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1' - . A . -- -M Lk AJ R A WEEKLY JO UBNAL FOR HOME AND FARM; GIVING BBLIA BLE INFORM A TION OF THIS NE W CO UNTR T. VOL; II. HIGHLANDS, MACON COUNTY, N. C, THURSDAY. JAN. 8, 1885. NO. 50. DID YOD KNOW THAT THB HIGHIAIIBS SASH AND DOOR FACTORY PROPOSES TO FURNISH Dotrt , Store Froits, HwMiigs of all Patterns Also planiog, matching, sawing, tc, at the lowest rates. Parties needing work in my line wi'l do well to get my prices before pur chasing elsewhere. Orders promptly filled and work guaranteed equal to the best. HIGHLANDS SASH AND DOOR MANUFACTORY. Yf. C. TROWBRIDGE. Proprietor. NEW STORE HiTiag paid for lay goods, I feel tbat I can sell as cheap as tke cheapest I Therefore Ask a eoatinuanee cf the liberal Patronage already giea me, aid would here reiura my . siieere thanks for the same If earef&l aid prompt attention to the wants of my customers entitle me to their trade, I propose in this way to secure it AWT ONE NEEDING PATENT MEDI CINE WOULD DO WELL TO GIVE MX A CALL BEFORE PUR CHASING ELSEWHERE. AS I PROPOSE SELLING AT COST! I PROPOSE KEEPING ON HAND A TULERABLY FAIR STOCK OF FAMILY GROCERIES. I HAVE ALiJO A GOOD STOCK OP BLIND BRIDLES,, SADDLE BLANK ETS, ETC. $a?e embarrassment by not asking for CREDIT. A. BAXTER. WILSON. HIGHLANDS, N C. YOU ARE AIM! t HIDEOUT CO. HAVE FAILED Up to & Recemt Date To keen as find and varied a gtoek of Groceries and Genl. Mise., as they hare on hand- this Wn- ter. HEADQUARTERS for CURKSV1LLE, TENNESSEE JEANS, VVANTED 10,000,000 lbs. of W00L Highest prices and parf cash paid for the same. We . come &a near having every thing you want as any store in Macon County. Auction goods at Ruction prices. P.IGH PRICES "BUSTED" H. D. CHILD & CO, Fran Tc 1 in, N"aO. JOBBERS & DEALERS IS Hardware, Cutlery, Steves, Tin Ware, House Furnishing Goods HEADQUARTERS FOR IRON, NAILS, HORSE AND MULE SHOES, BUILDER.8 HARD WARE, AGRICULTURAL & MILL MACHINERY, WAGON WOOD WORK, CARPENTERS' AND BLACKS MITH8' TOOLS. AGENTS FOR DUPONT'S BLASTING and RIFLE POWDER, KAIRBANK'S SCALES, ANCHOR BRAND FER TIL IZER FOR WHEiT, CORN, GRASS AND TOBACCO. Tannkr & Delanky Engine Co. ZiMMFRXAN Fruit Evaiohators. Telegraph Feed Cctiers Powdtr. Dynamite, Steel Fuse and ALL MINING SUPPLIES A SPECIALTY 1 five stock of Sporting 600 d Breech and Muzzle Loading Shot Guns and Rifles, Paper Shells, Cartridges, Smith & Wesson Pistols, &c, constantly on hand Orders taken for SASH, BLINDS & DOORS CALL AND SEE OUR STOCK! DAVID CROCKETT. Letter From One of His ielgjrhtors. Citllasaja, Macon Co., N. C, November 22d, J884. To the Editor of tfre Morristown (Tenn.), Gazqtte ; Some weeks ago I saw in the Knoxville Chronicle an enquiry for the purpose of gaining a knowledge of the history of the celebrated Davu Crockett. I first knew when I was a child, then when a boy, then when a youth perhaps 15 years old, then saw Liui when a man of 20 years- Crockett was a poor man w hen first I saw him. He was then a married man, ived three f.urths of a mile of my father in Findley's Gap, in Jefferson county, Bay's mountain, Tenn. Tbis gap is on the road leading from Mossy Creek to Chucky, and is in the line of ridges that spans the Honeycutt valley that runs near to Morribtown, My-first recollection of Crockett, was when a boy of some 6 or 8 years. He was then making rails for my father. I went to him where he had cut a very large yellow pine tree. He fre quently called on me to hand him the w dge or glut, which ever he wanted. This ends my boy reco'lfction of Crockett. This period was near the time of the war pf J12 with Great Britain. Crockett, about this time, moved to what was then called the Western District, or Fork-a-Deer country, in Tennessee. His wife's name was Mary Findley. When he left the country he was poor, and left a debt of one dollar to my father. He was ab sent several years before I siw him again. One morning I was standing in the door next the main road ; I looked down the road towards Mossy Creek and saw a flue looking man riding in front of a large dr ve of horses, He rode oppos-'t ma and stopped and asked me if my mother was in the house. I answered she was. 'Tell her to come to the door." J did o, and when she appeared he said, "How do you do, Mrs. Jacobs f " My mother said, "Sir, yon have the advantage of me." "J am Davy Crockett," responded he. "Is that you, Davy ?'' said my mother. "Yes," said he, "this is Davy do kett." Then a general shaking of hands took place, and enquiry of the health of families, etc. Just at this mo meat l is horses came rushing up and nearly got ahead of him. He thrust hia hand into his pocket and pulled his pock et and pulled out a silver dollar and said, "Here, madam, is a dollar 1 owed your husband, John Jacobs, when I left the conntrv." Mv father had died in the meantime My mother said, "Davy, m don't want it." "I owed it," said he, "and you have got to take it." My mother then . to-k the dollar, and Davy Crockett rode on to South Carolina to sell his horses. This ends my second short acquaintance with this noted man. Some 3 ears elapsed, and Crockett had made his : way to the Congress of the. United States, jfames Blackburn had a corn-shucking in my neighborhood, There were many hands around the heap We saw a fine gentleman riding towards the house. He alighted and went into (he house, made himself known, passed the usual compliments, then came down to the men around the heap of corn, gave a general shaking of hands with all the citizens, then turned up the cuff of his fine broad cloth and went to shucking corn with the other hands. He worked on till dinner was announced, then ate his dinner and left for his home. This was the last tight I ever had of this won derful man- I shall here give you a de scription of Davy Crockett: He was about & feet high, weighed two hundred pounds, had so surplus flesh, broad ghoul- deied, stood erect, was a man of great physical strength, of fine appearance, his cheeks mantled with a rosy hue, eyes vi vacious, and in form had no superior. N. B. The writer studied whether to write or not, after serious and close think ing. I could find no one in all that part of your country that had any recollection of Davy Crockett but myself. This prompted me to write. I am now nei entering into my outn year. I never knew where Crockett was born. Very respectfully, John L. Jacobs. A Town Wliere no Birtn or Ma rlajje Ever Takes Place. Haggion Oros, the holy mountain of all who profess the Greek faith, occupies a most commanding position on the West ern shore of the jEgean cea. Rising ab ruptly from the water to a height of 6,200 feet, at the extremity of a long, narrow peninsula, it seems to be keeping watch and ward over the sea path to and from Salonica ad the Dardanelles, much as Gibralter does over the straits leading to the Mediterranean. The peninsula is about forty miles long, and has an aver age breadth of six. It is connected with the great Chalcedonian peninsula by a narrow neck of sand, through which the Persian monarch Xerxes cut a canal for vessels of light draught, vestiges of wbich yet remain. Besides Haggion Oros is Mount Athos. Even before the dsvs of Christianity Mt. Athos had its reclusep, for the solemn grandeur of the great bare peak and the weird aspect of its surround ings are well calculated to harmonize with minds given up to wild and mystic thoughts. The new doctrines gave a great impulse to this desire to withdraw from the world, and in the course of time the whole peninsula came to be occupied by Greek monks, who, under the Byzan tine Emperors, enjoyed the privilege of governing themselves and their posses sions without the interference of any secu lar control whatever. There was thus formed an ecclesiastical antonomy that has endured to the present day. The oniy indication of Turkish authority hi Mt. Athos is the presence of a "caluiakan," who, however, enjoys not the slightest power, his functions being limited to that of a mere observer. ThiB official has two "zaptieths" (gendarmes) under his order", but they are more to .do honor to his po sition than to represent any force at his command the community having its own police in the shape of a body of stout Al banian guards. The administration is carried on by a council of representatives presided over by one of their number, who is termed "Proteros," er "the first man of Athos." The office is held by euch of the members of the council in succession for a period of three months. The monks follow the rules of Basilius. No woman is allowed on any pretense whatever to set her foot in the district. The prohibi tion extends even to female creatures of every kind, so that not a hen, cow, she goat, or any other animal capable of giv ing birth to its kind is to be found at Mt. Athos. There is but one village, where a fluctuating body of seculars reside, who assist the monks in their agricultural and other labors. It is the only place in the world resembling a town in whicn no marriage ever takes place. A Chick in a Bustle. FROM THB PALL MALL GAZETTE. An amusing story reaches us from Par is. Un r'riday last a lady, caving paid her hotel bill, sent away her boxes on a cab and sallied forth on . foot. No sooner had she departed than, the landlord dis covered that the clock had disappeared 'rom the mantelpiece of the room which bis late lodger had been . occupying, though he remembered to have seen it there subsequent to her trunks being dis patched. Convinced that she must be the thief, he rushed out in hot pursp't, and, overtaking her, he charged her with the robbery and gav9 her into custody, the lady meanwhile protesting loudly against the indignity offered her. and vowing vengeance against the traducer. She was, however, taken before the Juge d'Instruction, to whom she resumed her torrent of iudignant denial with the extraordinary volubility peculiar to the daughters of Gaul. Ht r indignation was at its height when lot 12 o'clock rang forth in clear tones irom the region of Madame's dress improver, The expres sion of consternation depicted upon the fair pilferer's countenance, together, with the appositeness of the quaint phenome non, were too much for the gravity of the officials, who burst into a fit of uncontrol laughter. Five - minutes later a female warder returned the .telltale timepiece to its owner. Will Mr. Oscar Wilde still in sist upon "the uttor uselessness of that hidebui i monstrosity the bustle J" Anthracite Coal. Iu the event of the exhaustion of the anthracite coals in 20 years or lesss, what then f One hundred years ago. perhaps. the same query might have been made with reference to the rapid destruction of our forest of timber. We can answer our question by referring to the 11,000 square miles of bituminous coal in western Penn sylvania an area more than twenty times that of the anthracite coal fields. From the Alleganies we move southward over a vast sea, as it were, of coal area, stretching in one continuous line into Ohio, Maryland, West Virginia, Tennes see, Alabama and Georgia ; then farther west, into Michigan. Indiana, Kentucky, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Arkan saa, away into Texas. But these States contain only the true bituminous coals that lie. east &f the Rocky Mountains. Beyond these fields we meet the posters -taceons fields of Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming, and those of the far-away Cal ifornia, Washington and Oregon. Where in this vast world of ours, may not coal be found t What shall we say of Mexico, South America and - Europe f What makes- Great Britain prominent but her ceal mines t Three hundred and seventy millions of dollars represent the product of all her mines in 1880. Her iron, cop per, tin, lead, Bilver, Bait, etc., yield her an income of $58,000,000 ; her coal mines $312,000,000, or over five times more than all her othr mineral products added together. . Her resources are truly won derful. Ex. To Much Sugar. A mother often complains that her child is troubled greatly with a sour stomach, but this case is no longer mysterious when the mother to quiet the little one so that she can continue her account of the case, sets down before her a little dish of sugar, from which the child may help itself. Most mothers would give candy or a cook ie instead, though some feed their children lumps of sugar from the bowl, believing that children need sugar, and better have it in that form than any other. In any case of this kind there is a frequent call for water. Do you know how vinegar is made t You can get plenty of it by simply mixing sugar or molasses with water and keeping it warm. A sour taste in the mouth after eating sweets is of very common occur rence. It is the acid caused by the fer mentation of the sugar left in the mouth, with the saliva that causes the decay of children's teeth this and the lack of bone forming material in the daily fofld. Vin gar "eats" lime, as one can tell by leav ing an egg in vinegar. Bits of sugar can dy left to ferment among the teeth des troy their enamel, as well as do pickles. The child that is fed on sweets naturally craves pickles as an antidote, but well fed children are contented with plain nourish ing food if properly prepared and suffi ciently varied. Many imagine that all children should have access to both sugar and pickles, in order to supply what they suppose to be natural cravings, and to prevent thefts from the family bowl. A mistaken poKoy. American Agricultur ist. Car of House Plants. A very fruitful cause of injury to house plants is inattention to watering them re gularly or properly. The soil is too often saturated with water at one time, anl then allowed to become as dry as dust at anoth- er. sso plant can tunve under sucn cir cumstances. The space from the top of the soil to the upper edge of the pot should be filled with water so that enough can be given to pefmanate the soil to the bottom of the pet. By giving little at a time, the surface of the soil may appear quite moist, but below it will be found perfectly dry : this is one of the iqpst frequent causes of Camelies cast ing their buds. If saucers arc used under the pots, the water should never be allow ed to stand in them, as it is sure to cause the foots to decay. No precise rules can be given for the frequency or times of Witering, as much depends uponnhe character ef the plant, its condition of health, and toe circum stances unber whieh it is grown ; this must be left to a discriminating judgment As to the time of watering, it is immateri al whether done in the morning or night N. C. Farvtcr. Engaged at an "Earlj Age. UOBDONSVILLE, V a., Society fcere is all agog over the announcement of the en gagement of a juvenile pair. The local papers state that cards are out annonnc ing the engagement of Master Willie bcott, of this place, aged 4 years, and Miss Jennie Perry of Charleston, West Va., aged 6 years, The young lady is fair-haired little sprite of unusual bright nest. Her father is a well-to-do business man of Charleston. If this union ever takes place it will attract "a deal of inter est on account of the tender ages ol tbe parties. ' Water A writer in the Popular Science Month ly has written as follows concerning this subject : Though insoluble in pure wa ter, carbonate of lime is slightly soluble in water which is already charged with caibonic acid ; and as all rain water brings down carbonic se'd from the air, it is ca pable of taking up carborate of lime from the soils and rocks through which it fil ters ; and it thus happens that all springs and rivers that rise in localities in which there are auy kind of calcareous rock be come more or )ees chaiged v ith carbonate of lis e kept in solution by an excess ot carbonic acid. This is what gives the peculiar character to wattr which is known as "harineB ; ; and a water hard enough to curdle soap may bo converted into a very "eoft' water (as the late Prof. Clark, of Aberdeen, showed) by the s'm- ple addition of lie water, which, by combining with the excess of carbonic acid, acid, causes the precipita'ion of all the lime in solution in the form of iusolu ble carbonate, which gradually settles te the bottom, leaving the water clear. Literary Notice. We have just received the January number of the North American Revitw The Review has now entered upon its sev entieth year, but although having reached its "three score years and ten," it has lost none of the vigor of its youth. Among the articles in the January number is one by Bishop Huntington, on ' 'Vituperation in Politics." Henry Watterson, the editor of the Louisville Courier Journal, has timely article on "The Reunited Union," which will be read with interest both in the North and South. "Frorde's Life of Carlysle," by Frederick ; "William Her schel's Star Surveys," by Richard A. Pr. e tor ; "American Labor Organization," by Richard J.. Hinton j "Socrates, Buddah, and Christ," by W. L. Courtney ; "The Increase of Weather," by Michael G. Mul hall ; and "The Evidence of the Season,'' by Prof John Le Conte. Published at No 3, Lafayette Place New York. Single numbers, 50 cents, yearly subscriptions, Five dollars. Mormons In PS art la Carolina. It is reported that three Mormon elders are preaching in Rutherford county, near the South Carolina line. They have set tled on the farm of Jas. S. Russell, who has joined them. They brought 23 con verts from South Carulina ith them. Meeting are being held and a church is to be built. The accessions from the Baptists have been so large that New Pleasant Baptist church is almost without members. This report laeks confirma tion. If true these Mormon elders ought to be given 24 hours' notice to leave the State. State Chronicle. Under the Trees. The voice of the summer boarder is heard iu the country lifting itself up in complaint. That is about all the sum mer boarder can find to do. He com plains and growls and grumbles be cause The steak is tough. The coffee is thick. There is a fly in the milk. The pie-crust is tough. The berries are sour. The eggs are boifod too hard. The napkin Is soiled. And he never has to put up with Buoh things at home and he is not going to stand it out here. He is right, because at home. Instead of steak he eats liver. Instead of coffee he drinks chicory. Instead of milk he drinks 1 Instead of pie he eats grocery cookies. Instead of berries he eats dried ranes. Instead of hard eggs he eats stale limed ones. Instead of a soiled napkin he uses the table-cloth. You can usually tell what laxuries man Is accustomed to in his city home by the amount of growling he does at a conn tiy boardbg-house. Burlington Hawk eye. Rev. DeWitt Talmtare, the able an? sensational preacher of Brooklyn, had hu pulpit illustrated last Sunday with South era products, his puluit being a bale cf cotton. His subject waa the Southen States and South America and their fu ture. "I thought yon told me you didn't u tobacco V "I don't." ... "But you are puffing a cigar now " "Yes, but that's nly a 5 center. tobacco in it." N When a. lecturer has worked the ladic of his audience so near to the weepmi point -that they have gotten out thei handkerchiefs, and then suddenly cbangf bis tone and speaks of the merits of D Bull's Cough Syrup he is bound to rou a feeling of indignation. To Make "Hard" Soft. Mustard and Love. new tork WORLD. J "Why, darling," he said, as she draw back from his proffered embrace, 'Svfaat have I done that yon should treat me so coldly T Have I offended you in any way,, dearest f" "No, George," she replied uneasily, my love for you remains undiminished, but to-night, dear, I cannot occupy my ac customed seat. Do not. ask m . why. Have perfect faith in me, George and some day, when we are married and shall have grown old together, I may tell you why I could not sit on your knee to-night. But not now." But George wasn't satibfied. A haunt ing fear came over him ; he dreaded he knew not what, and for a moment wres tled mightily with his despair. "Nay, dearest," he insisted. You must tell me why you thus act so strangely. As your future husband, I have a right to know. There should be no secrets be tween us now." "Ah, George," she said bl ashing pain fully, "if you insist upon knowing I wilt tell you, but I hoped that yon would spare ne. I was out ia the wet to-day and caught a slight cold, and and and the doctor ordered a mustard plaster on my back." And just outside the birds slept sweetly in the branches, and far 1 e'ow the river flowed on sparkling in the moonlight. Why she Didn't Scream. A young woman from the country was sueing her ex-sweetheart for breech of promt e and tbe lawyers were, as usual, making all sorts of inquisitive interrogato ries. "You say," remarked one, "that the- defendant frequently sat very close to. you t" "Yes, sir," was the reply, with a heetio flush. "How close ?" "Close enough, so-'s one cheer was aU, the sittin' room we needed." "And you say he put hist arm arounde you I " "No, I didn't." "What did you say, thenl" "I said he put both his arms around me." "Then what ?" "He hugged me." "Very hard!" "Yes, he did. So hard that I cam' purty near hollerin' right out." "Why didn't you holler t" i "'Cause." "That's no reason. Be explicit, please. Because what t" "'Cause I was afeard ho'd stop." The Court fell off the bench, and had to- be carried out and put under the hydrant for tbe purpose of resuscitation. New York Star. She Gave it Auray. He took her hand in his and poured in to her ear tbe soft, sweet story told over and over again since the worll was young. She smiled into his trusting face and cod-, died uhder his downy chin. "I love you so," he gurgled. "Do you t" Bhe murmured. "Then T will remain so." "Do you love met" he inquired "Don't ask me conundrums," she re- blied. . "But I love you, darling," he went on, and I've given you my whole heart I've kept none of it back. It is all yours all yours." "Mine to do just what I please with f" she asked, in the sweet simplicity of girl-. womanhood. "Yes, darling." "Then I shall give it to Mary Martin She wants it, I know, and I haven't any use for yours and Bob Brown's, too, and Bob gave me his last night. You are too ate." He had discovered that he was. Cm? cinnatiJTraveller. An Unedlfyteff Lesson. They were young and romantic, and although the minute hand was pointing to twelve o'clock they tood on tho porch gazing at the stars. "That's Jupiter, dear, isn't it 1" she nurmured. "Yes, pet, and that is Sinus," he re plied p inting to another star. "Are you Siriusf" she cooed. He kissed her several times. Then bo ointed upward and said : "That's Mars, dove. , --' "And that's pa's," she whispered, as a "ootstep sounded inside, and ifCthe young an hadn't scooted he would nave seen oore stars tb he ever dreamed of. Her pa wenrp Tgl vith a brass toe.--Washr ing ion Saichei, Mitchell county, recently, by a majority f 1,200, voted a $100,000 subscription to' Marion and Rutherford railroads. Florida will raise 3,000,000 boxes anges this season. of Jm
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