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A WEEKLY JOVBNAL FOB HOME AND ZABX; (JIVING RELIABLE INFORMATION OF THIS NEW COUNTRY. VOL.11. HIGHLANDS, MACON COUNTY, N, C, AUGUST 14, 1884 NO. 30. Mil Cnttcn Goods gcna Up Catdds and Dcwa .Inside ! Notwithstanding the recent ad v ance in Cotton Goods, we will sell Cotton Goods for the next 30 dats 2) to 50 per cent lower than ever be fore. Best Calicos at ,5 and 6 1-4 cts. per yd., Popplins 5 cts, per yd. XJinghams worth 12 cts., 8 cts. per yet, &c. CALL AT HIDEOUT & CO'S STORE for Besi Bargains. H. M. B1SC0I DEALER Id Hardware, Tinware, Steves, Palais, i Oils, Glass, Pocket and Table Cutlery , AH orders for Tin Roofing, Gutter--nKCr IQuljg wiil receive jprompiattentiou, Also anything of Tin, Sheet Iron and Copper made on abort notice. A limited amount of Watch, Clock and Gun Repairs will be attended to. K. B.. Those needing Cistern Pumps, Hydraulic Rains, or Water -Pipes will do well to call aud enquire price. CHEAP CASH STOEE. Having this day sold all Hard and Tinware to H. M. Bascom with good srill, we will keep on hand a better Assortment of the following goods ; PRY GOODS, GROCERfES, NOTIONS, BOOTS AND SHOES, HATS AND CAPS, DRUGS AND DYE STUFFS BEST GRADES OP FLOUR, JkLBAL AND RIO COFFEE, PURE SUGA.R AND TEA CONSTANTLY ON HAND, SODA AND SUGAR CRACKERS, -. CHEESE, &o.,&c ALSO- OaS WING AND SMOKING TOBACCO AND CIGARS. And as we are Obliged to pay Cash for the year 1884 for all goods, we will demand the Cash or its equiva lent in produce, we cannot keep up promise to pay next Saturday. A. G.-Dimick, ' - G. A. Jacobs, B us. Manager. s January 1, 1884 t WILL BUY ONE ALL RIGHT gelf-fee, 8TKAW HAY CCTTKK. Iwltilfe fa Steel, lad tcui pared. mil fastened to lerer wita three belts, d can be easily taken off to sharpen, ic length of cut is regulated by the yet to which the knife is bolted. m klarhM thm l mmw i nlsed. tba will cut. All an warranted-Send fot which will be mailed FBI1 . BUSIJUESMI VOXLEOH Ela-htenatai amaioni rlna O. Imt, 1884, Mint Geo. M.NICOL,Rlchmond,Va U0VI IN USE 36.989. rrana say uKireooos are me nest. . We ask yon to em 1 our Inprwre4 Keller PaottWe Faroe Fewt.ttrnla Jc4 mm4 Jt'ertUUIn Drill and our Ua7Ilat! Tllry am nod as the best, and can be sold as cheap- AUarewaA Krt!?.!LN9,rk Machine Cr5r Newark Of)0( Sin Branch Housa, kajtrtiovB, jtf -1 T ' it rr V circular USu . Every Day. Though we see so much of sadness, Every day; Still is beard the voice of gladness, Every day; The winds their tones of joy are bring ing - Sweet child laughter glad is ringing Happy birds their lays are singing Ewy day. May we all grow wiser, purer, Every day ; And our sacred trust be surer, Every day . If our hearts but faithful prove us, Heaven's King will better love us, And with angels watch above us, Every day. - May &e grace of God attend us Every day; And his loving hand befriend us Every day ; Let out souls renewed hope borrow, We shall, on some happy morrow Leave this land, where cometh sorrow Every day . BBTdlf HAMlLTOxN. A Sketch of Life in tlie Back woods. ATLANTA COKST1TUTION. When we'uus was a com in' borne from camp-meetin', pap he was sorter tight, and axed ever'body he met to tell him the nighest way. and they all told him differ ent roads aud he tried to take 'em all, and fust thing we knowed we was plum lost and night overtuck us. It sot into thun deriu' and lightnin', and a black cloud riz aud skeered ns mighty nigh into fits. We thought it was ono of these here cyclome harry-canes a comiu' up, and pap he lay cd hickry to the steers to try to retch a s-helter 'fore the rain sot in thar wasn't a house to bo seed and maw she prayed, and Aunt Nancy she prayed, too, and buddy beat and cussed the steers, and me and Caledony sot still and never opened our mouths. You motight know in rea son if we bushed a talkin' we was skeered. Iky Riboreon and Cap Dewberry gallop ed ahead ou the little bub-tail mules. Old "Buck" and old ''Bridle" tore up hill and down hill, and it kept a gittiu' darker and darker and the thunder louder, and yit we hadn't saw no house aud we jit inadesho' we'd have to stay all night in the woods when all at onee't we beam a dog bark and a chile cry, (po' flkg for chillun and dogs) and we see a light -through the trees. Tt was a his pine light in the tire- place, and we could see a whole reeg ment of chillun a scamperin' about over the floor, and the ole 'omau a hollcrin' and a fussin' at 'em so load we couldn't skasely hear ourselves holler "hillo." A big jai ler hound dg sot in the door ready to tear ns all to pieces. The ole 'omau come to the door and helt a pine torch high over hrr head, hollerin' back at the chillun : "You young 'uns all shet up your mouths, so as I ken hear what these here strangers wants." "Hillo," Bays pap, "is thar any chance to git shelter lure to-i5gbt t" Didn't I tell you young'uns to hush f I lay 111 pick up sump'n and floor you t'reckly. Wal, stranger, I'll tell you now we'uus haint fixt to take in no strangers here, and it's po' sleepin' you'd do, but 1 haiut the heart to turn nobody out-a-doors sich a Light as this liht and come in. Come in if you can get in for the trash. Come here to me, Jeff, and hold Bulger. You Jefferson Davis Baincrow , didn't I tell you to come here to rue and hold this here dog t" - "Will your dog bite t" says maw. "I don't know," says she, "whether he'd bite you'uns or no. He is bit a right smart chance er folks. Begone, Brilger. You'unsea all come in and take cheers and set down and be seated, but I don't see for the fife of me how I'm gwine to ' bed you all." Cal was so skeered by the storm she lowed : "Oh, we can do most any way. I am willin' to sleep on tie floor with the ctii lun." But I lay she never agrees to sleepfon ik fli'Or longer no more chillun. You see she got more that night than she bargain ed for. She never counted on 'em takin' her at her word. She thought she mought stand one or two of 'em by keepin' of 'em on ther own side of the bed. She didn't kalkerlate they'd put her on the chillun's pallet longer the whole gang, baby and all. "I ken put you men folks thar in the shed room," says old Miss Raiucrow, "and the women folks ken all pile up in here together. That's the best I ken do fur you, but sich as it is you air welcome to j it. s Set down thar, May Liza, aid quit j standin' twixt me and the stranger. , Go oat thar, Robert E. Lee, aud stop that dog's mouth from baikin'. Sbet up your mouth a cryiu', Charlie M. Shelley, 'fore I slap the life out'n you. All of ycu'unj take cheers, and here's a bench some of you ken set on." - , The boys all went in the shed room. The planks twixt the looms Is so thin you can Hear ever word that's said : they whis pered and giggled, and got to bed :soine sjrt of fashion, but not to sleep- Cal was so fired and slepy she was ready to drap down quick as the pallet was spread on the floor- The old 'oman-got the baby to sleep, li'.tfe John T. Morgan, two year old, and was glad, to put him down, layed him over next to Cal to keep nim from rolhV ofFn the pallet. "Come here, 'Alibamy Tetch-me-Not, and lay on tother side of your little bud dy, aid do you shake him and pat him if he goes to wake up, and dan't you aggra vate him nu ther. I've had too hard a time gittiu' of him to leep for the likes of you to wake him up ; you chillun has been a stufEn of him on them old hard green peaches and everything else you could lay your hands on all day long, and I don't look fur nothin' else but for him to have a spawn this uight. Fetch yourself here to me, William Henry Torney, you and Robert E. Lee, and wash them blac ffet of yourn and lay dowH thar side your big tis. Don't you 1 ear n e, William Henry ? Come here to me quick and wash them piztm black feet of yourn, and lay down thar side of your big sis quick fore I knock you down, aud don't let me hear another whimper from yo i to-night. I owe you a 1 eaiiug anyhow for snatchin that cbickea gizztrd out'n yourlhtle bud dy's hand. Novi don't try to take up all the room and sr read yourself all over that ar pallet, for your sis May Liza's got to pile in thar eoui'rs. Cal gin a groan and rolled over to the edge of the pallet, worderib' how she was over guiiiO to sleep. ' OiJ Mis? Rsiccrow fussed around and got all tho ehiUnn's feet washed'and to bed ; then she tuck a Bmoke and blowcd out the taller candle and left it a smukiu' and tmellm' wusscVn the pipe, and weut to bed gru nhliu'. "I lay ef he comes home from that grocery drunk to-night, I lay I make him wish he never had saw no whisky." Everything got still and Cal tuck a no tion she'd git on tother side of the pallet away from the child that was likely to have a spasm. Sha gin Robert E. Lee a shovo and he worked his rsy :off'a the pallet up into the smutty fw place and sot up a yell. "Git up from thar, R bert E Lee, and git yoursdlf back on that ar pallet 'fore I stomp the life out'n you hut he cried on I lay I can put you back," and she riz in the dark and piled him over in amongst 'em, Ihen cme down on Cal with a rous ing slap. "I mought have knowed your sis May Liza would't rest tel she kicked you off n this here pallot." ''Its me you are a hittin'," says Caledo ny. "Dou'l oh ! don't, its me I tell you." "Yes, I know its 'uie,' aud it's me I'm atter," saj s old Miss Rraiucrow. "You 've been a dvilu' and a tormentin' your little buddy ail d;tv long and a eacbin' for a whippin' and yuo are hot a gaine to rest till yuo git it. Now take that (giv in' her auothttr slap) and lay still and sht up your mouth 'fure I beat the life out'n you." I tell yon Cal hushed qrsick feered seh mought ketch it agin, lhearn the boys in the shed room snickeriu'. After while everything got quiet, but it wasn't lung el little John T. Morgan rolled over toth er chillun, and tnmcd his heels loose, kickin' Cal in the face. It was pitch dark. She couldn't sec him. but she veil- ed out, "This child's got a spasm.' Come and git him. Come quick ; he's got a spasm.'' Old Mi?8 Raincrow riz quick and strnck a light and tuck the young'un iu bed longer her, and Cal was kase she hadn't thought about that spasm. I'il tell you the balance next time. Next week, "That Night at Old Miss Raincrow's Our Isatlic Scliods. Editor Bluo Ridge Enterprise : Our Normal School having elosed and the teachers, after examination by our couuty Superintendent, having gone out to engage in the noble work of teaching oar common schools for the fall term, I thiuk some suggestions touching our state system of education not inappropriate. I have been much gratified on account of the progress made bv most of our teach -eers who attended the Normal, session, and I have been equally gratified at the efficiency displayed by them in their ex amination befoie the County Superin tendent. It affords me great . pleasure to say, to the honor of our couBty, that I believe the corps of teachers who have charge of our schools this fall, are, in essential qualifl cations, two hundred per cent, in advauce of what our teachers were four years ago. This should be cause of pride to our en tiro cocnty population. Indeed, our s hool system is just beginning to devel ope itself, and if faithfully adhered to in its principal features it will ere loDg place N. C. in the front rank in educational en terprise. Alread ucder its workings there is now. many a child amongst us who can now read and who, but for this education al plan, would yet be ignorant of the al phabet. It will be a grand triumph for Macon county when every child in it shall have a fair business education, to say the least of it. We have in these mountains good native talent to be brought out talent which if properly developed and trained may be fitted for position! of hon or and trust. This talent I hope will be reached and inspired by our common Heboid s) stem. Much depends, however, upon parents and guardians at this start ing point. If they will urge forward and encourage the children, the foundation for great things may be laid. There are also great responsibilities resting upon theteach ers.H They must work and labor to make themselves effective. The teacher's place is ho sinecure. It is one of labor and eare. Our State system of education contem-! plates a machinery to make all the parts work harmoniously and effectively. It was fir this purpose that the law provid-i ed for county Superintendents. These Superintendents are not mere examiners of candidates seeking certificates as teach ers. As the name implies, they are to supervise the woik of the teachers. Webeter'a definition of the word settles this matter. "Superintendent, one who has the oversight and charge of some thing, with tho power' of direction." In thus prov?oii:g for the appointment of these county Superintendents the law contemplated that they should have the oversight of all the public fc-hools ia their res eetive counties. It dev.Jtes upon them therefore to visit and see that the schools are properly conducted, that the teachers are industrious ar d devote proper time and attf ntion to their work j that the teachers employ light methods of instruction and maintain good moral government iu their schools, asd to check any partiality or unfairness that might be exercised by a teacher. In this way the partiality of members of the committee men may be set aside and oppressed chil dren, parents and guardians protected against injustice. In view, therefore, of the benefits derived, the county 'Board of Education have acted wisely besides faithfully to tho interest of the law in di recting our couuty Superintendent to car ry out its meaning by visiting the schools. It is to be hoped that he will be heartily encouraged iu the discharge of this duty by all concerned ; especially by commit teemen and the teachers. There certain ly can be no objection to this, by thought ful people, on account of the pittance saved to ths school fund by withholding the Superintendent from this duty. The general good to be realizod far exceeds the expense. Moreover, by canning out, in good faith, our State educational sys tem we can make it more thoroughly ef fective and productive of good results. I have a strong desire to see the native tal ent of Macon county developed, to see her pubiic schools placed on high grounds and her population made an honor to the Siate and to the distinguished statesman and civilian whose name she bears. Viatoe. Wayside, K. C. Editor Blue EiJge Enterprise : - I thought I would give you a few dots from our Hasel Creek country Wo are having plenty of raiuy weather lately. Crops are looking fine. People all seem to be prosperous. Religion is in a blaze in our churches, consequently our people are all iu peace and harmony. There is little ' sickness in the country, yet the monster has visited us and taken two loved ones from us in the last two weeks. The first was Narcissus Elizabeth, daugh ter of J. C. and Polly Hall, aged 2 ;ears and 4 months, who died the 1 8th of July last, af er a severe illness of four days, of inflammation of the bowels from cold. May the Lord bless and comfort the be reaved parents and friends of the dear little one which He has taken to Him self. Also, on the 25ih ult, just a week later, Sarah A. Lauey, aged 47 years, passed away after a liisgeriug illuess of about 8 months, of Dropsy. She had been a member of the Baptist church for about 28 years, never married and had not he care of a family, so she seeu ed to have her mind entirely ceutered upon the things that pertain to eternity. When she was ccarisg the cold stream she was conscious of the fact, and bid us all fare well and asked a promise from all pres eut that we would live for the Lord, and meet her in heaven where she" would soon be. She 6poke to leveral of her brothel s .and -friends that were dead as though they were present with her and then passed away without a struggle or a groan to her eternal home. Peace to her dnst. July 31st, '84. L. M. M. Origin of the White Trash. For the Enterprse : A negro preacher delivered a funeral discourse over the body of an old colored brother, in which he gave an account of the genesis cf the specie White. He said: "My breddem, when Adam an' Eve wus fust made they wus bof niggers; but de good Lord put dem ia de garden whar he had his summer apples an' tole 'em : "Adam, yon an' Eve may eat dem sum mer apples much as you want, but you y s' let dem sweet apples' 'lone. I hab save dem for my own special ' toof. Dese like Bheep meet, to) good for niggers." Den de good Lord went off 'bout his bus iness, lemonading up an' down the yeth, seekin' up whom he might save p. But he no sooner turned his back dan jes' like two fool niggers, Adam an' Eve, steal all de sweet apples. Eve taste de fust, smacks her lubly phick lips, an' 'quire of Adam, "How am dat for high T" Adam said it was all O. K , and den dey went for dem sweet apples like de heath iug Chinee. Bimehy de Lord corns back an' de fust ting he said was, "Adam ! Adam, where my sweet apples T" Den Adam got skeered and said : "I dunno, Lord, I speck Eve got 'em." Den de Lord went to Eve and said "Eve, you got dem sweet apples f Eve got skeered an' said : "Dunno, Lord, but I kinder speck dat fool nigger Aad&m took 'em. Den de Lord got eo mad he fairly smash -his teef. He stomped back np to whar Adam was standin' an' skiverin like a skeep-killin' dog, said : "Adam ! Adam ! you gran' ele thief, what for you steal my sweet apples f Adam got skeered ; he turned white as a sheet ! and my belubbed breddem, he never got black any more. And dat accounts for de poor White Trash we see fly in' roan' here so grand. Let ns look to de Lord an' be dismissed." D. H. R. Victor Hugo. This eminent French writer is very ab stemious both in eating and drinking. He drinks Bordeaux as a rule, but never un diluted. Even on the most ceremonious occasions he will not depart from his eau rouge He was once dining at the Tuil eries nnder Louis Phulippe. The Due de Nemours, who was opposite him, or dered a ceitain bottle of wine to be placed by the poet's side ; it is an old Chateau Lsfitte, worth Its weight in gold. His Royal Highness gazed at Victor Hugo, curioud to see what the effect of the taste of such nectar would have on him. Judge of his horror and surprise on see ing the bard pollute it with the contents of the water decanter. It is this sobriety and regularity which enables V ictor lingo to get throusn so much work. The first attempt of the po et was written at the age of 1 4. It was a piece of poetry called "Le Jury." He sent it to the Academy hoping to win a piize, but it was not "crowned." Noth ing daunted, young Hugo persevered, and soon convinced the Forty Immortals that he possessed the sacred fire. He compos es with wonderful rapidity. For example he wrote his "Cromwell" in three months, and his "Notre Dame de Paiia" in four months and a half. Bat even these have been his longest periods of labor, and as he grewolder he wrote faster. "Marion De- lonne" was finishedm 24 days, "Hernani" in 26 and "Le Rots' Amuse" in 20. To day, in bis 82d year, he is more rapid than ever; and verily, indeed, it may be said that "panting time toils after him in vain." But to return to the poet in his daily life. During dinner he amuses his guests with Kvt4y anecdote's, which he has a tal ent for telling as well as writing. Ia this respect he is unlike many authors who are all pen and no tongue. Ladies will be flattered to learn that their sex has an im portant position at the poet's table. Vic tor Hugo the older he grows appears to like ladies' society the more. He is very gallant, and kisses the hands of his lady visitors in good old courtier style. He is no poser, as men of genius sometimes are, but adopts a simplicity which puts his guests at their ease. He never monopolizes tho conversation aud has a knack of not allowing other people to do so. Viotor Hugo is at present engaged on a work which he bolieves will eclipse all hia previous productions. He has already several completed inanuscipts which have uot yet seen the light, and which are car fully stcred in a strong box. Whether the work which he is now writing will be added to them and kept secret till after his death time alone can tell. An Adirondack Romance. ADIRONDACK LETTER IN PHILADELPHIA TiafcEB.j "This 'ere's a great place for folks to come hidin' away," continued the talka tive guide. "A party came up here years ago and stopped at the hotel. One day they made ready to go np through the lakes as far as Paul Smith's, and had some Saranaoguides to take 'em, and when they was about gettin' into the boats one of the ladies happened to cast an eye on one of theguides and . gave a scream ' and fell over in a dead faint. The feller he was pale-as death, and he picked her np and, takin' off his hat he says: 'Ladies aud gentlemen, this ere's my wife. We had some differences and I left years ago. And I'm blessed," said tho old. man stop ping the canoe and grasping some w iter lillies, "if they didn't make up." He's livin' in style in -New York City, and comes op here a regular swell, with his servant, and I tell you the boys ain't for got when he's around. He never forgets he was guidin' . .himself. ; I never heard the outs and outs of how it was. I ain't much for inqairin' into folks' affairs,' but they said how he married a gal that had heaps of HiOLey and he hadn't a cent. She kept throwin' it up to him till he got his baek np, as the sayin' is, and left and, beiu' kind of shamed, he dug out and came np here gnidia' folks on the Saran ac, never expectin', I suppose, to eaeet any of his connection. Regular romantio I call it. A Man Chased by a Spider. the gentleman's uagazeni. The king of the spiders on the pampas is not a Mygale, but a Lycosa of extra ordinary size, light gray in color, with a black ring round its middle. It is active and swift, and irritable to such a degree that one can scarcely help thiKk- ing that in this species nature has over shot her mark. When a person passes near one say within three or four yards of its lurking place it starts op and gives chase, and . will follow for a distance of thirty or forty yards. I came once very nearly being bitten by one of these savage creatures. Riding at an easy trot over the dry grass, I suddenly observed a spi der pursuing me, leaping swiftly along and keeping up with my beast. I aimed allw with my whip and the point of ihe lash struck the ground close to it, when it instantly leaped upon and ran; tip the lasii, and was actually within three'or four inches of my hand when I flang the whip from me. The gauchos have a quaint ballad which tells that tbe city of Cordova was once invaded by ao army of monstrous spiders, and that the towns people went out, with beating drums and flags flying, to npcl the invasion, and that after firing sevtral volleys they were forced to turn and fly for their lives. I have no doubt that a sudden great in crease of the man-chasing spiders, in a year exceptionally favorable to them, sug gested this fable to some rhyming satirist of the town. He Had the old Man. TEXAS SIFTIXGS. Col. McLeod, although not a bad man at heart, usee very tough language in his iuterconrce with his family. On return ing to his home from his place of business a few days ago he found his wife very much excited over the outrageous con duct of a tramp, who, being dissatisfied with the food given him by Mrs. McLeod, had abused her in the most outrageous manner. "Johnny," said Colonel McLe ol to his ten-year-old son, "when yo heard that cowardly scoundrel abusing your mother why didn't yon run to the store quick and let me know f Didn't yon heart "Yes, pa, I was out in the stable and heard what he said about the victuals ma gave him and how he abused her. but .'' "But what ?'' "I thought it was yon scolding ma. He used the same words you do when the dinner don't suH you. I didn't think anybody else would dare to talk to ma that way." A crusade against piano playing has begun iu Berlin. The Promoters of the crusade have circulated petitions for sig nature in all the residence portions of the city, and the petitions, which have a very large number of signers, have now been presented to the municipal and police authorities. They set forth that the con stant and monotonous practicing of scales and exeicises by piano pupils has become an intolerable inisance, causing much suffering to invalids, aggravating all forms of diseases and depreciating the value of real estate. They therefore chum that it is a proper subject for police regulation and pray that a municipal ordinance be enacted restricting the tune of piano play ing and practicing to the hours between 11 A. m. and 12 noon and between 8 and 11 p. if. Trouble in the Company. A discouraged looking Walk-Over met an old friend. "What's the matter, Walk-Overt" "It's all up with me." "What's all upt" "Lost my summer engagement, and here' I am on the town." "What engagement did you havet" "Why, hadn't you. heard that I had signed articles of agreement to play heavy parts in the new repnbliean play. "Tra gedy of errors?" "No," "Well, I did t" "Then why don't you do itt" "Can't. The company has gone to pieces." "What was the matter f" "Oh, the manager insisted on having a tattooed man cast for the leading part, and all the company but the supers and chorus' and the spangled ballet refused to support him.- From the Chicago News. Milk, in the manufactured ice-cream, is first boiled and afterwards partially eon gealed. In the boiling a lacteal acid of bateriae is set free that, uniting with nypo-Buipnide of tmtene oxide, i again solidifies as a bi-sulphide of stumakake in the congealing. This, when taken into ."the system, produces cramps, fre quently ending fatally.. (Show this to your girl.)
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