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Newton HE .i IFIHIL NEWTON, N. C, FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 1890. PRICE: SI. 00 PER YEAR. VOL. XII. NO. 6. POWDER Absolutely Pure. This powder nerer varies. A marvel of purity strength and whole.Mjnieness. More economical than the ordinary kimls, and cantot be i-old in competition with the multitude of low test, short weight alum of phosphate pdwders. Sold only in emna. Royal Baking Powder Co., 106 Wall St., Jl. Y. CHAS. W. RICE, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Newton, N. iJ. jyj L. HcCOKKLE, A T'l OKXE Y A T LA Wy NEWTON, N. C. yOUNT HOUSE. W. E. YOUNT, Proprietor, NEWTON, N. C. well furnished rooms ; polite and attentive ser vants; table supplied with the best the market affords. A. P. LYNCH, Attorney at Law, NEWTON, - - - N. C K0H37 : L0.1T QN IMPROVED FAUMS IN suras of $300 and upwards, on long time and easy terms. For par ticulars, apply to L. L. WITHE RSPOON, Attorney-at-Law, NEWTON, - - N. C. MONEY TO LOAN. We will loan money on good real estate security en bettsr terms than ever before offered In thu Bute. For full information call en the under signed. A. P. 1-YNCH & M. E. LoWRANCE. J. E. TIIOllNTON, TJ' EEPS constantly on hand all sizes of Wood XV Uorhns. Also burial Kobes Strangers sending for Coffins must send good se c tint j Shop one mile north of Court House, Newton, V'. C Dr P F LAUGENOUR DENTIST. iA Graduate of Baltimore Denial Oeltege, with sev eral yaers erperieuce.) Does everything peitnininji to dentistry in the ties manner possible, at reasoi ale prices. Aching teeth made easy, treated and filled so teat they will never ache gain. Extracjing done without pain by usiug gas. OJicetn Main afreet Opposite the M. O. Sherritl Hunting J. B. LITTLE, RESIDENT DENTIST. NEW TON, N.C. tfOJJice in Younl $ Shrum's Building. SHOE SHOP ! ! We have employed good workmen and and ar running a flrst'clasa lioe Slfciop In the second story of our building. Boots and Shoes of any gr:ide made to order. Shoes kept on Land. Mending promptly done. YOUNT $ SHRUM. A WORD TO THE PUBLIC! TIIKXUWTOX IMUBM SHOP. We are prepared to do all kinds of work in our line in first class style. Soherness and cleanliness strictly observed. Will do our utmost to make onr shop a pleasant place to our customers. Careful attention given to Ladies and Children at residence or shop- Earnest Ij. Moor, Prop. .jradfields FEMALE Ft Full! ATOP MENSTRUATION , MONTHLV SICKNESS ir TAKIN DURING CHAHGL Of Wit. imuvt .VMUatrV" bUr i tKHQ Will BE MUlUUl JSOOK TO"WOMAN'fi' KRAOFIELd REBL'lATDfl POL ATLANTA EA owBrtuuituttT, - re a tot A Good Plain B, The barn represented below is adapted to a good-nized farm. It is copied after one built by T. S. Gold, of Connecticut Tke 6ize is 50 by 60 feet, with 18 feet posts, and a basement with manure shed 14 by 36 feet Its length is east and west, basement opening to the south. The basement walls are 2 feet thick, and laid below the frost Stone pillars, besidei these walls, support the barn. The sid ing is of matched ceiling, and given two coats of paint ; roof matched spruce and slated. The frame is heavily timbered, the roof having two sets of purline plates, the upper ones supported bv posts stand ing on each side of the barn floor. mere are three grain scaffolds over the floor. The storage ca pacity foi hay and grain is over 80 tons, at dice rvum ftu (tOiAV I air j I I j 500 cubic feet per ton. The stables will hold 23 head of cattle, besides the open part of basement, 18 by 48 feet in crua & it ST8lVs 1 fKB noon 0 3 1 2 Such a barn, built of the best material, can be erected for about $2,000. Modifi cations would reduce this price some what The diagrams show plainly the general features. It is given as the result of careful planning, by a practical, intelli gent farmer, who built to meet his actual needs. Shearing: Geese. A curious cas -t came before an English court for adjudication receatly. A poul terer was charged with cruelty to forty eight live geese by plucking them of their feathers, and the owner of the gees as charged with procuring the commis sion of the offence. The proceedings were taken by the Society for the Pre rention of Cruelty to Animals. A wit ness swore war, alter ine creese were plucked their skins turned a purple color and they seemed to be in pain. They walked about with their backs up and shrank w hen touched. The practice was shown by defendants to be very preva' lent, and the society asked for a nominal fine, to put a stop to it The defendants said it was the custom of the district to pluck the feathers every six weeks, and if they were stopped from doing so many people would discontinue keeping geese, as much more money was realized by the sale of the feathers than by the geese. The court imposed a fine of eighteen shillings each upon the defendants, and expressed the hope that it would be a warning to other people. Plucking live geese and ducks prevails all over the United States. It is a barbarous pro ceeding, and the birds are justified in "getting their backs up" at the cruel practice. Should such cases be prose cuted doubtless the courts of this country would decide as did the court m question. There is a species of large water fowl whose habitat in winter is the open lakes of the interior, and their feathers are so firmly set that they cannot be plucked. Shearing is resorted to, and many house wives have beds made of these feathers which almost equal those of eider down, as the stiff troublesome quill ends are absent. Shearing geese and ducks could be made to supersede plucking. Summer Fast Prepare, during the winter or early spring, sufficient fuel for summer. From the time the plow can be started until the corn is cribbed time is too precious to be used for work that can be done at another season. To chop wood in July or August is decidedly hot work ; and if the summer stovewood is prepared now, the work will not be put on wife and girls during the summer, ror summer use light dry wood that will burn quick ly and die down quickly is the best vV ood may now be cut green, when it works easiest, and, if properly stored, it will be dry by the time it is wanted. Such timber as Cottonwood, white elm. wild cherry, eta, which make very in ferior winter fuel, are excellent for sum mer. The logs are most easily worked by sawing them with a cross-cut saw into stovewood length, and splitting aft erward. The logs can be hauled up most easily during the winter, when a sled can be used. Corn cobs are excellent summer fuel, and are well worth saving for this purpose. Voreless Apples. It was a greedy boy, who, when asked for the core of the apple he was eating by a hungry companion, remarked: "There ain't goin' to be no no core. " "Well, that's what the horticulturists are after now apples without no core. Two cases lately put on record of seedless sorts of apple one of them represented as a large and good winter variety come directly in clash with Professor Claypole's proposition to breed out the tn ublesome core from the best of our fruits. It is worthy of attention, espe cially as the trees are much more ex hausted by the production of seeds than by that of their development, and usu ally the more seeds, less eatable the pulp, and the harsher its.quality. Pleuro-pneumonia has had a foothold in England for fifty years, and only within the last year and a half nave any thing like effective efforts been made to stamp it out. During this period $50, 000 has been expended on the slau ghter of diseased stock, and about $300,000 lias been used in buying and killing stock that had been exposed to the disease. Still pleuro-pneumonia is as rampant as ever, nor does it appear that the stamp ing out process as practiced is. at all likely to lead to the eradication of the disease at an early date. THE DAIRY. The presence of two or three inferior cows in a herd affects the average profit of the whole. If dairying is to be con ducted as a paying business the most im portant requisite is a good cow in place of an inferior one. As a result of a very large number of analyses made by the Danish Dairy Sup ply Company, it is reported that eveaing milk contains more fat and more total solids than the morning milk. In Octo ber and November the milk is richer in fat and total solids than in other parte of the year. There is much in the breed, there is much in the feed, and there is more in the feeder than in either. A good feeder will do fairly well with a good breed and poor feed, or with good feed and a poor breed. But a good feeder putting good feed into a good breed is the acme of per fection in dairying. It is more expensive to make full cream cheese, but it is always readily salable and brings good'prices, while the pDorer article is not in demand at all. It doe3 not pay to attempt to economize the cost of cheese by skimming a portion of the milk, nor can any substitute for cream be used that cannot be detected by experts. H. M. Vail, of Pomfret, Vt, says that fifteen years ago the average yield of butter per cow was in that town 100 pounds, while now it has increased to 200 pounds, and the price has corre spondingly increased. He thinks that this has been obtained by high feeding, more care in selecting cattle, and better care of them generally. As between the two methods of dry salting and brine salting of butter, it cannot be said that the new is so much superior to the old that it ought in all cases to be substituted for it Each has its advocates, and under each good but- tei is made, so that the choice may very well be the one that is considered the most convenient and lees troublesome. How can I get 25 cents a pound for my butter the year round ? asks a corre spondent The only suggestion that would be practical for us to make is that the first thing to do is to make butter that is worth 25 cents. Then if you can find some one to pay that price the thing will be done. But you alone will have to find your market It must be a pri vate niarnet tnat pays tne same price for butter at all seasons of the year. Cross-bred Poultry for the Market. ine most successful marset poultry m obtained by proper crossing. And what branch of the business pays so well as that which supplies the tables of the rich and poor? There is profit in breeding fancy fowls after a reputation has beea acieved, but that costs money and time. Market poultry needs no reputation. All it requires is good common sense, and enough experience to run the business. The average farmer has these. The writer has been severely criticised by some fancy breeders for his stand on crosses, but, as his aim k to benefit the market, he feels justified in his position Besides, there is plenty of room for both fancy and market poultry. We need the fancier by all means. We cannot pro duce crosses without pure-breda. There are two great points desired in the breed ing of poultry an increased production of eggs, and improvement for the table. These are the legitimate grounds which justify cross-breeding. In crosses we combine quality with Mae, as, for ex ample, Houdan oa Cochin or Brahma, or Cochin on Dorking. This latter cross is after the English fashion. They take a good two-year-old Cochin cock and mate with six good Dorking bene of a year old. The pullets of the cross are next season mated with game, and their produce is them marketed. Thus they gain size from the Cochin, and quality from the Dorking. By the game cross very little in size is sacrificed, while another first rate cross, in point of quality is added. An Englishman, refer ring to this cross, once said: "The flesh is as white as snow, and as savory as any aldermanic gourmand could desire. " It must be understood, however, that noth ing is gained by mating the progeny, Cross-bred birds should never be mated together. When we mate the cross we have the ideal of our experiment; be yond that there is a downward tendency. W e do not believe any great success can be obtained in mating for egg-pro duction. That is no cross can be secured that will give a higher egg record than that which some of our noted strains now have. It is principaly for an im provement of table quality that we re commend inter-breeding. Value of the Flesh -Brush. It is well known that muscles put to any unusual or severe strain are likely to suffer lameness and soreness. Some times this paves the way for rheumatism. A brisk rubbing of the parts that have been overworked will save subsequent lamenesa If the lower limbs are treated in this way after an unusual and fatigu ing walk, the naturally-expected lame ness will be quite sure to be missed the following day. Those who find it diffi cult to get to sleep at night should try the experiment of giving the body brisk and thorough rubbing just before retiring, using the palms of the hands, or a moderately stiff towel, or flesh-brush, while the effect of freeing the pores of the skin from deleterious matter would be beneficial to the general health. With babies, a gentle but thorough rub bing of the whole body with the hands at night not only quiets the nerves and renders the little ones generally comfor table, but induces refreshing sleep. This is a fact with which many mothers unfamiliar, but which, if followed, would add much to the comfort and well-being both of themselves and their children. Harsh or long-continued fric tion is to be avoided, since this would irritate the skin and cause discomfort To assist in freeing the pores of their impurities, a gentle pressure or kneading of the surface of the body is beneficial for those who are somewhat advanced in years. Frozen slop will cause a pur to lose weight rather than to gain. It will pay to warm all sloppy food for pigs. Utilizing; Corn-HuaKs. One of the best utilized waste products in Australia is said to be corn-husks. These are boiled with an alkali in tubu lar boilers. The glutinous matter pressed out from the fibre by hydraulio apparatus, leaving the fibres in the shape of a mass of chain in longitudinal threads interspersed with a dense mass of short fibres. The paper for which mostly the short fibres are used the long fibres constituting the material for spinning is stronger than papers of the same weight made from linen or cotton rags, its hardness and firmness of grain exceeding that of the best dipped En glish drawing papers. SOUTHERN AGRICULTURE. Ply mouhBicon. Most of our farmers at the time of writing are busy in the field throw ing down the old rows, cutting down corn 6 talks;, etc. A few days ago I took a walk abroad, I wanted to see wbat my neighbors were doing. On J one roan's farm I noticed in one field especially a very rank crowth of crab grass that had sprung up after the ast year's crop had been; laid.-by. Ie had been firing the grass, burn - ing it up. Was that economy for a poor man ? Was it ecouomy for a rich man T Was it good farming ? I know not. The poor . farmer might think it was a good way of getting rid of the dead grass etc., he wanted to get on, and get bis land in order ; yes, that is where most of us miss it, eaving till to-morrow the thing that ought to be done to-day. After that corn was gathered and housed last .November, why was that field left until now to be prepared? If it had been my field I should, as soon as the last load of corn had been hauled out, started ray plows in it, and stalks and grass would all have been deeply buried, and by the time I wanted to plant my corn again this Spring they would have been ready o help nourish the young com plant. This is one of the weak points in our Southern system of farming. Our hot summers, clean culture and lack of shade, tosrether with the practice of planting cotton and corn year after year on the same piece of land all tend to make rich soil poor and poor soils next to use less, yet this can and ought to be remedied. If our fields were plowed in the fall as soon as the crop is har vested, it would go a long way to- waids giving us better crops and more of them ; it would make the cultivation of the crop a much easier matter. A crop should be half culti vated before it is planted. . he soil should be in the best possible condi tion at the time of planting so that when the young plant sends out its tiny feeders it will be able to get the proper and necessary food for its perfect development. Again, much of our land that has been under cul tivation for many years is deficient in vegetable humus. Fall ploughing by turning tinder the grass, etc would help supply this deficiency, and by a systematic rotation of crops we could witt the help of our home-made fertilizers, stable manure, do without a great deal of guano and thus lessen our expenses. If our farmers would only take up i this subject in earnest and use a lit tie common sense in their plauniug and working; if they would only j recognize this fact that they must feed the plant with its proper food or ith the food uscessarv for its full and perfect development. Every one knows or should know that whatever crop is planted it will ex tract from the soil all the available plant food it requires or can obtain. Unless this plant food is suppled to the soil in the shape of manure it will not produce a crop. All the available plant food has beeu taken up by the preceding crops and the land is what we term run down, it is then thrown out of cultivation, the pines take possession of it and na ture takes up the work of restoring its fertility, but can we afford to wait for nature in this country ? Nature has all time before her to do her work in, man has only a short year in which to do his work, so he has to shorten the time as much as possible by growing peas and oats and applying manure, heavy doses of it too, uutil he brings his land up again. I have heard intelligent men and good farmers too say, and in fuct at one time I thought as they did, "It is necessary for mo to find out what my laud is lacking iu and then supply that want. I must have my land analyzed by" a chemist. I shall know then just what to put on my It ml to get auy crop I wish," Alas! nature will not yield up her secret, oi ratuer man has not yet been able to gain that knowledge The truth is that soil analysis is practically worthless to the farmer. Although the tiller of the soil has Deen digging and delving for some six thousand years : although chem- 1 11 -S IB icie analysis lias ueen, and still is day by day getting a little nearer, a little closer to the goal, yet it stiil remains a secret. The farmer must and c n, bj the aid of the of the chemist ascertain of what his crop is composed, whether it be corn, cotton or tobacco, that is to say he can as certain how much potash, lime, phos photic acid, etc., there is in the make up of his crop. He will then have a better idea of what he needs to make a food which shall produce a perfect pjaut. The key note of it all, is this. manure, more maunre. We need it. all we can get, and more too but what a tremendous lot we lose year after year. We want a better sys tern of making and saving it. Nine tenths of us lose more than we make and then have a big guano bill to foot at the end of the year which does not suit. Rho Gamma Pm. HOW TO PIjANT CORN. J. B. i LDEE, LAWBENCEVILLE, TEX. Southern Farm. As I started out last year to make a third test of my plan of planting corn and advised every farmer that wanted to make corn and save labor and expenses to adopt it, I now come forth with happy results. I plained last year twenty-four acres of corn, four acres 3x3 feet, row three feet apart and corn three feet in the drill, got a good 6tand and worked it nicely : first, plowed tol erably deep, afterwards shallow. All work necessary was done at the proper time. I made, as near as I can come at it, fifteen bushels per acre less on the 3x3 than I made on the corn 6xl feet, rows six feet wide, corn in the drill eighteen inch es apart. Now then, here is the dif ference : The rows that were six feet apart made fifteen bushels more per acre, one-half as much hoeing to do and between the corn rows I raised peas, beets, peanuts, sweet potatoes and a 565 pounds bale of cotton that brought me $50.80 ; cost of picking $8.50, leaviug me $42.40 clear profit. Raised peas enough to supply my neighbors and to fatten a pret y bunch of shoats. The beets I raised helped to fatten thirty-two head of hogs for market that brought me the nice little sum of $322 and a smoke house full of lard and hams, to say notbing of the shoulders and middlings that no other packery can equal for sweetness. llow much com did 1 make per acre 47 bushels. How much did my neighbors make f From thirty to forty bushels. Even though one did not make as much corn by three or four bushels on six foot rows as on three foot rows, there would be more money in the six foot rows ; it does away with the greatest amount of work imaffinable . GOOD GARDENING. Southern Farm In the well kept Garden where it is intended to keep some valuable crop growing on every plat from October to October it is advisable, if not always imperative that ameli orating crops be made to follow ex hausting crops in proper rotation, and this implies a change of species. As a rule surface feeding plants, and especially those that do not shade the soil much, are more exhaustive than those having top roots and that furnish a dense shade to the soil du ring the heat of summer. A soil that is shaded during the summer time increases its available nitrogen more rapidly than it is called upon to give up to the growing crop, as suming that a reasonable, supply is present to begin wi'li. Practical farmers aie well aware that cotton field peas or beans and sweet pota toes are more ameliorating (less ex haustive) than any etops that are planted on bur soils. On the other band, corn, sorghum, onions, cab bages, celery, lettuce, and dwarf peas are exhaustive crops all sur face feeders are furnishing less shade. All leguminous, or pod bearing plants, the world wer, are regarded as ameliorating in their tendency and it is highly proper that these and the tuber bearing plants should follow as much as pos sible the crops that mature in late spring. Onions, spinach, dwarf English pears and full set cabbage, all of which are usually planted in early November, vacate the soil in April, May or June, and these should be followed whenever practicable with crops that shade the soil as much as possible. THERE ARE SOME WHO PRAISE. Pittsburgh Dispatch The fact that Benjamin Harrison has been in the Presidential chair lust a year from last luesdav, is made the subject of striking com ment by Democratic contemporaries. But not very much is said by the Republican organs about it except those whose editors have got offices. A BOON TO WIVES. Having used "Mother's Friend I would not be without it. It ia a boon to wives who know they must pass through the painful ordeal of childbirth. Mrs. C. Melbure, Iowa. Vrite The Brad field Reg. Co., At lanta, (ia, for further particulars. Sold by all druggists. U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRI- CTLTURE. Oftioe of the Secretary, Washinqiok, D. C, Feb, 24, '90. To the Managers and Agents of Railroad and Transportation Companies of the United Slates: In accordance with Section 7 of an let of Congress approved May 28th, 1884, entitled "An Act for the estab lishment of a Bureau of Animal In dustry, to prevent the exportation of diseased cattle and to provide means for the supression and extirpation of pleuro pneumonia and other conta gious diseases among domestic ani mals," you are hereby notified that a contagious and infectious disease known as splenetic or Texas fever exists among cattle in the following described area of the United States : All that country lying south and east of a line commencing on the Mississippi river at a latitude 36 deg. 30 min. north, thence running west ward on that parallel of latitude, be ing the southern boundary of Mis souri, to the eastern boundury of the Indian Territory, thence running northward to the southern boundary of Kansas, thence westward along said boundary ofKansas to the 100th meridian of longitude, thence south ward along said 100th meridian of longitude to the southern boundary of Childress county in Texas, thence westward along the southern bound ary of the counties of Childress,Hall, Briscoe, Swisher, Castro, and Par mer to the eastern boundary of New Mexico. From the 15th day of March to the 1st day of December, 1890, no cattle are to be transported frcm said area to any portion of the United States north, east or west of the above described line except in accordance with the following regu lations : Provided, That these reg ulations shall not apply to any cattle taken into or through the State of Goloradofor feeding purposes in ac cordance with the regulations of that State. THE DISTRIBUTION AND CON SUMPTION OF THU CORN AND WHEAT. Washington, March 10. The sta tistical report of the Depaitment o: Agriculture for March relates to the distribution and consumption o: corn and wheat. It makes the pro portion of the corn crop in the hands of the growers 45.9 per cent, or 970, 000,000 bushels, and of the whea crop 31.9 per cent, or 140,000,000 bushels, The stock of corn on hand is the largest ever reported in March, of the largest crop after mildest winter. The average of eight annu al returns is 667,000,000 ; that o last year was 787,000,000 bushels The estimated consumption to March 1st. is 1,243, 000,000 bushels, a fig ure exceeded only last year and in 1886. The proportion of merchant able corn of the crop of 1889 is 85. per cent, exceeded in recent years only by those of 1884 and 1886. The average value of all com on the first of December was 28.3 cents per bushel. The average on the first of March was 27.9 cents for merchanta ble, and 19.2 for unmerchantable, making an aggregate of value $35, 000,000 less than December estimate. The wheat crop of of 1889 was exceeded by tLe crops of 1880, 1886 and 1884. The average remainder in the hands of the growers on the 1st of March for ten years past has been 130,000,000 bushels. The average crop during this period has been 450,000,000 bushels. Unly in years having a product much below this average has the March remainder fallen below 130,000,000 bushels, with the sole exception of 1886, when the crop of 458,000,000 bushels fol lowed one 357,000.000 THE NEW PENSION LAW. Raleigh Chronicle. State Auditor Sanderlin is now sending out blank applications to people entiled to pensions under the laws of the State. Up to this time annual the appro priation for pensions has been $30, . 000. Last year this amount was divided pro rata among about four thousand pensioners, widows and soldiers, giving to each one $7.65. The Legislature, after scanning the Auditor's report almost unani mously decided that this pension was too enfinitesimal to be of much benefit to the recipients, and went to work with a view to increas ing the amount for each. An act was passed to take effect this year (1830) repealing the annual appropriation of $30,000, and levy ing special tax increase the amount to be expended by the State for this purpose. Bui, first the Legislature deter mined who was entitled to pensions, j and also sought to regulate the amount of each pension according to the degree of disability of the bene ficiaries. In this particular the new aw prescribes that every person who is incapaciated for manual labor by reason of a wound received while in discharge of his duty as a soldier or sailor in the service of the State of North Carolina, or of the Confeder ate States of America, during the war between the States, and to the widow remaining unmarried of any deceased officer, soldier or sailor who osthis life in the war, the following sums snail be paid annually : To such as have received a wound which renders them totally incompe tent to perform manual labor in the ordinary avocations of life, one hun dred dollars: 2d. To such as have ost a leg above the knee or an arm above the elbow, seventv-flve dol- ars: 3d. To such as have lost a oot or leg below the knee, or hand or arm below the elbow, or have a eg or arm rendered utterly useless by reason of a wound or permanent injury, fifty dollars: 4th. To such as have lost one eye, and to all indi gent widows remaining unmarried, and all other soldiers who are other wise disabled to perform manual abor by reason of wounds received while in the Confederate service, twenty -five dollars. In order that a fund might be pro vided to pay these pensions, a special tax was levied. The levy demands a tax of three cents on every one hun dred dollars value of real and per sonal property of this State, and moneys, credits, investments in bonds, stocks, joint stock companies or otherwise, and also a tax of nine cents on each taxable poll between the age of twenty -one and fifty years. A calculation has shown that this tax will yield a fund of about $78, 000. It is positively certain, that this amount will not be sufficient to pay the pensions according to the schedule above, and m that case a provision of the law is that the fund shall be apportioned pro rata among the grades mentioned, observing the gradation, so as to give the greater proportionate amount of aid to thooe seriously disabled. The Auditor says it is impossible to determine now how many of each class of pensioners there aie, and this cannot be known until all appli cations under the new law shall be received; and to this end he is now sending out the necessary blanks. All pensioners under the old law must make a re-application in which their condition must be stated, and from this information they will be classified. A blank is being sent to each one, and in anticipation of an increase of applicants, twenty-five blanks are being sent to tha Regis ter of Deeds of each county for dis tribution. In returning these blanks, each soldier must make oath that he is, and has been for twelve months im mediately preceding the re-applica- tion for pension, a bona hde resis dent of North Carolina; that he holds no office under the United States, or under any State or county, from which he is receiving the sum of three hundren dollars as fees or as a salary annually; that he is not worth, in his own right or the right of his wife, property to the amount a a - of five hundred dollars, nor has he disposed of property of such value by gift or voluntary conveyance since the 11th of March, 1885, and that he is not receiving anv aid from the State of North Carolina. Widows are required to make the same oaih as above, and also that she is "iadigent;" that is, she is des titute of property or means of sup port, and is not provided with the proper means of subsistence by any parent, child, relative or friend. A considerable increase in the number of applications is anticipat ed, and the Auditor is spending his energies toward getting them all in, and properly classifying them. THE BEVT RESULT. Every ingredient employed in pro ducing Hood's Sarsaparilla is strict ly pure, and is the best of its kind it is Dossible to buy. All the roots and herbs are carefully selected, per sonally examined, and only the bes retained, bo that from the time o: purchase until Hood's Sarsaparilla is prepared, everything is carefully watched with a view to at taining the best result. Whr don'i 0 - you try it ? Persons who lead a life of expos ure are subject to rheumatism, neu ralgia and lumbago and will find i valuable remedv in Dr. J. H. Mc- 1 ml Lean's Volcanic Oil Liniment; it will banish pain and subdue inflamation. fCafliw' (Column. A. SK1DAZ, XX ZOO T. She stood like an angel just wandered froxa heaven, A pilrfm benighted away from the skies. And little we deemed that to mortals were Riven, Such visions of beauty as came from her eyes. She looked up and smiled on the many glad faces. The friends of her childhood, who stood by her side : But phe shone o'er them all, like a queen of the Graces, When blushing she whispered the vow of a bride. We sang an old song, as with garlands we crowned her. And each left a kiss on her delicate brow: And we prayed that a blessing might ever ear round her. And the future of life be unclouded as now U. T, Fields. Of STATURE'S 11 K 31 K 1) IE 8. Hue Apple Juice is Said to be a Specific for Diphtheria. It is said that nature lias her own remedy for every ill to which flesh ia heir. Some of her remedies have not yet been discovered and some that have been found out have not become gener ally known. Medical science has long ought for a soverign remedy for the scourge of childhood, diphtheria, yet the colored people of Louisiana, and per haps of other localities in the south, have for years known and used a cure which is remarkable for its simplicity. It ia nothing more or less than the pure juice f the pine apple. The remedy is not mme, said a gen tleman when interviewed, "it has been used by the negroes in the swamps down south for years. One of my children was down with diphtheria and was in a critical condition. An old colored man who heard of the ease asked if we had tried pine apple juice. "We tried it and the child got welL I have known it tried in hundreds of cases. I have told my friends about it whenever I heard of a case and never knew it to fail. You get a ripe pine apple, squeeze out the juice and let the patient swallow it. The juice is of so corrosive a nature, that it will cut out the diphtheric mucus, and if you will take the fruit before it is ripe and give it to a person whose throat ia well it makes the mucus membrane of his throat sore. Among those who have tried the cure on my recommendation I may mention Francis J. Kennet, the board of trade man, whose children were all down with diphtheria and were cured Mr. Kennett confirmed the statement Mind Reading as an Entertainment. The so-called "science" of mind read ing can be successfully employed as a means of entertainment at a small even ing party, and will afford much amuse ment. The amateur performer can soen learn to produce suprising results. The usual method is for the company to Belect some simple feat for the performer to accomplish such as taking a watch from a pocket or an umbrella from a stand, kneeling beside a certain chair, opening a book, striking the keys of a piano, etc This must be done secretly, of course, and not communicated to the person to be operated upon. The opera- tor blindfolds his "subject" or require a mere closing of the eyes, and, placing his hand on the forehead, endeavors by fixing his mind on the object to be ac complished to communicate his purpose to the blindfolded person. "Whether the communication of ideas results from muscular hints given and understood, or whether this is a real communication of intelligence through will power or magnetism, it is not necessary to attempt to decide, but certain it is that a strong- willed person, can, with a little practice, cause his subjects to perform some quite remarkable feats in the way of execut ing the testa agreed upon by the company. The performance is sure to be entertain ing and amusing. MISSES? GOWNS. The Domestic Monthly has some excel lent ideas in regard to misses' toilets. Among other things it says it is a good plan to sew girls' waists and skirts to gether, or a line of white may show when lifting their arms. The plaited fronts spoken of above have plaits from the neck tappered to the point, under a shaped belt ; the sleeves are puffed over the elbows and plaited at the top, or of the leg-o'-mutton shape. The collar and cuffs may be of velvet. A full, straight plaid skirt is worn with a short, bluntly pointed basque of plain eloth. which is double-breasted from the busted down, and has re vers of the same with a V of the plaid ; high collar and coat sleeves, also a stitching on all of the cloth edges, and bone but tons. Heavy woolen materials in dim stripes, or decided plaids, are serviceable for school and stormy weather ; and one of the neatest designs recently seen had the Ekirt in broad, shallow box plaits, form ing a cluster of fan plaits in the middle of the back. The jacket basque opened over a blouse vest cf red cashmere, and all of the edges were stitched with red Bilk. Stylish cloth suits have the aides in kilt plaits turned back, the back in two triple box plaits and the front plain or Bbglitly draped at the top, with a trim ming across the edge of the front of black cord Vandykes. The jacket basqu e has a full front of silk, here at the top by three Vandykes arranged to make the middle one longer. One ornament on each wrist of the frill coat sleeve completes the crown. Beak Soup without Meat Parbo one pint of beans, drain off the water and add fresh, let boil until tender, sea eon with salt and pepper, add a piece of butter the size of a walnut, or more if preferred ; when done skim out half the beans, leaving the broth and the remain ing half of the beans ; now add a teacup ful of cream or rich milk, a dozen or more crackers broken up ; let it boil np and serve.
The Catawba County News (Newton, N.C.)
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