VOLUME XVI. Reporter and Post. ?ÜBLI«HID WIKKLY AT D ANBURY. N. C. PJCPPBR k 80N3, Pubt. * Props • sun ®r BVBSCBIPTIOX » One Year, paoable in advance tl.ftO Months, 76 BATES Or ABVEKTIIIXOI ■ e Square (ten line* or lew) 1 time, 91 00 ere*eh additional iusertlon, 60 Contracts forlenger time or more space can be Made la proportion to the above rates. Trantlent advertiser* will be eipectod to remit aeeordlng to thpee rates at the time they «cud laelr ravers. Loeal Keticee will be charged Sopor cent.higher Ua* above rates. A isla«ss Cards wUI be Inserted at Trnm Detlars er annum. PROFESSIONAL CJRVS. R. L. HA YMORE, ATTORNEY AT LAW Mt Airy N, C. Special attention given to the collection of el alma. W. F. CARTER, jg, rroSJfsr-fT'L* r. MT. AIRY, SURRY CO., N. C rreeticea wherever bisservices are wantd mmA.ua wood tin l p. uoonwiu. ■UK BEaUKRSOH. Blen't) W. lIACOk WOOD, BACON & CO Importers aud Jobbers ef DRY GOODS, NOTIONS, WHITE GOODS, ETC. HOT. 309-311 Kaiket St., PHIL AL EL PHI A, PA. Parties having CUT MICA for sale will find it to their interest to r*«resp»nd with A. O SCtiOONMAKKR, 168 William St., New York. «. *. LBFTWICK. with WIMG9, ELLETT * CRUMP, RICHMOND, XA., Wholesale Dealers ie BOOTS, SHOES, TRUNKS, irC. Presspt attention paid te orders, and latls llim (fturanloed. JFt* Virginia State Frii»* Goodt * ipfnm.'t} Mareh.6. * a*a«ar w. eowaaa. ansae o. T*TI.O. R W POWERS A CO., WHOLESALE DRVUGISTS, Dealers in PAINTS, OILS, DYKS, YARNISIIRB French and American WINDOW GLAwS. PUTTY, StC. SMOKING AND CIIKWING CIGARS, TOBACCO A SPKCI.U.TI 1805 Main St., .Richmond, Va. An(ast6ni:t>— * GEOTSTEWART. Tin and Sheet Iron Manu facturer. Opposite Farmers' Warehouse. WIKKTON. Jf. C. f 10VFING. GUTTERING AND SPOUT ING dene at short notice. •Keeps constantly on hand a fine lot o f 'Cooking and Heating Stoves. WINTER MILLINERY AND STAPLE NOTIONS. . CONSISTING or Toys Ac Chriwt rans GoodS. Trimmed Hats aud,, Bonnets, To Suit Everybody. First door South of Hotel Fountain, WINSTON, N. O Mrs- N- S- Davis- The Wilmington Star. REDUCTION IH PRICKS. Attention is called to the following re duced rates of subscription,. CASH IN ADVANCE : THE DAILY STAR. One Year $6.00 I Three Monthssl.l>o j Six Months 3.00 | One Montbs 60 I - THE WEEKLY STAR. One fear SI.OO | Six Months 60 Three Months 30 cents. Oar Telegraph News service bas recently been largely Increased, and it is our deter mination to keep 'he StAb up to tbe highest sundard of news-paper excellence. Address, WM 11. hERNAKD, Wilmington, N. C. LO K OUT ! Compare tiiin wIA jour porchan« i . tfcSTLESKNEBS- tpffi A »T»»CTLV VIGCTAMI *AULTLCSC fAM'LT WEDtCINf. ff£g] [yMi ■4BeN, BA. M PHILADELPHIA. _ ' Pnce, QN E dollar He; +megmmmmm At you value health, perhaps life, examine cac) Oarl arul I. sure you ;;ct tJ.r CVruilnr. Sci **« _r«d / ""— —■ • - - ihe ,«1 7. Triwlr-M:irk anil the full till, on front of Wrapper, and on tho *l«i© tlio aoul And ll(ii;tlurfl of ,F. If. Hi Co., *1 in the übove fac- simile. Kcmrmbcr there Unoothci geuulno Siinoioas Liv*.r Re^ulatur CHEAPCQFFEE. HOME ROASTED COFFEE AT 18 CTS A POUND PUT UP IN POUND PACKAGES Every Packngc Contain* a Present, In Value from 3 ctR l« 93.00 TRADE at.'l'l'LlKl) nY |outlißH| |ljemii!l |a, Charlotte, N. C. this paper. THOMPSON'S COMPOUND f»lf««». A MILD TONIC AXD— A PET IZEIi. A cure for Dyspepsia. Indigenion and Constipation. It pn motes the scc:etiousot tlie Liver and Kidneys, and gives n gentle '.one tn the Organs, ltelieves Nnesiok Prostration following Protracted Scrvouss. and enfeebled condition of the general sys ! teru. MAKVr A.CTUIIED IIV Dr. V. 0. THOMPSON, DRUGGIST, Winston N. C. DON'T liUY YOUR TOMBSTONES UNTIL VOU SiiE I. W. DURHAM, Winston, N* C It?" Designs mailed frce.^^gj H- H. CARTLAND, And dealer in Cassimeres FINECLOTHB And Furnishing Goods Greensboro, - * * N.C. Vmitr Central Hetal. "NOTHING SUCCEEDS LIKE SUCCESS," DANBURY, N. 0., THURSDAY, JANUARY 11), 1888. HONE, HW EET HOME. There's a beautlfal realm in the far away past All lovely with sunshine and (lowers, And voices a» sfreet as songa of birds, I,atigh away the bright, happy hours; I can hear them now, coine echoing bock, As I watch the starry dome, Ami memory bella chime soft and law- Home, Sweet Home. There's a coming step! now a gentle haud Rests lightly upon my brow— A whispered word and the sweet cm ess • Cull me back to the Beautiful nuw, To another realm where flowers bloom. From which nothing can tempt me to roam, And my heart throbs ch'me with voices sweet: llome, Sweet Home. The voices lovedso In that long ago. And those wbicb make music now— The comln* step and the hand whose touch Lingers gently on my brow— -1 hopo to greet lu that fadeless realm Beyond the starry doino, Where atlget voices welceme breathe, to Home, Sweet nome. The haltimonan. TENDER THOUGHTS. Little children ' Whodoosnot love tliem ? A bright-oyed boy, ur a rosy checked girl; cold indued must be the heart that in not drawn ts one of tliexc. W but. is more innoeeut than tbe cherry countenuncc of a little child—one across whose ruddy lips an unholy word has never passed. No unkitiduess in that littleboart. No treachery. Nospitjful revenge. It knows nothing of the cares, sorrows and heartaches ot a deceitful world It confides implicitly in its tarthly parents and this teaches the chris ian a beautiful example of trust iu tbe Heavenly Father. Children ate God's jewels, placed in our keeping— the golden fetters that hold together'he volume of wedded bliss. How it moves the heart to love and highor aspirations when thu uian of family goes home from his daily avocations, to see the bright faces, either at tho window or door, wreathed with smiles and jiy to welcome bis coming ! When they climb upon yotir knee, and their tender little hands clasp your necK, aud their soft little tacds press against yours in warm affec tion, and you can feel the throbbing of their young hearts; what can be. more cntranciugly endearing 1 Hear their in nocent, merry childish praise ! Parents, those who now enjoy tbe company of lit tle ones love tlieiu more. You will nev er know bow much you can lovo them until they a'e oalled away. Angels they seem, Messed visitants from hea ven to soothe, calm and allure your harsher spirits to melodies of that hap py land. All over this beautiful land thejearo desolate hearts tbat feel as lliougn the pall of night wore upou them. Even while these thoughts are being placed on paper, tears are falling and liltio graves are opening to receive tbo caskets of some treasura, torn from loving hearts. Yet there shines a light upon those little mounds. In the sweet promise of tbo gospel, tbe shadows floe away, and we discern a tinge of glory, like a lringe of gold behind the dark elcud. God di rects tbe fall of ovun a little sparrow, arid b« orders, in his own wisdom, the sad event that tears from bleeding hearth the little ones they so much lovo, but : 'Of such it the kingdom of heaven,'* and all is well with tbo children whoiu the Saviour gathers homo.—Wilson Mirror. NO MAN'S LAND. There is a tract of Isitd lying south of Kansas and Colorada and between the Indian Territory aud New Moxioo which has been known for many years as "uo man's land." It contains 3,687,300 acres being 167 miles long by Wl wide. It is ffttile, well watered, has valuable deposits ut coal and a fine olimate. It will rnako 23,000 lurtns of 160 acres •ach. It contains at present 10,000 American farmers who have sent one of their number, Mr. O. G. Obasa, to ask Congress in their name to give tbira territorial government, with its Laws and protections. Cituinairon is the Dame given their territory. Thiy have found ed towns, built schno. houses and churches. Until within two years it was only inhabited! j eattle men.— Ex. THE BELLOWS. A NORTH CAR OLINA INVENTION. It is not generally known that the Fan Bellows it an invention of a Chath ainito. Yet such is the eaio. We had the pleasure of •laMttning Letters Patent granted by oar Government to Jesse Dixon, of Ghatbem couuty, in 1827. It is done in parchment in ex cellont style and signed by John Quiu cy Adams President, H. Ciay, Sco. of Stale, and William Wirt, Attorney General. This is a gsnmno document. These signatures were 4ons fey these men themselves, and not simply a fac simile of their autographs. The great seal of the nation is attached. It grants exclusive rights and privileges to tho in ventor for the period of fourteen years. Jesse I>ixon lived on Crane Creek and was of that same ustimablo family of that name that lives in the same sec tion. Having conceived the plan of im provomeut in the bellows be proceeded to make a model of bis invention. But bow was he toutilizo it without a patent! To secure this it was necessary that he should take his model to the National Capitol At that time there was not a locomotive engine in America, and Mr. Dixon was tinker the necessity of fiud ing some other moans of transportation than by steam. Ho rigged up a oue borsc wagon, put bis machine upon it and carried it to \\ ashington City. Hon. J oho Long was then* our member of Congress. Though bis friendly interest the invention was brought to the notice of tho government. It was seen a; once that it was an invention of great merit and a patcut was at onoe granted. It is not claimed tbat Mr. Dixon in vented tho bellows. The use of this machine goes back to time immemorablc. Jeremiah speaks of tho bellows and the blowmen. Ezekiel tells us of gathering ••silver and brass and tiu and iron and lend, into the midst of tho furnace, to blow tho fire npoa it to melt it." Horn or describes tbe furnace in when tho iron shield of Aabillcs was forged us being blown upon bj twenty pairs of bellows. His was tbe moral and original plan of throwing draughts of ar by means of a fan. He never was profited greatly by bis invention, important as it was. His name is hardly now known in con nection with it. Whitney invented the cotton gin and achieved fame. Dixon invented the fan bellows, and is forgot ten; and yet his invention is as exten sively usod and as important as the gin. —l'ittsboro Home. THE NEW YEAR AND ITS OUT LOOK FOR THE TOHAC CO TRADE. We aro entering upon the portals of the New fear and with a flattering out look for the tobacco trade. 1887 with its "ups" and "downs'' is a thing of the past and we stand in the morning- ot the new era, eager); scanning tho future and tryiug to divine what it has in store for The New Year opens brighter tor the tobacco >rado than has been the uase for many years past. Tho whole industry to-day presents a pleasing contrast with that of twelve mouths ago. Then there was despondenoy and doubt everywhere, but to-day ws seo eonfidenoe and hope in every branch of the trade. Twelve months ugo the priee of leaf wos down at the bottom notob and trying to get even lower—to-day the market brisk, all grades selling at outside figures with a stiff upward tendency. Tho maurgctur ing business was dull from the effects ot an over crowded and dopressed market, and yet to-day, in spito of congressional agitation of the tax, wo find the manu facturers in good opints and pressing forward into the New Year with strong aoufidence in its business possibilities. Iu the midst of this flattering outlook there is but one thing that ruffles the oouiplaoency of the entire trade and that is the prospeotiv* repeal of the tax. Such a obango looking us in the face cannot but disturb the indnstry to some extent, and yet it should not. The ma jority of our tobacco tten are oontent and glad to meet sucb a change and are prepared to mako the most of it in every way. Tho repeaj of the tax will settle a question that has been a troublesome ouo and if 1888 is to seo the tobaoco tax go, in the opinion of a large majority, it will mark a red-letter day in the his tory of tobacco in this country. Binoe the Now Year opens with such a p'.casing outlook lu comparison with t.iat one year ago It is well to ask the csuse of the ultango. There is but one 1 cause that can work such an effect and j it ia lounri in the short acreage of 1887. Let ub learn a lesson here. A crop flamed this year like the one in 1880 will bring to out farmers next year 188 C pices and 1886 depression to tbo whole industry. Wo appeal to farmers to cur tail their acreage again and help to keep prices op. We appeal to tobacco buy. era everywhere to use their mfluenco in urging a reduced planting again thin year. And most of all wo urge on the press of the tobacco sections to holp us present this matter to the farm ers m such a way that tbey may see the •vil of over cropping. The Journal enters upon its wiwl; for the New Year with a strong faiih in the bright outlook that tints the morning of 1888 and extends to '.lie entire trade its sincerett wishes for a prosperous year. Danville Tobncco J our nut. ROMANCE IN TOBACCO. A groupof New York business ineu, after dining a: a fashionable restaurant, were seated around the tablo discussing the exquisite flavor of an ail-tobacco cigarette which bad been furnished tliem by one of their number, and werv great ly surprised when informed ibal uo more of that kind could be obtained in the city. Being pressed for the histor/ of thoir origin, he told the following story: "In Mexico, a few years ago, a weal thy and aristocratic gentleman had the ill luck to Ins? bis fortune, and when be died from the effect of bis loss, his wid ow four.d herself without the means of living- She was young, bandtomn and amiable, but she could nut d> even plain sewing. Herprile excelled her beauty, and rather than depend upon oibers, she would have committed sui cide. A little strip of land had been saved from the wreck of her husband's fortune, on which a fine tobacco grew. The old gentleman bad been in the hab it of growing his own smoke, and none of the tobacco had ever beeu sold, iiis friends knew the flavor ot that particular weed, however, and tbey advised the widow to make cigarettes "for private sale. Ev«ry Mexiaan woman can roll tobacco most divinely, and she adapted tbe suggestion. She has supported her self ever sinee, and these are tome of tbo cigarettes she made. I bought ibem at the rate of one Mexican dollar—or 75 oents of our money--for a package of 150." "But why oannot tbey be imported'" asked a member of the group. "Because she has a romantic idea tbat sbe will utilize tbe meant at her dispo sal only for bcr own support, and will not let anybody assist her in her work. The patronage of the Mexican residents is enough to keep ber as busy &g possi ble, and she will not undertake to ptoh tbe sale of her cigarettes into other maikots."—Dsnvillo Tobacco Journal. POWERFUL MAGNETIC ORE A Georgia paper tells ot a uian who got lost in a cornfield, and after a dav's search his friends fonnd hiui sitliuf ou an car near the top of the stalk. That rather lays it over our corn but it doesn't compare with the siuiplo virtues of our uia|neiio iron mines. They possess an ere that draws just a little. The work men all wear moccasins because it draws the taeks out of shoos. Houses in the vicinity of our mines havo to bo bulled together, as iiails would all pull out over night. A wild duck that had iB a thoughtless moment swallowed a few do mestic hairpins tried in vain to fly over the mines, but was drawn to earth by the remorseless* power of ma/fnotic attrac tion. Iton-olad vessels aro often at tracted shoreward and le r t helpless upon the beach, while people with tio much iron in their blood are overcome as in a tr.inoo and sleep on in the porpotual delights of an earthly nirvana. Suoli a few of tho wonders of this power, but perhaps its greatest achievement was in attracting the irony of the Twin Cilies. Georgia uiay have the corn, but when it comes to a harvest of earthl; greatness Minnesota takes tho Johny cake—Du luth Paragrapher. Two bright New Jersey vouug wo men, dissatisfied with the money thy made teaching Invested SSO in poultry. The first year their profits were SI,OOO, tho second $3,000.--Ex. Don't set your milk in shallow pans or orooks; get a portable creamery, or, if you ean't afford that just yet, have seme deep fist csns made, and set theui lu a tank of cold water. Time, labor and cresm saved will soon enable you to buy yourself a creamery. - Ex. PUNGENT BNUFK. JUST FEEBLE ENOUGH. Smith—"You look a a little mussed up, Brown." Brown—"l should say so ! I've just had a row with my motber-in-law, and I'll be hanged if she didn't, put me out of the house. The house belongs to her, you know." Smith—"You told uie u day or two ago that yqur mother-in-law was very feeble." Brown—"Yes; I meant feeble for her."—Harper's Baiur. RAISED HIS WEIGHT. ! "Hello, John, jou look juito hap py i" "'•Veil, I liavo cause to bo happy. I was married two weeks ago, and last night my wife got me on tbo police force." •'Your wife got vou on ? Why, you wire ten [ouiid* below the standard weight when the surgeons rjected you, and you are nn heavier now." "I know it, but three days after be ing married I ate two of my wife's first biscuit, wont before tho surgeons again and tipped tho scales at the standard weight."—(JincinaHi Telegram. .MUSIC BARS. Tliero was a large company at dinner the other day at the Dean's, and M i»s Ella was looking out of the window us if expecting some oue. "That's dear Mr Karlstop; now v.'c shall have soma music Is it hu ! Yes, it is ! No it isn't, that's bis gait I know !" "Taint bis gait either, sis, nti' don't you forget it." shouted a sweet youth in knickerbockers. "Pop says ho um't a-gnin to have no music-man a hanging 011 bis gate with you" But here h« was muzzled and drag gad out of the room.--Detroit Free Press. A GIRL OF HER WORD. Omahah Youth—''Say, Dick, will your sister be at homn to-night V Little I)iok—"Nope." "Djd she say where she was going ?" "Nope." "Has she any regular engagement for this evening V' "No, guess not." "Then maybe she'll be at home." ••No she won't, 'cause Sis is a girl of her word." "Her word !" "She said if you asked it she'd be at boino I sb'iuld say 'no,' and then she'd go somewhere, so it wouldn't bo a lie." —Omaha Herald. DY A LARGE MAJORITY. "This is all go sudd™, Mr. Sampson," she said, with maidenly reserve, "aud so unexpected, tliat although I confess lam not entirely indifferent to you, 1 hurdly know what to say in reply to ——— •'lfyouarein favor of the proposi tion," suggested Mr. Sampson, who, like D'ok Swiveler, fs a Perpetual Grand Master, "you will please s'guify your assent by saying 'Aye." "Aye," eame softly. "L'outrary V "No !" thundered the old man, open ing the door, "The noes havo it by a large majori ty," said Mr. Sampson, roaehing hastily for his hat.''—New York Sun. MISSED THE GIRL AND KISSED THE COW. "Well Jud, what isitycr arc so anx ious to tell the boys ?" asked Deacon Skinbcrry of the village Ananias. "Waal, I donuo's yon'U b'ltevo it." "Never mind; tell it anyhow." "Er—you fellers was telling 'bout fast train time, sixty mites er nour, n so on; but I cnlklate 1 kin tell yer 'bout a litenin' train ez boats 'om all. I went down tcr ther depot one day w'en I lived at Seooperviile, on tho 'I earing Thuudcr Road, an' ez I stepped on tho cars an' turned to kiss my itito good-bye ther traiu pulled out 'n I kissed a eow six miles out in ther kentry."— Dallas ;'l'ex.) News "Hive asmoke." '.'No, thank you, Ive sworn off." "Well, put one iu your pocket to smoke tomorrow.--Hart ford Post. NO. 26 PIKINOS. From tin! Wilmington rliar. i In (lie United States tliero are 1,- 200 different rallroais. 'l'hcse art j operated by 600 corporation*. Tlx; I'upo fainted during the reoeti| jubilco. lie decline 1 to rcceiva tha ! gifts bent hi lit by tne King of lta. ly: I lie President flatly contradicts tha manufactured-to-order statement that ha would a supplementary message i to (^ingress. There now. N early half of the Sen ators "havo no hair on the top of tha head where it ought to grow.'' | That fs a long way to nay they ar« l ball. * 1 There are five miles of euipty cars in J the coal regions of .Pennsylvania. The I stagnation is perfect and all ou account i of a great strike. Armistou, Alabama, has bean blowed to the utmost. It. is a small plaee af | ter all. At the uiuniciprl election last week, but 1"1 voles were polled. It i* nothing but a village ulte; all. Miss. I'Vunces C. l'ishrr (" Christian Ueed") was married, December 29, to Professor James N. Tiertian, min ing expert of the Civic syndicate. The uercmouy was performed in New Or leans. There are tliren members of Presi dent Buchanan's Cab'iiet still living— (ieorge Bancroft, Kufus King and Jo seph Holt. They ull live in Wa»bing tun. Bancroft was Secretary of tbe Navy; llolt Secretary of War, and and King Postmaster General. JefT erson Davis was Secretary of War under Pierce. I Southerners living in Chicago will | erect a monument in memory of Coo i federates buried a! Camp Douglas, neat j that eitiy, that nil cost $30,000. \ There should be inscribed on it tbis J truth : thirty-one Confederates per | ished from cold in ouc within j two miles of a great city filled with | fuel, clothing, and blankets. One of these was young Davis, of Fianklin j county, connected with one of tbe prominent families of that section. Gil ANT A3 A SMOKER. I once heard ("Jen. Grant tell Mrs. Grant that hie cigars cost 89 cents each by tbe thousand. lie smoked a very long and laige cigar, especially made !to order. In fact his cigar would put I an ordinary .'ample in the >hade us re gnrd»s zo. He generally had two doi en boxes on baud, and two brands of them. Ho always favored thj largest cigar. The valet could always g-ain the consideration of bciug an alort servant ; if he would notify him in the near ex. j h&ustation of his stool:. "General, on !ly one box of cigars on hand !" Well i I will hrva some sent up was his mvari- J able answer, and he never failed. I would next enter his bedchamber, and ofted would End him lying in the bed smoking a cigar. He had a chair !by Ilia bad where he deposited the ashes. 11 was the invariable eustom of ; the Gcnerul in the morning to go straight ; from his bed-chamber across tho outer hall and enter the boudoir. On bis way : lie would p.iss Mrs. Grant's sleeping | chamber, and iter door generally slood | ajar. 110 would never miss, but would always look in, and in a elcar cherry voice would call out : "Good morning, Mrs G. 1" Slio wonld invariably ans wer back with eijjal playfulness : "Good morning, Victor." Thi» wag about the only timo they varied from their moro dignified greetings, and it wes very pleasant to hear this. The boudoir was also the place whero the grneral opened his mail. The mail ! he emphasiic-d, that wan was overrun with the mail ! No less than 100 letters came to his restdenoe daily, which 1 wae told was only a third of the mail that camo -to his down-town oflice. During the time ho was confin ed to his room his private secretary called every afternoon to reoeive the mdeis concerning the mail. The bou doir was also the favorite room for the entertainment of his special friends in eveni.-.g amusement. The geueral bad many callers. The evenings witb tbe family worcot'ionost spont in the parlor, where father a d bnys would sit and --mol:e and chat. Mrs. Gran', was nev ea inconvenienced by tho sinoke.«~ Grant's Valot.

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