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VOLUME XVI. Reporter and Post. PUBLISHED WKKKLY AT DANBURY, N. C. MPPBE * suns, Prti. 4 p^ 9 RATKI OF Mt'B.HCKIJ'TIOK t •ae Year, pfoahle in advance ♦i.ra Mailt hi, RITU or ABVEfTINIXCI: «• Square (trn IIIICN or icnm) 1 tiuio at 00 oreatih additional lin»ertloii .to CeatraeM for longer tlnia or more M|mce van be tantfa In proportion lo the above rule- Tragical advertiser* will expected to rwmit aceordinj to tbe-orute* at tlio tuna tbey hciul tketr favora. L»eal N •lire* will vei'bargod 50percent.bibber than »k«v« ral«'; *a iaeeM Can'* wilt ho HMWd at TtffrVolUi* • r aauura. 1 ■ PROFESSIO.YA L L'.iß PS. 7?. L HA YMOi;/:, ATTORN EYATLA W Mt Airy N, C. 3r*ci*) site juion given to tho col lection of •laia*. W. F. CARTER, & r« La ir. MT. AIUT, SURKY CO., N . t rraetieef vhcrtvu.- are wsntd MUAKD WOOD «A« L I'. fcOOI>WI.I. ffjsasr UKVOCKBO.V. Uk ll'd W. liACO* WOOD, BACON &CO Importer* uud Jviibeu »t DRY (JO OIKS, A'OT/OAS, \ WHITE GOODS, ETC. «U». *OB-311 Mttl k« t St., PHIL AL EL I'll! A, PA. Parties having CUT MICA fcr sale will find it to their interest to ►.vntspand with A. 0. 80H00NMAKER, 16H William St., New York. e. K. LErTWICK. with WllfiO, ELLETT & l'Kl*!P, RICHMOND, fA., Wholesale Dealers in 893T8, 3UOSB, TRUNKS. AC rr.nptittFilio.il paid to ordor«. lint) • ti*. *.*uritu'.6j. Virfinin 8:ali I* is on (j*ots a H.r.ti,*. ri A.IIRT IT. r« vr R RP. ICnSAk t). t ATI 11. R W POWERS k CO., if BOLES A I,K DRUGGISTS. Deitl.rt in PAIHTS, OILS, DVRS, YAfiXISl!?.* French and American WIKDOW GLANS, PUTTY, S.C , SWOKINO AKD CHKWIJT. CIGARS, TOBACCO A .S i'KCI A I.TI | ISOA Haia St., Riobiuoud, V«. | Ailß.ttn.26 — * geoTsiew art. Tin and Sheet Iron Manu facturer. Oppoftll* Farmers' Warehouse. WIXNIOX. 1* r . lIiFING, GUTTERING AND SPOUT ING done at short notice. Koope conatantly fin band a fine lot o ( Ceekia; ana Heating Std? 99. WINTER MILLINERY STAPLE NOTIONS. COKSm'IMi OK Toj w Ac Chri«s(l« ntiiiH GoodS. Trlniaed Hut* and; Itnunels. To iult Everybody. First d.or Soutb of Hotel Fountain, WINSTON, N. C Mri N- S- Davis- The Wilmington Star. REDUCTION I* l'IU'l». Attention it called to the following le dncod rates of subscription, CASH IM ADVA HO* : THE DAILY STAR. 0n« Year $6.00 I Three MonthHsl.6o Bix Mentha 3.00 | One MoutliN 00 THE WEEKLY STAR. Oi« Year SI.OO | Six Months CO Three Months 80 cent,. Oor Telefraph News .ervica has recently fce.ii largely increated, aud it is our deter- \ laißalien to kr.p Hi. M An up to Die hi|Uesl staadard of news-paper excellence. Addrws, WM. H. HEHNAKI), Wilmiugton, N. C. I LOOK OUT! Comparo tJila with your parchaaet h; I i rt I tK'STI,EssMC»3. I*^ I n «intr»«! 1 «ULrLCSi rauiu ►teoieias. jHjtJ; § 6S. 1 PHILADELPHIA. fVM n, ! . T —■ iljyiy i iyrr At yo-i valu • he ihb, perhr.p* llf>, exan ir.eeach ami In nun you r t the Qsiralatt See lho v. il /. Tr.Mlp-M:n !t and the full title "il front of vVrupps r. ...J c-u Ihn hliio Hit* f a*. H. Xt'llSn •& Co., k\ in the i'b \■: f »c- slMltc. K emcmber rh-rr Unvuchvr ifouuino Siiaia :u. Ltv-.r j uLii^i ij' Hi* A OFF EE e HO?.: ti ROASTED COFFEK AT 1? CTS A POUND ITT i 1' IN I'Ol .N 1) PACKAGES. Every I'athagc Conlniim n l*ie?.piil in Vulcc fniia 5 ct*. UN.OO '1 ItADK .'.fI'IM.IK J BY loutlisri! * t T Charlotte, N. C. OyMention this paper. THOMPSON'S C O 51 P 0 U N 1) jfllf llfSSl A MILD TONIC AMI- A l»l»I2TIZEIi. A eure for Dyspepsia. Indige«'ion ami t'onvtijwilfon. It priimotea the wcietions of the l.iwj ami Kidnevs, and a gentle OMO in the Or;auH. I.c!i»\en Nnesiek ProMra* «'ii followinir Protracted Servonss, and !Mif"«:bled coiuiiiioti «#i" the gt*neral sys tem. MAM P 4CTI «tn llr Dr. V. 0, THOMPSON, I)Ri:001«T, Winston N. C. OO.VT UUY YOUR TOMBSTONES UNTIL YOU SEE 1, W. DURHAM, Winston, N* C Oy Designs mailed free.^J H" H. OARTLAND, sßt2©sf, And dealer in Cassimeres FINE CLOTIIH And Furnishing Goods Greensboro. - ... N.C. Vaster Central Hotel. "NOTHINti HITCCEEOS I.iivl-: SI CCESS." DANBURY, N. C., THURSDAY. FEHUARY 9, 1888. A WOKD roil THE MOTHER Send tho children to bed wi.li a kiss and a smile— Sweat cliiM*MK)'l will tarry »: best lull awhile; And soon they will pas* from the portals of liouie, The wiWernesa way* of ttieir life-woik to ro»u. Yea, tuek them in bed with a gentle "Good night r For the mantle of shadows is veiling tlie I glit; And may be—(Jod knows—oil this sweet lit lie fair May fall deeper shadows in life's wea.y race. Yes say it : M (»od bless my dear children, I pray For it may «»e the last yon will say it for aye, The nielli may be longer* you see them again, And tßoihcrlcfcs childiou may cal! ytu in vain. Drop sweet benedinious on c?.eh little head. And fold lliem in prayer as they nestle in bed; A guard of a » a els M-oir.nl them in vite— The spirit may slip fro » the morning to nighl. —Llciny Kpixtlc. 11 ABB ITS. Tho Rabbit question is one of a pe culiar nature. Capitalists, manufactu rers, professional men aud dwellers in our cities may not dei jii to bestow upon the subject quitu a serious thought ; but there arc numbers who regard it other wise, and who include tho p>obable lab bit harvest iu the finauc'al returns of tho year. A failure of the lubbit crop is therefore a serious blow in certain lo calities as well as localities that arc un certain. As au incentive to the ten-year old boy to rise earl} iu the mo.ning from the first of October to tho last of Fcbunrv, thero is nothili* that can rival the rabbit juni. And, iodced, some of the most expressive phrases in rtuimon use h«vc their oiigin in this same rabbit industry ; sueh as, "I'l came as soon as I can get my triggers (itcd." It would be impossible to undeistand fully how the rabbit quentiuL insinuates itself into some of the most momentous concerns of our social economy. A young man is to be married. He is somewhat impecunious, and after paying for the license and the outfit be finds him self without the cash to compensate the parson. There is only one resource left, and so, after the knot has been securely tied lie whispers into the cxpcolai.t par son: "I haveu't got a cent of money by uie, but I will pay you just as sooo as 1 sell my rabbit sk'ns." To any wf o may doubt the story just told, we have to say that it comes with a guarantee of being u matter of fact. And it is but a few years Hiiee that one of the more promi nent ciergyuieu of the Stato proposed as a good plan, in bonoection with marriage announcements, the use of the letters r. 8. s. (rabbit skins sold) to indicate that the minister officiating on the occasion had received a fee. '•UM Molly Haiv, wliat you doln' there? Sett in' hi il« corner smokiii'ar Se^ar — comrN down to us from rctuole antiquity, along with "CliT.r lie Kitchen— Ole Vli;,inny ncber tire." We would not attempt, by any means, to roii aid Virginia of hor laurels in con nection with tlio old hare, or rabbit, for it is weli known tliat R cliuiond drnni ■ners regard t'je rabbit us containing a mysterious spell, T. Inch aots like a charm on certain occasions. It lias been dis covered that tlia black raci look npou the "rabbit foot" with fueling of decid ed superstition, and SMIIII litve been known to run as if for t'ueir lives from an attempt to tsuch theui with 'be foot of a dead rabbit. Ot« strange thing about the rabbit is that its flesh will kaep for an indefinite period witliatit salt—drying up in all respects like an Egyptian mummy, and becoming |uito as black And this mummy like quality of the rabbit may have aided in investing it witb its awe inspiring significance for the black race It is proper to add here, bowevjr, that it is the graveyard rabbit, tlio rabbit ibat has been known to make its home in tke graveyard, that inspires such pe onl ar dread in the colored man. How it conies atmut we are quite unable to tiplain. Possibly the graveyard rnbbit is supposed to keep company witb gbosts and be charged with some ghostly in fluence upon men. And who knows bat that those large, dreamy eyes were toruiod for the purpose of seeing glinils in the night time, and that the soft foot is u»ed to give the gentle touch of tho ghost to the colored man, or any other man who chooses to believo in witchus. This la highly probable or quite as like ly to be trne as any of the average ghost stories. Taking the rabbit as Otic of the im portant articles of commerce in many sections of the country, we are sorry to hear that Ibc supply of lyo its bide (air t# dwindle away ccosidera&y in the next lew years. Tbeeausuof this protec tive scarcity is to be found in the im proved uiodes of capture, added to the increased demand for the flesh of the rabbit. There has been a decline iu the price of fur. Under the head of im proved modtS of capturo wc in a* write "Triggers:" gun triggers and gum trig gers, the loiter located at all the open ings and highways about which from signs, known to the skilful trapper, rabbi's do congregate and gauibol or nibble iu the moonshine. Tho number of gums located on et.e plantation, and the importance of their yield'ng capaci ty uiay be guessed by a statement it ported to have beeu made recently by a certain land holder who, computing Ins louses in a late freshet said that his dam ages incurred iu the destruction of rab bit gums were larger than those in the washing away of his low ground corn and fuddc.\ In easting up tho sum of the improved appliances in the capture of rabbits wo are sorry that we cannot include the typical cur dog. From the beginning be has showu no susceptioili ty to improve, and when he ruus for a rabbit it is simply because there is no sheep in sight for nim to take after. We are cow doue with the rabbit ques tion for the present, so far as we know ; but if any new phase of the question presents itself wo will insert it iu u postscript. P. S. By reference to tho Compendi um of the Tenth Census Hitynrts of i!o United States, 1880, it will be found that uo credit is given to North Caroli na on the score of domestic game, while other matters of fur less importance iu rospect to revenue are distinctly named; such, for instance, as Barley aud liuck wheat, of wli'cb the quantities are al most infinitesimal. Let them give us auotuer column witb rabbit at the top, and see bow we will black it up.— Greensboro Workman. A WHITE SNAKE. The Norristown, Pa , Herald is re sponsible for the following. A Deka'.h street lady purchased a lump of crystal ice a few days since, and placed it iu an ice cooler which was porfectlv c!e..n. She added no water, it 'o melt without assistance. Sometime later the drew a glass of the melted lee and was luting it to her lips, when, fiom the very centre, a tiuy snake reared its diamond head, its scintillating eyes aud glisten, iug forked tongue, causing a sc cam of fright to issue from tho lady's lips. Fortunately sbo hold on tj the glass, and was thus able to prove to the in credulous friends who answered her call the absolute truth of this strange storv. The snake was klimo-, pure white, meas ured an iuoli and a half in length, was fully developed, and belong to a spe cies as yot unclassified. How it came into tho ice, and how it could live and display such astonishing liveliness in liquid of a temperature so near eongea lation is a mystery woithy the attention of our local scientists. ALL-PAPER CICiAKS. Suiokers will be inscrested to know that not u thousand miles from Albany there is a firm which makes large quan tities of paper for this avowed pur pose. The plan of operation is sa dto be thus . Tho paper, on reaching the tobacco warehouse, is repeatedly soakod iu a Strang dccoctiou of the plant. It is then cut up and pressed in moulds which give to each sheet the venation of the gennino leaf of tobsoco. So close is the imitation that export tobac co uien and habitual smokers have been deceived. At a recent gathering in this city cigars wade from this paper tobacco were handed around and declar ed excellent. Many of those present declared the cigars were made from rare brands, and so well was tho imitation earned out that one man actually in. sit'ed that there could be no mistake about the eigam beiug gonaiau tobacco. ✓-Albany Express. 1 UUOW BUIGIIT TOBACCO ON LY. It now appears that the demand for Hurley tobacco seed continues to in crease and that preparations are being mul lon a very extensive scale for a i Iar p 'e Western crop. The high prices in the West have had a stimulating effect upon the Western fanners and an over crop teems unavoidable. With | such » state of thiugs facing us it is ' well tor us to pau*e and ask what it 1 weans. It is well for us to consider, in time what sueb a oouite will result in, not ro much to our Western friends, but how it will effect us here in Vtfgin i ia and North Carolina. It sceuis to us that the inevitable fale : that must follow is plain as the broad day light, and no doubt is t» every fair thinking nviu and yet we cannot too 1 strongly emphasise our past warning to the growers of tobacco iu this section An o.cr-cropped West will put down | the prices on sll low grad»sof leaf, no matter whether grown in the Ohio Val ley or iu Piedmont Virginia and North Carolina. This wo ea?i write down as a '! settled fact, rnd tbe farmer who sets out with tho intention of growing a big crop of poor tobacoo simply scatters his energy on tho thankless wind. And yet every plainer will say that ho does noi intend to yiow poor tobacco but a big crap of line leaf. Now that is tho c.-sence of absurdity aud the big crops of nondescript stuff (.rown in 1885 aud -1 ; eis of such a foolish course Set til's 1 | (lawn as an uniKSfiu'tnle I rut 'i l.'iil the ! J man w' if rows poor lo'mcro His year • i will mil realize for it liu cml of pro• 1 ilnrlioii. 1 What then is tho remedy 1 It has beea explained time and again and yet it bears repetition. Make preparations ; i for a full crop of all homo supplies and ' j then lay oif as many acres ef your best 1 j tobacco land as can be well an 1 prop j crly cultivated. Devoto what time you " Can give to tobacco to growing only the J best and brightest. No other will puy I you this year. Plant only so much as you can give all the carc it needs • Then if the over crop in other sections 1 pin loivn llie piies of low guide leaf bel»ty tha prico of productiiu it will not : hurt you. Your bright tobacco will • bring good prices anyway and you ' will have your home supplies to baek • you. Farmers, this advice is writteu ' after a thorough study of the subject \ and is money to you who follow it. : Any o'ber course is suicidal—will you jbe guilty of that orimc yourself ? Danville 'To'jacco Jourual. POI'LTHY. j "The importance of the poultry pro duct to farmers and a great many others besides is im item of considerable inter est, aud many e iuiatci are made of it. A recant otie put it down at $500,000,.. 000. White ibis is probably cxtrava. 1 gaut," - ays the New York Times, "there .|is no doubt that the total valuo is fai r beyond the guess of tbe majority of per [ sons who try to estimate it. There are 6,000,000 farms iu the United States, and every farunr keeps trom ten to fifty fowls; the avernjo being undoubtedly as high as twenty-five. An otdinury ben will produce every season five doz en ot eggs, and rear an average four chickens each to the whole flock. These products are easily worth $1 so that the actual valuo of tUe farm poultry pro duets would amount to $150,000,000 ! fioui 'he hens alone. No doubt 2,000,- 000 families in rural villages and wwns ! besides the professional fanciers keep poultry, and the value of tbe products I of '.heir flecks would not be far from one- i third us much as that of tbe farm flcks. j This would raise the total product to $200,000,000, and $50,000,000 mors would be a moderate estimate for the ; turkeys, geese, aud ducks kept, making a sum of at least $250,000,000 iu all Tins is about equal to value of tbe whole cotton. Says Prof. Stewart; "The advan tage of grinding the cob and the corn together, is uot altogether in the nutri ment of tho eob, but because the cob be ing a coarser and spongy material, gives i balk and divides auu separates tbe fine meal, so as to allow a fiee circulation of tbe gastric juice tbiough the mass in ' tbe stomach. Corn meal when wet into plastic dough, is very solid and easily penetratod by any liquid, and when pigs are fed wholly on corn meal I key , oftou suffer with fever iu tbe stomach, because the tneal lies there too long un | digested." The Firmer'i Home. PUNGENT SNL'FF. A eouutry editor, hnetng received c .gift v/f doughnuts, ib.iuk. the "dough i lior." I 'hi 1 Record. Depot Master- Don't you see that notice ' "Gentleman not allowed to j stroke in this room " !-eedv Individual j —lt doesn't apply to me. Depot Slas i ter — Why not ? Seedy Individual— j Recause I'm no gentUman — Phil. I Cull. Now comes tlie t'ltna when the uian who turned, ovol a. uojt it: f turns it bask again to look tor something that ho for got.—Rurliniton Free f'resx. A piller of the ehtiich —A pious apolbcc.iry. "liessie, what scratched jour aim in that way ! ' "Aunt Martha, 1 bit it with the cat." i The clergtwan ma) not be much of a I carpenter, but is a pretty good joiner. — llnzar. ! Tlio lightning-rod agents motto— j 'Sp.no tlio lod and spoil the pioperty." | —.Hurlingtou Fine Prcas. I The thing that a woman always knows best is how s inio other woman ought to j dress. — Soaierville Journal. \ "A New Jer.ey man has invented a i »tove to carry in the hat " \\ anted to j utilizo a ftovapipe probably. — Now Ha i ven JSews. j We do not tee what it is that a nlock is ashamed of. that it should bo con j stantly sinking its face nith its hand. I - Lowfll I'ilizen. SUE GOT THE CLOAK. When Mr. Montgomery came homo tho other uight he found Mr. Mont guuieiy crying. Gr at, salty tears chased one another down her fair ! checks. "What is the matter, dear ?" he atU'iJ, as he placed a ucw clove in bis mouth aud prepared to kiss her. "Oh, everything is the matter," she sobbed as she'plaecd one arm about his neck and laid her bead on his shoulder, j "1 w;>nt to die." •'Oh, no you don't, dour, he remon strated. "Tell me what is the mutter j Now do." j "Fergy," she (juestioned, "do you | love me as much as you did wheu you married me !" "Why, of course I do. What put a question in your head ?" "Are you sure that you d» !" "Wlia*. do you aie m, Ellen ' You know that 1 love you as much as I ever did, and more if anjthing." "Don't bu silly, Kergy. How am I to know it l The minister was here to day aud said that a loving husband j was continually shewi.ig his devetiton for his wi'e. He always bought her everything thut tlio wanted and did even thing .she asked him to do." "Yes. What are you driving at !" "It pained me when I heard that, and I have beeu crying all day." "Have 1 been unkind te you "No 0.0. but then the minister went from lieie over to that hateful Mrs. lirnwu's and I know that he said the same thiug to her." "Well, what of it "Nothing; only Mrs. Brewn is goilig to have a new sealskin cloak, aud .lie will go around and tell what the minister said. Thau .'he will trll bow much her husband loves her and hiut that you aud 1 are going to separate." Mr. Montgomery ordered the new cloak the next morning, and incidentally put out a story about the minister hav ing lost a great many friends, and that he hud better look for a different field. --Kx. NOT ACCOUDIN' TO SCRIPTUR . A man ill wb ini hie townsmeu had always roposed the greatest confidence, suddenly failed in business, the. by in volving many of his friends. A knot of meu were gatherod at the postoffice smoking and discussing the matter over. "Wall," said a wit, "John couldn't expect to prosper, cause he d'.dn't go accordiu' to scriptur'. That tells ye to take in strangers, and John he's been and look in bis friends." — Ex. Dispatches from the Northwest re pot t extreme cold weather still preva lent, and at some points there is great sufforing from the scarcity of fu el. NO. 29 PIGKINGB. From Uic Wilmington itar. It in estimated that for building pat poses alone the turn of $2,600,000,000 win spent in tho U. S. m 1887. Texas bad fifteen lynching! io 18S7- A Georgia iollow has a decided mania for inarrjing. He bis jaat elop witli his lereuth. He n knows as Ken Heiitou, and the law has its head* upon him now. • ires above ground are laid to bare eiiuicd a receut destructive fire in Philadelph a. The Ledger say* they also interfered very much with the \ work of tlic fireman. The House lias passed a reaolotiea authorizing an appropriatioa far aa ; American representation of exhibit* at ' (he Melbourne (Anstralia) fair. Fat- I ernalism is a big thing. The Fair is to last fur six months. Last year in Great }>ritiaa there were ; 762 uew novels published, and aaw edi | tions of old novuls published. Thera \T«ro 080 uew theological books pah* lishcd. lu all there were 4,410 *ev books ; of new editions 1,276. \ The StaK has always favored the ! extension of the Cape Fear and Yadkin I Valley lUilto.id to Wilmington, and aa \an inducement to that extension baa advocated a liberal subscription by tb* city- The proposition te submit to tho i people the question of subecriblag $1.10,000 to the road has now paeeed j the Hoard of Aldermen and jbe Board i of Audit aud Finance, and nrrangsueata | for holding the election will be made im mediately. SELF-SACRIFICE. The tower door of St. Leonard ehracb J Bridgenorth, England, was loft open, anil two young boys, waudcrwg in, were j tempted t > mount up into the upper part and scramble from beam to beam. All at once a joist gave way. The I beam on w.'ucli they were standing ba | came misplaced. The elder bad jail | time :o grash it when falling, wbila j the younger, slipping over hi* body, | caugnt hold of his comrade's lege. In this fearful position the poor lada hung, crying vainly foi help, lor »• one was near. At length tbe bo; clinging to the beam became exhausted. Ha could •• longer support the doubts weight. Ho celled out to the lad btlow that they were butli done for. "Could you save jnurselfifl were to loose you ?" repliad the little tad. "I think I could," returned the eld er. "Then good-bye and Ood bloesyou ( M criod the little fellow, loosing hie hold. Another soeond and he WH DECKED to pieces on tbe stoue finer below, bin comp men claiubcring te plaoe of safe 'y- Tbie ia a trne story. The record of it is preserved in the Bodleian Library at Oxfjrd. CURIXG lIOG CHOLERA. We always place before our readers, says the Farmer's .>/egaztnt, aay infor mation to be derived ID bog ebolen. The Southern Cultivator, some time age, published a communication from a Well known planter ef Calhoun county, Ga., telling bow he bad ohecked the ravages of chulera among his swine by miling with their food a moderate quantity of soda. A recent iisue of tbe Cultivator contains a letter from W. K. Croswcii, of Mariouville, S. C., who tried the rem edy. For ten days after the obolera made its appearance he fed boge a liber al quantitv et soda and aalt, mixed with ground food v twice a day, after that giv ing occasioual doses. He claims that tbe sick animals recovered and lie hen oot had a ease of cholera since. A*d we can believe his statement under tka supposition that soda, being alkali, MU trulizea the aoids produced by the fer mentaiien of the food. lie dee* net atuto what kind of soda ie used, whether it ia earbonote, bi-earbonate or oanetie, but wc would suggest that tbe bi-ear bonatcof soda (bread i>o4a) be given, ae it is at least harmless in aay quantity,* Atlanta, Ga., Southean Cultivator. A desperate fight with squatters ts I reported froui California iu whieb MV i era) persons wer# killed and wound*
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