e.
not
man
is not
Tabic oi Distances and Itailremd
Fare.
(nnpil.Ml by II. A. Vwlnn.l,
Traveling- Passenger Ag'-nt. Chi
cago & Alton Railroad.
l'AKK riMI.M MAl;KiNTD liISTAM'K
ft
; 7.00 Atlanta, Ia 104
;.TO Augusta, (la - 1 I
14.S1 Raltiinore. Ml -"'''J
l:j.:.") Boston, .Mass 1,'.7
10..O Charleston. S. C W
K.NO Cluill jnno:ra.T'-iin L,s;l
4.1'." Charlotte-. X. C --
Ul.4."i Chicago, lil
1 l.L'O Cincinnati. !"'.
1 1 ..." I.-!VT. Col 1 .'- 4
Ll. '.." l' troit. Midi
'.(.10 Coi'lsl.oi-o. X. c I'T'J
l.s.. CnM-n.-4if.ro. N. C... 1 !'.
.".j.r.o eston. T l . l o'
17..".0 .la'-ksoiivili.'. I I:t ... '.l':;
so Kansas City, M... '"
."...". Knoxvillf, T-:m 170
1 r Louisville-, Ky 4-"57
S. J." LviH'hl.Mrg, Va -o)
L'J.'.0 Lilt!'- I'.o.-k, Ark.... Til'
1 1. '.. Moni-j-oni" ry. Al t.. H7
.".1. '." .Montreal, C)inala..
L'O.:;.-, Mol.il.-. A!a tVJ'2
ls.ir, M.-iaf.liis. '1'eim -V.tl
i::.oo Mon hea.K'it v.N.c.
l Xahi!!.-. t.-mi
I'M. 10 New York, N. V '.'"1
L'.I.C.O XV w ( rleans, La... S'M
oL'.OO Omaha, .VI
s.',. ..", TorllaiKl. Ore :M'M
17.00 Philadelphia. I si... ."71
7.4." Raleigh. X. C l':;o
10.7". Kiehmoii'l, Va
:'..S SalM.ury, X. C loo
Sl.0.. San l'raneise..Cnl...",,07'.
1".. Savannah, Ca 1"1
L'( i..".o St. Louis, .Mo 70J
::s.K7, Si. Paul, Minn 1,170
r,S..., Salt Lake, I'tah L'.L'M'
x7,.Ct Seattle, Wash ."..L'OO
1 LIT, Washington. I. C.. l.".l
1 l.lo Wilmington, X. C .",('. I
A It i( tides.
Marion, 1 ,4::s; Asjieville, i.:::,( ):
r.urnsville, L'.slli; Rak.-rsvillo,
L',.".'0; Morganton, l.L7o.
Tho f Jiiirn.-li-.-,"
Chrit waik.t mi
WV( -,
Nor cl-n tin- Spirit 1.
Chi mortal m:m." A: i
Conn s slirti I'm.; ri"!;: '
Die ih.ii.-ii.K' w:.v. i
Ti ur tht, l.tir... ii
Gull lilt i.t'.CS 111 ,U Vl-
- J. L. lit m. in in
"it i . ist;
liiu y ul. ling
H HlM.W.
A YOUTH'S ADV:-.MTURES.
Wliic li, U'lirthrr Tri-I !i ..i : lion. Arc IH--i.!.-.IIy
li.ti r,--icii;.
Villi :i r'uiiii: in t::- c:;r tiinnsI:
the vlliitst ::!!- l 1 . - !i::m Uyc,
si ;i : u i ( i;lni :rrr In the Ij :i1oi:
Nivs,Vi'it!i a fi-i ml v cw.n- lu-inio
on a ji ui'.i:.K-! if i .-rtetil a 1it: ;
yt li.aa i t' m;,i iiic : i araisce ju'iip
Ctl into tln car ainl at i :,iv r i t;i:i.cu
my ( :i!iliai!iiiii. licl'i i-.' we liail pint1
V ty far I was ln i in i nci f tl:c fllcst
family liistmics. Tliis new arrival, it
W ciiiH, ln u a bey ef 14, had In n um-w--cl
by llic fi ar nf iiimiivj tion, that
f !! Hm !-avii;;;c::r. i ! ctl' hi-; hrnthcr
ar.il l!ii.-.it niiij; his !.,:!' r ami mntlicr.
A'"iuui(;y he n ail cm l vln ck that lie
ctmlil lay his hai.iis mi i; a w ith the
mihjift, Mii, as the l' el' his rcal-
injx, r.ut away to hchim :i:i.:itli to lie
Hear the jiiius. llavi"' no funds, lie
'nf,ap d hiir.sdf to a local fishmonger,
cairyine; his iMa.-tci 's li-ii to the various
customers. When the day's work was
done, he shouldered a han;:ii k which
he had brought with Irm a;ni camiicd
ttliioiiK si inio of those u:ics for which
tliat southern licalth resort is famous.
Ono nijiht u pT.th man, sauntering
alony, sniokint? u cipir, noticed him,
and, being auia d at this "al fresco"
Ix'd, entered into conversation with
him. "Why, I know who you are," ex
claimed the consumptive youth at last.
leu ro ilr. Iouis Stevenson, the man
who wrote 'Treasure Island.'" "How
do you know?" said the gentleman.
"Because I deliver you lWh. You live
nt Skerry vore. " "So I do," replied
rtovenson, for he it was sure tnongh
"Hut you don't talk like a fishmonger's
boy. "No more I do, " replied the bov.
and he then jioured his strange secret
into the novelist's ear, which was sym
pathetic enough, vou mav he sure.
Tho result of this odd meeting was an
invitation to breakfast. "Oh. and 1 did
iMt,M said the young man. He told the
Ptory so loudly that the whole train
laughed. "And the servants couldn't
mako it out at all to sv tho distin
irnislied author entertaining poor mo.
Then ho went to Talis, and I never
saw him again for a long w hile. " Th
pines not proving strong timugh, tho
Strange youth was seized w ith a vearn
ing for tho seent of tho lucalyptus and
persuaded his frii nds to send him to
Ben. When ho reached Sydney, ho sold
his outfit and ran awav into tho bush
and lived in the open w it li ucalyptn
galore. Th. ;. . , ;.fi r ni.ia.v a.lvi muus
h sailed tor tho sentl. - !ti.1
mmMm
ming a i,y n.t.t- ,,;,;. ,,.r ; ::,y a j,,,, y,-ar.
mis mat ""O .:: Vl.- n el i..-..o, supercargo
li-i .:.g thetii:! ,rt i '. I ihink, a
e SUTim. p. an -w.'il in l i;...ii-.; l v '
tonal snac -I;' " sa-u a:i a fpv. :..nng
voted to liam;,1,:si.' 1'h;;l"-'ti..:
. . tame a. arij mo m lemur. fiiHXS
""- l thn.ing, ;.lr. St.-v.-nsen. " sj.i.J the
pi-rcaio. ;.,r. Stevej.-on l..,.kd and
Voi.iUnu who knew hi: i i: tiuse faroff
Bor.s. "I linii't know you." he said,
shaking his head. "Hut I knew vou.
Don't you remember the- fishmonger's
boy wiio ato such a big breakfast at
Skerry von V "Soldo. Well, the world
is sim.ll indted. " And no doubt the
two had pegs and tiffin or whatever
tin y call such tilings in tho islands to-
$ri t.n-r. . liat strange, small wurld it
is i.'ideed ! Well, o:ii succumbed to the
dread tii:t ac; thet tliir is as hearty a
fellow aj ever 1 saw. It w;'.s a quaint
grim laney to go dodging phthisis all
ever tho world ! London 2ewa
THE EASTE!. liONXET.
ITS MUTATIONS AND ITS MARVELS
FOR TWENTY-FIVE YEARS PAST.
A Glanee IiarUwrird 1 the Days of the
.Wati-rfali" The Vagaries f Style How
Shape" aud Combinations Hav Changed.
The Present Faster Hat.
(VriyriK-litt li,7 tll! Author.
It is doubtful if the-r., U; any one fx-jK-rif-ii'M-Li
t! r fiilfulatc.lt') impn-s.-i tb
fc ii.iniii" n. 'villi it.-i ew!i fi;p.tfity
f;ir folly :t r'-vi--w
At i li .'-dMiii. '..li'-u.
arc r-u.'y r ivt:n:r
fn.ni Vin.r .r to
:i' ;iii.t ti.c
(.1
dream i;j tint.-s c,f
ri.se : ctjt.-d by
some o;'.'-r I'a-ri.-ia:i
aatlnrity
on ben!.- f .-, it fe
lines j cii.iariN
msrnictive to re-
ii-w the past and
to poinli-r ujioii
e cone -it-- ami
licies th:.' ' lie-
d similar
Ohs!" v.vA
Aii-!" from our
own lip- a 1 :!'!e
and frei.i
thoM-of an oidir g' H' -raM?n quarter
ot a ot ii'urv since, jn matang su.-n a r-
vi. w one fad. bi comes apparent before
all others, lieauty is a relative term,
and, let one bo as a-stheti- as slie-may,
her sense of fitness is largely governed
iV the fashion of the day.
To f sure, we may boast with truth
that the styles of the present an- some
v. hat better than many that are past be-
ause of a ci rl .tin imjr.i .venient in dyes
uul certain artistic truths that have
urn. poim-d into our tars by those who
oiisider dress as an art. Hut it is doubt
ful, nevertheless, if a future generation
will not laugh at us even ;is we laugh at
those who have gone before. "Whatever
is in style is pretty, said a young wo
man wiih enthusiasm not long ago, and,
while we may smile with indulgence
the remark, it really voices the
opinion of most humankind, for men
as well as women have their loitiles, una
if tli'-v have evolved a more sensible style
f dress it is due rather to the exigen
cies of business life, from which the
ininine world is only now ln-giiming
i suffer, rather than to any superiority
on their part.
Hut at E;u-.tiT the hastcr Unmet is,
above all things, tho one that looms up
upon tho wom
an's horizon and
holds her spell
bound, Ik; she
ever so advanced
or ever so ardent
an ail vt icate of re
form, and a study
of such as have
been presented
for tho past quar
ter of a century
becomes as, di
verting as it is
instructive. Only
as far back as
1871 the mon
strous waterfall
was held the
1870.
height of elegance, and, perched upon
tho lingo monstrosity, was worn a tiny
hat that perfon-e was tip tilted until it
appeared to 1m; in jeopardy, and certain
ly threatened to slip down upon the
nose. "Tii-T" was the name given to
I he favorite shape, and fashion articles
of the day speak of it as "jauuty, "
wlnle, small as it was, Hovers, notjon
and tulle ail went into its mako up.
Five years later demure bonnets that
sat v.i 11 bad: upon the head, showing
the waved hair, and with strings that
tied in a bowkuot under t he chin, weiv
ot licet even lor young girls. ; lie saucy
air of the gypsy had given place to a
quieter style, and one thought of to
ing so frivolous ax to tilt a hat or evi n
to wear one for dress occasions if she
had been graduated from the school
room. Ho'iTiets wore the stylo. Hats
wire relegatt d to children or to misses
under IK and
were not seen
again upon ma
ture head-; for a
decade or He re.
L ac e , lloweis,
feat lit li, all
went into the
make up of one
good sjK-cimeii,
mill blossoms of
all sorts were
made to cluster
round the face.
In fact, chip, tho
favorite- materi
al, and those
same llowtis
made the feature
of the t i m e .
1S81.
Straw was given second place. Every
one who could aimed to wear chip,
which was light in weight, varied in
color, soft and pliable. Evening bonnets
wen often all of flowers, a single wreath
encircling the head and held in place
by a mass of tulle in tin; form of ties
being a favorite style. Hut throughout
all the variations u certain demureness
was ever apparent. There were no wav
ing plumes nor nodding flowers. Every
thing was phuined to set closely to the
head, and tho Imuuet was so kept iu
harmony with the small, tight sleeves
and the trim, plain bodices.
By the time another live years had
passed, in tho spring of 1881, fashion
was eap-r for another change, and the
"Bernhardt poke" had up toured. Being
named for the great actress, the stvle
was ntvessarily chic, but, compared with
the cn-ations that ure now being made
iu her name, it is tame in the extreme.
Chip appears to have still held first
place, and llowers, combined with feath
ers, to have I -en a combination much
In vogue. Atypical hat of tho period.
shown in the illustration, is described as
"In-own chip, trimmed with yellow
poppies and ostrich tips shading from
- ys Uow l.i . : -.-v. " it 1
a'. .ie U'at fa.-.' :.: -.- 1. ,d
appt and. Bigg, r that w en
head coverings had cine iu, and tht
trimming wius plait d upon the outeide
of tho crown.
Iu 18S0 there came a revival of the
flower hut. True to the adage claim?
that fashions run in cycles, the year saw
a return to the stylos of tn years pre
vious, with always su- h variations as
modistes know how to incorporate. Be
ing slm-wd folk, they never permit an
exact replica, but there is nevertheless a
During the winter of l!:i. F. M. Mar
tin, of Long Keach. V. Va.. contracted
a severe cold which left him with a
cough. In speaking tf how he cured
it. he says: "I used several kinds ot
cough syrup but found no relief until 1
bought abottleof Chamberlains Cough
Remedy, which relieved me almost in
stantly, and in a short time brought
about a compU te cure."' When trou
bled with a cough or cold use this rem
edy and you will not find it necessary
to try several kinds before yo-.i get re
lief. It has been in theniai'k l for over
twenty y,-;'is ami constanilv grown
:n fav..r and popularity. For sale
at C- and o) cents per boule bv
Morphc w & "White.
of p;::-t fasiiioi.s.
t a-j-1 nil, ve
li,-; late-; f-r.-ation
1 -71.
CTi
similarity between the Lonncts: of 1876
and those rf 1880. Less of the demure
element is to 1 found, to lx? sure, an"i
the ribbons and ,vx
flowers had as
sumed a more
pert and jaunty
air. Hut flow e rs
were the feature
cf both, and dress
bonnets, made
entirely of vio
lets or other blos
soms, wen; again
in vogue. The
cue chosen for il
lustration is f.f
;.'i I
I ir.in. vmi iiuu luA-;
fallen into disuse l' ;
i.nd has not since
taken anv promi
nent phJ-e. The l'S
crown is well covered with flwr r.-;, au.l
bows of striped ribbon, combined with
plain, stand jauntily up at the center.
Ties of ribbon form a Uw under the
chin, but many wen; worn both for
evening and afternoon dress occasions
that wore mere bouquets f;u toned to the
hair with a pin. The plain sleeves still
he ld, and the; sleeve bodice. With them
only a lioniiet or small hat was in taste-Hat.-;
had not yet come into style for
matrons f.f mature years. Hats were
worn only fer the promenade even by
the young, and every woman ilem.mdod
a bonm-t feir c.-n-monious e-e-caiens at
least. But emancipation from the bon
net was not to bo long eb -laved. Light,
plain sleeves wen; already giving place
to fuller ones, and a te-neie ne-y to ang-
ment the trimmings for the head and
shoulders and to simplify the skirts was
uppurcut. Accordingly the next five
years show a wiele divergence in style,
und we find Loth nodie-es and nuts great
ly changed.
In ls'.ll hats had gained a decided
vogue, anil women or au ages were to
be; si en, as they have l on since, wear
ing jaunty anel elaborate hats that re
tained not so much as the narrowest tie
t . hint of the. bonnet Strings hael by
that time' cenne to Ik; regarded leth as
uncomfortable and, far worse, as adding
to the apparent age. Hence strings we-n;
forsworn miel hats gay with flowers
and fe athers held first place. Bonnets,
or heaildresse s dignified by the name;,
were, to be sure, worn upein evening oe
c;isious by many who he ld them alone
to be coire-ct But the hat had gained
its place, and al
ready the shallow
of that ovation
which was to call
for le-gislative re
form was cast.
As v-et the hats
we-ro mexlest
size. A favorite
shape relle-el back
off the face and
turned up at the
back, leaving the
crown flat. The
general style was
1N91. for bigger models
than those that hael gone be-fore tfhoul
ders hael been broadened by full sleeves
and bexlie-e-s amplified in many way,
With them came also the; hat which
gave an air of youthfulness to the wear
er and elefie-el tho observer to murk the
passage) of time'. Few women, exe-opt
those in mourning and the unquestion
ably elelerly dames, wore iKuinets for
promenade. Chic little affairs, all lace
and nonsense, with uexleling flowers and
tantalizing aign-ts, wero indeed affe-cted
by m;uiy fejr evening wear, but even
these showed no strings and we-re mere
fancy bits made as de-e-orative as could
lie. The hat eif the season was a hat a
bat of generous size, of unlimited pos
sibilities anil one that asserted its claim
before all others, while it threw the bon
net intei ebvjH-st shaele.
For this prese nt Easter we have flow
ers such as never were seen before
flowers true to nature and fascinat ing in
the extreme. Iioses on masse r-KLkc the
garniture of one imr.crt-itiou, puppies
erect and a.- -t-rtivc of another, and such
delicious chrysanthemums nf a third as
F'-t m to have been plucke-d but an hour
b'-tore. The feature of the season is
massed flowers. Whether they ! roses
or w hat not, they are buii'-hi d toge-ther
in pro.'usie.u and seem to be almost
cm -hiu. so closely are they packed.
In other mutte rs w e may not have im
proved, but in color we- are assuredly as
nearly perfect us cau be-. The lovely
tints tif the' row and the delicious grada
tions (if teaie
shown iu all the
llowers arc in
themselves fea
tures eif whie-h to
boast. A review
of the bonne-ts of
the past might
well teach us hu
mility, if nothing y
more. But, le-tf
the future devel-
op what it may, I
it soeuis eliffiemlt I j
to imagine- tho
tints of 18!7 ini
proved or dis-
1807.
plaevel. Mayhap we shall ye t return to
the wate-rfidl mid tho tilteel trifle se t at
an angle with the he-ad even as we ure
now approaclring tight sleeves anel trim
med skirts. But ele-generucy can surely
never re ach the depth eif forcing us to
use crude cedor eir rob us of the lessons
we; have learnenL Ribbons, silks, flow
ers, straws themsedves, are beautiful
simply U-oause of their delightful hue.
Le-t shapes and combinations e-hange as
they will, the art of the dyer must sure
ly remain. Clare Bcxce.
Saliirh-p Karnt-d by urcvxHfnl I!uy;-i.
A giH)tl buye-r who year after year i'i-cre-ases
his business and the reputation
of his ele-partment, who loaves for th"
semiannual inventory a clean and ele
sirable steje-k one who, in fact, lias the
genius of money making is paid a sal
ary in the big houses of from 5,000 to
$10,000 anel often a percentage on the
yearly incn-ase of his sales. In some of
the largest elt-purtments a number of the
most capable buyers thus rixnive as
much as 30,000 a ye'ar and are regard
ed as cheap at that, a fact which cau be
readily unelorstood when it is n-mem-ben-el
that in a single ele-partment of a
great shop selling, say, . 1,000, 000
worth of goods a year, a difference of 6
pi r cent in the profits, which may be
tho r suit ef a good mimagcr as extin
guished fmm a meeiiot ro one, amounts
to .-.:,( i.ooO. On the other Land, in the
It wit class stores buyers iu many of the
depamn.-nrs are paid as low as i" a
Wt ok. with no ienvntai:e. If the large
incomes are the great exception, it is
also to ho said that tho opportunist s are
more nuiut ious than the men with the
ability to take aavantage e.f them.
"The Department Ston" by Samuel
Uolikins Adams, in Scrilmer'j
rld II I m a Favor.
Pe-elestrian (to fexnpad) Money or
my life, is it? I was wondering how I
was geung to live through this week.
Now I w on't have to. Very kind of you.
Shoot away. Boston Transcript.
The willow is one of the mo-t adapt
able of plants. A wille.w switch stuck
iu the wet ground will almevt inavria
bly take root uud become a tre-e.
In ten days a letter from New York
will be delivered in Brussels.
V l
WILLIAM JENIKGS UUVAX.
Jt-vrrr.ii:?j Kature.
The rove rsihility of the physical proc
esses jf nature has latterly be-en tlio
subject of inte resting comment. Leird
Ke lvin, for cxumple, has been ereelited
with saying that all eif them, no matte r
how e-eimph-x they might appear to the
human se nses, cemsist in re-ality eif tho
tiieil ions eif invisible molecules, and if,
therefore-, by some means, all these
meilccules e-oulel, at the same time, be
made to move in exactly the opposite di
rection, iii'd e ach with the same- velocity
thut it posse sse-d at tho meiment, all tho
world would be gin and continue to move
backwurei; wate rfalls weulel flow up tho
side s of cliffs, rivers would run upwarel
from the sea, raiu wemld rise, fullblown
flowers wou'el shrink into buds and
plants dwindle into se ceilings, man him
self woulel become; j'oung again, passing
from edd age to infancy. Just what kind
of pictures such a teipsy-turvy world
woulel present may be seen with a kinet
osoope running backward. Professor
Queroult, acceireiing to report, has made
observations in this line, and semio timo
ago comuiunicate d them to the French
Academy of Science. Cassier's Maga
zine. What They Said Wouldn't Head Well.
"Jim Scorcher has just returned from
a bicycle ride arounel tho world. Ho is
going to write a bexik about it. "
"What is he going to call it?"
"People I havo run up against."
Odds and Enels.
Tho little town of Nazareth, In Pales
tine, has no fewer than three hospitals,
7 ce invents and 12 schools under Euro
pean supervision.
In the royal family it is always the
queen who first kisse-s tho wife after
her marriage, not the newly made hus
band. Kimiiil Knob Hntt-l ami Pour -
IUt;!:' 1. :-!..! V-::!-.-.
Iler.rj lake is a i .. be-.ly of wa
ter wit a au urea e.f a! - at 11 s-: .:- :
miies and is siiu..t-. ;1 on ti:- 1 !.; f
the continent i;i a ei' pv. - imt ;;i ;!-.e
IitK ay niountaias near T.ti-.v- es t'-iss.
Idaho. Henry lake i.s of ro i '-.: :.. ;
itself, but it is the "Lot::--" . a f
wendorful floating isliiiiil, wl-: 'i is :i
lir.-t on one side of the lake and tia-u on
the other. Tlie island is al-oi.t -o f;. t
iu diameter and has for its basis a mat
of roots and eleeaved vegetation sv.hi
cient to support large tret s and a eVnso
growth of underbrush. The edp-s of
this floating island are thin, e.f course,
but near the ce-nte r it is several feet
thick aud of sufiie-ient strength to sup
port a gooel sizeel summer hote l, if some
one could be found that would care to
make such a venture. There is a gooel
sizeel w illow thie-ket ne-ar the cente-r of
the island, and sratte re-d around among
them are several dwarf pin-s and asp
ens. The-so trees catch the breeze which
is continually blowing ove r this highly
situated lake, and, acting as sails on a
boat, move the 300 fixit island hither
and thither ewer the 40 sepiare miles eif
water at their will. Old mountaineer
who an' we ll used to all kind-- of queer
things declare that the floating island
of Henry lake is the most woi-.d rful
thing to I- seen in the mountain regions
of the Unite-el States. St. Louis Ke
ihlie. Set Out Trees In the Spring.
Spring is a be tter time to set trees
than fall, 1 -cause ut that sew ;. trees are
be-.iimiiig t i grow and will. : '; ; f -re.
I be in aeor.clition io respond r, :e;,di-
ly to treatment, while iu f.ni tip .-are
j unlikely to establish th -v. : i;, i',,--e
j cold we ather sets in. lj-e.-.-rv.- rot its
j to the fullest possible t xt- ;:t j;';d not
j disturb the tree iiir.il after it li-t-; riv n-
ed and has shed its foliage. If the roots
are cut away, as they almost invariably
are- in ryring planting, he sure to cut
back the top proportionately. ELi u E.
Re-xford iu Ladies' Home Jouj aal.
The fortifkittions cf Vicksburg, At
lanta and other imints in the south wen'
of earthworks, hastily construct! d,
though the petitions chosen wore p n-. r
ally of groat natural strength.
i Kapha.'! if said to have w- iv. d. ir:
dreams, the id. -as cf soiuo of Li n at
t eft ri,",1res.
Jou Woik.
7
. -:-- . v .'-'.v--'-rf'Jd!i
jMSfisa
HOW TALC IS QUARRIED. .
Wliert; It Comes I'rotn and the Manner of
ciming It to Market.
At Luzem.e, in tho upper vaile-y of
tlo Arie go, talc, is quarried on an ex
tensive te aie in the granite of St. Bar
thelemv, a mountain 7,700 feet high
aud about 20 mile s from the main chain
cf the I'yienee s. The quarries, which
are situateel about two miles from the
summit und 5,!)00 f:et abeive the sea.
aro ope ued in a bedded deposit, included
between lnicusehist below and lower
Silurian slates above, which has be-e-n
followed" for about 2,000 yarels iu a
north and south dire-ctiem, with a dip of
about 00 degie es to the east, tho thick
ness varying fmm 100 to 1,000 feet, as
dex:s also the; composition. Masses of
liniestono anel granite, tho latter often
of eeuiside ruble size, are frequently found
ineluek-el in the silicate of magnesia,
which also contains some alumina.
The best rock is of a brilliant white
color anel feels greasy to the touch when
grounel to fine peiw der. Tho principal
quarry, at Tre meniin, is worked in tho
ope n, acre.ss the elire-ction eif tho bed,
terming two e-r three terraces 60 feet
high, the surface exivering, 6 to 10 feet
thick, having be-en lirst strippeel. The
stuff broki u is e-ai rie el by a level, in the
botteim of theepiarry, diiveu in the feiot
wail eif the ve in to tho valley of Axiat,
whe-ne-o it is liav.li el in bullock wagons
about 12 mile s to the works of Luzeuac,
wbe ro a wate r pewer of 90 horsepower
is obtaine d from the Arioge. Tho me
chanical pre paratieiu includes sizing by
sieves, driving in a rotating cylinder
furnace-, br. aking, grinding and sifting.
Ne aliy the while-e.f tho product is
ceiivut.d ii.to pev.der, only a small
j -ait I eii.-g l a tie ir.tet pencils for mark
li ..i e ut v.i :k e . i ial cr silel in the
lump l' :im. Colliery Guardian.
tain, McT'owcll Coiiutv.
AN INFANT TERRIBLE.
She Matle a Man Itlunh and the Glrla
"Literal children, or, more properly,
children who take your dueling lite ral
ly, are holy terrors," relates a young
man noted for his pohtene-ss to ladies.
"I was in a herelic the other day which
was much cn.wded, though no one was
stunning at the time. Presently a lady
and gentleman got in, and I gave my
seat to the lady, leaving the old gentle
man stantling. Immediately a young
ladv sitting in one end of tho herelic
calleel to her little sister, a child of
perhaps, who was sitting near the door
at the other end, to come to her and
give her se at te the elderly gentle-man.
The child came willingly enough, and
while the sister w;u reaeling her a le;sse)ii
in manners a passenger gejt out, anil
took a seat. "Never le-t me see you re
main seateel again when people olde
than yeiu are standing," closed the lt
ture-, and the child was crowded, half
sitting, half standing, between the old
er sister anel the lady next to her. Two
minutes later a pretty girl got in, anel
of e-onrse, us the emly gentleman in the
herdio, I gave her my seat. No sone
had I elone so than that small te rror was
on her feet.
"Oh, mister," she said in sweet
shrill accents, "you take mv seat! You
older titan me." And everyboely laugl:
ed, eif course, trust a lot of giggling
girls for that, f.-r the only place on earth
tnat I e-oubl have; "taken a seat" was on
the sister's lap, from which the child
had slid. I elidn't ta!;e the seat, but
ditl take to the street and walke-d Cv
block-- in a eirizzlirg rain to ge t away
from the giggle of those girls. Wash
ingtou Star.
I'rei-autior.ary.
"Don't you think the true principle
of life is for all mankind to go hand in
"I ele.n't know alumt that. There are
limes anil places when mankind has to
have e-ne hand on its pex-kciboGk. "
Clue auo Keevrd.
I'lcttsuut Eercit.
Stern Fatii- r What we re these pecul
far noise -s I he -aid l-wn here lastnighf
Dili you unil young Comeback uncork
u::y e f my 1'- r bi ttle s'r
D.ianie I;;.uavhte r No, papa. We
w ;- just ge ii.g thicu.uh ai:;c labial ex-c:-.
is-.
Li.iii F-.'!. r Oh, I suppose these
ntv." ceiucaiiouu.1 faeis must have their
mn. Detroit Free Pres.
ONE OF THE OLDEST SHIPS.
Aa American llark nuilt In 17C4 SUI1
Doing Duty.
Tho bark True Love, built in Phila
delphia in 1764, has been found upon
search to be yet afloat in the capacity of
a coal hulk,"engaged in active traele.
This discovery was made through a cas
ualty recorde-d in the; Maritime txenango
a follows: True Love, burfre. was in
collision with schooner Graveseud of
London, off Grave-seml, and had port
quarter damaged to such an extent that
it was found necessary to fow her into
Rochest. r, and she arrived at that place
in chari:e e f the tug Commerce. The
true Love has not enly e utlived her
build, is and tleir f r.cce s.-eirs, but has
also cutliveei eve ry craft that was built
iu be r t.me and C r mnv years after
ward, ;;;:d this fa--t, cempleel with the
repe.it that the hist; lie erait is sull en
gap d in ::cuve pi.r.-i.its, ;-i;;ees Phila
delphia at t.' ? mtj t- p netih as a taip-
buiidiLg i L.t; r.
In 1704. when lis fa::', us old craft
was launched on the banks e;f the lt 1:'.
ware, although her length was but DO
fi- t 8 iuf-hcH. she was then the largest
vessel of commerce that tho Delaware
had ever floated. Contrast this w ith tho
dimensions of the huge Hamburg-American
Packet company's steamship Penn
sylvania, whose le-ngth is 6& ieet, auu
one will be amazed with the magnitude
of the modern 6hip of commerce. The
True Leive, upon being completed, sailed
awav from Philadelphia early in 1 1 to.
and no re cord is had of her return to
this city until Aug. 22, 1878, when, at
the age of 109 years, she came into port
from Ivictut. Greenland, with a cargo
of kryolite in command of Captain
Thomas Nathaniel, consigned to B.
Crowley. She was discharged here and
surveyed by the American liloyus in
October, 1873, and sailed away, never
to re-turn again. Unon her arrival short
ly afterward in Lonelou she was sold
and turner! into a coal hulk, in which
ninncitv she still serves.
The dimensions of this famous Irue
Love are: Length, 06 feet 8 inches;
beam, 20 feet' 9 inches; depth of hold,
17 feet. She measured 290 tons register,
and, like all old craft, carried very lit
tle moro cargo
The discovery that there was Btill
afloat a Philadelphia built vessel of such
an ago has caused much comment on
the floors of the Maritime Exchange
and some shipping men are of the opiu
ion that this old craft shoulel. if possi
ble le riurchased as a relic. Records
show that the True Love was for a time
owned in Hull, England, by G Dahl
nrevious to her nurehaso bv John S.
v arei oi xjoiiuoij, auu uuiiuk mai tuu
6he was engaged in the Baltic trade.
Philadelphia Press.
THE PLAYFUL SEAL.
Lota of Fan In Jiigfiliuc Thlug In the
Water Willi ItH Whisker.
Seals l.uve en cithe-r side of the nose
a little scattering bunch of whiskers or
bristles some-thing like a cat's whiskers.
The bristles e.f the hair seal the spe cies
at the ueiuurium at battery park are
not so long as those of the fur seal, but
they are three or four inches iu length,
and they are white and slender and flux
ible. The older of the aquarium seals,
which has been there about 2J years,
gets a lot of fun out of its whiskers. It
juggles things in the water with them
for hours at a time.
There may be floating in the pool a
fragment of fish skin, for instance, left
from tho last feeding. The seal will
swim under this and raise it on the tips
of its slender bending whiskers. The
fragment floats away or dodges off with
tho agitation of the water caused by the
seal's motions, aud the seal swings its
he ad under it and raises it again on its
whisker tips. If it slides clown a wave
that the seal has raised, tho se al swims
af te-r it. Tho seal is u very rapid anil
graceful swimmer. Seme-times this seal
when it has tossed up the fragment of
fish skin in this way will turn over in
the v liter with a swift spiral movement
and e i-.t h the fish skin on its biisth
again v i.m it comes up. It is some
thing like- a man tossing tilings up in
the air i-.i.el the u turning round and buck
in time- to catch tht-m when they come
down.
Fe r be rtrs at a time, us a kitten plays
V.iih a 1 all, tLese i.1 jt.-gles this frag
un nt tit a;i:.'4 in the vaier. Ne-w Yoik
Sen
A COSTLY PORTRAIT.
The Trice Made Uliu (imp, but He Paid
and Said Nothing.
Somo years ago, when Benjamin Con
stunt came eve r to this country especial
ly to paint the portrait cf a well known
New York woman, scvc-rul other persons
took advantage of his being hero and
gave Lira orders for their portraita
Among these was a well known man.
Shortly after this latter likeness was
completed a wealthy westerne-r who
happened to be in this city was enter
tained at the house of the New Yorker.
The westerner saw the portrait and
much admire d it. "My wifo wants me
to pet my portrait printed," he said.
"That's c ue reason why I'm in New
Yoik. I vender if this French fellow
wouldn't e'o mine teo. " His host assur
ed him that in ull probability tho
Fn nch feliow would be only too de-
lighte'd. Before long tho westerner was
experiencing all the glory und honor of
"sitting for his portrait."
One day some time after this, but be
fore the picture was finished, the west
erner was again entertained by his New
York f rie-ud. Tho portrait was naturally
refenvd to. "By the way," remarked
the westerner, "how much did ho charge
for your pic ture?" "Forty -five hundred
dollars, " was the answer. "Why?" But
the westerner was beyond speech. Pule
and breathless, he leune-d back in his
chair, and when he did speak it was
simply to gasp forth, "Forty-five huu
dred dollars!" "Forty-five hundred dol
lars 1 over and over again.
It transpired later that he had made
no inquirie-s as to terms, and that ho
had never dreamed that the portrait'
pric e would be more than 150. What
worried him most was what his wife
wejuld say. But the old fellow was
game. He first bcunel the New Yorke-
over to temporary secrecy, after which
he proceee'eel to go through those sit
tings to the bitte r end without u mur
mur cr u question as to the ultimate)
ccst. L'rnjamin Ccnstant ne ver knew
that the bill for $5,000 (the westerner
portrait was larger than the New York
er's) that was presented later caused
the slightest ripple upon the cmotiona
surface cf bis patron. But in a certain
western heme there today hangs a paint
ing the price cf w hich has never y
been revealed to the mistress cf the
house. New York Sun.
m.rtiat ijc Cliavannei.
M. Puvis de Chavannes, th French
painter, lives m Montmurtre. His pal
aee consists of a studies a bedroom and
a dressing room; his furniture, a big
table, a few armchairs and a sofa. His
oreiinary garb is a long, brown, monkish
looking dressing gown. His working
stuelio is at Neuilly, outside of Paris,
bare room vast enough for his great
ciuiviii Here he wr rk . alone em a Ird
eicr every day from 9 in the morning
until evening, stopping only for a light
re-past at noon.
2
I
In the Mountains of
Western North Caroina.
(D:
What Marion
One Drug Steue.
One Jewelry Store.
One Furniture Store.
Two Barber Shops.
Two Hotels,
Seven Practicing Lawyers.
Two Saloons.
Three Blacksmith Shops.
One Furniture Factory.
Three Lumber Dcaleis.
Two Tanneries.
Two Telegraph Lines.
Three Livery Stablrs.
Two Exclusive Grocery Stores.
One Public Scaool for Whites. j
One Exclusive Dry Goods Store.
Several Private Hoarding Houses.
A General Distributing Postotlice.
Each church has a Sabbath schol.
Several Stores Keeping Hardware.
A Sign Painter ami Paper Hanger, etc. j
Three Primary Private Schools for Whites.
Oue of the Best County Jails in the State. j
Oue Holler Flouring Mill to be built.
One Novelty Woodworking Factory being built.
One Express Office Southern Express Company.
Nine General Stores Dry Gools, Groceries, etc.
Two Practicing Physicians (regularly practicing).
Oue Public School in the Year for Colored People.
A Dupnty Collector's Otlie:e of U. S. Internal Revenue.
Two Secret Orders Masons and Knights of Pythias.
Four Church Organizations for Colored People three built,
one iu process of building.
Oue High Grade School tor Whites, with a Primary De
partmentthree to four teachers.
Four Church Organizations and Buildings for Whites
ethodist, Baptist, Presbyterian anel Episcopalian.
Two Railroads One Through "Trunk Line" (the South
ern), and one terminating
Charleston.
7KH Msmrffl5-i:,'f f d Vvncuiv,
SuitsPants
Form Fitting
diving VVCl
SOUTHERN
THIRD
Schedule efl'ective January 17, 1S10.
This Condensed Schedule Is published as information only and is suhjeet to ehanw
notice to the public.
SALISBURY, ASIIKVILLK,
No. IS. No. 11. No. 12. j No. 10. .
Daily. Daily. (Central Time.) I.aily. ' Imily.
j 7.55 p.m. S.55a.m.jLv Salisbury ...Ar. 6.4-e. p.m. e; OO a m
.3'J p m. U. 41 a.m. " Statesville. . Lv. 5.45 p.m. ri.lNa.n
I 9.34. pm. 110.4.7 a.m. I "....Hickory.... " 4..'!Hp.m.! 4-. 25 am
l.10p.ra. 11.2Ham i " ...Moncantun. " .'! r.d p ni. a. 51 a.m
jie 4-6 p.m. 12.12 p.m. " .... Marion " 3.12p.m.1 3.17 am
12.17a.m. 1 .55 p.m. " .... Hilt more . .. " 1.33p.m. I 1.53 a.m
......12.25 a.m. 2. 05 p.m.jAr Ashevillc.... " 1.25 p.m.! 1 40 a.m
Fourth Division.
137 am 4..21 p.m.Ar..Hot SprinK..I-v. 11.30 a.m
3 17 am 6 05 p.m. " .. Morristown.. I. v. 9 3t a.m. 10 45 p ni
S OO a m: 1 1 .20 p.m. Ar Chattanooga L v. 4.:iO a m. 5 55 p i
Trains Soa. 11 and 12. daily, carry Pullman SleepinCars letween Iatkson i lf. s
nah, Columbia, Ashevillc and Cincinnati via F. C. At I , Columbia. Harrim.-tn n'! 'J A
Also Pullman lirawinK-Kuum Slccjiinj; Cars Ijetwrcn Hot Springs, Ashevillc, -i-l'
and New York in connection -with Washington and Southwestern Limited
Trains Nos. 15 and 10 Norfolk and ChattanooKa Limited. Pullman Cars Kaki 1
ChattanooKa.
I1KTWKKN ASIltVILLF. ANI MIKFHY.
No. 17. No. 07.
Kx. Sun. j Iix. Sun. (Central Time.)
I I '
4 .'(0 p.m. -.OOa.rn. jl.v Ashevillc Ar.l
7.10 pm. !12.ee m. " Iillsboro ... "
8 30 p m i 1.25 p.m. " ..Bryson City..
I 6.oep.m. Ar Murphy ....Lv. 1
Through tickets on sale at principal stations to all points For rates or inf'.nr.I'1'
apply to anv arent of theCompany.
W. II.CKEI-N J..M.CI I.I. W. A.TI RK. , ,
General Sujnntendent. Traffic Manairrr fieueral I'as-enrer Ar-
Washington. D. C. 13C.O I'a. Ave.. Wanhinxton, li. C.
NOTICE !
Taxes ! Taxes ! !
VLL parties owing taxes for 1896 must
come in and settle, as I am in a
strain for money. If you do not pay
I will be forced to sell property. Every
person ought to know that the sheriff
cannot meet expenses of thecounty un
less the people pay him. and it is easier
for each man to pay his tax than for
the sheriff to carry the taxes for so
many.
Very respectf ullv.
R. L. NICHOLS.
Sheriff McDowell Co.
5
Ono liank.
Two illinc'iy Stores.
One Hardware Stoic.
Three Weekly Papers.
A Signal Service Station.
Oue Deutist.
Tbree Restaurants.
Three Shoe Shops.
One Tobacco Factory.
. One Whiskey lU'tinerv.
One b'.s I) i i!er.
lieal Estate Agencies.
United States Commissioner.
here the Ohio River and
Mrs. J. 0. McCurry
AGENT,
MARION, N. C.
'j EARN Hoy
LITTLE IT COSTS
UUaiO. toyourmeasurl.
RAILWAY.
DIVISION.
HOT HFKINCiH AM) K MIX VI l-I.K.
No. 00.
Kx. Sun.
:1 2 o
JIO 51) a.m.
4.30 a.m.
A GOOD TAILOR ESTABLISH,
If you will give me
your work. . -
Tailoring, Cleaning
and Repair
Done to Order.
B. W. BOND, Tailo'
Craig Building, Marion, N C.