Tiie Picnic at Gelina.
Atlanta Constitution.
That picnic at Selina it covered lots o
grouud;
Thar was wimmen, men an' tosses from
fifty miles around, .
An' fiddles squeaked and brogans creaked
the merriest kind o' song, :
An' 'twas "Balance to your partners!"
an' "Swing!" the whole day long.
'Twas a powerful site o' pleasure jes' to
see the fellers whirl
The lovely forms in calico, an' swing
girl after girl.
It was quite intoxicating; you could hear
the rafters ring, a
'Till the old men couldn't stand it, an'
cut the "pigeon wing!"
The old-time "double-shuffle" made the
- dust fly from their beels,
An' 'twas sich a jolly scuffle in the Old
Virginnj reels;
The young men jes' a-sweaten'.'an' the
rosy gals a-blowin'
But they didn't mind the weather while
A ' . - . - - O
"It's jolly!" roared the laftess; "It's pain
ful!" groaned the floor;
"It's dusty!" said the wi rumen, but they
only danced the more.
An' the young en called it "stavin',"
an' I think that they was right,
For the old-time Georgia "breakdown"
made the stars dance with delight -All
day the fiddle's music was ringin'
wild an' sweet; '
The nigger parson rolled it ofi an' kept
time with his feet;
All day with jes' a breathin' spell 'long
' 'bout the time o' noon,
The dancers kept in moiion an' the fiddle
kept in tune.
That picnic at Selina it ain't' to be for-
: got,
For a feller felt as happy's if he owned a
house an' lot;
And when I think about them gals in
ribooned calico, ,
I feel like singin': "Praise the Lord, from
whom all blessin's flow!"
There'll be good times at Selina in the
happy days to be, ,
But never any times lite that for all the
boys an' me;
For the mem'ry of that picnic it'll live
a hundred years,
An' I'll feel my old feet shufflin' when I
climb the golden Rtairs!
Fkank L. Stanton.
Self-Reliance in Business.
In 'his recent address before
the New Hampshire State board
of agriculture Mr. Edward At
kinson declared that the sturdy
self-reliance which once formed
the basis of the American char
acter has been sapped and
warped by the growing depend
ence of people oil the help of the
government instead of using
their best efforts to vrk out
their'own deliverance and shape
their own destiny j According
to Mr. Atkinson, "our wealth
and. revealed resources have in
recent years been eating away
the self-reliant quality that dis
tinguished former generations. "
We want to be .protected by
tariffs, we. think we need sub
sidies and bounties, we must be
bundled up in taxes that dis
criminate in favor of one and
against another, we legislate
i i i
laws, "regulating" things to
suit selfish or silly doctrinaires,
and insist that the St ite shal ,
in one way or another, deprive
men of the right to look out for
therriselvesr It i; the curse of
the system of ppternal govern
ment to which we are tending
that it meddles with things
which ought not to concern it,"
and on the plea of protecting
American labor makes rich cor
porations richer and the great
hotly of the people poorer. It
adds nothing to the wages of
working men, while it refuses
the free importation of raw ma
terial which would enable our
manufacturers to compete with
their rivals in the markets of
the world. Mr. Atkinson asks
whv we should not shake off
this tendency to parasitism and
avavaJW V4 w AV1UU Wit
The collection of large groups
of facts about accidents, which
has been made necessary by the
development of accident insur
ance,? has made fa contribution
to one department of social
science that is by no means un
interesting. For instance it is
a curious fact that a mis
much more liable to lose his
16ft hand than his right hand,
or his left eye than : his righi
eye. Statistics show,' too, that
when a man insures himself
against accideri ts he thereby
greatly diminishes the risk of
accident, and this is prppably
explained in this way: When
a man's attention is called to
danger he fixes his mind on it,
and thereby consciously or un-
fort to avert it.
It therefore often happens
that a man is more likely to be
a victim of an accident of a
kind that he never thought of
than of the kind against n which
he insures himself. A man, for
instance, who handles sharp
tools will insure himself against
an accident from the use of
them, and the first thing he
knows he will be drawing pay
from an insurance company for
an injury done by getting acin
der in his. eye. Not only are
suh odd and curious facts as
these brought to light by the
development of accident insur
ance, but a great many import
ant groups Df facts, which bear
upon the habits of men and the
development of civilization. For
instance, accidents are much
more common in sparsely set
tled portions of the country than
in densely settled portions, and
they happen more frequently in
the middle of winter and in the
other seasons of the year.-Forum.
euro the prompt conviction, and
imposing such penalties as shall
secure the most perfect compli
ance with the law.
3. We condemn the silver bill
recently passed by congress,
and demand in' lieu thereof the
free and unlimited coinage of
silver.
4. We demand the passage of
laws prohibiting alien owner
ship ot land, and that congress
take prompt action to devise
sbme plan to obtain all lands
now owned by aliens and for
eign syndicates; and that all
Jpds now held by railroads and
other corporations in excess of
such .as is? actually; used and
needed by them be reclaimed iy
the government, and held for
actual settlers onh ,
5. Believing in the doctrine of
equal rights to all and special
privileges to none, we demand
"a. That our national legisla
tion shall be so framed in the
future as not to build up one in
dustry at the expense of an
other.
b. We further demand a re-
fiforth Carolina Wire Fence Pppj. ;
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to be
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and vri
rnoval of the existing heavy 1 iSi , m, , ' wUim
tariff tax from the necessities ofi HUUMi JlHiJl, I'Kx TlUiiT, 1L Aj zs)2s. K) lAi .HM'UU M VSY.1
lite, that the poor of our land
must have.
c. We further dema
and equitable system of
atea tax on incomes.
d. We believe that the money
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ui u e uiitij m uu u ue Kept, db ; Marvhind tln-re an' ovri- :AAA) miles in hv f;irmr Fnr f.rn:inuntn! tmriuw. 1., '
much as possible in the hands PmnrV8 T,nrt3 it . ; 'hm-nfr n; Vh .
THE LAWFUL FENCE!
The above cut represents the new combined Hedere and Wire Fence now beinir intmdt
. the North Carolina Hedge and Wire Fence Company." .We claim for it: 1st. It i praetical'iact 1,1
nd a just : indistructable. 2nd. It gives thorough protection against all stork b th large and small. Hrd Jret r
t graau-; is ly ornamental. 4th. It is the cheapest fence in exiftence. ih.e ,,T
In the States of Kentucky. Tennessee, Mississippi, Arkansas, lAuisianna, Alabama, Georitr, ,
Ohio, Indiana, Illinois. Michigan, Kansas, Missouri. Pensyhnnin. Nt-w Jor.v. Delaware arKEiw,
aiaryianu mere are over .;u,rt!u miles in use uv tarmt
f.i it t i v un. i 'u, hi n, - . t. v ' . . j i i ' mil ail' ui vw i' ,
. j - - - ... v. v..v vv. .-v-- vv- v . Miuu uii'ii uuviii v "i n riivinu uv v rune m'u, iiEI
J1 X 1 i .11 X 1 11. 4
ItelimKttl S 2!' 8W!red b-V Mr- Ssu J"Ron, manoKor. at his offi S,r,,. nail-
A clerk in a Texas store in
formed his employer that his I
sister was going to get married
and he, wanted a furlough of
forty-eight hours to attend the
wedding, which was to take
place out in the country some
where, says Texas SiftingsNThe
merchahtfcould not well spare
the services of the young man
for that length of time, but
finally consented to let him go
on condition that he would re
turn promptly at the expiration
of two days.
"As soon as my fortv-eight
hours are up I'll be back," said
the young man hurrying off to
catch the train. And that w?s
the last his employer saw of
him for six solid days, when he
came in, gripsack in hand and
a beaming smile on his face, re
marking: JtsacK: on time."
"Back on time!" roared the
exasperated employer. "Do you
call six days forty eight hours?"
"Of course I do. Wht else
do you call it?"
"Have you lost the use of
your mental faculties, or are
you trying, sir, to take unwar
ranted liberties with me?"
Why, I am surprised! I told
you I wanted forty-eight hours'
recreation, didn't I?"
"Certainly, and I gave it to
you."
"Just so. And I work in the
store eight hours a day, don't
I?" -
"Of course."
"Well,, eight into forty-eight
goes six times, and I've been
gone eight hours a day for six
days, so, you see, I'm on time.
ernment economically and hon
estly administered.
6. We demand the most rigid,
honest and just state and na
tional governmental control and
supervision of the means of pub
lic communication and trans
portation, and if this control
and supervision does not remove
he abuse now existing, we de
mand the government owner
ship of such means of ommuni
cation and transportation.
7. We demand that the con
gress of the United States sub
mit an amendment to the con
stitution providing for the elec
tion of United States Senators
by direct vote of the people of
each State.
T'havc r-crsonrlly mir: iliis fence in the State of PennsyWanla, where thcm-Hnd of miles are in use, and
can euJoie li that i claimed lor it. J. G. MAHTIN. .Wheville, N. C.
AViLMixuTox, N. ;., June 12ih, 1831.
1 his is to certify that we have visited Ohio, Pennsylvania, and other Slates, and have examined many mile of
Hedge fence built under the system of the above company, and after thorough investigation, made by requefl in
beh? Jf of farmer? And others of our fcction, we frankly nnd conscientiously m ! t ti. mmi rwrferi fcrr
we have ever seen. It is in all resnects exactly true to representations, proof ajrainft 6tock, dosrn and men, and
universally popular, as we learned from those to whom we talked; and we saw hundred, of mile of it. We ex-
auiiucu mem in an siyies anu conditions, irom me laiii spring piantmir to tiiohe completed twtnc or fourteen
years age. And found every detail just as described. D. 8. COWAN, of Columbus county, N. V.
LEWIS BELDKN, New Hanovrcounty, N. C.
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Over twenty -five miles of this fence have been ordered by citizens of Ashovilld. Unas onlyfcf.i'
pany's ofHce in the Street Railway Building, South Main St., Asheville, for particulars, or 6ew, ";
. SAML. JOHNSON,
Manager for Stat of North Carolina, Asheville, N. C.
Fl
St
JAMES H. LOUGHRAN'S
ower
9
inertia and strike out boldly.
"Why not extend," he 'says,
"tire same benefits of commer
cial freedom to other countries
as now exists between the States
of the Union?" A liberal treaty
of reciprocity with other nations
would give us markets now
closed to us, and would increase
immensely the demand for
American labor. The protec
tion of one class of manufact
ures has raised a cry for pro
tection to all otiiers, jnd to fa
cilitate bv subsidies a foreign
commerce that cannot be in
creased until we are enabled
to exchange our products ior
the products of other nations,
which is sheer folly. "Wool,
cotton, ores, chemicals, iron,
copper and lead," says Mr. At
kinson, "together with all that
common or low priced labor in
any part of tne world can send
us, is grist to our mills. To this
crude material we can apply
our, manual, mechanical and
mental aptitude, and then if we
cannot earn .wages by making
the best goods at low cost, it
will only be because we have
lost the power by which our
forefathers made these btates
what they are." It is not pro
tection that we want, according
to Mr. Atkinson, but freedom
from the trammels with -which
legislation has bound us.
If there is one thins: I know
How does he feel? He feels
blue, a deep, dark, unfading, dyed-in-the-wool,
eternal blue, and he
makes everybody feel the same way
August Flower theRomedy.
How does he feel? He feels a
headache, generally dull and con
stant, but sometimes excruciating
August Flower the Remedy.
How does he feel? He feels a
violent hiccoughing or jumping of
the stomach after a meal, raising
bitter-tasting matter or what he has
eaten or drunk August Flower
the Remedy.
How does he feel ? He feels
the gradual decav of vital power :
ne leeis miserable, melancholy,
hopeless, and longs for death and
peace August Flower the Remedy.
How does he f oel ? He feels so
iill after eating a meal that he can
hardly walk August Flower the
Remeay. . -
G. G. GREEX, Sole Manufacturer,
j v7oo,ibury, New Jersey, U. S.L
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Opposite theReliable Firm of Bear den. Hankin & OcS
better than another it is how to
hand at the appointed
be on
hour.'
Men with well-knit figures are
seldom worsted "in a fight.-Pitts-burg
Dispatch. -
The Ocala Demands.
i
A number of our readers have
requested ".that we publish the
Ocala (Alliance) demands in
full. Here they are:
la- We demand the . abolition
of national banks.
J). We demand that the gov
ernment shall establish sub
treasuries or depositories in the
several btates, which shall loan
money direct to the people at a
low rate of interest, not to ex
ceea iwo per cent, per annum,
on non-perishable farm pro
ducts, and also upon real estate,
Ml 1 ..
wiin proper limitations upon
the quantity of land and amount
of money.
c. We demand that the amount
of the circulating, medium be
speedily increased to not less
than o0 per capita.
2. That We demand that con
gress shall pass such laws as
will effectually prevent the deal
ing in futures of all agncultura
and mechanical productions
providing a stringent system of
procedure in trials that will se
SMATHERS : SPRING?
HOTEL 1
A EESOET JOE PLEASUEE
HEALTH SEEKEES.
AND
Happy Hoosiers.
Wm. Timraons, Pastmarster of Itlaville,
nd., writes : " Electric Bitters has done
more for me than all other medicine?
combined, for that had feeling arisintr
lrom kidney and liver trouble." John
L.esne, iarmer ana stocKman, ot same
ilace, savs : " Find Llectric Bitters to
be the best Kidnev and Liver medicine.
made me feel like a new man." J. "W.
s T . t 1
waruner, naraware merciiant, same
town, says: " Electric Bitters 13 ust
the tning lor a man who is all run down
and don't care whether he lives or dies;"
he found new strength, trood annetiet
ana ielt just like he had a new lease on
life. Only 50c. a bottle, at T. C. Smith
fc to. s Drug btore.
Swain Hotel.
Turnpike, N. 0.
SPLENDID : CKALYBEATU : AND
FREE STONE WATERS.
'A Delightful Home in the Jlettrt of the
Alleghitnun, v-heie Health Comes
Back to Vut Wary aud
Heat w Street.
Th'9 lx;autiful summer revolt, sntuated lra-
mediatelj' on the Murphy Division f the
N ivjtern North Carolina ltallroad. half way
Iteween Asheville and Wavnesville. tiftwn
miles from each place, is open for the recep
tion of jruests for the winter.
The hotel is surrounded by the Pigah ranpe
of mountains, and is conceded by all to be one
of the most delightful and health-giving' re
sorts in Western North Carolina. A cool
breeze is continually passing through the val
ley, giving life and freshness to all things, and
inconsequence of which no fog or Valeria to
be found in the valley at anv time.
ine oujiaiug is new and well furnished.
Large and well ventilated. Telegraph and
Postoflice in the house.
Smathere Springs Hotel 2,0(X) feet: Smath-
ers' lew 42,tJ0 .
Now comes the most attractive featw of
all the excellent and delicious fare tc ji al-
-THE-
East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia
Railway
Ii the Only Short and Direct Line
TO Till
O the St
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Vnry ir
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left. r
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G. H. MAYER,
Consulting Optician.
61 South Main St.
NORTH, SOUTH, EAST AKB WEST.
I
(Law's China Hall.)
Pullman's linest Vestibule Sleepers
BRYSON ClTY. SAIN Co N. C. wa5 found on the table, which at all tiiucs is
wii i, sj ty i jm ou., lt. v. supplied with aU the commodities to be found
in this section, served in the very lt style.
Fresh mutton, mil and butter supplied lrom
A NEW HOUSE WITH ALL MODERN
IMPROVEMENTS
Centrally located, and Is one of the best Ho
tels in N estern North Carolina.
Headquarters for Tourists and
Sportsmen.
Hunting and Fishing near Bryson City ex
cellent.
BEST ACCOMMODATIONS FOB, I
COMMERCIAL TRAVELERS.
Geo. N. Blackburn:
19-ly.
the premises
This place Is especially recommended by
physicians for all kinds of lun troublea. on
account of the dry and bracing atmosphere.
which is iree irura uusi ana oionous germs.
Fruit in abundance on the place, special
attention is called to the fine variety of trapes.
JOHN C. S MATHERS, Prop'r.
Parties wishing well-rooted Niairara and
oxner rape me ci
Turnpike Hotel farm.l
ines can be supplied at the
w?ptl7-ly
Pniic lHtle forton'o t ma.kt
work for ua, by Anna tf, Aotn,
kTua, and Jna. Bonn, lotrdo, Ohio.
cot. Utbmarrduinf a.wcil. W by
your Bome rmrn oer a
montk. T ran io U urk and Hva
r i f)J yfinnenaraaunaaminir from ti to
A f aa atart yon. Caa work la tpwt thna
r nuiiHunt. nig anoa.y toarora.
. tr. Vail nr. arakaowa antoaia; thrm.
Il.llallctt tl: Ca.lUoxaHUI'urtlaBd,Mala
HotS orings, Knoxville asd Ciiicianati.
Knoxville and Louis rille-
Philadelhpia & New Orleaza.
Memphis & 2?ew York.
"Washington L ifeaphis-
Parties going West via this line have cboloe of
2 Through Routes,
' One via the
Memphis Short Line,
The other vlt
Mobile. New Orleans.
For any Information address,
D. W. WREXX, O. P. d T. A.
C. A. BEXSCOTEU, A. G. P. A.
Knoxville, Tenn.
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PERFECT SIGHT
I!lti In i!enc of ii-alacb. J'n 5"
aUtutti..' ti, di-j;t4. iu rj'I-' r "TL ta-
ut ditaiK-o. IJLlixl
Have your yr left c-d fn-c 1 r;"f - t-r bn.
Had ion niarMnt-l. fem t,
THERMOMETERS. hiT-
Kor the bou- .r garden. btb 'f!?. '
t'hemicalor lever tl'mom tera; torts f-Cths anl
itjl tli-mionj-ter crmhJnHl; bydrorri't' jj f..-.,
tirtoomcu-rs to uiceure li tiur. at; . , "
ible to ui
EGG BOILERS. luiiao.
Tlireo minute an1 vIhhi to vKk t-v:pect l
pn.'f!K.:r'S"DU- - . ed with
Notice l
an t
gin the
ttb a kr.
p-r.. or ;
Old Newspapers toc7.k"t
r A orourhly
isale at The Democ?
rOZ a. ijiichtbe
Venice at 25c. per iitdde
dred.
J H. EATOX
and . Ornamenlal Plastering,
AsheTille, N. C.
All lobbing In his line prompllj at
tended at reasonable pricei, and "work
guaranteed. lanl-lj
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