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Nitrogen iw a Fertilizer. u r0 hints that a revolution is about to come in agriculture through the discover? that the J free nitrogen of the atmosphere is absorbed and "fixed" by the soil it -elf under suitable conditions, plants ih -1 phosphoric aqid potash and :rc -en 'The first two are in reach, but the third has been supposed' to be elusive, it has been the general teaching that the nitron , ,f the atbl spherpla vs. no part in ve "et uion. Now, M. Berthelot and othmifiirmthaijdoei Thev ...-'' demonstrated, tney say, that'tlV i'i ' ' nitrogen of j the atmosphere r -n'i tui'ijf- available as a ferti- lizjr i'v co"Peratu mineral l!ur qT'd of living organisms; in the mail. i a" , . . . . . , , il The fact explains, it is'said. why s "(lj that spade husbandry is much "wore . productive; tjian plowing: (2) that llan.i can be enriched by simply plowing f under its own prouuci, aim o; mat sum fallowing, with frequent stirring, actually enriches the soil," Pulveriza- i,n ot tiJM sun uiciciicpo, otruih, ilk L i i - mi capacity to ausorp nitrogen, iiie method of centrifugal tillage now being devel op in the west j supplies, it is claimed, an ideal modus j operandi for the new fertilization. It pulverizes the soil and aerates it m the manipulation, and then confines a mass 6f air in its midst, for the slower processjof absorption and di- iuon by earth arid plants. New ork Telegram. Primitive Sand Glass. Now and then the explorer among a primitive people happens upon a ''find" which atrikinglyj illustrates that neces sity is not only tile mother of invention, but that there is a strong family likeness anions the inventus. An English nat uralist, while visiting Great Sangir, one of those islands! of' the Indian oceac known as the Celebes or Spice Islands, lodged at the house of a raiah, - In front of the house was a veranda in a corner- of which stood a sentry, whose business it was to keep the time for the village by the aid of a primitive 'sandglass. '. ' . ; ' ; Two beer bottle's were ' firmlv lashed I together, mouth to mouth, and fixed in a wooden frame, njade to stand upright in reversible positions, A quantity oi 1 black stud ran from one bottle into the I other In just half an hour, and when the J upper bottle- was empty the frame was I reversed. i I Twelve short sticks, marked with notches from one: to twelve, were hung upon a st ring. A J hook was placed be tween the stick bearing the number of notches corresponding to the hour last struck and the one to be struck next. The sentry announced the time by strik ing the hours on: a!, large gong. Youth's Companion. Peculiar Baggage. Years ago we had a decided sensation here. There was a big square box un loaded at the statipn, and as it was not immediately calletj for it was ordered to the back part of ihe room. The box was clumsy and lopsided, much heavier on one side than th other, and the man who grappled with it was possessed of a j;ood deal of energy. When he had rolled it nearly across the room one of the sides gave way and out rolled a hu man skull and about a bushel of bones and other debris. tained a tombstone age of the deceased scribed upon it. The box ' also con with the name and and an epitaph in- t HJjde all bantls :: oW'f Vthe matte ! a were deliberating man came in and lie explained that the Contents of the liOTt wpro tliPTAmninj nf I a near relative Of his who had died a I couple of years before in Pennsylvania, I and that now he was transporting them to las new home , in the northern part of the state. For the convenience he had :ness in one home The box was i went on to its tii I Riipids Telegram- The Astor mati sake of economv and put the whole busi :at;e box. ; eedily- repaired and al destination. Grand Herald. Delmoiiico's Rival. T been given in the went, but since 190- the As tors Sherrv's I uiis have surprised New York by setting up a man in the restau rant business in opposition to Delmonico. For years all the jintensely modish palls, if too laiire for a i v.-m- n'i.ion.o'-.Uo Deimonico establish- the commencement of I have held three "at It is nbt Ion? as-n that T on is Sherry was a waitjer at $40 a month and tips. He next opened a bit of a bakery. Astor children chanced to like some of his dainties, then the old folks tried them, and out of that good luck he built up a "lining trade, Now he has opened a separate big house bn Fifth avenue, not ior casual traffic at all, but sacred to special assemblages! i : Mrs. William Astor gave the first ball and supper "at Sherry's," which indorse ment is of more actual value to Sherry than would be the name of an Astor at the bottom of a note for a quarter of a million. The flock follows wherever the leader goes. Newj York Letter. I in j ii ii mi iiim ii mm 'i i WHmiHr M 1 1 1 l " H" I mim i i DOINGS OF ROYALTY. The Emperor William wears a brace let on hig right wrist. The sultan of Turkey is anxious for a playwright's honors. He recently sent a comely to a I'arisia u manager The play showed signs of ability1. Emperor William has appointed Prince Albert" Victor, eldest son of the Prince of Wales,. honorary major of theBiucher hussars, of which regiment the Prince of Wales is honorary colonel. Prince Ferdinand, w!ho now reigns in Bulgaria, is known to have left the Aus trian army because he was not brilliant enough for the career. ; He had served several years in inferior " grades without any chance of rising. ' The enj press of Austria has caused her wedding dress to be cut up and made into a set of vestments for the Church of SL Matthew in Pesth. The material is white brocade with silver thread em broidered with silver roses. Prince Eugene of Sweden has passed two years in Paris as an amateur artist, having studied under M. Henri Gervex. The king of Sweden has just conferred upon M. Gervex the cross of a chevalier of the order of St. Olaf. It is said that Prince Eugene has considerable talent. Prince Albert Victor of Wales received a good deal of flattery in Burmah. Just after he' left Mandalay the rain, which had long teen threatening, came down in. torrents. An Indian authority thus explains the matter: "It was cloudy above because the priniee's glory out shone the sun, and of course the heavens wept at his departure." Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria is a most lavish entertainer, if not exactly a model host, and he has spent ifot a small but a large fortune in dinners and other enter tainments since he went) to Sofia. He is profuse with his gifts to all in or alout the court, and many an embarrassed officer has been relieved of burdensome debts by the kind hearted prince. When Queen Christina heard-, that the name Alfonso had been registered for the thousandth time, and belonged to a Spanish child, she sent the thousandth child, the son of a clerk, a complete lay ette a silver cup, a case with knife, fork and spoon, ami a savings box containing, besides a handsome nest egg, a paper on .which was written with her own hand: "To the thousandth Alfonso, from' a woman whom two Alfonsos have made happy." CRISP CONDENSATIONS. There were 40,321 physicians in the Japanese empire at the beginning of the vear. Joseph A. Hopkins, How the Fire Should Be Kept. Never have the! coal come !,, .u-. 6tove bright; lininsr. fuel lhe hie will not be so will waste. hw.a araugnt is not so good. When not using the fire keep dampers closed; w hen need" ed, open: the draughts. For cooking or baking, no matter how hot the fire de gired, haying the COal come nearlv to the 'P of the lining, the fire ought to last ur hours without new coal or poking, be top of the stove may be red hot: the Cua pih-d up to the lids, and yet the oven x nt not bake. Thr tnn n-nK i rTf -v ,e fraught is stopped by it. Good KUJLT. T Eiijoyius Life. w most common error of men and omen is t0 iook ioT happiness outside XL h l WOrk neVer fOUlld nen thus sought,) and never I will be the sun revolves and the earth sands If you doubt the proposition go wound among your friends-being care- 21 n0t t 8trike them on their busst --and learn who get the most enjoy out of life. You will find they 2e tho ; - t ""u lines ana not mere pleasure seekeraTexae Sift- IASTEK OF THE EICHMOND BOCK, CUBED OP CHB02TIC j LIVBlt COMPLAINT. 1 " Volandine Company : j j- LTentlemen Twenty years ago I waa a most dread 'xil sufferer from chronic liver complaint. For two rtjars 1 was under most! skilful medical care, deriving idly temporary relief. During this period my bodily irid mental condition was deplorable indeed. Only ;hio8e who are suffering from liver trouble can ap preciate the agonies of; a victim to this dreadful mal idy. To all such 1 say, do as I did.) Get JOHN STON'S NOLANDINE, and restoration to health will surely follow its judicious use, I had despaired of ever being a well man until one bottle of JOHN STON'S NOLANDINE convinced me to the contrary. Twenty years' Immunity from a recurrence of liver troubles ought to convince the most skeptical. ! July, 1888, had another attack of my former trou bles, more violent, but cut short by timely use of NO LANDINE. . Less than one bottle has again restored iije to the blessings of good health. No language can 2xpress my gratitude, but I will say I consider it the fiieatest remedy for liver and kidney troubles yet iiBcovered. Yours, very gratefully, t- ! -: - ; i JOSEPH A. HOPKINS, , Master of the Richmond Dock. January ia, isau. The Iate Dr. A. G. Jones, OF KIW KENT COUNTY, iB BATED THE DISPLEASTTBE OP ! THE PROFESSION IN WEITINQ THIS : The very hieh character of the testimonials attfiRt. tog the merits of your vegetable preparation, NO LANDINE, induced me to make a test of your NO LANDINE proper in a very desperate case of Hydro ihrax (dropsy of the chest), combined with Ascities 'dropsy of abdomen). The usual remedies known to ur profession had been most skillfully administered without producing anticipated effects. The diseases yielded to the action of your NOLANDINE. I very gratefully state that my patient is now enjoying the blessings of a restoration to good health, and now, four months since administering your NOLANDINE, there is not a symptom of recurrence. I had several opportunities of testing the merits of your NOLANDINE now J OHNSTON'S AGUE CUKE for chills and fever, in cases which had resisted the usual remedies for months, and had the satisfaction to see tnem a course AGUE CUR I know that I will incur the displeasure of the pro fession by departing from its uses, but candor and faets compel me to call the attention of my profes- them from its use. I have found the action of your UlVO A YJ 1 JJLIVy 1A lj 11 UUU .1AUIIA U11V UU klUl imS X. (J rtr entirely broken and permanently cured after of your NOLANDINE now JOHNSTON'S stonal brethren to the valuable properties oi your preparation, and trust that prejudice will not deter NOLANDINE on the liver and secretions more than equal to calomel, which is an additional recommenda tion, Very respectfully, f j A. Or.j J O-N JS, M. Ii. I -i; Kidney Affections. March 25, 1885. Robiow's Station. Chestebfield Covntt, Va., Mr. J. W. Johnston : Dear Sir Having Buffered for years with a chronic affection of the kidneys, derangement of the liver, and my general system charged with malarial poi sons. I found no relief from treatment of medicine until I used VEGETABLE NOLANDINE. I am now free from above complaints, and to NOLANDINE am I indebted for my restoration to health. I honestly recommend it to all persons suffering from above dis eases, i WILLIAM DICKINSON, I Superintendent of Coal Mines. Dr. A. Trent Clarke,; of South Boston, i Va. has something to say.j Read: i have used your vegetable1 preparation, NOLAN DINE, and find it a valuable : agent in the treatment of f unctional diseases of the liver. Its action on that organ and all secreting: glafrds is equal to that of calomel, and, to my mind, fhe only yet discovered substitute for this ; time-honored remedy. It is, fur thermore, entirely i free I front constitutional effects too often observed from! thej use of mercurials; and, in many cases, where mercurials have been incau tiously administered, I have Kvitnessed the beneficial results of NOLANDINE in eliminating and modifying the most distressing symptoms. I will add, in regard to your Fever and Ague Preparation, that I prescribed it for my mother, who had been a sufferer from chills and fever for twelve months.) She had taken quinine until it had ceased to have any effect on hf r. One-half bottle of NOLANDINE; relieved her entirely of the chills and restored her to good health. ! I cheerfully recommend a trial of NOLANDINE to the profession, Deueving mai it win stand tneir test. Verv trulv vours. H S i AL TRENT CLARKE, M 5 D. Malaria. . Office Chesapeake and Ohio RatiwaY Co.. ; Richmond, Va., March 1, 1885. I lived on lower James river for eight years, in the malarial district. My system ,was thoroughly charged with this deadly poison, i I exhausted the usually pre scribed and domestic remedies without any benefit. I was induced to try JOHNSTON'S VEGETABLE NOLANDINE. Before using two bottles my liver was aroused from its long torpor, and am now enjoy ing the best of health. My wife and children derived the same benefits from NOLANDINE. i j J. A. W I ATT. For Sale Blood Poison from Vaccination Cwre ! : Richmond, Va Ndvember 13, 1S89. ' Mr. Joseph W. Johnston: . . Dear Siiv-Havin'g been a sufferer f 4r the last sjxtet years with blood poison, caused f Horn impure viru; used in i vaccination, which covered my body wit) large ulcers and caused me to sutler both day anc night with the most intolerable itching, I consultec doctors, both allopathic and homoeopathic, and tool medicine from them, and also-tried; several different kinds of medicine thathat had been! recouimemled tc me, without relief. Was induced by a friend of mine, with whom I was talking this summfer about my mal ady, to try NOLANDINE. I " did ;eo, and was con vinced, before I had finished taking one bottle, that-1 had gotten the medicine that L needed. Have taker five bottles of NOLANDINE, and am glad to say mj blood has been thoroughly purified and my complex ion and appetite has improved. My weight has In creased fifteen (15) pounds since I commenced to takt your valuable NOLANDINE, and I would gladly ree ommend NOLANDINE to anyone suffering witt blood poison. Any information that you or anyone else may desire in regard to my case I will be glad tc iurnisnat anytime, wismng you success,! remain, corner? of Eleventh and Bank Streets, Richmond, Va. j j Bilious Derangement. Yours respectfully, RIC At office of John T. Goddm Richmond! Va May, 1885. 1 can cheerf ullv recommend JOHNSTON'S VEGE TABLE NOLANDINE to any One suffering, from liver or kidney complaints and bilious derangemen' of the system. Its prompt and permanent action ii my case affords me pleasure to recommend it to other: similarly affected. CHARLES P. SELDEN, - Hardware Merchant, formerly with Singer Sewinj Machine Co. r j NOLANDINE COMPANY, jP. O. Drawer No. 909, Michmond, Va. by J Si GRANT tEADING DRUGGIST, 24 SCUTH VIAIX STREET ASHEVILLE. X. C VSHEVILLE CARRIAGE -AND- MACHINE MOP.! J. H WOODY, Proprietor. 21-25 WILLOW, ST., ASHEVILLE. Machine shops complete. Can ! repair or ! uupncaie any parts oi -Jiaetunery. I Carriages I Buggies, Road and Farm Wagons made orW : J. F. RAMSAY, DENTIST.! Offire in Karuai'd liiiildhi, - NOTICE. Pst Ott-e Box 431. Asheviile, X. (' The underpinned being' Administrator of the es Hriian !. notice is heite;y haviny claims iigainst st them tor iniyr.Tont onjor i Feliraary. or this n as Ijar on their recove'rv. Dated Fc ruarv 'i.'. Imij. this day qualified as tate of the late James liiven to all persons aid estate to preseat kjtore the -24th day of tice will be pleaded E D. 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Warreni, to secure the pay ! ment of certain notes therein mentioned, said I trust beinr dated the 21st day of April. 1887. and registered m the om-e ot the Kegister ot Deeds of Buncombe 1 Coijinty, in Book No. 19, at page I will sell ft the Court House door in Asheviile, on the j t i , THIRD (3d) DAT OF MAY, 1890, ' the tract of land mentioned therein, situate on the waters of the Stony Fork of South Hominv, joining- the lands of the Daniel Da vis' heirs and others, and I containing 90 acres more or less. J. W. HOWELL, Trustee. FIRE INSURANCE. ' ! . ! -i .! . f Fire, Life, Accident I !' ! : . :"'' I 1 ' PTJLLIAM :& CO. At the Bank of Asheviile, ASHEVILLE, . C. Represent the following companies, viz. : The bridge over the Firtnof Forth cost the lives of fifty-six workinen dur ing the seven vears of its construction. A fan made of human hair is display ed at a London store. Even vfhat ap pears to be beautiful lace fringing the sticks is real hair. The phonograph is to be utilized in preserving the language of the Passa maquoddy Indians by a plan 4irjinged by the Massachusetts society. . , French engineers propose to construct a bridge across the Bosphorus. It will reach from Roumeli-IIissar to Anatoli Hissar, and will lie 2,500 feet long, with a single arch. ' Emperor William's riding horse is shod with a new shoe. It is in two parts, and has on its lower surface a' rubber- like composition, the object of which is to prevent the' horse from clipping. Nevada cattlemen aiv' troubled by the cruel trait of the magpie which leads it to pick out the eyes of cattle. The spec tacle of living animals with their eyes picked out is said to be a common occur rence. ; A Vienna baker is advertising his busi ness "'by .putting a gold ducat in one loaf out of every thousand that he bakes. T :- pcojilf in the poor suburb where his sbo; is situated fairly tiglit to buy tne loaves. The latest venture in New York city journali'-m is The Saturday Evening Ga "zette." edited b- George Edgar Mont orn ery and i anaged by Miv D. M. (iazlay. It aims -to cover trade, -religious, agricul tural and literary matters. A piece of pink coral thirty feet long and nine inches in diameter at one end," with branches projecting about four feet on all sides, was recently obtained on the. coast of Japan. Its value in a prepared state would be about $15,000. ' During a dull day in parliament re cently a London stenographer made a wager that he could write out three col umns of The Times in three hours, and did transcribe three columns of The Thunderer, or 6,600 words, in two hours and three-quarters. GASTRONOMICAL TIDBITS. FIRE. CASH ASSETS IN U 8. Amrlo Nevada, of Calitornia, ! I $2.497,8:fl Continental, of New York, i ! 4,S73,6'ia HaKiburp-Bremen, of Germany.! I,l,ti04 London Assurance, of England J 1.543,9 Niagara, of New York, i ! 2,237,492 Orient, of Hartford, 1,667,692 Phoenix, of Brooklyn.. I H 5,064,179 8L Paul Fire and Marine of Minnesota, 1,541,061 Southern, of New Orleans, i i v 43984 Western, of Toronto, I i 1,03932 Mutual Accidenl Association. JEtna Life Insurance Company. Blood oranges from Florida are sweeter than those from Catania. Timbales, as prepared by the French chefs, make a delicious side dish. Tjhe annual consumption of sugar in the United States is 16,000,000 tons. The fragrant garlic is a contribution from the shores of the blue Mediterra nean. , The ancient Greeks used Uj eat katy dids, and wrote recipes for their prepar ation. , The tomato is of South American na tivity, and was so named by the Portu guese. , A pastry made of white ants mixed with flour is Tery popular in the East Indies. ,'- ; Bags of maccaroni were used lately as a medium for smuggling finer shawls into New York. Fresh codfish tongues, always in de mand, are fried in butter and served with tomato sauce. " The Singalese eat not only the honey and wax of bees, but they devour the insects themselves. The onion, which comes to us from. India, was a great favorite with the Egyptians 4,000 yean ago. Hotel MaiL
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