North Carolina Newspapers

A i 7 AROLINA ENT A IN VOL. S. MORGANTON, N. C, J8ATUKDAY, AUGUST 18,1883. NO. 3 i C EER L- r. ft at re- 883. SPRING AND SUMMER. Office or WVJLC-E BROS. Stalesville JY. C9 JflarcU l. 1SS 3 To The Trade: y We take pleasure in informing you that our S-T-O-C-K IS NOW COMPLTE. Our S'ock this Season is unusually attractive and complete complete in all departments; well assorted, new and seasonable, embracing everything necessary to the full and complete outfit of the retailer. Exceeding to yen a cordial invitation to visit ns, aad hoping to aecnre your orders through our traveling salesmen, We are, very truly JP. 8. A.II orders by he same terms and receive the same attention a buyers in person. THE MOUNTAIN HOTEL, J. A. HUNT, Proprietor, Morganton, .C. x-headquarters for-s COMMERCIAL MEN. mA Good Table. Comfortable Booms, Polite Attention, Us asna b R&tes. Special Terms by the Month. Important Notice to Farmers of toorth Carolina! Tn nrrlar liflf all mir hp Jlhlft t.ft IlSe Baus'h's Special Fertilizer for we are now selling it direct to iarmers oi ox ioitu waiuima, ui uVmu5 Reduced wholesale prices for Cash: rice per Single Ton - XT' I f? fTrmo rkf m-mTMT mm Per Ton of 2000 lbs. in good bags of of at our works. We Guarantee the following annalysis Ammonia - - - Available Bona Phosphate - t This article has beeu used for years in North Carolina with excellent results, and we think it will pay all Tobacco Growers to use it liberally.. Aaaress an oruers aim 103 SOL TH STUEKT HOWARD & -DEALERS IN GENERAL MERCHANDISE, MORGATON, N. C. ARE eeusantly rec iving new and seasonable goods, which they are Bering at the most resunable rates. Call and see them, and you wil be coni:cc tba they eaanot b undersold. 1883 yours, mailtcill be filled upon Tobacco and Grain, - v" I I JJ 200 lbs-each on board cars or vesse - - - 15ntf61C!tnt - - 1U lo L - 4 to 5 " " mumCT w BALTIMORE. MP. PRESNELL, THE MOUNTAINEER. SATURDAY, - AUGUST IB, 1883. W. C. ERVIN, Editor. A TWILIGHT MEJIOttY. BT MARGARET SANGSTER. At fall of night, when shadows gray Enfold the fact of fading day. Or on the fur horiznd'a rim. The rain-cloud? gather Yast and dim. From some vague coast of memory ' A childhood scene returns tome,' I see my mother, sweet and fair, Her gentle face 'neath shining hair, . Uucertaip what the dark may bring, ' I nestle 'neath my mother's wing, - And even there, by ttars possessed, My trembling heart is not at rest. A tender to ice, I hear it yet, ' -Bids: ''Light the lamps far Margaret.'1 ' Add swift the cheery rays are poured O'er curtained room and jmijing board. However thick the shadows meet To-day around my wearygfeet,' . ' No mother's presence at my side Is strong to comfort, bkssiand guide. , The dear ene, lifted out of sight,! ' -Dwells evermore in Love's own light, . , But tones my heart can ne'er forgvt, . Above me sound in. blessings yet, And one by one the stars that rise , Serene amid the steadfast skies. The lamps of faith thfir glow divine Diffuse around this life of mine. Dakota Enterprise. The followiug newspaper item wall illustrates the rapid utilization of lum ber in new sections of the country: "Towns grow out West. A denizen of La Bean, Dakota, was recently asfced what the papulation of that town was, and he replied: Well, the first lumber was received two weeks ago last Sunday. Now there are. six general stores, ne dry goods store, one hardware stor, five saloons, one meat market, three lumber yards, one bank, one newspaper office, one tele graph office, a : post office - (with 280 calls and 80 lock boxes of the Yale pattern, in a building 20x30, two stories high), two hotels, and some other structures. Since then there has been started another bank, a 50 room hotel, a hardware store, a dry goods house 30x80, and a Presbyterian church." Nails in Days oi oar Orandfathers Industrial World. To obtain the supply of nail was in the 18th century by no means the easy problem that it is now, and many substitutions and make-shifts, such as wooden pins, bolts clamps, riders,etc, were resoted to, to supply the inevit able deficiency. All nails were ham mer id out by hand at the anvil, and nothing like uniformity in weight or size was attempted. All were ef wrought iron, and at best clumsily constructed, and, because of their soft ness, when one was once started the diiver was never sure of its ultimate direction. Every hard substance turned them aside, and holes had to be bored for them in hard wood. Un availing efforts were made to cast nails singly in moulds, but from their brittleness they were found worthless. On our desk before us we have a col lection of nails drawn from the pulpit whence Patrick Henry electrified America by that speech which yet rings through the land with its im perishable burden of liberty or death. These nails were all Made in En gland and brought to Virginia, to gether with a" large proportion of the other building materials early used in America. Like all their prototypes these are rudely shaped, generally sharp at the point, like a modern horse-mil, thence rapidly getting thicker to the middle, whence they taper slightly to the head. The latter has in all cases been entirely disfig ured, by driving. They are all sizes, from half an inch to five inches in length, thick or thin without regard to length, and bearing everywhere the imprints of the hammer When we consider how Jong it must have taken the blacksmith to pound eut a keg of these, we can form some slight conception of the advantages we enjoy from modern methods of appliances. A TRIP TO TABLE ROCK. Thirty Young People Scale the Battlements of the Great Boul der. Mr. Editor: On the first day of August we" left our several homes bound for Table Rock, : reaching Warhck's : Cross Roads about 12 o'clock; jrhere we took dinner and Tested near two hours. The dinner was very much enjoyed by all; and veryone spoke in the highest terms tiagood coffee made by Mr.Kirley(our Boss) who kept us all laughing, both while restihg aad tiavelling. When the two hours had expired, we resumed our journey; and after passing over some very rough road we arrived at the old "Camping Ground'' about three, miles from Table Rock, where we -were to spend the night. We had been at the camp but a short time when we were joined by an other party of twelve young r folks who wer also bound for the Rock, and with this addition our party num bered thirty. Here the "Boss" gave orders for supper which we readily obeyed, and then we all took a stroll up the creek that' ran close by the camp. When we came back we formed a circle around the fire and sang and talked, Mr. K; acting as leader. About 10 o'clock we retired; the ladies to the wagons, and the gentleman to the tents constructed upon the ground near the rear ends of the wagons. We arose early next morning washed our faces in the creek, and after eating a hearty breakfast started for the Rock, which was three miles distant, some on horse-back and some afoot. We ar rived safely at the foot of the boulder about nine o'clock and after resting awhile we again started on our journey: and soon were on the top, and 1 am sure , we could not have picked a better day." . One . of the young men had the misfortune to lose his hat, but afterwards recovered it, and "went his way rejoicing." Be fore going to the highest point we went down the "Winding Stairs" into the "Cellar." While in there some one threw a rock down through a cavity in the rock on the head of one of the young ladies; the rock was mashed to powder but no injury was done the young ladies heae1. We then pame out of the Cellar and made ur way to the summit of the Rock and remained until time for lunch; then over cliff and bush we wended our way back to the hitching ground, wherS we took lunch; aud a short rest. , We then set out for the Chimney Rock after a short walk which all en joyed we reached the "Chimneys" and every one tried to see how many cliffs they could climb. The most re markable thing we saw was a bear den, and out came something supposed to be a bear, but which turned out to be a tousled-headed young man of our own party. We rambled over the mountains until we had taken in all the scenery and then ive came back to the "hitching place" at the foot of the Rock and returned to the camp ing ground where we were joined by some hunters who had killed a deer, which was soon hung up over a good fire, and before a great while all were eating barbecued venison, which was a rarity to the most of the party. At a late hour all retired and slept very . soundly. The nexc morning when breakfast was announced two young ladies went down to the creek to bathe, one of them fell in, but was rescued by a young man who saw the fall Soon after breakfast prepara tions were made for returning home and we broke camps with reluctant hearts, and as we drove up at War lick's Cross Roads, "John Brown's Body was delightfuly rendered by Joseph, Moses and Abraham assisted by the Ape. We reached home safe, all having enjoyed the trip exceeding ly, and hoped it would not be long before we all would have the pleasure of taking another trip to the same mountains. JosEni. ITEMS OF INTEREST. The Goldsbor Bulletin tolls of a sheep in Wayne county with four horns. This time next year the fires will be lighted under every political pot in the land. Durham shipped during the month of May 1,250,000 pounds of smoking tobacco. The Czar ef all the Russias is thirty-eight years old, ambitious, bat re tiring and crabid. . Thomas S. Gnmwood, a Brooklyn lawyer, was on Monday sentenced to two yairs in penitentiary for larceny. John Wannamaker, the Philadel phia dry goods king, paid two hun dred thousand dollars for advertising last year and made a milllion. When news is received that bail has fallen to the depth of four feet in Iowa it is a sign that the Western lyre is no longer tuned to sing oi old style saake stories. The Cuoard Company is building two steamers of 8,000 tons burden and 13,000 horse-power, to cost $3,000,000, with a speed to enable them to cross the Atlantic in six days. It is claimed that the first street letter-boxes ever used- in this country were put up in Boston in 1858, the first collection being made on the 2d of August of that year at noon. . The Cherokees have had a close election, and if the count leaves a doubt as to who are elected, the num ber of scalps in the tribe may be con siderably reduced before the dispute is ended. Key West has eighty-one cigar fac tories, employing 5,000 hands, and during the year ended June 30, manu factured 75,000.000 cigars. At the recent election in Kentucky Henry Clay, grandson of the great Henry Clay, was defeated for the Legislature after, . one of the hottest political fights ever known in that State. - r;; " " :'; T The peanut crop of the year is es timated at 2.485,000 bushels. We shall have to import a lot from some vhere. This little crop will allow an aveiage of only about three pints to each man, woman and child in the United State a ridiculously small al lowance. The aged veteran, the war-horse of General Stonewall Jackson, the same he was riding the day he received his death wound, is on his way from North Carolina to the Virginia Mili tary Institute, which is to take charge of him at the request of Mrs. Jack son. A new use has been found for cot ton. Manufactured into duck it has been successfully introduced as a roofing material. Aside from its cheapness, it possesses the advantage of lightness as compared with shingles or slate; it effectually excludes water, and it is said to be a non-con duetor of heat. Professor Baird, director of the Smithsonian institution and President of the Fish Commission, while he rarely fails to recgnize a species of fish or any scientific specimen on sight, is often at a loss to call his best-known acquantances by name when he meets them casually. The Mormorns, that is the Polyga mists, have carried Utah, electing probably all the local officers, sucn as prosecuting attorneys, sherriffs, court officials, &c. Indictments may be found for polygamy in the future, but there will be no convictions, as Mor mons will be on every jury. The Ed mund's bill is a failure, and Congress will have to pass a stronger measure. The problem, to say the least, is dif ficult to solve. Two Virginia electors, movei by the example of the Richmond editors, have fought a duel near Leesburg. No one was hurt, and reconciliation was affected. Professional ties and even blood, for the men are cousins, were not enough to keep them from the field; but these considerations operated to save them from much hard fighting. The code is vindicated again, and the coroner has no engagement. AGRICULTURAL NOTES. Hogs intended for slaughter the ' coming winter should receive special attention from now on to killing time. They can be more readily fattened during warm than cold weather. A V trough, with the inside smeared with soft tar should be used for salt ing sheep; the tar will effectually drive away the fly, which annoys the sheep and deposits the larvasel of the grub; you get rid of two pests at one time. The manure from unhoused stock exposed to cold and wet is less valua ble than from animals carefully stabled with the same feed. Not only is much of the excrement wasted by rains, but it is in itself poorer, the extra food required to keep unshelter ed stock being absolutely wasted. Several sheep belonging to Chris topher Lauder, of Wayland, N. Y., were killed by dogs recently. The least mutilated parts were dressed and cooked and the entire family, ate the meat, when all were taken sick with symptoms of hydrophobia and the father and one child died in great agony. The Wheat Crop. Preparation should now be made for this crop. Wheat should follow some crop of clean cultivation, or a green fallow crop as clover, peas or good sod. Deep plowing when the soil will admit of it is advisable, es prcially stiff clay lands, in which case use a sub-soi plow. Pulverize the soil. We use the Acme harrow, the best implement we know of. Do not plow manure too deep, as the roots of wheat are surface feeders. N. C Farmer. Rye For Pasture. t Every farmer that keeps stock. should sow rye during this or next month for winter and spring pasturey : Land may be specially prepared or' it v may be sown among the corn at the last plowing. It will furnish excel-, lent pasture for cows, sheep and horses during the winter and early spring, or may be cut for soiling. It, will also prove of great value in pre venting land from washing during the heavy rains of the seasons and add to, its fertility. Sow from one to one and a half bushels per acre. N". C. Farmer. Weeds. Weeds eat up the farmer's sub stance. The truth of this ought to be apparet to every one who would figure up the cost of eradicating them from the crops. And yet it is not an enemy who hath done this. The farm er himself is the one to blame. Just now the fields are white with daises and white-weed. The road-sides ar clothed with golden rodi, thistles or creeping briers. The stubbles are green with rag-weed. The door-yards and nooks and corners of the farm . bear their burdens, and these nurser ies of weeds are neglected with the greatest care. If you would farsa successfully, wage an exterminating war against weeds. Valuable Bluebirds. J. F. Ellington of Palmetto, is one of Georgia's successful fruit raisers He has about 1,000 trees. Mr. Elling ton destroys the worms, wrhich have been such a drawback to peach orch ards, in a novel and interesting way, and one that will be of great interest . to all fruit growers. All over his chard are old gourds, boxes, cans, etc., placed on stumps, fences and trees. -These are the homes of the wormr destroyers, and they are the little bluebirds, which are so numerous in our State. For five years ho has been petting and raising these little birds and to-day he has about 500. He prizes them so highly that he will prosecute any one killing them as quick as he would for killing one of his pigs. They do their work so ef fectually that he is troubled very little with worms. x The bluebird eats nothing but bugs and worms, and can whip the English spatroir. Air lanta Constitution. - . '.I ! : i i, j is i Ji t 1 1 f 1 .