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8UU Library n r r in . PROTECTION! INDUSTRY I ENTERPRISE! PROSPERITY ! 70LUME 29. HICKORY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 1807. KUHBEB 39 11 r 1 1 1 1 Hi 9 A TRIP TO THE CENTENNIAL CITY. Something About Tenneiiee'i position. Great Ex- The traveler who writes of his own country seems to have a more difficult tak than onejwho writes of foreign lands. There is something novel about a people with whom we are not familiar which causes us to note things whi-h we would not take into account it were writing of ourown country. .h is the situation in which I find UiVM-lt in trying to write something of luv recent trip to Nashville. I left Hickory at noon on the 10th iiit., several days in advance of the jv-t of the N C. Press Association, who were scheduled to make the trip ,u the 20th inst. it had been several months since 1 had taken a trip up the Western Road, and it struck me a rather unique that before and af ter our arrival at, Round Knob, the jn'Uh(y ."I i on Id undertake to point out. and de.-cribe the natural scenery which greeted us on our ascent up the mountain. This may have been done . for the benefit of passengers who were troing to the Exposition and were unfamiliar with this particular por tion of Western North Carolina, but can any one imagine anything more laughable in a certain sense thau to haw the wonders of nature shown off in the manner of a showman pointing to lii painted canva.-s and describing it in 'tie s' le hsed to describe the wonderful attractions of a circus. Take'noticc, ladies and gentlemen, of thi wonderful panorama; there is nothing like it anywhere in the world; from this point you look across a cele brated gorge and see King's Mountain which is ninety miies trom us in a di rect line.1' Something on this style or a litt le more accentuated whs the way in which the newsboy described the ascent tip the mountain. We think that it is well enough to point out certain points of interest to trav elers making the trip forth first time, but a little difference in the style adopted to do it would commend itself to the good taste of the public. We stopped at. Round Knob for din ner a place which has become quite celebrated recently on account of the way it figures in the cases of two of our Railroad Commissioners whom tov. Russell is looking after just at present. It strikes us as as an unusu sual demonstration of maternal affec tion, that Mr. Otho Wilson should come all the way from Raleigh to this point with nothing else in view but to board with his mother and thus assist her. Why not make her a little con tribution from his salary as Railroad Commissioner and save himself the trouble of going to Rounn Knob at all? I spent oua day in Asheville and while there calhd around to pee how Collector Harking looked and what effect the worry incidental to listening to office seekers was having1 on him. I am inclined to think he is standing the strain all right, and if given time will dispose of our Demo cratic friends under him to the gener al satisfaction of all Republicans. 1 made the trip up the beautiful Valley of the French Broad on Friday. The railroad follows the course of the river almost to Morristown, passing by the town of Marshall, which has been the Mecca of Republican office seekers recently, it being the home of Senator Pritchard. Marshall is not a large town and what there is of it is jammed in between the railroad and the moun tain in about as narrow a space as any town could well occupy. It is so-narrow, indeed, that it can hardly afford even one street. East Tennessee presents the aspect of a fertile country and tire magnifi cent farms of which you catch a glimpse from The railroad seems to bear out the impression. After a night spent in Knoxville. I caught the early morninc train down to Chattanooga. On the wav I formed the acquaintance of Ex. I". S. Marshal Ivins, now the editor of a paper at Athens, Tenn. Mr. Ivins is an ex tremely forcible and entertaining Talker anil I enjoyed his society wry "inch. I appreciated, too, on account jf a little service which he rendered H e. On leaving home I was not aware that I should have any trouble about reaching iny destination, bat it fceeuis that on the day before reaching Chattanooga the authorities had adop ted a rigid quarantine which embraced H train entering the city. Haying failed to provide tny self with a health certificate I should have certaluly ex perienced some trouble bad not Mr. Ivins vouched for the fact that he knew me and that I came from North Carolina. The quarantine officer took Mr. Ivins' word for it ard allowed me to enter the city gates without moles tation. It amused me to see the air assumed by some of these officers who went through the cars with an air of iu portauce which was extremely absurd. I asked one of them what good a quarrnatinedid when it was compara tively easy to evade it. The health officer replied that he could invariably tell as to when a man was lying as to the place he came from, that when he entered the cars he knew at once the State from which each passenger hailed. I' didn't contradict him but you can readily imagine how much faith I put in his word. ' The run from Chattanooga to Nash ville over the Nashville, Chattanooga. & St. Louis Railway is made through a level and very attractive section of country. On leaving Chattanooga you pass by the foot of Lookout mountain and get a good view of it for several miles. It was on this moun tain that Hookers celebrated "Battle above the Clouds" was fought. On arriving at Nashville I immedi ately took the train out to the Expo sition. It was at nitrht and the view- presented was a striking one. The myriads of electric lights glowing everywhere, the artificial lakes retlec ting these lights, the beautiful white buildings whose architecture was almost ideal, combined to produce an effect which charms the beholder and almost makes htm believe himself in fairyland. Being somewhat tired I did not linger long but put off till Monday a more thorough inspection of the beauties of the Exposition. I spent Sunday taking- in the city of Nashville itself, which 1 found to be thoroughly cosmopolitan and far larger in size than I anticipated. Sundaj night I went in company with Mr. Arthur M, Ingold, who was also visiting the Centennial, to hear the celebrated Dr. Hawthorne preach. Dr. Hawthorne is an agreeable speak er and a man with an interesting countenance. He wears his hair somewhat long and keeps his face shaved perfectly smoothe. Monday was Young Men's Institute Day at the Centennial. This is a Catholic organization analogous to the Young Men's Christian Associa tion. They paraded in the usual fashion and had speeches at the audi torium. Tuesday, however, was one of the most interesting days of the whole Centennial, if one may trust the au thority of the newspapers. This was Irish-American Dy and the Irishman was there in all his gloiy. First there was a big parade one of the biggest ever seen In Nashville It was said and after that there were some fine tpeeches in the Auditorium. Govern or Taylor rode in the procession which was also graced by the presence of lovely women in carriage and in floats such as are used at the carnival at New Orleans. Governor Taylor made one of his characteristic speeches in the Auditorium and was followed by Hon. Patrick Walsh of Augusta, Ga., and Hon. J. P. Flnerly of Chi cago. In the evening there was a gigantic sham battle intended to re produce the battle of New Orleans. The Americans were entrenched be hiud cotton bales and everything about the affair was. as realistic as possible. All that was necessary to have made it completely so was to have seen somebody fall occasionally. Among the various striking build ings which the Exjositin possesses. the stately Parthenon, a reproduction of the celebrated work of (trecian architecture, attracts the eye by it calm aud majestic teautv. It is tin- home of the various works of art by home and foreign artits. There are many paintings on exhibition and nearly all of them worthy of note. The Transportation Department contains a locomotive built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works tor the Southern Railway, which is a thing of beautv. It is the largest on exhibition I there. In fact, the Southern Railway has the most up-to-date equipment of any road in the South and the exhibit which it hat at the Exposition is second only to that of tne Nashville, Chattanooga ft St. Louis R. R. One little incident which has no connection Tith the Exposition. One morniug as I was walking within a few yards of the Exposition gites with a friend from Texas we were halted by some one calling to us from the inside of a little booth. My friend stopped and entered. I followed him On entering we saw a man staadiug J oeiore a counter or i&uie uuu iroui me ; arrangements we f mm-diately saw that it was a question of some kind of a .raiue of chance. The gentleman presiding told u that it was the game o baccarat, and that he was sent to Nashville to advertise the Republic of Mexic He did not produce any commission signed by President Diaz in proof of his assertion, so Ve can take it for granted that he waa lying to some extent. Furthermore if he wanted to advertise the Repu lie of Mexico, he should have initiat 1 the Exposition visitors into the- mysteries of some strictly Mexican g. ine, instead of an antique French game like bac carat. Whatever his micsioif v may have beeu he took good fre to. not let the Exposition authoritiespknow anything about it. j. There are many notable things about the Exiositioii on which I could dwell but if would make this article entirely too long. Coijterno's Band, however, should not be idlgot ten, and his spectacular presentation of the Battles of our Nation. Cofiterno is a talented composer and his c band compares favorably with auy other in the? country. In fact 1 think it is better than Victor Herbert's band which was once so well known when Patrick Gilmore was leader. Tennessee has celebrated her Cen tennial in a most won by manner. We are proud of her lecause she was carved out of North Carolina territory. She is a great commonwealth whose future progress will bo in keepiug with tier past. William Halk. The old man who looks out at the world with clear aud healty eyes can not help feeling great gratification at the thought that his children have inherited from him no weakness nor tendency to disease. The healthy old man is the man who has throughout his life kept his digestion good and his blood pure. Not one In a thous and does do it. Germs go through the healthy body without effect. Let them once find lodgment or let them find a wwik spot, they will develop by the million and the blood will be full ot them. Instead of giving strength to the tissues it will force upon them innutritious matter, and the man will lose fiesh and the more susceptible he is to disease. Dr. Pierces uolden Medical Discovery is theonly medicine that absolutely and infallibly cures al blood diseases, and almost all diseases are blood diseases. It isn't a medicine for some one particular disease, It is a medicine for the whole body. It forces out all the germs of disease and replaces impurities with rich, red Uloou. Yellow Jack PrcvnttlV Guard against Yellow Jack by keep ing the system thoroughly clean and free from genu breeding matter. Cas- carets Cundy Cathartic will cleanse the system and kill all contagious disease germs. In Europe, Asia. Africa, Australia and America, the five great continents Shaker medicines are used by suffering humauity for the cure of sickness and disease. Never was there such universal de mand, never such wonderful results. Shaker Digestive Cordial, a cure for indigestion, is prepared from herbs and roots, and is a natural remedy, which cures by aiding nature and not by fighting her. Shaker Digestive Cordial makes those fat who have tieeome thin by not digesting their fooo It restores the spirit and the appe titnof those who are dej.eted and failed out from the wearing effects of indigestion. It relieves the symptom- of dysep sia ami after uin fr a reasonable time, finally cure- the enuiplaint. Sdd by iruk.'ir Trial bottle 10 eeiits. la All p-ct- WH. "I have been -ut'ject to general debil- ry ami atf.i.-KS t rheumatism. I never leceived more tlmn teliiltorary rlit f from io-d ;cine. nntil 1 tegan takin.' Uh-: s i rsa ar ilia which tone. I up iuy siteni and luntle me in ail re-.ecTi a ell wooisri. I am thankfiii for Hcxsi's Sarssirilla.M Martha jacK!ox. Bum pass, Va. Hood's Pills-are easy to take, easy to operate. Sold by druggists. Price 25 cents, "Ayer's Sarsaparilla has made a new woman of me," says Mrs. P. Craig h, Kingsy-FsfUs, P. From all ara Cear l otimore. Md.. S-j.t t '! Mhii utti.-t im-rer' lUrc-rdof tin- i.uo ih -i puree of let- i t te.v To ... r loo inquiries sent Oil I I lie !- I l-C '. lillf'clM' e of Jth .rt. .l i)f. ctuutr i it. o, onticKk t..r .!- -" b -e r.-ph covering ery line o tuaii'M- iiri"tr 'd,?try in vy ery jwtrt .i u.e - nut . te with remarkable n i i r . rul in- cra alre.ol t 1 1 i. .!.-: MtTtir. with alum: ii-.ix ,- . i of coufideuce tlit w li o fi. t1 niMn a long eriod of ;i i of y no ! ir'iri - ty in manufacturing imt-' In summing Up the re'.Mi. t lit- iiniiifnc- turer's Itcord At tho tx'irinninir of this mouth manufacturer- of the country were invited ty tb f.'tiiiif.cttirrr' Record to rt-Mrt briefly iqviw the condition of bonnes.-in t ht-jr rej-t.,f i localities as oberved and lelt b tlie'a The proierous condition of the farmer. arising from tiie enhanced value of their wheat nd other crop. known to l-e a -et t lM fact. The nat ural exjH-ctati hi, in view .if the et tleineiit ol the tariff and c i;equ:it clearing of the busiueMt at tio-phcre. and ol the 'art that the nuic fur a healthy m-nioii, afler a riod of de pletion, h.itl iMine, wn that the iuu ilta'Iitrer f the country would In the next to (-..J the pulsation of re turning pr-p.Tity. The inre.i3 in the v.ih; '. agricultural product.- and live stoo'r. a.iiie to the farmers of the country a net gain of at le.mt $'), ooo, OU) fur their labors in IH'J? over ls. Tuts enormous increase tuateiially adds to the prosperity that would have followed the sett lenient of the tariff and the silver questions and gives promise of a well founded activi ty that will furnish profitable em ployment to every laliorer and a fair profit to all manufacturing and rail road interests as weil a to the farmer That such is the case is demonstrated by the mass of testimony contained in the replies to the letter of the Mann facturers' Record, which have come from the North, South, East and West A terf corresoudeiits, though hoj ful, intimate that some difficulties nave vei io 11 overcome, liitu a letter (roui Providence, R I., says "The business outlook is good, but we do not expect auy tidal wave. We shall not expect to see very much bus iness before next spring, as artie contemplating improvements are "4QVjpg very slowly. We have faith to believe, however, that ire shal have a good business for th nit three or four years at least." Hut the overwhiluilng uiajosity of the letters show UDiuisiakable evidence of re turning prosperity. A g-utlemau of Pliiluitlfdi ta Vin Kiak 1 ur rweSvtfar daily and weekly reports from his I agents In different parts of the couti try, writes that "my eople tell tne that mills all over the laud are show ing signs of increased prosperity and business; many mills that had been running on bal' time now work up to their full capacity : that in many places old mills lyiug Idln .! almost dis mantled are being cleaned up hu J re- fitted with up to date machinery and getting reatly to add their sharv to the well being of the eotiimuuit v An other 1n New York ! ufu er soual observation the l-e s - thwt "mors men are being employed than there have been m year- I" . - ImiiM ing trades in the city and aii over the country were never s. -tive. The enormous cros throughout the con if try have taxetl the rnilroads to their fullest capacity, with the result that new roiling stock is teintc added and old retired. The ntilroad buiiies is tarticuUrly active just at prvseut with every indication of it continuing so. We firmly twlieve that we are aijout to enter an era of bumes activity that we have not seu iu many years. From Chicopee Falls. Ma.. rme te message: " are workiug louble th force that e ere )ear ago, and the outlook was never bright er, and our only regret is that we are unable to turn out all the goods that we can sell. Tbe president of a company at Calera, Ala., writes that oo calamity howlers are beard. They have simply howled oat. Basineae is batter; price hara advanced; the oat look never more encouraging. The Saath can .now, with tha proper ef- fort on her part, enter on a career of detelopoarnt. and with It great growth and prosperity never dreamed of." To different cause or to a combina tion ol several, such as completion of tariff legislation, the restoration of confidence and the increased earnings of fanner, U at ributed the encoura ging outlook, and one firm of New rleant writes that "we believe that 1 great deal is due to confidence estate ihed. which has. In our estimation, een very materially assisted by your words uh1 the authentic reports seDt out by your Invaluable paper to !!. South and her industry. " Through the whole com pond ec run such phrases as more inquiry are being made, kept buty by the in (ouritjgof orders, new venture .e made, capital is easy, business has been stimulated, more hands have been taken on. the number pf em ployees has been doubled, the feelintr is generally good, plenty of orders ere ahead, addition to capacity will made, no man need be idle, crow' .1 with work and industries are in f p u- did condition. Combine!, these phrase present a seetacle a glowing and promUi' as a rainbow, and as substantial an arch of steel. Hail, pimples and eruption, m ( ula. salt rheum and all other mat i'e. tationt of impure blood are cured by lifMMis Narva panlla. Yllw Fvr Orm breed in the txwel. Kill the" md you are swfe from the awful d . Cascart destroy the germs tli-- rV out the yteui and ruak It frorx- Me for new one to form. Cacare r the only reliable safe guard for -ng and old against Yellow Jack. 1 iV, W, all druggists The victories of Hood's KarsaparUla over all Form of dlew Conclusively prove That it is an unequalled Blood purifier. It conquer Th demon. Scrofula, Relieves the itching and bn" of salt rheum, cures running sort-- lers boils, pimple, and every other t..rni of humor or disease originating Ini rnr blond Th cores bv Sarsaparilla ai cures abobf- tr. tnanent, perfect cures. They '-i-e. up It irrat power to purify e dt the blood. When the hair has fallen r ir lue the head tald. If the : not shiny, ther I a chan fining the hair by using Hall's I!;. . !'-uer. To eradicate salt rh . take Ayer's Sarrafiarill,.. ciema. ii Kit DAU(;;i i.ir Hefttorrd by Dr. Hartman Krc Treatment. I. S. Gibson, of Greelyr write: "I take pleasure. that my daughter is sou fi.t.p) Mhe had a eve. y"g I -nd of he. et r-- in Mtue I -e my ' 'i one i. r read- "y yoar Pe-u- -n a .r I . iae .. I. slf a I rrjntln- sound M'e of r ar.tl fever and nerr" I liad one of the best d-e- b-r, nt the disease t . - pite of hi skill. Ju a ' bud tiitle up my m- ! daughter. Hut, bj dim of y ..tir "III of Life. ior it carefully, concfud ! inedirioe I got a otf' na i tel ti-eI It acrordio and in twenty four Y -- ilel change for I wrote you for ail rice an! wu con id repfy she had tnittle and was on lier f tied to ue it. and today -I ami' well and th ver health I recommend tnetirine to all who ma a my daughter was, . her life. For the ben f humanity I cannot -? ' -.able .. Jering saved afferinc much in wer. Yoa ut, and it to answer praise of IVruna av; mn publish this sfi' would afford lue plea auy Inquiry a to the -'derfa! care of your valuable retne:.- - " Dr. Hartman has rrce.rty written a book expressly for women. l'ls book I intended to thow what a Uoo Pe iana to sick women, especial those offering from any phase or tage of female trouble, A free copy of this book will be sent to women only by The Pe-ru na Drug Hanafartaring Co., Colazabaa, Ohio. l t ti
Hickory Democrat (Hickory, N.C.)
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