WHY?
The wife who makes the home-made shirt,
i ne bore that stays and stays,
The maiden fair, who dves her hair,
Then hen that never lays.
The college man with mandolin,
The girl who "neer plays,"
The chestnut fiend (by Satan screened)
Those Emerald paper jay?.
The girl you love who don't lve you,
The man with fours you raise,
He who regails you with the tales
You heard in baby daysi.
The man who borrows for a day
And never, never pays.
The humorist, the man of whist,
The hypocrit who prays.
The man who lies about the size
Of fish he ne'er displays, :
He "on the brink" who hates to think
That advertising pays, j
And many more that I might name
Beneath the sun's warm rays,
wny clon t they nee from wrath and see
The error of their ways?
Tom Masson, in Clothier and Fur
a i
nisner.
ONLY ME.
A little figure glided through the hall;
is mat you, ret? ''the. words came
tenderly; j
Asb suppresed to let the the answer
fall
"It isn't Pet, Mama; it's only me."
The quivering baby lips! they had not
meant ' j
To utter any word could plant a sting,
But to that mother-heart a strange pang
went; ',
She heard, and stood like a convicted
thing.
f r 1 '
One instant, and a haDDv little face
Thrilled 'neath unwonted kisses rained
above; , -j
And from that moment Only Me had
place j
And part with Pet in tender mother,
love.
i.azy ooys make lazv men.
just as surely as a crooked twig
makes a crooked tree. The!
largest portion of the criminals!
in our prisons and ot the pau
pers in our poor-houses have
, 4- "1 j. -1 l .
uume lu vvxiui mey are oy oeing
brought up in idleness. Thoe
who make our great and useful
men were trained up to be in
dustrious. Save This Rules for Measurement.
The following rules for meas-f
unng corn and liquids will be
useful to many of our readers:
1. Shucked corn: Measure the
length, width, and dejL.th of the
crib in feet; multiply these three
dimensions and their product
by eight; then cut off two fig
ures to the right; those on the
left will be so many barrels, and
those on the right so many hun
dredths of a barrel. I V
2. Unshucked corn: Multiply
as in rule first in the above ex
ample, und then the product ob
tained by five and a half; then
cut off two figures on the right;
those on the left will be so many
barrels and those on the right
bo many hundredths of a barrel.
For grain, fruit, herbs, in
house or box, find the length,
breadth, and depth; multiply
them together; then annex two
ciphers and divide the product
by one hundred and twenty five.
Answer in bushels, pecks and
quarts.
3. Liquors: Find the length in
inches from the bung, the un
der edge of the chime, multiply
it into itself twice, and the pro
duct by five hundred and sev
enty. Answer in gallons, quarts,
pints and gills.
Fruit-Eating Animals.
It is quite curious to note to
what extent animals of various
kinds devour fruit. The apple
is highly appreciated ry horses,
cows, sheep', goats, hogs, deer,
elephants, rabbits, squirrels, do
mestic fowls and many of the
wild animals and birds. The
persimmon is greedily devoured
in immense quantities by o'pos
sums and dogs. The fig is a
favorite food among animals,
norses,j3heep, goats, hogs, cam
els, elephants and fowls gre edi
ly devouring it. The cherry, as
our fruit growers well know, is
a delicacy which the whole'
feathered tribe contend for.
Peaches are only relished by a
few animals, among which may
be mentioned the rabbit. Grape's
are taten with great relish by
horses, cows, sheep, deer, hogs,
camels elephants and some
times by dogs and many wild
animals. Dried fruits of all
kinds are eaten with avidity by
the Esauimau doers Prnifo
such as the orantre. lemon limo
shaddock, sour plum, green
olive, etc., are shunned by near
ly all animals, as they are by
worms. Olives, when they have
become thoroughly ripe, will
readily be eaten by hogs, after
they have once acquired the
taste. The ostrich will eat
many kinds of fruit with enjoy
ment. Nuts of nearly all kinds
are relished and sought after by
squirrels, monkeys, hogs, par
rots and many other kinds of
animals and birds California
Fruit Grower.
Mortgaged Homes and Farms.
Superintendent Porter has ex
pressed great pleasure at the
success attending the efforts of
his employees in collecting sta
tistics regarding mortgages.
The results have been far beyond
anticipation and; beyond the ex
penence of previous collectors
in the same; field.
i he returns ate not all in vet
irom one or two ot tne states:
but enough is known to warrant
the aproximate estimate that of
the 12,500,000 families in the
United States 2,250,000 families
occupy and own encumbered
homes and farms, while the re
maining 10,250,000 families oc
cupy homes and farms that are
either hired or are owned free.
Of all the 2,250,000 encumber
ed homes and; farms in the
United i States, the details are
not sufficiently known; but in
one State (Io'wa) everv ooint
with regard; to the mortgages on
nomes and tarms has been ascer
tained, and deductions mav be
drawn iromi the amount of in
cumberances in! that State to
the amount in other States, as
there is nothing exceptional
about the character of the mort
gages in the Hawkey e State.
The average debt oh an Iowa
home is $719 and on an Tnwa.
farm is $1,283,' the average for
1 1 . -
nome and tarm beinp- si i -to
Taking the amount of indebted
ness on the homes and farms of
Iowa to be the ; same as the
average indebtedness, as it is
very likely to be on homes and
farms generally throughout the
Union, we arrivej at the some
what striking conclusion that
the homes and farms of tlm I
; ,i, w . ixi v
united States are mortgaged to
the! tune of bvpr son nnn nnn
500.000.000
wntch is an encumberance of
$40 on the head of every man
woman and child in the countrv!
This is not; by) any means 'a
pleasiner state of thi
T ; , ,
template; but the gioom that
L-uuicuipmtion induces is not
a little relieved by the consider
ation that the homes and fnrmc
(which are ;-. -weiefhted with nn
mortgage encumberance are far
more in number than those
which are a statement that
could not be predicted with any
approach to j truth respecting
any other country in the world.
i -w 'I jj
High Rents.
The recent general increase in
rents in Roarioke! is somewhat
inexplicable in view of the pre
vailing dullqessf At J a time
when so many people are out of
employment, when the commu
nity is laborine- unHpr q hi
tinancial pressure, and collec
tions are dirhcult in the extreme,
an advance has been made by
landlords all along the line.
They may be able for a time to
add a few dollars to their
monthly revenues, but tte pol
icy if persisted in, cannot but
prove injurious to the city and
will finally react! upon th- land
lords, if
The high rents demanded in
Roanoke hav always been a
drawback to the prosperity of
the city. There are hundred s of
men employed here who find it
cheaper to board and support
their families elsewhere, than to
face the enormos rents demand
ed by our landlords.
If houses could be had on
reasonable terms the families of
these men would become citizens
of Roanoke, andlthe large sums
necessary for food, clothing and
;other necessaries would be dis
bursed amono hnr nwr. m.
chants, instead of bein sent
abroad to build
up other
muaities.
coin-
A-l i'' i
xuu Luese nisrn rents, more
over, prevent many from locat
ing here who Would settle if thev
saw any prospect of obtaining
homes for their families at prices
within the possibilities of a mod
est income. Roanoke Herald:
h The above clipped from the
Koanoke Herald is pertinent and
to the point and it could be mad
applicable to mote towns than
Roanoke There are many
towns .that have started out
upon an era of prosperity when
the spirit of enterprise has been
choked out by the all-grasping
spirit of thej penurious close
fisted landlord, i
By the time thW PVi.1q1o1v.;
nat trimmers and the North
American Commercial Company
get through the Treasury it may
be even more diflicult than now
tor the Treasury experts to de
termine exactly I what the sur
plus is..
A meeting of brominent rlpm.
ocrats and allianft lono
Minneapolis on the first oi fju
v.-.vo mciusiuuui uemocrats
and the Alliance on Minnesota's
electoral ticket in 1892. So down
geos the republican party in
Minnesota. i
IZevr
scoverv.
neighbors talking about it. Tou may j
yourself be on.- o.' the many who Lnow ;
from personal experience just how .'Obd i
a thin- it i . If you have" evr tried it, !
you are one of staitnch frie:d, be-j
cause the vor.leiiul thini. ;i:-p"t it i
that when once-;;ive:i n iiitij. ih. Kh z's
Sv Discovery ever nr'er hu't-U a jlace 1
in the Louse. If 'you have ver r.sed :t j
and should i.e alElotf... . ;:?! fnnrh. J
! cold or anv thro.it. Ajtv or chc-.t rrourTje. !
secure a bottle at once and irivc it
fair!
. or
triaL' It
i money
is
guarantee
every
1'0 1 i if i
nine
, ....
1 iiu
T. C. Smi
Mr. Lorenzo F. Sleeper is very
well known to the citizens cf Apple- j
ton, Me and neighborhood: He
says: Eight years ago I was taken
" sick, and suffered as no one but a
" dyspeptic can I then began tak-
ing August Flower. At that time
" I was a great sufferer. Every -
" thing I ate distressed me so that I
had to throw :t up. Then in a
" few moments that horrid distress
" would come on arid I would have
".to eat and suffer
For that
Horrid
Stomach
Feeling.
"again. I took a .
"little of your ined-;
' 4 icine, and felt much I
"better, and a f ter
talcing a little mere
1 ' August Flower my
' Dyspepsia disap- i
" peared, and since that time I ;
" have never had the first sign of it. :
"lean eat anything without the
"least fear of distress. I wish all ;
"that are afflicted with that terrible '
" disease or the troubles caused bv '
it would try August Flower, as I
am satisned there
is no medicine !
"equal to it."
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kst . Tefinessee, ?mk & feia
Raiiv
Is ths
y
.tort
rind
Direct Line
TO THE
NORTH, SCUTE, T.ACT AND WEST.
rniiman s
linest Vesiibule leepTsj
BETWEEN
Hot Surirgs, Zaosvilie and Cinci
Knoxville and Loxiisville-
i
Philadelhpia & 2few Orleanis.
Memphis & New York.
Washington & Memphis-
I
Parties going West via this line hare choice of
2 Through Routes, .
One via the
Memphis Short'Line,
The other via
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)
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yow psw nomen rs, or ail yoor Him to tb work. ThW W
Benonen e earning from 25 to f 50 ptrweek and DDwardMb
and more after a Utile eiperlenoe. We can fimii.h you tb m-
S2in bt, 5 Pto1iplA her.. F
ne. u u onns wonaermi tocceca to
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Consultiiio- Optician,
61 South Main St.
(Law's China Hall.)
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in or
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The
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i
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.
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JAMES
111 'fe rii
rMte ONI I t!r&
WHITE
Has Removed to
58 SOUTH MAIN STREET,
Opposite the Reliable Firm of Bearden, Rankin &
iSMATHERS" : SPRINGS!
HOTEL I
A KES0ET JOE PLEASURE AND
HEALTH SEEEEBS.
Turnpike, N. C.
SPLENDID : CHALYUEATE : A:"D
FREE STONE WATERS.
A Deitjhtful Jlo.nt in the Hcati of tht
AlU'jhfiiiifSy tclicrt Hoillh Cvmt
Buck to the Wtiry and
Hat is Sicat.
This beautiful summer resort, situated Im
mediately on the Murphy liivi$U.n of the
Western Xorth Carolina liailroad. half way
between Asheville aud Waynesville, fifteen
miles from each place, is open for the recep
tion of truefts for the winter.
The hotel is surrounded by the Pit jrah rantre
of mountains, and is conceded by all to be one
of the mot delightful and health-giving re
ports in Western North Carolina. A cool
breeze is continually passing through the val
ley, giving life and lreshncf to all things, and
in consequence of which no fog or vapor is to
be found in the valley at any time.
The building Is new and well furnished.
Iarge and well ventilated. Telegraph and
PoetoiRce in the bouse.
i-mat hers Springs Hotel JO feet; Smath
er' View 4!,UU) .
Now comes the most attractive feat of
til the excellent and delicious fare tc .al
ways found on the table, which at all tin.es is
srpnlied with all the commodities to lie found
in this section, served in the very beet style.
1'res h mutton, milk and butter supplied irom
the premises.
This place is especially recommended by
physicians for all kinds of lung troubles, on
account of the dry and bracing atmosphere,
which is free from dust and poironoas germs.
Fruit in abundance on the place. Special
attention is allied tothe Mnexarietyof grapes.
JOHN C. SMATHEI.S. PropV.
fparties wishing well-noted Niagara and
other Grape Viae can be supplied at the
Turnpike Hotel farm. eptlT-ly
G-. A. Mears,
3
3 South Main St.,
Has just opened one of the lar
gest and most attractive stocks
of Dress Flannels, Serges, Hen
riettas, Worsteds,. Ginghams,
Calicoes, and all. latest designs
of Ladies Dress Goods he ever
offered upon this market. Lin
ings and Trimmings to match.
Is also showing a most attrac
tive line of Millinery, Fancy
Goods, etc. Our Fall Stock is
just in and ready for examina
tion. As usual our stock of Gents'
Clothing and Furnishing Goods,
Shoes and Hats is verv com
plete. Give me a call.
G. A. Mears,
33 South Main street.
Uct at tmH'y 4ai.' iat.t f-raeaaf ow
rtr InMriM liom. will ii !
l.alwiu faa . mrltm mm.A
t T mnwv M wn iin. laaaaaM irall.i. &
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Pnblic Square, AsheTillp. .n
,,St Pacu Minn June 10l
Japanese Remedies Ck. Gentlemen- v,.,
thirty year I have beena m "IfSSr f im
Hemorrholdg. both internal .r.V".. ItJ.ron
tried a 11 Ti.n . . . 1 ,
foV,; V-rmr.ani after iislntr
rTiZlZ' v','irKl curea or this most
painful trouble. You ri T res n,t f i
Albeck. 721 Hudson Avenue.
Foreman CriprD Trunk FacSry.
"-"B. S Jan. 30. IN.
of Suppositorierwhlch T4elvcSein Juf jSJ j
has cured me of 'Piles! a ZlQJ.UJL?Z
f rs.',n. 5'u V--"e one dolJar boi
HSBaSS2g Offi
17 l M.nhail St.
H. LOUGH BAN'S
MAN
Don't F0
When you w?
thing in thoaytf
ntw. f"un a
Kitchen Safe t0 ,
Bedroom S
-"".that
are ready to
prices, and
1
with any houiaW
tern Xorth Car.li:
All goods guaranty
a s reprc-Fenttd
and be convinced.
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and satisfaction
an teed.
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Goods to le foirnl z
the South.
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Xight, C5.
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Swain Hotel
Bryson CitY, Swain Co,H.C?
a xew nortfE WITH ALLXCinJ
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Centrally locate, and U ooe cf tl U
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