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- J!. ' " i r:. 'V. J , it 6. ridge - . -4. WEEKLY JOURNAL FOB HOME AND FARM; GIVING RELIABLE INFORMATION OF THIS NEW COUNTRY. VOL. II. HIGHLANDS, MACON COUNTY, N. C, THURSDAY. DEC. 18, 1884. NO. 48. DID YOU I if THAT THB H1GHIAHDS SASH AND DOOR FACTORY PROPOSES TO FURNISH Doors, Stone Fronts, Mouldings ef all Pattens Also planing, matching, sawing. etc., at the lowest rates. Parties jaeediog work in my line wi'l do well to get ray prices before pur chasing elsewhere. Orders promptly filled and work guaranteed jal to tfee best. II Kill LANDS SASH AND DO OH FACTOEI. W. C. TROWBRIDGE. Proprietor. NEW STORE. umiug uait ipi iiiv gvvust I feel that I can sell as ebeap as tfee cheapest I Therefore Ask a eoBtSimance of the liberal Patronage already given me, and weald here return my sincere thanks for l':e same If careful and prompt attention Jo the wants of my easterners entitle sae to their trade I propose in this way to secure it ANY ONE NEEDING FATEST MEDI CINE WOULD DO WifiLL TO GIVE ME A CALL BEFORE PUR CHASING ELSEWHERE. AS I PROPOSE SELLING Aff COST J PROPOSE KEEPING ON HAND A I FAMILY GROCERIES. I HAVE ALSO A GOOD STOCK OF BLIND BRJDLES, SADDLE BLANK ETS, ETC. Save embarrassment by not askiag for CREDIT. A. BAXTER WILSON, HIGHLANDS, N C. YOB ARE A IM! BID ATTT1 C. ( A nil'P VIII Up to a decent Date To keep as se an4 Tarisd $lek of Groceries and Gesl. Mdse as they kt&& ea iiaai tMs Win- ter. ptlQUABTEBS fer CURKSVSLLE, WANTt-n 10.000,003 lbs. of Wool. Highest prices and pait cash paid for te same. W come s near having every tiring; you want, as &wj store in Mjeon County. Auctioa goods at Auction prices. PRICES "nV&TBp" fillip 1 J.AP.OUTS SIX-CORD SPOOL COTTON you can Bxrsr rr op ROBE IT L. PORTER, Franklin, X. C. 1MPROTE TOUR STOCK 1 NOTHING 18 1 PROFITABLE IN PARMIN9 A8 KBEPIN THB BSST OP WVE-STOUK. HOUGHTON FARM Sells at Faib Prices Jersej Cattle, Southdown Sheep as4 Essex Swiuc, REFERENCES GIVEN TO NORTH CAROLINA PURCHASERS CP trR STOCK. BEEEP and BWISB shown by C. T. KERR a N. C. State Fair at RitJeiffb, wwe bought of HOUGHTON FARM. PURS BRED MALES a SPECIALTY, W'th whick to gradt-up common stock. Addbess HENRY E. ALVORD, Manager. Mount ainville Okyngs Co. , New Yghk. How Lost, How Restored ! Jnst ; D'Jiii;nea, a new edition or DR. CKJLVER WELL'S CELEBRATED ESSAY On the RADICAL CUKE )f SPERMATOBRHCEA or Seminal Weakness, lnvolucay Hemic al Losse9, isiPorsacT, Mental ano Physical in capacity, Impediments to Marriagi, ete. : eJso. 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These Powders are the only i preparation known that will cur Consump i cion and all diseases of the THROAT and LUNGS indeed, so stronsr is our faith in them, and also to convince you tbat they are no humbug, we will forward to every suffer er, by mail, post paid, a Free Trial Box. we don't want yonr money until you are i perfectly satisfied of thatr curative powers, ! If your iif is worth savin jr. don't delay in giving these Powders a trial," as they will surely cure you. Price for large Box, $3.00 or 4 Boxes for $10.00. Sent . to any part ot the TJnitaa States or Canada, by mail, on re ceipt or price. Address. . ASH RUBB1K5, 369 FuIt?H St., Brccklp, !, Y. Spent Summer. WHITTKS FOR THE TIMES-DEMOCRAT. 0 Prodigal ! Thy all is gone ; The fringed wheat, the ulstered corn. The snowy whiteness of thy breast, Upon yon hillside's gentle crest It too is ravished like the rest. 1 look thro' rain-wet window-panes And cannot see that aught remains Of fall sweet roses pink and red, Of lillies white, and moss that spread For fairy limbs a dainty bed, Verbenas of all glowing hues, And fachias which a breath migbl bruise, Thou lavished them. Oh happy time. The pvets, birds and insect' rhyme ' Sang raptures to thy beauty fair. What matter that thy breast is bare, And ruin riots everywhere I Thine is a golden banner furled, The fruitage of a feasted world ! Come storm, come hail and ice to those Whose summer has been free from woes They will net mind the frost and snows. Some treasure that has not been seen, Some Lily from all glances clean, Forever fresh with Summer breath, Is guarded from the dews of Death. Some sealed vase within that breast Hoards sweetness iufiuite, expressed rum Summer fruit the last, the best. Geoffrey. Xrisl of Ray. Ed W. Ray charged with murdering John C. Miller ia Flat Rock Mica Mine, Mitchell county, N. C, was tried last week in Caldwell county. We gather the following facts from the Topic. The de fense is provided with an array of able counsel consisting of Gt. N. Folk, R. F ArmEeld, W. H. Malone, M. E. Carter, S McElroy and A. M. Erwin. Mr. Adams, Solicitor for the State was assist ed by R. Z. Linney, J. M. Grudger, Ed mund Jones, J. H. Greene. THE VERDICT. At 5 :30 the court house hell was rung and in three minutes the court room was lull, me o&ji oi iu8uue presented a weird scene in the dim light of tallow dips which faintly outlined the jury in the box, more sharply lighted up the agitated face of the prisoner and left m halt obscurity the crowd behind the bar. When the Judge came and toek his Beat there was a moment of intense stillness and the pris oner fingered nervously at his collar. The prisoner stood up and so did the jury and the latter, through its foreman, Gen. Le- venthrope, rendered a verdict of man slaughter, which was greeted by a clap from one of the attorneys for the defense Upon motion of the defense sentence was delayed till 8 o'clock. TliE SEKTHNCB. At 8 o'clock the court was called and the Solicitor prayed judgment. The Judge congratulated the prisoner upon hie escape from a conviction of murder and, sayiog that this was a case of the highest degree of manslaughter imposed a sen tence of 20 years hard labor in the Peni tentiary. The penalty is from four motths to 20 years at the judge's discretion. The defense asked for no new trial tut, ac cording to a provision of the new Code, filed notice of appeal to Supreme Court, as a matter of course filed a bond of $50. The appeil cannot be heard before Spring term. In the mean time Ray is entitled to bail which the Judge fixed at $10,000 There is no likelihood of this case ever getting to the Supreme Court. Franklin ton Weekly. The Baaefnl Cigarettes. Says ihs Boston Herald: "Too much cannot be said against cigarette smoking by boys," said a well-known physician when asked his opinion upon the subject, "and we mean to have more so say about it in the future. The evil is eertainly growing rapidly, and is one that we fj nd hard work in combating. Boys have every means of smoking without the knowledge of their parents, and eften have their full censent. Cigarettes may he ob tained by them at any little variety store, at two or three for a cent. These are sure to he made of the vilest tobacco, er ho tobacco at all. Well recognized brands are not much better, and I have good au thority for staling that ene brand of eiga rettes, which is perhaps more extensively smoked than any other, is largely manu factured from clippings from block paper soaked in nicotine. The paper wrappings in the best brands are perhaps not injur! ous. hut in others add anotier feature to the harm fulness." "What remedy would yen suggest V "Let a law be patsed prohibiting the sale of tobacco in any form to boys under a nflrtain asre. Such a law is in effect in New Jersey, though of course the difficul ty is in its proper enforcement. Parents should alwaye keep a sharp eye on . their sons. When a boy slinks into the house for bis tapper, trying to look uiooncernea yet fishy about the gills, and not eating anything, you may be sure he has been down the hack alley wrestling with hie first eigaiette. Express a gentle regard fer his health, take him up-staira, sn4 then administer not the slipper, for the boy may have a shinglein his trousers but a good dose of ipecac, one of castor oil, one of hitter rhubarb, and say other yonr fancy may suggest, then call in your physician, let him shake kia head and if that hoy is not impressed by the titostion yon may he sure he is out for an Alderman." TheSedttct!ons ot Litera ture. i Literature nowadays is the seduction that in ene shape or another changes the bent of inanv a young barristers ambition. find, the cleverer he is, if he have no legal connections, the more likely he is to be tempted aside. Should he be a literary genius, there is nothing to be said against that ; but the danger is he slips down be tween the two stools. He may miss the professional success that perseverance and study would have aesured him, and tever rise in the araay of the pen beyond the rank of a carefully drilled subaltern. To be sure the seduction of literary pursuits is very great iu many eases. Semi-starvation or rigid economy are disagreeable things at best ; and it is even more trying peihaps to a man of energetic disposition to put himself into iudetinite trainisg for th performances that may sever come off. He sits- in his solitary chamber, buried among his books, listening to the steps up the staircase that never stop at hja door. The heart sickens with hopes deferred, as the banker's account is drawn down to a shadowy balance. He seems to have gathered law enough, at the least, for all he is likely to make of it in the meantime It will be time enough to extend his read ing when the briefs and fi es begin to ta .Ta ble in. Meanwhile, his neighbors Smith, a dull enough fellow in all conscience, has a profitable engagement on the staff of the Morning Star, while Jones, who is shal low if he can sparkle occasionally, has been pushing an extensive connection with the magazines. He decides to try his own luck, and possibly succeeds. He makes a certain mark as a political critic, and is retained as a writer of leading articles. He is on duty three or four nights in the week till all hours in the morning. The pay is good, he may afford to marry on it but then so far as the Bar is conceraed he goes no further. Very few men have either strength or the versatility to shift their seats between a couple of bexes and drive so different a pair of teams ; so law goes to the wall when journalism engrosses the intellect. BlaclcweU's Magazine. Uses for Sawdust. When urged to burn, or in some other way dispose of their sawdust, lumbermen have objected that they could not afford the eost. There is hope that the perplex ing problem of dealing with this nu's ince may now be solved, for a process has been discovered by which the refuse sawdust may be made to yield a handsome profit. When dry it is carbonized in iron retorts, and, in the process, there is given off 80 per cent, of volatile products, the remain ing 20 per cent. beiDg granulated ehar- coal, which can be used in making gun powder, filters, lroing refrigerators, and as a disinfectant, and mixed with a little tar it could be pressed into bricks and used for fael ; 22 of the 80 per cent, of the volatile product is in the form of fixed gases; which cau be ueed for heating, ligbliog, etc. : 47 per cent, is pyro!igeneous acid, which is crude acetic acid, and afler be ins nuiified and concentrated, is used in white lead, color, paint and vinegar man- tories. The sawdust from yellow pine and other wood rich in resin yields also a considerable amount of turpentine, in the gathering of which so many trees are ev ery year sacrificed. It is estimated that ia sawing iuch boards of pine, hemlock, etc., the one-foil ih saw-kerf eses one fifth of the log. When lumber is sawed by the billion feet one can easily see that the question of disposing of the sawdust in a way to yield a profit instead of a first-class nuisance is a very important one. Bankizssr Intelligence. TEXAS-SIFTINGS He wanted a position iu an Austin bank. The president was satisfied with his cre dentials, but before engaging bim put him through a civil service cross examination. "Suppose new, a man was to come in here to deposit twenty dollars in one dol lar hills, how would you count them t" "I'd wet my finger and lift up each bill nntil I got-to the latt one." "Why would yon not lift up the .last net" . . "Because there might possibly be one more bill under it, and if the depositor was to tee it he would want it hack, hat if the twentieth bill is not lifted up and there should be another bill in the pile the bank makes it, don't you see f . rYou will do," said the hank president. "Ton have been in the business before, , but I didn't suppose you knew that trick.'' Low Pricea Washington. The Department of Agriculture rfported yesterday the prices of farm proiucts in home markets. The tendency is general decline of prices and there is a most abundant supply. The average price of corn Ib 36 cents. It has been lower but twice in ten years, in 1877 and 1878, after two previous years of abundance. It is highest in Florida, 80cents per bushel, and the lowest price is 18 cents in Nebraska. - The average farm price for wheat is to eeste per bushel, against 1)1 cents last December. The December price iu thir teen years has previously been below $1 per bushel .butjive times, in 1874, 1878. 1880, 1882 and 1863 the average in Ne braska is 42 cents, 45 ctnta ia Kansas, 4G cents in Dakota. The average value of oats is 23 cents against 33 cents last December and 37 in 1882. The present value ia the lowest ever reported by the department, the low est State average is 18 cents, Nebraska ; the highest 50 cents iu Florida. The plantation price of cotten as report ed averages from 9 ceuts to 0 13 cents per peund. It is 9 cents in Tennessee, Arkansas and Texas; 9 1-10 cents iu Louisiana, 9 15 ceats in Georgia and 9 3-10 cents in the Carolinas and Virginia. The average farm prico f the entire crop of potatoes is 40 nts per bushel. The lowest price is 25 crs, in Michigan. The average price is 2 cents lower than last year, though the crop is not so large. An Island Under The Waves. Quebec A family named Breton le cently moved to Quebec in a very distress ed condition, and under very painful cir cumstances. In the St. Lawience, mid way between L' Islet and Bay St. Paul, er at about seven miles from either shore, there is a small island known as L'Isle au Loup Marie, and ewned by Toussaint, Ritchie & Co., its entire superficies being not more than a few acres. For three years this little spot of dry earth amid the waste of waters had been the home of the Breton family, who had not only cultiva ted it successfully, but had erected build ings on it and stocked it with a few do mesticated animals. Iu fact, all went well with them until the night of Nav. 5, when the island was submerged by the stormy wives, and they not only spent a night f horror with two workmen in their employ, one ef whom was nearly dnwned, and the other nearly died of fright, but they had the misfortune to see nearly all their poseseions, buildings, crop and cat tle, either destroyed or swept away. To cap the climax of their distress, the father of the family hurt himself while trying to save some of his stock. Finally, by means of signals of distress, they mauaged to attract the atteation of some people on the shore of L'lslet, who gallantly put out and rescued them from their perilous situation. The Hero of Tlpoecanoe. A Pennsylvania lady tells that when General Harrison was running for the Presidency he stopped at the old Wash ington House in Chester for dinner. Af ter dinner was served it was noticed tbat the General pledged his toast in waer, and one gentleman from New York, in offering another, said : ' General, will you not favor me by drinking a glass of wine 1" The General refused in a very gentleman ly manner. Again and again ne was urged to join in a gla?s of wine. This was too much. He rote from the table, his tall form erect, and in a dignified manner replied, "Gentlemen, I have refused twice to partake of the wine cup. That should have been sufficient. Though you press the cup to By lips, not a drop shall pass the portals. I made a resolve when I started in life that I would avoid strong drink, and I have never broken it. am one of seventeen young men who Graduated, and the other sixteen fill drunkard's graves all ihrough the per nicious habit of wine drinking. I owe all my health, happiness and prosperity te that resolution. Will you urge me now t" Original Sin. The truth is as elusive as it is desirable The disease which prevails in Kentucky and in the western counties of Virginia has repeatedly been reported as a plague, and some of these reports have been made by reputable physicians who have visited the etrioken region. Yet yesterday, in a conference ef the Board of health in Wash' ington City, when eminent medical men from many States sat, the Secretary, Dr. McCorntio, of Kentucky, reported that nothing more than dysentery was the mat ter and that the people were very much annoyed by the exaggerated reports of the disease. The strongest evidence of origi nal sin is tho certainty that somebody will always tell lies about such a subject as this. Whether the learned ,- Board of. Health or the physicians who hare visited the plague-stricken district he" gmilty falsehood, nobody iLnom.-Chronicle Tlie Force of Ilnduess. A rich Merchant Kzel in a handsome house iu the north of England. He had just built it for himself, and la.KT" otri- gardens and hothouses at a very great cost, and they were filled with choice flow ers and fruit. Some thieves, however entered the grounds and carreed away mchtlof the fruit and damaged the valu able trees and plants in removing their plunder. It was thought a large reward would be offe;ed for their capture, but instead, the owner caused a placard to be isseed, stat ing that the garden has been robbed of a lurge quantity of fruit, and that as it was possible the act might have been prompt ed by povertv and waLt, he gave notice that if it were so and the offenders would make known their circumstances, they shoulu not only be freely forgivou, but they should be relieved. It was wonderful the effect that follow ed this notiee. The grounds wew unus ually open and exposed, but never again was another th-ft committed thte. The whole of the villager?, rough and uncultivated as they were, could only look upon their rich ntighbor with a feeling if veneration and awe they had never heard of such a human being; and from feelirg that a ftrange rich man deserved nothing, and oould not be one of them, they came to love him, respect hira and look " up to him. A Smart Ram. The uoet sagacious sheep in North Carolina is an old ram that belongs to J. A. Adcoek, in Sandy creek township. He can not only distinguish the persim mon trees from other growth in the pas ture, but has learned how to got the fruit down from them. This he does by bu'.tiug the tree. He gets off a suitable distance ,v stands on his hind legs, as if in the atti- ' tude of fighting, and strikes the tree a vigorous blow with his head. When he . has shaken the persimmons off he quietly eats them and goes on his way until .h'a appetite demands more. Thia wise old ram used te rob the apple trees iu the eame way. Henderson Gold Leaf. Pride In One's Wife. HEW YORK SUN. "Ys," said old farmer Jents to a trav eler who was stopping; with him over night, "I've got as goed a wife as aity man iu these part, if I do say it." "I am not married myself," returaed the traveler, "but nevertheless I can appreciate the pride which a husband must take iu a good wife." "Why, stranger," weat on the farmer earnestly, "I've known that woman to git up at four o'clock in the morning and milk sixteen cows, and git breakfast for twenty men, aud have the hull thing done afore tunnse." "You don't say so," exclaimed the stranger. ''Yes, sir, and not onct only but week ia an' week out, iu' you can see as well as I kin that she aiu't a strong woman, nuth er. Indian Summers. Visitor (at the Indian School) ' So all these children are Indians T" Ttacfor Yes. Many of thera are sons and daughters ef great chiefs." Visitor "What aro they doing now.f" Teachei "This is the arithmetio hour, and they are doing their sums." Visitor "Ah 1 Yes, I have often heard of Indian summer?." . The silence which fallowed was only u brokeu br the whizz of tomahawks. The first President of the United States reached the seat of government ia a very different manner from any of his twenty successors. He traveled on horseback, aud iu an open boat, from lit. Vernon to New York City, then the capital of the natiou, and it took seventeen days for the journey. On reaching New Brunswick he 'found a magnificent barge awaiting him, each of its rowers being the captain of a ship ; by this slow' conveyance he reached the city, after a pull of six hours, and landed at tho foot of Wall Street. The same distance is now made by rail in less than au hour. Ho was tho only President inaugurated in New York, and the city has erected a stat ue on the very spot where he took the oath of office. It ii said that Burns' famous song, "Comiu' Through tho Bye," did not have reference to a rye field, but to the small River Bye, in Ayrshire, which could be forded ; in wading oyer, however, the lassies bad to hold up their petticoats, and it was a favorite pastime for Hobble Burns and his mischievous companions to lie in wait for the lassies . "comia' through the Rye." When they got to mid-stream the "laddies" would wade out and snatch a kiss -from tho "lassie," who were unable to resist without dropping their clothes in the wa'.er. I 1 ' A
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