LiTOR VANCES ViliWb
n Will "WrtT-lr vn' 4-V.
Question tor xnernseives u iiet
Alone
Senator Vance, of North Car
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blina, nas very ueumeu views
fill LUC 1 ClAy V UV.OHU11 , CH.IU. lit
vsrill probably give tnem to the
kmntry m nisi characteristic
ttvle before tne present Congress
prminates. Me diners from
via xounff- ktpiti'. r!V,--..- . . ..
v"11,lu association.
To the Young Men of North Car-
oima wno Love the Lord Je
sus Christ:
Dear Brethren fn,.
teenth annual convention of the
V oung Men's Christian Associ
ation of North Carolina will
meet m this city, God willing,
lnursday, March 13, and hold
its sessions for the ensuing tlfree
days.
-w- -r it; j v iiii i.i ir mill iii4i. ii ip
Senators Hampton and Butler tforkWv nh O
Materially as to the best means Retus throughout the -State an A
If settling tne negro problem, that anH's ViWW ' itk
contends that nothing sub-Utr.ori q:t,o, ,l
tantial can be accomplished m do ure that all who
hat direction by the legislation will leave their business at this
ontamed in the several bills time and come together in trreai
how penning in congress, "it numbers to consult flKnt fiAi,
s not a question," says he "that work
an be settled by long speeches ( Let every Association be ren-
bnd compiicaiea statutes, out it resented bv at least m, h
-rrby a dozen if possible. Let
one that must be left entirely
o the southern people to work
,ut in their own way and. in
heir own time; Our Republcan
hiends on the. Other side of the
Fenate chamber must have con
fidence in us and be patient with
hose men -in the Southern States
Who are honestlyjand hopefully
korkmg to bring about a better place from
onaition oi tnmgs. inose or mountains,
is in tne ooutn wno nave oeen
irought in contract with the
legro ever since we were born
ie better able to work out this
problem than those gentlemen
pn the other side of the chamber,
young men's prayer meetings in
places where no Association i$
organized send representatives
to learn new ways of useful
ness. .Let pastors m villages
send their young men to receive
anew an inspiration for service.
.Let youner men from everv
the ocean to the
who would' learn
better how to serve our KinL
come and join us. Let the min
isters of every church and creed
come to receive anew the bap
tism of the Holy Spirit.
j I And let us not foro-et to nrav
Who are actuated entirely by earnestlv and pnnstnnf.lv fnr
political motives and the desire God's richest blessing upon this
for personal notoriety. If they convention: that numbers of
kill let us alone and keep their vonncr mpn ma v
J . Y.-"0 V
ill leti us alone and keep their
I , ! 1 .
tontammating agents away
from the colored people of the
Bouth the problem will work
Itself out to the satisfaction of
kll concerned.
I ''It is this constant interfer
ence oh the part of Northern
be enabled to
attend; that officers and speak
ers may receive power from ori
high; that the deliberations may
be prayerful and the decisions
wise; that the delegates may rej
ceive a powerful evidence of
God's love and carry back to
politicians," continued the Sen- their homes an increased zeal
for souls and renewed consecra
i i n
uon ior service; tiuu auove aiii
that a gracious revival may
come upon our own city to the
saving of the souls of many of
our young men.
Reduced rates will ;be given
on all railroads. Entertainment
will be freely and gladly offered
to all who come. Our hearts
arid homes stand open to receive
arid welcome you. Let those
who hope to attend forward us
their names as soon as may be
lator, 'that causes most ot the
rnnWA nmnndr .Vip nrVlrnvfl " nan.
pie of the South. Why, at this
nomentiiave m my desk let
ers from colored men in my
state asking me to see a certain
epublican Senator about some
noney claimed to be due for
political work done during the
ast campaign. .It appears that
hese colored men were employ
ed to do certain work for the re
publican managers in the last
pontest, and were promised a
money consideration for the la- possible.
bor performed. Times are hard
and crops are not the best down
rny way, so these republican
workers who put their should
ers to the Harrison wheel want
me to help them get their money.
I declare, said the Senator, smil
ing at the idea, of presenting the
letters in Question to one of the
(Yours in the name of our King J
T. K. Robinson, Pres.
T. C. Diggs, Gen. Sec.
G61dsboro,N. C, January, 1890j
State papers please copy.
Pickle Your Meat.
In view of the continued warm
weather endangering meat in
richest republicans in the Sen many places of the South, the
ate, "I" am almost too tender- Commissioner of Agriculture
hearted to do such an unchari- of ; Georgia advises pickling, and
table piece of business. The furnishes the following :
huestion in my mindp is which 44 Unless something ot this
Will suffer the most ? The Sen- kind can be done, I see but liti
ktor, upon being brought face tie chance to prevent the loss or
to face with such an unrighteous meat and further inroads on the
hebt, or the poor darkies being corn crib. I his would be a ca-j
ft. - . . -l ll -i T 1 Tl Jl
iept out ot their hard earned lamity , inaeea. i wouia state
money. ngni nere, iiiat tue siues miu-
The Senator does not believe anngs oi tne nogs oeing rree
i -mr - A J . 1 . I , ,,4- .1 Z
n tne xviorsran proposition to i rum uoue, mmui uc uui uu uii
r,l Tirrvrt Mnr tn Africa fprpntlv from ioints. whirih wil
jPCllU H1C ULglu KJtA.j. u- J-- i v . 1 " J v 1
ill not in his siirelv snoil unless trickled ac
bpinion be favored by the cording to the recipe given, oi
((majority of the white people of some better plan. I have the.
mot believe the negroes want or
lemand equality, and thinks
ithev are satisfied to move along
mi their own channels of life un
til the Northern ; noliticans fill
their minds with ideas of politi
bil siiDremacv over the whites
hi
BREVITIES
B. H.
COSBY,
(Successor to G.
I
MEN OF LETTERS.
tiOnn Walter. th now mannoiTicr mli.
tor of The London Times, is onlv 35.
Aa an editor of The Southern Literary
Messenger Poe received S525 per annum.
Col. Thomas W. Knox received at
given to any
aris the highest award
author of juvenile books.
Mark Twain is reported to be jrrowiner
indolent with his advancing: years. He
retires early to bed and never breakfasts
before 10 o'clock.
Eld win Arnold is described as "a big,
somewhat uncouth looking poet, with
thick; ugly features, straggling beard
and iair, dreamy eyes and exquisite
sweetness of expression." j
' J. Henry Shorthouse, author of "John
Inglesant," being asked recently as to his
avonte novel, answered: "I think I
place George Eliot's 'Silas Marner' first,
both as a work of art and as f ulfilline; J to
me, au the needs and requirements of a
work of fiction." !. !
:
Charles E. Barnes, author of "The Dis
illusioned Occultist" and "A ! Portrait1 in
Crimsons," is a slight man, of about 26,
with ,an intense, thoughtful far.f nnrl
large iark eyes. He is a man of wealth
and leisure, has traveled extensively ! in
the east, and recently journeyed from
Japan to Jerusalem.
Victor Hugo, when writing "Notre
Daniel, prepared on the first day a bot
tle of ink, the last drops of which were
exhausted with the last line of the novel;
this gave him the notion of naming the
book j'The Contents of a Bottle of Ink;"
he departed from this idea, however,
and made over the title to Alphonse
Karr,! who has sent out several novels
under this designation. I
The late Sir Percy Shellev. son of the
poet,: was an eccentric creature.
he asked a well known English
litterateur to visit him and promised j to
show ! him something of interest. The
man of letters expected a sight of the
poet Shelley's manuscripts, and was dis
appointed to find that the baronet wished
him to examine a new method of pro
ducing stage thunder he had invented
Walt Whitman is the most picturesque
character m American literature today.
i
Tt lil M 1. a '
ms spienaiq wealth or white hair is a
fitting frame for a face of majestic
beauty. His magnificent figure is not
yet bowed by the weight of seventy win-
I In his youth he described himself
rough," and he was in the habit of
! with stage drivers, and he
sometimes handled the reins and drove
down Broadway, New YorkJ dressed-in
outrageous style. j ;
MEN YOU HEAR OF.
Cowan.)
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fr- - 'cjT'j ' T' ri h ,f 'X
Asheville
Music
House
35 NOKTH MAIN ST.
Watches, Clocks,! Jewelry,
all Descriptions;
of
EVERY ARTICLE GCAURANTEED AS
! REPRESENTED.
I i
Rings, Combination Spectacles;
masses, unsurpassed to preserve and correct
the Eye-sight. All repairing in voty line will
receive carerui attention.
Respectfully,
and Eye
B.
H. COSBY,
27 Patton Avenue, Asheville, N. 0.
HO! FOR
THE
Grand Central Hotel,
great
Once
Patten Avenui
e, Aslenlle, N
THE BEST $2 HOUSE
C.
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The celebrated Lester .Everett, Kimball and Howard Pianos; "Wilcox and
White, and Kimball Organs : Bruno Guitars, and all Musical Instruments in stock.
Large stock Sheet Music, Music! Books, and all things usually kept in a first-class
Music Store. Installment Plan Pianos and Organs are sold on the install
ment plan. Write for Catalogue !of prices and terms. When in citv come and see
me.
an. 9,.e. o. m.
C. FALK, 35 North Main street.
Neatness.
IN THE STATE.
ban all
city, on
ters.
as a
associating
It registers more guests
in the city, because
It is in the center of the
car line: i
It is conducted on business principles;
.trices suit the times;
You get the best fare the
Chedester's Stor
Bill
He
market affords
the hotels
the street
recently climbed Mount
was pleased with the
of the subioined recipe
I f First. ' salt the meat down
heavily while warm and let it
stay for twelve hours ; then
knock off the salt and pack iii
barrels, and to every hundred
pounds of nork, pour over a!
Buffalo
Vesuvius,
crater.
i i -i
lennyson invariably destroys every
letter be opens if it contain a request for
his autograph.
I The pope is supposed to have an an
nual income of considerably over half
million sterling. i
The Earl of Egrnont recently sold the
whole; of his large estate in Kilkenny
and Tipperary to his Irish tenants.
Gayarre, the great Spanish tenor who
died recentry, was. like Canjpanini, the
son of a blacksmith, and worked at the
forge in his early years. j
The late I Mr. Grady is credited with
having coined the phrase, "A Young Na
poleon of Finance," with which he bap
tized H. Victor Newcomb. I
: Speaker Reed is not a great smoker,
but mi the seclusion ot his home putts a
pipe at intervals. He hates the odor of
a cigarette and considers chewing bad
form. I ' I
The late Capt. Ericsson is reputed to
hare been a man of remarkable physical
strength. It is related of him that at
the age of 60 he picked up and walked
away jwith a bar of iron that! two stout
workmen had declared themselves un
able to move. .
Gladstone is 80 years old, but his mind
and bod v are in as tine a condition as
Is doinar as lartre. or a larsrer business than
any house in the State, because he i sells good
goods lower than the lowest. He defies compe
tition. ; ;
Try his grand hotel and store.
And see him smile once more.
JAMES I P
SAWYER,
15 PATJON AVENUE,
Ashevillej
CLQTHIE i m
N. 0J
FUMSHIM
AND OAEPETS.
"It mio'iit as .well be understood liquid made as follows : Dis-
now, acuis Jir. v ance, inut oyivc ciuu puiuiu ui aam,
the South Qiiart of molasses, four ounces
1 A -. . . 1 1 j p p
annot and will not submit to oi saupeire, lour ounces oi so
uivthiiio- of that kind. It would da, tour ounces ot cayenne pep
Mock the wheels of progress in per, m eight gallons of water,
U
Ithat kind feeling that still exists
ri so many places between the
former master and the servant
A. large majority j of the colored
eople there are very well satis
tied with their present lot and
if thev are let alone they will
jsvork out their own salvation
among the people who have
actually done more for them in
the past than their new and
over-zealous political friends at
the Xorth. If an v of the -North
ern leaders are anxious to have
one-half of the negro population
of the bouth transferred to the
Northern and Western States
the Southern people will not
complain, but will continue to
reat well those who remain be-
lind." Baltimore Sun.
and boil the compound, skim-;
ming until the scum ceases to!
rise. Let the liquid cool before;
using". Weight down the meat:
so'as to keep submerged.
i f'Asrain. there are some who
mav prefer the ice cure particu-i
larly parties wno live on ran-;
roads and can get an abundant
supply of ice. To such I would
recommend an abundant use of
ice until the animal heat has:
been thoroughly extracted from
the joints of the animal. ;
when
simply
in
GOODS
he was only three score.
His
A Logical Boy.
Teacher What rewards
voice is still clear and ringing, and he is
never thrown off his guard. He is tall,
slim and bony, has been all his life fond
of healthy, but of door exercises, and to
this he attributes his vigorous old age.
Fifty years have elapsed since Field
Marshal von Moltke received the order
Pour le Merite for his services in Turkey.
On March 8, 1879, after sixty years of
military service, he received the star of
the same order. The four ! sovereigns
who besides him possessed this order
William I, Alexander II, Frederick and
Princ4 Friedrich Karl are no more, so
that Moltke alone wears this golden star
with the portrait of Frederick the Great.
Our stock of overcoats
and of superior grades, ranging
2.50 up. Whole suits for men f roiri
Be sure to examine I our excellent!
men's suits at $n.00 per suit. Thev
only please but astonish you.
SPE
The
ED AND POWER OF BIRDS.;
were
oiven to tne victor in tne an
cient games, bammy t
Sammy A little boy was set
up on his head.
Teacher A little boy? Where
did you get that notion ?
. TTTl
Tmitntinn is liVo nV,or. i&ammy-vviiy, you toiu us,
hen it is done for the fove for yesterday, that a chaplet was
tw ic . i nut on nis neau : ana n a quck-
isHnnftfnr show hntful T let IS a lUUtJ uutu, ctiiu a uwk
' w ' v , jlX . XJ Willi
Ruskin.
rm ' .
mere are some persons so
Rifted in their relations to us.
v ii . . y
I - I A V U.W T IIII 111
seems charged with offense. -Peorge
Eliot. i '
let a little book, ain't a chaplet
a little chap say ?
if 4 j
I Drama is the poetry of con
duct, romance the poetry ot cir
cumstances. Kobert Jouis bte
vulture is said to fly at times at
the rate of above 100 miles an hour.. !
The I wild i; goose and the swallow, in
their migrations, make 90 miles an hour.
The power exerted by the eagle in full
flight is but a fraction of 'one horse
power. j'
The! common crow ordinarily lounges
across countrv at the rate of 25 miles an
hour, the speed of a railway train.
i t !: i
The carrier pigeon has flown long dis
tances at rates of speed ranging from 60
up to 80 miles an hour, and for many
hours together.
The power exerted by a pigeon flying
is 2,200 feet per minute, 25 miles an hour
nearly1, at 1-200 of a horse j power per
pound, or 9i horse power for a flying ma
chine of equally good form, weighing
one ton, at 25 miles an hour, or about 50
horse power; per ton weight at 50 miles.
The pelican has an expenditure of 1-11
horse power by 21 pounds of bird, and
this is one horse power to 231 pounds, or
about a horse power for the weight of a
man, allowing ample margin for surplus
power. The birds are found to have a
RnrnliiB lifting power of about one-half.
The Fprum.
immense
price from
$2.50 up
stock of
will not
OTJR CARPET DEPARTMENT
is very complete, embracing the latest and
best designs. Prices jvery low.
If you want a suit of clothes call on me and
you :
SHALL BE SUITED
Our expenses being
house, we can fford to
less than any other
SEiLI LOWER
Give us a call. ,
JAMES
NO.
-.ii -
Promptness.
MAN
IBook and JTob
(OlFFECIE.
Legal Blanks Kept for Sale.
Democrat Building;
Asheville, N. C.
D. C. WADDELL,
President. .
Vt. W. BARNARD,
. iVice-President-
LAWRENCE PULLIAM
Cashier.
CAPITAL, $150,000.
The National
Bank of Asheville,
Largest and Oldest Bank in Western North Carolina.
! F
With well established connections this Bank
branch of legitimate Banking!.
' This Bank is authorized by the
Sheriffs- and reeeint for same. I .1
! Interest will be paid on money deposited for four months or longer, and certifi
cates of deposit issued for same.
has unsurpassed facilities in e
State. Treasurer to receive State Taxes from
DIRECTORS:-
J. P. SAWYER,
Rev. J. L. CARROLL,
J. G. 31 ART IN,
ocl6-ly
W. W. BARNARD,
D. C. WADDELL,
G. W. WILLIAMS,
Of Wilmington, N. C.
THAN OTHERS.
P. SAWYER.
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ENUE.
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Has on hand as usual the largest and best stock of
Whiskies, Brandies, Gin, L Rum, Ckars and Tobacco, Ale and Porter.
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to their interest to give me a call, f No charges for boxes or jugs. Sicciaf attention given
orders by maU. , ii f ' RespectfuUy,
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to
Lock Box 71,
DON'T BOY III) 1ND WATER
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he
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uo
pure Whiskeys, Wines and Brandies which have been
ing physicians in the State for medicinal purposes.
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ore mmi-ui
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