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if.' 1- 1 -V- - . " - - V , a. -..,-V' WEEKLY JOURNAL FOR HOME AND FARM; GIVING RELIABLE INFORMATION OF THIS NEW COUNTRY. VOL. It HIGHLANDS, MACON COUNTY, N. C, NOV. 13,1884. NO. 43. .'-1- -'5 ' - r. '.'r.V" ; f . - v II" 11 ; in 11 .- fi E3 - --- ii . 1 11 El A did mmw. THAT THE HIGKIARDS SASH AND 000R FACTORY" PROPOSES TO'lTOlSH Dors, Store Fronts, Mouldings ef all Patterns Also planing, matching, sawing, etc., at the lowest rates. Parties needing work in my line wi1! do well to get my prices before pur chasing elsewhere. Orders promptly filled and work guaranteed equal to the best. HIGHLANDS SASH AND DOOR FACTORY W. C. TROWBRIDGE. Proprietor. This Space Beleufs TO o Real Estate For Bale. I offer for sale a tract of land situated in Sevier county. East Tenn., containing TEN THOU SAND AND FIFTY ACRES (10, 050). This tract is situated about 24 miles from Sevierville, the County seat of Sevier Co,, and 43 miles trom Strawberry JTlams JJepot, on .East Tenn., Va fc Ga. R. R-, 45 miles from Knoxville, Tenn. It is heavily timbered with CHERRY, .ASH, SPRUCE PINE, BUCKEYE RED BIRCH, MAPLE, POPLAR CUCUMBER, CHESTNUT, OAK and other timbers of this country This tract has been prospected for GOLD and three veins have been opened. The ore was assayed by Stillman & Kopler, N. Y, City, and runs from $2.50 to $10.30 in gold, this being merely surface ore. There is a cave on this property known as the ALUM CAVJfi: contains majr- : nesi in large quantities, from which BPSOM SALTS were extensively manufactured for the Confederate army daring the war. This caye al so contains Alum and Copperas in immease Quantities. About 150 acres near Alum Cave is exceedingly fertil. One of the finest HOTEL TE3 in the South, Alum Cave coataims several MINERAI SPRINGS of medicinal properties. Bxcellent water power and fine trout fishing. ' No mosquitoes, and mag nifieent scenery.. Price, two dollars Tamil pr acre. Address, - S.T. Kelssy, flilaS:. Or .Usfrt Beyond tli CJondL . - , Tbougt thf tempert beat arouvd ns, And the tt aiders pesfl aloud ; There's sweet hopfi r - -That there's light beyomd the cloud. The storms may gather o'er ns, . Atid the wares roll high and lHKj$- " Bat anidst this darkness, ' There's light beyond the, eloud. - And when oar lives seem sad, - ; And shadows oar pathway crewd ; Let s look with hope, For the light beyond the cloud. For in that light is no darkness, To make our souls withsorrjw bowed; Bat joy, peace, and comfort, -In the light beyond the load. And when our lives on earth must close, And we're laid in the coffin and shroud ; May oar soals be safe in Heaven, Where there is no stormy cloud. Ella P. East La Port, N- C. ' Charleston, N.C. Editor Blue Ridge Enterprise : At a Bar meeting, held ia the Court House in the town of Charleston the Superior Court being in session His Hon or, W. M. Shipp, presiding, G. S. Fergu son, Esq., Solicitor of the 9th Judicial District, called His Honor's attention to tbe death of Wiley W. Wilson, Esq., a member of the Charleston Bar, and sug gested that His Honor adjourn court un til the next morning at 10 o'clock, A. H-, which was done; and upon motion of G. Jones, Jfcq , Gen. it. M. Henry was called to the chair. Upon motion of K. Elias, Esq., A. M. Fry was made Secre tary. On motion of K. Elias, Esq., a committee of three, consisting of W. W. Jones, Esq., W. E. Moore, Esq., and K. Elias, Eq., was appointed to draft reso- utions as to the deaths of Wiley W. Wil son, Esq , and W. L. Love, Esq. Hou. W. M. Shipp made a pithy and fitting speech and the members of the Bar ollowed as to the character and ability of the deceased, and the near relations which members of the bar bear to each other. be committee on resolutions reported the following: Resolved : That whereas it has pleased Almighty God, in the dispensation of His providence, to remove, from life in tmr midst, Wiley W; Wilson," Esq., which occurred at his residence in the town of Charleston, Oct. 29th, at about 10 o'clock, and whereas, wc deem it proper to pay a fittiug tribute of respect to the memory of our deceased brother. Therefore, He it resolved : That in this visitation of Divine providence, we recognize that our profession has lost a faithful, honora ble and valued member; tbe county a useful and good citizen, and his family a kind and affectionate hcBband and father. Resolved : That we extend our earneet and heartfelt condolence find sympathy to the family and friends of the deceased. Resolved: That these resolutions bo spread upon the minutes of this court, as tribute of respect to the deceased, and that the Secretary of this meeting furnish the family with a copy of the same. Resolved : That at a copy of these res olutions be published in the Waynesville News, and that all the other papers in this judicial district be requested to pub- ish the same. Resolved : That as a further token of respect to our deceased brother, whose lifeless corpse is within the sound of tbe calls of this court, the court now adjourns until to-morrow morning. The following resolutions were made with regard to tho memory and deatb of William L. Love, Esq. : Resolved : That whereas, it has pleas ed an Allwise providence to remove from our number William L. Love, Esq., a respected member of the bar, and a citi zen of Franklin, in the Judicial District, since the Jan term ot tms court. Ana whereas, we deem it proper to express our appreciation of our deceased brother, and to extend our sympathy to his rela tives and friends. Therefore, Be it resolved : That in his death, our profession has lost a valued and useful member ; the county a benevolent and patriotic citizen, and his family a devoted and affectionate husband and father. Resolved : That we extend our heart felt condolence and sympathy to the fasti' ily and friends of the deceased in their be reavement. Resolved : That these resolutions be spread upon the records of Macon Supe rior Court as a tribute of respeet toUhe di ceased. Jiejtalned: That the proceedings ef this meeting be published in the Waynes ville News and Blue Ridge Enter prise, with the rfanest to all the other papers in this Judicial District to copy the tame, and that the Secretary of this meeting furnish copies ef the same for publicatiea, and that he also furnish the family ef the deceased with a copy these resolutions. B. M. Henry, Chairman. A;M.'i,BYt Secretary ROBEBT COLLYER IN CHICAGO CUB- ; KENT. It is a matter of debate also, touehing this question of true preaching, whether a grain of wit orhamor should ever be ad mitted within the polpit. And this seems to have been a long debate. I notice Sherlock girded at South, that primate xtf fine wit two centuries ago, for some bright evokes in a sermon, whereat South replies J "Well, now, Sherlock, suppose it had pleased God to jive you rit, what wonfd you do abogjhf" Sidney Smith did apt often give play to his ever-flashiDg witin4he church. Still now and then it would fly forth in despite of all his care. $ was the preacher once fof some geatfSah Francisco or city of Mexico has been charity, and thinking to get on the giving side of his hearers, be said : "Of all na tions on the earth the English are the most distinguished for tbe love of their species." xSut it turned out a poor col- ection after all. So he was much dis turbed by the mean show the boxes made as they came to the table and Baid : "My friends, I have made a mistake. I should liave said : You are distinguished among Englishman for love of your specie !" He disliked dull sermons and preachers, and after hearing: one who was past errand in this art, said : "Bless me ! the man preaches as if sin was to be taken oat of men, as Eve was taken out of Adam, by fiist putting him to sleep !" I heard a story last summer about him from a fine old friend in London, which I have not seen in the books. My fiiend said she was dining with him in a com pany when some talk was made about the curious fact that we have to note so often of ministers who do not know when to stop on account of their age, but keep on preaching long after the people have lost all interest in what they have to say. 'Yes, yes," the old man cried, "it's all true. We are all alike there. .Why, if I was forced to retire from the pulpit I (should still take my old sermons into the garden and read them to tho gardener un til be went off into a deep slumber with his hoe in his hand." I wonder also, as I write this, whether we shall ever hit on any sure method of keeping our people awake to the end of the strmon. The finest preacher to my mind, on the planet heard once of a plan to go about wi h a feather brush well la den with snuff and put it under the sleop cr's nose, hut he taid he thought the bet ter plan would bo to put the snuff in the sermon ! I tee a note of a worthy man who was preaching one sultry day, and, notic ing how his hearers were nearly all asleep, came to a dead stop, whiah woke them up. and then he said : "My friends, this ser mon cost me a bight of pains. It's a pity to throw it away, so we will begin again the text-" Here, in New York, in the last age, a sonujl but sleepy divino adopted another plan. He said : "I notice about forty of us are asleep, so I will postpone the rest of my discourse until we are all awake." A preacher down in Connecticut in a ike sorrow and trial, said : "I come now to the third bead of my discourse, to which I ask the candid attention of those who are still awake ;" and a good old man in Massachusetts fell on this plan, tie said : "Breathren this is a big church. Now, if I speak to you softly, those who are near the doors will not be able to hear me, while if I speak loud, I shall waken a good many who sit near the pul pit. Now, what shall 1 do in this sore di lemma. 1" North and South Carolina. The department of agriculture of South Carolina recently received from Felix Lake, jr., Edg field, a sample of "Lake's early red wheat" for the New Orlears Ex position. Messrs. Cenont & Emmons, of Beaufort, have sent the department a handeome photograph of their field, from which has been harvested the fine speci mens of vetch, millet and Bermuda grass that they have contributed to the State exhibit for the New Orleans Exposition, Mr. E. L. Roche, of the agricultural department, retained recently from a visit North in the interest of the New Orleans Exposition. On his way back he stopped at Raleigh and inspected the .North Car olina State Exhibition. He found there. a magnificent display of the resources of North Carolina. North Carolina and South Carolina have been allotted equal areas of space at the New Orleans Expo sition and the exhibits from the two States will be made side by side. North Car olina will send the cream of her State Ex position display to - the World's fair, South Carolina is thus placed in sharp competition with her sister State and bur people will have to work hard to make that competition creiitable. Bulletin. I q portions of Louisiana where water meloas crow on the .malarial" lowlands early the whole colored population be comes afflicted with ague during the mel oa season, . while the whites, who are more abstemious e mostly free from it Excursion to San Francisco ff and to the City of Mcxi- i- co. A series of excursions to the pacific Coast under the management Mr. H. C. Sigler, a well known and successful ex cursionist, wi!l be inaugurated on the 14th of this month, leaving Chicago on the flth Oct., 18th Nov., 9th Dec, 1884, and Gth Jan. 1885, via Chicago & Alton R. ., and thence West via Kansas City by special trains oyer the Atchinson, Topeka & Santa Fe E. R., the Peerless Califor nia Line. There will also be an excur sion to the city of Mexico on the 9 th of 'December. The rate from Chicago to put at the low figure of $117 for. the round trip ; tickets good six months. Ex cursionists have the privilege of visiting the All Healing Hot Springs near Las Vegas and the historic city of Santa Fe without extra charge, and stop at Colton, California and other points desired, and return at pleasure. The excursion trains will be composed of Pur'man Palace cars, and the price of berths has been placed at a low figure. On the 15th of January, 1885, an extension trip may be made by magnificent steamers from San Francisco to the wonderful land and elimate of Honolulu in the Isles of the Sea at very low rates. Bankers, business men, tourists, health or pleasure seekers, who desire to enjoy a winter climate amid orange groves and flowers, under tropical skies, for rest or recuperation, should avail themselves of the inducement now offered to take a trip to the Land of the Montezumas, the Land of the Golden, or the Isles of the Sea. The Honolulu trip is the finest sea voyage in the world, and the climate unsurpassed, living and extinct volcanoes, tropical trees and flowers, singing birds," and a strange people are among the many at tractions. This is the cheapest first-class excursion ever organized. For farther information address at once, H. C. SIGLER, 54 Clark St., Chicago, or W. J. C. KENYON, Pass. Aet., A. & S. F. R. R, 133 West Baltimore St., Baltimore, Md. Never betray a confidence. Never wantonlv frighten others. Never leave home with unkind words. Neverneglect to call upon your friend?. Never laugh at the misfortunes of others. Never give a promise that you do not fulfill. Never speak much of your own per formances. Never send a present, hoping for one in return. Never make yourself the hero of your own story. Never pick the teeth or clean the nails in eompany. Never fail to give a polite answer to a civil question. Never read letters that you may find addressed to others. Never present a gift saying that it is of no use to yourself. Never fail, if a gentleman, to be polite and civil todadies. Never question a servant or child about family matters. Never call attention to the features or form of anyone present. Never look over the shoulder of another who is reaulng or writing. Never associate with bad eompany. Have good company, or none. . Never appear to notiee a scar, deform ity, or defect on anyone present. Ex. His Presence ol Mind. PHILADELPHIA PRESS. A certain lady who is not unknown in Philadelphia society has been twice a widow, but is now the pride of a third husband. The lady alludes to her hus bands as her "first," "former" and "pres ent." She often relates pleasant memories of husbands one and two. The latter she describes as a man who always endeavor ed to appear perfectly cool and collected on every occasion. One summer they were staying at a hotel, and were aroused in the middle of the night by an alarm of fire. The flames were burning fiercely, but the husband calmly said to his wife ' 'Dress carefully, my dear, just as much Well,, they finally left the room and got out on tbe lawn in safety. The husband immediately began to dilate upon the ad vantage of always taking things coolly, to which his wife replied that she thorough ly agreed with him, but still she begged to remind him ''that be had forgotten to put on his inexpressibles," and he had. Salt will curdle ; new1! milk "hence, in preparing rnilk porridge, gravies ec,.the salt Should not be-4ied nntit the; dish is prepared.. - the County urer. Treas, Mr. Editor : You will please find enclosed the county vote by Townships. We have received some good news from our State election, also from the Presi dential election. If it will only turn out to be true I will burn my old hat. My great "Methodist Preacher" has cooled off, as we supposed. He has not made his appearance in Franklin since election day ; and my friend Carpenter was seen the day after the election going from home and making inquiry about a lost horse. He said he had lost his horse, but I think it is Carpenter that is lost in stead of his herse. v Let me thank the good people of High lands Township for the kind and liberal vote that I received at your box, and you can say to the r&golanteple't string of Ingram's door is always en the outside. Yours, &c., John Ikgram. Official Count. 5 E H h q m a ? e . . u B i 3 9- o Prom Robinson, sS83ggSS8$l McLoud, , SgggfcS fcSfeSS Ingram, g oiso-jcooSjco-ioSSS Carpenter, ec w o c: c ooti o o . sixcga5-.'ji-itoi-.cto Allman, acnoosisis-iSseo . ! o g eo eo tc Ot -J ) Ot . S McCoy, g oc bs i-i o MB-nsots W OCl, g OWGWOSO-t3 5SC Trotter, Stcw-aasi i-n-tc-63 ,r e Mdisun o M.OOT9, gr ooeotcoox,?too-oo oiM. ro I Higdon, coScH-SS2g3!2 i M Jb.cuiure, g; owrf'-fcitioiio-jotoiwSj ! MoDow!7 S k) or The Election. Mr. Editor : Below I give you the very latest news from the great struggle : There is scarcely a particle of news in the papers. The request of the Dem. Ex. Committee in N. Y. to fire off salutes m honor ol Cleveland and Itendricfcs' election was generally complied with all over tbe country. In N. Y. everything is quiet. At the request of the Dem. State Committee John Kelley ordered a salute of 100 guns fired in front of Tam many Hall at 12 o'clook to-day Nov. 9.) The excitement of the election has now subsided very much in the City. Bets on the election are being paid by Wall Street men who bet on Blaine, and business is returning to its normal condition. Tbe following was a message sent by Wade Hampton from Columbia, S. C, Nov. 7, 12:38 p. M. : "Cleveland is elected. Light your fires and keep them burning." Tbe Demo crats of Oconee have certainly compb'ed with this request, especially in Walhalla. The town was painted red on the nights of the 6th, 7th and 8th with fire works, torch light procession and firing of guns. At about 8 o'clock Saturday night the whole town turned out in honor of Cleve land and Hendricks, forming in front of Bieman's hotel. Led by tbe Dixie Cor net Band the enormous crowd followed with torches, bannerB and flags to the upper end of t6wn, then back to the red hill opposite Mai. Dendy's, thence back to Bieman's hotel where the crowd was addressed by Judge AUricb, Hon. E. B Murray of Anderson, S. C, and the Hon. J. S. Verner of our town. The crowd was very attentive to the striking remarks ef these gentlemen. Every now and then applauding, crying "Hurrah for Cleve land and Hendricks." We. can safely "hurrah" lor Cleveland and Hendricks now. The victory has been won at last These great United States have once more been redeemed and we are, a free people. There is na longer, doubt as to Cleveland bing our next president. Cleveland hasjreceived thousands of .con gratulations by , wire. Among them was one from Jay Gould. S. C. gives a Democratic majority of 45.00OrN. C.' elects ber Governor, and old Virginia has redeemed herself. ; Hur rah for the old Dominion ! The birth' place of .Washington, the. home of Rob' rt Lee. H. Walhalla, S. C, -Nov. P. '84. Don't - waste your. time scouring jour bread pans ; bread never bakes as well in a bright tia.' Indeed, the f best bread pans, if one can' afford . to have them made, are obloce ones made of Russia sheet iron. , - ' ''' ",.--v Mining Camps, X. C. Mr. Editor : We have again found , time for a short visit to he Clagett and : Bowie mica mines, on Watauga Creek, Macon Co., N. C. The morning of our arrival being rather cool the coolest ef the season so far we found Capt. 2C A, Bowie, the general Superintendent, Busi ness Manager and Chief Mining Engineer, seated by a large camp-fire, his eyes glan cing rapidly over the columns of a politi cal newspaper, and then resting in deep meditation upon the beaatiful scenery, and gold-tinted landscapes, surrounding this crystally and silvery Bonanza and Fa mous El Dorado of our rich hills aad vales. After the usual hand shaking and greet ings had been passed, our attention was then called to the various points of inter est connected with "mining life? all of briefly 'discussed bypt. Bowie,' .wh&S&om. an, ever-abundant-cut-aaoVai4jir atd hu mor, not to speak of Eelleslofifss and the finer arts always mixes atd fringes his conversation with the pure gold of figura tive speech just enough to keep one's- at tention en the alert for something too good to lose to be delved up from tbe "Literary back ground." Indeed the rhetorical flow of his periods is very rarely obstructed, tbe figures employed are always appro priate to the poetic ideas to be expressed, and his poetic ability stands second to none, if equaled by any in this country. And so we leave Mas a Literary Savant, to say that theso mines, Mr. Editor, with all the different places cf operations, have undergone very Marked improvements since our last visit as published in the Enterprise. The whole modus operan di has been very materially changed, for this property which was so successfully operated under a bond or lease at the time of our first visit ha s long since given such satisfactory dividends upon the large sums invested in the necessary "dead work," in putting the property in miniig order, that the operators-looking to their interests have lifted their bonds with spot cash, and having purchased the property, they are now operating the same under a bona fide deed of conveyance with phasing success. In addition to tke various places already operated, there have been three new nels run, at difierent points on the works, all of which have tapped the veins accord ing to calculations made, and in all of "'hich tie "silver lining" shows up a very beautiful front, or to use tbe expression of the, mines, "is growing broader ani bigger every day." Three ef the tunnels on the works are yielding mica in very handsome quantities all the time, while sanguine character, and will, in a short j? time, pay large profits on all the labor and money employed m their excavations. These Tunnels, as iadeed all the tunnels on these works, have been run with the same uniform skill aad accuracy of judg ment, and will afford an easy outlet to the mining operations aere for all time to come, some oi them are run by blastme while others the . major part too are. operated with piek and shovel,, powder, and steel being a rare necessity. Another very noticeable improvement to this prop erty is the addition of two or area good, comfortable rooms to the ' mica hoUse. l nese rooms are all under the same.reof: withths cutting and calling roejpflfflk &c. and are supplied with stave and bed' and other articles of.r-onifbrt and conven iesee. .They 'already bespeak better fly ing than "Bachelor' Hall" although we heard the Captain of tbe mines make some allusions along that line. But w feel sure that Mr. Clagett a very clever gen-. tlemaa indeed, and one who happens to bail from that sunny land where the "Maryland Angels" grow dreams of no. such sort of living as "Bachelor's Hall or, at least the dream he had on the over night of our arrival - was sot leokfhf in - that direction. Mr. Clagett was 'present at tbe mines, and discussed the various interests of the country, especially the political status asd'outlook with a good deal of enthusiasm. Ee calculates every thing from a commonsense business stand point, and his reasoning is of that broad type that marks the, true gentleman. The. voice of the milkmaid from the vale below, mingled with the thrilling notes of theDigbtengalesinging the re quium of the departing summer, and the m jubilant and then melancholy song of Na ture when in her garments of gold as she speaks of the flowers of spring with -tho luscious frcrte of summer and autumn and then prophetically tells us of the approach" ipg winter .all in tarn awakrtheir train of associations and together they form a suite of music that swells the nobler an- tbeins of the soul." Could we only dip onr ' pen into Captain Bowie's, inkstand we might linger upon the scene ta pour forth these layBon the poet's pyre.. . BuV alas I r we must content ourself with tht presahs statement that mining- life ' af this. '.yomt . ha? many at tractions aid plesanres; whilr it is crowaed with that great ..sine , ffwa I non to all business pleasure a handsome . ' " profit". May God -speed .the dsy 'when " our conntry rally developed; shall jf'Blos- i- sum as the rose."-. " Tours Trnlyi- f f V- w-"- - . t-' 7 t'i: