North Carolina Newspapers

Jy ri ffj o t iff lllil ml A DEMOCRATIC JOURNAL THE PEOPLE AND THEIR INTERESTS. VOL. VII. NO. 20. MAXTON, N. C, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1892. 81.00 A YEAR. BUSINESS DlfiECTOHY. fiive Mon o f 3 xtoit . What They Do aM Where 1o FM Tteni. Carter Sl VVeatherly COTTON BUYERS, And dealers iu Dry C(Ols, Boots. Shoos and Farm Suppl es. W. S. lilzH AIR, GENERAL MERCHANDISE and NAVAL STORES. Leading shoe deskr of the town. J. J. FJ IKK SLA NO, J. J. FREE-fLAND, Practical Watchmaker and Jeweler. Watche?, Sil trer ware and Fane17 Good". Optical goods a specialty. THE cw York Racket, J. W. EL WELL, Pi-oprietor. The Bargain House of thi3 section for Dry Goods, Shoes and Notions. J. A. McLean, General Merchandise and Farm Supplies. LEADER IN LOW PRICES. 0. F. CAHTER, General Merchandise & Broker. No. 10 PATTERSON STREET. axton Drug So., Pare Drugs and Medicines, Standard Patent Medicines, Paints and Oils. Misses Patterson uud McKinnon. MILLINERY and FANCY NOTIONS. Latest styles and lowest prices guar anteed. DE. D. McBRYDE Practitioner of Osseins, Office at Maxton Drug Co. . S. HufuS, GROCER. I NOTARY PUBLIC. T. B. Pace, CHEAP CASH GROCERY. Every thing in the grocery line at lowest cash Prices. t? r t t n ir 2 ROSTICK. KILN DRIED LUMBER. Dressed Flooring and Cfiliog a spec ialty. Orders receive prompt attention. MRS. J. T. POOL. MRS. J. T. POOL. Millinery and Fancy Goods, Notions, Clothing & Shoes Keeps up with the leading; fashions and guarantees satisfaction Ileac quar ters for lowest prices. HARDWARE, CRO: KE'iYWAIiB and Lamps, Guns, PIs'ols, Stoves and Pumps, Sash, Doors and Blinds. J.VJ.J Dealer in Drugs, Medicines, Toilet and Fancy Articles, Paint", Oil"?, Var nishes, Brushes, Etc. A. D. McLean & Co. Branchvillk, N. C. Maunfacturers of all kinds of Rough Lumber and Laths. Sawing of Mil lumber a epecialty. Orders solicited and promptly tilled. Ellaxton ItTfgCo.p Maunfi-cturers of Door.-, Sash and B inds. Make and repair Steam Engines, Boilers, Saw Mills, Cottcn Gins and Presses, etc. HOLLJIiilL i 11 II IE I Bl R. H. STRICKLAND, R. H. STRICKLAND, Headquarters for Che ing mid Smok ing Tobacco, Cigars, etc. Fine ?to k ot fancy and heavy groceries, d Con fectioneries, Wcod, Stone and (J as: ware. No, If East side Pattenon St. His Head ia Loyal. An old farmer from Jacksoa county, Georgia, recently talked -with the Athens B inner, and thus explained the cause of hard times: "It is not the low price of cotton," said the farmer, "for I have of ten sold it for six and seven cents, and thought I was doing well, but I carried all the money home with me. I did not leave any of it in Athens, for I made what I needed on the farm. You don't have any old-fashioned gin and screws to pack cotton in ; you don't hear the wheel and cards going in the kitchen on a rainy day; you don't see any plow stocks, axe helves, hoe handles, baskets and horse collars made at home. You all go to town and get them. You don't see any big pen full of fattening hogs around the house. You go to town to get your meat. If you will go back to those old times and make what you live on at home, there will be no Third party nor any one asking for $50 per capita. You go to town too often after things that can be raised t home. Try it and see if I am not right." W. E. doom and Co., WHOLESALE and RETAIL GROC ERS and BANKERS. Managers of the M.xtoa Collection and Exchange Agere y. II. II. SAMPSON, H. II. SAMPSON, Dealer in General Merchandise, Soft Drinks and Confectioneries. Best rettaura'it in town. J. W. Bobbins, Cheap Cash Store. DRY GOODS AtSD GROCERIES MOSES IT'IIV E, EXCELSIOR RACKET STORE. Full stock General Meridian el he. Spic al line of Confectioneries, tic. Coun -try Produce bought and Bold. Fredi Fruits and Vegetables a speci- l'y. . W. Iclalt Practitionerand. urgeon. SVliiton L. ftflcRae, D akr in Gereral Met c Land is, S ft Drinks, L'oiif. clionerus. Tobacco an Cigars. Full line of Groceries. Enoch Burns, f muCactirer of Buggies and Wagons. All kinds of repair work dene pio-i pt y und at hard-time prices. Full li e pleasure vehicles on hand at all time. City Barber Shop. R. E. Allen. Latest styles in hair cutting. Shaving, V-.ampooing and hair dyeiog done be?t s'yle. Jolm Leach, Cotton Buyer and Dealer in Farm Supplies. . S. McRAE, Merchandise Broker. A. J. ilcKINNON, A. J McKINNON, Cotton Buyer and proprietor Maxten I.iveiy, Feed and Sale Stables. Dealer in Wagons, Buggies and Har re s. V. 12. MelNeiLl, Propr i'.tor Main Street Market. ll'.V.F, POKK, SAUSAGE. CHICK ENS, ETC.. at all times. Dr. EUGENE HOLCOMBE, DENTIST Over BJcLeod'e, ELM STREET, LiMtiberton, JV. C. -Five years experience, Cocaine used for prinless removal of teeth. The Blocker House, E.E. EAYBS, Prop'r. Now open for regular and transient boarders. Table suppicd with best the market r.fibrds.Next to C C Depot. VM. BLACK. . Wt. TATTERSON Black & Patterson, ATTOR.HE1TB--AT IA"W, MAXTON, H. C. f -rrJ' J Christmas In ScaaflinaTla, In the cold northern lands of Norway and Sweden, name days, birth .days and Christmas, are the principal festival of the year which are celebrated by rich and poor. The last, especially, is a time of great rejoicing, and all keep holiday from Christmas Eve until Twelfth Day, the 6th of January. At thi3 season every cottage, as well as every mansion, is cleaned from top to bottom, white cur tains are hung at the windows, and the tables covered with snowy cloths. Peas ants and nobles don their best Sunday clothing, and the gilts, which few are too poor to prepare for each other, are sometimes thrown into the rooms, so that the donors may be guessed at, but not positively known. In country churches, service i3 held at four o'clock on Christmas morning, when,, for the only time in the year, the sanctuary is illuminated with candles ; but there are no evergreen decorations as with us. In the wintry dawn then sledges packed with good people may be seon gliding over the frozen lakes, and beneath the pine and birch trees, glittering wi h time in. the starlight; and peasants trudge many miles through the snow to attend this early celebration of the Fast of Lights. In the farming districts, too, FEEDING THE BIROS. they have a very charming custom, for, on Christmas morning, the farmer's wife distributes loaves of bread among all the very poor in her neighborhood, while her husband fastens a sheaf of wheat or corn on a tall pole, as a Christmas banquet for the birds, an attention which the lit tle feathered pensioners of the air fully appreciate. So, the happy, holy season is made a time of "good will to all," in cold, frost bound Scandinavia, as well as in less frigid lands. Brought to Tiiuo by the Locksmith. A certain Bansor business man had occasion to have the look repaired and the combination changed in his safe, and the work wa3 done by a locksmith, who was obliged to take the safe to his es tablishment. When the bill was pre sented the owner refused to pay it, deeming the charge too much. The locksmith, calmly telling him tnat ne would pay, shut the sate, gave the lock a few turns, told the owner to open it if he could, and walked back to his place of business with the figures of the com bination upon a piece of paper in his pocket. The owner soon weakened and produced the necessary cash.-- Kenneoeo (Me.) Journal. From 1661 to 1680 it was customary in Kno-land to return the price of ad mission to persons who left before the close of the nrst act. The Ions: bow vas brought into Wes tern Europe in the Eighth Century; bows Ttara wi feet long, arrows tnree. m Kim w , if mm im m t SiM.p-r.f'B-Yi. mm mmm 1 : III i; mm I' : J' Mi mnml mmmL Jvf - 1 C J . ( " - i 3 1 I mi liiillf in I . i i g .liiili ii; I'll ". i '.:,"(r JI'-y-. I '0m CHRISTMAS THOU'JKTS. Prom heaven to earth at night's high coos There flashes a ray of sacred fire; And Nature's voico was all a-tnn With soegs of sweet desire. O wondrous night! O holy mora! When peace and harmony were born. Vbearthems of all Nations ring Over the seas from shore to shore; The song the Christmas joy bells sing Echoes forevermore. O Christ! to think Thy baby hands Could grasp and hold so many lands. May joy abide iq every braa3tl May loving thoughts and kindness sway The souls of men to quiet rest, For Christ was born to-day t Let bitterness and envy ceass. And al! H''s ch:ldr-..vbe at peace! O spirit of this Christmastide, Abide with us, and give us power To conquer upon every side The battle of life's hour. And grant that we may know with Thee The joy of immortality. Helen S. Conant. A CHRISTMAS MIRACLE. SY MRS. M. C. HALE. GH1" said John Blake, stamping off the snow" and swing- V 1 1''"-- 1M17- ing bis arms about. Jt ri')Jf "This is the coldest r if ri c.'a.',-s' . vsunsLinas eve x re member in a long time. Whew I Shut the door, Frank. uuicki wnat on earth do you let in any more air than necessary sucn a night as this?'' Farmer Blake had finished the chores early to-night, and had just come iu "for good," as he said. Everything had been done, except the "lockin' up," which Frank, the oldest boy, was to at tend to, and all was to be ready for "the Christmas fixin' "the young uns had to get to bed, so as everything d be done in season. " The farmer sometimes grumbled that "it was mighty hard work keeping Christmas," but if he bad been given his choice, he would not have had the day omitted from his calendar for a good sum of money. As fo.- his wife, for six months she looked i or ward to Christmas with pleasure, and bade upon it with delight for the other six months. "There'd be no use liring," she said, "if it weren't for Christmas and chil dren." s Frank was now to take the waim wa ter to the chicken?, for, a? the farmer saiel, "Look sit it might set in lor a eood spell o'snow; an' the critters 'd better have enough feed for the mornin', in case we couldn't get to 'em." So Frank pulled down anoiuer armful of hay, packing it into the manger. He patted old Dobbin aud Molly, as, turn- iner the lantern lroni side to side, he glanced around. "There T' he said to himself, "if I haven't forgotten the big key? Too cold to come out again. Father won't think of asking about it, and they are as safe as they ever are." The solemn, slow munching of the animals as they drew out the hay in long wisps, only slightly disturbed the silence as the boy 3tood still for a moment. It was not a very important matter. It had happened before that the barn had been left unlocked, but only when it had been forgorten. and as FraDk thought, "If anything should happen, father would blame me." But the wild sweep of snow, as he opened the barn door, blew out the light, and in the dark, half blinded by the sleet, he fumbled at the latch ; until at last, having secured it, he hurried into the house, and then he really forgot. A sturdy boy of eleven he showed himself to be, as he stamped the snow from his rubber boots, and tossed his wet cap and "comforter" into a chair. Rob, a little fellow of about five years, bad been drawing pictures, as he called his marks, and looked up with a dreamy air. "Is is snowing, father?" he asked. "Now, father!" exclaimed Frank. "Do you hear that? Who would ask such a question but Rob Yes, you silly boy, it is snowing, and likely to keep on for a good while. Do you think it will last all night, father." "Can't tell,',' said the farmer. "This time o' year ain't wuth bettin' on. Might keep on for a week, an' might clear off 'fore mornin', an' the stars come out." "Mother," said Rob, suddenly raising bis head; "Did it snow when Jesus was borui" "Land sakesl" exclaimed Mr. Blake. "Hear that now 1 How d'you suppose we know, child? We weren't there!" Mrs. Blase paUeJ the little golden head, but thought it vie not to attempt an answer. "Everything in shape, Frank?" Eaid bis father. And Frank, a little conscience-stricken, loot-red out toward uie barn door, and laid : "Yes, sir; it'i awiully cold, too." "I hope no oae is out-of-doors to night," said Mrs. Biae. "Did the lan tern blow out, Frank? Well, now, the snow's driving around so, it seems as if I'd feel better if there was a light in it, and it was hung out 0:1 the porch. Some ne might be losing their way, oust for want of the light it gives. There's very little light between the Cranford station and the 'Mills,' and anyway, I'd feel better." "Pshaw 1 mother," said her husband; 'don't you think tho windows give light enough?" "Well, the windows will be dark when we go to bed," she answered, "and besides, no one can see them till they get in frcnt of the house. I gues3 I'll bans: it out." And with the wick turned up to give .'bright, ciear light, she feung it by a i aail on the outer post of the porch, where !t had often hung before. The kitchen and dining-room laced the Cracford road, as it was usually called, because it was near the point where several roads from Itshway, from the "Mills," and from Roselle, turned Into the one leading to the village of Cranford. The construction of the house was very odd, but as the neighbors said When Jaae and John Biake set out to build a house, you might be sure it wouldn't be like any other." And it bad not altered their opinion when Mr. Blake explained that as they were to spend most of their lives in it, he didn't see why they should build the best part for somebody eise. When he built the barn beside the house, its door directly opposite one from the side of the kit chen, the neighbors Only laughed good naturedly end said: "That's like them, too." Though Frank was old en ough to stay up and help with the "flxin's," he made no objection to going to bed with Rob, and the two boys snuggled together in the effort to get warm. "Say, mother," said Rob, as she leaned over the bed to give them the good night kiss she never omitted, "do angels ever come down now?" -jjj "I'm not sure," she answered. "Some people think they dOj but other don't.'. As she went down stairs she added to' herself: "I'm one of the people that think they do for awhile." She was thinking of the baby girl who had lain in her arms, and blessed her life, for one short year. When she came into the kitchen her husband sat beside the bright fire, with both hands on his knees, gazing at the light, a troubled look on his face. What s the matter, father?" eaid his wife, who knew the sighs of mental disturbance. "Well, there is somethm that both ers me, sure enough," he answered. "You see, when I was driving back from Elizabeth, this afternoon, I stopped at Derbv'a and Crane's to leave some things, and set the turkey trimmings you wanted; an' they both mentioned 't they'd heard that John Granger 'd beeu on a spree, an' driven his wife an' child out o' the house, an locked 'em out, too. I suppose the poor critters '11 be taken in an' cared for by the neighbors near there 'fore this time ; but it makes me feel kinder shivery to think she may be out in this storm. Ugh! the wind goes through one like a raowin' machine through the grass!" Mrs. Black went toward the front window and looked out on the road. "Yes, it is a bitter night," she said, thougbtfullr. "I'd like to feel sure the girl was under shelter. Ah, John, it was a bad day for Anna when she mar ried him. Poor orphan I I haven't ever laid it up against her when she got the idea that marrying anybody was better than being 'bound out' to u. PreJty, gentle-spoken child, and I don't see how any one could ill-treat her. Mr. Wins low says he's heard her crying out; 'Don't strike me again, John!' Ab, poor girl, poor girl 1 And a baby, too, only about six months old. A girl babyl" "I ain't stopped there of'en lately," said Mr. Blake; "John 1ms beeu so of'en half drunk, or all drunk, that it ain't been pleasant. Well, I suppose we'd better begin fixin' the tree, hadn't we?" "I suppose so," hia wife ans wered, but she still lingereel beside the window. She pressed her face close to the pane, and peered out. The lamp on the porch sent alright stream of lignt out into the road. All about the lantern the flakes were whirling, like flies and gjats on a summer's night. John had brought in the tree, placing it in a corner of tbe dining-room, while his wife was upstairs with the boys, and taking the lamp with them, they now proceeded to trim the tree. The orna ments saved from one year to another were brought out and fasteued, the rosy cheeked apples and golden oranges were hung on, the popcorn they had spent several evenings in stringing were flung over the branches, looking as if a flurry of snow had frozen there. The candy ornaments, and last the candles, com pleted the pretty effect. "My I" exclamed Mr. Blake. "Who'd think you could heat up on such a night? It makes one as warm a3 i-hayin'. Most done, ain't we, mother?" "Almost," said his wife, as she stepped toward the kitchen door. The light from the porch was faintly reflected on both of the windows, while the inside of of the kitchen was without light except from the fire. As Mrs. Blake looked toward the win dow facing her, she repressed a scream as she saw a woman's face outside. With a beating heart at the apparation, she drew nearer the window. As she did so she saw a white hand raised, and a slight tap souuded on the glas?. "What i3 that, mother?" called Mr. Blake from the next room. His wife hurried to his Eide. "Did you hear it, John," she asked. "Why," he answered slowly. "I heard a tappin,' sorter." She was worried and troubled. "I saw a face, a woman's I think, against the window," she answered. "And she tapped at the glass. It did frighten me a little, but it must be some poor creature, cold and faint, miybe, Ye mu3t go out and look for her." But John, who hated to leave the warm comfort indoors, for the cold dis comfort without, suggested that who ever it was, would probably be glad to come in. But though he opened the door and peerel out and around, he saw no one. "There'r no one there, Jane," he said. Then he added, curiously, "Did you say you hung the lantern on the porch? Well, it ain't there!" "Now, we must go," said Jane, de cided! v. "Some poor soul is out tuere, and must be brought in. Set the lamp in the kitcheu window, so we can tell where to come bac'.c to, and we'll get the other lantern from the barn. Wrap up warm, John. Ready? All right." It had taken them several minutes ro? pieparation, and as Jane glanced toward the clock, it was with a slight thrill thai ehe saw it was a few minutes before twelve. Like the lover3 they had been fifteen yeara before, they stood upon the front porch, hand in hand, and peered ahead of them. Down the road, 3 few lights from the village glowed faint as a glowworm's torch, but ia the opposite direction noue could be seen. Slight marks, partially covered, showed here and there, but the white spacs seesaed endless, looking like white capped waves. The lamp in the window threw its beams far out on the road, and the snow, now falling softly, formed a golden haze ia the light. The lantern was not where Mrs. Blake had placed it, certainly, and they passed to the side of the house. There, hang ing on the latch of the barn door, wa the lantern. Slowly, for the snow had drifted here, , they pressed toward the glmmering light, keeping their eyes fixed on it as if it were a beacon. The snow around and about it, the soft flakei falling over it, gave it a weird, uncanny look, like a halo spreading indefinitely until loss in the whiteness around. John shivered and wished he had stayed in, but Mrs. Blake drew him for ward. Some one had been here. Some one had moved the lantern. In her mind were the words, "And they fol lowed the star." C They reached the barn unhooked the .lantern, and John then discovered that the door was not locked. "That little scampi" he muttered. "But as we are here we may's well see if the critters are all right." And they went in. Old Molly had been led from her stall, and wa3 standing on the other Bide. This so startled John that he raised his lantern, swinging it from side to side. "There' there! John," eaid Mrs. Blake, catching at his arm. "In Molly's manner. What is that?" li They drew neirer, till the light flashed down oh the fragrant hay heaped in the manger, on which a woman was crouching; while pressed closely to her breast was a little baby, fast asleep. The mother's dark eyes gleam 3d at them questioningly; fear and joy at once showing in her face. "The baby, John. A little baby in the manger," said Jane, in a trembling voice. "Oh, you poor girl ! Oh, Anna, Anna, why did you not come to me at first?" But the young mother, the cruelly treated wife, had fainted. John carried the slight form in hi3 strong arm3 "into the light out of the night,'' while Jane held the baby the baby girl pressed closely to her heart. A short journey, mother the change but to the young seemed like that from death to heaven. To Jane Blake it seemed like a realization of the ever new Christmas story. They, too, had followed the light where it led; they, too, had seen the babe lying in a manger. Wnen Anna had told how she had tried to reach the house before dark bow, when she did reach it, her heart had failed her, and knowing how Mrs. Blake had pleaded with her not to marry John Grander, she had feared she might not befriend her how she had entered the barn and laid the baby in the warm hay how she had passed from one window to another, had almost en tered several times when all this was told the rest remained unsaid, because so well understood by all. Anna, whom they had all loved for many years, had come back to her home. That was all. When in the early morning Mrs. Blake and Anna arose and began the daily work, Jane suggested tiiat the boys' room, which wa3 heate 1 by a pipe from the kitchen, would be a better place for the baby. So the cradle in which Jane and Jane's mother had been rocked, with its solid sides and hoodlike to of mahogany, was meved into the other room. Jane smiled to herself aashe heard the boys' bare feet on the floor overhead. She imagined their start of surprise at sight of the cradle. But she did not carry her imaginings far enouzh. A shrill whisper of "Mother!" "Mother 1" came from the stairs. Both mothers hurried into the hall. Rob, quivering with excitement, stood on the middle stair, while Frank, half wise, half mystified, but whoiiy curiou?, was at tbe top both nightowned, barefooted. Ob, mother!" said Rob, "Angels do come aowadaysl One has been in our room and left a Christmas baby there Come and seel" New York Observer. Christinas Eve. Father "Why Tom, what are you doing on the roof, this time of night?" Tom "Well, I've got my doubts about that Santa Claus story, and I cam-j here to watch the chimneys, and lind out If there is such a person." A Botanist ITaTls Fifteen Stories. Chicago, III. Charles Chintler, it bot misN who was engaged in the horti cu tur 1 department at the World's Fair, met a frightful death m the Masonic Temple. Tie fell from the fouitc. nth story to the basement, his body being mangled almost beyoaa recognition. :h C hautler attempted to alight at the four teenth floor just aa tho elevater started upward, and fell before the cage con d be stopped. He leaves a wife and threr children in Wisconsin. He was Secretm v of the Agassiz Society, and came to thi- count'-y in 1880 from England, whi-re he- had distinguished mrasl; in sciij tun cirties. BIXIBNEWS. The Sanny South Gleaned and Epito raised. AU the News and Oooureu Printed Here in Condensed Form. Two Mormon mlsslonarlfi mo Inhering in Sumter and Marion counties, S. C. A ssfe In Carpenter Bros stoic at Kings Mountain, N. C, wis blown open by burglars Thursdy and $?,000 in money and valuable papers wern rnniei off. Harrison Evans a 13 yeai ;.ld white boy shot himself while out hunting near Win frton, N. C A sensational "fake" is going th rounds of the papers of a ncpiu woman of I-M.di M, 8. C., who killed and cook ed her babv and served it at a ij'iiltiiii; party. Tvmand John Oliver, first cousins, rai l wealthy fanners living near Waco, T .. fought 11 duel la -t Wednesday over a too charming young woman. John wac shot through ih body and will die. United States Senator R. I,. Gibson, of Louisiana, died at Hot Springs, Ark.. Thursday. lie was buried Sunday at Lexington, Ky., by the side of his wifo. A cyclone passed over Summit, Miss., on Thursday, cutting a path 009 yard-, wile, ami leaving therein live person kilkd uud many wounded. At a meeting of the Hoanokc, Va., bar Hon. John Randolph Tucker was ununi mously endorsed for attorney General i 1 Mr. Cleveland's cabinet. The So'ith Carolina Sewerage Co win organized at Columbia to construct sew ers; capital stuck $:!).( 00. The gross earnings of the Northeastern Railroad of South Carol ii a for the year ended June 30 were if 0VJ,2o0, operating ex() r..s'8 and taxes $500,411, and in-t earnings $158, 8io. WeUIoti, N. C, is to have the largest, cotton factory in the Slate. Woiktnen are now i ngagrd in clearing up the site for t' e mammoth .str ictini!, and it i stated ihe order has uir.iady been given for the brick. Gen Malione Is largely interested in the uitcrpri.se. Last Sunday morn in. g an eart.lujoak shock was felt at Gusto 1, N. C, and from there as far up th; Ii ileigh & Gaston Railroad as Warrcnt n Th shock was very decided, shaking houses and win dows to an alarming degree, and was 1 c co lipanied by a roaring sound. The Colored State Fair held nt Colum bia, 8. ('., last week was a big suites-, winding up with a ''First Annual ct -.t--Hall" in Agricultural Hall, given by th ; colored people, or more properly spoaK ing, the "Convivial Cataroe Club 1 South Carolina." Miss MaryMurifoy, a highly connect 1 I young ftciy 01 Lc.-d.-t, Ala., wvas foun i dead in bed yesterday morning, jksi i her was a morphine bottle and a n : bidding her relatives an aJlectionad: good-bye. Ill health caused tho suicid . Gen. R. B. Vance, aged sixty five, brother of Senator Vance and m-mbe;-elect of the North Carolina Legislat 1. , was married Thursday. to Miss Lizi , ' . Cook, at the home of the bride, in Gi 1 him county, N. C. A negro who outraged Emma O'Bi van, an 18-year-old white girl of Nasheviii , Tenn., has been captured and hang"d to a tree in a churchvard anil his body ( .p mated. Application will be made to the (: eral Assembly of North Carolina at ii next session for a charter incorporating a company to construct a railroad frooi the city of Durham, N. C, through the counti s of Durham, Chatham, Mo ". Montgomery, Stanly and Merkknl u g to the city of Charlotte, N. C. Taste au'l ftnnlt Some curious obseivaticns by I'rofev eor Jashow indicate that ouv apprecia tion of food depends largely, if net chieflv, upon tho sense of fetcell instead of that of taste. The subject of tho in vestigation was a student twooty-onf? years old, who inherited trom hi.- mother the defect acquired by her in child hood of complete absence of the stnsf of smell, taste und other sensations being unaffected. He was found to be unab'fl to detect any eiillerence between tea, coffee and water. In three trials out ot five he confused bitter almond water and water, but distinguished between ether and water and ether and ammonia. Fruit syrup3 were simpiy sweet, no dif ference between them bei'.ig perceived. Cloves and ciDoamou were reconizd, but mustard and pepper gave only a shar tensation on t'e tongue. Trenton (N. J.) American. George Vanderbilt 111 on Hia Return. New York. George W. Vanderbilt nrrived iu this city late on Friday after noon, a'ter a 6tay of several morulas in Japan. He came directly tc New York from Lis estate, Biltmore, in North Caro lina. He went there after his arrival nt San Francisco several weeks ago. Mr. Vanderbi t is confined to his bed with a slight sickness resulting from a cold and the fatiaue f the journey. Electric Sparks For Lightning Eugs. Ctnthia, Ky. Richard Sirnrns. a horse trainer was instantly killed in toe ni; ht by touching a telephone wire which was crossed with an ! r-tri-- li dr. win He thouii'i: lb- -: - .oin the wire were light , aa i r'.-i.a : 1 ou to catch them. lw) M?n Killed About a Woman. Washington, N. C At South Cheek. Beaufort county, Robert Roger-, a white man, killed Win Hammond, coloicl; and Tom Moore, colo ed, killed Roi rs diic tly afterwards. It is rumored that a woman w s the cause. South Carolina'3 Official Vote Columbia, S. C The officii.' vot .south Carolina ia the recent election or 'or President is as follows: Clcvelan C'JS; Harrison, 13,38i; Weav-r. Hid well none. 'OO '-'-1 a M Miss Lakeside So you nre pnga-f-d n Charlie Smith! Well, I would nc-t be ; your shoes ! Miss Murrayhill I dare say not, cl-a-I'Lev would winch vou terribly.