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\\ liat tlit; News and Courier
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It is a womb rfu! clans of scholars,
these horses of Professor Bristols.
He culls th em his school and the
performance constitutes what the
*>oys and girls'" do during -choo!
hours. Th# re v.nn a round of nu
plnuse to greet the entrance « f a!'
the v eil known scholars, su h as
Sultan, Lottie, Comanche. Claud©
and (ol ood. hut the children
laughed and clapped their hands in
rapturous joy at the sight of dear
old I)r river, when he made his ap
pear a nee with his tail done up iii
orange ribbon and his forelock
banned.
And Denver seemed pi ad 1o see
the children, for he opened his ja s
as if to say 1 "How d'ye do?" and
nearly hhook his head off bowing. '
]>€ -nver is just as funnv as ever, and
he had only to switch that or
ange-ribboned tail and wag bis long
ears to fmake the whole house
laugb.
But Denver is only a mule, and
Professor Bristol's chief attractions
are I orses. It was wonderful to
see what control lie has over his
pets. A rneie word or sign from
him made tin m ptrforin feats which
SMina'most im| ossible for dumb
animals. Sultan's woideiful act of
addition and multiplicati( n be
wildered the audience, and the way
be told the time by locking at a
watch seemed to be the acme to be
reached by the professor. But
there were other wonderful things
the horses did, later in the evening,
which were as astonishing. The
horses plaved leap-frog, performed
on the trapeze a? d walked the tigl i
rope. A number of them played
music on bells, while others see
sawed on a half inch iron rod.
The military drill by the compunv
was a tit ting finale to u wl ich
cannot help but make people womb v
how Professor Bristol ever managed
to teach horses so much. The
horse show remains at the Acad» % m\ '
all this week, and during the time i
there will be three matinees.
\\ ednesday, Friday and Saturday
It is a show for the children, but
grown people, too, will fnd much to
learn, as well as amuse, in watching
Dt nver, Sultan and the rest of the !
troop.
The naturalness with which ever
thing is done, its complete freedom
from hippodroming or routine,
stan ps the exhibition as 'the most
perfect of its kind ever before the
public. Those who fail to see it
will miss a rare treat.
Uoll ot Honor.
List of pupils who have attained
.85 or over in scholarship and de
port ment during the school month
ending February '27 th Isoo.
FIRST GRAPE.
Margaret Hall. 00: Brock HoMem
.90; Marv Paa-lzow, 02: Norma Bon
niwell, 85;
SECOND GRADE.
Fat uie Dixon. 00; Lovie Sigmoi ,
.0b Lotta Paa zow, ot>: Fannie In
gold, .0"): Lucy Thurston, Ol; Pat tie
Jones, .02; Charlotte Clinard, .80;
Josie Sigimn, .88; Mazy Hall, 85.
THIRD ( !, VPH.
Ella Sloop, 00; I.i/zie Thomason,
.90; Arthur Pope, .87; Lillie Fry,
.80.
FOURTH GRADE.
Beulali Nisbet. .00; Laura Thom
ason, .80.
FIFTH GRADE.
Alburtus Brown, .01: Asa Thurs
ton, .88.
Miis. A. THURSTON.
Press aiiti Carolinian.
CATAWBA LUMBER .JC. PANY.
jJ. .. j/..-; 2 A i I !i
A New Industr> (hat will £i\e tlie
MauufaeturitiK Interests ol
Our Mountain I'.n\ ironed
t i(\ a new Impelui,
I
Hi; voi \ ha- i gain leached out
and «i.'av. n unt > uer-elf another en
terprise of great magnitude —the Ca
tawba Lumber Company. She lias
drav n it Liiner. not wnu a covetous
hand, but uffrarfrt/ u bv the lavish
natural resources that ui roui d us. j
t he company lias just been incorpo- ,
rated by Messrs. \\. B. Burtless, |
Kobt. Winkler. F- R Whiting, J. H. ,
Parke and D. \\ Shuler, with a cap- i
ital stock of 550,000, with privilege (
-to increase to S} 00,000. Some of
tlie incorporators are :.nown to our j
people, and their names are a guar- j
l antee of vim. The name of Mr. j
Parke is well known in connection j
with the tii m of Parke, Davis & (Jo., j
the famous drug manufacturers, and j
as an insight to his financial status j
it might be mentioned here inci- !
i dcnia 1\ that lie has refused two and j
> a hall mi'dons i'or hia drug plant.
Our \ast forests, which have ,
stood siieiitlv and untouched lor so j
years, have claiuied the atten
tioi of these gentlemen, and soon
the mournful trenody of the pines j
\sil. be hushed bv the ring of the ,
J o
wtiOiliufUiV axa
They propose the manufacture of
all kii tis. lumber, and will also deal ,
i largely in uu milled timbers of every
! description.
It must not be understood that
tins i.> .ii- » mbr o entei prise—if has
I been born full-lledged, and will soon
m.ike its presence felt in this section.
; When such men as are mentioned
above put their shoulders to the
wheel it will roll.
Hickory is proud of her acqui
sition-—it is another feather for her
cap, and w hen plac d among other
l now glisteuing so brightly, it wi 1
ind» id add greatly to her gorgeous
galaxy of enterprises
I in pi t ssior.s Made l»> Cleveland.
"It is the emphatic testimony of a
j distinguished jurist who went from
Boston to attend the centennial of
the Supreme Court in New York
, last week, says the Boston Herald,
"that the gentleman who made al
together the best impression on
tuat great assemblage of judges,
both by his manner and by what he
had to say on that occasion, was
(inner Cleveland. It may be added
that this judge is an ardent Repub
lican who voted for Harrison, and
that hi> opinion i> shared by all the
other Republican judgts he chanced
to meet."
The Conemaugti disaster at
•Tame-tow n. N Y . I.as resulted in a
singular series of legal complications.
Some three hundred estates are
tangled up through inability to dis
cover w htther mother or daughter,
father or son, died first. Biack-
Motie. in a similar situation, takes
the position that the younger person
must be considered to li\e the long
! est because of greater vitality; but
our Courts have bten slow to sus
lam that view where the oider per
: son was still in the prime of life.
, It is a most interesting controversy,
and may iead to a.most end.ess lit
igation.
" Tlie Hlckor> l»ress and Caroll
nian is cloiiiK ' Kood work tor iliat
noble and enterprising little
cil>.Uallas Ea^le.
I>icfic»r\\ llloi'i!) C.tro'i n, HlMrcfr C\ ISOO.
1 iitir ijo(|nt n( ors.
rhc Cbai ott( * ■ .■ u • : of Con ~
I' i' . ( 1 i - ft ,:«i 1. • -
j ia:.e :■» • r i-e • i *ut wi l
:ip f r U ",:,. I • . !i»- ( aarlotte
i
J). -t : . -Man s i\s
0 .it the ; • t >! i> • it' editois
j who ate. d'anK and were merry at
! :
•Tee Ca.d*eil, -cuii-J to dentil,
crammed. aid bumping liiie K.l
bi uiu darmy the grip aguin-t
t! •«-> rafters of his cranium. But
j .M ih" Same be got there and
taiked good, giitty mnse for the
, ol in e minutes uL the subp-ct
of the State I'rews. He bud bis
-p» ech d >\\ u, took his tsine, and
took bis audience. He was lelicit
usensible aud of pathetic touch,
i J >e Caldwell, the man is beloved
| in Charlotte tnat he is half of an
eloquent speech in himself.
Kooert Haydn : This gentleman
j arose after vocif rous calls in a
"biled shirt and a spike tailed coat,
the only one m the room He had a
lull t ft/jonjtot/it and a. short speech
and a face much like and as baud
some as Be la Roche's Napoleon.
His speech was rac\ timely and cut
| oIY iu three minutes, and and to tell
the truth took the town. It was
considered the gem of ihe evening,
and came from a rnau with proper
! ..ppreciation, will iu time to come be
to Charlotte what Grady was to At
I lanta.
W K. Christian v-.as called oii; be
arose, snake, and • tue ueiight of
I . l
! his audience, sat down.
Wade Harris was called on enthu
siastically and made an elooueut ad
j dress, but unfortunately not a word
| of it could he heard by the audience.
Dear old sYade, we dou't io\e him
fu* his (ic Tnies, but for his friends,
\ ho are unanimous> v so m this burg.
The Statesville Landmark says :
\ir. Haydn made the hiigbt-st
 speech of the evtning and uegativeti
tie pre vale nt idea th»i a * m. ; m can
not both write an 1 sj.eak well, lb
i; a .iu*r as w* il as tin- math r hi>
st.eech was admirable, but really his
1 *
i pt rsoti is so l> look upon tijr»t
one loses much ol what be si;\ >
thro'igii considering the pnysica.
man.— [Topic.
A iiiiiM-nu iits.
The Academy of Music continues
to be the point of attraction for
hundreds of Charlestonians. Pro
fes-or Bristol and his wonderful
t (juine school have become popular
favorites. The matinee yesterday
wa- as usual laijjely attended by the
chi'dren. On' 1 of the most remark
able of the many remarkable num
ber- on the programme, perhaps, il
- perforn arce of a little mule,
not more than two feet hidi. who
' does the "t'«d t rcpe act " The
•*ti;jht rope" is of course a slender
plank about five inches in • width
supported bv two benches, one at
each end. At one end is a cush
i tned chair. The performer takes
the balance pole in his mouth, cross
es the slender plank, turns around,
sits 1 ; mself m the chair at tl e other
end. dnnks a bott'e of milk ami re
turns just like other two-legged
tight rope walker^— News anil
Courier.
(>n '.a>t Saturday .Jane Moore,
mother of the colored man who was
executed on the 7th instant, received
a j ei.sion certificate for s.'i.OO 1 >, which
was deposited in the National LlanK
on Monday. I his certificate in
eludes all back pay, since the wur.
due her as the widow of a I" ♦ deral
soldier. It is a coincidence that si e
receivd her pension money exactly
one year after Lerson wa-sentenced
Ito be handed. — "North State.
WAS-INGTJ CiTY MELANGE.
EP:::V.E OF THE WEEK'S DOINGS
;.N Cu.NGF.ESS.
C aUK lit i x, in and Around tl»e
t_euire o I'oliiieal i'hicauer>.
WASHIN'ITON. 1). ( .. Mar. ix, 1800. —
Ihe Supreme C«.»urt of the 1 :iiu*.i
Slates is te be givtn an opportunity \
to decide whether Speaker Reed's
: new method ui counting a quorum i
constitutional or not. Ihe l)emo
j ciatic leaders have mapped out a
programme with that end specially
lu view. Mr. J. O. Pendleton, of i
I the tirst district of West Virginia,
who was unseated iap>t week bj tne
votes of less than a majority of the
House, which is a constitutional quo
rum, proposed to claim his salary as
a member of the House of Repre
sentatives, and if the i'reasurj otifi
cia s refuse to pay him—and they
will—he will enter suit for it in the
couit of claims and appeal it from
there, if decided against him. to the
Supreme Court. And if the Repub
licans show any disposition to delay
the case in either court he will sue
out a mandamus to stop the Treasu
ry officials from paying the salary of
tne man whf) has been illegally given
the seat belonging to him. It is
web that this question is to be le
gaily decided, anil the sooner the
decision can be gotten the better
iiow circumstances alter cases j
■vas never made plainer thun by the I
Actions of the election committees
jof the two Houses of Congress. In
the House where the Republicans
1 ue"d every ?ote thev can get there
. .
| Liu ; !>eeu an indecent en te in re
! t orting contested election cases, J
( .vhnt in the Senate where no votes
i are needed tnere is a dignified leis
: ire in the way contests are treated.
Un the 15th of February the evi
i leiice was all takt-n and the argu
i .nents heard in the - Alontana Sena
|
tonal contest; Saturday March 1,
, the committee met and appointed a
sub committee to collate tne facts
to be reported at tne next meeting,
•vhicii will be next Saturday.
Governor Inomp on, the Demo-
J n at.c civii sei vien commissioner, is J
the one of the tiiu that has not been J
j sn. c!. d by the investigation now
I in j .cgic&D. Lj l.a been con
victed of favoritism of the worst kind
j in having promoted his brother in- i
1 law after he had acknowleged that
i he had stolen examination papers j
from the office for a party who was
seeking promotion, and now Roose
v* it. the high priest of the "I am
better than you are" element in
j politics, is convicted of having de
chived the Secretaiy of War in or
df-r to transfer an incompetent
(•.( ik from his own office to the War
«»ej artment, aiid of having deceived
t tie Postmaster General and the
Stii ♦ rintendent of the Census in
order to obtain a p ace in the census
buieau for a man who had perjured
himself in order to help Roo-eve.t
make a n port again>t the post
I master at Milwaukee
The urgenc\ deticiencv appropri-
ati* n biil—slo.f'.'o.of>o —has been
passed by the House. £2I,*j(H),OOU
of it is to pav pensions of the war
• of 1812, and of the Meiican war.
A New Y-jik Syndicate, of which
. D. O. Mills, tl>e father-in-law of
1 \\ hitelaw Reid, editor of the Trib
i une and ex Speaker Tom Piatt, the
; Re}-üblican boss, are leading mem
bei s, has been awarded, by Secreta
. rv W mdom, the exclusive right to
1 catch seals in Alaskan waters for
3 twenty years from the tirst of neit
r May. This is a combination of pol
-1 ; itics and business th*t is quite
i characteristic of the Republican
Y °UR
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 ml El; ir« - - *> tbe Jf* j
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party.
Mr. Bame lan become bo dis
gusted with the adii 'iiistrat ioti that
be refuses to see any applicants for
office en in his depar tm« nt; le
t UTLS tl tJu ov« RtoIN T* of tl.t H>
sist&r.t Secretaries u! State.
AsMbtant l\»st ma-h r (» neral
Claik>on is tejlmg his fii»nd> tit,it
be cannot possiba i. n.am i, »]].«•*•
longer than ti.e tirst of May, HI .1
(bat lie liiaV resign eni HI. 1 >lll 1«•
does not tell tLJ«m tbat be has r« -
j ceived a ver > pointed bint from tbe
; President intimating in the most
unmistakable manner tbat bin les-g
j nation would be accept able.
Ibe question of a railroad to
Soutb America bas been mucb
talked about -ince tbe Pan-American
Congress adopted resolutions
recommending tbe appointmeut of
a commission to go over tlie pro
posed route and report as to its
feasibility etc, A joint resolution
has been introduced in tbe House,
by >lr Buck)»w, authorizing the
President to appoint suitable par
ties to examine and report on tbe
advisability of a railroad to Soutb
American.
C. E. Kincaid, correspondent of
of the Louisville Tmiew shot ex-Rep
resentative jTa-ilbee, of Kentucky,
during a personal difficulty at, the
Capitol Friday. Mr. Tau 1 bee's
around is not dangerous, K.
Soldiers Home.
Thw spent two weeks in
January canvassing for the "Sol
diers Home." since that time there
has been no regular canvass up to
the present time.
However the way is open at all
! times for cash, notes or subscrip
tions.
The following amounts have been
received since my last report:
Col. I bos. M. Holt, Haw lliv
er. note Sioo 00
L Ranks Holt, Graham,
note 100 OH
L. S. Holt, Burlington, note 100 00
•Judge -J. A. Gilmer, Greens
boro, note 100 00-
i A A. Shuford, Hickory, note 50 00
! Associate Reform Pres.
Church, Statesville, N. C.,
collection cash 5 25
Mt thodist church, Newton col
lection, cash. .'J Of)
Rev.D, Munroe, cash 100
Ladies of Henderson, Vance
county, by entertainment 05 72
Total £524 07
Suppose all of the parties ap
> pealed to bad responded by collec
tion or entertainment as at States
ville and Henderson, what a snug
sum could have been raited. Let
us go to work and do something
yet. M. O. Sjil!;I;II i„ Ag't.
The' people of Morgantori are
having a survev made from tbat
i * -
point to tbe new town of Linville
City, tf p Linville Mountain, with
a view of tbe early construction of a
taiiroad. The road from Cranberry
to Linville will >oon be built, which
i will give Morgan ton, when both
liner, are completed, H line to .John
j son City and Bristol, IVnnessee.
j Ibe surveying party are invading
tbe bear .settlement but they kill tbe
J bears with jack knives and go on.
I)e«crllM-d.
"Vou \e met Wanamaker?"
"Oh, yes."
"What kiLd of a man is he'
" Veil, be is a man of tbe postage
stamp kind —rather sticky, and a
: little of him goes a great way."—
I [Life.
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