of
0
EDUCATIONAL COLUMN
communications for . thi department
fanltl-be addressed to Walter Burst, JJar-
WB AP-E ABLE TO DO THIS.
.Ability of
Mentis and
Fknds.".
Choice of
1 m
ye are aoiG now in most 01
the school districts, where the
(rrt-at mass of the people get all
the schooling ithey ever secure,
to keep the school open at least
eight months j in the year, and
we are able to pay the teachers
for every such school at least a
minimum salary $50 per month
if we only thought so. ,
Do our teachers get anything
like this amount? Are the teach
ers not as important as our
county omcers. lhese . omcers
are alvays paid liberal salaries.
Now, just in proportion as we
employ competent teachers and
tram tlie people into an mdus.
trious, intelligent, productive,
lnv ;l)iding citizenship, just in'
that proportion we get citizens
instead of criminals, industry
inste id of idleness, intelligence
instead.of ignorance; hence the
teacher is the more valuable
ami his7 or her compensation
i
A Tale of Summer Dan. I
A tale Of roses and rrhww t 'wrWl
fromj the last midsnmmer days. It was
at a easide resort, and a y onng man, a
veritable Princ Charming, before whom 1
all women go down and who cannot
beip ''peticing when; he is near a
prettjy girl, was at bis usual ooeopation
demoted to sereral ofj them at once.
He conn led. in fact, this .time four rio
tims rto his attractions. As two, how
ever,! were at the hotel oil the beach and
tne other pair in separate cottages in
different directions, he had managed to
mak all happy without any clashing.
Juki before the season closed, however,
the fair cottagers went fith their par
ents to pass a few days at the hotel en
rontej to their city homesl Four sweet
hearts under one roof we too much for
even j this clever campaigner. He con
cluded that the situation was too com
plicated for him. and a prompt departure
was' arranged for. The Evening he left
he managed to see-each girl separately
and to murmur in her ear a tender tale
of love. EU would take bo decided an
then, but if his affection was re-
he begged her to wear at break-
In and Around
swer
turned
fast the next morning a ed rose which
he gently pressed upon her. The last in
terview took place about 11 p. m., and
the midnight train bore the young scamp
to Nfew York
At! the first meal on the; foil owing day
four young women appeared in the din
ing room with red roses jthrnst in theii
belt4 The gay cavalier not presenting
himself the girls after a time began to
compare notes, and all that worries those
deceived damsels is to know whether
Aajh
eville.
THE NATIONAL DEMOCRAT
their joint lover had any 'means to dis-
slioilld be as liberal as any other. ! cover how many of his roses were worn
As Thb Democrat is read very largely bj
visitors in the city, and many who desire in-
lormation concerning our city and section, we
insert the following items of interest :
HOTBLS IS AND AROCXD ASH EVILLE.
Battery .Park, J. B. Steele, manager.
Swannanoa, Rawls Bros., S. Main St.
Grand Central. S. K. Chedester. Patton arem
Carolina House, W, A. James, N. Main st.
"XT : it. n t l v .- - .
Wfe tern Hotel, Dr. L, li. McBrayer, Main fit.
Slagle Hot-sL, J. L. L. Sltiglix, Patton avenue.
Oaks Hotel, Dr. Greenwafl, Oak & Woodf.n Btt
wmyan sanitarium, K. V. iluck, Camp Pattou
Glen Rock, A. G. Halyburton, Depot.
bkyland Hotel, 8 miles out.
Arden Park, 10 miles ont.
Alexander's, 10 miles out. ' "
Carrier's White Sulphur, 5 miles out.
Black well's White Sulphur, 12 miles out:
PRIVATE RESIDENCES WHERE BOARD CAN Bt
OBTAIN SD.
nderson. Mrs. It. W.. 20 Bearden Avenue.
Adams. Mrs. J.t3., 41 Spruce St.
Bairu., Miss Vickie, 1 mile out, S. Main St.
Breese, B., College St.
Carter, Mrs. M. E., French Broad Ave.
Coffin, Misses, 31 Haywood St.
Chamberlain, Mrs. S. E., Church St.
Carson, T. C, Bamett place, 123 Patton Ave
fcmn, Mrs. Kate, College t. .
Gano, Miss, French Broad Ave.
Howell, J. O., 136 liroad r?t.
Labarbe, Mrs., Eaiton Ave.
Lowell, Mrs , 77 Charlotte St.
McDowell, Maj. W. W., 428 South Main St.
McDowell, John, McDowell St.
McDouald, G. L., 50 Bailey St.
McCape, C. J., 24 Grove St.
Millard, Dr. D. T.. The Villa, 53 Haywood St.
Moore, Mrs., College St.
Polly, Mr?., Chestnut St.
Portner, Mrs. M. H.,76 Haywood St., opp. Flint
Rector, T. S., 155 North Main St.
Reynolds, Mrs. T. E., 88 North Main St.
Reynolds, W. T., 22 Wood tin St.
iSummey, Mrs. A. T.,-J1 Haywood St.
Smathers, Mrs. J. ., 318 Patton Ave.
Stockton Mrs. A. C, Flint St. '
Trenholrn, Mrs., 103 Academy St.
Van Gilder Place, Mrs. Pkitt, College St,
Way, Mrs. C. B.,-lDell Rosa." 2 miles N.of city
Weaver, Dr. H. B., Chestnut St.
Wolfe. W. O., 512 Woqdfin St.
(Any errors or omissions in this will be gladlj
corrected, as the matttcr is to be kept stand
ing in The Democrat.)
Is this thecab now?
at the breakfast -table. Het-
View in New York Tiniesi
Point of
'A Vital Institution.
The public school, in order to
brome a vit;il institution, must i
b' patronized by the whole peo-!
pK'. It should reach most effec-
jtivt.lv the masses of the people
lift this great nation. - ;
If il J . 1 1 T
iKAvis inis to ue uone: i3y
A Dock
Martin Boland, of North
an exciting experience while
ing
Hunter's Adventure.
Lyine, had
.Monday, and thanks His lucky stars
every morning for the fact that" he is
still in the land of the living He had
beenj about the mouth of Lord's cove
nearly all the day and had met with fair
success, and had loaded his decoys into
PLACES OF -IXTT.K'EST IN AND AROUND
. ' DISTANCES FKOM ASHE VI .VLB.
ANT
Stiite laws inaking education bis Ball dnck boat, intending to start
homfe. Just then he heard the loud
i
"honk" of wild geese, and a moment
later; saw a flock of some twenty of these
waterfowl settle in the river about half
from shore to shore.
on
way
He resolves! to have one jof these geese
his string, and attembted to scull
nearr enough to get a shot, t He kept his
on the birds, and consequently did.
not see a huge cake of ice that was bear-'
1 ing oownupon his craft-' ' He realized it,"
! i It
1 IT". i
compulsory, j instruction is so
much needed by each citizen for
his own sake I and for that of so-
cu'ty, that the father who neg
louts to provide for his child's
instruction sins . against the
child and against society, and
it -behooves the State to punish j eves
jimi.
I i I fl A WIT A1 11 IO ri k" t W-fc T MAO : O ; 5
attendance in schools main- j ut ; orerturning it and thriving
tailed and controlled by the ! himfinto the chilly water1. ' His gun, a
Jnate only when there IS no at-1 Coltfs breechloader, fell fripm his hand
tendance in Other schools known andjwent to the bottom of the river, and
to be competent to impart in-I is likely to remain there. jEioland had a
stritctibn in the required degree. ! h ht. nd hn.. after a desperate
j Vrhe compulsory laws usually ; effort he sceeded m puU himself
1 , . . r i , .' c, , r xu i upon the ice, he fell exhausted. .
enacted m certain States of the i dangerwssnot hZx7 means.
Union, are, imour opinion, ob- j had no mens of gainihg the shore,
lectionable in a few of the inci- . andiit as with a heart full of anxiety
lental clauses. -These we are j that he ww the distance Jbetween his
confident will readily be altered I ice pf t and shore rapidly cLimmish, un
in approaching sessions of rthe mi1 bJ n 7 whirled into the
. 1 ! . . .i.il . 1 lL FT . m 3
1 .ff e nfiipo WifVi tVo Krlxr 1 snoaa water anu no was uaie. narsiora
ucJi laws and their general in
terest in the direction of hasten-
ng universal instruction wte are!
m most hearty accord.
Name. Mii.f.
Oalis Hotel, I in the city.
Beaumont (altitude nearly 2,HW ft.)
Top of Town Mountain 1
"Campbell's. White Cpttago View... 1
Oakland Inn. .... 1
Fernihurst (Connally's View) 2
Hazzard Heifrhta - 3
Riverside Hark . 3
Tahkeeostqe Farm 3
Bilton Park - 4
Richmond Hill (Pearson's View) 4
Reynold's View (Couched Peak) 5
Klk Mountain. - 5
Tcnnent's View..... ..... 5
Sunset Drive -.L - 6
Strawberry HilUClark's F:ym)-...... 4
French Uroaa iiiver, nearest oxux l
.' " drives oL 50
Swannanoa lliver, nearest point 2
H. ' drives of 10
Lee's Chalybeate Springs (Iron) 2
Sulphur Springs lii.il "
Blackwell's White Sulphur Springs 12
Dula's Springs....... - 10
Arden Park- A 10
lieems' Creek Falls : 10
Alexander -.. 10
Craggy Mountain, to toot-. 14
" to top (altitude 6,000 ft.) 18
Mount Mitchell, to foot 18
to top (altitude Cfi,717 ft.)....-28
Hot Sprinjrs (on French lro;,d River) 37
Wavuesille White Sulphur Springs 31
Hickory Nut Falls .t 22
Ha id Mountain (ot volcanic notoriety)
Cave of the Winds, Pools Chimney'Rock. etc-"
Pisgah Mountain (altitude o,,y( tt.) -0
Swannanoa Gap. - 18
Ca-sar's Head ' 45
Hendersonville 21
Buck Forest
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After Political Truth Should
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each issue contains eight seven-column
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The Ashevii.le Democrat and The
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tains 54 columns both weekly ; the N.
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.
FUHMAN & AIsCE,
Asheville, N. C.
Home Again !
Has boug
D
revarc
Pit out his old business from Bostic Bros. & Wright,
where ho expects to carry a large and well selected stock of
Dry
Goods, Notions, Shoes, HatsfEtc.
r
l
Agent for Coats', Clark's and Kerr's Thread. Will sell cheap
ior casn.
CASH" IS THE MOTTO,
As he expepts to buy and sell for cash, which means Imying'and
selling cheap. Go to'see him, as he has a full store and 'pleasant
i ! a A?-. i . . -v -.
aiiu aucomraouaung salesmen, consisting 01 joiin bmathers, Jno.
headed by he well known J. P. Morgan. j
THE "HICKORY INN."
HICKORY, N. C.
i An all the Y$ar ResortJ
Address,
4
ELECTRIC
Times.
A
not
An Airship to CrM the Omm.
remarkable erperimentj is going on
Ifar from London in a ipretty little
j Keijtish town called Bexliey Here a
j pary of Ajpaericaa Bcieatiata , and arti-
6an$ are c4ni-tracting an aithip which
is expected to crosa the ocean in seven
1.-.L-. 1H. ; . w- . An -;-.. i.4- . .1
liOwn in a variety of styles. ters are nrly aU f rom Bridgeport.
i txn(n., ana are connaeni or suooess. ay
! invitation I ran down there and saw a
Novelties in Jewelry.
! Watch bracelets are
being
In floral brooches the enam-
)led orchid has many adherents.
Some new silver chatelaines
re pierced ib delicate figures.
Monkey skin card cases have
iny silver
ilon tliem.
my sterious mass of metal and machine
ry, of which I could make nothing intel-
ligiDla
which
I did see models, however,
rose from the tabl& and flew
around the interior of the treat work
monkeys leaping fIT fTclea anf curye8 "
J . r the (will of the sender. j
! i 11; tuts cu imp it; sxipjj ulkw uau v vr fii
Jewelers are-Bxhibitingvinai-;as mlel u revolutionize the
rettes with1 enameled pansies W?5ld ' ery. workman is sworn to ab-
I boiulo secrucY. anu luua iar LUiCxie or no
A match box representing a : Jt
lock of con;! wood, in oxidized Anir,,;
is odd. 1
i voi-
. t infqrmation as to what the mechanism
is hfts reached the ojiteide world. The
is Hirain Iaxim, an
Amjerican inventor of ability! J Next to
hini are Mr 'flonse and his sOn, who are
botii endowed with high incentive tal-
Average Monthly Temperature.
I
January ........ !.. 38 1
February. . . . t . . p
March 44 7
April 53 y
May.. 61 5
Jud' . f69 1
July 71 3
AujruRt 70 9
Soiitoinber
OctOlKil". . . .
Novemler.
December .
r3 8
5-
43 t
7
PIEDMONT AIR LINE.
RICHMOND k DANVILLE H R. CO.
Passi'.noer i Department,
Western North Carolina Division.
PASSENGER TRAIN SCHEDULE.
(In effect Auerust 31.)
75th Meridian time used when not otherwis.
indicated.
. EASTBOCND No. 51 ! No. fT
Daily j Daily
Lv. Knoxville, '
(90th mer.) 6 50jm 8 10am
Ar. Asheville, 1235am 142pm
Lv. Asheville, 12.40am . 2 02pm
Ar. Salisbury, 5 "vfeim " 6 42pm
" -Danville, 9 :2am 10 20pm -
Richmond, - j 3 15pm! 4 55amJ
" Raleigh, 1 i!5pm 7 35am
" Goldsboro, 2 55pm; 12 40pm
" Wilrainrton, . 6 00pm
" Lynehbm-f-, . , 12 25pirTl2 55am "
" Washington. 7 10pm 65:iim
" Baltimore, S 50 pm 8 25am,
" Philadelphia, 3 OOaru 10 47am
" New Trork, , 6 20amf 1 20pm
B. H. COSBY,
(Successor to C. Cowan.)
Spe
JGIITS.
i
HOT AND COLD WATElt HATIIS AND TOILETS
ON EACH FLOOR. j
C
ial Attractions for Families.
ft - y-ci rry
Cuisine and Appointments Unsurpassed.
FRANK LOUGHRAN, Prop.
i
Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, of
all Descriptions.
EVERY ARTICLE G UAURANTEED AS
i - REPRESENTED.
Rings, ! Combination Spectacles and Eye
Glasses, unsurpassed to preservoand correct
the Eyesiht. All repairing in my line will
receive careful attention.
Respectfully
B. H. COSBY,
27 Patton Avenue, Asheville, N. 0.
This Space Is For
The Carolina Saloon,
No. 19 North Main St, Ashe7illc, N. 0.
Call anchSee Me,
HOI FOR THE
FRANK O'DONXELL. i
WESTBOUND.
Sihvr toolnucks are made to eQiACoT Philadelphia Timei
1 1 i . i i
c (i-uil l article.
. . , r
A silver match box
of recent
uc tokes the torm ot a cowled
Jul hooded hionk. s
Ui inexpensive additition to
purt requisites is a silver stab-
i
n with garnet-incrusted top.
yueer Electrical Mishap. .
befeU a Portland
An electric light
qneer accident
woman last ve
wire '-had 'Barrsred to the . tiniied roof of
her .house, rind the current was conduct
; ed jby the ' water conductor on the dtit-
sidej of the house to a trap in' the cellar,
: theiice by the waste pipe to a washstand
on .tne secorKi noor.-tnenco oy tne water
-..i U. 'i -. 1 i. 1 .lit...-. 1 .
pijxe to iue sireeu, su uiiiwi wueuj .ua iiuy
her hand on the faucet of he water
he couldn't let go. But luckily
wind was blowing, and, as fhe wires
."' swakedj the water pij)e and itsiadjuncts
' i ' ' ! . i i . : "ii x
if- - & , were eiecxrinea wisx- uue an luitjrmitujnt
Vtveiv a hideous little Qrold liz- ; current.! so the lady was liberjited after
i ,,.:. i i.; . j . . , I q rorro mirmtftn . iTnrriRrrmfnr
u an i uuy ev es,
A scarf-phi that has many
Imirers is a small green turtle,
n about its shell witn emer
Is.
put
pipe
the
Tv. New York,
" rhiladelphia,
" Ifcritiinore,
" Washiujcton,
" Lynchburg1,
No. 50 i No. 52
Daily Daily
VZ l.um; 4 30pm
7 "0 un (! STpm
9 45am 1 9t.pm
11 i.ain ,ll Wpm
a H.'pra
Richmond,
DainiH
Wilmington,
JoldsVioro,
Raieifih,
r" Salisbury,
Ar. Asheville,
Lv. Asheville,
Ar. Knoxville.
(SOth mer.)
No. no.i
Daily I
3 tKlpm
8 40pm
9 0(!am
.2 40pm
4 iopmi
12 45arnT
7 2arn
!lljCKVim;
& S. li. It.
5 07am
2 30am
1 -I
I
'8 05am
8 00pm
13. lam
ir25a.ii
4 22pm
4 29pm
8 25pm
9 15am jLv.
lOOSam'Ar.
12 40pm: "
Ashevillle, Arr.
Hehdei-sonTille, "
Spartanburg; Lv.
No. 54
Daily
TOOpre
6 07pn.
3 40pre
1?
ers
brooches
amoner
finda o.. a raw
11 A. V
those searching
minutes - imprisonment ftnd con-
Lewiston J ournaL
MUKI'riY EKANCIL
No; 18. (Daily except Sunilay.)
f7 35am Lv.
9 35am; Ar.
12 45pm . "
I No. 17.
Asheville,
Waynesvil!,
llrypn "ity,
Andrews,
Ar.
4 OSpn
2 0opix
9 45 an:
Lv.! 5 50am
Grand . Central Hotel, Neatnesi
Promptness.
PalioQ A?cnae', Asheville. N. C.
THE EEST $2 HOUSE IN THE STATE.
FURMAN'S
It registers more guests than . all the hotels
in the city,, because
It is in the center of tho city, on fche street
car line; .
It is conducted on business principles;
Price suit-tue times;
You get the best fare the market affords.
ami JToI
siderable suffering.
'littorihg from the head of a
Vko vn& is a cluster' of small
JUUoii.lsrsurrouhded by small j Deputy Pabre's drama'
Joan on tlie Paris Stas:Q.
i
Earis is to see lf Joaa of Arc" pon tne I
stae once more. The town council has
votd 300 to bring out, at the phatelet.
ciillecl after the
si-, i , , ' . J if m does justice to the play ih pro vid-
v mt maiCil OOXes, Ciesignea ing Utting accessories, is to be Rewarded
llnitate cigars, with enameled j -with the Cross of the Legion of Honor,
.ieis to denote the brand are
IM'JT lWlVO.l
1 i
... . j
il.be bowl
l('iiv:i tiji 1
. T-ii' i l t . n r
an ;nonor wnicn nas ueeu yraniti 10 ivl.
Dn4ne3nei, of the Porte SaWj Martin,
, ; and; M. Iloncke, of the liippodroine, for
of a piano lamp is ' thelintelliirent pains they took in bring-
out "Joan of Arc" at those places.
ills XVI. Deriod and revofvbs Cor. London News. i '
11 pedestal of Sevres.
mong several new andrich
r'och concepti(kis is a f acssim-
Iff a feather aout two inches
length, made of pure white
Ame.1, with the. bone studded
til Rtnnll Ain-mnA
I - 1 uiaiuuuuo auu cv
jutiful soltaire resting in the
And More, Too. !
The supreme court of this state has
just decided a lawsuit begun Jtwenty
onej years ago, and involving the. title of
a $,700 farm. The lawyers 'have not
only eaten up the farm, but all the con
testants could rake and scrape ae well.
Thy had hoped the sniK would run
aoont ten years longer, as tne nay waa
stftad v and could be counted on. De
Sleeping Car Service.
Nos. 50 and 51 Pullman Sleepers between
Raleigh and Morristown .
Nos. and 53 Pullman Sleepers between
Hot Springs and Washington.
Nos. 51 and 55 Pullman Parlor Cars between
Hot Springs anil Augusta.
W. A. V, UNBURN, P. P. A.,
Asheville, N. C.
JAS. L. TAYLOR, G. P. A.,
Washington P. C.
Swain Hotel.
Bryson City, Swain Co., N.C.
A NEW HOUSE WITH ALL MOPERN
IMPROVEMENTS.
Centrally located, and is one of the best Ho
tels in Western North Carolina.
Headquarters for Tourists arid
Sportsmen.
Hunting and Fishing near Bryson City ex
, cellent.
BEST ACCOMMODATIONS FOB
COMMEBCLaX TRAVELERS.
CHedester's Store
v Is dointf as large, or a larper bumes thn
any house in the State, because he sella Kod
jjrwds lower than the lowest. He defies cro pe
tition. Try his grand hotel and store,
And see him smile once more.
h i
- Legal Blanks Kept for Sale.
Democrat Building, Asheville, 11 C:
m it
des
"THE BONANZA,"
R. Starnes,
Geo.
N. Blackburn.
-THE LEADING-
Undertaker
AND
Arterial - Embalmer,
Office : Xq. 27 North Main St.,
WINE AND LIQUOR ,STORE
IX THE STATE.
Fine Sample and Billiard Boom.
NO. 43 S. MAIN ST
ASHEVILLE, N. C.
ISHRVlf J.K N fi
" w
J. 1 MAEQUAEDT, Manager.
ire the gracefully-curved
uon of the feather.
All calls promptly answered day or night.
28, J J. ,
troit Free Press.
June