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RockingUamocket? dob Printing. H. C. WALJLi(fQp.PBOPisg;oB; J V- v Havifigffecently purchased a first ;cKs outfit,1 we are prepared to do ' all kinds of OVFR KVKBKTT WAli A COMPANY'S. ,' : PLAIN AND FANCY ' stntscitiPTioir &A-TSS : One yr, i.mh;imm ........ JOB PSfWTIWG ?1.50 Six montbi,iU..'i.;i". .75 . ' - .it; Tare montBS,."........t ....... . .4U IN THE 1- AU sulcriptioiu accounts must be H. C. WALL, Editor and Proprietor, TERMS: $1.5 0 a Year in Adwtt&V gggip Qp grpyi paid -wWTJ;'i? I- Advertising rates furnished on ap plication. Vol, VI. Rockingham, Richmond CouNTr; N. Cf, February 2, 1888. If 61 5. And at Living .Prices. 4 ..mm. v . -,: .n ay r . . . 1 l$'-flvi Fr ' :; r' ' . v. MORNING COMPLIMENT. From St. Nichols. A light little zephyr came flitting, Just breaking the morning repose, The rose made a bow to the lily, The lily she bowed to the rose. And then, in a soft little whisper, As faint as a perfume! that blows: "You are better than I,f said the lily. "Ton are, fairer than I," said the rose. Capital PaoUhmeRt. ' Written for The Rocket. The light in the' Window. From Demorest's Monthly. The different uses to which ,elec tricity ia applied are innumerable, Every day we read of some new ap- rdiance that will be of value in the - scientific world The latest proposi tion is made by a number of emi nent gentlemen, who are noted for their humane acts, to abolish the present mode of capital punishment and use electricity for putting crim inals to death. They say that the old system is inhuman and barbar ous, and that in a Christian age, such as this, it should not be used. Death by electricity is quick, and without au fieri Og. Electricity is used for punishing criminals in Paris,; and the investigations made by these gentlemen have been so satisfactory that they intend to make a report to the government and recommend its' adoption in this country, ouch a method of capital punishment, if the death penalty is to be enforced at all, would be preferable to the one now in use, for many reasons. It would be less expensive, for one thing, there would be very little suf ' fering, and the old barbarous meth od would be relegated to obscurity. and night with dancing and revelry with the factory girls. They then swore allegiance to the U. S. Govern ment and posted up proclamations to this effect in public places; also brbidding, under penalty of death, any lurtner enrollment in the (Jon- federate army. j Now, this was the condition of things when I started in my bueey. alone, to meet ray appointments which had been sent out previously. I was warned by my friends that I would be assassinated by these out laws. But what could I do? I was ordered by my superior to go, and I had either to resign and back out ignominiously, or go on. So I start ed, with painful misgivings of what my fate would be. I passed through the two first counties unmolested, BY H. Concluded I might stop here and moralize on the chain of Providence that com menced that night and which had such an important bearing on my life afterwards. The sudden illness of my wife late in the night; my getting up and striking a light ; this frozen wagoner seeing the light and trying to get to my house, and then my successful efforts to keep ' him from freezing to death; my refusal to take any compensation for my services, making it, instead, a debt of gratitude. 'Had I received his money he would have called it square and would soon have forgot ten it Placing it on the footing did I struck the only tender chord left in a heart that had become cal lous and depraved -by a long course of crime and lawlessness. YVfOl nnw frr the s Arm el inniUrUrmii nrr.nr1 nnrl I early breakfast to make a trip theivii war burst upon the country. abuout 38 miles to the next I djd With thousands of otners, your cor- what any WIse man would do ; made respondent went to .the front The 8Ucn P woulu P u march, the tramp, the bivouac, the TiT .ua" witu uiy wouiu-uc uasaoouio. x est blue. " Turning to me suddenly, he re marked, in a more subdued tone:. "You are the examining surgeon of this Congressional District?" I assented. r "Yes, yes ; I see it all now. Now L believe in a God. You saved my life four years ago and 1 have never forgotten what you charged me. I have Tearned since then to pay the debt. This is our first meeting since, and God has sent me just in time to save yours. If you had gone a mile further before meeting me you would have been a dead man." And turning and pointing the way he came he said: "Do you see that range of hills yonder ? There is a branch just this side that crosses the road. In but every day heard of the threats thick cluster of bushes, not twenty made by the outlaws against me. I was now to run the gauntlet through the disaffected counties and to pass close by their celebrated rendezvous. I left the county-seat of after a trip of curit)rj as I had seen on that dsfy, On two occasions, his power over these lawless men." ' My story is done. J will only add a line or two. I finished my tour in perfect safety, and was transferred to a distant part of the State where remained until the close of the war. After the war I settled in one of the prettiest villages in North Caro lina, in the same county in which I had formerly lived; and four years from the time I had left Jack Briar- ly I met him one day in the village street, as gtad to see me as when we last met ; and, strange to say, he was an honored preacher of the gospel and a highly respected citizen of his county If any of your readers are interest ed in the fate of B d I will state that, having been hunted by Written for. The Rocket. Consideration for Parent. The subject which heads this ar ticle is' one that in every age and generation has been kept before the SORGHUM AS A PBOrllABLS-CHOP. ' t How It Kaj b Utilised by tao Thrifty Farmer.. . . i iT Sorghum growing, says ar corre- snondent in the Practical Farmer, minds of the young. All right should receive the attention of every- minded parents try to instill into the minds of their children respect and veneration ; 'yet, sad it is to say, we see constantly around us a great lack ' of fhat thoughtful care- and kindly feeling which 'should charac terize our every action for those who stens from the road, are lurkin? three men with loaded rifles in their I the militia, and three companions hands, watching for you. I have, farmer who grows corn. Although a source from which sugar may be i obtained, sorghum is also profitable for its fodder and seed alone, and when the farmers begin to realize the value of the. ground seed as food -for stofck it will ho a regular crop have so fondly loved and cared for wherever it can bg produced. Dr. us from the moment we earn e into Uoilier, lonneriy Miemisi oi tne Ag- existence. How often have we heard ricultural Department, states that the remark s "Oh; they are youris sorghum can be grown in any cii- and thoughtless ; they will do better mate, or on any soil that produces after awhile." This is noexcuse. corn, and, while corn produces seed No one should be so given up to and fodder, sorghum produces segd, their own nleasure and eniovment fodder and syrup. The system of r - ..a 4 ' 1i: A . A ALT kA.V as to be regardless Of that which cumvawuu nmo wujb iut uum wi rives pleasure to others, and espe- and sorghum, though at the time of nA irihio ih t-tront hit thfSA thinors ... " I i ,1 t 1. f riu? .... M; VAUa nro familiar with . " leYU1,c'8 UJ paiieru uy uiy tiue, uiiu, nun iuc top of my buggy let down, started on my perilous journey. you, It was there in the iront, amid these scenes, wnen l, your senior, lormea an attachment to the handsome, beardless bo v rdon't blush that will was a lovely day ; long stretches last through life. The vears rolled of road making a vista through the on; overwhelming numbers began tall pines that stretched for miles in just had a talk with them, and they told me their1 business but never told the name of the doctorMhey were waitingfor. TThey are old ante bellum comrades of mine. We have been together in many a wild Said, and I left them, not caring much about their private grievances. I have enough of my own to attend to. I belong to the cavalry service from the regular army, he was at last wounded and captured, placed in jail in county, just as Sher man was sweeping across the State. Some of the citizens informed Wheeler's scouts, Who were hovering on Sherman's flank, of his character and crimes. They broke open the iail and hune him in the edge of the town. Back Swamp, N. C. cially to our parents. They have toiled and struggled, perhaps, to fit us for a life betterand brighter than theirs, and now as their steps are getting slower, their brows once as smooth and fair as putting in seed sorghum demands less labor. The quality of sorghum seed is nearly the same as that of corn, but is valuable in a .dietary point of view, while ft mixture of ground corn and sorghum Beed ia As a prize fight between a pugi list from Chicago and another from Michigan City wasaboutlto begin in a saloon in Hessville, Ind., it wr.g suddenly postponed by the action of -Claude Kimball, a cowboy just from the "West, who with a revolver in each hand, ran amuck .through the crowd of a hundred sports pres ent, and fired indiscriminately into the assemblage. For a few moments the saloon where the fist fight was to have taken place seemed a pan demonium ; but Peter Reich, the sa loon keeper, pulled a revolver on Kimball, and all hands eagerly. watched the result of the impromptu duel. ' There was an exchange of shots, and' Reich fell mortally hurt. Kimball then took to the woods. If you select good and healthy food for your family, you should al so look to the welfare of your baby. For all troubles of early childhood nothing is better than Dr. Bull's Baby Syrup. Price 25 cents. to tell against Southern chivalry, a" uuulUMU 1U,"U and. with the enemv thunderine at gone about ten miles, and was now the irates of the Southern capital, the approaching the rugged nuiy section Confederate Congress passed the con- &at afforded these marauders their script act, - ' retreat, and with eye alert and fin- Then began a ' new era in the life gr on trigger anving siowiy aiong, of the writer. He was ordered bv Kr n was just aneaa inna oecn the Secretary of War to proceed to told wa the death trap set for me. North Carolina and examine con- A don 1 pretend to. say l was not oA.ir.a tta ob anrtninfA GLnr9mfn I nervous it was worse. I admit nf nr,cT,;r, fr. frio anA Ireei v l was inuhtened. 10 tnmK 1 commenced at once his duties. This is. not the time to tell of the thous and and one experiences he had in this line of duty some other time, perhaps, he will relate some of them. Let it suffice that be canvassed this 1 . i i 1. J i : e . j:..f ; -o.ri; lions were aisiuroea oy seeuig iar all the time in private conveyances. nP the road a traveler on horseback a ii i :. k tu. if A thrill of ioy swept over me for with the enrolling officer of the d is- this was the first person 1 had seen trict. The last year of the war '64 on the road since leaving me noiei was ushered in. The enrolling of- that morning. As he approached firr had been transferred to another near enough, I discovered he was in ii;.frintnnH vniir orrMnondent start- the cavalry service. His tawdry ed alone in his busrerv to meet his w t- DDJ I . . omnfmentfi at the different eoun- seen hard service ty seats. Tn order to exnlain the condition r I i i .. i.:.. r i of things in the district it becomes waswiwiy Vin uH.. . ,nuw- mg evidence ol weariness and have just obtained a twenty day?S furlough to gO home and See Showing that Some People m Born Mean e :i nr- j tJ'.J. 3 I " my lamiij. r iveuays ua.ve expireu, FrQm the Cincinnati Telegram. but I'll be d d if I don't lose it A most remarkable case of juve- all and go back to my company be- nile depravity was developed in hair of your head shall be room 14 of the Second district Now, Doctor, I will payyou schooK on S vcamore street, last Fri- ours, so seamed with care, their hair superior to either when fed alone to sprinkled with the sands of time all prove that they are passing away. . We should think of this'and every act of our life should prove to our parents that we love them, that the more we can do to lighten their burdens and brighten their pathway, the greater i was to be snot down oy a gang oi deserters. I regretted more than ever that I had left active service- where at least if fall I must, I could j fall with "my back to the field and my feet to the foe." These medita- fore a hurt that old debt, follow me. ' ,1-., otorni hv -if,r to that He mounted his horse, told me to the hat of one of the pupils, a little keep about fifty paces behind him, girl nged 11 years, kept mysteriously disappearing. The teacher made On getting about one hundred yards every effort to ferret out the mystery. from the branch he told nre jtqf-Btop. Jt was evident to her that some one "I will go on," he said, "and have f cf the pupils was hiding the hat, another talk with the miscreants. and failing to fix the deed upon They "know Jack Bnarly, and they Some one she resolved to punish the 1 will stick their heads in the fire entire room bv keeoinz them in af- a - sooner than disobey my orders." I did as he told me, and he rode on at a more rapid gait. I saw him rein up his horse and, in the same ter hour of dismissal. There are 41 pupils in room 14, and those 41 pu pils were kept in almost an hour, or until the hat would be found by instant, "I saw three men " emerge some one cvery evening for nearly from the bushes on the branch, and, with their guns in their hands, rap idly approach him. Of course I .was t nr fill rFP trv hoor wnnf mna on 11 but there lie sat on his horse and pleasure we enjoy ; and when we 00k upon their shrouded forms for the last time, and kiss the lips that can give no answering kiss, how sweet it is to feel and know we tried to do our duty to them we tried to make them happy ; on the other hand, should we fail, many and bit ter the pangs of remorse that shall gnaw at our heartstrings as a can ker, destroying our peace with the sad refrain, "I might have done for my parents that which I can never have the opportunity of doing." - Record o( merit the nopular praise accorded to Laxador by rea- necessary to go back a yearor so. sonofit8 wonderful worth as a house hold remedy. Price only 25 cents. A fina lot of extra bright dried fruit just received at Wisfyart's. L PURELY VEGETABLE. ms with rtrwrniwry afleaey M ,VEn Kidneys; and bowels. AN EFFECTUAL SPECIFIC FOB Malaria, - Bowel Coanplalntn, VjtpvpaiM, Sick Headache, Conottantioswv BIlioBO Kidney Affections, JamadUmi j . Mental Depression, - CoUe,, Ever since the first enrollment there was great dissatisfaction in certain counties. There was a lawless elei ment scattered over these counties who possessed no spark of patriot ism, and who took advantage of the turbulent times to commit many outrages upon law abiding citizens. This element was added largely to by deserters from the army who, re turning to their homes, found sym pathy with this class of people. They formed an organized band ot robbers and the civil authorities were powerless to check their depre dations. From robbery they soon drifted into murder. Their princi- nal rendezvous was in the fastness. of a chain of hills wher? three coun ties cornered. From there they is sued as occasion served, and when pursued either by the civil or mili larv authorities, would reach their retreat without ahy trouble. They were aided greatly by the inhabi tants of these counties. . A civil of ficer riding thfdugh this region would hear horns blowing from every hill tnn and hamlet as a warning, that a week. The hat was never found twice in the same place, and it was always found in the very oddest places. The little girl whose hat was missing seemed so unconcerned pointingjiis finger back towards roe, about her predicament as to be al and then his rapid gesticulations roost listless. Several times she was W V I 1 , 1 U A u A. . . L . I . as 1 1 service, liis tawciry twuweu iuc carutssiuc&s ui ma ym- asked it she had any idea who nid bore evidence of having pose. Occasionally his voice was her hat, and she replied in the most in the field where raised sufficiently for me to hear guileless way that she had not. something that sounded "mighty staying an hour late every evening like an oath." His interview with g00n became a burden to the life of them lasted about fifteen minutes, tbe children in that room, and some when l noticed they shouldered their 0f tbe boys resolved to investigate. guns and started in a different di- They suspected the girl, and kept a rection whence they came. He turn- glory was to be wpn. I was driving in a slow walk and his jaded horse tnnny AoUnrtn UnM nd doctors' Mils. they might escaperand at night bea con lights were built on prominent places to warn them; that there was danger. Under these circumstances thev hename bolder and more de fiant, until one fair day in the spring they fell into ranks, marched in the direction of one of the county seats, m.a( 4 Via TTnm finflrdst. and had & etKmXAM&owiSitfrittm' pucnea oaiue. iu iSStS good order to a large factory, hoisted AoUnrln.l . I THERE Wf BOrONE 8IH1I0H3LIVER REGULATOR t.tt.4Mt MlwHli rsd "Z'' front efvWraenar. ,frepsf. snhf,b J. M. 2E1LIN 4. CO;, PAHILES x S CHILD HTO. Ererr lltdV Eead our neyr clubbing offers. His rider was a large, powerfully-built man who rode with soldierly .erectness ; added to this was his accoutrements and equipments. When ins a few yards of each other I involuntarily exclaimed: "What a magnificent specimen of manhood! What a splendid phy- siquer " He reined bis steed to one sid of the road and halted, as if-he would ike to speak to me. The feelingras mutual. 1 checked my horse, ahd, while looking intently ateachjtber, suddenly I saw a look of aslonwh- ment sweep over his face and in an instant he was on his feet rushing with extended palm to my buggy, exclaiming as he came: ? Great God, Doctor, is that yau?" Grasping my hand in his iron grip, he asked : "Don't you know me ?" "Jack Briarly, by all the goda I exclaimed. "Where are you going I vv hy are you wearing a surgeon's uniform ? thought you were a captain of infan try in the army." Thee Questions were fired at me in quick succession, while he stil held my hand with a grip like a vio before Iihad time to answer him he turned loose my hand and exclaimed in a loud, passion-stricken voice: "I have it ; I see it all now ! The scoundrels 1 The d rd deserters 1 The cowards !" and other such com- ed in his saddle and motioned me to come on, and I drove on to where he sat on his horse. "You are safe from those scoun drels." he said, "but the danger; is not over yet. Ten miles from here they tell me there is another am bush, and I will go back with you there. It will take a day. from my close watch on her action. Friday one of them saw her slip something behind the coal box.' That evening the hat was missing again. The teacher, however. dismissed the - lull Nye sad the Prosldont: , Washington, Jan. 23. President Cleveland, to-day received two dis; tinguished guests at the White House Bill Nye and Charles Dickens. They were introduced to the Presi dent by Major J,P, Pond. President Cleveland accored them a private in- terview .;n the Kea KOQm. At its close he personally escorted hi call ers all through the Executive Man sion, explaining the different rooms and giving a succinct history oteacn Bill Nye s modesty shone on the 09 casion as conspicuously as his bald head. He was delighted with the reception. In speaking of it after wards he said : "I was never more agreeably dis appointed in any ope man than was with Mr, Cleveland. He is truly a fine man. What surprised me above all things was his thorough simplicity, unaffectedness and frank- ness. for a man holding his posi- school after making some inquiries Uon heisastonisbingly: ingenuous. It is -seldom that I rub. my knees against greatness, and I have seen as to vuo ma tne n.it," ana me little girl went home hatless. After the girls, who are always dismissed first, were gone, the boy who had teacher, -he saw the girl stick some thing behind the coal box, "just as school was taking up." The teacher looked, and there was the hat, just where she had herself hid it. And this little girl had been quietly en joying the misery she was inflicting on 40 of her school mates every day for a week. so little of the world and the great things in it that I Was at a loss to talk to the . President in -s'that free and easy way that I desired and that he would have appreciated. I found to-day the truth ol the re mark ' made. by . some great man in the hazy past that the man who can say a smart thing . to-day cannot say 1 '- t r. t a smart tning w-morrow. Alter x left the President there were a great many suiart things that flooded boy mind, as it were, if I could only have thought of them at the proper From the statistics issued by the time I know the President and my- J)epartment of Agriculture at Wash-j self would have had a' pleasanter inffton. the present corn crop of thel time. But for the moment 1 ' was pected to find them we observed the Tjnite1 States amounts to 1,353,000,- tongue-tied." 000 bushels, which is shorter by two Others who were present, how- millions of bushels than last year's ever, tell a different tale. They say crop, and shorter than any Crop since that William captivated the Presi- 1881. The crop in this State is un- dent at the outset by his quaint wit- usually large. A It behooves the farm- J tjcisms, and that the interview was ! ere of North Carolina to guard well nroTonered bv Mr. Cleveland the 1 . ' . 1 w - Sara Tonr Com. iirlough,but I am gladof the chance notej lne. girl's actions told . his of showing my gratitude. i As we rode along he told me what occurred when he went back and had his talk with the three men. He told them if they dared, then or afterwards, to hurt a hair of my head he would desert from the army and come home and kill the last villain among them. He told them to tell their leader, B O , the same thing, and, says he : "He khowfe me, for I twice beat the life nearly ouWof him." We rode on. At the place he ex- same tactics as neiore. xne same thing occurred again. He told these men what he had told the others, and they yielded as meekly as they did. He then told me I had noth ing to fear, and repeated : "They know me, and they had , their corn supply,. .The price must niore'to enjoy Bill's original remarks. rather fall into the hands ot the dev- be greater the coming summer, and stock. The yield of seed per acre is about the same as that of corn and is as easily harvested ; but a Jittle more labor is required in or der 'to separate the seed in the barn. The fodder ia sweeter than that of corn, possessing, therefore, a greater proportion of nutriment, and will keep in a green or eucculeut condi tion much longer than corn fodder, which is a very important.ilem. It is not necessary to strip the stalks early, nor is there a loss of saccarhine matter by allowing the fodder to mature, as the most avail- able syrup is obtained aftvr the. seeds are thoroughly ripe. Then the stalks are stripped of the leaves and. the fodder bundled and cured un der the system known as ''blading" It makes the cleanest and best prov ender known and even after the stalks are ground and pressed they may be utilized for feeding purposes as it is impossible to completely de prive them of their saccarhine mat ter. In making syrup the common method now pursued is for farmers to" combine and procure the neces sary machinery, or for a farmer. to procure such for himself, and charge a commission to nis neignoors jor grinding the cane and. extracting the syrup ; or, as it is done with the threshing machines, there are those who make a businpgs of extracting the syrup, the cost of making the syrup varying from 12 to 25 cents per gallon. Each gallon of syrup yield is about six pounds of sugar, but as experiments are annually cheapening the cost of manufacture, in a short time the expenses will be but very little. We do not, however, value sorg hum for its sugar alone, but also for its syrup. In the South, during the war, sorghum syrup was a common article, and proved an excellent sub stitute for molasses. There was no difficulty In its manufacture, for on every farm was a rude mill which pressed the juice from the cane, and this was in a few hours boiled down to the consistency of syrup. No sugar was made, however, a3 the method of crystalizing the sacca rhine matter from sorghum wasthen unknown. With the improved methods and machinery of the prea- sent day there is no reason why ev ery farmer should not grow his own syrup and at a small expense, olimentary epithets, larded and m- . . - t' - I A f:.r ta rloo- the TJ. S. flag, and finished the day tersperseu Wi.i"''V K r-r il than Jack Briarly's. Now, Doc tor, good-bye. I have paid the debt I owe you." ' It is needless to say what my re ply was. I shook him by the hand and drove on, feeling a perfect, se- necessarily higher than at present.-7-l A word to tbe wise is sufficient. John Robinson, Commissioner of Agriculture. Subscribe for The Rocket. - - : TJneles It Wllte. - Why is the letter P like uncles fat wife-going ud hill? It makes ant ant ( aunfl. and cooling off too soon 1 " ... - v.i ' rn produces cougns ana coias. xay- lor's Cherokee Remedy of Sweet Gum and Mullein will cure her. Personal. Mr. N. H. Frolichstein, of Mobile, Ala., writes : "I take great pleasure in recommending Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, having used it for a severe attack of Bron chitis and Catarrh. It gave roe in stant relief and entirely cured me and I have not been afflicted since. I also beg to state that I had tried ' other remedies with no good result. Have also used Electric Bitters and Dr. King's -New Life Pill, both of which I can recommend. . Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds, is sold on a positive guarantee. Trial bottles free at Dr. W. M. Fowlkes & Co.'s Drug Store. Currant literature receipts fyi puddings, , -:rf
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