht-it in making a First Q'ass Fami'y Journal. For the Piedmont nectidr we ill advocate the oiltivat on of Tobacco, Fruit, Grapes, Clover, Grasses; Ac &c, the raising of improved Cat- tio, llogs and Micep ; and will do. all m our Mwer towards developing the hidden resourci or every sect on or this, the O.d Korth State, the nobltst of the Union. unr rajruers fnouid send Jiortn no longer for the r news, for they can now get a large 28 column pafter published at home for the same .prieo. and i contains the very news that is de- red. Sen J rJbring in your names with the required amomit and the Press and Pohtbut wm oe rorwardod to your address at once. W. H. REID. Attorney ana Connselor at .Law. Will practice in all the Courts of Catawba, Iredell and Alexander. Collection of claim a specialty. Office at Catawba N. C. Dr. J. T. JOHNSON, Hickory, K. C, Offers5 his professional Bervioes to the citizens of Hickory and surrounding country, Ofice at residence on Watauga Street. Drs. BAKER & ABEENETHY, IIICKORV, TNT. C, Offer their serviceman Physicians and Surgeons to the citizems of this place and surrounding community. Can be found at their office dur- iug the day and at residence at mgni. J. LOWENSTEIN, D. D. S., Surgeon Dentist, HICKORY, N. C. Work guaranteed to give satisfaction. Jfy llloglral Hind. I con few, with a fettling akin to rrgrrt. That, aa there are spots on the ran. Bo the best of na all are with failing beaet. And that I am afflicted with one. I presume I poaaeM it, although I can rwear, That ita pretene I never could find. But the friends who pretend that thty know me declare That I have an illogical mind. When I aak for a proof, I am told that I dde With whatever appear to be right. That I give to my rympathiea latitude wide, And don't always aay M No P when I might, When I say I can't tee the nae of war, Of torpedoes and tbinga of the kind, Or what they ahould execute criminals for, I am met with illogical mind." Jn short, when I won't let an arguing friend Persuade me that yellow is grey, Or when I decline my adhesion to lend To all that the loud talkers ray. They turn on my poor little eelf with a frown. And my death warrant's instantly signed : " This fellow. " they cry with contempt, " ia a clown. And he has an illogical mind." F. A. JAMES, Practical Tailor, Thanks the people for their patronage in the past, and is now prepared to do ALL WOKK in Lis line at short notice and in a workmanlike manner. CHARLOTTE HOTEL, J. RILEY VAVIDSOS't Brop., CHARLOTTE, N. C. little Cold Vittles lteJlttt'l mid lefiiiiiltlicl. BOYDE1M HOUSE, SALISBURY, X. C. DR. REEVES, Proprietress. ST. CHARLES HOTEL, S. .tuti$vlll?, IV. C M. LANIER, Proprietor. (VANCE PORTRAIT. THIS PICTURE i printed on good, heavy biard paper, tize 14x18 inchep. Directly under thi pict ire. i-.i hU own baud writing: i , Ver Truly Y.mrs. Z. R. Vane." The !ugraviug. W is executed by a hkilled artist, at a very heavy expense, and is prououtictd by all .who have noon it to be a:i excellent likeness of our worthy Goveriior. It should find a place iu t'le'liomc of every good citizen in the " Tai II el "' State, and in tbe home of every citizen ouVof the Sta'e who wish s his cottage walls - T.e-.ted with the iruao of Carolina's nu blest son. . Testimonials. 41 It i the h indsomest picture we have seen of Gov. Vauce." Raleigh -'Observer. It U a good likeness.'' - Charlotte Democrat. " It is an excel ent ougraving. Ltiristtani Advocate. " A nuo Watchman 3. P. MTJRRILL, Attorney ani Counselor at Law, HICKORY, N. C. Practices in ail the Courts of the 10th Judi cial District, and Burke and Lincoln counties. Special attention given to the collection of claims in all prts of the State. Also agent for the sale and purchase of real Create. 1-ert.oiiS WisiiTEg 10 iuy or ecu larnio or town lots may be profited by addressing him. P. D. ING0LD, Practical Builder ani Contractor, Slie -was a tiny little midget, and had euch a starved, pinched, and appealing look that my heart was touched to the quick, and I took her into the kitchen myself and told Bridget to gire her a good hearty breakfast, and then fill her basket with some fresh and wholesome food to take home to her little brothers and sisters, for my instinct told me she had spoken the truth when she said : " Please, mum, I'm a poor little girl j with four brothers and sisters, all littler n me, an won't yon please gire me some cold Tittles." She might hare been eight years old, though she didn't look to be over six in size, but had a painfully old look about the eyes, and under one of them was c dark birth-mak of a blood-shot appear i ji it i . . , nut-?, mm loo&ea ior an me worm as though made by the heartless blow of drunken father. Iler clothes were old but much patched, but not dirty, and there was some attempt at neatness. She had no stockings, but on one foot had a lady's gaiter that was almost a fit, and on the other a boy's shoe somewhat too large. She wore a sun-bonnet that had seen better days, and had a man's necktie pinned at her throat. The child ato ravenously at first, and r , HICKORY, N. C. Specifications and Estimates .furnihhed any kind of Carpenter or Joiner work . . Patronage solicited. for 'an beated us Lie he used befor he I runned away an 1 rated urn. Mother saya he was a good man then an wo rod nice clothe, an' had white shirts, aa hi face wasn't all rxl. an' he took us on hi lap, an sometimes he kissed us, I don't ace how that could tx but I can't remember 'bout when I was little Mother says one tioae a bad man cot father to write aomethin' on a piece of paper, an then another bad man corned an made us go 'way from our party house, an' didn't let us take our chairs an' beds. I 'spoct that bad man looked my doll. Oh, he was awful bad, mother says, an I bet it waa him. Then lather he gode in a rn another bad nian gived him wLieky'aa' maied Lie drunk, an he corned home, an awcared an throwed things at all of n, an' whipped us, an' culted mother with a knife, an then the pl'ceoe looked him to jail, an' mother went to see the man an' cried, an said father didn't mean to do it, and then the man unlocked the door, an he corned out an mother ffthvl him home, an' then he crid an aaid he wouldn't never do so no more. But when he went back to the saloon the bad man gived him more whisky an' made him drunk jest like t'other time, an' lots o times after that, an' one day he stepped on Dicky when he waa crawlin an that's what made his foot crooked. Then the bad man made father drink whisky all the time, an' we got hungry an' cried, an mother took Dicky and locked Tommy an Hatty an me in the room, an' gode to a woman's house an' washed, an' while she waa gone Tommy had a fit an' failed on the corner of the stove an' maked the blood come an' scared us awful bad, for we thought he waa killed, but he gitted well after awhile, an' then mother corned home, an' b ringed us some bread, an' it waa awful good. And then mother had to go to houses and wash lots o' times, an' one time father come! home after the bad man nau given him whisky, an we runned down stairs an' out in the street to find mother, but we couldn't, an' Ilatty got looked, an' Tommy and me waa loosed once, but we seed Billy notchkias, an' he took na home. But we was afraid to go up stairs for father might whip us some more, an' we set down on the aide- walk and cried till mother corned home. an' then went uj stairs to the top o the house where ar home was an' father wasn't thern tb HAPPOLDT'S Select Boarding House, JIORGAXTOX, X. '. NATIONAL " A true picture of 4 old jeb t and more orth the price." Polkton Ansoiiian. lithograph likeness.' .I.Salisbury is worm miny times its price. Biblical Recorder. 44 It is a capital likeness of the Governor." Wilmington ztar. 4' It is a large and elegant picture, one h lings upon the walls of our sauctum." Raleigh Daily -e?jr. than worth . My mauds say its is a very tine picture." Z. .11. Vance. 44 A capital likeness." Wilson .4rt- - vanee. 44 It is a good likeness and t,he work is well executed," Charlotte Observer. r 44 It sho nld ba in the hands of every person." Wel don Xetcs. 4 A fac ."imile of the QrginiaL" . Lincolnton l'ro-jr&t. 45 A fine .likeness one in our office." tkntlhern Home. I 44 Should Le in the house of every citizen of the 'Old No th .State.'" Tarboro &ju'Jterner. 44 The only k correct picture we have ever seen of Vance." lortville (S. C.) Enquirer. 44 Far superior to any we nave heretofore eeen .matesville Amerioin. 44 Oue of the best vet offered to tho public. Greensboro Patriot. 44 A beauti . f ul representation of Vanoe." Wilmington Re view. " it is quitJ cneap. Salisbury Ex aminer. " A fine picture of a handsome man aai every admirer of the heroic and patriotic will desire to possess it" Newberry (3. C.) : Jieraiii. a good picture or our war Govern ' or.' Winston Sentifiel. "Worth all the money asked for them.' Friend of Temper-a-tce. 44 We can commend it as being an ad' mirable likeness oj its distinguished proto type P.ock Hill (i. C. ) Hampton Herald. 4 4 A handsome engraving." Concord Sun. 44 It Has his autograph attached and ia decidedly me Deal picture we nave seen or old Zeb State mile Lariimark. 44 A splendid likeness of our noble Governor." Rocky lit. Mail. 1 4 An ornament to anv parlor or picture gal lery." Abbe vule (S. "C.) Medium. GLUB AGENTS WANTED. c. s. RALEIGH, BROWN. HOTEL, U. C. Proprietor. lor a mmnte I thoncht she certainlv would choke. Poor thing, bhe had not often had such a feast, and as I watched her almost voraciously devour the beef steak and potatoes Bridget sat before her, I clutched my own little darling Sue to mv breast, and Craved heaven 'round to find her. but we couldn't. An flie might never come to such dreadful J then mother told the p'leeecnians about want. The child was ouick of ieroei- I it. an ther said they would cit her. But e quilt what we. sleep- BVaBaaBaasaBBBBSkiBBMaBuaMBaSBBBiaBSBBaBBBaMBsa ed on was gtf an" mother cnvU an s vd father had looked it to givo to the bad man for more whisky, an then she said, where was ilatty, an I said she waa loopeJ.au' then she cried soma more. au' tooked Tommy an me an' walked all Winter bonnets appear in the revirtd coronet ahape. Borne of these Lata the face trimming formed exclaairrly of clair de lone beads laid on in cloe rowr, of irimp and dropninz fringe. There are less flower aeea aa the season ad. ancetv. In their place are wavy plumes, bird, aixTcttea, beads and fringea. The latest importations of trimmings for costly dreaaet ahow still richer de signs than the first. They come ia Lar feathery ferns, odd leaves, flowers, palms, arabeaqu stars and crewente. AH stylea of architect are are imitated ia the heavy wide peaaemsnteriea, Balla, acorns and Uaaals of chenille and aatia are introduced in frioge aud other cms menta ; and ia other style are shown all of the colors found in the boarette and Roumanian fabrics. Braids and pirn p for woolen dres.ee show all manner of arabesques, geometrical designs in square and diamenda, coral branches and blocks ; these may be used as a head ing to flounce, plaiting or to fringe of a corresponding style. Black lace are beautifully ornamented with colored silk embroideriee, into which are iuter woven the rainbow and clair de lone bead. Qui pore and thread Lace are still fashionable, ami will be combined with bands of far far trimming' velvet garment. French lace cloaely imitat ing Chantilly in design and quality, will be used exclusively for foil rnching aud'pUltiug ; into some of these lace cut jet boa la are thickly interwoven. The new black net veils are ornamented with fringes and loops of clair de lone or modore, and cat jet bead. The two styles of veil come in the mook shape. and in a soarf three yards long, which is gracefully Lvd over the face, then crossed behind and brought forward and tied jast below the chin in 'a large bow, or fastened with a gold lace pin. They are made of plain and embroidered net. WW at m rasiiion na rarely oaereu so maay inducement for ecoinony aa this sea eomauy pretty inexpensive ways to make np inside and over cost a me, aul so many aorxnpaniments to dre, unit ing beauty to utility. One principle must bo understood that it is upon cor- a a a reci contrast ana narmomons associa tion, and not alone upon the absolute beauty of tho colors, that fine effect depend. Combinations of male rials are still employed in dressmaking the foundation twnng coa' " "id- nome fancy (ion, intelb'geut.Juid not at all backward, and after sho had somewhat appeased her hunger I drew her by degrees to talk about her family, and this ia the story I gleaned from her: " lou see, missus, our father runned off and leaved ua, an mother she's sick an can't co out an' wash no more, an so ; we can't have nothin' to eat only what I 11 W m . a I gits, x Das rour mtie brothers an si- terp, an inner n me, an none oi em is I n 1 1 SV1 n 1 1 i i-i rr ! 1 big cnousu to to s 'thout get,iQ' 108e1 VtfCtllltl L I VI U IU I llg I but Tommy, an' he ha fits, an' mother j she's afraid to have him go, for one day If you wih nice Walnut Molding for Picture ! ue ,inU R nt an ,aUeU m a nn Framct almost any t-ize call at t,he Pkesh broked Ins collar-bone, an' a man he car omcc. cneap ior casn. i l,; i,.. 1 .ui... . i ' si iLti iiiiii iitJiiir. nini iiiiiLiiri ivii ) ricd him home, 1." W M Oa ! l ! saia ne wouia uie, an Tommy Vrnnai n nnri I'hnnlA T , ... ' ... OLCllUlld dim llCIJtV ' cryiDgcoz it nurt so. an' then a A neatly ornamental Stencil Plate of your name, including a bottle of Indelible Ink, Brush, directions, etc., all for only 50 cents. Send and get one to mark your clothing, books and other articles. Your name and address neatlv stamped on a German Silver Key Check, eagle or shield stvle, riiiR famished, for only 25 ceuU ' Either one or both of the above sentbv mail. postage free, on receipt of price. Address, Piedmont Put, Hickory, N. C. We would be pleased to engage the nervioea of a live, wide-awake and energetic agent, gen tleman or lady, old or young, to canvass and -make up clubs for the Piedmont Pbxss. We asBure you that there is no paper that yon can get subscribers faster than for this. Daring the month of October about 150 new names were entered on our subscription list. E very club agent who sends us ten uew subscribers at $1.(10 each with the, money in advance will receive the Portrait aud a copy of the Pazss.one year freo of charge. Where the agent doeB not wish an extra copy of the Pbess and- Portrait tor his trouble in getting np the club we will send tho paper to clubs of ten or more for 90 cents each; Every subscriber in clubs or not will receive a portrait free. No is your time to make np clubs. Sample copies free. Address, ' J. 8. TOMLINSON, A Bonanza in South Carolina. The most remarkable instance of a geological discovery, revolutionizing a district and ' enriching a State has oc curred in the development of what is known as the Ashley river (S. C.) de posits of what seems to be the remains of cartilaginous fish, especially" of the shark family, though they also contain numerous bones and teeth of cataceans, or whale-like animals, many of which were larger, or as large, as the whales found in tho seas at the present time. (From the number of their bones and teeth exhumed, or washed out by the waves of the ocean, they must have ex isted in large " shoals," and, together with the enormous sharks of that age, animals rivaling the whale in size, must have constituted a vast marine armv of ravenous " flesh eaters " and capacious & "scavengers" of the Eoceon Ocean. Ships and. steamers are daily seeking cargoes from the Ashley, Stono, Wando, an tie was doctor comcd. an hurted him worsein flxin' it, an then Tommy cried more, an' so did all of us. One day a nice lady corned to see Tommy, an' she bringed a basket- mi oi nice vittles, an Flie got some medicine for Tommy's fits, an bnved me some nexr shoes, for it was awful cold then, an' I nearlv freezed my feet when I went to git things to eat. She was awful good to us, nn corned lots o' times, an' alius brought somethin , but one time ! she corned au said good-by to us, an j said she was going to move to Cheecawgy, ; an couldn't come no more to see ns, an' i then mother cried, an so did all of u. ! Then she gived mother some money an' gode away. Tommy cried 'bout her lots o' times but she didn't come to see us it got dark, an' they couldn't find her. an then mother tooked ns home, an wr sleeped in Missus Hotchkis room, an' mother went bv herself to find IlatUe. m Kex day the pleecemans bringed her home, an we waa awful glad, but she was hurted on the head, where some bad boys runned after her, an' hit ted her with a stone. "Then we sleepcd on the floor, coz ffitWr tnnVed the audt. an it was so cold we cried, an it make 1 us all tired. . . . . . . i i t an gived name sucn a oaa coagu, her cheeks was red, an she said she wns hot when it was oh, awful cold, coi the coal was all used, an we didn't have no firo till Tommy an me got the blocks, an the good man bayed u some more coal. Then when we corned home llattie was cold like ico when I aencwun a reiie staff, such as the Roumanian, ReuxaeJian, and Turkish iuom cloth, or any fancy material, such as bourette, French cor dnroy, an soft twilled woolen stuffk. The front and side gore must be of the heavier fabric, and the train which ia set in, in wide plaU, ia the centre seam of the back i of the plain material with which the sleeve mat correapond. Pipp ing; of auzne ditictive color, appeavrs in all the long seams, and adds a finish to the collar, cuffs, or wherever piping may be used. This eftect is alo seen ia the polouaise, which triumphs over all at tempts to put it d wn, and come afrain this season ia another shape of exceed ing grace tho long-waiated, aleuder princete. A MktttUt lUjulMf irrtimn. Edging around in front of th animal j the reporter saw that sure enough a tnbe had been iuertd in the windpipe mid way between tht he-xl anl ahoalder. through the opening of which the honn wa inhaling and .exhaling oxygen with all the foroe and capacity of a black smith" bellow. A little inquiry elicited the fact from Mr. Wuodin. The horse Use Jftale of BmrnsiT, A writer la the Hartford Times La the foil owing retsiniace&ce of the war : When Dahlgrea'a iron-clad began op eration ia Charleston harbor, the tenth army carp mad a rodden daih and drov ia the thin line of picket which the Confederate had posted on the eastern end of Morris I aland. TThea daylight came every gun which Beauregard ooold bring to bear upon the new work bejaa to rain shot and ahe II, and from daylight til noon there were lively time in and about Charleston Bay. Shortly after noun Fort Soxnter opened furiously, and it was feared that aa attempt wa about to be mad by the Confederal to ad vance There T?rw enon jh laea VL(N it wa thouffht, to bold it. but there wa deficiency of ammunition, and so a male-driver volunteered to d. liver the ammunition. The only mad was the smooth and sandy beach aloc the bay. and the distance between the two points about a mile and a half. Ualf that dis tance wa within easy ran re of Fort S a rater, and Battery Wagner gun a covered all the way to the sand bill, be hind which wa the Federal camp. I am describing this incident ai it ap peared fmca the a,ippiog in the bay, and what called attention to it wa the sadden waking-np of every gun on the southeast angle of Bamtcr. Ismkiag to see the cause of the furious cannonading, everybody wa surprim! to see a male team tearing np the laeh in the direc tion of the new work. The driver wa laying the laah on, and that mole had it ears laid straight back and waa making it leg gx Occasionally a shell wcm.ll touch the beach, bound np, and explode, and the mole would then hesitate and try to tarn back. Bat the drirer would lay the cowhide on with renewed vigor ; then the mule put on another spurt, until at last it became entirely demoral ized by the explosion of a ten-inch shell almost letwfen it leg. Every glaa in the squadron was levelled at the spec tacle. The driver got off hi seat, tack the animal by the head, whirled it around once or twice and started it np the beach once mure. Fort Banter rlaahcd and flamed. Battery Wagner belched and thundered., and still the daring driver nrgM hia mule along, though the way wa swept by at leaat thirty gun. At hut he reached him destination, but 4 he could not atav there, an 1 In a moment lie waa lanuM arviiuu soma eiiHuu&g um I have three sons, and aUterr " Merry I re- put my hand on her face, an' her eyes I ( fln9 Urge black) hal formerly been was shut like sho was gode to sleep, j nd a a 'Im hrse fur the Bellow 1 ! 1't . it . I mm V at. a an the was wnuo use uie auw, u hour in iixmc isiana. name two when I said to mother, what made her I month ago the anirad had a violent st- cry, sue saia xiaiue was gunea uu au i&cz oi epixixjiu so s-evere, inacM, leaved us too, and tho kind lady told I that tha larynx, or openini of the wmJ- ns she wa np in the sky where I pipe, had been swollen shut, and th Heaven ia, an would never git hungry I horse seemed likely to die of saffooation. or cold any more, an when I said she I He waa then taken to Matt, richer would get loosed some more by herself, I stable, in Darenprt, where a veterinary she said Ood would keep her in his I nunron cut the windpipe as described animal to do it level beat. The mule did not ueed to be told to step ont, for in its reavr there was a nr and racket, and aliout iU ear were flying sand and scrap-iron, which seemed to stimulate its rVetne. IXrwa that hard beach flew the mule, the light cait ltDing and swajiug, and the driver' arm rising and falling a he dealt out Udi af Ux Uah. At Last they nor tho friendly shelter of tho aand hillv In another misnte they will le safe, but just as they near the place to turn aside a shell came scream ing from Hauler. Ecerjlody could see the huge mjwM of iroa as it roared through the air. It struck the Ixach directly ia the rear of the mule anl with a ltonod it overtook it and eipl.ded ith terrific violence. A general excUmatioti i liAird f rim Djhlgren'a flAg-ahip w hero tho admiral and hi staff are e racily gazing at the adventurous mule and hi diriug driver. Fort Samter ratcpart are black with men, they, too, willing wttnesfe of Yankee pluck. Alcng the smell of Morris Islan.1, an-l coveririr every elevation, can l- eu the Unia soldiers, who stand with bUl breath, anxious and full f sapene, and every ye intently Uki-. ; in the scene. When the shell v. l.l a circle of smoke Lid th mule f r a moment, bat when the black smoke cleared Mr. Mule had hia Jfean. lMeref. Mr. Charles TwyfirJ. a farmer Florence, Kan., La prlooel a potato four feet keg. According to recent statistics there are la the United State 221 borae to every 1,000 inhabitant. A youn ITOTVlence Uwrer aolecrJy aasM aw.taeea: ' What Laa been the rrpulatioa f jour too aisce Lia Lirth t Brown stsy he l a been so oftra de ceired ly the chicken at hi l"ordicg hoise that Le noveills it the xaor kiz bird. A definition i gives of paliUaea ia hirh It f? ILkened to aa air umf be rhiafrvVin U, but U the jolU of the wurld wcadcri ally." MHay. p" aaked a yvasfatar, Uttlrtx Or day, US c, wait U a rj 7" X riafr.'aaU IS iet, adsM&f, - Lt' a wtS tta B4 a rar lUx." A father of three son and five daugh ter wa aaked what family he bad, The anawer wsj have eavch fire plied the intemgater, such a family P A Iktcip swindler ha made thousand of dollars in New Eng'and by atayicg at hotel over night tn the guise of a travtl ing salesman, receiving by j-revioo ar rangement with a confederate letters contsiniog worthier r hecks and pre tended directions from sn employer, and inducing the landlord to cash the check a. Hi easy, ba:nes-like manner, and the simplicity of the fraud, enable Lia to succeed in nearly instance. A diraiou in the CGnventiia cf li brarian at LVothn, brought out some curiou fact concerning the Brifiah Moaeum. Several speaker advocated the compiling of a complete catalogue of the bookf in the museum, which, it La estimated, would cot utt lea tLaa 81.r),rm It would Lave to contaia 3,000,000 title. A quarter f a century would "be taken up in the printing cl the catalogue, and by tlat time there would be an accumulation of 300.000 to 400,000 new title. The New -York Ajs aj New York con Lai as to-day 1 ard on 1,30000 inhabi tant. Brooklvn alooe contain at this riting a population of &TA000 ; thl. a.hled to 1.300.0V). would give New York City l.&W.OOO. If, LoweTrr, take in Jersey C.ty and SUtea LaUad, which clearly belong to th" aggloznera tma o nnalitv, Kw; y a inetropoUa, i the serried .Largest city of the civilized wcrU." containing over 2,000,000 inhabitant. Thus Ixo lonAS0.li; New Yiwk over 2,000.000, . and then Fari with 1,SS!,77JL 2ii the town of WcUaMaiae, lire to remarkable brothers, one t4 whoa 1 seventy-aeveu years eld nd the other seventy-two year. Their total weight together i five Lunlred pound, anY their ccmbinel height Is twelve feet,fire inchee. They were born in the same houe la which they cow live, and never have been out cf their native tows. B-Ah are married and Lave families. They Lave kept their property ia com mon. Lave never kept any account, and never quarrelbd cr had tho leaat diaa greement. Their farm consist f five hundred acrra, and npoa it are Lundreil of tree one Lnudrrd fet hUh. four 'and five ft-et in d!anvter at the butt, and worth from o0 to ilCO spiece Vomdmm J'eaeajMiaterw. Im.loQ newapers who keep owrr aModrnt in the field deal with them very liberally. The 1 2Sc farniah every thing. Each Las at lesat two borace, which the oSlca tav for. and one or Hickory, 2V. O. 1 no more. " My mother says when I was a little tiny girL we lived in a big house, with lota 'o t rooms, an' ' purty things, an' chairs, an beds to sleep on, an carpet on' the floor with flowers in it, an a yard to play in with grass, an' chickens, an pigs' an'l had a real doll with eyes, an' a ib-ess on, but I don't remember 'bout it, an' sometimes I wonder where that doll gode to, an' if the little girl what's got it now won't never give it back to me no more One night I dreamed I had my doll, an' it could talk and creep like little Dicky, and say, da, da,' an when I woked up it was gone, an' then I cried till I sleeped some more, but it Askepoo, and other rivers, and the State , didn't come back no more. When we house, coz he liked little guls, an said why couldn't I go there too, an' she said some dav if 1 wa rood Ood would take me up there an "give me lota o nice thing. Then the kind lady gave Hattie a nice white dress, an' the man fixed her to bed in a putty little box, an then they taked her away, an we all of tw cried. She don't come back no more to play with us, only sometime) when I sleep, more aerranta. Forbe, correspondent of th JVVtr, receive a rlwar salary of &,0OJ a year an 1 all LUcxpenaew paid. This AS,0 U in the shape of a retainer. or laid back, and, with head down, and I He U paid tht amount by the AVie to lg laahisg wildly ut, he wa making rvtain LU aerrkae, to prevent Lia wnt- kiudling wood of the cart, which Lad Ing for aay other -mrusL When Le I b- n bsdly demoralized by a fragment i f actually at work, thea L la paid aa the ahelL Presently the driver ia en additional amount, bat Le would receive limping to the mule; in a second the the $i,000 were Le not to do a stroke of and insertcl a siphon-shsped sdvr tube . . ... . :n I. . .... .'n 1-, fV, tVimriMi I trvcr on ul uaca, aau m wnniiuu wruu vnwra mrw i vi w - f hia tail, disappears behind the cover here a ia Ameri , ei plain aa lj-gUaii of the hill. letter ia the Chirajco Tiirvs. The taea The thousand t.f boys In blae cuiU who fumih editorial for aa English ia a long and hearty hurrah ; the sailor paper may or may tot be profewnorsl wave their hat and about themaelve wnUrs that U, wt-.Uts for newr;spers. Lre. and. Larkl the Confe!ertc They raay.be tourax-aUU, cr core Lave caorht the infection, and are cheer-1 writer, cr almost anything ele. They t i i i. itOOUl SIX lucnew iu icbiu, uiruuxu which the animal obtaiae! hi allowance of air. The tube ha a thin fanog, to which the strap are attach .vl which keep it in place. The horse doe not suffer the least inconvenience from the Arrangement, and is a full of life a ever. It will be seen that by thi mode of treatment all strain ia removed trna an she ia oh, so purty, an' La every- I the obstructed Larynx, lea ting it in the ' thing nice, an says wnai a nice piaoo ii best poasibie ahape lor uoetonng. A ' is up there, and when I trie to go with yxm a the swelling subside and the her I wakes up an she' gode away ntural passage i again open, the tube again." Cincinnati Sunday Jlrtakfast b removed, the hole sewed np and 7Vi6c. the horse i himself ain. A we have ;1 K hnrM waa riiwd at the Bellows A Fatal Gate. . . . . In volcanic regions spring and well M j- DnM.t rrorrieUr. took of carbonio acid gaa are not infrequent, . h. .hir,red the animal down to forming part of the geological forma- . . UUnt Faxia in exchange for one that waa sound, which account for the presence of the horse a our streets, and Log, too. A Wonder of rreritw Ckristiaa Heinecker was bra at La beck on the 6'ii of February, 1T2L When only ten month old h could re pat every worl that wa said to him ; at twelve month. he knew the principal la in the Pentateuch by heart : at of South Carolina is now reaping a great harvest Over 86.000.000 have already - a been invested by northern capitalists in mining and manufacturing the rocks into rich fertilizers, and many persons who, in 1837, were unbelievers have now their thousands invested in it. This is a simple and true history of the dis covery and development of the phosphate rocks of South Carolina. The exports for the past year amount to nearly two hundred thousand tons. Philadelphia Inquirer, Every rain drop which smite the mountain produces its definite amount of heat. lived in the big house mother didn't have to go to folks' house an wash an' leave ns locked up in the room, cause father worked in a store then, an' fetch ed home money to mother, an' some times he bringed me an Tommy candy an oranges, mother said an tooked ns lota o time to the park an one time to the circus. I was too little thu, an I wish I could the circus now, but they make little girlapay to go in,' an I never don't hsve any money, an if I did I would give it to mother to buy white dress for Dicky. Dicky i cute an purty, if he had a white J rose. Mother says father didnt drink nasty whisky then, an he never gitted drunk tion, like the spring and well of petro leum in certain district or this country. The Dogs' Grotto, near Naples, enjoys wns0nlT ar thi item. Xutcatint a world ovide reputation for eviL It dis plays the fact that carbonio add gas is so much heavier than air that it lies on the ground like a pool of water. The gas flows out over the threshold of the door, and runs like a brook down the nath leading up to the grotto. In calm Iwoa) Tribune, A Trdro IVieJk. When the Communist of Paris mob bed the residence of Thiers, they carri ed sway Lis bronzes and curiositiee, which were aold to dealer. The police weather a lighted candle plunged into I subsequently seized, wherever they the stream near its point of exit is im- I found them; articles bearing the private mediately extinguished. train and the quick- A traveler stepped off a asked a boy : ' M Sonsy, what la cat way to get te the central dopot t " Roa r he aaa-rered, and set t&e ex ample by gstHnr out cf th wsy pretty fast. mark of Thiers, which be caused to be engraved or stamped upon Lis article of verta. To hi surprise, Le found manr ornament broach t to Lia bear- e ing hia mark, which he had never ed. Th dealers Lad counterfeited the mark, and r referred to be robbed rather than eonfe tb trick. . . . a? v occupy oaewaa-. iue poi cs io mercenary soldier whoa fealty I doe fa the power which pey Lia, daring the period for which he is employed. Bar pose the Ladn Timr wishes to rrtsia the terrioea of Profe-or Moaiy Dryaa dast for a leavl. writer. The editor end for L'm, 1 1 1 hia, aasounces the Lsis tW . v- PA1 a retainer, which varie accord of theOld and New TeaUaent ; ta Li , , . io W WJP I IMI wiymJm aid b cannot write for anv other daOf raapcr. It does - mm . 1 V - 1 a - . mnmt A1M. muu yemr y.j - n kin for the Times. tiona on universal history and geogrspny, I t . , and in the same year Le learned to speak Latin and French ; in Li fourth year Le employed himself la the study of religion and th Lis lory of the ehurcb, and be was able not only to repeat what Le bad read, but also to reason upon it, sad ex pre Lis own judgment. The King of Denmark wiahed to see this wonderful not, however, guarantee Lia crcatarl emp!rrmeuL He may Lave beea re tained to write oa will caeca, sau tvs writes only when there Is demand for sa article on will. A journal may bar five or fifty tnca thus rrtaiaea. uu day the editor derides what Le wiahe so vu wiv-ineclalothecrcsv child, so Le wa taken to Cpechageu, - TZTZ uobv tL. ric-l- there rtarninetl bofors the court. proclaimed to be a wooder. Oa hi re turn Lome Le leemed to write, but Li constitution being weak Le ahortJj afterward fell UL He died oo the 27th of Jane, 1723k. the word rut out st m I 1 w Bra. "J t . . . " : ... it. rcwtToes' a wrirVeo rriefliss eserei bycoeof ths elt teachers recently. And on Bit! br.v handed la Oo, go, go, go.' A retaining fee varx accorvLrLg quality of the man. Editoriala oa the 77i4 are paid for at rate varyirg from two to firs guiaeas each. Th sib-editors who Lave charge of foreign news, wxojeaimbem, local topic, commercial affairs, sad th like, raodr regular sa2. sries, Aa English. reporUr, who is al most invariably a ahorVhal writer, fi from tlS to per week. '5?
Hickory Democrat (Hickory, N.C.)
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Dec. 15, 1877, edition 1
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