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il i VOL. vii. LEXINGTON AND THOMASVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2,1897. NO. 45. : i ...-, WASHINGTON ;Anrtf . MIAY DISCOURSE. I Boos'' folio wel is Tthat Christ4 s J n -1 Kxpect A Sermon o rie to r-ile VVlio Are la Trouble jt,e ..Storm, 'tnr- Culm and the Harbor T,IT -."Vm ! -tli'-rfl were also with Him t-r little .-'!'- :ml there arose A great r 1 1 nna an1 n r. ,1 t!Yl i lllll, JXiirK. IT., HO. p.' ia am torn Xj&pri.i.- 'if Gennesaret three ,nU ff r fi- -um; lake. Nrother gem Jp."rh-1 1 setting. It lav in a of cr-ar luxuriance -the surround-jjljiiNhk-li. t. rr.i J, sloped, groved, so fflisr li-iiitrir.-r ;.-;inl';ns of beauty; the wa WnimMii) d-vii between, rocks of gray l3if l 'lim--t'.ri, flashing from the hills .-ibouD'lii' i:ito'j the sea. On the shore !fV "!;!'-', armf:l towers, Roman baths. Lrcrvthin? ur:i -cive i ana Deautllul, all TteOIi vgiaiin m snorter space iQaQr mo-t ttnv ' t!ii-r spa?e man the world, the l ai n tree or tljio forest to the t v-fnn; i .h mute i.ora naa munchei wav"'J I ' auty on all the scene, and it iihi 'in ' ng fro;ri rock to rock and hill U-l ot'-aiMler. Unman gentlemen in pleas boate sunns mo iaso ana countrymen is Oili omifig down to drop their ,.t nas fn "!i "t li'-r with nod and shout inHs'i'lit'T or singing Idly at their moor oil, what a wonderful, what a beau- It .em-i as if ro shall hare a quiet night. '.;t a K'if wiiiioi.l iu tlie air, not a ripple disturb 1 tho t-xzo Of Gennesarefc, -but ttM s .' jins t o be a little excitement u,p the ka-ii, a 1 We hasten to see what it la, and js fin 1 it an '!ub:irkatlon. ; - : , Frem tho western shore a flotilla pushing oat, nut .'t ? i'i.-1'li'on or deadly armament, EofMpi'-r with valuable merchandise, nor piratic .: is ready to destroy everything tlwyjcoul'l i.e.tmt a flotilla, bearing mes-senj-rsif lifo an 1 light and peace. Christ jj!n!.'j fi iit of tho boat. His disciples ar;iii a stnall'-r boat, Jesus, weary 'with ma.-h si'ivtkirit,' to large multitudes, is put lnt- .jiiiiiol.-ii" by the rocking of the fiv.s. If th ro was any motion at nil, tie shiii easily righted; if the wind 1 ft":n on si'lo, from the starboard to the l iilio.tt l or : from the larboard to the stJrWrl, t'l-- boat would rock, and by the pHnt('!ii.s of the motion putting the 3Ias-terit-lc"p. And; they extemporized a pil low ma' lo. out jjf a fisherman's coat. I think ik s lom r is Christ prostrate and His H'lti;uiiiiig tlit; pillow than He is sound a-i'". T!i" breezes of the lake run their finff'Ts through the locks of the worn sleep er, an i tin; boat rises and falls like a sleep ing -hil 1 un tho bosom of a sleeping moth ir. - I i! ' Calm ni-r'it, starry night, beautiful niirlit. Itnn up all the sails, ply all the ran, and let tb,e Jarge boat and the FfflAlDinat .uli.lH over gentle Gennesaret, But tlie suilors say there is going to be a change of weather. And even the passen fm ran hear tho moaning of the storm as tt com on with long stride, with nil the terrors of Jjdirrl,ane and darkness. The larue boat 'trembles Uko a deer at bay freiuliliuir a :iiong the clangor of the hounds; creat piU.-le-s of foam are flung into the air; thy sails of the vessels loosen, and the sharp win Is era.-k like pistols; the smaller f'oats like j.etrels poise on the cliff of the wives anl then plunge. Overboard go car,'., ta kliug and masts, and the drea'hp.liii.ipies rush Into the back part of tho boat and lay hold of Christ and sjiy unto Him, "Master; carest thou not that we perish?- Th'at great personage lifts m from tlie pillow of the fisherman's coat, walks to the front of the vessel and looks out into tho storm. All around him re t!i- smaller boats, driven in the temp ''t, an 1 tiii '.tih it comes the cry of drown in? m-u. i;y the Hash of the lightning I th'H'.iiin ;brqw ff Christ as the spray r ippci f ,-, ,; ns beard. He has one word f'rtltH sky ant another word forthewaves. .ookim? upward,. He cries, Teace!" Iiook lastWnwar.l. 11-says, "Be still!" I he waves fal; flat; on their faces, the n melts', the'-k'xtiniriiisliorl Rtnra reHiht. their t.r.'h-s, the tempest falls dead, and tun-t sta the 5t.,rm. fa? put the t untan-b ia .ania?.em Wi. till' 11 j; fa! in ,,f oey (TV ...it that even t :. s with His foot on the neck of And! while the sailors are bail boats anil while they are trying the eordage the disciples stand nt, now lookintr into the calm into the calm sky, then into the the. Saviours countenance, and M'hat .manner of man is this, 1 ...... .... ... i. y j Axiuai II" Sllt'io.'t ill! t llt flfCt ili. imm-ocma m With t!i f;ti t thut it ia vorv i-mnnrtATit " hrist jia Hh? ship, for all those -unHaret if chrisf had not been present, 'fl. Tv.i.ii a i,..s6nU for you and for me to u' v ha,ovr voyage we undertake, in- w.iat. v. r 'ntf-rpriso we start, let U9 al luue ci,rist in the ship. Many of you ,; ; "'f" ,!'iy pf revived commerce are artii!' out in liiewillnancial enterprises. I r,' .y1 Ko ' l eiheei-. Do all vou can do. . u on a piaiie a3 possible. You - no r,ht tri be il stoker in the ship if tun be an admiral of the navy. You ft r.a boats !H tq boia colonel of a regiment !Ul "-".'" 'TiTTi a'nrt n Yrl cr a o ttah V o -xa "ht to l,e ensineer of a, boat on river or near tli. v .m st...ir! i l ... '., ', A" """ -epu do with utmost tension 1 1; '"''. niin 1 and soul, vou are bound to VhJT hiiyP Christ "in the enterprise, t,i,, 111 ,v"i".v voyage, Christ in every 'Tlier t the '.eu wir h fan ov "me ,! n nesaret it t'buld t'i . . '"' . !'l,.rbs,. and he depends cpon r,,;. , ri ,!ntHs or this life. He has no i" a .!. turn. After awhile the storm k . 'Ui 1 tosses off the masts of the ship "a i "ts e-Tit his; lifeboat. The sheriff and catt51!01,10111' try' to help him off. They ChH t l him ff- i He must SO down no J'lst startiii- ""'1" Up acts. 1 Bij Btark. was dragged tW death through the streets. Bt. James the ;tie$3 wat beaten to-, death with a fuller's elub. ! St. Thomas was Birucn inrougti with h sipear; j They did not unu ionowing utirlst smooth sailing. Oh, how they were all tossed in the tempest! John Hus3 in the flrel Hugh McKall in th hour of martyrdom, the Albigenses, tho WAldeneert, the Scotch! Covenanters did they find it emooth sailing? 1 ' But why go to history when t can find all around me a score of illdstrations of the truth of this sdbjeclH-thafc young man in the store trying to sarvja God while his em ployer scoffs at ChrUtiahliy.the yoaagmen in the game store antagonistic to the Christian religion, teasing him, tormenting hloi about liis religion!, trying to get him mad? They succeed irij getting him mad. saying, "You're a pretty: Christian!" Does this young man find it smooth sailing when he tries to follow Chris? ! jllero Is a Chris tian girl. Her father: despises the Christian religion; her mother despises the Christian religion; her brothers and; swter3 scoff nt the Christian religion; jhW can hardly find A qdlet place in whip Ji to piay her prayers. Did she find it smVbthi bailing when she tried to follow Jesu.i Christ? Oh, no; all who would live the life 6f the Christian religion must suffer prieeution. If you do not And it in ono way you will get it in another way. )pTj i ; The question was asked,i"Who are those nearest the throne?" anid tho answer came back, "These are they who came up oat of ' great tribulation" "great.: nailing," as the original has;it; great flailing, great pound ing "and had their robes i washed "and made white in the bloodj o the Lamb." Oh, -do not be disheartened! j jO child of God, take courage! You anj ta glorious com panionship. Godwlll see you. through all i these trials, and He will deliver you. My subject also impresses me with the fact that good people sometimes get very much frightened. In theones of these disciples as they rushed into the back part of the boat I And they are frightened.al-i most to death. They 9 ay, "Master, carest Thou not that we perish?" jThey ha no reason to be frightened, for Christ was in the boat. I suppose if we had been there we would have been j ust as much affright ed. Terhaps moreJ ' 1 1 ! j In all ages very good people get very much affrighted. I It is often so in our day, and men say: "Why, look at the bal lectures; look at ;tho spiritualistic socie ties; look at the various errors going over the church of Goij We are -going to foun der; the church is going to perish; she is going down." Oh, hew many good people are affrighted by j triumphant iniquity in our day and think jthe church of Jesus Christ and the cause of righteousness are going to be overthrown and are just as much affrighted as ttye disciples of my text were affrighted. Dcin't worry, don't fret, as though iniquity wire going to triumph over righteousness. Jj-f A lion goes into a cavern to sleep. He lies down, with his shaggv mane covering the paws. Meanwhile the spiders spin a web across the mouth of the cavern and say, "We have captured him." Go3samef thread after gossamejr thread is spun until the whole front of the cavern is covered with the spiders' web and the spiders say, "The lion is done; the lion is fast." j After awhile the lion has got through sleeping,. He rouses himself, h6 shakes his mane, he walks out into the sunlight, he does not even know the spider3' web is spun, and with his voice he shakes the mountain. So men come, spinning their sophistries and skepticism about Jesus Christ. Ho seems to be sleeping. They say: "We have captured the Lord. He will never come forth again upon the nation, j Christ is cap tured, nd captured jforeven His religion will never make any conquest among men." But after awhile the f'llon or the tribe or Judah" will rouse himself and come forth to shake mightily the nations. What is a spider's web to the! aroused lion? Give truth and error a fair grapple, and truth will come off victor, i j Again, my subject impresses me with th3 fact that Jesus was Ood. and man in the same being. Hero he is in the back part of the boat. Oh, how tired be looas, what sad dreams he must have!! Look at hi3 countenance. He I must b9 thinking of the cross to come. Look at him; He is a man - bone of our bonej flesh j of our flesh. Tired, ho falls asleeb: he is a man. But then I And Christ at jthel prow of the boat. I hear Him say, "race, be still!" And I see the storm kneeUUK at His leet and tne tempests folding their wings in His pres ence. He is a God. j j t If I have sorrow and trouble and want sympathy, I go and kneel down at the back. part of the boat anaay, -u unnsc, weary one of Gennesaretj sympathize with all my sorrows, man oij JNazaretn, man oi ma cross." A man, a man; mil n I want to conquer my spiritual foes, if I want-to get the victory over sin, death and hell, I come to the front of the boat! and I kneel down, and I say, "O Lord Jtsus Christ, Thou who dost hush the tempest, hush all my rief , hush all my temptation, hush all my sin." A man a man, a God, a God. I learn once more irom tnis sunieci mat Christ can hush a tempest. ;It did seem as if everything mustlgojto ruin. '1 he dis ciples had given iup the idea of managing the ship. The Crew I were entirely de moralized, vet Christ i rises, and Ho puts His foot on the stormi' and. it crouches at 1 cnnnnra PnrnT oiinnninc iLunurio muni onuMflUL. r I 1 ! 'I rr n i Oh, yes, His feet romnpatl You nave naa iron me. Christ i can hush the ! const if vou can take the it rem .New York to Liver- n i e meii wlio nsk God to help them i.ut 'l ereat enternrisea. Tie has ' h.em; in I the nast. No trouble rthr.'vv them. The storms might 'IIV l.nt into foam and .into not hurt them. But uip. Here are young men I'tit in life. Your life will be . sunshine and shadow. There it an -tic blasts or tronieal torna- kin k!l0,v Rot what is before you, but I l.'.'- y ' i have Christ with you all shall well You , r"liK'i.'.u f loot hi "0Ver. i V, ie.ii; oyer me nurricauo ueun. temi 1 "wsprjt is shivered and the hal- q0(j e -'.vi'. intotheisea and the gang- jn 5, i -v le l with piratical disasters tk IV see ill tf rtt filnnff Tptfhrtnt thfl t hiist I while everything-goes 'ut after awhile, when sorrow r the soul, when the waves of 1 ' I . . 1 V ....... u . 1. n l...HlAMnn Hartlr 9.4 ., .it:i 1,110 uunicauo uo- tue I yard ar ok- ... 1 ie.j with - r - . II". t . I - . . ... 1 nouia ivou then ao wunoui Hi tbf. cliinS V.n nnmDn fata rtt Ur ! rti.in, Cod forvour g'uide, God . . 1 nil ta rrct 1 1 all la TOT1 1 1 .-'!.' - ! ' I ... , i k . i, . in .. .4 , ' "tin tie wen iurever. juicsocu Hp"?, ,I.!';Ul whi. puts in the Lord his trust. - ...i m ver jbe confounded. ti.. t I!!V "u' jebt hlso impresses me with rh.i.: "v,;ilt viheri people start to follow Th 1 ley limit not expect smooth sailing an.i T . ''U'loik Kot into the small boats, b.:...: Mxe n. doubt thev said: "What a ti. :.ut!.M ,;.v this lis! What a smooth sea! ( .;' ! 1 is'ht sky this is! How delightful Perhaps it was thf little child taken iaway from you the sweetest child of 1 the 'household, the one who asked the most curious questions and stood around you (with :the ! greatest fond ness, and the spade jut down through your bleeding heart. Terhaps it was an only son, and your heart has,eversince DeeniiKe a desolated castle-the: owls of the night hooting among the faOling rafters; and the crumbling stairways;! 1 J ;i- Jc s- Perhaps it was an age motner. xou al ways went to her with jyour troubles. She was in your home to "welcome your children into life, and when tUey died she was mere to pity you. mat oij nana wiipuo you ut more kindness, lnac wmie tot-it ui uau you put away in wi i-iti.tr ui locket did not look as; well as it usually did when she brusnect it away irom nor wrinkled brow in thJ home circle or in tne country church., j Ori your j property gone, you saidj "I have pjo much bank stock, I have so many government securities, I have so many houses, I have so many farms" all gone, all gone. if - - j : - Why, all the storms tnat! ever irampiea with their thundery all the snipwrecss, have not been worse than this to you. xei you have not beeh completely overthrown. Why? Christ hushed the .tempest. Your little one was laicen away. j t-uni. jr. have that little oneJ I can take care, of him as well as you pan, better tnan you can, oh, bereaved! mother'.? rtusning tno tempest! When your; property went away, said, "mere ara treasures in neavii, tAnk that never break." There is one Blorirt into which we will all have to run the moment when we let go of this life and try to take hold of the next, when we will want all tne t grace we can have we will want it all. ! lonaert see a Christian soul rocking on the surges of death. All the powers of darkness seem let out against that i soul tne swirung wave, the thunder of the sky, the scream ing wind, all seem to unite logemer uui ti.a rnl is not troubled tuera is no sighing, there are; tears in the room! at weeps no failii wave th in under this! t he ! boat! And keel of the the as lor tne boat, why. into motion, of our little But when the w"l't tlpwn and the sea was tossed 'ul'j wr it i, i. i L j ii. i n 'wo re nome ai last, iitFuio i.il. Carht ' 1 wfu X found that following r drift on ubright, silvTy tide, Lv! . not smooth sailing. So you ?J'Z" 0w' hm-t last . f ,., .i ;.L . rVT" We're home at last, nome ai last VAi. 1 , CVJI, i Ua Y U 1UUUU IV. Ytir ri..t;.... t... i .l. ix. r,,.., ' p t-ULl Ul 1UO lllO Ul IUO tL, V s of Jesus;. Christ? You would say life . "Vf rnien ought to have had a smooth theT u .departure, then those men, ha.l 1 1 ot Jesus Christ, oughtto nave SOUTHERN BULL OPERATIVES. Needs Millions of Bushels of Whea Rye and Potatoes. SHOULD ANYTHING LIKE THE i Figures Bo Realized, More Than One Half of All the Farm Mortgages the U. S. Can Be Paid Off. In .European advices to i the American Agriculturist show a shortage this year in the European crops as compared with average crops 'as follows f NYheat, 300,000,000 bushels: rye, 325,000,000 bushels; potatoes, 1,000 000, 000 rtrash- ehv , : : : (h ; i i! il. ... II j J j. .1 . The heayiest shortage in rye is in th countries of the , larsest production- Russia, Germany, Austria and France, n these countries, also, is the heaviest decline in potatoes, The seriousness of the situation is I emphasized from the fact that rye, Car more than wheat, is depended upon 1 as a bread stuff by the European masses, t No part of the world, Dparontlyl has a consid- eraoie surplus of cereals, except the United States and Canada, r t The potato crop in these countries is found by the American Agriculturist to be about 25 per cent, less than last year and may be still smaller., i fThe United States has no potatoes for export,' but if prices go high enough the United States can spare 240,000,000 bushels of wheat, 300,000,000 bushels of corn, 100,000,000 bushels of bats and 10,000,000 bushels of rye a total of 650.000,000 bushels. lhis will be the biggest export ever made of American grain. It is just about enough to offset' Europe's : needs for wheat and rye. but where is she to find, a substitute' fori her - enormous shortage in potatoes? Must she not take every bushel of foodstuffs that America can spare? j ! ! t : In the twelve months ended on June 50, 1892, following Europe's short crops of 1891, the foreigners bought from the United States flour and wheat amount ing to 225,000,000 bushels, at an averr age export price above $1 a bushel; of corn, 177,000,000 bushels, at an average value of over 55 cents a bushel; of rye, more than 12,000,000 , bushels, j at an average of 95 cents a bushel. f ( The AmeVtcJsn Agriculturist thinks the foreigners must expect to pay these prices this year, as ' the export supplies in other countries that were available in 1891 are exhausted now. It even looks to a possibility of $2 wheat. I A canvas of the farmers in the centres of commercial production has shewn that the farmers are very firm holders. They think that they; control the sit uation and say they want to net at theii local shipping stations for wheat, rye and potatoes,$l a bushel ;corn 30 cents; oats 25 cents; hay $12 and $15; cotton 9 and 10 cents; tobacco, 50 to 150 per cent, above last year's 6ales. j s r Should anything like the above fig- iures be realized, more than half of all the mortgages on all the farms in the United States can be paid off this year Cotton SI UI Operatives May Organize If an Attempt Is Blade to Employ . Negroes. ' ; "A special from Charlotte,- N. C, to the New York Evening XSst says: Or ganization among the cotton mill ope ratives in the South, often vainly urged by emissaries from labor onions in the North, may follow as the result of the attempt of a few mill owners to employ negroes. It is necessary in self-protection, some of the operatives say, and they add that an effort -will be made to organize a anion wherever there is a cotton mill, to which unions colored people will not be admitted. In At lanta, where a weak union was thought to have been potent In preventing the employment of negro women in a cotton 'mill, the membership has doubled since the incident. It is also announced that the mill operatives will ask for legisla tive action against the employment of children and fixing thermit of a day's labor. If the efforts at organization succeed, relations very different from the amica ble ones of the past may prevail be tween employers and employes, and the Southern cotton manufacturers may lose the advantage they have enjoyed in freedom from labor troubles. SAVANNAH TO BE FREE PORT. Tbere Will Be No More Quarantine Charge There. Savannah, Ga., willi be a . free port before the cotton season fairly starts. All quarantine charges f ill be removed and the commerce of the world will be invited to come into that harbor with out paying anything for the attention given it at quarantine.' A majority of the members of the board of Aldermen favor, doiner away with all quarantine charges for vessel They believe the ; way to increase Sa- yannah s commercial business is to let the ships come there at as low cost to owners as possible, and acting upon this belief they have decided practical- y that all charges for fumigating, in specting and cleaning ships shall be abolished. ' THE FROZEN GOLD FIELDS. One Hundred Interesting Facts . About Klondike. GOLD IS FINE ENOUGH TO FLOAT ft Is as Large as All the States East of the MIsIsslppl and North of the Ohio, Including Virginia and W. Virginia. INCREASE OF EXPORTS At Southern Ports, While Those ol New York Fall Oft. ! J The forthcoming annual report of the bureau of statistics will show the per centages of the aggregate exports of the United States for the fiscal yearjending June 30, 1897, at 70 of the principal cus toms port. It is shown that the exports from the port of New York j have fallen from 40. 33 per cent, of the whole in 1895 to 37.2 in 1897. Boston's exports were 9.41 per cent, in 1896 iand 9.60 in 1897. New Orleans has made a gain frpm 8.47 per cent, in 1895 to 9. 66 in 1897. Balti more also increased her exports from 7.52 per cent, in 1896 to 8. 15 "per cent. last veaf. , This increase ia said to be due to the large increase of the ship ment of corn.- The exports from Phila delrbia increased..from 7.52, per cent, in 1896 to 8.15 per cent. last jyeari This increase is said to be due lo the recent exceptionally large shipments of wheat. Theie was also an increase at San Fran cisco from 2.79 in 1894 to 3.77 in 1897. Galveston, Texas,! increased from 4.12 per cent in 1896 !to 5.54 last year and Newport News, Virginia, from t.68 in 1896 to 2. 1Q last year. I'uget Sound, Washington, increased iromO.io per sent in 1896 to 1.13 m 1897. Norfolk and Portsmouth, Va.,p increased from 0.77 in 1896 to 1. 77 last year. Chicago increased from 0. 15 per cent, in 1896 to 0. 22 per cent, last year. ! i I ' ' In the matter of imports New 3Tork shows a fallins off from 64.12 per cent. of the whole ? imports of the United States in 1896 to 62.88 in 1897. S Boston shows an increase frotn 10.16 to 11.80 per cent. New Orleans increased from 1.74 to 2.17. Baltimore fell off from 1.73 to 1.49. Philadelphia increased from 5. 62 to 0. 23. San Francisco fell off from 5. 41 to 4. 50. j Chicago fell off from 1.99 to 1.51 per ent. . Jf THE NEXT ENCAMPMENT no tears; plenty oi the departure, but he tears; calm, satisuea, peacenu. all is well. Jesus hushing the tempest! uy h flash of the storm you see the harbor iust ahead, and you are making for that . . ...... 1 . k.Ua 111 nroll uarDOr. oirnto cigm mci& ai " - Into the harbor of heaven now we glide; We're home at last, nome at iasi. . James M bis eparture and such a life. lost his head. St. PhiliD was teatu on a pillar. St. Matthew life dashed out with a halberd. Glory to God, all our dangers are o'er. We stand secure pn the glorified shore. Glory toJdod, we will shout evermore. We're home at last, home at last. ! ; 'rt- " lumber EtporU Greater. Thelumber exports fromthe United States for the last year were twenty-four per cent, greater than for the previous t welve months. Of the Grand Army df the Republic to : be Held inCiucinnatl. The Grand Arnfy of the Republic, in session at Buffalo, N. pf. ', last week, was one of the greatest of recent years. The reports presented shoved that more than seven thousand' meabers have died within the year just ciosedj Pensions, palrioitc institutions and, the; public schools received particular attention in the commander s address. I H ; The selection of fhe next place of meetinsr resulted on the first ballot 526 for Circinnati and 214 for San Fran cisco. in 1898. : I - I ill i" J. P. S. Gobin, of ebanon, Pa., was elected commander-ii-chief. The Situation fn Uruguay. The last mail advires received here from Uruguay showied that a reign of terror existed. Threeilientenant colon els, six majors, ten captains and many lesser officers had been cashiered "for complicity in the revolutionary move ment." Generals Vasques and Tajes, in command of the southern frontier, had resigned. The Montevideo papers. in referring to the military dismissals and resignations, state that the govern ment censorship prevented the siguifi- ' cance of these acts from be ins: known. -t ' : i if ' ! ' ! SOUTHERN STATE FAIRS. Secretary Wilson Is Expected to Visit Them This fall. Many invitations addressed to Secre ary Wilson to visit State . and county airs during the approaching autumn ire being received at the agricultural department in Washington, a large number of them being from the South ern States. The invitations from this section express a desire to have thr secretary inspect the agricultural con ditions and to have the benefit of his advice as a practical farmer after such inspection. It is knq wn that he ex pects to go to Nashville during the fall, and it is considered probable that he may so time his visit there as to tak in some of the fairs in the neighboring States. JIOR3IOn"LDERS. Utah Sends ar Delegation to Work in Alabama, Georgia and Carolina. A special fronwChattanooga, Tenn., of the 24th. says twenty-four Mormon elders. arrived from Utah today and registered at headquarters in this city. ' They are to be distributed at once throughout Alabama. G eorgiaand South Carolina. There have been more than. auo oi these eiders sent nere this year so far. Thev say that they are being received with better grace than they used to be and that the faith is growing in the ter ritory mentioned, i Strength of Our Army. According to officers of the war de partment, the present enlisted strength of the army is now nearly up to the full number allowed by law and can be . easily maintained without any un usual activitv, on the part of the re- crUitinsr officers. I he material now secured is of a higher standard than the army has ever had, and owing to the regulations designed for the com fort and happiness of enlisted men, the department predicts that this year will show fewer desertions than for some time past. ' . Boom-for the Blind. Superintendent John Russell ' Young has decided to introduce into the new- congressional library at Washington a deiartment for the blind. The library already contains a large "number oi vol umes in blind letters," and it is Mr. Young's intention to make a complete collection of raised letter, books. A reading room will be set aside for this department, which will be the first of its kind in this country. , George Will Not Build. The Asheville (N. C. ) Citizen has re ceived a letter from Charles McNamee, with George Vanderbilt at Vaubeck, Germany, denying the recently "widely published story to the effect that Mr. Vanderbilt intended to build a $100,000 hospital in Asheyille. Mr. McNamee says the story has no foundation in fact. - ' .... ; Father's Terrible Vengeance. In Talbot county, Ga, E. E. Low was discovered by C' E." Womble in a compromising position with his daugh ter. Womble fired on Low, but missed. Low ran, but Womble pursued, and coming upon him beat his brains out with a stone, killing him instantly. He then went to the police headquarters and surrendered. Both ; men were prominent farmers. " The following interesting facts about the new gold fields in Alaska are taken J from the Chicago (HI.) Times-Herald, and we submit them as conveying more in a nutshell than any other article we have as yet seen: . ; I Alaska is two and one-half times as large as Texas. It i3 eight times as large a3 all of New England. ; It is as large as the South including Texas. It is as large as all the States east of the Mississippi and north of the Ohio, including Virginia and West Virginia. " It makes San Francisco east of our center. Its coast line is 26,000 miles. It has the highest mountain in North America. : :! It has the only forest-covered glacier in the world. The Treadwell is one of its greatest gold mines. i" ! , f : it has the best yellow cedar in ne world. It has the greatest seal fisheries. It has the greatest salmon fisheries. It has cod banks that beat Newfound land. It has the largest river in the world. A man standinsr on a bank of the Yu kon 150 miles from its mouth cannot see the other bank. - The Yukon is twenty miles wide 700 miles irom its moutu. With its tributaries it is navigable 2,500 miles. ' It is larger than the Danube. It is larger than the La Plata. It is larger than the Orinoco. It discharges one-third more water than the Mississippi. - The water is fresh fifteen miles its mouth. It has more gold in its basin than any other river. Its color is beautifully blue to its junction with the White river, 1,100 miles above its mouth. Alaska run? 1,500 miles west of Ha waii. , Yukon basin gold is estimated at $5, 000.000.000. 1 The neceasary eruptive force for the formation of great fissure veins is every where evident in Alaska. i Silk should be worn next the body, then woolen and then furs. I Citric acid should be taken to prevent scurvey. ; The food there produces rectal dis eases. Take medicine. j Lima beans are good portable food. Snow glasses should not be forgot ten. from are are mosquitoes so numer- two kinds of poisonoui re 1 Nowhere OUB. ' There flies. ' There are no snakes in Alaska. ' Moose are plentiful. The flesh sembles horse flesh. Capital of stock companies organized to do business - ia Alaska aggregate $200,000,000. It is probable that within twelv months Dawson City will be within four days from Juneau, i In Central and Northern Alaska the Erround is frozen to a depth of 20C feet.. i Snowfall in the interior is very light six inches or so. The heaviest rain and snow are on the southeast coast.-- ; i No land contains finer spruce tim ber. S ; In its low temperature gold filling in the teeth contracts and falls out. Use amalsram. Men born in the southern latitudes have become insane in the long dark. Take a chess board and men. Thej prevent dementia. The medicine chest should hod pills, pills. pills, Thousands of miners from other na tions will go. A Chicago company leads in Alaskan exploration. Hay grows as high as a man ahead. Hardy vegetables can be raised. All streams show true gold fissures. Take plenty of flour. Buv all von think vou need, then buy more. Last winter a man killed himself because hoi had five pounds of baking powder and no flour. Under act of Congress communities of miners can make their own laws. No thief gets a fairer trial anywhere. nor any prompter execution. Make caches on platforms six fset high. Wolves. It will pay you to wait a year or two. It costs $1,000 now and will cost $200 then. All distances are gigantic It is 2,000 miles from Sitka to Klondike. A boat leaving Dawson September 20th is chased to the mouth by freezing water. All wood in the Aleutian Islands grew on glaciers in Alaska. V hole forests break, into tne sea. Some streams are 'bridged by glaci ers. Some wood is beautifully polished by glacier action. Avalanches in the interior are un known. Owing to dryness there is not much suffering from the cold. Take a 49-80 rifle with telescope sights. One small tribe makes $2,500 a year from silver fox skins. They are worth $250 each. Exposed portions of the body freeze in three miuutes. Enough library. One Bible, one Shakespeare. t Snow-shoes are not needed in the mine country. Buy mines from discouraged min ers. : Trading companies will not carry goods for competitors. Next year -competition will briaa down their prices 50 per cent. Meals on the boat up tho river cost $1 each. Aleu who have gone this winter to make their living sawing wood will no! bavotime to say much. - Bryan to be at Nashville. At the request of Gov. Silas IL Hol comb, of Nebraska, and the Tennessee Centennial Commissioners of that State, Oct. 8 has been set apart as Ne braska Day at tne Centennial. Hon. William Jennings Bryan has promised to be in the party of Nebraskans who will attend the Exposition on this occa sion. . Killed by a Folding Bed. Al. Hankins, a . widely known sporting man of Chicago, was killed by the col lapso of a folding be4, ; A temperature of 75 degrees below zero ha 3 been recorded. ; When it gets below 50 there is no wind. i A tent is as good as a house, and is cheaper. No shelter is needed except when the wind blows. At other times a sleeping bag answers all purposes, j Just below rapids ice forms only nine feet thick, and there fishing is done. In other places it will reach 40 feet. ; In the dark season here twilight lasts six hours, and almost any kind cf work can'be done. : Elk, cariboo and grouse are common and easily killed. Don't eat snow or ice. Melt them. Else quinsy. . In low temperature the inside of the throat sometimes freezes. Thia is lo cally called "frost burning." For frozen fingers use cold water. , You can bathe only the feet and face. Sweat under blankets in summer or get rheumatism. . In summer all land not mountain is swamp. Underfoot is ice cake, overhead 22 hours' sun. Everybody gets lice. Boil under clothing. Freeze sleeping bags. ; Talk on the ice pack is hear a half mile. ! . . ' ' ; An expert placer miner -can pan dry. ; Alaskan "dust" is as big at wheat, Some gold is fine enouch to float. Wear silk gloves and then fur. The Esquimo is virtuous, the Chilkat is not. : Canadian rapacity will drive the miners into American territory. Canadian police are highly efficient. Reindoer will be the future locomo tives. Alaskan dogs are wonderfully intelli gentthe result of selection and hered ity. The natives eat much decayed fish. They are all bone? t Southorn Utaiiuay FIRST AND SECOND DIVISIONS. ( In effect May 2, 1897. This Condensed Schedule 1 published aa Information only and U subject to abasf without aotloo to the pubUo. RICHMOND TO CHA&LOTTK ! No. IT Ho. t Ho. 11 Ex Ho. I D'y. D'y.Snd'r Dir.' IT a. JlIL P.1L NORTH STATE PICK-UPS. Concord has a fruit jar famine. At Asheville on the 23d wheat was quoted at $1. At Salisbury a wagon factory is to be established soon. - The silk factory at Greensboro has not yet begun operations. Orders have been issued for the ar rest of tramps on tho Seaboard Air Line. A steam laundry is to be established at Concord by W, A. Wilkinson and F. L. Bobbins. Local shippers of Winston held a meeting to take action regarning dis criminative freight rates. The Winston tobacco board of trade have organized a fair association and will hold a tobacco fair this fall. Mr. Avery Cashion was killed at a saw mill ia Burke county, a plank flying up, striking him on the head and fracturing his skull. The labor bureau is sendiag out blanks to secure information regarding the lum ber industry in this State, particularly as to saw mills. The State's first bale of new cotton was marketed at Morven on the 21st; weighed 464 pounds, classed good mid dling, and sold for 8J cents. . The Fayetteville Observer says Louis Robinson, formerly of that place, now of Florida, has invented a machine for printing in colors. The agents in the fhjld who are work ing for the Agricultural and Mechanical College say they expect to see nearly 400 students present next-term. Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher, of Cabarrus county, - agreed . to Jive apart after a quarrel because she would not take patent medicine pills. Her husband left. A.U. rSasterB Tim, LvBlohmond. . . . Amelia C EL BurkevlU..No.$7 "fceysville.... Daily 44 South Boston..... Albert Russell, colored, is under ar rest at Fayetteville, charged with at tempted rapo upon Emma Wright, a deaf negro girl about sixteen years old. Ed. Fnrvis, charged with the murder of Firomau Blackwell, waived examina tion at the preliminary trial at Dunn, Harnett county. He has been carried to the . Cumberland county jail for safe keeping. , Dr. J. C. Kilgo, president of Trinity College, delivered his famous lecture, liristian Education, in Charlotte, Sunday, Aug. 22, to a large congrega tion in the Tryqn Street Methodist church. ' Judge Simonton, in a letter to United States Court Clerk Moore, at Asheviile, cays he has concluded to hear the Caie Fear and Yadkin Valley Railroad mo tion at Asheville, on Thursday, Sep tember 2d. Raleigh's water-works cost $223,000. A private company built ard owns it. Much stock is held at Dayton, Ohio. There are 140 public and private fire hydrants, and about 1,000 water takers. The company has issued $100,000 in bonds. - - W. P. Batchelor has retired, after seventeen years continuous f ervice as chief clerk to the Secretary of Stato. A. D. K. Wallace succeeds him, and I). H. Center, Populist, of Harnett, if made assistant cletk. Mr. Batchelor served under four Secretaries. Governor Ruseell has subpoenaed I. A. Tompkins, F. r. Sf.ruiJl, It. C. Hoffman and Herbert K. Norrisi a. witnesses to -apiear before Special Master Kerr Craige at Salisbury at the hearing September 7, of charges which the Governor makes, or is trying to make, against the ex -president aud di rectors of the North Carolina Railway. Raleigh Corresjondent Baltimore Sen. - Greeks Want More War. A great meeting of over 3.000 peo ple held at Athens has adopted an ad dress to King George, urging him and the government to reject the proposed peace treaty between Greece and Tur key and resume the hostilities which were interrupted by the truce. The en tire press, however, and a great majori ty t f the publico! Athens, condemn thi agitation for a resumption of the war. It 00 1 IS it! 8 40 100 Itt tift 13 00 T ST a 04 6 43 DanvUle 6 60 Ueldsvule,... 44 Greensboro. 7 05 High Polat. L... Salisbury. . 8 IT Concord... 18 43 Ar. Charlotte... 9 2) M Spartanburg. 118? Greenville.. 12 2S 4 Atlanta S 65 I Central Tlme,V ' 1p.m.' 6 03 6 M . 7 83 3 20 , 0 87 10 30 9 431111 IS 9 19 20 080 465 640 043 7 14 8 IS 9 03 i 120 787 860 923 10 00 13 0 1 SO 6 10 P.1C P.M. P.M A.VL a.m. p.: .IL CHARLOTTE TO RICHMOND. No.88 No.19 D'y. D'j M'a. (Eastern Time. iiv. Auan ia..... i Central Time. Jbv.ureen vule.. j "Spartanburg! No. 12 No.88 7 60 1160 3 31 8 47 645 8 87 .. 13 00 .. 5 80 .. 8 IS v. Charlotte .. i " Concord.... 44 Salisbury.... 44 High Point.. 4 Greensboro. 44 Reidaville... 44 Danville 44 8o. Boston.. 44 Keyaville.... "Burkeville. 44 Amelia C. IL Ar.Kichmond 6 40 9 80 SSU 7 22 10 07 f9 0'J 8 16 10 47 9 SO 9 20111 40 9 62 12 10 No, 18 10 44 10 89113 60 Ex. ..... 12 SO lSOB'n'y. 13 00 1 48 8 06 8 65 4 S6 000 A.M. 8 25 P.M. 000 83 7 18 8 40 A.M. 600 AM. 6 4 17 7 10 8 20 860 980 1 45 2 45 1 6 07 6 25 HIGH POINT AND A8HEBORO. No.41 No.ll No. 12 No. 41 Ex.8unUr.Bun Ex.8unEx.Bua lOOp 0 20a.. Lv. High Point Ar. 11 80a 7 Cup 8 80p 9 60a..Ar..Asheboro.Lv.lu 00a 6 OOp THROUGH SCHEDULES (Southbound.) Noll No 87 Daily. Dally. Lv. Washington. ..... 44 Alexandria 44 Charlottesv'e 44 Lynchburg 44 Danville. flO 05a ir. Greensboro. 7 82a 10 43p 11 OOp 1 65a 8 40a 6 60 1 7 05a No85 15 Dally. 11 10a 11 88a 2 27p 4 05p Ii6 20p 7 87p No 9 DaUy0 8 00a 6 25a 12 2op 2 I7p 4 65 p 6 5p 44 Wlnston-8'm 9 60a 9 60a 8 60p .... Raleigh 1145a 1145a 7 10a .... Salisbury... 9 87 Asheyille.. . , 2 25 p iv.Asheville... 2 50p r.liot Springs 8 52p 4,4 Knoxvllle... 7 40p Obattvnoogall S5p "Nashville.... 6 45a Central Time. 817a 2 25p 2B0p 8 62p iOp 11 85p 6 45a stop 12 12a 12 17a 1 29a 4 05a 7 40a lMj 8 15p M Charlotte... UU 16a 9 85a 10 OOp 9 45p Columbia 12 60p 1 C?a , CBiandlng Bt, Station.) ' A lit oil 8 ttO p 44 Augusta.... ... , 15p 8 00a ..... 44 Savannah. 4 85p 5 00a 44 Jacksonville fi 80 p 9 10a "Tampa. 8 10a 7 OOp ..... 4 St Aug'eUne 10 00a Central Time. ' - Lv Atlanta. .... Central Time. j Birmingham 4 Central Time. v Memphis... Central Time. Ar New Orleans Central Time. 9 80p 8 65p 10 IOp 7 25a 7 40a 610a 11 45a 9 40p 810p THROUGH SCHEDULES (Northbound.) Lv New Orleans I Central Time. J jV Memphis... I Central Time. v Birmingham (Central Time. ,v Atlanta Central Time. No 12 NosSO Mo 88 Daily. 16 Dally. Daily. 7 65a 7 60p .... 6 25a 9 OOp .... 20p 6 66a 7 60a 1160p 12 00n No 19 Dally. Lv Tampa...... T 00a 7 80p " St. Augustine ... 6 25p 7 00a 44 Jacksonville .... 7 OOp 8 16a 44 Savannah. . .... 11 35p 12 00n 44 Augusta.... .... 9 30 p " 2 IOp 44 Aiken....... .... f2 20p . Columbia... . ... 6 84a 6 20 p IBlandlngbt KtaJ Lv Charlotte. . . 0 40p 9 80a 8 80p 5 40s Central Time. Lv Nashville... 11 20p 12 25p 11 20 p " Chattanooga 4 15a 6 20 p 4 16a 44 Knoxvllle... 3 25a 9 65p 8 25a 14 liot8prlng3.ll 46a 12 23n 11 46a Ar Asheville ... 1 15p 1 Stfa. 1 15p Lv Aahevilie .. 1 25p 1 44a 1 25p 44 Salisbury. .. 8 15j 10 47a 9 86p Central Time. ...r . ..... 7 10a Lv Raleigh .... 8 40p 8 63a 8 40p 44 Winston B'm 6 20p 10 80a f 20p 8 60a 44 Oreensboro. 9 62p 12 IOp 10 44p Ar Danville 11 25p 1 60 p 12 10a Lv Lynchburg 8 40p 1 63a " Chari'tesv'ie .... 0 85p 8 83a 44 Alexandria.. .... 9 02p 617a Ar Washington .... 9 25p 6 42a g Meal station. 81XZP1KO CAfc SEB7ICB. Sot. 7 and m, WMhInirf -a and Botithmttwa Limited. Solid Vestlbttked train between New York nd Atlanta. Compoaed of fuliuan Lra !o Room bleeciug Car (minimum Follman ru tl( ; n ex tra fare. lrsldaaa VeaUUulrd Lmy Joch U-twran athtniton and Atlanta. Through hiilB( can bt-twtM-u 5'ew York and few Or lean, Xtrw York aad Me mi.hu. New York, AatMrvtlle. Hut Bprlov. Knox rlile. Chattanooga and ab villa aad hew ork and laruta. Suutbern Hallway Xrtninf Ca bctwa breenaboro and Montgomery. Noa. 85 aad tt. Lulled fxaf-a Fast if all. Fa Urn n Vteepl&a Can between New York. Waablojrtoa. At Linta. kloeticofuerj aad New Orlraoa, New.fork aad JackaoBTtlle, and Charlotte and aturoata. Oonsec tion at Balteburr wlta Norfolk aad Caattanooge LJnilu-d Ir lb Land of the bky. CtMUoot, NaabU aad tba Tenn tun Cestroolal ExpoalUoo. Tourtat Sleeptag Cart WatklDjrtoo to baa f ranrlaoo, T New or.raoa and koeLtarn raeUia fcaliwar. without cfaantreonoe a week. Lr1ag- WaatilaxUiai Satodare, arriving baa Vrmaetoeo Tbaradaya. No. U aiMi 1. Norfolk aad Ckattaaooga Llnattad. Between Norfolk aad C'battaaoof, ihruuxa burnt, Kalelgti. Greenaboro. Sallaburf, AaneTUie, Hot fpfi(n and KaosTUla. fuilroaa Irawiog Koot aleepiof Can between Norfolk aad ftaatoUi. Tlin.uyb tickets on aaia at principal MaUoaa Id all P"4nu. For rale T InXurmaUua ap(4 to any agent of tbe OunipaaF- VV. IX. iiaxta. Ucoeral So perls leaden t. W. A. Teak. Oeoeral Paaaencrr ifnl, J. X. CnA TralSe ltaaaor UCO fa. VVaaa teVa.I. C ; ClTdaa Co. Newa.) Artificial Robiea. Although rniuute d!a'iKuL can le made with the akl of the k.trir fur nace, none large enough to be empl'jyM In jewelry have yet bwn produced. Rut rubles of large lze, and as fine In color aiKl :piearance as the best natural gem, have been made. A c-rta!u method of detecting artificial rubi3 '.. by examinatJoTi with a microscope. T2;o natural gem In always filled with min ute cricks, invisible to the naked eye, but perfectly discernible with a- high magnifying power. The artificial ruby has cracks, but. on tin? other hand. Is filled with minute babble, or gas boles. - Captain B:-ad.' K:ar expedition, com-it.-d of AusUuns and liungarlauj, baa re turned froai the frozen north. 1 i.
Davidson County News (Lexington, N.C.)
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