North Carolina Newspapers

. v. -5. 8 1 R En GE 11 ji IISJbUL MJLolS. - ' 1 ' I I Ml ' - -"in. i I iii i - A WEEKLY JOURNAL FOR HOME AND FARM; GIVING RELIABLE INFORMATION OF THIS NEW COUNTRX ... ii , .. . . ,. , , ;, -in.. A ,t JttLPl., mi-v,L ' ' ' - - 1 1 J1 -- ' " ' - " - ... , - . - . i. ., ' ' - j - - i i VOL. I. HIGHLANDS, MACON COUNTY, N. C, DEC. 6, 1888. NO. 46. ', . I ' i ' tc .1 Thanksgiving. For the lifting up of mountains In brightness and in dread ; For the peaks where cloud and sunshine Alone nave dared to tread ; For the dark of silent gorges, t: ; -Whence mighty cedars nod j For the majesty of mountains, . I thank thee, oh, my God ! For the splendor of the 8UDaeU, Vast mirrored on the sea ; For the gold fringed elonda that curtain Heaven's inner mystery ; For the molten bars of twilight ; Where Thought leans, glad, yet awed; jFor the glory of the sunsets, ' I thank Thee, oh, my God I Gotham Gossip. After Evacuation Dat. How monet was made. a blare of brass JAvbxc The Death of John McKe vO. Why the Gamblers Rejoice. A Good Hater.His Twenty Year's rquarrel with john kelly. the Cathedral Vaults. Christmas Mon ey Presents for Europe. Holiday Trips abroad. Pere Hyacinthe. New York, Dec. 3, 1882. Thank God, Evacuation Day is over, -the blare of the brass instruments is end d, and the rt& of the drum is silenced. Such a conglomeration of brass bands has tot been heard of in this city since the be ginning of its history. Every mueicial organisation, not only in this city, but throughout New Jersey, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Albany, Troy, aDd places along the Hudson was engaged. The veteran Tammany Society had actually to send to Utica, a couple of hundred miles away to get a band. They had been a little slow - ia making their arrangements. The jan itors of buldiugs along Broadway made a good thing by letting out the front win dows to sight-seers. The roofs of tall build ings on Broadway, which afforded a view of the river and the parade f steamboats at the same time, brought fancy prices. The St. Nicholas ilotel got thirty dollars etch for their four parlor w iudows. Ten ants of a great many offices iu buildings opposite City Hall let out their wiudows for equally good if not better prices. A lawyer with two windows in his office fronting on Broadway, told irue that he had earned two mouths' rent by letting thetn out. The influx of viaitore to town was enormous. The death of District Attorney McKe on, -which occurred last week, removed from New York one of her oldest and most distinguished ci'izous. Mr. McKeun had many enemies. All men of prouounc d individuality have. Then his si-nse of right and wrong was so" marked and his courage to carry out his convictions was marvelous. For the gamblers, policy dealers, illicit liquor dealers, keepers of bouses of ill fame, burglars and thieves he was a terror. Gambling was actually broken up for the first time in the history of New York. It was only a lew days before Mr. McKeou's death that I met a man whom I had seen at the "club hous es" at Saratoga and Long Branch, and one extremely "swell'' establishment in town. His profession was to roll the ball at the roulette table. "What's the news'!" I asked. "Low tide," said he, "very low tide. Can't do any business and don't ex pect to Io any. McKeon has , put his foot down on it in such a way that no man dares to risk it. The police would not mind it so much, but, hang it, man, when he suspects anything he goes to Piukerton, engages private detectives, ar jests people over the heads of the police, and then arranges the coppers for not do ing their duty." No wonder then that the gamblers and p .licy dealers drew a long breath of relief when McKeon's death was announced, and their associate poli ticians are moving heaven and earth to induce the Governor to appoint a more kindly disposed man. Mr. McKeon was a good hater. He and John Kelly, the Tammany Hall Chietain, though frequently associated on he same side in politics, had not spoken for twenty years ap to two vears ago, and then a kind of bowing acquaintance was again scraped jip, thanks to the overtures -of John Kelly. Twenty-five years ago they were both trustees and ushers in the old St. Patrick's Cathedral. A difference of opinion arose between them on some point during a " celebration. McKeon, jvho believed he was right, was overruled by the general board, who held that Kel ly's view was the correct one. McKeon never forgave Kelly for this, and many of his political reverses may be traced direct' ly to the stumbling blocks which Kelly placed in his way. The old man was buried in the vault of the old Cathedral in St. Patrick's Church. Here most of the old Catholic families of the city have buried the dead The vault of the family of Charles O'Con nor, the. distinguished jurist, adjoins that pf the McKeon family. Here too lie the bones of Bishop Dubois, the first Cathol ies Bishop of New York. Altogether, Jhere are about one hundred vaults. They run under the church and are arranged after the manner of the Catacombs in Eome. Entrance is gained immediately in front of the main entrance of the church When an interment is to made, a huge marble slab is raised from the ground, disclosing twelve stone steps which lead to the depths below. Broad aisles sepa rate the stone receptacles for the dead, which run from the floor to the ceiling. It is a weird, chilling place, and to the visitor ' fresh from the light and air out- Bide, it is sadder and more suggestive of death than the grave itself. The German Steamship companies as usual every year about Chrstmas time, are doing an enormous business in the way of sending money from Germans in this country to friends abroad. After all the Germans have a stronger fondness for the charms of Christmas than almost any other nation, and be they ever so far from home on that day, they are united in spir it. An acquaintance of mine in one of the companies tell me that the transfers of money across the Atlantic will aggre gate at least $75,000. On Saturday last, a party of well-to-do Svandinavians left on the Geiser to spend the holidays at home in Norway, where Yuletide is always the principal and most generally observed season of the year. This custom of making a trip home for Christmas is a new one in this country, but it cannot fail to meet with general recognition. Pere Hyacinthe is a failure, so far as the avowed object of his coming to this coun ry, the raising of funds, is concern ed. At his lecture last week the hall was but thinly filled. At his eermon at the French "Methodist Church, however, he had a fair attendance. He has preserved his magnetic, eloquence of former jears, but he has lost that irapressiveness and elegance of figure, which years ago made the Lenten sermons of the young Domin ican monk at the Church of Notre Dame in Paris, such a sensation. Osjr 'Washington Letter. (FROM our regular correspondent.) WaBl.ington, D. C, Dc. 3, 1883. Editor Blue Ridge Enterprise : The f'iu has begun iu earnest in regard to the Speakership of the House and the Presidency of the Senate. Senator Gor man told me last night that the reports I credited hiui with being "sour" tn Mr. Randall were untrue, and that he enter-1 tainod a very high opini.iu of Mr. Randall. Mr. Gorman remarked that he hal noth ing to do with the election of a Speaker, and W88 taking no part in the contest. Mr. Carlisle alsi ftated that he did not believe the sectional qnestion would have any influence upon tho result of the speak ership contest, or that Southern members ct uld be frightened by the bloi-dy shirt into voting against their convictions. He was saliufied that sectionalism was dead, and that no effort could revive it. Mr. Randall, iu an interview, said that he did not raise the sectional question, but on the contrary he deprecated and con demned it. To a friend he said he would rather be defeated for Speaker than elect ed upon an issue that revived sectional- ism. Pennsylvania avenue was crowded ev ery afternoon last week with promenaders. The mornings now are given up to shop ping by fashionable people and the late hours of the afternoon to walking for walking's sake. That delightful hour which precedes dinner and dusk is the time when the promenade is gayest and best. But the brides and grooms have been out in the full glory of good clothes all day. The hotels have been full of them. ' They have been doing the Bights of the town in a delightfully confused fashion , trying to let on they wore inter ested, when all they thought of was them selves. Our young women are yearly growing more fond of walking, and the average young man naturally cultivates a similar taste. So walking is the fashionable amusement. There is very little going on at night now among society people re turned to the city. Theatre parties are seasonable prevalent. The advent of winter, with its frozen fountains and lakes, and falling leaves, has caused the practical suspension of work for the season on public buildings and grounds. The worn on the Washington monu ment will suspend to a great extent this week also. The shaft is now over 400 feet high. When the height of 410 feet has been attained, the laying of marble will stop for the winter, but the dressers will continue all winter. The season just closed shows marked improvements and excellent care of our public buildings and grounds. - , AUGUST. 'Good Suggestion. The following timely suggestions by the American Agriculturist should be acted on by every farmer, and they are particu larly applicable to all of this southwestern Blue Kidge country. The hint' about forming some kind of neighborhood Club among farmers for spend the winter earn ings profitably, thould be put into prac tice. The minds that are not brushed up by intercourse and discussion with brother farmers, become inert rusty as it were. Good Books on Fruit Culture are with in reach of all, and one or more should be at hand or study And 'reference. The best work for those not familiar with or chard management is Barry's "Fruit Gar den," which, besides full dessriptions of fruits, etc, .gives all the operations in the nnrsery in a full and practical manner. "The American Fruit Culturist," by J. J. Thomas, is an excellent work, while Downing's "Fruit and Fruit Trees" has long been the standard for descriptions of varieties. A Rural Club, by whatever name it may be called, should be formed in every neighborhood.' Once a week in winter, this should bring together all who are en gaged in the cultivation of the soil. At such gatherings, fruit culture will ona a topic of frequent discussion, and many useful facts be elicited. Information as to the peculiarities of the neighborhood can only be had on the spot, and local ex perience is of much more value than gen eral treatise!. The South and her Rail Roads. On thij subject the New York Commer cial World, publishes a very comprehen sible article from which we make the fol lowing extract. Speaking of the Associ ated railways of the South comprising in all 3,785 miles, the Commercial says : The lines of these Associated Railways form an Iron network embracing the chief points in the entire South. :- From Balti more a line drawn through Cincinnati, Ohio ; Paducah and Columbus, Kentucky; Memphis, Tennessee; Little Kock, Ar kansas ; and , Houston and Galveston, Texas, would enclose the country in which they are the maiu, in most eases the only routes and means of intercommunication. A direct line from Boston is established to New Orleans, La., to Jacksonville or Ce dar Keys, ria.., and to Galveston, Texas, over which direct and in man cases through trains with the latest conveniences and comforts in the shape of parlor and buffet cars, are run at frequent and regu lar intervals. The interior of the entire southern country is opened up by these roads, and whan it is remembered that they traverse the great cotton, sugar and tobacco growing regions, some of the richest coal and iron lands the world can point to, the finest grazing country in ex istence, and the seat of a most important fruit and vegetable growing industry, their importance will be more readily recog nised. Not only this but they afford direct en trance to a country of most enchanting beauty, with a most delightful climate and abounding in mineral springs, i. e., Vir ginia, with her famous springs, Western North Carolina, with her picturesque mountains and lovely valleys, North Geor gia, one of the wildest and most romantic regions on the American Continent, and Florida, with her lovely orange grovs, tropical scenery and balmy breezes. All beauties of the different sections, thanks to the different compouies who have placed them before the public, are becom ing better known and more appreciated with each succeeding year, and they are the annual resort of many of our wealthi est citizens, no small number of whom have homes here. Apropos to the above the Baltimore American has the following piece of in formation : Oat of all the discussion and comment upon Southern connections something practical is gradually and surely coming. On the 1st of next month, over the West ern Maryland Railroad, and thence over a system of roads ramifying the South, the Great Southern Dispatch Line will begin to run, its operation promising big result for Baltimore. Almost concurrent with the same announcement comes the report that the Merchants' and Manufacturers' Association expects in the near future to establish close relations with the Richmond and Danville Road so that regular South ern trains may be run into Baltimore. We are glad to ehronicle these tidings. Every advancing step towards completing the system of transportation facilities gives fresh impetus to Southern trade, and opens to Baltimore resources which will increase in value the more they are devel oped. All Saints' Day in Paris. To-day has been a fete day in this city and the shops and many places of interest have been closed and the people out for a holiday. The boulevards from early morn ing have been crowded with Parisians out for a day, while the streets and avenues leading to the principal cemeteries have been alive with people carrying wreaths of immortelles and beaes to lay upon the graves of the departed. In other words, to-day was decoration day in Paris, and the right was worth witnessing. For days and almost weeks, tiny booths have sprung up around the entrances to the cemeteries, and the owners iudeed seem to have turn ed over a new leaf, for only yesterday it seems they were turning summersaults and vaulting over each .other's heads for the amusement of the living and the gather ing-in -jof few sous. To-Jay the tinsel and tighta, the tricks and .the smirks have been put away, and in their place wreaths and harps of immortelles, cross and hoops of violets and pines and wonderfully made arrangements of beads and wire form their stock in trade to help these itinerant acro bats pay a tribute to the dead and at the same time gath r in a few sous. These people adapt themselves at all times to all circumstances, and when it is too cold to shiver in tights and turn flip-flaps they erect booths and sell flowers for All Saints' days, oreheap toys for Cnristmas. I went down to the cemetery of Pera La Chaise this morning, and the sight in the streets leadiugto this noted resting place of dis tinguished people was, indeed, wonderful. The pavements were one mass of booths, and the number of floral tributes offered for sale was astouudingt The crowd of people wending their way hitherward so blocked the street th&t it was with difficulty our cab could move ; in fact, returning the police forbade our driying down the street by which we came, but made us drive away nearly a half mile. Inside the gates all sorts and conditions of men were hur rying to graves of their beloved ones to de posit a token of remembrance. It was strange to watch the people and their in clinations. The graves of the great polit ical leaders of he champious of the people and of the men who had won fame were litterally hidden by flowers. From costly emblems to the franc boquet, all told their story. I was told that fully 200,000 peo ple visited Pere La Chaise alone, and from the crowd some idea may be gained of the immense amount of money spent in floral tributes lone. . Grange Principles. Oar object and mission has been the gathering of the farmers and their families into this national and fraternal organiza tion and there educate ourselves to a high er sphere in life, and to greater usefulness in the woild. We aim to disseminate the fundamental truth that our government U founded upon the princic!es of equal jus tice to all men, and that our common in terests should be so managed as to' deal justly with all, so as to accomplish the greatest good to the greatest number. We assail no class nor interest, but are the friends of every legitimate and. useful en terprise, and we cultivate the relationship that should exist between the different in terests and classes. We wage warfare only agaiist error and corruption. These we seek to remove by means honorable and just, so that the errors now much too oommon may be removed , and peace, hap piness and prosperity be re-established throughout the land, and all may again enj y those inalienable rights vouchsafed to every American citizen, and that all may secure the rewards of their industry and economy. These are the principles of our Order, which are in perfect harmony with good government, and in the interest and for the welfare of the whole people. Such principles cannot suffer long from op position. They cannot be harmed by ad versity, nor destroyed through non-prosperous seasons. They are solemn, living truths that cannot die. Could they even be crushed to to the earth they would rise again in all their beauty, and hine like sparkling diamonds, pure and undefined. There is, indeed, much to encourage ev ery member to renewed energy and effort in the good work. There is xnueh that should attract the attention and enlist the warmest sympathy for outside friends, and especially the farmer, whose interests are identical with our own. Members may at times become discouraged, but upon care ful thought and reflection, comparing causes and effects of the present with those of the past, and the magnitude of the work iu hand, the opposition we had to meet, and then consider the work already ac complished, the actual advantages enjoyed by the members, and we have enough to encourage the most timid in the darkest hour. H. Eshbaugh in Farmers Friend. The Blue Ridge and the An gora Goat. The following interview beWeen Coi Jenks and a newspaper correspondent wil be of interest to our readers. Who can divine the extent of the Angora goat in dustry if introduced in these mountains f STATISTICS. ' How much Angora wool is produced in the world t" "The annual product is about 12,000, 000 pounds. You can see how small an amount that is when I say that California produced last year 56,000,000 pounds 'of ordinary wool." "Does not Texas take a leading place among the great sheep-raising states V "Texas is the third sheep state in the Union. California ranks highest, next Ohio, and then Texas. It is only 20 years since George Kendall of the New Orleans Picayune introduced sheep hus bandry into the Lone Star State. . The Angora goat is being raised with some success in Texas. There was a shrewd Irishman, Callahan by name, who went to Texas, bought a few sheep and waited patiently till his flock increased, concen trating all his endeavors to the end of se curing a uniform clip of wool. To-day the 'Callahan clip is renowned, and the Pacific mills take enough of it to run one department of machinery." "To make the cultivation of the Ango ra goat profitable, yon must, of course, produce enough 'mohair' to supply the manufacturers V 'Yes that is the point. There are two mills In the United States which take all the mohair produced here. One of these mills is at Holyoke. Cheney Brothers, the-ailk manufacturers offSouth Manches ter, Conn., said to me recently.: 'CoL Jenks, when you are ready to supply us with 200,000 pounSa of mohair yearly, we will build a mill to work it up. It would be a valnable addition to our silk fab rics t n THE BLUE RIDGE. "You believe that the Blue Ridge region is the best place to raise these goats t" "No other section of our country offers such advantages. The South would Jnd in the rearing of Angora goats an industry which would go far toward building up that section. It is a sur9 thing, too. These goats are free from diseases, and are liberal feeders, adapted by nature for 'roughing H' in mountain pastures." "Who are the leading men in the An gora goat buines83u the United States?" "There are F. S. Fulmer, Appomattox county, Va. ; Col. Watts, Laurens coun ty, S. C. ; Richard Peters, Atlanta, Ga.; John Phelps, Nashville, Tenn., and Dr. Scott of Frenchport, Ky." "Do the .goats have any value for food?" FLESH AND MILK. "Yes, and the flesh of the Angora goat is entirely different from that tif the native goat. It is equal to the best venison. Put into the market, it will compete with the best English Southdown mutton. A cross between the Angora and Maltese goat will give you a milker, producing four quarts a day of as good milk as a Durham or Jersey cow. It is now 30 years since the tirst Angora goats were brought into the country. In that time the sheep husbandry has assumed enor mous proportions. The Angora goat in dustry has hitherto failed in its possible result of great magnitude, because the cli matic conditions of his native habitat were disregarded here. The few importers have not tried to start big flocks, but con tented themselves with raising the goats for sale. I have just received from Lord Salisbury, Secretary for Foreign Affairs of the British Government, the private 'blue book' of consuls' reports. The informa tion regarding the native country of the Angora goat contained in the reports from the consuls in Asia Minor confirms all I have told you. George Campbell of Ver mont has taken the two great world's pri zes, at Paris and Hamburg, for merino sheep, and this, too, againtt Spain and other native habitats of the merino. So, with equal care and management, can the Angora goat be reared in this country, an in ten years an industry of at least $10,000,000 annual production be devel oped here." Pelayo. Grains ol Gold. True science is the natural ally of relig ion, for nature and religion are both alike from God. Tyron Edwards. Purity, sincerity, obedience and self-sur render are the marble steps that lead to the spiritual temple. Bradford. He who is false to present duty breaks a flaw in the loom, and will find the flaw when he may have forgotten its eause. Consolation is the dropping of a gentle dew from the heaven on desert hearts be neath ; it is one of the choicest gifts of Di vine mercy. Spurgeon. Ooe watch set right will do to set msny by; on the other hand, one that goes wrong may be the means of misleading a whole neighborhood ; and the same may be said of the example we each set to those around us. O heart, grown wild amidiha-isjt- Stiii timult ..v' . Of years that hasten so, be calm, be strong ! These few brief days may mock thy high endeavor, But oh, the eternal years of God are long ! The truth cannot be burned, beheaded or crusified. A lie on the throne is a lie still, and truth in a dungeon is truth still ; , and the lie on the throne is on the way to defeat, and the truth in the dungeon is on the way to victory. Wtn. McKinley. The heroic chapters of the Christian an nals are those in which emperors and par liaments are on one side, vnd the deciples of Jesus on the other; when the only en dowment is a chhriot of fire, the only pat ronege a jail, and the only promotion a stake. Edwin H. Nevin. For a few brief days the orchards fare white with blossoms. They soon turn to fruits, or float away, useless and wasted, upon the idle breeze. So it will bs with present feelings. They must be deepened into decision, or be entirely dissipated by delay. Rev. T. C. Cuyler. To die in order to avoid the pains of poverty, love or anything that is disagree able, is not the pait of a brave man, but of a coward ; for it is a cowardice to shun the trials and crosses of life, not undergo ing death because it is honorable, but to avoid evil Aristotle. Personal liberty ceases when it xeachea a point where another is injured. This point is reached by the liquor seller the moment he .locates and opens his dram shop. The neighborhood becomes less de- sirable and property less valuable. "He wilheome, perhaps, at noontide, When the pulse of life throbs high, When the fruits of toil are ripening, And the harvest time is nigh, Then through 11 the ifull-orbed splendor Of the sunJa meridian blaze, There may shine the strange neiv beauty Of the Lord's transfigured face. The little I have seen of the world, aad know of the history of mankind, teaches me to look upon the errors of others in sorrow, not in anger. I would fain leare the erring soul of my fellow-man with Him from whose hands fellow. The Black Bear. The bear is capable of withstanding al most any degree of heat or cold and for merly abounded in every portion of our vast continent, from the eternal snows of the North to the heated swamps of Flori da, and in all probability will exist for many years to come, where mountains or Bwamps continue to offer him protection. He does not confine himself to one kind of food, but with judicious care selects from the varied products of the vegetable kingdom, and also has a iondness for young pork and even fish. In the South he fattens on the leaves of the young cane, the pecan and acorn. Fruit of almost any kind suits his taste, and he considers fully-matured persimmons a decided lux ury. In -the meat line he prefers a young pig, and when one of tender age is not within his grasp he contents himself with a more matured specimen and has thus of ten proved a great annoyance to settlers in the wilderness. However, after com mitting a theft of this kind he is sure in the course of a few days to return to the place for a fresh supply and not unfre quently falls a victim to his appetite with a rifle ball through his body. His partial ity for sweets is well known. The "bee tree" offers an occasional opportunity for him to gratify his appetite. He will reck lessly ascend a tree to the opening where the bees enter, and thrusting one of his paws in will withdraw it reeking with honey and leisurely lick it off. Notwith standing that he is surrounded with the enraged bees who endeavor to puncture him through his coarse hair, he continues to "hold the fort" until he is stung on the tender portion of his paw, when he will tumble down the tree at a much more rapid rate than he ascended it and leaves the vicinity as quickly as possible. In a day or iwo, however, he will return and put the remainder of the stores "where they will do the most good," notwith standing the objections of the rightful owners. These visits he repeats until the supply of honeyis exhausted. So much ortheappetite of the bear. Von Moltke rises early, walks about bis grounds and eaa't work unless his snuff-box is handy. In the .evening he plays whist. Bismarck believes in antrology and has predicted the day and hour of his own death. Wallenstein was equally supersti ious. , Dr. J. Marion Sims, the most distin guished physician the South ever pro duced, died of heart disease in New York recently. Dr. Sims was born in Lancas ter county, S. C, January 13, 1813 Owing to the depression of the iron and .steel market, many iron mills are shutting down. A Chioagoian has invented a new means of locomotion which he calls a "railboat." H rffiTsesfhowever, to make his lavu-" tion known to the outside public further than ti say that it is after the style of an ice-boat; that he can fasten it to the tracks of a railroad' hoist the sails and whirl along at a rate of speed which 'would surprise anyone used to traveling on the' fastest trains in the oun try. - It is beyond question that Ayer's Cherry Pectoral has done and is doing vast good, and is worthy of (he place of honor it holds at the head of all remedies for diseases of the throat and lungs. Hicks Pasha, in command of the Egyp tian army, fought a three days' battle with the rebels, under the False Prophet, El Mahdi, near El Obeid, Kordofan, Novem ber 3 5, and was disastrously defeated, with the loss of his enti e forces, who were massacred by the enemy. Why suffer longer from, dyspepsia, indi gestion, want of appetite, loss f strength, lack of enerjry, malaria, intermittent fe vers, etc. ? Brown's Iron Bitten never fail to cure these diseases. They act like a charm on the digestive organs, removing mil dyspeptic, symptoms; such as belching,' heartburn, billtourness, etc, Remember it is tbfi only iron preparation that will not blacken the .teeth or give hea&aob Ask your druggists concerning its merit, " . 4 t : V . 'j,t . r. i . - , 1. I , .i . .- . .-i 'c- v, 4- , . V - i' 'V ' ' v v j " - - .;f4 : - - "- .i if ": '"v - I"'' ; . . j , .