Win WtMg fteitoi
TIsc Urown, Klue and Gray.
T(Y H. C. PARSONS.
The w.Ttrbers were wear)-, and train time
was nigh,
There was protest and pleading, and tearful
good-bye,
We laid tlio three gently npon the white bed,
And tenderly pillowed each sorrowful head.
The lips were ail silent, and soft were the
sighs ;
The lashes wore hiding the beautiful eyes;
On the right lay the dark waves, that rip
pled with gold,
On the left flowed the silver that never was
told,
And tho wing of the raven between.
The brown eyes said, closing "I hope you'll
be late;"
The blue eyes yet trembled "How long can
you wait ?"
The gray, dark with pleading, were closing
in prayer;
The hush of His angel wa stilling the air.
The brown hands lay crossed and pressed in
their plane ;
The white hands lay lost in the fold of the
lace ;
In velvet and dimples, the hand that was
stirred ;
The bieath of the sleepers was all that I
heard,
And the shriek of the incoming train.
1 twice kissed the proud lips, the ruby lips
twice,
The lips that were pouting I turned to them
thrice,
Then hurried forth bli"d in the pitiless rain,
And into the night on the outgoing ai in
But I think while I bent over tresses and
bands
All my heart-stiings were caught by tho mo
tionless hands ;
l'or whenever I wait and wherever I roam
They are driving me on, they are drawing me
home,
"While I dream of the brown, blue and
gray.
'Scrihner for March.
Indian Corn in England. The
consul general of the United States,
at London communicates some inter
esting facts to tho Department of State
relative to the increased consumption
of Indian corn in that fit'. It is us
ed mninl' as food for horses. The j
London General Omnibus Company,
with its 7,000 horses, use no other
grain. It feeds from 12 to 10 pounds
of corn per da' to each horse. It
finds its use, mixed with other food,
beneficial and economical. The Lon
don Tramway Company has adopted
a similar course, with satisfaction. For
hard worked horses corn is coming to
ho considered the best food. A mar
ket for several hundred millions of
bushels of one of our most abundant
products may, with proper exertions,
bo successfully cultivated in Great
13 ri tain.
A Step Beyond Wooden Nutmegs
The manufacture of eggs simula
ting the product of the ordinary hen
from inexpensive materials is the la
test industry of San Francisco, says a
California exchange. The albumen is
imitated with a mixture of sulphur,
carbon and fatty matter obtained from
the slaughter-houses and rendered
sticky with mucilage. The yolk is
composed of blood, phosphate of lime,
magnesia, muriate of ammonia, oleic
and magarie acids and colored with
chrome yellow. The eggs are shaped
by a blow-pipe from a mass of gypsum,
carbonate of lime and oxide of iron. Af
ter tho shells arc blown the albumen is
forced in through a hole in the small
end and adheres to the sides ; then the
yolk is added and after being covered
with more of the albumen mixture the
hole is sealed with cement ; tho com
pleted egg is then rubbed smooth and
laid aside for packing. It is asserted
that many barrels of these eggs have
beert already shipped eastward lor con
sumption. A Doa Dies of Grief. It will be
recollected that Mr. J. Goodrich, of
liiisxell street, was found drowned in
the North Meadow Creek last Novem
ber. Ho bad a fine setter dog, and
master and dog were greatly attached
to each other. Young Goodrich hunt
ed frequently with his dog, his health
not being good, as ho was subject to
'epileptic fits. On the occasion when
bo was drowned he was hunting for
musk rats, and his dog as usual, was
with him. Toward niHit tho dor
came home quite wet, as if direct from
the water. The dog acted strangely,
and ran back and forth. Finally
young Trumbull iancliff followed
him to near the bluff, and the dog ran
down an cmbaukrncnt repeatedly.
Getting assistance, StanclifF returned
to tho place, preceded hy the dog, and
there young Goodrich was found
dead. The dog, who had probably
tried to get his master out of the wa
ter, and, failing, wept for assistance,
naw the dead body of young fJoqdrjch
taken from the creek. From that
time tho dog declined in health. He
ate but little, and drooped, became so
weak that the family had to carry
him from one place to another, and a
week since ho died, evidently from
grief at tho loss of his m aster. Hart
!' (CWh.) Time.
GLEANINGS.
Texas has a State debt of over 85,
000,000. Baltimore's water works have cost
the city 2,745,000.
A fixed fact one that gets into a
woman's head.
lie who would rise in the world,
says Josh Billings, must pay for the
yeast.
Artemus Ward once spoke of Wash
ington as "a man who never slopped
over,
Organ-grinders are ordering sprin
IT
suits for their monkeys.
Put a bey in cast iron boots and
he'd get his feet wet just the same
Free Press.
The Lord Provost of Glasgow re
ported three weeks ago that 25,000
persons in that city were destitute.
"There's music in tho heir," says
Jones. Jones has a brand-new baby
at his house. Boston Transcript.
The devil is about the only one that
can lead folks captive at his will ; they
usually rebel at tho wills of other tes
tators. The- say that truth lies at the bot
tom of a well, but it is of course ab
surd to say that truth lies anywhere.
That's about all that proverb amounts
to. N. Y. Mail.
There are so many Generals in Con
gress that a few old fashioned Colo-
ncls would bo a relief. Even a Cap
tain would be a tidbit. iY. Y. Herald.
The Philadelphia Record says there
has been a general rise in the price of
iron of 61.50 per ton during the last
month, and an advance of 50 cents
within the last week.
New Orleans Picayune : Tobacco-
frauds stumps of cigars found on the
sidewalks. A music teacher
must play brass before he can be
come a good tooter.
The Bodies of Mrs. Gray and her
three children, all firmly tied together,
were found in the river near Fort
1 T ... i M' ' I f I
orm, i exas, a lew oays ago. diic
drowned herself and three children
last June.
The Alabama Legislature took a re
cess in December, and, with tho ex
ception of two members, all charged
the State mileages, the total being S3.
000. This is the most common and
contempliblo steal of the da'.
Now, there abideth these things,
which eveiy man can do better than
any one else : Poke a fire ; put on his
own hat ; edit a newspaper; tell a sto
ry, after another man has begun it ;
examine a railway t'mctable. Hawk
eye. Eddie Lawhorn, aged twelve, when
convicted of horse stealing and sentcn-
ced to imprisonment for five years in
the Texas, penitentiary, laughingly
said, ''Five years ain't long. Why. I
can stand on my head most of the
time."
A moral philosopher remarks that
"unlimited activily of whatever kind
must at least end in bankruptcy."
The bustling hornet and the lively
flea can never bo cowed down by
such flimsy doctrines. N. O. Pica
yune. A worthy Baptist minister in the
West, gently rebuking his flock for
their extravagance in dress, used the
word "garbage," supposing it to be a
more elegant form of"rarb." Wild
hilari y in the choir and horrible con
sternal ion among tho dovout portion
of tho flock.
There were thirty-two murders,
eleven attempted assassinations, five
lynchings and twenty-one rapes in
Iowa during the last two weeks. If
Iowa would only move South, she
could take tho banner as an "Outrage"
State. As it is, she will have to pine
neglected.
Ingersoll made 820,000 last year by
denying that there is a God. Had ho
gone around asserting that there is a
God, people would have said, "Why,
of course there is!" and he wouldn't
have cleared expenses.
He put his arm around her waist
And swore an awful swore,
And as he jerked it off again
He said,
I've felt that Pin-aforc.
Pack.
In a primary school not long ago.
the teacher undertook to convey to
Ijer pupils an idea of the hyphen
Sho wrote on the blackboard "Bird's-
nest," and, pointing to the hyphen,
asked the school "What is that far?"'
After a short pause, a small Fenian
piped out. '-Blaze ma'am, for the bird
to roost on." '-Boston Glo'e.
Iiii.siiic.SM Directory
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II A Forney, I n tendon t.
COMMISSION EKS:
L Plonk.
O O Foard,
James A Garvin,
J li Gaither,
M.K.HAI
George E Coulter.
COUNTY OFFICERS.
M O Sherrill, Clerk of Court,
8 L Yount, Sheriff,
Geo W Cochrane, Register,
II P Rudisill, Treasurer,
John Arntz, Coroner,
T L Band , Surveyor.
COUXTT COMMISSIONER:
I. Plonk, Chairman,
J L Lycrly,
A I) Shuford,
Alonzo
M D-Trollinger.
J l. STICKS OP TUB rBAC'B.
Newton Township:
II A Forney,
C V Herman,
P F Smith,
O G Foard.
Hickory Township:
J H Bruns,
Abel Whitener.
Cline's Township:
P K Little,
U M Smith.
C T Sigman.
Catawba Township:
S C Brown,
V G James,
I. N Wilson.
Caldwell Township:
R EnglanJ,
W C Caldwell.
Jacob's Fork:
A G Corpening,
G M Voder,
Jack Whitener.
Bandy's Township:
A Mostellur,
F M Hull.
Mountain Creek Township.
M M Gabriel,
O V Ashury.
H A Forney, U S Commissioner.
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J A Foil,
C M Anderson, M.thodit.
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M E Lowrance,
W U Bulkhead.
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G II VL
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J II A Yount,
J A Yount,
F A Philip,
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J M Brown, Tru-t e.
M A Abernethy & Co.
SHOE KTOKE.
J as A Garvin.
GKOCKKS AND CONFFiCTION F.RS.
AV P Wilson,
L Plonk,
H A Whitener.
TAILOR.
II A Whitener.
SADIH.E.S AND HARNESS.
L Plonk,
(; W Lowe,
M M Rowe.
KVGOY AS!) CAKUIAOF MAN V FACTl'RERS.
W A Scronce,
Jones Baker.
CABINET MAKER.
J A Thornton.
rrUNITCRE STORE.
J M Brown.
MARBLE TARD.
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Williams & Finger, m
M A Daurity.
PMOE AND BOOT MAKERS.
A J Helton,
Waits Beard,
George Holler,
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TIN SMITH.
T D Marlow.
BLACKSMITHS.
Y Boyd,
Walter Heavner,
Solomon Shruin,
11 A Penoo.
SCHOOLS.
Catawba High School Rers J C Clapp,
J A Foil,
Male J P Rowe,
Female Miss Sallie McDowell, Mrs
Reister.
CQXTHACTOrS AND BriLDK.
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J R Jarrett,
Alex Summit!,
Aloiiza Sherrill.
PAINTER.
Thomas D Marlow.
BARBER fHOF.
John W Cain, col.
HOTEL.
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R A Boat.
POSTMASTER,
J A Garvin.
WESTERN N C R R.
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SOUTHERN EXPRESS CO.
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his it er?r yetfa!.eJ to saUsfy aay recommeautioa
In its fa cor.
The demand far the White has increased to sock
an extent ttet we are now cocnpeHtd to turn out
A. Ceaarvplete Serwriaa-g- "Vrf-lra.
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payments, ta suit the convenience of customers.
WHITE SEWING MACHINE CO.,
KS 358 Euclid A.e-, ZvtUnd. OAio.
fob S, 1S70
I
Western N. C. Railroad
In effect Friday, Novemler l-5th, 1S7S.
NO. 1 MAIL AND PASSENGER.
Arrive.
GOING WE.-T.
Salibury
9:10 um
10:00 a m
10:50 i4
11:46 "
12:40 p m
12:8 "
1:27 "
2:15 "
Third t'reek
Statesville
('atawba Station
Newton
Canova
Hickry
Icard
Morgan ton
Bridge water
Marion
Ud Fort
Henr3
3:J)0
3:4-5
4:32
5:23
5.36
NO. 2 MAIL AND PASSENGER.
Arrive. going east. It-ave.
7 30 a m
j No. 1 leaves Salisbury dailv, except Snn
I day, at 9:10 a m.
; o. 2 leaves Henry daily, except Sun
day, at , a m.
J. Y. WIION. President
Atlantic T. f&O-Kailroad.
On and after Friday. Nov. 15th, 1S7S. the
following schedule will 1; run over this road
daily, Sunday excepted :
going north.
Leave Charlotte at
Lave D-'tvidson Cdlee at
Arrive at Statesville at
7 00 am
S:49 a m
10:50 a m
SITl'F.RI VTF.VTiWT- luvrr-v
Wilmington, Sept. 16, 187S. )
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.
On and after the 20th inst., trains will run
: OVfcr this railway as follows :
pas-enger, mail vm express trains
T -
. - - rM 7 . "
' Arrive in Charlotte - S 20 1 m
j T . iX .
j Lieave t. hailotte - 7-2- a m
- t -
Arrive at lirnmsrton - - - 9 40 i in
-
I SHELBY DIVISION.
. . - . ...
; Arne at. Shelby
, o, J
Leave Sh"Ibv
Arrive at Charlotte -
- 7:00 a m
1 1-15 a 111
- 12:45 p in
5:00 p m
Th-se trains leave Wilmington, Charlotte
and Shell.3-, dail-, Sund.j-s except d.
Freight trains leave Wilmington an-1
Charlotte on Mondiys, Wetlneslavs and Fri
days, and leave I.auriiiburg on Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Sataplavs.
l'assengers will not be taken except oa
Passenger, Mail and Express trains.
CONNECTIONS.
Connects at Wilmington with Wilmington
and Weldon, Wilmington, Columbia anl
Augusta Railroads, m mi-weekly New Yoik
and tri -weekly Baltimore and weekly Phila
delphia Stcameis, River Boats to Fayette
ville. At Charlotte with its Western Division,
of 1 A orth Carolina
liailroad. Charlotte and
V. o. JOHNSON.
General Superintendent.
Chester & Lenoir R. K.
The trains over the Chi-wter & I-enir
Narrow Guage Railroad will
(Sjndays exepted) as follows :
run aaiiy
3 00 p ni
4 30 p ni
6 15 p m
7.00 p m
i.-ave i tester at
1-ieave Chester at
' ! Arrive at Yoikville at
- ' Arrive at (Jastonia at
! Airive at Dallas at
RETURNING
I Iave Dallas at
j Iave (Estonia at
; U-ave Y.vkvill at
..;.. m . .
Aliivc at Lneter at
6.45 a m
7.20 a m
9 10 a m
10.45 a m
HARDIN, Trideut.
( ". II
Henry
7.39 a m C )Id Fort
8 26 " Marion
9 13 " Biidgewater
9.56 " Jlor-autua
'.0:42 " Icrd
11:23 " Hickory
11:55 " Canova
12:10 p m Newton
1:02 Catawba
1.55 " Statesville
2:50 - Third t'reek
3:44 " Salwbnrv