THE DANIUI REPORTER POST.
VOLUME XVI.
Reporter end Post.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY AT
DANBURY. N. C.
PEPPER .V SONS, ruin. iS- Propr
KSmr, jf*JfliMttmteJSr -'I
KAI ».S M Nl llMtltll'itON -.
Clio Voir. I'stutilde iti udvHiicc •* 1
Month* .-.T't
KiTLH or Ai>V>:KTIKI?|4I:
no Square (ton linen or loss) 1 t me *' w i
or «N«'h addition;!! iiiMrtUin A' '
CVntmrt.« fur longer i mo oriinm» *i«uro « «n bt
made In proportion t>> tlif uu rt»io*
Truxooiii h * .111 • o\|H ctv)«l t" r»uiit '
•c-or li-iT to : »" , a r.iuA .»t tliu time tin ;, tiu.
their J n or*.
Lie:»l X »ticrs v\ ill l.otdmrgod 3cpercent.
thsiii »ho\ o
NiixVm «* *u: • • vrti' hfl Innerted at Ton FcVar* '
er ttnniiiu.
PROFESSION L C.IK US.
L. U.-O'MOUE,
ATTORNEYATLAW
MtAiryN.C.
Special attention jjiveulo ihe collect ion o |
claims.
II : F. CARTER,
TTOiI.YKr-rf TT*»
M r. AlltY, SURHY CO.. N. c
7iut. t» v 1 r uwi'L sm i> hea >uc Wiiutd
THE mcadoo housf,
GRKENSUOIiO, X. .
CITAS. J). VKHA O.Y, /VoV.
Has tlie largest, most elegantly furti
ished ami best ventilated rooms of any ,
Hotel in tlic city.
r. DAV, AI.UKRT JONKK !
IDsty 5c Joi3.ss„
manufacturers o!
S A I9DLEKY.II AltNl.SJf. COLL A l;s.T»:fN K * '
No. ssg vs. linitiMuie turret, Hnlttnu re. Md,
HICIIAKIi WOOD HAM I. I*. UOODWIX.
RkILV Uk*l>F.k«o!l. Rl'li'UW. It ACO
WOOD, BACON & CO
ln|»orteni hiii] JwliUom «»f
DRV conns, XOTIO.VS
HIITTE GOODS, ETC.
N. ... .IMII Mailrt HI,,
PHILALELPtII-V PA.
l'urties having
CUT MICA
for sale will find it to tlieir interest to
with
A. O. SCIIOONMAKKR,
158 William St., New York.
O. K I.EKTWI. K.
with
HIXCO, EI.LETT A CXt.W,
RICHMOND, TA.,
Wbolcule Dealers in
BOOTS, SHOES, TRUNKS. *0
Prompt attention paid to orders, and *»it • !
ct«»ti jraur^nt.'O.l.
,flir lirgua>i S.'atc I'riton G " •/v
llareh,6. «n
ROHKtir w. POWCR.4. FDOA It D TAYf.O
u w row Kits ,v co.,
WHOLESALE Dill CO'IST*
Dealers ill
PAINTS, OILS, DYES, VARNISH ;■> >
French atirt Amerieun
WINDOW tiLAaii, PUTTY, &C |
SJIoKINO AM) CiIKW IN (J
CIGARS, Toil A Cl'O A 81'ECIAI.Il
1805 Main St., Richmond, VV j
Aus'istliir;.;—
GEO. STEWART.
Tin and Sheet Irou Mami- j
factucer.
Opposite raniicrs' Warehouse.
WIXSION. X «' .
ROOFING GUTTERING ANO SPOUT
ING
done at short notice*
K>*ps constantly o;i ban I a Uno lot
Cooking and Heatim; Stov*i
SUMMER MILLINERY
AND
STAPLE NOTIONS'
CONSISTING! OK
OlovgN, Hosiery Zephyr. antl
Ibe bent untl ni»«t Itclliiltlc
coitt:rs.
Trimmed llalii ami noiiiietn.
To kull Everybody.
Firm door South of Hotel Fountain,
WINSTON, N. 0.
Mrs- N- S' Davis.
Mrs Stanton & Mcrritt,
Winston N. C.
I
Millinery
and
Fancy Goods
DIKSt. TRIMMED HATS, LACKS KM
RROIDKUI KS, ttc . *o.
Main Street nearly opposite the Cei>tr
H ilel. 1
zertza,
xm®®#
I Drillir- Specific foi 1 i?er Disease.
or , ' d,, kifcto in ,
♦* •• - ' I'louth; to'Mr io coa!cl !
wli:t.» . •« ~ ,c!( »ill.run n Fir; imiti in
to» 1 ■?»' or Joints- often nilMakc.'i i
i'Ur i.h urn tit!* mi ; Mont.u-lii 1«» hi «>f
1 Utfl: in (.tin r, u?*i:•- ,i ,mt wulor- i
l»r;t ii, * r i n , ji , -Uon ; fl.ituli ticy an«l uchl '
J eri'i tiol-ifis; lMiwtii. ultfrimt* iy ciMttlve
I mitt ia\: ;' • •.«>I ,!i«itmirv, with
it !•.tin fill MM,- . ltifioi Imv Inn fiilcu to do I
; nonii ♦! ing v. lt on'cht t«> I
dofclr.' * ; l. |..i;;s. r. Ih'ek, yr'lnw ;ip
of the win mid i*yeß: it dry
I couuU: fev.r; n-;.: il.»* urine la i
Hcioii uid ii jti» roll.i ' nnd, if nllovc ilO
etaiid, depoat(s a sediment.
S'WMONS LIVER RESUIATOR
(PUaC'.V VtGETACLC)
!tp nerili.v ,»m »• in !li* -• «it It to nrowjo 1
Toi pid Ltvi. to .i DMUtby ;et n. i
It 3''. v. ili rJlrory i.ittcaci' on the
JCIDNEYB,
* and Bowels.
A'l EtrtCTUtL >l;c :>'•! FOR
Msi'ariit, Rowel Cotn'diiiid*.
l»v M M p*i.i, Sick m iKloche,
.» i«tl|-.uftOll. ItiliotlMUCHH,
Kid vy A ilWtimiH, JUIIIIIU'\
Memul DcpresHlott, i'ulle.
Km! ir«t! by tl.c u-c of i'-llttlonH of It .tlie*. a* ■
TM7. BEST FAMILY
i-j: i htlilron, for Adult .4, and for the Agod.
ONLY GENUINE
h.. our Z Stamp in fed on front of vVr.»pj>cr.
J. H. Zcih'n & Co., Philadelphia, Pa.,
K>LU |-M(JI'KIatUHS. i'l kt , *I.OO.
I
Brown Rogers $ Co
Wholesale and Retail
11 A 111» W A 11 E
I
li.irpos* lino of STOKVS in Winston.
.
Agricult vii'til Implemoiils i
\I VCI IINHHY olallkinds
I LIU. YESS .1, V V SADDLES &-c
P. II .TS, OILS, v 1 R.VISNES, frc!
Special -i'.l ti'■ 1 invitfd to thrii ll'li ttis
i'liiifier Plows.
• li'uit . Dvponl's old mi l t nil known
Riflt Powtler.
xp.'t 20-ly
I
IJ,» .>>ll ht'licvo it *.* |
Et is a fiict !
Witat. -v o.y body a ays
mnst bo so.
II AVE YOlf l!E \RD Ir'
I). D- SCHOUi.EII'.S,
The original Ciioap Jot»u
Wins:on C.
HE\. iji I I:US POI; low
I'll! ES!
(ireitiT
THAN EVER BKFORK
OFFKR£O i i
READ Y-'.HCIi CLCTHIi4C,
FOR MEN AND BOYS,
HATS ('.-IPS, HOOTS . /.VP 1
siro/cs, ii.s'odi; vaoons
. LYJJ. \ '(J it ■•'/'. \ OF ALL '
KJAns.
We would call upcal at tint "ii t.» otir liner, f , ,
F?Nl£ ALL WOOL CLOTH
FOR MEN'S WEAR
at the low price of iiOo per )nd 1
worth anywhere §I.OO per yard,
J list received a nine line of hoods tor ■
ladies and children, to he sold at prices
that defy competition.
ANOTHER LOT OF
K A'l I\ S J I ST HIX'IVFD,
which will lw sold f«'r tlio next few days
at only I(K* per. yard, worth 20c,
A nice line of
—Jerseys received to-day- i ]
ITEW MABKENS
nmki anil all kinds «l" Winter wraps
for l.adies and cUlhljon to be fold exceed
ingly low.
ll w ill he to your iiitest w hen ifi Winston .
To call nl
The Original Cheap John's
for any tiling yon mar need, found at tha ,
k.-incold st.tnd, uit door to 1W (>lli«t?. |
«>oril!.N; SUCCEEDS I.IKE HUCCESH."
DANBURY, N. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 3. 1887.
-r,jv w ' >
P r V
II iirr-i MORY.
j Riliv tells ;t !:ttl" storv.
On its mother's l. o;
r Wlieii the eyi -i l: ;» o|nvted -»
Kron their iile.is inl imp.
lt*> about tlie latid of By Lo,
And its Uotvert and atmaius;
Or t'le loving, jonilin; au-,- ls
lialiies meftt i i dl*CAms.
Motlu r's 'lice is l.eudiiu; over,
•So toenrch e;u'li won!—
Bending, :is a hirdie's ni>llv>r
Jienils above lior bird.
i 'tjeml, piMllied b> poet,
is to lier so dear;
Though (lio language is the quaiiitcs!
Any on • could hear.
Now the tiny tongue i*- 11yii*
Something toinipait:
Ea:,fil> ilse motir li-»u*:.s -
Jlears wilii all le - heart.
Ile.ns the story—uudei-stands ii,
If no others do:
Though ili.it storv just coinmciu •>
As it ends, with "4(10! '
—Gforyc Cooper. |
THE ('HKW f PISAITKAKIXG. ;
Tobacco is coining down every Jiv
more and more tu the smoking basis. I
Our grandfathers used it as snufT, our 1
fathers for chewing. Hotli the habit" I
are gone or are going out of fashion, and (
America's aromatic weed is
itself to tho pi} e eijrar or eigarctt-. ' 1
SnufT was the weaknc.s of tho century,
and tobacco in that shape was not le- } ,
served to the nnlcs nlone v lor the j 1
grnndes domes tool" a pinch when it was ! 1
offered thorn The habit is nearly ex- ! |
tinct to-day. There are Hioso 1
• 1 • f
Iraeo a oonncolion betareon tbo tiuiulta- i!
neons di" ippearam 0 of (lie old tiino !
coUrtcay and tnbahert, Soiue fow rot* 1
oraua cling to it, but the rising gem ra
tion rg/'ises to take muilF
Tobacco clicwir ij, while' restricted
some ex'nit to this country, was a I aim
well nigh universal hcie half a centVrv |
but it also i.- to-day rapidly
out. Although the populaMi.il of the .
country lias increased during the mean- j
while, there in not hall as much chewing 1
tobacco sold as ten jears ag:>, not u
third as much as twenty years past.
The only explanation is that coiistum
attacks on tobacco elietving are forcini:
it out of use. A score cd years ago,
when came to ihi ennntry,
they always dwelt upi n ties -u! »j-i.
and the American habit of ohewing to- !
hacco and "expectorating intn co | -
dors," as we cleg intly led it, si-ei.•• d
f • arouse their IIO.S! inUMiso disgust.
The American habit got abuse ere" ih
in this country, and the pr the pul
pit and (he feminine win id' deiiouneo i
or ridiculed it Then, ti«», Americans j
became giote particular in their tress,
ami the tobacco marks en the shirt bo
som that formerly went utlliuoticed gave I
rise to unfavorable remarks. Ilowevet
that be, tobacco chewing lus fallen off
to a great extent. There was a time
when Congress locked like a convention |
of chewors, and when the halls af the j
Senate ami House were littered Willi ,
spittoons innumerable.
I'o-duy it in said that tobacco is his
ing it hold in the world. It is consuin- '
ed ill as large qunntiiie» as ever, but it
is reserved almost altogether fwr smok
ing purposes. - 11mcs-Democrat.
Il is very plain lh.it the '/Vm.s Dtm
ucrat is cither "behind" on the tobacco !
question or is trying to do something for
seed leaf and cigar inun. If Such r. j
stat.i of affairs existed as claimed bv the | i
Times- Democrat, what would become of j '
our Virginia and North t arolina maim- 11
i clurors who li ve large fortunes wrap- j I
ped up in plug tobacco factories 1 II I
sucli statements arc true, why is it that 1 I
tlicso manufacturers ur.i making money j
every d«y and arc the most substantial j t
men of the country ? It is a very crro- j
neous idea that the Ncw Orleans paper
has taken hold of. Chewing is not on ■
the decline, but it is most assuredly on J '
the increase. The returns of Ihc Inter- |
nal Uevenuc Peparlment for six months
ending July Ist of this jear show an in- j I
crease of over 25,000,000 pounds over I
tho same petiod last year on liianiifactu- | t
red stock of this kind. Tho chew be- |
longs to the poor man ami the laborer,
and it must be admitted thai these ar' I
in the majority. While Congressmen
and millionaires may liav■ given up the ]
chew for the fragrant Havana, the chew i
cjntinues to gam favor with 'he lower , |
class, it is not so expensive as smok- •
ing, and oan be indulged in while tho 1
wording man Is attending to his duties,
at"! as long as the poor man exists, so
I'Mig will he conliuuo to chew. There i
no e imparison betweeu the amount of
!• !i,i-eo manufactured and consumed tn
d • .o.d twenty years aga. — Sou,he'll
/ './(Co lournnt.
A I.AND OF PROMISE.
t When Alaska was purchased for $7 .
.'00,(11 >0 under the adiuinistration of
Andrew Joiinson-it was gcneatlly snp
posi dwo had bought a barren lat.d
Twenty years of piiKsessioU have uot
brongiit us accurate mforieaf ji con
ci ruing our m w arqiiisitii u as wo might ,
• have expected in that tiino, but we
ktn.iv noogl to assuro us that we made
ti « .od 1 ar-Min with l»uring
the last three or four years astonishing
li.-eovcn shave been made iu Alaska
by govcrnmcut exploring parties and by
private enterprise. Tho fisheries are far
more valuable than had been supposed.
Already a large business has been built
ug in canning Ir Fortunes have been
made in fur,s a. I the prospects of that
business are excellent. liut flic miner
al resources of Alaska constitute the
chief attraction. Iron of fine grade ami i
coal iu vast abundance are found. Of
ourse there are i|Uai titics of petroleum.
•liisl enough prospecting has been done
to show that the country ts very rich in !
mineral deposits. At present a gold fc-1
ver is carrying capitalists and adven'u- !
rers to Ibis land of promise. One plant j
has been established at a cosi of §SOO,- j
000 on Douglass Island, where rich j
gold deposits have been found. Gold j
milling is active in the vicinity of Sitka.
Kahuious talcs are told of the assays of
or iu that region. Population is flow- t
iug in Towns are building up, and evi
dcnctv of civilization arc visible iu all
parts of tijo country. The government
!: ;s established two schools in Siika. ;
Savcral other schools are kept by dif- 1
I'erci i missionary societies. The devel
. puicnt of Alaska is a! ain ist interest. '
itig si.e e. It is impossible to predict i
what the country man be iu tliu next
ten years. The climate in some parts
ftllc country is very pleasant foi a
jjreat part of tho year and is uever so
severe as persons who have not been
there are a; ito think.— Atlanta Con
stitution.
rili; (ii'.KAT KNOLISII SMOKER.
William Hcpworlh Dix.o writes in
the fi li.oving eloi|ueut manner of Ihc
lt"tit Kiv.is'i smuker, Sir Walter l!al
'•( tl.ee men, when we come to
ih ii, in , 1 c grca' hi parts, this man
W'i. gi it in all parte. Frmi: the liigli
• st masters in special aris he had noth- ,
nig tu l"ii:. f*| i en* could not 'each line,
si ;g . iI nl toil V.MS danced by hnn nut of j
e.iuitand i rtuuc ; liurleigh feared his j
si.'t let and craft. iMaycrne '.ook les-:
' sons from 11• in in physio ; Johnson con
die.! him i'ii dramatic art ; Klllnghaiu
pra's. I him as a sailor; liaion thought
it an houor t'> contend with huu for Hie
p..' ti |uenoo; Hawkina, Frobish-I
ir, ..il the adventurous seamen of his
ge.e ratior, loo:.' 1 upon turn as their
iiiaslet . ll'li.ei retired from a tussle on
| theil". v, adinittitig his defeat ;* Pitt j
learned lioin Raleigh how to build ships.
No man of !i - g- iicratioii offrrcd to coui
p. le wiih liiin in a writer of Kuglish
prose. Pool, student, sailor, courtier, ]
orator, hisii riati. stale.man —in cich
and every sphere beseemed to liavo a
special power and a separate life."
I RUING TilK WRONG THING.
11 The toleieco crop in Nin th Carolina
and Virginia is short, the crop in the
Western States is almost •» complete
failure. Tobacco will be high for at
hoist two years on tliia* account Far- j
mcrs will do well to prepare to plant a j
tiig crop next yen, and cure it well, for ,
good tobacco will firing a good price, |
when poor tobacco will not bring much.
Work in tobaeco pays better than any
other work."
The above extract is taken from our
valued con temporary, the Salisbury
Ileraltl, but we .cuuuot believe that it
cxpiesses the real sentiment of tho edi
tors. Tim sentiment taut prices are
likely fo rule high for time conic is very
true in one particular, provided the j
preparation for the next year's indicate ]
another short acreage. Tobacco sells
high at present and why ' Simply be
cause onr farmers were compelled to j
plant a short crop 1 isf spring. As soon
tin there was a crrtainty of such shortage '
prices wen up and hive remained so.
The coec|Ucnce is, the farmers* who
have devoted more time to their other
crops, will have a bountiful supply on
hand for the coming winter, and iu ad
dition will get as much for their I diacco
as Iney would had a largo crop been
planted.
N "v It !s see what our friend' advice
would cause were il heeded and carried
out. So suou as preparations are made
lor a "big crop," so soou will pricesd -
o'i'ie—ong bel'uro a single plant has
liucn sef. Thus wo gru it would mate
rially reduce Ihc farmer's income from
j tlie crop already housed. A large crop,
if planted—say somt'liing like the IS fi
orop--would glut Ihc market next fall,
and this hi# crop, haitily planted, poor
ly cultivate?, and Still more pnoriy cur
ed - natural consequences id a "big j
crop"—would bring even less iu real !
money tbac thecr p that is now being I
marketed, tlerc we see the farmer ac- I
tually loses the extra labor required in ]
making a big crop and besides finds |
himself with no grain supply on hand I
w i'li which to support his family.
Hence the roasons are plainly against j
tbo planting of a big tobacco crop We ]
think lirothers Bucrbaum and Kames ;
stuiply made a lapsus tingui. and did
not intend to advise their many farmer
readers to plant tobacco on a big scale
the coming year' Our planters have
plainly teen and felt tho foolisbuess of
such a course during thepn.it few years.
By all means plant less tebacco and
make it better. This year's crop and
prices are a standing testimonial in fa
vor of such a policy. And the press of
tho two States must tahe hold of this
matter aud push it, ar tho nigh prices
that are now ruling will induce the far
mers to fail iuto their old errors again.
—>Southern Tobacco Journal.
PUNGENT SNUFF.
Cleveland is the first president to
wear mustache. Mrs. Cleveland may
not object to the hairy appendage,
but she frequently sets her face against
it.—Norriston Herald.
"You must be very polite to succeed
in this business," said a barber to bis
young apprentice. "Always wear a
pleasant smile aud try to flatter every
body," "I'll do uiy best, sir" replied
the apprentice; "but how aoi I to flatter
a bald-beaded ma a V "Kasy enough,"
replied the barber, "Just ask him if
he doscu't want his hair cut
Jud;;e
"Do you know, my dear." lie said to
his wife, "that there is something para
doxical about a mule V'
She replied she ought tc know if any
body did, and asked hiiu why.
"Because, although he is by naluro
somewhat bclliggereut, yet he is always
backward in deeds of violence.— Lije.
"No, darling," Burlington
mother to a sick child, "the doctor says
1 mustn't read to you." "Then, mam
ma," begged the little ono, "won't you
please read to yourself out loud f"—
ltiirliiigti.il Free Press.
"Dress," said Bngley, with ail the
force of an original idea, "does not
make a man." "No," replied Poiu
pauo gloomily, as ho fingered Ins wife's
dressmaker's bill lie had just received,
"but it often breaks a mail Philadel
phia Call.
'•You say tnat ltobinson is a smart
young man V "\'cs, ho is i smart
follow, of splendid business attain
ments."
l llow do you know that ' lie's not
in any business and ucvcr lias been."
' That's right. I kuow he is a good
busincs man, beca'isc live years ago his
father died and left him a fortune of
s'.! j,oofr, and lie's got over half of i*
left."—New York Sun.
ltcgvlar Customer (disposed to he
facetious)--"I guess you will have to
•rust me for tho paper until to-uior
row."
Clerk—"O, that', all right sir."
Custouiar—"But suppose I was to be
killed between now anJ to-morrow
Clerk—"Well, the loss would not be
much, sir."— Philadelphia j\ew.i.
A LONG JUMP
He—"That was a wonderful jump of
young Sprr ggin's just—cleared five
fest aud eight inches "
She—"Nothing to what young Wig
gins did last week."
lie—"What did he do? '
She—Do ! lie did pa out of fifteen
hundred dollars—jumped an awfully
high I ail'—l don't remember tho height
exactly—and landed without any diffi
culty in—or Toronto-wherever that
is."— Harpers Weekly.
i eiGARKTTKSMOKINu.
i N. V. ('or. Ilostnn Courier.
Tint a great many lalies in this city
j indulge in the fragrant cigaretto i- an
I open secret. Indeed, the custom litis
! become so universal thut it can hardly
|be called a secr.it at all It u-cd to
j he very common Ibr girls, when a | arty
| of thcui met in some, qui.it p ace, where
there were no men, to take a few pulls
a a cicrarette for the sake of tlie for
bidden fruit set sation. lint now they
m !»ro btdd about it, and I will ven
ture t.» ' that the majority of New
York Jiirl* smoke cigarettes. A num
ber of getulcinuu Uavc told me thai their
I wives would lake a cigarette after din
j ner when they took their cigar , and
! they approveil of the custom: i knew
j one lady, one of the highest h u-n iu the
I land, t who wes an inveterate smoker
i until forbidden by her physician.
Spanish, Russian and Polish ladies
| smoke utmost as uiucli a. the men, and
j no one thinks the worse of iheui for it.
| I should (lot like to see ladies suioUo
j cigars or pipes, but I can see no impro
priety in an occasioual cigarette. There
is ii great difference in the way they are
smoked. 1 have seen sou.o women
smoke a cigarette so daiutly that it was
a beautiful sight to watch tlie delicate
smoke culling up from their rosy lips,
while others pull'away in such masculine
maimer that one becotnos thoroughly
disgustod. I have been at a number of
ditinor parties where cigarettes were
passed round to the ladies when the
cigars wore brought to thi gentlemen.
I am talking about the best people now,
and not Bohemians. If the waiters of
Delnionieo's or the Brunswicke would
would tell you, you would be surprised
at the number of private parties where
cigarettes are smoked by ladies.
AIfTER BLACKUKRPIF.S,
While lying in the rifle-pi's, one day,
before Port Hudson, says a w ii tor in the
I idette , I witnessed the coolest per
formance I ever saw during the war.
Just across the road from where I lay
bchiud a cotton bale, was a regular jun
gle of olackberrics, and they were uico
ones, so very nice as to tempt the a| pe
tite of a soldier, so that ho was hound
to have some of them at all events. So
out be went for the berries: but not
ling was he permitted to cat uu disturbed |
for he was quickly spied bv a ret.el ri- '
llcntnn inside of the works, about five 1
Hundred yard) awav, who soon sent
his compliments to Mr. Berrypicker iu
the shape of a rifle ball. Nothing dann
ted, however, at such a trifle as that,
the fellow kept on eating betrit.-., in l'i?
meantime keeping a close watch on the
! breastworks; and every time lie would
sec a pulT of smoke he would move so
that by the lime the ball arrived where
he was he was not there. To show how
good the rebel was with a rifle, ihc last
shot to made at the borrypieker will
suffice. Vtter eating all the betries In
oared L., .to ■ ldicr started across the
road; and thero tlie rebel had ac! "ir
sweep at liiin, and just .s lie got to the
middle of the road fired; Ihc soldier
stepped and suddenly stepped back one
step, and I saw the dust fly light in
front of his foot, so if he had stood still
instead of stepping back the ball would
have struck right between his
feet.
DIBAPPOIN i*KD.
"I understand you are to have a big
a ;ricultural lair up your way ?
"Yes; or rathci wo did intend hav
ing one, but we've been disappointed."
"Disappointed ? In what way !"
"'Why, you see, we got the race
course all laid out, and tho baseball
field up nice and handy, and everything
wus ge'ling on splendidly, when wo
found that wo had no loom for go-as-you
please pedestrian taces.
"You don't say so ?"
"Yes : and that isu't the worst of i'„
There's a lot of eld fossils who want to
exhibit cattle, vegotublcs and all that
| sort a' stuff --Boston Transcript.
AN AFTKKNOON CALL
"Do you write stories, Mrs. llobeoA
—love storing ? inquired Hobby, as he
I rested his elbows on the iadys's knee J
j and gazed peacefully into bet face.
"Do 1 write love stories ?" repeat
ed Mrs. Hobson, in surprise. "Why.
no Bobby, what put that idea into your
! busy little brain V' and she turned to
Bobby's moOicr with an amused smile.
"I's did," was tiio dear little fellow's
explanation. "I heard liiin tell uia that
: | you could beat any womau ill town ro
-1 luaucing."—New York Sun..
THE FIOWtRS 60UECTI0N
PICKINGS.
From the Wilmington Star.
Randolph Tucker and Rotcoe Conlu
ling are to Argue fhe Virginia «M*
bet ro the Supreme Court. We fea
ture to sav that Bond will be auatawed.
At least wo have great feara. Wa ex
pect the Court will uphold Bond on lb*
ground of impairing a contract, and will
thus evade the force of the eleventh
amendment about suing a Stat**
The Postmaster Geneial will mak* fc
liiv..ruble report of his Department. Ha
, tbu.ks jt will Boon be Nlfj*Miw|.
I'wo years ago there was a deficit *t
*11,000,000. He tli.nkg it will not ex- -
eied ji I ,:"'OO,000 now.
Auuie Sachs is Ihe name of the wo
man who threw a pancake fifty teet at
Mrs. Cleveland, while visiting St. Lou
is, striking lior arm. Annie won a
Grand Army badge, and ie ol course
"trooly loll." She was fined SSO.
In the Brotherhood ol Locomotive
Engineers there is a membership of 26,-
000, of whom 'i,"287 are tusured. Dur
ing the last year they paid over a quar
ter of a million dollars to widows and
orphans.
Mr. Walter Bcsant, the novelist, baa
undertaken to raise s'-00,000 for the
purpose of erecting a memorial to
Charley Dii-keus that will surpasg ail
others. An enthusiastic admirer is
-aid to have contributed SBO,OOO.
Judge Gray, of Chieago, is in much
fear of the auurchists. As the hanging
draws near lie is constantly guarded.
Uciectivis Bleep at State Attorney
GriiiucH's house. To such a cutiditioa
is our country brought by bad, depraved
cruel men.
Thi greatest tobacco sale ever made
iu tli I 'nitcd States no doubt was the
great sale recently made at Oxford,
i' nII 30.000 pounds were sold that av
eriiged ¥*JU per hundred in the
leaf.
Those uot initiated do not understand
that sometimes the biggest price is re
alized by tobacco not by any meant aa
good as ot e.' hts sold the same daj.
: ii depends upon the locality whence tbe
I lobaeco coiucs aud how much trade eau
I bo attracted from that sectiou. lt pa*a
often to let the second or third grade
fetch the biggest prico. Do you see 1
I'l.e price of toabeco not raised in ibe
best tolacco sections need not be taken
always as a guarantee of tbe excellence
of the weed.
Houston, Texas is a progressive
town. It granted sixteen divorces in
one day. It ought to move to Chica
go.
The Boston Transcript says tba
Maine Prohibitory law is a partial auo
cegs. That is what the Governor say a.
Tt is enforced in th rural districts but
fails in ttic towns aud cities.
\\ n tathcr "lipped up in our nota
concerning the Oxford sale of tobaooo.
There were S.W,OUO worth sold in ms
day and the average was not lest than
"ji-0 per huudred pouuds for leaf. Wa
had it 30,000 pounds. There worn
in ire than 150,000 pounds sold.
A company of New Y'ork capitalist*
ha., formulated plans to go into tobaeoo
culture on an extensive scale in Gasdrn
which is known as ono of the very beat
tobacco counties in Florida. It ig un
derstood that several other large tobao
oo plantations will also be planted in
Floiida next joar, and that hundreds of
farmers will make the "weed" an impor
tant part of their orops.— Kx.
STILL THE STYLE.
An enterprising Yankee, who owned
a large chair manufactory, had ocoaaion
one day to show a friend from over the
water through his establishment.
The Englishman, amazed at tbe quan
tify of chairs that he saw in their mri
i ous itntjjfDs of complexion, exclaimed :
"Ow can you bftvei hexpcot t* a«U
j so many chairs
"Wall," said the Yankee, "1 guesa
sett ill' down ain't gono out of fashion
j yet."—l droit Free Press.
I __
| " Hat have you got in all thoae
trunks !" asked ono fashionable girl of
another at the station Ihe other day aa
. her friend was going off to Narraganaett.
"Oh, bait," wa, tho ready answer.
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